Sonic slowly opened his eyes through the blinding headache throbbing
throughout his head. Everything around him was hazy, like he was trying to
stare through a mist of some kind, but it was green, like home.
There was a groan next to him. Pushing himself up from his front with his hands, he noticed a black blob next to him. Was he going crazy, or was it just him?
He laid back down to free his hands, allowing him to rub his eyes. Now that he could see, he noticed the black blob was actually Shadow, who was starting to revive as well.
"You alive?" Sonic asked, straining to make his cracked voice heard.
"Why else would I be breathing?" was Shadow's reply.
"Yo, I just wanted to see if you were okay," Sonic answered. Once again he strained to get up, but this time also tried to stand on his feet.
Shadow was instantly on his own feet when he heard Sonic cry in pain and fall to the forest floor, completely paralyzed from pain. "Still broken?" Shadow asked with a smirk.
"Still broken," Sonic growled through his teeth.
Shadow pulled Sonic to his feet and balanced the blue hedgehog against his shoulder. "Knothole Village is nearby, I think, and we could probably get help there..."
Sonic sighed to himself. Would he appreciate the help more or the lack of knowledge in Knothole Village that he was completely useless now?
He finally came to a plan. "Shadow, I need you to help me with something..."
"Like walking? Sure. I'll help."
"Shadow, get real," Sonic said, obviously quite frustrated. "If the Freedom Fighters see me like this, they'll freak out. Their hero will have let them down and defenseless, and would be suddenly asking for their help otherwise. Think about it; if I become a liability instead of an asset, would I be Sonic the Blue Blaze or Sonic the Blue Loser?"
"I think they'll still be loyal and hold you as the hero, but just with a few extra problems," Shadow answered.
"But what about Antoine? That guy's been waiting for years to find a chance to drag me into the dirt, and this would be perfect for him! This is all he needs to make me the only thing he sees me as; an overconfident jerk who can't handle himself like he should. Could I ever live with that?"
Shadow thought to himself for a second, but then replied. "Tell you what; I'll sneak in, grab a captured hoverjet, and then we'll go where we need to go. Down with that?"
"Down, buddy. But how are you going to get the hoverjet?"
Shadow smiled. "There's a reason I'm named Shadow..."
There was a groan next to him. Pushing himself up from his front with his hands, he noticed a black blob next to him. Was he going crazy, or was it just him?
He laid back down to free his hands, allowing him to rub his eyes. Now that he could see, he noticed the black blob was actually Shadow, who was starting to revive as well.
"You alive?" Sonic asked, straining to make his cracked voice heard.
"Why else would I be breathing?" was Shadow's reply.
"Yo, I just wanted to see if you were okay," Sonic answered. Once again he strained to get up, but this time also tried to stand on his feet.
Shadow was instantly on his own feet when he heard Sonic cry in pain and fall to the forest floor, completely paralyzed from pain. "Still broken?" Shadow asked with a smirk.
"Still broken," Sonic growled through his teeth.
Shadow pulled Sonic to his feet and balanced the blue hedgehog against his shoulder. "Knothole Village is nearby, I think, and we could probably get help there..."
Sonic sighed to himself. Would he appreciate the help more or the lack of knowledge in Knothole Village that he was completely useless now?
He finally came to a plan. "Shadow, I need you to help me with something..."
"Like walking? Sure. I'll help."
"Shadow, get real," Sonic said, obviously quite frustrated. "If the Freedom Fighters see me like this, they'll freak out. Their hero will have let them down and defenseless, and would be suddenly asking for their help otherwise. Think about it; if I become a liability instead of an asset, would I be Sonic the Blue Blaze or Sonic the Blue Loser?"
"I think they'll still be loyal and hold you as the hero, but just with a few extra problems," Shadow answered.
"But what about Antoine? That guy's been waiting for years to find a chance to drag me into the dirt, and this would be perfect for him! This is all he needs to make me the only thing he sees me as; an overconfident jerk who can't handle himself like he should. Could I ever live with that?"
Shadow thought to himself for a second, but then replied. "Tell you what; I'll sneak in, grab a captured hoverjet, and then we'll go where we need to go. Down with that?"
"Down, buddy. But how are you going to get the hoverjet?"
Shadow smiled. "There's a reason I'm named Shadow..."