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EDIT: Finally spell-checked.", "writing": "[center][b][u]A Way Out: Chapter 1[/u][/b][/center]\n\n[b][u]Sonic's POV[/u][/b]\n\nI never thought I would ever set a foot inside of this place. I know that I haven't been laid for a couple of 'months' already and my friends really wanted to get me to sleep with someone because I had been so 'down' lately.\nBut a bordello? Really?\nI had always promised myself to never set a foot inside of these kind of places, but I guess it couldn't be helped when being friends with some people who went almost weekly to these kind of things.\nKnuckles especially with his 'Sweetheart' working here.\nBut than again. Wasn't it his Sweetheart who convinced Knuckles to take me along to meet someone here.\nI looked around once we had stepped inside. It was incredibly hot in here, the lighting was soft and made it hard to see since all the lights were pointed at the podium, where a few mobians were dancing.\nThis wasn't a bordello for just straight guys. Men, women, hermaphrodites and the like were working here. This place wanted to make sure that it could fullfill all of the desires of its customers. Some of the prostitutes working in here had their body modified a bit to fit their customers liking. I even spotted one, two, three of them who were heavily pregnant.\nJust the thought of this place was making me feel uncomfortable. Of course, I had needs as a male hedgehog, but putting a pregnant mobian in this position? That went a bit too far for me. But from the way the three of them were sitting there, chatting away, they looked content and happy with the jobs their were practising. I just hope their kid will be alright.\nI guess I felt so uncomfortable towards their position because I had a bit of a 'soft spot' for them. Everybody has a little bit of weird in them and my friends knew that this was what made me just a bit weird and that was ultimately the reason why Knuckles' Sweetheart convinced us to take me to this specific place.\nOne guy approached them from somewhere in the crowd and spoke to them. One of the pregnant mobians pushed herself up from her chair. Geez, they could barely get up from their seat, just how can they still practise this kind of job?\n\"Sonic? Sonic!\" A voice tore me away from my train of thoughts. I looked at my right and came face to face with Knuckles. The two of us had taken a seat at the bar, each of us had a glass in our hand. My friend was drinking alcohol, but since this was my first time in here, I made sure to be a bit weary and drank some innocent soda instead.\n\"Finally, I have been calling your name for a while now, but you didn't answer. I was starting to think I had lost you.\" Knuckles said before taking a sip from his glass. I could see that he wasn't alone. His Sweetheart, a female bat who goes by the name of Rouge, was sitting next to him, her arms wrapped around his.\n\"So you must be Sonic? It's nice to meet one of Knuxie's friends.\" Rouge said with a happy smile as she reached for me to shake my hand. I don't think she was being happy about being here, but because Knuckles was with her. These two genuinely seemed to love eachother. Everytime I caught a glimpse of the two of them together, that always caught my eye. Heck, these two were even engaged!\nKnuckles huffed, obviously not liking the nickname to be used in front of me. Good. That meant I had something to use against him as payback for bringing me here.\n\"Yeah, I'm Sonic, Knuxie's best friend. You must be Rouge? It's nice to officially meet you.\" I said, hearing 'Knuxie' huff in annoyence once more.\n\"You're here because you haven't gotten laid in a while, right?\" She asked, trying to be heard above the loud music and chatter.\n\"Yeah, I haven't slept with anyone in a while.\" I told her.\n\"Nine months to be exact. Can you believe that? And what's more, the last time was with a hooker aswell.\" Knuckles added. He could hardly believe that this place was making me feel a bit uncomfortable. But that was mainly because I had picked this person up on the streets and not from a joint like this.\nRouge seemed bit distrusting when she heard her fiance say 'nine months'.\n\"Nine months? Who was the person servicing you?\" She asked, wanting to know if she so happened to know this person.\n\"He was what you would call a cuntboy in here. He was a hedgehog and his colours were black and red and-\"\n\"Was his name Shadow?\" Rouge interupted me.\n\"Yeah, that's him, why?\" I asked, surprised that she knew his name. But than again, I guess they do practise the same job.\nKnuckles placed his empty glass down and turned to Rouge.\n\"You know the hooker he slept with? Can you believe the reason why Sonic hasn't slept with anyone else is because he's been searching for this hooker all this time?\" He said with a chuckle. Hypocrite. He would've done the same for Rouge.\n\"Yeah, I know him. Well, 'her'. We tend to call everyone with a vagina a 'she' in here. Anyway, did you use protection?\" She asked. She was pretty curious about my 'session' with him.\n\"Well... Ye... uh... No.\" I said, a bit ashamed that I didn't even wear a condom, something that anyone with some bit of common sense would've used. Especially with someone working this kind of job daily.\n\"Oh you didn't? Did you know that she's pregnant now?\" She asked right as I was drinking from my glass.\nI accidently choked on my drink and nearly spit it all out as I coughed. I held a hand in front of my mouth as I coughed and I turned to Rouge.\n\"He's pregnant?! Of me?!\" I yelled in shock. I guess I shouldn't be so surprised. We hadn't used any kind of protection at all, but I thought that was only necessary for diseases because I had expected Shadow to take some kind of birth control. Apparently I was wrong.\nKnuckles stayed quiet, amused by the current situation while Rouge just seemed glad to have met the possible father of her friend's baby.\n\"Where is he?\" I asked. I needed to see him.\n\"She's busy with a client. But judging by how long she's been in there, she should be finishing up now.\" Rouge said.\nAs if on cue, just as she had finished her sentence, the door to the hall of the private rooms opened to reveal a man leaving together with Shadow himself.\nI immediatly got up from my seat and walked over to him before Rouge had a chance to stop me.\n\"Shadow!\" I called his name and he looked at me.\n\"Oh, it's you. How can I be of serv-\" He didn't get the time to finish his sentence as I roughly took his arm and pulled him back to the hallway and into one of the unoccupied rooms, where it was much quieter and perfect to talk.\n\"Well, you certainly go right down to business.\" Shadow said as he carefully seated himself on the bed. He was covered in bruises and seemed to be in pain. A large bump was where his belly was supposed to be. He was definitely pregnant. But if the kid was mine, that was the real question.\n\"I'm not here for sex. I need to know, is this kid mine?\" I asked, going straight to the point.\nShadow's ears twitched. He seemed relieved that I was here for the kid instead of the 'goods' he had to offer.\n\"Well, you did rent me for a whole month and the boss doesn't really allow anyone else near me when someone is busy impregnating me... so.. Yes, you are the father.\" He explained. He looked a bit ashamed to have dragged me into this.\nI sighed. I wasn't bothered by him being pregnant. Not at all. I should've seen this as a possible outcome for not using a condom. But I had a problem with the work he was performing. If this was my kid, than I did not want it to be born in these circumstances!\n\"Put some clothes on, you're coming home with me.\" I decided. I didn't really think about it. I just wanted this kid and it's mother out of this place.\n\"What?\" Shadow said as he pushed himself up from the bed.\n\"I can't just leave this place! Weither you or I like it or not, I'm stuck here!\" He said, raising his tone.\n\"We'll see about that.\" I said and left the room.\n\n\"What do you mean 'no'?!\" I yelled as I stood in the office of the boss of this bordello. He was a green hedgehog named Scourge. I've seen him plenty of times before in the news and newspapers whenever a prostitute of his ended up ill or dead because of all he allowed the customers to do to 'his ladies', as he put it.\nFor some reason the cops always put the blame with the customer as Scourge literally had nothing to do with any of the deaths. He didn't care what was done to this employees and so didn't involve himself too much. That made him 'innocent' in every case.\n\"I told ya plenty of times before. Shadow works for me and I ain't gonna give her to some stranger for a few bucks when she can make me tons more in just a matter of months.\" Scourge told me as he lighted up another sigaret. He was annoyed with me trying to buy a prostitute completely off his hands.\nHe wasn't the only one. I was disliking this whole situation aswell. Normally I wouldn't have cared all that much, but this was different. After renting him for a whole month, I knew him quite a bit. There was a reason why I had been searching for him for so long, after all. Not to mention that he was expectant of me. So this ran so much more deeper than just wanting someone for pleasure.\n\"Than just for a week. No, no, no, I mean until he's given birth!\" I said. If I was with Shadow when he gave birth, than I could atleast have the kid with me already before trying to figure out what to do with Shadow.\n\"Whatever, just pay cash and get outta here with her. But if she's not back as soon as she's out of the hospital, then I'm gonna go after you're ass. You might've bought her for the time being, but don't forget that she's still my property!\" Scourge said as he stood up and faced me, waiting for me to pay.\n\nOnly a minute or two passed before I found myself outside. Shadow was standing next to me wearing an ordinairy white shirt with a red jacket and loose jeans instead of the skimpy clothes from before.\nHe was glad to know that he wasn't going to set one foot inside of this place for another couple of weeks. Or days, depending on when the baby decided to come.\n\"Let's go shall we.\" Shadow said and walked over to my car, still remembering which one was mine.\nAs we both took a seat, I turned my head and watched shadow put his seat belt on.\n\"Just curious, but how are you so sure that I'm the father?\" I asked. Of course, I wasn't going to abandon him if there was a chance I wasn't the father, I had searched way too long for him! I just wondered why Shadow was so sure.\n\"Well, Scourge knew that I was getting in heat. And when that happens, he always arranges a one month rent to only one guy and than prevents me from seeing someone to make sure that I won't get pregnant from someone else. That way he's certain of who the father is and can use my pregnancy to force money off of him. It is quite embarrassing for other people to know if you have a child with someone like me. So naturally they pay up as soon as they possibly can.