Shadow: It's about frickin time you updated on this, AK!
Tails: Seriously, dude. Where have you been? You finally start a Taiream story and then you just bail on us. What gives?
Me: What gives is the fact that I got a new job.
Amy: Oh really? Do you get better pay?
Me: WAY better. But the thing is, I'm working full time. I start at 7:30 in the morning and then come home at 4:00. So my time for writing is becoming less. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop.
Cream: Well that's a relief. It would be a real shame if you stopped this story.
Me: I will NEVER discontinue a story. At least I'll try not to.
Knuckles: If you do, I'll hunt you down and punch you so hard, you'll lose your new wage.
Me: That….makes no sense. But I get the picture. Now who's turn is it? NOT IT!
Everyone: NOT IT!
Silver: Huh? Rats. AK doesn't own any of the characters. Just the plot of the story.
Me: So please enjoy and don't forget to review!
The Flightless Fox
Chapter 3: Not a Bad Start
Day one went okay. It wasn't too awkward for them. Except for the part where they had to figure out a way for Tails to go to the bathroom. That was weird. But it was behind them now. And there was plenty more ahead of them to come. But their young minds had no idea what would eventually come out of all this. All they knew was that their crushed for the other were strong. But they didn't know the other felt the exact same way. And considering how long they had felt this way towards another, one would think they would have caught on by now. But no. Both Tails and Cream were still clueless that they were not only crushers but also crushes themselves.
But it was clearly obvious to everyone else that they liked each other. Sonic knew it about tails and Amy knew the same for Cream. But as much as they liked each other, they were too scared to tell. Tails because he thought she wouldn't want to be in a relationship at age six, and Cream wasn't so sure if Tails was over Cosmo yet. So they had to wait it out. And that's what they planned to do. But that didn't mean they couldn't have fun with each other in the meantime.
Now when one is confined to a wheelchair, the things you try to find that are fun, turn out to not be fun at all. Most of the things Tails considers fun require him to use his legs and be standing up. Two things he couldn't do for months. And no matter how hard he tried getting his mind off of it, he couldn't help but get depressed upon remembering that tiny fact. Cream was like Advil for that. She just masked the symptoms, but they were still there nonetheless. And for him, that blows.
But as long as he was getting a dose of Cream every day, along with the many other pain killers he was prescribed to him by the doctors, Tails would be fine. And as he woke up that morning for day two, he thought the same. Cream was the medicine that made him happy. But he did not have the guts to tell her that to her face. It wasn't right. At least not yet. Even though they were best friends, there were a lot of things Tails didn't know about Cream, and vice versa, the whole crush thing aside. But they had five whole months to spend together. Surely they would come to know each other better in that time.
And it was all gonna start with day two. All they did yesterday was sit at home and watch a marathon of Transformers all day and play games. It was alright. But they both of them knew they couldn't do that every day. Tails was confined to a wheelchair, but that didn't mean he was also confined to his house. He could go outside. He just couldn't fly because then it would mess up his legs. The clock hit nine AM. And then a knock on the door came. Tails rolled himself over to the door to answer and smiled when he saw the petite little bunny along with her chao friend waiting on his porch. Cheese was sure to hide all of his Decepticon fan wear from them before he left home so Vanilla wouldn't find it. He knew if Cream or Cheese discovered he was a Decepticon fan, no one would ever be able to look at him the same way again. The little chao was surprised neither Cream nor Tails saw him yesterday when he was right in front of them dressed in a Megatron helmet. But as long as they didn't notice.
Tails openly welcomed the girl into his house and then the young kit excused himself to the kitchen for his legs were starting to ache from his ankles all the way up to his hips. He opened up a small cabinet where he kept the bottles of medication the doctors prescribed to him and took out the proper amount of dosage they told him to take each day. Cream walked in and saw the pills on the counter as Tails was filling a glass with water so he could swallow them easier.
"Are you sure you need to take all of these, Tails?" Cream asked never seeing so many different pills before.
Tails turned off the tap in his sink and nodded when he looked back at her.
"This kind of injury requires a lot of medication, Cream." He answered. "One pain killer isn't going to be enough to help the pain subside. So many different ones have to be put in here."
"But I thought it was dangerous to mix pills with other pills." Cream pointed.
"That's only if they're all for a different purpose." Tails replied. "These are all pain killers that I was prescribed. So they're all for the same thing."
"But taking six pills at once is a little overboard. Isn't it?" Cream counted how many pills were on his counter.
"Oh I'm not gonna take them ALL right now." Tails answered. "I'm just gonna take two for right now, and then take the other four over the course of the day. If I took them all right now, then something bad could happen. Sure they're all for them same purpose. But if I take them all at once, who knows what it might do to me."
That made Cream feel better.
"I was just thinking that." Cream said. "Whenever I'm sick, my Mama only gives me one asprin and that's it."
