My Only Weakness [INFIDGET]

Chapter Twenty-Five: Trauma

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POV: Zero

After me and Gadget had dinner, we walked to our room and cuddled until we fell asleep. I currently had my arms wrapped around my small wolf in a spooning position, Gadget snuggled inside my embrace and sighed contently.

I eventually drifted off to the dark abyss of sleep, unaware of the traumas that would await there; hiding, and waiting for the right moment to pounce.

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I looked around, the room was dark...

Uneasily dark.

There was a soft light that entered and left the room, before the room returned to the cold darkness it once was. My eyes couldn't pick up on anything, nor large my ears.

I felt a swift blow to my cheek and was sent flying to a wall. I groaned in pain and rubbed my cheek, "What the..."

"Stand up."

"What?"

"I said." The figure appeared, his crimson quills and eyes shone in the darkness.

"Stand up."

My breath hitched, I stood up but backed to the wall. In the corner of my eye, I seen a tuff of red fur, hanging by the ceiling.

G-Gadget?...

No...

As I approached the body, it was indeed Gadget, hanging by a noose on the ceiling.

Tears fell down my cheeks as I collapsed to the ground.

He-he's dead...

I yelled in pain as Shadow pierced my side with a spear. Clutching the ground, I snarled and stood up. I was so full of rage, so full of hate.

"You killed the one I loved." I punched Shadow in the jaw and kicked him back. "You murdered him!"

"He chose his own fate." Shadow grunted and got back up, a golden spear forming in his hand. "He chose to help you, and now he suffered the consequences."

Shadow boosted off the wall using his skates and shot another spear deep inside my abdomen. I yelled again and panted heavily, hyperventilating by the second.

No.

I'm not dying yet.

Get up.

I forced my body to stand up again, clutching my bleeding abdomen.

I don't have much time.

I knew I'd bleed out eventually, so I lunged at Shadow and grabbed him by his neck; digging my sharp claws into it. Shadow hissed, but he retaliated by shooting another spear into my back.

Blood spewed everywhere.

I coughed up blood and collapsed again, fighting for my last breaths.

"Pathetic." Shadow walked over to me, a large spear in his hand, significantly larger than the others.

"You're the pest to this world, you're the bug people wipe off their feet" he grunted. "You're weak, and useless"

"What a waste of oxygen."

Shadow threw the spear into my skull, killing me outright. All I could muster was a strangled scream before it all went black.

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"GADGET!!!" I yelled suddenly and shot up.

"Waghh!" Gadget yelped and fell off the bed, he groaned before rubbing his head and climbing back into bed, "Z..Zero?" he yawned and wrapped his arms around me.

I flinched from his touch, "G-Gadget?"

Seeing the extent of the nightmare, Gadget finally woke up and gasped, "Oh my chaos, are you okay? What happened?" he asked, wiping away the tears I didn't even know were falling.

I sobbed heavily and buried my face in his chest, Gadget stroked my back gently. "It's okay...it's okay..." he whispered.

"It...it was a-awful..." I mumbled shakily, keeping my arms around his back for support.

"Breathe, Zero" Gadget hummed softly and stroked the back of my head. "Breathe"

It took a few minutes to calm myself down but I managed to eventually. I looked up at him, my bloodshot eyes trying to focus on his golden ones.

Gadget smiled and kissed my forehead. "You okay now?" he asked.

I nodded and nuzzled his jawline. Gadget chuckled, "Then...do you want to tell me what happened?" he turned serious.

I sighed heavily and sat up so I was facing him, quite literally straddling his hips.

"I was in a dark room...Shadow was there he...he beat me up" I fought back tears. "I then found you...hanging on the ceiling by a noose..." I bit my lip, "Shadow started to kill me...stabbing me with his spears, all while bullying me..."

Gadget gasped, "Oh chaos...that's horrifying" he frowned.

"I tried to fight back...I really did but..." I wiped tears away from my eyes. "I couldn't"

"Hey, hey...it's okay now" Gadget wrapped his arms around me again and pulled me into a warm embrace. "You're safe, I'm here"

I hugged him tightly and sighed, "Thank you..." I nuzzled his chest.

"Hey, I'm your boyfriend, this is what I'm trained for" Gadget laughed, lightening up the mood. I broke out into laughter too, all the trauma seemingly melting away for now.