Blue skies and white fluffy clouds; those are the things Sonic could see passing by him from above. The cool wind feels good on his fur and it feels good to breathe in. He doesn't know where he's at, but the soft cushioned seat feels familiar to him, as does the metal frame his hand caresses. "Tails?" He calls out, almost a whisper.
"I'm here, Sonic." Tails replies. His voice sounded far away, "We're almost there, just relax."
Sonic had a hard time remembering what happened; The only thing he could remember was a blinding light, and then nothing at all. His winces when his hand accidentally touches the red spot on his stomach; The spot was covered in gauze, and it looked to still be bleeding, "Why am I...?" he was too weak to finish the sentence.
"We're almost there." Tails says.
Sonic lazily turned his head to check out his surroundings; The water below them moved out of the way, making room for the solid green ground. As the strong wind caressed Sonics face, he could smell the scent of fresh cut grass. Houses whizzed pass them as did the people who watched the plane fly over them. "Where...are we going?" Sonic asks.
"To the emergency room." Tails says, "there was only so much I could do. You need a real doctor." Tails turned the handlebar and the plane tilted to the left.
Sonic felt the plane tilt and that only made him feel worse. He's never gotten sick while riding with Tails before, so this would be the first. Deeply breathing in and out, he tries to control the nausea that threatens his stomach.
In the distance, he could make out tall buildings; Their heads poking out from behind the snow tipped mountains. "Almost there." Sonic whispers to himself. He winces and grits his teeth when the red spot decides to hurt; It felt like someone was poking him with a sharp needle. His eyelids start to feel heavy, he decides not to fight it and just rest until they arrived at the hospital. He drifts off to sleep and the pain in his stomach resides.
Voices were speaking in the distance. It sounded like two people speaking, "how long has Sonic been doing this?" A deep voice said his name. Who was this person?
"He's been doing it for a long time." Tails was talking now, but to who?
"Has he ever had a serious injury like this before?" the other person asked casually.
"Never," Tails replies, "as a matter of fact, I think this is the first time Sonic has ever been to a hospital. He's always been a quick healer." He chuckles softly.
"This is very unusual, indeed." The other person says.
"I'll say." Tails scoffs.
There was a brief silence until the other person speaks again, "Well," the other person begins, "I suggest that Sonic takes it easy from now on; No more hero stuff and take things slow."
Sonic could feel Tails's eyes roll at the words "Take things slow".
"I'll try to convince him. It won't be easy." Tails says.
"I'll be back in a little bit." The other person says.
Sonic heard the sound of a door opening and then closing a second later.
As his eyes slowly opened, Sonic was greeted with a bright light hanging over him. The light was too much for his eyes to bare, so he blocked the glare with his hand. As he tried to sit up, a tight pulling was felt on his stomach. Using his fingers, he found the spot, only to be surprised that the pain was gone. The spot was replaced with a long thin red line, complete with a string that was tied in a small knot; He had stitches.
Tails came to Sonics side, "Careful now," he says, his hand touched Sonics back, gently lowering him back down onto the bed. "The doctor just finished those stitches; I don't think you'd want to mess those up."
After a moment of silence, Sonic speaks up. "What happened?" Sonic didn't want to waste anytime; he wanted answers right away.
Tails didn't understand what Sonic was asking, "what do you mean?"
"This." Sonic gestures to his stitches, "Why didn't I heal after my... Super sonic transformation?"
"Oh, that." Tails says, "I'm not entirely sure. It's a surprise to me too, you know."
"Something isn't right..."
"You're telling me. I thought you were dead when I found you." Tails says.
"Why, what did you see?"
"Well, when I found you, there was a pool of blood." Tails felt a heaviness in his stomach, like he was reliving the moment, "I've never seen you bleed so much before." He wiped away what looked like a tear forming in his eyes, "It was scary."
Sonic put his hand on Tails's shoulder, "I'm not going anywhere, alright?" he put a smile on, hoping it would lift Tails's spirits, "As long as there's chili dogs to eat and an Eggman to stop, I'll always be there."
"I really hope so." Tails says, wiping away another sneaky tear from his eyes.
Down the hall from the "doctors" office, a very familiar voice was heard; It wasn't a very welcoming voice.
"Where's Sonic!" It was Amy. She was coming down the hallway; asking doctor after doctor as she traversed closer to Sonics room, "Have you seen Sonic? Which room is Sonic in?"
"He's right in there, miss." A doctor answers her.
"Thank you so much!" Amy says.
The door knob on the inside of the room starts to turn. The suspense was too much; Sonic and Tails didn't know what she would do when she came in the room. Would she jump onto Sonic and ruin the stitches? Or maybe accidentally break something because of her hysterics.
