The Forsaken Chapter 12, a sonic the hedgehog fanfic

Sabor carried Light for a few hours, before Zena called back for a rest. Sabor picked a tree hidden further back from the path, they had been walking on for the past few hours, and placed her under it. He looked to her with a gentle look, even though all he wanted to do was rip something or SOMEONE apart. He sighed heavily, "Are you alright for now?"

Light looked to him with a gentle look back, "I'll be fine for now Sabor.....Can you thank Siren for me...?"

Sabor growled a bit at the other hybrid's name, but nodded as he walked away from Light. He didn't even notice that Siren was sitting at the edge of the path, until he was right there. He stopped quickly and growled a bit, "What do you want?!"

Siren looked to him a bit, "Is she alright....?"

"What do you care?!"

"......Then forget I asked," Siren said as she stood up and walked around from Sabor. She was hurt at the fact that Light had been indeed hurt while under her watch. But now that she thought about it, Hollow was right, there was nothing she could have done for her. The rockslide wasn't by her during, so she couldn't have been the cause of Light being hurt. Still, it felt that way to Siren.

Hollow looked to her as she walked away from the area Sabor and Light had disappeared to. He watched her as her face was covered by her hair; he started to walk after her until an annoying voice called to him.

"Hollow!!"

Hollow didn't turn as he answered in a chilled voice, "What is it Kitty?!"

Sabor stopped a few feet behind him, "Don't call me that!!"

"..............What did you do?"

Sabor tilted his hand as if he didn't know who Hollow was talking about. He didn't even want Siren around right now, and never before had that thought crossed his mind. As he was about to say something a hand slapped him across the face.

Zena, Zora, and Hollow looked to see Siren standing in front of Sabor. Her eyes were still hidden, but a slight trail of tears could be seen. Hollow bared his fangs a bit, but it was easy to see Siren had this under-control at the moment.

Sabor backed up a bit from Siren. He quickly placed a hand over the deep cuts on his cheek. He growled a bit, "What was that for?!"

"Go ahead and think that....but do know…I can disappear out of your life in an instance..."

Sabor looked over to Hollow. The hollow cheetah bared his fangs at Sabor as he was the one causing her to say that out loud. Sabor looked back to Siren, and hung his head. He sighed, "She told me to thank you for earlier.....and.....Thank you..."

Siren stopped and looked at Sabor for a few seconds, "She's welcome. You, you're just lucky..." With that said Siren moved away from Sabor and over to lean against a rock facing as she looked out at the distance.

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Light screamed in a freaked-out tone. Sabor took off back to her as Siren looked to the screaming, but didn't dare move. Incase Sabor was still in a yelling mood.

Sabor rushed back to Light's side, his eyes darting over her wounds incase one had reopened. He sighed in relief when he found her still alive and breathing. Sabor looked to her, "What is wrong...?"

Light looked to him a bit, "I didn't want to be alone anymore..."

"I can help you there," Sabor said in a sweet tone to Light as he set down beside her. Light cuddled up to him as her head rested on his chest. Sabor smiled gently towards her as he wrapped his arm around her, careful not to disturb any of the wounds that Hollow had sewed up on her back.

Light fell asleep a few minutes later, as Zena and Zora came into the area. Zora placed small twigs down as Zena used Hell Fire and lit the twigs to create a small fire. Sabor looked to them with a look that said: 'Thank you.' For he didn't want to chance waking the now sleeping Light.

Zora mouthed a quiet, "Anytime Sabor."

Then both Zena and Zora moved to sit down on opposite sides of the 'camp' hoping this time they wouldn't wake up laying against each other. Zena sighed, knowing that Zora would probably crawl over to her sometime in the night. He always was the cuddly, lovey type. And God, if he was even giving a damn even now, knew how she felt about the lovey, cuddly types.

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Hollow looked at Siren as she hadn't moved at all in the time that Sabor had taken off to Light, that had been several hours ago. Never before had the hollow seen his love so still, so silent, it was almost as if she wasn't even alive anymore. He walked over to her as he pulled her into his chest.

Siren looked to him, "I'm sorry...I don't mean to act like this...."

Hollow bowed his head to cover her face as he licked her lips softly, "Don't apologize for what Sabor has caused. This isn't your fault...I can promise you that much..."

Siren nuzzled her head against his chest as she smiled gently. Hollow smiled as he rested his head on top of hers as he held her close to him still. Even now, he wanted nothing more than to be able to go back the past two years and change anything if he could. But he knew that went against everything he had ever known that and he knew with a sinking feeling: 'Face the facts, and live with them.'

He'd gone his whole life believing that phrase, but now that Siren had walked into his life more than a few years ago. He wanted nothing more than to protect her from harm, even if that meant going against that phrase. He moved to rub his hand over her lower back.

The female hybrid looked at him as she licked his cheek softly, "Thank you, Hollow."

Hollow smiled as he rubbed her cheek with his hand, "Anything for you Siren..."

Siren smiled as she laid her head against his shoulder, starting to doze off slightly. Hollow noticed and picked her up bride-style as her head laid against his chest now. He walked to the small fire and laid as far away from it as possible, but still being in the area.

He closed his eyes as he rested with his arms still around her. Siren had one of her hands wrapped around his waist as she slept against him.

All night the six laid without a disturbance at least until morning came.

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