A few hours later, Sonic woke up in his new crib, yawning. He stretched and sat up, looking over the nursery again. There must be some way to get out of here...this nursery is a lot fancier, but the one at home is cozier, and you can't beat that. He didn't see a latch on this crib or anything else around the bars that would indicate he could get out on his own. The only thing inside was the blanket, pillow, and what looked like two buttons on the headboard, one round and red, the other square and yellow. Shrugging, unsure what else to do, he presses both buttons.
Nothing happened.
"Great," he grumbled, "Guess I'll have to wai-" just then, Orbot and Cubot floated in, "You called young master?" Orbot asked. Oh, so that's what those buttons do! Sonic blinked in surprise. "Um, can you get me out of here?" he babbled. Cubot dumbly stares at him then at his red partner for guidance, "Uuuhhh, what did he say, Orbot?" The round robot rolled his eyes, putting his hands on his hips. "He didn't say anything; that was just baby nonsense. He can't speak yet. Frankly, I'm surprised he figured out to push the buttons to call us."
"Actually, I thought it would open the bars. I didn't know it would call you two idiots instead." Sonic scowled. Suddenly an idea popped into his head. Buuuut, you may be just the two idiots I need. Using his biggest puppy dog eyes, he raised his arms, hoping they understood this time that he wanted out. To his relief, Orbot caught on and lifted him out of the crib. "Ok, your out. Now, what do you want?" Sonic pointed to the ground, Orbot set him down, and he instantly speeds for the door. Yes, yes, yes! Sonic thought as the door slid open; he was on his way out to freedom and his friends. As he was about the exit the room, he felt himself unexpectedly lifted off the ground, "Hold on there, little Mr., where do you think you're going? You can't leave the nursery without your Daddy's permission." Orbot carried the surprised hedgie back into the nursery.
No, no, no! Sonic fussed as he was placed on a play-mat. "Here, play with this." Orbot offered a block, pouting Sonic threw the block at the robot, hitting him on the face, and made another attempt to escape. "Wait a minute, ya little scamp." Cubot caught him before he reached the door. Sonic whined, flailing in the robot's grasp, frustrated his attempts of escape we're foiled, his hopes of freedom that was so close within reach were being dashed to pieces by the two robots. He inhaled as much air as he could hold, cheeks puffing out to their limit, and screamed, kicking and hitting poor Cubot, who was still holding the hoglet.
Orbot quickly covered his audio receptors, "Oh dear, not this again!"
"Ow, ow ow! W-w-what ow, stop it! Do we do?!"
"Wait, I think I remember, quickly, the pacifier!"
"The what?"
"The paci-oh, never mind you nitwit, I'll do it!" Orbot quickly pushed the pacifier into the hedgehog's mouth; Sonic glared at him and spat it out, crying louder. "It's not working!" Cubot shouted his processors, feeling like they were cracking, "I'll call the doctor." Orbot pulled up a holo screen phoning his master. "What is it?" Eggman growled, "Sorry to bother you, sir!" Orbot tried to yell over Sonic's screaming, "But something is wrong with the baby."
"He won't shut up!" Cubot added. Eggman moaned on the other line rubbing his temples, "You two are useless. I'll be there in a second." he said and promptly hung up.
A minute later, he walked into the nursery. (He could hear the upset hoglet's cries from all the way down the hall) Standing at the doorway, he angrily tapped his foot and demanded. "What's the matter with him?"
Cubot answered as he struggled to hold Sonic wiggling frantically in his arms, "We don't know! Ow! He attempted to leave the nursery and-ow ow! Started crying."
"We tried the pacifier, but he wouldn't take it." Orbot finished. Eggman made a face at the pair before carefully taking the blue blur from Cubot. Sonic stopped his tantrum the moment he was in the doctor's arms, "Hmph, well what da' ya know..." he chuckled, smiling in amusement, "Looks like he's already bonded with me."
Actually, I just wanted to get away from those two. They don't know what they're doing. Sonic glowered at the two robots holding on to the human's red jacket, not wanting to get any closer to the two.
Feeling triumphant that one of his plans was finally working, Eggman decided to take Sonic with him out of the nursery, "You two dunderheads go back to work, I'll take care of the baby hog." Orbot and Cubot nodded, leaving the nursery to return to their assigned tasks.
"Don't worry about those two," Eggman whispered and booped his black nose, "you'll get used to them...eventually." They walked down the hallway and into the computer room, "Why don't you help Daddy with his work, hm? We can spy on you're no good friends and plan on how to take over the village together." He sat down, placing the blue blur in his lap. Sonic's head was just high enough to see over the keyboard. Looking up, he saw his friend's homes on the monitors, parts of the village, and other island areas. Hey, that's my shack! I knew Egghead had been spying on us for a while, but having cameras at our houses, this is a whole new line of creepy. A chill ran down his spine, thinking of all the embarrassing things Eggman might have caught him doing while alone. Looking back at the screen, he saw a familiar face. There's Knuckles! Sonic squeaked and pointed to the screen.
