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Tails, Knuckles and Amy were taking care of the robots around the streets of the city. Rouge and Omega were taking care of the ones in the air. \n\nMeanwhile Sonic, and his rival/fiancé Shadow were facing what was supposed to be Egghead’s ‘greatest’ creation. When really it only looked like a giant dog, appropriately named The Beast . The doctor was either running out of ideas or going insane. Probably both.\n\nEggman didn’t even stick around to see its beloved creation get totaled. It was no issue taking the machine down. All Sonic had to do was spin dash its legs off. Sonic was just a few feet away, taking care of the last leg. Shadow was about to finish to off with a chaos spear to the head until a zipping kind of noise was heard and then pained moaning.\n\nShadow froze. What was that? The chaos energy faded in his hands as he slowly turned around. What he saw next made his heart stop. \n\nSonic was on the ground, right behind him, shaking and clutching his side in agony. Shadow didn’t even remember rushing to his side. He made Sonic lay flat on his back to see any damage. What he saw was a dart with a dark color on the glass part of it. \n\nDid…did Sonic take a bullet for him?\n\nSuddenly two small green snake robots appeared with a maniac expression of glee that it shouldn’t be able to make. Its mouth was open as it spouted an electronic version of Dr. Eggman’s crazed evil laughter. Once the snakes was done laughing, one of them began speak to him.\n\n“Well well well, how’s that for a surprise you rodents? That’s right, as fine as an invitation as it was, The Beast was merely a distraction, not my greatest creation. This serum it’s meant to slowly and painfully make you a vegetable! I personally had to go through many tests to make sure that it would work on you Shadow. But why would I tell you this? After all you’re probably unconscious by now!”\n\nAnd the laughter continued but Shadow couldn’t hear it. He couldn’t hear anything expect for Eggman’s words echoing in his head. A vegetable? Shadow suddenly found it hard to breathe. His teary eyes were glowing a fiery blood red with snake like pupils. Sonic at this point was limp in his arms, foaming at the mouth. Eggman has done many horrible things but this?\n\nIf the blue blur doesn’t pull through, Shadow would personally make the doctor wish he never found his cryogenic tube…\n\nAgain, Shadow couldn’t remember crushing the laughing snakes with his bare hands. Nor teleporting to the nearest hospital, just when Sonic’s friends were approaching the scene but when he got there he begged the nearest doctor to save the hedgehog he was desperately holding in his arms. The entire building was in a panic to see the hero in such a state. \n\nThey immediately brought Sonic to one of their rooms and stuck an IV and heart monitor on him. Shadow was beside his prone form, holding his hand tight. Sonic’s body seemed relaxed but his face screamed he was in deep pain even in his dreams.\n\nShadow squeezed his eyes shut as a few more tears leaked out of his eyes. This idiot, this kind, beautiful selfless idiot just gave his life up for him. He probably still would have if he what the serum could do. \n\nThe ultimate lifeform squeezed Sonic’s hand praying to Light Gaia to get a squeeze back. He did but it was very weak. \n\nHis black ears flicked when he heard what sounded like a stampede coming straight towards the hospital room. The door slammed open and Amy was the first to rush right over. She covered her mouth as she looked in pure horror at her savior and friend. Tails quickly followed behind her, with an expression similar to Amy’s. At first, he tried to reach out to Sonic’s prone form with a shaky hand but decided against it, as if a single touch could break his brother. \n\nRouge sat beside Shadow and rubbed his back gently to comfort her dear friend. Knuckles at Sonic with sadness as well but Shadow could see the anger and guilt in his amethyst eyes. The echidna gazed at his fist and then clenched it, tempted to hit the wall. \n\nThen he took a deep breath and he asked Shadow, “What did Eggman do?”