UB2: What's The Story, Morning Glory?

~~~

Universe Backstabber 2: What's The Story, Morning Glory?

By Harley Quinn hyenaholic

~~~

Me: Bitchin'! I finally completed Chapter Seven! God, I never thought I'd get it done. Aren't I great?

Nack: What the hell took you so long?

Tails: I wonder how much shit I get into now.

Nic: And how much longer am I going to look like a pregnant cow?

Nack: You are a pregnant cow.

Nic: I heard that.

Me: Well, let's leave Nic and Nack to their viscous brawl, and get Ultra! There's a lot of Point Of Veiw changes in this chapter, so try not to get confused, okay?

~~~

Chapter 7: Two Friends and a Packet of Lies

Sonic hugs me again, like he can hardly believe it's me, "Tails... Tails," he sighs, and pulls away, "Don't just slump there on the doorstep like a wet blanket, come on in!"

I go inside, trying to look pitiful. It's not difficult. It's conveniently raining, so I'm soaking wet.

"Where've you been?" he asks me, "Everyone's been so worried! And since Cream disappeared a couple of days ago - well, it's been general panic!"

"I... uh..." I swallow, sounding nervous, "Well, after Robotnik got killed, I got bored. I wanted to be a big hero on my own, and I ran off to the big city... but my money ran out after a day and a half, and I spent two or three nights sleeping on the streets, and I got this job as a waiter at this horrible bar and I hardly got paid anything and I missed you guys so much... and I can't believe it took me a month to give up and come home!"

Me, Nic and Nack worked that one out between us. I add the finishing touch.

"You're not angry with me, are you Sonic?" I ask.

"No, I'm not angry with you! How could I be angry with you! I'm just glad you're back," he says, "Everyone's missed you."

"Everyone?"

"Knuckles, Amy, Cream... even Shadow and Rouge pretended they didn't care," he sighs, "I missed you especially."

"I'm glad," I say, "I wouldn't want anybody to miss me more than you. You're my best friend."

"I mean, I've really missed you," Sonic repeats.

"Yeah, you said!" I swallow. There's a funny look in Sonic's eyes...

~~~
POV Change... Nack

Standing outside Sonic's house, across the road, I stare at the window, waiting for the signal. Behind me, Nic is fidgeting nervously.

"You shouldn't have come," I say, "You should be at home, resting."

"Nack..." Nic looks uncomfortable.

"I mean, the baby's coming... you shouldn't be out."

"Nack..."

"You could even have called me on the mobile if something-"

"Nack!" Nic looks up, "I think the baby's coming - now!"

I look under her. There's water trickling down underneath her. All hell is about to break loose.

"Oh, God..." I mutter, "Oh God and shitty death..."

"Nack... Help!" she groans.

~~~
POV Change... Tails

"Want something to drink, Miles?" Sonic asks me suddenly. I relax.

"Yeah, uh, something warm. Hot chocolate?"

Sonic smiles and leaves the room, soon coming back with two mugs, one with coffee and one with hot chocolate. He sits down and we drink together.

"Anyway, it's good to have you home," says Sonic, "Because of course, you have nowhere to live now."

"You mean I can live with you?!"

Sonic puts down his mug, "Of course. Where else would you live?"

"Well, Knuckles might put me up for a while, or Shadow even-"

"You don't want to go to those unreliable bozos," Sonic moves closer to me, a hungry look in his eyes. I shift away from him slightly, the movement barely concious.

"I was just giving examples. They would let me stay until I found a new place."

Sonic shifts up again, "But you could stay here forever."

"I can't just leech off you like that!" I shift away again.

"That's what I've always liked about you, Miles. You're not selfish. You're not greedy. You always think of other people first," Sonic puts his hand on my shoulder. Normally I wouldn't mind, but now it just feels wrong.

I try to shift away again, but realise I'm at the end of the couch. I stand instead, "Sonic... what are you..."

"I've missed you, Miles. I've always missed you. Remember that tme we had a guy's sleepover and you had a nightmare about Robotnik? I held you and comforted you in my bed, remember how good it felt?"

"Uh..."

Sonic stands, "And on Knuckles' birthday, remember how he got totally smashed and got into a fight with some other drunk guys and you were scared because we were all stuck inside the bar, and I saved you, I got you outside."

"Yeah, I do..."

"And do you remember that time we all played Truth or Dare and Rouge dared us to kiss?"

"Yeah, I remember that too... What's your point?"

"I miss you Miles. I miss you in my bed, by my side. I miss not making love to you."

"Sonic, we're friends and all, but... I'm not that way!"

"What're you talking about? You've never had a girlfriend. You've said lots of time you don't want one."

"I don't. And I don't want a boyfriend either! I'm happy being single."

Tears well up in Sonic's eyes, "I thought... I thought you were... like me..."

"Well, I'm not! That was just some stupid rumour that Amy spread!" There's something dreadfully wrong with all this, wronger than it seems, but I can't work it out. I reach out and flick the lights on and off rapidly. I really want to get this over with and drag Sonic back to Robotnik, with or without Nack's help.

