Chapter 17 Symptoms

Everything was dark, and cold and Sonic just felt like he was falling. Falling, and falling and falling. Falling into darkness. He was trying to wake up, but it felt like someone was holding down his eyelids and wouldn't let him. He felt his body shaking, but he wasn't doing it. He didn't understand why his body wouldn't obey him. Then he felt his body calming down and the heaviness of his eyelids fading away.

Suddenly he was awake.

He looked around confused by his new surroundings. Everything around him was white and there were machines all over the place.

He was in a hospital.

Sonic looked down at his body and noticed the bandages around his waist.

"So, you're awake."

Sonic looked around and saw Shadow leaning against the wall behind the door.

"You've been knocked out fo quite some time now."

"What's going on?" Sonic asked

"You're in the hospital."

"I know that! But why are you here? I thought you were dead!"

"Dead? Don't be silly. Why would I be dead?"

"Dr. Eggman said-"

"Oh, don't listen to that fool. He just threw me out the window. That's not going to kill ME."

Sonic gasped and jumped to his feet, "How long have I been here?"

"Since last night."

Sonic looked out the window. It was dark.

"What time is it!"

Shadow glanced at the clock on the wall "Almost 11:30. Why?"

Sonic held his head in panic, "I have a half an hour to get to space!"
Shadow raised an eyebrow, "What are you talking about?"

"I've got to talk to Tails!"

Sonic rushed for the door, but Shadow stopped him.

"You can't go anywhere! They just gave you some medicine and I doubt you'll be able to fight with the symptoms of nausia, vomiting, drowsiness, hallusinating, numbness, blurred vision, seizures-"

"I've got to get out of here!" With that, Sonic rushed out the door with Shadow shouting after him.

"HEY! WAIT!"

Each card of Tails' poker deck had been carefully and specificly placed on the card pyramid. Tails was just about finished and was placing the last card on the top of it.

"There!" Tails said in satisfaction.

He was done! Three days work completely finished! He was so proud of himself! He couldn't wait to show Sonic!

"Tails!" Sonic shouted, swinging the door open and slammming it against the wall, making the card pyramid fall.

Tails looked at the pyramid in dismay, then at Sonic.

Tails eyes enlarged, "Ohmigosh! What happened!"

Sonic glanced at his battered body then back at Tails with no concern for it, "I need the X Tornado!"

"Come in and sit down!" Tails said, grabbing Sonic by the arm.

"There's no time for that! Where's the X Tornado!"

"Outside in the wharerhouse, where it's always been."

"Is it still designed for space?"

"Yes, but I don't think you shou-"

"Thanks, Tails!" Sonic said, running out the door and slamming it.

Tails sighed and tried to remake his pyramid only to have Sonic rush back in and make it fall down again.

"WHAT!" Tails growled frustrated.

Sonic tilted his head, "By the way, you should really clean up your house, it's a mess! BYE!" Sonic rushed back out the door.

Sonic hurried into the plane flipping up switching trying to make it work. Tails had made so many adjustments on what used to be Sonic's plane, that he wasn't sure how to use it anymore. But since Sonic was in too much of a hurry he didn't bother to get Tails to tell him how to start the darn thing. Finally it started moving down the runway.

Sonic smiled in satisfaction.

Sonic looked around, "Now, how do I make this thing fly?"

Hopefully he would figure it out before he reached the end of the runway that went straight down into the ocean if you didn't pull up in time.

Sonic pulled up switches, pushed buttons, and pull levers but nothing seemed to happen.

He was almost to the end of the runway.

His arms flailed frantickly as the plane reached the end and dropped like a rock.

Sonic grabbed fo the control stick and pulled up.

He pulled up just in time.

He was safe.

Sonic wiped sweat off his brow then tried to concentrate on steering.

The hedgehog did his best to make sure he could go as fast as he could.

"I'm coming."

After exactly half an hour he reached Meteor Head.

He parked the plane on the outside of the bridge then made his way to it.

Now he concidered his plan.

He wasn't exactly sure of what Dr. Eggman was planning so he had to have his own little plan. He would sneak up on Eggman, pounce him, and knock him into the lava, and then free Aurora. Simple!

