44 - Captured Again

"Make sure there's enough onions, he likes that shit. Don't be skimpy with the chili-And will you put the wiener in that damn bun already? It's done!" Man, ordering idiots around was never this hard before. Was he off his game in mind control? Eh, it didn't feel like it. Maybe their brains were too puny to take orders correctly. The mind controlled chefs were hard at work preparing Sonic his favorite dish, but they were taking too damn long. What if Blue starved from how incompetent these bastards were? Geez.

Scourge sighed and walked away from one of the stainless stoves and out of the kitchen momentarily. He looked over his smart phone once again, eyeing the screen of the many rules he added since his talk with Blue. It's been about an hour, but that was enough time for him to put more reasonable rules to his digital notes. He loved Sonic, and he wanted him to fall in love with him, too. He saw online that another good thing to do in relationships was to do nice things for them, like get them gifts or things they might want. He bought things for Fiona before, so this was easy. But Sonic? What would he want? To escape, sure, but he couldn't do that. Hmm, Blue was still pretty lost on everything that was going on. Maybe he could give him the gift of knowledge? Nah, maybe not.

That's when something vibrated in his green quills. The hell? Oh right, he forgot he stole that tablet from off of Sonic's body. He reached his arm up and pulled it from out of his head. He looked at the screen and realized someone was calling it. Wait, how? Tch, must have been using the universal wi-fi or something. For shits and giggles, he'd answer it. He swiped his thumb right to answer the call, only to see a disgustingly familiar face. Ugh, it was his kid. That dumb ass fox boy and the rest of Sonic's dumb friends.

An evil smirk drew onto his muzzle. Scourge's eyes glinted red, and he completely changed his appearance in an instant. His fur was blue, his eyes were green and his scars were gone. He then proceeded to place the tablet down and take off his royal top. After he tossed it onto the red carpet floor, and picked the tablet back up. With his face fully in view, he saw the fox glancing from the screen to something in front of him. He looked like he was moving, and he heard some shuffling. They must have been walking somewhere, but where? Wasn't Mobius filled with angry blood thirsty zombies by now? Ah shit, but they disrupted his connection.

"Hey Sonic," The kitsune said. "Is everything alright? You didn't answer the last time I called."

Scourge-Err, 'Sonic', cleared his throat and readjusted his vocal chords. "Hey lil' buddy." Ha, that was perfect. "Everything's, okay as of now. Can't say good."

The vulpine's eyes dilated a bit, and he frowned. "Really? Why? Did something else bad happen in No Zone?"

"Yeah, something like that. Scourge escaped and," He pretended to scowl and grit his teeth in anger. "He gave Zonic a seizure."

Tails immediately stopped walking and nearly dropped his own device. "Wait, what? Is he okay!?"

'Sonic' shook his head and made a sorrowful expression, a grimace filled with a tearjerking despair. "I'm afraid not, lil' bro. He's in critical condition, not doing so good. Doctors are doing everything they can to fix him up. Shadow and I are gonna go chase after that faker pretty soon."

The kid growled under his breath. "That Scourge...He's such a jerk! You better mess him up good!"

"Don't worry kiddo, that's the plan." He reassured him for good measure.

"Hey, where are you right now? Is, is that a kitchen?"

No worries, he had a good cover up for that, too. "Yeah, I'm in one of the kitchens in the facility. I'm grabbing Shads and I some food before we split."

This made the fox go 'Hmm,' as if he was thinking about something. "How come? Is he tired?" Tired? Why would he ask that? Maybe because food restored energy? Yeah, that must have been it.

'Sonic' shrugged. "He was just a little peckish, wanted a quick bite. But now that I think about it, he seemed a little winded earlier. Scourge did a little damage before he barreled himself out. Nobody except Zonic is seriously hurt, though."

"..." Why'd he go quiet? He heard a lot of shuffling, as if they were stepping on grass. Must have been walking through a forest or something. But what forest would they be walking to? Everything should be destroyed by now, even if his control was gone. "Hey, Sonic?"

"Yeah?"

"Is Shadow with you right now?"

