9 - Welcome To Moebius
- One week and three days since Scourge's appearance.
Well, it's been three days. Shadow already said his second exchange of farewells to his roommate. Rouge gave him some kisses on his face, and told him to be careful and not to do anything too crazy. She reminded him once again about her advice on Sonic. She gave him a hug and made him promise her to give that green bastard a good kick in the teeth when they found him. She gave him a communicator that seemed similar to a smart device, just in case she needed to report to Shadow if something crucial happened back at home.
He ran over back to Tails' place once again and knocked once. Not even a minute later, it opened right up. Shadow looked down below to see the orange fox chewing on something. The aroma of sweet batter and mint wafted his nostrils. He made a small sniff and stepped inside the house. Tails pushed the door to close it and began turning his namesakes. He floated up into the air and flew himself over to the sofa. He landed on the cushions and continued to chew on the candy in his mouth. He waved and greeted the ultimate life form. Though, his words sounded muffled. Shouldn't really talk with food in your mouth.
"Mnn, hmm Shmmdww."
"I'm sorry?" Shadow lowered his eyes.
Tails swallowed the candy and licked his lips in delight. "Nm." He gulped before taking in a breath to speak up again. "I said, hey Shadow."
"Candy this early in the day?" He asked as he leaned against the wall near the door. Tails nodded excitedly.
"Heck yeah! Sonic went to the store earlier and bought me some mint candies. Then he got breakfast started and made some pancakes. But he made mine with mint candies in them! It was so good." The fox made a wide grin and his eyes nearly rolled back from the pleasure of having that delicious wonder food on his taste buds.
"Faker can use a stove?"
"You'd be surprised. Amy and Cream taught him how to cook things properly since he used to burn everything he touched, but then he just started getting better on his own." Tails reached behind him and lifted up one of the pillows from the furniture. His eyes widened at the small plastic bag of candies he had stashed. He picked it up in his hands and unraveled the twisty tie sealing it. He happily dug his hand inside for more of the minty goodness. "You should eat before you go. Sonic's pancakes are pretty good."
Shadow's face was lightly amused. "I'm surprised he eats things other than those weird hot dogs."
"Heh, I thought the same thing." Tails looked over from the living room down the hall to the kitchen. He called out for his brother to get a move on. "Sonic! Shadow's waiting for you in here!"
They both heard some shuffling and metal clanging. "I'll be out in a sec, bro!" He called back.
Shadow internally groaned at Sonic's delay. "I presume you finished your project?"
"I sure did, and it's perfect." Tails said rather splendidly. But his expression looked arrogant. Guess the apple didn't fall too far from the tree. "Probably my best work yet, if I do say so myself." Shadow almost laughed at the little one's cockiness. "Okay, so there's a thing called a warp ring. It's a ring that can basically take you from one place to another by using chaos energy. Kinda like teleportation, like chaos control. Since you both have all seven emeralds, it should be no problem getting to where you want. It has advanced technical properties, and it's basically a little tiny machine. Usually, a portal opens up and stays open for a short while, and that's your chance to hop on through it. However, I invented this one so that it just instantly transports you." As he munched down on his candies, he continued his explanation. "So I programmed it to take you to Moebius, with your return destination back to Mobius Prime. But," Tails trailed off. His confidence was replaced with perplexity.
"But?" Shadow tried to help finish his sentence.
"It's just that, those are the only two locations I programmed in it. Sonic said that you both might be able to change the destination to where ever you want regardless of how it was programmed thanks to your abilities."
"Hn, with enough power that may prove to be true. But we'll figure that out when the time is right." He self assured. Then he scowled when he noticed how much time passed since he came here. Where the hell was that hedgehog? "Faker, get your ass in here. Let's go." He sternly yelled to the other room.
Tails gulped down his last mint candy and blinked at Shadow's words. "Wait, you're leaving right now? You don't wanna eat first or something?"
"Scourge is terrorizing his own world, and I'm sure he's planning to come here and do the same. We've no time for that, and we need to act now." He said responsibly. "Besides, I filled up before I got here." He added before looking down at Tails. "And you'll be able to fend for yourself, yes?"
