Reason for Insanity

Hospital

Sonic looked at the long gash he left across her chest. A smile was on his face as he looked her over. Shadow stared up at him, fear filling her eyes. Laughing, he continued to torture her. Shadow kept screaming, causing Sonic's smile to grow larger with each cut he made into her body. The female hedgehog screamed as Sonic cut in her chest. Shadow had never felt such pain in her entire life. Tears came to her eyes, flowing down her cheeks. Each twitch of her body worsened the pain. Blood ran down her chest as Sonic cut into her arms, damaging the nerves and other parts in her body. When he was done, Shadow was a broken, bleeding mess. Sonic stood back and smiled down at her. She was a masterpiece.

"Excellent," he said. "Most of the bones in your body are broken. You'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of your pathetic life."

Shadow whimpered pathetically as Sonic left her there. A few minutes later, Silver came back. "Shadow!" She yelled, running up to her. "Oh God...what happened to you?"

Silver lifted Shadow, getting a small cry of pain from the other hedgehog.

"My legs...I can't feel anything," Shadow cried out. "Sonic...tortured me and broke most of my bones..." She suddenly had a stroke and fell unconscious.

"I'll call the hospital," Silver said.

Shadow nodded as Silver did so. A few minutes later, paramedics arrived and put Shadow in the ambulance. A few minutes later, they arrived at the hospital.

"Will she be okay?" Silver asked the doctor.

"We don't know yet. You're welcome to wait here until we do."

Silver nodded and waited. An hour passed and the doctor had Silver come into the emergency room. Shadow had a breathing mask on her face and bones were sticking out of her body. Silver's eyes widened.

"What will happen to her?" She asked the doctor. "Will she have to be in a wheelchair?"

The doctor nodded. "I'm afraid so. She's going to have to be on life support for a while."

"Anything else?" Silver asked.

"Not that we know of." The doctor shook his head. "I'll let you know the moment anything else does."

The doctor brought out a wheelchair, filled with life support equipment on it. They had healed Shadow's injuries and had her sit on the chair. She was hardly moving.

"What's wrong with her?"

"The torture she was put through caused her to have a stroke, and now she's in a vegetative state."

Silver's eyes widened. "Oh my God...that's terrible. How...how long will it last? Will she have to stay here?"

"We don't know how long it's going to last." The doctor sighed. "It may be best to keep her here."

Silver hesitated and nodded. Tears filled her eyes and she left the hospital. when she got home, Blaze saw her.

"What's wrong, Silver?" Blaze walked over and put her hands on Silver's shoulders, looking into her tear-filled eyes.

"Shadow...she's at the hospital in a vegetative state. Apparently Sonic tortured her and she had a stroke."

Silver sobbed into her wife's shoulder. Blaze rubbed her back. "And you found her? I'm sorry, Silver." Blaze hated to think of what Shadow must have looked like.

"I don't know how long she'll be like that..."

Blaze kept rubbing her back. "They'll do everything they can for her. Don't worry too much."

Silver nodded, wiping her tears away. She stood up and kissed her wife. "Let's hope so."

"What do you want to do now?" Blaze stroked the side of Silver's face.

Silver thought about it. then she smiled and kissed Blaze. They walked into their room and lay on the bed, beginning to have sex. When they were done, Blaze gave Silver a smile.

I love you," she told her partner.

"I love you too."

Silver smiled and kissed Blaze. They got up and looked at each other.

"What are we going to about Sonic now?" Silver couldn't help but worry about it. "After he did that to Shadow..."

"We need to take those serums Shadow told us about," Blaze said. "They would make us more powerful."

"I'm worried about Shadow, though. Maybe we should wait."

"How long should we wait?"

Silver thought about it and sighed. "A few days at the longest."

"Alright," Blaze said. "We'll wait until then."

Silver smiled. She nodded and kissed her partner. Silver and Blaze went to the hospital to check on Shadow before going up to the ARK.

"How is she?" Silver asked the doctor.

The doctor shook his head. "Not any better, I'm afraid."

Silver sighed. She looked at Shadow and so did Blaze.

"What can you do for her?" Blaze asked.

"We'll put her on life support but she could be like this for a long time, possibly forever," the doctor said.

Blaze nodded, placing a hand on Silver's arm. She didn't think Shadow would like that, but if it was all they could do for her, they didn't have much of a choice.

"I see..." Silver said. "Thanks..."

"The best thing we can do for her is stop Sonic," Blaze said. "Even if she isn't exactly here, I'm sure she'd appreciate it."

Silver nodded and the two females left the hospital.

TBC