A/N So thanks for the reviews guys, it really means a lot, I'm glad what I'm doing feel right. Like the personalities are matching with their actions or something. Anyway I'm also glad to announce that this is infact a FionaxTails. Someone asked awhile back and I kinda gave a 'neither confirm nor deny" answer. If anyone else wondering there's your answer. I'll be updating the story description to involve romance.
So thanks for reading let's continue on with this freak show.
"Uggg… what happened… dammit my leg" Scourge woke and jerked his leg then winced in pain. He found himself laying on his back in a small room. He was on a bed, comfy too. Looking around the small room was lit by two bulbs in the ceiling. Next to the bed was a desk with a lamp on it, a few books and blank papers. There were two doors, one leading to a bathroom, the other he couldn't see since it was closed.
The green hedgehog went into a sitting position careful to watch his leg. Looking it over he found it was patched up and wrapped in gauze. He realized quickly that Eggman hadn't captured him, it was too nice. The nice room and nicely patched up leg. No it was someone else.
"Who would want to help me?" he asked himself.
He guessed he'd just have to wait and see and checked himself over again. Besides his leg he was ok, except for a bruise or two. His flame jacket had been ripped open and patched back together several times from fights he had before. The flames on the side had dulled but still clearly visible. He looked over his red glasses, he'd made specially sure to keep these in good shape, despite his best efforts the plastic had small scratches and the left lens had been cracked. It was off to the side so it didn't impede his vision. Finally his shoes had dulled and were pretty much permanently coated in a layer of ash.
He quickly cleaned off some dust that got on his glasses and sighed.
"Better come and see me soon" he growled.
Elsewhere…
After his talk with Fiona Tails went back to checking over the base, the daily maintenance and checks. He felt a little better after that talk with her. Thinking about her didn't bring up as many bad emotions as before, but for now he would definitely need time to get used to treating her as a teammate. Same with the other two.
Most of the checks were made by Rosemary but Tails watched everything on the screen buzz by having seen it hundreds of times before. Nothing was off like usual.
"Sometimes I wish something would break just to break up the pattern" he said to himself.
"As long as it's minor and wouldn't do any harm" her motherly voice said.
"I guess" he shrugged "I built this place a little too good didn't I?" he smiled lightly leaning his arm against the arm of the chair.
"Yes you did"
Tails stayed silent yet more checks flying by the screen.
"So what are you gonna do with Scourge?" she asked him suddenly.
"You didn't hear?" she heard everything in here unless he specifically wanted her not to.
"No"
He felt a bit relieved, a part of him didn't want her knowing what else he spoke to Fiona about "We decided to wait till he wakes then listen to his story. We'll either keep him here or kick him out"
"I hope it goes well, because he's been awake for about ten minutes now"
"What?" he sighed "Why'd you wait to tell me?" a small amount of annoyance in his voice.
"I wanted him to wake up a little"
She had a point there. So he got up and went to get Shadow and Fiona.
He knew where the two males were and walking in said "Hey he's awake, you two want to listen to his story?"
"I don't see why not" Shadow shrugged following him out, Silver hot on his heels.
Fiona was just leaving the workshop finally presentable again.
"He's awake, you want to see him or leave it to us?" Tails knew she might not want to see him, or wouldn't be able to restrain herself.
"Ya… I'll come" her hesitance was interpreted by Tails as a sign she was unsure but in reality she was trying to get over what she learned inside.
The four mobians came to the door and Tails said "Ok, remember, we want the story. That's it"
Right before he opened the door Fiona said "I'll wait outside, don't want him trying to distract us by using our past relationship or something" she stepped aside waiting beside the door wanting to still listen in.
Opening the door he found Scourge laying on the bed staring at the ceiling.
"About time you came to see me" he was clearly annoyed as he sat up. He quickly stared at Tails. For a short moment obviously trying to figure out who the familiar fox was. It was on the tip of his tongue until he saw the two tails and smirked "How ya doing pipsqueak?" a mocking smirk plastered on his face.
Tails ignored him as Shadow walked in with Silver.
"And you must be Shadow, atleast you look like it" he knew of the dark hedgehog by name and description only.
He stopped on Silver though "You, I don't know" pointing at him with a bored uninterested expression
"Makes two of us" Silver said actually coming off confident and intimidating.
"Listen here pothead, I'm Scou-"
"Shut up, listen here. We may have saved you but we want to know why you are here, and why you didn't use that warp ring of yours to escape" Shadow growled, he was the most intimidating of the three so he took the initiative.
"Back off freak, I'm not talking"
"You aren't, eh?" Shadow simply smirked lunging forward squeezing his bad leg.
"AHHH, fuck you"
"Tell me, NOW!" squeezing again harder this time.
"You son of a bitch… FINE!"
The pressure quickly went away as Shadow stood back up and waited for his story.
Scourge held his leg for a minute wincing in pain before finally saying "I pissed off a few people back on Moebius… they caught me and used my warp ring to send me here. They knew what happened to Mobius and thought it would be fun to send me here to die"
"That's why you don't have the warp ring?" Tails asked, his deeper and harsher voice surprising Scourge a little.
