Tail
I'm starting to pick up the pace a little, though the chapters won't really be getting too much longer. And a pairing? Heh... Pairing... In one of my stories actually finished? :D Mayyyyybe.
------------------------[ Two: One Had to Go...
" Well... " Nessie found a seat on the bed beside the twisted tail, still twirling a section of fur between her fingers. " We can amputate the tail now and enssssure that he will make good time on recovering, or chanccce him recovering on his own alongside months on reconsssstructive ssssurgery. I must warn you though, reconsssstructing ssuch injuries will take much time and alot of money. "
" We have enough money to pay, Nessie. " Sonic corrected her while finding a seat himself. He sat on one of the chairs beside Tails' bed though, not wanting to disturb the poor fox.
Nessie nodded softly. " I know this. Jussst that there are emotional thingsss to worry about to. It will obviousssly be harder on him to ssspend monthsss in a hossspital bed than to get the tail amputated now and make a sssspeedy recovery. "
Before Sonic could say anything about the latter, Nessie gathered up the bottom of his limp tail up in her claws. " Besssides, we can alwaysss give him a bionic tail once he's healed if he missssses the extra tail so much. "
Amy looked down at her hands and bit her bottom lip. " Aren't you hurting him by touching him like that? " She slowly looked away from her hands and directly to her. " I mean... isn't he in pain? "
Nessie smiled a bit. " Not anymore. We sssedated him as sooon as he came in, which is why he isssn't responding right now. He will remain assssleep through the amputation and remain under the heavy form of sssedation for the ressst of hiss 'opsital ssstay. About three daysss if all goesss well. " Nodding once to Amy before looking down. " From there, he will have to take three painkillers after every meal. "
" Oh... thank goodness. " That seemed to calm Amy's nerves, though she did seem a bit concerned about the amount of medication he would be getting. The doctor said it was nothing serious, but Tails was obviously in alot of pain which would only get worst over the next few days. " Sounds good. Right Sonic? "
The blue hedgehog was looking down at the ground. " Yeah... great. " His quills visible rose, tensing up a bit before looking back to Nessie. " How soon can you start the amputation? "
Nessie stood up, motioning for Sonic to come with her to the door. " I need you to fill out some formsss for me before we do anything elssse. " She raised her head a bit, the webbed film on the back of her head raising up slightly. She was looking to Emerl. " You can come too, Emerl. "
The robot didn't move for her, which confused Nessie.
Sonic smirked a bit and looked to Emerl. " Come on, Emerl. You can trust her! " He was, of course, giving Emerl permission to establish a 'Link' with the doctor. Emerl's eyes flashed a deep red color as he absorbed this new information, then he ran over to them as they left the room.
Amy kicked her feet a little, looking over to Tails who was still sleeping. On the other side of the bed was a little desk, which had a small tan phone on it. A moment's thought was taken before she got an idea, jumping up from her seat so she could grab the phone.
She had a few calls to make.
-----[ Club Rouge
" Fox boy is in the hospital, and is about to have what done to him? "
Rouge had closed down the actual club since she brought Shadow home to live with her. She didn't have time to do business anymore. Taking care of Shadow has become her full time job, forcing her to take a job in the goverment with a decent paycheck to support the weakened hedgehog. She wasn't complaining much about the situation, since she was looking forward to settling down from the action filled lifestyle she had as a little girl.
Putting her hand over the receiver to cup it, she whispered back a response. " I'll be there as soon as possible, just have to make the 'Ultimate Lifeform' won't escape and hurt somebody while I'm gone. " She said sacastically while peeking into the other room.
Rouge didn't have much to worry about in Shadow, it seemed that he was sleeping again on the couch. This time curled up against one of the arms with his head and forarms resting against the arm of the couch. From a distance he looked like a kitten sleeping like that. It made Rouge wary in a way, especially when he was just up and about before she ansewered the phone. He drops like a light at any time and sleeps for days on end, but he's ushally very upset over something when he wakes up.
With a smirk she would get her jacket from behind the desk, draping it over her shoulders as she turned to hang up. " Don't worry, he's fine. Just catching up on his sleep again. "
But to be sure that he won't wake up thrashing around, she'd make sure to lock the doors. She knew for sure he was too weak to break through them.
