Eleven hours had passed, so far there weren't any big complications. All of the unnecessary bones had been removed, and now the second team was working on putting the metallic parts back in. Tails was taking a break, he'd be expected to continue his work soon. He was trying to sleep in the night-shift dorm, or at least he tried to. In merely six hours he would work his magic and wire Sonic to the machine and then it'd be all over.

But much rest he didn't get, mostly he was just worrying about whether the other team would be ok. And they were, But his mind still wouldn't calm down.

When they called Tails in after merely four hours of rest, he was utterly amazed by how fast they were finished.
Relocating the blood vessels and arteries while attaching the nerves was a messy and dirty job that took nearly seven hours.

Focused and determined Tails did his job. And after putting the last vessel in place, he gave the sign to unclench them to let the blood flow trough his new body parts. Small leaks were fixed and it looked like everything turned out alright. Until Sonic's blood pressure suddenly plummeted. There was a leak somewhere...

"It's the artery in his inner thigh." One of the surgeons said. And he was correct, blood mercilessly flowed from the tiny rip in the said vessel.

Sonic's heart-rate dropped drastically as they did all they could to stop the bleeding and to fix the rip.

But needless to say, this was easier said then done. Tracing down the rip was hard enough, after a somewhat messy procedure they managed to fix the vein and the biggest danger seemed to be over. "That's it team, let's close him up. The leading surgeon said."

Tails let out a sigh in relief, it was almost finished.

"Good thing this happened now and not in the middle of the operation, if he lost this amount of blood sooner..."

The young fox did all he could. He backed away and walked out of the operating-room while tugging the surgeon mask from his neck and found Amy, knuckles and Shadow waiting there.

"So... how did it go?" Tails took a deep breath. "It was a success..." The small group cheered, even Shadow seemed very excited.

"But I have to go wash up a little. I'll see you guys lat-" He got interrupted by Amy giving him a small kiss on his cheek. "Thanks for everything, Tails..."

A little while later, Sonic was taken to his old hospital room. Amy sat there in front of the sleeping hedgehog and stroked her fingers trough his spines. Knuckles was standing near the window, the sun was already setting. No one said a word, not a single thing until Tails quietly walked in.

"How is he?" Tails asked. "Asleep." Amy answered with a sweet smile across her face. Sonic looked so peaceful, like he already knew he was alright. He shifted a little and then tried to open his eyes.

The light was a bit too bright for him and he let his discomfort known by letting out an irritated groan. But after a few moments his eyes adjusted to the light and he was able to look around. Knuckles and Shadow came closer as Sonic regained full consciousness.

He was laying on his belly and he could feel the deep wounds of the incisions sting. "Hey, everyone..." He said with a creaky voice. "Am I in one piece again?" Shadow chuckled. "Yes, you can take it easy now."
Sonic closed his eyes and suddenly touched the metal with his bare foot. The coldness made him jump up a little in surprise. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes. He finally had two legs again...

The young fox came to stand in front of him and Sonic swiftly grasped his hand and gave him a warm smile. "Tails... Thank you... So much..."

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Author's notes:

That's right! I'm back! Ha! After fighting off the writer's block (seriously that thing just wouldn't budge and it kept eating all my food...
I know, a ridiculously short chapter, but I just couldn't fit this part with the next, I'm sorry. I promise the next one will be longer!

Anyway, Sonic made it trough, he lives and the only thing he lost was a bucket-load of blood. Will this have any consequences for the future? Who knows? … I do!

Haha! I will be updating regularly again and don't worry, the next chapter will be coming very soon.

Yeah! I'm back!