Scene 22
Shadow- Act 2
30 minutes later…
West Chaos City Mental Clinic…
"Thanks for seeing me on such short notice doc." I said as I walked in.
"No problem Shadow, I understand how these flashbacks affect you." Said Dr. Kennelly as I took a seat.
He took his seat across from me and he asked, "Can you describe to me what happened leading to your flashback?"
I held my head and replied "I was uh… playing poker with my friends and one of them uh… started to whistle and it sounded like one of the Tweeter Missiles from my service."
He wrote something down and said, "So, you just heard it and that is what caused a flashback?"
I nodded and he asked, "What happened when you heard it?"
"My, uh… head went down on the table and uh… my body began to shake as I relived the moment." I said.
I looked at my hands and they began to shake a little too, just thinking about it makes me nervous.
"It was your first assignment huh?" he asked.
"Yeah." I said slowly as I went into my pocket. I took out a pack of cigarettes and asked, "Is it ok if I smoke?"
He sighed and said, "Open a window first."
I got up and opened a window, I then went back and sat on the couch. I took out a cigarette and my lighter, I put the cigarette in my mouth and lit it.
While I blowed out smoke he asked, "Shadow, how long have you been smoking?"
"Since I was 22." I replied.
"So… 7 years?"
"Yeah." I responded.
"Why did you start smoking?" he asked me.
I blowed out smoke through my nostrils and replied, "Cause I wanted to seem cooler for a girl I had a crush on."
"Who is she?"
"Rouge."
"The same woman you are with, am I correct?" He asked.
"Right." I nodded.
"Why continue?"
"Cause Im hooked." I said as I sucked on the cigarette. I then blowed the smoke out my nostrils. He wiped away some of the smoke that went to his face and said, "Have you tried the patch?"
"Yeah, but every time I took it off for a new one, my fur would get ripped off." I said.
"How about gum?"
"Hedgehogs can't eat gum; it infects our teeth more easily than it would to humans." I told him.
"Well… I don't know. Oh! How about E-Cigarettes?" he said with a smile.
"Illegal for Mobiuns…" I groaned.
"What else…" he mumbled…