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" Tails is in the hospital? "
Cream's mother sounded concerned over the matter, especially when she had seen him earlier this afternoon. The full grown rabbit plopped down on the plush chair beside her, leaning back with the cordless phone receiver in her paws. " That's terrible, but I can't go there right now. "
Amy on the other end whined a bit. " Why not? I'm sure Cream would want to see him. "
At the mention of Cream's name, the older rabbit would look up to the top of the stairs. " That's just it. Cream doesn't seem to want to talk to Tails or anyone else for that matter. She came home right before dinner and locked herself up in her room! "
Amy gasped a bit. That didn't sound much like Cream. " Is she going to be all right? " She asked.
Mother shook her head a bit. " I don't know... I just don't know. "
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Cream had her ear up to the receiver the whole time, picking up the phone shortly after she heard her mother say 'hello'. Now she was curled up on the bed next to Cheese listening to thier conversation. They spoke about horrible things, about how Tails was seriously hurt on his way home last night and about what was going to happen to him now. It made Cream feel guilty, since she was sure that the whole thing was her fault.
She shouldn't have said that she thought he was weird.
She shouldn't have said she thought he was a...
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" I'll talk with you later, then. I really wish you two would come to the hospital before Tails is released. I think it would do him some good to know that we care so much about him. " That cheerful tone in her voice had returned. It was missing through most of the night.
She was hanging up the phone on the base resting in her lap when Sonic and Nessie came back. " Where's Emerl? "
Sonic pointed behind him with a thumb. " He went to Angel Island to talk with Knuckles. Eventually the knucklehead will extract an emerald from him so we can speed up Tails' recovery. "
" I didn't know that the Chaosss Emeraldsss had the power to heal, sssso it would be an experrriment for all of us. " Nessie nodded a bit before looking to Tails. " In the meantime, we will have to allow sssscience and medicccine to help him. I have to assssk both of you to return to the waiting room during surrgery. "
Sonic looked over to Amy as she made her way over to them, then over to Tails. He didn't have long to wave before a rolling table that would be used to wheel Tails into surgery was escorted into the room by a group of doctors, Mobian and Human alike. They worked side by side to quickly lift Tails onto the table, stomach-down.
A nurse, a normal looking human woman with short brown hair, escorted Sonic out into the hall by the arm.
" Goodbye Tails... "
-------------------------[ To Be continued
I'm starting to pick up the pace a little, though the chapters won't really be getting too much longer. And a pairing? Heh... Pairing... In one of my stories actually finished? :D Mayyyyybe.
------------------------[ Two: One Had to Go...
" Well... " Nessie found a seat on the bed beside the twisted tail, still twirling a section of fur between her fingers. " We can amputate the tail now and enssssure that he will make good time on recovering, or chanccce him recovering on his own alongside months on reconsssstructive ssssurgery. I must warn you though, reconsssstructing ssuch injuries will take much time and alot of money. "
" We have enough money to pay, Nessie. " Sonic corrected her while finding a seat himself. He sat on one of the chairs beside Tails' bed though, not wanting to disturb the poor fox.
Nessie nodded softly. " I know this. Jussst that there are emotional thingsss to worry about to. It will obviousssly be harder on him to ssspend monthsss in a hossspital bed than to get the tail amputated now and make a sssspeedy recovery. "
Before Sonic could say anything about the latter, Nessie gathered up the bottom of his limp tail up in her claws. " Besssides, we can alwaysss give him a bionic tail once he's healed if he missssses the extra tail so much. "
Amy looked down at her hands and bit her bottom lip. " Aren't you hurting him by touching him like that? " She slowly looked away from her hands and directly to her. " I mean... isn't he in pain? "
Nessie smiled a bit. " Not anymore. We sssedated him as sooon as he came in, which is why he isssn't responding right now. He will remain assssleep through the amputation and remain under the heavy form of sssedation for the ressst of hiss 'opsital ssstay. About three daysss if all goesss well. " Nodding once to Amy before looking down. " From there, he will have to take three painkillers after every meal. "
" Oh... thank goodness. " That seemed to calm Amy's nerves, though she did seem a bit concerned about the amount of medication he would be getting. The doctor said it was nothing serious, but Tails was obviously in alot of pain which would only get worst over the next few days. " Sounds good. Right Sonic? "
The blue hedgehog was looking down at the ground. " Yeah... great. " His quills visible rose, tensing up a bit before looking back to Nessie. " How soon can you start the amputation? "
Nessie stood up, motioning for Sonic to come with her to the door. " I need you to fill out some formsss for me before we do anything elssse. " She raised her head a bit, the webbed film on the back of her head raising up slightly. She was looking to Emerl. " You can come too, Emerl. "
The robot didn't move for her, which confused Nessie.
