Me: so much homework...
Amy: You still got to do it.
Me: I know, I'll just update the story...can you do the disclaimer?
Amy: alright. techno-cat only owns the story. Sonic & Co. (c) by SEGA. Scourge (c) by Archie Comics.
Slave of Love – Chapter 7
Sonic's POV
Blackness. That was all I could see. It was all around me. And I was in the middle…in the middle of…well…nowhere. I didn't know whether I was dead or still alive. I was just waiting for something to happen.
All of a sudden, there was light. I closed my eyes to protect them from the brightness. As they were adjusted, I opened them. In front of me was a huge gate. Two guards were leaning against it, both with wings and a halo.
I was standing in front of the gates of heaven.
The guards mustered me from head to toe, then nodded. The leafs of the gate opened up, tempting me to walk through them. And then, time seemed to slow down. My feet moved on their own and I couldn't do anything against it. Maybe because…I…
…didn't want to?
The life here was perfect. No work, no worries, no danger. Everyone was happy. Nothing was wrong. I could stay here forever without sadness, anger…just happiness.
I lifted my foot for the last step. One more step and I would be there. One more step to…endless happiness.
"Come back…"
A small voice sounded from somewhere far away, but it was enough to stop me. I turned around, annoyed at it. Why did it have to prevent me from reaching eternal heaven?
But then, it all came back to me.
I cried out in pain, as the memories flooded my head, and collapsed on the ground. My hands flew up to my temples, trying to ease the pain, but that only made it worse.
I remembered it all.
My family, the war, how our enemy enslaved the others, my escape, how they captured me, my time as a slave and…
…Amy…
Amy's POV
I was still sitting on the ground with Sonic in my arms and tears in my eyes as I felt him stirring. "Sonikku?" I whispered. "A-Amy?" his voice was weak and I could hear his pain clearly, but he was still alive.
I sniffed one more time and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I lifted him up with me and together, we walked back into my room.
As soon as we entered it, Sonic collapsed onto my bed.
I rushed to get something to treat his wounds, ending up with a few herbs, some bandages and a water jug which I placed on one of the bedside tables. Sitting down beside the blue hedgehog, I started cleaning his scars and covering them with the herbs and white scraps of cloth.
After I was finished, I looked him over one more time before I got changed into my nightgown. I lay down beside him and pulled the bed sheets over us, wrapping my arms around his torso and falling into a deep slumber.