— ᒪᗩTᗴᖇ - TᕼᗩT - ᗪᗩY —
𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗩
What an exhausting day..
Imagine being so... hurt and confused that you suddenly start feeling... hyperactive? Nonsense. But maybe because of morning's pain, now I feel lighter.
But it was strange. Whenever my birthdays were near I used to feel a huge wave of powers overflow, not that kind of... pain.
For a split second, the image of me crying in pain flashed before my eyes. I shook it off and focused on taking deeper breaths. It was quiet since Shadow was taking a nap.
But still.. I'd never told anyone about my birthday, so they must have found out through Shadow. Even though I love my brother, he really shouldn't be sharing information about me.. Ha, aka Project Chaos.
'Time to wake him up.' I thought to myself as I dashed towards the couch and gently poked his cheek. "Shadow. Shadow. Shadow. Shadow. Shadow. Shadow. Sha—"
*ᵏⁿᵒᶜᵏ ᵏⁿᵒᶜᵏ*
Oh.
At this time?
I quickly headed to the door and opened it to reveal. . . Amy and Sticks.
"Hi, Sonica." they said, suspiciously too sweet.
"Hey." I replied and motioned them to come in.
They nodded and stepped inside while Shadow had already woken up and was now standing there, arms crossed.
They took the couch and I sat across them.
"So, what brought you here?" I asked.
"Just wanted to talk.. You didn't answer the call so we decided to meet up." said Amy, tapping her fingers togethers.
"Oh right.. I haven't repaired my communicator yet.." I muttered, touching my quills.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" asked Shadow, his arms crossed.
Sticks narrowed her eyes at him. Amy cleared her throat and Sticks looked at Amy then back at me.
"And.. where are Tails and the others?" I asked, remembering Sonic for a second.
"Others? You didn't say Sonic's name?" said Sticks, making me freeze in embarrassment from yesterday's incident, but Amy nudged her quickly as a 'shut up'.
"S-She means...you and...um.." Amy tried to speak.
"Get to the point." I said, now sighing in an attempt of hiding my embarrassment.
Amy took a deep breath, "Actually, we came here to talk about Sonic..."
"What?" I and Shadow said in unison.
Amy glanced at Sticks and continued, "Well, I'll stop beating around the bush..." She trailed off.
But then Sticks spoke up, pointing at me, "We know that you like Sonic, and we think you should tell him how you feel!"
I froze. Shadow looked at me before turning his head away, clearing trying to hide his damn smirk!
Then Amy continued after Sticks, "and.. after what happened yesterday.."
Oh please don't remind me. You don't have to—
"You both blushed really badly.." she finished her sentence.
I slammed my hand over my face.
There was absolutely ZERO need to remind me..
But Shadow blinked and frowned, "What incident?"
Amy and Sticks exchanged nervous glances, and I groaned against my hand. "I' tell you later, Shad.."
Amy and Sticks nodded, glad they were saved from the awkward story-telling time.
"So.." Amy pushed on, "Will you.. confess to him?"
I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. Then I scratched my head slowly and glanced at them only to find them looking me like innocent but impatient puppy paparazzis.
"Isn't it too early?" I murmured.
"No, it's not! You both have become close to eachother and the feelings are mutual!" Amy said with a firm nod.
I sighed again and looked down. Then I rub the back of my neck and nodded, "Okay.."
"You know what they say, strike when the iron is ho—huh?!" Amy paused mid-sentence and they looked at me like I was a ghost.
"Okay? Like, just 'okay'? We prepared a whole speech to convince you!" said Sticks, throwing her hands in the air.
A speech? I chuckle internally at the thought but kept my composure, leaning back on the couch as I say:
"So.. was I supposed to act like, 'Aww I can't tell him about my feelings..what if he rejects me?? No no noo, I can't risk ruining our friendship!"
A dramatical hand placement on my forehead.
Amy and Sticks laughed. Shadow chuckled, but then turned serious as he spoke, "You better tell me what happened yesterday."
