The Man Out Of Time [A ShadAmy and Silver Story]

Chapter 9

-Sonic-

I fondly remember the days that she chased me, trying to get me to stop running from her and the affection she wanted to hand to me. I remember the way her emerald, green eyes sparkled with joy and love when she saw or talked to me. I remember the way she would pour her feelings out to me, trying to get me to invest in a blissful relationship that would be filled with her complete love and adoration for me.

That's all she wanted to do for me. She just wanted to love me and have me love her. Yet all I did was run away, run away from not only my real feelings towards her, but running away from the idea of being bound together with another person. I was too blind to see it then, and my foolish actions had convinced her that I didn't love her when it was really the opposite. I loved her more than anything. Still, everyone told me not to be with her because she was just a 'fangirl.' I let other people tell me what to do with my feelings, and that was one of my biggest regrets. It took years before I convinced myself to not let what others think of me control my actions and my happiness, but by then, it was too late. Before I knew it, she had moved one from me. She had found someone else to love, and in turn, I attempted to convince myself that I had found my soulmate. In my twisted mind, I believed that if she really used to love me, she would be jealous if she saw me with someone else, but that never happened. She told me that we were family and nothing else.

Those words hurt more than anything else.

Now, my mistakes were sitting right next to me, telling me the story of his broken future and even more broken family life.

"Uncle Sonic, I thought I made it clear that you were not my father. I don't really know about your history with my mother, but I know that you broke her heart, and when you did, she found someone better for herself. And I thought you did as well."

He looked at me with those sad golden eyes, the ones made by the woman I love and the man I loathe the most. I couldn't help but focus on him, and how much he looked like Shadow. To his spiky quills and ring-like glowing bracelets on his wrist and ankles, it's apparent that S takes after Shadow. Yet, he had Amy's compassionate eyes, her heart of gold, as well as her fiery temper. I must have spaced out because Silver was narrowing his eyes as if he were trying to concentrate on something that was on my face. Suddenly, I felt a pondering in my head, and as soon as I did, S fell over from where he was sitting.

"Uncle Sonic?"

I clenched my jaw and jumped up in a slight surprise, thinking that something had hit him. I looked around, looking for any signs of a threat, but found none. I then looked down at S, who was breathing heavily and looked like he was on the verge of an emotional crisis.

"Hey kiddo, what's wrong? What happened?"

I watched as his once soft eyes grew dark and his hand grew misty with turquoise colored magic.

"Sonic, do you love my mother?"

"I, um, wait, do I what?"

I looked away; I didn't know how to respond. He told me we were family, that I was all he had left. I couldn't hurt him like this.

"ANSWER ME!"

I watched as his eyes glowed, the same glow that Shadow gets when he angry. I bit my lip as I averted my gaze. The last thing I want to do is fight my own nephew.

"You do! You love mom! You still love Amy! You always had, hadn't you?"

"No, it's not like that! Your mother is just a good friend to me, that's all!"

"I swear, if you do anything to hurt my mother or father, you will have a big problem on your hands!"

"Kid, I would never try to interfere with your mother's happiness. And I would never want to hurt you like that."