Stubborn Love: Lost In The Amazon (Sonadow)

River Crossing

Day 3

It was day three on the group's journey to the Amazon River and the Indian tribe that rested by it. The day had started out as any normal, well, normal enough to be waking up in the middle of the rainforest, but as time went by, the sky began to darken, indicating, much to Shadow's annoyance, that it was going to rain. The day was only halfway over, when the first drop of the storm started the full-on downpour.

"Great, just what we need." The ebony hedgehog hissed in annoyance.

"Like I said, Shads, it's a 'rain'forest." Sonic shrugged.

"Yes, so you've indicated before." Shadow growled back.

As they continued to walk, the storm began to worsen, hitting the palm leaves like a million bullets a second. The group was grateful for the shelter of the forest, but it did little to protect the ground beneath them. In less than a minute, the ground they walked upon was soggy and wet, forming mud as exposed dirt mixed with the sky water. Their shoes sunk into the mushy ground more than once as they walked, creating loud suction sounds as they pulled out to continue forward. Suddenly, Karl stopped, and the two hedgehogs' ears flicked in the rain at the sound of rushing water.

"Sonic, you still got that rope in your bag?" The guide asked the blue hedgehog.

"Uh, yeah?"

"Good, cause we're gonna need it."

Curious to know why, Sonic looked ahead of the human and his eyes widened as his face paled.

Right in front of them, was a river of water rushing right by them, the currents becoming stronger with the rain that fed it. It wasn't overly large, about maybe as big as an American soccer field, but that still didn't mean Sonic was any more willing to go in himself.

"Well Faker, you gonna give him the rope? Or am I gonna have to go digging through your bag myself?" Shadow huffed, his arms crossed over his chest as he stared at his companion.

"Oh, uh, yeah, right." Sonic blushed as he took his bag off and opened it up, digging into the pocket to bring out the rope. "Here you go, Karl."

"Thank you." Karl smiled before taking the rope and tying an end of it to a nearby tree closest to the river. "I'll be right back."

Before anyone could question on what he was about to do, the crazy human jumped into the river and began to quickly swim over to the other side, holding tightly onto the rope so he wouldn't be swept away by the strong currents. When he finally made it to the other side, he climbed up the bank and tied the other end of the rope he was holding to another nearby tree. Making sure the knot was tight, he turned back to the group on the other side of the river.

"Alright you guys!" He shouted through his hands. "Grab the rope and start making your way over. Once you're on this side, I'll go back and untie it and bring it back."

"Affirmative, Karl!" Shadow shouted back before turning to Sonic and Charles. "Alright you two, let's get going and get this over with."

"U-Umm," Sonic stuttered, his gaze going from Shadow, to the river, to the rope, and back again, his face still pale with fear. "M-maybe I should stay on this side, and make sure the rope doesn't untie itself?"

"Not an option, Faker." Shadow frowned. "Besides, even if it does untie itself, we can just do what Karl did and just hang onto the rope."

"Yeah, it's as simple as that." Charles shrugged, slapping a firm hand onto Sonic's shoulder. "Nothing to worry about."

Sonic, however, was not convinced. He kept staring at the rushing water, his fear slowly starting to become more obvious. Charles knew nothing about the blue hedgehog's hydrophobia, but Shadow did. He should've known that he would be hesitant, if not downright terrified, to simply walk into the river, despite there being something to hold onto. Shadow continued to stare at his companion, the fear become more and more apparent the more Sonic stared at the river. Ebony sighed. He had to convince the blue somehow.