Oh no..
"You are a different one, Sonica." said Amy, chuckling.
"And you are also good at acting!" said Sticks, giving me two thumbs up.
I gave a slight smile. Though inside.. my heart was pounding as if I ran the longest marathon of my life.
Stay calm, Sonica.
Stay calm.
ꪑꫀꪖꪀ᭙ꫝ𝓲ꪶꫀ. . .
— Iᑎ - ՏOᑎIᑕ'Տ - ՏᕼᗩᑕK —
"Come on, Sonic! You have to!"
"No! I told you, I can't! I just CAN'T!"
"If YOU don't tell her, then WE will!!"
"B-But guys, listen! Try to understand.. I-I can't, okay? What if.. What if it ruins our friendship?" Sonic asked, pacing around the room, gripping his quills.
𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗩
"Be positive!" said Knuckles.
"Are you kidding me?! You two kissed yesterday!" said Tails.
"And both of your faces turned to my colour." said Knuckles, admiring the fur of his arm as he elegantly said, "red~"
I clenched my fists, trying to stay calm. This felt really embarrassing. "We were not!"
"Come on, Sonic. Just tell her. Strike when the iron is hot!" said Tails while placing his hand my shoulder.
"Strike when the iron is— What the hell?! I am not going to confess!" I yelled, throwing my hands in the air.
"Oh, come on!" Tails groaned, placing a hand on his hip.
"You just need to practice first." said Knuckles, holding a mirror to my nervous face.
"Yes, that's right! You just gotta practice and go with the flow, like always, right?" Tails said while nodding his head.
I gripped the sides of my quills and groaned.
Confessing felt too early but then.. all those moments we spent together really felt like something... But still—!
"Come on, Sonic.. It will be fine. It's not like you don't like her.." Tails said, gesturing to Knuckles who was holding the photo of Sonica facepalming in the camp.
I sighed and looked away, crossing my arms, "Fine. But if things go wrong, it's your responsibility, Tails"
Then. .
Tails and Knuckles started to advice me on what I *should* do or not do. But it sounded more like a lecture. I placed my hands on my head and looked down as I listened without.. really listening.
— ᖴᗴᗯ - ᗰIᑎᑌTᗴՏ - ᒪᗩTᗴᖇ —
"Do you understand, Sonic?" asked Tails, lowering his hand from the chart.
I shook my head slowly while staring into space. Tails facepalmed. Then I huffed.
"I... think you are ready!" Tails again suddenly spoke.
My eyes went wide
"I am?!"
"He is?!"
Knuckles and I had the same reaction.
"No— I mean, yes! You can do it! Just— Just grab some flowers...Uh, roses! and tell her how you feel." replied Tails, shoving a bouquet into my hands.
I let out a huff and scratched the back of my head, looking at the bouquet.
"What if she rejects him?" Knuckles said suddenly, as if slapping me with a reality check.
Tails shot a quick glare at the red echidna and looked at me again, "Don't worry, Sonic. I am s-"
"He's right!" I shouted, tossing the bouquet away, "She'll reject me and I will ruin our friendship!"
Tails suddenly shook me by my neckerchief while yelling, "SHE LIKES YOU TOO, OKAY?!"
I paused and blinked slowly. Then I ran a hand through my quills as I muttered, "I mean, I know I am irresistible but.. Sonica?! That girl acts like she's carved out of rock and ice! What if she was just being nice to me?"
Tails looked at Knuckles and held his handa out towards me as if saying, 'Can you believe this?'
Offended, I crossed my arms and muttered. "What?"
Tails groaned and placed a hand on my arm, "I don't understand why you two don't notice how obvious you both are!"
"H-Hold on, hold on—" I intervened, standing between Tails and Knuckles. "Did that mean I was overreacting?"
They both nodded in sync. Then I got a call from Amy. Oh shoot.
