Sonic's POV
I'm sweating. I'm scared. I'm nervous. My hands won't stop shaking, and nothing could calm me down. Life goes by so fast. I'm so old right now! I feel old, and I look old! My quills were starting to lose their blue color! Amy colored her hair once a month. She hated the fact that she looked older. She looked older than I was, but I didn't tell her that because she would have my head on a stick.
Anyways, I was pacing around a very small room. It felt like I was trapped in one of Eggman's stupid traps. I was just waiting for one single person to enter this room. It was my daughter, Lilly. I didn't want this day to come. I told myself not to cry, but when you're giving your own daughter away you have to cry. I was fine in the morning, but now I'm freaking out. I kept rubbing my hands together hoping she would change her mind. Someone could change their minds at any point now, and I want that to happen, but at the same time that would break my heart. The door opened and I turned around knocking something over.
"You're not Lilly." I said seeing Amy.
"I know. She's getting her dress on right now."
Amy wasn't scared at all. She was really happy, but when this day would come for Flash she would be all nervous and I wouldn't be. I would be proud of my son. I'm proud of Lilly, but it's a different story with her. She's my daughter, not my son. I'm sure Knuckles felt the same way with his daughter. Shadow felt the same way too, I bet. Every father has to feel this way. I was making a big deal out of nothing. I was making things worst and that's the last thing that needs to happen.
"Ready dad?" Lilly asked.
I turned around and saw my daughter, Lilly. She was wearing all white. It was her wedding day. I never wanted this day to come, but I couldn't stop it. I had to let her go one day, and today was going to be the day. This was the hardest day of my life. I grinned at her. She looked just like Amy when it was her wedding day. I held out my hand and we held hands together. I fixed up any last minute request Lilly had. She looked perfect through my eyes. Although, my eyes did start to burn a little. I felt tears come through my eyes. I couldn't let anyone see my crying! I could let Amy see, but not Lilly or anyone else. We stood in front of two big doors. We locked arms with each other and waited for the music to start.
"Dad... I'll always be yours." Lilly said.
"I know... I just want you to be safe."
"I'm not a teenager anymore."
"Sometimes I wish you were."
The music began to play. The doors opened up and everyone stood up as Lilly and I walked down the church. I looked at the man I was giving my daughter away too. Sure he was nice, but I will never trust him. Even though he's going to be my son in law, I don't like him at all. If he hurts my baby I'll hurt him. That's all I'm going to say about that. I already told Amy everything I was going to do with him if he hurts Lilly. Even Flash was on my plan. Amy knew I was just saying shit to sound tough, but I really was scared.
We made it to the end. I felt Lilly start to unlock arms with me. My heart rate started to go up. I didn't want her to let go. It felt like I'm losing her! I just wanted her to be mine forever and ever. Amy dunged on my arm and I blinked a little of times. Lilly let go.
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I wake up and I notice everything is black. My eyes moved around trying focus back on reality. It was all just a dream. Just a dream... I slowly pushed the covers off of me and swung my eyes off the bed. I rubbed my head from the nightmare I just had. I looked behind me and Amy was fast asleep. Nothing could wake her up. I got out of bed and walked out of the bedroom. I went to go check on our kids. I can't believe we have kids... Life went by so fast. I thought I was faster, but I guess not. I'm growing old! The kids were fine, and I went back to bed. It was going to be a long night. Flash and Lilly were still babies, but that won't last forever. I'll have to make every moment count when I'm with them.
"Get up, Sonic." Amy said hitting her alarm clock.
"Mmmm, fuck getting up." I groaned.
Amy rolled her eyes and walked out of the bedroom. I was laying on my stomach. I didn't want to get up, but I had too. Nothing starts until you take action. (OMG Sonic 06 line) I forced myself out of bed. I heard Lilly crying. I went to go check on her, but Amy beat me to it. I decided to go check on Flash. He was still out. He loved sleeping so much. I walked over to his crib and poked his arm to wake him up.
"Flash... Wake up." I whispered.
