happilyeverbeginning | Hades & Persephone

The three--Sonic and two guards--made their way through the castle halls on the way to the large room at the end. Even if he did have the title of 'guest', their hospitality was lacking as they pushed him forward through the double doors and into the throne room.

The joyless air about the Throne Room seemed to suck the color right out of everything around it - definitely a starch contrast to the palace he was used to back home.

As the small group stopped in front of the throne, Sonic brushed the hand of one of the guards off his shoulder as they approached the throne. "Yeah. About that? You gotta work on those invites." He gave her a sharp defiant look. "And by 'work on' I mean I didn't get an invite as much as I got dragged here. Next time I'll take a written invite, thanks."

Such a mouth on him. That was one of the few things he had in common with his other. Well, he'd learn soon enough he had no control over the situation.

"Polite hedgehogs are a rarity in my world. I simply didn't think you'd come along nicely if I said pleased. Speaking of which..."

She rose to a standing position, placing the handle of the whip under Sonic's chin. "It's impolite to not bow before royalty. You may see me as Princess Sally... but here? I am Queen Alicia. And I'm to be obeyed."

His head jerked upward in response to the hilt forced under it. Even so, Sonic rolled his eyes defiantly. "Ooo-kay." What was prompting this whole meeting, anyway? Not that he was going to fall in line from a vague threat, but his curiosity was piqued.

Sonic gave a sarcastically flowery bow, complete with a flick of the wrist and a bow of the head. "Whatever you say, your pain-in-the-highness."

Alicia snorted, shaking her head. True, this was one of the many things she liked about him, but he'd still have to learn. When his head was lowered, she suddenly grabbed a fistful of quills and shoved him down in an attempt to get him on his knees.

"I'd cut your tongue out, if I didn't want it for myself." She sneered sadistically, holding onto him for a moment more. "In fact, I suppose you're curious about why you're here at all."

He made a little 'oof' noise as he bent on one knee to avoid having his face meet the ground from the sudden force. Just as she wanted, he supposed. "It crossed my mind once or twice." As did the fact that she seemed exceedingly more grumpy than usual.

The guards seemed to take the opportunity to shackle his feet with heavy chains. They clinked around against the hard marble surface of the palace room floor. Sonic frowned in spite of that. They were heavy and instantly weighed him down. Looked like she didn't want him leaving...

"I didn't think you cared enough to send me an invite to any one of your parties." He waved around to the rest of the room. "Looks like you forgot to abduct all the other guests."

"There are no other guests." Alicia corrected. She released the hold on his quills, and now began to stroke one of his tenderly.

"You're the only one I wanted." Her voice turned low, seductive, a hint of a purr in her throat. "Do you have any idea how rare a man like you is in this world? You're like a hidden treasure, and I am a very greedy woman."

Her hand lowered, scratching his chin as if he were a pet. "From this moment on, you belong to me, and me alone."

As he continued listening, his face shifted from the average cocky smirk to a confused and defiant grimace. What the heck was she talking about?

Tone aside, he shot her a glare as he struggled to stand up on both feet again. "I don't belong to anyone, lady." The chains--two twin collars around his ankles--seemed to indicate otherwise. Much to his dismay.

"All right, what's your game?" There had to be something else to this whole deal. "Scourge bothering you guys again? Or is there some other big bad that's buggin' you that you want me to take care of?" She had to want him to do something. He never knew the Destructix to aadvocatefor anything else.

Not terribly bright, was she? Did she have to literally spell it out for him? Alicia considered it, but there was a much more fun way to get him to understand.

"It's been said that actions speak louder than words." That was all the warning Sonic was going to get. She leaned over to push her lips against his own, holding it as long as she could. He'd have to be amazingly incompetent in order not to get the idea after this - or she'd have to try other amusing ways to get her point across.

He didn't think as he hurriedly put both hands on her shoulders and jerked away out of shock. Even if the words she said could have been taken that way, he never got any indication in the slightest that Alicia had felt that way in the past. The implications hit him, but so did..confusion.

"What the--! You know, you can't just claim people like you do to things." She should have known that right? That was obvious...right? "Sheesh. Try dinner and a movie first, at least."