"Yeah I'll be fine. I already told everybody you'd be leaving. Well, everyone except Amy. She'd be running to my doorstep by now. They'll have my back if I need help."
"Likewise." He nodded.
"You know Shadow, I wasn't too sure about you hanging around Sonic at first. But," The vulpine got up from his seat and dusted himself off of any hard candy crumbs. He smiled at the dark hedgehog warmly. "I was wrong about you. You're a decent guy." He complimented. "So I'm gonna trust you to take care of my brother. He better come back home right as rain, got it?" He commanded firmly. It was a little hard to take the child seriously with his pouty face, but nevertheless, Shadow agreed to his terms.
He never thought he'd ever hear the little fox say that to him. He was on his good side now. "..Of course."
"Good." Tails turned around and groaned in annoyance. "Sonic, come on! You've got a hedgehog to catch!" He called again.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," Sonic repeated as he jogged in the room. He was pulling one of his gloves down on his bare peach hand. He flexed his fingers and made a firm fist to affix his garment. "I'm ready." He said. He looked much more refreshed than the last time they met. He looked like he just took a shower, too. Tails noticed this as well and looked up and down on his form. "I had to clean your kitchen and wash up. Sorry I took so long."
"Wait, but weren't you just in the kitch...Ah, whatever." Tails shrugged. "Got the emeralds?"
"Yup." Once the hero said that, six priceless gemstones appeared before them all in their beautiful shining colors. Hovering around Sonic like multicolored diamond rock angels. They then teleported away in a flash, and they were gone. Shadow held the seventh in his quills, whom seemed impressed.
"Chaos control?" His rival asked.
"Chaos control." Sonic confirmed. "It'd be annoying to carry them in a bag, and we can't shove them all in our quills. So I put them somewhere in time and space. A trick I learned."
Shadow smirked. "Nice."
"I got the warp ring too." He held up one hand that twirled the small ring in between his fingers. "Tails made it smaller than the usual ones, so it's easier to carry." He walked over and gave a noogie to his fox friend. "Little genius copied off of Scourge's model by just taking one glance."
"Heheh. It was nothing. Well, maybe it was something-" His self boasting was interrupted by his own giggles at Sonic's playful manner. "Just try not to take too long over there. And be careful for once, alright?"
Sonic fixed up his head fur and patted him. "We'll be fine. I'll see ya soon, buddy." He watched the smaller one spread open his arms and hug his lower torso since he was short. His elder brother smiled down at him tenderly, and embraced him back with one arm. After they said their goodbyes, Tails stepped back and moved aside so Sonic could make his way to the door. He gestured for Shadow to follow him, and he turned back and made one more wave goodbye to Tails before stepping out the front door.
He heard some small talk go between Sonic and Shadow before he heard the sounds of sparks. A white flash lightened the entire house from the outside, before fading away. This made the vulpine sigh sadly. They were gone.
He just got his brother back.
This was important though, so he'd just have to tough it out until then.
With a couple of white sparks and then a white flash, both Sonic and Shadow landed down on what seemed like hard roughed up concrete. Steadily, they both stood up straight and surveyed their surroundings. It was like a dingy version of Mobius Prime. Only it seemed more like a dystopia written wasteland rather than a normal city. In fact, it seemed abandoned. Large buildings were on their last legs. Windows busted out, bricks laid on the streets. Pieces of scrap metal burned to crisps, not even worth salvaging. Houses were dormant and laid in ruins. Anything that involved an occupation was destroyed. Banks? They looked like they were ransacked. Post offices? It was crumbling to pieces. Schools, markets, gas stations, you name it. They were all just places of wreckage.
Shadow assumed they were in a place similar to Station Square, just desolate and eerie. Even the skies here were dark and cloudy. There was trash and litter everywhere. There were decaying pieces of what Shadow assumed were dead carcasses. Chaos, maybe there were actual dead Moebians around here. And maybe some were buried underneath all the debris. There were some cars that were laying in the middle of the streets. Some were tossed over and flipped on their side. Some didn't have any rims or tires. Some were completely destroyed or ravaged of parts.
