Chapter 3 of w/Sonic: Lucky Seven Disturbed

## **Summary**

The chapter begins with Shadow and Honest safe and sound within Eggman's moon base once more, moments after the end of the last chapter. Shadow quietly walks to Dr Eggman to give him the green Chaos Emerald he stole back from Rouge while Honest skips behind him merrily. Shadow stops to peer out of a window at the confines of space. He notes how beautiful the planet looked from that perspective. He then feels kind of sad they he would've be able to explore it with Maria. Honest catches up to him and tells him that what he did at the end of the last chapter was awesome. However, Shadow doesn't agree because he's upset that he hurt Rouge's feelings. Honest tells him that she promises not to talk about it with him again. Eggman met them in the hallway and says it took them long enough. However, as he lurches forward to grab the Emerald, Shadow pulls it away. He tells Eggman that it was no simple task to retrieve it and that he should know that they worked really hard to get it. Eggman tells him "good job then... I guess?" and Shadow stomps away. After Shadow left with the Emerald, Eggman asks Honest what's wrong with him. Honest tells him that he's upset about making Rouge cry and that he shouldn't think of Shadow as a fellow villain because he isn't. She then runs after Shadow. Honest finds Shadow sitting on the edge of her bunk in their room inspecting the green and red Emeralds. Honest sits beside Shadow and tries to talk to him, but he cuts her off, telling her that he's not a bad person. Honest says that she thought he didn't like Rouge and that it wasn't his fault. Shadow says that although he makes some bad decisions some times, he still does have feelings and that making Rouge cry hurt him. Shadow asks why Honest chooses to stick around him, and Honest says she chose him because he has just that, feelings, and Shadow's mood seems to lighten.

The next morning, Honest wakes up before Shadow and waits from him to do the same. Once he does, she watches him get ready and follows him out, joining him for breakfast in the kitchen. Honest eats a toaster pastry and Eggman eats a bowl of cereal. Shadow says that Sonic's birthday is coming up and that he wants them to attend his party. Honest says it sounds like fun, and Dr Eggman gets up and leaves. Shadow says that it's going to be a day early as a surprise, and Honest says that it will be double the fun. Shadow is a little nervous since he doesn't like parties. Honest confirms that Sonic is turning 17 (although he's 16 canonically) and Shadow sighs, thinking about the future. Honest asks him if he's thinking about the future, and Shadow is surprised because that was exactly it. Honest says that she can see it in his eyes (although, in the future, we find out it's because she can read minds), and then asks if he's thinking about her. He lies and says he was, and Honest is mad.

In the next scene, Honest and Shadow are lying on Honest's bed (the bottom bunk) and talking. Shadow asks what they're going to do when Eggman finds out there are eight Chaos Emeralds, and Honest says that Shadow's house will be waiting for them. However, Shadow says that he left it to the Rats. Honest is upset, jumps on top of him, and accuses him of never planning. Shadow says that they will just crash with a friend, foreshadowing the release of {w/Snow}. Honest voices that she was surprised he didn't punch her for jumping on him, and he says he tries to tolerate her as much he can. Shadow then tells Hones that she needs to get to sleep since Dr Eggman was most likely going to send them on another wild goose chase in pursuit of another Chaos Emerald in the morning. The next morning, Shadow is no where to be found. Honest puts her breakfast on hold and goes to look for him. She finds Shadow in front of the window from earlier. She grabs his arm and he is caught off guard. Honest asks him if he thought she was Maria, and Shadow says "of course not" and pulls away. Honest points out that it happened like that with Amy in SA2, but Shadow doesn't remember that. Shadow then offers to make pancakes for them for breakfast.

Honest and Eggman sit patiently at the bar while Shadow blissfully sings "All Hail Shadow" while expertly pouring pancake batter into a pan. Eggman notices Shadow's good mood while he reads an issue of "Station Square Monthly" while sipping out of his "#1 Doctor" mug. Honest says that pink really suits Shadow as he is also wearing a pink apron. Once the three are eating, Honest asks Shadow why he feels the need to wear an apron. Shadow explains that it's so that he doesn't get crumbs of pancake on him while he cooks. Honest changes the subject and asks Eggman if he's located any more of the Chaos Emeralds. She slips up and tells him that there are only four left to find, but Shadow corrects her and tells him there are five more. This is so that Dr Eggman looks for eight Emeralds instead of seven. Eggman believes them and says that he has no news in regards to finding the other Emeralds. Honest mistakenly thinks that her and Shadow are in charge of finding something to do with their spare time, but Eggman instead orders them to polish his robots as a chore. As an added method of torture, he instructs them to wear aprons while doing so.

Honest and Shadow meet up in the dark recesses of Eggman's robot warehouse. Honest puts on her apron and twirls around, asking Shadow how she looks. Shadow, sarcastically, says she looks "lovely." He then tells her to get to work. Honest dips a sponge into some Ben's Robotics-Safe Polish and starts on a Moto Bug nearest to her. Her and Shadow get separated after a while and Honest goes to find him. She walks up on Shadow sleeping propped up next to a robot with a spray bottle in his hand and smudges all over his apron. Honest pokes his arm and wakes him up. Shadow jumps up and says he was just resting his eyes. Shadow is embarrassed and they both return to the Doctor in silence. They come up on Dr Eggman scouring the globe for the next Emerald. They put their aprons and cleaning supplies away and go to play board games. The chapter ends with Honest giving a shout-out to her first follower on Wattpad ever, SallyAcorn11.

## **Trivia**

* In this chapter, Honest understands "the Rats" as being a family of rat Sonic characters that moved into their old house as soon as they left. However, in the future, Shadow clarifies that he just left it sitting.
* The scene with Honest finding Shadow asleep after they finished polishing Eggman's robots is referenced much later in CHAPTER of STORY.