Shadow's Point Of View
When the alarm went off, my restraints came apart and Sonic growled at the door. Then he turned to me and grabbed my wrists making me flinch, as he dug his fingers into my bruises. I angrily thrashed about, trying to escape from his grasp. He pulled me off of the bed, through its silk opening and let me fall onto the floor in pain. My tail had to be broken severely for it to hurt this badly. There were small tears collecting in my eyes from it as Sonic dragged me to the door of the room. The door swung open automatically, probably because he made the security functions react only to him. Before he left the room, he made me stand up on my feet so he wouldn't have to pull me.
He then started pulling me through the halls to an unknown location. After a minute he stopped and turned to me.
"It had better not be that demon from last night that set off my alarm, Shadow!" He warned. "Or else I'll make sure he suffers!" I gasped, as he started pulling me again into another room. This room was much more frightening than the first room. In the dead center was a metal table with clasps for your arms and legs. In almost every spot of the room was some sort of machine, which looked like they had multiple uses. I didn't want to stay to find out what those uses were. I desperately tried to go back the other way, but Sonic pulled me farther into the room and pushed me onto the table in the same position I was on the bed and the clasps closed themselves on me.
"You won't get away with this!"
"And who's going to stop me?!" He spat at me. Then he laughed and turned away from me.
"If I were you, I'd be wondering if it was your 'friend' that set of the alarm." He said and I glared at him only for him to leave the room laughing, leaving me alone in a room full of machines and the noise of the alarm, still ringing in my ears.
Mephiles' Point Of View
Rouge and I had split up to look for Shadow and Tails, after we triggered the bases alarm. I had to find him quickly, so I went looking around the biggest part of the base. It felt like something was following me. I turned my head in one of the hallways and saw a camera centered on me and the lens zoomed in on me, telling me I was found.
I ran down the hall to find Shadow knowing that my time to find him was running out.
"Come on, where are you..." I whispered to myself as I opened and closed doors to search for him. I was getting desperate. What if he had hurt him already or what if he's doing other horrible things to him? I ran faster, with that thought and finally came to the one door I hadn't checked. Now that I was close, I could feel someone's presence inside and slowly opened the door to see Shadow strapped to a metal table, just like my dream.
"Shadow!" I said as I rushed to him. He looks at me startled, but smiles when he sees me next to him. I instantly break the clamps that were securing him onto the table. He rubs his wrists, as he swings his legs over the table, so he's sitting down and I notice him wincing as he did.
"Are you hurt?!" I asked, taking hold of him by his shoulders.
"It's nothing re-Ah!" He yelps when he moves a little on the table, almost causing him to fall off. I hold on tighter to his shoulders, to make sure he doesn't.
"Where does it hurt, Shadow?!" He winces again and sighs. He rubs his wrists again.
"It doesn't matter, besides you need to leave. It's too dangerous for you to stay here." He says. I shake my head no.
"Not without you." I say sternly.
"You don't understand! He could kill you if he finds you!" Shadow says. He suddenly freezes when he hears a voice coming from a shady corner of the room.
"If I were you, I'd listen to him, Meph" we both turn to him. I quickly, but carfully pick Shadow up, off of the table, to the side of me.
"What the hell do you want?!" I growled, putting my arm in front of him to protect him. I was sick and tired of this so called hero messing with my Shadow! He chuckled and glared at me with a smile.
"I want Shadow! Now just hand him over and I won't kill you." I felt Shadow step farther behind me and he whimpered, as Sonic narrowed his eyesight onto him.
"Never!" I said and he lunged for me in anger. Not having enough time to doge it, I fly backwards and I have to force myself to a stop and skid close to the wall. When I recover, I see Shadow turned towards me alarmed but with his attention on me, Sonic saw an opening. Until now, I didn't realize he had a small knife in his hand.
He grabbed Shadow from behind and kept him in a standing position with one of his arms around his neck and the other had the knife next to his neck. Shadow yelps, and tries to push him off, but stops when Sonic holds the knife closer to his neck. I stand up, furious at him, ready to attack him.
"Oh no you don't, we've been in this situation before. You move; I break another part of this hedgehog's body!" Did he just say another? My mind was made up; he is not surviving after this fight. I seethed in anger, trying not to lose my temper. With Shadow so close to him, I could hit him instead of Sonic. I stood my ground.
"Hah! I knew you'd understand! A demon shouldn't mix with a non-demon anyway!" Now it's my turn to smirk.
"Says who?"
"Now you want to get smart with me? Let's see how you like this." The knife disappears in a second. I was dumbfounded, only demons like me are supposed to have powers like that unless they were one or were possessed by one. Knowing he wasn't one, then he'd have to be possessed. But it would have to wait for another time.
He then lowers his hand to the bottom of Shadow's sweatshirt and his hand dives under it. He moved his hand from his chest, down over and over again. Shadow looked frightful, a look I never wanted to see on his face and he yelped, trying to get away from him.
"Stop! Get off me!" He shouted at him. How dare that hedgehog touch my Shadow AGAIN! I growled loudly, making Sonic smile, knowing that Shadow was my weakness. Then Sonic used the hand he had around Shadow's neck to force his head toward his and he kissed him. Shadow struggled in his grip while Sonic basked in the kiss, making sure to make eye contact with me the entire time. I was going to completely lose my temper if he kept it up. Finally he let go of Shadow, but with the lack of air he had, he collapsed onto the floor. My eyes widened as my anger exploded.
"How dare you! You don't love him at all!"
"Oh? And how do you know if he loves you?" He said pointing to Shadow. "After all he hasn't been completely honest with you." What did he mean? I doubtfully looked at him.
