Shh don't cry
Chapter 3 – Time spent as a child
The group of Tails, Rouge, Shadow, Silver, Cream, Amy, knuckles, blaze and the now baby Sonic and chocolate latte, were traveling to the main home that Tails and knuckles had built so that, in case of an emergency there was some place to go to.
The moment they arrived a loud yell that didn't sound angry but still slightly irritated bounced off the walls of the brick house.
Sliver: WHAT IN IBLIS WAS THAT!
And was quickly replied with,
Blaze: One, mind your language and two Sonic is asleep!
Silver looked very sheepish and, hiding his face, fell rear to the back of the group while everyone else pondered the odd question.
Tails: I think what happened is that sonic died-
Tails began…
Shadow: Came back to life-
Rouge: Regressed to childhood-
Amy: And ended up in our care.
Amy finished the chain of agreement. And though what everyone knew was limited, it was comforting to know that everybody agreed on the known sequence of events.
Cream: I'll go make Mr Sonic a comfy bed, my mum would be proud of me!
Cream said cheerfully while skipping off to where the spare sheets are. She only knew they were there were because she had pestered inquired to Tails about everything in the house and its positioning, Chocolate Latté followed her. The moment Cream left the room everyone started talking about what was going to happen next, as anyone would in this situation.
Blaze was worried about the recent events. Of all the ones here Sliver is too clumsy, as much as they want to Tails and Cream are too young to look after a child, Amy and Knuckles would freak if Blaze left it to them though in different ways and Shadow would likely shoot Sonic the moment nobody was looking. That left Rouge and her. That's ok, they could do it right?
Cream returned with blankets, sheets and pillows laying them out faster than Sonic could run and blaze placed the hedgehog down onto the makeshift bed on the floor. The moment it was done the baby started to stir and everyone stared down at the child before realising it was creepy and backing off a bit. And then he woke up.
Sonic: huh?
A childish version of Sonic's voice was heard by the whole mismatched crew and they sighed in a little bit of relief, mother chao hadn't tricked them for her own purposes, at least that they knew of.
Rouge: Sonic, do you remember us?
Rouge asked gently but instead of an answer the hedgehog whimpered before bursting into salty tears. Everyone rushed around to get something to calm him down, well everyone except for Shadow who was in the corner looking stern as always. Chocolate Latté was looking at shadow with interest.
As the tiny hedgehog cried the carpet and blankets around him started to soak up the water eventually, Amy panicked and moved him away from the watery blankets only to freak out at a crying baby in her arms. Rouge took the initiative, calming Amy down so she didn't drop the bundle of fur onto the ground. Rouge then took the child and rocked him gently. Gradually the water fall slowed till finally it stopped pouring tears and Sonic fell asleep.
Amy: Well that was new.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Sonic calmed down, even Choco
Rouge: I'll say, now what do we do now.
Tails: We should wait till tomorrow, it'll be easier then right?
Tails' quickly said to the shaken group, he had thought that a Sonic that knew him would be easier to talk to.
Cream: He'll wake up before then once he gets hungry, we won't be able to wait.
Silence in the room, Blaze's face was particularly scrunched up. The wheels in her mind were turning, what could she do? They couldn't just go out and buy baby food they would be either mobbed or straight out attacked. And if Sonic got his memory back he likely won't eat it, Blaze knew that.
Blaze: What if we mash something, will he be able to eat that?
Rouge: It's our best hope, otherwise we'll have to deal until… probably 4:00
Rouge was not keen on the idea of looking after a wailing baby until the clock struck four. Cream stepped in to try and be of help.
Cream: I'll go mash some veggies!
Rouge tailed, worried she could hurt herself. Blaze's eyes were still on Sonic who had now been placed on some fresh blankets fetched by Tails, Silver began to get a little worried and he asked her if she needed anything
Blaze: no, no I'm fine
Blaze looked at Sliver taking her eyes off Sonic for just a moment, Silver however looked down and missed her gaze and headed off to talk to Knuckles.
Blaze's knees touched the floor and she picked up the hedgehog in her arms. The child reacted to the warmth and snuggled into her jacket. He could only have been two years old, three at the most.
Blaze: So this is what you were like when you were small.
Shadow had come over slowly from the corner and spoke from above Blaze, not meeting her eye level.
Shadow: He's tiny, unusually tiny for a baby hedgehog.
His eyes looked like he was thinking which wasn't quite unusual for Shadow, it was just the fact that Blaze thought he didn't care that made her give him a look. Choco copied her look, he was happy for something to do.
Shadow: I know I was never a child but I have seen baby before, he's ridiculously small.
Shadow was exaggerating just a little bit but it was true he was small for his assumed age. Though he was sure that the child was quite a bit smaller an hour ago. Nobody else had seemed to notice so he didn't say anything but he stored the knowledge away for later.
What he also didn't say anything about was the dull waves of chaos energy pulsing off Sonic, something he was sure someone else would have picked up.
Cream: The Veggies are mashed, for if Mr Sonic wakes up!
Cream's voice called from the kitchen. A call and word of thanks was called back by Blaze and shadow somehow disappeared in that split second to think, again.
In the next few hours Sonic was woken up, Somehow managed to be fed, bathed (with much difficulty) and was put back to sleep in a bed that had been rigged like a cot. The party left the room, other than Blaze who took one last look at the bed before following suit and Chocolate Latte who stayed with Sonic long after the lights were cut off.
-Out in the main room-
Silver: what do we do now?
Blaze: we wait for four 'o clock and pray to any gods that still care that he won't wake up till four.
Her voice was extremely pleading, almost like she was praying right then and there. Shadow rolled his eyes and Rouge gave him a stare that could melt glass.
Thankfully, it seemed the gods were listening as Sonic didn't stir for ages… until 3:00 that is. And as if trying to give Knuckles third degree burns from his cup of tea, the crying jolted everyone in the house.
Blaze: I'll get it, Cream come with me
She said hoping to get some moral support for the challenge ahead. She and Cream walked into Sonic's room to see Chocolate Latte desperately trying to calm the child down, while he was still asleep. Sonic was having a nightmare and despite the fact that Choco was there for the many hours he was asleep, he couldn't stop the hysterics.
Blaze took the baby Sonic into her arms and sung a small lullaby, one that she had not heard in a long while. When she had finished, instead of being asleep, Sonic was looking at her with wide green eyes. But the moment she put Sonic down he fell asleep again. Chocolate latte and Cream were also looking at her. It was like a silent encore.
Blaze: I'm not singing again.
Their disappointed faces changed her mind though and she sang the lullaby once more.
Meanwhile Sliver had seen it all from a crack in the door frame and was gaping in admiration.
Sliver: She would make an amazing mum.
He whispered to himself quietly, luckily Blaze didn't hear it and he slunk back to that main room of the house, where everyone was just wandering around aimlessly. Until Knuckles suggested a game of blackjack, then everyone was doing that or wandering around aimlessly.
Silver joined the game when he came back out of sheer boredom and promised he wouldn't use any special powers he had to cheat (and even if he did, it was completely on accident). He turned out to be quite good and by the end Knuckles owed him a packet of chips.
Blaze came out shortly after with Cream following in suit and deliberately missed the game in the middle of the lounge room for Creams benefit. Instead she went for the kitchen, where Rouge was looking through cabinets purely for something to do, it had been a fairly long time wait since they had retrieved Sonic and made it back.
Time passed and as Blaze and Rouge did their best to entertain Cream, a yell was heard from the direction of Sonic's make shift room.
Sonic: WHAT THE!
