Chapter 6: Bodyguard

As soon as Tails had said the word, Eggman had left his lair so fast, he would've put Sonic to shame. Now he was in the shack with the five heroes, pacing back and forth while the heroes, minus Sonic who was still shivering in the corner, watched him.

"Did he say who did it?" He asked the heroes.

"No, he hasn't said a word." Amy shook her head. "All he does is cry, with a little bit of screaming and whimpering if anybody tries to touch him."

"Hmm, I see." Eggman nodded, turning to look at the shivering blue hedgehog. "I never thought I'd ever see him this way."

"And we never thought that he'd be raped." Tails sighed, his ears flat. "Guess we're all pretty shocked.

"Have you been able to test for STDs and such?" Eggman asked.

"He won't let me get close enough to take a blood sample." Tails shook his head. "Whoever did this has really traumatized him."

"Yeah, but I'd be pretty traumatized too if I was attacked twice in the same night." Amy nodded.

"How did they know that Sonic was leaving Egghead's base anyway?" Knuckles asked, scratching his head in question.

Ignoring the old insult, Eggman suddenly facepalmed.

"Dang it!" He cursed. "They may have been near as soon as Sonic left. I knew it was a bad idea to let him go off on his own. The least I could've done was try a little harder to get him to stay, but in his condition, I didn't want him to feel like a hostage. Perhaps maybe I could've escorted him, but I thought since because he's the fastest thing alive, he would've been fine."

Eggman sighed and looked back at the broken hedgehog. "But I guess not."

"Don't beat yourself up on this one, Eggman, this is not your fault." Amy assured him. "You could've never known what would happen."

"I suppose," Eggman sighed. "But I still can't help but feel partly responsible."

"Well, if you feel responsible, then do something about it." Sticks huffed, crossing her arms. "Instead of just standing there moping all day."

Suddenly, Eggman got an idea. He snapped his fingers and chuckled.

"I will do something about it! I have an idea!" Eggman was about to leave afterwards, but before he did, he turned back to the heroes. "Take good care of him. Try to get him to talk. I was able to get a few sentences from him the first time, maybe you'll have the same luck. Until then, I'll be right back."

And with that, he left without another word.

"What was that all about?" Knuckles questioned.

"I don't know Knuckles," Tails shook his head. "But at the moment, I'm not worried about it. Sonic has to be our first priority now."

"Of course, Tails." Amy agreed sadly as she started to approach the trembling blue hero. "Sonic… please… it's Amy, your friend. Please, can you tell us what happened? Who did this to you?"

Sonic knew someone was talking, he could hear a familiar voice, a female. It sounded too soft to be Diaspheria's so that was a relief, but his mind couldn't trigger who it belonged to. During his mental state, while everyone was waiting for Eggman, Sonic's mind had gone completely blank as in a last attempt to forget about his traumatizing experience, but at the same time, it just left behind a broken hollow shell.

Sonic could say nothing, he couldn't look at anything. His eyes were forever focused on what was in front of him, tears spilling from their ducts as the pain slowly washed out of him.

"Sonic, please say something." Tails begged, but like Amy, he got no response. Tails sighed. "Fine, then if you're not gonna talk to me, then at least please let me take a blood sample. I have to know if any other consequences may come out of this. I'm sure you understand."

Another friendly, familiar, voice entered through Sonic's eardrums, male this time, but like the female, Sonic's mind refused to register it. Only when he felt something prick him in the arm did he suddenly break from his mental breakdown, screaming and crying, desperately trying to get away. The prick felt too much like the vampire's fangs, and he wanted to be far away from it.

"Sonic! Sonic! Calm down!" Tails pleaded as he held onto his friend's arm to keep him from moving it too much as he got the blood sample. "Look! It's over! It's over."

With that, Tails pulled the needle out of Sonic's arm and corked the vial, stepping away from the frantic hedgehog. Sonic whimpered and sobbed as he rubbed the soreness out of his arm, his eyes suddenly trained on the twin-tailed fox. He saw the needle and the vial of blood, and he couldn't help but feel betrayed.

It's not his fault. He couldn't have known.

He still shouldn't have done it in the first place! Not when we're like this!