"Nope, he's in the hospital room with Zonic." That kid asked way too many questions, but perhaps that's what being a kid's all about. Asking questions, gathering information like a sponge to soak it all up into their prepubescent brains. "Where are you? I hear a bunch of shuffling. You're not outside, are you? It's dangerous out there." Yeah, show more concern like the good big brother he is. "Don't want you gettin' hurt, you know. You should get back to GUN HQ-"

A small chuckle echoed from the other line. It sounded rather cute and innocuous, at first. Soon, that chuckle warped into a spiteful short laugh. "Man, I don't know if you're freaking stupid, or if you just think I am." That's when Tails put the tablet directly in front of his face. He made an unimpressed frown, his eyes lowly narrowed with a nasty looking scowl. "No, I think you're just a full-fledged idiot."

'Sonic' blinked several times. The hell did that little shit just say? He was more than positive that he didn't normally mouth off to Sonic like this, what was his problem? Unless-Shit! Did he figure it out that fast? Scourge continued to try and play it cool. "Woah, what's with the attitude? Did I say something?"

Tails began to look bored of this call. "Yeah, you said just a little too much. Moron." Okay, if he insulted him one more time- "Geez, I don't know why you guys always try the Sonic disguise schtick. It never works. Eggman couldn't do it, Metal Sonic couldn't do it, and you can't do it." He scoffed. "What are you, some kind of loser? Why are you so obsessed with my brother? Get a life."

Alright, enough was enough. With an eye twitch and a slowly grinning sneer, Scourge's eyes glinted red. "Damn brat, figuring it out so fast." He reverted himself back into his regular green furred form, and moved to pick his top up from off the floor. He cleared his throat to put his vocal chords back in their regular places. "So what gave me away, runt?"

"First off, Shadow doesn't eat for pleasure. He only eats when he absolutely needs to, like if he's low on chaos energy. Or if it's a special occasion, like a party. Otherwise, food is useless to him. So when you said he was 'peckish', I knew that was a lie. He doesn't get 'hungry' and this is no time to celebrate." Okay, to be fair, there was no way he could have known that one. And the kid sounded way too uppity and arrogant. Looks like the apple didn't fall too far from the tree if ya shake the damn thing hard enough. "Not only that, but I already told Sonic where we were going the first time we talked. In fact, he's the one who told me to get outside and go to a specific place. Yet you just told me that I should get back to GUN HQ and that I shouldn't be outside." Fuck, he completely forgot the possibility of Sonic contacting the little bastard beforehand. Who knows what they talked about? And the boy was smart, he wouldn't tell where Sonic told him to go to back in Mobius. He was slick, Sonic raised him well.

Fine, he lost this one. Scourge nodded a few times. "I get it, I get it. Guess I didn't stalk Sonic long enough to know all that."

"And you know something else, creep?" Wait, there was more? "You probably already know this but, you know Sonic's totally in love with Shadow, right?" Scourge squinted his eyes. He knew damn sure Sonic more than likely didn't tell Tails about their relationship as of yet. They just hooked up, and now was not the time to tell others about a new controversial relationship. Especially not to a young kid like him. Sonic would keep that away from him until the time was right.

With a pause, Scourge frowned. "How do you of all people know that?"

Tails chuckled. "Tch, easy. I know my big bro better than anyone else he's ever met. Even you, obviously. For one, Sonic's bisexual. Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out, not with the way he flirts around people. Anyway, Sonic's been acting weird around Shadow for a while, but our first call confirmed my suspicions. I'm not gonna go into details since it simply isn't your damn business," Mouthy little fucker. "So I'll simplify my point for you. Rouge asked a nice lady we have with us named Vanilla, to give Shadow a message."

"And the message was?"

"It was a silent message. She made a heart shape with her hands, then pointed to Sonic. Shadow took the tablet and gave two thumbs up, then he smirked." And speaking of which, Tails made a know-it-all smirk. "In other words, he scored. He and Sonic 'sealed the deal'." Now that blew Scourge's freakin' mind to pieces. He was under the impression that Tails was just some scrawny, scared little Einstein who couldn't fend for himself. He thought he was naive, that he didn't know as much as he should. But hell, he was a lot more clever then he let on. Sonic probably didn't even realize the kid was this smarmy. "I already knew Shadow had a thing for Sonic and vice versa because of how much time they spent together. You stalk Sonic, right? So I'm positive you already know how close the two got before they even hooked up. They thought I wouldn't notice anything, but I did. There were a lot of close calls, but they always stopped before I caught them in the act. Heck, I almost caught them kissing in my own house."

