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Here's the second chapter, I hope you all enjoy it. Please read and review and tell me what you think.

Disclaimer: Sonic the hedgehog and related characters are © to Sega Sonic Team and NOT me!

Chapter 2: A Great Relief

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Eyes flutter open then quickly closed. The bright light, which is lighting up the room, hurts his sore eyes. He eventually gets used to the light by opening and closing his eyes very quickly. Once his eyes were adjusted to the light he was finally able to keep them open. He was finally out of that strange place, but where he was now was a mystery.

"Hey there. Thought we'd lost you for a moment then". He turned towards the sound of the voice to find its' owner. Sparkling happy green eyes gazed down at him. He closed his eyes again and turn his head away for a brief moment then looked back after he felt a hand touch his face. "How do you feel?" The other asked.

"Okay I guess..." came his reply in a sore raspy voice. "What happened to me?"

"You fell into a coma... You nearly left us...". He nodded at the response to his question.

"So that was what that place was... And the soothing music..." he thought to himself.

He glanced away from the figure next to him and looked around the room. He was in a room with white walls. There was the sound of a soft humming sound with soft beeping that was in tune with his heart beat, on his right. A window was to his right also, the blinds where down but he could still see through the gaps between each one, he could tell it was night out. The moon was shining through the blinds slightly casting a nice ray of light through the blinds. To his left where the figure sat was a chest of drawers with a lamp on the top of it. Accompanied by a jug full of fresh water and a light lavender coloured vase with flowers in it. The door to the room was also to the left; he could see a few people walking by ever so often. A nurse came through the door with a soft smile on her face as she entered and quietly closed the door behind her. He gathered that he must be in a hospital. That explains why he felt so tired and ache.

He felt a hand gently touch his face again, it was very soft and gentle to him. He looked towards the owner again and took a good look at his carer. He was a teenage looking hedgehog, with sapphire coloured fur and quills. Light tanned fur around his muzzle and on his arms and tummy. His eyes were sparkling emerald green.

He felt like somehow he knew or had met this person before, but he couldn't remember who it is or if he had. It just felt as though he had, but he wasn't so sure. As he thought about it, he didn't even know who he was. Hang on that's not right, he must know who he was. But he didn't. He wondered if the blue hedgehog knew who he was, well he seems to know what happened to him.

"Can I ask you something?" He asked again in a raspy voice.

"Yeah sure", the other replied.

"Who are you? And who am I?"

The other had a look of surprise on his face. "You don't remember?" A shake of the head, no. 'He must have amnesia..." The blue one thought to himself. "Well I'm Sonic the Hedgehog, and your Shadow the Hedgehog".

"Thank you"

"No problem..."

"Ow!" A twinge of pain that was in his side had started to throb painfully.

"Are you ok?"

A small smile "yeah... I'm fine".

"You sure?" Sonic asked again with worry.

"Yeah, I'm sure". He relaxed back into the bed and looked towards Sonic with sleepy eyes, not intentionally though.

"You look beat" Sonic said noting the look on Shadow's face.

The nurse that had entered the room soon spoke up. "Mr. Hedgehog needs his rest, you can come back to see him tomorrow" she addressed Sonic.

Sonic then smiles towards the nurse. "Yeah... I guess I'll see you tomorrow then..." he addressed Shadow.

A slight nod towards the comment and a yawn that fallowed. The black and red hedgehog soon fell into a deep slumber, while the other stood up to leave but not before he stroked the head quills of the other hedgehog first.

"You will look after him, won't you?" Sonic asked the nurse.

"Of course we will, don't worry" she replied escorting Sonic towards the door.

"Thank you... I couldn't be doing with losing him again". He muttered the last part quietly to himself.

He looked at him one last time before he left the room slowly closing the door with a soft click. Sonic left down the corridor and down towards the lifts to take him to the ground floor. As he waited he kept on thinking about Shadow. He hoped, if Shadow did have amnesia he would be able to help him get his memory back. If couldn't help him get his memory back, then what happens? Will Shadow have to start life again and gain new memories? He didn't know, but what he did know was that he'd try to help him remember.

The lift doors opened automatically letting him exit it. He left the lift and into the reception area going through the automatic opening doors and left the hospital. He started down the street, what was he going to do with himself? Looking up at the night sky he could tell it was getting late round about 11 or 12 O'clock, so he headed off home.

He had a lot on his mind, with thinking about Shadow he decided to run home to try and leave his troubled mind behind him. Down the streets he ran weaving in and out of streets. The wind whipping pass his ears as he went. The half-moon shining down from the deep blue starry night sky casting a glow on everything. As he ran everything just seemed like a blur. When he finally reached his destination, he went up the path to his house and unlocked the front door. With a heavy sigh he closed the door and slowly plodded towards the kitchen on his right. Inside the kitchen were a small dinning table, worktops and a few cupboards hanging on the walls and such. He turned to his fridge, on his left when he entered. Opening it up to see what there was. Just a few chilli dogs, he picked the plate up on which they rested upon and placed them in to the microwave oven. Heating them up he sat down on the counter across from the microwave oven and waited. The blue hedgehog heard a ping so he went over to the oven and got the chilli dogs out and waited for them to cool. Once they'd cooled he wolfed them down like no tomorrow. He couldn't help it if he was a fast eater. He just loved his food.

After watching the TV, which is an understatement the TV was on but he wasn't watching it. He'd fallen asleep on the couch, sometime after eating his quick meal. Curled up on the couch trying not to fall off the sapphire blue hedgehog slept, mumbling occasionally. He hadn't had much sleep in the past few weeks, with Shadow being in the hospital and him not wanting to leave his side he grew restless. Hopefully he'll feel better after a good night sleep and knowing that Shadow is finally going to be all right and that his troubled mind will be settled.

To be continued...

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