It was so quiet here. The only thing they heard, was the soft tumbling wind that weakly blew in the air. Even the world's natural elements were feeble. It barely pushed back the fur on their skins. To Sonic, this was just an old place that left a bad taste in his mouth. To Shadow, this was a complete apocalyptic world that was far too scarred and damaged to repair. When Black Doom came to their world, when he threatened to destroy it all...The eclipse cannon, Gerald's revenge...If Sonic hadn't stepped in, would this have been the result? Guess he should be a little more thankful for Sonic's meddling. After all, that's what hero's did, right? Meddle when they're not supposed to.
"This is.." Shadow didn't finish. He just couldn't believe his eyes. Did Scourge cause all this? Sonic shook his head at the place.
"Welcome to anti-Mobius, Shadow. Probably the worst place to live."
"Did he do this as well?" His rival questioned in a scorned whispered.
"He might have. I don't know if he was the main cause but, I think he was definitely involved some way somehow. Come on." Sonic ushered Shadow away from their starting point, and began walking down the cracked streets of Moebius. Shadow constantly kept looking around, taking in all this world's ruination. It was just lamentable. There were seriously dark alleyways, begging for someone to waltz right in and get abducted. Something else to avoid he supposed. "A close friend of mine told me everything he knew about this place." Sonic said as he and Shadow walked side by side. "'Member how I said Scourge was a prince? Well, his dad was obviously a king. When he was in rule, he helped cause something called 'The Great Peace'. It made the world of Moebius prosper, and things were peaceful for ten years. But, after a decade-Ngh!" Sonic was interrupted by tripping over something. He looked down and saw a wet dead rat was stuck to his feet. There was blood and, some other substance he couldn't identify. He swung his leg back and forth to wring it off, but it wasn't budging. With a wince, he stomped his heel on the ground, making it pop right off with a sickening sound. "Ew.."
Shadow just turned his head away in disgust.
"A-Anyway," Sonic tried to continue as he began scraping the bottom of his shoe off on the concrete to get rid of the icky material. "After a decade, everything fell apart. A horrible event occurred. The most awful, most petrifying event in their history happened. A tragedy." The cobalt hero looked across the street, just to see an abandoned hospital. There were supplies of gauze and pill bottles rolling out of it's destroyed entry way. "The king had disappeared, but then it was discovered that he was brutally murdered. His disappearance, caused the first phase of chaos. And soon, the entire world suffered from a never ending crisis. People rioted, people stole, and people started to kill. No one was safe, 'cause they either starved, got killed, escaped some place else, or worse. And maybe," Sonic stopped in his tracks and stared at the deserted city. "Anyone who couldn't get away and stayed here, was probably brainwashed by Scourge."
The red and black hedgehog walked to stand by his kindhearted rival, and looked with him in the same direction.
"That, is the history of anti-Mobius. At least, that's what he told me." The blue speedster started to shiver, and hugged his arms to his chest. "Freakin' cold here."
"Dead and cold to be exact." Shadow replied.
"Yeah."
As they watched the crumbling city fall apart, it was silent for a moment. A peaceful, quiet moment. It was just them and their thoughts. That is, until Sonic remembered the very thing he wanted to talk to Shadow about. He turned to him, and nudged his arm to get his attention with his elbow. Shadow was spaced out until he felt it. He glanced at Sonic before returning his eyes back into the distance.
"About that incident the other day," He started slowly. "Wanna explain what that was about?" He smirked. While he really wanted to know why Shadow tried to make out with him a few days ago, he also wanted to lighten up the mood.
"..I have no idea what you're talking about." Shadow quickly dismissed.
"Ohoho no you don't mister." Sonic stepped closer towards Shadow, making the other stiffen his body. He refused to look at Sonic, be he also refused to let him see that he was kinda losing it. He was seriously hoping he'd just forget about that. Sonic raised his gloved finger and pressed it against Shadow's chest, right on his white fluffy chest fur. "You tell me what that was right now, or we go no where."
"I don't believe you have the authority to dictate that."
"Actually I do, because I have the emeralds. And you're a deadman if you try to fight Scourge by yourself. Not to mention I know my way around here and you don't." Sonic took one more step closer. His leg was in between Shadow's, and knee was hovering in between his pelvis. Sonic put his hands on his hips and his smirk deepened. "So, you're gonna answer me. Right now." His mouth was close enough for his words to vibrate right in Shadow's ears. The ultimate life form licked his lips, feeling that they were suddenly becoming dry, and continued to avert his eyes some place else. Now really wasn't the time for this. They already wasted enough time staring at the scenery.
