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Handle Me With Care (5)

This contains g/t (giant/tiny content) so if that isn’t your thing, then I suggest you stop reading. Thank you!

Summary: Shadow and Kaia enter a city that is under attack by the strange aliens they saw earlier. Chaos and destruction is running rampant and some familiar faces make an appearance.

Warnings: graphic violence, course language, blood, people literally being eaten by aliens, gore.

Pairings: Shadow x tiny!mouse oc (purely romantic/fluff, slow-burn)

Word count: 2.4k

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Kaia wasn’t sure what to think when Shadow pressed her into his chest and sped off at lightning speed. A part of her wondered just exactly what she had gotten herself into upon meeting the mysterious giant hedgehog. The strange creatures falling from the sky, the day of reckoning, and Black Doom…there were so many things going on that she didn’t know where to begin. But, for now, she knew that she had to talk to Shadow about all of this. Just where exactly was he taking her? Why was he acting so strangely?

“S-Shadow!” she spluttered, smothered against his incredibly fluffy chest fur. “You need to stop and talk about this. What’s going on with you?”

“I…I can’t.” Shadow’s voice rumbled all around her. “I have to…keep going. It’s telling me to. I have to join them.”

“Them? What is it telling you?” Kaia pushed some of his fluffy fur out of her face and squirmed against his gloved hands. “Shadow, you need to stop!”

Finally, Shadow came to a grinding halt. Explosions vibrated through the air and the taste of sickly smoke filled her lungs. Coughing, she pushed away Shadow’s fingers to see just exactly where he had dragged her to. Her eyes widened at the scene that played out before her. Columns of fire were eating away at the towering skyscrapers as utter chaos rampaged through the city. The creatures that she had seen fall from the sky earlier were there, and they were utterly terrifying. Ghastly, black and red aliens stormed through the town, snatching up screaming people as if they were nothing before devouring them whole. Screams filled her eardrums as she watched the horror scene unfold. Blood was splattered over the once grey concrete and the smell of burning flesh filled her nostrils. She gagged, slapping a hand over her mouth from the putrid stench. Her guts twisted into knots as she was completely frozen with fear.

“S-Shadow…” she barely managed to choke out.

“No…this…” Shadow breathed heavily, his eyes frantically scanning the carnage as he tried to make sense of what was going on. “I’m not…no…I’m not one of them!”

“What?” Kaia croaked, craning her gaze to look up at him as she sat nestled amongst his fingers. “What are you talking about? Talk to me, Shadow.”

“They…the voices…” Shadow said breathlessly. “The voices in my head keep on saying that I’m one of them…these creatures…Black Doom…he made them.” He paused; his face contorted in anguish as the realisation overtook him. “Like me.”

“No!” Kaia immediately said without a moment’s hesitation. “No, no, Shadow, you’re nothing like them. And as for Black Doom, we don’t know if he was even telling the truth or not! I mean, you don’t even look like them.”

“That may be so, but they were created by Black Doom, and…and he created me.” Shadow furrowed his brows, his eyes solemn. “I don’t know if Black Doom is telling the truth or not, but…I feel it is true. I feel a connection to these creatures that he created. That alone is proof enough.”

Kaia opened her mouth to speak, but no words formed on her lips. She narrowed her eyes as she composed herself.

“And so what if you are? You shouldn’t let that define you,” she said firmly. “Have you ever heard the saying that you don’t choose your family? I think that applies here.”

Upon hearing the mention of family, something flickered in Shadow’s red eyes as if he was remembering something. Kaia didn’t know what it was, but whatever she had said must’ve affected him in some way as his gaze softened.

“I suppose you’re right,” he said quietly.

Before Kaia could respond, a car was suddenly thrown over the two of them that exploded into a nearby building. More screams erupted through the air as swarms of people ran for their lives, not taking any notice of the strange hedgehog and tiny mouse that were amongst it all. A hulking black and red alien lumbered towards them; its yellow eyes glowed fiercely and fixated intently on both Shadow and Kaia.

Shadow’s fingers tensed as the creature staggered forward. It was absolutely massive and easily towered over Shadow’s frame. The same red energy from before began to ripple across Shadow’s fur, electrifying the air around them.

Suddenly, a glowing light smothered them and everything went dark. Kaia felt as if her entire body had been lurched forward as she frantically grabbed onto Shadow’s fingers and sealed her eyes shut. Slowly, she opened her eyes and saw that the giant alien was gone. In fact, they were incredibly high up – on top of a building, to be exact. The lumbering alien was down below on the pavement, glancing around as if it was searching for them.

