#maybe they find out because they decided to take one of pierce’s quill spear things as a trophy

[serpentfever]

I stand by the fact I think Helen and Manny deserved to go absolute apeshit on the forever knight that killed Pierce. Just an absolute brutal beat down. Concentrate all those skills they learned as plumbers into a ruthless onslaught of vengeance and rage.

[another-sonic-blog]

Can you write a non-romantic, spy thriller story with just Shadow, Rouge and Omega hiding at a safe house from Eggman's forces until they could think of a plan? Can you make that story with them bringing down Eggman's robots by themselves using a plan of theirs'?

Team Dark:

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It has been three years since they last spoke to each other. When G.U.N was no longer more, they decided to take different paths. Not because it was the best thing for the team, but because of their differences.

"Get your own safe house!"

"Last time I checked, this place doesn't belong to you."

"I came in here first."

Although there were rumors that G.U.N. wanted to come back, Team Dark just couldn't work together anymore. 

They were hiding. Their plans didn't work out and now Eggman's forces were looking for them.

"What are you even doing here? I thought you were doing fine as a mercenary." Rouge said as she looked in the window, making sure no one was following her. 

Shadow didn't like to be reminded of his current situation. He looked at her angrily, "I have my reasons, at least I am not a traitor."

"Traitor?" Rouged turned her head from the window with a snap. 

"You told The Resistance about G.U.N."

"What was I supposed to do? Let them continue experimenting on-"

"This will not help," Omega added. The least he wanted now was a fight that might cause their safe-house to be found by Eggman's robots.

"Like you are one to talk!" Shadow said. "You went to work with that fox boy."

"Tails was the one who repaired me.  You two left me to decay in-"

"We had no choice!" Shadow and  Rouge said in unison and looked at each other with a disgusted look and walked away.

 A few minutes passed in complete silence until Rouge spoke. "Omega is right, fighting won't take us anywhere. I need to get inside Eggman's base and get that Chaos Emerald."

"Not if I get it first."

"Not if I get it first."

 Shadow and Omega now looked at each other and they instantly looked away. From what was funny before between the team, was no longer appreciated. 

Rouge sighed as she touched her forehead. "Let's do this, we help each other battle through that army of robots and once all of us get inside, we can fight each other again."  

"And how are we supposed to do that?"

"Amy to Rouge, do you copy me?"

Rouge's wrist communicator illuminated and Rouge looked immediately at Shadow to see his reaction. "Rouge here."

"I was able to locate the exact room where the Chaos Emerald is located, if ready, I'll give you the exact coordinates."

"I am surprised the pink one can do something right," Shadow said with a loud remark, hoping that Amy heard him. 

"Yeah, I do things right. Unlike you with our past relationship."

"My sensor detects a degree five burn on Shadow."  After Omega said that, he made a mental note to ask Tails to include a sarcastic tone to his voice. 

Shadow felt his cheeks burn with embarrassment and anger. "LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IT WAS YOU WHO ENDED OUR RELATIONSHIP NOT ME-"

"We are not getting anywhere! We need to attack now! Eggman's robots will find us soon and we will be captured if we don't do something now!" Rouge looked backed at Shadow, asking him to calm down. Right now, fighting wasn't any good. 

"I have a plan, but all of you three need to listen carefully and work as a team. No fighting, no doubting each other, no betraying."

Rouge looked back once again at Shadow and then Omega to look for approval. They both got closer to Rouge and nodded making her know that for now, they were at peace. 

"Alright Amy, we are listening." 

"Good, now listen carefully-"

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"Sir, we have received information that the frontline has been completely destroyed," Orbot said quietly expecting Dr. Eggman to react. He turned his chair drastically. 

"Was it The Resistance?"

"No, sir ... It was Shadow the Hedgehog."

 Eggman let out a relieved sigh, and we went back to work on his computer, "We will be fine, it will rain soon and he won't be able to run on mud. As long as it's just him, my robots will take care of it."

"The other thing is ... that he is not alone sir," Cubot said this time as his voice trembled. He hid behind Orbot who was trembling as well. 

"What do you mean he is not alone?!" 

"He is with Team Dark."

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 Robot by robot, Shadow opened the way for Rouge to deactivate the force field that was protecting Eggman's base. Omega served her as back up, making sure no robot harmed her. There were three pillars she needed to deactivate. The three of them far from each other and she tried to fly as fast as she could but the heavy rain made it difficult for her see the direction she was heading to. 

Although Omega tried his best to have the robots fight him and not Rouge, she still had to evade bullets that were coming for her from the ground.  

She had two pillars down, just one more. 

