This chapter goes out to my dad. I love you forever 09/14/20

AMY POV

Sonic hasn't said much since we got in his car. Tears were just flowing out of his eyes and I place my hand on his shoulder so he could know I was here. Tears were coming out of my eyes too from the news we got from Sonia. I wanted to give Sonic some courage, but nothing was coming to mind because I was afraid too.

I was afraid of showing up to the hospital because usually when something happens to someone and it's not that serious, they would just tell you on the phone what happened, but Sonia didn't. She just told us to get there as fast as possible but be careful. I knew whatever was to come when we get to the hospital, I had to be strong for Sonic. I was going to have to be because when Sonic gets upset, he totally shuts down from everyone. Just like how he is now. Breathing rapidly, his thoughts are probably going 100 miles per hour and I feel like I can't do anything but be there for him somehow.

As the streetlights flash over the car I already try to think of some ways to help him cope with whatever we are about to be faced with because the way Sonia sounded it didn't sound good. My hands were shaking as we got closer and closer to our destination and Sonic tries to take a deep breath, but it comes out shaky since he was so scared. That broke my heart since there was nothing, I could do but to rub his shoulder and try to ease him down.

Why were we scared? We are this afraid and we don't even know what happened? We don't know what we are going to see but we are both terrified. Truly terrified of something we can't stop or control. It's like we were in a driving car that had endless gas but no break to stop or to reverse. That's how life is. Something that just brings you forward with no time to restart or pause. It pushes you full on and this whatever we are about to see couldn't be good.

Why isn't there nothing positive going in my brain, like it usually is. Maybe it's because I am so afraid. I can't just tell Sonic everything is going to be okay. Sonia is practically bawling on the phone, yelling for Sonic to appear even though we were thirty minute away. Trying to rush to be there with Sonia but life doesn't speed up either. Life will slowly drag you on the ground as it brings you to something you can't control.

The hospital shows up from afar and Sonic turns into the emergency area and parks in the closest area he sees. As he turns his car off, we just sit there in silence for a moment and until Sonic takes another shaky breath.

"I… I really hate hospitals…I haven't been to one since-"

Sonic stops talking as he stares ahead in confusion and plenty of questions of why life had to do a 380.

My hand comes up to his face and he slowly looks at me in fear. Wanting me to say something to fix what we are about to see but nothing was coming to mind.

What do you tell someone who is afraid to see their family member in the worse shape? What would you do? Besides "sorry"… or how can you help them besides hugging them, wiping there tears away, kissing them to make them feel some relief, holding their hand as we walk to something you both don't want to see… what do you do?

I swallow heavily and I take off my seatbelt only making Sonic freak out even more since we had to go in to go find Sonia.

"Baby, c-come on. We have to go. I'll be here with you through all of it. You don't have to feel afraid alone." I say and Sonic cries even more since he didn't want to get out of the car.

"I don't want to go, Amy… I'm scared. I really am and I don't want to go through this again. Why couldn't Sonia tell me his condition? If he was okay, then she would have said it, but she didn't it." Sonic says and a tear leaves my eye too and I wipe it away quickly.

"I don't know but have to go inside, okay? Just whatever happens I'll be there with you. I will so let's go."

Sonic doesn't nod his head or move. He just turns away from me and I get out the car. The warm wind blows in my hair as I walk around the car to his side and I look at the hospital and then back to the drivers door. I open it and Sonic gets out shakily and refuses to look at the building.

"M-Manic… please don't be… I can't lose him… not right now he is my only brother-"Sonic walks forward and wipes his eyes as he cries.

I grab his hand and I feel more tears about to come to my eyes as well. Sonic turns to me and I hug him gently and he hugs me back, burring his face in my hair as he shakes slightly in my arms. I rub my hand on his back and I lean back, feeling the smallest ounce of courage in my body.

"We can do this. Let's go see what's happening together." I say putting emphasis on the "together"

Sonic nods his head and I lead the way as I hold his hand. Sonic sniffs his nose behind me as we come closer and closer to the front door and I hear him start crying again making me pull him closer to me. I wrap my arm around his body, and I look around for Sonia but I don't see her, so I walk up to the front desk with a lady sitting down writing things down and she looks up at both of us as we approach her.

"Hi… um we are looking for Manic and his family? We were told he was going to be here." I say and a sick feeling comes to my stomach as she looks on her computer.

"Yes, let me check the room number." She says and I nod my head.

Sonic leg is shaking, and I look at him see that he is staring at the emergency door and I rub his back trying to calm him down which only makes more tears leaves his eyes.

"The room number is 132, you just enter those doors and-"

Sonic takes off leaving me and I follow him. Sonic runs down the halls after reading the signs on where to go quickly and I hurry after him. I start to hear more crying which sounded like someone I knew so I knew we were getting closer to his room.

Sonic takes a left and I do too to see Sonic's mom, step dad, some friends of Manic's I noticed and Sonia standing by her mom. She looks up and sees me and Sonic she steps in front of Sonic quickly.

"Where is he?" he asks looking around rapidly and more tears come out of Sonia face.

"S-Sonic wait. He doesn't look good so you need to know what happened before you enter-"

"Sonia please. I want to see my brother." Sonic says and Sonia nods her head slowly and points at the door.

Sonic walks up to it and pauses as he looks in the room. His jaw drops and his eyes refill with tears. I carefully walk up to Sonia and I place my hand on her shoulder getting her to look at me. I bring her into a hug and Sonia sobs as I hold her.

"Amy its really bad." Sonia says and more tears comes out my eyes as I rub her back and nod my head.

"C-Can. Can you go be with Sonic for me… I can't look in there again."

"Yes- Yes I can." I say and I kiss her cheek before I walk off to go be with Sonic.