"Faker, I'm really not in the mood." Was all Shadow would say.
"Not in the mood..?" Sonic repeated to himself. "Not in the mood, not in the mood?" He started to laugh. "Ha, not according to you. In fact, if I recall correctly, you couldn't say anything because you were too busy trying to stick your tongue down my throat!"
"We don't have time for this." Shadow turned away from him entirely and began to walk away. Sonic let him, and just followed behind him right on his heels.
"Well we got all the time in the world pal, 'cause you ain't goin' no where without me to guide you."
The dark one stubbornly disregarded this. "I'll find his castle on my own."
Sonic just narrowed his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. "And do what? Fight him? You wanna make another suicide attempt by yours truly?"
This time, Shadow didn't make a retort. He just stopped walking and reared his head back towards Sonic. He looked pretty irked and insulted. But his blue ally just kept talking, that face didn't effect him at all.
"You can look at me like that all you want. I'm not the one who started it."
Shadow felt his nerves tense right up in pure spitefulness. "Didn't you start the fucking conversation?"
"Asshole, I mean that I didn't try to kiss you. You came for me. And I'd like a damn explanation, unless that's just too much to freakin' ask!" Sonic was really starting to lose his patience as well. Shadow walked in front of him and glared his semi-immortal red eyes right in his face.
"And you will get your petty-ass exposition when we're done with our deed. Seriously," He snarled. "That son of a bitch is probably causing even more mayhem, and you want to waste time by arguing about something as trivial as a fucking kiss?!" He hollered. Hearing him shout right in his face only fueled Sonic's forgotten rage even further.
"Well I wouldn't be pressin' the issue so much if someone wasn't acting so defensive!" He yelled right back. "And this coming from the guy who says I should take a few days off."
Shadow shoved his forehead against Sonic's, who didn't see that action coming. He winced and was forced to be pushed back. "Yeah because obviously you needed to cool off from acting like a damn coward!" And that right there set it all off.
Sonic gritted his teeth. "You're a God damn hypocrite!" He growled while shoving his hands square into Shadow's chest to knock him right back.
The ebony one shouted, "And you're an idiot!"
"Screw you!" Sonic shouted back. As they screamed at each other, they got in each other's faces again and pressed their heads against the other's threateningly. Their fists were clenched, and they could feel their muscles aching to punch something. They needed to hit something, and their target was going to be each other if this went on any longer.
Shadow's red eyes brightly began to make a faint ominous glow. "Fuck you, hedgehog!"
Sonic's pupils started to shrink into slits and his eyes were becoming a dark green. "FUCK you!"
"FUCK you!"
Their screaming fest didn't end even as the sound of glass shattering ruptured throughout the dismal streets. Even as unruly strangers began to crawl out of the dark corners and alleyways, they still continued to yell at each other. They didn't see the dirt infested, rag doll looking criminals waiting to get their hands on them. They had weapons, but they were all just pieces of rubbish. Such as glass shards being used a shivs, or torn up plastic bags filled with sharp heavy rocks. They all looked malicious, and they were planning to spill blood. To kill, to murder. After all, that's what this world was about. That was basically one of the rules here, kill or be killed...Sometimes, eat or be eaten.
"I should have known that you're stupidity would drag me down again."
"Again? You really wanna go there? Huh?!" Sonic barked back. "I'll knock your ass right into the ground!"
"Not before I toss your scrawny ass through a brick wall!"
That insult really ruffled his fur. He couldn't even said anything back. He just bared his teeth and continued to seethe. One of the thugs that was coming near Sonic raised a hand that held a large glass shard. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted you. Everyone was right," He suddenly reached behind himself and grabbed hold of the stranger's torn up shirt. "You really are nothing but a dickhead!" He yelled as he swung the Moebian right into Shadow. His now bitter rival lost his balance with a jolt, and found himself getting thrown into another building across the street. Deja vu.
