Chapter 14: The Punishment
Hi, guys. I was looking over the beginning of this story recently and I realized that I forgot to add one important rule: This story is NOT yaoi intended. Yaoi to me means kissing and lemons; something that I'm definitely not adding in. Anything lower than this is considered friendship. Sorry for the inconvenience.
P.S. Please enjoy and don't forget to review!
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"HAH!" Sonic barked as he dodged another attack and aims a homing attack at where he believed one of the invisible robots was located.
He has already taken down seven, with a few more to go. They can only keep their guise up for a short time.
'They appear, attack, and disappear immediately afterwards.' Eggman had warned once again from behind a reinforced glass wall. He was on the other side of the glass, looking in at the fight. He had a front row seat to this spectacle. All he needed now was some popcorn.
Orbot and Cubot had managed to seal off the sector with the defective robots, so they couldn't bring harm to their master. Sonic the Hedgehog was then sent in to deal with them after he agreed to this and was prepared to fight.
"Hmm…" The blue hedgehog looked around, trying to anticipate where and when the next robot would strike.
One suddenly appeared in front of him, ready to shoot and then one of his blue furred, triangular ears swerved when he heard another gun cock behind him. *Chk-chk*
Within a millisecond, Sonic leapt upwards as the bullets were fired at his previous location on the ground. Both the robots were then riddled with each other's ammo and immediately exploded.
Sonic then landed on the ground in a crouched position. He then stood up and brushed himself off. "And that's all of them!" The hedgehog replied in confident triumph.
Eggman looked at all the bodies. He counted nine fallen metallic soldiers. "As I recall, there were ten robots." The scientist stated.
"What?!" Sonic replied and whipped around to Ivo when he heard this.
He was then met with a painful sting near the back of his upper right arm, as the last missing robot lashed out with its clawed hand and sliced into the flesh.
"Augh!" Sonic yelped in pain and clutched his bleeding arm. A small flit of worried emotion appeared on Ivo's face for a brief second, though the hedgehog was too busy examining his arm to take any notice to this rare moment.
The blue blur decided to ignore his moderately bleeding arm for now until he finished off the last robot. In one free flowing move he prepared to perform another homing attack. He could now see some of the robot because some flecks of his blood were now on the metallic minion, exposing it. He dodged another swipe at his throat by back-flipping and then, the blue hedgehog shot forward in a blue streak and performed a powerful kick on his attacker's plated chest. The azure rodent bounced backwards on impact, while the robot crashed into a wall and exploded on collision.
Sonic then performed a backflip in the air in order to land on his feet. As soon as he landed, his momentum brought him against the wall and then, he checked his arm. He didn't even notice Eggman walking in with a few clean-up robots behind him, until he saw the doctor standing in front of him.
The human reached outward, palm forward in the gesture of need. His voice was calm and soft. "Let me see your arm." Sonic cringed at the gesture and hid his damaged arm better from the doctor's sight. "Just a scratch." The hedgehog remarked without glancing at the wound a second time and masking his pain. Ivo looked at the hedgehog, waiting for him to comply with the request. A few seconds pass before the doctor pleads again. "Please, I need to see your arm, Sonic."
Still a little untrustworthy over fearing a trick, said azure hedgehog, however, cooperated with the scientist's demand. He seemed serious to him. Sonic then reached his peach furred forearm out towards the doctor to present the damage. A large gash striped the skin; blood had already made itself present, alerting the person to a wound that seriously needed tending to. Eggman sucked in air through his bared teeth in a sound known as regretful sympathy. He then took the hedgehog's gloved hand in his own larger one and led him out of the sector. They left a few confused robots behind, who started chattering amongst themselves in beeps and clicks within a matter of seconds once they were gone.
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'What the hell? Just what is Eggman up to anyways?' Sonic mused, through his controlled, unheard thoughts, a step behind the doctor. 'What if he wants to destroy me, now that I'm injured and useless to him after trashing his dangerous robots?' He then thought dreadfully. But then decided against it, believing that his thoughts were getting to him; Ivo fixed him once when he was in a far worse condition; this cut was nothing and the human could certainly fix him again.
While Sonic was lost in his thoughts, he was suddenly brought back to his senses when he noticed that they'd stopped outside a door. With a flick of his wrist, the human turned the knob, and opened the door.