Sonic is still standing there in shock and I watch a nurse walk out. I touch his back and I carefully and slowly look inside, and I try not to gasp to make the situation worse but tears defintetly comes out of my eyes.

Manic has so many cords and tubes hooked up to him with small bruises and cuts on his eye. The cords made him look so hurt and beaten as the white bandages that went around his torso and he had a cast on his ankle with more banadges on his legs. A beeping noise filled both of our ears as we watch our happy, kind, funny friend and brother lay there in all those medical wraps and tubes. His chest comes up and down as he lays there with his bruised eyes closed. My hand goes to Sonic's arm as we watch a nurse do something to the IV and then I feel a person come up behind us.

"He- he is alive but they said he might be in a coma from the car crash." Sonic's mom says as I turn around to her.

"A c-coma?" Sonic utters out as he continues to look at him from far away.

"Yes said they he hit his head pretty hard because they found bleeding in his brain so they think it's a coma-"

His mother starts to cry, and Sonic carefully steps in walking up to him. I walk with him as well as we look over his body.

"M-manic…" Sonic says reaching out for his hand.

His fingers had some dried blood on it as Sonic looked at it and then he looks at his face.

"Manic." Sonic says and he reaches for his face and pokes his cheek. "Hey. Manic I know you hear… me…"

Sonic starts to cry again, and he drops to his knee as he holds onto his big brothers hand. I bend down with him and I rub his shoulder as he cries harshly. Sonic brings me into a hug, and I comfort him the best I can as I kiss his head and I wipe his tears.

"A-Amy they said C-Coma-"Sonic cries out fully upset and I let some tears I have been holding onto as well.

"They said might- he might but we don't know that." I say and Sonic cries even more as he holds onto my shirt.

A bunch of doctors and nurses come in and I try to lift Sonic up and he slowly stands up as he cries.

"I know you all are worried but we are ready for him for surgery." Says the doctor and the nurses start to move around us to get to him.

"S-Surgery? For what-"

"Excuse me, but could you two step outside, we have to move him to the surgery room and you all can wait in his recovery room we have set up upstairs after his surgery is completed." Says a nurse escorting us out into the hallway and Sonic leaves my side to walk up to Sonia.

"Surgery for what? W-what happened?" Sonic asks and I follow behind him carefully and I try to listen in to what happened.

"A drunk driver collided with Manic's car…" his step dad says and Sonic eyes widen. "The ambulance and the doctor said that even thought he had his seatbelt on the car collided to the right of his car making his head hit the window hard and on top of the windshield was completely destroyed causing glasses to cut him in various places…" his step dad takes a breather and Sonic hands clench up as he finds out the news.

"Glass… went through his torso and the car from the drunk driver completely destroyed the side of his car cracking his femur since you saw the cast-"

"Where is the drunk driver." Sonic says angrily and stepping up to his step dad.

I grab his arm but Sonic seems not to even noticed I touched him since he was so mad about someone who almost killed his brother for drinking and driving.

"He is at the police station. We already have a court date so you won't have to worry about that Sonic-"

"I want to go. I want to beat the guy's ass who put my brother in the hospital!" Sonic yells and his mother steps up.

"Sonic, honey just let us handle it. We should just focus on your brother waking up after his surgery." She says.

"Why does he need surgery…" he asks calming down and ignoring his mother slightly.

"The doctor described to us, that he has a minor traumatic brain injury because of the impact his head took to the window. The doctor said they saw minor swelling and bleeding so they have to make a window… taking a piece of his skull out so they can relieve the pressure. Since they think it's a small coma and he should be back soon." His mom and Sonic exhales shakily and looks at the floor trying to process everything.

"But hey you two…" his mom says brining Sonia closer in the conversation. "He is going to fine. He just needs to get passed the surgery and he will be fine. So, let's follow the nurse up to his recovery room and wait for him there. Come on everyone."

Manic's friends, his family and I follow the nurse up to the room. As we walk, I hold onto Sonic arm and I rub my hand along it that he would know that I here, but he still didn't look my way, which was okay.

This isn't about me at all and I just wanted Sonic to know he had someone to lean on if he needed too and hopefully, he knows that.

We make it to the room and Manic's friends lets the family sit down first on the brown couches that had big windows behind them covered by light blue curtains that matched the dry light blue wall.

The area where Manic was going to be after his surgery was empty but there were plenty of machines waiting to be hooked up to him when he arrived. Seeing that empty spot made me hopeful that he was going to be okay. As we walked in Sonic slowed down as we entered, and I looked at him to see that he looks worried and zoned out.

"Hey…" I say softly and he looks over at me. "Let's go sit down so we can wait for him to come back."

Sonic looks away from me and starts to walk over to the couches to sit next to Sonia and the couch of full of his family.

"Oh- Amy would you like to sit-"

"No, it's fine-"

"I'll sit over here in this singular chair so you can sit by Sonic, dear." His stepdad says and he gets up and moves.

Everyone shifts over and I slowly sit down next to Sonia and Sonic. Sonic rubs his face and sniffs his nose as he looks down to his feet. I grab his hand and lean on him, as he stares at the floor making me feel nervous. I kiss his shoulder and Sonic still doesn't make any reactions towards me as we wait for his brother to come back.

Sonia sniffs her nose too and I turn my head to her, and I grab her hand as well. Sonia smiles at me and grips my hand as we sit in the silent recovery room. The only thing that was making noise was the random carts and people outside, making us think that it was going to be Manic appearing but it wasn't so long hours passed and I started to find myself dosing off and so did Sonia. I tried to stay awake because Sonic was trying to stay awake as for this late night.

It was about 1A.M. and we all haven't seen one sight of a nurse, doctor or Manic. Just some of us sleeping, yawning, sitting on the floor, staring at the floor where Manic is supposed to be or on our phones. Sonic did none of that though he just sat in silence and sighed as the clock in the room would move around again.

