Warning: Scourge is going to be exhibiting very repulsive behavior in this chapter. This includes a mental break down, some self harm, and a brief fantasy of abuse and rape.

You've been warned.

26 - Why HE Wants You...

"Scourge has one weaknesses that I know of, and it's...Well, himself." Fiona said. Tails struggled to understand that. Now that was cryptic. After hearing nothing but silence from the kitsune, she went on. "That power stealing thing, is a double edged sword. Scourge told me Chaos Borne aren't supposed to come in contact with other forms that aren't their own, and that wasn't what that ability was originally for. It was supposed to be used just to steal powers and abilities, not super forms. He was told that if he were to steal another form, he'd be given a penalty. And well," She shrugged. "He already stole one, and he stole the worst of them all. I'm sure your robot friend can tell you all about them in a second. But the most important thing you need to know, is the fact that the power he stole from your Sonic, is corrupting him, and it's slowly killing him."

This brought about a light of hope to everyone. Tails, who nearly smiled but stopped himself from doing so since that was just morbid, asked if this was really true. "Really?"

Fiona nodded confidently. "That's not even the penalty part, that's just what happens if you steal another form. The penalty, is immediate death." She said. Knuckles' and Amy's eyes widened. "If Scourge completely fails in his plan to kill Sonic, that super form is going to kill him on the spot." She then looked over at the Omega robot, who continued to idle and just stand there beeping and staring. It apparently noticed it was the pinnacle of everyone's attention and began to process information.

"Speculating..." It announced. "Sonic prime has four forms in total. Two being of good nature, and two being dark. However, one is entirely evil and is a literal demonic entity, while one is absolutely pure. They are known as Super Sonic, Dark Sonic, and Hyper Sonic. There is no known alias for the demonic form."

The female fox added one thing, talking more to everyone else and not the robot. "Scourge calls it 'Fleetway'."

Suddenly, miss Vanilla had something to say. At first, her voice was meek, trying to enter a pretty complicated conversation with people who obviously knew a whole lot more about the situation than she ever could. Still, she wasn't an idiot, and she was following so far. "Um," She hesitated. Rouge glanced next to her, to see the woman clutching her daughter against her while slightly holding up her hand to gain their attention. Fiona tilted her head to the side to look behind Tails, which in turn made everyone else look over at the adult rabbit. "I've been trying to understand everything, but there's one thing I don't understand. Well, two things, actually." As she looked at Fiona with kinder eyes, the vixen saw how out of place this woman was. "Why is this Scourge person so obsessed with our Sonic? I realize that he wants to get rid of him because of these deities, but why didn't he try to do that when he had him captured?" Her tone was very weak sounding, as she herself didn't like that she asked such a nefarious question.

The red guardian rose his brows. That was a good point, actually. "Hey, yeah." He caught on to what she was asking. "Scourge had Sonic in the palm of his hands for weeks before he showed up in Mobius with him when he was Dark. Why didn't he just kill him then? Hell, why didn't he kill him when he stalked him at his island? After that fight between him and Shadow, he still could have taken Sonic back with him to finish it."

Fiona made a dour and envious looking expression. "Because, he doesn't actually want to kill Sonic. It's more like a need. He's obsessed with him," She looked at Amy. "He'd give you a run for your money, kid." The pink hedgehog blushed in response. After seeing that, the vulpine suddenly felt sick to his stomach.

Tails narrowed his eyes. "Wait a second," He furrowed his brows with disgust written all over his face. "Are you saying Scourge is in love with my brother?"

Rouge groaned while face palming. "What?" She emphasized roughly. What kind of bullshit was this?

Fiona nodded slowly, confirming their suspicions. "I don't know why he is, alright? Scourge held back. He didn't want to just outright kill him. He had a specific way of killing Sonic. To make him go into his pure super form and kill him that way. Don't ask me why, I have no idea, but he still could have utilized that plan when he was captured. And besides the fact of just wanting a big and bloody showdown, I've got my suspicions." She glared down at the floor. "I believe that Scourge isn't going to follow through with it. I think he's just going to beat him, and then keep him all to himself until everyone's dead and gone. That's why he found me useless, because he didn't want me anymore. Then again, he might have never did."