Sonic's pulse started to quicken. 'Oh, great!' The hedgehog then produced a deep, but soft, whimpering and saddening whine in his throat and lowered his ears. 'Another surgery!' Sonic still loathed operating rooms. He then looked down, hoping the scientist would go somewhere else and not bring him in there.
Eggman made a noise that resembled a small cough, and turned his head back to the blue blur's direction. "Did you say something?"
Sonic then whipped his head up, surprised, towards Ivo, and spoke in a soft, childish tone, hoping to fool him. "No...I, um…had to clear something from my throat."
"Mmmm, hmmm." The human's response was small and unconvinced; he believed that he had heard a small whine of dread and fear coming from behind him. He then beckoned to the room.
Sonic then sighed in disdain; there was no way out of this. He then trudged into the small sterile room and once the hedgehog heard the lock click, the blue blur knew he was doomed. 'Trapped.' Sonic then thought.
"Sit." The command was firm, and the doctor motioned towards the surgery table, with a nod from the head in that general direction. "And don't try anything funny, like the last time, alright Sonic?" Eggman added with a smirk.
The hedgehog hesitated for a second over his memento to his phobia, but complied, not wanting to have a wrathful scientist to deal with as well; one fight today was enough. He jumped effortlessly up onto the table and sat down, and then Sonic intently watched the doctor rummage around under the counters, ready to dish out a world of hurt if he tried something nasty. Ivo's shoulders rose and fell underneath his crimson jacket, and paused when he found what he was searching for. "Ah-ha!" Eggman barked when he found his target. Sonic's blue, triangular ears twitched when he heard the doctor speak in triumph. Ivo then presented a small, white box with a red cross on the top, the universal symbol for a first-aid kit to a pair of surprised emerald green eyes. The doctor then placed it on the counter and opened it up. Sonic watched him carefully, like a curious cat, from the table. The human then strolled over to the metallic sink beside the operating table and turned the cold water tap on to produce a slow flowing stream of the clear liquid. Eggman then gently grasped Sonic's unharmed wrist of the injured arm and gently pulled him towards the direction of the sink. "Here, Sonic, run your wound under the faucet." Obediently, the blue blur outstretched the injured arm under the spigot. The cool feel of the water contacted with the cut and stung at first, making Sonic gasp and flinch, then it brought some relief to the hedgehog; it felt good. The blood ran down the peach-furred arm and it disappeared with the rushing water. He then pulled out his arm once he noticed the wound was starting to clot and that there was almost no more blood to give.
The blue hedgehog then swivelled around to the rotund scientist, who was waiting very patiently with a cotton swab and a brown bottle of hydrogen peroxide. The human then placed the ball of fluff over the mouth of the bottle and tossed it upside-down for a split second, before returning it to its normal position. "Now, this might sting a little." he warned as he gingerly reclaimed the blue blur's arm in his hand, and lowered the wet swab onto the wound.
The silence was broken when Sonic inhaled deeply from the feeling. Eggman then cringed at the deepness of the wound; he wasn't able to observe the true extent of the damage, since the crimson liquid had obstructed his view, but now he could see it since the water purified the injury. His patient needed stitches for the wound to heal properly.
"I require you to lie down and hold still." The doctor commanded and then headed to the kit and pulled out a few things covered in wrappers.
Meanwhile, Sonic had decided to take the option of lying down on his peach-furred stomach on the sterile table. His cut ached and pained, tearing open a little more as he moved into a more comfortable position. Ivo soon returned with something shiny in his hand; it was a needle with some liquid inside.
"This is going to hurt even more, but rest assured, it is for your own good." He said as he prepared the needle by tapping it and releasing some of the liquid from the chamber.
One of Sonic's emerald eyes twitched in fear as he looked forward and saw the scientist with the needle in a mirror's reflection. He panicked, fearful that he'd laced the syringe with something deadly. He felt his heart beat faster and adrenaline started to pump through his bloodstream.
"NOOO!" The blue blur wailed in protest as he twisted around and succeeded in pinning down the doctor's scarred arm onto the table with his gloved hand. "I know what you're up to! My friends will find my body eventually, and then they'll execute your sorry ass!" Sonic hissed through a dark look.
The older human looked at him quizzically, without wrestling to reclaim his now subdued arm and raising an eyebrow at the hedgehog. "What the hell are you on about? I need to stitch up that wound, or you're going to be the one that's sorry," Ivo growled.
