Watching...
It was all over.
It was finally sinking in that it was over, the universe was saved and they were heading home.
It wouldn't be long now before Sonic abandoned her on her home planet, where she was hated and feared, just as Sora and the other had three years... no, easily coming up on four years ago now if she took into account the fact that while she'd been traveling with the Mobians, she'd been living by their time frame, where one month of their time was equal to a year of her own...
She didn't want to go, not back home, but she could see no other choice, she couldn't live on Mobius, as much as she wanted to, she wasn't Mobian, and she wasn't sure the Elemental Heart of Fire would change her into her black and blue kitsune form again, as it had during that battle where she would have died if she hadn't become Mobian... she needed the shape shifting spell from Donald, but if she went to get it, she'd be dragged home again, and guarded closely to see she didn't leave again... someone had to watch over the Guardians, though they did not wish to be watched over...
"Sam?"
Cobalt blue eyes rested on a cobalt blue hedgehog.
Sonic had saved her life, she'd have died during the Meterax attack if he hadn't carried her out from under the Meterax's foot, and yet... he'd abandon her too...
"You ok?"
"No." Sam was honest, turning away from the hedgehog to watch the stars.
"You couldn't have done anything to save Cosmo, she gave her all, we all did."
"I know." There was silence for a moment.
"You'll be home soon." Sonic offered, trying to cheer her up.
"Home."
"Yeah, I bet there'll be party's and all sorts," Sonic had missed the chill in her voice, "I mean, you did help save the world."
"I don't want to go..." Sam blurted out without thinking.
"Huh?" Sonic looked confused.
"I don't want to go home." Sam said with more conviction this time.
"Why?" Sonic looked like he couldn't understand, but then of course he couldn't, Mobius had always been welcoming to him...
"You saw how they treated me, how little help I was offered... I would have died and no one would have cared..." Sam turned and stared into emerald green that was slowly gaining understanding, "You saw how they feared me, feared I would turn on them...I can't do it any more, I can't face being alone again..."
"Come with us."
"What?"
"Come with us, back to Mobius."
"S...Sonic?"
"I don't abandon my friends and you shouldn't have to go back to that." Sonic said, thinking of how Sam had been when she'd fist boarded the Blue Typhoon, she still had what she called PTSD, but it was nowhere near as obvious anymore... he just didn't think she'd survive another three years on that planet on her own... "I'm sure there's room in the workshop till you can get your own place, what do you say, Fox Faker?"
Sam grinned slightly at the memory of their first meeting, when Sonic had had enough time to guess, wrongly, that she was like Shadow, but a 'fake' kitsune, instead of a 'fake' hedgehog, when she'd arrived on Mobius for the first time during the Elemental Keyblades incident, and at the fact 'Fox Faker' had stuck for some odd reason, the reasons for staying where she was un-needed and hated slipping away.
"Besides," Sonic grinned back at her, "We have plenty of supplies for chili dogs..."
"Thanks Sonic." Sam smiled broadly.
"Come on, let's get Chris and Tails to turn around, next stop, Mobius."
It was finally sinking in that it was over, the universe was saved and they were heading home.
It wouldn't be long now before Sonic abandoned her on her home planet, where she was hated and feared, just as Sora and the other had three years... no, easily coming up on four years ago now if she took into account the fact that while she'd been traveling with the Mobians, she'd been living by their time frame, where one month of their time was equal to a year of her own...
She didn't want to go, not back home, but she could see no other choice, she couldn't live on Mobius, as much as she wanted to, she wasn't Mobian, and she wasn't sure the Elemental Heart of Fire would change her into her black and blue kitsune form again, as it had during that battle where she would have died if she hadn't become Mobian... she needed the shape shifting spell from Donald, but if she went to get it, she'd be dragged home again, and guarded closely to see she didn't leave again... someone had to watch over the Guardians, though they did not wish to be watched over...
"Sam?"
Cobalt blue eyes rested on a cobalt blue hedgehog.
Sonic had saved her life, she'd have died during the Meterax attack if he hadn't carried her out from under the Meterax's foot, and yet... he'd abandon her too...
"You ok?"
"No." Sam was honest, turning away from the hedgehog to watch the stars.
"You couldn't have done anything to save Cosmo, she gave her all, we all did."
"I know." There was silence for a moment.
"You'll be home soon." Sonic offered, trying to cheer her up.
"Home."
"Yeah, I bet there'll be party's and all sorts," Sonic had missed the chill in her voice, "I mean, you did help save the world."
"I don't want to go..." Sam blurted out without thinking.
"Huh?" Sonic looked confused.
"I don't want to go home." Sam said with more conviction this time.
"Why?" Sonic looked like he couldn't understand, but then of course he couldn't, Mobius had always been welcoming to him...
"You saw how they treated me, how little help I was offered... I would have died and no one would have cared..." Sam turned and stared into emerald green that was slowly gaining understanding, "You saw how they feared me, feared I would turn on them...I can't do it any more, I can't face being alone again..."
"Come with us."
"What?"
"Come with us, back to Mobius."
"S...Sonic?"
"I don't abandon my friends and you shouldn't have to go back to that." Sonic said, thinking of how Sam had been when she'd fist boarded the Blue Typhoon, she still had what she called PTSD, but it was nowhere near as obvious anymore... he just didn't think she'd survive another three years on that planet on her own... "I'm sure there's room in the workshop till you can get your own place, what do you say, Fox Faker?"
Sam grinned slightly at the memory of their first meeting, when Sonic had had enough time to guess, wrongly, that she was like Shadow, but a 'fake' kitsune, instead of a 'fake' hedgehog, when she'd arrived on Mobius for the first time during the Elemental Keyblades incident, and at the fact 'Fox Faker' had stuck for some odd reason, the reasons for staying where she was un-needed and hated slipping away.
"Besides," Sonic grinned back at her, "We have plenty of supplies for chili dogs..."
"Thanks Sonic." Sam smiled broadly.
"Come on, let's get Chris and Tails to turn around, next stop, Mobius."