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Back at Team Dark headquarters, aka an undisclosed apartment building somewhere in the city, Omega has been alerted to an important new event.
"Shadow!" He exclaimed, then emerged from the kitchen a moment later with a pink apron tightly wrapped around his wide metal form.
In the living room adjacent, Shadow lay back lazily on the couch and watched the television, paying no heed to his friend's call. Omega stood patiently in the doorway and stared intently into the side of Shadow's head as he awaited some form of response. Eventually, the glow of his red eyes proved too aggravating to his sight, and Shadow finally turned to him.
"What is it, Omega? And why are you in an apron?"
Rather than answer either question, he stood up straight and asked, "Do you know what today is?"
Shadow gave a gruff sigh. "No, enlighten me."
"The current date is April 17th, 2024, or as it is known by Bat Conservation International, International Bat Appreciation Day."
Shadow nodded, not really listening to what he said, "That's very nice, Omega."
A beat of silence hung between them, with the only audible sound emanating from the television.
Omega then clarified. "Rouge is a bat."
"I am aware."
Another pause.
"I will be baking a cake for her for the next two hours, at least according to the recipe I found by Jonathan Blake on BakingLife.com. She won't be back for another hour after that. I would advise you find a way to show your appreciation, Shadow. She is a good friend."
Shadow closed his eyes and sighed, then looked back at Omega and gave him a soft smile "I know, Omega. Don't worry, I have something in mind already."
"Very good."
The lumbering robot turned around and marched back into the kitchen, letting the door swing shut behind him. While he prepared the aforementioned recipe, Shadow gave a quick glance at the door that separated them. Then he reached for his phone and opened up his messages.
A little over an hour later, the kitchen door opened again as Omega came out with
"Shadow, I have come to inform you the cake is complete! By streamlining the baking process I have optimized its total time by thirty minutes. I will have to inform the creator of this disco-"
As he shared his culinary achievement, however, he was interrupted as a purple lacey bra smacked his face. When it fell to the ground, his receptors analyzed the scene before him. Clothing had been strewn about the once-tidy living space, and his two friends were entangled with one another in a way he had been unfortunately exposed to multiple times before.
"Ah! Oh my, Shadow! You really know how to appreciate your bat!" Rouge moaned, unaware of the third party among them. Shadow, too preoccupied between her legs, remained equally ignorant.
Omega watched blankly for a moment before he echoed in an almost disappointed monotone, "Really? Right in front of your appreciation cake?"
I heard it was International Bat Appreciation Day today and felt inspired to write this
Adam opened his eyes and immediately bolted up right, gasping for breaths. He was shocked that the breaths weren't filled with blood. He looked down at his hands, confusion coursing through him. He stood, shakily, as if this was the first time he had ever used his legs. His body felt different... new. He looked behind him, half expecting to see his blood soaking his back, but there was nothing. Everything was gone. The blood, his white robe, his wings. Wait, that wasn't entirely true. Where he had been stabbed, each wound had grown a small miniature black wing in its place.
Panic began seeping into his bones as his breathing quickened and reached back, feeling for stumps of his larger wings, afraid that someone had cut them off, but no. They were gone like they had never existed. He finally looked around him, trying to figure out where the hell he was. Hell being very literal, it would seem. He was in Hell.
"No... no, no, no, no..!" His hands came up to clutch at his hair.
His eyes darted around as he looked for any idea of where he was. There were a few buildings off a little ways, and he immediately ran towards them. He needed to get out of here. This had to be a mistake. There was no way that he, the first man, would have any reason to be in hell, right? His back ached with the phantom stab wounds he had received but were no longer there.
Running out into the street, he immediately stopped, seeing the sinners walking casually through the street. Talking, fighting... killing each other. Fear gripped him. He didn't have any power here. Not anymore. Where could he go? Would anyone help him? They had to help he right? His mind immediately went to the hotel that he and his exorcists destroyed, but he quickly shook that thought away. They wouldn't help him. He didn't want their help anyway! They killed him for fuck's sake!
Someone ran into him as he contemplated, and he felt his.
"Hey! Catboy! Watch it!"
Adam turned around and stared up into the eyes of a large shark faced man. Confusion came over him again. Catboy? He opened his mouth to speak, but the man was already pushing past him, grumbling about needing a drink before disappearing around a corner.
He reached up to scratch at his head, and his hand bumped into his ear? He quickly looked for a mirror and found a window he could see his reflection in. Two large pointed ears came up at the top of his head, like a cat.
"I'm a cat?"
"Pride is a hell of a drug, isn't it?"
Adam whirled around, his heart nearly bursting out of his chest at the scare. "P-Pride?"
The stranger hummed, his many eyes blinking with amusement at Adam.
"Being prideful of my work isn't a sin." He felt cheated.
"Being proud of your work isn't. Being so prideful you hurt people is." The man grinned widely.
"Hurt people?" Adam brought his hand up to his forehead. "They weren't... aren't..!"
"Careful." The man warned, grinning. "The sinners around us don't know who you are... yet."
Adam clamped his mouth shut and looked around them. "And you do know? Who I am?"
The man hummed again. "I suggest your best bet is that hotel. It's the safest place for you."
"I tried to kill them..." Adam hissed out, feeling his heart speed up.
"Yes, but they would unfortunately be the least likely to kill you."
Adam looked towards the hotel. Standing proud on the hill. They rebuilt it fast. He turned back towards the man only to find him gone.
not Charlie unknowingly getting Vaggie to re-open the deepest of old wounds by asking her to come with to the Heaven meeting, and then, when Vaggie reluctantly agrees,
Charlie leans down to kiss the literal old wound where Vaggie's former fellow angels tore out her eye-
the same place Charlie bandaged the first time they met, and how it makes Vaggie smile just like she did back then
Charlie, oblivious to how she accidentally did a "kiss it better" thing on Vaggie's worst pains and fears. or how for a moment, it actually worked
one way or another that's gonna end up being painfully ironic >:)