Sonic froze for a moment, allowing the words to sink in. Eggman was really only trying to help him, but the hedgehog still hadn't fully opened up, believing that it was all just a trick. He then thought about the past, the sudden change in the doctor's demeanour, his doubts about the human, and decided that now he should let it all go. It was over, finished. After all, he had nothing else to lose.
Eggman then added after witnessing a surprising moment of silence from the hedgehog, "Should I just leave it and perform an amputation or a robotization instead?" He asked the blue blur.
The hedgehog then looked up. "Sorry." Sonic breathed. He then calmed, levelled out his breathing and lowered his eyelids over his green irises, mostly over regret, but also to block out the stress. He then released the doctor's arm and returned to his original position on the table.
Once again, Ivo reclaimed possession of the wounded arm and gently pulled it backwards, placing the hedgehog's hand near his pelvis. "It's only a local anaesthetic I'm giving you and then I'll start the procedure." The doctor explained while preparing the syringe and also when he witnessed the brief twinge of fear in his patient's eyes at the sight of the injection.
"Just get this through." Sonic said while putting on an air of toughness and looked away. Eggman sighs quietly, knowing that this is just another mask to hide his fear. The scientist then impaled the sharp object into the wounded skin.
'Son-of-a-bitch!' Sonic screamed mentally, but it only translated physically through his lips as a small pained noise. It didn't matter, however, Ivo managed to hear him both ways.
The doctor then carefully removed the needle once it was empty. "It'll take a moment to kick in." He replied and then returned to his kit to fish out something else that was necessary, but not before tenderly running a hand from Sonic's forehead to his quills as he left. This emitted a small groan and left a small blush on the hedgehog's muzzle. After a minute, Sonic couldn't feel his arm anymore; it was completely numbed by the drug. He tried moving his fingers, but he couldn't feel it even though he saw them shift.
Eggman soon returned with some latex gloves and held up a small hook-like needle with a long flowing tail of string attached to it to the hedgehog, so that he could see what the doctor was about to do. Ivo saw that the gash was lined with pink, signifying that the blue blur's body was doing its job of eradicating foreign materials. The scientist then started just below the inflamed flesh, and impaled the hook through.
Sonic didn't feel any pain. Just a small amount of pressure when the needle went through the skin, out the other side and was pulled out, with the string following. Ivo continued, paying full attention to the hedgehog's emotions, just in case, as he slid the needle again and again through the folds of skin, uniting them together.
While he was stitching, Sonic told him about what had happened after his hibernation and about the scrolls that were scattered around the world. He then asked the doctor if he'd seen any, but the scientist never even heard about the scrolls and promised that he'd look into it further. After that, the human told the blue blur that there were more side effects to the serum than previously thought. Once Ivo revealed his symptoms, Sonic laughed at this and said mockingly, "Are you sure that you're not turning into me?" He replied sarcastically.
Once the doctor had finished, he got a scissors and cut the string. Then, as a caution, the doctor then swabbed the now closed wound with more peroxide in case any materials had found its way onto the skin. The human's shoulders heaved with a sigh, and then he tossed the now useless needle and its wrappers into a trash can, with his blood-flecked rubber gloves. As Eggman was doing this, Sonic lifted his arm towards his body and gently smoothed his fingers over the closed wound. 'Wow, look at this stitching…'
"Don't touch that!" The doctor softly barked, stern as a parent. The blue hedgehog jerked his finger back, with a speed that he was known for, at this warning, as if he had been burned by the forbidden injury. Eggman then added in an amused tone, "Or will I have to put a vet cone on you?" With his lips curling into a smile.
One of Sonic's eye brows were raised at this and a snide look was plastered on his face. The hedgehog then replied, "I'll pass on that offer…"
Ivo then reached into his box for another object and pulled out a roll of medical gauze. The blue blur held out his arm expectantly and obediently. The scientist then coiled the soft gauze around the wound, a cut was made through the material and then some tape to the skin signified the end to Eggman's role as "doctor".
Emerald eyes glared back with a lucid look. 'Thank you.'
"How long will it take before I can feel my arm again?" Sonic asked while he prodded his arm, with a finger from his good hand, to see if he could feel anything.
"About an hour." Was the doctor's reply to the question.