"Oh, you see the red one right there? Watch this." Eggman pushed a button as Knuckles walked under a coconut tree. Sonic watched as coconut hit his friend on the head, causing him to stumble in a daze and fall back. "Hahahahahaa! That stupid Nibbles never sees it coming!" Eggman laughed, Sonic laughed a little bit also. Eggman glanced down at the hedgie with an evil grin, "Ya like that, huh? Watch this..." he pulled up this time a view of Orbot and Cubot somewhere in the base cleaning.
Eggman pushes another button on the keyboard, and a nearby lamp exploded, "Aaaah! Not again!" Cubot yells, rushing to stop the flames with his broom, that not working, he began comically running around the room in circles. Sonic burst into a fit of giggles, wanting the robot to do something else funny. He pressed the same button on the keyboard, another lamp exploded, adding to the flames Cubot became more frantic and flailed his arms screaming. Orbot appeared just before the fire got out of control, dousing it with a fire extinguisher covering the room and Cubot in a sea of white foam.
"Hahahhah, haha! Nice job! You'll turn into a great villain practicing on those two, hahahhah!" Eggman leans back, wiping the tears from his eyes. Sonic covered his mouth, still giggling. Hanging out with Eggman was pretty fun.
"Ooooohh boys~" Mom-bot sang, entering the computer room, "It's dinner time!" Eggman closed the video feeds and stood up, following the robot to the dining room, "What are we having tonight?"
"Filet mignon with mashed sweet potatoes, steamed veggies, and apple pie for dessert." Sonic's mouth watered, and he licked his lips. He was starving.
Eggman gave Sonic to Mom-bot as he took his seat at the table, while Sonic was placed next to him in a highchair. Metal entered the large dining room chef hat atop his head, holding the doctor's and Sonic's meal in each hand.
Sonic shrunk inside his seat, remembering what his duplicate had done to Shadow earlier today; he whimpered as the robot came closer with his plate. Metal placed each meal in front of their respective owners and uncovered the plates. Eggman wafted the scent of his filet mignon, "Mmmm, looks good, Metal. You may go." Eggman waved him off as he dug in; Metal scanned his smaller organic copy, who was fearfully staring back at him. Appeased for the moment, the robot left his master to his dinner. He would take care of the blue blur later.
Sonic let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Hate these darned baby instincts, so sensitive to everything. I can't believe I'm scared of Metal now. He continued to tremble until a hand scratched his ear, and he relaxed, "We'll have to work on that, can't have you being afraid of Metal, can we? There's no need to be scared of him now, Sonic. I've reprogramed him to protect you." The hoglet warily looked back to the doors Metal had disappeared behind. Protect me? I think you have some bugs to tweak out cause he still has that look of murder in his eyes.
Eggman stopped scratching his ears and resumed his dinner. "Alright, Mom-bot, why don't you feed the little rascal." Mom-bot clapped her hands, "Oh, boy! You're going to love this honey lamb!" Sonic's ears perked at the mention of his dinner still sitting on the tray waiting for him. The robot picked up a spoon from the tray and a small bowl of something brown, "Open up, sweetheart. Here comes the choo choo train." she actually made train noises as she offered him the brown goop.
Sonic blanched at the food. It looked disgusting; he turned his head away, refusing. "Oh, come on, dear, it's yummy, see?" Mom-bot shoved the spoon into Eggman's mouth just as he opened it to take a bite of his dinner, "M-m-mom *cough cough* bot! *wheeze*" he choked quickly downing a glass of water, "D-don't do that again." Sonic pointed and laughed at the doctor's reaction before a mouthful of his dinner silenced him. "Sorry, dear, but it was the only way to get the baby to eat." Sonic swallowed, licking his lips, curving up slightly; the food was surprisingly tasty. He opened his mouth again for a second bite, "Yes! You like your yum yums!" The robot cooed; he rolled his eyes and ignored her baby talk focusing on enjoying his dinner, though he would have preferred to have feed himself.
A few minutes later, he finished the last bite. Mom-bot wiped some food that had gotten on his face while Eggman started his dessert. "Such a good boy, you ate it all! Can you say, Nana? Come on, say, Nana."
"What? No way is Nana going to be his first word. It's going to be Dada!" Eggman scratched the sweet spot behind Sonic's ear, and he purred. "Oh, but he loves his Nana more than mean old Daddy." Mom-bot retaliated, rubbing his other ear. Eggman scooped up a bite of his apple pie, bribing the little hedgehog, "Come on, Sonic say, Dada!"
