Chapter Nine

We stood in the dark with no light but that from the bright screen as the secretary had gone out for her late night brake and was eating at the Hospitals cafeteria on the other side of the building.

"There's so many hedgehogs," Tails said. "It's hard searching for just one in the system."

He had a point, but I wasn't giving up this easily. We came this far, so we had to at least find something.

"Search for Sonic." Silver said as he crouched to see the computer screen. "Not just hedgehog."

"Yeah, and hurry before that lady comes back," I said.

Tails seemed slightly irritated as he entered words into the computer. The bright light was staring to make my eyes burn since the area here was slightly dark.

"Fine." He shook his head. "I don't know why I even agreed to this."

There was a tint of anger in his voice, he pressed enter and suddenly the whole screen filled with different information of different hedgehogs.

"Move." I said, shoving Tails out the way causing him to twirl away in that rotating chair. "I want to see."

Silver and Tails exchanged a look I couldn't read, as I stared down at the screen. There was lots of hedgehogs just like Tails said...

"Samuel, Santi, Soloo," I repeated out loud.

"What kind of name is Soloo?" Silver asked with a low chuckle before I shushed him.

"Sonic the Hedgehog!" I announced once I clicked on his picture which showed him on his hospital bed paralyzed.

I looked over all the information until I found information about his recent surgery at the very bottom of the page.

"Sonic the Hedgehog entered surgery at 3:45 A.M. Of ...blah blah bullshit...8:37 P.M. his heart stopped due to loss of blood and..." I couldn't finish that sentence.

Terror ripped through me.

I had no idea what to think. I had actually been expecting the surgery to have ended safely, and it didn't. I felt shaky, sweat soaking my skin, this was horrible.

I stumbled back, almost falling down by my sudden movement. I couldn't shake the panic away and my heart was pounding like crazy. "Amy?" Silver asked from behind me.

Silence, I wanted silence. I wished I could just disappear at this moment.

"Amy!" I could faintly hear Tails call out to me worriedly. He seemed really panicked at something.

Thoughts overflowed my mind, he's dead, my breathing increased and I began to feel dizzy. God, this headache hurt horribly, and the room spinning around wasn't helping at all.

I felt arms around me, Silver was holding me looking terrified. His mouth opened but I heared no words.

This was too much for me, I felt my body turn numb and heavy as my eyes rolled back as the room swirled in a mixture of colors and I was out cold.

Sonic yawned loudly, his slumber vanishing. To see his surroundings clearer he rubbed his eyes lazily and sat up on his bed.

"Sonic, are you awake?" Aleena asked from behind his bedroom door.

"Yeah." Sonic replied as he stretched and got out of bed and made his way over to his closet in nothing but his boxers with a struggle. "I'll be down in a minute."

"Oh, alright. Well today we've got a big day so get ready." Aleena replied as footsteps were heared fading away.

Sonic smiled as he glanced out the window. "We sure do." He said to himself and grinned as he pulled out a yellow jacket and blue jeans.

Today him and his mom had planned to go visit his new specialist to practice moving around, then his mom had promised to take him shopping.

When he was little he wasn't too fond of shopping, but he didn't care. He needed clothes that fit his body, he didn't like wearing his dad's clothes very much.

Sonic stumbled out his room practically almost falling with every step he took until he mad it to the kitchen where his mother was cooking breakfast.

Aleena turned after hearing her son enter and smiled. "Oh, Son- what did you do to your hair?"

"Oh, yeah, about that, I tried cutting my quills and failed miserably." He admitted as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

Sonic's quills were cut unweven and his bangs were now sticking at all directions.

Aleena laughed and shook her head, as she placed a plate of eggs and bacon onto the table for him.

"Seems I'll have to take you to a barber as well today."

Sonic stared at the food in front of him with a blank look. He hadn't eaten actual food for the last eight years except for the one the nurses would shove down his throat with a tube.

Taking a piece of bacon he twirled it in his hand stunned, biting a piece his eyes widen. He began to eat hungrily, he had forgotten how decent food had tasted.

Aleena watched him eat from across the table with a sad smile. Her son had missed out on so much.

X-X-X

"You're moving too much, remember what your specialist told you" My mother warned me as I stumbled into the barbershop and leaving my wheelchair in the car.

"Don't worry, mom." I said with a grin as I spinned inside the shop getting weird stares from the other people there. I didn't care, I wanted to move as much as possible.

