Knuckles

What a fucking sap! "All things come to an end"!? She ate it up like she was just waiting to give out! Quitter!

Knuckles kicked a loose can off the dirty sidewalk. The dead silence of the dangerous side of town didn't bother him. What bothered him was the fact all the town gangsters were staring at him. It seems the whole town knows about Amy's demise, and Espio had infiltrated all the gangs associated with Amy and made them fearfully submit to him before overpowering Amy. They stared at Knuckles in disappointment and some pity.

This is fucking humiliating! How could Amy let this happen….

"Knuckles!"

Knuckles nearly snapped his neck looking back to where the sound originated from.

"Who the fu- Shadow?!" Knuckles squinted his trying to make sure he was really seeing who he thought he saw. What the fuck is Shadow doing back here?

"Get in the car." Shadow looked so menacing and careless. Even towards those he's supposed to call his closest friends. Yet, first glancing at Shadow, you would think he didn't even have friends with the way he stared into your soul. Even Knuckles shivered at this stare he hasn't seen in so long, but this didn't stop him from getting in his car.

"Where is Amy?" The way Shadow said it made Knuckles feel like he was being interrogated by the cops. The energy behind the question was so sterile of emotion, yet Knuckles felt he was obligated to answer.

"We all got caught up in some bullshit... guess the team as we know it is over." Knuckles couldn't help but to grit his teeth just thinking about it.

"Where is Amy?" Shadow asked again, wanting his initial question to be answered.

"..." Knuckles had almost forgotten how Shadow was. Straight to the point. "...I don't fucking know, Shadow...on her way home?"

"From where?"

"One of those warehouses. Man, just drop me off home already. Fuck Amy!" Knuckles banged the inside of the car door and grunted. "The one you should be worrying about is Sonic! They fucking tortured him man! And Amy just fucking let it happen, she didn't even do anything about it!"

"Sonic?" Shadow raises a brow, the most emotional capability Knuckles ever seen come from him.

"Yes! This whole thing is just fucked, man!"

"We're driving to her house." Shadow turned the whole car around.

"We!? No, man that's all you. I don't even wanna look at her again. Stop the car so I can walk home."

"Why don't you do something about it?" Shadow asked.

"Ugh Do something about what!? Stop the car." Knuckles grabbed the door ready to hop out. He didn't care if the car was moving anymore.

"You blame Amy for not fighting back yet you haven't even fought back yourself…"

"BECAUSE-" Knuckles hit the side of the door again, and then looked down "Because…." Knuckles struggled to find the words to explain himself.

"Whatever, I don't really care for you and your temper tantrums, and you aren't any help, either. If you want to get out, get out" Shadow said bluntly and then he stopped the car.

"Fuck you and Amy." Knuckles got out and slammed the door.

Oh I'll fight back alright. Fuckers.

Blaze

Blaze was incredibly frustrated cleaning the mess that man made. Who does this? Blaze then heard the jiggling of the front door knob. Please be Amy. Blaze thought to herself. Blaze was relieved to see a pink glimpse of Amy, but then the door opened all the way. It was Sonic bruised and battered, and the wound on his body looked incredibly grotesque to Blaze. Amy carefully placed him on the couch.

"Is.. is Sonic Okay?!"

"Does he fucking look okay?" Amy shouted at Blaze. Blaze cowered back, but knew she had to do something.

"I'm going to patch him up…" Blaze rushed to the bathroom to get the necessary supplies needed to patch up Knuckles.

Amy

"I'm so fucking sorry, Sonic…" Amy knelt down towards Sonic and looked at his wounds with the sorrows of guilt. She then heard the door bust open, and she bounced up ready to fight, only to see the great Shadow the Hedgehog himself. "Fuck…Shadow… fucking knock…"

"I live here, too. I don't have to knock for anybody." Shadow walked towards Sonic and stood above staring at him with his arms crossed. "What happened to Sonic?"

"Espio… he… overtook us, and he… did this to Sonic" Amy felt a tear about to shed, but stopped herself. "He did this to Sonic… to make some kind of sick fucking point."

"Espio...the drug lord? You must've been on his territory. You guys are truly a lost cause."

Shadow sounded so monotone and heartless it irritated Amy sometimes. Especially now that one of their friends is laid out bruised and battered on their couch. But she didn't feel like picking a fight with Shadow tonight.

"Blaze! Hurry up!" Amy shouted towards the hallway.

Blaze walked out with all the supplies she could. A Tshirt, scissors, vaseline, and vinegar. "We didn't have much, so we have to use what we can find…" but then Blaze saw Shadow's glare pierce right through her and she nervously walked to Sonic, Shadow's eyes following her the entire time as she knelt down in front of Sonic and began to treat his wound.

"Who the hell is this, Amy?" Shadow finally asked after trying to intimidate Blaze with his stare for the past 40 seconds. Amy could tell Shadow was making Blaze incredibly uncomfortable.

"...This is Blaze, she's staying with us for a while."

"Says whom? I don't remember agreeing to this. If you want to hold a street rat shelter home do it somewhere else…" Shadow said with extra ice in his tone.

Blaze then stood up face to face with Shadow with a sudden intensity in her eyes. She did not want to fight, but this guys attitude was pissing her off. "Isn't this your friend? He's bruised and bleeding yet you're worried about me and what I'm doing. If you don't want me here we can have that conversation later, but right now, it's uncalled for." Blaze then kneeled back down and got back to tending Sonic's wounds.

Amy couldn't help but smirk at Blaze putting Shadow in his place. I think I'm rubbing off on her.

"Hm… whatever." Shadow glared at Blaze and sat down in the emptiness next to Sonic and looked at him. Blaze caught him and swore she could've saw a glimpse of concern in his eyes, but it disappeared quickly when he realized Blaze caught it. Shadow looked at Blaze and explained, "This isn't the first time Sonic has taken an injury like this being as reckless as this crew is. So I wouldn't worry too much." This was probably the most Shadow ever said to Blaze in the short time span they met each other. Shadow was a man of few words, so hearing more than one sentence come out his mouth was very interesting to not only strangers, but even his friends. Blaze wasn't sure how to respond to somebody with such a cold demeanor.

"...I don't know… it looks pretty bad." Blaze avoided eye contact with Shadow.

"I've seen Sonic go through many things. This is child's play. Trust me.." Shadow said. He then got up to go to his room before stopping himself, "And Amy, I hope she wasn't in my room."

"Shadow, you're never even here. Suck it up." Amy rolled her eyes at Shadow. I can't believe this guy sometimes. I hope Blaze doesn't feel unwelcomed.

Shadow grunted, "Well, that's over now." Shadow walked into his room and shut the door.

Amy rolled her eyes, "Don't worry about him. He's like that with everybody. He's a fucking asshole in every way possible." Amy reassured Blaze. "Let's hurry and get him patched up, you can sleep in my room." Amy smiled as Blaze blushed profusely.

A/N: Hey guys I'm back. Surprise surprise. I'm on quarantine so it only makes sense to finish this story. I literally have nothing to do, and this is a story worth completing. Sorry for my hiatus. I'm also going to be writing a new Sonadow story so watch out for that, too. Thank you guys for keeping up for so long and please leave a review!