Shit. When it came to knowing everything about Sonic, Scourge really was beat. He felt a little small right now. "You know somethin'?" Scourge suddenly said. "I like ya, runt. I thought you were just some annoying little brat, but you're actually seriously terrifying." He leered at the screen. "I respect that. You're gonna be a doozy when you're my age. You're an analyzer, and you calculate people as math equations just like I do. Maybe you'll become as powerful and crazy as me one day."

Tails rolled his eyes. "Please, don't compare yourself to me. Unlike you, I've got a life and genuine friends to pull me away from a bad road. Look," He suddenly sat down and placed the tablet in his lap. Where he was sitting, Scourge couldn't tell, but he knew he was still outside somewhere. "I'm twelve, not five. I turn thirteen this year. Meaning, I'm not that naive. More importantly, I know Sonic, and I know how he gets when he's around someone he likes. There's no doubt in my mind that he really digs Shadow. I don't know Shadow all that well, but he's not that hard to figure out either. I know about Maria, and I know how pissed he gets when someone messes with people he cares about."

"Aaaand?"

"The point is this," The fox said. "I know your game, and I know just how infatuated you are with Sonic. I don't know where you have him, but I can take a wild guess. Doesn't matter where you hold him captive, though. Because Shadow's going to find you. And when he does, he's going to murk you with that crap-bowl you call a crown, and beat you within an inch of your life." Before his eyes, the kid revealed his feral side to Scourge. His voice was so wrought with heinous detest and just, pure hatred. It was beautiful. "You'll wish you never lusted after my big brother, you twisted, sadistic, callous, cheeky-talking shit lord!" Ooohh! What a burn.

Scourge chuckled at the little one's attempt to be a grown up. "Anything else you wanna say to me, 'lil' buddy'?"

That's when the vulpine sneered right back. "Yeah, just one little thing, bro. Something else that proved you weren't the real Sonic." That sarcasm was just sizzling on his tongue. "FYI, Sonic's got a hickey underneath his chin, and he's got a bite mark on the back of his right shoulder. Guess where he got those from, genius?" He made a phony expression of shock. "Oh right, definitely not you." ...What? Sonic had a hickey? And a bite mark? "They were pretty faded, but he couldn't fool me. He probably messed around with Shadow the night we had our first call." When the hell did that-

"Ahh...Ah...Mmhm, right there, right there...!" Shadow smushed his tongue onto the middle of his throat, and sucked against his weak point mercilessly. "Oh God-! Yes!" His tossed his head back against the wall, his body thrusting into the elder as his spine curled with his legs raising upwards. Shadow sank his teeth into the side of his neck, shoving his fingers into the wall so hard, he made indentations.

...That little mother fucker-!

"Hope you and Shadow have fun, loser." And with that, the tablet hung up.

Wow.

That kid, was fucking rad.

Damn, why couldn't Miles be that awesome!? Tails is like, literally a damn miniature badass. He totally got his smart mouth from Sonic, and his jabs were perfect! Shit, he's glad he didn't get killed when Mobius went to shit. Then again, Sonic probably taught him better than that. It'd take a whole lot more than that to kill him off, it seemed. To think some twelve-year old little punk like him actually had an edge to him. And to think he'd get under his skin so easily. He was just like Scourge! He was an analyzer, he read through people, he could calculate people easily. Sonic would be proud to know he just cursed out his worst enemy like a landlord to a broke house tenant.

Talk about puberty, huh? His fluffy balls must be in the middle of dropping.

Anyway, there was one thing the kid got wrong. Technically. When Sonic turned into Hyper, he more than likely healed that hickey and bite mark he mentioned. Of course, there was no way the kid would know that Sonic transformed, but still. Speaking of which, Tails was right. Scourge had to step his game up. He didn't know nearly as much about Sonic as he thought he did. He needed to do more research.

For now though, he'd get those chefs to finish that damn food. Oh, and he should break this damn thing.

Didn't that kid contacting him again.

The door to the echidna's underground bunker opened, before shutting back soon after.

Tails was just about to walk away from it with his laptop in hand, until Knuckles brushed passed him to make an exit. The fox noticed this, and tried to stop him to ask just where he planned on going at a time like this. "Woah, Knuckles? What are you-?"