I yawn as I wake up from an unexpected nap that I didn't feel that happen. I notice that I was leaning a lot more on Sonic and I pick myself as I look over to him. Sonic seemed pretty tired himself making me touch his face and he actually looks at me this time.

"Do you want to trade of sleeping shifts? I just took a small nap so you should too. I'll wake you up if he comes back."I ask and Sonic shrugs his shoulders and blinks his heavy eyes.

"Come on. You can lay on my lap. I'll let you know if he appears." I say and Sonic seems unsure but then his big yawn makes him agree to it. Sonic turns around and lays his head facing my body, placing his arms around my torso and trying to hide his tear dried face in my shirt. Sonic exhales stressfully and I rub his head trying to ease him down, but some random tears come out his face.

Seeing that made me feel unhappy because I knew that he wasn't going to tell me what he was thinking if I asked so I just rub his face and shoulder until he fell asleep which he did fast. Sonic sleeps peacefully and I continue to care for him. I look up and I notice that I am the only one awake. I look to the left of me to check on Sonia who was leaning on her mother, they were sleeping as well and their slow deep breaths were the only things keeping me company as I waited in the quiet room.

Another hour passes over and I blink slowly since it was so late, and I tried my best to stay awake. I wanted Sonic to get some sleep. I didn't know how long I slept on his shoulder, but I knew it was way longer than a hour. Sonic stirs in his sleep a little and I look down to his face to see his eyes moving slightly. His eyes snap open quickly and he raises up from me and looks behind him. He looks all around in confusion and that caused Sonia to wake up as well from his sudden outburst.

"Hm? He is here?" she asks softly.

"Not yet. Sonic it's okay he isn't here yet." I say and Sonic doesn't say anything as he sits back in his seat and watches the doors.

Sonic's worries made me worry as well and scooted farther to the other side of the couch and moves his arms in hands out of reach so I couldn't hold them.

"Okay… well maybe he wants time to himself. That's okay. I'll just be here for him."

I stare ahead since that's what most of everyone was doing. Waiting for their friend, brother, son and stepson to come back. Sonia stands up randomly and walks towards the hall.

"I'm going to go get a breather."

I watch her walk out and Sonic does as well. He seemed worried about her now, so I stand up as well.

"Um- I'm going to make sure she is okay. You will be fine if I go right?" I ask him and he nods his head softly.

"Okay… I'll be back. Text me if you need anything."

I rub his head and then I plant a kiss on his forehead before I leave. I open the doors into the hallway and some random nurses passes late at night and as soon as they do the hallway gets really quiet. I look down the left and I see Sonia enter a room from afar and I walk down to go to the same room she was in.

When I enter the room, I notice that it is a lounge area with vending machines, a TV and a balcony for smoking, though Sonia wasn't smoking when she stood outside on the balcony. She was just leaning over the little fence they had attached to it and staring at the sky that the moon shinned softly throughout the city. I open the door and I walk out as well, and Sonia turns around to me and smiles softly since she knew I followed her.

"It's nice out." I say softly as the warm wind blows past us.

"Yeah , it is. Better than how the hospitals smell. I hate the smell of hospitals because every time I come in here nothing good happens so that's what the smell reminds me of. Nothing good." Sonia says and I nod my head as I listen to her talk.

"I just want him to be in the room so I can see him. I know he is going to be okay, but I can't help but to worry about him. If he is even going to able to walk or talk after the blow, he took from his head. Or-Or if he is going to stay in the coma after his surgery…" Sonia stops talking as she grips the rail and I move closer to her bringing her on my shoulder and she rests her head on it.

"We all just don't know what is going to happen once he leaves the surgery room. We don't know so sleeping and waiting in that room is driving me mad. Ugh, I hate it. I just want him to be fully healthy and open his big stupid mouth again."

A laugh comes out of my mouth and so does hers as she looks out into the night.

"Have… have you ever been to the hospital before like this?" Sonia asks.

"No-no I don't really have much family- I was a foster child so the only kind of family I have is my foster brother Udio. But no, I haven't done this before."

"You were a foster child? I never would have guessed that from how happy you act all the time. Made me think you lived with a family of five." Sonia says and I laugh softly.

"I get that a lot. Sonic said that too when I told him but yes I was fostered all my life really." I say and Sonia nods her head.

Me saying Sonic's name stuck in my head. It made me wonder if he was going to be okay or if I needed to go back.

"Um… Sonia." I say and she turns towards me. "Is… Is Sonic like this because of what happened to… you know."

Sonia sighs again and nods her head as she turns around back to the sky.

"I see… if there anything I can do for him- or do you know something. He isn't really responding to me from time to time which I understand, he gets like that but I just want to make sure that he is okay. I just worry about him…"

"I think Sonic will be fine once Manic comes back. I think we all will, but Sonic is just an overthinker and the last time we were all here was because of Sally that was here. It wasn't a good experience so he might be thinking about that and Manic, but you are doing fine Amy. Seriously and don't you stress yourself out either because Manic is going to be fine."

My hopeful eyes stare at the sky and I thank for telling me. Sonia and I take a couple of minutes to get a breather until she sighs again and wants to head back in because she is still very tired. As we walk back into the room, I spot apple juice and it makes me stop.

"It's his favorite so maybe I should get it."

I walk up to the machine and I place some money in it and I get two apple juice boxes out. Sonia giggles and I turn to her to see her looking at me.

"Apple juice for him?" she questions as I follow her out the hallway.

"Y-Yeah… I think he has a small addiction to it lately so I thought this could cheer him up a bit."

