Yay, another chapter! As I said in my other story, "Were-san and Oni-nii" I was out of town over the weekend and forgot to pack my laptop.

Cookies go to Simone Robinson for correctly guessing how Sonic got in the room! *hands over a plate of virtual chocolate chip cookies*

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, they belong to SEGA

Chapter 4

Shadow's heart was pounding. There was no telling where Sonic could end up with Chaos Control, seeing as he didn't have any teachings on how to use it.

The only thing he could do was search every room. But where should he start?

He went to the top floor to search, going to work his way to the bottom.

- -

As Sonic's eyes adjusted to the darkness, he saw that it was some sort of storage room.

There was a table that had some pictures on it, some fake plants, a couple of boxes, and an old crib. 'What's a crib doing in here?' he thought.

Unsure of exactly where he was, he decided to have a look at the pictures. It was too dark to see them properly, and they were really dusty, but what he could see shocked him.

They were pictures of him and his mom! There was also someone else in some of them, most likely his dad, but that they were too faded for him to fully identify.

Was he still in Shadow's house? If so, why were these pictures here? It didn't make any sense.

- -

Shadow had checked nearly half the rooms in his house, and there was still no sign of Sonic.

Shadow was getting worried. If Sonic ended up in that room…there's no telling how Sonic would react if he saw the pictures.

He needed to find him, fast.

He Chaos Controlled from room to room. When he ended up in front of the room he caught Sonic trying to break into, he was worried again.

'If he found out, he may lose all trust in me for not telling. Then again, he does only have a couple of weeks before I'm supposed to tell him.'

Reaching into his quills, he pulled out the key to the locked storage room.

He inserted the key, unlocked the door, turned the knob, and…

- -

The sound of the door unlocking startled Sonic. He knocked over one of the pictures, which fell to the floor with a crash. He knelt down and frantically tried to pick it up.

'Oh, shit.'

He was starting to panic as the door opened to reveal Shadow. He backed away, only to cut his hand on one of the jagged pieces of glass.

"Ow!"

Immediately, Shadow was at his side. "Are you alright?"

"It's only a cut, why do you care?" he asked, his panic subsiding.

"I care, because technically, I'm your guardian."

"Since when are you my guardian?"

"Since I brought you here," Shadow said. This was partially true. He was trying to hide his immense relief that he found Sonic unharmed. Well, alive and healthy.

"Still, it's just a cut. Nothing to worry about." Why was Shadow making a big deal of it?

"We should still wash it so it doesn't get infected."

"I'm fine!" Sonic protested. He glanced down at the fallen picture, and noticed that the quills of the unidentifiable hedgehog stuck up like Shadow's did. 'What the…?' Slowly, he started to piece things together, and his eyes widened in shock.

Shadow watched the different emotions play out on the navy blue teen's face. Pout, surprise, thoughtful, then shock and realization. He wondered why there was realization, and when he looked at what Sonic was staring at, he knew why.

The picture! He couldn't believe he forgot about it!

He looked back at Sonic, who now had an unreadable expression. He grew concerned. "Sonic?"

But Sonic didn't answer him. He didn't know what to say.

It could've been avoided. The orphanage, living on the streets, the scorn, everything.

Finally, he managed to say, or rather, whisper, "…Why? Why did you keep it a secret? Why didn't you tell me you were my dad?!" He yelled out the last part before running out of the room in tears.

"Sonic, wait!" Shadow shouted, running after his son.

T.B.C.

Okay, sorry for the really short chapter! I tried to make it longer, but nothing I wrote seemed to work with my expectations.

Is everyone t'd off that I made Sonic figure it out so soon? And for the cliffhanger? I apologize.

Let me know if you liked this chapter!

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