Fandom A Rose And A Thorn (Shadow x Amy)

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In Amy's apartment, Amy was having a shower, while Blaze chatted to her from outside it. She'd be there all night. She didn't trust that the obsessive Shadow wouldn't come and visit her, or that Amy wouldn't run off to him. She just wanted to look after her friend tonight. She could go to the embassy and deal with her own problems tomorrow.

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Sonic's shack was indeed at Emerald Beach, exactly as Amy had said. THe Blue blur was in it sleeping.

 

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Shadow slammed his fist down on his table but not with enough for it to break, just made it rumble. "There's no point in going there. She'd expect me to go over...." Shadow said quietly.

Vex noticed the shack on the beach and grinned. He ran over to Sonic's shack and stopped when he reached the door. He raised his hand then tried to get a Phantom Cube but stopped himself, knowing that Sonic would like to see this.

 

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The door opened, to show Sonic there. He looked at Vex, not recognising him at first. It had been several years ago, after all, and Sonic had just been woken up, "Er... hey man... it's kinda late..." he yawned, "Can saving the world wait until morning?"

 

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"It's not about saving the world, you fool...it's about Amy." The Jackal responded, "As much I dislike you, I think you need to see what I have to show." He took out his phone and pulled up the photo of Amy and Shadow.

 

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"Yeah, what about Amy... did she break a nail when she hammered one too many AAAAAAGH SHIIII-"

Sonic cussed as Vex held up the smartphone, his face not entirely unlike that when Blaze had seen them. And they had to admit, upon seeing the photo that it really was a good angle if you wanted to be absolutely convinced of just what had gone on in that car, especially the shocked look on Amy and Shadow's faces as they were half turned to the door. That was some really high definition going there. Blaze was in the photo at the side, which was great because that just gave the photo that little bit more credibility.

"You... what the... the ****?!" Sonic yelled.

 

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"They were naked in the limo Shadow rented but Blaze and I found out while he were on our way to get to Station Square." Vex said to Sonic, "But....I have the assumption...we have the assumption that Shadow was seducing Any." He closed the his smartphone and put it up.

 

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"Don't close that thing!" Sonic snatched it off him and looked at it again. It was incredibly satisfying, the way he was both furious and disgusted at the same time, as if he was watching a fatal car accident, "The... ASSUMPTION?!" he shuddered, "Geez, what gave you that idea?"

Very few things could even nudge at Sonic's raging ego. Even being captured and held prisoner by Eggman for six months hadn't done it - after all, he'd been confident in his friends. If anything could do it, it was that picture of his greatest rival sweating out hormones against his greatest fan. It did not help to know that he'd been the one to get Shadow to take Amy on the date. Sonic was trying to rationalise it, and he was not doing well.

"This... is... to get at me," he managed, "He thinks he's faster than me... he things he's smarter than me... he thinks he can just... take away my girl?"

He staggered back into his house, the door open for Vex to come in, and sank into a chair, still staring at the photo as his brain buzzed.

 

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"You're a fool.....what do you think was going to happen? You asked Shadow to take your place for the date you were supposed to go on. You're a worse idiot than I realized." Vex shook his head, the Phantom Ruby humming as if it was trying to get their attention.

 

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"I told him to go because Shadow doesn't feel anything for Amy!" Sonic retorted, "He doesn't feel anything for anybody! But I never thought... I never thought he'd sink this low..." he felt sick. And angry. And... like there was a spike twisting in his gut, and betrayed, like he was being laughed at behind his back, "He's not doing this because he cares about her! And she wouldn't do this if she knew what he's really like! She's my girl! She's supposed to want ME!"

 

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"Does she want you? Sounds like your obsessing over her....yet you refused her for the times she has chased you to love her." Vex said to Sonic as he pointed at you, "If my cousin were still here, I'd ask him to beat you senseless....showing no mercy. This entire thing was your fault." The Phantom Ruby was humming louder as Vex started to levitate accidentally.

 

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"Shut up, Vex," Sonic snapped at him, "Amy... Amy still wants me. She's doing this for... for attention. Because she's mad. She made a mistake. And as for Shadow..." Well, if Vex had wanted to get at Sonic's ego, it was working. Maybe not in the way Vex had expected, of course. Like all things, Sonic was facing the attack head on. He was definitely floundering though. None of what he was saying was making any sense, "I was gonna go with her, I just wanted her to grow up a bit! Why didn't she wait for me?"

 

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"Seems to me that the roles have reversed between you and Shadow. Seems like your ego was worse....you filthy sewer rat." Vex scowled, forming a Phantom Cube in his hand, "I'll make sure you get the same feel pain that I felt....I should've never worked alongside you against Infinite...I should've convinced him before it was too late...."

 

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Sonic hardly heard the words, but breathing hard, he turned to Vex, "I... man, I... I'm real sorry about Infinite, man. I didn't want any of that. I wanna thank you though... for showing me this... So's I can fix things..."

