-next morning-

Mephiles awoke the next morning to find the hoglet sleeping in the crease of his neck, its body as limp as a ragdoll as it slept peacefully there on his neck.

Careful not to disturb its slumber he put his fingers gently around the small form and picked it up, he then got up and set the hoglet on the spot he once lay in so it would take longer for it to notice he was gone.

Mephiles then went into the other room where he took a quick shower, but as he was drying off he heard the hoglet start to cry again, getting a bit frustrated he blocked out the noise so he could finish but he was beginning to regret that decision for Sonic only cried harder and so much louder.

"Can't I have just a few minutes without having to worry about you screaming all the time?" He snarled, stalking towards the hoglet. "Why can't you just stay silent when I'm gone?"

Sonic's ears perked up a bit at the sound of his voice and he tried desperately to get to Mephiles who just stared at him, not really in the mood to deal with the fit Sonic was having.

"Just be quiet." Mephiles snapped, grabbing the hoglet by the scruff causing it to squeak. "You will end up getting us kicked out, job or no job."

Sonic shuddered from the tone the adult was using but he understood, and feeling the security of the one he grew attached to he slowly calmed down and soon fell silent.

Ears flicking back a bit he pulled the hoglet close to his chest and knowing it needed to eat he got some milk and tried again to use the bottle but much to his surprise the hoglet smacked it away and out of his hand.

"And that is something you don't see everyday." He smirked, looking to see the bottle now on the floor on the other side of the room. "Fascinating you are much stronger than what you let on."

Sonic squirmed a bit in his hand making the same giggling noise as before.

"But either way you need to eat or you will have to wait till tonight." Mephiles said, walking over and picking the bottle up off the floor before returning back to his seat on the bed where he tried the only way the hoglet actually accepted. "Just hopefully you change to a bottle when you start growing teeth."

Once the hoglet finished eating he waited for a few minutes and sure enough Sonic did his business, Mephiles then picked Sonic up and set him on the floor where he changed the hoglet's diaper as quick as he could so he wouldn't be late for work.

Not wanting the hoglet to get into any trouble if that was even possible he made a bit of a nest with the blanket and set Sonic inside as soon as he fell back to sleep, and as an extra measure he used his power to keep the hoglet asleep.

Now all set he left the room and went down to the front desk to see Amy who was working on some papers.

"Oh hello." Amy greeted, looking up at Mephiles who just stood there staring at her. "Um.. you can start with the lobby." She told him, getting a bit creeped out by his unnerving stance and glare. "Lunch break is at twelve."

"Alright." Mephiles nodded curtly before turning away and getting to work.

After a while he finally finished just a few minutes before lunch, he then went back and stood there staring at Amy again waiting for her to take notice but when she did she nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Oh yikes, I'm sorry you just um.. caught me off guard." Amy stammered, trying to catch her breath.

"You were off guard?" Mephiles queried.

Amy clawed the desk a bit but taking a breath she smiled as she looked back at Mephiles who was still just staring at her unblinkingly.

"Oh yes it's lunch time isn't it?" Amy pointed out, looking at the clock.

"Yes and if you don't mind I would like to check on my child." Mephiles agreed, his ears twitching a bit.

"Alright, I guess I will see you in half an hour." Amy nodded slightly.

Back upstairs Sonic awoke with a start and felt for Mephiles but all he felt was a wall of blanket that kept him from escaping, fearing the worst he dug his claws into the sheets as tears flowed down his cheeks, and trembling hard he started to sob as he tried to get past the impenetrable blanket wall.

But what the hoglet wasn't expecting was he actually pushed the blanket off the side of the bed only to have himself dragged along with it.

When Mephiles entered the room he found the blanket on the floor but Sonic was nowhere in sight, quickly he searched about the room but after looking everywhere for ten minutes straight he finally heard a faint whimper, following the noise to the source he carefully uncrumpled the blanket to find the hoglet curled up and crying hard.

"I can see why infants usually don't have this much strength." Mephiles muttered, picking the hoglet up and sitting down on the bed to calm Sonic down.

Sonic curled up against Mephiles' chest as tears continued to flow.

Mephiles gently stroked the hoglets quills trying to calm it down but Sonic only cried more making Mephiles quite annoyed.

After a bit it was time to go back to work but Sonic was still crying in his arms refusing to calm down.

"Alright Sonic I have to get back to work so we will have to continue this later." Mephiles told the hoglet who gripped his fur in an attempt to stay near.

Mephiles shook his head and using his power he pushed the hoglet into slumber, he then put it back in the nest he remade and after making sure he was alright he turned and left again to finish his job.

hours later Mephiles returned when the sun was setting but this time he found the hoglet asleep on the pillows instead of the place he set him.

"Now how did you get there?" Mephiles wondered, walking over to the sleeping hoglet.

Gently he put a hand over the small shivering form causing it to stir and awake, knowing it was Mephiles the hoglet rolled over and took hold of the gray hand.

Mephiles stared at the hoglet for a minute before moving his finger to Sonic's belly where he gently started to tickle the hoglet that squirmed and let out a babyish giggle.

After a minute he stopped and wrapped his fingers around the tiny thing and gently picked it up before laying it in his hand where Sonic curled up and fell back to sleep almost immediately.

"Why is it that I'm not disgusted by your cuteness but others I feel like vomiting?" Mephiles pondered, gently stroking the tender quills.

