The Darker Side of Me (Sonadow)

Chapter two: A Fight

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        The fight was on.

At first, the Chaos energy gave Shadow more power, and he fought and struggled against the crushing hedgehog above him. Now, both hedgehogs were truly equal, their power one and the same, fueled by the Chaos surging within them. They punched and shoved, trying to get at each other’s throats and other weak points. Then, rapidly as their brawl continued, the source of Shadow’s strength began to work against him, overloading his body and mind until he was having trouble defending himself. The force of the midnight hedgehog’s struggles diminished quickly as water flowing down the drain. His vision became partially blurred out at the sides, his body and all sense of touch becoming increasingly fuzzy and numb as the fight continued.

The Chaos was practically pouring from Sonic’s body and being quickly absorbed by Shadow’s natural reserves, and he had no way to fight it. He was a being of Chaos, subconsciously pulling in the energy around him all the time, designed to do that by the brilliant Professor Gerald Robotnik himself.

Sonic had honestly expected more of a fight than this. He wanted more of a fight than this. The so called “Ultimate Lifeform” shouldn’t just be lacking like this, and Sonic was confused. From is lighter counterpart’s memories, he could easily tell this was supposed to be a formidable creature from the way they had grappled, fought, and all around beat each other into the dirt in the past. So what was happening now? Why did his prey seem to be giving up, and just lying under him like that? Sonic had had enough of this stupid child’s play.

Pulling more emerging Chaos power straight from his anger and confusion, the hedgehog shot his hands out and effortlessly grabbed Shadow’s wrists, effectively pinning them to the bed. He knew how to manipulate his power much more skillfully than both his lighter (and most of the time in control) side and Shadow, influencing it in ways that nobody else in the world knew except for the great god Chaos, and the power’s conscious form, Fleetway. At the contact, Sonic observed the other hedgehog clench his teeth further and momentarily squeeze his eyes shut before pushing back again, albeit weaker than before. So…it’s the Chaos energy that warps Shadow’s combat ability. Sonic realized with a dark smile.

The manic hedgehog moved up past wildly kicking legs to hover just above Shadow on his hands and knees. He shifted his grip on Shadow’s wrists so that he was holding both of them in one hand above red and black quills without issue. With a wicked grin, Sonic grabbed Shadow’s cheeks between his thumb and forefinger and forcefully lifted the raven-furred hedgehog’s head so that their noses were just a few short inches apart.

To be continued… 

Wow, an update much sooner than expected. What am I doing with my life? I’m supposed to be writing an essay. I really didn’t mean for this to happen. Also, I now realize how many times I said 'Chaos' in this chapter, and I'm sorry. Anyway, thanks for reading!