This information was, revolting to say the least. Not because another dude was crushing on their hero, no. It was because that same dude, was the same maniac who caused the deaths of thousands of people and tortured Sonic. That was just sick. Who knew what that freak wanted to do with him? Not that they wanted to know, but the thought was nauseating. In midst of everyone's immediate frustrated silence, Vanilla still wanted to ask her second question. This time, she looked at the robot. "And, why do you know so much? You know more about Sonic than we do, and you're not even from our world."

Again, another good point. This made everyone, including Fiona, stare at the robot with great skepticism. This also threw a few warning signs at Tails, who was already dubious of the droid. The robot mentioned and explained things Fiona didn't even bring up, such as the deities and the whole concept of a Chaos Borne. Fiona didn't say one word about either subjects, until it decided to give it's two cents. Why did it know so much about Sonic, and why was it willingly giving them this info? This meant that whoever was operating that model, has been watching both Scourge and Sonic for a long time. That was the last straw, Tails had to interrogate this thing, alone. The preteen noticed it was taking a long time for it to answer.

"What's wrong?" Amy frowned. "No answer?"

"I was created by someone who studied Chaos Borne. That information however, is classified." It said in it's monotone voice.

Tails scoffed. Yeah, of course it was. "I think we're done here," He deadpanned. He glanced at Amy. "Make sure she stays put." After seeing the pink hedgehog nod while saluting, he looked over at Knuckles. "Make sure no one comes in." The echidna gave him a nod was well. Tails then gestured for the robot to follow him to the back of the room, where the human commander's corpse previously laid. With faint mechanical stomps following behind the male fox, they stopped behind the commander's desk. Tails leaned his elbow on the surface and glared at the robot. "You wouldn't happen to know how to take down Scourge's network, do you?" He asked.

"I do." The droid replied. "I have computer access installed in my back with wi-fi emanating from No Zone's universal network. You may work there. Also," It quickly added. "There is a method you can use to take back your world's network, that can still hurt anti-Sonic. I can also help you get in contact with Sonic prime."

"That's, awesome, I guess." While that was indeed great and dandy, Tails couldn't help but continue to constantly question why, and how? He couldn't even be happy, because he was so suspicious of this thing. That seemed way too convenient. With a huff, Tails just instructed it to turn around. "Alright. Fine, let's just do this."

Day After the Festival

Last night was quite a doozy. Sonic kept Shadow up all night, and vice versa. So they slept in late, which was kind of bad considering Scourge could have attacked hours ago. However, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, and everything seemed peaceful. They did see more numbers of Zone Cops, but they already heard that during the announcements last night. Not knowing when or how Scourge would attack, Shadow suggested they eat and relax for a short while first.

When they woke up that morning, they felt really lazy. Sonic was wrapped in Shadow's arms, as they had spooned and cuddled before passing out last night. He called Shadow's name a few times, saying that they needed to get up. Shadow tried to keep him in bed, whispering that he wanted to keep him to a himself just a little while longer. They kissed each other and whispered 'I love you's while playfully teasing each other a little. After making out for a little bit, they got up and showered and freshened up. They then got dressed, no longer wearing their hoodie or jacket. Shadow mentioned they should leave them behind so they wouldn't get ruined, should they get ambushed by Scourge. Right before they left, Zonic got in contact with them via transmitter, saying that he tried contacting them all morning. Sonic felt a bit embarrassed, but nevertheless, they apologized and listened to what the commander had to say. Zonic told them to stay on their toes and to look out for trouble, as things were way too quiet today.

He also instructed them not to come to No Zone HQ, and actually told them to go into the city to do whatever they liked. He knew Scourge was waiting, hiding somewhere for them in town. Zonic already had a plan for that, and told them they needed to act as bait. Sonic and Shadow were a bit put off by the suggestion at first, but they agreed because they trusted his word. That's when Shadow suggested that they grab something to eat and get a massage. They already had lunch at a little cafe, and nothing happened.

Now they were walking towards the spa, determined looks on their faces. They were ready, but they were happy too. Sonic was smiling like usual, but he seemed a lot more radiant today. Shadow of course looked cynical, but he himself had a faint aura of joy surrounding him. They felt like nothing could mess up their mood, not even Scourge. They saw one of the ladies standing by the entrance, waving and greeting people. They were always so nice. Hm, she looked new. They hadn't seen her before. She was a green long-eared hedgehog, and wow did she look cute.

