Chapter 7: Party Hardly
a few days has passed since chris parents came home although nelson has already went back to his company it turns out he got a phone call in the middle of night that someone wanted to make a huge job proposal to him and they wanted to meet him as soon as possible so he left in the middle of the night while leaving a note explaining where he went.
meanwhile sonic, chris, cream, and cheese were in chris's room talking
"really uncool that your dad left without even saying bye" said sonic
chris shrugged "eh you can't be disappointed if you see it coming" he said
"so your heading to school now chris" cream asked
" yep now remember cream, you and cheese stay inside while i'm gone, okay" said chris
"okay" said cream
"chao" cheese responded
"see ya later" chris said, he then walked out, as soon as he did cream and cheese sighed sadly
"what's wrong" sonic asked
" i don't want to stay inside, i wanna go outside and play" said cream
sonic then looked outside and got an idea
"say i don't think anyone will see you in the backyard if you want you can play out there" sonic suggested
cream and cheese smiled" we would love that thanks mr sonic"
sonic chuckled "he he anytime"
in the garage sonic, tails, and amy were watching cream and cheese pick out flowers in the backyard
"sonic you know chris said for all of us to stay inside" said tails
"ah relax no one gonna see here back there" said sonic
"she really seems to be enjoying picking flowers" said amy
"what so important about picking flowers outside" said tails but he then remembered that time back in mobius he and cream were out in a flower field and cream explained to him that she was picking out flowers in order to make a flower crown for her mom
"i guess she really misses her mom" said tails
"of course she does, i just wish...i just wish we could do something to cheer her up" said amy
sonic then looked at poster showing a lake with flowers and then got an idea
"say i remember seeing a nice looking field of flowers over at silver valley maybe i could go get some so cream can make some flower crowns" sonic suggested
tails smiled "that's a great idea sonic"
"yeah it is but didn't chris say to stay inside while he's gone" said amy
"hey fastest thing alive remember relax i'll be back before he even gets home" said sonic
"well in that case can i come too i love flowers" said amy
"sorry amy gotta get back as soon as possible" said sonic and before tails and amy could say another word sonic grabbed the poster and ran off
"wait is he saying that i'll slow him down" amy said angrily
in the mansion chirs and chuck were in the dining room waiting for breakfast, ella asked lindsey if she could help her make breakfast and lindsey agreed to, a few minutes later ella came out and placed bacon, and eggs, on the dining table
"wow that looks great ella" said chuck
"yeah looks delicious" said chris
ella smiled "thank you boys now mrs thordyke should be finished with the pancakes any minute now"
just then lindsey came out of the kitchen holding a plate of pancakes
"here's your buttermilk pancakes boys, its marvelous to be back in the kitchen, on my movie sets, the chefs won't let me cook a thing" said lindsey, she put the plate of pancakes on the table and to chris, chuck, and ella's surprised the pancakes were completely burned, chris picked up one of the pancakes and it crumbled into pieces
"i wonder why" chris said sarcastically
"mrs thorndyke i don't think the pancakes are suppose to look like that you did cook each side for only 2 minutes like i said" ella asked
lindsey laughed nervously" yeah i was doing that but while i was waiting i got a call from my make up artist and i guess i got kinda distracted"
"what else is new" chris muttered
"hey can you quit it with the snarky comments" chuck whispered to him
"sorry she just making it so easy" said chris
"hey ella want me to make the toast" lindsey asked
"on second thought i'll make the toast" ella said as she walked back into the kitchen
"anyway lindsey i being meaning to ask you since your here visiting maybe we could celebrate by having a big dinner party" chuck suggested
"that sounds great and we can all dress up in fancy clothing im sure ella can prepare something absolutely scrumptious" said lindsey
"and maybe while were at it maybe we could invite your brother sam to come over after all he is the dictionary example of cool and it has been a long time since you 2 seen each other" said chris
"of course darling" said lindsey
ella came out of the kitchen" i heard the conversation if we're having a party tonight,this calls for heavy-duty cleaning"
in the kitchen cream and cheese were in there hiding and listening to the conversation
"wow a party that sounds great i love parties" said cream
back in the dining room chris started eating his breakfast until chuck poke him on the shoulder
"hey did you ask her" chuck whispered to him
"no why bother you know she gonna find an excuse to cancel at last minute" chris responded
