Woop new chapter :D
Sorry this one isn't that long either, but it get's the plot moving. Also I just want people to know, there is reasons why Sonic is feeling pain as much as he should do, it was mentioned it last time and I just wanted to clarify. I don't totally suck at story telling, there is reason behind the madness haha.
Next I just want thank you guys again for all the reviews, I am so buzzing and over the moon! I normally don't get so many reviews on the first couple of chapters so this is amazing, it really makes me have faith in this story and I just hope no one is disappointed with it.
Anyways, as always, I hope you enjoy :)
The operation was a success, and the captive was taken back to H.Q. Shadow hadn't said a word since.
The black furred hedgehog sat at his old desk, the one he had before given his world traveling missions. Anyone who saw him would have sworn he was an empty shell. He sat, with his eyes opened, staring off into the distance in a trance like state. Never had he gone so long without blinking. Even when a floating cup of coffee danced in front of his face, before being placed on the desk.
"Sweetie there's no need to stare, if you want a kiss then just ask" a familiar voice charmed playfully. Finally, Shadow re-entered the real world, blinking and shaking his head, all before the famous scowl returned.
"Oh come on, don't be like that. Cheer up, we finally got a live one" Rouge laughed, before sitting down next to him on the desk. Shadow swivelled the chair away from her, grunting while doing so. "That isn't funny" he stated. Rouge simply laughed, "Gee's lighten up will you? You shouldn't be here sulking, you should be celebrating. Your first real lead to Eggman. The kid's down in the emergency department, you wanna go and badger him a little? Make him wet himself before the interview even begins?" she smiled.
Shadow stood up from his chair and walked towards the wall, keeping his back to her at all time. "I'm not doing that" was all he said.
Rouge raised her brow, "Excuse me? That's what's what you normally do" she argued, but instead of getting a response, Shadow just walked away, leaving her behind in his old office.
The white bat rolled her eyes, "Unbelievable. Shadow wait up!"
It wasn't long for her to catch up, she already had a good idea where he was going. "Would it kill you to stop walking off like that?" she huffed, straighten her gloves after having to run.
"I need to make sure he's okay" Shadow said, taking her by surprise.
"Who, the prisoner? Why would you care? You shot him in the foot."
It didn't go unnoticed when Shadow suddenly flinched at her words. "Shad-"
"He was terrified. I need to know what Eggman did to him" and with that he didn't wait any longer. Using his own impressive speed, he ran off down the corridor, once again leaving his partner alone, confused and annoyed.
It was an often scenario that prisoners would get injured during capture, hence for the interest of safety to the public, G.U.N had their own personal hospital, designed to restrain dangerous criminals while treating them medically. The Doctors and Nurses had been highly trained in self-defence, and how to handle a situation if it got out of hand. Usually that was the case, but there had never been anything too serious that they couldn't handle.
Today however, was a new day.
"Shadow. Just the rodent I wanted to see" the General greeted. He simply stood outside of the Emergency room, almost guarding the door as he stood in the way should anyone try to get in.
Naturally offended by the insult, Shadow chose to ignore it, as best he could anyway. "Why, is he ready to interview?" he asked, slightly curious. He had expected the treatment to the kids foot to go smoothly but not quickly… Especially this quickly, it had only been an hour, and with damage such as a gun wound, the bones in his foot must have been shattered.
It was only natural to take him by surprise when the General shook his head. "Not exactly." Without saying anything else, he simply turned towards the door and motioned for Shadow to follow.
Inside the Emergency room looked almost the same as the rest of HQ. There was a row of rooms, each one containing a hospital bed and whatever medical equipment was needed. All the treatment rooms were private, the doors being locked and an agent guarding the doors from the inside, for those just in case moments. Such as this one.
Approaching one of the end rooms, the General walked to the door, gave three knocks and waited. A moment later only two knocks were heard in return. He took out his personal identification card which gave him access to all areas, including prison cells. One swipe later and the door was opened. He didn't walk in however, he merely held out his hand to let Shadow in first. Sighing irritably, he did so, walking through with the General not so close behind before locking the door.
Shadow could have easily fallen to the ground. This was the last thing he had expected.
The once frightened, pleading teenage boy that had surely been forced into evil doings by Eggman… was now being a little git.
The blue hedgehog had only one hand cuffed to the railing of the hospital bed, the other hand, while still cuffed, was freed, by the expense of the now broken railing. He stood on the floor, refusing to lie down while pulling his hand to get free. Anyone who went anywhere near him was getting kicked, thumped, spat at, and even bitten. And for the love of chaos he found his voice and was using it to scream the building down.
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!"
Two soldiers were trying to hold him down, but he kept lashing out, and with the strength to kick through steal and bullet proof glass, it was no wonder they had been thrown back against the wall several times. The hedgehog didn't even look like his ankle was even in pain anymore. In fact, apart from the blood, his foot looked fine.
"What is going on?" Shadow demanded, approaching one of the dazed soldiers. With a spinning head the man replied, "Ugh… we got his shoes off… then he flipped out…"
Shadow looked back to the doctor, who was trying to inch close to the blue hedgehog with a needle in his hand, most likely a sedative.
"Okay son, we're going to take this niiiiice and slow" the pretentious man smiled through seething teeth, pushing the needle as close as he could. He treated the kid like a wild animal, but then again, he was attacking anyone going near him.
Feeling a tap on his shoulder, Shadow looked up to the General. "You see why we needed backup. Enjoy" he said, before turning around and exiting the room, leaving Shadow to deal with this mess.
