Sonic Who?

Lost Forever: Part 2

Dead silence was all he heard. His mind was transferring the realization of the silence but his thoughts were empty. Slowly but his noticeable muffled air was heard blowing into his ears. Then more muffled sounds came into play; sounds that were familiar but his mind couldn't recognize them. Slowly the sounds became clearer; his mind became more functional.

"Where am I?" he thought.

He could sense someone standing over him. The person's soft hand caressed his face. A warm feeling filled his heart. Light began to shine on his eyelids and he flinched. The person standing over him gasped and held his head in their hands.

"Hello? Are you awake?" the person asked with a soft voice.

He mumbled something and then moved his hand on the covers he felt. Soon all feeling returned to his body and he realized that a blanket covered him. The person lightly tapped his face waking him up some more. And then he opened his eyes slowly so they could adjust to the light in the room. Everything was blurry but then came into focus; the sounds he heard were of the loud traffic coming from the streets; the person standing over him was Rose. Her eyes showed that she was terrified but The Blue Demon didn't know why she was.

"You're finally awake." she said in a whisper.

The Blue Demon stared at her blankly. Well of course he was awake, he had been asleep for the night so why wouldn't he be awake? The Blue Demon sat up but Rose stuttered with her words probably trying to get him to rest. He assured her that he was ok and didn't need to rest. The Blue Demon pulled Rose closer to him and he kissed her. Rose blushed but was all confused about everything and didn't know how to respond.

"Where are my clothes?" The Blue Demon asked his girl.

"...They should be dry." Rose answered still baffled. "I put them in the dryer about an hour ago."

The Blue Demon nodded and hopped out of bed refreshed and ready to start his day. Rose had no idea what to make of the situation. She was sure he would've remembered everything that had happened yesterday but he didn't and never even questioned about it. She had a hunch as to why he was acting this way but it was a long shot from the average answer of amnesia. Rose decided to get to the bottom of the problem and went out into the living room where The Blue Demon was putting his shoes on.

"I'll get your clothes." Rose said trying to walk by casually.

The Blue Demon waved his hand in response and then went to the window and looked down upon the busy city. Rose came back with his clothes in hand and saw him standing at the window. Suddenly she felt peeved a bit with The Blue Demon. He would always stand by the window every morning as if he'd never seen the city before. And then she knew his next trip would be up to the rooftop and then off to somewhere doing whatever. Rose just hoped that he wasn't running off and fooling around with other girls which has happened before. But what she wanted more was for The Blue Demon to stay at home with her so they could spend some time together. But all the hope washed away when The Blue Demon took his orange shirt and blue jeans from Rose and dressed himself quickly.

"Please don't go onto the roof," Rose begged him. "stay here with me. I wanna spend some time with you."

"But I want to go to the roof Rose." The Blue Demon replied. "I want to see what it's like up there. Besides we spend time together anyway when we go to bed."

"But that's the only time I ever see you and sometimes you're too cranky or too drunk to even talk to me about anything."

"Me drunk? Haha! Rose, you're so funny you know that sweetie? You better be off to work, although being an exotic dancer isn't really my idea of a job."

"What!? You're the one who supported me when I told you about it!"

The Blue Demon completely ignored what Rose said and gave her a kiss on the cheek before walking out. Seconds gone by as Rose stood alone in the silent room. Suddenly she broke out in a fury stomping on the floor, kicking the furniture, and knocking things over. And then it ended seconds later and Rose was on her knees hunched over onto the floor. Tears rained out of her eyes as she sobbed loudly ripping the fabric off the carpet. Her heart felt like it had literally ripped into two and slowly dissolved away. Rose's body sat up quickly and she screamed at the top of her lungs.

...

"Why the hell does he do this to me everyday?" she asked in her croaking voice.