"come on chris giver her a chance" said chuck
chris sighed"hey mom"
"yes darling" said lindsey
"say um this saturday there gonna be a science convention happening downtown and i was wondering if you want to come with me" chris asked
"hmm well i don't have to be back in the studio til next week...oh what the heck i don't see why not" said lindsey
chris didn't smile cause he didn't know if she didn't really mean it
"see i told you she would come" chuck said to him
"i'll believe it when i see it" said chris
later that day we cut to chris's school chris, his friends, and some other students were in the gym taking karate class it, it was an optional class students could take, all of the students wear wearing white karate uniforms with black belts, they were all watching chris and danny practice fighting
chris tackled danny and pin him on the ground
"danny your out chris wins this one" said the female coach
chris and danny got up as the coach walked to them
"great job chris nice job as always" said the coach
"thanks teach" said chris
"danny you did good too but there's room for improvement" said the coach
"yeah thanks" said danny
"alright class dismiss" said the coach
chris, danny, and the rest of the class then walked away
"geez man you don't have to be so rough" danny said while rubbing his back
"hey its not my fault you haven't been practicing karate is an art that needs to be treated with respect" said chris
"your butler told you that" danny
"yep" said chris
the 2 boys then saw frances and helen at the bleachers waving at them
"hey guys" said chris
"nice going out there chris" said frances
"thanks say frances the coach told me that at next practice i'll be facing you next" said chris
"yep watch your back unlike danny i'll be an actual challenge" said frances
"okay wow thanks" danny said sarcastically
helen giggled "so chris ready to tell us about the you know what" said helen
"what are you talking about" said chris
"oh you know what were talking about" said frances
"...oh yeah that" chris said nervously
we cut to chris's classroom were he and his friends were talking
"so wait this blue hedgehog been living in your house" said helen
"yeah but no worries he's cool" said chris
"that's awesome!" danny said excitedly
"danny shh" chris said while pointing at mr stewart who was busy looking at papers
"oh yeah sorry...so can we come over and meet him" danny asked
"right now not a good time i'm having a party at my home to celebrate my parents "visit" " said chris
"wait your parents are home!" said danny
"well my mom is, my dad had to go back to work" chris explained
"that's even better" danny said excitedly
"why do you care so much about his mom being home" helen asked
"he has a crush on mrs thorndyke" frances explained
danny laughed" well how can i not have you seen her in the movies she's a M.I.L-
"finished that and your going home in a wheelchair...no offense helen" said chris
helen shrugged" none taken"
"okay okay sorry i was just trying to make a compliment" said danny
"back off danny you know chris's relationship with his parents is a bit...complicated" said helen
"look i not gonna cause any trouble i'm just gonna come by, give her some flowers, and then i'll be on my way out" said danny
chris sighed "fine just please don't make a fool of yourself in front of my family"
"chris when have i ever made a fool of myself" danny asked
"the k pop concert incident" said chris
"hey we agreed to never bring that up again" danny said angrily
"so chris anyone else coming to this party" helen asked
"well my uncle sam" said chris
"wait you mean sam speed, in the handsome racer and the leader of the s team" frances said excitedly
chris facepalm "you too"
and hour later, class has ended and chris was walking out of the room
"hey chris"
chris saw mr stewart walking to him
"oh hey mr stewart what is it" said chris
"well i haven't been teaching here long but i just wanted to say thanks. i'm really lucky to have so many intelligent and talented kids in my class" said mr stewart
"oh well uh thanks" said chris
"you kids are terrific and i want to know all of you better so, i'm coming to visit you and your family later today, i can't wait to meet your mom and get her autograph" said mr stewart
chris gasped and then sighed" look mr stewart you seem like a cool guy and good teacher but we still don't know each other very well so i don't feel comfortable inviting you to my home"
"really? i feel like you and i had a good bonding experience the other day" said mr stewart
"i wouldn't exactly call dealing with a hostage situation a good bonding experience" said chris
"...well i do really think i should visit maybe that can be are chance to get to know each other a little better" said mr stewart
"oh boy" chris thought to himself
somewhere in silver valley sonic was picking out a bunch of flowers in a huge flower field while he was dong that he was thinking about chris's parents, he knew it wasn't any of his business but chris's parents neglectful attitude was kinda rubbing him the wrong way they have a great son and there just taking him for granted, he couldn't imagine his mom being that way
