Chapter 10. This has to be one of the shorter chapters, but enjoy it anyways!
Every eye was turned on the doctor in shock. Luke's oceanic eyes dulled
... I forgot to tell them...
'Yes, Child, you forgot... but now is the time to explain...'
Oceanic eyes met dark blue and bright green. Scourion's expression was still lost.
Luna suddenly stood up, her fists were shaking and her voice was uneven when she spoke those devastating words Luke never wanted to hear.
"What's wrong with him? Don't lie to us, either. We can all see that something is wrong with him." Luna hissed through clenched teeth.
The doctor looked frightened at her sudden anger and flinched back. It took him a moment to compose himself.
Zack's golden eyes were dull and knowing, while Nazo's only showed anger. Anger towards the Council for choosing his only son as the host for this dreadful Prophecy.
"He's... dying." The doctor struggled to bring himself to say the last and second word.
A dead silence filled the room until it was broken by Luna, Flower, and Marine at the same time.
"What?" They all shrieked at the same time.
At this, Shock looked as angry as Nazo. "How?"
"I'll explain this, since the doctors have no clue what's wrong, and I do." Zack responded. All eyes turned to Zack, except for Luke, he looked down at his bandaged wrists and hands.
"The reason for Luke being born was for the Prophecy... Hikaru had not taken into account of Sonic's child ever being male, as I am. I could give birth because I am built like a female, but I'm male."
"Wait.. what does that even mean?" Shock and Flower both asked at the same time.
"It means that Zack was born with ovaries." Nazo responded, eye doctor looked intrigued by this, as of how it was now understandable for how both of Luke's parents are both male
Zack pointed at his hips which are slightly larger than a male's should be, but smaller than a female's. "This is another example."
"That doesn't explain why Luke is dying!" Luna frowned.
"The Prophecy is not to be spoken, but the Son of the Guardian Angel is the one whom will choose whether this universe is worth guarding or not." Nazo responded.
"Ending in their death, the Seal, to ward of those whom threaten this universe." Zack finished.
Scourion stood up suddenly, his eyes flashing back with life. "May I speak to Luke... alone?"
Zack and Nazo looked at each other before fading through a portal. Marine, Flower, Luna, and Shock all nodded before walking out into the hallway.
Luke sat up slightly as the dark red hedgehog sat down in the chair next to his bed.
"Luke... I'm sorry I can't help you... no matter how strong my feelings are..." Scourion whispered, looking down at his hands.
Luke reached up and rested one of his bandaged hands on Scourion's shoulder. "There's no need to be sorry, Scourion. All of you being here is good enough..."
"But... I should be able to do more... than just sit here and wait..."
Luke sighed. "Don't worry about it.."
Scourion's eyes blazed up to him again, glinting furiously. "Don't worry about it? I'm your best friend! I should be able to do something! I can't sit here, Luke!"
Luke stared at his dark red friend in shock.
"Damn this Prophecy..." Scourion muttered after a few moments of silence.
Luke leaned back down onto the pillow, his chest had started hurting again. He coughed a few times at the effort of twisting his body. His eyes widened as a agonizingly painful spasm overtook him and he arched his back holding his chest.
Scourion had jumped up by this time, but Luke could only barely see him. His oceanic eyes were transfixed on a pair of blood red eyes that gleamed in the doorway. He could see the faint outline of the body he had seen in his vision from before, but this hedgehog was full of life and he took an air of evil around , as if he had known all along, he knew who this hedgehog was.
The picture of Eclipto trying to get to the body reappeared into his mind, but this time the dark hedgehog shattered the orb around the body and a dark shadow went from Eclipse's body to the other hedgehog's.
The red eyes were glowing in the doorway more intensly.
Thesewere the eyes of Eclipto
In his true body.
Chapters 9 and 10 I messed up a little bit of how Luke should be feeling, but hopefully chapter 11 works my way back to that.