Chapter 21

I'm Not Ready To Tell You

"Look he's waking up."

"Sonic, come on. Wake up."

"SONIC! JUST WAKE UP ALREADY!"

Sonic groaned and opened his eyes a little. Everything in his vision was a blur to him as he opened his eyes wider. Sonic's vision got better and soon saw Julie-Su, Knuckles, Vector, Mighty, Tails, Monkey Khan and Sally standing around him. Sonic's eyes widened and he sat up straight on the experimenting table he was lying on. He crawled away from his friends and stared at them.

"What are you guys doing here?" Sonic asked, surprised.

"We're here to take you home, Sonic," Sally said.

"T…Take me…h…home," Sonic stammered.

"Yes. Everyone is so worried about you. Especially you're parents. Sonic, you need to go home," Sally told Sonic.

Sonic lowered his head in shame. He hadn't thought about his parents after all that's happened to him. Maybe he should go home. Just to see them and tell them that he was fine. After all, he had mostly been thinking about Sally half the time and not thinking about how his parents were feeling. Sonic lifted his head up and looked at Sally.

"Fine. I'll go with you guys to go home, but only to tell my parents that I'm okay," Sonic told Sally.

Sally smiled and nodded. Sally turned to Knuckles and frowned.

"But, Knuckles, what happened to you and Echidnaopolis?" Sally asked, curious.

Knuckles sighed and looked at Sonic. Sonic looked at Knuckles telling him he knew what he did last night.

"Robotnik attacked and we didn't have enough time to contact you before the entire island would probably get destroyed," Knuckles explained. "And a laser got me a few times from his robots."

Sonic's eyes widened as he didn't know that Knuckles would lie to Sally like that. He thought that Knuckles would tell Sally the truth like Monkey Khan was threatening on doing. Since him and Sally are such good friends, Sonic thought that he would tell the truth, but he didn't. Monkey Khan used to be with Sally and was threatening on telling Sally the truth if Sonic didn't tell her soon. Knuckles also used to be with Sally, but Sonic guessed that Julie-Su persuaded him into not telling Sally the truth.

Sally's eyes widened and she looked back at Sonic. She saw that some of Sonic's fur was messed up in areas where Julie-Su had tried to scrub off the dried blood. Sally frowned at Sonic's messy fur. Knuckles saw Sally's expression and decided that maybe she wanted to talk to Sonic. Alone.

"I'll get you guys a warp ring ready," Knuckles said as he limped out of the room.

Sonic turned his body around so his legs were hanging over the edge of the table. He looked at Sally. Everyone knew where this was going. They all looked at each other and quickly ran out of the room. Sally gave Sonic a look that said; what is it that kept you from us? Sonic sighed and looked at his feet then back at Sally.

"I know what you're going to say, Sal, and I don't know how to respond," Sonic told her.

Sally folded her arms across her chest.

"You're right about that," Sally said. "But, why did you run away?"

"Sal, I can't…tell you why," Sonic said.

"Why not?" Sally asked.

"I want to tell you but another part of me doesn't want to tell you," Sonic told Sally

"So, you're going with the part of you that doesn't want to tell me?" Sally asked, her temper rising.

"No, It's just that…it's too dangerous and…I can't take the guilt if I hurt anymore people," Sonic said.

"What do you mean? Have you hurt someone?" Sally asked.

"I…err…mean that I…" Sonic stuttered.

Sally walked up to Sonic and hugged him.

"Sonic, please. Tell me, what's going on with you. If you don't tell us in time, something bad may happen," Sally explained to Sonic.

Sonic sighed and pushed away out of the hug.

"That's exactly what I'm trying to stop," Sonic told her. "By keeping my distance from everyone I care about."

"Then why not tell us why?" Sally asked, her voice rising a little.

"Sally, it's just…If I told you…you…probably wouldn't want me around you anymore," Sonic said.

Sally stared at Sonic in shock. She hadn't expected him to say that.

"Sonic, whatever you just said isn't going to happen. I would never do that to you. Especially to a very handsome hedgehog that is one of my best friends," Sally explained.

Sonic looked at her and smiled.

"You know that still won't make me tell you," Sonic said, cheekily.

"I thought I had you there," Sally said.

"Nope," Sonic said.

Sally sighed and was about to ask something else when Knuckles limped back into the room.

"The warp ring is ready," Knuckles said.

Sally sighed and walked over to Knuckles.

"Do you know why Sonic ran away from us, Knuckles?" Sally asked.

Knuckles stared at Sally in shock. He didn't know what to say. Sally was asking him why Sonic left. He looked over at Sonic and saw Sonic's expression. It was of fear and worry. As if he knew that Knuckles knew about him and was telling him not to tell Sally through expressions. It's like Sonic was telling Knuckles that Sally and all of Mobius would be in danger if anyone else knew. Knuckles looked back at Sally.

"I do know why he ran away," Knuckles said.

Sally smiled and looked at him. Sonic's expression of fear worsened as he heard what Knuckles had said. Sonic bit his bottom lip and stared at Sally and Knuckles.

Please, don't tell her, please, Sonic pleaded in his mind.

"But even if you are my friend, I'm sorry, Sally. But if Sonic doesn't want to tell you why then he probably wants to tell when he's ready. It's not my decision to tell you, Sally, It's Sonic's. I'm sorry," Knuckles explained.

Knuckles limped back out of the room and Sally just stared after him. Sonic hopped off the table and walked up to Sally. Sally turned back to Sonic to see him walk past her.

"Is that true?" Sally asked. "What Knuckles said. Is it true?"

Sonic sighed and nodded.

"It is true. I'm just not ready to tell you yet," Sonic told her.

Sally stared at Sonic as he walked past her and to where Knuckles had set up the warp ring. She didn't know why Sonic was acting this way so sudden. He is so angry, scared, worried and worst of all he's showing no signs in telling them anything. His fear for the danger of his family and friends has taken a very strong hold over him. Like his old self was suddenly distinguished from his entire soul and that's what made Sally worry.

I UPDATED! ISN'T THAT GREAT! I thought this fanfic deserved an update because of all the reviews its gotten on the last chapter. And half of you guys are saying stuff like; "I'm gonna kill you" and "I'm gonna kill ya family". Well, I don't really like those comments. I mean, if there is no me, there is no DNWOLFA fanfic getting updated is there? NO!

Anyway, the reason I haven't updated is because I'm writing my own book series and I was trying to think of what happened next, okay. So, if you say those things, just think about how hard it is to write this story. All the boring parts with little information is REALLY hard to think up, okay. I've already got the next three full moon nights planned out. Just not the before the full moon. So, If I update slowly, don't get angry just be patient. I'm patient with fanfics I read, so yeah.

And new saying too.

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