sonic put one more flower in his basket he thinks he has enough flowers for cream, he was about to leave but he started to feel that he was being watched
suddenly a laser shot was heading towards sonic who dodged it
"what the" said sonic he turned around and saw metal sonic floating in the air
"sup sonic" said metal sonic
sonic rolled his eyes" metal sonic what did the doctor sent you here for"
"he didn't it was my own choice to come here i came here so i can bring your dead corpse to the doctor, because of you and that spikey haired brat i'm in a lot of hot water with the doctor" said metal sonic
"oh no i feel so bad want to hug and talk about it" sonic said sarcastically
"no i want to kill you!" said metal sonic
sonic smirked"you want me, come and get me" he then ran off and metal sonic chased after him
chris got back to the mansion and opened the front door
"hey i'm home" said chris
"how was school today mr christopher" mr tanaka asked
it was pretty good, mr. tanaka" said chris
lindsey came in and hug chris "chris darling, you're home"
" um i hope it's okay, but my teacher mr. Stewart's coming over today to visit, and it sounds like he's a really big fan of your movies, mom" said chris
"now when you say a fan do you mean he's likes my acting or...you know" lindsey asked
"i don't know oh and by the way mom i just started taking this new karate class at school wanna hear about it" said chris
"maybe later i must figure out what am i going to wear i should've had the studio send over a gown" lindsey said as she walked away
chris rolled his eyes "don't know why i though she be interested"
"if i may ask what's this karate class like" mr tanaka's asked
"lets just say your the better karate teacher" said chris
just and then chuck came downstairs wearing fancy clothing
"i feel sorry for dogs how do they stand it this collar's killing me" said chuck
"how come you're wearing those clothes, grandpa" chris asked
"mr. tanaka said i couldn't wear my lab coat to the party! i don't see why not" said chuck
"grandpa listen mr stewart is coming over" said chris
"you mean that teacher you think is a spy" said chuck
" i don't think i know he is one anyway when you see sonic and the others, could you ask them to please stay out of sight until mr. stewart and my uncle go away" said chris
"i know that amy and tails are in my room, but i haven't see sonic or cream and cheese all day" said chuck
the 2 then heard humming, they turned around and to their surprise saw cream and cheese were in the other room decorating
"what the" said chris
lindsey then walked in" is something wrong you 2"
chris and chuk panicked and block the entrance of the other room"uh everything's okay here, mom! you better hurry up and get ready me and grandpa will take care with the rest of the decorating for tonight's party" said chris
"but there's plenty of time" said lindsey
"yeah, but you know how time flies when you're putting on your make-up right, grandpa" said chris
"uh yes, and don't forget, all of the food that has to be prepared, too" said chuck
"oh, well, i'll go see how ella's doing in the kitchen" lindsey said as she walked away
when she was gone chris and chuck sighed in relief, chris the walked into the room cream was in
"what are you 2 doing in here cream" chris asked, chris then saw ella walking into the room holding a laundry basket, he panicked and he grabbed cream and duck under the coach
ella walked in and saw the decorations
"hmm mrs thorndyke decorates like a little kid" said ella, she then walked away
"cream i asked you to stay upstairs so nobody would see you you almost got seen" chris said sternly
"that room was boring, and we only wanted to help you get ready for your party" cream said innocently
"well we can't always get what we want now can we" chris snapped
cream and cheese looked down in sadness "i'm sorry" said cream
chris sighed "look i'm sorry for getting mad i'm just a little stressed out tell you what if you promise me you won't let anyone see you, you can help out"
cream and cheese smiled and then hugged chris
"thank you and don't worry i won't let anyone see me" said cream
chris smiled" he he your welcome"
"that was nice thing to do for cream master chris"
chris flinched he look up and saw mr tanaka and even ella looking at him and cream
chris was surprised, he then sighed "how long"
"knew the whole time, nothing in this house gets past me" said mr tanaka
"yeah i knew too you think i didn't notice the dirt tracks your little friends left in the garage" said ella
"he he sorry about that" said cream
"rather foolish to try and keep them a secret from us we would find out eventually" said mr tanaka
"yeah i was told that anyway can you help me and grandpa keep them a secret for now" said chris
"of course" both ella and tanaka said together
