Reason for Insanity

Schizophrenia

Shadow didn't sleep much that night, too worried for Sonic. The next morning, she found herself looking at the phone every few minutes. She didn't know if the hospital would call, or if she had to go there.

A few minutes later, the phone rang and she instantly picked it up. "Hello?"

"Sonic is out of his surgery now. You can come visit him in about an hour."

"Thank God," Shadow said. "I'll be there soon." She hung up and waited. After an hour, Shadow ran to the hospital. "How is he?" She asked.

"See for yourself," the doctor said. He led her to Sonic's room and left them.

As soon as Shadow saw him, she gasped. Both of Sonic's arms were gone and there were nothing but stumps left. She hesitated and walked up to him.

"Sonic?" She asked, concerned. Sonic refused to look at her. She could see him crying, and muttering something under his breath. Shadow hesitated. "Sonic...I'm sorry this had to happen to you..."

Sonic shook his head. "I hate this," he said. "What are people going to think? I don't have my arms, how am I supposed to do anything?"

Shadow hesitated. "I don't know," she said truthfully. "Come on...let's get you home."

The hedgehog nodded. He tried to get up but couldn't support his weight and fell back down. He was useless.

Shadow helped him up, giving him a smile as she did so. "Can you walk? "Give it a try," Shadow said. She made sure Sonic was standing properly before releasing her hold on him. He hesitated and took a few steps forwards before losing his balance. Sonic fell to the ground as Shadow helped him up. She could see that he was crying. "You don't need to cry," she told him. "You'll be fine."

"It's not fine," Sonic said. "Nothing is. I've lost my arms, can't walk well...I've been diagnosed with schizophrenia...maybe I should just kill myself so I don't have to deal with this. It's not like anyone cares for me, anyway."

Shadow frowned at this; alarm bells were going off in her head. "Don't ever talk like that. Plenty of people care about you. Why else would I be here?"

Sonic shrugged and had Shadow lead him home. Sonic looked at his armless stumps and sobbed even more. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and Tails came inside.

"Hi, Shadow. I just thought I'd come over to..." His words died on his lips when he saw Sonic. "Sonic!" Tails ran over, nearly crying with the hedgehog. Reaching out, he gently lay a hand on one of Sonic's armless stumps. "I can't believe..." Tails looked over at Shadow. "Is he going to be okay?"

"I don't know," Shadow said. "He'll take some time to adjust to this."

Tails' ears lowered as he looked at Sonic. "I wish I could help..." Tails' ears perked. "You think I could make new arms for him? They'd be better than nothing."

"No..." Sonic said. He turned away as tears flowed down his face. "No, please..." He stood up and hesitated, looking at them. "Don't...hurt me...please..." he said, before walking upstairs to his room. Tails cringed and looked at Shadow.

"What was that about?" He asked her.

"The abuse, I think. Or maybe the schizophrenia."

Tails frowned. "Things are going to be a lot different now with Sonic's...conditions."

Shadow nodded. "I hope nothing else comes up." Shadow looked in the direction Sonic had gone and back at Tails. "You'll be here for him too, right?"

"Of course I will," Tails said. "I'll always be here for my best friend."

"I'm glad to have your help."

Tails smiled. "How do you like being a female?"

"It's all right." Shadow shrugged.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Being female isn't terrible, but I haven't felt much of a difference so far."

Tails nodded. "I see," he said. Shadow looked at him and smiled, then sighed and stood up. She walked upstairs and into Sonic's room. She walked upstairs and into Sonic's room. The armless hedgehog was sitting on the bed, still crying.

"What can I do?" Shadow asked. She hated seeing Sonic like this.

Sonic looked at her. "There's nothing you can do," he said.

"There has to be something that can cheer you up."

"I...I don't know, Shadow. It's not just this...it's also the incident we had a few days ago. What if you get pregnant?"

"Then we'll deal with that too." Shadow gave him a smile.

Sonic hesitated, and then nodded. "Alright," he said. Shadow smiled and kissed him. Sonic smiled against her lips. "Why are you doing this for me, Shadow?"

"Because...I love you, Sonic."

Sonic's eyes widened. "I thought you didn't like me."

"Of course I like you," Shadow said. "You're my friend...and I've fallen in love with you as well."

Sonic hesitated; he didn't know what to say. He didn't have feelings for Shadow. "That's... nice..." he said. Sonic looked away. He didn't want to make her dislike him by turning her down, but if he didn't love her...nodding, he looked back at Shadow. "I may not love you now, but I appreciate what you're doing for me. And if you are pregnant, I'm staying with you."

"You don't love me?"

Sonic nodded. "That's why I'm so worried. You should be pregnant by someone who loves you. Not some drunken round of sex with your friend."

Shadow sighed, and nodded. "I see..." Disappointment was in her voice. "Well, there's no telling if I will get pregnant or not. If you don't love me, that's fine."

Sonic smiled and nodded. He knew that he wouldn't develop feelings for Shadow, either. The hedgehog looked around the room and tried to stand up, then groaned. He could hear voices in his head. Multiple voices were all telling him different things. One told him how everyone thought he was a failure, another how he should kill himself, etc. Shadow noticed this.

"Are you all right, Sonic?" She asked.

Sonic shook his head. "No. Shut up!"

"What?"

Sonic groaned. "Shut the fuck up! Stop talking to me!" He yelled, grabbing his head. "STOP IT!"

Shadow frowned; this was bad, very bad. "Sonic, no one's talking to you." Shadow put a hand on Sonic's shoulder, unsure of whether or not he could actually hear her.

"But they are," Sonic said. "I'm hearing people talk to me. Can't you?"

"No." Shadow shook her head. "We're the only two in here."

Sonic shook his head. "I hear more people talking..." he said, then fell silent. Shadow shook him, but she didn't get an answer every time she spoke.

Shadow looked around, wondering if it was safe to leave him alone. She sighed and stood up, then left the room. Before she did, she looked back at Sonic, who had a blank expression on his face and was staring off into space. Shadow sighed and went downstairs.

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