“H-how…” Kaia croaked, trying to make sense of what had just happened. “Did you just teleport us?”

“Yes,” Shadow replied gruffly, setting her down on the hard floor. “I need to deal with this and you will only get in the way. I’ll come get you when it’s safe.”

“W-wait!” Kaia exclaimed, running over to his feet. “Just think about this first.”

Shadow grimaced, as if he was fighting some internal battle that she couldn’t see. “I will deal with these creatures.”

“You can’t stop them all by yourself,” she said, as another explosion went off in the distance. “It’s dangerous down there!”

“You haven’t seen what I can do yet,” Shadow replied.

Without another word, Shadow teleported and was gone in an instant. Kaia immediately ran to the edge of the building and nervously glanced down. Shadow was already down there, approaching the giant alien. In a split second, Shadow had teleported again, and delivered a devastating kick to the alien, sending it flying down the street and crashing into a cluster of abandoned cars.

I guess he can really handle himself.

Shaking her head, Kaia rubbed her hands across her arms. She wasn’t sure that making the choice to accompany Shadow had been her brightest idea. Unknowingly she had found herself perhaps in more danger than she had bargained for. Utter chaos was everywhere across the city, and she wondered just exactly where she was. For now, she would keep her head down and hope none of those black and red aliens decided to come to the top of the building she was on.

Her heart caught in her throat as a shimmering bright light shone from behind her. Frantically, she turned around, and her eyes widened as a giant glowing golden ring appeared out of thin air. Strangely enough, the ring looked incredibly similar to the portal she had run through when she had been transported to this planet. Through the ring, she could see three large animals emerge. An electric blue hedgehog, a red echidna, and a yellow twin-tailed fox stepped out of the ring. Their giant footsteps sent tremors through the ground and Kaia was nearly jostled off her feet from the intensity of their footfalls.

“I guess G.U.N wasn’t lying when they said that Westopolis was being invaded by aliens,” the blue hedgehog announced, his gaze scanning the burning city around them.

Westopolis. So that’s where I am, Kaia thought quietly to herself as she urgently looked around for cover. While Shadow had proven himself to be an ally, she had no idea who these newcomers were and she wasn’t ready to reveal herself to them until she knew what their motives were. A rusty old exterior air con unit was the closest thing that she could find and immediately she sprinted underneath it.

“It pains me that we have decided to work with G.U.N once more,” the red echidna grumbled, his eyes narrowed. “After what they did to us and the more impressive black and red hedgehog, we should never speak to them again.”

“Look, Knuckles, we’ve already been over this,” the blue hedgehog replied, heaving a sigh. “I don’t want to work with G.U.N just as much as you, but we couldn’t just ignore their plea for help. Innocent people are in danger.”

“Sonic is right,” the fox answered. “If we don’t do anything, this entire city will be burned to the ground.”

Knuckles released a small huff and folded his arms over his chest.

“Fine, fox. I cannot argue with that.”

The fox pulled out a strange looking device from his backpack and began to type away on the machine.

“The Miles Electric is picking up on a lot of chaos energy. In fact, this energy reading could even suggest…” He trailed off, his expression changing from confusion to shock.

“Tails?” Sonic questioned, jumping over to where the fox was standing. “Do you think it’s…?”

“Shadow.” Tails, the fox, breathed deeply. “If these readings are correct, he’s right here in the city.”

“He survived the explosion,” Knuckled remarked, a grin spreading across his face. “Excellent. I want a rematch.”

“That can wait, Knuckles,” Sonic said, patting the red echidna on the shoulder. “We need to tread carefully. If this is in fact Shadow, we need to find out what he’s doing here.”

“Hold on, it’s picking up another energy signature,” Tails exclaimed, swivelling the device to where Kaia was hiding underneath the old air con unit. “There’s someone there.”

Kaia’s heart nearly exploded out of her ribcage.

Oh shit.

Sonic frowned and stepped towards the air con unit. The ground rattled violently from his movement and Kaia struggled not to fall over from the tremors.

“Under this old air con unit?” Sonic crouched down so that he was on his hands and knees. “There’s no way anyone could be down here, Tails, they’d have to be tiny–”

Silence fell across the group as Kaia locked eyes with the giant blue hedgehog. His vibrant green eyes were as wide as saucers as he stared at her small frame curled up underneath the air con unit. Kaia was completely frozen in fear and she felt her entire body stiffen.