He tried taking a very purposeful step back to put some space between them. "Don't you have someone here?" Did she? He didn't really know. Coming to Moebius wasn't something that was commonly done

Alicia stared. Was he really this naive about the way of Moebius, or just that pure of heart? His statements were so ludicrous she couldn't help but laugh, almost needing to hold her gut.

"Oh, please!" She finally breathed out when she got her cackles done with. "Your counterpart is with whatever floozy flavor of the month will stand him. Maybe your 'Sally' is all sweetness and sunshine, but you'll find I am not like her at all. I want you, so now I have you."

She took a step forward, intent on erasing the space he created. "We can skip the dinner and movie. After all, I hear you like speed."

"I like runnin' fast and not waitin' around. That doesn't mean I wanna be dragged here and told that I belong to you." Eesh. It was weird to even have to explain that.

Sonic rolled his wrist, "Anyway, If you know that you're nothin' like Sal, then I'm nothin' like whats-his-face. Just cuz you offer, doesn't mean I'm gonna take you up on it."

With both hands up he managed a rejection with a smile on his face. "So thanks, but no thanks." He'd say the whole situation was flattering..but he wasn't sure it was 'flattery' he was feeling. It was definitely something else.

He stretched both hands above his head, "Anyway, nice hangin' out, but I'm gonna head back to Mobius and take a nap."

"You're more than welcome to try." A snakelike smile appeared on her lips. "I wouldn't expect any less of you."

Alicia suddenly grabbed her whip with both hands, and it cracked in the air, mere inches from hitting his hip. She clearly could have struck him if she pleased - this was merely a warning. "Besides, it's because you aren't like your other that I desire you. And I'm sure there are qualities you'll find me in me that are... preferable...compared to your princess."

Another crack, closer to his tail, followed up by taking another step forward - and pressing her chest to his.

"Geez!" He had to jump at the thunderous crack of the whip; he could feel the rush of wind as the whip snapped in the air close by. Man, Sonic knew Sal and this other zone version of her were different, but she was crazy!

Not to mention pressing her against him like that? S-Seriously? The guards seemed to get the picture and shuffled out of the room without a word. Honestly, he'd felt better having the extra company. He nearly called out to them to wait, but they knew better. His pleading expression to them as they left didn't seem to matter.

"You said it yourself, you're two different people. Nothin' to compare." There was no doubt in him that Scourge would have retaliated for a gesture like that, but to him it just seemed using her weapon was just a bluff. He tried pushing her away again, this time a little more forcefully. "But I've dealt with pushier girls than you before. So if you don't mind, pushy ain't my style. Or does I want even matter?"

"Not particularly." Alicia answered casually, walking after him again. His resistance was just another layer to the game. She was more than happy to chase him - without his super speed, of course. "Unless of course, there are things you want from your Sally that she won't give you." There was a chance he wanted absolutely nothing, but in Alicia's twisted mind, she found that hard to believe.

Men were men, no matter what the world. They had their fantasies, their desires - some men just had theirs buried deeper than most. It was time to dig. "We're both very beautiful women, wouldn't you say?" She reached up to undo a button near her neck, and then fiddled with the next. "Has she ever rewarded you for all your heroism?"

The action of what she was doing wasn't lost on him. Still, he tried to keep things light and humorous to avoid any talk of more adult things. Maybe he could still talk her down. If there was anything Sonic was good at, it was talking.

"Heh... I'm always happy to celebrate with all my pals because it's our victory when we get the upper hand. I couldn't do it without 'em." Humility; something she likely wasn't used to seeing in a place like Moebius, where their counterparts differed so much from their usual selves.

To be fair, humility wasn't his strongest suit. Though in light of the recent events back home with their team splitting at the seams, well, that would drag out the humility in anyone.

"What 'bout your team? Don't you guys have fun together when you go and do whatever it is you guys do?" What did the Destructix do? "Kick puppies.. steal candy from kids.. other evil junk."

Stalling, was he? He wasn't even batting an eyelash at what she was doing. It was a scratch to her pride, and her temper began to rise. Alicia abandoned the strip tease, eyes narrowing slightly.

