To poison a dark

Twelve

-after a day or two-

Sonic slowly sat up and pulled off the covers before swinging his legs over the side of the bed, carefully he stood up and on wobbly legs he took a step forward but almost fell down, quickly he put a hand on the nightstand and pushed himself back up straight.

Taking a breath he tried again and after finding his balance for walking he took another and another step till he was walking, slowly and shakily but walking all the same.

He walked a little bit but soon came to a stop in the middle of the room where he stood there swaying a bit, keeping his balance he looked around but he froze finding this wasn't Shadow's place it was a strange yet familiar, especially this room.

Suddenly he realized it and the thought made his heart race and he took a startled step back, his mind struggling to keep up.

Slowly he walked to the dresser on the other side of the room and picked up a picture frame that was gathering dust, carefully he wiped his hand over the glass and stared blankly at the picture, his mind swimming.

The picture was of Mephiles, Umbra, Shadow, Scourge and himself, Umbra and Shadow was on either side of their father while Scourge sat on Mephiles' shoulder with a hand on his legs making sure the green hedgehog didn't fall, and in a small blanket in Mephiles' free arm was a tiny blue hedgehog.

The picture brought tears to Sonic's eyes and he stared at it for a little while, his mind going through every possible memory of when he was very little.
He continued to stare at it till the door suddenly opened causing his ears to twitch back and slowly he looked up to see Shadow coming towards him, startled he set the picture down and turned to face his older brother fully.

"Aren't you supposed to be in bed?" Shadow asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I-I'm fine Shadow." Sonic waved off, starting to sway a bit more.

Suddenly Sonic fell forward but Shadow quickly caught him and helped him back up straight but Sonic was too dizzy to stay standing by himself so Shadow kept a hold of him and helped him stay up and balanced.

"This is our old home isn't it?" Sonic asked, looking up at Shadow who nodded. "Father lives here still?"

"Yes, and Scourge with him." Shadow answered.

"Heh, Scourge not ready to leave yet?" Sonic wondered.

"He is just sixteen." Shadow pointed out.

"And you're seventeen." Sonic pointed out as well. "Technically you were moved out when you were fifteen."

"True, I guess Scourge just doesn't want to leave yet." Shadow shrugged slightly.

"Well at least father still has someone around." Sonic said, trying to get his legs to stop shaking.

"I think your body wants to rest." Shadow stated, observing Sonic's trembling body.

"Sure but do you think I can do it somewhere else? This room is getting a bit boring from laying here all day for practically a week." Sonic pleaded a bit.

"Alright but best not to bother Fleet or Spine." Shadow reluctantly agreed, helping Sonic out the door and to the living room.

Sonic was then placed on a chair where Shadow left him to go inform Mephiles who was in a different room.

"So you're up and around?" Scourge asked, looking at him.

"Kind of." Sonic sighed, putting his elbow on the arm of the chair and resting his head on his hand. "I prefer to be running around."