Sonia smiles at me for my nice gesture to her brother and we enter the room quietly to have some people look at us quickly, probably thinking it was Manic but it wasn't. Random yawns and snores go throughout the room as we make it back to the couch and I look at Sonic who looked me hopefully once I walked but it dropped since he saw it was just us and then he looks off again… waiting for his brother to appear.

I squat down in front of him and he looks at me and my hand as I offer him an apple juice.

"I saw some in the vending machine. You should drink some, it's your favorite too." I say with a small smile.

I take the straw and I pop it in the box and then I hand it too him. Sonic stares at it and then he shakes his head making me feel sad.

"A-Are you sure? You can have a sip as we wait. I'll hold it for you."

Sonic doesn't say much, and I rub my hand on his leg making him sigh even more. His eye starts to fill up again and he wipes it away quickly as he looks off at the floor.

"He is blowing up inside and he won't let me in… What do I do."

"Do you want to take a walk?" I ask and he doesn't respond. "So you can clear your head? Maybe you need it just for a moment." I ask softly and he just shrugs his shoulders.

"Okay. That's fine. I'll sit with you and we can wait together. Let me hold your hand."

I sit down and I reach for his hand that he had in between his lap. He slowly takes it out and I grab it hold it tightly as I lean my head on his shoulder.

"I know he isn't trying to be like this, but he can't help it. That won't stop me though for letting him know that I am there for him. I will always be."

I kiss his shoulder and Sonic sniffs his nose as he continues to look forward.

"I love you." I say softly and that time he nods his head making me feel at ease for moment and I go back to laying my head on his big shoulder.

Another hour goes by and I yawn again. I sip Sonic's apple juice he didn't drink, and I offer him some, every other time and he still denies it. I rub my head up and down his arm as I try to stay awake with him but since it was 3A.M. my body was telling me to fall asleep, but I can't. Not while Sonic is waiting for Manic to return.

Sonic fingers move in my palm, sending energy in my body and I look at him to see that he is biting his lip. I touch his shoulder and he turns his face to me.

"Uh…" Sonic says softly, and I look him carefully as he speaks for the first time in the past few hours.

"What? Talk to me, I'm here." I say looking at him and more tears build in his eyes.

"… what's taking so long… I thought the surgery would be five hours but that many hours have passed and-"

"I know. I know it's taking a moment." I touch his face and wipe his tears as I turn fully towards him. "But he should be coming any moment now so let's just keep our heads up."

Sonic nods his head quickly and tries to lean back to relax but I know he was panicking even more. I bring myself with him and I lean on his shoulder and I grab his hand again. Sonic leans his head on mine and we both stare at the door.

Suddenly someone knocks on the door making all of our hearts beat quickly and fast. Sonic almost springs out of his seat and so does everyone else as the doors open wide, pushing in a hospital bed with Manic on it.

"M-Manic…" Sonia says as they move him in the middle of the room.

Manic had stiches on his face with faint bruises on his face still but they were covered in a clear cream texture. His face also had a wrap going around his entire head and one wrap went under his chin which I am guessing he has because of his skull they had to cut to relieve the pressure.

His foot was still in the cast as well and they changed his clothes into a hospital gown and the blood that was once on his fingers were gone. He looked a lot better, but he didn't as he breathed softly with his breathing mask on.

They start to hook him up to machines and such and then the surgeon walks over to us, making Sonic walk closer so he wouldn't miss any details on how the operation went.

"How is he? Why did it take so long?" Sonic asks walking up close rand closer to the surgeon and the surgeon takes a step back from being so persistent.

"Manic's surgery went well. His brain was swelled so we had to let it swell down before we put his skull back together which is why it took a little longer than it did but it went through perfectly."

Everyone smiles at the good news but then Sonic looks over at him and I do too.

"Is… is he resting? He would be resting right after everything… right?"

His question makes the room silent and the sound of the heart moniter comes on, copying his heart beat and the surgeon shifts her clipboard she was holding on her chest.

"Yes but…the coma situation the doctors told you about… That how he might be in one…"

The way she stops talking makes me look back at Manic. Everything goes silent in my ears as tears falls from my face quick and I him watch sleep. Not moving. Not even making any kind of noise to indicate that he was just sleeping normally. A deep sleep to where he can only wake up on his own.

Unresponsive is what the surgeon described him as, they said he shouldn't be in the coma long due to how his brain wasn't that badly swollen but he is going to need intensive care so not a lot of people shouldn't be in the room so that doctors and nurses can keep him as healthy as possible to make sure he gets the nutrients he needs and medicine.

I told them that I would step out so his family could stay with him and so did Manic's friends. I tried to comfort both Sonic and Sonia but they were too in shock to find out that Manic couldn't wake up to the sounds of their voices or even by touching him. The way they looked made me feel hopeless so I just stepped out of the room so the nurses and doctors could go in. His mom told me they would swap out so I could be with Sonic and Sonia but I told them to take all the time they needed. I would be outside.

As I walk out, I wipe my tears and I head back to the waiting room to go to the balcony that made some relief for me for my head and heart. I sit down in a chair on the balcony and I sniff my nose as I think about Manic.

"A coma… a coma… that's so unfair. Manic didn't even do anything and just for someone to put him in this situation like this makes me so angry. So angry and I can't even do anything."

I cry softly as I look up at the sky to see that the sun was coming up. We had been up all morning waiting for this news. The sun finally shows its face this morning, bringing a warm breeze with its it moves past my face. The door behind me opens and I see that its Sonic's mom.

She seems slightly worried, but she smiles softly as she closes the door and sits in a chair near me. She exhales as she sits down, and I sit up waiting for her to speak.

"How's Sonic's college going?" she asks, and I look at her.

"It's good. Um- he is really smart, and we are both third years now."

She smiles and nods her head.

"Has he picked a major yet? Last time he told me he wanted to do something, was that he wanted to be a chef just like mommy, oh the days." She says cracking a smile.

