Chapter 54

A Son's Anguish

Sonic grunted and opened his eyes, slowly. He was normal again. He must've slept through the transformation. He sat up and grabbed at his stomach and groaned. He looked down and saw a huge deep purple bruise near his chest on his left ribcage. He touched the bruise and hissed in pain as it started to hurt. He heard a noise and looked up and saw Sally, waking up from a chair she had brought into his room. She looked at him and he smiled at her.

"Good morning," she smiled, but it was fake.

Sonic's expression changed from pain to concern, "Sal, what's wrong? I can tell that that smile is fake. Why?"

Sally looked down and was about to answer him when Sonic heard a faint sound coming from the lounge. Sonic got out of his bed and listened to the sound.

His eyes widened in fear as he recognised it, "Mum…" He rushed out of his room with Sally behind him and ran into the lounge. "Mum! What's wrong?" He rushed over to her and saw her … on the couch, crying into her hands. Sonic sat down beside her with a look of fear and concern on his face. "Mum. Tell me. What's wrong?"

Bernadette looked at Sonic in fear and worry. She pulled him into a hug and cried into his shoulder. Sonic looked at his Mum in shock and wondered what was wrong. He didn't understand why she was crying and it was starting to really worry him. "Sonic!"

"Mum," he said, looking scared now entirely. "You're scaring me, what's wrong?"

She pulled away and looked him in the eyes. Her teary blue eyes looked into his scared, concerned green ones. "He…He's gone! He's Gone!"

"Mum. Who's gone?" Sonic asked, now getting more afraid of what his Mother was crying about.

A tear ran down her cheek as her head rested against her son's chest as more tears came down from her eyes. "J…Jules. He's … gone."

Sonic's eyes widened at this and he stared in horror. He took his Mum away from his chest and looked at her in the eyes. His mouth was moving, but no words were forming. He took a deep, stuttering breath and asked, "H…How?"

Bernadette looked away from Sonic. She was too afraid to tell him, her only son, that he had killed his own Father. She didn't want to tell him. She didn't want him to feel more guilt than he already had. And she also knew it wasn't his fault, but she didn't want him to feel guilt either way.

Sonic stared at his Mother in terror, "I … k…killed … Dad?" Bernadette looked at Sonic with tears streaming down her face. She didn't nod. She didn't want to give him an answer. She was too afraid for him. "I did it, didn't I?" tears started to appear in Sonic's eyes. He was trying to be strong, but he couldn't hold it in anymore. His tears fell down and he cried. He held onto his Mum and cried. "I…I'm Sorry! I'm … Really … Sorry!"

His tears kept falling as he held his Mum tighter. Sally stood to the side. She didn't want to ruin this moment. She knew Sonic needed to know what happened as well as need all the comfort he could get right now. Some tears appeared in her own eyes, but she turned her head to hide them. Bernadette pushed Sonic out of the hug and looked at him.
"You … didn't m…mean it," she told him.

A few more tears fell down Sonic's cheeks as he got out of the hug and stood up. "It … was. I lost control … and Dad … I killed him."

Bernadette shook her head, "It wasn't your fault, Sonic."

Sonic sniffed and wiped his nose, "I…I'm gonna fix t…this."

"Sonic, how can you? You can't save … him from death twice," Bernadette told Sonic, sounding calm but her voice was still shaky from the tears.

"Sure, I can. I can try a different way though," he told her. He didn't want to waste any more time. He wanted to see his Dad. "Where's Dad?"

"At the hospital but…" Bernadette was cut off, quickly, by Sonic. "Then that's where I'm going!"

He ran off and left his Mother and Sally in the house as he ran to the hospital. He ran through New Mobotropolis and straight to Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital. He ran inside, past the appointment counter and down a hall before coming to a stop when he saw Dr Quack coming out of a patient's room.

"Doc!" Sonic walked in front of him, trying to stop him from going any further. "I…I gotta see him!" Sonic sounded desperate.

"I'm sorry, Sonic, but Jules has been moved to the morgue," Dr Quack told him.

Sonic's eyes widened and he shook his head in denial, "No! I won't accept that he's dead! I won't be the one that made him die!"

Dr Quack lowered his head, "I'm sorry, Sonic, there is nothing we or you can do for him now. Go home and look after your Mother. That's what he'd want you to do." He had said that with a stern voice while turning Sonic around and pushing him towards the hall he came from.

Sonic turned back around with a frown on his face, "No. Where's the morgue?"

"Sonic, you must leave," Dr Quack sighed.

"I Gotta See Him! It's My Fault This Happened To Him! Can't I At Least Say Goodbye?" Sonic sounded frantic while he was yelling at Dr Quack.

The Dr sighed and nodded his head, "Follow me." He took Sonic down the hall and into the morgue. The room was mostly metallic and there were cabinets on the walls where bodies were kept. In the middle of the room was a table. Jules was lying on the metal table. Uncle Chuck was looking over Jules' body and the large dent Sonic had made the night before. Sonic's eyes widened as he stared at his Father's body.

He fell on his knees and felt his heart break in two as well as his spirit. His head fell into his hands and he cried, "This Is All My Fault! If I Had Stayed In Control He Wouldn't Be Gone!"

Dr Quack looked at Sonic and then at Uncle Chuck as he heard the commotion and came over to comfort his nephew. "Sonic, it wasn't your fault," Uncle Chuck told Sonic.

Sonic looked up at his Uncle with tear-stained cheeks, "It … was. It was my fault."

Uncle Chuck put a comforting hand on Sonic's shoulder as the hedgehog teenager looked at Jules' body. His tears kept on coming from his eyes down his cheeks and landed on the floor.

"Sonic, calm down. It's okay. Just go home and look after Bernadette. It's what Jules would want you to do right now. She needs you just as much as you need her," Uncle Chuck told Sonic.

Sonic looked at Uncle Chuck and nodded his head at his Uncle. He got up off the floor and stood up on his wobbling, speedy legs and started to head out the door. He didn't want to give up on trying to bring his Dad back, but he knew that his Mum did need him … and he needed her too. Sonic looked back into the room over his shoulder as a tear fell from his left eye, "Bye Dad." And with that he left the morgue and headed … home?

My writer's block was nice enough to let me write this chap. The next one will take a whole lot longer as well as the other stories. So don't get angry with me about it, I've been super busy these holidays and school's gonna start again soon. UGH! Not only that but I had an epileptic seisure last Monday so ... yea. My Mum had said she would let me stay home alone all day these holidays but my fit had to ruin it. UGH! Stupid Epilepsy! Anyways, hope you enjoyed! I also got two more things to say:

1: When you guys check out the comic on SonicxJones' DA page (link on last chapter) tell me how well I've drawn the pics. PWEASE! XD

2: I gotta quessie for ya guys to answer. Do you think I'm gonna kill Jules off or not? Answer in reviews and we'll see if you're right next chap. Well, if my writers block let's down as well as my holiday school work. DAMN U TO HELL SCHOOL!

VFMH OUT!