"thanks a lot" said chris, he then noticed that cream and cheese was gone
"where did they go that quickly" said chris. however his thoughts were interrupted when his phone started ringing
"hold on i gotta take this" said chris, he walked into another room and answered the phone "hello"
"chris its me amy" she said in a worried tone
"what's wrong amy" chris asked
"do you know where sonic is" amy asked
"isn't he with you guys" said chris
"no he went out to silver valley to get some flowers for cream and is not back yet, he said he be back before you got home" said amy
"what part of "stay inside while i'm gone" do you guys not understand" said chris
"i'm really starting to get worried i'm gonna go out there and look for him" said amy
"no! if you leave my mom might see you i'll go look for him" said chris
amy sighed" fine just please hurry back" she then hanged up
chris then made his way to the front door he ran past chuck
"where are you going" chuck asked
"to find sonic apparently he has a hard time listening" said chris, he then ran out the front door
"...okay then well don't take too long your uncle will be here soon" said chuck
sonic was running through silver valley dodging metal sonic's attacks
"metal normally i would love to kick your butt but right now is not a good time i kinda in a hurry to get back home" said sonic
" not my problem" said metal sonic, he then activated his flamethrowers and burned the trees and grass creating a wall of fire that blocked sonic's path, this surprised the hedgehog and ran another way but metal create a wall of fire over there too
"it seems you have no where to run" said metal sonic
sonic looked around and saw an entrance to a mine shaft blocked by planks of wood
"or am i lets see you try flying in there" sonic said, he then ran to the entrance of the mine shaft and smash through the wood blocking it, metal sonic followed him, however the 2 didn't noticed that by the mine shaft there was a sign that said "do not enter"
back at the mansion cream and cheese were helping ella with dinner
"thanks for letting me help you cook ms ella" said cream
ella smiled "well its nice to have help your pretty good cooker yourself"
"well you can thank my mom for that" said cream
"ella you in here" said lindsey
cream and ela could hear lindsey walking in
"uh oh hide quick" said ella
cream nodded and she and cheese hid behind a corner
lindsey walked into the kitchen "i can't find my green versace you didn't send it to the cleaners, did you"
"uh no it shouldn't be there" said ella
"its not here" said lindsey
"i'll help you find it" said ella she walked out of the room with lindsey, cream and cheese peaked out of the corner and decided to follow them
chris was walking through silver valley trying to find sonic
"come on sonic where are you" said chris, he then suddenly heard blasting noises
"that sounds like its coming from the abandon mine shaft" said chris, he looked at the mine shaft entrance and saw bright lights coming out of it
at the mansion lindsey was in her room wearing a fancy red dress, she was getting ready for the party
"this should at least do for my entrance" said lindsey
suddenly lindsey phone started ringing, she picked it up and answered it
"hello...what's that...the staring role...really...yes of course thank you i'll leave admittedly and catch the first plane over there" lindsey then hanged up the phone, she then pumped her fist in air excitedly
"yes yes i knew i would get that role what can i say no film studio can resist the acting perfection of lindsey thorndyke well i better start packing and get ready to go if i wanna get there in time" lindsey said excitedly
cream and cheese were watching lindsey from the corner and gasped
"s-she leaving just like that, how could she do that, does she not care how that will make chris feel" cream whispered to cheese
chuck and ella walked outside of the front door and was surprised to see mr tanaka helping lindsey, who was holding her bags and was about to get into a limo
"lindsey what's going on" chuck asked
"oh chuck i have great news amagra studio called me and they asked me if i want to play the staring role of their new movie, we have to shoot on location first thing tomorrow morning so i must leave admittedly" said lindsey
"b-but what about chris you promise to spend time with him on saturday" said chuck
"i'm sorry grandpa but that's gonna have to wait another time this is more important" said lindsey
"what about the party we were all gonna have together, we worked hard to set it all up" said chuck
"well chuck you can't put a hundred million dollar production on hold for a party so sorry but i'm afraid i'm gonna have to miss it" said lindsey
"but if your gone don't you think chris will be upset by this" said chuck
"oh yeah hmm...oh i know how to make it up to him" said lindsey, she then pulled out a credit card and gave it to chuck
"what is this" chuck asked
"its a credit card with 1,000 dollars on it, he can use it to buy him self something nice, see all better now i gotta go good bye everyone" said lindsey
