He was sick

Very sick

No one knew what it was or how it infected him but he only had days, maybe minutes left.

Snake stood next to the door of his hospital. He couldn't believe it. His rival, no his friend, no his son, was bedridden by this unknown illness. If his son didn't make it, that would mean two things: he'd go back to his world or he permanently dies. Rosalina was supposed to come but she didn't want to see her son like this. This isn't the happy hedgehog he'd grown to protect and care for like his own son. Snake knew by the time he left the hospital, he would never see his son again.

Isabelle tagged along with him for moral support although snake insisted he wouldn't need it. Isabelle knew he was lying.

"Mr snake, I'll stay here outside the room so you can be with your son in his last minutes" Isabelle said.

"Thank you Isabelle" Snake said. He enters the room and there he is. His blue little hedgehog on a heart monitor with its steady rhythm.

"Snake" Sonic said in a low energy voice. Snake couldn't bear making eye contact with him. Sonic's voice told snake that he didn't have much time left.

"Hey Sonic. How are you doing?" Snake said trying to stay positive.

"Dr Mario says today's my last day. Every one else came to say goodbye. Except Rosalina…." Sonic says. Snake didn't have the heart to tell him Rosalina was too deveasted to see him on his last day and how she flew to the other side of the galaxy. Never to be seen again.

Snake just looked down at the side of Sonic's hospital bed. His memories drifted through his mind. From the first time they let, to their first battle l, to their inevitable friendship, all leading up to present day. He began to crawl Inside of Sonic's bed, holding him one last time. Sonic hugged him, tears in his eyes. This is it. The final moments.

"I'm sorry…..for what I've done in the past…." Snake could only say. He felt a few tears flowing in. He thinks of the times where he hated sonic with all his life. And now he'd protect him with all his heart but unfortunately, today wouldn't be his day.

Sonic had finally gathered all his energy to last his last dying words to the one he cared about the most.

"I love you….. dad…."

The monitor hit a flatline. That was the first and last time snake would ever be called that. Sonic would eventually fade away from existence, leaving only snake in an empty hospital room.

When Isabelle entered the room shortly, she was shocked to find out the tragedy that just occurred.

"Mr snake, are you ok?..."