"It's not obvious?" The guardian asked as he placed his glove onto the metal handle. "If Sonic's going to be fighting that bastard, he's gonna need all the help he can get." He turned to face Tails, his purple eyes shining with resolve. "Now that I'm back on my island, I can get in contact with M.E., and maybe even talk with her again."

He didn't need to elaborate anymore than he had to. Tails instantly knew what he was talking about, which gave him a small glimmer of hope. "You don't mean..."

Knuckles nodded. "I do. I know Sonic has all the emeralds already, but with Tikal's help, I might be able to get them to become the Super Emeralds so he can turn into Hyper Sonic." He said. "Hyper Sonic is the strongest power Sonic has, and I know for sure he'd be able to crush that creep if he could transform."

Some of that hope in Tails' eyes became conflicted with doubt. "But, what about what Fiona said? Those super forms are evil."

The guardian made a small grunt to that. "I know, but there's still a lot we don't understand." He took his hand from the door and crossed his arms over his chest. "Even if they are bad, they're using Sonic as a host like a puppet, right? So they can't have him dead. I'm sure Scourge is just as much of a pain in the ass to them as he is to Sonic, so there's no reason why they shouldn't help him power up to kill him."

"But something's up with that, too." The vulpine replied worriedly. "Let's not forget that Scourge stole one of Sonic's forms. If that was the case, why would one of them willingly let Scourge take them out of him?" From the look on Knuckles' face, Tails could tell that the echidna wasn't buying that.

He just shook his head stubbornly, his dreadlocks swishing left to right. "Look, Tails. I dunno if you remember this since you were pretty young when it happened, but do you recall when Sonic first transformed into Hyper?"

Of course he did, that was the most magical and amazing day of his life. Sonic was so powerful, so elegant and just...Marvelous. That was maybe the most beautiful thing he's ever witnessed in his life. "Of course I do, it was amazing. He was so, awesome."

"Exactly. Maybe that demon and Dark Sonic were evil, but I don't believe that Super or Hyper is. They're too, pure to be evil." He turned back to the door to grasped the handle once again, but this time, turning and opening it. He hesitated before stepping out to tell the fox one more thing. "Sonic gets on my damned nerves, but you're both my brothers. I've got more faith in him than that." That made the fox's blue eyes widen considerably. Wow, he's never talked about Sonic like this before. "I refuse to sit here and do nothing while he could be in trouble fighting some asshole who wants to get in his pants. The only crutch he has is Shadow, and I barely trust him either. Besides, he's no where near as strong as Sonic when it comes to chaos energy. That help isn't going to last forever." He began walking out, while shutting the door behind him. "Don't wait up for me, I'll be fine."

And with that, the door shut.

...Tails cracked a smile anyway.

Even after all this, he still believed in his big brother.

He walked away from the door, traveling to the living room of the bunker where most of their friends were. Rouge was laying on a couch, Amy was sitting beside her with her eyes closed. She probably fell asleep again. Vanilla was in the guest room, where Cream laid unconscious in bed. Fiona was still inside of Omega, who was on standby near the coffee table. Rouge was still awake, as a nocturnal Mobian and full-time government spy. The white bat saw the preteen walk to the floor, sitting down to look at the laptop in his hands. Earlier, the fox had left while contacting Sonic.

She crossed her legs and leaned back. "You alright, honey?"

The vulpine nodded. "I tried calling Sonic but," He furrowed his brows, but didn't say anything else.

Rouge pressed on. "But?"

"...It was Scourge."

She immediately scowled. "You're kidding."

"'Wish I was. That jerk tried disguising himself as him, but he couldn't play that game with me again. I saw right through him."

"Did he tell you anything useful?"

Tails shook his head. "No, he wouldn't have told me anyway." He pushed the laptop on the surface of the coffee table, knowing full well that he wouldn't be talking to Sonic in a while. "All I know is that Sonic more than likely was captured again since Scourge answered his tablet. I have no idea where Shadow is. I'm positive he took Sonic to his castle." He sighed and sadly closed his eyes. "I'm worried, but I still have faith in Shadow. He'll save him."

Rouge rose her hand up to her lips, biting the edge of her gloved thumb as she growled. "So Big Blue's in trouble again. Great. Still, we've gotta trust that Shadow will get to him in time before that green snot does anything crazy."

