It hadn't been but maybe an hour before they got Sonic conscious again. I had waited outside, not wanting to cause a disturbance and summon up questions from Amy and the others as to why he was there. Instead I waited outside under a tree on the lawn of the hospital.

After the sun disappeared and the sky grew dark with the presence of night, I watched as the pink one, the fox with two tails, and a small cream colored rabbit leave I decided to go inside.

Sonic was on his bed, eyes closed and breathing normal as he tried to sleep. I stood at the door and casually leaned on the doorway. "So." I began. "What happened?" Lidded eyes opened up to reveal the emerald green eyes. They looked over at me, carefully observing me and looking deep into my own crimson eyes. After a moment, he decided to explain.

"It was just a normal fight that just got out of hand." Sonic explained. My eyes narrowed.

"You're lying." I accused. I saw it in his eyes. Sonic tried to cover but ended up stuttering too much.

"...Fine. It wasn't a normal fight. But that's all I'm telling you." Sonic diverted his eyes from mine and studied his white sheets covering his patched up body. A part of me felt hurt by this and the other part reminded me that I wasn't on one of his 'tell everything' buddy list. For all Sonic knew I could be doing this just to spread pathetic rumors about him being a wimp, which I wouldn't do. "How did I get here anyway?" Sonic asked, changing the subject. I decided not to lie.

"I found you in the woods and brought you here." I admitted. Sonic seemed a bit shocked. He blinked and seemed speechless for a few moments and I guessed he was trying to figure out something. At last he replied.

"Thanks, Shadz." I loved when he called me that. "I appreciate it." He gave me a warm welcoming smile and I wanted to hug him then, but didn't. I smirked.

"When they letting you out?" I asked. He shrugged.

"In the morning. They said they knew I was a fast healer but they want to make sure." He rolled his eyes. "They worry too much! I'm fin-" Sonic had been rolling his arm and winced as pain obviously shot through his body. "Okay. Maybe I guess they're right." He sighed and lay back. I still wanted to know who did this to him. When he flinched, a hint of the anger I had earlier returned but quickly faded. "We still have a rematch race going, right?" Sonic asked, changing the topic, again. I nodded.

"And you'll loose that one too." I smirked and replied.