Chapter Four: Hypothermia
Warning: There is minor swearing in this chapter, so i'm telling you this now. Enjoy!
They had been going around in circles for nearly an hour. The rescue group had gotten lost on their way back, and the exit had apparently been moved. So now, they were stuck in a lab, just because they took a wrong turn somewhere back.
Shadow glanced at Sonic. He had been doing well so far, just on the verge of consciousness as the speedster clinged to his arm. What he failed to notice until now, was that he was shaking. Eyes widening, he instantly stopped in his tracks and faced his rival.
His usually peach muzzle was slowly turning a shade of blue, and he looked very tired with those bags under his eyes. Soon after, the hedgie collapsed in his arms, the agent felt Sonic's forehead, nearly hissing out loud at the numbing cold.
Meanwhile the other two members were a few feet away from them, still arguing about who was a fault for getting them lost.
"You were the one that should have had the layout!"
"Yeah but who was the one who broke it?"
"And who was the one who gave it to me?"
"It's your fault you're so trigger happy!"
"And it's your fault for not knowing that!"
"Shadow tell me who's right!" simultaneously shouted Silver and Knuckles.
"The both of your arguments are not important right now," the two at once ran up to a Shadow with a concerned expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" questioned Silver.
"He has hypothermia," muttered the mammal in question. "We need to leave. Now," not waste time waiting for an answer, for he hoisted Sonic up bridal style and marched forward.
"Put your powers to use and get out of here the way we came in," ordered the agent.
The once arguing team smirked. This would be fun.
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Why was it always Sonic that got hurt?
Tails pondered this as three mobians came barging through the door, shouting something about blankets and cold.
The commotion had died down drastically since the time the rescue team had returned. It had been rather peaceful; well as peaceful as this household can get. Tails looked up from his laptop to inspect the room.
Gadget and Zero had fallen asleep on the floor after they did a Just Dance marathon. It had been stupid, but fun t watch. Knuckles and Silver were sleeping on or in a seat near the table. When they got back, the two argued about who's fault it was that Sonic had gotten sick.
Speaking of Sonic…
Baby blue eyes lingered on the hedgehog duo accommodated on the loveseat on the side. Shadoe had suggested that body heat helps with hypothermia, so now, he and his older brother were on the couch in an embrace under many blankets. They looked rather peaceful sleeping there, even though he could swear to Chaos that if any of the girls were here, they would either get mad… or start fangirling.
The kit couldn't say that he had gotten mad, because he was used to this. It technically was normal for Sonic to get some sort of illness or badly hurt whenever something abnormal happened.
Sighing and turning to monitor the glowing screen in front of him. Tails had been messaging with the crew for nearly an hour. They had been arguing who was at fault for blowing up the Chaotix residence. Along with some of the Mystic Ruins. And a part of Angel Island.
Charmy: It was only because Cream decided it was 'for science'.
Cream: Why you little bitch! It was clearly Tails' fault because he created them in the first place!
Tails: Marine was the one that detonated them! So shut up Cream!
Marine: Don't try to put the blame on me you psycho!
Tails sighed for seemingly the millionth time today and went to typing again.
Tails: Let's talk about this tomorrow. In person. Then we can find out who was the real culprit!
Charmy: Alright.
Cream: Fine.
Marine: Sure mate!
With that being said, the kitsune shut his laptop and placed it in an empty spot along with most of the uneaten food. It was a shame that no one had finished it.
Tails decided that he would go to bed. Tomorrow was going to be a long day after all.
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The first thing he noticed when he woke up, was that Sonic wasn't with him.
He was sure that the hedgehog couldn't have gotten out of his embrace without waking him up. Right? Without a second thought he threw the covers off of him and stretched his cramped joints.
Tired crimsons scanned their surroundings for their owners bedmate. Well couchmate.
The sound of running water in the kitchen caught his attention. 'There he is,' thought the hedgehog, sluggishly trudging over to the source of the noise.
"Sonic?" He muttered as he stumbled over to said Mobian.
"Shado- ah!" Sonic put the glass he was pouring water in, on the counter and turned towards his ebony rival.
Well almost.
He felt two arms wrap around his waist from behind and and a head on his shoulder. Both attempting to haul him back to the couch. "You need to come back to bed Faker," Shadow uttered. "You aren't completely healed yet," Sonic chuckled lightly. This… seemed a bit unnatural. Shadow caring?
"Yeah, yeah, I'll go to bed Mr. Cuddle Hog," sarcastically remarked the hero as he was dragged back into the living room. Still drowsy eyes glanced to the digital clock that had been positioned on the floor for an unknown reason.
It read '6:34 pm'.
Wait what?" Shadow hold up a sec." lightly jostling his rival to grab at the clock. "What Faker?" practically whined Shadow, who tried to take hold of Sonic once more.
Ignoring the calls, gloveless hands lifted the clock from the floor closer to his face. His eyes weren't deceiving him, but he just had to make sure. But how could that be? He was very sure that he didn't sleep through an entire day, he rarely did that. Not even Shadow or anyone else has done that, especially when they all have busy lives.
The blue hedgehog hastily went over to the phone that he rarely used, and tapped the screen. Ignoring the slight sting in his eyes, emeralds scanned over the date, once, then again, and again.
What was going on?
He had to get to the bottom of this. There was no way that time had reversed, right?
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Oooh! Foreshadowing! I wonder what happened, I guess you guys will have to find out next time!
See you my beauties!