Flash began to moved around and he finally opened his little eyes. I picked him up and he was ready to start the day. I took him downstairs and we walked into the kitchen. I cut up some fruits and put them in a bowl. This is my life now. Nothing exciting. Well, I shouldn't say that.. Having two kids is a lot of work. I'm glad Amy didn't have any twins. That would be a fucking nightmare!
"Sonic, I'm taking Flash and Lilly is Silver's house for today." Amy said grabbing her car keys.
"Alright..."
Amy was at the front door waiting for me. Flash and Lilly were already in the car. We kissed each other goodbye and I watched my family leave. I grinned as I shut the front door. My life was perfect. I could just pause my life right now, but then nothing would go fast so let's fast forward!
I went to work and Espio wasn't here today. If fact he wasn't here for the past week. I had no idea why. I asked some other people are work. Right now, I was in the process of hiring a lot of people. I couldn't pay attention to any of my athletes. Someone else had to train them. I was stuck in an office all damn day!
Knock knock
"What?" I groan looking down at my desk.
The door slowly opened and I looked up. I saw one of my new manager. He didn't seem like the type of person who was into sports, but I was wrong. He was a bee and his name his Charmy. He shut my door down and slowly flew over to me. I got a sick feeling in my stomach, and I knew something was up. I set my papers aside and put my attention to him. He held my hands together on my desk and starred down at him. I knew that made him feeling uncomfortable, but I didn't care at the time.
"Mr. Sonic. Sir..." Charmy said looking down.
"Eye contact, Charmy. Remember?" I said with a grin.
Charmy looked at me. He had tears in eyes. I didn't know I upset him that much! Now I really felt bad. I was already under enough stress, but I didn't mean to sound so rude.
"Sorry I-" I began.
"Espio dead!" Charmy yelled as he burst into tears.
I starred at Charmy as he was crying. Espio is gone? I don't know if this was a prank or anything. If it was then it wasn't funny. Epsio can't be gone. When did he leave!? How did he leave!? I was so confused. What went on last week? I remember Epsio and I just talking at work. He was coughing here and there, but I thought it was just a simple cold. I never thought anymore of it. He was a tough person. Strong fighter. Nothing could get in his way, and I mean nothing. I was in denial. I didn't want to believe Charmy at all.
"How do you know?" I asked focusing back on the real world.
Charmy pulled out his phone and held it out. My hand wouldn't reach out for the phone. I don't know what I was going to see at that screen. My hand slowly reached out and grabbed the phone. There was a text message from some random person I didn't know. I went up to where the random person had texted first. My eyes ran left to right reading every single word on the screen. My eyes started to burn, but I held back the tears. Was I really going to cry? Charmy was right. Espio was really gone. Something in his system messed with him and boom! His breathing stopped. His blood presser dropped. He was on life support, but even that couldn't save his life.
"Ok um..." I didn't know what to say or do.
I brushed back my quills and thought to myself. I gave Charmy his phone back and he ran out of my office. I have to tell the team what happened to Espio. I'm sure some of them will be happy, but some might cry. I wanted to cry, but I have to keep my act together. I banged on my desk a couple of times and got the anger out of my body. It got really hot in my office. I stood up from my chair and pushed his against the wall. My hands went into fists and I punched the wall. I giant hole was made.
"Shit..." I said holding my right hand.
I took off my glove and my hand was bleeding. I ripped off my sleeve and put it on my hand. I opened my office door and walked around. I couldn't believe my boss was dead! I was so upset! Most people would be happy that their boss died, but I wasn't. Epsio and I got so close over the years I worked here.
"Huddle up!" I yelled.
I felt anger inside my body again. I had to control it. As everyone gathered around Charmy was buzzing right beside me. I looked at him and he was looking at the ground. I couldn't image how he was feeling right now. I'll have to tell Amy about this. I wonder how she would react. I wonder who's going to replace Epsio. I'll never have the same relationship that I had with Epsio. Once I knew everyone was here I cleared my throat and began to talked. I couldn't get to the point. I didn't want the words to come out of my mouth.
"I have some dreadful news... Epsio is gone." I said.