"No, not yet. But he has been trying." I smile too thinking about how Sonic would act as a child but then it drops as I worry about how he is doing now.

"Is… Is he okay? Sonic? The news um… I wasn't expecting them to say that…"

I stop as I don't want to say that word again and I feel tears come in my eyes as I think about Manic.

"Sonic is… getting through, he is with his sister so he should be alright, but I am sure you can get through him more than anyone else here." She says.

"Oh… I'm not so sure. Sonic gets so quiet when stuff like this happens, so I am greatful to even get a head nod for him or anything when he decides to talk. I just want him to be happy." I say and I think about how he could possibly be right now.

"He told me you were are such a perfect girl for him at my birthday party and he was right." Her comment makes me look at her. " He told me I didn't know him at all and he is right about that too. I don't but I want to get to know him again and since he doesn't have a parent role in his life anymore or much friends like he used too, he told me you took him from his past and that I should apologize for what I said at the party because without you… he probably wouldn't even be how he was." She says and I blink softly.

"He also told me he was happy and that he wasn't the person he used to be. It took me some time to realize that, but I see it now since how you cared for him in the recovery room. He must have done a lot for someone to look at him the way you do. I just want to say thank you for giving my son another try and sorry for me being rude at the party."

She looks me in the eye, and I nod my head.

"And thank you for taking care of my son, which you can still go do if you are worried about him. He needs to take a break from being in there or possibly eat something and sleep because he seems very tired. I am sure you can probably get to him." She says and I stand quickly.

"Right- o-okay I'll go see him. Excuse me."

I leave quickly and her comments makes me move quicker since Sonic relied so much on me.

"I guess he told me he needed me for a reason. I knew that so let me be there for him."

A nurse walks out and I walk in seeing Sonia, Sonic, and their stepdad watch Manic on the bed.

"Amy welcome back." Says their stepdad and I smile at him.

"Thanks… did they say anything else about him?" I ask moving towards Manic and I smile slightly as he rests.

"They said his levels are going back to normal which is good news but he still needs to be watched over…" His step dad starts to get a little emotionally and he stands up and walks over to me patting my shoulder.

"I'm going to step out. You watch them for me?"

"Of course." He smiles at me and then he walks out leaving me with them.

I move my hair behind my ear and Sonia only looks at me as I walk over to them. She gives me a small smile as I crouch down between them and I rub their shoulders.

"Hey." Sonia says softly and I smile at her.

My eyes go to Sonic and he is holding Manic's hand and staring at his face. I move more to Sonic and I look at his face as he stares at Manic.

"Sonic?" I say and Sonic blinks rapidly as he slowly looks at me. " Let's go get a breather. We can get something in your stomach and drink something."

Sonic looks away from me and his eyes go back to Manic.

"Okay… if we were to go you would only leave for five minutes or however long you would like. Only for a moment since you have been up for so long."

Sonic swallows heavily and he doesn't look at me nor does he say something.

"Just for a moment Sonic. Manic would want you to take a break from all of this. He doesn't like to see you stressed." I say and tears start to come in his eyes making me bite my lip.

"If-if I leave what if something happens." He says and a tear runs down his face and he continues to look at him, holding his hand.

"It won't, Sonia will still be here and your mom is coming back to watch him-"

"How do you know that?" he asks getting slightly ticked and I brush it off.

"The doctors said he just needs rest. They also said he isn't in the worst condition so- "

"They also said that he might be in a coma." He says and tears come out his eyes. "They said might and he is in a coma now so why should I trust their words? What if it's worse than they think and then my brother never comes back-"

"Stop Sonic." Sonia says and I stand up since she was getting in the conversation.

"He is going to be fine. Don't say that he isn't going to come back." Sonia says and Sonic goes silent.

The room goes silent and I notice that they are both just stressed and aren't meaning anything coming out of their mouths. So, I just stand up and clear my throat.

"Sonic, I really think you should just go and take a moment, okay? Manic is going to be alright so just take a moment from being in here and- "

Sonic stands abruptly and walks out the room fast. I follow him as well, since he just got up so angrily. Sonic takes a left instead of a right and walks down the hall. He opens a door to stairway and I try to keep up with as fast as I can until we hit the first floor and he walks out. He then sees a quiet private waiting room and enters it and I follow in the pursuit. No one was inside so Sonic sits down on a couch in the far corner and looks out the window. Sonic is slightly frowning with tears in his eyes so I slowly take my time and I sit next to him as he just looks out the window. I sit down and I look to the floor, trying to be with him even though he was angry.

"Maybe he isn't angry, he might just be stressed out by the situation and it's this is his easy way of coping. Even if he is mad at me trying to get him to take a break, I won't take anything personal. I know that he is just scared right now."

So, I sit up higher and I scoot closer to him.

"Do you want anything? I saw a cafeteria on the map so I am sure they are serving breakfast somewhere, or you can take a nap when we get back, your eyes are…" I stop talking as Sonic doesn't seem that interested in anything that has to do with himself.

"Or we can sit here… I don't mind-"

"I'm going back." He says standing up, but I grab his arm.

"Sonic, wait we haven't even been here long. You need to eat something at least. Please and take a nap when you get back. Your mom is worried about you and so am I so can we just… slow down for a moment. Just a moment."

Sonic turns back around and sits back down but his leg still shakes.

"If I eat something can I go back." He says.

"Y-Yeah. I'll get you some chips from the vending machine and some water."

I stand up and I walk over to the vending machine. I stare at the options and I just get him some sun chips and a water bottle. As I insert my card I yawn, and I wait for both items to come out. I look at the back of Sonic's head and worry seeps into my stomach causing me to feel sick but I push past because there was someone in this room feeling a lot worse than I was.