\" Shadow explained as if this was completely normal to him.\nBut he was definitely hiding something. I knew that this smile that he wore while explaining was just a mask.\n\"I see.\" I said, accepting that there must be no other way of anyone else being the father.\n\"But it sounds like he's done this before to you. Do you want me to pick up the other kids?\" I asked, knowing that, if Scourge had arranged these kind of meetings before, that Shadow's bound to have atleast a kid or two waiting for him at home.\nFor a split second I saw hurt flash by in his eyes, but he quickly looked out through the window, hoping I hadn't seen a thing.\n\"So, how's your mother? Last time we saw eachother, she was having trouble with your little brother, manic, right?\" Shadow changed the topic.\nI stayed quiet for a while before starting the engine. If Shadow didn't want to talk about it now, than I was going to give him the time he needed to open up to me. If I was going to be involved in our kid's life, and I will make sure of that, than we were going to be seeing eachother alot. Plenty of time to open up to me.\n\"Can you give me the directions to your place? If you're going to stay at my place, you're going to need some clothes to wear.\" I said. Shadow looked back at me and nodded, grateful for the change of subject.\n I drove out of the parking lot. I didn't need to worry about Knuckles getting back home. He had come with his own car, so getting back to his house shouldn't be a problem. That is, if he didn't drink too much. But even if that was the case, I'm sure that Rouge could take him home with her.\nSince it was announced that she was engaged, she didn't get customers as much as she used to anymore, the bulging muscles of her protective boyfriend were quite the turn off, and instead worked more behind a bar than inside one of the private rooms. Something that Knuckles was very grateful for.\n\nIt took about ten minutes before Shadow's apartment was in sight. I stopped the car in front of it and both of us got out.\nThe apartment didn't look all that bad. It definitely didn't look well taken care off, but it didn't look rundown either.\nShadow took his keys and opened the front door before continuing to his own door and letting the two of us inside.\nI looked around. Despites the job he had, Shadow did like keeping his home clean. Well, for as much as that was possible in this kind of apartment. The unpleasant smell that hung in the hallway was nowhere to be found in here at least.\nBut there was something that I immediatly noticed about his home besides it being clean and well-kept.\nIt was empty.\nI knew for a fact that this wasn't the first time Shadow had gotten pregnant, but there weren't any kids in here. Not even a newborn baby sleeping in its crib. Where were they?\nI wanted to ask Shadow, but it was clear that he had hurried himself to the bedroom with a bag to avoid questions.\nSo I went to look around once more instead.\nThere really wasn't anything all that special about this place besides how clean and empty it was. There were barely any personal belongings of the habitent, as if he was ashamed to live here. But as my eyes rested on a box that was placed in the corner, I knew why.\nI approached the box and looked inside. It looked like it been recently looked into judging by the tracks of fingers in the dust.\nThe carton box was filled with memories. The first one I came across was a picture of his graduation. It was only taken three years ago, but he looked so different in this. Happiness and pride just seemed to shine from his very smile. But if you look at him now...\nThe second thing I came across was a graduation certificate. One for a very high degree from an expensive university. That's right. Shadow's father, Black Doom, was the head of a very succesful company and practically owned millions. He had put alot of money in making sure that Shadow got the best education possible.\nJust how did his only child end up like this? And more importantly, why did he allow it?\n\"Can you please not look in that?\" I heard a voice ask silently.\nI looked at the direction of the front door and saw Shadow standing there with a bag over his shoulder, ready to leave. He was looking away from me, obviously hurt by me invading his privacy like that and looking into something that caused him alot of grief.\n\"I'm sorry. I let my curiosity get the better of me.\" I said and put the certificate back in the box, making sure to be gentle as this was probably very precious to him.\nI stood up and approached him, taking the bag off of his hands. Shadow was a bit hesitant, but understood that I was not gonna let the mother of my first kid carry more weight than he was supposed to carry right now.\n\"Listen, with the baby being mine aswell, we're going to spend alot of time together weither you like it or not. So I expect you to open up to me someday, okay? Can you promise that to me?\" I asked, looking him in the eye.\nShadow thought about it. He was ashamed how he had let it all go as far as being turned into pregnant sex toy for complete strangers to enjoy, but it could feel good to talk to someone who was willing to listen.\n\"Fine. But only on my terms and if you promise you won't judge me no matter what I say.\" He said, frowning. I smiled and nodded, reassuring him that I would keep my promise as long as he kept his.\n\nAbout half an hour later, we pulled up on my driveway. Shadow looked out through the front window at my house, the bag was sitting on his lap.\n\"We're here.\" I said, even though that was kind of obvious.\nShadow got out and walked up the porch. I followed suit and let us both in. As Shadow entered my livingroom, he took a quick look around before turning back to me.\n\"Looks like your place hasn't changed all that much over the past few months.\" He said, seemingly a bit more relaxed.\nI nodded. I always took pride in my home.\n\"Since I'll be staying here for the rest of my pregnancy, will I be sharing the bedroom with you?\" He asked and I nodded. I slept with him multiple times in that bed with him during that one month of rent and I rented him this time aswell. Not to mention that he's expectant of me. It'd be nice to have him next to me.\nShadow shot me a smile, something that I knew to be fake compared to the photograph I saw from before, and turned to walk up the stairs. He was probably going to put his bag upstairs in my... our now, I guess... bedroom.\nOnce he was back downstairs, I made some dinner for the two of us and than we settled for watching some tv, even though it was already so late.\nAfter an hour of watching silly soaps and late-night programs, we decided to call it a night and get some sleep.\n\n\"Sonic.... Sonic?... Sonic!\" With the calling of my name, I was torn from my sleep.\nI groaned and turned onto my back before opening one of my eyes.\n\"Goodmorning, Sonic.\" Shadow said, leaning over me.\nI jumped and nearly made my forehead collide with his chin.\n\"Hold on there, I know that you are a frisky type, but don't you want some breakfast first?\" He asked and stood up straight before leaving the room. This must mean that he has made us something to eat for this morning.\nOnce I arrived in the diningroom, I saw that the table was set up and food was on both of our plates. But that wasn't what had caught my attention. it was Shadow himself. He was completely in the nude. He wore absolutely nothing except for a white apron, something that he had often worn for my pleasure before. It was only natural that he would wear it for me now. Although, his swollen belly did add an extra element to his appearance.\nI tore my eyes away from him and went to my seat at the table and sat down. Shadow seemed a bit dissapointed that I didn't comment on the apron he wore, even though he could clearly see that I was interested. But instead of saying something about it, he went to his plate and sat down in front of it, his head being propped up by his fist. That was when I decided to speak.\n\"I haven't rented you to have sex with you. I refuse to make use of you like that any longer until it is consenual.\" I said. Shadow's head lifted and looked at me for a moment or two before sighing and placing his head back on his fist.\n\"You want to play the savior and damsel in distress, huh? Never knew you were the kind to partake in roleplaying. Guess you learn something new everyday.\" He said and looked away.\nI knew my words had touched something inside of him. But now he was a bit angry at me because he believed I was lying. But if he was getting hurt about that, than it could only mean that a savior was exactly what he wanted.\n\"I'm telling the truth, Shadow. Just listen to me, let me explain, okay?\" I asked, looking him in the eyes to show him that I was being truthful. It worked. Confusion was evident in his expression instead of the hurt from before.\n\"Listen... this is also my child that you're carrying here and I've searched way too long for you. In other words, I don't plan on letting you go so easily now. Also, judging by how you act so forced all the time and how you behaved yesterday with that box and in the car, I am determined to find out what happened to you and how I can help. And nothing that you or anyone says will stop me from doing so!\" I told him all that was on my mind.\nHis eyes widened. He was speechless. He had absolutely no idea what to say.\n\"I know that you don't deserve this kind of life. From the short time I've known you and those two pictures I've seen, I know that you had a bright future ahead of you. Anyone with a little bit of common sense wouldn't just throw those opportunities away like that. Something must've happened to you and I won't stand for the mother of my child to be abused like this any longer!\" I said, my tone raising with practically every word I said.\nShadow was staring at me in shock. He didn't know what to do. For so long he had been waiting for this opportunity and it was finally here. Someone finally noticed that he needed help to get out of this and actually offered it!\nSuddenly tears started to grow in his eyes. Just like that, the hedgehog that had been crumbling for the past years had finally broken down.\n\"R-Really? You.. You're really going to help me?!\" Shadow started to tremble violently as tears streamed down his face. He moved to get up, but ended up falling back down on his chair. He was so sensitive. He used to be strong once, but that hedgehog was long gone.\n\"You're not.... You're not lying to me are you?!\" The yell was shaky and showed all the desperation he felt. Ever since he had gotten stuck into this, he had been longing for someone to rescue him. That longing had grown stronger and more painful as the days went by. And here there was finally someone willing to save him from this nightmare.