\n\nSo Shadow wasn’t the only one planning revenge it seems. Shadow took a deep breath of his own and responded as calmly as he could, “It was a poison that was supposed to… render the victim’s nervous system…Sonic dodged his, but he shielded me from mine.” His voice shook at the end of his statement and decided that looking at the wall behind him was more interesting at the moment. He didn’t need to see the despair everyone’s faces anymore.\n\n“Wait a minute, is this the poison?”\n\nShadow whipped his head towards Tails and in his hands a familiar vial in his hands, the difference being this one had a inky substance inside it. That must have been Sonic’s vial.\n\nThe fox took a good look at what’s inside as he explained, “I found it what’s left of the streets of where you left, it was by that giant dog robot’s feet.” Knuckles stood next to Tails looking confused,\n\n“Why do want to hold onto this muck, Tails? Sonic is here because of it.”, murmured the guardian.\n\n“Yeah but with a little time and research, I could make an antidote!” Tails stated with a smile. Shadow eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets at this. He held onto Sonic’s hand tighter, once more getting a squeeze. \n\n“…How long will it take?” asked Shadow, life slowly returning to his eyes.\n\nTails looked at the vial in deep thought then said with a nervous frown, “Maybe a month or two.”\n\n“Alright then I guess you should get started on it, Tails.” Shadow sighed and began to rub small circles into Sonic’s hand. Well, the serum wasn’t meant to kill Sonic so they really had all the time in the world to make it. Just as long as the world doesn’t need saving again.\n\nTails nodded and used his namesake to propel out through the hospital halls to his house to work on the cure.\n\nEveryone else stayed a while longer but eventually one by one all of Sonic’s friend left, leaving only Rouge still rubbing small circles into his shoulder blades. She often did this in the past to calm him down when he’s in distress and even told Sonic about this trick when she learned that Shadow and him were in a relationship. She pierced her lips, wondering what to say.\n\n“He’ll be fine, Shadow. You know that, right?”\n\n“I know… the blue bastard is too stubborn for his own good.” Shadow smiled a little despite himself. Sonic would always joke to cheer him up.\n\nRouge continued to stay until visiting hours were up. Shadow was allowed to stay since he was the renowned hero’s lover. That and the last thing the doctors wanted a pissed off black and red hedgehog snapping their necks. When Shadow believed he was alone he finally allowed himself to cry silently and kissed every part of Sonic’s face within reach. Shadow fell asleep with tear stained cheeks and his head on his lover’s torso, unaware of the small smile on Sonic’s face. \n\nShadow only left the hospital room for food and bathroom breaks but he never once left the building for the past 2 months. Sonic didn’t seem to be in pain anymore. He rested peacefully, and every breath he took made Shadow feel so grateful. Especially since today was the day Tails would be done with the serum.\n\nFor the first time in months, Shadow left the hospital speeding past people using his hover skates to speed over to the genius’ house. When he got there he was greeted by a happy fox, syringe in hand. Shadow despite himself hugged the fox tight and carried him straight the hospital, much to Tails protest. Once they were in Sonic’s room, Tails carefully injected Sonic with the liquid in a single pump. \n\nThey waited 3 hours for the medicine to take effect. No progress expect for the responsive squeezes Shadow gets from his hands. Tails looked nervous as Shadow had felt. But the Tails tried to shake it off and encourage Shadow.\n\n“Maybe it’ll take effect soon. We can’t expect it to cure him right away; after all he’s been unconscious for quite a while and this is Sonic we’re talking about he always pulls through in the end.” Tails said with a smile, though the faith in eyes shining despite his fear. \n\nShadow nodded in agreement, unable to bring himself to say anything.