A/N: Although none of the other prompts have been connected to each other so far, this is a follow-up to Day 7! It's also pretty experimental, so let me know what you think.

Without further ado, let's move on to the reviews and what matters most: the prompt!

7 reviews

Guest

Chris x Hospital Bed = OTP! :D

MrGoodWriter96

It's all good, and good luck at the convention!

Jenaku

I like to explore different scenarios with Chris outside of Sonic X :D

Super duper waffles

1. Before he became President, Remerson was originally the governor of Kentucky.

2. The previous Presidents respect Sonic and his friends greatly, even if they're not used to aliens on Earth, and Sonic and his friends have met the President immediately before Remerson once.

3. Interestingly enough, Mobian societies don't have zoos! They aren't too keen on the concept of keeping Mobinis or other animals in captivity, and prefer to let them be free to the best of their ability. However, refuge centers exist to care for animals who can't take care of themselves. The human societies still have zoos.

CreativeKitty975

Have no fear, Chris won't be passing out anymore in the remaining prompts!

...Although, I do want to admit, I was nervous going into Whumptober because some of the prompts were probably a bit too much on Chris, but I do know my limits.

thor94

Gotta catch 'em all!

Super duper waffles

You're very welcome!

Day Twenty-Five: Surgery
Prompt: Being Monitored

"What's wrong with Chris…?" Amy asked, in worry and fear as Chris continued screaming and clawing at the ground in the camp's clearing. Her eyes were wide, and she was covering her mouth in shock.

"I don't know…" Tails said, looking at his data on the Miles Electric. "His pulse is off the charts! Ever since he got his feeling back in his arms, he started screaming…" He looked up at his friends. "It's been ten minutes now… We tried to help him but nothing's working…" His eyes started to shimmer. "I'm really worried…"

"Did the Chaos Emerald do something to him?" Amy asked. "It's… Oh gosh, it's eating him from the inside, isn't it?!"

"Is it?!" Tails yelped in shock. "I didn't even think of that!"

"H… Help…" Chris groaned in agony. "I… I need… the Emerald…"

"But Chris," Sonic said, approaching him once more, "the Emerald made you like this, and besides, like we said, humans shouldn't really be using the–"

"I NEED IT!" Chris shouted, more so in pain than desperation. "I NEED THE EMERALD!"

The three Mobians stood there in shock. They had never seen Chris act like this before. He was always well-behaved, and they had never seen him throw a temper tantrum, despite coming from a rich family.

But this was not a temper tantrum. It looked like it was something else entirely.

"I don't know what's going on…" Tails said, fear in his voice, and his ears were drooping. He was not a medical expert, so he couldn't possibly know what was going on other than the data he was receiving through a watch that Chris was wearing, which recorded information such as his body temperature and pulse.

"It… it looks like…"

"Withdrawal symptoms…" Sonic said as he walked toward the Chaos Emerald on the other side of the camp. "It's almost like he's addicted. He doesn't just want the Emerald, he's craving it. And I don't wanna know what's gonna happen if he doesn't have it."

"But Sonic…" Amy pleaded, running after him. "You said that if humans used the Emerald, they'll die!"

"Yes, but…" Sonic emphasized as he picked up the Emerald. "I got a plan. Just sit tight, Chris. I don't know if it's gonna work, but it's the best best I got."

Holding the Emerald, he bent down to Chris and closed his eyes, concentrating deeply. Chris was still screaming in agony, but gradually his screams diminished to whimpers of discomfort. Tails and Amy were watching in surprise and awe as the Emerald glowed.

No one spoke until the glow died down about forty seconds later. Chris was shaking but he visibly looked calmer now. He looked up at Sonic.

"You good now?" Sonic asked.

"Y-Yeah, I think so," Chris said. "I… feel like I want more though…"

"Well, we'll see how you handle this for now," Sonic said as he stood up.

"What'd you do, Sonic?" Amy asked as she and Tails approached them.

"You know how Emeralds eat away at humans' life forces of they use them?" Sonic said. "I figured I could use the Emerald to take back the Chaos energy that's inside Chris right now. That way it won't hurt him anymore."

"But that's gonna kill him even faster!" Amy exclaimed, only half-hearing what Sonic said.

"Actually, it's working in reverse!" Tails realized. "Using the Emerald like that isn't giving Chris Chaos energy, it's taking it away. And I hope it worked to take the cravings away too." He looked thoughtful for a moment, glancing down at the ground. "Is that what drugs are like, Sonic…?"

"Yeah, they get you super hooked," Sonic nodded. "Even when you wanna go back, you just have to have more, and then you get stuck even deeper. So if I let Chris have the Emerald the way he wanted, it would have made it worse, and then he would have been killed even faster."

Tails was silent as he digested this information. Sonic turned to Chris.

"You feeling okay now, Chris?" Sonic asked.

"I… think so," Chris said as he stood up. "I didn't think the Chaos Emerald would do that…"

"Yeah, me neither," Sonic replied. "Tails, can you check his vitals?"

"I got it," Chris said as he looked at his watch. "Temperature's back down to 99… it used to be 101 before. And my heart rate is down to 90."

"That's progress," Tails said with a smile. "Just a little more to go and you should be back to normal in no time!"

Chris felt tingly again, a sign that the craving was returning. He felt restless inside. He knew that before long, the burning sensation would get to his heart like it did before.

"I need the Emerald again…" he said, trying to look as subtle as he could.

"Sure, just give me a sec," Sonic said as he reached for the Emerald once more. Closing his eyes, he focused on absorbing the Chaos energy out of Chris and back into the Chaos Emerald. Chris was visibly relaxing.

Chris felt another hand on his back. Amy was there to help him make sure he wasn't alone. Tails joined her, and Chris was surrounded by the three of them as Sonic absorbed the last of the Chaos energy into the Emerald.

Chris was breathing heavily as he looked up.

"Feeling better?" Sonic asked, and Chris nodded.

"Yeah… I don't feel like I need the Emerald anymore. It's not in my head either."

"Good to hear, Chris!" Sonic said, giving him a thumbs-up.

"So that means you're not craving the Emerald anymore?" Amy asked, sounding hopeful.

"Yup," Chris said, his usual pep back in his voice. "I'm feeling a lot better now." He looked around at his friends. "So now that we have both Chaos Emeralds, does that mean it's time to go back home?"

Tails nodded. "Just gonna check your vitals one last time before we go…" He glanced down at the Miles Electric in his hands. "Temperature is 98… Heart rate is 65…" He looked back up at Chris, hope and positivity in his eyes. "Looking good!"

Chris smiled, glad that the nightmare was finally over and his body was back to normal.

"All right, let's get going!" Sonic said, hands behind his head as he led the way back to the X-Tornado. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm down for a couple chili dogs."

Even though Chris had been having chili dogs more often lately since Sonic entered his life, he figured he could make room for a few more, especially after everything he had endured today.

A/N: That concludes day 25! I can't really write surgery since I don't have experience with it firsthand, so I went with a prompt I knew I could work with. I'm not sure if it completely fits, but here Sonic, Tails, and Amy are monitoring Chris for any remaining symptoms of the Emerald's influence in him.

Tomorrow's theme is "Nightmares!"