She was so close to the third pillar but she suddenly felt a bullet pierce her waist. From the high sky, she stopped flying and her body fell straight to the ground.

"ROUGE!" Shadow saw her fall down to the ground but his hands were too busy at the moment. Fighting robots and throwing Chaos spears. He couldn't run towards her,  it was raining very strongly and his rocket shoes were filled with mud. He couldn't run and even if he could, he will keep falling due to he could only skate while running.   

"Omega! Go to Rouge and leave! I'll give you both cover!" Shadow said as he destroyed another robot and prepared to fight another one. 

"Order denied." Omega simply said as he kept shooting robots.

"What do you mean 'order denied'? Leave with her now!"

"Order denied. Must follow Amy's plan."

"Do you trust her plan more than me?"

"Must follow the plan." 

    Shadow grabbed a robot by its neck and kicked another far away from them. 

"I knew it ... I should've done this alone. I knew this would happen ... just like last time. You betrayed me."

"Circumstances were different back then-"

"I wanted you to take my side! I wanted you to trust me!"

 Shadow walked towards Omega, it was difficult to see him because of the rain but he still managed to get to him. 

Omega realized that Shadow had the same look on his face, the one he had three years ago. "Shadow ... What you were thinking of doing was irrational..."

"I know it was but-"

"The only reason why you wanted to help G.U.N. with their experiment was because they promised you to bring Maria back to life ... you never let go of your past."

    Thankfully, there were no enemies around. Rouge felt the wet grass on her fur and hated the feeling of her mud against her skin. 

Especially when it began to combine with her blood. 

"Amy to Rouge, do you copy me?"

Rouge put her wrist close to her mouth, making easier for her to respond.

"Rouge ... here."

"You don't sound too good ... is everything ok?"

"Not really ... I am tired ... I don't want to continue."

 For a few seconds, Rouge couldn't hear the rain. She didn't hear anything nor feel anything. Maybe everything will be better if she just closed her eyes for a few seconds.

"So, are you going to give up on your promise?"

"What ... promise?"

"The one you made Shadow years ago."

 Rouge bit her lip on anger, tears of disappointment and outrage. "Why should I care? He was willing to trade everything ... He was willing to trade us for someone who died a long time ago! He wanted to give up on our friendship because he couldn't let go of his past!  I don't care if the world is against him, I don't care-"

"Even if you believe everyone in the world will be against you, know that I'll always remind by your side. Remember that."

 Rouge eyes widened, she had forgotten. Those exact words. That exact promise. She remembered. 

 She could feel everything again, the grass, the mud, her blood, and the rain hitting her body. She softly stood up and watched the pillar, it was so close. She couldn't fly but she could sure walk. 

Rouge placed her wrist communicator one last time close to her mouth to respond to Amy. 

"I remember."

     A few seconds passed were Shadow and Omega stared at each other.  Shadow noticed a robot wanting to attack Omega from behind. He quickly placed himself in front of Omega and the robot. Shadow's arm got pierced by several bullets. as he proceed to protect Omega.  His expression was painful, he back down as his legs trembled. He had lost all feelings on his arm, he forgot about the pain as a adrenaline rushed through his body.

"I let it go ... When G.U.N. exploded ... I let all the data ... I let all the possibilities of seeing Maria again ...I let it all burn ... just to take you to Tails as soon as I could ... so I could take Rouge to the Resistance ..."

 Shadow looked back at Omega expecting a reaction from him.  

"Order accepted, retrieve Rouge and leave for safety."

"No need my boys."

 Rouge landed gracefully in front of her teammates. Shadow and Omega looked at how the energy force that was protecting Eggman's base disappeared as the pillars exploded one by one. 

"Let's get that Chaos Emerald"

 Now that they were inside Eggman's base, everything was fair. 

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 The winner was Rouge, mostly because Amy told her exactly where the Chaos Emerald was. She just flew out of the base while laughing at her teammates' failure. 

 She waited for them outside, and Omega and Shadow came out. The three of them were covered in mud, Shadow's quills had more than five leaves and branches. Omega's paint looked scratched as well as mud all over him. Rouge didn't look well either, but having the Chaos Emerald in her hands made everything worth it. 

"Seems like this is it for Team Dark," Rouge said as she landed in front of Omega and Shadow who they were both scratching their heads. 

"Seems that way, don't get too happy, that's only one Chaos Emerald. You still need 6 more."

"Not really The Resistance has three of them."

"Seems like I should visit The Resistance soon." Omega began to walk away as Shadow let out a small laugh. 

"As long as you don't touch the Chaos Emeralds, you are invited."

Rouge and Omega began to walk away together but stopped as they realized Shadow wasn't following. 

"You aren't coming?" Rouge asked.

