Damages

Scarred

Black, all I could see was black. I felt sore all over as I've always felt back at the worn down house. I didn't want to open my eyes because I feared that everything was just a dream. I could feel the breeze that seeped through the holes in the wooden walls. It is like if I never left that day. I don't know if I'll wake up in that awful place or in my cell. But I was scared to open them still. Suddenly, the breeze could no longer be felt. It could have been my imagination. Then, a voice came to my ears, 'Are you up yet?" It sounded familiar. I liked the voice because it was high-pitched like Amy's. I'm hoping to wake up in my room and her-alive, next to me. So, I was tempted to open them. It wasn't Amy, but... Tails?

He was standing in front of me in an airtight room. He looked at me with a calm expression. Guess it was a dream after all. I didn't recognize the room except that it looked quite contained; so I assumed I was still in some part of the prison or something. "Thank goodness, you're okay!" he said to me. "Where am I?" I asked him. "You're in a room that Shadow requested, but he told me that I could talk to you for a while before he comes in." "Wait, Shadow?" "Yes, I just wanted you to know something, I want to explain." "What are you talking abou-" I paused because a horrible idea reached my mind. I stood up and walked slowly to him, "You haven't been working for him... have you? Please tell me you weren't involved in this!" "Sonic! I'm so sorry, I didn't have a choice!" "You what?! Tails! Why did you do this to me?!" "I'm sorry! I'm really really sorry! I didn't want any of this to happen!" "But why?!" "Shadow said if I didn't help him, he'd go after Cream and Cheese! He's already gotten Rouge!" "Fucking Christ!" I couldn't help myself to crying a river in my gloved hands that soon covered my face. When I wiped my tears afterwards, I gave him a glare I never though I would give, "Get the fuck out!" The young fox ran out the door with an arm shutting his face.

Sonic placed himself with his butt on the cold floor, knees to his chest and arms around like if he was hugging himself. He cried more as he hid his face in the space between the chest and his open arms. Suddenly, the loud footsteps could be heard. Sonic didn't bother looking up. He knew who was coming and was aware of the punishment. Black and red shoes stepped in front of him. The door was opened and he shut it tightly with force. A cold voice chilled the inner flesh of the fallen hero, "Hello, I've missed you darling. " In reaction, Sonic closed himself even more as he buried his face into his knees and stopped crying.

The black hedgehog knelt down before the terrified child. "Are you frightened of my presence?" he questioned. Still, the blue one refused to reply and slowly began shaking in his position. Shadow grinned, "Certainly, you didn't think you'd go back to go back all safe and sound in your cell did you? Where you thought I'd never search in?" 'How did he know I was here? Did my case go public or something?' Sonic questioned himself. A flash of memory hit his skull and he soon grew fear upon what Shadow might have also discovered, 'Does he know Rudy? Oh God! He'll kill us both if he knew! No! No!' A gentle voice hovered above the atmosphere in the room, "Sonic, dear, Please look at me. I need to see your glistening eyes." "No!" he strongly replied. "Hmph! You always were a bad pet; always disobeying your master!" "I'm not yours! I never was yours!" his voice was somewhat muffled due to the limited space between his arms and legs. "Maybe not," Shadow paused and forcefully lifted Sonic's head from his locked knees so they met at eye level, "But Rudolph was, wasn't he sweetie?" The green eyed one froze. 'How could he have known?' The dark one ran across his hand over the struck face, "You have the most amazing eyes..." "W-what did you say?" "You have beautiful eyes." Sonic shook his head and returned to earth, "How did you know about him?"

"You can thank your buddy Tails for the details. He is quite trustworthy when you know how to work his brain to doing things unwillingly." "Tails told you about us?" "I saw it for myself." Loving irises of blood transformed to those of a broken hedgehog. "I loved you Sonic. I always have and you know that! What did he have that I didn't?" "I don't love you Shadow. Get that in your head for once! Rudy was different because I grew something that you will never know about because you don't listen!" "But I gave you everything!" "You really don't listen do you?" "What is there to? All you say is that I'm horrible!" "Something is wrong with you. Anyhow, you can't do anything to stop my feelings for him. If I win my case and get the hell out of here, I'm going to run off with Rudy and neither you nor your slaves can to anything to stop us! You can't stop true love no matter what you do!" There was a long pause.