Ombra d'amore Chapter 5 Sonadow

Shadow, Sonia, and Manic quickly walked up to the giant castle of Queen Aleena. The ebony hedgehog stopped in mid-stride, and was amazed at the large castle in presented in front of him. He may have lived in a space station floating in space, but the beautiful layout, and largeness of the building amazed him to no end. All he caught was the four large towers sticking out on all corners of the castle, and the bright red brick before Sonia grabbed him, and pushed him through the now opened gates. Sonia continued to push him down the pathway leading to the entrance, and Shadow started to get annoyed at the contact of the female hedgehog. He shoved her off, and continued his stride to the entrance. Sonia didn't seem to notice, since it seemed she was more worried about whatever was happening inside the complex.
Manic didn't even pause, and opened the large door to the castle. He motioned for the two of them to walk in. Shadow, and Sonia glided inside, and Manic walked in after them. The ebony hedgehog was too preoccupied by the portraits hanging in the hallway that he didn't hear the shouting that was increasingly getting louder the farther they walked. Soon Shadow figured out that the portraits were, in fact, the paintings of the kings, and queens of the past.
However, the ultimate hedgehog's sensitive hearing caught the yelling match at the end of the hallway, and he focused on that instead. He picked up that there were three people involved in it, but the shouting was too jumbled together, either by all of them talking at once or the voices were bouncing off the empty hall.
The three hedgehogs soon caught sight of the people making the noise. Shadow sighed as he noticed that one was a cobalt hedgehog, another a brown squirrel, and an older hedgehog that looked a lot like Sonia. Manic, and Sonia rushed up to the three Mobians, and tried to get them to stop their fighting. Shadow, however, stayed a few feet away since he wasn't at all involved in the problem the three were having… At least, not that he knew of.
"I don't get why you're making such a big deal about this, Sally! You didn't even love me in the first place!" Sonic screamed at this girlfriend.
"Sonic the Hedgehog! Don't you dare yell at Princess Sally like that! I didn't raise you to be this way!" Who Shadow assumed was Queen Aleena scolded her son.
"Well, at least you figured that much out you nitwit!" Sally yelled. She turned away, and crossed her arms across her chest. "Now I can finally be with the one I really love."
"Please stop fighting you guys!" Sonia begged. Manic tried to get in between the fighting Mobians only to get pushed away by his brother as he tried to get over to the female squirrel.
"What do you mean by that, Sally? If you've always loved someone else, why didn't you try to be with him instead of starting this meaningless relationship with me?" Sonic narrowed his emerald eyes at the female.
Sally turned back around. "The same reason you started it; I was forced by my father to have the perfect husband." The squirrel sneered at the word perfect.
Queen Aleena saw a black blur out the corner of her eye, and turned to find Shadow standing a few feet away. She blinked, before she strode over, and got in between Sonic, and Sally. "Enough of this you two; we have a guest."
Both of them looked around the older magenta hedgehog, and found the ebony hedgehog curiously watching the royal fight going on in front of him. "Shadow!" Sonic and Sally said at the same time, before glaring at each other.
Queen Aleena clapped her hands together, and walked over to the black and red hedgehog. "Hello Mr. Shadow; I don't we've ever had to pleasure to meet each other before this. I'm sorry about what you just witnessed, and would like to start over. Hello, I'm Queen Aleena, but you can just call me Aleena."
She held out her hand, and Shadow took it. They shook hands, and the rest of the Mobians gathered behind the Queen. "Hello, Aleena; just call me Shadow. I don't like the whole 'Mr.' thing."
She nodded, and gestured to the group of Mobians behind her. "I take it you know the rest of us." Shadow nodded.
Sonic walked up from behind his mother. "What are you doing here, Shadow?"
The ebony hedgehog held in the squirm he wanted to let out as the cobalt hedgehog locked onto his form. Shadow knew he had to answer the question, but how could he do that when he could barely think about the other without crying?
Luckily for him, Sonia answered the question for him. "I was Shadow's waitress at my new job at the café. I was having my lunch break with him when mom called my cell phone. I asked him if he would like to come with us back to the castle."
Shadow almost sighed in relief, and mentally thanked Sonia for the save. His relief turned to annoyance, and anger as he saw Sally walk up from behind Queen Aleena. A large smile on her face, and Shadow had to hold in a shudder as she got closer to him. "Oh, Shadow! How nice it is to see you!" Sally said in an overly sweet voice. Everyone, but Shadow raised an eye ridge at how the brown squirrel was acting. "It must be fate that you would be here!"
"Fate?" The ebony hedgehog questioned as he tried to stop himself from punching the female.
"Yes, it must be fate when the one you love shows up when you're breaking up with your boyfriend." Shadow's ruby eyes widened, and didn't even have time to react as Sally kissed him on the lips. Everyone, even Queen Aleena's, jaws dropped as the squirrel boldly kissed the ebony hedgehog. Sally pulled away, and Shadow stayed where he was. He was beyond shocked, and couldn't move because of it. The poor hedgehog couldn't comprehend that one of the people he hated most in the world just kissed him, let alone confessed her love for him at the same time.