"No...I think it's for the best. Besides, Amy wouldn't want me there."

"She hates you."

"Yes, I know Omega." 

Rouge laughed at Shadow's face and Omega's comment. It has been a long time since they had been together as a team and maybe right now, they still needed some time to grow. 

There were still so many unanswered questions, so many misunderstandings and things that they should talk about. 

But right now it wasn't the moment. 

"I'll also be leaving, I need to go back to Tails and Silver."

"Won't you tell The Resistance where they are? We are all worried about them." Rouge asked.

"Tails and Silver's location shall not be discussed. Our whereabouts need to be reminded as a secret for safety purposes."

 Omega looked at Rouge who had a sad look on her face. It has been a year since Tails, Silver and he had left the Resistance to start on their own project. They left without saying anything, no notes, not pre-announcement.  They didn't tell anyone of the things they were creating.

"But if you must know, we are all safe. You must be at peace knowing that."

Rouge nodded and smiled knowingly.  "Well, I'll see you around ...  I think."

 Without them noticing, Shadow was already a few meters away. 

"Are you really just going to leave just like that? After three years?"

 Shadow didn't respond, he just kept walking. Omega and Rouge looked at each other. That was just the way Shadow was, not too many words.

Rouge took a large sip of air, hoping that her words would reach Shadow as he entered the dense forest.

"Even if you believe everyone in the world will be against you, know that Team Dark will always remind by your side. Remember that!"

 Shadow was already inside the forest, but still, he could hear Rouge's words resonate on his ears as strong and confident as last time. 

This was probably the end of Team Dark but not of their friendship.

"I will."

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A/N: I loved writing this.  It was different and I just loved giving different backgrounds to the characters. A lot of things happened on that three-year break and it was fun overall. Thank you so much for this prompt!

[waterfallwritings]

15 Questions Tag - again!

@livvywrites immediately tagged me back in this after I tagged her because she wanted to see it done with another one of my characters!

Your wish is my command~

Rules: answer these fifteen questions as one of your characters and then tag 15 people

I will be doing this one as Adrian! My favourite loveable dumbass fish boy. I’m going to do it from the perspective of if this was Morgan asking the questions, in particular Morgan post finding out that Adrian is a triton— cause she figures it out in like what chapter five I think? Idk. This way he doesn’t have to hide that fact and you can get some actual answers!! Oh and written from some rando narrators perspective, aka not how ASH is actually written.