\n\nIt’s been six months, since Sonic entered the hospital; ever since then Shadow pleaded to every Mobius Deity that the World’s Hero will be okay. Everyone else wasn’t doing any better. It was almost like a part of them died when Sonic didn’t get better. Knuckles rarely leaves Angel Island anymore except to deal with the occasional threat while Sonic wasn’t around to do it. Rouge would send time with the echidna when she wasn’t on a GUN mission with Omega. \n\nThey even team up to take Eggman down once and for all and delivered him to a Top Security Facility. It was the happiest news Shadow heard in a long time. Amy distanced herself from everyone even Cream and would spend her time traveling around the world to try and clear her mind. Tails doesn’t do anything expect mindlessly taking apart and repairing his plane to forget the rest of the world. It’s not so different from what Shadow is trying to do; forget everything.\n\nEveryone at this point believed that Sonic would never wake up. It’s been too long, and there weren’t any signs of recovery. Even Shadow knew it was probably hopeless but he couldn’t give up on Sonic. Afterall that the speedy hedgehog has done for the world, this is how they repay him? By giving up on him? Well, Shadow refused to do that because he knew that if their roles were switched Sonic wouldn’t give up on him. On the other hand…\n\nSonic might have realized how unfair this was to Shadow. How much pain he was most likely in and not even able to show it. That maybe letting him go would be the most merciful thing he could do. \n\nShadow knows what must be done. He already signed the admission to pull the plug on his lover. Sonic's friends would never forgive him but that's okay. He knows that in the end he's doing the right thing. But before the doctor puts Sonic out of his misery, he wanted to say goodbye to his beloved; he never got that chance with Maria.\n\nHe held Sonic’s hand and squeezed like he always did. He smiled sadly when he got a squeeze back, knowing it will be the last one. With a shaky breath he began to speak.\n\n“So I guess this-this is goodbye.” Shadow wanted to punch himself for letting his voice crack but he kept going after recollecting himself, “Sonic when I first met you, I wanted nothing more than to strangle the life out of you. At first I thought you had similar thoughts about me. But when we transformed together for the first time to save the world, I honestly felt happy fighting with you; and when I began to fall towards the planet, I couldn’t believe you were trying to save me. Then when I was believed to be an android you helped me when on one else did. You stood by my side when the Black Arms attacked and I didn’t know what to do. You… you…” You made love to me and made me feel amazing.\n \n“You made me feel like I was everything when I felt like nothing. We have been through so much together.” I was hoping that I wouldn’t see you on this bed until you were much older. “We laughed together, we cried together, even when we got angry with each other but we could never truly stay mad at each other. I’ve always looked to seeing your shining emerald eyes every morning.” How will I even be able to get out of bed with you gone? “I’m glad we became friends Sonic.” I don’t want you to go. “I-I’m glad we got married.” I can’t handle this again. “Thank you for everything, Sonic the Hedgehog I love you…” Please wake up.\n\nWake up.\n\nWake up!\n\nWHY won’t you wake up?!\n\nShadow couldn’t take it anymore, and began to sob hysterically. It was out of character to see the ultimate lifeform like this as he only cried silently ever since Sonic was put in this bed but all this anger, guilt and sadness finally caught up with him. His wails were muffled by Sonic’s chest fur. He was too distraught to be ashamed. Sonic was going to die. And he just signed the papers to kill him.\n\nHe didn’t notice that during his speech that emerald eyes slowly opened to look at him adoringly. \n\nHe barley felt the hand he usually held slip slowly through his hold and said hand rubbing slow circles on his back. It was probably his imagination, he was finally going crazy. Then the ghostly hand began to massage his back quills; a personal weakness. Jolts of pleasure shot through his system, which startled him to reality. He gazed upon the beautiful eyes that reminded him of the forest. The owner of those memorizing eyes spoke in a happy yet raspy voice.\n\n“Missed me Shadow?\"\n\nShadow grabbed Sonic in a flash and held him close. He cried into his neck this time from pure joy. Sonic just smiled, crying tears of his own as he held Shadow close.\n\nSonic is awake.\n\nSonic is alive.\n\nSonic is here.\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Daring to Hope

