Chapter 34 Homeward bound

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Jennifer's pov

I had pinched myself so much my arm was red and smarting. But It wasn't a dream and I could not be anymore happy. I held Shadows hand in a iron grip, fearing if I let go he would fall back into the sleep that had taken him from me. It was stupid and lame, but I couldn't make myself shove it away and let go of his fingers. I stared at him as he talked to Sonic and Rouge about something.

Sweet holly berries, he was so full of life. It was so weird to see him walking, talking, and just plain moving after watching him lay motionless for so long. Nothing showed in the way he moved or acted that he had been in a coma for almost three months. It was incredibly strange, I had always thought he would be so weak when he first woke up. And that I would be there to nurse him back to his full strength.

I should have known that nothing would hinder him, there would have been nothing that would stop him from getting out of that bed. Except perhaps me, but then again I had not been there. I sucked in a breath, I had left for stupid reasons and missed it. He had to come and rescue me from another idiotic thing I decided to do. I left him alone to try and murder someone, I was no hero.

I was nothing but a monster. Anger and the want for revenge had blinded me immensely. I squirmed at the thought of actually going through with my plan now. I must have squeezed Shadows hand to tightly and I now had his attention. I ducked my head to avoid his gaze, I felt like I was a little girl about to be scolded. Only it was made worse because it was the love of my life who was disappointed in me, and I was a grown woman who had made such a childish move.

"Jen, are you ok?" he mumbled as Sonic and Rouge argued about how to subdue Robotic. I winced, staying silent not wanting to confirm my fears. He had to hate me, or at the very least be disgusted and disappointed. We would probably break up and I would be left alone again. And then they will leave me here, because they can't have a potential murderer in their team.

Oh gosh I had messed everything up, just like I always seemed to do. As I was going through this rainfall of emotions I failed to see Shadows face soften. A finger lifted my chin and I found myself face to face with ruby eyes. "What's wrong?" he asked. I struggled with the words, "You hate me now don't you?" I sniffed, tears threatening to fall. His eyes widened in shock before narrowing, "I will love you no matter what Jen, do you understand?"

I looked deep in his eyes searching for a lie. He continued, "So you made a mistake. I understand why you went after Robotnik, just remember that you didn't go through with it. I have done things I regretted, and I don't want you beating yourself up over something so trivial. You realized your mistake in time my angel." he whispered before kissing me. I absolutely melted, he was the best thing to ever happen to me.

Criminality,I had forgotten how amazing kissing him was! This moment was perfect and I felt every worry, every guilty feeling fly away. He still loved me, he never stopped and after what he just said to me I didn't think he ever would. I placed my hands on the sides of his face pulling him closer. He smirked against my lips gripping my waist tightly. Just as I had gripped his shoulders to steady my now weak knees, we were interrupted by a awkward coughing.

Sonic was looking away uncomfortably while Rouge smiled at us happily. "Well, wasn't that sweet. I'm glad you two were reunited, but we need to grab Eggman and go. I like this dear little planet but I'm more then ready to return home." She then pouted, "I really miss my closet, ugh all those outfits that are just sitting there waiting for me to wear them!" she exclaimed.

"Wait, grab Robotnik and go? We are taking him with us?" I asked. I'll admit that I didn't think much on Robotniks fate until I had snapped and wanted him dead. Which I don't think I would care if he suddenly dropped dead, I just didn't want it to be by my own hand anymore. But they wanted him to come with us back to their home? I figured that we would find him and drop him off at some sort of prison, and then go on with our lives.

Leaving him doomed to this world. "That's right, we can't leave him here to try and take over this world again. No, he's at his weakest right now and its the perfect time to strike." Sonic explained. "And once we return, then we can drop him off at our authorities." Rouge added. Ah, so that's why, they were concerned he would escape and get another chance at world domination.

Although I never really understood the motives behind wanting to rule the world. Everyone would hate or fear you, you would be fighting rebels all the time, it just didn't make sense to me. Robotnik was a idiot for wanting to rule earth, I wouldn't be surprised if he hadn't even thought it completely through. Shaking these thoughts off I looked up to Shadow, "Tails has the portal machine ready?" I asked.

He nodded at me, "All we have to do it place the chaos emeralds inside and the portal will open." I smiled, "I will finally see your home." Shadow squeezed my hand, "Our home." he corrected. My heart skipped at his kind words and I nodded, "Our home." I agreed. "Okay, Jennifer see if you can use some sparks to distract all those people. Rouge you fly from above and point out Eggman for me and Shadow. Then we rush out, snag him, and meet back at his house." Sonic ordered.

"Wait, you knew Robotnik was here, and where he lives?" I questioned. Rouge began climbing a tree so she could just jump out and fly quickly. "Yes, Tails tracked him down using the internet. It took a while but we found a match, and we hoped we had found him before you...well before you found him." Sonic answered. I winced when Sonic almost said before you killed him. "But, then how did you find me?" I asked confused.

"Well that was mostly luck on our part. You see we had been searching for you every since I awoke, but your trails kept going cold or the weather had washed them away." Shadow admitted. "Then when Tails called us saying he had found Egghead, we dropped the search for the moment to go and nail him." Sonic interrupted. "And then we came across those two hikers you took down.

And I knew we were close to you. So in the end we stumbled upon you by chance. And here we are." Shadow finished. I shook my head in bewilderment, "Wow, I guess you can say that lady luck was with us all today." I joked. "Yup, now how about that distraction?" Sonic asked. "I'm on it." I replied. Before I could turn to do my task Shadow gripped my upper arm keeping me in place.

