Who I Am (Infinite x Reader)

Chapter 8 ~ Pulsing Ruby

Espio walked beside me wordlessly as we walk through the doors into the bull pen. Vector brought up the rear, Charmy was sitting on his shoulder, joking about something I didn't care to listen to. My mind was too preoccupied with not blowing a fuse.

Knuckles, Amy and Sonic turned to face us as the doors opened. They were all gathered around the center table. Knuckles stood in front of the computer, the same place as he was before I left to eliminate the robots. The mission was successful altogether I suppose... three people were still killed before I got to the bunker, and two were "missing". Accepting that not everyone can be saved is a requirement for being enlisted in the army, but... it still stings sometimes. It's brought my mood down even more. It makes me feel like if I hadn't gotten so worked up, I may have saved at least one of those people so the ones they love won't be mourning their loss, but then I think that it's the Resistance's fault for distrusting and spying on me. Knuckles must have made that choice... he's in charge, so everything would run by him.

I need to confront him about this.

"Took you long enough!" Sonic jokes with a friendly smirk.

He steps away from the table and rushes towards us. Sonic had his arm out in a fist as a greeting. Espio kept his arms crossed, staring blankly at Sonic until he moved to me. I wasn't in the mood, my arm remained tense by my sides. My hands were in shaking fists from rage. It took my all to not glare or growl at the immature idiot.

I try to convince myself not to think that way, but the anger was warping my thoughts.

"Man, moral is low," Sonic mutters as I don't punch my fist into his own. He moved past me to Vector and Charmy, who would for sure accept his fist bumps. "I'm still stuck here. Because I'm 'not fully recovered' yet," Sonic takes a few steps back to face all of us. He was using air quotes.

"Because you aren't!" Knuckles rolls his eyes. Sonic was obviously driving him mad. "Great work everyone, but there's still a lot we have to do."

"You did awesome!" Sonic compliments. His eyes were in my direction, which meant he was talking to me. Sonic smiles and gave a thumbs up.

"If you hog all the glory how will I look good?" Vector asks, his hand patting my shoulder. Was that sarcasm? Or was Vector simply egotistical?

Really? I thought. They are flattering me, trying to cover up the hints that they're watching me? I don't need my ego to be fed, that wont work. How am I going to play this? My anger was beginning to bubble over, and I nearly shoved Vector's palm off, but he had removed it quickly. Did he feel my tensing shoulders at contact?

There was a ringing on Knuckles' screen, he turned his back to us, answering the call. "It's Rouge. Can someone get Silver?"

Before anyone had a chance to respond, Sonic was gone in a flash. Only a moment later, the doors behind us entering the bull pen opened. Sonic was calmly walking in, glancing over his shoulder.

"You sure you're okay, Silver?" Sonic asks to nothing. But then Silver floated into the room, covered in a strange neon blue light.

I couldn't help but stare at the thick stitches on his side. A small amount of relief washed over me knowing he was okay. Amy had mentioned something about him having telekinesis once, but Silver's flight still shocked me. He must be hovering because he still shouldn't be walking.

"Yeah, I got this," Silver replies, lowering to the ground slightly. He was only a few centimeters above the concrete. If he wasn't covered in a blue light, I may have thought that he was simply standing.