Maurice's p.o.v.

I watched as the life-form closed his eyes and I stayed on my side of the base. I wanted to go up to him and watch him closer cause of his actions. He acted just like Ivo and I wanted to investigate of why that is so. I uncurled and sat up straight staring at the moon that shone through and then back at his face. So peaceful and yet I didn't think it would be possible. The life-form being peaceful and tame? Not a possibility. All I heard from Master was that he would kill on sight and was filled with rage. I searched through my memories and found something similar. The life-forms words was that a hedgehog was the one who taught him fun and it's just like Ivo. I watched the day of my escape and the day I meet Ivo Robotnik.

*Flashback*

I was in my cage again after another day of training. Oh, how I wanted to escape, find the life-form and tear him apart. I stayed in my curled up position and watched the door. I glared at it and wondered if it would burn down just by looking at it. I huffed at my failed attempt and perked my ears when I heard shuffles on the other side. I gave a low growl and soon the door to my cage was opened. I stayed in my spot until I saw a human crouch down to meet my eyes.

"Hurry, there isn't much time!" I heard the human whisper and I got on all fours watching it. When I got out, he rushed to the door and looked both ways before waving me to him. "Come on! Don't you want to get out?" my ears perked at 'out' and I got on my legs to follow it. I followed the human through the halls of the facility and we stopped a couple of times when guards came into our view. We stopped behind a wall and he pointed towards two guards and made a bow an arrow action and pointed at me. I flicked my ear and he did the action again. I made my bow appear with two arrows and shot them both into the guards, making the arrows disappear on contact and the humans to fall dead. We soon made it outside and raced away from the building making our way to the forest and out of sight. Now that it was lighter, I could see the human was a little bit taller then I was and wore a bright red jacket. We continued to walk and I watched his every movement. "Alright! We didn't die, heh, thankfully." he laughed and I looked at him confused

"Who are you?" he looked at me and rubbed his neck chuckling nervously

"Oh, me? Uh... my name is... Ovi, uh, Kintobor. Yeah, that's my name." he smiled at me and I looked at him confused again and huffed.

"Ovi Kintobor?" I searched through my memories and came upon the name Robotnik. 'Why does those names sound similar?' I shook my head and looked back at him. 'Humans...' I huffed and continued to follow him through the forest until we came to a strange looking machine. He went to work on it and I sat down on a rock, watching him. "Why did you help me escape?" he looked at me then back at his machine.

"Cause you didn't deserve that type of treatment those guys were giving you and I thought that I could help." I flicked my ear and watched him work. "Not to mention how I'm not treated like a criminal around here and no one respects my talents." I flopped one ear and he looked at me "You know, you don't always have to stay silent." I huffed and he chuckled "That's better than nothing." he finished his machine and decided to take a break. I went to investigate his machine and he walked up to me. "Do you like it?" I shrugged not sure what to say "It's a portal." I looked at him confused and he chuckled "It allows people to travel across different dimensions and this one is amazing. It's a world filled with animals that can talk and act just like humans would." I flicked my ears and touched it, running my hand over the metal.

"Does it work?"

"Of course it does. I tested it out and did some mods to allow more then one to travel between worlds. It will also self-destruct on usage so no one can follow us." I nodded and went to sit back down on the rock when I felt a pull on my arm. I looked at him and he removed his hands, rubbing his neck and chuckling nervously. "Have you heard of lies before?" I looked at him confused and he gave a weird smile. "Guess not. *Sighs* hopefully I won't die... a lie is not the whole truth." I flicked my ear and he brought me over to the rock and sitting down. "Do you understand me?" I huffed "A real answer."

"I guess."

"Okay... don't attack me when I tell you this okay?" I looked at him suspicious and he chuckled again

"Why shouldn't I?"

"Just... promise me that you won't attack, please?" I looked at him confused and he sighed "A promise is saying you do something and do it." I nodded "So?"

"I promise I won't attack." he breathed out a sigh and played with his hands

"Alright... remember the name I told you." I nodded "Well, I lied. That isn't my name." my ears perked and I made a low growl "I had to do it so you wouldn't be able to attack me on sight!" I stopped growling and he sighed "My real name is Ivo Robotnik." I perked up and pinned him down to the ground

"Robotnik! Where's the life-form!?" he pushed me off and stood up

"I don't know but can you not do that!?" I huffed and sat back down on the rock. "Good. Now that is cleared, can we get out of here? When we come back, I'm sure we can work together and find Shadow." I nodded and he went over to the machine starting it up. "Ready?" I stood next to him and I followed him through the machine.

*End of Flashback*

I couldn't help a smile growing on my face at the memory until I saw the life-form shivering in his sleep. I frowned and decided to walk over to him. I placed my hand on his shoulder and his shudders stopped for a second then started again as I took my hand away. 'Just like Ivo.' I sighed and laid beside him. He moved closer to me and nuzzled into my neck. I let him and watched as a smile came on his face. 'I guess Master was wrong about you life-form. You aren't the killer he made you out to be, in fact, your the exact opposite.' I moved my arm around his waist and pulled him closer as he wrapped his arms around me. I continued to watch him sleep as the night went on.