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2022-06-06
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2022-06-26
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Drowned

Summary:

It’s been years after the war with Eggman and yet nobody has found Sonic. Everybody assumes he’s dead, even Tails is giving up hope, when in reality he’s been alive the entire time. Well, kind of... It’s more like he’s been in a loop of drowning and then coming back to life.

One day while investigating a years old and seemingly abandoned Eggman base, Shadow finds something he didn’t expect: Something he could only assume was Sonic’s corpse.

Imagine his surprise when, in an attempt to give Sonic a proper burial, he comes back to life in his arms seconds after obtaining him.

Sneaking Sonic off the base, he delivers him to Tails in hopes that Sonic will recover from most of his trauma and regaining his memories in the process.

Tails then has to deal with a mostly amnesiac and traumatized Sonic.

Notes:

If you’re interested in spoilers of what might happen, check out the tag for the AU on my Tumblr: https://cattyanon.tumblr.com/tagged/Drowned%20AU

Chapter 1: The prologue

Summary:

Sonic’s POV in the brief moments he’s concious of when Shadow walks into the room.

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Drowning, sinking.
Tortured, beaten.

Breath revoking, the water flowing.

Falling, fleeting.
Chained, defeated.

Somehow. Someway.
The drowning never ceases.

Chapter Text

How long had it been since he had seen actual light?

......

Despite the change in lighting he remained unmoving, eyes only slightly open. Just waiting for the inevitability of drowning as everything began fading around himself once more.

He almost thought he saw movement in the few non-blurry moments. It was probably nothing. And even if it was something, why would they try to release him? He didn’t matter. Nothing mattered anymore.

Besides, hope was something he lost a long time ago.

Eventually everything began fading into complete darkness and he happily let it consume him. After all, the best moments are the ones where he’s not drowning.