He was sick of it. He was sick of that mutant blue rat always ruining his plans. Mocking him, mishandling his robots and even leaving him in a white abyss with his annoying past self. It’s only gotten worst since Sonic has got together with Shadow. They even had the nerve to make out on one of his creations after they defeated it. Those two were as the media called them “The Ultimate Power Couple”.

Well it’s about time someone took care of this problem. He thought endlessly for a new plan. When he finally got an idea he admitted that it was cruel even by his standards. But hey, world domination isn’t about being nice. He just knew by the end of this scheme he would have one less pest to deal with.
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It was just another Friday night for Sonic the Hedgehog. Eggman was attacking Station Square with his army of giant robots. Tails, Knuckles and Amy were taking care of the robots around the streets of the city. Rouge and Omega were taking care of the ones in the air.

Meanwhile Sonic, and his rival/fiancé Shadow were facing what was supposed to be Egghead’s ‘greatest’ creation. When really it only looked like a giant dog, appropriately named The Beast . The doctor was either running out of ideas or going insane. Probably both.

Eggman didn’t even stick around to see its beloved creation get totaled. It was no issue taking the machine down. All Sonic had to do was spin dash its legs off. Sonic was just a few feet away, taking care of the last leg. Shadow was about to finish to off with a chaos spear to the head until a zipping kind of noise was heard and then pained moaning.

Shadow froze. What was that? The chaos energy faded in his hands as he slowly turned around. What he saw next made his heart stop.

Sonic was on the ground, right behind him, shaking and clutching his side in agony. Shadow didn’t even remember rushing to his side. He made Sonic lay flat on his back to see any damage. What he saw was a dart with a dark color on the glass part of it.

Did…did Sonic take a bullet for him?

Suddenly two small green snake robots appeared with a maniac expression of glee that it shouldn’t be able to make. Its mouth was open as it spouted an electronic version of Dr. Eggman’s crazed evil laughter. Once the snakes was done laughing, one of them began speak to him.

“Well well well, how’s that for a surprise you rodents? That’s right, as fine as an invitation as it was, The Beast was merely a distraction, not my greatest creation. This serum it’s meant to slowly and painfully make you a vegetable! I personally had to go through many tests to make sure that it would work on you Shadow. But why would I tell you this? After all you’re probably unconscious by now!”

And the laughter continued but Shadow couldn’t hear it. He couldn’t hear anything expect for Eggman’s words echoing in his head. A vegetable? Shadow suddenly found it hard to breathe. His teary eyes were glowing a fiery blood red with snake like pupils. Sonic at this point was limp in his arms, foaming at the mouth. Eggman has done many horrible things but this?

If the blue blur doesn’t pull through, Shadow would personally make the doctor wish he never found his cryogenic tube…

Again, Shadow couldn’t remember crushing the laughing snakes with his bare hands. Nor teleporting to the nearest hospital, just when Sonic’s friends were approaching the scene but when he got there he begged the nearest doctor to save the hedgehog he was desperately holding in his arms. The entire building was in a panic to see the hero in such a state.

They immediately brought Sonic to one of their rooms and stuck an IV and heart monitor on him. Shadow was beside his prone form, holding his hand tight. Sonic’s body seemed relaxed but his face screamed he was in deep pain even in his dreams.

Shadow squeezed his eyes shut as a few more tears leaked out of his eyes. This idiot, this kind, beautiful selfless idiot just gave his life up for him. He probably still would have if he what the serum could do.

The ultimate lifeform squeezed Sonic’s hand praying to Light Gaia to get a squeeze back. He did but it was very weak.

His black ears flicked when he heard what sounded like a stampede coming straight towards the hospital room. The door slammed open and Amy was the first to rush right over. She covered her mouth as she looked in pure horror at her savior and friend. Tails quickly followed behind her, with an expression similar to Amy’s. At first, he tried to reach out to Sonic’s prone form with a shaky hand but decided against it, as if a single touch could break his brother.

