Chapter 11- Going Too Far for Now

"This hedgehog needs to be transported to the ICU, now, now!"

Doctors surrounded all of us as we carried our fallen friend into the hospital. It was incredibly chaotic. Not only did we have to deal with questioning from all of the hospital personnel, but we had a little thing famous people have to deal with called the paparazzi. Luckily we had Amy there with us and it didn't take long for her to lose her cool and chase them off.

"CAN'T YOU IDIOTS TAKE A HINT?!" She took out her Piko-Piko hammer and started swinging. That got them to leave.

"Thank you, Amy." Looks like the doctors and I had the same feelings about those slimeballs.

Sonic quickly got whisked away into the Intensive Care Unit and the three of us were left in the waiting room alone. The poor guy looked absolutely terrible. I knew it would be a long while before Sonic would come to, but none of us ever left. We couldn't bring ourselves to leave him like that. Knux and I told Amy about our team-up, and we didn't even get to finish our proposal before she quickly agreed to join up.

"Why didn't you guys ask me before, I'd love to team up with you guys!"

"It could be really tough, Ames." Knuckles was just trying to warn her, but that didn't stop her from lashing out at him.

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN YOU SEXIST LITTLE-" I managed to shove her off of him before she did any damage.

"Amy, he was just asking a question. It'll be equal amounts of tough for all of us." She paused and then finally replied back in an oddly calm tone.

"Alright, Tails! I'm still up for it!"

"Told ya she didn't like me." Knuckles whispered in my ear.

"Yeah she does, she's just a bit hot tempered."

"If you say so…" Knuckles plopped into a chair and takes a nap while we wait.

"I just hope Sonic'll be okay…" Amy said, extremely worried for the sake of our friend.

"It's Sonic, Amy. He's as stubborn as a bull when it comes to his health. He'll be just fine." I tried to sound as reassuring as possible. It worked well enough, but I didn't believe it myself.

We waited… and waited… and waited still. It was 5 o'clock in the morning five days later before the doctor finally came.

"He's awake."

Amy squealed with joy at this news. "He is?!"

"Yes. Would you like to see him?" We all nodded and he led us into our pal's room.

Sonic was bright-eyed and bushy tailed. He must have been awake for a long while for him to have so much energy. I just had to ask the doctor's to teach me their methods some day.

"Sonic, you're okay!"

"Hi, Ame- OOF!" Amy gave him one of the biggest hugs I've seen in awhile.

"Don't ever scare me like that again!" Sonic patted her on the back to try and get her off. She got the hint luckily.

"To be honest, I don't remember much. What happened?"

"One of Eggman's robots got the jump on you and you got crushed." Knuckles answered matter-of-factly.

"Seriously?! Well… that's embarrassing. Sorry for worrying you." He rubbed Amy's hair, who was hugging him in his lap.

"I'll be right back, I'm gonna pack my stuff!" She ran out, leaving Sonic confused as to what she meant.

It was gonna take a long time for us to explain to him that Amy will be living with us.

"I can't wait to see him, Tails! It's been two weeks!" Amy's definitely excited to see Sonic after all this time, and while I am too, I'm also a little nervous. Last time we saw each other it seemed like Sonic hated me now. According to the Commander. though, those sad feelings were replaced by various other emotions. Well Mephiles is apparently right about one thing. I just hope Sonic hasn't had another one of those out-of-body experiences and hurt someone else.

We fly off to Prison Island. It's a pretty short flight there and we get off to find the place in a panic to our surprise.

"What's going on?!"

"Maybe one of the prisoners are trying to escape! We should go help!" Amy says with a determination in her eyes.

"Right!" We both run in and shock immediately crosses our faces.

"S-Sonic?!" What are you doing?!" Amy shrieks out.

"..." He obviously had just finished taking out one of the guards. Blood stains cover his gloves and he's covered in wounds from the poor victim trying to fight back. At least half of both the guards and prisoners lie dead in the main hall. He doesn't look like he's going to make it easier for the both of us, so when Amy attempts to get near him, I immediately stop her.

"Tails, let me go, I need to get near him so I can-"

"No, Amy. We can't get to close. Just look at him. He's not himself again."

We both get a good look at him. The usual signs are there, only this time, he's surrounded by a bit of an aura. It's the same black aura Mephiles' essence makes. His irises are also beat red, a much deeper red than Shadow's. Still glazed, but they have a look of mindless bloodlust too. It's very unsettling, especially with him covered in blood like this. His fur is pretty much a cool, deeper ocean blue. Amy is visibly shaking and she holds on to me for comfort.

"Shh… don't be afraid. We'll be okay, we just have to get out of the area and get to somewhere safe before-" Me and my big mouth. I just now noticed Sonic's looking right at us. "H-Hi, buddy…" I say nervously.

"..."

"Why isn't he saying anything?"

"He probably can't right now. His brain isn't functioning consciously, so he probably can't come up with a response." Oh, was I wrong.

"Must… kill…"

"Kill?! Tails, what are we gonna do?!"

"We obviously can't outrun him, he has super speed."

"Then what can we do?!"

"We'll have to try and reason with him."

"Are you kidding me?!"

"We're his friends. We can do it." I slowly walk up to him. "Hey, pal…" All I get as a response it a growl.

"Sonic, it's us. Please."

"..." He's not moving at all, like he's paralysed. It's freaking me out. I consider recoiling, but I persist.

"All we wanna do is take you home. We just want to help you, so won't you just come with us? Huh?"

"..."

I offer him my hand. And eventually he takes it. He's turned back to normal, amazingly.

"T...Tails…" He looks like he's about to faint, so I support him.

"It's alright, Sonic. It's alright…" I rub his back when I find he's crying on my shoulder. He must remember what he did. "Let it out pal…"

"I killed them, Tails… I… couldn't stop myself…"

"Sonic, it's not your fault… Come on. Let's get you home, alright?" He nods and Amy and I help him onto the plane.

I hop in the backseat and look back. Sonic's lying on Amy's lap in the back silently weeping while she comforts him. I feel so sorry for the poor guy. He's been through alot and I doubt his torment is over.

If you ever make my friend do that again, you'll be sorry, Mephiles.