Long curvy legs, hips, big boobs and a really nice...Ahem. Her skin was slightly tanner than Sonic's, and she had a beauty mark next to her mouth. She wore an all white dress with short sleeves. The dress itself came up just a tad too short as well. She also wore white heels, and was gloveless. She looked like one of the massagers here. Her spines were long, reaching to her behind and looked more like long hair. She had some black eye shadow, and black lip gloss. Her eye lashes were nice and thick with crystal blue eyes, wooing men and even a few women who walked passed the shop.

"Oh, she's pretty cute." Sonic noted. Shadow then darted his eyes at him while squinting. The hero looked back at him and shrugged. "I'm bi, dude. I play both sides of the field."

Shadow just chuckled under his breath. "I know." He then secretly slithered his arm from behind and pulled Sonic a little closer while lowly whispering in his ear. "Just don't forget that you're my quarterback."

Sonic grinned and nudged Shadow with his elbow. "Well excuse me, I didn't know my coach was so possessive of his players."

"Oh hello!" That girl exclaimed while waving her hand back and forth at them. That's funny, how did she recognize them so quickly? Ah, she probably recognized them from the festival. Duh. Shadow quickly took his hand from behind Sonic and cleared his throat. The blue hedgehog gave a charming smile and waved back, stopping to stand in front of her.

"Oh hey! Nice to meet you. You new? 'Haven't seen you working here before."

She shook her head and folded both her hands together in front of her in a pleasant manner. "Actually no, I've been working in the back. Doing the laundry, replacing hot towels, you know how it is." Her voice was very nice, and even a little raspy. She even talked a little more casual, instead of strictly professional like the other girls who worked here. Sonic took a liking to that. She didn't seem like a girly-girl either, and he liked that even more. "Everyone else is at home, 'sick'." She used her black painted manicured nails as physical air quotes. Oh, both hands were manicured, but only one hand had black nail polish. She scowled and rolled her eyes. "They left me here with a couple of workers, but I'm the only masseuse who showed up today."

Both hedgehogs blinked. "Woah, for real? What gives?" Sonic frowned along with her.

"I dunno, everybody got spooked once all the Zone Cops came flooding in. Rumor's going around that something's gonna pop off." She explained. She sighed and threw up her hands in a shrug. "What're you gonna do? I've worked alone before, and today's been pretty slow." She smiled at them and held out her hands for them to take. "Come on, I'm sure I can get you guys a nice work-down." Sonic easily took her hand, and Shadow reluctantly did the same. She then pulled them into the spa, the doors closing the second they stepped in.

Now following her passed the regular massage beds and the pedicure chairs, they walked directly to the back. Not where the laundry room was, but the room next to that. While they walked, they noticed literally no one was in here. To be fair, they didn't really see any citizens walking around town either. Shadow also noticed that Sonic kept staring at this woman's ass, constantly. He had half of mind to yank him by the ear and tear it off. No, he couldn't say anything. He didn't really have the right to. After all, he stared at Zonic a lot, which annoyed Sonic to no end. He had to play fair-

"You know, you're really cute." Sonic suddenly complimented her. "I mean, all the massagers here are kinda attractive, but you're the cutest one I've seen yet."

Shadow almost forgot Sonic was probably the biggest flirt of all time. He hissed to himself and tried not to pay it any mind. The woman giggled and blushed a bit. She stopped in front of the private massage room and let go of their hands. She bashfully looked to the side and poked her fingers together. "Ohh, being complimented by you is, well, really amazing. Thank you." She then placed her hand on the door knob and turned it. She pushed open the door, and stepped aside to let the gentlemen in. Sonic and Shadow always came back here, since they were heroes.

It was a bit strange though, because the lights were off and the only source of light was coming from the window thanks to the sun. Shadow and Sonic walked passed the more luxurious massage beds and sat down on the massage chairs. Sonic mentioned that they couldn't do a full body massage today, they were in a bit of a hurry. Just in case something happened, he didn't want to be without his shoes. "Just a little on the back, okay?"

"Oh no full body? No problem." She looked at Sonic. "How about I start with you first, then I'll give you a hot towel and move on to Mr. Shadow here?" Shadow gave a silent nod and closed his eyes while crossing his arms. He heard the sounds of heels click next to him, and felt that she turned the chair's function on. It began to lightly vibrate, giving him some satisfaction. The hero of Mobius then stood up and moved over to sit down on the bed. The woman walked to the side of the bed, now directly behind him. She cracked her knuckles and flexed her fingers. "Now please, relax." She whispered soothingly, while raising her hands up on Sonic's blue back and placing her palms on his fur. Shadow carefully opened one eye and watched her closely.

