Except for when a few associates walked past him, he sat alone in complete silence along the hospital corridor. Occasionally someone would come to his side to ask how he was. Though to say a lie was more than an understatement, he would tell them he was fine. Then he'd lie his face back into his hands in dismay.

By this point he had stopped crying. Though it took a lot of time and out of him before it came to this point. Cobalt eyelids clench in feeling his eyes pulsate in-sync with his head in a throbbing pain. The hero had been sitting in the quiet since he found he wasn't able to shed anymore tears for the time being.

An eerie shudder ran up then down his spine causing his fur to stand up in retaliation. Though it had hit him hard, he still couldn't believe what had happened within hours ago. Teeth grit as a painful gulp slides down his throat hard and slowly. That's when a flash of pink quills and emerald eyes suddenly run through his mind's eye.

"Ames..." He whimpers which is barely louder than a whisper.

Those some odd hours ago Amy had gone into labor three months before her due date! She begged him to be by her side as she hollered and moaned in excruciating pain when he rushed her to the hospital. Everything had been running smoothly as it could till she went from making an excessive amount of noise... to making hardly any... And as they had saved her premature baby... It was too late...

Raising his head from his palms and sitting up straight, jade irises direct themselves up to the dimly lite ceiling. Sonic didn't know what to do! His eyes race in hoping to find the answer before him. One of his gloved hands raises to his mouth covering it when tears start gathering in the corners of his eyes.

Amy had just died, and the father of her newborn had disappeared seven months ago! All he could think about over and over was the urgent anticipated happiness she had while waiting for the birth of that baby. And after the news about Shadow... That was the only real happiness in her life. That was also what made the hero happy. He had even promises to help her raise the child even when she declined the offer.

Rising upward from his seat, Sonic went walking off towards the maternity ward. He finally figures out what to do. He was going to keep that promise!

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They were the slowest strides he ever made, but he had made it to his destination. Since the citizens of Station Square knew about his relationship with Amy Rose, the nurses didn't hesitate to let him visit her son.

The hospital had put the baby into a containment unit his size hooking him up with devices to keep him breathing. His bubble gum colored fur and peach arms and stomach were defiantly from his mother. The tiny sprouts of black bangs and quills, the tiny patch of ivory fur upon his chest, and crimson streak upon his little tail were from his father.

Sonic approaches he plastic casing with a tender smile upon his face. There are holes on the side of the casing in which he delicately sticks his hand inside. As gently as he can, he reaches out brushing a finger against one of the boy's diminutive sized hands. The boy stirs turning his head in the hero's direction. Emerald irises are met with a curious wide eyed gaze while his hand holds onto the finger the best it can. Moving his head even closer towards Sonic, he sticks the tip of the others' finger in his mouth chewing on it as hard as he can. The smile upon Sonic's muzzle widens lovingly when the hedgeling's face scrunches up before he starts making crying sounds. Chuckling in response, he sneaks his other hand inside to caress his head with the fingers to try and calm him down.

"Don't worry my little angel... I will always be around to take care of you..."