But climbing the small building was not as "simple" as his plan, maybe it would have been for Knuckles or Rouge but Sonic didn't have the equiptment for that sort of thing. His claws would never pierce into something like that! So he did the best he could; scooching up the side of the building.

Sonic reached the top and tried to scale his way done, but slipped and fell right down, face first onto the bridge.

"Good evening, Sonic." Dr. Eggman chuckled.

Sonic looked up.

Eggman was standing at the other side of the bridge with Aurora shackled to the wall.

So much for his plan.

Sonic stood up carefully, making sure he wouldn't slip again and fall into the lava below him and burn to a crisp.

"I'm so pleased you could make it."

Sonic said nothing, he was too busy looking around trying to form a plan B.

"Don't bother trying anything, Sonic," the Doctor threatened pointing a HUGE gun at Aurora's throat.

Sonic mind still raced for an idea but he talked so Eggman wouldn't know, "So, uh, what's the deal?"

Eggman pulled the safetly on the gun, "Hmm, I'm feelling generous today."

"Ooooh, Generous, suuuure."

Dr. Eggman growled and shot a bullet at Sonic, making him somersalt back.

"Don't think you can be so cocky and get away with it."

Sonic grinned, "What makes you think I can't?"

Eggman held the gun threateningly at Aurora again.

Sonic shifted uneasy.

The evil genious smiled, "That's what I thought."

Sonic just wanted to get to the point, "What do you want?"

" As I said Sonic, 'I'm feeling generous'. I'm willing to traid her life for you."

"Me?"

"Yes, this way you both get to live, I get a new allie, and everyone's happy."

Sonic didn't like the sound of that, "What do you mean?"

"I keep telling you over and over! Just swear you're life to the Eggman Empire and join forces with me to help dominate the planet."

Sonic had that killing look in his eyes again, "Never!"

"WHY DO YOU KEEP RESISTING? EVENTUALY I WILL WIN, ANYWAY, AND YOU WILL ALL DIE AND I WILL RULE THE GALAXY! HAHAHA! YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SMART? THE EGGMAN EMPIRE WILL BE THE GREATEST-"

Blah, Blah, Blah. This is what it sounded like to Sonic. He'd heard it a million times. And it was making him sick, Wait, it was making him sick! He was getting sick from Eggman's speech! It was making him naushes! His stomach was started to twist! OMG HE WAS GOING TO HURL!

And that's exactly what he did. He hurled all over Eggman' shiny boots.

"YOU ASS HOLE! YOU BARFED ON ME! HOW DARE YOU BARF AT MY SPEECH! THAT'S IT! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"

That instant Mr. ugly from Eggman's base rushed in.

But Sonic didn't even notice him, he was staggering around.

"Ooooh, I feel sick." he said bumping into the creature's stomach.

When he looked up he saw his mother.

"Mom? What are you doing here?"

The creature's face went into a total state that looked like, "HUH?"

Sonic eyes hung drowsily.

He felt really tired.

Without realizing it he bumped into the creature and sent over the edge of the bridge.

Sonic looked up at Eggman sickly, "Amy? Is that you?"

Eggman's face twisted, "WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU! ARE YOU DRUNK!"

Sonic held his head and groaned.

His one eye opened and looked at Eggman.

"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!" Dr. Eggman roared in Sonics' face.

That medicine must be kicking in. Sonic thought to himself. But I can't let him know!

Dr. Eggman was totally outraged. How dare Sonic act like such a moron and ruin the big dramatic affect to his speech. And how how dare he barf on Dr. Eggmans' bran-new $350 dolar leather boots!

Sonic grinned,"You're going down, Egg head!"

Great, now I have to start this all over again. Eggman thought.

Suddenly Eggman just unshackled Aurora, ran to his ship, and flew away.

Sonic stood totally dumb founded for a minute.

"DAMN! He got away!"

Sonic ran to his ship and head after him.

Eggman had entered the atmoshere of Sonic's planet but surprised Sonic when he didn't stop at his base.

"Where are you going?" Sonic thought outloud.

After awhile Sonic found out Eggman was heading for a mountain.

"Weird."

Unfortunately for Sonic, Eggman landed before him. He could see Eggman coming out of his ship with Aurora and that huge gun.