"They are my servants. Nothing more, nothing less. And they have nothing to do with what will happen between me and you." She wasn't going to be ignored, not if she could help it. Which was why Alicia then threw her arms around Sonic's neck, trying to both pull him in close and keep him still.

"This is my victory."

If he was honest, it wasn't that it wasn't tempting to let himself follow through with..whatever this was. (He still wasn't entirely sure.) She looked like Sally--was Sally from a superficial standpoint--and coming from a world where he hadn't been able to see or talk to her for such a long time it was ...cathartic to say the least.

Since they were so close, he idly busied his hands with doing up the buttons on the front of her vest that she'd so poignantly undone moments prior. "So. What. I'm one of your servants too?"

"Something like that." A glimmer of a smile played on Alicia's lips as Sonic buttoned her up. Sure, it wasn't exactly what she wanted, but at least he was touching her. It was a step forward.

"You'll be treated much better than my usual servants." Her fingers ran down his arm. "All the chili dogs you could want, living in the castle, obeyed by everyone save for me...Then of course, the special privileges that come with being a queen's consort."

"Lemme guess." Oh, he had a few good guesses as to what that could be given the direction of where she was headed. He fastened the button at the top of her vest and let his arms slack at his sides. "My own roller coaster? A tennis court? My own pony?"

"Make all the cute little quips you want. You're not nearly as dumb as you want others to think." To prove that point, she grabbed his cheeks, her fingers digging in, and applied a hard kiss. This time she'd show no mercy - by jabbing her tongue right into his mouth.

Holy--! The surprise was written clear on his face and the sheer surprise was enough to delay him doing anything about it.

Once he gained enough composure, he put both hands on her shoulders and pushed her gently back. "Cute quips are kinda my thing. Heh." Okay, he'd dealt with some pushy girls in the past--Amy was in a League of her own, and Fiona wasn't exactly mellow--but neither of them came across as so...what was the world. Fourthright? Straightforward? Holy...smokes? Yeah. That last one!

"Can't we go on a date first or somethin'? I mean, I know what you look like, but I don't know you. If I'm gonna be a part of this it'd be nice to know." Maybe it'd buy him time to get the chains off and head for the hills.

...Geez pushyness like this freaked him out.

"Exactly what part of this conversation has told you that you have any say in this?" Despite how hard he had pushed, Alicia refused to let go. Her hands found his shoulders, and now she dug in so hard that she had to be causing him pain.

"I don't care what you want, what you don't like, and if you even have any desire to be with me at all. You are mine, Sonic the Hedgehog." She bore her sharp teeth, hoping he'd finally understand she wouldn't be reasoned with, nor so easily fooled like Eggman and the other foes. "And I will never let you go."

The expression he must've given at that point would be a mixture of pain and surprise. "O-ow. Geez!" He yelped at her hands digging into him. If anything, it helped Sonic figure out a master plan on how to get out of the predicament faster than he normally would. If she couldn't be reasoned with, There was only one solution that made sense:

Run for the hills and hope she didn't catch him.

It usually worked in all other situations, chains notwithstanding. And so that's what he did. Sonic gave his best effort to turn on his heel and forcefully bolt for the door. Sure, no matter what he did he'd be weighed down by chains and she still had a pretty good grip (ow), but anything was better than this! Lady was nuts.

Alicia believed the chains would hamper his speed, but Sonic was already faster than anything alive when he was calm. So he was ten times speedier when he was panicked and desperate to get away - though Alicia had held onto him as tightly as she could, he slipped out of her grip, albeit leaving some nasty scars on his shoulders.

"Guards!" Alicia screamed, not ready to blame herself for sending them away. "Stop him!"

It only took a second for the guard to heed their Queens orders, but a second was all Sonic needed to snake his way out of their grasp. As soon as they threw the doors open, the blur of blue leapfrogged over one of them and booked it down the hall--At a slower pace, he had to admit.

Sonic darted down one hall. Then down the next. He looked for any hint of sunlight that could lead him to the outside and presumably to the safety the open air could provide. He might've had the advantage of speed, but he certainly had no idea where he was going. It was then he came to a crossroad of hallways. "All right. Eenee-meenie.." Guards rounded the corner and prompted him to dart down a clear hall. "This one!"