After grabbing the snacks from the machine, I walk back over to Sonic to see his eyes closed.

"Oh, he is asleep-

Sonic opens his eyes and noticed that he dozed off. He looks at me and I hand him the items which he tears opens and eats quickly so he could go back. I decide not to sit back down because of how fast he was eating and drinking to get back so it would be pointless for me to sit.

He finishes everything quickly and thanks me for getting him something. He throws it away and walks towards the door which I follow him, and we head all the way back to the room in silence.

Sonic sits down right back in his seat and I don't enter since the rest of his family was already inside. I let the door close slowly and I go back to the small waiting room with the balcony. I take the time to take out my phone and I scroll in the band group chat. I smile as I notice they were sending memes back and forth and talking about random things, but my smile starts drop once Tails asks where me and Sonic was.

"It wouldn't hurt to let them know."

I call the entire groupchat, wondering if anyone would answer since it was kind of early. The phone rings for a moment and they all gradually show their faces as they come one after the other.

"Oh- G-Good morning guys- "

"AMY!" Cass yells. "I THOUGHT SONIC ATE YOU! YOU GUYS DIDN'T TALK AT ALL ON THE GROUPCHAT YESTERDAY SO I THOUGHT-" Cass starts to get emotional and I laugh and that laugh feels so different since I haven't done it in a while.

"It's because Sonic kidnaps her and they both forget the world exists because they are so in love." Rouge says and Knuckles laughs in the background from her screen.

"Sonic is such a simp." Tails says making everyone laugh and I laugh as well but then I start to feel bad again.

"Where is Sonic anyway? And where are you?" Tails asks looking at me and everyone else does to.

"Um…" I barely speak and everyone starts to look concerned at the sound of my voice and then my lips starts to tremble and my tears come back.

"Um… Sonic's brother is… um. In the hospital, so that's where I am right now." I say and everyone gasps and sits up from their position.

"Manic? Is he okay?"

"What happened? Where is Sonic is, he okay?"

"Oh no…"

Everyone continues to ask questions and I wipe my face letting a tear fallout.

"He is but he got in a car crash so…He is pretty banged up with scratches and bruises but he is fine! Just… he is in a coma due to a head injury… so now he is resting, the doctor said he should wake up, but no one knows when." I say and everyone goes silent from the news. "And Sonic… he is so stressed and worried, and I hate that I can't do anything about it which making me worried for him because when things like this happen, he just shuts down and I don't like him being in all the stressed by himself. I understand that people cope different ways, but I really want to be there for him. A-And he is trying his hardest to talk but he really doesn't talk that much." A tear leaves my eye and I sigh in exhaustion.

"We have been up since last night so it's been pretty tough but if guys could just let Sonic know you care about him then that would be great-"

"Of course, Amy." Rouge says

"Is he around you?" Tails asks.

"Damn… I feel sorry for him." Ten says.

"Do you need us to come up there?" Cass asks.

"He is in the room with us family and not a lot of people can be in there because Manic needs intensive care, so I don't think you guys need to come…I'm not sure."

The chat goes silent as everyone thinks about Manic and Sonic.

"Can we talk to him? I tried to call but he didn't answer." Tails says worried.

"I don't know if he would want too. He isn't really talking to anyone."

"That's cool. But can you let him know that we are all sorry and we want to talk to him. Or see his face really soon." Tails and everyone agree after him which makes me smile.

"Yeah, I will. I just wanted you guys to know. Also, since all this happened with his family, I am going to make Sonic not come to practices for a while until Manic is better and then until Sonic is better as well. He needs time."

"Yeah, yeah. Plus, he is ahead of us anyway, so it won't hurt anything. Family is more important anyway." Rouge says and I agree with her.

The chat goes silent again since everyone is worried, but I clear my throat and I try to make this situation lighter.

"But, I'll watch over Sonic. You guys won't have to worry, and I'll keep you guys updated on Manic's condition and let him know that you all are thinking about him as well." I say and everyone smiles.

"But I'm going to go to try on check on them now. I'll text you guys I promise." I say and everyone blows me kisses and tells me that they love me.

"I-I love you guys too. I'll see you all soon." I wave by to them and then I hang up the phone.

I take a moment to breath and get myself together before heading back and I slap the sides of my face.

"Okay, Amy. Let's go back to being strong. You got this. You got this."

My body jolts up and I walk back into the room to see if it was lesser people and it was. Their mom and stepmom weren't here so I step in the room.

"Amy I was just about to text you and tell you to come back." Sonia says and yawns.

"Looks like I read your mind." I say and Sonia laughs.

I look over to Manic and then I look back to Sonic who just staring at him. Sonic yawns as well and I look at both of them.

"Y-You guys should sleep." I say and Sonia looks at me."I can watch over him while you guys do. I'll sit right here."

I walk over and sit next to Sonic who didn't pay me any attention until I touched his arm.

"Hey… go take a nap. " I say and he shakes his head. "Babe, you look tired. It's been hours, I'll watch him while you guys sleep. Come on." I stand up grabbing under his arm and he looks worried and looks at me.

"You can trust me. It's just for a moment or however you want to sleep."

Sonic looks back at Manic and then he stands up. He leans down on kisses Manic's forehead and then turns towards the sofa. He walks over to it and lays down on but still looks at Manic. A smile comes to my face and I turn to Sonia.

"You too." I say and Sonia thanks me and gets up as well to lay on the couch.

They settle down and I look around for a blanket and I see a closet that I thought would have a blanket or something. There were extra blankets and I grab two and I drape one over Sonia and tuck her in. Sonia smiles at me and I lean to kiss her hair and to remind her that everything was going to be okay.