Everyone gasped at what I just said. I know I'll have to give them more information, but I just found out, and I was still trying to wrap my brain around the idea. Everyone started to ask my questions and I held up my finger to make them quite. Charmy had tears running down his eyes and I began to talk again. I didn't cry though. I was on the edge of crying, but I held back all my tears.
"He died due to an illness. I don't know that much because I just found out too. If anything comes up though, I'll let you guys knows." I finished.
I let everyone go home early. We all needed it. After what I said I knew everyone wouldn't be able to focus on anything. I couldn't focus when I went back into my office. Everyone was messed up. I had to get home right now. Once I knew everyone was gone I ran home. I was done with work. I hated working now.
"Ames!" I yelled as I opened the front door. "Amy! I need to talk to you!"
I walked around the house like I was drunk. I couldn't find Amy! I needed her right now. I pulled out my phone and called her number. She didn't answer me. Where did Amy take the kids today? Tails and Cream were working today. Knuckles and Tikal had some family thing going on. I didn't trust Shadow with my kids. That's left Silver! Maybe Amy was picking up the kids right now! I ran out of the front door and within seconds I was banging on Silver's front door. I couldn't control my anger anymore. I kicked down the door and dust went everywhere.
"Sonic!" Amy yelled holding Lilly.
"I fucking found you! Finally! We have to leave!" I yelled grabbing Amy's hand.
I grabbed Flash and ran out of the house. I felt awful not speaking to Silver. I'll have to come back and tell him what happened, but right now the only person I could tell was Amy. She was the only person I could trust right now. Once we ran home I could hear Amy yelling at me. My ears didn't listen to the sound of her face. I couldn't stand it. I couldn't stand anything right now. Once we got home I controlled my anger and opened the door. Although when I pushed everyone through the front door I slammed it shut. Amy set the kids in the living room. She turns around and I wrapped my arms around her body, tight.
"SONIC! Let go!" Amy yelled. "What's the matter with you!?"
I loosen my grip on Amy. Her hands went straight to my face. Looking into her soft green eyes calmed me down. My heart rate slowed down and breathing got slower. I fell on my knees and looked at the ground.
"E-Espio..." I whispered. "H-He's... gone."
Amy didn't say anything. A tear fell from my eye and onto the ground. Amy got on her knees and kissed the top of my head. She grabbed the kids and placed them in front of me. Lilly grabbed my noses and smiled at me. Flash crawled on my lap and placed his hand on my heart. They knew something was wrong. They didn't understand at the moment. I hugged my kids and Amy got up and left. She knew I needed some alone time with the kids. The kids and I watched tv. I put on some little kid show. All I could think about was Espio. What could I have done to make him better. If only I knew what was going on with him. Then maybe I could have saved him.
"Don't bet yourself up, Sonic. It wasn't your fault." Amy said crawling into bed.
"I knew something was wrong... I didn't do anything to help him. I should have though." I said laying on my side so my back was facing Amy.
"He meant so much to you." Amy said touching my shoulder.
"The funeral is this weekend..."
"Do you want us to come?"
I turned my head and looked at Amy. She knew what kind of pain I was dealing with. I acted the same way when my mother died. I lost two great people in my life. I can't lose anyone else. I can't lose Amy, Flash and Lilly. I couldn't be able to live anymore. Even though I didn't like Espio when I first started working, he turned out to be a really fun person. I'm never going to find someone like him again. The weekend came by so fast. My family and I were standing in front of grave. It was a cloudy day, but no rain. A lot of people came to the funeral. I didn't expect this many people to show up.
"Sonic. Did you want to say anything?" Charmy asked.
"Espio. Even though we didn't like each other we turned out to become real close friends. Work won't be the same anymore. We all miss you and I know you're in a better place..."
I couldn't go on. Everyone patted my back as we left. This day will haunt me forever. Espio, I'll never forget what I great friend you were to me. You always knew what to say and you always put your family first. We became so close and we could talked about anything. I just wish I could have done something to make you better. If only I stuck with my guts. It felt like this was my fault.
OMG I hate making you guys wait, but guess what!? Just for you guy I'm putting up this story for my birthday! This is my present to you guys! The 15th is my birthday and to anyone else who had a September birthday!