During a battle with one of Eggman's robots, Rouge gets badly hurt. Knuckles realizes just how much she means to him as he goes to extreme lengths to help her recover.

"I'm not, I repeat, I'm NOT going to play around with you." "It's your fault why we're stuck like this." "I can disguise as a guard! We could-" "We can't let the original suddenly die when Nightmare only saw you yesterday!" "But I don't want to roleplay as your SLAVE of all people!" "It's not like you have any choice." ---|--- "We'll get out of here, I promise." He held out his pinkie, a promise to be kept between them. Ink looked at it in surprise before he met the other's eye lights again. "...Together?" "Together." Error confirmed ---|--- Note: This Multiverse isn't the same one as the Worlds Collide. This means that the personalities and memories of the characters isn't the same from the book. The Characters doesn't belong to me except for Martial. The cover of the story came from two different artists. I do not own the cover. Enjoy!

//cover art not mine, credit to original artist// Complete!! WARNING. THIS STORY CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE AND DESCRIPTIVE SCENES OF GORE AND BLOOD. READER DISCRETION ADVISED !!Now Cross-posted on AO3!! Sonic's hands shook and his knees wobbled, weak and unsteady as he stared at the sink. His brain was blank and blood ice cold, the world around him spinning. It had its talons on him, the incurable disease of humiliating love. But what could he do? He was in love with him, and he didn't love him back. - Sonic had known Shadow for as long as he could remember. They had fought as enemies, as allies, as friends and foes alike. He wasn't entirely aware of the deep pining he was growing inside to be with him, to be near him. Not until he coughed up a few petals. Now faced with the crushing reality of his situation, Sonic's options are limited. With each passing day, the weight inside him grew, threatening him with the ever present knowledge that he was going to die. He could only do one thing. Keep it all a secret.