Sonic and the Speed of Flight

The Flight of the Stranger

One stormy evening on planet Mobius, Tails and Knuckles were sitting on Sonic's couch waiting for him to return with a Chaos Emerald he snatched from Eggman's base. They were warming up by the fireplace when Sonic the Hedgehog opened the door. Lightning flashed from behind and lit up his figure. Walking inside, Tails and Knuckles saw he was dripping wet. Throwing him a towel to dry off, Knuckles asked,

"Did you get it?"

Sonic nodded and showed Knuckles the Echidna and Miles "Tails" Prower a glowing Purple emerald. Knuckles took the emerald so Sonic could use both hands to dry off. His shoes, socks, and gloves were dripping wet. As he took them off and dried his feet and hands, the two tailed teenage fox asked, "Take a shower while you were outside?"

Sonic glared at him, wrinkling his nose, as if he were trying to prevent himself from smelling something bad.

"Sonic?"

Sonic sneezed so strong it rattled the windowpanes. Tails and Knuckles stared at each other, then at Sonic. Did he just break the sneeze record? They both wondered. Then they noticed Sonic didn't look very well. His quills were the shade of blue as Tails' eyes. His eyes were watery and red. Sonic read their faces, "'M fine," the hedgehog sniffed. "Must've caught a cold out in the rain."

Tails felt Sonic's forehead. It felt warm. "Why don't cha go to bed?" he said. "Maybe you'll feel better?"

Sonic blinked, and nodded. Sounded good enough to the exhausted hero. He walked upstairs and hopped in bed.

Hopefully he would be better by morning.