A/N: This is a comedy chapter, since the other chapters were kind of depressing! Enjoy! Shadow and Sonic make a bet, to see how long Shadow can stand Sonic. Who will win? Also, this uses lyrics from the song This is Halloween, from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas, which I obviously don't own. ~PierceTheBre
Endless Shadow Oneshots, Chapter 4 - The Bet
"So, will you hold my hand if I get scared, Shadzy?"
Shadow glared at the blue hedgehog next to him. "Why would you be scared of Howl's Moving Castle?"
Sonic didn't acknowledge that, and instead repeated, "Hold my hand! You're going to make me cry!"
"No!" Shadow retorted. "If you get scared, hold your own freaking hand."
Sonic pouted, his bottom lip twitching as he tried to conceal his laughter. "Make me, daddy!"
Shadow nearly leaped out of his seat and slapped Sonic. "Faker, if you call me 'daddy' one more time, I will personally rearrange your face."
"Aww, you're going to make me sexier! You're the best BFF ever, Shadow!"
Shadow flattened his ears against his head, a sign of irritation and anger. "Just shut up and watch the stupid movie. I paid for this, the least you can do is be quiet and watch it."
"But it's only showing the previews right now!"
"I paid for you to watch these pointless previews, too!" Shadow glared at Sonic, who was laughing and flailing his arms around like a child. Shadow felt his eyes grow wider when one of Sonic's arms knocked over Shadow's extra-large Root Beer. "Look what you did. Go get me another one."
Sonic stuck out his tongue. "Make me!"
"You childish little brat, if you don't get up and get me a new soda right now, I will shoot your brains out!"
"Whatever you say, daddy."
Shadow sat down in his chair in a huff. He'd agreed to take Sonic to the movies on one condition...that he would never talk to him again afterward. The deal was, if Shadow got too annoyed and left, Sonic could follow Shadow around and harrass him all day. If Shadow could actually sit through the whole movie with Sonic, then Sonic would not bother him anymore, as he so loved to do. The thing was, Sonic was making this extra-hard for Shadow, with his purposeful immaturity.
"I got you your drink, daddy!"
Shadow took the extra-large soda out of Sonic's hands. "At least you're good for one thing, Faker," he snapped, and then took a sip of his drink. As soon as he did, he spit it out in disgust. "Faker! You got me lemonade! How dare you get me my least favorite drink?!"
"Who are you talking to?!" Sonic replied.
"YOU, FAKER!"
"No, no, not prison!"
"What the?!" Shadow snarled. "Faker, sit your butt down and shut up! The movie is starting."
"This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!" Sonic sang at the top of his lungs.
"You're embarassing me! Shut your mouth!" Shadow whacked Sonic in the back of the head as other viewers turned around and shushed them.
"It's bad-selfie-Sunday!" Sonic exclaimed as he whipped out his iPhone and took a picture with Shadow. Sonic winked at the camera, his thumb sticking up and his tongue hanging out. Shadow just glared at the phone, annoyance glimmering in his crimson eyes.
Sonic grinned at the photo after he took it. "This is totally going on Instagram!"
Shadow facepalmed himself as two other audience members turned around and shushed them even louder. "You're supposed to turn off your phone, Faker."
"Sorry, daddy," Sonic said as he turned off his phone and put it into his handbag.
They watched the movie in surprising silence until it was about to the middle of the movie, at the part where the lead character says "I see no point in living if I can't be beautiful".
Suddenly, Sonic jumped onto the back of his seat and cried, "YOU HEAR THAT? I SEE NO POINT IN LIVING IF I CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL!"
"Shutup!" A pre-teen girl snapped.
"I am invincible!" Sonic shouted back. "I am Sonic the Hedgehog! Hear me roar!"
"I'm going to call security in here right now if you don't sit down and be quiet," An older gentleman said.
Sonic pouted. "It's not my fault! It's my daddy's for not disciplining me! Daddy, spank me!"
Everyone glared at Shadow.
"I am not his father!" Shadow retorted. "I apologize for his behavior. I'll keep him quiet for the rest of the movie."
"Hope so," An elderly woman muttered.
Shadow rolled his eyes, and sighed. "You're trying really hard to win this bet, aren't you, Faker? Well, you're going down!"
Sonic winked at Shadow. "So, you're going to hold my hand now, daddy?"
Shadow sighed again. These next 30 minutes would be the longest of his life.
"You'll be coming with me," A security guard said. "We've had various reports of you two disrupting this viewing!"
"You two?!" Shadow shouted, enraged. "I've been trying to keep him quiet!"
"SHUT YOUR FACE, DADDY!"
"That's it," The security guard huffed. "Come on."
"I can't leave," Shadow murmurred. "You can take him out, but I've been behaving, so I should be allowed to stay here..."
The security guard narrowed his eyes at the ebony hedgehog. "Okay, fine..."
Shadow sighed in relief.
"...But if I hear one complaint about you, out you go."
"Will do." Shadow gave Sonic a devious look. The cobalt hedgehog responded by sticking out his tongue and making a pouting face.
"Daddy! No! Don't let them take me away! I thought what we had was SPECIAAAL!"
Shadow sighed. "Sorry, Faker," he muttered to himself. "I couldn't let you win, could I?"
With that, he walked out of the movie theater, content that he had won his bet with the blue hedgehog. Then, a sudden impact made him tumble down the ramp leading out of the theater. He sat up in an irritated huff.
"What the...?!" He shouted. He turned around to see none other than Sonic standing over him, smiling triumphantly.
"What do you want, Faker?!" Shadow growled. "I won the bet, so leave me alone!"
Sonic laughed. "Oh, Shadow, you're so funny. I guess you didn't realize I had my fingers crossed the whole time we were making that bet, did you? So...let's just say it never happened. I just wanted to annoy the crap out of you."
Shadow leaped up, his ears flat against his head and his face twisting into a vicious snarl. "I'm going to kill you, Faker!"
"Well, I guess that's my cue to get out of here," Sonic said, as he dashed off down the sidewalk.
"You're dead meat!" Shadow snapped as he chased after Sonic. And everyone saw two blurs that day, one blue, one ebony, sprinting off into the sunset.
A/N: So sorry I haven't updated lately! But now I'm on Christmas Break so I should be able to! ~PierceTheBre
