𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐢 - 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝
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𝘄𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲

WADE HADN'T EXACTLY BEEN YOUR FIRST CHOICE.

he wasn't a warrior, he couldn't actually defend himself, and his house wasn't as safe as you had wished.

but he was good, and he was one of the few people that you could go to to ask for help.

when you had knocked on his door he had smiled brightly at you three, you had ignored his question about the motives of your visit as you motioned to his cave.

next thing you knew he was rambling about his hideout — even if it wasn't exactly an hiding spot — as he showed you around.

"welcome to the wade cave. which is something i hope to someday say to a woman." he lowered his voice "a woman who's not my mom." he chuckled.

"wade." you called his name, sternly.

he grew nervous under your glare and he pretended to look around the room, you huffed out while the blue mobian spoke

"we need to figure out why knuckles thinks i'm the key to finding the master emerald." he furrowed his brows "and why did he mention longclaw?"

"there must be a connection." you heard tails say as you looked at the floor, thinking about the reasons for his sudden interest in the hedgehog.

"wait a minute, there is." from his bag he took out a map "look!" he pointed to an emerald with strange readings on it.

"the emerald!" you exclaimed.

"it's on the map longclaw gave me. i never knew what it meant before." the paper began to glow a bright blue, just like his power, sonic let go of the map and it slowly reached the ground.

an hologram of an owl emerged from the smoke, as it spread the wings you realized its identity "longclaw?" called the blue alien at your side as he took a step further.

you had almost forget how she looked, her voice — she was your friend's mother, not yours, but she was the only motherly figure you had had.

"hello, sonic, [name]." your eyes widened when you heard her speak your name "if you're watching this, then something has happened to me." your hands found his, your fingers intertwined "and i pray that you've made it to earth unharmed. this world has been chosen for a very important reason. it's the secret location of the master emerald."

she spread her wings out, an emerald appeared in front of her and it left all of you with open mouths.

it was beautiful.

"the emerald has the power to turn thoughts into reality." explained the owl.

"like the stay-puft marshmallow man from ghostbusters." the voice of wade behind you made you sigh in exasperation, your fingers pinched between your brows.

tails silenced the man and you smiled knowingly at him.

"in the wrong hands, it can threaten all life in the universe. protecting the emerald was my sacred duty" she closed her wings and the emerald vanished "and now, i must pass that responsibility to you."

"this is my moment." sonic muttered.

"follow the map, find the emerald, and keep it safe." she ordered "my dears, you have hearts like no creature i've ever known. i love you both so much. goodbye."

she slowly sank back into the map, the hologram faded as sonic stepped forward "no, no, no, wait."

you were still, standing in your spot as your eyes looked in front of you into nothing.

when she had made that hologram you had probably been just a kid, it had been before everything else, before you had become this.

you didn't have that good heart anymore, you weren't like him.

"i won't let you down, longclaw." he whispered.

but you, you already had.

you felt a concerned gaze on the side of your face, you blinked as you pushed yourself out from those thoughts.

good heart or not, you still had to save the world.

wade watched the interaction from behind "so, is that..." he pointed between you and the yellow fox "your mom?"

your eyes widened as you immediately turned around, "what?" questioned the fox.

the man looked more confused than you two "no?", you sighed while turning back around and ignoring the question.

you and the hedgehog walked forward, toward the map, he picked it up "according to the map, the first clue is in siberia. it's a compass that'll lead to the emerald."

"and with knuckles already here, it's a race." commented the yellow mobian.

"knuckles? you know, i knew a kid in middle school named knuckles." wade crouched down "could fit his whole fist in his mouth. if this is the same knuckles, we are screwed."

"i'm gonna fit my fist in your mouth if you don't shut up" you threatened, he looked at you blankly with a trembling smile on his face.

sonic smiled scared, trying to change the subject "this knuckles, that knuckles, doesn't matter. we're gonna get there first." he threw a ring, a portal opened in the middle of wade cave.

he looked at you, waiting for you to move at his side but you turned towards the third alien in the room.

he chuckled nervously  "um, what do you mean 'we'?" he asked, mirroring your look.

"you're coming with us." explained the hedgehog.

"oh, no, no, no, no. i- i just came here to warn you." he turned back to you "you know i'm not a field guy."

you nodded, agreeing with his words "true, but i'm not gonna leave you here." you threw wade a glare — which probably offended him even if he didn't say anything about it.

"don't worry, we got your back" tried to reassure him the blue alien "we won't let anything happen to you"

pain.

suddenly your head throbbed.

you gripped your forearms as you tried to hide what you were feeling, the terrible sensation spreading down your body.

you fought through the pain.

you hugged him tightly against you "i'm not gonna let anything happen to you" you told him, talking against his fur.

you remembered those words.

those were your words.

you regained your breath, slowly, ignoring the voices in the back of your mind, their screams.

"you'll be okay" you whispered, more to yourself than to anyone else, your soft tone made the little boy smile.

the hedgehog made a fist, and he lifted it in front of the yellow fox as tails walked in his direction.

"it's a power bump. on earth, it means an unbreakable promise." explained the blue alien.

the fox glanced at you, and you pushed your fist against sonic's smiling to the third mobian.

"okay" he bumped his hand against yours "i'm in!"

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a/n:
i love giving my characters unresolved traumas 😆
don't worry we'll talk about those feelings sooner or later (probably later)
i need to write more moments w tails cause he's my child and i love him.
love you too guys, kisses!!!