Oh yeah and Adrian doesn’t speak, remember? Lol.

~~~~~(I would put a readmore but I’m on mobile. Sorry!!)~~~~~~

1. What is your full name?

He grabs the parchment and quill and scribbles out the letters. He pauses, seeming to look at the paper fondly, before handing it to Morgan. ‘Adrian Cadmus.’ It says. Adrian is smiling.

<< I haven’t been able to share my last name in so long... it feels good.>> He signs to her.

2. What does your name mean?

Still smiling, he signs,

<< I was named after the—>> stopping, he grabs the paper back and flips it over. Unfortunately the homemade sign language doesn’t yet cover everything.

‘Adriatic sea’ he writes.

<<As for my last name..>> he continues, sighing. His smile is gone. <<I was told it means ‘brave warrior’. In... my home, it tells of a night. Sword. Role. Given name. >>

“Wait, you were a knight in Myrddin? Is that what you’re trying to say? Are you kidding me?” Morgan exclaims.

<<... yes>> Adrian signs hesitantly. Morgan shakes her head in disbelief.

3. Do you have any nicknames or other names?

Adrian pauses. His hands then float in the air for a moment, as he searches for words. His eyes are downcast.

<<no...no one has ever given me a nickname. I am always Adrian or just another night.>> he glances up at Morgan.

<<you have called me ‘fish boy’ twice, but neither seemed... well. Positive.>> He drops his hands into his lap. Morgan sighs.

“Remind me to tell Miles that you need a proper nickname.” Her tone is edged with sarcasm, but Adrian lights up.

4. What is your gender?

The seemingly eternal look of confusion appears on Adrian’s face.

<<what is...?>> he trails off.

“Ugh. Nevermind. For human reference, your answer to that question is that you’re a man, okay? Like human?” Adrian nods.

5. What is your sexuality?

Cue the confused look again.

Morgan sighs and shakes her head.

“Like, who are you attracted to, who do you like, what type of person would you, uh, well, mate with, I guess?” Morgan explains awkwardly.

<< why do you want to know that?>>

Morgan smirks, and glances around to make sure Miles isn’t anywhere nearby.

“Oh you know me... curious as ever...”

Adrian sits there for a few minutes, thinking. Staring out at the sea. Morgan becomes impatient and clears her throat loudly.

<<human, or...?>> he hesitates, then points to himself.

“Whichever. Whatever.”

<<Well,>> he signs, pausing. << I normally just admire females of my people. But personality is what matters to me most.>> He scribbles on the paper again.

‘Loyalty. Honesty. Compassion. Happiness.’ He writes.

6. Where are you from?

Adrian gives a lopsided but knowing smile.

<< You want to know about—my, under, water, city?>> he struggles to find signs they’ve created that can express what he’s trying to say.

Morgan glares. “Yeah yknow, the one selkies aren’t ever allowed in.”

<< Marble. Elegant. Everyone has a strict role. But poor too. Most happy anyway. Ruled by crown. Crown makes those rules, not me.>> he tells her. Her glare does not subside. They move on.

7. How old are you?

.... <<how old do I look?>> he asks instead of answering, after a moment of thought.

“Um. I don’t know. In human years, maybe mid twenties?” Morgan suggests. Adrian smirks- and he doesn’t smirk often.

<< What if I told you I was two hundred and eight years old as a.... fish person?>> they don’t yet have a word for triton. He awaits a reaction. Morgan pauses.

“I believe it,” she decides.

<<what, really?>>

Morgan shrugs and nods. “Why not?”

8. What is your magic form designation?

<<.... Morgan, you know what I am. And now you know I was a night. What more?>> he asks.

“Fair point. You had fins and scales and stuff right?” He nods.

9. What does your human form look like?

“Don’t give me that look, just, describe it. Yourself. In your own terms.” She explains. Adrian is still a bit confused, but he listens. Which is nothing new to him.

<< I have shoulder length black hair... narrow face, green eyes like the sea.>> he pauses and looks at Morgan. <<slightly different skin colour than you... darker. Slightly. Stronger than I seem.>> Morgan scoffs at the last bit.

10. What is your aesthetic?

[[ after Morgan, slightly annoyed, explains what an aesthetic is to him ]]

<< Ah. Green ocean foam. A purple sunset. Stars. ..... My old spear.>> He decides.

11. Who is your best friend?

[[ after Morgan briefly explains what a best friend is: ]]

Adrian’s eyes light up like fireworks after the explanation.

<< Oh! Miles! That is Miles. Yes. >> His face softens into a small, warm smile. << I have a... best friend. Miles is my best friend.>> He seems to be signing automatically, but speaking to himself, as if the realization had just dawned on him.

<< I don’t think I’ve ever had a best friend before.>>

“Okay okay I get it, I already knew the answer it’s very obvious. Now stop it with the mushy sap, ugh.” Morgan groans.

12. Would you ever get a tattoo or piercing?

[[ after Morgan explains what they are. Complains that Miles is normally the one explaining everything to him, and how on earth does he do it all. The. Time. ]]

<< mm... would it stay when I... go fish?>> he asks, catching Morgan off guard, who starts laughing loudly and has to clamp a hand over her mouth so she doesn’t attract attention.

“W— when, when you, go fish?” She cries, laughing again. “What, a-are you playing cards now??”

Adrian huffs.

<< we really need a word for what I am. But to answer, maybe to the permanent photo. None of the hole with metal through it though. >>

13. When are you the happiest?

Adrian turns and stares out to the sea, and his features darken. It takes him several minutes, despite Morgan’s nudges and annoyances, to return to their conversation.

<< For now, when I am spending time with Miles and can see the ocean.>> He finally signs. But untold emotion swirls begins his eyes.

14. What is your biggest secret?

Morgan smirks as she asks. She isn’t expecting much of an answer— or the fact that he’s not human as his answer. But his face is still dark and gloomy after the last question. With no emotion on his face, as if he’s holding it back, he signs;

<< I did a very very bad thing, years ago. No one can ever know. Not here, not there. I was just trying to defend an innocent.>>

His lip quivers. Morgan stares at him in shock.

Tears start to well up in his eyes, his face trying to push them back down.

Uh oh.

“Uh—I— I’m going to go get Miles for you. Um. Uh. I’m sorry. Miles!” Morgan sputters before running off.

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((15th question was if he has a sidekick, which he doesn’t, and I figured here was a better more natural ending, considering.))

Since this ended up being quite long & quite informative about certain things in ASH, I’m going to put the taglist. Anyone in the taglist who hasn’t done this tag game before is now tagged to do it!!

PS. Quill? QuillOfTheClouds? Mate? I think I’m gonna pretend that this conversation is canon & happened in the three day time skip before they docked and left the ship. Maybe. Probably. I’ll just add a mention that Adrian and Morgan spent a few minutes together during that time. Or something. It’s too much dialogue to actually write in.

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