As Ivo was cleaning up the room, Sonic took the option to take a small break, until he regained feeling back into his arm. He lay on his side with his good, scarred arm holding up his head and looked out a window. Eggman looked to see what Sonic was doing and made sure that his patient didn't hurt himself again. He was surprised to see the hedgehog lying idle and not running rampant as he usually was. The doctor then remembered that he had to thank Sonic for taking care of his defective robots and bringing order to the base once again; perhaps even more chilidogs on a plate would suffice.
The human then gazed down at Sonic's strong, muscular legs, which had never failed the hedgehog and proved to be a powerful source of strength for the blue blur. He then saw that some of the cobalt fur around the inside of one of Sonic's leg had transformed into a shade of purple. As the doctor carefully edged towards the hedgehog, he saw some blood was the cause of the colour change.
"Sonic, is your leg bleeding?" The doctor asked with concern, believing that another robot had injured the blue blur during the fight.
"What?!" Sonic barked loudly, as though he was startled and then looked down to the so-called wound. "That?" Sonic asked while pointing down to the dyed fur. "That's nothing, don't worry about it."
"I'll be the judge of that once I've seen it." Eggman muttered under his breath and then pulled the hedgehog's toned leg back in one quick move.
"He-HEY! Stop that!" The blue blur growled, with a slight blush on his muzzle. His peach arm was still too numb for it to be used. But Eggman didn't stop. He then noticed that the wound had originated in the groin region and was bleeding heavily. Instead, he got a wet towel and stared to clean the wound. "N-NO! EGGMAN WAIT, PLEASE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND-!" Sonic shouted. But it was already too late, however.
The doctor saw a small thin hole on the hedgehog's crotch that was leaking blood at a slow rate. The scientist couldn't understand it; the hole looked old and permanent, the pouch above it obviously hid the reproductive organ and the tail hole was nowhere close. From his studies of anatomy, Ivo only saw this type of hole in a completely different species and there was no way that Sonic should have it. Unless…
"Sonic…you're a…" Ivo stated as he released the hedgehog's leg.
"Yep," Sonic answered. "I tried to warn you, didn't I? Don't ever do that again." Sonic replied once he had calmed down from this humiliating act.
"You're right. I apologize. I just didn't know that it was even possible." Eggman said with an astounded expression on his face.
"Well, tell me then… doctor," the hedgehog replied mockingly, snarling out the last word, "How often in your life did you come across a he-… a hama-…"
"A hermaphrodite?" Ivo corrected.
"Right, what you said." Sonic replied.
"I've never encountered one before, especially one who could hide it so well. "Is this another side effect to the serum?" Eggman pondered; He wanted to know everything about this.
"No." Was the small reply.
"Then how are you-?"
Sonic heaved a long sigh in defeat, knowing he'd have to give up his darkest secret; He just never thought that he'd have to tell it to his former nemesis.
"It's a birth defect. I've had this my entire life."
"How did this happen?" The doctor asked.
"I'll only tell you if you promise never to tell anyone else about this."
"Alright, I promise." He wasn't crossing his fingers behind his back either, so he was making a full truthful and honest promise.
Sonic smiled at this, once he saw that this was no lie. "Well, it goes like this…"
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*Eggman's POV:*
Sonic's story of what transpired was extremely remarkable and intriguing. It turned out that every Mobian creature is born with both genitals and as it develops, one fades away before birth, depending on the genes. Sonic was born too premature and this didn't happen, so he had retained both. Only his deceased parents and Uncle had known about it.
It also turned out that hermaphrodites, or hybrids, that Mobians called them were forbidden. They were banished, left to die or killed once born, for fears of what they were; not one or the other, and were more powerful than a normal male or female. Sonic was lucky; He was almost fully male, and his feminine side was perfectly hidden, so no one could see a difference, unless they looked closer.
Sonic used to bleed almost every month after his heat cycle had ended. He usually told his friends that it was either from a recent battle with me or a flesh wound that he accidently reopened while running.
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*Normal POV:*
"So that's the story." Sonic replied with a sad look on his face.
"It's really interesting, Sonic." Eggman replied, taking notice of the hedgehog's expression; he looked miserable after telling the doctor this and ashamed of what he was. Ivo decided that he had to cheer him up. "I guess that explains a lot, including why you always run away from Amy." He teased. The hedgehog didn't even crack a grin at this. "Sonic, if it makes you feel better, I'll tell you my secret."