Shadow was roused out of his shock as Sonic started to randomly growl before he pushed the ebony hedgehog to the ground. The ebony hedgehog landed on his back, and his ears twitched as a sonic boom cracked in the hallway. The windows shattered, and the portraits were ripped off the walls. The rest of the Mobians were knocked to the marble floor, and the females screamed as they hit the ground.
The ebony hedgehog was back on his feet in a matter of seconds. He took off after the cobalt hedgehog, but was careful not to cause another sonic boom until he reached the safety of being outside of the gates. He faintly noticed a blue streak taking off to the right of him, and chased after it. Shadow ran at his full speed, and was surprised to find that he easily caught up with the other hedgehog. The Ultimate Lifeform didn't dwell on it for long since Sonic seemed to have finally noticed Shadow chasing after him, and started to speed up. Before the other got any faster, Shadow grabbed the other's wrist, and forced Sonic to skid to a stop.
"Let go of me, Shadow!" The ebony hedgehog was too preoccupied with getting the other to stop his struggles that he didn't hear the crack that sounded in Sonic's voice. "Why don't you just let me go, and then have fun with your new girlfriend!"
"Would you stop your struggling, faker?! I'll go out with that squirrel when flying monkeys start coming out of my ass! Now settle down!" Sonic stopped fighting to get out of the other hedgehog's grasp, and Shadow looked him over before deeming that he would stay if he let him go. The ebony hedgehog released his tight grasp on the other male, and took a step back. Shadow's eyes widened for the second time that day, and he choked in a gasp. Tears streamed down the blue hero's face, and Shadow had to stop himself from wrapping the other in a comforting hug. "Why… why are you crying, Sonic?"
"You actually called me by my name for once," the cobalt hedgehog choked out.
"Sonic, why are you crying?! Are you still in love with that squirrel? I thought you were in love with someone else!" This time Shadow couldn't help himself, and he took the other's shoulders, and started to rapidly shake him.
"Then why are you acting like this?!"
"I can't tell you, Shadow!" Sonic yelled back.
"And why can't you?!" Why is Sonic being so difficult? Why can't he just tell me?
"Because you won't believe me! Why are you doing this in the first place?! I thought you hated me!" Sonic desperately screamed out; he couldn't tell Shadow that he loved him! He just couldn't! Not only would he be flat out rejected, but the other would hate his guts more that he already did. At least at the moment the two of them raced, and hung out with each once in a blue moon.
"Of course I'll believe you, and don't you dare say that I hate you, because if I did, why would I be standing in front of you right now?!"Has Sonic always thought that I hated him? "Just tell me, Sonic," Shadow whispered out.
The cobalt hedgehog's emerald eyes hardened. "No means no, Shadow!" Sonic pushed the other male off him, and raised his hand before punching Shadow in his stomach.
The ebony hedgehog gasped at the sudden, excruciating pain that rippled through the area that Sonic had just punched. He clutched his pained stomach, and dropped to his knees. Unwanted tears sprang to his eyes, and the pain suddenly turned to nausea. Shadow felt bile building up in the back of his throat, and desperately tried to hold it in.
"Shadow?" Sonic dropped down to the other hedgehog's level, and started to rub Shadow's back. "Hey, buddy, are you okay? I didn't think I hit you too hard."
The Ultimate Lifeform tried to push the other away, but failed horribly. Shadow felt his stomach churn, and he looked away from Sonic so if he did vomit it would be away from the other hedgehog. The ebony hedgehog groaned at the nausea, and pain, but this only seemed to make Sonic that much more worried about him. What the hell is wrong with me?
"You look a little green, Shadow. You're not sick or something, are you?" Sonic continued to rub Shadow's back, and the ebony hedgehog felt his nausea easing away with every stroke the other male gave him.
"I'm… I'm fine, faker." Shadow forced out of his mouth. "You can go away now." He had to get Sonic away from him since Shadow knew that he was going to vomit soon, with or without the backrub the other was currently giving him.
"Come on, Shadow, even I know there is something currently wrong with you. You should lie down." Sonic stopped his backrub, and, instead, moved his hands to Shadow's shoulder. He softly tried to move the other to the grass below so Shadow could lie down.
The ebony hedgehog's eyes widened when Sonic stopped the rubbing, and he felt the vomit rising in his throat again. However, this time he couldn't hold it in. He roughly pushed the blue hero away from him, and abruptly turned away. Shadow violently vomited his lunch onto the grass, and heard Sonic move back over to him. At this point, Shadow couldn't care less about the other since his throat felt like it was on fire.
When it was over, the ebony hedgehog's nose scrunched up at the smell of his bile. He held in his breath, and crawled a few feet away from the mess. Shadow let out his breath, and took in some much needed oxygen.
"Shadow, you are most definitely not okay!" Sonic exclaimed, and started rubbing the other male's back once again. The events that led up to this didn't even cross back into the blue hero's head. Sonic had completely forgotten it since the one he loved was currently clutching his stomach in pain, and had just puked onto the ground. "I'm bringing you to Tails whether you like it or not, Shadow. He'll figure out what's wrong with you."
