*Gadget POV 3rd person 

Pain. Everything, everywhere, felt sore, especially his butt. Grunting quietly, eyes opened to see his bedroom in the cabin, well, the cabin in Eggman’s base? That was still a little hard to wrap his head around, but he was a super scientist, so this may have been an easy invention for him for all he knew. Who knows.

Warmth was felt on his side and he turned his head to see a slumbering Zero. They… right, they had sex, twice. Lips pinched downward as a frown formed on his muzzle. Sex that Gadget didn’t willingly agree to. Both times he’d been tied or held in place while Zero did what he pleased. In the end both times he gave in, but he was still upset that he had been forced into it rather than Zero just asking for sex with him.

As if on cue, the crimson canine saw the other’s eyes flutter open as Zero looked at him. A small yawn escaped that white mouth, and it was cute, but that didn’t subside Gadget’s feelings in the slightest. Still half asleep, Zero spoke softly.

“Hello.”

…

Nothing said, amber orbs directed their attention to the ceiling, not wanting to interact with the jackal that essentially had his way with him twice. It was instantly noticed that something was off and Zero woke up more because of it.

“What’s wrong?”

A fierce glare was directed at the dark furred male, making Zero flinch at how mad Gadget was.

“What’s wrong? Really?! What the hell do you think is wrong!?”

“Gadget?”

“The fuck Zero! You think forcing me into sex is okay?! That’s NOT okay!!!! I didn’t give my permission! Dammit! You didn’t even ASK!!!”

Tears began streaming down Gadget’s cheeks, making Zero look stunned from the outburst. He didn’t care and continued through the half sobs.

“Why would you do that to me?!?! I told you I love you! You didn’t need to force it! You could have just asked! Is it that HARD?! Shit Zero! Why the hell are you doing this? Keeping me locked away in here and forcing me to have sex with you like some fucking sex slave!”

Staggering, the rebel stood from the bed; body visibly shaking from both rage and the intense sex that took place only hours ago. Fists were clenched as an anger that Zero had never seen on the wolf before resided on his tan muzzle.

Standing, Zero seemed to sway a bit as well, but not as bad as Gadget was. Trembling, Gadget backpedalled as the jackal approached him until his back hit the wall. With Zero now standing in front of him, fear became prominent in his stare, but he didn’t show it in his words.

“What?! Gonna force me to do something else!? Is that what this is!?!?”

Arms wrapped around the smaller frame in a gentle hug. Gadget fought against him at first, but Zero didn’t let go as he stroked the back of his head. Exhausted, he didn’t fight for long before sobs came out. Gadget couldn’t help it, and he didn’t care. He was so upset, and the tears just flowed like rivers.

“Why would you do that to me?!?! WHY?!!!”

Zero just continued to hold him for several minutes as Gadget cried his eyes out; body limp in the other’s embrace. Too tired to care as he leaned against Zero. Everything hurt, so bad. He hated this. Did Zero understand why he was upset? Did he even care?

“I’m sorry Gadget,” voice muffled in the other’s shoulder, his tone was strained, as if on the verge of crying, “I’m so sorry I did that to you, and made you feel that way.” The hug tightened slightly, but it didn’t hurt.

“Why’d you do it Zero?”

“I don’t know. When I battled that hedgehog, he said he wouldn’t give up coming after you.”

Sonic… yellow spheres saddened at the thought of the hero trying to come save him. Somehow, Gadget really didn’t feel like he deserved to be saved after everything that’s happened and all that has been done.

“I felt so scared that I’d lose you. I’m not saying it excuses what I did, because it doesn’t. What I did was wrong, and I'm so deeply sorry I did that to you Gadget. I’m not expecting forgiveness, but I hope you can forgive me someday.”

Letting go, Zero backed away. Gadget wasn’t sure, and though anger sithed beneath the surface, hurt and pain in his heart did too as Zero walked away from him.

“Z-Zero?”

“I’ll leave you be. If you need anything, just say my name. I’ll hear you.”

And he disappeared.

Pain. Rejection. Tears swelled up in his eyes as he fell to his knees; intense crying rang out in the room. Now more than ever, he wished Sonic was there. He always made him feel better, and never forced Gadget to do anything he didn’t want to. This sucks! Why did everything hurt so much?!

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Sonic POV 3rd person 

“I know where they’re keeping Gadget.”

“You do Tails?” Sonic brightened up considerably, “Way to go buddy!”

“That’s the good news. Where he’s at, not so much.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, from the information I gathered, he’s in Eggman’s Fortress.”

“You found his main base?” The Commander inquired.

“Yep, so now we know where both his headquarters is and where Gadget is.”

“This is great!” Knuckles cheered, “Now we can finally finish off this war and defeat Eggman once and for all!”

