Chapter 2 The Accident
Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews! Wow I'm really updating quickly, what's wrong with me? Oh well, here we go.
To Celestial the Hedgird: Close guess, but not quite.
Disclaimer: Does anyone actually care? Oh well, if you do, see chapter one.
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"What?" Knuckles asked, not sure he haheard his brother correctly.
"I said, there's been an accident."
"What kind of accident?" Knuckles asked.
He heard Spike take a deep breath, "A car accident," he started, "Some drunk guy went through a red light, and collided head on with another car."
"Who was in the other car?" Knuckles asked, hoping it was no one they knew. Spike was silent on the other end. "Spike?" Knuckles asked.
"It- it was Dad..."
When Knuckles heard this he dropped the phone in shock. "Oh my God..." he whispered.
Rouge walked to Knuckles and put her hand on his shoulder. "Knuckles, what happened?"
Knucles simply answered with, "Grab your coat."
"Why, where are we going?"
"The hospital, my father was in a car accident."
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When Knuckles and Rouge arrived at the hospital, they also saw Spike and Marie. Spike simply looked terrified, and Marie looked like she was trying to confort him. No one said a word, they just looked at each other.
Finally, the doctor walked out of the examination room. "Is he going to be okay?" Spike blurted out.
"The doctor looked at them all simpathetically, "We're not quite sure. We'll have to wait and see."
"Can we see him?" Knuckles asked.
The doctor shook his head. "He's still unconcious. I suggest you go home and we'll call you with any news."
X Jamie's Room X
Jamie lay in the hospital bed, motionless. He was unconcious, just asleep. During his peaceful slumber, he slowy slipped into a dream.
X Jamie's Dream X
Everything was dark. Jamie couldn't even see his own hands. 'Where am I?" he thought.
"James!" a voice called out.
Jamie spun around. "Who are you, and what are you doing here?" he asked.
"Who I am is not of importance James," the voice called out again, "What is important is the message I bring."
Jamie was comepletely freaked now. How did this person even know his name? And why was he calling he James? No one, not even his parents, had ever called him James. "Well then," Jamie called out, "what is your message?"
"I'm here to tell you that your time on earth is winding down James."
"What?" Jamie called back, hoping it didn't mean what he thought it meant.
"Death will soon be with you James, and it wouldn't be fair if you were unaware."
Jamie stared off into the darkness, wishing he could see the being that the voice belonged to. "No I can't die yet! My sons, they still need me! I can't just leave them behind the way their mother did!" he shouted.
"They will be okay James, believe me. They will not be losing someone, they will be gaining someone."
"That makes no sence! What's that supposed to mean?"
"It will all make sence someday James. It will all make sence..."
X End Dream X
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Knuckles and Rouge had done as the doctor had advised and gone home. The two were now lyingin bed, Rouge asleep and Knuckles lying awake. After a few minutes that seemed like hours, Knuckles drfted off into a not-so-peaceful slumber.
X Knuckles's Dream X
Knuckles was sitting on his couch, eating potato chips and watching TV when the phone rang.
"I'll get it!" he called out as he got off the couch and picked up the phone. "Hello?" he said into the mouthpiece.
"Knuckles, it's me, Spike." his btother said, sounding upset.
"What's up?" Knuckles asked.
"I just got a call from the hospital. Dad's dead."
X End Dream X
Knuckles woke up sweating. 'Thank God,' he thought, 'It was just a dream.' Knuckles couldn't fall back to sleep though, no matter how hard he tried.
"That's it," he whispered, "I've got to see him, just to make sure he's okay."
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Knuckles walked into the lobby at the hospital and went to the lady at the sign-in desk. He cleared his throat.
"May I help you?" she asked, looking up from her work.
"Yes I'm here to see James the Echidna," he replied.
"I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over."
"Please," he begged, "this is an emergency! I need to see him, I'm his son!"
The secretary looked into Knuckles's desperate eyes and sighed. "Fine," she agreed as she wrote down the room number, "but just this once."
"Thank you so much!" he exclaimed as he made his way to his father's room. He found it and opened the door. "Dad?" he asked.
"Knuckles, is that you?" his father mumbled weakly.
"Yeah," he said as he walked to his father's bed side.
"I'm glad you're here," Jamie said , "I have to tell you something, and I want you to give your brother the message as well."
Knuckles simply nodded in response.
"My time here on earth is coming to an end," Jamie started.
Knuckles eyes widened, "No, Dad, please don't give up! You can make it!"
Jamie shook his head, "I'm not meant to stay any longer."
Knuckles held back tears, "Dad, you can't go, we still neeed you! I still need you!"
Jamie shook his head again, "Knuckles, you won't be losing someone, you'll be gaining someone."
"That doesn't make any sence at all!" Knuckles argued.
"It will all make sence in the end." Jamie assured his son.
"Dad please-" Knuckles started, but he was cut off by his father.
"Knuckles do me one favor," Jamie said.
"What's that?"
"Just tell me that you love me," his father said. (No not the homosexaul way, the father to son way.)
"I love you Dad."
"I love you too Knuckles..."
And those were the last words that James the Echidna ever said.
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Yeah that stunk! Sorry that was a bad ty at tragedy. Oh well, review please and tell me what you think.
To Shadow Stalkr: sorry that Shadow wasn't in the chapter, he'll be in the next.
Review Please! No reviews, no update. Also please don't flame. If you think something's wrong with the story, then state it kindly. Next chapter will HOPEFULLY go up soon. Till then bu bye!
Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews! Wow I'm really updating quickly, what's wrong with me? Oh well, here we go.
To Celestial the Hedgird: Close guess, but not quite.
Disclaimer: Does anyone actually care? Oh well, if you do, see chapter one.
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"What?" Knuckles asked, not sure he haheard his brother correctly.
"I said, there's been an accident."
"What kind of accident?" Knuckles asked.
He heard Spike take a deep breath, "A car accident," he started, "Some drunk guy went through a red light, and collided head on with another car."
"Who was in the other car?" Knuckles asked, hoping it was no one they knew. Spike was silent on the other end. "Spike?" Knuckles asked.
"It- it was Dad..."
When Knuckles heard this he dropped the phone in shock. "Oh my God..." he whispered.
Rouge walked to Knuckles and put her hand on his shoulder. "Knuckles, what happened?"
Knucles simply answered with, "Grab your coat."
"Why, where are we going?"
"The hospital, my father was in a car accident."
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When Knuckles and Rouge arrived at the hospital, they also saw Spike and Marie. Spike simply looked terrified, and Marie looked like she was trying to confort him. No one said a word, they just looked at each other.
Finally, the doctor walked out of the examination room. "Is he going to be okay?" Spike blurted out.
"The doctor looked at them all simpathetically, "We're not quite sure. We'll have to wait and see."
"Can we see him?" Knuckles asked.
The doctor shook his head. "He's still unconcious. I suggest you go home and we'll call you with any news."
X Jamie's Room X
Jamie lay in the hospital bed, motionless. He was unconcious, just asleep. During his peaceful slumber, he slowy slipped into a dream.
X Jamie's Dream X
Everything was dark. Jamie couldn't even see his own hands. 'Where am I?" he thought.
"James!" a voice called out.
Jamie spun around. "Who are you, and what are you doing here?" he asked.
"Who I am is not of importance James," the voice called out again, "What is important is the message I bring."
Jamie was comepletely freaked now. How did this person even know his name? And why was he calling he James? No one, not even his parents, had ever called him James. "Well then," Jamie called out, "what is your message?"
"I'm here to tell you that your time on earth is winding down James."
"What?" Jamie called back, hoping it didn't mean what he thought it meant.
"Death will soon be with you James, and it wouldn't be fair if you were unaware."
Jamie stared off into the darkness, wishing he could see the being that the voice belonged to. "No I can't die yet! My sons, they still need me! I can't just leave them behind the way their mother did!" he shouted.
"They will be okay James, believe me. They will not be losing someone, they will be gaining someone."
"That makes no sence! What's that supposed to mean?"
"It will all make sence someday James. It will all make sence..."
X End Dream X
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Knuckles and Rouge had done as the doctor had advised and gone home. The two were now lyingin bed, Rouge asleep and Knuckles lying awake. After a few minutes that seemed like hours, Knuckles drfted off into a not-so-peaceful slumber.
X Knuckles's Dream X
Knuckles was sitting on his couch, eating potato chips and watching TV when the phone rang.
"I'll get it!" he called out as he got off the couch and picked up the phone. "Hello?" he said into the mouthpiece.
"Knuckles, it's me, Spike." his btother said, sounding upset.
"What's up?" Knuckles asked.
"I just got a call from the hospital. Dad's dead."
X End Dream X
Knuckles woke up sweating. 'Thank God,' he thought, 'It was just a dream.' Knuckles couldn't fall back to sleep though, no matter how hard he tried.
"That's it," he whispered, "I've got to see him, just to make sure he's okay."
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Knuckles walked into the lobby at the hospital and went to the lady at the sign-in desk. He cleared his throat.
"May I help you?" she asked, looking up from her work.
"Yes I'm here to see James the Echidna," he replied.
"I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over."
"Please," he begged, "this is an emergency! I need to see him, I'm his son!"
The secretary looked into Knuckles's desperate eyes and sighed. "Fine," she agreed as she wrote down the room number, "but just this once."
"Thank you so much!" he exclaimed as he made his way to his father's room. He found it and opened the door. "Dad?" he asked.
"Knuckles, is that you?" his father mumbled weakly.
"Yeah," he said as he walked to his father's bed side.
"I'm glad you're here," Jamie said , "I have to tell you something, and I want you to give your brother the message as well."
Knuckles simply nodded in response.
"My time here on earth is coming to an end," Jamie started.
Knuckles eyes widened, "No, Dad, please don't give up! You can make it!"
Jamie shook his head, "I'm not meant to stay any longer."
Knuckles held back tears, "Dad, you can't go, we still neeed you! I still need you!"
Jamie shook his head again, "Knuckles, you won't be losing someone, you'll be gaining someone."
"That doesn't make any sence at all!" Knuckles argued.
"It will all make sence in the end." Jamie assured his son.
"Dad please-" Knuckles started, but he was cut off by his father.
"Knuckles do me one favor," Jamie said.
"What's that?"
"Just tell me that you love me," his father said. (No not the homosexaul way, the father to son way.)
"I love you Dad."
"I love you too Knuckles..."
And those were the last words that James the Echidna ever said.
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Yeah that stunk! Sorry that was a bad ty at tragedy. Oh well, review please and tell me what you think.
To Shadow Stalkr: sorry that Shadow wasn't in the chapter, he'll be in the next.
Review Please! No reviews, no update. Also please don't flame. If you think something's wrong with the story, then state it kindly. Next chapter will HOPEFULLY go up soon. Till then bu bye!