"Of course they took it, what would be the point of sending me here with it?"
"Watch your tongue" Shadow threatened his fist clenching to show he would grab his leg again.
"How long have you been here?" the fox asked.
"Been travelling the waste for three months. Any town I come across is protected by Eggmans bots and attack me, guess he remembers me. So I stayed away. He's been hunting me down for a week or two sending specially made bots to fight me" Scourge explained rolling his eyes at the mention of being attacked like it were nothing new.
"So that's why they all got confused by everyones personal skills, they were programmed to fight him not any of us" Tails concluded, he had a feeling but now it was confirmed.
"So is this the Freedom fighters new hideout, it's definitely cleaner than the last" Scourge asked peaking through the door maybe to catch a glimpse of anyone "I would have thought Sonic would want to speak with me"
"Don't worry about any of that, just know we'll be deciding what to do with you" Tails crossed his arms.
"Ya well don't rush, my leg could use some more R&R" he clearly didn't like having his fate in someone else's hands, but it was better than being dead by Eggmans fat bots.
"We'll be back" Tails said turning to leave followed by the two hedgehogs.
"Whatever" Scourge mumbled as the door closed.
The three males looked to Fiona. Tails asked "So think he's lying?" she did have the most experience with him so her opinion meant the most.
"He's probably not lying. I mean he did get himself thrown into jail and be over powered by the gangs inside. When I found him and broke him out he was a husk of his normal self, groveling to people. He was pathetic. Even when we came to save him he begged us not to cause any trouble. So I wouldn't put it past him to piss some people off and get over powered and thrown back here" Fiona explained, she was a little angry from hearing his voice.
"Ok, so if he is telling the truth what should we do with him?" Silver asked, he had deduced that was what they wanted to do next.
After a short silence Tails shrugged "I say we kick his ass out as soon as he can walk"
"I second that" the other fox added.
Both looked to Shadow who looked deep in thought "… He should stay"
"WHAT!?"
"First, he's hurt, he deserves to heal up"
"That's what I said" Tails said annoyed.
"But" Shadow stopped him "We are low on numbers, he is being hunted, this is the one place that hasn't tried to kill him"
"NO! No way, he is not staying here. I will not let him stab us in the back or ditch us when we need it" Fiona growled, furious that Shadow would suggest such a thing.
"This isn't about what you, or anyone wants Fiona, this about what the world needs. If we need to take on a bad guy to get this done then we do it. We aren't kids, this schoolyard shit stays out of our mission. We are taking down Eggman or we die trying, there is no giving up ad we take every opportunity and advantage we can get" Shadow wasn't gonna take no for an answer.
His eyes bore into her his fury paralyzing her in place "I've been waiting two years to finally get revenge for what he did to all of my friends"
Silver was even surprised hearing his motive. He thought Shadow had wanted to stop Eggman because that was the right thing to do. He wanted revenge, plain and simply.
"So that's what you want, revenge?" Tails said, he wasn't as surprised.
"All of them died that day and the two I saved were slaughtered days later. I couldn't even protect Amy. Knuckles could handle himself if need be but Amy wasn't as strong as us. And now they are all gone, I'm going to make him suffer as long as I can and I will get vengeance for what he's done" he growled. His story made sense now, and he clearly was going to be the last person to give up. His mission had been postponed for two years and now he finally had a way to do it.
All three mobians watched as he breathed heavily, his fury slowly subsiding. They all believed he was in this to win this or die trying but now they all felt a little uneasy. He sounded like he wanted to complete this at all costs, even if it meant sacrifices needed to be made.
"We are keeping him here, and if we have to strap an explosive collar to his neck we are using him. Now he's been hunted for weeks, and from what I know of him he'll want revenge for this. He also knows this is the only safe place anywhere close to here. Finally without the warp ring this is his home now, if this place stays the way it is he will die. He has no other choice but to help us. Got it?" his reasoning was sound.
"You forget, he is extremely prideful. He may say no just from his ego" Fiona crossed her arms explaining that in a flat voice, she hated it but Shadow wouldn't let her do anything but allow Scourge to stay.
"He will say yes, I will explain it plain and clear"
Tails hummed in thought moving on from the brutal display their dark friend had demonstrated "That leaves one last problem, you" he pointed to Fiona.
"Her, what's wrong with her now?" Silver asked confused why he was saying Fiona suddenly had a problem.
Despite his confusion the other two knew what Tails meant Fiona nodding "How will he react to me?"
"Doesn't matter" Shadow shrugged not caring for childish ex problems.
"There's really only one option, I need to introduce myself" she dreadfully sighed.
"I'm staying out of this" Silver threw his hands up walking away.
"I'll go in alone, he has a broken leg, he won't be able to do anything" Fiona said.
"You sure?" Tails surprisingly asked.