Her hands glided over his muscles, feeling his shoulders and arms. For some reason, he wanted to rip her off of him and kick her in the teeth. Which was weird, because he normally didn't feel jealous when Sonic got a massage. Hell, they even got fully nude in here before. They got touched by girls all over, and he never got like this. It was probably because of the way Sonic flirted with her. He never really flirted with the other ones, but he took a liking to this one. Gah, he sounded like an insecure high school girl.

He flinched when he heard Sonic moan. Shadow grit his teeth. That fucking hussie, she was smirking! "Mm, that feel good~?" She murmured to him. That little bitch. Her hands went even lower, touching his lower back. She was getting way too close to his tail. Sonic's eyes were now closed while making airy noises from his mouth. She dragged her nails over his arm, her lips nearing closer to his ear. "Yes, just relax..." She trailed off as she moved her hand even farther down. Shadow was about to jump out of the leather cushioned chair, until she suddenly stopped. Her eyes went wide, and she looked horrified for some reason. Okay, what was her deal? Her hands then became less graceful, patting Sonic's back down all over. She looked frantic, getting paranoid. She looked as if she lost something seriously important. "No, no no..!" She hissed.

Sonic tilted his head questionably. "Something wrong?"

"U-Uh," She stuttered. She tried to smile again and took her hands off of him. She backed away slowly and began to sweat a little. "Err, no. No, not at all sir! Haha, I just," Her body shivered a little. "Just, didn't realize...Ah, you know what? I'll get you the hot towel, and then I'll work on Mr. Shadow. Okay? Okay." She spoke so quickly, Sonic didn't even have time to react. She just abruptly turned and walked out of the room. With a heavily confused expression, Sonic looked at Shadow, who in turn looked just as surprised as he did.

Not a minute later, the woman rushed in with a steaming hot towel, and walked over to gently lay it upon Sonic's face. He winced a bit at the temperature, but he soon sighed in bliss. She guided him off of the bed and towards the other massage chair. He sat down, and felt that the chair was turned on. Aah, now that felt nice. He leaned back and enjoyed his relaxation while Shadow stood up from his seat. He scowled at her, but she didn't catch it. He just walked over to the other bed, and sat down with his back facing her.

He heard her come from behind, and touch her warm hands against his body. He swore to himself that he wouldn't enjoy this, he hated this woman. Her hands moved around his muscles, doing nearly the same thing she did to Sonic, with less touching near his ass. How peculiar. She didn't whisper anything to him either. After a few minutes of rubbing out some cricks in his back, she instantly shoved Shadow down onto the bed. His face now hitting the pillow, he growled and tried looking from behind. The hell was that for? However, he couldn't move his head to look around, because her hands were against his neck. Was this whore choking him!? His mouth was muffled by the pillow, so he couldn't alert Sonic, and he was sure that loud ass chair was on the highest setting.

The woman's nails stung and scratched at his neck, as he was shoved even more against the bed with his oxygen decreasing little by little. "Almost done sir~!" She said delightedly with a demented smile. "Maybe we should do a pedicure next. How would you like it by the way?" She spoke rapidly, her voice barely keeping up with her words. "Hot towel? No towel? Mint? Peppermint? Manicure? You could have nails just like mine!" She laughed manically. "Or shall we do..."

Just then, her voice became a lot deeper, and lot huskier. Masculine.

"...a blood facial?"

Immediately, Shadow twisted his body around by using all of his strength, and tried shoving something against the woman's face. She was quick, and moved just as fast as he did. She moved her head to the side and quickly rose her leg to slam it down against Shadow's abdomen, her heel poking his stomach. He clenched his teeth, more in anger than pain. She was aiming the very thing he tried throwing at her: A chaos spear, directly in his face. Black chaos energy corrupted it, surging throughout her hand as she made the most malice-inducing sneer he ever saw.

"Ha!" She laughed a deep hearty cackle. However, behind that smile was rage beyond Shadow's imagination. A few veins were thumping on her head, and her temple was even red. Chaos, she was steaming. What the hell pissed her off? "You little shit," She cursed. "You fucked him last night, didn't you?" She hollered.