But another thing Alicia had in common with Sally was that she didn't just let her servants battle for her. She pressed a hidden button on her whip - not only did it elongate, but now it had a nasty shock for whoever would be on the receiving end.

As she raced after the escapee, the whip cracked in the air - and now the sound was twice as loud. "Get back here! You're not going to escape me, Sonic the Hedgehog! I OWN YOU!"

Sonic froze in place, his quills bristling and shoulders going taut as he heard the shrill voice from down the hall. It was a tone he'd never heard Sally use before.

That voice was much too close for comfort.

He bolted away from it and tried not to let the noise his chains make against the floor give him away. And he ran and ran, through doors and hallways until he came to a dead end in what looked to be a large ballroom that hadn't been used in some time.

"Aw, nuts." Dead ends were not good. He ducked behind one of the large pillars.

They managed to follow him all the way to the ballroom, but it was a pretty spacious area. Alicia snapped her fingers, alerting her men. "Stay at the doors. Don't let him pass."

She slowly walked into the room, her heels clicking on the marble floor, her whip dragging alongside on the floor. A bit of dust flew here and there, showing off the room's age.

"You can't hide forever, Sonic. No matter where you go, I'll hunt you down to the ends of the earth...and the next earth, and the next, wherever you are!" A hard crack of the whip as she approached the pillars. "What does that insipid little princess have that I can't give you? She'll never want you the way I do!"

"Yeah. Thank my lucky stars for that." He muttered.

Sonic looked around. The ballroom was nothing but a long hallway but.. there were small windows near the roofline. If he could climb up high enough that was his ticket out!

He made a break for the far end of the room that looked like it could have some decent things to climb. "Sorry, lady. Clingy girls just aren't my type." Well, there went his position. Couldn't hide it for long anyway in a sparsely populated room anyway.

"How dare you call me clingy!" If Sonic was thinking of comparing her to Amy Rose, or even worst, that lunatic Rosy...! But now that she saw him, she had a target. She ran after him, throwing her whip as hard as she could to either ensnare him or smack him, depending on how far away he got.

"Get over here!"

"Like that'll happen!" He tried to make his way elsewhere, but unfortunately... he didn't account for the length that her whip could cover as much distance as it did. As he ran he felt something catch him by the wrist and jerk backward, which sent the rest of him careening face-first into the floor.

But that wasn't the painful part. More so was the crackling shock he felt in spite of whatever had grabbed him, which sent a searing shock through his system. "Nghhh!!" He tried to get up even if his muscles didn't want to cooperate.

Seeing Sonic go down was perhaps one of the most beautiful things Alicia had ever seen in her life, which was probably why she licked her lips as she calmly walked down. "Careful now... my whip has over 50,000 volts with every touch. It'd be such a shame to singe that handsome fur of yours."

Now at his side, she placed her boot on his back, pressing him down to the floor even further. "But I'm willing to forgive you. Your bold nature is one of the things I admire about you, after all."

Electricity had a funny way of making his mind clearer than before and yet make his muscles refuse to obey whatever he told them. It made it especially aggravating when he was mentally telling himself to move and nothing happened.

Sonic teeth rattled as he tried to lift himself unsuccessfully from the ground only to find a foot in the crook of his back.

"N..nnn.." Come on! Why wouldn't his mouth move? He managed to laboriously lift a hand and plop it in the ground again as he strained to get back up. "Let...g...o..." Aw, crap.

There was one last humiliation left in store. "How about this? I'll let you go, chains and all, if you do one thing."

She took her foot off of Sonic's back, and stomped it in front of his face. "If you lick my boot, you're free to go." She sincerely doubted his ego would allow him to do it, but more than anything she wanted to see what his expression would be."

His eyes narrowed into a somewhat piteous look. He wasn't surprised or even angry at the request, he just looked deflated by it. "Heh....Liar." He mumbled. If she was going as far as to hunt him down like she had done, there was no way she would just let him go with no strings attached.

Sonic managed to master his muscles enough to slowly place both hands on the floor and try to weakly push himself up against the weight of her foot on his back.

