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CHAPTER NINETEEN

A Two Hours Truce

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Chaos looked at the stairs as he heard rushing footsteps coming down; seconds later he saw four men wearing black pants and a white shirt, which two of them where holding two plastic stretchers.

One of them quickly walked towards the two hedgehogs, but stopped before he reached them as the water beast eyed him with suspicion. Everything paused and Chaos, despite the fact that he was seeing double, tried to feel if the new human was an enemy or not.

Seconds later the liquid creature slowly backed away, meaning that he was not going to attack him; however, he maintained that cold gaze on him. Whenever the man did something suspicious, he would jump into action and give him a good lesson to not mess up with him or the hedgehogs.

The human gulped and carefully made his way to the desk, so the creature wouldn't mistake his actions. He started quickly examining the two hedgehogs, then he motioned for the two with the stretchers to come forwards; they complied and soon Sonic and Shadow were on them.

"We need to hurry. They need medical assistance as soon as possible." He commented to his comrades.

The other three nodded in approval and they started quickly walking towards the stairs.

Chaos watched them with wary eyes; where they were taking them?

Only one way to find it.

He started to follow them, but when he reached the stairs he stopped confused; why the steps where slightly moving in a circle?

The water creature placed his right hand on the wall and his left one over his left eye; not only the two images had started spinning faintly, but he also started feeling a faint annoying pain in his brain and his body was… slightly waving on the spot for no apparent reason.

He shook his head in an attempt to get rid of it and soon regretted it as the pain increased momentarily.

After stopping and feeling the pain go back to normal, he looked up the stairs and heard that the four humans were almost at the end. He decided to forget about his problem and started walking up the stairs, quickly reaching them.

The men gave him a quick glance, then they resumed their ascending "Is he going to stalk us until the hospital?" One of them asked in a whisper.

"I think that he's following Sonic and… uhh… and the other hedgehog." Another in the lead whispered back.

"Hush you two! We don't want to make him mad once again." Another one whispered in an admonishing tone.

The group finally reached the main floor and made their way through the hole opened by Chaos; however they stopped before leaving the cover offered by the building "Aw, sheesh! Isn't this stupid storm going to stop?" One at the back moaned looking out.

Chaos walked near the opening and looked outside too; the rain was as hard as it was before he broke in the building. Some lightning were still crossing the sky, soon followed by loud thunderclaps. The only thing that had ceased was the wind, which was now just a light breeze.

The group resumed walking and reached a strange white tank that was placed next to them; another human, which was already there, opened its back and revealed its interior. He hopped into it and helped the others in loading Sonic in it.

The remaining hedgehog was loaded into another tank, which was the same as the first one, and everything was settled for the departure; the human accompanying Sonic started to close the door, but before he completed the task Chaos stopped him by placing a hand on its edge.

He looked at him and narrowed his eyes; or he was going with the hedgehogs or the hedgehogs weren't going anywhere. They needed the emerald's power, and he needed to protect them from the evil ones.

The human gulped and stared in the green eyes of Chaos "O-ok. Y-you can come." He said stepping to the side and allowing the beast into the tank 'Hope that he's not going to mess up with the equipment…'

As soon as Chaos was into the ambulance and positioned himself in a free corner on the other end, the human closed the other door and called for the one in the front to start driving. The machine started moving and the water creature almost lost his balance for the sudden move.

The tank picked up speed and it started blaring loudly; Chaos looked up, where the sound was coming from, and nearly wanted to destroy the source for it was increasing his pain. He wished for it to stop, but from the incessant and annoying sound he assumed that it was something important.

He shoved the annoying noise in the back of his mind and focused on the human that was fumbling over the hedgehog; some seconds later he slowly melted into a puddle and rested, somewhat still looking up at the laborious man.

Chaos stared at the rocky path of the blue cavern where he met with the hedgehogs; everything appeared hazy and unreal.

He looked up and saw Sonic and Shadow at the other end with that stone statue hovering over them with a raised paw.

The water creature widened his eyes and started running towards them; he dearly hoped to reach them before they were killed.