The door opens too fast, and it nearly breaks open the glass case that holds a fire extinguisher on the other side of the door. Luckily the door only cracked the case. Amys entrance nearly made Sonic fall of the hospital bed.
Luckily, Tails moved in front of Sonic to protect him. He holds out his hand to stop Amy, "Wait!" He yells
"Move out of my way, Tails!"
"You don't understand."
"I understand that if you don't want to taste my hammer, you better move out of my way." Amy threatens as she materializes her signature piko piko hammer in her hand.
Tails thinks about her threat and slowly puts his hand down, "fine. Just be careful." He says calmly, "He just had surgery."
"Surgery?!" Amy violently pushes Tails out of the way and stands by Sonics side, "Are you okay, do you need anything?" Amy asks hysterically.
"I'm fine, Amy." Sonic says with annoyance in his tone, "I just need to take it easy from now on, that's all." He puts his hands in defense, "Please, just be gentle." he says with pleading eyes.
Amy backs up a little bit. She notices his stitches, "What happened to you?"
Sonic thinks hard about her question; his forehead creases and his eyes shut tight. That's when a flood of memories flash inside his eyelids; Sonic and Mecha Sonic floating before each other in space, and A beam of light shooting him in the face. "Mecha Sonic."
"Who?!" Amy asks; she didn't know who he meant.
"One of Eggmans robots. He's like an advanced version of Metal Sonic." Sonic replies.
The name Metal Sonic sent a wave of memories flooding inside Amys mind. "Oh." Was all she could say.
"He was too much for me, even in my super form." Sonic still couldn't believe that he failed in his most powerful form. He lightly shook his head in disappointment at himself.
"Eggman must've really outdone his self, this time." Tails says.
"Either that or..." Amy hesitates.
Sonic and Tails turned their heads towards Amy; eager to hear what she had to say.
"Or what?" Sonic asks; His curious eyes hungry for her theory.
Amy bit her lip; She wasn't sure that what she wanted to say, would be offensive or not.
"Come on, Amy. Tell us!" Tails says, egging her on.
Amy annoyingly gives up. "Fine!" she says, "I was going to say that maybe he's not as strong as he used to be." She instantly regretted saying those words; There was a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach and her heart began to race out of nervousness.
"Seriously?" Sonic felt sort of offended, "I'm as strong as I've always been, alright?" he sounded angry, "just because I get this little..." He gestures toward his stitches, "scratch, doesn't mean I'm off my game."
"I'm sorry..." Amy stuttered over the words. She definitely regretted saying what she said.
The room was filled with uncomfortable silence; You could hear the clock on the wall ticking, the feint heartbeat of the 3 people in the room. Someone had to break the silence.
"I got an idea." Tails broke the silence, "Why don't we get something to eat?" he tried to sound cheerful, but the crack in his voice made it obvious that he was just as uncomfortable as the rest of them.
Sonics eyes were still locked in the annoyed position. Fortunately it started to relax seconds later. He looked at Tails and said, "Yeah... I guess I could go for something."
Tails looked at Amy, then at Sonic, then back at Amy "Did you want to come along?" He asks her.
She was still a little stunned from Sonics little fiasco.
Tails lightly shook Amys shoulder, "Amy?"
Her eyes lit up when she heard Tails's voice; she didn't realize he was speaking until now. "Oh yeah. Sure." she says awkwardly.
Sonic was about to get out of the bed when Tails swooped in, stopping him. His hand rested on his chest.
"Sorry, Sonic. You have to stay here; Doctors orders." Tails didn't like saying that, but it was for his own good.
Sonic hated the idea of having to stay in the hospital while his friends went out and had fun; It made him feel left out and useless. He already had one little tantrum, it'd be pointless to start again. So, Sonic decided to give up and do what they say. "Okay." he surrenders, "I'll just stay here..." He looks at the bed side table and finds magazines; one of them was about clothes and fashion. He picks up a magazine, "and catch up on my reading."
Tails smiled. He was glad that Sonic was being mature about this, or at least pretending to be for their sake. "I'll bring you something back"
Sonic held up two fingers, "Two chili dogs with a large soda."
"You got it." Tails says, patting Sonic on the leg. He lightly grabs Amys arm and leads her out of the "doctors" office.
As Amy was leaving the office, Sonic started to feel guilty about the way he talked to her. His hand reached out toward her,wanting to apologize. Unfortunately, they were too far down the hallway. He decides to save it for later. They'll be back soon, he can apologize then, and everything will be back to normal; or at least he hoped.