Chapter 4: Day 3: Trouble at School.
Aleena was in her kitchen making lunch for Sonia and Manic. Sonic unfortunately had to make up a missed school day but they promised to hang out that afternoon.
"Mom, is lunch ready yet?" they both asked at once.
"Won't be long." said Aleena. The phone then started ringing. Aleena turned off the stove and went to answer the phone.
"Hello, Queen Aleena speaking." she spoke into the phone.
"WHAT!" she yelled in shock after a few minutes. Sonia and Manic looked at their mother in alarm.
"Mother, what's wrong?" asked Sonia.
Aleena slammed the phone down, "Something's happened to Sonic at school. I have to go." she said quickly.
"The servants will serve you two lunch."
"OK." said Sonia and Manic. Aleena ran out of the castle all the way to the schoolhouse where Tails, Knuckles, Sticks, and Amy were standing in front of something and quickly moved when they saw the queen. What Aleena saw horrified her, Sonic was beaten and bloody and unconscious, a bandaged gash on his left arm.
"SONIC!" she said with fear and worry in her voice and tears in her eyes as she picked up her beaten son.
"Oh, Sonic, who did this to you?" she tearfully asked the unconscious hedgehog.
Sonic's eyes opened a little, "M-Mom?" said Sonic weakly.
"Sonic! Oh, thank Solaris you're okay!" said Aleena as she nuzzled her son close to her. Tails, Amy, Sticks, and Knuckles smiled at the heartwarming sight as Aleena walked over and handed Sonic to the four heroic Mobians.
"Get him to a hospital, OK?" she said to Tails, Amy, Sticks, and Knuckles, who nodded.
Aleena smiled at them, but she suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her, "Not so fast, Your Highness." Aleena turned around to see Scourge the Hedgehog, who had somehow turned very muscular, behind her, his face a wicked grin.
"Queen Aleena, he's the guy who beat up Sonic!" said Sticks.
"He took some kind of potion. He ended up being too strong for me." Sonic said before he fell unconscious.
"You know, Scourge, you oughta show more respect toward my son. He's saved the world countless times and we defeated Robotnik, saving countless Mobians, including your sorry butt. Not to mention, I could have you thrown in the dungeon for what you've done to him." said Aleena.
"Saved the world? Him? You? Defeated Robotnik? Don't make me laugh. You're weak just like him." taunted Scourge. Aleena started gritting her teeth and clenching her fists in anger as the vomit-colored hedgehog continued to taunt her.
"And you know what makes you weak? Your love for your pathetic children. He's not going to that hospital… I'm gonna show you just how weak you and him are!"
Aleena then put on a confident smirk, "You're wrong Scourge, my love for my children isn't my weakness, it's my strength." she said as she got into a fighting stance, as did Scourge. The two hedgehogs yelled and charged at each other, punching each other's faces. They both recoiled, Scourge holding his bleeding lip and Aleena holding her bruised cheek.
Scourge, having recovered, said, "That was a lucky shot." The two hedgehogs then rushed at each other and started exchanging blows, half blocked, half connected. When their punch collided, the force was so strong that it sent them both flying back.
Aleena then smirked, "You're not bad, but playtime's over!" she said with definite confidence in her voice as Scourge charged at her again, yelling.
"You're going down!" he yelled as he neared her, only to suddenly stop as Aleena had swiftly stuck a syringe full of paralysis potion into his neck, which caused his muscularity to wear off and then it let her lay the smackdown on his sorry butt. The paralyzed hedgehog fell on his onto the grass where he was taken away by two nearby royal guards who would take him to the dungeon. Aleena breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Sticks, who were cheering over her victory as she smiled, walked over to them, and picked up Sonic.
"Let's get him to the hospital." she said to the four Mobians, who nodded and smiled. They arrived at the hospital a few minutes later and Sonic was checked into one of the hospital rooms. Tails, Amy, Sticks, and Knuckles had to later go run some errands, but Aleena was allowed to stay with Sonic as long as she wanted, as were Sonia and Manic, who had arrived after hearing about Sonic. Sonic was currently asleep in his hospital bed with Aleena holding his hand and crying softly, hoping her son would be okay. Sonia and Manic were sitting by Aleena, comforting her and also crying softly.
Sonic then slowly opened his eyes and groaned while looking over to his crying family, "Mom? Sonia? Manic?" he said weakly.
The three hedgehogs looked up and cried in relief, "Sonic!" Sonic smiled at them and then grunted in pain, lying back down.
"I'm sorry, Mom." he whispered while tearing up.
"Sorry for what, sweetie?" asked Aleena.
"I'm sorry Scourge ruined our plans for this afternoon." sobbed Sonic.
Aleena patted his back comfortingly, "Sonic, honey, it's all right, we can still do what we were planning this afternoon tomorrow."
Sonic looked at her with tears in his eyes and sniffed, "Really?" he asked tearfully.
Aleena smiled a comforting smile, "Of course, hon." she said before kissing her heroic hedgehog on the cheek and nose, making Sonic blush.
"All right, Mom." he said while winking and giving a thumbs up, making Aleena giggle.
Sonia and Manic yawned, "Mom, can we go home now? We're both tired." asked Manic.
Aleena sighed and got up, "Yeah, I guess so. I'm pretty tired myself and it's pretty late." she said.
"We'll be back tomorrow, Sonic." she said to Sonic as Sonia and Manic walked out to the Royal Rider, Queen Aleena's awesome car.
Just before she walked out, Sonic's voice called her, "Mom, come here a minute!"
Aleena stuck her head around the doorway, "What is it, Sonic?" she asked.
Sonic smiled at her and said, "I just wanna thank you for taking such good care of me like today and also for caring so much about me. You're a great mother."
Aleena smiled and winked at her son and gave a thumbs-up, "No problem, Sonic." She then walked out, leaving Sonic to go back to sleep and dream about him and his wonderful family that God blessed him with.