"You know," He breathed in. "you might be able to use this ballroom for more than collectin'...dust if you were nicer to people." Obviously, none of the people in her Kingdom were showing up to any parties here. And given his present situation he couldn't blame them.

"It was worth a try." With a delighted little cackle, she stepped off of him, curling her whip back up into its holster. "Besides, what do I care about other people? I have power, and I have you. There's nothing else I need."

She snapped her fingers, getting the attention of her guards. "Have his first meal ready... Once I'm sure he won't throw it up. And have everyone stationed at all the doors, in case he tries this little stunt again."

Right. If she really didn't need anything else outside of power, then he doubted there was any reason for her to have dragged him to Moebius.

Sonic pushed himself up and tried to stand, but couldn't quite get his muscles to cooperate enough to stay upright. He sat back down on the ground with his legs crossed and sighed. 'Geez, that thing packs a punch. I'm surprised it didn't knock me out cold.' He thought which scratching the side of his face.

"Think whatever you wanna, but you need folks on your side. Queen's need their people to be on their side. If you don't have that then you're not gonna rule for very long." If they weren't on her side, someone was gonna eventually boot her off that throne.

Alicia reached over to scratch him behind the ears as if he was nothing more than a pet - which is how she saw him. It was almost adorable how he thought a few sweet words would change her after having her whole left set this way. It was both foolish and admirable.

"Things work a little differently in this world, in case you've failed to notice." She said as she played with his ear. "Fear is a far greater tool than respect. Any threats to my rule are dead."

Ugh, if it were the person he knew with that face back home, he wouldn't have minded getting a scratch or two behind the ear. But here he couldn't help but weakly reach up and try to shove her hand away. "Yeah. Scourge said something along those lines too before I beat his face in." He breathed out. "Where's he now? Jail?"

"Don't you worry about him." Which was quiet code for even she didn't know. Scourge, much like Sonic, played by his own rules and was almost impossible to keep down. There was a shoot-on-sight order for everyone in the kingdom. But this wasn't a necessary detail that Sonic needed to be informed about.

"He thinks he's invincible because of his speed... Just as you did seconds ago, I imagine. But take that away, and you're little more than a handsome chatterbox. "

"Oho. She underestimates me." He crooned smoothly. True, It was a pain to do things without speed but it was far from impossible. He reached forward and tugged on the chains the bound the two anklets together.

After a moment more, he was able to get back up onto his feet and steady himself enough to stay upright.

"I'll get outta here, speed or no speed. And afterwards I'm gonna get you back for disruption' my night." His form of revenge would be something funny and harmless, like dying her hair green.

But Alicia wasn't so harmless. She grinned with wicked glee, her sharp teeth nearly glistening. "Then you'd better make sure it counts, hedgehog. Because I'll keep coming after you, again and again, until one of us is dead."

She grabbed him by the jaw, yanking him forward, nearly smashing their faces together. "It takes a hard will to survive in this world, and I'e had to claw my way to where I am. I have no problem doing whatever it takes to make you mine. This is going to be a long game for you and I. And I don't intend to lose."

"...Kgh..!" OW. Sonic winced. Did she have to be so rough with smooshing his face like that?

Even so, he gave a low chortle. "You wouldn't believe it, but that's not the first time I've heard that kinda threat that this week." Heh. Being a hero sure warranted him a lot more threats than the average person.

He reached up and tried to pluck her hand from his face, though he didn't use nearly the amount of force she was using. She might've been pushy, but he didn't wanna hurt her.

She allowed it, smiling all the while. Alicia then clapped for her servants. "Have the prisoner taken to my room. I assume he could use a nice, long rest. Unless he'd like to make any more attempts today... I certainly wouldn't mind."

She touched the whip on her belt but didn't take it out again. Just a little warning in case he tried.

Implication understood. Not that he minded, since another escape attempt was inevitable. Admittedly though, he could use some food and a nap.

The guards approached and Sonic and grabbed his arms at their Queens order. "Hey, watch the shoulder." He complained. Her whip had yanked him around enough to be sore.

He was l escorted out of the front of the ballroom and down the winding halls to the Queens room. It wasn't long before he took to curling up on one side of the bed for a nap.

Hades & Persephone - Alicia & Sonic

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