"..Shadow?" He heard Sonic whimper. He tried looking away from the woman, and saw his lover shaking like a leaf in the chair. He looked as if he couldn't move. "I-I, I can't move. It's so c-cold.." He trembled, the towel still stuck against his face and covering his eyes.

The woman shook her head. "I should have known you'd end up doing it. I just figured Blue over here would play that abstinence role a little bit longer. Guess I was wrong." Before Shadow's eyes, those breasts began to shrink. Her arms and her entire figure became less skinny and a little more muscular. That nice fanny of hers shrunk a bit as well, and her legs weren't so curvy anymore. Scars appeared all over, and those quills got a little smaller and more jagged. The make up disappeared, and those thick eye lashes weren't as long. The beauty mark vanished, and more scars replaced it's spot on her face. The white high heel stepping on him was now a black steal toe combat boot. The white dress became a hooded black varsity jacket with a skull on the back of it.

The only things that didn't change, was the fur color, the skin color, the eyes, and the one hand with the black nail polish.

"Bum bum buuuumm!" Scourge stomped on Shadow's stomach. "It's me, bitches." He snarled, his smirk turning into a frown almost automatically. Was this guy bipolar? "You fucking fucked him. You really did it! You dirtied him!" He screamed. "I should fucking slaughter you for that! You miserable," He stomped on him again, earning a painful groan from Shadow. He didn't stop. "Ugly," Another stomp. "Fake...!" Another. "-Motherfucker! I SHOULD KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND!" His teeth were sharp and barred, his ears were almost that of a devil horns. His eyes were so shrunken from his own madness and unforgiving wrath, that one of them even turned black and red. Shadow realized, this kid was absolutely nuts. He began laughing, crushing the chaos spear in his hand like nothing. He tilted his head back, taking his foot off of Shadow and placing both hands over his face. "Hahahaha! AHAHAHAAA...!"

Shadow was now coughing and struggling to sit up on the bed to move. Scourge's nose was-It was bleeding. His eyes were flickering from red to blue, red to black, blue to black, black to white. His irises didn't know what color it wanted to be. His quills were raising in the air, and his expression just became more inhumane by the second. He looked like an actual demon spawn.

"Tell me," He whispered. "How was it? Was he tight? His little virgin ass..!" He cried. "God, he probably felt so fucking good! Touching him, groping him, pulling him, fucking him! Raping him!" He hugged his arms to his chest, drool spilling from his bottom lip as he fantasized. His legs even tucked together, as if he was trying not to have an accident right in front of them. "Oh fuck me, he was probably so fucking good, so fucking warm!" He yelled. "I wanted to touch him, I wanted to be inside of him, I wanted to love him!" That grin of his became, actually, sorrowful. He grabbed his hands at the sides of his head and began pulling at his fur, even pulling some of it out and tossing it to the floor. Was he-Was he crying? "B-But I didn't...I-I failed, and I..." He sniffled. "I-I..! Oh no," His voice cracked, backing himself up into the wall while gripping his nails into his face so hard, that blood pooled. "I can't break him, I can't steal him, I can't take it!" He beat his fists against his head so hard, bruises began to appear. "I can't take it, I can't I can't I can't! You!" He pointed at Shadow angrily. "You took it away, and you can't give it back!" As tears dropped onto the floor, Shadow honestly didn't know if he should attack, or just stay away.

This kid was having a mental break down. He was destroying himself.

Then he started whispering to himself. Rubbing his hands against his arms up and down to try and soothe himself, but nothing was working. "Everything's okay, everything's okay. I'll just make him forget that he lost his virginity, and then I can rape him all over again." His eyes were twitching, cross-eyed and crooked. Soon, his eyes almost rolled to the back of his head, grinning like a maniac. "I can love him, I can love him, I will love him I will..."

"Hey!" A voice shouted. This sudden shout made Scourge wince and back himself even more against the wall while clutching the sleeves of his jacket. He slowly looked upwards, and saw a panting Sonic rudely throw the now luke warm towel at his face. "The hell is wrong with you!?" He hissed. "You're a damn mess! Pull yourself together!" He wobbled over to Shadow, who quickly grabbed him to help him keep balance. "If you think I'm gonna let you fight me like that, then you're dead wrong." He pulled at Shadow's wrists and ran with him out of the private room. They bolted out of the building and nearly stumbled outside.

