Adopt Me [HIATUS]

Chapter 12: Impact

Sonic whined in pain as Robotnik held him tightly. The doctor laughed maniacally after they presented his plan to the people of mobius. Sonic tried to struggle out of Robotnik's grip, but to no avail. Every move added to the pain, as it made his skin pinch even more.

"You won't get away with this, Eggman!" Sonic cried. "My daddy will stop you!"

"Will you stop calling me that?!" Robotnik snapped, holding the fearful hoglet to his face. "My name is not Eggman! It's Dr. Robotnik! And who might your daddy be if he thinks he can defeat me?"

"My daddy is the best superhero ever!" Sonic yelled. "Shadow the Hedgehog!"

Robotnik froze at that, and then a malicious smile crept to his face.

"You're the son of Shadow, eh?" He asked.

"Yeah!" Sonic snapped. "And he's gonna stop you and your evil plans!"

"Well, things just got more interesting." Robotnik sneered, and began to carry Sonic out of the doing.

"What are you doing?" Sonic asked. "Put me down!"

"No way!" The doctor replied. "Now that I have you in my grasp, Shadow will be forced to bend to my will, or be forced to watch you cry in pain."

Sonic's eyes widened in fear. He needed to get out of here. He didn't want to be hurt anymore. And he didn't want his dad to see him cry.
He tried raising his quills, but they were still pretty dull, and had no effect on the hand holding him by the scruff of his neck. He whined in fear and discomfort. He grabbed the hand holding him, and turned his head as much as he could. He then opened his mouth and bit as hard as he could onto the hand holding him.
It worked! Robotnik yelled in pain and released him. As soon as Sonic hit the ground, he took off running.

"Don't just stand there!" Robotnik yelled at his robots. "Get him!"

Sonic shrieked as the robots chased him. He was running as fast as he could, but his little legs could only carry him so far. As a robot reached out for him, Sonic rolled up into a ball reflexively, and rolled out of reach of the bot. He rolled continuously until he found himself hidden under some panels. He held his hands over his mouth to silence his whimpers as he heard the robots and the doctor pass by.

"Come on out, little boy." The doctor called. "I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."

Sonic knew he was lying. He had just said earlier he would make him cry in front of Shadow.

Shadow.

Sonic needed to find a way to let him know where he was. Maybe there was something he could use back in the room where they were before. He just had to figure out how to get back there without being seen.

"Shadow, you need to calm down." Rouge said to the frantic hedgehog.

"How can you say that, Rouge?!" Shadow snapped. "That boy was supposed to be under MY protection! And now he's in the hands of Mobius's biggest threat! Did you see the tears in his eyes?! He's hurting and he's fucking terrified!"

"I know, Shadow." Rouge replied. "But freaking out like this isn't going to help get him back. We need to come up with a plan."

"We don't have time to come up with a plan!" Shadow retorted. "We need to act now!"

"Shadow-" Rouge started.

"No, Rouge." Shadow snapped. "You don't understand. I... I can't..."

"What?" Rouge asked. "You can't what?"

Shadow let his head fall in his hands.
"I can't lose another person I hold dear." he said.

Rouge stared at him in shock. She never thought she'd see him like this. He's always been so tough, ready to face anything and deny failure. Yet, here he is. On the brink of tears over a child that wasn't even his.