My Only Weakness [INFIDGET]

Chapter Thirty: Blackout

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POV: Zero

It was midnight when I woke up. Gadget was asleep beside me, thankfully I didn't wake him as I sat up. I clutched the ruby, it felt active, for reasons I don't know yet - usually the ruby only activates when there's something wrong or the host activates it their self.

I didn't activate the ruby.

I picked up on a scent drifting from the doorway of the room, my ears twisted towards the direction of the scent for any shuffling about. I sneaked out of bed and tiptoed to the door, I curled my hand around the door handle and twisted it open slowly.

I dropped my suspicions as there was no one about, it was an empty hallway.

Huh...

I took a glance at my faintly glowing ruby. It was still active.

I stepped out into the hallway to take a quick look around. I narrowed my eyes,

I'm not alone here.

Before the mobian even flinched I had slammed them to the nearby wall and snarled.

Shadow.

Not even quick enough for my reflexes.

Shadow bared his fangs, "Let go of me." he growled, but couldn't move his wrists to command his chaos powers - I had him pinned to the wall.

"Not until you tell me why you're spying on me." I growled back, we both kept hushed tones to not alert anyone else. "Y'know, for an agent, you're quite slow when it comes to surprise attacks" I grunted. "You should know by now that I know all your tricks."

"I'm making sure you don't do anything irrational, jackal." Shadow hissed and kicked me backwards, freeing himself from the wall. He dusted himself off, "Can't risk another war now, can we?"

"I'm not going to cause another war." I hissed back and stood up, my ruby flashed brightly - as if reacting with my fury and condensing it into power.

"Your emotions say otherwise, just how unstable can you get before you fall?" Shadow huffed and crossed his arms. "I know all your weaknesses and I won't hesitate to wring that wolf's neck to bring you down."

"Don't even think of crossing paths with Gadget again" I clenched my fists. "He's not part of this. This whole situation started because you decided to murder my squad."

"Ah, so that's his name" Shadow hummed. "Your squad worked for Eggman, I was merely cutting a few strings off" he shrugged. "You got away with the skin of your teeth and look where that brought you."

"I turned a new page in my life, but you can't seem to shake off the fact that I'm alive" I crossed my arms, ignoring the ruby's plea for use.

"Maybe it's best for everyone if you just disappeared" Shadow retaliated. "I see you've already tried and failed to do so already, it's not that concealed, your fur is short enough to see the scabs."

"Just shut up, I have a future in this world and I'm not giving that up." I bared my teeth.

I was thrown to the wall by a golden spear in my shoulder, I hissed in pain and tried taking it out but Shadow had me pinned like I had him pinned.

"Why don't you just leave this world alone, stop polluting the air with your toxic breath." Shadow growled before driving a spear directly into my stomach.

I yelled from the blow, my ruby violently pulsating now. I sent out a large red blast and sent Shadow back, the ruby also disintegrated the spears and I was dropped to the ground, heaving and bleeding.

The yell and blast woke up Gadget and Sonic, who were at the scene in a few seconds - both extremely tired from the sudden awakening but both were heavily concerned at the scene displayed in front of them.

Gadget was the first to my side as Sonic scolded Shadow.

"Sweet Chaos! You're bleeding!" Gadget gasped and sprinted to the medical room to grab a first aid kit. He came back and began wrapping my wounds up, my stomach wound hurt the most and I was sure something was ripped inside me.

"Gadget...careful..." I whispered weakly, pointing to his side that was already bleeding out from possibly ripped stitches from running.

"I'm okay, you're my top priority" Gadget flashed a confident smile and resumed fixing me up.

I closed my eyes, focusing on my breaths. I could hear Sonic and Shadow arguing quite loudly.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't finish him now!"

"He has a future!"

"So? Lots of people had a future during the war but that didn't stop him from ripping their lives away!"

"Shadow! Please!"

"No, faker! I'm ending this."

"Stop it!" Gadget shouted into the argument, surprising me and Sonic. "Leave him alone, Shadow! He has done nothing to you and yet you've ruined his entire life!" he bared his fangs. "All of this time I was helping him, I was helping him have a better life and yet when we're here you seem to always ruin it! I've had enough of it!"

"What did you say, wolf?" Shadow hissed, a spear forming in his hand.

"I said leave him alone!" Gadget stood up, standing in front of me protectively.

As Shadow was about to throw the spear, Sonic spin dashed Shadow to the ground. "Enough, Shadow!" he uncurled and panted softly from the action.

Shadow got up, a variety of small cuts littered his chest and stomach from the spin dash. He growled but teleported off, leaving in a bright flash of light.

I felt extremely weak and tingly, especially in my hands and feet. I got a sudden headache and groaned softly, clutching my head.

Sonic rushed to call an ambulance while Gadget stayed with me.

"Stay with me, Zero" Gadget looked me in the eye. "You're alright"

After a few minutes, the ambulance arrived and I was taken into the vehicle with Gadget. I lost consciousness during the trip.

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POV: Gadget

No, no, no, no, no, no!

We arrived quickly at the hospital and they took Zero to the emergency room. I anxiously waited in the waited room, pacing back and forth.

What about the ruby?

Will that affect the process of recovery?

Will he even recover?...

I felt sick to my stomach thinking of what may happen.

He's been through so much.

And he might not survive this...

Hours passed without any knowledge given to me. As the hours flew by I began to think of the worst possible scenario.

"Gadget?" A doctor called me.

I stood up instantly and rushed to the doctor into a room.

"I'm sorry...he didn't make it"

THE END.