#bandaged-ruby

@bandaged-ruby

“ .. I.. ”

Was this jackal okay? Sick, perhaps? Or did he have any.. Brain.. Damage..? 

If the black hedgehog had any knowledge about what had happened to the jackal, he would have come to look for him much sooner and quicker. But alas, it was only thanks to a very weird feeling in his guts that Shadow decided to go visit Finnian, to check up on him. Over the years, Shadow had learned to trust his instincts and his guts. If he felt like something was wrong, he followed that feeling, even if it proved to be wrong due to anxiety or other mental issues. Better be safe than sorry, you might say.

So this odd sensation that caused the hedgehog some nausea led him to go visit the place Finnian called his home. He needed to see the jackal was doing okay for his stomach to calm down again. Though it might be futile to visit this place, after all who knew where Finnian would be wandering around right now? He might be somewhere entirely else, visiting someone maybe. Or perhaps he found a different place to call home. For the time being, this didn’t matter. Shadow would scan the area he knew Finnian might linger in. If he wouldn’t be there, Shadow would move on to any other location Finnian was known to be found at.

But it didn’t take long for the hedgehog to realize that his instinct was right, something was definitely up. He could smell the lingering scent of blood heavily hanging in the air. From there on, it was quite easy for him to follow the smell and even easier to find the source of it soon after. And what he saw made his stomach twist and churn as he realized just what he was seeing.

`` Finnian?! ``

Shadow rushed to the wounded jackal, coming closer he realized the boulder he was laying next to was actually crushing his leg. Oh Chaos. His thoughts were racing, who would do that? And why? What did Finnian do to deserve this? Was he conscious? Would he die? His mind was panicking, and it was like Shadow’s body switched to autopilot as he lifted - or rather threw the heavy mineral off of the poor jackal, kneeling down to him afterwards. 

`` Fuck, who would.. Finn! Can you hear me? Wake up! Don’t you give up on me! `` 

Who would’ve thought the dark hedgehog would come all this way to the ruins that Finnian called his home.. Just to bring him something to eat and check up on him? The deserted town, or whatever it used to be, felt so strange, no matter how often he’d wander through it in order to find the blind jackal. Where could he be..?

`` Finnian? Are you there? `` 

Ruby was not really one quickly bothered by an echo, but his voice sounded as hollow as this nearly abandoned place, like a ghostly howl echoing through the area, distorting his voice in an odd, uncomfortable way.. Finnian better be around here somewhere or for Chaos’ sake... Who knows where Finnian was wondering around right now? He better not be near the cliffs again, there was something extremely unsettling about knowing Finnian was wondering around so close to the edge..