Chapter 29: Ice Cream and a Movie
Sonic, Spines, and Alice sat on the docks licking their ice cream cones. Sonic sat in between the two while casually enjoying his treat.
Alice and Sonic finished their cones while Spines was still working on his. For Alice, the cone wasn't enough.
"Spines, let me have some." Alice said.
"What?! Dad bought it for me! You finished yours!" Spines protested.
"Come on pleeeeeeeeeaseeeee…" Alice whined as she reached over Sonic's lap, which annoyed her father.
"No! Go buy another!" Spines suggested
"A-Alice, cut it out!" Sonic instructed, pulling her away from Spines and off his lap.
"Well...they fight like siblings.." Sonic thought.
The blue hedgehog yawned after Alice calmed down. "So what do you two wanna do?" Sonic asked.
"Well, why don't we go back to my house and I'll cook." Spines suggested. Sonic's eyes widened.
"You...cook?" He asked.
"Uh yeah, my mom taught me." Spines replied. Sonic was curious but since Amy was the kid's mother, she was bound to teach him some things.
"Ah, if your mom taught you I bet it's gonna be good." Sonic said with a thumbs up.
Spines smiled widely, this was his chance to prove himself to his father. He needed this, he wanted to impress his father with his talents to be a worthy son to him.
Meanwhile Sally was still in Khan's palace, slowly waking from her sleep. Monkey Khan's eyes brightened as he saw her wake up from his bed.
"Sally..?"
The chipmunk turned and saw Khan on a chair next to the bed. "K-Ken? What happened? Where am I?" She asked.
"Well you're in my bedroom, Sally. You started coughing and such...then you collapsed on the ground and we carried you here. Don't worry I didn't sleep next to you." He informed. Sally nodded, she felt her body coming back to normal but she had a slight headache.
"Well that's sweet…" Sally whispered. "It must've happened again.."
"Do you know about this?" Khan asked.
"No..unfortunately I don't. It's like I randomly get sick and such." Sally informed. "My body stiffens, I cough, etc.."
Khan nodded and placed a hand on Sally's head. "Well your temperature seems normal...Sally, you must rest more."
Sally got up from the bed and put on her cloak. "I can't, Ken. The kingdom needs me and I'm also a wife and mother...you must understand."
"I do understand...but you need time for yourself.." Khan suggested. Sally hugged her friend, in which he returned.
"Still...it was so good to see you. I'm glad you were a good candidate for my daughter." Sally whispered. Khan hugged her tightly before releasing her. While Alice and Sally looked alike, he wished Sally was his. He felt he could be a much better husband than the blue hedgehog.
"Stay safe and good luck." Khan said, before watching his friend leave. A smile appeared on his face...yet he feared dearly for her safety.
At Amy's apartment, Spines watched Sonic eat the chili dogs he prepared for him and Alice. Sonic ate them with a smile plastered on his face.
"Honestly...these are the best chili dogs!" Sonic praised.
"T-Thank you, dad. I'm glad you like them!" Spines replied. Alice ate along with her father, watching the happy face Spines had. She never knew this meant that much to the dark blue hedgehog.
"Honestly...I love homemade extra spicy chili on my dog and you made them perfectly!...Son." Sonic said.
"He called me son….." Spines thought. "He called me son!"
"H-hey it's no big deal, honest." Spines stuttered.
"Hmm..you're pretty humble, kid. That's cool." Sonic commented. "But ya give yourself little credit." He added before eating his fifth chili dog.
"Let's watch a movie after this, guys!" Alice suggested.
Sonic nodded. "Guess we could stay for a while if Spines here doesn't mind of course."
Spines's eyes widened. "O-of course! Stay as long as you want!"
Alice went over to the TV and grabbed a random DVD. "Hmmm….Gone With the Plane?"
"Oh yeah! My mom loves that movie. It's pretty good to be honest." Spines replied as they both went into the living room. Sonic shrugged and sat on the middle of the couch so his children could both be next to him.
Alice played the movie and the three sat. Both Alice and even Spines started to fall asleep after a half hour of the movie. Alice slouched onto her father's lap while Spines slept on his father's shoulder. Sonic felt slightly uncomfortable but allowed the boy to lay there as he ran his hand through his daughter's auburn hair.
Suddenly the front door opened, revealing Amy Rose in her diner waitress clothing. Sonic turned around and saw the pink hedgehog once again.
She looked pretty good to Sonic, her body was fitted perfectly in her outfit and she looked quite young for a mother of a seventeen year old.
"Hey Amy." Sonic greeted quietly.
Amy's eyes widened when she saw Sonic once again. She noticed Sonic aged a bit but still looked handsome. "S-Sonic…? What are you doing here?"
Sonic walked over to the pink woman without waking the kids. "Well I took the kids to the beach and then Spines fixed us dinner here." He explained.
Amy nodded. "How was it?"
"You know...it's pretty cool…" He replied. Amy smiled at the thought of Sonic and their son getting along.
"You know...I found out that I have that Dark Gaia DNA in me still...it's only a little...but it must've went to Spines, which is why he looks like…"
"Like what, Sonic?" Amy asked defensively.
"...a werehog." He finished.
Amy nodded. "Well...I remember when he was born...the doctor told me about something about DNA…" she said as she got a flashback.
I was a newly mother holding a young werehog baby in the hospital.
Amy nuzzled the baby's tummy and tickled his quills as she watched her baby laugh.
"Oh Spines, you are so much fun!" Amy praised. Suddenly a tall human Doctor walked into the room while holding some testing results.
"Ms. Rose, we ran a scan on your baby earlier and we found that the baby has some...mysterious DNA." The doctor reported.
"I see…" Amy whispered.
"It's nothing that will hurt him...but he does have strength in him. Strength that could injure anyone if he were to fight anyone. Your baby is a powerful one, Ms. Rose and as he get older, his power will increase." The doctor said. "This baby is quite different.."
Amy nodded and gave a small smile. "So what if he's different? I still love him all the same." She replied as she played with her baby's quills.
"Besides….the world would be boring if we were all the same…" Amy said softly. The doctor gave a small smile, agreeing with her.
"Stay as long as you need to, Ms. Rose." The doctor said.
Sonic took on what Amy had to say. This struck a great curiosity inside him. "Go on…"
"As Spines started to grow up...people started to fear him..he didn't have much friends and he was lonely...none of the other kids would give him a chance." Amy explained. "But as a mother...I will always stay by his side.."
To be continued…
