Sonic X: My Way

Chapter 4: The past bites.

Chris pov

I sat up and groaned "Damn, my head hurts." I growled. "A lady shouldn't talk like that." Said a voice I didn't know. I cracked open my eyes to meet a set of emerald green eyes like Sonic's, but the voice had been a girl's. "Look, lady. Whoever told you I was a lady, they lied." I groaned sitting up. I looked at the newcomer. She was wearing a red dress, boots, and headband. It clashed horribly with her pink fur. But, she pulled off the white gloves off with the help of gold rings at the bases of her wrists. I raised an eyebrow "Seriously, I need to take you shopping sometime."

She stared at me in confusion "What for?" I shook my head "Never mind. What happened? Who the hell are you?" I stood and felt another coughing fit on its way and held up a finger to halt her in her explanation.

Sonic pov

I came back into the room to find Chris in the middle of another coughing fit. I sighed and grinned when I noticed the shocked Amy running around in a panic after she saw the blood. I heard her say something about a hospital and Chris bolted up. "N-no…Doctor…M' fine." I sighed again and brought the girl a glass of water. She swilled it in her mouth and spat it in her sink.

"Thanks." She murmured standing up strait. "Chris, this is Amy." There was a crash from outside and sighed "That was Knuckles." She took another drink before speaking "Friends of yours?" I nodded and watched as she took in her surroundings. "This is my house." She stated looking at us "We are in my house… How did we get in my house?"

"They brought you home." said a stern voice. Chris winced and looked at me as if pleading me to tell her we hadn't. I laughed nervously and looked for an escape from that look. Chris' grandfather walked passed me and sighed "It's not their fault. I was driving by to come get you when I saw Knuckles save you." He winked at her "I knew your aim was too good for you to shoot such a bad shot. I mean the street? And on the opposite side of the land from where you practice?" Chris smiled a little before starting to cough again. She turned away from her grandpa and looked down sadly.

"Sonic, my I speak with you?" I nodded in confusion and followed the old man. Out in the hall he suddenly seemed to age ten years. "Listen, Sonic. I thank you for be there for Chris. But she doesn't need this stress in her state." I took a deep breath "What is wrong with her? I asked. He leaned against the wall "It's my fault… This started with her twin brother…."

Flashback

"Christopher, you meany!" yelled five year old Chris as she chased the boy around the mansion to get back her favorite lion stuffed animal. Laughter filled the house as Elle, Tanika, and Chuck watched the two. "It was their birthday and we were having a party at the zoo." Chuck broke up the fight and told the two to get ready to leave. They left and went to the zoo.

"It was still a while before the party, so we decided to let the kids look around. I should have followed my gut when they said they want to go to the reptile house." The children ran around looking at the snakes and lizards. "There was no way to stop it. Fate's hand was at work." There was a loud hiss from behind Chris and she turned only to see a snake staring at her with angry eyes. She whimpered and backed into the tank behind her. Christopher, who was one tank away gasped in horror as he recognized the snake from one of his books. It was a very lethal viper. Its venom could kill a healthy adult in five minutes. If that thing bit Chris she wouldn't last three. Her health was always so frail.

Suddenly, the snake lunged at the five year old girl.

Flashback end

"Did th-that thing bite her?" I asked. Chuck shook his head "Christopher did. He got between the snake and his sister. It bit him in the neck…. It was too late by the time we got to the hospital. He was gone." I shook my head looking back toward the room Chris was in. "She barely remembers him, but she is still emotionally scarred. She somehow got it in her head that it was her fault."