Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic. Don't sue me for this drivel.

His world was spinning.

And he decided to travel it at seventy miles per hour. Now he was losing control over his body. The numbing poison finally working it's way through his legs and causing him to stumble. Before he could scream he slammed head first into one of the local oaks. Needless to say as soon as he hit he didn't have to suffer through consciousness anymore.

His last thoughts were that he didn't have to feel anymore pain, at least.

Pain seared through his bones as he returned to the world of the living, a throbbing headache reminding him never to run off like that again. It took him only an instant to figure out he was no longer in the forest, woods, or local park that he crash landed in. Surrounding him were cheerless gray walls and metal bars surrounding him on every side. He was laying on some kind of material he later found to be a regular mattress pulled off some bed, a cover draping his shoulders.

A prison cell. The only one in the middle of a large room.

" Great. "

The blue hedgehog found himself groaning as the double doors near the back of the room opened. As they did he tried to make a stand in the center of the cell, going through with the whole heroics business, but instead found himself sitting slouched over on the bed. Looking down at his reflection on the floor he noticed that his head was wound in a bandage that just spotted blood.

" I see that you're awake. Good. I'll have to change your bandages anyway. "

Green eyes widened in horror to the sound of that all too familiar voice. He was too preoccupied with wondering how the bandages got there to notice who came in before! Now he'd look over and see Dr. Eggman! " What the? " Stumbling on the words as he tried to rise, but instead fell to the floor in a less than dignified position. His legs felt like jelly and he couldn't even feel his arms. The fall was softened by his own numbness. Something he was thankful for in this strange situation.

The human frowned seeing the hedgehog curl up defensively. " Sonic. " He moved his hand towards the hedgehog's shoulder, causing him to flinch. " Sonic! " Grabbing him by the shoulder roughly he pulled the young hedgehog into sitting. " SONIC! For once I'm not trying to kill you! " His voice stressing the world 'not'.

Confused the hedgehog met his enemy's concerned gaze with a tired one. " Then what do you want? " Hearing his voice thoroughly for the first time since he awoke he determined that he was hoarse and his throat was dry. " I don't got any Chaos Emeralds on me. " Raising his weakened arms to show him he had nothing to hide.

Again the large one shook his head. " You're sick. " Flipping his hand back he'd feel across the hedgehog's forehead. " You have a fever. " And then pointing to Sonic's limbs. " And you can hardly move. " Now he'd place his hand and finger under his near-nonexistent chin. " My guess is that you came over some form of toxin in the last few days. I won't ask where or why it happened because at this point it doesn't matter! All that matters is that you recover your strength as soon as possible. "

Sonic stared at Eggman dumbstruck as he continued. " Goodness knows your little friends will pin this on me somehow and come barging into my base whenever they find it. " Shaking his head slightly he'd look down at the hedgehog. " Hopefully they'll take a few days, and by then you'd be well enough to go with them. "

This didn't make sense! Sonic simply stared as he analyzed the situation: he got sick and ran off to try and find the cure after his friends couldn't. He hit his head on a tree and passed out. Now Doctor Eggman was trying to save him?

After all the times he tried to kill him?

Nope. It didn't add up. " So what's your big plan this time, Eggman? "

Before he could continue with a sarcastic remark he was lifted off the floor and placed back on his mattress. " First off I'm going to get you something to eat and drink. You glucose levels are down which suggests you haven't eaten in quite some time. The blood sample I took from your wound attests to that. Afterwards I'll retire to my lab and allow you to sleep a bit so I can work out an antibody for the poison. "

For some reason Sonic felt like a fool. Either for thinking that Eggman was trying to pull something when he was actually trying to help him, or for thinking that Eggman was trying to trick him by letting on that he was trying to help. One way or another he had little choice in if he wanted Eggman's help or not. For the moment he was too weak to even walk to the bars of his cage, let alone fight off anything his enemy was going to do.

Too tired to give a verbal response the blue hero simply nodded before curling up on his side to sleep. His last images was of the human he knew as his enemy leaving his cell without harming him.

It was going to be one shot, but I extended it. Joy. oo