Future-Past

Something's Up

The room was dim, the only light source being the laptop that sat upon a desk in the middle of the room. Many papers were strewn about on said desk, having no sort of order to them. The clacking of keys and the clicking of a mouse were the only noises heard. A dark hedgehog was leaned over the laptop, furiously looking through every bit of information he could see.

The door opened to the room, revealing another hedgehog, holding a steaming mug of coffee. He walked over to the desk and set the mug down on it. He looked over to see what the other was doing, though only to be confused by what he saw.

"What are you doing, Shadow?"

"I trying to find information on something," Shadow said, but then growled a little when he didn't find anything again.

"On what?" Sonic tried to read over his shoulder, but he was scrolling too fast for him to see the words clearly.

"A name." He continued looking through different files. "But I haven't found any-" He cut himself off when he clicked on a link to a random website.

"What? Did you find something?" Shadow didn't reply and looked through the page.

The files the dark hedgehog pulled up were just what he was looking for. The heading of the page read 'Dr. Gerald Robotnik- Scientist.' It didn't say too much information, but maybe enough for a lead.

"Gerald Robotnik. It says that he was a scientist who worked for G.U.N. years ago." 56 years actually. "And I think he's related to the Doctor..."

"Do you think he knows anything?" Sonic questioned, his face taking on a serious expression. Anything to do with Eggman was always unwelcomed news.

"I'm not sure. Hopefully, I won't have to pay him a visit." Shadow closed the laptop and stood up from the chair. "But I will have to go to G.U.N. first. They've got to know something."

"It's that always the case?" Sonic said with a smirk.

"Usually." The dark hedgehog moved to walk out the door.

"Wait. Are you leaving? Now?" Sonic questioned, watching him leave.

Shadow turned to look at him a moment. "No, I have to talk to someone first."

Sonic sighed. "Looks like I'm home by myself, again."

"Rouge, I have a favor to ask of you." Was the first thing Rouge heard from her teammate as he entered her club.

"Well, hello to you too, Sunshine. What's up?" She looked up from her phone, she was used to this by now. Going under the counter, she grabbed a bottle of beer and set in front of him.

"I need information from G.U.N., but I'll need some help in getting it," Shadow said, getting right to the point. He sat with his back to her on one of the bar stools.

"Okay, what kind of help?" The bat raised an eyebrow at him and leaned on the counter. There usually wasn't a reason for this unless it was serious.

"I'll need a distraction." Shadow grabbed the offered beer and took a swig. It was what he usually drank when he came here.

"To do what?"

"I'm going to hack into their systems, they must have something on file."

"How are you going to do that?"

"I'm smarter than I look, Rouge." Shadow huffed, crossing his arms.

"Fair enough. And I'll even do it for free since I owe you one." She gave him a wink. "So, when do you plan on committing this crime, sir?"

"I have a meeting with the Commander in two days. They keep a watchful eye on me, so it won't seem too suspicious that I'm there."

"Alright," Rouge said with a nod. "Though, I've got to ask..."

"What is it?" He had a feeling about what she was going to ask.

"Are you two alright? You know after..." She trailed, hoping he would fill in the blanks.

Shadow was a bit surprised, she asked a different question than he thought. But he knew what she was talking about. "... fine." He was glad his back was to two her, his expression said otherwise.

"You don't sound very convincing, Hun." Rouge teased but got serious. "Is something wrong? I thought you made up?"

The dark hedgehog said nothing as he downed the rest of his drink in one go. He got up from the stool and started for the door.

"Shadow?" Rouge was a bit confused at his abrupt departure.

Sonic sat bored on the couch, staring blankly at the t.v. He sighed, flipping through channels before he felt a weird feeling in his stomach. He quickly covered his mouth before running to the bathroom and kneeling over the toilet. He started vomiting everything he ate for breakfast that morning, which was hardly anything.

While he was throwing up, he heard footsteps coming from the bedroom.

"Sonic?" Shadow called out.

"I'm in here..." Was his weak response.

The footsteps grew louder until they stopped next to him, the dark hedgehog kneeling next to him.

"What's wrong?" Shadow asked while rubbing his back soothingly.

Sonic had stopped throwing up after a bit, dry heaving, his stomach now empty. "I don't know... I just felt sick all of a sudden..." He leaned his head on Shadow's shoulder, his stomach settling for now.

"Did you eat someone weird?" The dark hedgehog helped him stand and flushed the toilet. Sonic shook his head. Shadow took off one of his gloves and felt his forehead. "Well, you don't feel like you have a fever..."

The blue hedgehog went over the sink to brush his teeth to get the taste of vomit out of his mouth. Shadow left the bathroom for a moment, before coming back with a small box.

Sonic looked at the box confused. "Is that a pregnancy test? Why do you even have that?" It must have been left over from the time they were planning on having a baby but gave up after many failed attempts.

Shadow shrugged. "Just in case." He held the box out to him.

Sonic looked down at the box again and then at the darker hedgehog. "I'm not taking a pregnancy test, Shadow." He didn't want to be disappointed again.

"It might explain why you were throwing up."

"After all the times we tried, why would I be pregnant now?"

"It's possible..."

Sonic stared at him for a moment longer before taking the box. "Fine." He was going to use it before he saw Shadow still standing there. "Could you leave?"

"Why, you didn't mind before?" Shadow said with a smirk.

"Well, I mind now, you pervert. Get out."

"Fine, fine."

When Shadow left the bathroom, he stared at the box in his hands.

"Okay. Let's get this over with."