"Well these pills are a lot stronger than that." Tails wheeled over and took two of them in his hand. "These things are at least twice as strong as asprin."
With that, Tails popped the two pills in his mouth and drank some of the water to help them slide down his throat. After he did that, he put the other four tablets on a higher part of his counter so he wouldn't forget to take them. It was hell when he wasn't on pills. His legs felt as if they were on fire or getting cut off by a hacksaw. It was an unbearable pain. And of he missed on dosage, he was screwed.
"So what do you wanna do today?" Tails asked the bunny.
"Well first I need to make you breakfast." Cream said. "Do you like scrambled eggs?"
"I love em'." Tails replied happily. "You need any help?"
"Oh no." she said. "I'm helping you out through this. And that means you don't lift a finger. I'll do everything. You just relax."
Even though she was the most polite girl Tails or anyone had every met, the young kit shook his head.
"Come on, Cream. If you do everything for me for five straight months, you'll go crazy with all the stress. Please let me hold on to some of my dignity and let me help you out."
Dignity. I guess that word meant a lot to Tails right now being in the condition he was. And Cream couldn't say no to something like that. Even though he was hurt, he wasn't useless. And he didn't want to be useless at all.
"If you really want to." Cream said.
Tails smiled at her and rolled over to the fridge. He leaned over and was able to get his hands on the carton of eggs he had stored in there. Then he took them over to Cream who got up on a stepping stool to reach the height of the stove. She had also acquired a frying pan to cook the food in and turned on the gas to the proper heating level. When the heating was done, Tails handed her the right amount of eggs and she cracked them.
Tails hoped she was planning on making some for herself too. He didn't want her to just think about him. Well….actually he did, but not to the point where she forgot about her own need to eat. But fortunately, she cracked two more eggs for herself and Cheese found some bacon in the freezer.
After a short wait, breakfast was served. And with the first bite, Tails was overtaken by how good it was. He thought if Cream ever went on a cooking show, she would be a shoe in to win. Not only with her amazing cooking skills. But she's extremely cute. Seriously. How could a cold-hearted judge say no to such a cute face like Cream's? Her smile was enough to make Tails' heart melt like a popsicle at a firework show. The only person Tails actually knew was immune to her sweetness was Eggman. He had kidnapped her a few times before so the cute thing didn't work on him.
After they finished eating, and a quick cleaning of the dishes, Tails and Cream got back to where they were before. Discussing what they wanted to do for the rest of the day. And it was only ten in the morning.
"Why don't we spend the day outside?" Cream suggested.
Tails was of course all for that idea. He was surprised he didn't get a chance to say it first. It had been so long since he was outside and on the ground at the same time. So maybe looking at things from the ground might give him a different perspective of the world he's been in for a while. No matter where he goes, he flies. It was time to go by ground again.
"That sounds like a great idea." Tails agreed of course. "Where do you wanna go?"
"I was kind of hoping to visit with Miss Blaze and Mr. Silver." Cream responded. "I need to ask them if I can borrow something from them."
Visit Silver and Blaze? It wasn't exactly what Tails had in mind when he thought of going outside. But it was still better that remaining cooped up here in his house. Besides, he had to thank Silver for taking him to the hospital in the first place when the accident happened.
"Sure, let's go."
Before he left, Tails got the other pills he put on the table and put them in a small bag in case he needed to take one of them later and he still wasn't home. After that, they left. And instead of wheeling himself like he had been, Tails was a surprised when Cream floated up to the height of the handlebars on the chair and began to push with her feet still off the ground.
"You don't have to do that." Tails insisted. "I'm fine pushing myself."
"I know." She replied. "But I'm fine pushing you."
If she was fine with it, why fight it? That's what Tails thought. And it was kind of nice not having to push the thing himself. Cheese even fell asleep in his lap as they went down the streets to Silver's and Blaze's place.
Along the way, Tails noticed how beautiful Emerald Hill was from ground level. He always looked down on it from above. So looking up was a bit unfamiliar for him. But it was nice to see things from a different point of view.
"Wow." He thought out loud.
Cream smiled anticipating he might say something along those lines. She was well aware of his love for flight. So she also knew it was a long time since Tails took a simple walk by himself. But then again, doing that was gonna have to be put on hold with no legs to walk on.
After about a ten minute trip, they arrived at the house of a certain grey psychic hedgehog and a lilac pyrokinetic cat. Cream ran the doorbell and Blaze was the one who answered the door.
"Oh hi there, Cream." Blaze said with a smile. But it soon faded when she saw the wheelchair and the one sitting in it. "Oh my gosh! Tails, what happened to you?"
"It's a long story." Tails answered.
"Well please. Come in." the cat opened the door up all the way and Tails wheeled himself in but was careful to not wake the sleeping Cheese.
As Blaze closed the door, Silver heard it shut with a dull bang and turned around to see Cream and Tails there.
"Oh hey you two." He greeted.
"Hi, Mr. Silver." Cream responded.