I cleared my throat for a voice check and answered,
"What's up, A—"
"Sonic, I know you are not busy so, come to the forest right now! Sonica wants to meet you."
"Excuse me?! First of all, I 𝗮𝗺 busy and I— Wait, wait, wait! Sonica wants to meet me?"
"Yeah, if you'd a little patience to listen."
"Oh, come on, I am a very patient guy." I said, tapping my foot on the floor which contradicted my words. Anyways—
". . . Come to the center of the forest right now. Bye."
Tails and Knuckles looked at eachother and nodded as if... they had planned something? These guys...
Then Tails looked at me and said, "Sonic, this is the right time. Go tell her."
"Wish me luck, guys" I sighed and ran to the forest, making a bouquet of roses on the way.
The center. Got it.
Still don't understand why Amy thinks I am impatient and workless though. I am a very busy hedgehog.
As I reached my destination, I spotted her. But she was looking at a tree. Okay...
I hid the roses behind my back as I quietly sped upto her and said, "So... Heard you wanted to meet me?"
She finally turned to look at me and put her hands were behind her back. I tried to maintain a calm face but kept looking at anywhere but her.
But how could she look so calm?!
"Sonic," she started, "I have something to tell you." Her voice sounded... soft?!
"What, what is it?" I asked, clearing my throat.
Nervousness is common but why was I feeling so scared?! She looked into my eyes as I looked back into her beautiful blue ones.
𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗩
"Okay, here goes nothing." Sonica thought to herself and took a deep breath, then said while looking down, "Well... I had never felt this way with anyone before.."
Sonic bit his bottom lip and nodded before his head, "Me nether— I mean, neither."
She looked at him and said, "I think... I think I am—"
Suddenly her senses spiked, cutting her off mid-sentence.
Something was wrong. She felt a pair of familiar eyes on her. Her ears twitched as a chill crept down her spine.
"Can it be…?" Sonica thought, her expression darkening as she looked down with a frown.
Sonic noticed the sudden shift in her behavior. The earlier nervousness and faint blush vanished, replaced by confusion. "Is something wrong?" he wondered.
"What were you saying, Sonica..?" he asked.
Her ears snapped upright while her eyes widened— "MOVE!!"
Before he could react, she shoved him out of the way. And then—
A blur of green slammed into her.
She barely had time to brace herself before the impact sent her crashing through three trees, wood splintering around her. She lost the rose from her hand, which was not falling a petal at a time.
"Sonica!" Sonic shouted, dashing toward her, but the green hedgehog intercepted him. Sonic couldn't recognised the other hedgehog who drove a powerful kick into his stomach. It sent Sonic flying, crashing hard against a stone wall.
"What the—" He groaned, holding his head.
The green hedgehog straightened up and adjusted his black leather jacket with flames on the sleeves. He also had heavy black boots, and a smug grin plastered across his face at he took off his dark sunglasses.
"My, my. What a poor defense you have." The green hedgehog chuckled, putting his glasses back on.
Sonica rose back to her feet, brushing dirt from her gloves before clenching her fists. Then she spoke through gritted teeth: "I was having a perfectly fine moment, 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚."
"Scourge?!" Sonic repeated as he got back up, staring at the green hedgehog. He had never seen him before—but something about him felt very wrong.
"Aw, what moment was it, 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙? Were you gonna confess or something?" said Scourge with a smirk.
Ironic.
"Wait! Who are you? Why did you attack her?!" Sonic shouted, dashing towards the two.
Scourge looked at both the blue hedgehogs and tsked. "Scourge the hedgehog. Who are you?"
"I—"
Sonica, this time, cut Sonic off and she barked, "What are you doing here?!"
Scourge just smirked and tilted his head, "Me? I came to just say hi, meet an old friend. I mean, Best Friend."
Sonica's expression darkened. "What exactly are you upto..."
Scourge cracked his knuckles as he stepped closer. "Let's start with a friendly handshake."
He said with a sudden attack at Sonica but she was ready this time.
