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Chapter 2 - The New Member

After a eventful night, Aero opened his eyes slowly as the sunlight was becoming clearer to see. Aero stretched his arms up and noticed the basket from last night with the baby wide awake. Aero looked away as the memories of last night was coming back to him in his mind. Today was the day to notify Sonic and Tails of the newcomer, but it seemed there was something else to do as he heard the baby cry once more. Using his super speed, Aero made another milk bottle and heated it up in the microwave.

As it was heating up, Aero was looking through his cupboards to see if there were any diapers to change him. Lucky enough, there was a pack and Aero smiled at this. "Thanks Tails, you're a lifesaver". Aero grabbed what he needed and did his work. It may have been his first time doing it, but he recieved lots of training from a course and smiled as he knew it was totally worth it. After finishing the job, Aero grabbed the bottle and did exactly what he did last night. Once the baby slurped the bottle, he stopped crying.

Aero sighed in relief as he got the job done. "There you go. Time to talk to Sonic and Tails about you". Aero picked up his mobile and clicked on Tails' contact, he clicked the button that lets him speak hands free. After three rings, a voice was picked up. "What's up, Aero?" Aero smiled as the voice was picked up. "Hey Tails, could you come over here and get Sonic to do me a favor?" Tails seemed positive as he answered, "Sure, I'll come over. But what do you want Sonic to do?" Aero wanted to try and explain it, but since Sonic had his super speed, it would be best to show the problem first, then start the action.

"Actually, Sonic can come over too. He can do the favor after, just get here as soon as possible". Tails seemed curious from the tone of voice from his next reply. "Okay, we'll be there as soon as we can". Aero smiled and said, "Thanks Tails, see you guys soon". Aero ended the call and looked at the baby hedgehog. "Not long till you see your new friends". Aero smiled as he used one of his fingers to give the baby a tickle, which made the baby laugh. 'He's cute when he laughs...' Aero stopped tickling him and grabbed the letter to put beside the basket, so that Sonic and Tails can read it later.

Aero decided to get the boy to sleep, as he gently rocked the basket. It seemed to have worked as the baby slowly shut his eyes and when they did, Aero covered the baby with his blanket. After a minute, he stopped rocking the basket and let the baby hedgehog sleep. 'Now time for me to get some breakfast...' Aero grabbed some eggs and flour from the cupboard and started to make some pancake mix. If Sonic and Tails were coming, Aero thought there will be no harm in making more mix in case they wanted some.

Aero cooked some of the mix to make a couple for himself and left the rest in the fridge for later. After he finished the pancakes, which he enjoyed immensly, he cleaned his plate and sat on the couch waiting for his guests to arrive. Aero didn't have to wait long as he heard the mechanical sound of a biplane, just outside his front door. 'They're here. Here I go...' Aero went to his front door and opened it wide to see Sonic and Tails smiling at him. "Hey Aero!" Aero wave back. "Hey guys, I'll explain once you get inside". Once Tails was finished with his biplane, the Tornado II, both of them entered.

Aero closed the door as Tails asked, "So what's the problem?" Aero pointed at the basket and answered. "That's the problem". They both looked at the basket Aero was pointing at and went up to it. Tails was shocked, but Sonic spoke up. "Is this what I think it is?" Aero shushed him and put his finger on his lips, signifying him to quiet down and nodded. Sonic uncovered the blanket a little to see the baby hedgehog's head, seeing enough, he put the blanket over him again and lowered his voice.

"Now I see why you called us, this is big news". Aero nodded and said quietly, "He came with that letter that's beside him". They both looked at the folded piece of paper and Tails read it to Sonic. "To who will read this, I leave this child to your protection. Me and my son have been chased by thieves, but I won't survive the next few hours. This boy is two months old and has no home left since his home village is lost. Now this is important to know, he must wear his bracelets at all times, even if he is asleep. You may call him what you want, but please... protect my son".