Indecisively Rose stood up and walked out. Indecisively she walked out of the apartment building and onto the crowded street. Indecisively she dissolved into the crowd with no destination in mind. Life had never been good for her; she never knew what a good time was in reality. Only in her mind she knew of pleasure and pain and no other feeling whatsoever. Fate didn't lead her to The Blue Demon, fate didn't even lead her to the grim city or to her job as an exotic dancer. Rose was always forced into the things she did. She didn't know what a free will was or what her dreams were. She was forced into the city because she had no home. She was forced to become a dancer because it was the only thing knew. She was forced into The Blue Demon's life because he wanted what he saw. To Rose, the word 'free' could only be defined as something you didn't have to pay for or a private dance she didn't get paid for. Like everyone else in the grim city she too was a drone going to the same places day in and day out. Only shining what was left of her personality when she was at home at night... but no one would be there to know her.

Rose knew that The Blue Demon only wanted her for her money and body but she didn't complain. He provided her the protection she need with his reputation. Rose knew that the men, and sometimes women, she dance in front of didn't give a shit about her but she didn't complain. They were the only ones who gave her the attention she wanted outside of home. Rose knew that her life was wasted but she didn't complain. She patiently waited for the day that she would no longer exist and her presence was completely gone from this horrible life.

But to the knowledge of few, and even Rose herself, there was some out there who cared for her. He may have been surrounded by metal and electricity and bounded to a machine for life but he still cared for Rose. The Mastermind may have had a mind that went beyond the limits of a normal person, but he was still a child at heart and like all children he wanted friends and attention... just like Rose. But the two never shared their true feelings with each other besides the usual 'thanks for your help'. And this is what locked them away from society and away from each other.

Rose continued on shuffling down the sidewalk along with the crowd. Her mind became clouded and nothing seemed to matter anymore. She gazed up into the clouds lost in her emotions. She finally noticed that there had never been a single sunny day in the grim city ever since she came there years ago. Rose stopped and finally a thought came into her mind.

"I wonder what that light is above the clouds..." her mind whispered.

Rose finally knew where she was going to do... she had to find out what that light was above the clouds. But she would have to get to a high place in order to reach it. Quickly she took off around the corner and searched every building they passed. Too crowded, too small, windows were too small. She finally stopped in front of an old abandoned warehouse that had been empty for years. The wide windows gave her plenty of room to jump out of and it was surrounded by other small buildings so she had space to fly away. It was the perfect place for her. But something else got her attention. Someone was calling her over and over again and Rose looked up at a neighboring building.

The Blue Demon was waving down to her but instead of joy she immediately became afraid just like everyone around her who saw the blue hedgehog as well. He leapt off the building and dashed over to where Rose was but she had ran inside of the warehouse.

"Wait! Where are you going?" The Blue Demon shouted as he followed.

The terrified pink hedgehog dashed up the stairwell with The Blue Demon begging her to stop. But Rose knew she couldn't stop, she had to keep on going if she wanted to know what was above the clouds. Higher and higher she went up the stairwell until there was a sudden break in the stairs at the sixth floor. With no other way to go Rose settled with that floor and ran to a window looking out over the street. The Blue Demon entered the room just as Rose was standing in the frame of the window.

"NO!!" he shouted but Rose ignore him.

She looked down upon the crowd that had formed in front of the building. They were probably there to see her fly into the clouds. She looked up at the gray clouds and was determined to make it up there to see the beauty that was beyond them. In and out her breath went and Rose leapt out and reached up towards the sky. She felt herself going higher and higher, she knew that she was going to make it, she could feel the softness of the clouds at the tip of her fingers. But then it sped away from her quickly and Rose looked down to see the ground rushing towards her just as fast.

...

The Blue Demon had reached the window but it was too late. He watched the only love of his life plummet to her death and her body laid flatten on the sidewalk. Blood slowly seeped out from under it and the crowd looked up at the warehouse with pointing fingers. He was so devastated; The Blue Demon felt as though he lost part of himself and would never see it again. Distraught and lost he only knew of one thing now and that was to run. Run as far as he could away from it all and leave it all behind for it didn't matter to him anymore. And run he did.