Tails came out of the emergency room wearing medical scrubs that had some blood on the shirt from working on Zalost. The fox then entered the waiting room where everyone was sitting, waiting to hear the results of Zalost's condition.

"How is he?" Asked Shadow, this surprised everyone because he was not the type who normally cared for others, let alone someone that kidnapped a friend of his.

"He is in bad shape, the magic he used when he came to his world and creating the orb that brought Cosmo back seemed to have taken a serious toll on him physically. Wounds on his body started to appear and he was bleeding internally...though it was a hard task I was able to stop the bleeding but he is in a coma. I don't think he would be alive now if he had not come to us when he did," Tails said, removing his latex gloves.

Can We see him?" Sonic asked, worry on his face.

"Yeah, but not everyone."

Sonic, Sonia, Manic, Aleena, and Wade entered the large White room with Tails leading the way. It was not that many steps into the room before they saw Zalost lying on the bed. His eyes were shut, air mask on his face pumping air into his lungs, his lower half of his body was covered by a white sheet, the boy's chest was covered in white bandages to help stop the bleeding that was endangering his life.
Wade without saying a word took his master's mask from Aleena's hands then went over to a table that was close to his Zalost and placed the mask on the table. "He will need his mask when he awakes," Wade said sadly as he gazed on his resting master, " I must return to the castle, without his powers the barrier that was once protecting his home has no dubitably faded away so am going to have to leave to protect it from anyone that would do it harm."

"Wade, what if Zalost needs you when you are not here?" Manic asked

"If he needs me I will know, but for now he needs his family more then he could ever need me," said Wade as he begin to fade into a black mist that flew out the open window and towards Zalost's castle in the distance.

The hedgehog family walked over to the bedside of Zalost and looked at the lost member of their family, it was strange to see the one that had once been so scary to them to now be seen so frail. Without his clothing they could see many scars on his body that were from long ago, the most odd thing on him were the two marks that were below his eyes and ran down his muzzle making it look like purple streams of tears.
"Tails, what are the markings under his eyes?" Sonia asked as she took her sleeping brothers hand, to let him know she was there for him.

"The marking are not natural, they appear to be some form of tattoo, but its nothing to worry." The fox answered taking a seat in his rolling chair.

As Aleena looked at her son and the scars on his body, the queen could not help but blame herself for how her son was today because of her he grew up in a world with out light and love. It was then when Aleena's knees gave out but Sonic who had noticed quickly grabbed her and lead her over to one of the chairs in the room.
"Mom, I know that you are going through a lot but we need to stay tough and let Zalost know we are here for him and that you will not let him go again now that he is back.", Sonic said taking a hold of his mother and holding her tight.

"How could he even want me to be in his presence after what I did to him?" Aleena whimpered as she wrapped her arms around Sonic and began to cry on his shoulder.

-Six hours later-

The sun was down and the sky was now black with just the stars and the moon to light the lands that surrounded the castle of Aleena. Inside the room of their sleeping brother Sonic, Manic, and Sonia sat on a couch that Metal had brought and had a blanket on them do to Zalost body that was emitting cold that was keeping the swelling of the wounds down without the need of ice. It was a minor discomfort but the siblings huddled close together keeping themselves warm, Aleena had left the room because Tails wanted her to go to her room and self so that once the morning came she would be able to face the new day with full strength.

"Sonic, what are we going to do about Zalost?" asked Manic, who was now trying to force himself to stay awake.

"We are goiong to make his life a better one.", Sonia said as she leaned her head against Manic closing her eyes and soon her brothers follower her into their own personal dreams close together.