"I swear, if I had just seen that chance...!" Sonic fumed.
"What happened?" Knuckles asked, pulling out the sleeping bag from under Sonic's bed. There were only so many beds in the house, and Sonic had already claimed the only extra one, so Knuckles slept on the floor in Sonic's room and Tails slept with Cody in Cody's room. Cody didn't mind; After all, he was the sidekick's sidekick now!
"I was playing Mortal Combat at the arcade against some kid I met and he wiped the floor with me! At least, he did with my character. Jeez, that kid can really mash those buttons!" Sonic replied, still cross and he crawled into bed.
Knuckles laughed to himself. "You mean to tell me that you're so cross because someone actually beat you in a video game?" he chuckled.
"No. I'm so cross because someone beat me in an arcade game, and his name was Shaun. Plus, that was the first time I ever played the game anyway, so how was I supposed to know all the moves?" Sonic demanded.
"I have no idea," Knuckles smiled, continuing to laugh to himself. "However, it's still a first."
"Tell me about it," Sonic grumbled, staring at the ceiling. Today had been a bad day. "Anyway, did you find Sally yet?"
"Always thinkin' about her?" Knuckles teased, catching Sonic's pillow and throwing it back. "Actually, no. She wasn't in the complex when I checked. I think they moved her. On a different note, who is Shaun anyway? Would I know him?"
"I don't think so. And can you turn off the lights tonight? You're still closer to the door then I'd ever be," Sonic nagged.
"That's only because you actually have the bed," Knuckles complained as he turned off the lights and crawled back into his sleeping bag. "And about Shaun. What's he look like? Hair color? Eye color?"
"Well, he had a black cotton jacket with a hood on, and he wore jeans like mine, and he also had red sneakers, like mine but a different design. His hair was a really deep black, but I could swear there were red highlights in it, and his eyes matched his hair; deep black-like brown with a strange red tint. Other than that, he could run as fast as me and even acted like me. We talked in unison at least three times while we were at the arcade!" Sonic rolled over and looked at Knuckles on the floor. "Why?"
Knuckles was just staring at him. "Sonic," he whispered, almost in awe, "that was the guy who attacked you yesterday."
"You're kidding!" Sonic almost yelled, but remembered to drop his voice at the last second. "I haven't met a nicer guy my own age in years!"
"Hey! What about me?" Knuckles demanded.
"You said it yourself once. 'I'm at least a few months older than you!' However, Shaun was born the exact day I was! And, taking into accord how alike we are, I wouldn't be surprised if he was born the exact second too!" Sonic shot back.
"Still, nice guy or not, he was the one that brained you the other day!" Knuckles said in his fact voice. Whenever he used that voice, there was no changing his opinion.
"Prove it!" Sonic challenged.
"I had to scrub my hands so hard the skin almost came off when I got here yesterday. Why? I had punched the attacker, twice, across the face. One punch for each cheek. That means he had four slash marks with a slight downward angle on each side of his face. Did Shaun have marks matching the descriptions?" Knuckles replied.
Sonic, holding the rage in himself, said, "Yeah, he did."
"What happened?" Knuckles asked, pulling out the sleeping bag from under Sonic's bed. There were only so many beds in the house, and Sonic had already claimed the only extra one, so Knuckles slept on the floor in Sonic's room and Tails slept with Cody in Cody's room. Cody didn't mind; After all, he was the sidekick's sidekick now!
"I was playing Mortal Combat at the arcade against some kid I met and he wiped the floor with me! At least, he did with my character. Jeez, that kid can really mash those buttons!" Sonic replied, still cross and he crawled into bed.
Knuckles laughed to himself. "You mean to tell me that you're so cross because someone actually beat you in a video game?" he chuckled.
"No. I'm so cross because someone beat me in an arcade game, and his name was Shaun. Plus, that was the first time I ever played the game anyway, so how was I supposed to know all the moves?" Sonic demanded.
"I have no idea," Knuckles smiled, continuing to laugh to himself. "However, it's still a first."
"Tell me about it," Sonic grumbled, staring at the ceiling. Today had been a bad day. "Anyway, did you find Sally yet?"
"Always thinkin' about her?" Knuckles teased, catching Sonic's pillow and throwing it back. "Actually, no. She wasn't in the complex when I checked. I think they moved her. On a different note, who is Shaun anyway? Would I know him?"
"I don't think so. And can you turn off the lights tonight? You're still closer to the door then I'd ever be," Sonic nagged.
"That's only because you actually have the bed," Knuckles complained as he turned off the lights and crawled back into his sleeping bag. "And about Shaun. What's he look like? Hair color? Eye color?"
"Well, he had a black cotton jacket with a hood on, and he wore jeans like mine, and he also had red sneakers, like mine but a different design. His hair was a really deep black, but I could swear there were red highlights in it, and his eyes matched his hair; deep black-like brown with a strange red tint. Other than that, he could run as fast as me and even acted like me. We talked in unison at least three times while we were at the arcade!" Sonic rolled over and looked at Knuckles on the floor. "Why?"
Knuckles was just staring at him. "Sonic," he whispered, almost in awe, "that was the guy who attacked you yesterday."
"You're kidding!" Sonic almost yelled, but remembered to drop his voice at the last second. "I haven't met a nicer guy my own age in years!"
"Hey! What about me?" Knuckles demanded.
"You said it yourself once. 'I'm at least a few months older than you!' However, Shaun was born the exact day I was! And, taking into accord how alike we are, I wouldn't be surprised if he was born the exact second too!" Sonic shot back.
"Still, nice guy or not, he was the one that brained you the other day!" Knuckles said in his fact voice. Whenever he used that voice, there was no changing his opinion.
"Prove it!" Sonic challenged.
"I had to scrub my hands so hard the skin almost came off when I got here yesterday. Why? I had punched the attacker, twice, across the face. One punch for each cheek. That means he had four slash marks with a slight downward angle on each side of his face. Did Shaun have marks matching the descriptions?" Knuckles replied.
Sonic, holding the rage in himself, said, "Yeah, he did."