"Ok." Sonic groaned.
"Well, to tell you the truth, Sonic…" The doctor then removed his crimson jacket, revealing only the black interior top. He pressed a button on it, and suddenly, it deflated. Sonic stared, transfixed with disbelief at what he saw. Ivo wasn't as fat as he led others to believe; He was actually built pretty well. "…It gets awfully hot." Eggman replied while removing his glasses, revealing his blue eyes.
Sonic's jaw dropped. "You're secret is that you lied about your weight! …I…I, uh…" The hedgehog stuttered at this surprise before he had managed to regain his confident composure. "I guess I'll have to scratch calling you Eggman now." Sonic sniggered after witnessing the doctor's shocking transformation. "And I'll have to scratch off a great deal of other names too." The blue blur remarked under his breath. "So, is this another side-effect too?" He asked the scientist.
"No. I've always been this build. People who want power have to be intimidating and big, so I took on this guise."
"Ah. I see, Eggman."
"Please, Sonic, as a friend, just call me Ivo."
"Ivo…but why?" The hedgehog asked while cocking his head to the side with curiosity.
"Sonic, it doesn't matter what I call myself, I'll still remain the same, personality wise. Am I quite right, 'Sonic'?" The doctor smirked at this, knowing that he had won.
The hedgehog's muzzle turned white and his emerald eyes went wide while he mentally gasped; Sonic was only his nickname that he'd adopted when he was younger, but there was no way he was going to let his original name slip. "Right." Sonic replied quickly while shifting nervously. "Now let me out of here. I've seen my fair share of hospitals to last me a lifetime."
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*Later on…*
A sleeping Sonic was lying peacefully on a sofa near a fire after eating an entire plate of chilidogs. The fight, time of day, anxiety from revealing his secret and his meal had made him lethargic. The pressure had put a significant amount of stress on his furred body and made him tired.
Eggman was also sitting close by, reading a book. He was disturbed from his avocation when he heard a beeping noise from his computer, indicating there was a recently sent message on it. Ivo placed his bookmark onto the appropriate page, closed it and got up, grunting quietly as his muscles ached. He then strolled over to the computer to check the mail. He saw the new one and opened it up, intending to read the contents. As soon as he saw it, his face turned pale, his expression nervous, very nervous and worried. He was expecting a visitor in less than a week. His base had to be perfect. He then looked over towards Sonic, who was sleeping soundly, thinking about what to do with him.
'Let him go?'
'No, he'll die before he's even halfway to the nearest civilization.'
'Lock him up?'
'No, he won't like staying still and will lose trust in me.'
'Kill him?'
'Even I'm not that cruel!'
Ivo kept on thinking of a suitable method. He then had one in mind and it would have to wait until morning.
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*The next day:*
Sonic woke up with the morning sun and stretched his toned body. He then sensed that he wasn't alone in the room and saw Eggman then enter and blocked the doorway. He then reached over to a wastebasket for umbrellas with his scarred right hand and pulled something out. It resembled a long, thin beating stick. "Right. Come here." The doctor commanded.
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*A few days later:*
A hovercraft touched down outside the giant fortress and once the door opened, a small man walked out and walked towards the main entrance to the base. Two large SWAT bots were standing guard outside the door and saw the human walk up to him and present his invitation to them. One of the robots scanned the card with a red laser beam and once it was confirmed to be valid, it granted him clearance.
The huge metal doors opened and a large group of Egg pawns made their way around, forming two parallel lines. The master of the base then came to greet the visitor. The younger man then bowed his head. "Greetings Julian."
"Welcome Snively." Came the reply in an intimidating voice. "Rise." Was the next stern command from the master of the fortress.
The smaller human rose and then looked up to his estranged and former uncle. The older man then moved through the base while his 'guest' followed him to the throne room. Eggman then blocked his nephew's view for a moment as he walked up to the throne. That was when Snively heard some whimpering. "G…Greetings… M-Master." A trembling voice responded, while bowing to the human. The visitor was greeted by another surprise; Ivo wasn't alone. A leashed blue hedgehog was sitting on the ground next to the throne, with his legs to one side. His gaze was to the ground, with his ears and quills lowered. His body was mutilated with multiple bruises and scrapes to his body that were slowly healing. Some of the bruises signified a broken bone or a ruptured internal organ. He was quietly whining from the torture that he had to endure. The doctor then sat on the large chair.