Rouge sat beside Shadow and rubbed his back gently to comfort her dear friend. Knuckles at Sonic with sadness as well but Shadow could see the anger and guilt in his amethyst eyes. The echidna gazed at his fist and then clenched it, tempted to hit the wall.

Then he took a deep breath and he asked Shadow, “What did Eggman do?”

So Shadow wasn’t the only one planning revenge it seems. Shadow took a deep breath of his own and responded as calmly as he could, “It was a poison that was supposed to… render the victim’s nervous system…Sonic dodged his, but he shielded me from mine.” His voice shook at the end of his statement and decided that looking at the wall behind him was more interesting at the moment. He didn’t need to see the despair everyone’s faces anymore.

“Wait a minute, is this the poison?”

Shadow whipped his head towards Tails and in his hands a familiar vial in his hands, the difference being this one had a inky substance inside it. That must have been Sonic’s vial.

The fox took a good look at what’s inside as he explained, “I found it what’s left of the streets of where you left, it was by that giant dog robot’s feet.” Knuckles stood next to Tails looking confused,

“Why do want to hold onto this muck, Tails? Sonic is here because of it.”, murmured the guardian.

“Yeah but with a little time and research, I could make an antidote!” Tails stated with a smile. Shadow eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets at this. He held onto Sonic’s hand tighter, once more getting a squeeze.

“…How long will it take?” asked Shadow, life slowly returning to his eyes.

Tails looked at the vial in deep thought then said with a nervous frown, “Maybe a month or two.”

“Alright then I guess you should get started on it, Tails.” Shadow sighed and began to rub small circles into Sonic’s hand. Well, the serum wasn’t meant to kill Sonic so they really had all the time in the world to make it. Just as long as the world doesn’t need saving again.

Tails nodded and used his namesake to propel out through the hospital halls to his house to work on the cure.

Everyone else stayed a while longer but eventually one by one all of Sonic’s friend left, leaving only Rouge still rubbing small circles into his shoulder blades. She often did this in the past to calm him down when he’s in distress and even told Sonic about this trick when she learned that Shadow and him were in a relationship. She pierced her lips, wondering what to say.

“He’ll be fine, Shadow. You know that, right?”

“I know… the blue bastard is too stubborn for his own good.” Shadow smiled a little despite himself. Sonic would always joke to cheer him up.

Rouge continued to stay until visiting hours were up. Shadow was allowed to stay since he was the renowned hero’s lover. That and the last thing the doctors wanted a pissed off black and red hedgehog snapping their necks. When Shadow believed he was alone he finally allowed himself to cry silently and kissed every part of Sonic’s face within reach. Shadow fell asleep with tear stained cheeks and his head on his lover’s torso, unaware of the small smile on Sonic’s face.

Shadow only left the hospital room for food and bathroom breaks but he never once left the building for the past 2 months. Sonic didn’t seem to be in pain anymore. He rested peacefully, and every breath he took made Shadow feel so grateful. Especially since today was the day Tails would be done with the serum.

For the first time in months, Shadow left the hospital speeding past people using his hover skates to speed over to the genius’ house. When he got there he was greeted by a happy fox, syringe in hand. Shadow despite himself hugged the fox tight and carried him straight the hospital, much to Tails protest. Once they were in Sonic’s room, Tails carefully injected Sonic with the liquid in a single pump.

They waited 3 hours for the medicine to take effect. No progress expect for the responsive squeezes Shadow gets from his hands. Tails looked nervous as Shadow had felt. But the Tails tried to shake it off and encourage Shadow.

“Maybe it’ll take effect soon. We can’t expect it to cure him right away; after all he’s been unconscious for quite a while and this is Sonic we’re talking about he always pulls through in the end.” Tails said with a smile, though the faith in eyes shining despite his fear.

Shadow nodded in agreement, unable to bring himself to say anything.

