Mansion 2: chapter 4
Sonic's POV
I smiled and looked down at the hedgehog who was to stubborn to get up again. We had gone to the hospital to rehabilitate his legs. But while he had been trying to walk he had fallen a few times. The last time he fell he refused to get up after feeling so ashamed of not being able to walk on his own.
I finally decided to help out and got up to walk towards him and help him up. I stopped in front of him and went to my knees. "hey, shadow, why are you stopping?" I asked. "it's useless." He answered softly. "useless? how so?" I asked. "i haven't been walking normally since i've been 12. it's useless trying to walk normally now. i'm an adult. for all i know i could start walking hunched over in just a few months time because my body is to used to it." He said and started to get a little bit emotionall when he reminded himself of the place he was forced to grow up in. "that won't happen. you know that i won't let that happen." I said and laid my hands on his shoulders. Shadow looked up to me. "i promise that you will recover. Once you do, we can start our life together. we can forget about what happened a month ago and work on a bright future." I said smilling and pulled him in a hug. Shadow hugged back softly. "i promise." I said and stroked his quills. Shadow smiled and tightened our hug a little bit.
We both pulled away after a while that seemed like an eternity when it had only been a few minutes. "so, what do you say? shall we continue your recovery?" I asked. "yes." Shadow said after nodding. We both smiled at eachother. "well, i wasn't taking no for an answer anyway." I said chuckling and stood up. I looked down at shadow. He extended his arms towards me, gesturing to me that he wanted help to stand. I extended my arms and reached for him.
Before our hands could even touch eachother, there was a scream emitting from somewhere closeby in the rehabilitation centre. Both me and shadow faced the door that led to the main hallway of the building. I walked towards the door. "no, sonic, wait. don't leave me." Shadow protested against me walking away while reaching for me at the same time, but i didn't listen and took hold of the door knob. I knew that shadow didn't like staying alone for to long, but i had to make sure where the scream came from and why the person why was screaming so loud. I opened the door to the hallway and looked at the right side, the side from which the screaming came from. I took a deep breath and walked towards the end of the hallway. "no, sonic, wait!" I could hear shadow yell. He would most likely try to follow me, but both of us knew that he couldn't. I walked to the end of the hallway and reached for the doorknob. My hand shook as i reached for it. I swallowed and tried to calm myself. I grabbed the door know and turned it softly. I opened the door a little, only to hear a painfull moaning that was all to familiar to me.