\n\"Sonic... Sonikku...\" Shadow's cries and begs quickly became incoherent. I wasn't able to understand a thing, but either way, I still knew what he was trying to tell me.\nThe way he was reaching for me like an infant crying for its mother. I knew that he needed me right now and I was going to give myself completely to him. I shoved my chair closer to him and Shadow immediatly let himself fall against my chest as I wrapped my arms around him.\n\"Sonikku... Sonikku.\" Was repeated over and over again. It was strange just how much a few words could affect someone, but who knows how much he needed to suffer before someone finally went out of their way to save him.\n\"It's okay.\" I hushed him as I stroked his quills, trying to comfort him.\n\nShadow's crying didn't end for atleast an hour or two. But by the time he did. He was absolutely exhausted.\nI slowly pulled away from him, keeping my hands on his shoulders until I knew for sure that he wouldn't fall over from complete exhaustion.\n\"Sonic?\" Shadow's voice was hoarse and quiet.\nI looked at him, letting him know that I was listening.\n\"Is it okay if I rest up for now? I'm really tired. I'm ready to explain something tomorrow, but... right now I just want to sleep.\" He said. I nodded and took his arm to help him up on his feet and towards the bedroom.\nOnce he had gotten out of that apron and fell asleep in bed, I made my way back downstairs and quickly took the phone. I didn't like getting them involved, but Shadow needed a place to stay in case Scourge came to look for him here. If he didn't keep any documents to prevent getting to involved into his bussiness, than he wouldn't know where his 'property' would be staying.\n\"Mom? Can you come over later today?\" I asked once the dial went over once or twice before a female voice rang through.\n\"There is something important that I need to discuss with you and dad. Yes, it's a serious matter. I do want you to expect anything though. That'll make this meeting easier for him. I'll explain when you get here, but not over the phone like this without him present. Okay, thanks. I'll see you later, okay? Yeah, bye.\" I said and hung up the phone.\nWith a smile clinging to my muzzle, I let myself drop down on the couch, content that mom and dad were willing to help. I knew that they were very accepting people. Otherwise I wouldn't have asked them to come over.\nThat was good. It made helping Shadow get rid of this nightmare easier.\nI yawned. I was still tired as I had slept bad last night. My mind kept going back to that box I had 'stumbled' upon last night in Shadow's appartment. I was curious to what else could possibly be inside it. How many more secrets did Shadow have hidden inside?\nThe graduation picture from yesterday didn't have just Shadow on it, but also two unfamiliar hedgehogs. One was a male hedgehog as black as him and red eyes, but build taller and stronger. The second one was a female white hedgehog, who had the exact same figure as Shadow, only her curves were a bit more evident than Shadow's.\nThese two were his parents. They seemed so proud to have a son like him. Why weren't they in his life right now? Both of these two were rich as hell! They could easily use their money to keep Shadow safe. Why didn't either one of the two do anything? Did they even know what Shadow was going through?\nIf they didn't, were such hot-shot bussiness people ready to help their only child out of this predicament once they knew?\nSuddenly my phone started to ring. I took my cellphone from my pocket and answered.\n\"Hello, this is Sonic speaking.\" I greeted the person on the other end of the line.\n\"Sonic? Knuxie's friend? This is Rouge speaking, I'm calling via Knuckles' phone. I noticed that Shadow and you had suddenly dissapeared yesterday. You might not have taken him home with you, by any chance, right?\" Rouge said. I couldn't quite tell if she was happy with that or angry.\n\"Yeah, I did. Listen, I don't care what you have to say, I'm planning on helping Shadow out of this and neither you, nor Scourge is going to stop me!\" I stated, determined to let Rouge know that she wasn't going to change my mind.\nNo one deserves to be treated this way. And I was not going to let Scourge make him suffer any longer.\n\"You don't have to get so angry with me. I was just curious why the two of you had dissapeared so sudden yesterday night. And to be honest...\" Her voice slowly trailed off, unable to finish her sentence.\n\"To be honest?\" I asked, waiting for her to continue. She had something else to say, but she seemed to doubt if she should say it or not.\n\"I... kind of lied to you yesterday... I already knew that you had been searching for Shadow. Knuckles had told me weeks ago when we were chatting away during a date. I told Knuckles that I knew who you had been looking for and I was willing let you meet him because our marriage and the lack of interest in me is allowing me to get out of this business easily and I wanted to Shadow to be out aswell... because... well... It's my fault he's in this position in the first place. And it wasn't until now that I worked up the courage to do something about it.\" Her voice spoke in quiet whispers. It was obvious that she was honestly embarrassed about this.\nBut her tone of voice wasn't what I paid attention to.\n\"What? What do you mean you're the reason why Shadow is in this in the first place?!\" I practically demanded to know.\nThis was Rouge's fault? But how? And why?\n\"Sonic?\"\nI looked at the doorway and saw Shadow standing there. He was dressed in some fresh, loose clothing and his fur was a bit damp. He must've taken a quick shower to freshen himself up a bit.\n\"I need to go.\" I told the person on the other end of the line and hung up before getting and approaching him.\n\"What's wrong? I thought you were going to rest?\" I asked.\nShadow nodded to confirm his earlier intention.\n\"I was going to, but I woke back up too quickly and decided that maybe a shower could help.\" He said and gave me a tired, forced smile.\nLast time he was here, I told Shadow to make himself feel right at home. So I wasn't angry at him for taking a shower without asking for my permission.\n\"And it did. You look a bit better. More healthy.\" I told him and returned the smile.\n\"Who were you talking to on the phone?\" Shadow asked, wondering just who blamed himself or herself for his predicament. He didn't seem to mind the call, but he would still have liked to know this.\n\"It was Rouge. She was just telling me how it was her fault that you are selling your body.\" I said. A growling tone betrayed my newfound grudge against her.\nShadow's ears flattened a little as he looked down again. Mine perked as I noticed the change in his attitude.\nI waited, allowing him the chance to find the right words to use and the time to gather the courage to speak.\n\"It wasn't really her fault.\" Shadow started, but took a brief pause, contemplating what to say next.\n\"I got myself into this mess.\" He said.\nFiguring that this could possibly be a long story, I took a seat on my couch and patted on the empty space next to me, gesturing to Shadow that he could make himself comfortable while telling me this story.\nShadow did just that before continuing to speak.\n\"I have been friends with Rouge ever since our first year in our elementary school. We were practically inseperable and always hung out together. We had a close friendship and that continued all the way to highschool. But during our last year, Rouge got interested in the wrong guy and started going out with the wrong kind of friends. I figured that Rouge was smart enough to look out for herself so I kept myself busy with my studies.\" He took another pause.\nIt was obvious that he had never told anyone this before. This must be the first of one of the big steps I will be making him take in order for him to be free from all of this.\nI kept my patience and waited. There was no point in forcing him to continue. That will just serve to scare him away.\n\"Once I graduated from highschool and eventually from my university three years ago, I was often asked by my father to help in the company. One day I was making my way home late at night and there she was, getting out of a strangers car wearing such revealing clothing.\" He said and started to tremble a little, similar to his breakdown just a couple of hours ago.\n\n[b][u]Flashback (Shadow's POV)[/u][/b]\n\nI logged myself out of the system and watched as the company's logo popped up. A yawn left my lungs as I stretched my back. I was so glad that the day was finally over. I don't think I could handle another hour of staring at the computer screen and answering meaningless phone calls.\nI got up from my chair and rubbed my lower back. If I am to do this job for years to come, than I really need a better chair. Otherwise I'm going to have problems with my back very soon.\nAfter turning the computer off, I left my office and made my way to the stairs. My father's office was only a level higher than mine, so I didn't need to take the elevator.\nOnce I reached that floor, I made my way to his office, only to find that it was empty.\n\"Father? Dad?\" I called for him as I looked inside. I didn't receive an answer from him so I went to the next door, which led to another office.\n\"Mom?\" I asked as I looked inside.\n\"I'm here, Honey, what's the matter?\" A white hedgehog with light blue eyes asked. Her name was Lexi and she was my mother and my father's current wife.\n\"It's already time for me to go. So I'll be going ahead, okay?\" I said, informing her of my departure to our home.\n\"Be careful, okay, Honey?\" Mom asked with a smile, which I returned before closing the door and running over to the elevator.\nI was relieved when I left the company building and the cool night air hit me. I took a deep breath and sighed. This was definitely better than the warm and stuffy air from inside the office. I took hold of the strap of my shoulderbag and walked down the sidewalk into the direction of my bus stop. It only took me about five minutes to get there.\nI sat down on the bench and waited for my bus to come. My parents still had two hours before they were done for today. So there was really no reason for me to wait when I could just take the bus to get home.\nI looked at my watch to see what time it was. When I checked the time the bus was supposed to come, it seemed like it wouldn't take long before it arrived. But it was still a couple of minutes late.\nI decided to be more patient and watched the parking lot across the street.\nOn the parking lot stood a single car. I wouldn't care much about it if it wasn't the movement inside that caught my eyes. The engine was off so it wasn't someone getting ready to leave, so what was this car doing here?