The Darker Side of Me (Sonadow)

Chapter one: An unwanted and uninvited guest

Disclaimer: No characters in this story belong to me. If they did, there would probably be more crossover games. On to the story.

In his dark bedroom, a figure lay sleeping on his bed. He breathed steadily and evenly, in a dreamless state. His apartment was bleak, the living room had a small TV, a sofa and a bookshelf, there was a kitchen with all its necessities, a bathroom, and, of course, one bedroom. The bedroom had less than the rest of the apartment, with just a bed and a nightstand with a lamp on it, and a small window across from the bed, overlooking a side street of Station Square and allowing the full moon's light to filter in to gently touch the dark-colored carpet.

As if fading into existence out of the night itself, a head suddenly appeared outside of the window, followed by two arms pushing the sliding glass upwards and open, the rest of the mysterious one's body following soon after. Although the light of the moon was shining at it's fullest on the figure's back, it still seemed to stay completely shrouded in darkness as it moved over the windowsill without making a sound.

The one on the bed still didn't move, unaware of the intruder. He crept up to the bed, still being unbelievably quiet, watching the sleeping mobian's chest rise and fall. He was so vulnerable...nearly too hard to resist to the intruder. The silent creature smirked, thinking of this as far too easy. He bent down so their faces were level, and silently spoke in a singsong voice, "Hello, Shadow~"

Shadow's eyes snapped open. He wheeled around and landed an explosive punch to the other's cheek. He had no idea what was going on, but he sure wasn't going to wait and find out. To Shadow's surprise, the intruder simply stood up straight and took a step back, not phased in the slightest by the hedgehog's powerful attack. That, and the fact that his arm was in so much pain so quickly, like he had hit the Master Emerald and had gotten a massive blast of Chaos energy in return. As he glared at his foe, he could make out that it was male, and more importantly, mobian. The officials at G.U.N. would put him back into cryostasis if he were to kill a human this night.

After another few seconds in silence, the intruder spoke.

"Now, Shadow," He said in a calm, quiet monotone, like the stillness before a storm, "That is no way to treat a guest."

Shadow recognized his voice instantly.

"Faker?" Shadow asked in surprise. What was he doing here?! "What the fu-" Shadow's words fell short as Sonic sidestepped into the moonlight to let the black hedgehog get a better look at him. Shadow had thought it was the surrounding darkness, but now he could see the usually azure hedgehog's fur was now a deep purple, almost black, like the agent's own, with a sort of aura around him that was the same color as his fur. The regularly carefree look on Sonic's face had disappeared, replaced by a serious stare accompanied by something akin to suppressed rage. Shadow's heartbeat quickened; he knew that the bouncy, happy hero he knew was gone, and he had a feeling that this new Sonic wouldn't be as easy to reason with as his counterpart.

"I am not your 'Faker'," Sonic said sternly, anger now easily apparent in his voice, "I will only say this once. Do-not-ever compare me to that blue wimp."

Shadow took that as his cue to leave. Using the arm that wasn't in pain, he threw the covers off of himself and quickly swung his lower body over the side of the bed. Before he could stand, though, Sonic was already on top of him and pinning him back down, again giving the dark agent a painful shock with another blast of Chaos energy and the surprise of Sonic's new strength.

To be continued...

In a while. This story will take a long time to continue, so please bear with me on this, if you even feel like it at all. Thanks for reading!