D&S Chapter 5: Poof, Poof, Begone!

"Thanks for coming!" Sonic said with a smile as he opened the door to see his co-worker. Blaze raised an eyebrow, but walked in when the hedgehog shifted to make room for her to pass by.

"See, it's kind of a special situation. I need you to keep this one between us." Sonic said in a whisper, looking back and forth between Blaze and the kitchen they were walking into.

That was about all Blaze could take.

"What the hell are you-" But then she saw it and she understood. There in front of her was a black and red hedgehog lying on a group of chairs formed in a makeshift bed.

"He showed up on my doorstep the other day and we've been trying to help him recover." Sonic explained, walking over and placing his hand on Shadow's forehead. The black hedgehog was clearly unconscious.

Blaze was stunned. Of all the reasons Sonic could have invited her over, she had failed to think of this one. Nevertheless, she kept her composure as she walked over to the hedgehog and checked his vital signs. She could feel Sonic's eyes on her, but she chose to ignore it as she looked over the hedgehog in front of her.

Pulling out her scanner, she placed her finger on the imprint lock and turned to Sonic.

"I'm going to have to ask you to go into the other room. This isn't a long process, but it is a meticulous one. When I'm done, I'll call you back in." She explained.

Sonic blinked and looked like he wanted to reject her proposal. After a second though, he began to turn to walk out of the kitchen.

"If he wakes up, let me know. His social skills aren't that great." He said with a sad smile. Blaze simply nodded before turning back to Shadow.

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"What do you mean you're not staying?!" Silver asked in shock as he watched Amy Rose apply blush to her already pink cheeks.

The two had just left a meeting with their execs and were given time to go back to hair and makeup before returning to air. They had stopped in the hallway when Amy had dropped the news that she would be absent for both the afternoon and evening news broadcasts.

"I told you, I have other places to be." Amy replied, bringing her compact closer to her face as she spoke.

"I understand that, but this is your job. Plus, Cream already called in sick so who's going to take over for you?"

Amy spun around on her heel and smiled evilly at the silver hedgehog.

"You, obviously." She said with a smirk as she walked past him.

Silver turned to her with wide eyes.

"Wait, the stories for the day? I do the weather, Amy. The stories are usually improvised and I would have to include my own opinions." He replied indignantly.

Amy stopped her walk and huffed.

"We were in the same meeting right? I'm in talks for a reality show on a hit network. It's great publicity for this channel as well. Everyone wants to see a success story, Silver. You'll have yours too. Maybe one day…"

Silver's eyes were still wide.

"…But until that day, you'll just have to fill in for me when I'm busy. Thanks, hun!" She finished as she walked down the long hallway to parking lot.

Silver said nothing as he headed to hair and makeup.

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"He'll be okay." Blaze said with a smile as she left the kitchen and saw Sonic on his couch with his eyes closed. At the sound of her voice, the hedgehog immediately jumped up.

"But be quiet, he's sleeping." She added before he could say anything. Sonic nodded and peered into the kitchen.

"What's going on, Sonic? Who is he?" Blaze asked; her demeanour suddenly extremely serious. Sonic turned back and gave a grim smile.

"I'm trying to figure that out myself. I have no idea what happened to him." He admitted with a shrug.

"Do you suspect fowl play?" Blaze asked, crossing her arms.

"Potentially, but probably not from who you'd think." He looked away.

"What do you mean?" Blaze asked with wider eyes.

"Well-" But before Sonic could respond the doorbell rang.

Blaze and Sonic stared at each other before Sonic walked towards the door. Opening it slowly, his eyes widened at who was on the other side.

"Hi Sonic!" Amy Rose squealed as she stepped inside before he had the chance to speak.

"Hi Amy, this is kind of a bad time…could you come back later?" He asked as he closed the door and turned back to her.

"Why Sonic, I come all this way and that's what you have to say?" Amy said with a wave of her hand, completely dismissing his request.

"And who is this?" She suddenly spat, turning towards Blaze. Blaze rolled her eyes in response.

"I was just leaving," Blaze replied, passing by Amy and giving Sonic a small smile.

"We'll talk later!" Sonic said with a wave of his hand, guilt heavy in his voice.

"Oh, don't be so sad, Sonic. I have super news for you!" Amy said with a laugh.

Sonic turned to her and raised an eyebrow. Good news from Amy was usually not good.

"And what would that be?" He asked, crossing his arms. Amy spun in a circle before winking at him.

"Well you see, I've been offered a main cast role on a reality show! I had a meeting about it today but I just left from lunch with the producer of the show and he says they wouldn't do the show without me!" Amy squealed. Sonic could have sworn he saw money bags and stars in her eyes.

"The only thing is I need to have a partner on the show. All the other ladies have husbands or boyfriends." She said sweetly, her grin suddenly turning devious.

"Well have you found someone to go with?" Sonic said with a shrug, knowing where this conversation was going but choosing to play dumb.

Amy rolled her eyes.

"Well of course silly! I want you!" She lunged forward and grabbed his arm.

"It would be great publicity for the both of us! Just imagine…the two most popular people in media in the city, dating! We would be global, Sonic. Do you hear me, global." She reiterated.

Sonic didn't bother trying to wrap his mind around her request. He had more important things to deal with.

"I don't think so Amy. I'm sure you can find someone has a great reputation and a desire to be on TV. That's not me unless it has to be." He tried to explain, waiting for her grip on his arm to loosen.

"But Sonic…" She was beginning to pout. In turn, she loosened her grip and he took that as his chance. He threw his other arm around her waist and began leading her to the door.

"I'm honoured you would ask me Amy. Really, I am. But I'm super busy right now and need to focus. I'll talk to you later, okay?" He finished as he slowly lead her out the front door.

"But Sonic-" He had already closed the door before she could finish.

Sonic let out a sigh of relief and pushed his back against the door frame.

"That was harder than I thought it would be." He said with a sigh. His eyes suddenly widened as he remembered Shadow lying down in the kitchen and he quickly stood up and ran over.

"Sorry about that Sha-" He stopped when he reached the room. Shadow was gone, but the window in the kitchen was open and wide enough for him to slip through. Sonic quickly walked over and looked out the window, but Shadow was nowhere in sight. Sonic gulped, realizing the severity of the situation.

"Shadow?" His voice filled with panic.

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Sorry this update took so long! I've been busy with summer school and friend drama. I have the basic shell of this story mapped out, it's just hard to find time to write it out. Enjoy!

-GeminiMercedes-

A/N UPDATE: *Reads above author's note* Yikes! I actually remember when I posted this and what "friend drama" I was referring to. Not a fun trip down memory lane, let me tell you. Anyways, this is where the story originally came to a grinding halt. While I said I had things mapped out, I never actually wrote down a storyboard - which I did this time. Hopefully things go smoothly this go around, because I think this story has a lot of potential. I wanted to add a scene where Blaze talks to Tails but it didn't really fit PLUS I feel like I exhausted that friendship in Love Potion/No Regrets. This story will be very different from those two and in hindsight, I made this story because I wanted to go in a different direction than high school soap opera (probably because I was dealing with that in real life!). Anyway, R&R!

-GEMINIMERCEDES-