Silent Night

A/N: I wanted to make this a one-shot centered around Christmas. Instead, I got reminded about the poor writing choices in Sonic Forces... 

Like, how can they just mention that Sonic was not only captured by Eggman, but he was also tortured for 6 months? That is bound to affect Sonic. I'm not okay with how... Fine. Sonic seems to be. Almost like he never was tortured? Come on! I know it is a kids game, and I shouldn't complain. But at least hint at it! 

I refuse to believe that anyone will be just "fine" after being tortured for so long. So, I wrote this mess. 

I should be asleep, but instead this was being writen... I'm not getting any sleep tonight, it seems.

Anyway! I hope you enjoy this... Whatever this mess is.

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Sonic jolted awake, inhaling sharply to stop himself from scream. Another nightmare. He always had them, and it was starting to affect him. The dark rings under his eyes and his bloodshot eyes, made it look like Sonic were either hung over or on drugs.
With a shaky breath, Sonic forced himself to sit up. He couldn't keep going like this, he needed to sleep. Sonic rubbed his eyes; he was so tired.
Sonic yawned as he stretched out his back, before he scanned the pitch-black room. He couldn't see a thing. Only faint outlines of a few things in his bedroom. Due to his exhausted state, however, Sonic started to hallucinate.
The stuff in his rooms took on odd shapes, bringing his nightmare to life. Sonic's eyes widen, and his breathing picked up. He started looking around the room in a panic, he didn't feel safe anymore.

"No... T-They can't g-get me here..." Sonic thought to himself as he quickly put on his shoes. He needed to get out of here. Now.

As soon as his shoes were on comfortably, Sonic quickly walked out of his house. He wanted to run, but at the same time he didn't want to wake up his friends. They had started to spend the nights over at his house, only because all of them noticed just how exhausted the blue blur is.
Once outside, Sonic started jogging down the snowy path. He still wanted to run but the weather condition didn't allow him. No matter how badly he wanted to run, the deep snow and the cold weather forced Sonic to a light jog.
Sonic had no idea where he was going, all he knew was that he needed to go somewhere safe. A part of him knew he was safe, but another part of him kept reminding him that he was never safe.

"Need to hide..." Sonic mumbled low to himself, not even noticing that he was talking to himself.

After a while, Sonic came to a stop by a cliff. The view over-looked a snowy field, Sonic knew that during the summer this field would be filled with flowers. Now, it looked more like a winter paradise.
As Sonic noticed that he was alone, he let out a sigh as he slowly sat down in the cold snow. The cold was starting to eat at him, freezing him to his core. But the cold also reminded Sonic that he was alive. That he was safe. That he was free.

"What are you doing here, Faker?" The sound of Shadow's voice caused Sonic to jump slightly, before he quickly turned around to look at Shadow.
The ebony hedgehog in question, was just staring at Sonic. Sonic could easily notice the worry in those ruby red eyes.

"Nothing..." Sonic admitted after a long silence, he knew that there was no point in lying to Shadow. Everyone knows that Sonic is a terrible liar.

"Really? Because it looked like you were trying to run from something" Shadow crossed his arms over his chest, the ebony hedgehog wasn't that affected by the cold.

"J-Just couldn't sleep... Nightmares..." Sonic turned back around and stared out at the snowy field, a part of him didn't want to look at Shadow. He didn't want Shadow to see him like this. He didn't want anyone to see him like this.