However, when he was about halfway, the path collapsed and he fell into a dark void, hearing a too familiar cry resound in the icy emptiness; what seemed to be an eternity later, he hit the ground and a metal environment quickly surrounded him.

He stood up and looked in front of him, where he was staring at those broken lives he had encountered before; rage pervaded him once again, and for the second time he destroyed the tanks filled with those little creatures not meant to exist.

When everything was destroyed, he bent over and picked one of them in his hands, gently caressing it with his right thumb like it was the frailest thing in the world. Its head lolled limply and he felt desperation and sadness pervade his soul.

Why? Why those humans were playing with life like that? What were their goals? What they wanted from them?

The water creature carefully turned the little dead creature in his huge hands and watched his back; it was so small and premature that not even fur was there. Its eyes were also sealed shut like some certain mammals of the world when born.

He couldn't miss to notice how the little creature appeared so frail and in need of the love and protection of a mother; something that, if he let them live, they would never feel. And all because of some greedy humans in search of power.

Chaos rolled the little creature on its back once again and stared at its little muzzle; he knew their species. They were hedgehogs, right like the two he was protecting so hard.

His eyes widened and he looked around; how could he have forgotten them?

He looked up and noticed that there was only metal ceiling; growling to himself he started walking towards the door, then he suddenly stopped as he realized that he was still holding the creature in his hands. He looked at it one more time, then he carefully put it back where he firstly took it.

He didn't like to leave them like that, but the two older hedgehogs were more important now.

Chaos made his way through the endless maze of corridors, trying hard to understand where they could be. As time passed he found himself running as fast as he could, often letting out a long cry; maybe if he did that they could hear him and answer…

Once again, an endless time later a sudden sensation crossed his mind; he instantly darted towards it, understanding that it had been a call for help from them. He ran, ran and ran, but as fast he could get, the corridor he was in seemed to be endless.

The sensation returned, more urgent now, and he put more effort in his mission to get where the hedgehogs were; a light a the end of the hallway told him that he was nearly there and he ran faster.

The end came, and he found himself in a room like the one he first got up from his fall; there were two containers like the others, but bigger, on the wall opposite the door, and into them, immerged into the green liquid, were non other than the two hedgehogs. Sonic and Shadow.

He slowly walked up to the first one, which was containing the blue one, and placed both hands on the transparent surface; he appeared to be lifeless. He was just an empty body floating in that green water, like the other one.

Chaos felt every type of emotion well up in him and he started pounding the glass with all his strength; a denial thought forming in his mind. He was not dead. He wasn't!

Slowly the transparent surface broke, and all the content fell on him, making him backtrack a little; after the green liquid stopped pouring from the container he stared at the lifeless body of the hedgehog that was laying on the ground. A second later he quickly reached him and placed his hand on his chest; there was no pulse and, worst of all, there was not Chaos Energy in him.

He slowly picked him up and stared at his limp body; he threw his head backwards and let a sorrowful cry resound in the air. He had no Chaos Emerald with him, hence he couldn't revive him like he had already done.

"Um… Mr. Chaos?"

The puddle, which was Chaos, bubbled out something and pulsated a few times, confusion welling up inside him. First he was into a tank, then he found himself back into that cavern and base with both hedgehogs dead, and now he was back into the tank. What happened? What was that experience that made him so confused?

"Mr. Chaos?"

"If I was in you I wouldn't disturb him. We don't want to have him angry, right?"

"He'll be angered if he wakes up and find Sonic and the other hedgehog not here."

Eyes slowly appeared and a moment later the water creature's head formed into the puddle.

The human smiled uneasily as he saw Chaos' stare "We… we have reached the hospital."

Chaos reformed his body and looked around; the hedgehog was quickly, but carefully unloaded from it and placed over a bed with wheels. He followed the human, which anticipated him out of the machine, and jumped on the ground, staring at the new surroundings and at the weather.

The hard rain had become just a heavy drizzle and the wind had picked up once again, making the weather more annoying than before; luckily they were under a well placed portico, where the entrance to the building was collocated.

Looking at his left, he noticed that Shadow had been placed over a similar bed; a second later two humans for each hedgehog started to push them with haste into the building that humans called hospital.