Sonic looked confused as he heard about the bracelets and Tails was shocked by the fact that the baby had no family left. "He's got no family left? And what's this about his village being lost?" Aero scratched the back of his head as he seemed to have very little ideas. "The only clue I can gather is that the village must have been lost in a fire, judging by those scorch marks on the basket". Tails looked at the basket and agreed with Aero. "You're right". But then Sonic had to add something. "But what this about the bracelets?" Aero closed his eyes and said, "I don't know, but they're definately not power rings like Shadow has. They're nothing I've seen before".

Sonic was curious as he unfolded the blanket once more, he unfolded it enough to see one of the bracelets. Sonic and Tails tilted their heads at the design of them and once they saw enough, they put the blanket over the baby again. Aero opened his eyes and said, "Guess you've never seen it before either". Sonic nodded, but he remembered something about the design. "What about Time Eater? That monster that made us go back in time?" Aero closed his eyes as he remembered that adventure. It was very complicated to go through since Aero couldn't recognise some of the places, but overall, he somehow enjoyed it.

But back to Sonic's question, it could be the work of Time Eater, but something wasn't right. "Could be, but think about it. They haven't done any harm to me yet, plus I think Time Eater's gears were moving, while these ones aren't". Sonic looked at Tails for answers, since he was the smart one out of the two. "That's true. But I think it's best to run some tests on them, in case they are dangerous". Sonic gave a thumbs up. "Good idea Tails". Aero sighed as he added the big issue. "But there's just one issue guys, we can't take the bracelets off. Even if I could, I can't find the joint to get it loose".

Tails looked back at the baby and sighed. "Alright, let the three of us look after him and you let us know if anything happens". Aero smiles as he was happy with the decision. "Sounds good to me and Sonic?" Sonic looked at Aero. "I need you to do me a favor. Could you get me some new baby supplies for the new guy?" Sonic had his hands on his hips with a smirk on his face. "And what's in it for me?" Aero smiled at him as he thought this could happen. "How about a pile of pancakes?" Sonic shook his head as he thought that wasn't good enough. "Make it two chilli dogs and you got yourself a deal". Aeo laughed a little, if there's one thing Sonic can't resist, it's chilli dogs.

"Deal". With this excitement, Sonic opened the front door and used his super speed to get to Station Square as fast as possible. "Man it's hard to work with Sonic when he's like this. Want some pancakes Tails?" Tails seemed happy as he asked. "Yes please". With that, Aero prepared the chilli dogs for Sonic, while Aero instructed Tails on how to make the pancakes. Tails found it really easy to make afterwards and made a couple for himself. "Thanks Aero, these are good". Aero smiled as he put the chilli dogs in the oven to keep it warm. "You're welcome".

From the look of it, Sonic was bringing the supplies one by one. Noticing this, Aero looked at the supplies and noticed some new things, like new baby food, new toys and equipment. "Sonic's done well... okay, I'm gonna set up the kid's new bed. Do you mind helping me with the rest of this stuff?" Tails was finished with his pancakes as Aero said this question. "Sure thing". So within the next hour, Aero followed the instructions to assemble the playpen. By the time Aero was finished, he went downstairs to see Sonic at the door.

"Nicely done Sonic. Your chilli dogs are in the oven. Take them, you've earned them". Sonic wasted no time as he used protective gloves to grab the tray and place the chilli dogs on a plate, ready to be eaten. "Thanks Aero". Aero gave a wink to Sonic. "No probs. Now what to do with him... what should we do after he's grown a bit?" Tails seemed a little hurt by what Aero had said. "Well, the child needs protection and we're the best protection he's got". Aero closed his eyes in thought. "I guess you're right. Besides, the kid gives me good company".

Tails nodded with a smile. "That's the spirit, Aero! Have you thought of a name yet?" Aero looked at the baby and saw that is was still sleeping. 'He can sleep through all this noise? Must be a heavy sleeper...' Aero said his answer. "No, not yet. I'll think of one later". The baby cried once more and Sonic happily took this job. "I got it". Aero smiled at Sonic. "Thanks Sonic". Sonic prepared and warmed up the milk bottle and gave it to Aero. Once he gave the bottle to the baby, it stopped crying and after finishing the bottle, Aero patted the baby's back gently and it gave out a burp.