"Yeah..."

The bat took her thumb from her mouth, and looked over at the preteen. "Do you know where Red went?"

Tails nodded. "Yeah, he went to the Master Emerald to do something. He said there's a way he can help Sonic remotely."

Rouge sighed. "...I see. Look, sweetie?" She asked as his expression shrouded in distress. "You should get some rest. You've done a lot today, you'll pass out if you don't."

"But-"

"You've got bags under your eyes, no buts." She stood up from the couch and nodded over to her now empty spot. "I'll go outside for a while, you can sit with Amy." She gave him a small smile. "There's food in the fridge, you should get yourself something to eat, too."

The boy genius looked down at the laptop. He gave it one last stare, before tearing his eyes away and moving to sit on the couch beside the pink hedgehog. He looked up at the bat woman as she walked towards the entrance of the bunker which led to a ladder. She was probably going to talk to Knuckles. "Thanks, Rouge." He said softly.

In return, she gave him a single pat on the head. "Don't mention it."

As she went away, Tails felt his eyes grow heavy. Before he realized a minute had passed, he closed them and fell into a deep slumber.

A deep, empty slumber.

His stomach was aching.

It had only been a couple of hours, why did his stomach hurt so much? He felt like he was starving. When Scourge forced Hyper out of his body, he might have did a lot worse than drain all of his energy. He could have put Sonic's entire body out of whack. The hero could definitely move better now, but to a painful cost. Every movement he made was nearly agonizing. His bones ached, they creaked painfully. He felt incredibly fatigued, felt as if he never drunk a drop of water at any time of his life, felt like his stomach caved in from starvation, and that he couldn't barely speak or breathe. He couldn't communicate with Hyper at all. Anytime he did, all he heard were pained grunts and moans from his end. He didn't just need food and water, he needed chaos energy, and he needed Hyper back.

Most of all, he needed Shadow.

Sonic couldn't even break out of this room if he wanted to, he was too weak to keep his lungs pumping with oxygen. He felt like a zombie. Damn, was this how Scourge felt whenever he was in his heat cycle? He sat up in the canopy bed, his eyes drained and bloodshot. If Shadow were here, he would have given him any little thing Sonic needed. Food, water, chaos energy, comfort, security, love...He would have given him the world and so much more. He knew Shadow would try and come after him, but how? No Zone's warp rings are still damaged, and Shadow couldn't warp here without any chaos emeralds. Sonic had them all stashed away in time and space after the war. Damn it, why didn't he listen to him for once? Why did he always have to fight him on something? Shadow was right, he should have never tried to intervene with Zonic's health-

...You know what? No.

Sure, it may have been a terrible time to try and be a hero then, but he still had to do something. Sonic had to ability to make things right, there was no reason not to try it. He didn't know that would happen, he didn't know he'd get kidnapped. All he knew, was that Hyper's power was fully powered up and he could use it to revive Zonic and his fallen men. He'd do it all over again if it meant getting his buddy back alive and well. He had to stop blaming himself for things he couldn't control. Yes, this was not entirely his fault.

But there was one thing for certain: He would never give up hope. He had to believe in Shadow, believe that he'd bust in and get his ass out of here. And if not, he'd believe in himself. Believe in a strong chance that he could somehow escape on his own. Stay positive, destroy negativity. If he continued to do that, he could make it out of here in one piece-

"Hey baby."

Oh God.

The sound of the double doors to the king's bedroom opening and closing, shattered his thought process. Sonic exhaled slowly, silently praying that Scourge wouldn't do anything insane-Ohh. Something smelled great, and familiar. It smelled like a frank, with vegetables and other delicious toppings. Slathered with beans and hot chili. No, he had chili dogs with him? No way he'd just give it to him, he wanted something in return. He hoped it wouldn't be for anything ridiculous.

His royal shoes clicking against the glossy floor made his ears flatten. He had a plate of his favorite food just waiting to be devoured, right in the palm of his hand. "You're hungry, aren't you?" He walked closely and placed the plate on the night stand. Sonic instantly move to seize it, but Scourge stopped him by gripping his wrist. "Nah ah ah, not yet." He heard a large and ravenous growl echo from the blue one's abdomen. "Trust me, I know you're starvin'. That happens when your super form is forcefully canceled out like that. Your entire body just fails on ya. You couldn't even run outta here with your feet burnin', 'cause you can't even muster the strength to breathe on me right now."