"miss, chris went out somewhere but he should be back soon don't you want to at least wait for chris to came back so you can say bye to him" said ella
"sorry ella but there not enough time now i really gotta go" said lindsey
ella sighed "i understand take care mrs thorndyke
"bye lindsey" chuck said sadly
lindsey got into the vehicle and limo then drove off
chuck sighed sadly while mr tanaka gave the old man a comforting pat on the shoulder
"chris oh that poor boy" said ella
cream and cheese saw what happen from inside the house
"chris is not gonna be happy about this" said cream
just then another car drove and stopped in front of the mansion,cream and cheese ran off so they wouldn't be seen
the car door open revealing mr stewart who was holding a bouquet of flowers
"hello i'm chris' homeroom teacher mr stewart"
"welcome sir we been expecting you" said mr tanaka
chuck shook mr stewart's hand "its good to me you i'm chris' grandfather he's told me...alot...about you"
"i see so how is chris" mr stewart asked
"oh i'm afraid he went out he should be back soon" said mr tanaka
"really ok well i'm looking forward to meeting his mother and give her my compliments" said mr stewart
"i'm very sorry, mr. stewart, but just before you arrived, she was off for an important movie part and she had to leave right away to start filming" said ella
"oh, well, that is too bad! i was really looking forward to meeting her in person. hm, i guess i'll offer these to you, then" said mr stewart
ella took the flowers"oh, why thank you, mr. stewart what beautiful roses i'll put them in a vase please come in"
mr stewart nodded and the 4 walked into the house however chuck, ella, and tanaka were unaware that mr stewart had a hidden microphone with him
back at silver valley metal sonic was chasing sonic down the mine tunnel although the cave was a little tight and didn't leave metal sonic a lot of room to fly around which cause him to keep bumping into the walls
sonic smirked "who's out of room now"
"shut up" metal sonic growled, he started firing missiles at sonic
sonic dodged the attacks and the 2 kept going deeper and deeper down the mine passing mine carts, pickaxes, and valuable looking diamonds
" how deep does this mine shaft go...and is it just me or is it getting a little hot" said sonic
sonic kept running deeper until he made it to the bottom and to his surprise the ground was kinda red looking and the area was much hotter now
"well whoever build this mine shaft was a bit ambitious" said sonic
the hedgehog heard metal sonic catching up to him, the robot fired a missile at him, sonic dodged it, the missile hit the ground and to sonic and metals's surprise lava spurt out of the ground
"whoa metal don't hit the ground again" said sonic
"oh what's the matter the great sonic the hedgehog is afraid of lava" said metal sonic, the robot then shot the ground with laser and more lava spurt out trapping sonic in a ring of lava
"hmm not exactly the way i hoping you go out, hoping you would go out by me beating you to death, but hey better than nothing" said metal sonic
sonic didn't know what to do the lava was staring to corner him but just then ice balls landed on the lava, cooling it, and turning it into rock
sonic and metal sonic were surprise and just then chris landed in the area holding some kind of freeze ray
sonic smiled "chris great timing"
"its that spikey haired boy again" metal sonic said angrily
chris looked at metal sonic " the names chris and you seriously just don't know when to quit do you"
"it something he inherit from his daddy" said sonic
"enough it time for both you too die" said metal sonic
sonic and chris looked at each other and nodded
sonic ran to metal sonic while dodging the robots lasers, sonic tried to do a spin dash attack but metal sonic block the attack with his arms, however chris did a front flip and attacked the robot by swinging his bo staff at him, sending metal a few feet away.
metal than activated lasers eyes and shot them at chris who blocked it with a shield generating from his special watch, sonic then did a homing attack onto metal and the robot crashed into the wall
metal got back up and flew up, he shot missiles at the ceiling and sharp and pointy pieces of diamonds started falling
sonic and chris gasped as they dodged the falling diamond's, the 2 then got an idea sonic and chris started jumping onto the falling pieces of diamonds getting higher and closer to metal who started firing lasers at them, but sonic and chris dodged it, chris did a front flip in the air, metal sonic tried using his flamethrower on chris, but chris blocked it with his freeze ray and then hit metal sonic's bionic eyes with his boe staff, causing it to crack a little, sonic tried to do another homing attack on metal, but the robot blocked it and punched sonic sending him into the air, but sonic then did a drop dash attack on metal, sending the robot crashing to the ground.