"Shadow?..." I said softly. He in turn looked sorrowfully at me and then turned away, putting his arms over his head in shame. Was it what he was supposed to tell me today?
"Since he doesn't seem very willing to tell you, I'll say it. He's a herm." It once again was my turn to smirk.
"I know." Shadow's eyes widened as he took his arms off his head while Sonic glared at me.
"Y-you do?" Shadow said. I nodded and he smiled but it was short lived. Sonic stomps on Shadow rear end and he yelled in pain. Whatever he broke on Shadow was somewhere near there.
"Who cares about what he is?! He's still mine!" I was finished being nice and I lunged forward, sending him flying into the wall, leaving the indent of his body in it while I landed next to Shadow. He jumped right back up and a remote appeared in his hands. He pressed a button and a cage came out of a secret corridor in the wall. Inside, was a yellow fox and the bat that traveled here with me, the both of them barely alive.
Shadow's Point Of View
When the cage with Tails and Rouge inside appeared I was relieved they were alive, but barely. We had to get them to a hospital.
"How about we make it Shadow's choice?" Sonic said, smirking at me on the ground. I quickly got onto my feet.
"If Shadow picks me, he gets to spend eternity here with me and the rest of you get to live. If he picks you, then I will set off a bomb that will detonate in five minutes, which will kill all of us." I was shocked. He really has lost his mind. I really only had one reasonable choice.
"That's blackmail?!" Mephiles argued.
"Not if he has a choice."
Mephiles growled at him. Since I was next to him, I grabbed his arm. He immediately stopped and turned his attention to me.
"It's fine Mephiles..." I said, trying to seem happy.
"Shadow...you can't just give up your happiness to let us live...and besides... the only thing that makes me happy is you." Then he turns toward Sonic. "And I am not allowing you to get taken away from me!" I was almost in tears. No one ever has said such words to me. Then I knew my decision. My grip on Mephiles' arm got tighter, knowing that we'd survive with the choice I had made. Sonic looks surprised.
"Is that your decision?" I nodded and the look on Sonic's face made it seem like he was going to explode. Then Mephiles leaned into my ear.
"Find something that will break the cage. I'll try to delay him." He whispers into my ear. As soon as he finished he and Sonic took off into the air. I ran for one of the machines. It looked like a super computer, so there had to be something on it that could open the cage. Behind me I could hear them battling fiercely with each other. It made it harder for me to work fast with all the shaking and the blasts that went off in the room. Finally, I came across a file on the cage. The password to open it was locked, I couldn't be wrong or I could set my progress back. I guessed it. I typed in Shadow for the password. I thought if he really was this obsessed with me, then maybe I'm the password. My answer was a click from the cage and the bars swung open.
I turned around towards the fighting just in time to see Mephiles punch Sonic in the gut from midair and see him fall to the ground. Was it over? Then Sonic stood up, his head facing the ground. What at first seemed like a whisper, turned into a horrible laugh that echoed throughout the entire base.
"You think you've defeated me! Well guess again!" Just at that moment I see a strange glowing mark on his neck, the same as the ones from the men in the alley. For some reason the mark made me tremble in fear, but not remembering where it was from made it a minor feeling. Then the green orbs in his eyes disappeared, leaving only the whites of his eyes, as he continued.
"There will be more who will try to get that hedgehog! And eventually he will have him!" Then Sonic held the remote he had above his head.
"Shadow! Stay with them in the cage!" Mephiles said. I ran for it, kneeled down to Tails and Rouge to tend to them and then watched what he was doing.
"I'll give you a small head start. In five seconds I'll push this detonator button and this entire base will explode." He smiled. "One" he started.
Both our eyes widened, as we realized we were going to die, if we didn't do something, quickly. Mephiles turned towards me.
"When I say go, you have to hold on to Rouge and Tails okay?!" Mephiles yelled to me. I nodded and Mephiles ran towards me. I stayed kneeled by them, as Sonic kept counting.
"Four" he said and Mephiles was a second away from me. As soon as Sonic said five, I felt Mephiles' hand on my back and heard him say go. I quickly grabbed onto them and then everything surrounding me went dark.
Mephiles' Point Of View
I had to teleport all of us to the outside of the forest. The base exploded behind us, causing the ground to shake, as the base crumbled. I didn't realize how fast time had passed, it was already after midnight. To be honest, transporting more than two people is exhausting for me, so I was almost out of strength, especially after the fight with Sonic. As soon as I got everyone to safety, I collapsed on the ground on my hands and knees still conscious. Shadow immediately came to my side.
"Mephiles, Are you okay?" He asked. Gently, he rubbed his hand on my back, easing the minor pain from the fight I had.
"I'm fine." I slowly stand up next to him, and then I remembered that Shadow had a broken bone somewhere.
"Where did he hurt you?" He blushes slightly.
"H-he broke my tail." He says, looking away, as if he's embarrassed. I gently pulled him into my arms and looked over his shoulder. He jumped slightly, but he wrapped his arms around me anyway. I see his tail sticking out of his sweatshirt and gently wrap my hand around it. I felt his heartbeat get faster and he yelped at the pain. I forced energy out of my hand onto his tail and eventually he became at ease. Once I finished healing his tail, I let go of him.
"Better?" I smile.
"Y-yes, thank you...We should bring them to the house first, if you're up to it." He smiled nervously. It was so cute to me I couldn't resist saying no. I sigh, not wanting to use more energy.
"Fine." Then I pulled Shadow into my arms as I knelt down to Tails and Rouge and we disappeared just as the sun starts to rise, signaling that a new day was about to start.