Sonic just glared at him, before snatching his hand away. That quick movement alone almost caused him to fall back on the bed and pass out. Woah, he was really out of it.

Scourge just chuckled at his stubborn nature. "I'd watch that attitude if I were you. You could accidentally kill yourself, moving too quickly like that." He then shoved Sonic down onto the bed, before climbing onto the humungous mattress himself. The hero groaned painfully, as that was too rough for his body to take right now. If he and Scourge had a one on one with their fists, Sonic would more than likely die before throwing the first punch. Scourge then drew the curtains of the canopy, closing them tightly. "I'll let ya eat, on one condition."

Oh no, he thought. Sonic struggled to sit back up, but he just managed to do so. He scooted backwards and laid his head against the headboard. He tried mumbling, his poor attempt at speaking. "G...G-Get away...from me..."

"Just hear me out first, Blue." Scourge said as he crawled closer towards him. Sonic clenched his eyes shut and looked away. Then, his anti-double did nothing and just sat down in front of him. Carefully, he opened his eyes up to see Scourge calmly sitting in front of him. Wait, his legs were bare. He could clearly see his green fur. Why were they bare? Why didn't he have his royal-whatever pants on? He noticed Sonic was staring at his legs, so he elaborated. "Oh, that. So like, we don't really need to wear pants anyway, I was just tryin' to look the part. That actually has to do with the deal I'm about to give ya." ...Huh? "I'll feed ya three times a day, if you give me some love in exchange for every meal."

"...!" He was going to-No. Fucking, hell no! Sonic immediately tried to kick him away, but he couldn't even raise his leg. God, he just felt so tired. So hungry, so thirsty. He couldn't even get to the bathroom to get some tap water from the sink. He was going to die at this rate.

"Blue, what did I just say? Moving will destroy you even more." He casually reminded. "Don't worry, you'll move around better as time passes. But as of now, you need to chill. I don't want much from you today." He rested his elbow on his knee and leaned his muzzle on his palm. "I just want a kiss, that's all."

A kiss? Okay, definitely not as bad as he thought. But he could easily be lying. Yet- "..." His stomach growled again. He was too hungry, he had to eat something. The smell of that food was just making things worse.

Scourge held up a hand as an oath. "I swear, that's all I want today. That's all I want. A nice, deep and loving kiss." His blue eyes perked up with a smile. "Hey, I could even give ya chaos energy that way. That would help you get back up to one hundred percent a lot quicker, ya know." He tilted his head and deepened the warmth in his grin. "Isn't that nice?"

"..."

"Just a kiss, Blue. That's all I'm askin' for right now."

But Shadow, he couldn't do that to Shadow. He couldn't just, cheat on him like that just to save his own skin. That was selfish. He'd be betraying him. No, no he couldn't- "...!" Another growl. "Ngh..." God, that fucking hurt...

The green hedgehog reached his hand out and gently grasped Sonic by the chin. He raised it upwards as his green eyes shook. "If you're worried about Shadow, don't be. He won't know, he'll never have to know. And it's just a little kiss, it's not like I'm fuckin' ya." His index finger looped around the rim of his lips, over and over teasingly. Then, Scourge licked his own with some hunger growing in his own body. A different type of hunger. "Come on baby," He whispered as he leaned closer. "I don't want you to die like this. Let me help you," His thumb pressed down upon his peach bottom lip. "Please."

With guilt and shame rushing up to his chest, Sonic lowered his eyes sadly. He made a small, hesitant, and simple nod.

He let Scourge press his lips upon his.

Willingly, and consciously.

He thought he would feel rough and burning hot lips push onto his mouth, but he didn't. Scourge's lips were surprisingly smooth, warm, soft and tender. He didn't taste like alcohol or cigarettes, he actually tasted rather refreshing. Like peppermint and non-scented chap stick. The kiss lasted for some seconds, about seven. Sonic was about to pull away, until Scourge grabbed his arms to yank him even closer. Of course he wouldn't be satisfied with just that. His anti-self broke the kiss, to allow Sonic to breathe. "Yeah, catch your breath babe. We ain't finished yet." He murmured before capturing his mouth again in another consummation. Scourge made the kiss even deeper this time, his face turning pink as he was kissing his crush for the first time.