\nAfter another couple of minutes one of the passangers doors open and a person got out. I couldn't quite see her as the car was blocking my view. The roaring of the engine was soon to be heard and the car drove off, it's headlights soon dissapearing into the distance.\nI looked back at the parking lot. This was probably someone being picked up for money and pleasure. I didn't know they did it in the open like that. But it all became much worse when I saw just who had been picked up.\nOnce I got over the initial shock, I jumped up and ran over to her. The white mobian was turned with her back towards me, so she was taken by surprise when I took her by the arm and called her name.\n\"Rouge, is that you?!\" I called for her as I turned her around.\n\"Sh-Shadow, It's you!\" Rouge responded, embarrassed as it was obvious that I had seen her get out of that car. Anybody with a little bit of common sense could figure out what had happened in there.\n\"Please don't tell me you're seriously doing this to yourself!\" I said in disbelieve.\nRouge and I had been friends ever since our first year in elementary school and all throughout highschool. It wasn't until our last year that we grew a bit apart because she had made these other 'friends'. They were troublemakers. All of them. But I knew Rouge to be smart enough to take care of herself. Did they make her do this?\n\"Who's making you do this? Is it those troublemakers from highschool?! Because I swear if I get my hands on them!\" I growled.\n\"No! No! No! It wasn't them! It was...\" She finished with a sigh.\n\"It was?\" I repeated, urging her to go on.\n\"I made some stupid mistakes during a deal with this guy, okay? I had no way of paying him back and so I'm working for him. But please don't get involved into this, Shadow! You have no idea what he's capable off!\" Rouge begged me not to get involved.\nFoolishly, I ignored her warnings and turned around before walking away both angry at this guy and dissapointed with Rouge, but most of all determined. I wasn't going to let her get abused like this. But I needed to go home and calm down. I couldn't do this if I wasn't thinking clearly.\n\nTwo and half hours later, I heard the front door open and close. Two voices resonated through the hall when I left my bedroom to go see who it was.\n\"Shadow, there you are. Want some late night dinner?\" My father, a black hedgehog with dark red eyes who strangely enough went by the name of Black Doom, said once he noticed me coming down the stairs.\n\"Yeah, sure.\" I said when I reached the last step and made my way towards the diningroom.\nOur home was pretty big for a family of three and we had the personnel to go with it. My parents were rich as both of them co-lead an important company in the food industry and, I can't lie, they did kind of spoil me when I was growing up. Always making sure that I had best education to provide me the best future possible. But despites that, I knew that I couldn't let my personality get rotten because of that.\nThat was something that my parents always made sure to remind me off. A person might have all the gold in the world, but in the end it was a good personality that mattered.\nI was very grateful for what they have done for me. And I was planning on paying them back as much as I possibly could. But with Rouge reappearing in my life, I needed to put that on hold in order to save her. That was my top priority at the moment.\n\"Are you feeling well, Honey? You've barely touched your food.\" My mother, who was sitting opposite to me, asked in concern.\n\"That's the third time you've asked him this, Lexi. If he isn't hungry, than he isn't hungry. You can't force him to eat.\" My dad answered in my stead. He was sitting at the head of table between me and mom.\n\"Father, it's fine. Worrying is just something that mothers do, I guess.\" I answered and managed another bite.\nWe had more days like this in which we had dinner pretty late in the evening and our stomachs had gotten used to the unusual and ever changing meal times. But today I wasn't feeling so hungry as I was still so worked up over my 'nice' reunion with Rouge a couple of hours ago.\n\"Of course, it's something that we do, Honey. Fathers aren't any different.\" Mom said.\nMy eyes moved from her and settled on my dad, knowing that he had something to add to this.\n\"Your mother is right. But it's only something that you will fully understand once you have children of your own.\" He added, just like I thought he would.\nI 'hmpf'd and smiled lightly before taking another small bite. They were right. I guess that really is something that I will only understand when I'm a parent myself.\n\nLater on, after dinner, I let myself drop down on my bed with a sigh, suddenly feeling so tired. I kicked of my shoes and curled up. I wanted nothing more than to close my eyes and sleep. But it seems like someone had other plans for me.\nI heard my phone ring and took it from my pocket with a sigh before answering.\n\"Hello, this is Shadow Robotnik speaking, how may I help you?\" I asked. It was a greeting that I heard my father use so many times before and I started copying as soon as I was allowed a phone of my own.\n\"Shadow? It's me, Rouge. I need to talk with you.\" The female voice on the other end of the line said.\n\"Rouge? I'm glad you're calling me back for once, but you're not going to change my mind.\" I responded since I already knew what she wanted to talk about.\n\"I can't let you do this! You have no idea what Scourge is capable off! He's going to destroy you personally if you get in his way!\" She said, trying to warn me. But being the fool that I was, I just took it as her trying to scare me away.\n\"Scourge? Is that his real name? Thank you, that'll make it much easier for me to find him.\" I said before hanging up. I didn't feel like talking to her any more. She was put into a terrible position and she was trying to protect this guy! I can't believe it!\nI threw my phone on the other end of the bed. Not with enough force to break it, of course, just to get it out of my sight. I crossed my arms in front of my chest and just stared at my wall until I had eventually fallen asleep.\n\nThe next morning my parents were already dressed, fully awake and enjoying their breakfast together when I finally came walking in.\nBoth of them turned their attention towards me.\n\"Oh, good morning, Honey! Have you slept well?\" My mom asked once she noticed I had entered the diningroom.\nI hummed an answer as I walked towards my seat and sat down.\nMother and father watched my every move as I started eating. They knew me as being more polite towards them.\n\"Is something the matter? You look angry.\" My dad asked before taking a bite from his breakfast as he easily figured out that something must be wrong.\n\"It's just... It's nothing.\" I said, ending the subject with that.\nMom and dad decided to leave it like that. They knew that I knew I could come to them for anything. So they waited until I was ready to talk.\n\nAn hour later, the three of us were sitting at a table again. Only this time in the building of our company. We were waiting for some of my parents' employees to come for a meeting. I had only been working for two weeks and since these meetings were held weekly, this was only my second one.\nI felt a bit nervous. During the last meeting, I was just a bystander, observing all that had happened. During this one, however, it would be expected of me to partake in the meeting myself. I had come prepared, of course, but that didn't mean that I wasn't nervous.\nAnd the thoughts plaguing me about Rouge, prostitution and this 'Scourge'-guy weren't making it any easier for me.\n\"Father?\" I said, deciding that maybe I could ask for some advice by giving a vague situation.\nMy dad looked at me. My parents prefered it when I called them 'mother' and 'father' instead of 'mom' and 'dad'. I didn't mind calling them that. It wasn't any trouble, after all.\n\"Yes, Shadow?\" Dad answered.\n\"Just imagine. You meet a friend you haven't seen in a while and discover that he/she is in trouble, but he/she is trying to talk you out of the idea, saying that this guy is too dangerous. What would be the best option?\" I asked.\nOne of my dad's eyebrows raised. Of course, that question made him a bit suspicious, but he didn't question it just yet.\n\"Well, first of all, I would make sure that this friend isn't lying. But if this man really is so dangerous, than I would make sure to warn the authorities before making any other move. That seems like the wisest thing to do.\" He explained.\nI leant back against the chair and contemplated about it.\n\"Shadow, if there is something you need to get off of your chest, you better not hesitate to tell us.\" He said.\nMom was silently following the conversation, but I knew that she agreed with her husband.\n\"Don't worry, I'm fine.\" I said and shot them a smile to reassure them that I wasn't lying.\nThey accepted it.\n\nAfter the meeting, I had calmed down a little. The meeting had gone well and served to lighten my mood considerably compared to this morning and last night.\nI was sitting back in my office. I was all alone. And as I stared at my computer, I wonder if I should try to search for this 'Scourge' online.\nAfter a while I couldn't take it anymore and I immediatly pulled my internet up on the screen. I typed his name in the search bar. It didn't take me long before I found who I had been looking for.\n\"Desires Of Mobius?\" I read the title of the site out loud. My eyes narrowed as I searched through the site. The several pornographic pictures my eyes briefly scanned over only served to feed anger as I searched for my dear friend.\nI could hardly believe what I came across. Men, women, female and male hermaphrodites and other genders, they were put on for rent. Their bodies were being used for someone else's pleasure. All of them were 'specialised' in different kinds of fetishes. Pregnancy, bondage, roleplaying, crossdressing, domination, SM... you name it, there was always atleast one of these people put up for rent who were 'specialised' in this kind of thing.\nIt made me sick to my stomach.\nI took a sticky note and wrote down the name of the place and the adress and quickly hid it in my pocket before closing the window down, not wanting to see any more of it.\nI barely wasted time before getting up and leaving. I wasn't going to wait any longer. Who knows what they could be doing to her right on this very moment.\n\nMy heart was beating furiously in my chest from anger and being nervous. The words 'Desires Of Mobius' weren't shining as brightly as they would at night, but they still somehow managed to burn me in the inside. Gripping the sticky note tightly in my fist, I took a deep breath and entered.\nThere was no turning back now.\nWhatever happened now could either be good or bad, but both were inevitable. One more than the other.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "
A Way Out: Chapter 1