Snively's jaw dropped as he instantly recognised exactly who it was. "S-Sir…isn't that-!?"
"Priority One Hedgehog? Leader of the Knothole Freedom Fighters? Why yes it is, Snively." Eggman answered with triumph while holding the hedgehog up higher, for his nephew to see by yanking on the collar. "As you can see, since your last visit, luck has been on my side. I captured him a couple of months ago, tortured him and broke him into nothing more than a common obedient dog that's terrified of punishment." Robotnik then released his grip on the collar, making the blue hedgehog collapse in a slumped heap and then he scrambled back into his original position, whimpering. Snively saw that he had a bit of difficulty over a badly injured leg.
Eggman then noticed that Snively was very impressed over this turnabout. "I must go for now, Snively. Duty calls and all. Your guest room is set up down that hall and take the last left." The large human pointed to the door. "We'll discuss more over dinner." Ivo replied and then rose from his seat. He then delivered a swift kick to the collared hedgehog's side, earning a yelp of pain from him and knocking him over. The blue blur scrambled to his fours whining and trembling from fear. The doctor then grabbed the chain and led Sonic to a door near the throne by tugging the leash. The hedgehog followed obediently with his injured leg in tow, leaving Snively in awe at what his uncle had done.
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As soon as the door closed behind them and their visitor was out of earshot, two sighs of relief could be heard.
"Ok, Sonic? It's all clear!" Ivo announced.
Sonic looked up at the doctor, and then pressed a button on the collar. Within that instant, all the wounds on the hedgehog had vanished.
"It's amazing about what holograms can do." Was the hedgehog's reply as he got up to stand.
"Sorry about that kick. I hope it wasn't too hard." Ivo said while gazing at the blue blur's side.
"No, it's fine. It didn't hurt at all."
"I'll admit, you were a great actor!" The doctor praised.
"Likewise." Sonic replied with a cocky grin. "So, how much longer do we need to keep playing this charade?"
"It's only until Snively leaves in a few days."
Sonic groaned; this was going to be the longest few days of his life.
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*A Few Days Ago:*
"Right. Come here." Eggman commanded sternly, with the stick in his hand.
Sonic was surprised when he saw the stick and backed away, fearing he would get hit. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, Ivo. What's this?" The hedgehog asked, his palms stretched out in a defensive position.
But the scientist didn't answer and instead came closer.
Sonic then started to growl and bare his teeth when he felt the wall pinning him from behind. 'I should never have trusted you! What are you planning to do to me anyway?!'
Ivo then lifted the stick up higher. Sonic closed his eyes and covered his head with his arms, waiting for the sharp stinging blow of the beating stick.
But it never came.
The hedgehog then let his guard slightly down and looked up towards the human, who was pointing the stick towards one part of the ground. "I need you over here." Was the calm command from the human.
Sonic obediently walked over to said position and stood on the spot. "Now what do you need me for?" The azure hedgehog asked.
"I have someone coming over in a few days, so I'm going to need your help in deceiving him." The doctor explained.
"Oh," Sonic replied with a cocked head. "And who might this person be?"
"My estranged nephew, Snively." Was the scientist's reply.
Sonic's emotions suddenly changed from a calm demeanour to the exact opposite. Even Ivo side-stepped away from the hedgehog once he heard a deep snarl resonating from the blue blur's throat. Sonic hated Snively as much as he had previously loathed Eggman. Snively was far worse than his uncle and had once poisoned the azure hedgehog and turned him against his friends. The acid was rising in the blue blur's throat.
"Sonic?" Ivo asked. "Do you feel OK for this? If not, I could always put you somewhere else."
After a moment, the azure hedgehog spoke. "I'll be fine. Let's do this." He said through a determined look.
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*Sonic's POV:*
"Ok, Sonic, like that!" Ivo said to me.
"I don't understand how practicing a bow is going to save us." I replied through a strained voice; the beating stick was pressing into my right leg, applying pressure and forcing me to bend one knee.
"It's called 'respect', Sonic. Look it up sometime!"
I groaned at this remark.
We were doing this the entire day; from bows to dragging one of my hind legs around as though it was broken.
This was going to be a tough display of pretences in order to trick Snively.
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To be continued…