sonic and chris landed back on the ground and metal sonic then got back at and glared at the 2 he charged towards them and sonic and chris did the same, the robot fired missiles at the 2 but sonic and chris were able to dodge the attacks, then both sonic and chris delivered swift kicks onto metal sonic which sent the robot flying and crashing into the mine's support beam which damaged it,
suddenly the ground started shaking and pieces of rock started falling down
"oh no this mine is about to collapse" said chris
"well time for us to go hang on chris" said sonic
chris nodded and got onto sonic' back and sonic then started running to the exit
"where do you think your going" said metal sonic, he then followed the 2
sonic and chris were almost out however metal was catching up to them, the robot was about to shoot a missile at them but chris hit him with his bo staff, slowing him down
sonic and chris made it out just in time while metal sonic growled as the mine collapsed on him
sonic and chris were breathing heavily they turned around and saw the entrance to the mine was destroyed and blocked by a pile of rocks
"that was a close one" said sonic
"you can say that again...so what were you out here didn't i tell you to stay inside at home" said chris
"well i came here to get some flowers for cream in order to cheer her up...she really misses her mom" sonic said while showing chris the basket of flowers
"oh i see...hey sonic is it cool if i give some of those flowers to my mom" chris asked
sonic smiled "sure thing"
chris smiled back" thanks alright lets get back home your friends are worried about you"
sonic and chris started making there way back to the mansion ,out in the distance metal sonic's arm came out of the ground and flew away
back at the mansion the front door bell rang, chuck opened the door revealing sam
"hey hey ha ha hey where's the party" said sam
"i was wondering when you were gonna show up hey there sam" said chuck
"hello i'm chris' teacher mr stewart a pleasure to meet you, i understand you're involved in the highway patrol somehow" said mr stewart
well i don't like to brag, but i'm the leader of the s-team" said sam
"that statement is only half-correct." said chuck
"really?" said mr stewart
" i drive fast! no other driver's quick enough to catch me,that's why he's i'm called the "speed king"! i came up with the name myself, a little self-promotion never hurt anybody ha ha now let's cut the chit-chat here and get this party moving, it's too slow" said sam
"and your mouth is too fast" said ella
"heh, i can't help it that i like speed! i've always been fast! i even beat the doctor to the delivery room. i was the only kid in town who had a 5-speed transmission in my baby carriage" said sam
"didn't need to know that" mr stewart muttered
i'll admit it, i like living in the fast lane! even when i'm in the supermarket, no matter how many items i have, i'd use the express checkout! i can't even walk my dog i make him run! ha ha there's only one guy who's faster" said sam
sam then remembered when he and the s team was chasing sonic on the highway
"never saw anything move so fast but don't you worry, i'll catch up with him someday" said sam
"really what did he look like" mr stewart asked
sam thought about it "it's weird, but he looked like a blue hedgehog! he even had a spike-
sam stopped talking when he saw sonic out by the window, he gave sam a cocky hand wave
"hey there he is!" said sam, who was pointing at the window
the other tuned around but didn't see anything
"did you see it, it was the blue hedgehog i was talking about" said sam
mr stewart did actually see sonic but didn't want to blow his cover
"sorry i was just admiring this painting" said mr stewart, who was looking at the painting
" i didn't see anything, did you" said chuck
"perhaps your eyes were playing tricks on you, sir" said mr tanaka
"but i'm telling ya, i saw it my eyes don't lie that thing waved at me and ran off" said sam
outside sonic was talking to tails, cream, and amy
"thank you for the flowers mr sonic" cream said as she hugged him
"he your welcome cream" said sonic
"you'll be back before chris comes home huh" said amy
"he he sorry got a little sidetracked" said sonic
"so sonic that guy inside isn't that the same guy who chased you down a highway" tails asked
"i guess so funny chris didn't tell me mr bigshot was his uncle" said sonic
"say where is chris" amy asked
"he's heading into the mansion now i gave him some flowers so he can give it to his mom" said sonic
sonic then noticed that tails, amy, and cream had sad looks on their faces
"what's wrong" sonic asked
"um mr sonic we have good news and bad news the good news is ella and mr tanaka now know about us so we don't have to hide from them anymore" said cream
"well its about time...so what's the bad news" sonic asked
back in the mansion
"so where's my nephew" sam asked
"he went out he should be back soon" said chuck
chris opened the front door of the mansion, while holding a bouquet of flowers
"i'm home" said chris
"speak of the devil" said chuck