"Fine… just hurry."
Sonic grinned, and gently picked Shadow into his arms. "Hey, this is Sonic the Hedgehog you're speaking to!" The blue hero took off; softly at first, but sped up when he thought the hedgehog in his arms could handle it.
Halfway to Tails' place, Shadow nudged the other, and Sonic placed the ebony hedgehog on the ground just in time. Shadow dropped to his knees, and vomited again onto the ground. What the hell is wrong with me? Shadow thought again; When will this torture ever end? When the ebony hedgehog was finished, he breathed heavily in, and out. "I think… I think I'm done now, Sonic."
The blue hero nodded, and softly placed Shadow back into his arms. Before taking off again, Sonic checked to see that Shadow was truly ready to go. The cobalt hedgehog nodded, and took off running back to Tails' place.
*Ombra d'amore*
They finally made it to the two tailed fox's workshop, and Sonic repositioned the ebony hedgehog in his arms so he could knock on his little brother's door. "Open up, Tails! I, er, we need your help!"
Sonic, and Shadow's ears twitched as they hear feet pounding up a staircase. They both grimaced as they heard a loud thud, and lots of cursing followed after. Tails opened the door, and a large red welt was forming on the small kit's forehead. "What's the matter, Sonic?"
"Are you okay, lil bro?" Tails glared at him, and Sonic decided that it would be a good time to get to why he and Shadow were there. "I think there's something wrong with Shads here. I lightly punched him in the stomach, and afterwards he started puking like no tomorrow!"
Tails looked at the ebony hedgehog in Sonic's arms, and motioned them in. "Follow me, and watch out for the pole hanging down from the basement staircase."
"Pole? What pole?" The cobalt hedgehog yelped as he hit the said pole, and a large red welt eerily similar to Tails' started to form on his forehead as well.
"That pole, Sonic…" Tails sighed at his older brother, while the ebony hedgehog just chuckled.
Sonic set Shadow back down, and started to rub the forming red mark. "Anything else I need to watch for, Tails?" The cobalt hedgehog asked sarcastically.
Tails sweat dropped, and shook his head. "No, that was it." He pointed at a nearby table. "Can you lay on that table for me, Shadow? I'm going to start by looking at your stomach since that's where the problem seemed to have started." The ebony hedgehog nodded, and walked over to the table, and lied down on top of the metal top. He shivered slightly at the cold metal, and glanced over to see what to do next. "Can you wait upstairs while I do this, Sonic?"
"Say no more, lil bro. I understand I'll only be in the way." He walked back up the staircase, and another loud bang sounded. They both hear Sonic curse, and slam the overhead door.
"What am I going to do with him?" The two tailed kitsune sighed, and walked over to his many machines. "I'm going to start by giving you an ultrasound, Shadow." Tails squirted some clear gel onto his fingers. "I'm placing this on your stomach so I'll be able to see the inside of your stomach clearer. It's going to be a little cold, okay?"
"Just get it over with already." Tails nodded, and placed the gel onto the ebony hedgehog's stomach. He turned on the machine, and took the handle. The small kit placed it onto Shadow, and moved it around a bit before he gasped, and dropped the handle. "What's the matter?" Tails didn't answer; instead he rushed over to his medical kit, and took out a long needle, and rubbing alcohol. He squirted the alcohol onto a cotton swab, and rubbed it into Shadow's black fur on his arm. Next, he checked the needle, and pushed it into the cleaned area. "What the hell are you doing, fox?!" Again, Tails didn't answer. The small kit drew a fair amount of red blood from the Ultimate Lifeform, and rushed over to his chemistry set. Shadow got up, and sat on the edge of the metal table, and watched the other Mobian work.
Tails dripped some of the blood into a small tube, and poured some mixed chemicals inside. He swirled the mixture around for a bit, and he stopped when it turned pink. Tails turned wide eyed, and turned around to the hedgehog on his medical table. "Sha- Shadow."
"What the hell is wrong with you, fox boy?"
"Sha- Shadow you're pregnant."
"What do you mean I'm pregnant? I'm a guy for Pete's sake! I can't be pregnant!"
Tails shook his head. "Of course I know that, Shadow! But the tests don't lie!" The kitsune seemed to think something over. "Why would I lie to you about something like this?"
Shadow went wide eyed, and looked down at the basement floor. "I know that, Tails… But how is it possible in the first place?"
The kitsune shook his head again. "I don't know; all I know is that it happened for whatever reason. But, Shadow… Who's the father?"
The ebony hedgehog blushed. "That's none of your business, fox boy!" He was going to continue on, but with the look that the other was giving him, Shadow realized that the kit was only trying to help him. "Sonic is… but he was drunk when it happened."
"We have to tell him, Shadow," Tails begged the ebony hedgehog.
"You will do no such thing!" Shadow jumped off the table, and walked up the stairs. "If I find out that you told him, fox, I'll make your life a living hell!" The ebony hedgehog ducked underneath the pole, ignored the worried Sonic, and rushed out the kitsune's workshop.