"Oh no, you don't. That's cheating." she pushed away the spoon. "No, it's not. I'm merely encouraging him with positive reinforcement." Eggman offered him the sweet treat again, "Say, Dada!"
"Nana."
"Dada."
"Nana."
"Dada!"
Sonic ogled the dessert back and forth as they bickered, pouting each time it passed. Screw this. He thought, grabbing the spoon when it went by again and stuffed it in his mouth, "Mmmmmm!" dropping the spoon, he happily gummed down the dessert. "Ha, I won!" Eggman raises his hands in victory, "Ah ah ah. Naughty boy, you were supposed to say Nana before you got your reward." Mom-bot waggled her metal finger at the little hedgehog. "Mom-bot, don't scold him for doing something bad. I'm trying to raise him to be a proper villain; if you punish him, he'll turn into a goody-two-shoes again."
"Well, a proper villain should still have some manners. And by golly, my grandbaby will have them unlike yourself."
"What. Is that. Supposed to mean?" Eggman glared, puffing up his chest. Sonic's ears bent down, preparing for the yelling to start. Uh oh, this is gonna get ugly.
"It means it wouldn't hurt you to excuse yourself every once in a while, or to say hello when you come home, or open the door for your Mom-bot, or-" she poked at his chest with each statement-making the doctor sink further and further into his chair. "Alright, alright!" he interrupted her before she could say anything more. "You can teach him how to be polite. And I'll teach him how to be a villain, but you better not make him soft!" Mom-bot nodded, "That's fine, dear."
"Good." Eggman checked his wristwatch, "Now it's bedtime for a certain babyhog." the human lifted the hoglet out of the highchair and left the dining room back to the nursery. Walking down the hallway, Eggman pulls the back of Sonic's diaper, "Tsk, looks like you need a change." the hedge hoglet blushes, looking away. Despite wearing the diapers for a week now, he still hasn't gotten used to the diaper checks.
Entering the nursery, Eggman gently places him on the changing table, straps him in, and gathers the needed supplies. While he waits, Sonic wonders what pattern his new diaper will have his time. Who knew I'd be thinking about what kind of diaper I want to wear? I don't even wear any clothes besides my shoes and gloves. He chuckled a bit. I hope Egghead's got one with chili dogs on it; that'd be way past cool!
He watched as Eggman got to work. Untapping the sides and lifted his blue legs, removing the dirty diaper. Taking a few baby wipes, he cleaned the blue blur's tushy, rolling up the wipes into the diaper, and threw it away. Sonic's eyes lit up, and he cooed, seeing Eggman reveal this diaper indeed had chili dogs on it. With a small smile, Eggman places him inside, tucking his tail in the hole and powders his crotch; some of the powder tickles his black nose, and he lets out the cutest little sneeze. Eggman's smile widens with a bit of a twinkle on his glasses. He tugs the front so it's snug, tapes the sides, and pats his bottom.
"There all clean, now how's about a bedtime story?"
Bedtime story? Sonic tilts his head like a confused puppy. The large human picks him up and walks over to a bookcase by the futuristic rocking chair. "Hmmm, let's see, let's see...ah perfect!" picking out a book, he sits down in the chair and adjusts his hold of the hoglet so he can see the pictures inside. Sonic looks over the cover picture of a humanoid robot holding what looks like a robotic hedgehog. Heh, nice pick Egghead. He thinks sarcastically, not in the least surprised the book is about robots. Eggman clears his throat and starts to read the story. It's about a robot hedgehog named Twinkle who wants to cuddle with everyone but is sad when no one wants to touch him because of his spikes.
As the story begins, everything fades into the background. Sonic becomes engrossed in the story forgetting that it was his arch-nemesis reading to him. All that mattered was the story. He feels sad for the robot hedgehog while he searches for someone to cuddle with. Sucking his thumb, he follows along with the pictures, hoping that Twinkle will find a friend at the end of the story. Eggman gets invested in the story also, doing funny voices for some of the characters and adding sound effects.
"Twinkle never shocked anyone again, except once in a while accidentally a few times when someone was really asking for it. Or on very special occasions just for fun. The End." Sonic yawned, happy the story did have a good ending as Eggman closed the book. "Looks like someone is ready for bed." He tiredly nods. Eggman places the book back in its place, grabs a bottle, and warms it up before laying Sonic in his crib. He gives the hedgie his bottle and watches him drink, emerald eyes growing heavier with each drop. Eggman listens to his purrs as he leans over and gives Sonic's ear another rub.
"Good night, my little babyhog." with that, the human turns off the overhead light, makes sure the nightlight is on, and leaves; Sonic sucks the warm milk a few more times before closing his eyes and letting the bottle roll away, falling into a dreamless sleep.
By the way, the story Eggman reads to Sonic is a real book called "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Hedgehog" It's really cute, and I thought it was perfect for Daddy Eggman to read to Baby Sonic!