"Ya, should I tell him it's just us in here?" she heard Tails refuse to answer how many people were here or any specific names.
"He'll find out soon" Tails said "Keep him guessing for now"
She nodded and with that all over and the disturbing confession of Shadow out in the open she walked to the door. Before turning the knob she took a deep breath "Don't kill him" she whispered to herself.
She opened the door and heard Scourges arrogant voice say "So figured out what you're gonna do with me or…" his mouth dropped seeing who it was.
Fiona closed the door crossing her arms standing as far away from him as possible. She kept a straight face trying to give away none of her emotions.
"Fiona… you're… you"
"Survived? No thanks to you" she spat.
"I'm sorry I didn't see a way-"
"Shut up, don't give me that. I don't care what the excuse is. You left me behind and that's it. You are dirt to me now, you're lucky I don't kill you now" She knew what Shadow said was right, she couldn't let the past effect her, but she was alone with him, she'd take this chance than leave it behind, if she could.
He looked down surprisingly showing sadness and regret but asked "So then why are you here?"
"To tell you that you aren't leaving and you aren't gonna die"
"What the hell does that mean?" he glared up at her, he wanted to stand and match her height, just being lower than her just added to how much more powerful she was right now in this situation.
"It means you either help us or you stay in here"
"I'm not helping you freedom fighters. I thought you of all people would know that" he growled.
"Alright then, rot in this cell, or better yet I could send in Shadow again and make you understand your situation, and trust me, he won't take no for an answer" she smirked seeing the slightest hint of fear in his eyes.
He looked away then back, he very quickly ran through his options, rot in this cell and probably take a few rounds of 'persuasion' from Shadow the hedgehog, or accept.
"What keeps me from just running off the second I get a chance?" he smirked thinking they hadn't thought ahead.
"Then you continue to wonder the waste alone with nowhere to go and no friends, oh and don't forget be hunted until you are dead" she smirked again calling his bluff.
He clenched his fists now in a corner, but she spoke again "And I know how much you hate being alone. You are like Sonic, he couldn't live without friends"
"No! I'm not Sonic, I'm not him anymore, I'm Scourge!"
Fiona laughed tauntingly "You really believe that? Some things can't be avoided. You always had people near you. You tried to infiltrate the freedom fighters and when that failed you tried to kill Sonic so you could get them back. Then you made every effort to keep me with you. I'm not gonna say you manipulated me but you tried hard to make me come with you. Then you made your own team. Sadly they hated you and double crossed you and you went to jail. The first time you ever had no friends and you became a shell of your former self" her taunts making him growl in rage.
"Don't compare me to him!"
"Didn't deny it" she laughed again only making him growl again "Listen, calm down and decide what you want to do. Personally I hope you refuse and take the hard way with Shadow but I also know you are a smart guy. You'll figure it out" she finished with a taunting wink and left. She felt satisfied cutting into him like that.
Outside Shadow and Tails waited, the sound proof walls made the conversation private.
"So?" the younger fox asked.
"I'm sure he'll make the right choice soon" she smirked.
Both males looked to eachother but Fiona left with a wide grin on her face. She wasn't satisfied with taunting Scourge but for now she was happy with it.
Tails shrugged not really caring what she said to him, he was sure she wasn't gonna double cross them. He was now worried about Shadow, what was he willing to do to get Eggman? Only time would tell. For now they'd have to wait for Scourge to make up his mind and for any new opportunities, but he feared that if they wanted to strike at Eggman they'd have to travel and find trouble themselves.
He went back to completing the maintenance checks like before.
Fiona sat in thought on her bed, Silver was there floating rocks around himself but didn't ask what happened, Shadows warnings before hand made him not ask.
She was thinking about Shadows words too, considering what Scourge did she was now paranoid of what he might do. From now on she was going to watch him. She wanted to end Eggman as well but she wasn't willing to drop to Scourges level and abandon or stab his teammates in the back.
Besides that she had the other problem of what she learned in the workshop. Tails' last entry in his notebook. He hated himself, because despite everything she did to him he still loved her, atleast at the time of the entry. That worried her more, did he still feel that way now or did his feelings ferment to a point that he forgot her loved her and only hate reigned? She didn't have the guts to ask him.
She sighed dismissing everything from her mind and went back to her book, waiting for the next curveball life would throw her way.
Ah another chapter done, fun times. So more stuff revealed this chapter, mostly about Shadow and a little of Scourge. I just want to point out that Scourge needing friends was something I made up, I couldn't quite remember if he'd been a lone wolf at any time, but considering he is Sonics opposite and Sonic never goes anywhere without atleast one friend I assumed Scourge would be somewhat the same.
As for Shadow, his 'do anything at any cost' personality is showing, but the question is, will he betray them all to get revenge, even Silver? Time will tell folks.
Getting these out fast again, just like old times, nice. I also apologize if at some point it randomly repeats a line directly below that line. My Microsoft words fucks up like that sometimes and I have no idea how to fix it. It may not show up but I wanted to point that out.
Live long and prosper
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