¦| Chapter Eight |¦
Manic stood in white in front of me. His green quills flared, and he knelt down in front of me, an angry expression on his face. His eyes were almost as dark as a killer, and I oddly found something comforting in that.
"Why did you leave?" He pressed his hand hard against my abdomen, and I winced.
It hurt tremendously, making me want to scream out in agony, I didn't understand why he was doing this.
"Stop," I mumbled, slightly dismayed that he was hurting me. The pain in my chest and stomach worsened, and he continued to press on.
"Why did you leave?" He repeated, ignoring my statement. He looked worn out, but still, he was incredibly amazing.
"I didn't." I felt sore all over, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"You left," Manic said, "Why?"
"I didn't," I shook my head.
"Go back." He stood up and turned away. "Don't leave them."
"Manic," I weakly stood and reached out to him. "Where are you going?"
"Go back." Manic looked at me severely, but I didn't back down.
"I don't understand," I replied evenly. "I didn't leave."
"Leave this place." He glanced in my direction, then walked away further towards a light.
The closer I got to him the less pain I felt, my pace quickened and I followed him until I heard a voice from behind me.
"Sonic," Turning my head, there stood Amy in a white dress with a distraught look, "Don't leave me!" She screamed with tears rolling down her face.
"Amy." I whispered sadly, I turned back to Manic to see him suddenly right in front of me which caught me off guard, he gripped my shoulders and shoved me back causing me to fall back. Everything went black and I felt my back pressed onto something soft.
I opened my eyes with a struggle. My lids felt unnaturally heavy. The room swayed, and I tried blinking it into focus.
When my vision finally cleared, I still didn't really understand what I was seeing. The room was white, and monitors were all around me. It reminded me of my old Hospital room.
Had I been dreaming?
Jules paced on the other side of the room, and he had a nervous expression on his face. I tried to sit up, but my entire body hurt and my head felt woozy.
"Sonic!" I heard my mother exclaim, I hadn't realized she was sitting next to me.
I pushed myself up until I was sitting. It took a lot more effort than I predicted, and I grimaced when I felt my back crack.
"You're awake!" Jules grinned.
"How are you feeling?" Aleena asked. They both looked overwhelmed with happiness.
"Uncomfortable." I replied through gritted teeth because it hurt too much to breath, "What happened?"
"You recently had surgery," Jules said.
"You almost died..." Added Aleena.
"What?" I asked them, and everything came back to me.
I lifted my hand in front of me stunned as I turned it, I could move, I was actually alive.
"I'm finally able to move," I sighed with a smirk. "After so many years..."
"What?" Jules eyes widened with a disbelieving look. "You knew?"
"Yeah, that's why I'm so shocked." I admitted with a grin, "This is unbelievable!"
"It really is" Aleena said covering her mouth.
The door of the room opened revealing Dr. Quack who smiled wide. "Glad to see you awake."
"He remembers everything!" Aleena explained.
"He was in a coma, how could that be possible?" Jules asked, and those were his thoughts exactly.
"This is incredible," Began Dr. Quack as he reached over to me and I couldn't help but smile at his reaction. "You are a miracle."
I stared around the room and couldn't help but frown when I saw that absence, "Where's Manic?" I asked looking over at my parents.
Their skin seemed to pale at my question and sadness filled their eyes. Something wasn't right with this imagen. Dr. Quack quickly excused himself and left.
"Where's my brother?" I questioned with a frown.
Jules opened his mouth to speak but was stopped by Aleena who waved him off, "I think it's best we discuss this at a better time. There's lots of things you missed out on."
Raising an eyebrow at them I couldn't help but feel slightly angry, what were they keeping from me?
I hadn't seen Manic in God knows how long or even my Uncle Chuck. All this thinking made my head throb in more pain than before.
"What about Amy?" I asked as I rubbed my headache with my hands, "Can I talk to her?"
Jules and Aleena gave me odd stares, forgot they never met, I looked away from them and up at the clock noticing it was one in the morning, wow did it really take that long?
"Call the older hospital in the morning and ask for Amy Rose." I instructed as I lay back down the cozy bed.
Jules expression showed how he understood and he nodded and walked over to Aleena giving her hand a squeeze. "Let's give our boy some time to rest."
Aleena nodded and stood up still tired from the lack of sleep, though now she could rest without feeling worried if any minute Sonic could die. "Goodnight, Sonic, we'll be back in a few hours." She said with a yawn.
I smiled and shut my eyes, feeling too weak to reply, mother kissed my cheek and they were soon gone.
I lay there like before, though inside I had thousands of thoughts and feelings overflowing in my mind. I couldn't help but smile big at these thoughts, seems being positive works after all. Letting out a laugh I put my arms behind my head dispute the pain and let my mind wonder off to dream land.
I wasn't even sure if I could reverse the process. I had never tried to persuade such a demanding secretary before. Instead of worrying about the possible repercussions, I focused all my positive energy on him.
"Pass the ball, Amy!" Sally shouted from across from me.
"Huh?" I stared blankly at the floor, searching for the volley ball. "Where is it?"
