was thinking about the egghogs scenario i've had in my head for a while. i've posted about this before but this is metal virus dot penis and i can do what i want
the boys can combine their powers to make each other stronger. eggman gives them a command they can't possibly do alone: slow a death egg's descent from orbit to prevent it from being destroyed.
sonic (ball of chaos energy) clings to shadow (the conduit to transfer his chaos energy) who is clinging to silver (using his powers to slow the death egg down, supplemented by sonic and shadow's help)
considering the sheer size of a death egg, they're all struggling to keep silver energized enough to hold the whole death egg in his powers. before long, they start screaming in a way that would make one's blood go cold. one can see that the spots where they are holding onto one another are starting to steam and sizzle. their heads feel like they're about to burst.
silver's forehead and hands start to smoke. the skin around his markings starts to bubble. the blood vessels in his face start to burst, blood dribbles down from his ears and tangles fur in its wake, his sclera turn red. parts of him are boiling and popping. sonic and shadow's hands, everywhere they're touching, everywhere the energy is transferring, it starts to boil. their ears and noses and mouths start to bleed.
shadow uses the last of their collective withering energy and consciousness to chaos control them back onto eggman's ship, the death egg falling a mere few feet into silt. they collapse onto the cold steel floor, unconscious, completely unresponsive, and still sizzling audibly. eggman is in front of them, and he's cheering, whooping and hollering, not even turning around.
orbot and cubot quietly make their way towards the boys, the stray badniks in the room hesitantly crowding around them. cubot declares that they're alive, and they all look relieved. orbot tells the egg pawns in the room to get gurneys and get the boys to the med bay, stat. eggman does not notice.
after they come to, they're told that they're going to be bedridden for a few weeks and won't be able to use their powers for a few months. sonic sits up quickly at this news only for the chaos in his body to backfire and he falls back to the bed, writhing in pain. later, sonic tries to get up to use the bathroom, and not only does he fall on his face, but he got up too quickly and he completely collapses to the floor. many sideeyes between shadow and silver are had while they recover.
eggman lays low while they heal, and amy seems pleased that she and her friends saved the day, but she does find herself wondering where thing 1, 2, and 3 went. they're probably fine. just laying low.