Hades & Persephone - Alicia & Sonic

[queen_of_mean]

 Maybe there had been a peaceful, or at the very least neutral, agreement between the worlds once upon a time. But Moebius was filled with dark souls, and those with power tended to be the darkness. Is that why they were so attracted to the light? Or had the idea of a 'good Sonic' so fascinated Alicia that it had become an obsession?

Whatever the reason, she'd given the order and her will was to be obeyed. She waited as patiently as one could in her throne room, her fingers tap-tap-tapping along her whip. Amusement was on her face - would he submit because of her 'resemblance' to Sally, or give her a reason to use her weapon? It would be delightful either way.  As she heard footsteps approach, she slouched slightly in her seat. She did hope her soldiers didn't damage her dear pet too much. It'd be a shame for that pretty face of his to be black and blue.

The doors opened, and she smiled. "Well, well, well...thank you for humbly accepting my invitation."

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[queen_of_mean]

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!"

[quickster]

"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.

[queen_of_mean]

"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!"

[quickster]

"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.

[queen_of_mean]

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."

[quickster]

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.

[queen_of_mean]

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."

[quickster]

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.

[queen_of_mean]

"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."

[quickster]

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.

[queen_of_mean]

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."

[quickster]

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?"

[queen_of_mean]

"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. "

[quickster]

"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.

[queen_of_mean]

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."

[quickster]

"...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.

[queen_of_mean]

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.

[quickster]

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.