Meanwhile, Scourge just continued to laugh while crying. He felt Sonic's chaos energy. It was organized, wide, straight, bulky, thick, and loose. Sonic the Hedgehog was no longer the virgin he lusted after. He lost his chance.

...

Geez, how embarrassing. He let out his cray-cray side. The side he tried to bury, along with his past. That was the old Scourge. The Scourge who was tortured, beaten, insane, scared and vulnerable. That was the weak Scourge. No, he couldn't let them see this side of him again. No one could see this side of him, ever again. He grabbed the towel that fell on the floor, and used it to clean his face. Heh. Sonic was right. He couldn't fight him like this. This was pitiful.

But soon, he would get what he wanted.

Soon, he would be his.

All, his.

He could picture it now. A bloodied Sonic, beaten and gagged with a sock. Cum all over his body, whimpering and mumbling cries for help. Bruises painting him from head to toe, his legs opening only for him. His legs slashed with gashes and cuts, his mouth dripping crimson as he beat him over and over. Tears, vomit and urine soaked together, leaking from within his body thanks to constant punches to the stomach. Either that or the electro shocks from the cable wires attached to his skin. Fur ripped off from how hard he grabbed him, quills missing and dead on the floor. His bottom sore and red, his little one restricted with a cock ring. Scourge, standing over him, holding him. Shushing him, and cradling him. Kissing his face, licking the blood and cum from his body. Telling him that everything would be okay. Then he'd heal him, clean him up and free him, just to have Sonic on his knees begging for more and calling him 'master'. His own little Sonic, his own little hero, his own little toy.

His own little slave.

His only love.

Alright, no seriously, that was the most fucked up thing Shadow ever witnessed in his entire fifty-something-year old life.

He was tortured before, he killed people, and he's seen some real fucked up shit. But that break down? Maybe the most terrifying thing he's ever seen. That kid-No, that thing, has some serious God damn problems. He was more than just crazy, he was more than just 'insane'. This child, was so broken, so disturbed, that Shadow was convinced nothing could help him. No therapist, no shrink, no nothing could fix this doomed soul. He was doomed, to live a life of horror, mania and absolute chaos. Sonic was right. This child was more than just a villain, he was a weapon. A knife. A knife that was so dangerous, he wasn't even safe from cutting himself.

As Shadow helped Sonic walk away from the massage place, he saw Zone Cops rushing to their side and asking them if they were okay. Shadow briefly told them that the man of the hour arrived, and that he was inside of the building crying and laughing. He warned them to stay away, and that he was extremely unstable. Sonic had a headache, as he was previously hypnotized by Scourge. He thought he was in a deep freezer, paralyzed with solid ice with water constantly pouring on him. Shadow's neck and stomach were sore, but it wasn't nearly as bad as before.

He asked if Sonic was okay, to which he just nodded. But he knew he was a little freaked out. Not just from the vision, but from Scourge too. "When he started losing it," The hero said. "His power screwed up and I broke out of his control. Using chaos energy doesn't do anything anymore, it's not powerful enough to stop it." He pointed out. When Shadow threw a chaos spear at him, it didn't do jack shit. Sonic was still in the illusion during that time. That, was going to be a problem.

"Are you in any pain?" He asked softly.

Sonic smiled a little from his concern. "My head still hurts a lot." He leaned most of his body weight against Shadow, clinging to him as they walked. His body felt weak as well. "I'm just glad it's over."

Shadow grimaced as he saw Zone Cops sprint towards the spa, surrounding the building with guns and modified batons. He instinctively pulled Sonic closer to his body. "No, this is far from over. Call it a hunch," He looked away. "But I can tell this is going to last for a long while."

A loud crash resonated against their ears. Glass, wood or brick suddenly smashed out into the streets. Out of the now destroyed entrance to the spa, Zone Cops were physically being tossed and thrown outside. They landed on their faces or helmets, some of them even landing their bodies in piles. Some were groaning in annoyance or pain, while some didn't make any noise at all, as they were unconscious. Sirens flashed and helicopters turned their propellors. Choppers were now flying above the spa, while floating Zone Cop cars whizzed passed the hedgehogs.

