Nothing came back from the hospital for a few days. Sonic very quickly made his way there upon finding Amy on call to a doctor about the issue.
The blue blur walked into the office after the pink wolf. She seemed to be in her late fifties - gray hairs lacing her otherwise mauve fur, which complimented her cyan blue scrubs. She had poising yellow eyes and wore silver, rounded glasses that balanced on the edge of her muzzle - it looked as though one swift movement would send the seemingly fragile accessory crashing to the floor.
The doctor picked up a yellow folder, opening it and flicking through its contense. The room fell silent for awhile, the sound of turning pages and hums sometimes filling the air for a swift moment.
"I understand that based on police reports this was a sudden outburst?" She asked. "Yup." Sonic swiftly replied as he swayed back and forth to try keep himself occupied. "Well." The doctor sighed as she placed the folder down on her desk and faced Sonic. "There seems to be something infecting the hormonal system of this möbian that is stemming from the pituitary gland within the brain. We also found a peculiar tumor-like growth there and in the back of the sclera in the eye. We have found that the regeneration of bloodcells and specifically paletes within the plasma is concerningly fast." She explained, indicating to a few x-rays behind her.
Sonic gave the images a look over, the grayscale images appearing mostly normal aside from the very clear gunshot in the skull. It was a miracle that hadn't killed the möbian; the bullet had practically sliced the poor creatures skull in half with thousands of cracks snaking around it, looking as though the skull could shatter with the slightest ounce of pressure.
"We suspect that whatever is within their system isn't a natural disease. It's nothing I've ever seen." The doctor mumbled, wandering about her office and returning to the lapiz hedgehog with a book. Sonic looked at the book in confusion, it was a marroon colour with simple silver letters and a silver border to match. The title read 'Parasites: a fear of the world'. The wolf opened the book and flicked through a few pages, stopping suddenly and turning the book towards the male. "It reflects this parasite specifically." She told him. Sonic nodded along.
"I thought parasites couldn't take over us?" Sonic pointed out. He wasn't the smartest of people in the world, however he had picked up a few random facts along the way, like the importance of bread in the world and illnesses Tails had feared - especially spontaneous combustion - and parasites. One thing he certainly knew about parasites was their inability to infect Möbians. "Precisely." The doctor smiled, shutting the book with force. "I personally believe that someone forced the parasite to evolve rapidly until it could infect Möbians."
Sonic tapped his foot in thought. It would have to be someone experienced in bioengineering, perhaps science. Most likely an evil, vindictive character who wanted nothing more than to rid of Möbians. Sonic could think of only one person who fit that description - although fit was probably a terrible analogy given the rotunned figure of the man. It must have been Eggman.
"I think I know who it is." Sonic told the wolf. The older wolf nodded to him. "Please, stop this as quickly as you can. I'm quite fearful of what will happen if this isn't dealt with immediatley." Sonic nodded back in determination. "I will do!" He grinned.
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"What?" Amy exclaimed. Sonic had gathered the group at his shared home with Tails that evening to share the doctor's findings. "I knew Eggman had some sort of intelligence..." Tails trailed off, his blue eyes looking at the rest of the group. "But I never thought he'd be capable of this."
Sonic nodded. Eggman wasn't quite as smart as anyone the blue blur knew, yet he also wasn't the dumbest - Knuckles was around to ensure that. It was true that he had come from an infamous family of world-changing inventors such as his grandfather, creator of the ARK and Shadow.
The blue blur gasped, startling the group. "Shadow!" He exclaimed. Knuckles gave Sonic a confused look. "Eggy's grandpa- he created Shadow!" Tails then gasped too. "Meaning Eggman may have some of his bioengineering logs!" The twin-tailed fox exclaimed. "Or- he was experimenting himself." Amy spoke up, standing up and walking towards the front door. "But either way, we better break into his lab and ruin whatever he's using." She reasoned.
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