Dr Eggman raised the gun at Sonic's plane.

Sonic grinded his teeth

A missle was shot.

The missle was shot so fast Sonic didn't even have time to think about moving out of the way. With incrediable, speed the missle took off the plane's wing.

In a state off panic, Sonic opened the hatch. The plane was going to crash right into the mountain! Sonic's only chance was to wait for the plane to get close enough to the mountain that Sonic could jump off and hopingly grab hold of a rock or something.

The opportunity came, Sonic went for it.

He reached out to grab something and managed to grab a branch growing out the side of the mountain.

He carefully climbed up it. And after a few almost falls he made it.

Sonic began to climb up onto the mountain when a huge foot stopped him.

If threatening pushed down on his head, trying to make him let go, and fall to his doom.

"End of the line, Sonic." said Eggman in a cruel voice, as he pushed down hard on Sonic's head.

Sonic held on for dear life as the pointy rocks he held onto shredded through his gloves.

"Not yet!"

Sonic bent his legs, springed off the side of the mountain, curled into a ball and knocked Eggman over.

When Sonic landed he held his stomach, the wounds still hurt when he moved.

When Sonic looked at Eggman he appeared to be knocked out.

His eyes desperatly searched for Aurora, until he spotted her.

She was on her knees all bent over, her eyes were half way open, with no look of life in them.

"Aurora!" he said, attempting to run to her.

But he never made it thanks to Eggman kicking him in the face.

Sonic stood shaking his head.

When his eyes opened, he saw Eggman leading Aurora to the end of the cliff.

Sonic slid into Eggman's feet making him fall over.

Sonic went to grab Aurora but Eggman smacked him and sent him flying.

When Sonic looked up he was horrified to see Eggman holding Aurora up over the edge.

"Don't!" Sonic shouted.

"Join me or she die."

Sonic thought for a moment.

He stupidly said, "Is there another option?"

Eggman narrowed his eyes as he let Aurora go,"Wrong answer."

"NO!" Sonic said diving for her, grabbing her hand before she became out of reach.

Suddenly Sonic felt the worst rush of pain in his life go through his body. When he looked to see why he hurt he saw Eggman resting his foot on Sonic's back.

"GET OFF OF ME!" Sonic growled.

Eggman smiled a cruel twisted smile, "Let her go and I will."

Sonic just breathed.

Eggman put more force down on Sonic's back.

Sonic cried out, almost letting Aurora slip.

Sonic did the next best thing he could and swung Aurora back over his head.

She was safe.

Eggman smirked, "I've still got you."

Sonic put his hands behind his back until he felt Eggmans' boot. Sonic dangerously sunk his now not hidden claws into the boots until he pierced Eggman's skin.

Eggman jumped back in sudden pain, giving Sonic the only opportunity he needed to get up.

The blue hedgehog got his fist ready to punch him, when all of the sudden his legs just went numb.

"What the-"

He did his best to make his legs move but they didn't budge. And to make matters worse Eggman was charging at him, not that he could see him, because of his now blury vision.

Not now! Sonic thought. He held his stomach as the nausia started to come back. What have they got me on?

The next second, Sonic felt himself being picked up by the throat.

His vison started to clear and he realized Eggman was holding him up in the air by his throat.

Sonic gasped and choked as he tried to stop Eggman from choking him.

"I've waited too long for this." Dr. Eggman said emotionless.

The fat man was unexspectantly strong. His grip on Sonic's throat was just crushing the life out of him.

"I don't care about you as an allie anymore." Dr. Eggman said coldy, "This feeling is even better than the Eggman Empire I've been dreaming about."

Sonic coughed.

Eggman turned Sonic to Aurora.

"I know how you feel about her. I know that you-" Eggman hated to even say the word, "love her. And look where love got you? You're going to die and you're never going to hold her again."

He made Sonic face him, "Look what love and caring for your friends got you? A cruel painful death! Tell me, Sonic, was worth it all in the end?"

Sonic said nothing. (not that he could)

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Dr. Eggman laughed throwing Sonic down.

Sonic stood and Dr. Eggman raised his gun.

"Die, Sonic the hedgehog."

A shot rang and Sonic hit the ground.