Sonic pushed into the hand very slightly as he slept, his body relaxing in relief.

Mephiles smiled slightly and careful not to disrupt the hoglet's sleep he laid down on the bed where he carefully placed the tiny hoglet on his chest so it could curl up in his fluffy chest fur that Sonic seemed more comfortable in along with a hand on top him for extra warmth and comfort that the hoglet needed.

-next day-

The next morning Mephiles forced the hoglet into slumber and made sure he couldn't get out of the blanket before he turned and left for work.

"Just hopefully he doesn't wake up." Mephiles muttered, closing the door behind him.

With that he went downstairs to get started on his job, he worked for hours on end all the while thinking about Sonic who was most likely trying to escape or having a nightmare but he was busy right now.

Meanwhile back in the hotel room Sonic awoke to find he was alone again, panicked the hoglet struggled to the side where he pushed the blanket as hard as he could causing him to fall forward where he fell down to the floor below, he hit the hard floor with a thud making him squeak in pain.

Sonic sniffed the air as he struggled to move trying to find Mephiles who was nowhere to be found, terrified he squeaked in distress pain escalating through his arm, tears now flowing down his cheeks he felt around, using his legs he pushed himself forward on his belly as he used his hand to claw at the ground helping himself in the struggle forward in which he had no idea where he was going.

Finding a familiar scent he slowly followed it using the typical baby movement on his belly to go forward which was working till he bumped into something hard, letting out a slight yelp he laid his head down for a quick rest and tears pooling onto the floor he put a paw on whatever was in front of him as he let out a whimper.

A few hours later Mephiles made it to the room and noticing Sonic wasn't crying or anything he quickly opened the door knowing something must be wrong if he was gone a lot longer than yesterday and Sonic was not making a sound.

Going further into the room he looked around and noticed the blanket was disrupted, ears flattening he went over and checked but found the hoglet was nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly he heard a whimpering from behind making his ears prick, quickly he whirled around and there laying on the floor near the wall on the other side of the room, unsure how the infant got way over there he went over and picked the tiny hoglet up into his arms where it cried into his chest fur.

"I'm right here Sonic." Mephiles told him, gently putting a finger on the hoglet's chest before stroking its belly. "Just calm down."

Sonic quivered and his right paw took hold of the gray fur while his left just hung limp over his trembling form.

Mephiles noticed this and he repositioned the hoglet a little before carefully moving his claw under the hoglets left arm and lifting it a bit but found it was not responding, ears flicking back a bit he gently felt around the arm and it was just as he suspected the hoglet had broken his arm.

"What did you do?" Mephiles wondered, looking at the hoglet's tear stained face. "Alright settle down, it is only a minor crack."

Sonic cried a bit harder and curled up against him, his tiny claws digging into Mephiles' fur.

"You are such a big baby." Mephiles muttered under his breath as he brought the hoglet back to the bed where he put it back in the blanket. "Now stay here."

Mephiles then went to the bathroom and found a few bandages that he took and went back to Sonic who was crying harder then ever, ignoring the hoglets cries for a minute he got something hard and straight before going back to the tiny hoglet and carefully he held the arm straight before putting it in a splint.

Though that didn't stop the hoglet from crying, he just continued to sob his breathing coming out short and uneven as he cried.

Mephiles watched the hoglet squirm and sob it was getting on his nerves a bit but keeping as calm as he could he picked Sonic up and held him close to his chest and gently rubbed its back trying to calm the small thing down though it wasn't working.

"Shh, be quiet." Mephiles hushed, sitting down to try to get the hoglet to stop crying though it wasn't working.

Sonic cried hard for hours till a knock sounded at the door putting Mephiles on alert.

"Hush." Mephiles snarled slightly, glaring at Sonic. "Either you stop crying or I will have to knock you out."

Sonic quivered and gripped Mephiles' fur tighter as he whimpered.

Mephiles growled slightly as someone continued to knock on the door, irritated he got up and stalked to the door where he opened it to see Knuckles who didn't seem very impressed.

"What do you want?" Mephiles snarled slightly, holding the hoglet close as it sobbed into his fur.

"Your son is disrupting the peace." Knuckles informed him. "There are people sleeping around here and that baby is not helping anything."

"Are you volunteering to take care of him?" Mephiles questioned, ears pinning flat against his head.

"I know you need this job and a place to stay so I will allow you to stay if you get him to stop crying." Knuckles said, doing his best to keep his cool.

Mephiles inwardly hissed but holding back his anger he put a hand on the hoglets head before using his power to push it into unconsciousness, he then looked back at Knuckles who didn't even take notice to the mist around the hand that was on Sonic's blue head.

"Happy now?" Mephiles asked, trying to hide the snarl from his voice.

"Yes," Knuckles nodded slightly before turning and heading down the hall.

Mephiles then closed the door and went back to the bed where he set the hoglet down on the bed before laying down himself.

"You are the most whiny baby I have ever seen." Mephiles growled slightly, staring at the hoglet next to him.

Letting out a small sigh he picked the hoglet up and pulled it close to his chest.

"But it is understandable." Mephiles decided, gently stroking the hoglets quills. "Though I need to figure some other way to deal with this little problem, if it were up to me I would scare the living daylights out of you but you are only a hoglet and a very desperate one at that, and I do not harm innocent hoglets especially a tortured orphan such as yourself."

Sonic's ears twitched a bit as he curled up in Mephiles' arms completely relaxed and content where he slept.