"You're holding it." I lifted my head. Sally blinked at me, as if she thought I was messing with her. "Yeah, so are you gonna throw it or what?"
"Yeah, sorry." I threw the ball into the air and served it.
Thinking about Sonic, I missed out on half of the P.E. game which made me look like an idiot. It had already been a whole two weeks, it was hard but somehow I managed.
"You feeling alright?" Tails asked, but my stomach twisted up. I'm trying to be.
"Oh. Definitely." I shook my head. "Don't worry about me, I was just a little dazed, that's all."
"You're acting cuckoo," Tails said quietly.
I gave him a sidelong glance. Glaring which successfully worked on scaring him since he mumbled an apology.
"Focus, or else Mr. Gomez will make us run a mile." Complained Bunnie as she hit the ball.
I couldn't when I had Sonic in my mind, I wondered how the surgery had turned out.
Silver walked towards me, his hands clasped behind his back, and I celebrated inwardly. He was dressed, with his black sweats and the schools red P.E. Shirt.
"Good morning, loser," Silver said when he reached me.
"I need to talk to you," I said.
Silver's ear perked, and he tilted his head at me with curiosity. "What about?" He asked ignoring the game that was taking place.
"Sonic got surgery two days ago." I said as my shoulders dropped.
"Really" Silver asked surprised, "Well, how did it go? Did everything go fine?" He asked and I shook my head at him.
"I don't know, the nurses won't tell me, that's why I was wondering if you'll help me?"
He stared at me perplexed and confused, he chuckled and looked at me mockingly. "You want me to help you break into the Hospitals computer and get Sonic's information."
My eyes widen how he knew my plan. "How did you...?"
Chuckling again he winked at me. "I didn't, that's just what I was thinking. Great minds think alike!"
I couldn't help but laugh at his stupidity, me and him have know each other since freshman year, and I was just starting to feel closer to him even more.
I couldn't help but frown once I realized something, "You don't happen to be a computer freak, would you?"
Silver glanced at me shook his head. "No, but who is?" He asked as he tapped his head with his index finger.
SMACK
"Sorry..." Tails mumbled nervously.
The other students burst into fits of laughter as Silver rubbed his head after getting hit by the volleyball.
"Watch where you hit that thing!" Complained Silver as he glared at Tails.
Tails? Wait a second...
"Tails!" I exclaimed and Silver seemed to have had the same idea as I did as he threw Tails over his shoulder.
"H-hey, put me down, I said I was sorry!" Tails screamed out as we walked out of the volleyball sand court, earning sights of relief from the other students.
Since we had 'free time' we by the vending machines as Tails now took a sip of his soda and looked up at us worried. "Can't we get into some serious trouble?"
"That's only if we get caught." Silver explained with a big smile.
"Which we won't!" I added with pleading eyes, "So what do you say, will you do it?"
Tails looked at me uncertain as her played with the strings of his sweats. "Can I at least know why we're doing this?"
"No," I replied with a smile, "Just meet me and Silver at the front of the school today, alright?"
Tails looked up at me and returned the smile and nodded. "Fine, but you owe me food." He said and shook my hand.
I sat on my old bed with Aleena standing on one side and Jules on the other side. They were smiling as I looked around.
"It looks exactly how I remember," I said.
"Yes," Aleena nodded her head. "We didn't want to move anything since I- we knew you'll be back to normal some day."
Jules looked down with a sorrow mood, it was because he had given hope at some point.
"It's to kidish though," I said as I stared at all the toys.
"Yes," Aleena said with a laugh, "You're a grown boy now."
I nodded in agreement, they began walking out my room to give me some time to myself. I lifted my legs up and down still finding this unbelievable.
I took a hold of my lamp and pulled myself up. I was still having struggles in walking since I wasn't used to the feeling anymore.
Walking over to the full body mirror that hung on my closet door I stared at my reflection.
Mom was right, I was a grown boy.
I was my dad's height now and had manly features. I removed my purple sweater and shirt and stared at my chest with a frown.
The word to describe my body was scrony. My chest had no muscle and neither did my arms which were stick thin, probably from the fact I lay in a bed for the past eight ears.
I flexed my arm and frowned, still nothing.
There was no way I could impress Amy now, the hospital couldn't get a hold of her since she was underage.
Luckily, I knew her school from when she talked about it. And if I passed my learning level test and leaned how to move around with no struggle again, then I could go in about three months.
I just hope she wasn't too worried, I was going to surprise her. Maybe I could even get fit by then if I worked out.
I couldn't believe it, I cheated death, Dr. Quack told me how I was dead for three minutes.
A sly smirk plastered on my face and looked back at myself in the mirror, my hair was a mess and my bangs covered most of my eyes.
I looked on my desk and saw a pair of scissors and grinned.
AUTHOR'S COMMENTARY:
WybiE'z KidNapPer you owe me a damn cookie! :|
I picture Sonic's voice like Cal Shapiro's from Timeflies, so like I have said before, EMBED THAT INTO YOUR SKULL! :D His song 'All The Way' participated into my inspiration of this song, some of you should listen to it and see if you can get a hint of where this is heading for! Oh, and thanks again for the reviews !