The water creature followed them, arousing several stares full of fear; he paid them no attention and continued following the nervous group of humans. Not every day a worldwide famous hero came to the hospital in the brink of death.

The group turned a corner and another human joined the party "What are their conditions?" He frantically asked.

The one that was in the ambulance briefly looked up at him, the he returned his eyes forwards "Barely alive." He firmly stated.

The one that firstly spoke glanced down at the two hedgehogs and sighed; no need to ask him more. All the wounds were so visibly that anyone could see them even if he was heavily myopic.

"The only thing that I have to say is that their temperature is around thirty degree Celsius. Now they are gaining, but it is a really slow process. Slower than usual."

The group reached a corridor with many double doors and parted, entering two adjacent doors; Chaos briefly stopped and looked at them. What door he was supposed to choose? The left one or the right one?

The water beast decided to follow Sonic, since he was worse than the other, and pushed open the left one. He walked forwards, slightly pondering what that continuous and steady, but slow beeping sound was, and confusedly eyed the two humans that were carefully cutting the burnt bandages.

"No wonder that the paramedic didn't cut the bandages. Look at them…" The one on his left muttered loud enough for him to hear.

"He has probably made the wisest decision…"

"Yeah."

Chaos walked at the foot of the bed, which was just a foot and half lower than him, and eyed the two, who quickly stopped and looked at him; after seeing that he wasn't going to do anything they resumed what they were doing. Soon the burnt bandages were taken away, revealing what was under them.

The two human males let their jaws drop open; deep cuts were all over them, in particular in the back, and were surely infected before they got burned. Fur was falling down every little gust of air reached it, revealing nasty second-degree burns that were taking the entire length of his lower legs.

The oversized purple zone had become black and was now mixed with the burn, which was not a pleasant sight. On his ankles, instead, there were third degree burns and the skin was almost black.

Lastly, his entire body was slightly skinny and his lips were cracked despite the fact that he had been under the rain for surely a few hours; that meant that he wasn't eating for a few days now and that he was greatly dehydrated.

Both humans looked at each other with shock in their eyes "What the hell happened to him?" The one on the right asked to the other.

"I'd like to know it myself."

"I think that this is gonna take us more than we predicted…"

The other looked again at the hedgehog's legs and sighed deeply "You're right."

The water beast looked at Sonic's head, which was turned away from him, and saw that little speck of blood between his quills; curiosity instantly took a hold of him and he tilted his head a little to the side, trying to figure out something. After a second of pondering he parted the quills, revealing a smaller purple zone.

The man to the right, noticing his movements, looked at where he was looking and noticed the bump too. Chaos took a step backwards and gave him space, looking at his every move.

The wound was small, but it was in a nasty spot, and after a quick examination the human stood back up and faced the other, giving him a significant look. The two resumed their works and slightly quickened their pace, being very careful to not mess up with the hero's legs.

The water creature stared at them, then he decided to go and see how the other hedgehog was doing; he walked out of the room and left the two humans do their job. He entered in the room on the right, noticing the same beeping sound; only that this one was a little faster than the other.

Chaps stopped near the door and watched the two new humans work on the black one with carefulness.

The one on Shadow's right carefully took his wrist "He seems to have a broken wrist, or at least cracked."

"That's the last of our problems…" The other muttered briefly glancing up from the hedgehog's head "Look at this. The skin is almost completely charred… I never saw burns so bad. He seems to have walked through hell. Not to mention that he's starved and surely dehydrated. Like Sonic. I'd like to know what happened to them…"

The man on the right hummed his approval, carefully taking away the right glove and bracelet; after he was done he placed them on a metal table near him and, looking back at Shadow's hand, he lightly gasped in surprise.

"Look! The hand doesn't even presents a light burn."

The other looked at it, then at the glove "The gloves must be made of a special material, like the shoes. Look at them, they don't even present a slight sign of melting…" He commented glancing at the hedgehog's feet.

The first human looked at them, then he glanced up as he saw something azure walk towards them; he froze on the spot as he recognized the fearsome creature that attacked Station Square only six months ago.

