Chapter Ten
Amy, Sonic, Knuckles, Cream, Cheese, Vanilla and Rouge waited in the hospital lobby, silently waiting for news on Tails.
Luke had been taken in as well due to the injury on his leg, but no one except Blizzard cared. Vanilla held Cream and Cheese in her arms, Amy and Sonic sat next to each other and Knuckles and Rouge were sitting alone.
Blizzard could visit Luke due to him not having such a severe injury, but she came back after a few minutes with him. Luke remained unconscious the entire visit, but Blizzard didn't care.
It was two hours after Eggman's attack yet there wasn't any news. The battle lasted ten minutes, it took thirty minutes to get to hospital due to Cream refusing to let Tails go when the ambulance came and they had been waiting ever since.
After what seemed like forever, the doctor came through the door to deliver the news.
Luke stared at the ceiling in his bed. He never was one for hospitals so he got out of his bed.
Luke decided to find everyone else and find out what has happened. Luke walked through the halls of the hospitals in silence as he had passed no one.
As he came into the lobby, he saw Cream crying in Amy and her mother's arms, Sonic kneeling on the floor with his face in his arms and crying, Knuckles sitting in silence with a few tears running down his face and Rouge just sitting in her chair with her head hung low and looking at the ground.
Blizzard was at the window, looking outside. Everyone looked up as the door opened, but went back to moping soon after.
Luke walked to Blizzard and asked 'Bad news I take it'.
'Yeah. The doctor said that you were going to be okay, but Tails was dead' Blizzard replied sadly. She hadn't known much about the fox, but losing someone you know was still bad.
'Have they been to visit his body yet?' Luke asked again.
'No. The doctors are just making a few adjustments to the body so we can' Blizzard replied.
As she finished speaking, the same doctor from before came through the doors and said that they could visit him and also asked what Luke was doing out of bed.
'I heal quickly, depending on the wound, so I don't need to stay here anymore' Luke replied.
'Who wants to go first?' Vanilla asked. No one answered her and it remained silent until Luke spoke up.
'Cream, Cheese, Amy, Vanilla. You four will go now. Sonic and I will go after, then Blizzard, the echidna and the bat will go last' Luke said sternly.
No one agreed yet no one objected. Cream, Amy, Vanilla and Cheese slowly got up and passed through the doors to see Tails' body.
Three minutes later Cream came through the door, followed by Cheese, Amy and Vanilla.
To Luke, Cream looked worse than she was when she went in, but to everyone else, she was still the same.
Halfway to the couch, Cream fell on her knees and started crying. Vanilla and Amy tried to comfort her, but she shook them away, got up and ran out the front door.
Cream and Cheese walked into the body room to see Tails. As she saw him lying on the table, she silently whispered to herself, 'Why did you take him away Cosmo?' Cream just stood there and watched Tails, not even crying.
Amy and Vanilla waited outside for Cream and Cheese to come out for they both knew that Cream opened up easier to Cheese.
'Chao chao' the chao asked. Cream didn't answer Cheese.
'Chao chao' Cheese asked again. Finally, Cream had a mental breakdown.
She ran over to Tails' body and hugged it while crying. Vanilla and Amy came in and comforted the little rabbit.
Slowly taking her back to the waiting room, Amy wondered if Cream would ever be the same. When they arrived in the waiting room, Cream fell on her knees and cried.
This was the only moment that Cream had a clear mind.
'I just want to be with Tails. Is that too much to ask?' she thought. 'If Tails is dead, then if you want to be with him, then you have to die too'.
Cream was shocked at her thought, but knew that it was right. In order for Cream to be with Tails, she had to die.
When Vanilla and Amy tried to comfort Cream, she shook them away and ran out the door and onto the road just as car came to the hospital, unable to stop or turn to avoid the rabbit.
Cream closed her eyes as tears ran down her face and she waited her death.
When Cream ran out the door, both Luke and Blizzard knew what she was going to do. Luke was the first to react, being only a second behind Cream, and Blizzard kept everyone inside away from them.
Everyone tried to barge past Blizzard but she held them back.
When she couldn't take it anymore, she yelled 'JUST SHUT UP AND WAIT, OKAY! LET FLARE DEAL WITH IT!' Everyone shut up and ran to the window, not to jump out of, but to watch what happened.
As Luke saw Cream stop in the middle of the road with a car approaching fast, Luke did the only thing he could.
Luke had kept many secrets from Sonic, one of which was that if he needed to, he could run faster than 200miles per second, the only downside being that he would be tired as all hell for the next few minutes depending on how long he ran like that.
