Chapter 45: The Healing of Hips and Friendships:

Much to Blaze's relief, Amy hugged her back, clearly indicating that she forgave her.

"See!? I told you I didn't do anything wrong!" Silver said, his arms folded.

"I'm sorry too, Silver." Blaze replied, not letting go of Amy, "Tell you what? Tonight will be your last night sleeping out of our room."

"Thanks." Silver replied, now happy to know that things had gone back to normal.

"And I guess I should apologize to you as well, Sonic. I'm sorry for damaging your house." Blaze continued, looking at Sonic now.

"No harm done." Sonic replied, "I'm sure it won't take much, seeing how much the government pays me on a daily basis. In fact, my pay should increase now after they hear about what just happened."

Blaze gave a sigh of relief.

"...And meanwhile, we've still got a problem." Rouge started, "All we ask for is two weeks to ourselves and we get interrupted less than three days into the trip..."

"Let it go, Rouge." Shadow replied, only to be cut off.

"...and even if we were to stay the rest of the two weeks, or even lengthen the trip to make up for the lost time, look at what you guys did to the beautiful park!" Rouge finished, looking around.

There were parts of the grass that had been charred black from the death ray, the tree near the tent was still on fire from the wrecked Egg Mobile, and the lake's waters were dyed red and had were now unsafe to swim in. One could also see a trail of carnage through the forest from the brief chase through it.

"And did I mention that without the chaos emerald, we have no way to get home since we lied about Shadow's motorcycle having the horsepower!?" Rouge asked, before noticing Tails lying on his back, his head beneath Shadow's motorcycle. He soon stood back up, his orange fur stained with black smudges as he got on the bike and revved up the engine before attempting to pull the trailer. It worked.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Oh, I just increased the horsepower of Shadow's motorcycle by 75%. Now you guys can get back home without relying on the emerald." Tails replied, dusting off his hands.

"I told you we'd figure something out!" Sonic said, now able to stand up again, "And as for the park, this is the only part that's been damaged fortunately, so you can still go explore the other areas."

"Thanks, guys!" Shadow replied.

"Well I guess it's so long for now." Rouge said.

"Yes. Enjoy your vacation." Amy replied, as the group walked off.

I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog!

Hoo boy, that fight was lit! I've actually kinda'

been missing this type of action for a while

now! Y'know, the kind that triggers the rush

of adrenaline, and leaves you feeling kind of

sore after the fight is over?! But in THIS case,

I'm not just sore; I'm in agony! That douche just

went and swiped at me with his chainsaw, and God

knows how I was able to keep fighting after that! And

since I can't run as fast while I'm injured, I have to rely on

the significantly slower cars to get me to the hospital! (sigh)

Back on the road, Sonic was still groaning as he held his side, the pain repeatedly coming back even after it dissipated. The two vehicles passed the remains of the Egg Swiss-Army Knife on the highway, swerving around the large chunks.

"Sounds like Eggman Nega got you pretty good." Knuckles commented from the other side of the plane.

"Yeah, well hopefully it's not too serious." Sonic replied weakly.

After what felt like hours of agony, Sonic was finally brought into the hospital and received proper medical attention.

"Well it seems that whatever slit your waist didn't leave a scratch on any of your organs. And fortunately for you, there's not infection to be found. I've been able to stop the internal bleeding, but in order to prevent it from happening again, you'll need to take it easy until your wound heals. And knowing you, that may prove a bit difficult." Doctor Wellsworth explained.

Sonic nodded, his hip now wrapped in thicker, more durable bandages and a raw New York strip in his hand, being held against it.

"Alright, you're free to go now." The doctor concluded, leaving the emergency room.