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Sonadow

Darkness Within Me.

"Man what a day, fight Egghead in the morning with Tails, have lunch with Amy and Cream, visit Knuckles and Rouge on Angel Island, do a load of shopping and finally put said shopping away. I am officially tired." Sonic sighed out as he plodded onto the sofa in a lazy like fashion.

"You know you could have left the shopping to me my love. I would have been happy to do it for there is this thing called online shopping where you order your shopping and it gets delivered to your door. That and the supermarket is open twenty-four seven therefore I can go do it in person." Shadow smirked playfully as he glanced up from the newspaper he was reading while on his recliner chair, with said chair not reclined.

"Yeah well it's done now, you can do it next week." Sonic rolled his eyes before closing them but held a smile on his muzzle as he didn't think to just go online and do the shopping.

"There's something I need to tell you Sonic and it's really important ok." Shadow said as he stood up, placed the paper on his recliner, walked over to his husband then took a seat next to him with a deadly serious expression.

"What is it Shads?" Sonic opened his eyes and looked at Shadow with a worried expression.

"Right here goes, my mum's pregnant and didn't want anyone to know until the danger zone had passed. Have to say mum and dad hid it well, mums already almost five months gone." Shadow frowned as he spoke.

"Really, cool. You don't look pleased about this though babe." Sonic said with a slightly raised brow.

"I'm just concerned the baby would be gifted with a similar gift to me. It wasn't easy growing up with one and having to learn how to keep it under control. Just for that reason I'm hoping for another sister." Shadow softly said with a faint smile.

"Yeah it's weird that only a few males in your family have gifts, aren't the girls allowed or something?" Sonic grinned as he nudged his husband playfully.

"It's passed down from father to son on my fathers side of the family but not all son's are blessed with a special gift. My dad doesn't and my grandfather never had one." Shadow chuckled then rested his head on Sonics shoulder contently.

The two cuddled each other on the sofa for a good hour before Sonic fell asleep. Shadow looked over at Sonic and rolled his eyes, knowing he will have to carry him to bed. Getting up, he lifted Sonic up into his arms and made his way to the bedroom. Shadow lightly kicked the door to open it wider then walked over to their bed, using his gift to move the sheets so he could lay Sonic in the bed. He laid Sonic down then pulled the sheets over his body, slightly tucking him in a little.

"Good night my love, I shall join you soon." Shadow whispered softly then kissed Sonics cheek before leaving the bedroom.

Shadow walked into the kitchen and prepared a drink in his mug. He warmed the blood up in the microwave, until it was just under the too hot to drink stage, then stood outside in the back garden. The sun had not long ago set so Shadow wasn't worried of getting caught in its rays, that and the sun set on the front side of his home. It was one of the reasons he agreed to buy this house with Sonic for he did enjoy being out in the evenings no matter the season.

"Evening cuz, Sonic asleep?" Chase called from the other side of the low fence, smirking a little as he too drank a hot mug of blood.

That was the second reason he said yes to buying this house, his cousin lived right next door so he had someone close to him to chat to during the night.

"Yes, he fell asleep on the sofa again. I think next time I'll just leave him there and have the bed all to myself." Shadow chuckled as he walked over to the fence and sipping from his mug after talking.

"So, I hear you're going to be a big brother. Congrats cuz but a helpful tip for ya. Embarrass the hell out of him or her when he or she is older, younger siblings absolutely love it." Chase winked then took a sip of his own drink.

"Right, I'll try and remember that. Wait, no we don't. Why do I now get the feeling you said that to Tanya when I was born?" Shadow rolled his eyes at his cousin then frowned a little when he realised what Chase just said.

"Might have done. Anyway, I heard that there was another de-fanging the other night. That would bring the total up to ten vampire now, I wonder who the hell is going around and ripping out vampire fangs then sealing the gums badly?" Chase nervously laughed then went serious with concern in his eyes.

"Yeah I heard and I met the victim at the hospital. Poor kid's only nineteen and he said he was only here visiting his grandma, who is blaming herself for what happened since she gave him her permission to go out in the night." Shadow sadly sighed with a shake of his head.

"You know Michael has forbade me from going out alone now, he wont let me even go to the damn shops because he's scared I'll be attacked on the way there or back." Chase complained with a groaning tone, not all that please his boyfriend did this to him but equally understood why.