He leaned down next to my ear before whispering, "When we return I'm going to make sure we have some time to catch up." I beamed at the thought of just talking and listening to him after praying for it for so long. "I would enjoy that very much Shadow." I muttered back. He smirked dragging a hand down my arm, "I hoped you would say that." We separated and I went to provide the distraction they needed.

I stepped carefully through the brush, making my way towards a large group of people. "Perfect." I hummed in approval. Swirling my hands together I tried to decide what to do, a small lightning storm? If I struck the lightning close enough to them that would guarantee panic filled screams. No, I might accidentally hit someone. As I mulled over my options, I noticed a radio tower to my left about three hundred feet away.

And several street lamps down the sidewalks on both sides of the small road. I could create a storm and manipulate the bolts to hit the radio tower first, then the street lamps. "That'll work." I mumbled. Concentrating I brought my hands up and the sky started to go dark. Bright flashes of lightning struck the tower I was aiming for, followed by a loud boom of thunder. Rain began to stream down and I heard a few people scream in confusion at the sudden storm.

My plan was going perfectly, now it was time to take out the lamps. I focused on the one closest to me and watched as it was struck with lightning, the glass shattered and it began sparking profusely. One by one I stuck the lamps, people were running away from the danger rushing into buildings screaming in fear. I made sure not to let the pure electricity get to close to anyone and kept my eyes peeled for small children.

I was so focused on the task that I jumped when a hand touched my shoulder. Ruby eyes shone with pride, "Good job." he complimented. I raised a brow in question, absently letting the storm I had created fade away. "We got him, come on they are waiting for us." he answered my unspoken question. I nodded standing and following him to Robotniks house, or wherever he lived.

We got there quickly and I was surprised to find that he lived in a pretty nice house. Painted cheery yellows and blues, it had a well mowed lawn and a small birdbath in the center. Inside though, is where the nice homey look ended. Take out boxes, dirty clothes, and oily gears and other parts littered the bare space inside. No furniture decorated the rooms, only a mattress with bedding and desk chair lay in one of the rooms. I wrinkled my nose at the sight and smell of the rotting containers and food.

Shadow began walking to the back of the house, "They are in the basement." I followed close behind him, nudging a pair of underwear out of my path with a disgusted frown. Making our way down the stairs I heard shouts coming from down below, somebody was not very happy. When we reached the bottom my eyes were greeted by a most unpleasant sight. Robotnik was tied up, screaming obscenities but apparently they thought a gag was not necessary.

After hearing him yell at Sonic to let him go for the third time in a twenty second span I had had enough. "Can't you gag this annoying sack of waste?" I commented making our presence known. Robotnik snarled becoming even more furious at the sight of me. "You ruined everything you useless experiment, this is all your fault!" he screamed at me. Now I was shocked, what was he talking about experiment?

How dare he think for one moment, that just because he was successful in his twisted lab experiment on me, that I was just like one of his robots that he had created. "You may have changed my physical makeup, but you did not create me. You are not my Daddy or my blood, you are just some senile old fat guy." I hissed. His face went red with rage, "Senile old fat guy!?" he bellowed.

In his rage he tried to escape his bonds to get at me, while I stood calmly with a smirk on my face. "Its over Robotnik, your finished." I smugly said. I was quite enjoying this, watching him squirm and suffer. Along with more then likely being humiliated on top of it all. While he sputtered and wiggled in his bonds, Sonic spoke up. "Its good we found him when we did, look." he pointed over to a large table in the center of the room.

Mecha Sonics metal carcass lay halfway assembled atop the surface. I clenched my fists in surprise and anger, "He was trying to rebuild it." I stated. "That's how Tails was able to track him down. He was spending thousands on parts." Sonic explained. "We already destroyed the blueprints and everything else connecting to it." Rouge said. "Well then there's only one thing left to do." Shadow spoke.

After gagging Robotnik to quiet his screams and cursing we quickly exited the house. Sonic came out last pouring something out on the floor. Coming out to join us at the front of the house, he lit a match and threw it in the liquid. Flames sprung up and soon the whole house was aflame. Quickly we rushed back into the woods, heading back to the plane.

Me and Shadow ran hand in hand, while Rouge took to the sky's. Sonic carried Robotnik in front of us. I squeezed Shadows hand, " I've missed you so much, I keep thinking I'm dreaming and when I wake up you'll still be in that bed asleep" I confessed. Shadow was silent for a minute before replying, "I could hear you." "Wanna run that by me again?" I asked confused.

He glanced down at me before looking back at the path, "When I was asleep, I could hear you when you talked to me." I blinked, "You could? I mean Tails said it was possible but..." I trailed off surprised by this new information. "When you read to me, told me about your day, cried and begged me to wake, I could hear it all. I just couldn't do anything about it. I tried so hard to speak, to open my eyes or move, or something to let you know I was still there." he admitted.

Oh, now I felt really guilty. I had broken down in his room some days, just sobbing his name sometimes. And now knowing he had heard all that, made me feel like a heel. Especially since he suffered even more, I shuddered to think of being in his place. To be stuck in the dark, not being able to move, talk, or see. It was unbearable to think about. "Shadow, I'm so sorry." I softly said.

"Don't be, your the one who kept me sane." he replied firmly. I only held his hand tighter, "I love you Shadow." I mumbled. "I love you to angel." he replied. I smiled at this new nickname he was using, I loved it. I would have to think of one for him. As I was thinking about this Robotnik caught my attention. He was glaring at me, (which wasn't a surprise), but I also noticed he was silently weeping. I looked away from this pathetic display, I held no pity for him. He had made his bed, and now he had to lay in it. I focused instead on wondering what Mobius would be like.