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This just in, Sonic the hedgehog has been seen bruised and bloodied in the home of none other than Shadow the hedgehog and Rouge the bat. Two notorious GUN agents known to have ties with infamous Dr. Robotnik during Robotnik's failed attempts of world domination. There also rumors of Amy Rose, Sonic's girlfriend and fellow heroine, has been taken into GUN custody under false orders.
It is believed that Sonic has bravely fought against Shadow in an attempt to protect Miss Amy Rose from harm when Rouge injured Rose while our beloved hero was distracted.
We assume Team Dark has been up to terrible deeds and are trying to bring our freedom fighters into it, as Knuckles the echidna was seen holding hands with the spy Rouge two hours later outside of her home along with Tails the fox, a teen genius and Sonic's young brother.
Sources say that Rouge is known to steal priceless gems and artifacts, and it's common sense to think that she's only using Knuckles to get to the widely known yet still mysterious Master Emerald. And that Rouge was the one to bring Miss Rose into GUN custody as well.
And that's not all. When our skilled journalists of Mobius Daily News got close up photos of Sonic and Shadow, there is captured images of Shadow kidnapping our beloved hero! We can only hope that our other heroes can come to Sonic's aid before the fiends otherwise known as Team Dark can act.
Mobius Daily News will update with more information at a later hour today.
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Red.
Red.
Red.
All of it red.
Years ago, when they were teenagers, Knuckles had the tendency to be brash and hot-tempered, though he's gained patience through the years and always thought before he hit on most good days.
Today was not one of those days.
Today he's seen red.
The red of Amy's dress, the red of Rouge's lips, the red of Shadow's quills, and the red of Sonic's blood dried on the floor.
Shadow's heart skipped in his chest, pumping him full of adrenaline when he was forced to dodge a flurry of punches from Knuckles who held no mercy for the hedgehog. Internally the striped hedgehog cursed at himself, for saying the wrong thing and doing the wrong thing.
The hedgehog didn't know exactly what was going through the echidna's mind, but he got the gist of it. Hurt Shadow as much as he could any way he could, preferably with fists.
Knuckles kept up to speed with Shadow's dodges. Inside his head all he could see was his best friend, that fake smile plastered on his face all because he felt like he had to be the world's puppet. Because Knuckles wasn't there to help it left him feeling horribly guilty. That guilt bled through like spilled ink, dripping everywhere and making his emotions and his rationality spiral out of control. Then the dripping guilt dried into anger.
"I misspoke, alright!"
Still…Knuckles ignored Shadow's words, not that he could hear them through the inner mantra in his mind that repeated the same thing over and over. Revenge, revenge, revenge.
Shadow jumped backwards, wary of the echidna. The more distance between them, the better. Knuckles clearly did not wish to talk anything out now. Shadow figured that out instantly when Knuckles kept slashing out, kicking and punching at any and all vital points on the hedgehog's body.
Over and over, Shadow dodged, and Shadow evaded while Knuckles growled after missing his target. Though Knuckles seemed almost pleased when he managed to land a hit on Shadow. "Did you not hear me?" Shadow hissed, one more slip-up like that and Knuckles could seriously hurt him. The echidna may not have the speed that Sonic and Shadow have, but he has the strength to (literally) crush mountains.
"I heard." Knuckles said in a strangely calm tone despite the anger in his eyes gleaming like a violet-tinted fire. He turned his head and faced the house, as if he was lost in thought and not trying to, most likely, murder the hedgehog before him. "…Sonic is like a brother to me…and I've failed to be there for him…to protect him." Knuckles' strange tone held regret in it.
The GUN agent relaxed his defensive stance a bit, only to regret that when Knuckles closed the gap between them faster than Shadow thought he could move, and Shadow received a heavy blow to the muzzle.
"I won't fail him now." Knuckles glares at Shadow venomously.
Their fight had begun.
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"I thought you would help me!" Sonic said, his voice cracked and was raw with hurt, but he was stubborn in not crying again within minutes. "I put all my trust in you, thinking that whenever I had a problem, I could trust you to help!" Because that's what family does!
"I am helping you!" Tails said loudly. He faced his brother with a defiant gaze, holding his chin up and ignoring the dread blooming in his chest like an unwanted weed. "You need to see the bigger picture. This world needs a hero, and that hero is you. Like it or not, you can't be yourself because you have your heroic image the world wants to see."
"I don't want to be the world's hero if it means I have to play pretend just because people have this perfect image of me!" Sonic stood while he clenched and unclenched his fists and sighed wearily. Tails forced himself to look at his brother, seeing more clearly that perhaps he was wrong. Because why has his always brave, always strong, always genuinely happy brother gone? Where was that hero who could do anything?
The kitsune didn't understand this sadness in his brother at all. Even though he's read the words his brother never spoke Tails still didn't get it. The fact that even his brother was starting to question him ticked him off.
That is, until he got an idea.
"You saw the journalists, you know this whole thing is going to blow up, right." Tails said shortly. Sonic nodded his head once; he didn't trust himself to speak in fear of crying again. All the tears he's shed left him feeling shameful and weak, and to do it in front of his little brother…Tails walked over to Sonic, in his hands was the hedgehog's notebook, and slowly waved it in front of Sonic almost mockingly. When Sonic tried to grab his notebook, Tails pulled it back before he could. "Big brother…I'll help you with everything. But I need your help. You would help me, right?"
"What are you playing at Tails. Do you even know what I want help for-"
"-You love me, right?"
"Of course I do! Tails! Why aren't you answering my-"
"-If you loved me, you'd listen to me without interruption."
"…" Sonic shut his mouth, he stared warily at Tails. Often Tails had Sonic listening to every word with ease. Though he remembers with a heavy heart that everybody has changed. Including his brother Tails.
Sonic thinks why Tails changed. Tails grew up with the world constantly watching them, always criticizing or praising what they thought was wrong about them. It could explain why he's always been so focused, so hellbent on giving the world perfect images because that's what he thinks is the right thing to do. Tails has always followed the words of others, he's always been such an impressionable child who's well in his teen years.
Tails faintly let the littlest of smiles grace his face. Good. Sonic's full attention is on him and only him, he's got to make this quick before Rouge, Shadow, or Knuckles overhear. This should be easy.` A little emotional manipulation never actually hurt anyone. How does Tail know this exactly? Simple, he's been doing it for years. "Come home with me, I know you're upset…I know I've caused lots of trouble. And I'm sorry…I really am truly sorry."
That was all it took for Sonic to falter in his sorrow and anger and allow Tails to tell his pretty lies that make Sonic faker and lost.
Thank you for all the reviews guys I'm grinning like an idiot cause of the Tails feedback I got in the previous chapter. What do you think of him now? I'm back for a short while and I'll get straight to the point. I'm not doing well mentally and that's okay y'know. I'm still trying 'cause I know it gets better. And I've been going off on a lot of college visits and summer camps where I couldn't access my phone or laptop. :/ But that's all coming to an end and I'll get free time so that's awesome.
Anyways hows that manipulation going, you think Sonic's gonna go home with his brother and become a depressed empty shell of himself? Or do you think one of their friends are gonna come to Sonic's rescue? What happened to that kiss business? Don't worry next chappie will cover that along with Amy too.