Fire and ice
Chapter 6: The aftermath
Sonic opened his eyes. It was dark. He strained to open them further... he could see a crack of light... was he dead? He saw a man in white walking past. He opened his mouth to speak. He could only croak. His throat was dry. "w...water" he croaked. The man in white walked off, and water gushing from a tap could be heard. He came back with a glass of water, he poured it down the hedgehog's throat. It was heaven. "where am I?" he said, opening his eyes further.
"You're in hospital," the man said plainly, "and maybe soon to be in prison!" Sonic remembered now.
"T...tails? how is he?" Sonic said, scared of the answer
"He's in intensive care... you're lucky he's not dead!" Sonic cringed... for that moment he became a monster... the memories hurt.
"But... I... I... shot myself didn't i?" Sonic said, as if he was struggling with the words.
"You did" the man said, writing on a piece of paper.
"So... shouldn't I be dead?" he said, instantly wishing he hadn't.
"It was a stun ray... your limbs will not function for a few days" The man said. Sonic had assumed that it was because he was tired.
"Can... can i see him?" Sonic asked weakly.
"In a word... no!" The man said, "... oh, we have a visitor" The man left, and Amy walked in, and sat down next to the bed.
"Sonic... why?" Amy asked, her voice shaky. Sonic shuddered from the memories.
"...I...I...I...don't know" Sonic said weakly. Amy sighed and left the room. Sonic sighed. What had he done.
Tails was lying in bed. He was barely recognisable. His face was shaven and covered in stitches and his nose was flat. Huge machines were wired up to him. He was in shock. How could Sonic do this to him. Amy walked in with a tray of mush, and put it into a clear plastic tube. A pipe let from the tube, into Tails' throat. His jaw was broken. The mush slowly slid down the pipe, when it slid down his throat he cringed, it hurt. Amy sat down beside him. Her mind was troubled... Her dear Sonic, assaulting his best friend... he could hurt her... Tails was staring at the roof, the only words passing through his head were "why".
The Chaotix were scattered around the HQ. Vector was watching TV on the old wrecked sofa, with springs coming out at every angle. Espio was in his bedroom meditating and Charmy was desperately looking for the chocolates that Espio had hidden. Suddenly the phone rang. Espio was upstairs, so could not hear it and Charmy was in another room. Vector sighed and got up, waddled over to the phone and answered it. "Hello? Chaotix detective agency speaking."
Sonic was still in bed, but could now, stiffly move his right arm. He reached out for the TV remote, and flicked for something to take his mind off things. He saw a dancing banana, a documentary on the manufacturing of chicken feed, a children's' show with gay policeman... then he flicked to the news. The first thing that caught his eye was a picture of a ruined building... the chaotix HQ. From the looks of it it was burned down... Sonic was thinking... Why would Eggman want to destroy the chaotix's HQ... What did they have... A chaos emerald. They had received it as payment from an old woman, for saving her cat from a tree, she had found it in a gutter... Suddenly sonic was snapped out of his thought, by three doctors, all with hospital beds, wheeling them in, they were put beside sonic... The people were frozen... the people were a crocodile, a chameleon and a small bee...
To be continued...