"C… Christian?" He called for his companion.

The other human looked up from what he was doing and became like a stone statue.

Chaos looked at the two, then he shifted his gaze on the hedgehog; he seemed to be sleeping peacefully despite the bad condition that his body was in.

The water beast stared at him for some seconds, then he left the room and stopped between the two doors; hopefully both hedgehogs will recover rather quickly from those wounds and the fact that they were somewhat like him gave them the ability to completely heal from something like that.

In the end, Chaos concluded that the two hedgehogs would be up and running like normal in less than a month and that the scars left by those wounds would be surely hidden under new fur.

Time passed, with him glancing around in the corridor at the several humans that walked past him with wariness; he didn't truly mind them. After all he had been the bad one; only now he was good, but even if he would be able to say it to them, humans would surely not trust him.

The door to the left opened, revealing the two humans pushing that bed with the blue hedgehog on top; only this time he had been properly treated and was covered with a blanket that reached his chest. His arms were laying at his side, over the white cover, and his hands were without gloves.

Chaos stared at them until they started going down the corridor, and when they stopped in front of a metal door he started pondering. Where were they taking Sonic? Should he go with him or stay behind with Shadow?

He was pondering so much that when he saw them go into the new room it was too late for him to follow them since the metal door closed behind them with a ting sound. In that same moment the other door opened, revealing the other two humans with the black hedgehog.

He, like Sonic, had his wounds treated and bandaged and on his left wrist there was a hard substance, which prevented any movement.

He looked up at their serious faces, then he started to silently follow them to the same spot where the others were standing; there was another metal door next to the first one, and after several second it opened with the same sound of before.

They all entered into the new room, which was wide enough to hold a bed, two humans and a water creature in it; the door slid shut again and a second later Chaos felt slightly pressed to the ground. Several seconds later the pressing stopped and he felt that his body was taking a jump without him wanting it.

The group walked out of the little room and started walking into the white corridor; they reached a room and the bed was placed near the window. The room was wide enough to let two beds stay in it next to each other, but for the moment there was only one of them; probably the other occupant of it was going to be Sonic.

The water creature glanced at the window, and noticed with great wonder that they were high; probably almost at the top of the building.

After one of the humans finished fidgeting with a machine, which promptly started beeping once it was activated, and a strange pole with a transparent sack hanging on top, he left the room, leaving him and his companion alone; the man that stayed behind looked at Chaos with wary eyes.

However, deep down the doctor's eye, the water creature could see curiosity mixed with wonder.

The human tore his gaze away from him and took a folder that was on the foot of the bed, instantly starting to scribble down something that only he and other in white coat could truly understand.

He sighed deeply and glanced at the unmoving hedgehog with preoccupied eyes; after a second of staring he placed back the folder where he took it and walking away, closing the door behind him.

Chaos watched him, and when he was out of his visual he walked next to Shadow and looked at his face; there was no expression on it and a human could be deceived on believing him dead rather easily since he was taking little and quiet breaths.

He stared at him for several minutes, but no movement came from him; something in him stirred and the need to do something to make him feel better started to take a full hold over his thoughts. However, he knew that there was nothing much he could do besides holding the Chaos Emerald active for the drain.

Several other minutes passed in silence, until the door creaked open and let in two humans and another bed "We have to keep a careful eye on him. Did you saw that cerebral hematoma? I'm surprised that he's till alive." The one on the left commented looking at his friend.

"Yeah, but you're forgetting who he is."

"You're right. But I can't stop being preoccupied for him."

The two put the bed next to the other and like before, one of them left the room after he did the same thing with a machine and a pole, meanwhile the other took the folder and a pen. Before starting writing, however, he looked at the unmoving blue hedgehog "I hope that I'm right. You can survive this, right?"

The man started writing and was totally unaware that Chaos was approaching him; he had heard their speech, and that 'cerebral hematoma' didn't sound to be a good thing. The water beast stopped in front of the human and patiently waited for him to finish what he was doing.

A minute later the doctor stopped and replaced the folder back where it belonged; he saw Chaos staring at him and he nervously hinted a smile, thinking at how he should behave with a dangerous creature that he didn't even know if he could understand him.