Sonic knew exactly where this was going. He was going to shove his tongue down his throat, and that would not feel good. No doubt he'd quit the gentle facade and bruise his lips when that happened, so Sonic took a step ahead. He hated himself for this, and he hoped to Chaos Shadow wouldn't freak if he found out, but he had to in order to get this shit over with. The hero took the initiative, and slightly opened his mouth to slip his tongue between Scourge's lips. Understandably shocked by the action, the green hedgehog hummed in delight. Oh boy, here it comes. Ugh, his tongue was sliding against his.

And it-Again, surprisingly tasted good.

He tasted more peppermint, more cooling flavors. Either he brushed his teeth before he came in here, or he really had a thing for candy mints like Tails. Well, since they were opposites, that would make a lot of sense. As their tongues pushed and pulled, Sonic could feel some burning in Scourge's tongue. Once he tasted it, it was invigorating. That was chaos energy for sure. It tasted so good, it tasted delicious. As they tongue-fought, Sonic could feel some of his energy slowly returning. Scourge slipped his hands down his torso, running down his sides and soon his hips. He palmed and caressed them, feeling Sonic stiffen from the touch.

For another quick moment, Scourge broke the kiss. "Mmn," He made a low moan. "I want you to have fun too, Blue. Touch me." He ordered. Not sternly or roughly, it was a very gentle demand. It's just that, Sonic knew better than to think he could refuse. If he did, Scourge would hurt him or starve him. "Damn you taste good, baby." He mumbled. Sonic trembled as he did this, he could not believe he was doing this. Why did he have to do this? His hands shivered violently as he slowly raised them, and patted them against Scourge's arms. He rubbed down them, feeling his body mass underneath his royal top. "Nm, that's right Blue...You're doing great, you're almost done..." He whispered against his lips in a soothing voice. "I just need to, taste you a little more..."

"..."

They disconnected, but Scourge still wasn't done. He pulled Sonic into an embrace, his arms wrapping around him as they sloppily made out. He was, actually hugging him. As if he was really his boyfriend. With a heavy heart, Sonic did the same, and hugged back. Maybe this move of intimacy would make him happy. Their tongues tangled, spit dripping as Scourge slowly ended up leaning against the hero to lay down. They fell down onto the bed, and Sonic could feel more chaos energy on his tongue that quickly spread into blood stream.

Finally, Scourge broke the kiss for the final time.

He let Sonic go, and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "You're a good ass kisser, Blue. No wonder Stripes likes ya so much." He rubbed his hand on hero's thigh, before easing it off and standing up from the bed. He loosened one of the curtains of the canopy, and walked away from it. "Bon appétit, baby." He chuckled with a wink. His snickers echoed in the room as he stepped out, closing the double doors behind him.

Sonic scrambled and bolted towards the plate of food on the nightstand, snatching it off and placing it in his lap to devour. He ate like he never tasted food before, as if he never even understood the concept. It tasted just as mouthwatering as it looked. After around five bites, he forced himself to slow down so he wouldn't end up puking from eating too quickly. Or choking. After some minutes of downing the two franks down his throat, he sighed heavily. Thank God, he wouldn't starve. He dropped the plate onto the floor and fell onto his back on the canopy. He stared up at the curtained covered ceiling, wondering how the fuck he got himself into this mess.

He then covered his hands with his face as he realized what he did. He kissed another person, made out with another person. He just cheated on Shadow. Sure they didn't have sex, but that was close enough in his eyes. He just cheated on the very person he was in love with, the very person who he couldn't stand hurting. He inhaled strongly, forcing himself not to cry. He was selfish, he should have just starved. He should have just died from starvation, that would have been a better fate than betraying Shadow. Damn it, he was such a fucking screw up! He was a horrible boyfriend, he was a horrible person! He turned over on his side, his teeth clenching as his body shivered.

He needed to get out of here, he really needed to get out of here.

He just ate, and he just consumed chaos energy. He could make quicker movements now. The blue hedgehog stood up off the bed and stormed towards the double doors leading out of the room. He reached his hands down to grasp the knobs, until he was immediately electrocuted with sparkling scarlet red energy. Sonic couldn't even scream, his eyes just bugged out of his face with his jaw dropping. His body intensely shook back and forth as his brain was practically fried. When he finally let go, he slowly fell backwards with his eyes rolling. He landed hard onto the floor, spit dripping out of his mouth as his tried settling his vision.

