Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
January 5th, 2004.
It had been almost a week since Sonic and Amy had been brought to the hospital after their unfortunate encounter with Amy's stalker.
Since then, Amy had undergone surgery and has been in recovery for a few days.
To Sonic's frustration, he was told not to disturb her rest and therefore keep his distance.
Sonic was appalled by this decision, as he wanted nothing more than to be with his wife.
To avoid any uncooperative behavior from Sonic, guards were assigned to the recovery area, thus detaining him.
While he was furious at first, he eventually stopped his attempts, focusing his concern on Amy and her recovery.
His stubbornness would cease, for the time being and for her sake.
As Sonic slowly walked down the hospital halls that night, he looked at some of the other patients who were there as well.
Most of them were resting, but one room caught his attention as the glowing light of the television shined through the door window.
As Sonic approached it, he looked in, seeing a group of people, all watching the television with it on low volume so they wouldn't get caught.
As Sonic looked at the screen, he held back his laughter as he saw himself on the television.
They were watching the premiere of Sonic Battle.
Sonic looked around, checking if anyone would see him.
When he thought it was all clear, he opened the door and walked inside.
The groups focus was still on the television.
"Wow, that fight between Sonic and Shadow was awesome." One of the kids said.
"Please, they probably just used stunt doubles." One of the adults remarks.
"Actually, we insisted that we do the scene ourselves." Sonic said, with a smirk in his face.
Everyone's eyes widened before slowly turning around, seeing the blue hedgehog standing there.
"Hey, everyone." Sonic said, nonchalantly.
Sure enough, they immediately approached him.
Sonic motioned for them to keep quiet, as to not wake the other patients.
"I must be dreaming." A female hedgehog said, right before fainting.
"Mr. Hedgehog, will you sign my cast?" The same kid from before asked him.
"Sure, I just need a marker, anyone got one?" Sonic asked.
Sonic looked around for a moment, before someone held on out in front of his face.
"Thank you." Sonic said, as he took it.
Sonic hadn't noticed that everyone's eyes were glued to the door, also not noticing who he had taken the marker from.
As Sonic signed the cast, someone cleared there throat to get his attention.
As Sonic looked over, he was met with a stern look from Nurse Blaze.
Sonic finished signing and the rest of the patients rushed back to their beds.
"Mr. Hedgehog, please return to your room." Blaze instructed.
Sonic followed Blaze as she walked back to his room with him.
"When I said you should start walking to help yourself heal, this isn't exactly what I meant." Blaze said.
"Sorry, I guess I just got distracted." Sonic apologized.
Though in his mind, he was thankful for the distraction, even if only for a few minutes.
As Sonic and Blaze entered the room, Blaze helped Sonic back onto the bed.
As Blaze was about to leave the room, Sonic thought of something.
"Hey, Blaze." Sonic said.
"Yes?" Blaze answers.
"Tell me about yourself." Sonic said.
Blaze looked at him, confused at his request.
"Why do you want to know?" Blaze asked.
"Curiosity." Sonic said.
"You know what they say about curiosity." Blaze joked.
"I think it'll be fine, besides, it's been almost a week, I figured I should know more about you by now." Sonic told her.
Blaze gave in and pulled up a chair.
"Alright, what do you want to know?" Blaze asked.
From there, Sonic asked Blaze the usual questions when being introduced and Blaze obliged.
Blaze told of her life, growing up as an orphan and how she had to move from city to city as she grew up.
"I basically did odd jobs throughout my childhood in order to pay for food." Blaze said.
"After I accomplished the bare minimum of the education courses they gave me, I found a job working here." Blaze told him.
"Did you always want to be a nurse?" Sonic asked.
"No, this was just the only place that accepted me." Blaze said.
"Well then… what do you want to do?" Sonic asked.
"I wanted to be an actress." Blaze said, sadly.
"Really?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah." Blaze said.
"That's great, I'm sure you're an amazing actress." Sonic said.
"I'm just okay." Blaze said.
"So, what've you done so far?" Sonic asked.
"Nothing." Blaze said, with a sigh.
"Well, I'm sure someone will see your talent." Sonic said.
"Not likely… I have a reputation." Blaze said.
"A reputation for what?" Sonic asked.
Blaze hesitated a moment, before deciding she could trust him.
"Promise me that you won't tell anyone here, I could lose my job." Blaze told him.
"I promise." Sonic said.
Blaze took in a deep breath and held out her hand.
Sonic looked closely before flinching and moving back from the sudden arrival of a flame.
Sonic watched in awe, as the small flame took shape, becoming a miniature version of Blaze.
The flame dance and twirled around in the palm of her hand.
Blaze smiled, always happy that she could bring some sort of joy with her abilities.
She slowly closed her hand and the flame disappeared.
"That's incredible." Sonic said.
"Thanks." Blaze said.
"But… how is that a bad thing?" Sonic asked.
"At my first audition, I was understandably anxious." Blaze said.
"When they called me to the stage, I could barely think and my emotions got the better of me." Blaze said, looking down at her hands, in shame.
"I lost control and accidentally set fire to the stage." Blaze told him.
Sonic heard this and couldn't help but laugh.
"You think it's funny?!" Blaze shouted.
"No, it's just… I did something similar when I had my first audition." Sonic said.
"Really?" Blaze asked.
"Yeah, I was so nervous, I had a breakdown and ended up running so fast, I caused a whirlwind and almost trashed the theater." Sonic told her.
"Okay that is pretty bad." Blaze said, while laughing.
"The point is, you made a mistake and they just can't see your gift for what it is." Sonic said.
"It's more like a curse." Blaze said.
"Not the way I see it." Sonic said.
"Besides, I'm sure someone would love to see the kind of spectacles you can create." Sonic said.
"Not really, I was banned from the premises and they basically made my name synonymous with disaster." Blaze told him.
Sonic took one look at the sad expression on Blaze's face and knew exactly what he had to do.
"What if I got you an audition?" Sonic asked her.
"What?" Blaze asked.
"I mean, you'd be perfect for the series." Sonic said.
"I don't know." Blaze said, nervously.
"Blaze, is being an actress really what you want?" Sonic asked.
"More than anything." Blaze said.
"Well then?" Sonic asked.
Blaze contemplated for a moment and then looked at Sonic, with a smile.
"Where do I start?" Blaze asked.