He was starting to shake, that's how fucking irritated he was right now. Well if he wanted a little warm up, that was fine by him. Shadow easily shoved the Moebian off of his body and stood up off the ground. He marched himself out of the wrecked structure and kept his fists clenched at his sides. With a determined glower, he disappeared in a flash. Sonic blinked, realizing he used chaos control. Just as the thugs behind him tried grabbing him again, Shadow warped right in front of Mobius Prime's hero and kicked him right in the stomach. It was so hard, Sonic felt his breakfast almost come up from his throat.
The impact threw him into the crowd of thugs, that easily knocked out at least half a dozen of them when Sonic landed on them as a soft pile. Sonic charged some chaos energy into his body, allowing his form to glow with a blue aura. He made a pissed off expression, and charged towards Shadow at top speed. He was going so fast, a sonic boom resonated. And because it was so fast, Shadow didn't have much time to dodge. So instead, he made a force field around himself made of red aura, comprised of his own chaos energy. When Sonic made an impact against it, it threatened to break, but it didn't. Instead, it sent Sonic flying backwards.
Getting frustrated, Sonic caught himself in the air and twisted his body to land on the ground. He sped towards the force field again and shoved his fist into it. Shadow almost smirked at his lame attempt at trying to destroy it, until he saw it actually was starting to collapse. Sonic's fist was protruding from Shadow's end of the shield, and it was reaching for him. Sonic's wavelength of energy disrupted Shadow's force field and made it deteriorate entirely. Sonic was able to reach his hand through and grip the ebony hedgehog by his chest fur. He yanked him closer and tried to swing his fist right into his face.
Shadow quickly reached up and caught his hand by seizing his wrist tightly. He laughed in his face and sneered. "Did you forget that I'm superior when it comes to strength, faker?" He crushed his fingers into Sonic's arm, making Sonic squint one of his eyes in pain. "A fatal mistake!" Shadow lifted Sonic upwards and swung him down into the concrete. His head hit the ground hard, and he felt woozy. He tried getting up, until Shadow suddenly appeared over him and pinned one of his hands above him with one arm. He reached and wrapped his fingers around Sonic's neck, squeezing against it. Sonic began to choke, and closed his eyes shut tightly while coughing. "Just admit defeat and get over it!"
"Nnngh.." Sonic felt his teeth grow slightly sharper, and he didn't know why. He didn't care. All he wanted to do was kick his ass. He reached up his legs and wrapped them around Shadow's neck with a death grip. He put his free head on top of his head and shoved it down in between them so he could suffocate him even more. His thighs tightened against him, making his dark rival choke up as well and start to lose his grip on the hero. As for the surrounding Moebians who were still standing, they figured now would be a good time to strike since they were fighting each other. But the very second one of them tried to move, they were smacked in the face with a sneaker.
That was because Shadow was standing up, trying to swing Sonic off of him by tossing his body around. The more he moved, the more he accidentally knocked out more Moebians. At this point, they were all down for the count. It was no use, Sonic was locked onto him like a spider monkey. He would not let go. Shadow was yelling curses at him, but it was muffled by the speedster's blue legs. "Huh? What'd ya say buddy? Can't hear you over the sound of your grouching!" That made Shadow growl loudly, and it rumbled against Sonic's fur. Like a bull, he felt steam blow out of his nostrils. He then placed his hands on Sonic's legs and ran towards a nearby wrecked shop. He slammed themselves into it, with Sonic taking the brunt of the blow. "Ngh!"
Scourge just stared at his phone screen with confused eyes. "I, I don't get it-The fuck are they doing?" He just didn't understand what was going on with his camera feed. Why were they fighting each other? And why the hell were his lackeys so incompetent?! "Why the fuck are they getting slaughtered out there?"
A female member of his 'coup', a hawk that was dressed in black garb, nervously poked her claws against each other. "W-Well sir, Fiona did her best to send out our-"
He angrily interrupted her. "Fiona can hold my fucking cock, this is bullshi-Oh my." He covered his mouth while blinking several times as he tried to convey what was happening. Oooh, things were getting steamy.