Sonic's POV

I never thought I would ever set a foot inside of this place. I know that I haven't been laid for a couple of 'months' already and my friends really wanted to get me to sleep with someone because I had been so 'down' lately.
But a bordello? Really?
I had always promised myself to never set a foot inside of these kind of places, but I guess it couldn't be helped when being friends with some people who went almost weekly to these kind of things.
Knuckles especially with his 'Sweetheart' working here.
But than again. Wasn't it his Sweetheart who convinced Knuckles to take me along to meet someone here.
I looked around once we had stepped inside. It was incredibly hot in here, the lighting was soft and made it hard to see since all the lights were pointed at the podium, where a few mobians were dancing.
This wasn't a bordello for just straight guys. Men, women, hermaphrodites and the like were working here. This place wanted to make sure that it could fullfill all of the desires of its customers. Some of the prostitutes working in here had their body modified a bit to fit their customers liking. I even spotted one, two, three of them who were heavily pregnant.
Just the thought of this place was making me feel uncomfortable. Of course, I had needs as a male hedgehog, but putting a pregnant mobian in this position? That went a bit too far for me. But from the way the three of them were sitting there, chatting away, they looked content and happy with the jobs their were practising. I just hope their kid will be alright.
I guess I felt so uncomfortable towards their position because I had a bit of a 'soft spot' for them. Everybody has a little bit of weird in them and my friends knew that this was what made me just a bit weird and that was ultimately the reason why Knuckles' Sweetheart convinced us to take me to this specific place.
One guy approached them from somewhere in the crowd and spoke to them. One of the pregnant mobians pushed herself up from her chair. Geez, they could barely get up from their seat, just how can they still practise this kind of job?
"Sonic? Sonic!" A voice tore me away from my train of thoughts. I looked at my right and came face to face with Knuckles. The two of us had taken a seat at the bar, each of us had a glass in our hand. My friend was drinking alcohol, but since this was my first time in here, I made sure to be a bit weary and drank some innocent soda instead.
"Finally, I have been calling your name for a while now, but you didn't answer. I was starting to think I had lost you." Knuckles said before taking a sip from his glass. I could see that he wasn't alone. His Sweetheart, a female bat who goes by the name of Rouge, was sitting next to him, her arms wrapped around his.
"So you must be Sonic? It's nice to meet one of Knuxie's friends." Rouge said with a happy smile as she reached for me to shake my hand. I don't think she was being happy about being here, but because Knuckles was with her. These two genuinely seemed to love eachother. Everytime I caught a glimpse of the two of them together, that always caught my eye. Heck, these two were even engaged!
Knuckles huffed, obviously not liking the nickname to be used in front of me. Good. That meant I had something to use against him as payback for bringing me here.
"Yeah, I'm Sonic, Knuxie's best friend. You must be Rouge? It's nice to officially meet you." I said, hearing 'Knuxie' huff in annoyence once more.
"You're here because you haven't gotten laid in a while, right?" She asked, trying to be heard above the loud music and chatter.
"Yeah, I haven't slept with anyone in a while." I told her.
"Nine months to be exact. Can you believe that? And what's more, the last time was with a hooker aswell." Knuckles added. He could hardly believe that this place was making me feel a bit uncomfortable. But that was mainly because I had picked this person up on the streets and not from a joint like this.
Rouge seemed bit distrusting when she heard her fiance say 'nine months'.
"Nine months? Who was the person servicing you?" She asked, wanting to know if she so happened to know this person.
"He was what you would call a cuntboy in here. He was a hedgehog and his colours were black and red and-"
"Was his name Shadow?" Rouge interupted me.
"Yeah, that's him, why?" I asked, surprised that she knew his name. But than again, I guess they do practise the same job.
Knuckles placed his empty glass down and turned to Rouge.
"You know the hooker he slept with? Can you believe the reason why Sonic hasn't slept with anyone else is because he's been searching for this hooker all this time?" He said with a chuckle. Hypocrite. He would've done the same for Rouge.
"Yeah, I know him. Well, 'her'. We tend to call everyone with a vagina a 'she' in here. Anyway, did you use protection?" She asked. She was pretty curious about my 'session' with him.
"Well... Ye... uh... No." I said, a bit ashamed that I didn't even wear a condom, something that anyone with some bit of common sense would've used. Especially with someone working this kind of job daily.
"Oh you didn't? Did you know that she's pregnant now?" She asked right as I was drinking from my glass.
I accidently choked on my drink and nearly spit it all out as I coughed. I held a hand in front of my mouth as I coughed and I turned to Rouge.
"He's pregnant?! Of me?!" I yelled in shock. I guess I shouldn't be so surprised. We hadn't used any kind of protection at all, but I thought that was only necessary for diseases because I had expected Shadow to take some kind of birth control. Apparently I was wrong.
Knuckles stayed quiet, amused by the current situation while Rouge just seemed glad to have met the possible father of her friend's baby.
"Where is he?" I asked. I needed to see him.
"She's busy with a client. But judging by how long she's been in there, she should be finishing up now." Rouge said.
As if on cue, just as she had finished her sentence, the door to the hall of the private rooms opened to reveal a man leaving together with Shadow himself.
I immediatly got up from my seat and walked over to him before Rouge had a chance to stop me.
"Shadow!" I called his name and he looked at me.
"Oh, it's you. How can I be of serv-" He didn't get the time to finish his sentence as I roughly took his arm and pulled him back to the hallway and into one of the unoccupied rooms, where it was much quieter and perfect to talk.
"Well, you certainly go right down to business." Shadow said as he carefully seated himself on the bed. He was covered in bruises and seemed to be in pain. A large bump was where his belly was supposed to be. He was definitely pregnant. But if the kid was mine, that was the real question.
"I'm not here for sex. I need to know, is this kid mine?" I asked, going straight to the point.
Shadow's ears twitched. He seemed relieved that I was here for the kid instead of the 'goods' he had to offer.
"Well, you did rent me for a whole month and the boss doesn't really allow anyone else near me when someone is busy impregnating me... so.. Yes, you are the father." He explained. He looked a bit ashamed to have dragged me into this.
I sighed. I wasn't bothered by him being pregnant. Not at all. I should've seen this as a possible outcome for not using a condom. But I had a problem with the work he was performing. If this was my kid, than I did not want it to be born in these circumstances!
"Put some clothes on, you're coming home with me." I decided. I didn't really think about it. I just wanted this kid and it's mother out of this place.
"What?" Shadow said as he pushed himself up from the bed.
"I can't just leave this place! Weither you or I like it or not, I'm stuck here!" He said, raising his tone.
"We'll see about that." I said and left the room.

"What do you mean 'no'?!" I yelled as I stood in the office of the boss of this bordello. He was a green hedgehog named Scourge. I've seen him plenty of times before in the news and newspapers whenever a prostitute of his ended up ill or dead because of all he allowed the customers to do to 'his ladies', as he put it.
For some reason the cops always put the blame with the customer as Scourge literally had nothing to do with any of the deaths. He didn't care what was done to this employees and so didn't involve himself too much. That made him 'innocent' in every case.
"I told ya plenty of times before. Shadow works for me and I ain't gonna give her to some stranger for a few bucks when she can make me tons more in just a matter of months." Scourge told me as he lighted up another sigaret. He was annoyed with me trying to buy a prostitute completely off his hands.
He wasn't the only one. I was disliking this whole situation aswell. Normally I wouldn't have cared all that much, but this was different. After renting him for a whole month, I knew him quite a bit. There was a reason why I had been searching for him for so long, after all. Not to mention that he was expectant of me. So this ran so much more deeper than just wanting someone for pleasure.
"Than just for a week. No, no, no, I mean until he's given birth!" I said. If I was with Shadow when he gave birth, than I could atleast have the kid with me already before trying to figure out what to do with Shadow.
"Whatever, just pay cash and get outta here with her. But if she's not back as soon as she's out of the hospital, then I'm gonna go after you're ass. You might've bought her for the time being, but don't forget that she's still my property!" Scourge said as he stood up and faced me, waiting for me to pay.

