*Sonic's POV*
"So what are we supposed to do here?" Manic asked as he rested back on his seat and put his feet up on the table.

"Down, show some manners." Sonia hit him with a roll of newspaper, which made him listen, then she looked at me. "What? We just pretend like you are an old friend when you come here? Shadow is going to start asking questions when he doesn't see Maurice walking around at the event."

"Already thought of that." I dashed outside of the room then dashed back in while dragging Scourge.

"You are planning on using my boyfriend here? He acts NOTHING like you." Manic sat up with a scoff.

"He has no manners at all and can barely hold a conversation without an insult at the one he is talking to." Sonia pointed out, we were all talking in the throne room. Mother was sitting in her throne as Uncle Chuck stood beside her.

The guards had brought a table and chairs so Manic, Sonia, and I could sit and discuss the situation. While Chuck and Aleena remained quietly observing, they decided it was best if we tried to figure this out on our own, said it could be practice for when we inevitably take their place.

"He doesn't even have your looks at all." Sonia crossed her arms.

"Sonia is right, Scourge is too..." Manic stopped talking while pointing at his boyfriend with one of his drum sticks. "He will not pull this off."

"Can I say something now?" Scourge said, clearly annoyed that Sonia and Manic were both talking about him at his face.

"No." I raised my hand in front of Scourge before he could speak again, then placed my hands back down on the table and leaned forward. "What we need is just a hedgehog who we can dress to look like me. Paint his quills, wear the mask and suit, and remain QUIET." I looked at Scourge for the last part, then turned back to my siblings. "And no one will know the difference. It should not take long before I can figure out who paid off G.U.N." I stood up straight again and crossed my arms.

"Excuse me? You are going to paint me?" Scourge raised a brow.

"May I remind you you said you wanted to be accepted as my son's boyfriend?" Our mother finally spoke, reminding Scourge that he needed to do something for us to be accepted in the family. Manic smirked and chuckled. He was always testing Scourge's loyalty since he knew about his past. At least he wasn't making it easy for him, and Scourge was really trying to prove him wrong and show us he had changed.

"Fine." Scourge sat down and crossed his arms, giving in.

"Great. We have Scourge on board, but what are you going to do to find out who paid them? What if Shadow tries to take off Scourge mask?" Sonia asked.

"Thankfully for us, Scourge is pretty sneaky and has been able to dodge Shadow a couple of times. He is perfect for this job. As for finding out about who paid them." I looked at the door where Tails was walking in holding his laptop in one hand and used the other one to type. "Tails is helping me."

"Hey, Tails!" Manic stood up and walked to him, wrapping an arm around his neck and looking at what he was doing.

"Sounds like a good plan, Sonny Boy." Uncle Chuck said from beside my mother, who nodded as well in agreement.

"But what if Scourge doesn't manage to get away from Shadow?" Sonia asked yet again.

"If he manages to get caught, then I could ask mom to send the guards on Scourge for impersonating me. Of course, they would take Scourge to Manics room so he can remain hidden and not to the actual cell." I said after a bit of thinking.

"Shadow cannot find out who you are, Sonic. It will be dangerous if G.U.N. reveals your information to everyone else. Are you sure you should be doing this?" My mother asked.

"If it wasn't me, then it would have been someone else. G.U.N. already got paid, they wont drop this case." I shook my head, then remained quiet for a bit longer, thinking. "At least I am on the inside for this, and I am able to sabotage whatever plans they have."

"Double agent. Sounds fun." Manic chuckled, twirling the drum stick.

"I am going to be on the lookout in case whoever paid them tries to contact G.U.N. again. I haven't been able to find any transactions, meaning they probably paid them with cash, which means the ocmmander met the one in person. Makes things a bit more complicated, but it should not take long before i can find something to trace." Tails said, setting his laptop on the table. "I also programmed the mask to send out an alarm to you, Aleena. If the mask is removed off of Scourge, that should be your signal to call the guards."

"Wait, the guards are trained to fight." Scourge sat up looking rather scared.

"They shouldn't hurt you, but we do have to make this believable, so be prepared." I shrugged.

"Great." Scourge rolled his eyes and stood up. "I guess."

"Oh, relax." Manic walked to his boyfriend and hit his forehead lightly with the drum stick he had been messing around with. He whispered something in Scourges' ear, which just made him smirk and made me want to throw up.

"I dont even want to know." I rolled my eyes.

"Manic." Our mother said sternly earning for Manic to stand up straight and put some distance between him and Scourge.

"Sorry. I am going to my room then if we are done here." Manic waited for me to say anything else.

"I guess we are done." I sighed and nodded as I watched him leave, Scourge following him, making all of us shake our heads.

"I dont like that boy." Chuck said while crossing his arms and glaring at Scourge while he left the room.

"Neither do I, but he is trying his best to prove to us he has changed." My mother said as she sighed, looking rather annoyed as well. "Manic seems happy with him. that's what matters."

"Are you sure about him, Sonic?" Sonia asked me. Tails and I gave a look to each other, and then we both looked at Sonia.

"He wouldn't be helping us if he really was just using Manic." Tails spoke for me.

Manic had asked me to help him with Scourge when he first brought him over. I didn't have the best history with him, so I had regused at first not liking that they were together either, but soon enough, I caved in seeing how important this was for my brother. Tails helped me, and we both had even seen how much Scorge was changing for the better. Manic had him wrapped around his finger, but he was still hesitant with him, knowing Scourge liked to sleep around. 

"He has changed. Plus, he hasnt told anyone about me. Doesn't that say something?" I reassured them.

I hope I wasn't wrong about him.