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Shadow felt the hot metal burning through his gloves and under his paws and legs as he sat down, but he quickly sucked it up, not wanting to take some of the shade that Sonic was happily sitting under, leaning against a tree trunk that was growing out of a now rusted and broken down giant robot. Sonic, being the nature lover he was, decided it was perfect to drag Shadow to a common spot that other teenagers went to, the shell of a dead 30 foot long robot that had been rotting away in the forest ever since Sonic took it down, moss and vines growing on it.
Luckily for the both of them, no other mobians dared to go outside today in the almost 100 degree summer weather. Well, maybe lucky wasnt the right word, Shadow thought as he felt the sun beating down on his thick black fur, he had even taken his shoes off in an attempt to cool down.
Sonic looked pretty okay on the other hand, his fur was thin and let air pass through him. He must hate winter. Shadow huffed lightly in an attempt to let Sonic know he was hot and wanted to go somewhere else. The blue hedgehog did perk up, and with a smile and a "one moment", he hopped off the robot, digging through on of its gaping holes of rusted away metal, and Shadow perked over, only to see Sonic pull out a box of Coca-Cola he kept hidden away. Shadow sighed. Maybe he should just tell the hero next time. Sonic climed back up, a proud smile on his face as they clanked their bottles together, and the black hedgehog took a sip. It was warm and flat.
Oh well.
At least he was here, sitting peacefully next to Sonic.
The next thing they did as they finished their tasteless soda was just sit in quiet, listening to music through shared headphones, watching the mountains infront of them.
At least he was here.
Shadow hesitantly put a head on Sonics shoulder, hoping it wasn't to weird for the hedgehogs that had just gotten over their rivalry.
Sonic didn't seem to mind, shifting a bit, laughing at how hot Shadows fur was, like he had been microwaved.
The singers voice in shadows ear was soft, the music kind of slow, and he blushed, feeling a little shy all of a sudden. He couldn't help it, he was all close to Sonic ....he had only dreamed about stuff like this when he drank tea before bed and hugged his pillow tight. He would never admit it, but Sonic did really calm him down, and made him forget about all the terrible things that had happened before, and now the sound of the music drowned out when Sonics arm wrapped around Shadows shoulders.
When the playlist came to an end, the clouds were starting to cover the sun, with a couple of exchanged words, Sonics eyes flickered closed, and he leaned towards Shadow, who felt sweat pool under his palms and with a shaky lean foward-
He heard the screech of metal.
His eyes snapped open as well as Sonics, and the both turned their heads to see the robot that had been dead for two years start to rumble out the ground. Sonic yelped as the surface under them shook, shooting Shadow a worried and confused expression as they were thrown off the heap of metal as it stood up, the trees and vines around it snapping and falling, and as soon as Shadow scrambled to get up, he felt the weight of bark pin his legs to the floor.
He let out a groan, and Sonic whipped around, narrowly avoiding the trees himself as he rushed to Shadow and started to try and lift the tree up. If the black hedgehog wasnt worried about the gigantic robot that had suddenly come to life and was now turning to Sonic, or the tree ontop of his legs, he would have laughed at the heroes struggling face.
"Hold on! I'll pull you out!" Sonic announced as he grabbed shadows arms and started to pull with all his might.
A horrible idea, the trapped hedgehog thought as he felt the back of his legs scrape against the bark and thorns, and something in his hips pop. Sonic manged though, dragging Shadow out as they sat on the grass for a second, Sonic giving Shadow a quick smile but it quickly wiped away when a big robot hand wrapped around his body and lifted him up in the air and Shadow was left breathing heavily as Sonic was held 30 or so feet above the ground. Damnit, why did he expect a normal date with the hedgehog? Of course something like this would happen. He shook his head before he quickly got up and started to scale up the bot that had started to walk foward through the forest, the screeching of metal made Shadows ears pin back.