Only a minute or two passed before I found myself outside. Shadow was standing next to me wearing an ordinairy white shirt with a red jacket and loose jeans instead of the skimpy clothes from before.
He was glad to know that he wasn't going to set one foot inside of this place for another couple of weeks. Or days, depending on when the baby decided to come.
"Let's go shall we." Shadow said and walked over to my car, still remembering which one was mine.
As we both took a seat, I turned my head and watched shadow put his seat belt on.
"Just curious, but how are you so sure that I'm the father?" I asked. Of course, I wasn't going to abandon him if there was a chance I wasn't the father, I had searched way too long for him! I just wondered why Shadow was so sure.
"Well, Scourge knew that I was getting in heat. And when that happens, he always arranges a one month rent to only one guy and than prevents me from seeing someone to make sure that I won't get pregnant from someone else. That way he's certain of who the father is and can use my pregnancy to force money off of him. It is quite embarrassing for other people to know if you have a child with someone like me. So naturally they pay up as soon as they possibly can." Shadow explained as if this was completely normal to him.
But he was definitely hiding something. I knew that this smile that he wore while explaining was just a mask.
"I see." I said, accepting that there must be no other way of anyone else being the father.
"But it sounds like he's done this before to you. Do you want me to pick up the other kids?" I asked, knowing that, if Scourge had arranged these kind of meetings before, that Shadow's bound to have atleast a kid or two waiting for him at home.
For a split second I saw hurt flash by in his eyes, but he quickly looked out through the window, hoping I hadn't seen a thing.
"So, how's your mother? Last time we saw eachother, she was having trouble with your little brother, manic, right?" Shadow changed the topic.
I stayed quiet for a while before starting the engine. If Shadow didn't want to talk about it now, than I was going to give him the time he needed to open up to me. If I was going to be involved in our kid's life, and I will make sure of that, than we were going to be seeing eachother alot. Plenty of time to open up to me.
"Can you give me the directions to your place? If you're going to stay at my place, you're going to need some clothes to wear." I said. Shadow looked back at me and nodded, grateful for the change of subject.
 I drove out of the parking lot. I didn't need to worry about Knuckles getting back home. He had come with his own car, so getting back to his house shouldn't be a problem. That is, if he didn't drink too much. But even if that was the case, I'm sure that Rouge could take him home with her.
Since it was announced that she was engaged, she didn't get customers as much as she used to anymore, the bulging muscles of her protective boyfriend were quite the turn off, and instead worked more behind a bar than inside one of the private rooms. Something that Knuckles was very grateful for.

It took about ten minutes before Shadow's apartment was in sight. I stopped the car in front of it and both of us got out.
The apartment didn't look all that bad. It definitely didn't look well taken care off, but it didn't look rundown either.
Shadow took his keys and opened the front door before continuing to his own door and letting the two of us inside.
I looked around. Despites the job he had, Shadow did like keeping his home clean. Well, for as much as that was possible in this kind of apartment. The unpleasant smell that hung in the hallway was nowhere to be found in here at least.
But there was something that I immediatly noticed about his home besides it being clean and well-kept.
It was empty.
I knew for a fact that this wasn't the first time Shadow had gotten pregnant, but there weren't any kids in here. Not even a newborn baby sleeping in its crib. Where were they?
I wanted to ask Shadow, but it was clear that he had hurried himself to the bedroom with a bag to avoid questions.
So I went to look around once more instead.
There really wasn't anything all that special about this place besides how clean and empty it was. There were barely any personal belongings of the habitent, as if he was ashamed to live here. But as my eyes rested on a box  that was placed in the corner, I knew why.
I approached the box and looked inside. It looked like it been recently looked into judging by the tracks of fingers in the dust.
The carton box was filled with memories. The first one I came across was a picture of his graduation. It was only taken three years ago, but he looked so different in this. Happiness and pride just seemed to shine from his very smile. But if you look at him now...
The second thing I came across was a graduation certificate. One for a very high degree from an expensive university. That's right. Shadow's father, Black Doom, was the head of a very succesful company and practically owned millions. He had put alot of money in making sure that Shadow got the best education possible.
Just how did his only child end up like this? And more importantly, why did he allow it?
"Can you please not look in that?" I heard a voice ask silently.
I looked at the direction of the front door and saw Shadow standing there with a bag over his shoulder, ready to leave. He was looking away from me, obviously hurt by me invading his privacy like that and looking into something that caused him alot of grief.
"I'm sorry. I let my curiosity get the better of me." I said and put the certificate back in the box, making sure to be gentle as this was probably very precious to him.
I stood up and approached him, taking the bag off of his hands. Shadow was a bit hesitant, but understood that I was not gonna let the mother of my first kid carry more weight than he was supposed to carry right now.
"Listen, with the baby being mine aswell, we're going to spend alot of time together weither you like it or not. So I expect you to open up to me someday, okay? Can you promise that to me?" I asked, looking him in the eye.
Shadow thought about it. He was ashamed how he had let it all go as far as being turned into pregnant sex toy for complete strangers to enjoy, but it could feel good to talk to someone who was willing to listen.
"Fine. But only on my terms and if you promise you won't judge me no matter what I say." He said, frowning. I smiled and nodded, reassuring him that I would keep my promise as long as he kept his.

About half an hour later, we pulled up on my driveway. Shadow looked out through the front window at my house, the bag was sitting on his lap.
"We're here." I said, even though that was kind of obvious.
Shadow got out and walked up the porch. I followed suit and let us both in. As Shadow entered my livingroom, he took a quick look around before turning back to me.
"Looks like your place hasn't changed all that much over the past few months." He said, seemingly a bit more relaxed.
I nodded. I always took pride in my home.
"Since I'll be staying here for the rest of my pregnancy, will I be sharing the bedroom with you?" He asked and I nodded. I slept with him multiple times in that bed with him during that one month of rent and I rented him this time aswell. Not to mention that he's expectant of me. It'd be nice to have him next to me.
Shadow shot me a smile, something that I knew to be fake compared to the photograph I saw from before, and turned to walk up the stairs. He was probably going to put his bag upstairs in my... our now, I guess... bedroom.
Once he was back downstairs, I made some dinner for the two of us and than we settled for watching some tv, even though it was already so late.
After an hour of watching silly soaps and late-night programs, we decided to call it a night and get some sleep.

"Sonic.... Sonic?... Sonic!" With the calling of my name, I was torn from my sleep.
I groaned and turned onto my back before opening one of my eyes.
"Goodmorning, Sonic." Shadow said, leaning over me.
I jumped and nearly made my forehead collide with his chin.
"Hold on there, I know that you are a frisky type, but don't you want some breakfast first?" He asked and stood up straight before leaving the room. This must mean that he has made us something to eat for this morning.
Once I arrived in the diningroom, I saw that the table was set up and food was on both of our plates. But that wasn't what had caught my attention. it was Shadow himself. He was completely in the nude. He wore absolutely nothing except for a white apron, something that he had often worn for my pleasure before. It was only natural that he would wear it for me now. Although, his swollen belly did add an extra element to his appearance.
I tore my eyes away from him and went to my seat at the table and sat down. Shadow seemed a bit dissapointed that I didn't comment on the apron he wore, even though he could clearly see that I was interested. But instead of saying something about it, he went to his plate and sat down in front of it, his head being propped up by his fist. That was when I decided to speak.
"I haven't rented you to have sex with you. I refuse to make use of you like that any longer until it is consenual." I said. Shadow's head lifted and looked at me for a moment or two before sighing and placing his head back on his fist.
"You want to play the savior and damsel in distress, huh? Never knew you were the kind to partake in roleplaying. Guess you learn something new everyday." He said and looked away.
I knew my words had touched something inside of him. But now he was a bit angry at me because he believed I was lying. But if he was getting hurt about that, than it could only mean that a savior was exactly what he wanted.
"I'm telling the truth, Shadow. Just listen to me, let me explain, okay?" I asked, looking him in the eyes to show him that I was being truthful. It worked. Confusion was evident in his expression instead of the hurt from before.
"Listen... this is also my child that you're carrying here and I've searched way too long for you. In other words, I don't plan on letting you go so easily now. Also, judging by how you act so forced all the time and how you behaved yesterday with that box and in the car, I am determined to find out what happened to you and how I can help. And nothing that you or anyone says will stop me from doing so!" I told him all that was on my mind.
His eyes widened. He was speechless. He had absolutely no idea what to say.
"I know that you don't deserve this kind of life. From the short time I've known you and those two pictures I've seen, I know that you had a bright future ahead of you. Anyone with a little bit of common sense wouldn't just throw those opportunities away like that. Something must've happened to you and I won't stand for the mother of my child to be abused like this any longer!" I said, my tone raising with practically every word I said.
Shadow was staring at me in shock. He didn't know what to do. For so long he had been waiting for this opportunity and it was finally here. Someone finally noticed that he needed help to get out of this and actually offered it!
Suddenly tears started to grow in his eyes. Just like that, the hedgehog that had been crumbling for the past years had finally broken down.
"R-Really? You.. You're really going to help me?!" Shadow started to tremble violently as tears streamed down his face. He moved to get up, but ended up falling back down on his chair. He was so sensitive. He used to be strong once, but that hedgehog was long gone.
"You're not.... You're not lying to me are you?!" The yell was shaky and showed all the desperation he felt. Ever since he had gotten stuck into this, he had been longing for someone to rescue him. That longing had grown stronger and more painful as the days went by. And here there was finally someone willing to save him from this nightmare.
"Sonic... Sonikku..." Shadow's cries and begs quickly became incoherent. I wasn't able to understand a thing, but either way, I still knew what he was trying to tell me.
The way he was reaching for me like an infant crying for its mother. I knew that he needed me right now and I was going to give myself completely to him. I shoved my chair closer to him and Shadow immediatly let himself fall against my chest as I wrapped my arms around him.
"Sonikku... Sonikku." Was repeated over and over again. It was strange just how much a few words could affect someone, but who knows how much he needed to suffer before someone finally went out of their way to save him.
"It's okay." I hushed him as I stroked his quills, trying to comfort him.