I heard her giggle as she walked to the counter and talked to man in charge.

Meanwhile I looked around and touched everything I could put my hands on just to be able to feel this sensation of touch.

"What have you done to yourself, boy?" I heard from behind me and I tuned away from the fish tank to stare a male chimpmunk in what seemed to be his late 40's.

He smiled at me kindly and I returned it with a genuine one. "I know, I messed up." I replied with a sheepish voice and laugh.

He laughed too, amused by my appearance I presume. He motioned for me to follow him which I did with a struggle, but like I said before, I didn't care and my specialist had said I was meraculously doing better than she would have expected.

I sat on the chair he led me too and tapped my foot impatiently as he placed a fabric around me. "So, let's see, how would you like your hair?"

Blinking, I stared at myself in the mirror infront of me and thought hard as I tapped on the armrest. "I want my quills facing down, and no more bangs." I instructed and he nodded understandably and took out a pair of scissors.

After what seemed eternity he finished and when I saw my appearance I couldn't help but grin, I looked handsome.

"So, is it what you wanted?" He asked kindly as he set his stuff away and I nodded as I examined myself in the mirror causing him to laugh again. "I'm glad you like it, well, I'll be right back I have to go talk to your mother about the cost."

With that he left and I smiled speechless.

"My dad did a good job on you." I heard a voice call out from behind me causing me to turn kind of embarrassed.

There stood a pretty looking chimpmunk wearing a blue tank-top with black skinny jeans and black combat boots.

"Thanks." I replied with a smile and held my hand out to her, "I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog."

She giggled and shook my hand, "Nice to meet you, Sonic, I'm Sally, Sally Acorn." She mimicked me with a sly smile.

"Nice to meet you too." I replied when we were interrupted by my mom and her dad walking over.

"Oh, I see you've met my daughter." He said kindly and I nodded. I saw my mom smile though I didn't quite understand why.

Aleena walked over to me and smiled at Sally who returned the smile. "Oh, well it was a pleasure meeting you two but me and Sonic here have to go shopping.

I almost forgot about that, we turned to leave when I felt a tug at my arm.

"I was heading to the mall myself, would you care to join me?" Sally asked shyly as she blushed.

She actually looked kind of cute blushing like that I have to admit.

"He would love to!" My mother said answering for me, I didn't mind, I would actually enjoy hanging out with someone my own age.

"I'd like that." I said with a smile which caused her to blush more though I didn't understand why.

Aleena handed me a strange deceive which somewhat looked like what Amy would use to communicate with others, the new modern type of phone and some money. "Call me when you want me to pick you up."

"Sure thing, mom." I said and took ahold of Sally's hand and led her outside. I tried to balance myself with her as I held her hand and noticed she was still blushing red and couldn't help but chuckle. "So, what way is the mall?"

"Hmm?" She asked looking at me. "Oh, yeah, right around there." She said pointing to a large store.

Silence surrounded us for a moment until she broke it. "So, what school do you go to?"

I frowned for a second. "None, yet. I'm planning on going to North Station Square High though."

"Really?" She asked overjoyed. "I go there, maybe we can hang out during lunch one day."

"Sure." I said as we entered the huge mall.

It was packed but I actually had fun with Sally as we entered random stores and tried on funny clothes. I bought a few she had picked out and I also noticed many girls there staring at me there.

It made me feel uncomfortable, was there something wrong with me other than my walk?

"Why are so many girls staring at me?" I asked Sally as we ate some ice cream at the food court.

"Because you're cute." She replied and then her eyes widened with realization. "I mean uhhh you're... Nevermind!"

My eyes were wide and I couldn't help but smile, she found me good looking, so Amy probably would too, right?

"Thanks, you're cute too." I said returning the compliment. She blushed madly and smiled.

"Thanks, Sonic." Sally said and kissed my cheek which shocked me. She giggled and continued to eat her pizza.

The whole day was spent pretty well although I couldn't help but get a bad feeling about something...

AUTHOR'S COMMENTARY:

I'm not too happy with this chapter... :\ Bt the next will be better!

Also I've been working on two other stories but I'm not sure if I should or even post. And if I should please tell if you want me to. There's "Swoon" and "Deceptive Innocence" ... Get an idea by the name and both are SonAmy 3

Oh and I won't be posting as fast for like a week or two because I've got big I mean BIG testing !