This is all my fault. I was supposed to be there for him, but I let him down again.
Sonic slowly placed a hand into another one and squeezed it tight. Then he stared at the face of the person whose hand he had just grabbed. The person's eyes were closed; mouth slightly ajar, his chest rose and fell with each breath underneath the covers. Beads of sweat popped up on the person's forehead. Sonic slowly started caressing the hand of the person who was laying on his sickbed; or more like, deathbed. At least, it felt that way to the blue hedgehog. Sonic immediately thought of how he could have prevented the person on the bed from even being confined there in the first place. The hedgehog hadn't even seen it coming. He couldn't have known that the person was even going to get hurt. And now, Sonic regretted not being able to save that person from being bit by a rattlesnake. A freaking rattlesnake. And now, there was a very real possibility that Sonic could lose the one thing he absolutely loved; or more like, the one person he absolutely loved.
Why didn't I see it sooner? I could've stopped it from biting him. Maybe if Knuckles and I hadn't argued with each other, this could have been prevented. I'll admit… I love Ozzie, but sometimes that mutt can be a numbskull. I'm so sorry... I let you down again. And it's all my fault. Not yours. Only if Knuckles and I stopped bickering. Maybe all three of us could have stopped Ozzie from going after the snake. Again, I'm so sorry for not being able to stop this. I'm so sorry... buddy. I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry...
A/N: Disclaimer; I don't own any and all characters within this story. All such characters belong to SEGA and Paramount Pictures.