"Just in case you try anything funny, I'm putting a chaos barrier on this entire room so you can't leave or use your powers."

Shit, how could he forget about that...?

His consciousness left him, and everything went black.

Warping to Moebius was child's play, and Zhadow was nice enough to give him a forged emerald to use for teleportation.

He had already familiarized himself with the scenery. All he'd have to do now is get to that castle and find Sonic. He thankfully warped himself just in front of the castle walls. Now he would have to pinpoint Sonic's wavelength, chaos control inside, grab him, and get the hell out of there. When Shadow closed his eyes to focus onto Sonic's energy, he nearly gasped. Sonic's energy, it was really low. Deathly low. He felt like, he felt like he was dying. Oh God, what the hell was that bastard doing to him!? No, he couldn't go crazy worrying about that. He had to get Sonic back! Shadow growled and gripped the fake chaos emerald in his hand.

"Chaos-!" His eyes widened. "...!"

Red static briefly electrified his arms. He dropped the emerald, and almost fell back onto his butt. While panting heavily, his eyes shrunk as he felt his heart racing against his chest. He then realized something horrible.

N-No...

Something was blocking him from teleporting in. No. No, no...Damn it! Scourge must have did that using Fleetway's power. He cut him off from getting in, and cut Sonic off from getting out. Wherever he was, he was shut in. Fuck. Shadow clenched his teeth angrily, but didn't give up hope. Okay, fine. He would just have to do this the old fashioned way, and scale up the castle on foot. He zipped towards the old abandoned castle, rushing right through the crumbling entrance through the royal structure's walls.

In seconds, he arrived at the fifty foot tall castle doors. They were shut, and Shadow could see the obvious red and black corrupted energy surging around the entire castle perimeter. That included the doors. In other words, he wouldn't be able to bust himself inside with physical force or chaotic force unless he wanted another dose of that chaotic electricity. But no, he had to get in. He had to! This would hurt, but damn it, he needed to save him! After the sound of two metallic rings fell to the ground, the ultimate life form literally put his life on the line. Shadow held out his hands and shoved his palms against the surface of the doors. They touched against the corrupted chaos field, and it instantly electrified his body.

He nearly screamed from the pain, but he didn't falter. He had to get through. He pushed through the pain, grunting as he gripped his fingers against the force field of Scourge's power. Once he dug his fingers in, he focused his own energy towards his hands and began to pull. He started to slowly tear apart the field, watching through watering red eyes as the corrupted energy began to do as he wished. It ripped apart gradually like a sheet of burning plastic, the biohog soon squeezing his eyes shut as he cried out in agony to get this over with. He then used as much physical and chaotic power as he could muster, his muscles aching in agony at the electrical volts.

Shit, it wouldn't tear any further. He couldn't seem to do it, but he couldn't give up either. However, if he kept this up, this force field's power would kill him. Fuck, not even losing the restraints of his inhibitor rings helped. This was truly the work of a deity, and this was too much for him. Shadow lowered his head lowly, his hands still pulling at the field in vain with his nervous system still screaming at him in complete pain. He didn't know what to do.

And then, a pair of soft and warm hands placed themselves on top of Shadow's, and began pulling at the force field along with him.

Shadow looked up in shock.

Who was-?

"..!?"

END - 44

EDIT: Listen. I know y'all saw the Sonic Movie trailer.

Sigh.

Who knows? Maybe it'll be a lot better than I initially thought. It's better to stay positive, right?

...Pfft, fuck no. I'm a pessimist with the belief that if you think everything is shitty, then when something actually good happens, it'll make you feel super good inside. That's what I'm hoping happens here.

Anyway, hope y'all enjoyed. I have more chapters prepared for HNR, but I'm still trying to push to write more and more. I'm at the point where things are beginning to reach the climax, and soon, the final arch of the story. And I also beg of you to please be patient, 'cause things are gonna get pretty complicated after this.

A question for you loyal readers: Who placed their hands on top of Shadow's at the end of the chapter? Someone already guessed who this could be many chapters ago, while ironically answering another question about this story incorrectly.

See you guys soon.