"hey there champ" said sam
"sup uncle sam how you been" chris
"oh you know the usual catching criminals, winning races, and impressing the ladies" said sam
"hello chris" said mr stewart
"oh...hello...mr stewart...how much of the house did you see" chris asked
"not much just admiring that nice painting in the living room" said mr stewart
"good to hear" said chris
"so um chris what are those flowers for" chuck asked
"oh there mom's i want to give it to her" said chris
chris then notice everyone had either sad or worried looks on their faces
"...don't tell me...she's gone isn't she" said chris
"um chris she got an important call from work so she had to leave early" said ella
"yeah that sounds like my sis even as a kid she was a busy bee" said sam
"...she promised to hang out with me this saturday...and she left without even saying bye...why am i not even surprised" chris said with an un amused look on his face
"but to make it up to you she did leave you a 1000 dollar gift card" mr tanaka said as he handed the card to chris who took it
chris sighed heavily " yeah thanks" he said sarcastically
chuck walked up to chris" look chris i understand your mad-
"i'm not mad, why should i be mad at something that i 100% saw coming!" said chris
"b-but hey we still have a fun party together" said ella
"...you know what you guys have fun i'm not really in a party mood i think i'm just gonna go to bed" said chris
"what but i made us a huge feast" said ella
"i'm not really hungry" said chris, he walk past them and he then threw the flowers he was gonna give his mom into the fireplace, he then walked upstairs room and slammed his door shut
chuck, tanaka, ella, and sam had worried looks on their faces, mr stewart meanwhile felt uncomfortable and decided maybe it was best he left
"well um it seems you have personal stuff going on so maybe its best i get out of your way" said mr stewart
"oh ok take care again thank you for the flowers" said ella
mr stewart walked and opened the front and it revealed danny, who was wearing a black tuxedo and black top hat, and was holding flowers and a box of chocolate
"hello mrs thorndyke your looking lovely today" danny said, he opened his eyes and saw everyone giving him strange looks
"um...where's mrs thorndyke" danny asked
"she left earlier" said chuck
"oh...well um...this is a bit embarrassing" said danny
just then frances dashed inside mansion and gave sam a bone crushing hug
"omg your sam speed, i'm your biggest fan, can i have your autograph" frances said excitedly
sam laughed nervously" i don't see why not" he said, he looked at chuck, ella, and tanaka who had awkward looks on their faces
sonic, tails, amy, cream and cheese were looking out the window and saw the whole thing
"we should probably go see if chris is okay" said sonic
they all nodded and went to the back of mansion, there they saw chris sitting on his balcony,
we cut to a flashback where chris was a toddler and was saying bye to his parents
"were leaving now listen to ella and tanaka while were gone" said nelson
"make sure you behave until we return" said lindsey
"if i behave will you come home right away" younger chris asked
the 2 parents looked at each other in silence for a few seconds and they said "of course"
younger chris believed them and smiled
"bye chris we love you" his parents said as they left, the front doors closed
"if i behave mom and dad will come home quickly" younger chris believed
couple months later christmas arrive, chris was reading a book when suddenly the front door opened, younger chris was hoping it was his parents but it was just ella who was holding gift his parents sent
"master chris i got some gifts your parents sent" ella said happily
younger chris face went from excited to disappointed
chris and ella opened the gifts one of them was toy soldiers walking around in a circle
"its spinning hooray" ella said excitedly
younger chris look at the toy in sadness
"but they promise" younger chris thought
"chris"
chris stopped day dreaming and saw sonic, tails, amy, and cream and cheese on the balcony with him
"oh...hey guys how you doing" chris said quietly
"we came to see how your doing...we saw what happen downstairs" said tails
"look guys you don't need to worry i'm fine" said chris
"no your not chris clearly your upset so can you at least try talking to us" said amy
chris sighed"...i get my parents jobs are important i really do and i'm not asking for them to be here 24/7 to coddle me...but geez would it really cause so much damage to their career's if they took a break from it to come see me on my birthday, or thanksgiving or christmas, or for goodness sake have simple conversation with me, to be honest i didn't even really care that much about the science convention i brought up earlier i just wanted to spend a little quality time with my mom"
he then glared at the 1000 dollar gift card
"they keep giving me these stupid gifts to make up for there absents but i don't want there money i want to see them" said chris, he then snapped the credit card into 2 pieces and threw it off the balcony