The water creature looked at him, then to Sonic and back to him once again; he wanted to know what was going on with him, and his eyes shoved it.

The human, catching the meaning of the motion, sighed audibly his disconcert "He's in a really bad condition. Those wounds on his legs are bad, but not like the one in his head. You see, there's a big blob of blood in the back of his brain that could be deadly for him. And we can just hope that he absorb it."

Chaos looked back at the hedgehog; was he really that bad? And yet the drain was there…

He walked next to him and stared at his face; why everything had to be so hard? Why he was feeling so different than just a few months ago? What were all those emotions that swarmed in his mind?

He knew some of them, but the others were new to him.

Looking back at the human he saw that he was watching him with interest and a little smile on his face "You care about them, right?"

Chaos stared; yes he cared. Maybe even more than the chao, or maybe in a total different way; at the moment he couldn't tell.

"You're not evil like the others says. Or better, you're a really good hearted guy." The human said walking to the other bed and taking the folder "No name… we know that he was Sonic's enemy and that in the end he helped him save the world, yet we don't know his name…"

The water creature stared at him, then he looked down at the pavement; he knew his name, but how he was supposed to say it?

His eyes fell on something dark behind the man, which was cast by the soft light of the lamp on the ceiling; he pondered a little. Weren't humans calling that thing with the same name of the hedgehog?

Not knowing what else to do, he pointed it and waited. The human looked at it, then back to Chaos, catching the hint "Shadow? His name is Shadow?" He asked slightly unsure.

The water creature looked at him and found himself do something new; he slightly moved his head up and down. He stopped shortly and started thinking again. What was that? Where it came from? What was happening to him?

He had so many questions, yet he had no answer for them.

The human smiled and took a pen from a pocket on his white coat; after a quick scribble on the folder he looked back at him "Just Shadow or Shadow and something else?"

At that question, Chaos just stared, unable to answer; he knew him only by his name.

The man's smile faded, then he looked at Sonic "Do you think…? I've heard that Shadow is able to keep up with Sonic in every aspect."

The water beast looked at him; too bad that he didn't know that they were more looking alike than that. He saw the human look back at the folder and write something down on it "I just hope that 'the Hedgehog' is the right one." He said placing it back where it belonged to and leaving the room, softly closing the door behind him.

Chaos was left alone with the two hedgehogs and his swarming emotions; the room became almost silent. The only sounds that could be heard were the rain outside the window and the continuous beeping.

The water beast started to ease his mind a little, but unfortunately something in the back of it screamed at him to fully raise his guard; he instantly knew it. She was back, even if just on the outskirts of the city; he could feel the emeralds she had. And the worst thing was that she was pointing the one he had.

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Knuckles pointed something amongst the white clouds "Here it is." He shouted over the wind.

Jo nodded and started preparing the red Tornado for the landing "Is there any place where I could land?"

The echidna glanced back at him "Don't worry about the landing. Just fly over it and I'll glide down."

The human nodded and aborted the landing process; he took the radio and fidgeted a little with it.

"Rouge?"

There was almost a minute of silence and the plane was almost over the flying island "Rouge, can you hear me?"

A second later the radio gave off a few static noises "I'm here."

"Good. We're almost at Angel Island. After Knuckles leave the plane I'm going into radio silence. You perfectly know what I have to do next and this is necessary. We don't want GUN over my heels too, right?"

"Right. Listen, is Knuckles still there?"

Jo looked up at the Guardian and pocked him with the microphone on the leg; the echidna looked back and raised an eyebrow "Rouge wants to talk to you before you go down." He shouted.

Knuckles took the piece of the radio in his hand and pressed the little button on the side "Yes?"

"Before you go down, Knuckles, tell me… How do we came up there? Besides Tails nobody knows how to fly a plane, and Jo will be occupied."

"Don't worry, Rouge. I'll land the island on the same spot it crashed six months ago. It's near Tails' workshop so we will not have much problems for the transport."

The bat hummed for a second "Have you a safe place where we can hide?"

The Guardian looked at the flying land under the plane "Don't worry about it. I have something in mind, but for now I have to go. See you in a hour or so."