A few more Zone Cops ran out of the spa while carrying the unconscious bodies of the other masseuse ladies and some of their helpers. Some of them were bloody, and Shadow immediately thought of the worst. Then, a loud BOOM burst from within the shop and a green streak whirred onto the streets. Scourge slowed to a stop, now a few yards away from the two hedgehogs. He looked a lot better, looking more smug than crazy. The patches of fur he ripped out of his head must have healed, as did the gripping fingers wounds on his face and self inflicted bruises on his head. He was no longer crying, or snotting up a storm, and his eyes looked relatively normal. Any nearby citizens had either ran away, or was escorted out of the area by other officers.

Scourge put up both hands in the air, then held them out in front of him. His wrists just waiting to be cuffed. He sneered and shuffled back and forth in excitement. "Come on, come oooonnn.." He teased the officers. "Come get me! Come and get me!" Come on, come on," He taunted playfully. Sonic tapped Shadow several times.

"Call Zonic." He said.

Shadow was already taking his hand out of his quills and holding the transmitter near his lips. He head some static, and began to speak. "Commander, he's here, just as you instructed. Down town. Faker and I are coming to HQ."

"Come here as quickly as you can. More than eighty percent of the city has been evacuated. Do not engage with him, do not look at him. My soldiers will do the best that they can for now, and act as a distraction before initiating one of the traps I planned. We shall go over our strategy one last time."

"Affirmative." The ebony hedgehog placed it back in his spines, and pulled at Sonic's arm while skating forward. They both sped their way forward, leaving behind Scourge and the other officers. They were nearly at full speed, almost causing a sonic boom when running. Scourge smirked at them as they ran beside him, leaving him in the dust. He wasn't phased, and continued to play with the police. Sonic, with a faint headache, looked behind them while running and saw that Scourge had crouched down on his knees. He was in a track runner position, and he was facing both him and Shadow. Hey, wasn't that the same move he did when he was in Moebius-

Oh shit.

Sonic gripped Shadow's wrist tightly and prepared his legs to do a full sprint. "Get ready to chaos control!" He warned. Shadow heard the worry in his voice, and charged some power in his body. They sped forward, now going top speed throughout the city. They heard another BOOM go off in the background, and that meant Scourge was coming, along with a barrage of police cars and angry No Zone soldiers right behind him. Shadow huffed as he pinpointed a spot to teleport away, looking immediately at the headquarters in the distance.

"Chaos-" He felt that Sonic was still holding on, and didn't waste another second. "-Control!" In a flash of green light, they appeared directly in front of No Zone Corp Tower. Sonic let go of his arm and saw more Zone Cops scurry out of the tower and run out into the streets. Scourge was still running this way, destroying and trampling anything that was in his way. Vehicles, people, objects, didn't matter. His hands were in his jacket pockets, cackling loudly as he came closer and closer. Just when everyone thought he was going to collide with the tower, he made a sharp right turn down the street and decreased his speed. Sonic rose a brow, what was he trying to do?

A few soldiers tried shooting at him, but they either missed or barely grazed him. That is, until one stray shot nailed Scourge right in the back of his neck. Sonic hissed with a wince from seeing that, while Shadow narrowed his eyes. If the front of the neck was Sonic's G spot, then the nape of the neck must have been a weak point for Scourge. The bullet the cop shot didn't tear through any skin, and it looked as if it bounced right off of him, but it got him right in the tip of his spine. Scourge clenched his eyes shut tightly, gasping and crying out while shooting up the palm of his gloveless hand to cover his neck.

His knees buckled and he fell forward. He got down on his kneecaps and shuddered. The large group of soldiers circled around him, aiming their weapons at him silently. Shadow almost smiled. He knew that would-What in the hell!?

"Ooaahh fuuuck.." The green hedgehog moaned while making a very sultry smile. "I hadn't been hit there in such a long time," He breathed. "Guess that's my fault though, wearing a jacket that doesn't really cover up my neck. Ooohh..." His face was now beet red, and his legs were shaking. He bashfully began to stand up as he continued to cover the back of his nape. He winked at the soldier who shot him there, and gave him a finger gun. "Real smooth buddy~ Nailing me in a dirty place like that. How'd you know that was my sweet spot~?" The cops were taken aback by this, but didn't move their weapons away.