Shadow's crying didn't end for atleast an hour or two. But by the time he did. He was absolutely exhausted.
I slowly pulled away from him, keeping my hands on his shoulders until I knew for sure that he wouldn't fall over from complete exhaustion.
"Sonic?" Shadow's voice was hoarse and quiet.
I looked at him, letting him know that I was listening.
"Is it okay if I rest up for now? I'm really tired. I'm ready to explain something tomorrow, but... right now I just want to sleep." He said. I nodded and took his arm to help him up on his feet and towards the bedroom.
Once he had gotten out of that apron and fell asleep in bed, I made my way back downstairs and quickly took the phone. I didn't like getting them involved, but Shadow needed a place to stay in case Scourge came to look for him here. If he didn't keep any documents to prevent getting to involved into his bussiness, than he wouldn't know where his 'property' would be staying.
"Mom? Can you come over later today?" I asked once the dial went over once or twice before a female voice rang through.
"There is something important that I need to discuss with you and dad. Yes, it's a serious matter. I do want you to expect anything though. That'll make this meeting easier for him. I'll explain when you get here, but not over the phone like this without him present. Okay, thanks. I'll see you later, okay? Yeah, bye." I said and hung up the phone.
With a smile clinging to my muzzle, I let myself drop down on the couch, content that mom and dad were willing to help. I knew that they were very accepting people. Otherwise I wouldn't have asked them to come over.
That was good. It made helping Shadow get rid of this nightmare easier.
I yawned. I was still tired as I had slept bad last night. My mind kept going back to that box I had 'stumbled' upon last night in Shadow's appartment. I was curious to what else could possibly be inside it. How many more secrets did Shadow have hidden inside?
The graduation picture from yesterday didn't have just Shadow on it, but also two unfamiliar hedgehogs. One was a male hedgehog as black as him and red eyes, but build taller and stronger. The second one was a female white hedgehog, who had the exact same figure as Shadow, only her curves were a bit more evident than Shadow's.
These two were his parents. They seemed so proud to have a son like him. Why weren't they in his life right now? Both of these two were rich as hell! They could easily use their money to keep Shadow safe. Why didn't either one of the two do anything? Did they even know what Shadow was going through?
If they didn't, were such hot-shot bussiness people ready to help their only child out of this predicament once they knew?
Suddenly my phone started to ring. I took my cellphone from my pocket and answered.
"Hello, this is Sonic speaking." I greeted the person on the other end of the line.
"Sonic? Knuxie's friend? This is Rouge speaking, I'm calling via Knuckles' phone. I noticed that Shadow and you had suddenly dissapeared yesterday. You might not have taken him home with you, by any chance, right?" Rouge said. I couldn't quite tell if she was happy with that or angry.
"Yeah, I did. Listen, I don't care what you have to say, I'm planning on helping Shadow out of this and neither you, nor Scourge is going to stop me!" I stated, determined to let Rouge know that she wasn't going to change my mind.
No one deserves to be treated this way. And I was not going to let Scourge make him suffer any longer.
"You don't have to get so angry with me. I was just curious why the two of you had dissapeared so sudden yesterday night. And to be honest..." Her voice slowly trailed off, unable to finish her sentence.
"To be honest?" I asked, waiting for her to continue. She had something else to say, but she seemed to doubt if she should say it or not.
"I... kind of lied to you yesterday... I already knew that you had been searching for Shadow. Knuckles had told me weeks ago when we were chatting away during a date. I told Knuckles that I knew who you had been looking for and I was willing let you meet him because our marriage and the lack of interest in me is allowing me to get out of this business easily and I wanted to Shadow to be out aswell... because... well... It's my fault he's in this position in the first place. And it wasn't until now that I worked up the courage to do something about it." Her voice spoke in quiet whispers. It was obvious that she was honestly embarrassed about this.
But her tone of voice wasn't what I paid attention to.
"What? What do you mean you're the reason why Shadow is in this in the first place?!" I practically demanded to know.
This was Rouge's fault? But how? And why?
"Sonic?"
I looked at the doorway and saw Shadow standing there. He was dressed in some fresh, loose clothing and his fur was a bit damp. He must've taken a quick shower to freshen himself up a bit.
"I need to go." I told the person on the other end of the line and hung up before getting and approaching him.
"What's wrong? I thought you were going to rest?" I asked.
Shadow nodded to confirm his earlier intention.
"I was going to, but I woke back up too quickly and decided that maybe a shower could help." He said and gave me a tired, forced smile.
Last time he was here, I told Shadow to make himself feel right at home. So I wasn't angry at him for taking a shower without asking for my permission.
"And it did. You look a bit better. More healthy." I told him and returned the smile.
"Who were you talking to on the phone?" Shadow asked, wondering just who blamed himself or herself for his predicament. He didn't seem to mind the call, but he would still have liked to know this.
"It was Rouge. She was just telling me how it was her fault that you are selling your body." I said. A growling tone betrayed my newfound grudge against her.
Shadow's ears flattened a little as he looked down again. Mine perked as I noticed the change in his attitude.
I waited, allowing him the chance to find the right words to use and the time to gather the courage to speak.
"It wasn't really her fault." Shadow started, but took a brief pause, contemplating what to say next.
"I got myself into this mess." He said.
Figuring that this could possibly be a long story, I took a seat on my couch and patted on the empty space next to me, gesturing to Shadow that he could make himself comfortable while telling me this story.
Shadow did just that before continuing to speak.
"I have been friends with Rouge ever since our first year in our elementary school. We were practically inseperable and always hung out together. We had a close friendship and that continued all the way to highschool. But during our last year, Rouge got interested in the wrong guy and started going out with the wrong kind of friends. I figured that Rouge was smart enough to look out for herself so I kept myself busy with my studies." He took another pause.
It was obvious that he had never told anyone this before. This must be the first of one of the big steps I will be making him take in order for him to be free from all of this.
I kept my patience and waited. There was no point in forcing him to continue. That will just serve to scare him away.
"Once I graduated from highschool and eventually from my university three years ago, I was often asked by my father to help in the company. One day I was making my way home late at night and there she was, getting out of a strangers car wearing such revealing clothing." He said and started to tremble a little, similar to his breakdown just a couple of hours ago.

Flashback (Shadow's POV)