"Ok. Be careful. I know how GUN is. They think to be above everything and everyone, and I don't like it."

Knuckles chuckled lightly "Then we'll give them a lesson of humility. Over."

The echidna handed back the microphone and jumped down the red biplane, instantly starting gliding towards the Master Emerald shrine.

Jo smiled, turned off the radio and turned the plane in the direction of the capital, with the sole purpose to talk with the president about what was happening.

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Tails was flying as fast as his blue Tornado could offer him; he was in special mode, but even with that the max speed just reached mach one.

Rain started pouring down on him and he gritted his teeth; the wind had picked up and was making the biplane jump badly and very hard to control "C'mon! C'mon! C'mon! We're almost there! Don't let me down now!"

The fox briefly looked at the console and fidgeted with a few buttons; after he did that, the plane smoothened a little its course, making its pilot sigh a little in relief. A few seconds later he looked at the patchwork he hastily did and nodded to himself; it was keeping up and hopefully it would keep up until he arrived to the city.

An hour later Tails squinted his eyes; in the distance, amongst the darkness produced by the storm and the rain, he could see the shape of a city. He smiled to himself and picked up the radio "Rouge? Are you there?"

"Yes Tails. Are you there yet?"

"Almost," He responded "I can see the city's shape. Have they said if Sonic and Shadow are still in that bank with Chaos or somewhere else?"

"News reports that they are at the city's hospital and that Chaos is still with them, however the doctors keep the prognosis reserved."

Tails lowered his eyes "So they are… in danger…?"

"I don't know this, Tails. You should talk with a doctor for this. But knowing Sonic and Shadow to some extent I think that they are fighting hard for their own survival. Don't you think so?"

The fox smiled slightly "You're right, Rouge. Sonic will never lose a fight. And I think that Shadow is like him. Anyway, have you got news from Knuckles and your friend?"

"Yes, he called me when he was in sight of Angel Island. He said that after that call he was going to be on radio silence."

"I understand. How do we plan on getting on the island and where do we will hide?"

"Knuckles said that he was going to land it on the same spot where it crashed during the Chaos incident. For the hiding spot he said that he had something in mind, but other than that nothing."

"I think that he was being cautious. GUN may be eavesdropping on us…"

"You're right, kid. And we should do the same, but we're lacking the equipment…"

The fox hummed, thinking at something that just popped in his head.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing at all. We'll talk later, I'm over the city's outskirts and I can faintly see the hospital."

"Ok. Be very careful, Tails. GUN may be around there."

"I know. But I think that between Chaos and me everything is going to be under control. Over."

The fox turned off the radio and squinted his eyes; he reverted the plane back to normal mode and landed in the parking lot, which was empty and long enough to permit a landing. After Tails made sure that the Tornado was prepared to be ready for an emergency take off, he took a big sheet of nylon and covered the two seats, protecting the instruments from an annoying rain.

The vulpine jumped down and stared a little, then he nodded to himself as he saw that the wind wasn't taking the nylon away; he spun around and ran to the main entrance of the hospital.

When he reached it, he was surrounded by reporters that asked him every sort of question. The poor fox panicked a little and stared up at all the humans; a second later his face went from scared to a mixture of anger and annoyance "Let me through!" He yelled.

Everyone stopped what was doing and looked at him shocked; the fox jumped over their heads and started twirling his tails, taking flight. He quickly surpassed the mob and landed in front of the door, opening it and hastily stepping inside, away from all the reporters.

Tails looked around and spotted a doctor that was quickly walking to him; he started walking up to him and the two meet halfway "Miles Tails Prower, I presume."

The fox nodded once "Where are they? And most important, how are they?"

The human motioned for him to follow him "Well," He started walking towards an elevator "I'm very preoccupied. They are in bad conditions…"

The man pressed a button and a second later the door opened; the two entered into the elevator, talking about the two hedgehogs' conditions.

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Whew! This was a long and hard chapter to write, but in the end I finally completed it. Until next!

And remember! Reviews are always welcomed! They keep me into the go. Without them I usually slack off…

Az