Then Silver looked at Tails completely.
"So…do I even have to ask how you're doing or should I just guess?"
"I'm doing okay." Tails answered. "Sure it's gonna be something to get used to, but maybe time will go by quicker than usual."
"Well…you can hope." Was all Silver had to say on that. "So what brings you two by here?"
Cream answered that one.
"I was hoping if I could borrow some flour. My mother needs it."
Silver stood up and took Cream to the kitchen to get her that flour and lat left Blaze and Tails alone.
"So what happened to your legs?" Blaze wanted to know.
"I was working on my plane and I was right underneath the wing. I must have loosened one too many screws because the whole thing came down and smashed both my legs. Now I'm stuck sitting down in a chair for five whole months."
It took a moment for Blaze to absorb all that, but she did and they continued on conversing.
"So…are you okay? You know. Mentally."
That was a fair question.
"I guess." Tails said. "Cream actually agreed to come to my house every day and visit me so I wouldn't have to be alone for the next five months. So that's cool."
Blaze smirked a bit at that, but not enough as to where Tails could notice. It was kind of obvious as to why she was smirking when she heard that.
"I guess you're taking pain pills for the time being?"
Tails nodded and showed her the pills that were given to him.
"They still hurt a little bit. But not as much as when I don't take them at all."
"Aw Tails, you can't trust this stuff to work all the time." Blaze wasn't the biggest believer in pharmaceutical products. "You wait here. I'll be right back."
It took ten seconds, but Blaze got up, walked away, and then came back with a whole bunch of bottles and a glass. There was also an egg. The bottles were clearly labeled vinegar, 7up, and Tabasco sauce. She also had brought with her a pepper shaker and some Nyquil.
But then Tails saw Blaze do something which to this day was probably the strangest thing anyone had ever seen Blaze do. She took everything she had put on that table, and mixed it all up in one glass. The end result was a very thick liquid substance. And it was black. But then she cracked the egg and let the yolk pour inside. And then she topped it off by sprinkling a bit of the pepper on top of it.
"Okay. What the HELL is that?" Tails demanded to know.
Blaze smiled at him.
"This is an old remedy for extreme pain. My mother taught it to me before I came to this dimension." Blaze responded.
Then she picked up the glass and held it up for Tails to grab. And Tails knew what that gesture meant.
"You want me to drink that?" he asked hoping she was kidding.
But she wasn't. Blaze really wanted him to drink that stuff. And her nod confirmed it.
"Um…yeah." Tails muttered. "Blaze, are you out of your freaking mind? I just got out of the hospital with two severely broken legs. Are you trying to send me back there or something?"
Blaze put the glass back down so she could explain.
"No, Tails. This actually works." She assured him. "When I was a kid about your age, I was always getting myself hurt. And my mother would make me this every time I got a cut or a bruise to help ease the pain. There was even this one time I broke my arm falling out of a tree. I took a sip of this. The next day I didn't even remember I broke it."
Now Blaze was never a good liar or a practical joker. Everyone knew that. So what she said had to be true.
Taking a big gulp out of fear, Tails reached for the glass when Blaze picked it up for him again. After two whole minutes of staring at it, he pinched his nose shut and then took a sip of the mystery formula Blaze put together. But that wasn't enough.
That stuff tasted bad obviously. There wasn't even a distinct flavor to it. It was just bad. In fact it was so bad Tails nearly spit it out but Blaze covered his mouth with her own hand to make sure that didn't happen. Wanting nowhere near his taste buds no longer after ten seconds, Tails had no choice but to swallow it. Then Blaze removed her hand.
"There. Was that so hard?" she asked.
"Blaze if this stuff kills me I swear I will come back here and haunt you for all eternity." Tails threatened.
"Before you hold that promise, how do your legs feel now?" Blaze asked.
Tails froze when he realized something. Both of his legs were absolutely free of pain. There were no small aches or throbbing or anything like that. It was all completely gone.
Blaze smiled when she saw the shocked look in Tails' face.
"I told you." She said. "Take a few sips every twelve hours and you'll be without pain for the entire time you're in that chair."
The little fox couldn't believe this. That small amount of crap just subsided his pain. And Blaze just gave him the recipe and instructions on how to make it himself. Sure it was going to taste horrible but if it made all the pain just up and vanished, who cares? Tails certainly didn't.
After a few more minutes, it was time for Tails and Cream to leave. Compared to that little event, the rest of the day was pretty boring.
But there were still plenty more to come.
XXX
Me: Alright! I finally updated.
Amy: Where have you been? I thought you would've got this done earlier!
Me: Well excuse me. But I have a job now and just today I went out to see a movie.
Knuckles: Oh yeah? Which movie?
Me: Green Lantern.
Sonic: Oh crap! That's right! It came out just yesterday! Is it any good?
Me: First chance I get, I'm gonna go see it again. But maybe I'll get another chapter up before that. Until then, peace bitches.