"Sonic, stay away." warned Sonica while the old rivals threw punches.
Sonic was about to protest but Scourge interrupted: "Who's he? Your boyfriend? Looks like a weak simp."
Sonica growled and clenched her fists before delivering a solid punch that made Scourge go flying through 4 trees.
Sonic looked at Sonica in surprise. "Whoa..."
Scourge smirked and rose up quickly while dusting off his jacket, "So he 𝑖𝑠 your weakness, huh? Oh my god, I had never expected you to get so weak 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛."
Sonica froze. 'Again'? It brought back bad memories. But she shook it off and dashed towards Scourge who had just punched Sonic on his face. Before Sonic could strike back, Scourge stabbed a syringe into Sonic's neck.
Sonic tried to fight and push. "What was that?! Agh—!" but his vision started to get blur, his limbs going heavy.
Sonica halted again. "No.."
"Oh, yes." Scourge smirked as he threw Sonic's unconscious body aside. "Finally got rid of the distraction."
Sonica took a deep breath and stepped closer. "You wouldn't do such a thing on your own. Where did you get that and who are you teamed up with?"
Scourge chuckled and kicked leisurely on Sonic's side. "That shouldn't be your concern. But it's such to make him sleep for a good time."
"Sonic.." Sonica whispered as she tried to dash towards him, but Scourge blocked the way. "Ah, ah, not so fast. Won't you greet an old pal first?"
"Old pal? Have you gone crazy?" She glared, her muscles itching to grab Sonic and run.
"Hm.." Scourge tilted his head and grinned. "Maybe. But don't you think 𝑦𝑜𝑢 are responsible for it?"
Sonica paused. Another chapter of her past kept begging to be re-read. "That... I..." her words faltered.
Suddenly she felt a small sharp sting on her nape.
She hissed and clutched the spot, gritting her teeth as she fell on her knees. "Shouldn't let my guard down... Damn it."
And then her body gave up, lying limp on the ground. Before her heavy eyelids fell shut, the last thing she saw was the green hedgehog lifting her up and a mysterious man emerging from the bushes.
"How long will she is be unconscious?"
"Technically, 4-5 hours."
"What about him?" asked Scourge, pointing his chin at Sonic.
"Oo. I hadn't expected that." replied the man as he marched towards Sonic. "Heheh. It's like a bonus gift."
— ᖴᗴᗯ ᕼOᑌᖇՏ ᒪᗩTᗴᖇ —
The view now wasn't the greenery of the forest, but a high-tech laboratory filled with weapons, experiments and so on. Yes, it was 𝗗𝗿. 𝗘𝗴𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗻'𝘀 lair.
Both the blue hedgehogs were put in a separate glass chamber, side-by-side. Wrists pinned to the wall by metal bars. The first one to gain consciousness was Sonic.
Scourge and Eggman stood at a distance, watching.
"Oh, look, who's awake~" Dr. Eggman grinned, rubbing his palms together.
"Let me go, egghead!" Sonic struggled against the hold and looked around, frustrated. Then he saw her. "Sonica!!"
He turned back to face Dr. Eggman. "Let her go!"
"It has been hours now! Why is she still unconscious?!" asked Scourge, dismissing Sonic as he sipped his milkshake.
"Maybe the dose was a bit more than expected." said Dr. Eggman as stirred the straw of his milkshake.
"Hey, don't ignore me! Let us go!"
"Ahem," Cubot moved towards Scourge, "According to the deal, weren't you supposed to be gone by now?"
Scourge looked at Sonica with a smirk and said, "Yes, the deal is over. But I am here for some other reason."
"Is anyone even listening?! Hello?!! Is this chamber soundproof or what?!"
Cubot looked at Dr. Eggman who just shrugged and sipped his drink. Then finally, Sonica started to wake up to reality.
She blinked rapidly, trying to regain her clear vision. Then she looked directly at Scourge who just smirked wider.
"Oh, slept well, Bluebell?"