"every time they made a promise to spend time with me i trusted them, and everytime they broke their promises and they never kept their promises...not once...well you know what i'm done giving them chances they don't care about me fine i don't care about them either" said chris
sonic, tails, and amy gave each other worried looks while cream took something out
"if it makes you feel better i made you a flower crown" cream said as she showed chris the flower crown
chris smiled and took the crown and put it on his head " thanks cream it does make me feel better"
cream smiled
"you know your parents don't know what there missing out on" said tails
"yeah they should be grateful they have an amazing son that can make cool gadgets and kick butt" said amy
"thanks guys" said chris
"regardless they should be grateful that they can see their son...some aren't so lucky" said sonic
chris then notice the others had sad looks on their faces
"um hey guys i know its not really any of my business...but where are your parents i never heard you guys bring them up...that is if your okay with telling me" said chris
"my parents died of a car accident when i was really young after that i lived with my aunt, she was a nice women, once i was old enough i moved into my own apartment" said amy
" i don't have any memory of my parents, never knew what happen to them i tried to find them but i couldn't find any trace of them anywhere, there was one time where i thought me and sonic found them but it turns out they were just robots robotnik made to capture me" said tails
"i have a mom but she probably still back at mobius...i really miss her" cream said sadly
"oh...sorry guys...what about you sonic" chris asked
"oh uh i rather not talk about it " said sonic
"come on sonic we all brought up are parents it will only be fair if you did the same" said amy
sonic sighed "well i was born and spent the first couple of years of my life at a place called christmas island, there i was raised by my mom aleena"
"what was she like" chris asked
sonic smiled" oh where do i begin she was kind, brave, great cooker, and very wise, back then i didn't have good control of my speed powers as i do now, ended up accidentally causing a lot of property damage, because of that a lot of citizens on the island thought i was freak but my mom assured me that my super speed was a gift and she did everything she could to help me control it...she was everything you would want from a parent"
"how come you never told me about her sonic" tails asked
sonic then had a sad look on his face "cause bringing her up kinda brings up painful memories"
the gang were confused
"sonic...what exactly happen to your mom" chris asked
"well...tails, amy, cream do you guys know how i met robotnik" said sonic
tails, amy, and cream were confused
"of course it was all over the news robotnik's plans to rule the world started with him kidnapping citizens and using them to power his badniks but you showed up like a superhero and foiled his plans and rescued the captured citizens" said tails
sonic laughed a little" yeah that's what happen...but there another part of the story many don't know about"
the gang had worried looks on their face they had a feeling where this story was going
"it all started on my 6th birthday, my mom decided as a way to celebrate it we would take a vacation, we traveled to a place called green hill and i was having a good time there...that was until out of nowhere an evil scientist name dr robotnik arrived on the island, his robots invaded it and started capturing the citizens there, his robots started going after me and my mom, my mom stay behind and slowed the robots down so i could escape...and then...robotnik's robots...k-k-illed my mom...after that i realize that some of the citizens the doctor captured were parents too and i didn't want what happen to my parent happen to other children's parents too so i chased after robotnik and cornered him at his lair called scrap brain zone, i defeated him and rescued the citizens he captured, after that i returned to green hill and the citizens praised and cheered for me, many of them calling me a hero and it did feel good but i still was upset cause my mom was still dead and for a good amount of time i was all alone...well that was until i met my pal tails, my first friend and ever since then things started looking up for me" said sonic
after sonic finished his explanation, he looked at his friends, he saw chris and tails had sad looks on their faces and amy, cream and cheese had tears in their eyes
"yeesh talk about mood killer he he sorry for getting all sappy guys" said sonic
to sonic surprised chris hugged him and then tails, amy, cream and cheese hugged him too
sonic smiled hugged them all back
sonic and the gang watched as the sun set, they were happy knowing while all of them except for cream didn't have parents in their lives, they did have each other and others who cared about them
"hey wait a minute sonic didn't you meet me before you met tails!" amy said angrily
