Chased to another World (By RAWN)
Chapter 4: The Vet
"Hey Em, I`ve brought you a very unusual patient today" Jed said cheerfully when entering a small office.
"You forget that I`m working in a zoo. All my patients are unusual. And just because I gave you permission to use my first name, didn`t automatically mean that you
could go ahead and make nicknames as well" the woman addressed as `Em` sighed, without looking up from her paperwork.
"Sorry Emily, but I am sure you`ve never seen anything like this. He`s really unique"
"Ok, I`ll buy it" Emily sighed in defeat, "Where is this `unique` creature of yours? It better not be your friend David dressed up as a pink gorilla again or I`ll shoot both
of you with my tranquilizer gun" she said warningly.
"No, no, it`s nothing like that, and I told your patient to wait for you in your consulting room" he assured the veterinary.
"Well then, I`ll see what I can do for hi…-wait! Did you just say you `told` him to wait for me? He`s not sedated or in a cage?" she said surprised and actually looked up
from her reading.
Jed smiled and shrugged apologetically "No need to. He`s very cooperative".
Emily furrowed her brow, removed her glasses, and gave the young man, who worked as a caretaker for all the zoo`s felines, an analyzing look.
Unless his acting skills had magically improved since last week, he was being honest with her and she should go to examine her newest patient.
She headed for the consulting room, while Jed excused himself and took off in another direction, probably to feed his felines their breakfast.
When she reached her destination, she couldn`t see any sign of life inside the room, and almost jumped in surprise when a voice to her left addressed her.
"Hey there, I`m Sonic, are you the doctor I was told about?"
Emily couldn`t believe her own eyes.
A blue humanoid hedgehog with large emerald eyes sat in a chair right next to her, and had just talked to her.
What was it the creature had said? That its name was Sonic, and then asked a question…
"D-doctor? M-me? I…I`m a veterinarian, but what on Earth are you and why are you here?" she stuttered in a state of shock.
The cerulean one raised an eye ridge in mild confusion at the humans stammering answer and question.
"To answer your questions; I`m a Mobian hedgehog, not an animal by the way, and I`m here because Melody, the tiger, bit my tail and Jed said he would get me a
doctor to take a look at it, but now you`re telling me that you are a vet…an animal doctor…but I guess it doesn`t matter that much as long as you can help me" he
explained casually and gave her an anxious look afterwards "Eh…are you alright? You look kind of pale…Dr. McKinley"
"No, I-I`m alright. How do you know my name?"
"Name tag" the creature answered simply, clearly amused by her flustered state as she actually looked down at the little metal plate with her name on.
"Oh…right, how silly of me" she tried to compose herself "You said something about being bitten, didn`t you?"
Sonic nodded, slid down from the chair and pointed at the wounded area.
"Think you can fix it?"