He slipped a lot, trying to climb with bear feet was definitely not the easiest, and he could see sonic dangling above him, not looking too worried, more like he was on the worlds most boring ride ever. Shadow was climbing the robots abdomen now, looking at all the leaves and litter and bird nests inside of it. How the hell did this thing start to function again? The robot finally noticed Shadow, and with a low grumble, it squeezed Sonic in its fist like a toy, making Sonics eyes widen and his face twist as he screamed, the faint sounds of bone cracking and a fleshy sound following after.
"Sonic!" Shadow yelled out with a strangled voice, making him almost slip again.
He had to hurry up. Don't worry, don't worry Sonic, he was coming to get him.
Shadow continued to climb with more urgency, his face paling when he felt something splatter on his head and run down his face. It was blood, dripping from Sonic and through the tight gaps of the robots fingers.
Sonics screams turned into shreaks as he was crushed slowly, and when Shadow got to the arm that was holding Sonic up, he balanced on it before summoning a chaos spear in his hand and crashing it down on the bot, but it didn't do anything but make a sizzling sound.
"Fuck..." Shadow huffed before he focused on the hand, trying desperately to pry the hero out.
Please, please, please, please, please...
Shadows attempts only made it worse, the bot getting more aggressive as it squeezed Sonic again, making the blue hedgehog gasp and cough, blood filling his mouth and dribbling out. Now it was Shadows turn to scream in desperation as he clawed, punched and banged against the hot metal, trying to get his dear hedgehog out. Maybe if the mobian tried hard enough, he could will themselves out of this situation. He'd never felt more useless in his life, punching the metal in sheer frustration and doing nothing but leave dents as Sonic actively died.
Shadow was almost in disbelief...how could the heroes life be this fragile, after everything he watched him go through? No. Sonic would survive this, like he always did. Shadow was basically counting down the seconds for Sonics friends to show up and help them. It would happen right now. Yeah.
The robot had enough at the constant screaming and banging so it opened its hand, letting Sonic drop to the ground, a sickening thud following soon after, blood splattering all around the forest floor.
What?
Shadow could just stare.
Wait!
He felt tears prick his eyes, and suddenly he was falling to the floor too, landing harshly, but him being the ultimate lifeform, if unfortunately didnt kill him, just a few scratches under his fur. He scrambled over to Sonic, who was laying on the ground, his eyes slightly open as he didn't get a chance to close them in his fall, the whites of his eyes were red, his arms and legs twisted unnaturally under him, his joints bent in a way that made him look like someone attempt to shove him in a suitcase no matter what. His peach belly now dyed red, his guts spilling out from being crushed and the impact, making him turn almost inside out, the bones that were packed safety under layers of flesh now sticking out his body. Shadow felt a wave of nausea roll over him and he turned away throwing the meal he happily shared with the blue hedgehog before now ripping through his mouth as he heaved through sobs.
What kind of bullshit date was this?
He squeezed his eyes shut as he puked, image's of Sonic smiling at Shadow under the shade, color in his cheeks and bright eyes Shadow memorized just about...40 minutes ago?
Once he got over the twisted body of his sweet mobian, he sobbed harder over Sonics body, his name ripping through his voice, calling him over and over again.
Oh God how he wished the robot would come back and kill him too.
Then, in a a desperate attempt to cope with the situation, his brain made Shadow's eyes see Sonics chest weakly rise and fall. Hes alive! Hes alive! Shadow felt like a fool for believing Sonic was dead, Sonic was strong, even in horrible circumstances like this....Sonic would push through. For his family, for his friends, and Shadow hoped for him aswell.
"Stay awake, just stay awake okay? Just...I'll be right here, I'm going to get you to a hospital soon okay? Just hold on, please..." Shadow muttered to Sonic with a desperate and shaky voice as he pressed his hands over Sonics organs, trying to push them back in, feeling the blood seep through his gloves, and the soft squish under them.
Shadow sobbed as he tried to stop the bleeding.
"Just hold on"
"Dont leave me..."
"I'll help you"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...."
Shadow kept whispering to sonic in an attempt to sooth the corpse as he continued to try and push his insides back well, inside. It must hurt.
Damnit. They didn't even get to kiss.