"Really? I'm surprised Sonic hasn't done that to me actually. Especially since the victims are sedated first, de-fanged, wounds sealed somehow then dumped somewhere where they will be found before sunrise." Shadow frowned as he slightly whispered to Chase.

No need to give Sonic ideas now was there, especially since there room was very close to where they were standing and the window slightly open.

"Also the police have next to no clue who it is but they are sure it's a group of people doing it." Chase stated then drank the last of his drink in one go.

"I would have to agree with them, there is no way just one person is doing this." Shadow said then did the same to his drink.

"Well nice talking to ya cuz, I'm going to bed now. I'm in the mood for a bit of fun, I'll see you tomorrow night ok." Chase grinned as he winked at Shadow then walked inside of his house, closing and locking the backdoor.

"I'm glad their bedroom is not by our bedroom." Shadow thought as he continued to stand outside, holding his empty mug as he looked up at the cloudy skies.

Two hours later and Shadow was inside and about to go to bed when the door bell went off. Shadow muttered under his breath, hoping the ding dong sound of the bell didn't wake Sonic up, and walked over to the front door. Unlocking the door and removing the chain, Shadow forced a smile as he opened it up.

"Hello, can I help you?" Shadow politely said with his smile in place.

"Please, Master Shadow I need your help. I was walking home when I found him just lying there by the road a little down the street." A frightened grey cat cried out with tears streaming down her cheeks.

Shadow nodded and walked out, using his gift of darkness to close and lock the front door. Shadow followed the female cat to the scene and both moved fast to get there. Shadow widened his eyes at the sight when reaching to the area and rushed over to the unconscious human vampire. Shadow checked a pulse then sighed in relief that there was one.

"You will have to come with me to the hospital, the police will want a statement." Shadow calmly said then used his gift to teleport them all to the local hospital, appearing inside the emergency unit.

Two nurses rushed over when they noticed their arrival and Shadow helped them to get the human onto a bed.

"What happened?" A nurse asked Shadow and the female cat, who had followed them.

"I-I was walking home from a friends house and just found him by the road, mouth covered in blood and his fangs gone. I didn't know what to do so I rushed to get Master Shadow to help as fast as I could." The cat said with a shaken up tone.

"I'll call the police and get them to come and speak to you Miss. Master Shadow, could you inform your father of this please while we try and find a way to identify the man." The nurse asked with a serious tone and look then rushed over to the phone at reception.

"I wont be but a moment ok, I'm just going to call my father then I'll come right back." Shadow smiled reassuringly at the cat then walked away to somewhere quiet.

Shadow summoned for his phone with his gift then punched in his fathers number, putting the phone to his ear when he pressed the call button.

"Hello." A sleepy voice answered, sounding like he was woken up.

"Dad are you alright, you don't sound very good?" Shadow asked with concern in his voice.

"No, no everything is fine. Too many late nights and early mornings trying to find out who the hell is de-fanging our citizens. Enough about me, how are things?" Collin said as he forced himself to wake up a little while relaxing on the sofa with his laptop on his lap.

"I'm totally fine dad but I have some bad news to share. There's been another de-fanging and I'm at the hospital right now." Shadow said with a serious tone at the mention of the fangless vampire he brought in.

"Oh no. This is getting way out of hand now. There's going to be a wide panic and vampires are going to be too scared to even leave to get blood from the supermarkets." Collin sighed in despair.

"I know and the police are no where near in finding out who is responsible." Shadow sighed also as he too was getting concerned for others welfare.

"I have to go dad, the police have just arrived. I'll message you the details later ok, bye." Shadow said as he saw two officers enter the ward he was on.

"Please do son and be careful when you go home." Collin said then they hung their phones up.

It was almost three o'clock when Shadow finally got home, by teleportation using his gift, and gently laid onto the bed feeling a little drained. He had taken the grey cat home personally after she gave her statement at the police station then went straight home after it was all done with. He turned to face his fast asleep husband and smiled lovingly at him. Shadow moved a little closer and nuzzled into Sonic, making Sonic wrap his arms around Shadow in his sleep. Shadow sighed then closed his eyes to join his mate in the land of sleep.

Midmorning...

"Shadow, I just need to pop out for bread, I forgot to get some yesterday. How are you for blood packs?" Sonic whispered to a half asleep Shadow.