"I'm gonna take junior here to his playpen upstairs". Both Sonic and Tails nodded and Aero grabbed the blanket and walked up to his room, which was when he saw the playpen. It was much larger than the basket and it looked very comfortable. Aero put the baby down gently and covered him with his blanket. Aero could tell that the baby was smiling and left him to sleep.

Later that day...

For the rest of the day, Aero decided to give himself some time off by exploring with his super speed. He told both Sonic and Tails to keep an eye on the kid while he was out, if they could trust him with their problems, he could trust them with his problems. As the sky was getting dark, Aero thought it was the best time to get back home. Once he arrived, Sonic and Tails thought it was best for them to stay the night. But it wasn't just for the baby, it was also too dark for them to get back home. Aero agreed and thought it was for the best, he let Sonic and Tails take the guest bed and his own bed, while Aero slept on the couch. All was quiet, except for a certain mobian hawk, who seemed to be having a nightmare.

The nightmare started with him, waking up to a scream. Hearing this, Aero went close and saw that his bedroom window was smashed, not only that. The baby was gone. Looking at the glass, he figured out that something from the outside took the child and he had to find him fast. Using his super speed, he opened his front door to find a huge machine that was probably three times as tall as him. It was mostly white, except for a pair of arms that were their usual metal material with no paint on them. It was the Egg Carrier from the Day of Disaster. But it wasn't alone, there were other smaller robots surrounding the area, from the ground to the sky that looked like they were getting destroyed by Sonic and Tails.

But it was then that a scream was heard and in its right hand was the baby, but it seemed to be a couple of months older from the last time Aero saw him. Aero looked at the machine, angry as he recognised the design. "Let the kid go, Eggman! He's too young for this!" He then heard a manical laugh as he saw the familiar specs and the riduculous moustache. "No can do, dumb beak! I detected a strange energy and it seemed to be coming from this infant. I can probably let him go in exchange of a chaos emerald. Otherwise..." It was then that Dr. Eggman used a control to make the hold on the baby tighter. "Eggman no!"

Seeing this horrible moment made Aero wake up in the real world and was sweating on how horrible it was. He sighed as he was relieved that it wasn't real, but he wondered if the baby was okay. He walked up to his room and opened the door slowly, to see the baby sleeping quietly and Sonic snoring a little bit too loud. 'Good. I don't have to worry on making too much noise...' Aero walked slowly to make the smallest amount of noise as possible and went close to the playpen. The baby was unharmed which seemed to have calmed Aero down.

Even though it was just a dream, he wondered about this 'energy' that Eggman talked about. Did this kid have some sort of power that contained this energy? It was then that Aero thought about the bracelets the baby always wears, he pulled the cover a little to see the bracelet on the left arm. 'I wonder...' Aero got his hand close to the bracelet. He was heistant at first, but gently, he wrapped his hand on the bracelet and it was then that something was being played in his mind that was mostly blue in colour.

The scene was just outside his house and it looked like a fight between him and a small army of robots. In one of its hands was the baby that looked to be grown just a month or two and in the machine was a man with a familiar moustache. The mobian that was him said out loud, "Let the kid go, Eggman! He's too young for this!" A manical laugh was heard and the man known as Eggman, replied, "No can do, dumb beak! I detected a strange energy and it seemed to be coming from this infant. I can probably let him go, in exchange of a chaos emerald. Otherwise..." It was then that Dr. Eggman used a control to make the hold on the baby tighter. "Eggman no!"

Aero's mind began to return back to normal as his vision wasn't as blue as before. Aero's eyes widened as he pulled his hand away from the bracelet, but then remembered to put the blanket as it was before. Aero did so and left the room quietly, he closed the door gently and returned back to the living room and sat on the couch, with many thoughts in his mind. 'What did I just experience? Was that the power Eggman mentioned? If so, was it the power to see people's dreams? Or were they... no... they...t-they can't be... visions of the future?'

And there's a cliffhanger for you all. Please review!

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