Title: Connection-Chp 6

Author: Blu Evermind

Summary: When Sonic and Shadow went Super, The combined power of the Chaos Emeralds connects Sonic and Shadow to each other. A year after Shadow's disappearance, Sonic still can't let go. What could it mean?

A/N: Because I just noticed--a disclaimer--I don't own Sonic because Sega owns them and if I did own them, the next game would have a segment called pin the tail on the Shadow. o_O Insane yes, hating it, no.

Chapter Six

Sunset was setting on the Mystic Ruins and the gang had not yet came back from Twinkle Park. Sonic and Shadow were sitting on Tails' front porch, not really doing anything. I mean, who could move after eating 5 of Sonic's famous chilidogs? It seemed the two shared yet another trait--big appetites.

"Oh...." Shadow moaned, "My stomach..."

"Isn't it *burp* wonderful?" Sonic asked.

"Oh...Yesss..." Shadow sighed.

At first, both hedgehogs were very eager to go back to Sonic's apartment and ahem..*cough* fuck, but the meal told them otherwise. Besides, neither had the key and there was no telling if Big was still stalking Tails. So they decided to wait for everyone to come back and then leave.

Now that their whole lives were ahead of them, many questions came up. "So..." Shadow said, "Can I come live with you?"

"Of course!" Sonic beamed, "There was never a doubt. Mind you, I'm a little messy..."

"And us?"

"I guess you could say we're a couple now." Sonic looked down and blushed.

Shadow stared on into the sunset, "That's nice."

Sonic looked up and gasped, "DON'T STARE AT THE SUN! YOU GO BLIND LIKE THAT!!!"

Shadow sweatdropped, "Ya don't go blind looking at the sunset. Its not directly at you and is safe to look at."

Sonic laughed, "Oh yeah...hehehe."

Shadow looked over at Sonic and lightly smiled, the flare of innocence around him was irristable, "Come here." he mummered and brought an arm around Sonic's shoulder, bringing him and the chair closer. Sonic made a little sigh and lay on Shadow's shoulder. Both looked on for a while, not speaking. It was as if something wanted to be said but neither of them could say it. Was this love? Or was this an absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder-for-a-little-while thing? Shadow was asking these questions in his head when he suddenly noticed the golden bracelet on Sonic's wrist, "You still have that?"

"This?" Sonic said, holding up his wrist, "Oh yeah..." Their eyes met for a serious moment, "I wear it all the time."

Shadow looked away. Could he love again? Would Sonic leave him like Maria did? Shadow blinked and looked away from the sun. Maybe Soniku was right..the sun was bright. Really bright. Shadow closed his eyes but the brightness lingered.

"Sonic? Are you seeing this?"

"Holy shit! Your glowing!"

Shadow opened his eyes and looked around, it was as if he were back in the emerald again...just to be sure,. he clutched tighty to Sonic's shoulder but suddenly something invisible was tugging at his chest and he and Sonic fell out of their chairs.

"What's going on?" Shadow cried.

***

"Check this out!" Fiona said, holding up the emerald as the group got off the train and started walking down the stairs leading to the ground. The Chaos emerald was glowing semi-brightly now.

"Where do you keep that?" Tails mumbled.

"Do ya wanna find out, Miles?" Fiona said seductively.

"Not really..." Tails said, taking the jewel out of Fiona's hands, "Its absorbing energy from some unknown source."

Rouge stopped Knuckles, who was just about to fly off the platform, "If Shadow came from the emerald, 10 bucks I know where that energy is coming from."

Knuckles, who wasn't paying attention whined, "I wanna fly! Lemmie fly! Pwease?"

***

Both hedgehogs were standing up now, but Shadow was still getting brighter by the second. Suddenly, a stream of the light started to flow from Shadow's chest and it lead a way toward the steps where seconds later, Tails appeared, holding an emerald where the beam was going into.

Sonic tried to cut it off but as soon as he touched it, he was flew back. "Its like pure energy...but why is it doing that?"

Shadow fell to his knees, "It hurts...why does it hurt, what does it want?" The color drained from his eyes, leaving them a dull grey.

Tails ran up to the porch and threw the jewel against the hard concrete. It at once shattered again and the light dimmed and disappeared, Shadow's eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fell back with Sonic catching him in his arms just in time.

"Tails, what the hell just happened?"

"The emerald backfired again...it was absorbing Shadow's energy from outside the jewel. The closer the jewel was to Shadow, the more exteme was the absorbing process."

"How do we stop it?"

"I don't know."

End of Chapter Six

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Bam bum BAHHH! OOHIE! Cliffhangers! And I really don't know when I'll have the time to just sit down and write a whole chappie at once. But for now, I say you all go out and buy the Evanesance CD "Fallen" or download the song "My Last Breath" by Evanesance and review telling me its the BEST SONADOW SONG EVER!!!