"Hmmm, ok my love. There's enough for a few days, see you when you get back." Shadow dreamily replied without opening his eyes then began to lightly snore again.

Sonic chuckled then placed a kiss on Shadows cheek. He walked out of the bedroom, grabbed his keys and some cash from the hallway draw then left the house. Sonic dashed to the closest supermarket in record timing then walked in.

"Bread, bread, where's the bread located?" Sonic whispered as he walked down the isles looking left and right for his needed item.

"Hello Sonic!" A voice called out from behind Sonic, making him stop walking and turn around to face the speaker, smiling as he knew this hedgehog very well.

"Oh hey Michael fancy seeing you here. Don't you usually go shopping on a Friday?" Sonic grinned at his neighbour.

"Yeah but I ran out of bread this morning, can't have breakfast and lunch without it." Michael grinned back as he spoke.

"Funny, that's what I'm in here for. Any idea where it is?" Sonic chuckled with a slightly nervous smile at not knowing where said item was.

"Yeah next isle, I take it you don't usually shop here." Michael replied then the two started walking.

"Nah, this was the closest supermarket and I only needed bread. It is a shame there isn't any local stores near our area." Sonic grinned as they stopped by the freshly baked loafs.

Soon enough Sonic had got the bread and now he and Michael were walking back home with a bag each in their hand. It took almost twenty five minutes to get close to where their street was located.

"Did you watch the news this morning?" Michael asked with a small frown as he didn't like what he found out.

"Yeah another de-fanging last night. I'm getting worried, so much so I'm this close to banning Shadow from going out at night." Sonic frowned unhappily as he expressed how close he was, having a small gap in-between his finger and thump that hovered above/below the other.

"You should do that anyway, I have with Chase. He isn't allowed to go out alone or no more sex for him." Michael grinned with a devious look.

"Yeah, I should shouldn't I. No offence to other vampires but Shadow is important and next in line to rule over the Underworld. You know what I'm so totally putting a 'no-going-out-alone' ban on him too." Sonic grinned back as they walked.

The two made it to their homes after another ten minutes, said good bye and entered with smiles. Sonic walked into the kitchen and his smile grew when he saw Shadow sitting up the table with a mug in his hand and reading today's newspaper, said paper resting on the table in front of him.

"Nice to see you finally surfaced Shads. Anything interesting in the paper?" Sonic said as he placed the bread away then joined Shadow up the table.

"Nothing good my love. There's something in here about Eggman's mini attack yesterday, last night's de-fanging and a few other articles of badness in the world. Although there's an article about a new club opening up, close to here, in a weeks time. Free entry and drinks are half price every weekend." Shadow casually said with a sigh as he closed up the paper and slid it to one side.

"We should check it out when it opens, is it vampire friendly?" Sonic grins as he and Shadow lock eyes.

"That it is my love and we should. We can invite Michael and Chase to come with us. We could all do with a stress-free night." Shadow replied with a fangy smirk.

"That reminds me actually, I'm banning you from going out at night alone. Before you start I'm betting your parents would agree with me on this one or would you prefer being locked inside until they catch whoever is doing this?" Sonic seriously said with a firm tone and look.

"Sonic, love, what are the chances I will be a victim? Don't you think I would have been among the first if they wanted to de-fang me? After all if they are targeting vampires then, me being a member of the royal family and next in line to rule, I would have been their first." Shadow said with a pleasant tone as he tried to reason with Sonic but it wasn't working.

"If you don't agree then I'm calling your parents, no better than that no sex until the guys doing this are caught and behind bars. Actually I'll do both." Sonic grinned triumphantly as Shadow grumbles unhappily then nods in agreement.

"Fine, you win but be prepared to be dragged out of bed if I need to go out in the middle of the night." Shadow said as he slowly began to smirk while he looked at his husband.

"Fine by me, if it means you stay safe then I'm prepared to do anything. Besides how many times will you need to quickly pop out at stupid o'clock in the morning anyway." Sonic smiled as he spoke to Shadow.

"Oh you will be surprised." Shadow thought as he smirked a little deviously at his husband, making Sonic feel a little nerved by it.

"I take it a lot then?" Sonic said with a sweat-drop as Shadow smirked wider, showing off his fangs.

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