"Wait…"
"AGH!"
Spinning around, he met the unfortunate sight of the doctor receiving the backend of the needle, shoved painfully up his nose.
This had gone on long enough. Using his speed, Shadow raced behind the blue teen and grabbed his free hand. Instantly the kid kicked out, trying to knock him back, but Shadow swiftly dodged the blow, then swung his own leg out to knock the thief's foot out from under him. This resulted in a startled fall, back onto the bed. At this point the blue hedgehog was foaming at the mouth, getting completely worked up. Shadow did what he had to. He pinned the thief's wrist down above his head, then grabbed him by the throat, giving forceful, yet controlled pinches.
The anger was gone, and instantly the blue hedgehog was panicking, legs kicking out in desperation as he felt his throat tightening too much, unable to breathe as the pinching crushed against his windpipe.
"… s-stop… i-it…"
"Then control yourself from now on. Either you let the doctor do his job or I'll hand you to our undertaker instead, got it?"
It felt like an eternity to answer, but soon enough, the kicking stopped, and through heavy attempts of breathing in air, the teen managed to find it in himself to nod in agreement.
This was a crucial moment. Shadow could keep him like this, his hand crushing his throat while the doctors restrained his legs and got to work. Had this been any other criminal, then that would have been the option Shadow would have chosen. This however, wasn't any other criminal. This was the boy that had gone in late to School because he wanted a homeless lowlife to have food and water, and gave him a coat to stay warm with.
This wasn't a person deserving of punishment, not in his eyes. It had only been two years since that day, Shadow just knew that there was so much more to the story then a good kid gone bad. In his gut, he knew he could trust him… but only if the trust was mutual.
Shadow let go of his throat.
The thief gasped for air, tears strolling from his eyes as he coughed violently. The grip must have been a lot tighter then Shadow realised.
He waited for the fit to settle down, then cautious to not cause another panic, Shadow leaned his face closer to the criminal's. "Do you remember me?" he asked quickly.
It was evident in the uneasiness in his face that the blue teen was uncomfortable with how close he was. He refused to look in the agent's eyes, turning his face away angrily. "Yes… you shot me in the foot" he murmured.
"No. Before that."
There was a long pause, and the thief drew in a long, trembling breath, lungs still failing to work as they should. "No I don't, now will you get out of my face, your breath stinks!"
Shadow backed up, irritably. But he couldn't let him temper take control again, so he brushed the comment off for now.
"You told my partner that your name was Miles. Is that right?" Shadow asked, hand unconsciously squeezing harder against the thief's wrist.
The kid didn't even flinch. "Yes."
"Why?"
"Well obviously because it's my name you idiot!" the blue thief was losing his patience, a swelling in his stomach causing him to feel restless.
"Your name is Sonic, isn't it?"
Everything stopped in that moment. For the first time the thief stared up at the agent who pinned him down, eyes widened as he heard the impossible come from the man's mouth.
"How… how did…" he couldn't finish the question. He hadn't told anyone that name, no one should have been able to know.
"Lying to agents of the law is a federal offence, and currently you're looking at quite a few years in the cells as it is kid. Didn't you need to go home for something? You can kiss that possibility bye" Shadow said, cutting past the explanations. It worked, as instead of getting angry, the teen was getting worried. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Yes, my name is Sonic, a-and I did try taking the emerald, but please I do need to go back home. My little brother is waiting for me, he won't know what's happened."
It was evident how desperate Sonic was about getting back, and truthfully Shadow had no idea if it was a lie or there really was a child waiting for him. However, there were other matters to deal with now, such as the doctor with a sore nose who was waiting for them to hurry up so he could get on, and the questioning over Eggman later. But whatever he did, this was the only thing Sonic was going to care about. He needed to get home to his brother.
Shadow made up his mind. "Listen to me, I'll make you a deal. Let the doctor do his job, then we will be taking you in for questioning. Then you may give us the address and we will see to your brother."
This didn't go down well. Sonic threw his head back and stressfully moaned, struggling against his captor once again. "No… you don't understand. I have to see him, he needs me! Please, I'll do anything, I swear. Please just let me see him! Please!" he begged.
Shadow raised his brow, then it was almost like a lightbulb went off in his head. "Very well" he paused for a moment, Sonic smiling in relief "thank you-"
"However…"
The thief quickly shut up.
"If I take you back home for your brother, you will help me capture Eggman in anyway possible, agreed?"
He may as well have given Sonic the death sentence there and then. Never had Shadow seen someone turn pale so quickly.
"No… no no no, I-I can't… I can't do that, are you insane!?"
"Sonic."
"NO! I don't know anything I swear, I can't help you. I-I don't work for him!"
"If that's the case then your brother can wait as you rot in jail, mostly likely he'll starve to death if he needs you so much" with that, Shadow let go of him. He turned his back to the criminal and walked towards the door, ready to leave.
"Wait! You can't leave him!" Sonic sat up on the bed, his hand out stretched in a weak effort to stop him. There was sweat dripping down his forehead as he trembled, just as when he was captured. Shadow had never felt so uneasy staring into someone's eyes before. The emerald green orbs were so dull, shrouded with terror. What was it that Eggman did to these people that made them fear him so much?
Why would they prefer death over this?
These were the answers Shadow needed.
And Sonic may be the only person able to give them to him.
Oooooo what is it that Eggman does to them, duth one wonder?
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