Shadow was pinning Sonic's back against a brick wall, with his legs still wrapped around him. This time, they were wrapped around his waist, and they were squeezing the air out of him. Shadow had his hand once again tightened on Sonic's neck, while his other hand was rearing back its arm to prepare to punch. Sonic had his fingers tangled in the ultimate life form's head of black and red fur. His other hand was open, with blue energy forming inside of it. He was preparing to launch it right in Shadow's temple. The blue one's pelvis was pressed right up against the dark one's lower abdomen. If anyone were to see them in such a position, they'd think they were about to engage into something rather sensual.
But with the looks on their faces, naughty ideas was the last thing on their minds.
Shadow swung his fist, but Sonic moved his face just in time for his knuckles to graze his cheek.
"Get-" The speedster threw his hand to Shadow's forehead, and made a blast. "OFF!" The force of it made Shadow drop Sonic onto ground and cover his temple while cringing from the sudden head trauma.
"Little shit-!" Shadow cursed. "Since you want to use them like toys, I'll gladly show you a real chaos blast!" He raised the palm of his hand at Sonic who was still getting up from the ground. A red light began emerging from his hand, and it glowed even brighter and bigger as seconds went by. The hero just watched with slight fear as he stood in the face of a charging chaos blast. Even if he moved, the radius of the blast would get him, and he definitely couldn't block that. He couldn't do a thing. But then, his now dark green eyes darted from Shadow to something behind him.
Shadow briefly looked to the side to see some Moebians struggling to move over to them with scraps of litter being used as weapons. Holy crap, how did they miss that? Just as Shadow was about to turn back around, Sonic had swiped his leg right under his air shoes. Shadow lost his balance and tried to steady himself, but as he did, the arm that was holding the charging blast in his hand waved towards the Moebians. The charge time was premature, but ready, and unfortunately for them, Sonic's stunt accidentally made Shadow trigger it.
It surged all the way down the road, demolishing everything in its way and turning it into oblivion. Those poor men tried their best to get out of the way of the blast, but those who weren't so lucky screamed. As the light of the blast died down, both hedgehogs cringed at the sight of their mess. They were all laid flat out in the streets. They weren't planning on getting up any time soon. Worried that they all could have died, Shadow ran to one of bodies, a wolf, and grabbed them. He shook them to try and wake them up, but it was no use. He placed two fingers on their necks and waited. He felt a very weak pulse. They were alive.
Thank goodness the blast was premature, because if it was fully powered, it would have decimated every living thing here. Damn it, he was so stupid. Why did he let himself participate in some silly fight? And he was the one who aggravated it, Sonic didn't put his hands on him until Shadow shoved against him first.
Where was that moron anyway?
When Shadow turned around, he saw Sonic in the same place he was before the blast. Only, he was looking at himself with frightened eyes. "Oh no..Oh no no no, not now.."
"The hell?" The semi immortal being narrowed his eyes at his rival, wondering what got him spooked. Then, he saw his fur darkening from blue to a nasty navy. A black aura began to erupt from his body, and it was spreading quickly. Shit, he was changing again!
"N-No, stop it! Not now..!"
"Sonic, come here." Shadow went to place a foot forward, until Sonic snapped at him like an animal.
"You stay back! Get the hell away from me!" It was like his voice got deeper.
Now wasn't the time for more fighting. If he was going to stop this, Shadow had to keep his composure for now. "You need to calm down, I'm not going to attack you again." He said calmly as he carefully tread himself over to Sonic. He was looking at his hands, and then he looked down at his legs to see they were turning color as well. He felt his quills raising. Damn it, he couldn't stop the transformation. He didn't even hear Shadow get close to him. Suddenly, he felt himself get grabbed by the shoulders. He automatically began writhing and pushing to get away, but Shadow wouldn't allow it. His hold on him was tight, but not as threatening like before. It was reassuring. It was a safe hold. "Look at me." He said. "Look at me!" He said louder, making Sonic cease his struggles. "Calm yourself. Relax."
Sonic's heavy and fast breathing was slowing down at an alarming rate, and he found himself reaching his tranquility. His nerves were settling back in. As he looked in Shadow's now dormant red eyes, he did as he said, and relaxed in his arms. The hands that were pushing against Shadow, were now resting against him. His quills went back down, his brighter lime eyes returned to their former color. His heart was still going but, he didn't know why. As for Shadow, he was feeling the exact same way. Didn't have a clue as to why.