“Whoa…” Sonic murmured, confusion and curiosity washed over his face. “That’s...that’s a tiny mouse!”

Kaia continued to stare intently at the giant blue hedgehog. Any words that she wanted to say instantly died on her tongue, her mouth acting as if it was glued together.

“Just a mouse?” Knuckled grumbled. “Leave the poor creature be, hedgehog, you are only going to frighten it with your big ugly face.”

Sonic gasped in outrage. “Excuse me?! You’re calling this face ugly? Take that back, Knuckles!”

“I will not,” Knuckles snickered. “You are ugly, hedgehog.”

“Hey, you don’t think I’m ugly, do you?” Sonic quickly returned to Kaia, and she nearly jumped out of her fur from the intensity of his green gaze. Everywhere she looked was nothing but the giant blue hedgehog as he stared at her from underneath the air con unit. Her usual assertiveness and confidence were quickly fizzling away the longer Sonic stared at her. She wasn’t sure why she was feeling this way. When she had met Shadow, she hadn’t been afraid of him, but for some reason, there was something about the blue hedgehog that set her nerves on edge.

“N-no…” Kaia managed to choke out, swallowing thickly.

“See, she doesn’t think I’m ugly!” Sonic retorted.

“The mouse is clearly blind,” Knuckles grumbled.

“Ignore Knuckles,” Sonic replied gently, a soft grin pulling at the corners of his mouth. “I’m Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. I promise we won’t hurt you. Do you want to come out and meet my friends?”

Kaia hesitated, unsure of how to react. These other animals clearly knew Shadow, and they appeared to be friendly enough. If Shadow trusted them, perhaps she could trust them, too. Cautiously, she crawled out from underneath the air con unit and craned her neck up to look at the giant animals. All of them gaped down at her in wonder and a small moment of silence passed over the group as they all processed what was happening.

“Sonic, you did not mention she was not an Earth mouse!” Knuckles exclaimed, bewildered by Kaia’s presence.

“I didn’t want you guys to clamber over and freak her out,” Sonic replied. “I mean, just look at how small she is.”

“This is fascinating.” Tails dropped to one knee and waved his device over Kaia’s small frame. “My readings say she is very similar to us, only on a smaller scale.”

“What’s your name?” Sonic asked gently, kneeling down beside Tails.

“Kaia.” She straightened her back in an attempt to appear a little taller. “Kaia the Mouse.”

“You already know my name, but this is Tails and Knuckles.” Sonic gestured to his two friends.

“Nice to meet you all,” Kaia said with a weak smile.

“Where are you from, small one?” Knuckles questioned. “Are you on a mighty quest from your home world?”

“Not really,” Kaia said. “Back on my home planet, I was being chased by a cat that was intent on eating me. Right before the cat could grab me, a mysterious portal opened, just like the one you all walked out from. I went through the portal and ended up on this planet.”

“You have been through great turmoil, tiny warrior.” Knuckles’ gaze softened as he also kneeled down next to Tails and Sonic.

“Yeah, I can’t imagine how terrifying that must’ve been,” Tails commented.

“It’s fine, my people are used to that,” Kaia quickly said. “But I heard that you guys know Shadow. How do you know him?”

“Long story short, Hot Topic was hellbent on seeking revenge for his best friend and nearly destroyed the world,” Sonic explained. “But I got him to see a different perspective. He ended up helping me save the Earth from being destroyed by a giant cannon.”

Kaia had no idea what ‘Hot Topic’ was, but she assumed it was some nickname that Sonic had given Shadow. Shadow had conveniently left out that information about almost destroying the world. There was a lot about him that she didn’t know it seemed.

“How do you know Shadow?” Sonic asked.

“He agreed to help me from this strange planet.” Kaia shifted uncomfortably as all of the giants’ eyes were on her. “Being as small as I am, it’s not a bad thing to have a big bodyguard.”

“Shadow? Help you? Huh, I guess he is softer than what he makes out to be.” Sonic offered her an open palm. “Come with us. We’ll look after you and find Shadow.”

A part of Kaia was tempted to refuse. Shadow had instructed her to stay here after all, and he would come back…right? But then again, surely, she was safer with Sonic and his friends? They knew Shadow, after all, and perhaps they could help him fight off those strange aliens.

Inhaling a deep breath, she climbed onto Sonic’s waiting hand.

#writing #giant male #tiny female #love the interaction with sonic

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