~~~
POV Change... Nack

Nic is lying on the hospital bed, screaming like hell. She ordered the midwife to let me see the birth, and since there's no 'father', they let me in. This is, after all, about family. She's going through contractions, every twenty seconds now.

"We're nearly there! decl;ares the midwife, "Push, Miss Weasel!"

"I... am... pushing!"

"Breathe!"

"I... am... breathing!"

"Here comes a tail! No wait! There's two! Two tails! You're having twins, Miss Weasel!"

"Shit!" screams Nic.

Twins? Twins?! TWINS?! Oh, shit! It's not enough that I got my own sister pregnant, but I got her pregnant with twins?

~~~
POV Change... Tails

"I'm sorry, Sonic," I say nervously, "But honestly, it was just Amy's rumour!"

Only it was true... part of it, at least...

"It wasn't Amy's rumour," Sonic replies, "It was mine."

"What?"

"I wanted you to realise," Sonic begins to sob, "I wanted you to realise that you're just like me! So I admitted to the world that I'm gay! You've followed me your entire life, I thought you'd come clean about it! But you won't! You're still hiding your feelings from yourself!"

He slams his fist on the table, "I know you love me, Miles! You wouldn't have been so offended by the suggestion that you're gay if you weren't hiding it!"

"I'm not hiding anything!" I yell.

"I taped you raping Amy! That's how offended you were! Admit it! You love me!" he screams. I can see insanity in his eyes now.

"Okay, okay!" I grab him and kiss him, "Happy now?"

"That meant nothing! That was a lie!"

"Fuck you, Sonic, I'm not gay! I never was! I raped Amy, and I enjoyed it, not just the power, but the fact that she's a woman! I don't love men, and I don't love you! We're friends! That's all we are and it's all we'll ever be!" Where the hell is Nack?

Sonic stares at me for a long moment, as if absorbing the information, "YOU MANIPULATIVE BITCH!!!" he screams, finally. He picks up a coffee mug and hurls it at me. At Sonic speed, it's like a missile. I barely dodge it.

"Sonic, get a grip!" I shout.

"You've always enjoyed leading me on! A touch, a glance, always something to keep me hanging, hoping, foolish..."

"Sonic, if you saw what I did to Amy, didn't you have any sound on that thing?! I wouldn't get so pissed!"

Sonic picks up a heavy ornament, "I'm gonna pound your skull in, you kucking bitch!"

~~~
POV Change... Nack

"DAMN!!!" screams Nic.

"One more push and we'll have the first one out!" declares the midwife. I can see her holding a purple tail and pulling, "No, wait... wait... Push!"

"You can do it, Nic!" I shout, holding her hand.

"DAMN YOU, NACK!!!" Nic screams once more, and the baby's out. The midwife slaps it on the back, and it starts to cry. That's a sign of healthy lungs, right?

There's a sudden silence, "Uh, doctor, where's the other..." There's a long hesitation.

"There's only one coming," says the doctor, sounding as surprised as me.

He hands Nic the baby, and it takes a few seconds for the full realisation. And it's quite obvious that the baby is a weasel. A purple one, at that. But it's also quite obvious that he's got two weasel tails.

It was then that I passed out. Lucky I'm already in a hospital, eh?

~~~
Go To Chapter 8, I know where the fic's going now.

Me: Nice one, eh? That's what happens with inbreeding. Two tails.

Nack: I hope you're proud of yourself.

Me: As a matter of fact, I am. And it actually gets mentioned in UB3. If we ever get round to it.

Tails: Wow! Universe Backstabber 3! Am I in it?

Me: Not at the moment. And you'd better make the most of this part, because once this is over, you're not in Universe Backstabbed unless I make a fourth one. Unless I change my mind. That happens a lot.

Sonic: Wow! The psycho in that Interlude chapter was me! I thought it was gonna be someone like... Oh, I don't know... Knuckles? Or maybe Shadow.

Me: Well, I figured that the readers would expect the least likely person after all the other revalations that have turned up, like Tails being a rapist, so I made it the most likely person, just for a surprise.