“We’ll need a well thought out strategy,” Silver pointed out, “We should take a few days to heal, regroup, and plan.”

“But what if Gadget doesn’t have that long,” Sonic spoke up, catching everyone’s attention, “We all know what happened in that warehouse. What if there’s a chance of that happening if it hasn’t already?”

“Then that’s all the reason to get going faster huh?” Silver replied with a grin, “Don’t worry, we’ll save him.”

“...Thank you.”

We’re coming Gadget.

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Infinite POV 3rd person 

Apparently, the Resistance caught on to where Eggman’s fortress was. Funny, considering he didn’t think the Doctor was really trying to hide it, but maybe those dimwits thought about it too hard. He didn’t care. Eggman wanted to launch an attack on the Resistance when they came to the fortress. If he had to guess when it would happen, he’s supposing around two to three days.

Now, Infinite sat in one of the break rooms as he sipped at a steamy cup of coffee. Not even his favorite drink seemed to help as he zoned out hard core; mind wandering back to the cabin. The sex they shared this morning was wonderful for him, but, Gadget was pretty mad at him, and he had every reason to be. Why had he done that? He almost pulled the same thing in that warehouse, but they’d been interrupted. Zero never imagined he’d do something like that to Gadget, but he had. Why?

“Are you okay?”

Being snapped out of his thoughts, the jackal saw one of Eggman’s personal robots there. It was the red one. Orbot he thinks his name is? He didn’t mind the red one, but despised the yellow one and his stupidity.

“I’m fine.”

“Hmm,” he hummed, “Well, alright. If you’d ever like to talk about anything, you’re welcome to speak with me.”

“…”

Turning, the robot was about to take his leave, before…

“Wait.”

Halting, he faced the Mobian once more before floating back over and taking a seat across from him.

“What’s on your mind?”

Zero looked about to crumble; face falling into his hands.

“I fucked up.”

“Oh?”

“So bad. What if he never forgives me? Or stops loving me?...”

“I’m guessing this is about Gadget?”

…

“...Yes. I… I've been so terrible to him. I locked him away, fought him, and did sexual stuff to him against his will, including...raping him.”

“Oh… I see.”

“I don’t know what to do.”

“I’m not sure if there’s much you can do.”

…

“All you can really do is not do it again. Don’t do anything he doesn’t want from now on.”

“But, I don’t understand why…”

Orbot tilted his head slightly, “Hm?”

“I don’t understand why I did it in the first place. It’s like, I’d never do that to him, but the rational part of my brain just, switched off. Why?...”

Eyes downcast as the little robot listened to the saddened jackal. He didn’t know the truth. He couldn’t. But, maybe at this point, it wouldn’t matter. The war was practically won anyway. And, it’s not like the Doctor needs to know what he’s about to do… This might be a bad idea.

“I think I can help.”

“Huh?”

Zero suddenly felt tired. 

“Sleep for just a few minutes… The Doctor’s going to kill me for this.”

Nothing else was heard as his head hit the table and everything went black.

…

…..

……

Pain. He felt very stiff in some places, like his neck. Ugh… it was a difficult task to wake up as his eyelids slowly opened before carefully lifting up his head. Sight adjusting to the room, he looked to be in a break room of sorts. A mask settled on the table along with a mug of black coffee. 

What’s with the mask? 

Ignoring it, he touched the cup holding the coffee. It was cold. Sniffing at it after that observation, he flinched back. How long has this been sitting here? It smells days old. Gross…

Standing from his chair, legs almost buckled underneath him as tingles were felt all over. How long has he been sleeping in that chair? Geez! Still, he worked to walk and slowly got feeling back into his legs. 

Once feeling more confident in his ability to stand and travel, his heterochromia eyes scanned the room he was in. He knew he was in a break room, but, where exactly was he?? It felt familiar, but his brain was having a hard time piecing things together.

“Infinite?”

A male voice spoke through his watch on his wrist. Who…? Oh! Right. It was Doctor Eggman. Man, he was struggling today. A finger reached to the watch before clicking a green button.

“Hello?”

“There you are! Where the hell have you been?!”

?

“Huh?”

“I’ve been trying to reach you for two days! I got word that the Resistance is planning to attack the fortress tomorrow!”

Resistance? Fortress? Those sounded familiar, but why did something not settle well in the pit of his stomach from it?

“I have the robot army ready. I just need you ready with your illusions.”

Illusions?

“They’re planning to strike early morning. So, take care of whatever you need to with that wolf, Gadget or whatever. He’s still in the inter-dimensional room. I know because I checked for you there this morning.”

Gadget?! How did the doctor know about him? Wait… it was starting to come back…. that’s right, he found Gadget. He was alive! 

Mind remembering where to go, feet picked up the pace as he remembered where the inter-dimensional room was. Gadget! Gadget was alive! He raced to find the wolf he loves.