Send me a Angel…
Send me a Angel…
Send me a Angel…
Fox groaned rolling over and forcing his eyes open to take a gander at his clock.
3:05 am
So it happened yet AGAIN
He clenched his eyes back shut and turned on his back again, it had been this way ever since his defeat of the aporoid queen. Why couldn't it be just another happy ending and the hero get his well deserved reward and rest. He sighed and tried to get back to sleep, wait… if he did he'd no doubt be awoke by that same damn thing. That voice that kept Send me a Angel over and over and over getting progressively louder as it went.
It annoyed him in the fact that A) he couldn't sleep and B) it happened right after the defeat of the aporoids, well maybe more like a week after. He had just started having these "Dreams" ever since and he didn't know why. Further more… was it danger, he dismissed the thought quite often but it still persisted in his head.
He didn't quite believe in angels… aside from Krystal. He let a smile played across his lips as he thought of her, maybe… he should go check on her… after all if he couldn't sleep he could still put all of his hours awake into something useful.
Rising out of bed with a creak of his springs, Fox set his feet paws on the flooring and crept along his room in the dark, his doors opened with a soft hiss. Clearing the door's threshold he crossed into the more metallic looking ship, dimly lit lights slightly illuminated the hallway providing Fox with a short vision range.
As he stalked amongst the partially lit ship halls he let his mind wander back to the dream and the… voice.
"Send me a angel" he repeated to himself quietly "send me a angel.. what in the world does that mean" he pondered stopping to lean against a wall. It felt cool and smooth against his fur, "Send me a angel" he repeated one last time. He shook his head quickly, he was begining to sound like his dream.
He let his mind probe further into his suspicions about the dream, why him... what did it mean... was he in danger?
Then suddenly… everything went white.
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Krystal awoke to the sound of a banging at her door, raising her sleepy head she crawled out from the sheets and dragged her heels up to the door to let who ever in. As the door split down the middle and pulled apart she cocked her head at her visitor.
Falco
And he was panting… hard
"Falco?" she said confused, "shouldn't you be in bed?"
"It's Fox!" he managed to raps out
"What… what about Fox" she said a little worriedly
"He…. Hallway… Passed out" he rasped out and took a breath straighting himself out, "Fox… was found in the hallway a few minutes ago… and he's out cold…. He isn't breathing very much and he's very cold".
"What?!" she screamed knocking the avian over and scrambling towards the med-bay at a almost break-neck speed.
She skid to a halt in front of the doors and nearly kicked them in, once inside she looked around wildly and finally came to rest her gaze on a occupied bed, Fox's form lay on it, Peppy's old hunched over form next to the bed.
"peppy… is he…"
"he's alive" the hare said a bit dully never letting his gaze leave Fox's face.
" What… what Ha"
"I don't know" he said quickly cutting her off, " I don't know… but whatever did took a toll on his head"
"I don't get it" a high squeaky voice rang out behind a curtain
"What is it Slippy" the hare questioned
"the rest of his body shows up clear as day on the X-ray but his head is all fogy and blurred out… if it's something serious then I have no idea what it could be, this is something I've NEVER seen"
Peppy grimaced looking slowly over to the Vixen who currently leaned against a chair mouth gaped open and eyes wide as if she had seen a ghost,.
"Slippy!" Peppy groaned
"What it…. Oh ah… woops" he said looking around trying to act innocent.
"Slippy… assuming this is a… worse case scenario… what could happen" Krystal asked eyes glued to the floor.
" well I…"
"Don't lie either… I can tell… If you do"
"…. Assuming the worst case… Fox could develop a serious head injury INTERNALLY… it could be cancer… brain damage… or maybe fatal" he said almost chocking every word out.
"I… see" she said her voice teetering
"… Krystal… rest assured… Fox is in my care… nothing will happen to him on my watch" the toad declared thumping his chest slightly
"Krystal… you should go back to bed…" Peppy advised averting his eyes away from her.
Krystal said nothing and only continued to stare at the floor…
"I… think we should leave for a bit" Falco declared standing in the door frame
"… a… agreed" Peppy nodded slowly getting up, one paw on his back the other pulling his old frame up on fox's bed post.
Slippy only shook his head " I want to stay and monitor Fox, I want"
"Slippy…" Falco said shaking his head "no… it's for the best…"
"But" Slippy said starting to protest quickly cut off by Krystal
"Slippy… please" she said in a weak tone
"…… But I….. I……" he stopped stuttering and sighed heavily walking rather briskly out of the room shoving past Falco.
Peppy left the room accompanied by Falco both wearing each other's expressions.
Krystal left last slowly and pausing at the door frame, gripping the edges and clenching her eyes shut, then with a great deal of personal strength she tore herself away from the room.