Shadow's p.o.v.
How is this possible? I get stuck on the same level as him and he continued his glare at me. I tried to look everywhere I could but my eyes were always wondering back to meet his brown eyes meeting mine. I sighed and turned to face the wall but I could still feel his gaze burn holes into my back. I sat back up and looked over to the curled up hedgehog who lay on the opposite side. After yesterday, Maurice allowed everyone else to leave, so long as Scourge and Fleetway were watching them and I got the luckiest position to be in. Being watched by him. Lucky me.
"Can you stop staring at me?" I winned at him and he huffed "At least say something. I can handle silence but I can't handle someone always watching me." Nothing. The most he did was stretch his muscles out every once in a while, huff, watch me and hasn't spoken since yesterday. I breathed out a sigh and leaned against the wall again. "Don't make me beg cause I will." his ear flicked and I perked mine as I saw him sat up and look towards the ground, then back at me, huffing. 'I can't believe I'm going to do this.' "PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSE!" he crossed his arms and I huffed. "You are much more annoying now then before." I closed my eyes and felt a breath on my face. When I opened them, I yelped and I swore my heart leapt out of my chest. He was sitting so close, our mouths nearly touched and he had confusion written across his eyes.
"Are you going to talk now?" I tried to backup but thanks to the stupid wall, I didn't make any progress. I turned my head to the side and he sniffed my neck. I slapped his face away and growled at him. "Leave me alone, you, you, thing!" he shook his head from the smack I gave him and looked at me confused. He huffed then before I could blink, I was pinned to the wall. I started to sweat, not knowing what he would do and he turned my head to the side. I could feel his nose grazing my fur and he pulled back, smirking at me. I was confused for a moment then he let go and moved far enough to give me some space but still within arms reach. I rubbed my wrists from the tight grip they were in and looked at him confused. "Is there something you were going to say?" he nodded and I couldn't help my curiosity grow "Then what?" I felt a smack to the side of my face and gave him surprised look. He smirked at me then poked my nose.
"You are very tame life-form and pose as no threat. I was just curious as to who owned you and did my investigation." I tilted my head to the side and felt the spot where his nose just barely touched my neck.
"I'm no threat?" he shook his head "Then what was the smack for?" he smirked then poked my nose again.
"You are funny when you get riled up." he stood up and walked to the other side of the level and curled back up, watching me again. I sighed then leaned onto the wall.
"At least you said something." I chuckled at my own words and looked over at the brown eyes staring at me. 'Why do I have the suspension that this is just one part of his little trick to getting me to lower my guard? He acts just like me, so maybe I can change him.' I inwardly chuckled and stood up walking to the other side and sat down in front of him. He moved his ears outward and continued to watch me. "Maurice?" I heard what sounded like a low rumble and a yes at the same time. "Besides sitting there doing nothing, what do you do for fun?" he blinked then sat up facing me. He flicked one of his ears and kept them at their outward position.
"What's fun?" I blinked then looked at him surprised
"How could you not know what fun is?!" I yelled and he tilted his head also making one ear flop from his action.
"Unless fun is a fighting mechanism, I have no need for anything else but fighting." my jaw dropped and before he moved closer to me I shut it close.
"This is definitely a surprise. I know what fun is and I don't do it much." I sighed then stood up holding my hand out to him. He looked at it confused and I rolled my eyes. 'If Maurice is always like this, then I wonder how Sonic ever came to be.' I reached down and pulled him up to his feet taking him by surprise at my action and I smirked at him. 'Maybe I can change you after all.' "If I show you what fun is, would you let me outside?"
"Is fun an active thing?" I shrugged
"It sometimes is and sometimes isn't, so, yeah I guess it is." he looked at the entrance then back at me.
"You shall remain around me at all times. If you wonder about, I'll drag you back to the base and keep you inside." I nodded and he huffed, walking towards the exit. I followed and soon made it a good distance away.
"Alright. First things first, how fast can you run?" I turned to him and he looked at the ground then back at me.
"I never tested my limits." I inwardly smirked and stood next to him so we had a starting line.
"Do you know what a race is?" he shakes his head "You will once we're done." he looks at me confused then shrugs. "I'll say 3, 2, 1, go and on go we start to run. Do you understand?" he looks out for a second then back at me nodding. "Alright." I got into a starting position and he copied me "3... 2... 1... GO!" I take off at half my speed and he managed to keep with me. I chuckled and started to go faster. "Try to keep up!" I race off and was mildly surprised to see him come up so quickly. 'Classic Sonic.' We continued until I decided to turn around and we ended with a close call. I smiled and looked over at him seeing him also look at me. "What did you think of that?"
"It was okay."
"Well, the more speed you use, the more fun it will be." I stretched my arms and walked back inside the base. "Did you think it was fun?" I turned to him and he shrugged.
"Fun isn't fighting but it is useful." I nudged him with my elbow and went back to our level.
"Like I said, the more speed you use, the more fun it will be." I sat back down he sat on the opposite side looking at me.
"Who taught you fun?" I frowned at his question and turned my head away. 'You did.'
"It was a hedgehog." he titled his head "A cocky hedgehog who could make anyone smile. He always did like to have fun and would always find it." he nodded then curled up.
"I would like to meet this hedgehog." 'You are him.'
"Maybe if he comes around again, I could introduce you to him." he huffed and I laid on my back. "Maurice?" he hummed and I turned my head to look at him. "How were you created" his ear flicked and didn't do anything. "What I mean.. is... who created you cause you already know my story, I want to know yours." he sat up and walked over to me. I sat up and he sat next to me. He moved a hand to my head and I slapped it away. "What are you doing?" he pinned me down and placed a hand on my head. Once his eyes closed I saw flashes of his past. I was able to get him off me and looked at him confused. "What was that?!" he huffed and gave me a bored expression
"You don't know memory show?" I looked at him confused then at the wall. 'Memory show? That's new…' I turned to look at him and he moved his hand up to my head. I let him and closed my eyes as he did and saw his past. A chill went down my spine as I saw the man, the torture they did, the restraints, the cruel what they call 'training', the escape, everything. When the memory's came to an end I looked at him confused and he titled his head at me. "That wasn't what I would expect." his one ear flopped and I sighed. 'That isn't what I would expect Sonic's past to be... but then again... even he didn't know his own past. Maybe it's best if no one tells him the pain he went through but only snip-its of the good parts instead.' he went to sit on the other side of the level and I leaned against the wall, looking through it all again.
'Just like me, he went through the pain... only he had help to get rid of it and is forced to act like how he is now. Me... I chose who I am now and that's the only difference. The same thing is that we both had someone who cared about us.'
I heard footsteps come in and looked down to see everyone coming back.
"So, that's how Sonic came to be?" they nodded and I looked at them confused.
"What's going on?"
"Oh, Shadow, you'll never believe what we found out!" Tails said as his namesakes twirled
"Try me." I glanced at Maurice and his ear flicked. They looked at me confused and I jumped down to the ground.
"Maurice's raw chaos abilities had a reaction with the chaos emeralds and infused together to become Sonic!" I was sure my mouth dropped and I looked up at Maurice who continued to look at me.
"So we can get Sonic back?"
"Yeah, once we find a chaos emerald first." I nodded and went back to the level. We all settled down for the night and they decided to look for an emerald tomorrow. I laid on my back, staring up at the ceiling and didn't care if he watched me. I rolled onto my side and saw his brown eyes pierce through the night and I fell asleep.