"Where's Sonic?" Shade called back as she walked back towards the tent with a few blankets.

Shadow appeared behind her, "Back at the tent. There are a few more items I need and I didn't want him to hear." Shade nodded to show she was listening, "I need a knife, some sort of blindfold, and something to gag him."

"Gag?"

"I'll have to cut the stone out then heal his arm, neither of those will be the most comfortable."

Shadow took the blankets from Shade and continued towards the tent. The flap opened easily and he looked in to see Sonic standing near one of the walls holding onto his arm with one hand.

"I brought some blankets. You'll have to use these I suppose."

Sonic looked up and chuckled, "Better than the ground. Is everything you need here?"

"It is now." Shade said as she walked in and handed Shadow the last three items before leaving.

Shadow turned towards Sonic and took a deep breath, this was one thing he defiantly wouldn't like, "I need you to bite down on this cloth."

"What's the other for?"

"It's hurt less if you can't see."

Sonic took a deep breath and nodded taking the folded cloth as he sat down before biting down on the fabric, his small fangs creating tiny holes. Shadow circled him until he was behind where he kneeled down and carefully pulled the other cloth around his head so that bright emerald eyes were covered, before knotting it in the back. The blue hedgehog next to him took a deep breath as Shadow got the knife and slashed just above the gem drawing blood with it.

With his own deep breath Shadow grasped the peach arm and dug his fingers into the wound, gloves discarded sometime earlier, wincing as a loud gasp met his ears.

"Shh, I'm trying to do this as quickly as possible."

Sonic mumbled something unintelligible through the gag.

"Try to find something to distract yourself." Shadow replied back as he managed to grasp the green gem and slowly began to pull it out. His own grip and concentration were almost lost when a peach muzzle buried itself between his neck and shoulder blades, "Sonic?"

He needed something to distract himself and Shadow was the only one close enough.

The gem was finally pulled out with a sickening squelch as Sonic tensed and let a small whimper out. Shadow grabbed onto the other's thin waist to hold him still as he placed his other hand over the wound.

As he had expected Sonic suddenly became almost as lively as a fish on land. His legs shot out as if to kick an attacker and he clung tighter to Shadow as a green glow came from the black hedgehog's hand.

He stopped and Sonic fell still with one last shudder. Quickly he pulled the gag out and rubbed the knot of the blindfold over blue quills, untangling it from the mess as he did so.

Bright emerald eyes, glimmering in the low light coming into the tent stared back at him as a small smile appeared on Sonic's face, "Thanks, pal."

Shadow stared for a second himself before also giving a small grin, "It wasn't a problem. Just try not to get cursed again."

A chuckle broke away from him as he slowly stood, being careful not to use his still damaged arm, "Sure, Shads, I'll… try-"

Shadow quickly stuck his arms out as his rival suddenly collapsed, blue eye lids closed and dead to the world.

XXxxXX

"Are you alright?"

Spinning around quickly a small blue hedgehog with bright green eyes stared at the person in front of him as the question was repeated. The other was a light blue-gray echidna with his own yellow-green eyes.

"…Fine." He finally replied after watching for a little while longer. The other had no weapon besides the spikes on his knuckles.

"What're you doing out here alone, young one? Who are you?" The echidna asked gently as he came closer.

"I-I don't have a name." The hedgehog finally answered, "The villages all make me leave, they don't want me around."

"What happens?" The echidna asked softly as he came even closer.

"They see my eyes, the children run and the adults run out and chase me away." He said as he shifted from one foot to another and fidgeted with his hands.

"How about you come with me and we can find you a name." The echidna suggested as he held out his hand, palm to the sky.

The hedgehog stared for a few seconds before nodding and taking the offered hand, "What's your name?"

"For now you may call me Kane. You will learn my name later." The echidna said as he led the hedgehog away from the forest and towards where a large meadow was in the distance, with mountains leading off into the sky.

XXxxXX

"Tails?" A pink hedgehog wearing a red dress with white trimming asked as she stepped up the stairs and into a house, "Are you here?"

"We're upstairs, Amy!" A young voice called back.

She quickly climbed the stairs and hurried towards the end of the hall. One door was open and she slowed down as she went past it. A sign proclaimed that the room belonged to her older blue friend, yet the room was surprising. There was a hammock hanging near a large window that had a seat underneath it, purple pillows and a strange woven blanket she had created years ago resting on it.

The floor was wooden boards with a brown rug stretched over, the carpet was missing in one corner of the room were wood shavings and a few carving tools could be seen. A long, low bookshelf almost covered half of one of the walls and was just as filled with books.

Forgetting her manners for a minute, she went to enter, only to be called away by the same young voice as before. Remembering her job she continued to the end of the hall and opened the door. A simple bed with red sheets in a wooden frame decorated with carvings sat hunkered in one corner of the room, while the rest of most of it was littered with tools and papers, a desk resting against one of the walls was one of the cleanest, with only one large strange contraption and a small fox leaning over it, diligently pecking at the keys.

"Hey, Amy." He said giving a one handed backwards wave before resuming his work.

"What are you doing, Tails?" She asked, picking and choosing her way as she darted through the papers and tools as she made her way over.

"For a few days now there's been a breakout of fights, arguments, lawsuits, the like… between humans and Mobians. The last time tensions were this high were after the Great War."

Despite herself Amy shivered at the last words. The Great War had raged on Mobius for a decade, the longest lasting war on the planet yet, and had been a war between species. Humans and Mobians had fought to the death for years for no known reason. It had become a sort of taboo to mention the horrible time.

"What do we do then?" She asked as she rubbed her arms to rid them of goose bumps.

"Nothing for now." Tails said as he closed the machine, which seemed to be a computer, and spun in his chair to face her, "'Cept keep an eye on stuff. What' ere you doing here?"

"I came to ask if you've seen Sonic. He'd told Rouge he would help out with music at her club, but never showed up."

Tails frowned and sat up straighter, "I assumed he was spending the night at Rouge's house since he was training with Shadow. You haven't seen him?"

"Nope."

Tails' frown deepened and he looked out the window, "That's not good. If things get worse and he doesn't show up soon…" Suddenly he jumped up and ran out the door towards the stairs, "Come on, Amy! We need to find him. Fast!"

Hannah: Yeah I try not to do OC's, there are a few too many in the sonic fandom. If I have an OC in the fic they most likely will not be named. Thanks for reviewing again ^_^