Sonia thanks me and closes her eyes and I turn to Sonic who seems like he was already falling sleep. I walk over to him and I drape it over his body making him open his eyes and look over to me and then back to Manic. As I tuck him in, I rub my finger on his face making him look at me. I bend down I kiss his forehead softly and then I kiss nose and then to his lips.

"He is going to fine and I'll watch him. So, get some sleep okay?" I say and he nods his head tiredly and closes his eyes.

I stand up and I look at them and then I go to Manic. I sit down in the seat they were sitting at and I watch his chest move up and down and then I look to his closed eyes.

"A coma… that's so weird that he just can't wake up. Even if I touch him he won't budge."

His hand catches my eye and I take its place since Sonic was holding it and now I am. Sitting here and being with Manic was nice. I wanted to make sure he was okay as well so the amount time I sat there watching him was calming and reassuring, that he was going to be okay.

Many hours pass over of me watching Manic since Sonia and Sonic were completely knocked out. The sounds of them snoring was making me sleepy as well, but I tried my best to stay awake in the peaceful room. The sun was also starting to back to orange making time seem like It was going faster and faster. Faster than moon from last night that made that terrible moment long and gruesome.

As I lean my head down on the bed, I hear Sonia move making me turn back to her. Sonia yawns and stretches, and she look over at me.

"H.. how long were we out… oh Amy you look so tired." Sonia says quietly not to wake Sonic up who was still knocked out.

"I'm fine. How did you sleep."

Sonia smiles and looks at Manic.

"I slept okay. I have some of my energy back, but I feel better. Thanks for letting us sleep." I nod my head and I look back to Sonic is who still sleeping.

"You should get some sleep too." Sonia says.

"O-Okay-"

"But… maybe you should go sleep at home." She suggests and I shake my head.

"I couldn't do that. I want to make sure Manic will be okay and-"

Sonia puts her hand over mine that was holding Manic's and she takes it off gently. I look at Manic and a tear comes to my eye.

"He is okay. You said that yourself." Sonia says.

"I know he is, but I want to be there when he wakes up. I just couldn't leave now." I say refusing to leave but Sonia still tries to convince me.

"I'll update you on Manic. You just need to go home and rest. You have practice tomorrow moring don't you?"

Sonia reminds me of the festival coming soon and I notice I haven't thought about it lately.

"I do and you are right but…" My eyes go back to the sleeping hedgehog on the couch snoring softly." I couldn't leave Sonic here. He hasn't talked like himself in so long and if I were to leave then I would just be worried about him as well so I can't leave Sonic. I really can't- "

"Sonic is fine too, Amy. He may act like he isn't, but he is. He is just as worried as you are. You already did so much for us so you should just go home and get ready for practice."

"Sonia I can't- "

"But you have too." Sonia says sternly and I look down at my hand in hers. "You have to Amy. There are other people who need you too so let me just watch over Sonic and I'll text you every couple of hours or so on how Manic and Sonic are doing. I promise you."

I look over her face… trying to think of another excuse but nothing comes to mind. I slowly agree with her which makes me feel even worse that I was going to have to leave two people I cared about.

"Go say goodbye to Sonic and then I'll take you back home."

"Okay…: "I say softly

Sonic looked so peaceful while he slept, and I wouldn't want to wake him up just to tell him I am leaving but Sonia was right. Manic is okay and Sonic is okay. I touch his face softly and tears were already coming out of my face since I knew I was going to be worried about him and I haven't left.

My lips come down to his cheek as I rub my hand on his hair. Sonic open his eyes slowly and then he jerks up slightly, but I touch his face making him look at me and then over to Manic.

"Sorry- everything is fine." I say and he looks back over to me and looks over my face.

"Oh right. Sorry tears. I know you don't like seeing me like this." I say wiping them away and trying to hold myself together.

"Um… Sonia said I should go home so I wanted to say bye to you… ah-" More tears come out my eyes since I didn't want to leave him and his hand comes on my face.

I lean into his hand and then his arm goes around my back bringing me closer to his body. He hugs me softly and push my face into his body.

"Amy stop crying. Sonic is going to be okay. He is."

I raise up and Sonic is still looking at me.

"I'll call you. Whenever I can get the chance and text you from time to time to check up on you and Manic. Just answer the phone, please. Even if you don't want to talk you can just answer the phone." I say and wipe more tears.

"Also please eat and drink something while I am gone- And sleep. Just take care of yourself for me."

Sonic nods his head and he leans up and sits on the couch.

"I told everyone about what happened, and they said they would like to hear from you as well if you feel like talking. Just give them a little hello or something to let them know you are okay."

Sonic nods his head again and I move closer to his face. I kiss around his face multiple times before moving back to his face. I wrap my arms around his body, and I rest my chin on shoulder and he exhales as I hold him for a moment. His warm arms come up on my back as well and rubs my back softly. My tears almost come back, but I try to relax since I needed to still be strong. I move back slowly, and Sonic seems a little sad as well, but I try to smile through it because I didn't want him to worry about me, putting more on list.

"I love you so much." I say and I kiss his lips and he actually kisses me back.

We release the kiss slowly and I stand as well letting his arms fall from my waist.

Sonia already had her keys in her hand standing at the front waiting quietly at the door. Before I make my way over there, I go to Manic one last time to kiss his head.

"I love you, big brother and I promise to visit you soon."

I raise back up and I head out the door, following Sonia and we go all the way outside to the front and we get in the car. As I click my seatbelt, a tear falls out my face again and I wipe it away.

The drive was long and quiet, and the only noise made was when a car would drive past us. The orange sunlight shined on our bodies as we took the interstate to take me home. The farther and farther we would get would be the more I worry about them. Another tear would fall out of my eye and Sonia would remind that they would be okay but for some reason I could barely believe her for some reason.

What else could she tell me.