We know why he did it. He told us. Surely it's important to know if that vampire may have left us with something.

Oh she left us with something alright! A fucking hollow empty feeling in our stomach! A fucking mind filled with trauma!

Watch your language! She may have cursed but we are NOT her!

We will never be like her.

The battle in his mind made Sonic an empty shell again. He stopped rubbing his arm and continued to look at the wall straight ahead of him. His friends sighed in disappointment as they turned to Tails microscope and laptop to look for any diseases that Sonic may have caught.

"I'm not seeing anything." Tails exclaimed as he continued clicking through the digital holograph of the blood cells on his computer.

"Seeing any what?"

The unexpected voice made the four heroes jump before they turned around, sighing in relief when it was just Eggman.

"Man, that was quick." Sticks frowned, crossing her arms.

"Yes, well, to be truthful, I've already had this character built a few years ago." Eggman chuckled nervously. "He was originally supposed to be a messenger robot, but I'm sure he can serve as a bodyguard as well."

"A bodyguard?" Tails raised an eyebrow.

"Well, yes. Now that Sonic is pretty much a broken shell, he's gonna need someone to look after him until he snaps out of it." Eggman explained. "I thought it would be easier to have a robot since because they normally don't have anything better to do, so he won't be leaving Sonic's side anytime soon, unlike you four as I'm sure each and every one of you have your own things to take care of in your lives. And it's obvious I'm out of the question, so…"

"We get it, Eggman." Amy sighed, rolling her eyes. "So where is this robot?"

"He's right outside, waiting for his cue." With that, Eggman looked back through the open door frame of the shack. "Bokkun! Get in here!"

At the command, a small, little black robot came flying into the shack on his little rocket jet connected to his back. He was completely black, with red shoes, white gloves, and a grey belt wrapped around his waist with a big yellow M on the front. His rocket jet was held in place by two red straps that snuggled against his shoulders. His eyes were big, round and yellow, and very innocent looking. His head had two large points on the sides, making him look like a little devil, and on top of his head, was a grey ridge in the form of a V in the middle of his forehead and the back of his head.

"Bokkun reporting for duty, Eggman!" The little robot saluted in a high pitch voice of a child.

"Why does he look so familiar?" Knuckles wondered. "Wait, wasn't he your messenger robot with the exploding tv sets when we were stuck on earth?"

Knuckles' statement was met with confused stares by everyone in the room (excluding Sonic). Knuckles met their stares just as confused.

"What?"

"Knuckles, that's crazy," Sticks rolled her eyes. "Too crazy even for me."

"Ignoring that," Amy shook her head and looked back at Eggman. "Are you sure he'll be able to protect Sonic until we find the… perpetrator?"

"Of course," Eggman assured. "Here, watch." Suddenly, Eggman pulled out a long board of wood from behind his back and held it in front of him. "Bokkun, attack!"

The little robot gave out a mighty cry before jumping up and delivering a swift roundhouse kick to the board, completely snapping it in half.

"Woah!" The others exclaimed at the sight.

Bokkun settled back on the ground and clapdusted his hands before looking back at the heroes.

"Eggman already explained to me what my mission here is." He said. "I may be small, but I'm tough too. I'll do my best to make sure that no harm comes to Sonic until his attacker has been caught."

The others had no idea what to say to this. Could this little robot really protect Sonic? Like it or not, they had no choice. Somebody was gonna have to watch over the azure hedgehog.

"I guess Sonic has a bodyguard now." Tails shrugged.

"Yay!" Bokkun exclaimed happily before flying up to Sonic, landing right in front of him so that the traumatized hero was looking right at him. "I promise you, Sonic, I'm gonna do whatever I can to take care of you."

Sonic said nothing, but instead continued to stare at the robot in front of him. His words were comforting, and he looked familiar too, though Sonic couldn't pinpoint why. He felt, that even though he was a creation of Eggman, he could trust him.

Bokkun smiled sadly and decided to try to take it a step further. He reached his hand out slowly, trying not to distress the victim. His gloved hand suddenly came in contact with the other, and he held on gently. Sonic felt the gentle touch, and he couldn't help but squeeze back with his own hand.

As his friends and Eggman witnessed this, their minds were made up.

Bokkun will protect Sonic.