Anybody would have cowered at Shadows voice, let alone his molten crimson eyes. Nobody wanted to mess with Shadow when the ebony hedgehog was in a good mood, you'd have to be fearless or entirely stupid in provoking Shadow even more. Especially if you weren't Sonic. The blue hedgehog is the only person other than Rouge who could antagonize Shadow in a friendly way.

Silver knows this and he still remains unfazed by Shadow's intimidating behavior. He tilts his head to look at Sonic, their game hasn't ended yet. If anything it is climbing nearly to its climax. Sonic stood like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car. Unsure and stunned at how this has turned out.

"I'm only showing Sonic here a good time, Shadow." Silver says, wrapping an arm around Sonic's waist and pulling the blue hedgehog against him. Sonic's body tenses at the touch when all of these eyes from friends and strangers are all on them. Even now Silver keeps up a strong act of normalcy and nonchalance under the scrutiny of Shadow and everybody else's sharp-eyed gazes. "Someone had to. It's not like you were going to. Right?"

Sonic nervously bites his lower lip and his ears droop down in uncertainty. Just how long does the jealous game go? Is Silver more committed to the game than Sonic is? The level of provocation is going farther than Sonic likes. Especially with how hurt and angry Shadow is.

Despite the strong loathing look at Silver, Sonic cannot help but look deeper into Shadow's eyes crimson red eyes and flinch at the pain within them. Sonic's heart sinks deep in his chest - that brokenhearted grief in Shadow is only there because of Sonic.

It is Sonic's fault that his close friend is this upset. Rouge and Silver had been right about Shadow having a soft spot for Sonic, and he just had to go and hurt Shadow. It had taken him years to gain this much trust for him and he stepped on it like it was nothing. Why?

Sonic lowers his head in shame, wanting to do nothing more than to crawl into a hole and never come back. Not once did Shadow glance at Sonic and somehow that hurts Sonic even more.

"Sure, a 'good time', huh." Shadow says in a scarily calm tone. "What the fuck is the matter with you? He's drunk and you're taking advantage of him." His words grew sharp and louder in his clipped tone.

Silence follows into the air.

Everybody waits with bated breath to hear Silver's reaction, and they are all surprised.

When a laugh echoes after the silence.

Silver laughs in a mocking tone that sends shivers down Sonic's spine. "Really? You're pulling that card with me?"

Is this even the same Silver that Sonic has known since his teen years? That smug smirk and icy golden eyes did not belong to Silver that Sonic knows. There is a different air to the white hedgehog now - it is now fiendish and possessive. A far cry from his soft nature and naivety. That cold and cynical smirk at Shadow was simply unnatural.

No matter how hard Sonic could try and figure out how he got in this situation with Shadow and Silver. He finds that he can't think at all - a pounding headache drumms painfully in his head and Sonic's vision started to slow and drag on as if he had been spinning madly.

His body has warmed up quite a bit as if Sonic has suddenly gotten a fever, and that's when his limbs became weaker and shook. They grew to the point of where Sonic had to lean onto Silver because he couldn't stand up fully on his own. Right now, Sonic wants all the staring and guilt to go away so he could pass out and forget.

Without thinking about it, Sonic nestles closer to Silver as support. Shadow notices this, as does Silver - both of the hedgehogs share a look towards each other. One of disdain and contempt. The other victorious.

Silver shrugs his shoulder, the one free of a blue hedgehog, and smiles too sweetly at Shadow with a hint of viciousness. "Maybe we were a little too touchy or whatever, who cares? It's not like Sonic was going to wait all night for somebody else. I just wanted to make sure he wouldn't leave the party without having some fun."

If anybody with sensitivity to Chaos Energy other than Shadow or Silver bothered to pay a tiny shred of attention to Sonic - they'll recognize the scene unfolding before them to be more than a fit of jealousy between the three hedgehogs. They'd have seen Sonic's energy being sapped from him, leaving the blue hero weaker and dizzier every few minutes.

"I don't think he could have much 'fun' if he can hardly walk. Let alone stand up on his own feet." Shadow says in a low venomous hiss. The two hedgehogs both stare heatedly towards each other. Unmoving for now, though it's clear that one more snide comment from Silver could push Shadow into a fight.

Sonic wants to say something, anything at all to stop this arguing that he's sure will delve into fighting. However, each time he tries to another wave of dizziness and his pounding headache comes back in full force. As if whatever he tries to do is being stopped by some unknown force. He struggles to figure out what is wrong with him. Could it have been the tainted drinks he had earlier?

Silver rolls his eyes, then lets them fall onto Sonic in a predatory glance that Shadow took note of. "Well. What are you going to do about it then? Don't tell me you were going to talk to him? Sonic had been here all alone, I just thought he'd appreciate somebody noticing him and doing...more than noticing." Silver goads once more. His smile stretching at Shadow's angry hiss.

Each word Silver said had grinded on Shadow's already irate nerves. Grinding and grating. If Sonic wasn't drunk and in Silver's arms, Shadow would have punched that smug grin off the white hedgehog's face already.

When Shadow doesn't answer Silver's taunting questions, Silver continues in the same mocking voice, "You're not jealous are you? If you want him so bad, then why don't you take him from me."

Shadow let out a growl and said, "Fine." Before disappearing in front of everybody in a bright flash of blue light to Silver's surprise, as well as Sonic's and the crowd of staring Mobians. Most of which are friends of the three hedgehogs and all are greatly shocked by the chaotic argument from Silver and Shadow over Sonic, as if they were all teenagers again.

Sonic's heart dropped when Shadow disappeared. He messed up with this game and now Shadow is gone. The dizzying only grew worse and nausea crept up in his throat. Tonight has gone horrible - and he's most likely shattered his friendship with Shadow over some stupid game with Silver.

To say Sonic's quills stood up in alarm when Shadow appeared next to the blue blur and their eyes met for a moment. Sonic's spinning sight straightens for that moment and he can see Shadow clearly as the ebony hedgehog tugs Sonic out of Silver's grasp in one single motion. Pulling Sonic against his own body, Shadow looked up at Silver with a wry look and says, "Try me."

Even though Sonic expected to feel himself disappear in Chaos Control, he didn't expect to feel his legs give out and Sonic's body went slack against Shadow. His vision fading to black and the last thing he could remember seeing is Shadow's worried expression.