Chapter 2: Sonic World
The next day, Sonic was just packing the last thing he needed into his bag before a knock came from the front door. He heard Tails open it from downstairs before he called up to him.
"Sonic! Shadow's here!"
"Alright, I'll be down in a minute!"
Sonic stuffed the book he was currently reading into his bag and zipped it up. He threw it over his shoulder and left his room, running downstairs to a black and red hedgehog who was waiting impatiently by the door.
"I told you to be ready when I got here." He frowned in disapproval.
"I am ready." Sonic rolled his eyes. "What, you so impatient you couldn't wait 5 seconds?"
"You're one to talk." Shadow growled then huffed. "Come on, let's go."
"Bye Sonic!" Tails called from the kitchen. "Don't break anything."
"I won't Tails. Later buddy!"
Shadow rolled his eyes and took off in the direction of the house he shared with Rouge and Omega, Sonic following close behind. On the way there, Shadow briefed him on some rules.
"Rouge's room is absolutely off limits, pardon by her rule." He started. "You're welcome to sleep in my room, just don't make a mess of it and stay out of my personal stuff. Same goes for the kitchen. You can help yourself, just don't make a mess, and if you do, please have the courtesy to clean it up. If anything happens, there's an emergency number going straight to Omega that you can call hanging on the refrigerator. And when my package comes in, just sign for it and leave it on my desk. By any means DO NOT OPEN IT! I'm not ready to share what should be inside it yet."
"Got it, sign but don't open." Sonic nodded as they both skidded to a stop by the front door of the two story white house.
"If you can follow those rules, you should be good to go." Shadow nodded, opening the door and letting Sonic step in before walking in himself. Once inside, they were immediately greeted by Rouge and Omega.
"Finally, you're here." Rouge sighed in exasperation.
"It was only 3 minutes, Rouge." Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Three minutes too long." Rouge frowned. "We need to head out, quick, or Towers' will have both our asses."
Quickly, she turned her attention to Sonic.
"Did he brief you on the rules?" She asked him.
"Yes."
"Did he tell you about the package?"
"Yes."
"Did he tell you about Wilfred?"
"Huh?"
An audible slap came from Shadow as he facepalmed himself.
"Dammit, I knew I was forgetting something!" He hissed at himself.
"How do you forget to tell him about Wilfred?" Rouge scolded him.
"Look, it just slipped my mind, alright. It's not like we actually own him."
"Yeah, not yet."
"I'm sorry," Sonic quickly intervened. "But, who's Wilfred?"
Team Dark looked to each other in nervousness before Shadow sighed.
"There's a strange looking stray cat that has taken a liking to our house." He explained. "He comes around so often, we've… taken a bit of a liking to him. We often leave a bowl of cat food out on the back porch for him."
"And you've named him?" Sonic frowned in thought.
"Yes, his name is Wilfred." Shadow nodded.
"We're hoping to gain his trust enough to let him into the house." Rouge added. "We kinda wanna own him."
"Until then, we just feed him." Omega added.
"He's a bit weird looking but he's a sweet thing." Shadow nodded. "Think you can handle filling the bowl outside when he comes around?"
"Of course, Shadow, just tell me where the cat food is."
"It's under the sink. There's a scoop in the bag. One scoop should be enough, we don't want to overfeed him."
"Of course, Shadow. But how will I know the cat is Wilfred?"
Shadow chuckled.
"Heh, trust me, you'll know when you see him. That and plus you'll know he's here when you hear him meowing. He's pretty loud for a small thing."
"Now if everything has been discussed, I must inform that we leave now." Omega urged.
"Right, come on you two." Rouge nodded, walking out the door, followed by the robot. "Bye Sonic, thanks again!"
"No problem!" Sonic called back.
"Sonic." Sonic turned his attention to Shadow, surprised to hear him call him by his name. "Thanks again. And remember what I said."
"Don't worry, Shads. You can count on me."
