Chapter 29: Father And Son Reunion

Up ahead of the main group, Shadow was questioning Silver, who was no longer carrying Abimael.

"You have some explaining to do, Silver. What happened to you back there, and who's the cat? You said that he's your son."

Silver, the eight glowing wings softly beating the air behind him, was silent, still trying to make sense of it all himself. "His name is Abimael, and he is most certainly my son. I am not from this time, and neither is he. We are from Biblical times. I grew up in the town of Bethlehem; my father is Jesus Christ, and my mother is Mary Magdalene."

Shadow stared at Silver for a few minutes. Then he began to laugh. "You expect me to believe that you are the son of Jesus? He's not real, Silver! Besides, if the Bible really is true, which it isn't, it said that Jesus was never married or had any kids!" Silver frowned at Shadow. Was he an atheist? Shadow caught the frown and spoke, quietly, a small, sad smile on his face. "When you've gone through what I have Silver, you lose faith in gods."

Silver looked at him. "I'm telling you the truth, Shadow."

Shadow scoffed and looked at him. "All right, then; I'll humor you. Tell me how you and Abimael came to this time."

Silver sighed, mentally digging through his newly returned memories, trying to find the one that explained it. "I'm immortal, Shadow, so is Abimael...but that's not the only reason I'm, we're, in this time."

"What's the other reason?"

"It's still vague...but, I think I was sealed away at some point...and the seal was forcefully broken by Iblis in one of its rampages...and the backlash of it shattered my memories and locked away my powers. Eggman must have dragged Abimael through time somehow, or captured him in this time."

Shadow was confused. "How were you sealed, and why?"

Silver sighed. "I'm not sure...it's all still foggy..."

Shadow looked at him. "I don't believe you, but that's an interesting story."

He walked off. Silver sighed and shook his head, then went to see his son. Abimael was no longer unconscious, just sleeping. Silver caught up with the wolf carrying him, Rinku. He had taken the cat onto his back from Silver earlier as the silver hedgehog had become tired. Silver gazed down at his son with a small smile, stroking his head gently. The psychic flapped his wings and smiled at Rinku, who looked at him.

The wolf gave him a discreet bow. Silver.

The winged hedgehog smiled. "Rinku, thank you for helping my son."

The wolf smiled and let Abimael down as Silver walked up to him. He kissed Abimael's forehead and the cat's eyes opened. The cat groaned, then caught sight of who was hovering over him, and smiled.

"שלום, ילד, (Hi, son,)" Silver said in Hebrew.

"אב (Father!)" Abimael cried happily, jumping up as quickly as his aching body would allow and wrapping his arms around Silver's chest in a tight hug.

Silver smiled and returned the hug. "אני שמח לראות אותך שוב גם כן, ילד. (I'm happy to see you again too, son.)"

Abimael smiled. He looked around, confused. "איפה אנחנו עכשיו? איבדתי הכרה נכון אחר כך איש...אגגמאן...לכוד אותי ברובוט הזה. (Where are we now? I lost consciousness right after that man...Eggman...trapped me in that robot.)"

Silver smiled. "אנחנו בבית המקדש. זה מקום סודי להיה יצורים. (We're in the Sanctuary. It's a secret place for Were-Creatures.)" 'Well, we're nearly there anyway.'

"האם יצורים? (Were-Creatures?)" Abimael asked, confused.

"יצורים מיטוסיים אוהבים דרקונים, אנשי זאב, וכו'. אני אדם זאב. (Mythical creatures like dragons, werewolves, etc. I'm a werewolf.)"

Abimael's eyes widened. "אתה? איך? (You are? How?)"

Silver looked briefly over his shoulder at Tamiel and Scourge, who were walking together, talking in quiet voices with peaceful looks on their faces. "נתתי לעצמי להיות נשך לעזור לכמה ידידים. (I allowed myself to be bitten to help some friends.)"

His son smiled. "זה גדול (That's great.)"

Silver looked back down at Abimael with a gentle smile. He stood up and led his son to where his Alpha was. Sonic was still unconscious, and his brother was kneeling down beside him, as was Shadic. The two hedgehogs looked at Silver.

"Sonic's in a coma," Shadic said to Silver. "Can you do something?"

Silver's eyes widened, but he nodded. "I can use my powers to heal him, but I didn't realize it was this bad."

"Will it bring him out of his coma?"

Silver shook his head. "He'll wake up much sooner, but not right away."

The white hedgehog knelt down to the wolf and chanted in Hebrew as he began to glow. The glow slipped slowly from him, surrounding the unconscious wolf before fading away.

"How long until he wakes?" Shadow asked him.

"A few days at least." Silver sighed as he stood up shakily, exhausted from using his powers so much, so soon after unlocking them.

"האם אתה בסדר אבא? (Are you okay, dad?)" Abimael asked.

"אני ילד טוב, פשוט עייף קטן (I'm fine son, just a little tired.)" Silver smiled at his son. Abimael chuckled and rolled his eyes, walking over to his father and putting his arm over his shoulders.

He smiled, and the two continued to talk. Meanwhile, Shadow was talking to Blaze about Silver and Abimael.

"Silver told me he's the son of Jesus." Shadow was shaking his head as he said this. "I think it's complete bull."

"How come?" Blaze asked.

Shadow looked at her. "I'm an atheist; I don't believe in that kind of thing."

The cat nodded. "And I respect that...but please, do the same for Silver, would you?" Blaze placed a gentle hand on Shadow's arm. "After what Silver did today, his explanation does have some merit."

Shadow shrugged. "I'll try..." The ebony hedgehog mumbled.

Blaze smiled and watched Shadow walk away. For the rest of the walk to the Sanctuary, everyone was silent.