Luke sped up, narrowly tackling Cream away from the car and onto the grass on the opposite side of the road. Luke pinned Cream to the ground as she kicked and screamed until she calmed down.
'Why didn't you let me die?' the rabbit asked.
'For one, I hate seeing people die. And two you need to listen' Luke replied. 'Promise you will listen?'
'Why would I?' Cream asked rudely.
'When I am finished, if you still feel like killing yourself, then…' Luke paused, regretting what he was about to say. 'I'll kill you myself as quick and painless as possible. Getting hit by a car does hurt, you know, and you might have still lived'.
Cream was shocked at this, but agreed to it. Luke rolled off of Cream and onto the grass and sat up, puffing from the sprint.
'If you really think that a friend dying is an excuse to kill yourself, then you are badly mistaken' Luke started.
'But…' Cream interrupted, but Luke interrupted her. (A/N: Big long speech coming up. Skip to the next line if you don't want to read.)
'Wait until I am finished for questions. Do you remember the reason why I am hunting Brick? It is because he killed Lightning, the woman I loved. I have revenge, but you have nothing. I see it as a reason to cherish life and peacefully await death. Death is something that comes naturally.
'If someone close to us dies, then we have something to look forward to when we die. But if we die before our time comes, then we may lose that reason. We may realize something just before we die that makes us want to not die. If you let it come naturally, then your conscious is clean. If I let you die, then at the last moment, your love for Tails might have been love for Sonic and you might not have realized it until that moment. Death brings grief and sadness, whether it is suicide, murder or natural causes. Suicide gives a vibe to the people closest that it may have been them who may have caused it, resulting in them having a mental breakdown or committing suicide themselves. Murder is different. If the murderer is known, then others may strive to make that person suffer or kill them. After they have done this however, they have two paths. But the trick is that they can't choose which path to take. The first is satisfaction and redemption. This path leads to one feeling better about themselves and overcoming the chains of sorrow. The other, which is taken almost 99% of the time, is more grief and hate. This path leads to more sorrow than before the conflict and hate on one's self. That ambition to make that person pay, no matter how much you wanted it, turns you inside out and makes you feel the pain they felt multiplied by 100. Natural causes are easier to accept. If a person dies from natural causes, then you can agree that it was no one's fault for their death and you can accept it more peacefully. Any questions?' Luke asked.
'But what do I have if you have revenge?' the rabbit asked shyly, wiping away the tears.
'I have revenge, but you have something better. A second chance. A second chance to live. A second chance to love. You living could mean that you could find someone else. Someone that you might love more than Tails and they might love you the same way. That person could be Knuckles, Sonic or a complete stranger. Or it could be that you are destined for something greater. It doesn't matter what way you look at it Cream, but you being alive could mean that you need to be alive' Luke finished.
'The only reason I am alive is that you saved me' Cream thought. Luke stood up and offered his hand to Cream.
'It's your choice Cream. I'll wait ten seconds. At the end of the ten seconds, you can stand up or stay on the ground. If you still want to die, then stay on the ground. If you want to live, then I'll help you up'.
Everyone watched in anticipation at what was happening. Luke had saved Cream and now he was talking to her.
'What is he doing? If the girl wants to die, then he should let her kill herself' Knuckles said, breaking the silence. Everyone glared at him, all wanting to hit him, including Vanilla and Amy had to have Sonic restrain her.
'The echidna does make an excellent point. Why would he save her? I don't know. But now Luke is giving Cream a speech' Blizzard started.
'So Flare is dictating her now?' Sonic interrupted.
'Luke may be trying to save Cream' Blizzard counted.
'But if the girl has made up her mind, then nothing should be able to change it' Knuckles said, receiving another round of glares.
'That's true. But if anything can change Cream's mind, its Luke's speech' Blizzard said again, with a hint of sadness at the end.
'And how would you know?' Sonic asked rudely.
'Because once upon a time, I was like Cream. I lost someone close to me and I wanted to die. Luke brought me back by giving me this same speech' Blizzard said, looking as if she was about to cry herself.
Everyone looked at her, shocked. Blizzard was always calm and collective; seeming like a person with no feelings, but now she seemed human. Everyone turned their attention back to outside and saw Luke stand up and offer his hand to Cream.
'What is he doing?' Amy asked, after she calmed down.
'Giving Cream a choice. She can choose to live or die, but Luke can't make her choose one side or another' Blizzard answered. Everyone watch in anticipation as Cream took Luke's hand and stood up.
Sorry it's so long. I just got carried away.