I logged myself out of the system and watched as the company's logo popped up. A yawn left my lungs as I stretched my back. I was so glad that the day was finally over. I don't think I could handle another hour of staring at the computer screen and answering meaningless phone calls.
I got up from my chair and rubbed my lower back. If I am to do this job for years to come, than I really need a better chair. Otherwise I'm going to have problems with my back very soon.
After turning the computer off, I left my office and made my way to the stairs. My father's office was only a level higher than mine, so I didn't need to take the elevator.
Once I reached that floor, I made my way to his office, only to find that it was empty.
"Father? Dad?" I called for him as I looked inside. I didn't receive an answer from him so I went to the next door, which led to another office.
"Mom?" I asked as I looked inside.
"I'm here, Honey, what's the matter?" A white hedgehog with light blue eyes asked. Her name was Lexi and she was my mother and my father's current wife.
"It's already time for me to go. So I'll be going ahead, okay?" I said, informing her of my departure to our home.
"Be careful, okay, Honey?" Mom asked with a smile, which I returned before closing the door and running over to the elevator.
I was relieved when I left the company building and the cool night air hit me. I took a deep breath and sighed. This was definitely better than the warm and stuffy air from inside the office. I took hold of the strap of my shoulderbag and walked down the sidewalk into the direction of my bus stop. It only took me about five minutes to get there.
I sat down on the bench and waited for my bus to come. My parents still had two hours before they were done for today. So there was really no reason for me to wait when I could just take the bus to get home.
I looked at my watch to see what time it was. When I checked the time the bus was supposed to come, it seemed like it wouldn't take long before it arrived. But it was still a couple of minutes late.
I decided to be more patient and watched the parking lot across the street.
On the parking lot stood a single car. I wouldn't care much about it if it wasn't the movement inside that caught my eyes. The engine was off so it wasn't someone getting ready to leave, so what was this car doing here?
After another couple of minutes one of the passangers doors open and a person got out. I couldn't quite see her as the car was blocking my view. The roaring of the engine was soon to be heard and the car drove off, it's headlights soon dissapearing into the distance.
I looked back at the parking lot. This was probably someone being picked up for money and pleasure. I didn't know they did it in the open like that. But it all became much worse when I saw just who had been picked up.
Once I got over the initial shock, I jumped up and ran over to her. The white mobian was turned with her back towards me, so she was taken by surprise when I took her by the arm and called her name.
"Rouge, is that you?!" I called for her as I turned her around.
"Sh-Shadow, It's you!" Rouge responded, embarrassed as it was obvious that I had seen her get out of that car. Anybody with a little bit of common sense could figure out what had happened in there.
"Please don't tell me you're seriously doing this to yourself!" I said in disbelieve.
Rouge and I had been friends ever since our first year in elementary school and all throughout highschool. It wasn't until our last year that we grew a bit apart because she had made these other 'friends'. They were troublemakers. All of them. But I knew Rouge to be smart enough to take care of herself. Did they make her do this?
"Who's making you do this? Is it those troublemakers from highschool?! Because I swear if I get my hands on them!" I growled.
"No! No! No! It wasn't them! It was..." She finished with a sigh.
"It was?" I repeated, urging her to go on.
"I made some stupid mistakes during a deal with this guy, okay? I had no way of paying him back and so I'm working for him. But please don't get involved into this, Shadow! You have no idea what he's capable off!" Rouge begged me not to get involved.
Foolishly, I ignored her warnings and turned around before walking away both angry at this guy and dissapointed with Rouge, but most of all determined. I wasn't going to let her get abused like this. But I needed to go home and calm down. I couldn't do this if I wasn't thinking clearly.

Two and half hours later, I heard the front door open and close. Two voices resonated through the hall when I left my bedroom to go see who it was.
"Shadow, there you are. Want some late night dinner?" My father, a black hedgehog with dark red eyes who strangely enough went by the name of Black Doom, said once he noticed me coming down the stairs.
"Yeah, sure." I said when I reached the last step and made my way towards the diningroom.
Our home was pretty big for a family of three and we had the personnel to go with it. My parents were rich as both of them co-lead an important company in the food industry and, I can't lie, they did kind of spoil me when I was growing up. Always making sure that I had best education to provide me the best future possible. But despites that, I knew that I couldn't let my personality get rotten because of that.
That was something that my parents always made sure to remind me off. A person might have all the gold in the world, but in the end it was a good personality that mattered.
I was very grateful for what they have done for me. And I was planning on paying them back as much as I possibly could. But with Rouge reappearing in my life, I needed to put that on hold in order to save her. That was my top priority at the moment.
"Are you feeling well, Honey? You've barely touched your food." My mother, who was sitting opposite to me, asked in concern.
"That's the third time you've asked him this, Lexi. If he isn't hungry, than he isn't hungry. You can't force him to eat." My dad answered in my stead. He was sitting at the head of table between me and mom.
"Father, it's fine. Worrying is just something that mothers do, I guess." I answered and managed another bite.
We had more days like this in which we had dinner pretty late in the evening and our stomachs had gotten used to the unusual and ever changing meal times. But today I wasn't feeling so hungry as I was still so worked up over my 'nice' reunion with Rouge a couple of hours ago.
"Of course, it's something that we do, Honey. Fathers aren't any different." Mom said.
My eyes moved from her and settled on my dad, knowing that he had something to add to this.
"Your mother is right. But it's only something that you will fully understand once you have children of your own." He added, just like I thought he would.
I 'hmpf'd and smiled lightly before taking another small bite. They were right. I guess that really is something that I will only understand when I'm a parent myself.

Later on, after dinner, I let myself drop down on my bed with a sigh, suddenly feeling so tired. I kicked of my shoes and curled up. I wanted nothing more than to close my eyes and sleep. But it seems like someone had other plans for me.
I heard my phone ring and took it from my pocket with a sigh before answering.
"Hello, this is Shadow Robotnik speaking, how may I help you?" I asked. It was a greeting that I heard my father use so many times before and I started copying as soon as I was allowed a phone of my own.
"Shadow? It's me, Rouge. I need to talk with you." The female voice on the other end of the line said.
"Rouge? I'm glad you're calling me back for once, but you're not going to change my mind." I responded since I already knew what she wanted to talk about.
"I can't let you do this! You have no idea what Scourge is capable off! He's going to destroy you personally if you get in his way!" She said, trying to warn me. But being the fool that I was, I just took it as her trying to scare me away.
"Scourge? Is that his real name? Thank you, that'll make it much easier for me to find him." I said before hanging up. I didn't feel like talking to her any more. She was put into a terrible position and she was trying to protect this guy! I can't believe it!
I threw my phone on the other end of the bed. Not with enough force to break it, of course, just to get it out of my sight. I crossed my arms in front of my chest and just stared at my wall until I had eventually fallen asleep.

The next morning my parents were already dressed, fully awake and enjoying their breakfast together when I finally came walking in.
Both of them turned their attention towards me.
"Oh, good morning, Honey! Have you slept well?" My mom asked once she noticed I had entered the diningroom.
I hummed an answer as I walked towards my seat and sat down.
Mother and father watched my every move as I started eating. They knew me as being more polite towards them.
"Is something the matter? You look angry." My dad asked before taking a bite from his breakfast as he easily figured out that something must be wrong.
"It's just... It's nothing." I said, ending the subject with that.
Mom and dad decided to leave it like that. They knew that I knew I could come to them for anything. So they waited until I was ready to talk.

An hour later, the three of us were sitting at a table again. Only this time in the building of our company. We were waiting for some of my parents' employees to come for a meeting. I had only been working for two weeks and since these meetings were held weekly, this was only my second one.
I felt a bit nervous. During the last meeting, I was just a bystander, observing all that had happened. During this one, however, it would be expected of me to partake in the meeting myself. I had come prepared, of course, but that didn't mean that I wasn't nervous.
And the thoughts plaguing me about Rouge, prostitution and this 'Scourge'-guy weren't making it any easier for me.
"Father?" I said, deciding that maybe I could ask for some advice by giving a vague situation.
My dad looked at me. My parents prefered it when I called them 'mother' and 'father' instead of 'mom' and 'dad'. I didn't mind calling them that. It wasn't any trouble, after all.
"Yes, Shadow?" Dad answered.
"Just imagine. You meet a friend you haven't seen in a while and discover that he/she is in trouble, but he/she is trying to talk you out of the idea, saying that this guy is too dangerous. What would be the best option?" I asked.
One of my dad's eyebrows raised. Of course, that question made him a bit suspicious, but he didn't question it just yet.
"Well, first of all, I would make sure that this friend isn't lying. But if this man really is so dangerous, than I would make sure to warn the authorities before making any other move. That seems like the wisest thing to do." He explained.
I leant back against the chair and contemplated about it.
"Shadow, if there is something you need to get off of your chest, you better not hesitate to tell us." He said.
Mom was silently following the conversation, but I knew that she agreed with her husband.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." I said and shot them a smile to reassure them that I wasn't lying.
They accepted it.

After the meeting, I had calmed down a little. The meeting had gone well and served to lighten my mood considerably compared to this morning and last night.
I was sitting back in my office. I was all alone. And as I stared at my computer, I wonder if I should try to search for this 'Scourge' online.
After a while I couldn't take it anymore and I immediatly pulled my internet up on the screen. I typed his name in the search bar. It didn't take me long before I found who I had been looking for.
"Desires Of Mobius?" I read the title of the site out loud. My eyes narrowed as I searched through the site. The several pornographic pictures my eyes briefly scanned over only served to feed anger as I searched for my dear friend.
I could hardly believe what I came across. Men, women, female and male hermaphrodites and other genders, they were put on for rent. Their bodies were being used for someone else's pleasure. All of them were 'specialised' in different kinds of fetishes. Pregnancy, bondage, roleplaying, crossdressing, domination, SM... you name it, there was always atleast one of these people put up for rent who were 'specialised' in this kind of thing.
It made me sick to my stomach.
I took a sticky note and wrote down the name of the place and the adress and quickly hid it in my pocket before closing the window down, not wanting to see any more of it.
I barely wasted time before getting up and leaving. I wasn't going to wait any longer. Who knows what they could be doing to her right on this very moment.

My heart was beating furiously in my chest from anger and being nervous. The words 'Desires Of Mobius' weren't shining as brightly as they would at night, but they still somehow managed to burn me in the inside. Gripping the sticky note tightly in my fist, I took a deep breath and entered.
There was no turning back now.
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