It’s been six months, since Sonic entered the hospital; ever since then Shadow pleaded to every Mobius Deity that the World’s Hero will be okay. Everyone else wasn’t doing any better. It was almost like a part of them died when Sonic didn’t get better. Knuckles rarely leaves Angel Island anymore except to deal with the occasional threat while Sonic wasn’t around to do it. Rouge would send time with the echidna when she wasn’t on a GUN mission with Omega.

They even team up to take Eggman down once and for all and delivered him to a Top Security Facility. It was the happiest news Shadow heard in a long time. Amy distanced herself from everyone even Cream and would spend her time traveling around the world to try and clear her mind. Tails doesn’t do anything expect mindlessly taking apart and repairing his plane to forget the rest of the world. It’s not so different from what Shadow is trying to do; forget everything.

Everyone at this point believed that Sonic would never wake up. It’s been too long, and there weren’t any signs of recovery. Even Shadow knew it was probably hopeless but he couldn’t give up on Sonic. Afterall that the speedy hedgehog has done for the world, this is how they repay him? By giving up on him? Well, Shadow refused to do that because he knew that if their roles were switched Sonic wouldn’t give up on him. On the other hand…

Sonic might have realized how unfair this was to Shadow. How much pain he was most likely in and not even able to show it. That maybe letting him go would be the most merciful thing he could do.

Shadow knows what must be done. He already signed the admission to pull the plug on his lover. Sonic's friends would never forgive him but that's okay. He knows that in the end he's doing the right thing. But before the doctor puts Sonic out of his misery, he wanted to say goodbye to his beloved; he never got that chance with Maria.

He held Sonic’s hand and squeezed like he always did. He smiled sadly when he got a squeeze back, knowing it will be the last one. With a shaky breath he began to speak.

“So I guess this-this is goodbye.” Shadow wanted to punch himself for letting his voice crack but he kept going after recollecting himself, “Sonic when I first met you, I wanted nothing more than to strangle the life out of you. At first I thought you had similar thoughts about me. But when we transformed together for the first time to save the world, I honestly felt happy fighting with you; and when I began to fall towards the planet, I couldn’t believe you were trying to save me. Then when I was believed to be an android you helped me when on one else did. You stood by my side when the Black Arms attacked and I didn’t know what to do. You… you…” You made love to me and made me feel amazing.
 
“You made me feel like I was everything when I felt like nothing. We have been through so much together.” I was hoping that I wouldn’t see you on this bed until you were much older. “We laughed together, we cried together, even when we got angry with each other but we could never truly stay mad at each other. I’ve always looked to seeing your shining emerald eyes every morning.” How will I even be able to get out of bed with you gone? “I’m glad we became friends Sonic.” I don’t want you to go. “I-I’m glad we got married.” I can’t handle this again. “Thank you for everything, Sonic the Hedgehog I love you…” Please wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up!

WHY won’t you wake up?!

Shadow couldn’t take it anymore, and began to sob hysterically. It was out of character to see the ultimate lifeform like this as he only cried silently ever since Sonic was put in this bed but all this anger, guilt and sadness finally caught up with him. His wails were muffled by Sonic’s chest fur. He was too distraught to be ashamed. Sonic was going to die. And he just signed the papers to kill him.

He didn’t notice that during his speech that emerald eyes slowly opened to look at him adoringly.

He barley felt the hand he usually held slip slowly through his hold and said hand rubbing slow circles on his back. It was probably his imagination, he was finally going crazy. Then the ghostly hand began to massage his back quills; a personal weakness. Jolts of pleasure shot through his system, which startled him to reality. He gazed upon the beautiful eyes that reminded him of the forest. The owner of those memorizing eyes spoke in a happy yet raspy voice.

“Missed me Shadow?"

Shadow grabbed Sonic in a flash and held him close. He cried into his neck this time from pure joy. Sonic just smiled, crying tears of his own as he held Shadow close.

Sonic is awake.

Sonic is alive.

Sonic is here.
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