Back to the Past
by ElvenAC14
Chapter 1
Silver's Fever
There was once a blue hedgehog named Sonic the Hedgehog, the hero of Mobius and the fastest thing alive. During his adventures, he made many friends along the way, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Silver, Blaze and many more. He wore a brown scarf, athlete bandages, and red shoes. Each day, he has to defeat Eggman, but with the help of his friends, anything is possible.
Silver the Hedgehog woke up, feeling tired and sore. He felt hot and had a terrible headache.
He walked up to his room and went into the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and looked into the mirror. He felt, for the lack of a better word, different. But nothing appeared to have changed.
"I guess I stayed up too late." Silver said. He brushed his quills, put on his boots and ran outside.
He jumped and flew through the trees. He felt the winds in his quills and the warm sun on his fur. A little while later, he found Blaze reading a book. Silver waved at her and she waved back, she was smiling calmly. Silver laughed, but his laugh was soon cut off to a harsh cough. Blaze's expression changed from calm to worry. Silver noticed this and levitated down.
"Hi Blaze!" he said. "What's the matter?"
"Silver," Blaze said. "are you feeling well?"
Silver was honest, "I feel…okay. Just a little tired and…I do have a headache."
Blaze shook her head, "I am one with the flames, Silver. I can tell what has heat and what doesn't, you have a fever."
"I do?" Silver said.
"Yes." Blaze said, putting her hand on his head. "Do you feel dizzy?"
"Nope." Silver said immediately, but his eyes slowly started to close. "Well, maybe…" Before he could say anything more, everything went dark and he felt his eyes roll back. He collapsed a few seconds after.
"Silver!" Blaze yelled. "Silver! Wake up, wake up!"
She picked Silver up and carried him to his house. She placed him on the bed, got a cold rag and put it on his forehead. She placed a thermometer in his mouth. She examined his body, and she noticed swelling around his back quills. In fact, all of his back looked swollen.
She started to get worried; she called Tails on her phone, "Tails?"
"Hello, Blaze." Tails said. "How are you doing?"
"Tails, Silver is sick." Blaze said. "I need you over here, please."
"What's his temperature?" asked Tails.
Blaze took the thermometer from Silver's mouth, "104°F and he's passed out."
"This is serious!" Tails said, sounding very alarmed. "I'll be over there right away!"
He hung up, Blaze was now sweating. This does sound serious, will her friend be okay? She sat and waited for Tails to arrive.
When Tails arrived, he was amazed of how sick he looked. His cheeks were blushed red, he was sweating and not to mention the swelling on his back. It was like someone boiled his back with hot water.
"I never saw anything like this." Tails said. "I can treat the swelling for you, Blaze. But what's causing this, I don't know. I would need a sample."
"S...s…sample?" Silver woke up, confused. "Huh? What's going on?"
"Silver," Tails said. "I am going to take a little sample to my lab, your symptoms concern me and I want to get to the root of the problem. I am going to numb the area first, then I'm going to cut a tiny bit of your back, okay? It shouldn't hurt."
Silver had a worried expression, he didn't take sharp things well. But his back was so sore that he would do anything or go through anything just for it to stop. "O…Okay, just make it quick."
Tails nodded. He numbed the area, right on the spot where it looks the most swollen, his back quills. Blaze watched, she calmed down a little, but she was still worried about him.
"Hold still." Tails said.
As his scalpel made the cut, Silver screamed at the top of his lungs. Tails, due to the shock of Silver's scream, accidently cut deeper than expected. A black liquid poured from his back, along with dark red blood. Blaze ran to him, holding his hand. She felt how tight his grip was and the expression he had was fear and pain. The blood ran down his back profusely.
"I must have cut a vein!" Tails said, bringing a bottle up to his back. "Can you bring me the bandages? We need to stop the bleeding."
Blaze brought the bandages and Tails wrapped it around Silver. He was breathing heavily.
"I…I thought…you said…it wouldn't…hurt!" Silver yelled. "D…Did you numb the area?"
"Yes, I know, I'm sorry!" Tails said. "But it really shouldn't! I never encountered something like this before. Blaze, keep his temperature down and I'll be back in a few days, two days at least, with the results."
"Alright." Blaze said.
Tails ran out the door and flew back to his lab.