Shadow just face palmed. Of course it'd be a G spot for him. Or hell, maybe it wasn't and that weirdo was just a huge masochist. Sonic cringed with a scowl and his ears flattened at his distasteful behavior. Gross. Then, the sound of heavy military boots clicking against the surface of the ground caught their attention. Zonic, who looked extremely furious, marched down the long steps of the HQ with a transmitter in hand. He barked and yelled some orders at any soldiers who were close by, instructing them to retreat and return to their appropriate posts. "Get back to your designated areas, now!" He harshly ordered. The nearby soldiers saluted and did as they were told, running off into different directions away from HQ.

The men and women aiming weapons at Scourge suddenly fainted and fell to the ground. Scourge put one hand on his hip and leaned to the side to smirk at Zonic with red glinting eyes. The lieutenant general was crushing his fingers into the transmitter, actually starting to destroy it in his hand as he glared at the green menace. Shit, what was he mad about this time? Sonic furrowed his brows in concern and moved closer to try and calm his twin down. "Hey, chill out. He's an asshole, I know, but don't blow a gasket buddy-"

Zonic held up the now broken transmitter to his mouth and relayed one more order. "All soldiers, report to your assigned locations and keep your transmitters on. It's time." He then swung his arm down and threw the device into the ground. He held up his boot and stomped on it, crushing the pieces and making them scatter about. With wide fluttering eyes, Shadow and Sonic watched as Zonic marched back up the steps and into the headquarters while other cops shuffled inside beside them. They quickly glanced at each other, before hurriedly following the commander.

For some reason, Scourge didn't bother rushing in along with them. He just stared at everyone moving in, waving goodbye with a creepy smile on his face. Strange, why didn't he try to attack them? Why didn't he try to come in here and take them all on? It's not like he couldn't. Sonic frowned. He was scared of something in here. Something was stopping him from coming inside. He'd keep that in mind.

As the two hedgehogs followed Zonic while dodging rushing or pushing soldiers, they asked what was up. Sonic carefully placed his hand on his twin's shoulder, weary of his nasty attitude. "Uh, hey, are we going to your office?"

"No." Zonic retorted curtly. Geez, what was his deal? "We are reporting to the Round Room, or the meeting room." While speed walking, Zonic had actually shoved some rookie soldiers out of his way, commanding them to move it or else they'd fall behind. Rude.

"Z," Sonic said. "What's up with you this time?"

With a slow and steady sigh, Zonic tried to clean up his demeanor, but it wasn't working. "My apologies Sonic prime, but if you knew what's been going on around here lately, you'd be just as pissed off as I am right now." They finally made it to the elevator, and Zonic shoved his thumb against the upwards arrow button. He held his hands behind his back, awaiting for the elevator to return to the ground floor. He sucked his teeth. Why was it taking so long? He clearly told everyone not to use this specific elevator so that they could get to the Round Room quickly.

Shadow crossed his arms. "Well, why don't you enlighten us?"

Just as the ding of the elevator sounded, Zonic made another stressful sigh. The doors opened and he gestured for them to follow him inside. They stepped inside, and leaned against the walls. Sonic stood beside Shadow on the opposite side of the elevator, while Zonic refused to look at them. Something was really eating at him. What could be worse than finding out his lover was in a coma? Zonic placed his hand over his face, and pinched the bride of his nose.

"Sonic prime, Shadow prime, I have a series of bad news to share with you."

END - 26

Did ya'll like the cross dressing bit? I doubt anybody can guess where I based that masseuse scene from. Also, did you know that blood facials were a real thing? They take blood outta ya and throw that plasma back in ya face. Isn't that stupid?

There's a couple things I want to address after reading some of the nice recent reviews. First of all, thank you for reviewing.

Second of all, I will NEVER abandon this story. I may have writer's block a lot, but I NEVER abandon my stories unless I'm currently rewriting them or am preoccupied with writing another story. My main focus right now, is this story right here. I will never abandon it or put it on hiatus unless I'm in a really difficult position, or dead.

Third of all, someone was wondering how the whole 'Scourge trying to kill Sonic thing' is gonna work out if he's hopelessly in love with him. Well, I can't tell you why or else I'd spoil very vital elements of the story. But what I can tell you, is that Scourge is so pitifully insane, and is so obsessed with Sonic, that he'd be willing to keep his corpse. Of course that's not gonna happen, but he's really that fucking crazy. I mean, you saw his break down too, right? There's something actually very wrong with him that's making him act this way.

Anyway, please favorite, review or follow. And don't forget, the big fight is coming reeeaaalll soon! Get ready to be disgusted, sad, angry or very confused and weirded out.