We soon arrive at my apartment and I thank for the drive. As I walk in my apartment it felt dull until I entered my bedroom. My bedroom still held the last happiness Sonic and I shared before he got that phone call. I pick up my broken bracelet that was still attached to some of the wire. I cut it off with my teeth and then I place it on my wrist.

A smile appears on my face as its shine would still show even after its been through so much. I yawn heavily again, and I change clothes and I hit my bed as soon as I did. My body screamed for sleep as my eyes could barely stay open. Before I did sleep, I made sure to pull out my phone and text the groupchat letting know I was home and we were still going to have practice tomorrow and then I went to text Sonic.

"I made home. I'm going to go to sleep now and then I am going to practice in the morning. I'll call you in the morning as well so please pick up. I love you and I miss you already and I'll see you soon."

I stare at my sent message and then I place my phone on my bed. I close my eyes and sleep takes me as quick as I close my eyes.

Next morning at practice

"Amy, I don't understand this section of the song you wrote. I know its supposed to be fast but this part feels slower." Tails asks and I put my guitar on the stand as I grab my pencil from my ear to probably change apart of the music I messed up.

"Oh. You are right it is slower. Sorry, let me write over this and I'll print you a fresh copy tomorrow but for now just play it slower." I say and as I fix it.

After I fix the error I go back over to my clipboard and I write a reminder to get Cass to reprint the part for me after I fix it. I stand back up and I grab my guitar.

"Okay guys let's take it from the top!" I yell and Rouge and Tails get ready.

"One, Two, Three!"

We play the beginning of the part and I listen to everyone carefully as we play for the beginning part. We head into the first part of song where Sonic was supposed to sing and I look at the empty spot next to the mic.

"Why didn't he pick up his phone… he promised me that he would, but he didn't answer his phone this morning."

A tear runs down my face as I look away and I stare down at my feet. The tear drops on the floor and I continue to play as I zone out.

"I texted him as well, but I got nothing. Absolutely nothing-"

The noises of everyone stops slowly and I turn around to see them looking at me. I forget that a tear fell out of my face and I wipe it away and turn forward.

"S-Sorry. I got distracted. Let's start where we left off-"

A hand touches my shoulder and I turn around to see Tails. He brings me in a hug and my eyes burst into tears. I place my guitar down and I bury my face into his shirt and then I feel Rouge come up and hug me as well.

"He is going to be fine Amy." Rouge says and I gasp I cry.

"H-he never called me or texted me back and I'm just so worried. Sonia tells me he is okay but it's hard to believe that when he won't text me back."

Tails hugs me tighter and I cry softly.

"We are worried about him too, Amy. You don't have to be worried by yourself. We are here." Rouge says patting my head.

"I-I-I know. It's just so stressful. Everything feels so stressful and… I just want him to say something. Anything."

Rouge and Tails comforts me, and I comfort them as well since we all cared about Sonic. Someone comes through the door and I turn around to see it was Cass and Ten looking at us confused but then they understand since they don't see Sonic here. Cass looks at the mic stand and then he walks closer to the stage and opens his arms out.

"Come here." He says and I start cry even more as I walk to Cass and I get on my knees to hug him.

Cass hugs me and sighs as I cry into his shirt.

"The rest of you guys come here too. We all care about Sonic." Cass says and Tails and Rouge come as well and stand beside me.

Ten steps up as well he rubs my shoulder. Cass leans back and he wipes some of my tears away and then he looks at all of us.

"I know… we are all concerned about Sonic and his brother, but Amy told me that they are okay. Aren't they?" Cass asks and I nod my head.

"But Sonic won't-"

"I know. He won't respond now Amy, but he is fine. I know he is. If he wasn't, I'm sure he would have told us that he isn't so that's how I know he is." Cass says and I sniff my nose.

"Even though he isn't here Sonic is still connected to us. No matter where we are or where he is. He is just taking care of his brother. Just like Sonic would do for any of us because you know he does take care of us. He is like the dad of the group and he can't help to be like that because he just cares for people. So, let's not be upset, because if Sonic saw us like this what would he say?" Cass says and I look up at him.

"He would remind me that he is okay…" Tails says and we look at him. "And then he would try to kiss me on my face." Tails says and we all chuckle.

"Sonic would tell to shut the fuck up and smile because I have so much to happy about and stressing about anything is pointless when everything is going to work out." Rouge says sitting down beside me and I smile at her. "I miss the dumbass."

"We do too and if he saw me…" Cass says and some tears even form in his eyes. "He would hug me and laugh like he always does. I miss him too, but I just know that we have so much more to take care of. He would want us to push on and he would mad too if we were slacking since he is so ahead in the song."

Cass laughs and we do too and then he looks to me.

"What would he tell you Amy?" Cass asks and I blink softly, and I look at my legs.

"I'm not s-sure-"

"You do know Amy. You know Sonic more than anyone in this world." Cass says and that makes me feel even worse. "What would he tell you?"

Sonic face appearing if he saw me crying makes me laugh for a moment and I wipe my tears.

"He… he would ask me a million questions of why there are tears coming out of my face. So many questions that I would almost forget why I was crying in the first place but then he would hold my face and tell me everything I needed to stop crying. Everything and the tears coming out of my face seem so meaningless once he said something that me and him both say."

I look at bracelet and I wipe my tears away again.

"He would say "together". Everything we do and feel is together."

"He is right too." Cass says and then steps back looking at all of us.

"Sonic would want us to continue pushing on together." Cass says" So, LETS QUIT THE WATER WORKS, STAND UP, GRAB OUR INSTRUMENTS AND MAKE SOME PROGRESS SO ONCE SONIC COMES BACK, HE SEE THAT WE ALL DID THIS TOGETHER!"

Cass encouragement lifts the room and I stand up. I turn around to my band and they smile at me as well.

"Let's do this. For him."