He was still shaking, half talking to himself, "I'm gonna talk to her," he managed, "Straighten all this out. Get her to see sense. We... we could go on a date... and then..." he picked up the coffee table, and flipped it right over, "I'M GONNA RIP SHADOW'S HEAD RIGHT OFF!"

 

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"Again, as much as I dislike you and would love nothing better than to watch you suffer, I will warn you. Going to Amy may not be the best thing to do." Vex responded, setting himself onto the ground, "And if you were sorry about my cousin.....you wouldn't have fought him to begin with." He clutched his hands into fists but he left in a huff.

 

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Sonic had never felt jealous before. He'd never needed to. He was the fastest thing alive, had fans the whole world over, was a nice guy, lived free, and had the ego to back it up. When he was challenged in speed, his way of dealing was to simply go faster than his opponent. So when he was challenged in matters of the heart...

Really, the solution was right there, wasn't it? Clear as day.

But...

"You... you're right, Vex," his voice shook with emotion, "I can't go over there like this... I... I'll leave it until... until morning, maybe... try and... calm down," he told the exiting jackal.

Still, that image burned in his brain, of Shadow with his hands all over his girl was not going to let him cool down easy...

 

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"If you plan on doing something that involves hurting Amy....I'll stop you." Vex warned him again, not looking back at the hedgehog as he soon started levitating again then took off towards the city.

 

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Sonic shook his head. He had no intention of hurting Amy. He just wanted to get her to see sense. To make her love him again.

But he didn't get back to sleep that night at all.

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Come morning at Amy's apartment, the pink hedgehog felt... actually much better than last night. Her head felt clear. Blaze had been right - not right about Shadow, exactly, but right that she needed to get her thoughts straight. They'd talked a lot. Blaze didn't seem convinced about Shadow... Amy kind of felt unsure about their first date turning out the way it did... But she didn't regret it. No, she was happy, and even though things had been weird, she could get a hold on everything now, and slow it all down. She definitely wanted to spend more time getting to know Shadow. But she wasn't going to chase him down. No, she was done with chasing boys. They could chase after her for once!

She tidied herself up in the mirror, touching up her makeup a bit, and prepared herself to go to work.

 

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Vex was up against the embassy wall, his eyes closed. He had hardly gotten any sleep at all but it didn't matter to him. Infinite's words before he became... Infinite were replaying in his head. "If you must be a member of Jackal Squad, you just remain vigilant." He muttered then shook his head. Sure he was vigilant, when he wanted to be, but even if there was a way to remake Jackal Squad, it was not going to end well.

 

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Blaze was finally walking up to the Embassy. She saw Vex standing there and raised one eyebrow, "I expected you to return last night," she told him calmly, "You know, I don't actually need an escort. They know me here. I am a Princess. I just need to get back to my dimension. All I need is two Chaos Emeralds, with the minimum of fuss..." she paused, "If I didn't know better, I might think you were following me."

 

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"Me? Follow you? I would never.....I just want to come along with you. I know how it takes to get to Station Square.....but I've never been there." Vex chuckled, embarrassed and rubbing the back of his head and avoiding his three spikes, "How's Amy?" He didn't know how the pink hedgehog was since he left to find Sonic last night so it wasn't a real proper good-bye.

 

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"She'll be fine. Last night was confusing for her..." Blaze frowned, "I told Shadow that he should have known better, but perhaps my words were in haste. He doesn't know better. That's why I worry, I suppose..." the feline let out a sigh, "You can only ever have one first time. Nothing can change what happened last night. The best thing to do is try to keep Amy from regretting it. As for her infatuation with Sonic, I'm glad that's over. He's far too impulsive..."

 

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Vex shivered. "Tell me about it....I'd rather fight alongside Metal. At least he knows how to get a job done without bragging about it. I wonder what happened to the scrap-head anyway? He's been rebuilt multiple times,I know that much...." He responded as he crossed his arms.

 

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"And he'll probably be rebuilt again. Eggman, like Eggman Nega, is too vain and proud to accept that his tactics need to change. And yet too ambitious to merely be satisfied with even the domination of the world," Blaze sniffed scornfully, and walked into the Embassy, "He doesn't learn any more with each defeat than his robots do."

 

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Vex looked at Blaze. "You going to rest a little before we continue or...were you just going to get a room?" He asked the feline, still uncertain of her decisions. It was safe to say, at the least, that Blaze was more of a lone wolf traveler. He guessed that she wasn't used to going to someplace with anyone else.

 

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"A room will be useful to come back to and rest in while I'm here. Hopefully it will only take a few days to find two Chaos Emeralds. Hopefully I can borrow one from GUN and save myself time," Blaze replied, heading to the reception desk and speaking with them briefly, "Ah, yes. They do have a room. With two beds, since apparently we're here as a couple," she turned to Vex, "You dodged my inquiry. Just what were you doing last night? I wouldn't ask, but... here you are, waiting for me."