Sonic smirked a bit and looked to Emerl. " Come on, Emerl. You can trust her! " He was, of course, giving Emerl permission to establish a 'Link' with the doctor. Emerl's eyes flashed a deep red color as he absorbed this new information, then he ran over to them as they left the room.
Amy kicked her feet a little, looking over to Tails who was still sleeping. On the other side of the bed was a little desk, which had a small tan phone on it. A moment's thought was taken before she got an idea, jumping up from her seat so she could grab the phone.
She had a few calls to make.
-----[ Club Rouge
" Fox boy is in the hospital, and is about to have what done to him? "
Rouge had closed down the actual club since she brought Shadow home to live with her. She didn't have time to do business anymore. Taking care of Shadow has become her full time job, forcing her to take a job in the goverment with a decent paycheck to support the weakened hedgehog. She wasn't complaining much about the situation, since she was looking forward to settling down from the action filled lifestyle she had as a little girl.
Putting her hand over the receiver to cup it, she whispered back a response. " I'll be there as soon as possible, just have to make the 'Ultimate Lifeform' won't escape and hurt somebody while I'm gone. " She said sacastically while peeking into the other room.
Rouge didn't have much to worry about in Shadow, it seemed that he was sleeping again on the couch. This time curled up against one of the arms with his head and forarms resting against the arm of the couch. From a distance he looked like a kitten sleeping like that. It made Rouge wary in a way, especially when he was just up and about before she ansewered the phone. He drops like a light at any time and sleeps for days on end, but he's ushally very upset over something when he wakes up.
With a smirk she would get her jacket from behind the desk, draping it over her shoulders as she turned to hang up. " Don't worry, he's fine. Just catching up on his sleep again. "
But to be sure that he won't wake up thrashing around, she'd make sure to lock the doors. She knew for sure he was too weak to break through them.
-----------[
" Tails is in the hospital? "
Cream's mother sounded concerned over the matter, especially when she had seen him earlier this afternoon. The full grown rabbit plopped down on the plush chair beside her, leaning back with the cordless phone receiver in her paws. " That's terrible, but I can't go there right now. "
Amy on the other end whined a bit. " Why not? I'm sure Cream would want to see him. "
At the mention of Cream's name, the older rabbit would look up to the top of the stairs. " That's just it. Cream doesn't seem to want to talk to Tails or anyone else for that matter. She came home right before dinner and locked herself up in her room! "
Amy gasped a bit. That didn't sound much like Cream. " Is she going to be all right? " She asked.
Mother shook her head a bit. " I don't know... I just don't know. "
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Cream had her ear up to the receiver the whole time, picking up the phone shortly after she heard her mother say 'hello'. Now she was curled up on the bed next to Cheese listening to thier conversation. They spoke about horrible things, about how Tails was seriously hurt on his way home last night and about what was going to happen to him now. It made Cream feel guilty, since she was sure that the whole thing was her fault.
She shouldn't have said that she thought he was weird.
She shouldn't have said she thought he was a...
------[
" I'll talk with you later, then. I really wish you two would come to the hospital before Tails is released. I think it would do him some good to know that we care so much about him. " That cheerful tone in her voice had returned. It was missing through most of the night.
She was hanging up the phone on the base resting in her lap when Sonic and Nessie came back. " Where's Emerl? "
Sonic pointed behind him with a thumb. " He went to Angel Island to talk with Knuckles. Eventually the knucklehead will extract an emerald from him so we can speed up Tails' recovery. "
" I didn't know that the Chaosss Emeraldsss had the power to heal, sssso it would be an experrriment for all of us. " Nessie nodded a bit before looking to Tails. " In the meantime, we will have to allow sssscience and medicccine to help him. I have to assssk both of you to return to the waiting room during surrgery. "
Sonic looked over to Amy as she made her way over to them, then over to Tails. He didn't have long to wave before a rolling table that would be used to wheel Tails into surgery was escorted into the room by a group of doctors, Mobian and Human alike. They worked side by side to quickly lift Tails onto the table, stomach-down.
A nurse, a normal looking human woman with short brown hair, escorted Sonic out into the hall by the arm.
" Goodbye Tails... "
-------------------------[ To Be continued