A Killer's Pet

Chapter 34

PoV: Sonic

  I don't remember anything...

"Oh chaos... Sonic!" I was suddenly hugged as I sat up. My heart racing. All the machines and noise from people asking me things. I couldn't take it.

"Hey, back off. You're all freaking him out. I don't care what news company you're from, have some fucking respect," Scourge shut the curtain and looked down at the kid hugging me, "Do you recognize anyone?"

"..." I looked down as the boy cried, holding my hand. Two tails and yellow fur, "... Tails?"

"You remember me," he hugged my waist, "They said you had died in the fire. I'm so happy you're okay."

"At least you recognize someone," Scourge sat down besides me, "Geez, you come back from the dead and suddenly the whole world cares you exist. Sonic, you haven't eaten much, are you hungry?"

"...no..." I hugged Tails back, I didn't want to let him go.

"They said you had an implant in your spine... are you okay?" Tails asked.

"... implant?" I touched my shoulder where Infinite had bitten me.

"They're going to take it out remember?" Scourge took my hand, "They're going to take it out, and nothing will be in your body anymore. We talked about this with the doctor."

"Right... I remember," It was so fast, the way everything was happening now.

"Tails, you in here?" I heard another voice, "You can't run off-"

"Knuckles, he's okay," Tails waved, "Sonic, you remember Knuckles, right?"

"... no..." I couldn't recognize him.

"Tails... don't rush him," the red guy came and sat down.

"Scourge..." I held his hand as the curtain was pulled and a doctor came in.

"I need to speak with my patient. Could all of you reporters leave? Now," the doctor forced them all to finally leave, "Okay, Sonic, we're going give you one last talk about your surgery today. Is it alright that these people are here?"

"They're your friends, you can tell them if they can stay," Scourge said.

"... They can stay," I didn't want to be alone.

"Alright. We'll be removing the item in your spine today. We will begin with a small incision along your back and gently removing the item. Now, because of its placement and our unfamiliarity with the item, there are risks. There is a chance we could paralyze you further, from the chest down. Knowing these risks, do you still want to go through with the surgery?" The doctor held out a form and pen.

"Wait, further? You're paralyzed?" Tails looked at me.

"... I can't walk anymore..." I didn't want to remember the house.

"Your friend is paralyzed from his mid thigh down. He no longer has motor function or sensation in his legs. You'll have to help him sometimes from now on," the nurse took Tails from me.

"We'll take you into surgery now," I felt the bed unlocked and I was taken away.

  They'll take it out... of they don't I think he'll follow me.

"You'll take it out so he can't follow me, right? He won't find me when you take it out..."

"We're going to take it out," the doctor held my hand, "What makes you think he'll find you?"

"... He will... if you don't take it out, I know he will... those people taking my picture are going to tell him... make them gone..." my hands wouldn't stop shaking, the idea of going to sleep again scared me, I didn't want to wake up in the house again.

"We'll get rid of the reporters. Promise."

  Please... Don't let Infinite find me.

PoV: Scourge

  I saved the kid, his friends are here. Where the hell is his family?

"Hey, why hasn't his guardian shown up?" I asked as we sat together in the waiting area during the surgery.

"Sonic never spoke much about his family, we have no way to contact them. Knuckles is his emergency contact," the kid was holding onto a jacket with a patch on the arm.

"I'm glad you're here..." Sonic didn't trust Knuckles yet, I could just leave him behind, "You mind if I stick around, just uh... you know, until he's settled?"

"How did you find him?" Knuckles asked, a serious tone in his voice. His eyes staring me down.

  The reporters who were stubborn and waiting here, hand leaned in, some even recording. I already told the cops everything and have to talk to a judge anyway.

"... I wasn't trying to find him. I was with a friend of mine, we needed some cash and it was my brilliant idea to break into a house and get stuff to sell. We were wondering around, and there was a this house with steal netting around the windows. We had to figure out what was in there. So we got a few tools and opened up the window. It was by chance where he found him. Who ever had him wore a mask, I couldn't see his body because of his clothing. The guy took us both hostage. Sonic actually helped us escape. I lost a friend to save him. If we didn't need cash, Sonic might still be there."

  I wound up answering questions from more reporters and Knuckles. I wouldn't blame him if he didn't trust me. Sonic was pronounced dead for months before we found him.

"He's out of surgery," the doctor came by, "Let's go somewhere where we can talk about his condition in privet."

  I can't leave him until he's okay.

"Hey," Knuckles spoke as we walked to the icu, "You can hang around. Sonic trusts you more than me right now, he needs to feel as safe as possible."

"I won't hurt him, I just want to make sure he's okay," I felt relief knowing I could still hang around for a while.

"The surgery was successful, we found out it was a divice of some kind. It's been handed to the police for inspection. He'll wake up soon, we won't know how he's doing until he wakes," the doctor left us there to watch Sonic.

  That masked asshole. I'll beat him myself if he comes after this kid again.

PoV: Infinite

  They removed the tracker. Those idiots better not have paralyzed him. I watched over the hospital from a distance.

"I'll have to track him the old fashioned way. They won't get away with taking him from me."

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04/16/2022