*Sonic's POV*
"You did what?" Our mother scolded us for what we had done as soon as we got to the castle. She had heard from the guards who had come along, they immediately reported everything back to my mother.

"Do you 3 even have any idea of how to manage G.U.N.? It's not just about -" I stopped my uncle, standing up from the chairs they had made us sit on as the paced around in front of us.

"I can -" I was interrupted as well by Manic this time.

"Rouge and Shadow could take the job. They are the best agent G.U.N. everyone had. We will just supervise and make sure everything goes smoothly." Manic spoke up.

"He's right. We already know we can trust them. This way, it works for everyone." Sonia agreed. It still hurts a lot to even hear Shadows' name.

I had reacted very badly when the commander made that comment earlier today. He wanted to torture Shadow to where he would no longer listen to anyone but him and kill Rouge as another way to make Shadow suffer. I did not like that, I couldn't even let him finish the sentence before I let my anger take over completely. Before I knew it, Dark was taking over, launching himself forward and attacking the commander.

Manic had to basically rip me off him before I finally snapped out of it. I never lost control, Dark and I were in agreement to not react this way anymore. Only when absolutely necessary because he drained my energy too much. But hearing him say that even angered Dark to the point where we snapped, and without being aware of it, he took control.

I was tired. My hands were covered in blood, and I still did not even want to be out of my room or speak to anyone else.

"What do you think, Sonny Boy? Do you think they'd be up for the job?" Chuck asked. He always pushed me to be better. I nodded at him but stayed quiet. "Great, then you will offer them the job." I knew what he was doing.

Part of being a prince, future king, was to not let your emotions take control. He always pushed me on that because of Dark. I knew I had to see Shadow and Rouge again, although I had done a pretty good job to not look their way when we were at G.U.N. I liked Shadow, heck, maybe even more than like him, so I wanted to see him happy. I wanted to see him safe.

This was a great opportunity for him, and it was something I needed to explain to them face to face. No matter how much it hurt, I had to let go of this pain. I had to move on.

But maybe talking to him, explaining to him everything will help? Maybe he will give me another chance?

But he didn't even look hurt. He looked fine. As if our breakup didn't affect him at all. Maybe I had overthought it the entire time? Maybe Shadow really never actually liked me? That's okay. I knew from the beginning he didn't.

I guess I just let myself believe that I could be happy with someone for once. Someone who could catch up to me, someone the polar opposite of me who still cared and protected me. I let myself believe things would turn out the way I wanted it to, and now I was hurting.

"Yes, sir. I will." I said and walked off. Manic and Sonia tried to come after me. I didn't make it far before I tripped and passed out.

*Tails' POV*
"Will he be okay?" Sally asked me as we all sat beside him in his room.

"I think it's all becoming too much for him. He's been lying to everyone for years, then he had to betray Shadow and Rouge in order to find out who was behind all of this. Then the breakup, Sonic, had grown attached to Shadow. He actually really liked him. He kept coming over, just ranting about how great his days were with Shadow. And then Dark gets out, draining his energy to beat up the commander. It was too much for him. He already wasn't sleeping since they broke up, Dark didn't help by draining the last little bit of energy he had left." I explained the situation to Sally.

"Is he really going to go see Shadow by himself? You aren't going to go with him?" She asked Sonia and Manic, they both stayed quiet.

"I think this is something Blue needs to do on his own." Scourge said as he walked into and pulled Manic closer to him. Manic rolled his eyes and pushed his boyfriend away when Scourge tried to go in for a kiss.

"I agree. Sonic should go and talk to Shadow, explain what happened." Sonia spoke.

"But knowing Sonic." I sighed. "Knowing Sonic, he's going to fake a smile even if Shadow doesn't want to listen. He's the type to sacrifice everything for everyone else. If Shadow tells him to leave, I am afraid he will listen and just get hurt more, just to see Shadow happy."

"For a hero, he let's everyone step on him." Sally pointed out, and we all agreed.

Sonic grew up trying to please everyone else, trying to save everyone else. He never once stopped to think about how all of this was affecting him. He risked his life for his friends, for his family, for complete strangers. He even risked his relationship to be able to keep his family safe in this case.

Sonic...

When will you stop and realize that you're causing yourself to suffer?

When will you try to find your own happiness?

When will you finally have enough?

I want him to be happy, more than anything in the world, I want Sonic to be happy. Shadow was making that possible. But thanks to once again trying to protect everyone else, he lost him.

Sonic. Please. Open your eyes and realize you can't live your life this way...