"W-Why can't you just," Sonic stammered. "Why can't you just tell me?"
Shadow rested his head against his shoulder while pulling him closer. Sonic allowed it, and even welcomed it. Hesitantly, the blue one raised his hand up to the elder hedgehog's shoulder and placed his palm on top of it. He caressed it, and let it linger down his arm. Shadow's hands had traveled down onto Sonic's hips, and let them sit there. "Because, now isn't the time for that."
"Shadow-"
"Let me finish." He coldly cut him off while gripping his hands on his body. Even though it was to shut him up, it actually made Sonic's face heat up. "I shouldn't have came onto you like that. I didn't mean to. I...It's complicated." He spoke against his neck in whispers. "I promise, I will tell you when this is all over. But for Chaos sake, listen to me for once." He pleaded. "It's been well over fifteen minutes since we arrived here. We've wasted way too much time over a pointless argument about something even more pointless."
"It's not pointless to me!" Sonic exclaimed.
He smiled against his shoulder. He was glad he couldn't see it. "It makes me content to hear you say that. Still, we will talk later. I swear on Maria's name."
If he was willing to swear on that girl's name, he surely meant business. Sonic was forced to put aside his issues and just suck it up. He had to be patient, something he lacked severely. He blew out a puff of empty air as a sigh while letting his hands fall from Shadow's figure. The ebony hedgehog looked up from his shoulder, looking relieved that Sonic finally backed down. With a satisfied exhale, he turned around. Well, he was going to, until his arm was suddenly caught by Sonic's hand. Dear Chaos, what was it now?
"What is it now, faker-"
He jerked Shadow over to him again. They were much closer than last time, their noses were touching. The hero tilted his head to the side and opened his mouth right as Shadow tried to talk. He pressed his lips against his. There was no hesitation, no waiting. No teasing, no brushing. It was a full on kiss, and their mouths were connected. Shadow couldn't even react, he just stared wide eyed as Sonic kissed him passionately. When he parted the kiss to take in some oxygen, Shadow felt all of his muscles become paralyzed. Sonic then dived back in for more, and kissed the ultimate life form one more time. It was shorter than the first, not lasting as many seconds. Before he parted again, he sucked against Shadow's bottom lip. He let go of his arm and unintentionally licked his lips in a seductive manner with a straight face. "Just so we're even." Sonic simply said. "I don't know why you tried to kiss me. Now you don't know why I kissed you."
With that, Sonic turned his back to his partner and strutted away from him.
Once again, that hedgehog rendered Shadow speechless while he just walked off.
He couldn't even blink. All he could think about was Sonic's lips pushing against his own. His breath was surprisingly very good. Probably thanks to him freshening up earlier. He could taste a hint of pancake batter, with a side of mint. Like toothpaste or gum. He smelled fresh, like flowers and new blossoms. His lips were plump enough to have anyone want more. Then he had the nerve to suck against his lips with his tongue. Shadow awkwardly wiped his mouth and looked at his gloved hand. What'd he give to have that moment replayed over and over.
No, he had to keep those thoughts in check. That wasn't important right now. No matter how appetizing that kiss was. He didn't make a sound, and just turned to walk in the same direction as Sonic. When he caught up with him, he glanced at him and gestured for them to go faster.
Shadow nodded once, and they both sprinted faster than the speed of the sound.
END - 9
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1. Scourge was a cause of a horrendous tragedy of his own home world, while Sonic is the cause of constant peace and harmony in his own world.
2. In Scourge's world, most people are missing, brainwashed, or killed. The mortality rate in Sonic's world isn't that high.
3. Scourge's world is left in ruin, while Sonic's world still prospers.
4. Scourge has no problem using swear words, while Sonic is a bit reluctant. But as one can see, he'll swear as much as he wants if he's pissed.
5. Sonic is able to cook, while it can be assumed that Scourge doesn't have that kind of talent. However...
6. Scourge's father was someone of importance and power, while Sonic's parents are unheard of.
8. For Scourge's world, there was a need for a 'Great Peace'. Sonic's world never pushed to make a cause like that, since it was never needed.
7. (Similarity) Both Sonic and Scourge have been in relationships before. They both have some experience, and they both also have mostly bad experiences.