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“I wonder who we’ll be teaming up with today?” Tails’ question was not out of place. The restoration had sent him and Sonic into uncharted territory, with instructions that they’d receive backup soon.
“Maybe Shadow and Rouge? They did say it’d be a-“
“YO! Fuckass!”
Shit.
Sonic knew that voice.
Sonic did not like the person that voice was attached to.
Temporarily he prayed to Chaos that he was wrong. That it was just Whisper having a particularly bad day. But, alas, the gods were unkind, and when he turned, he saw Surge the Tenrec. One amongst many who’d tried to off him, though the only one that consistently found his last nerve and delighted in chewing through it with those wicked metal teeth.
“Ah! If it isn’t my favorite tenrec!”
“I’m the only tenrec you know, numbnuts.”
“And where’s… ah. There he is.”
Behind Surge, there was Kitsunami, the Fennec Fox. Easily missed at first, the little guy hurried behind his louder counterpart, pausing his long-term ogling of the ground to shoot Sonic a nasty glare.
“Long time no see, Kitsunami!”
“Not long enough.”
Ouch.
Sonic paused, trying to best find something to say that wouldn’t get him zapped, drowned, or some combination of the two.
“You two look healthier.”
“You sayin’ we looked mangy before, rat? You-” Surge’s tirade was cut off when Kit tapped her shoulder, and she leaned down so he could whisper to her, then stood up, arms folding across her chest.
“Sorry, wrong insult. You sayin’ we looked mangy before, worm enjoyer?”
“…What?”
“Kit just told me that hedgehogs and rats are different. I’ve been trying to listen to him more.”
“So… worm enjoyer?”
“I thought about calling you various slurs instead, but I’m still on probation after the last incident.”
“Well, whatever you call me, I didn’t lie. You look healthy.”
The pair seemed half-surprised at that.
“I just threatened to call you things that would make Lanolin rip me a new one… and you’re complimenting us?”
“It’s an observation.”
“Hmph. Goody-two shoes, shitty, bastard-“ Sonic turned before the foulness could reach him, and began the patrol, waiting for when the tenrec inevitably sped up to him.
Sure enough, the pattering of feet soon caught up, and Surge joined him. “You look…” She paused, and Sonic could practically see her scrolling through her vocabulary for something tame to say. “not completely like ass-fried fuck.”
“Thanks, Surge.”
“It’s an observation.”
“That’s what happens when you use your eyes.”
Surge skidded to a stop, static electricity sparking off of every quill, but Sonic kept moving, trying his best to hide his smile.
“GET BACK HERE!”
“Catch me! Unless you’re too slow!”
The next few minutes were a blur of blue, neon green, and several new and imaginative word combinations that Tails did not particularly want to know the meaning of, screamed at a volume that made even Kit wince.
“Should we stop them?”
“Nah, they’ll eventually tire themselves out.”
“When is eventually?”
“Not soon enough.”