When Video Games Come to Life

(14) When We're Back Home.

Laura's P.O.V.

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I'm finally back home! I'm so excited! After all I've been through. You know, like idiotic robots trying to trade you in for Sonic and all of his friends. First world problems, am I right? Okay, anyway, we're trying to get ourselves to relax, after all we just went through, considering this hardly ever happens to anyone, ever. EVER.  Okay, so we're going to go see Cream tomorrow... I don't know if she's heard about any of this on the news, or if this whole thing is going to be a surprise to her. We told Chris and Chuck to keep quiet about this whole situation until I could assure her I'm fine, because I didn't want to worry her. She's already going through enough stress. I'm honestly more worried about her than I was about myself, or any of my friends while I was kidnapped. The police are still looking for some of the Eggbots, but I don't feel they're a real threat at the moment. Rayman ran to the store to buy some snacks and a movie to get our minds off of things, but we're not yet sure just when we'll watch it. It probably won't be tonight. Anyway, I'm like super tired at the moment, so I think I'll be getting in bed. At least for now. Wesley and Claire said they'll probably stay up for awhile yet, that they don't think they could sleep at the moment, but I'll be back up soon, don't worry!

I was having another nightmare and I knew it. I could hardly see, and I couldn't feel my right arm at all, and I figured it was broken, but I couldn't focus on that at the moment. Wesley was by my side, fighting like a Warrior, but I couldn't see Claire. Suddenly I saw Cream and Claire both being smacked on their heads by an Eggbot with a club, swing after swing after swing. I rushed over to them thinking maybe I could help, but instead felt a searing pain in my left leg. I look down, and see a spear in my leg. "Claire! Cream!" I called out, but they just stared at me."This is all my fault, I'm sorry!" I couldn't remember what I possibly could have done to start all this. All I knew was that I felt the weight of the blame, and the battle on my shoulders, and I couldn't stand. The spear didn't help any, duh. But I started half crawling half limping towards Claire and Cream anyway, knowing I had to help. Especially if I was the one that had caused all of this.

Then Claire called out. "We don't want your help! This is all your fault anyway! We can get out of this ourselves." I was heartbroken; utterly heartbroken.

"I know this is all my fault! That's why I need to help!" But they didn't listen. Suddenly the pain in my leg was too much to handle, and I sunk to the ground. I was letting my life bleed out of me, and I heard an Eggbot march up to me with a chainsaw arm, and reach the blade towards my neck. As soon as it made contact with my skin, my eyes flew open, and I instinctively grabbed my left leg. It was wet, and there was something in it, but it was small, and very far from being a spear. It was a thumbtack that must have fallen from my wall and into my bed. "Claire! Claire! Uhh, Knuckles, Globox, Claire!" I was calling random names to get the thumbtack out because those kinds of things freak me out. There was also a faint humming, much like that of a chainsaw, but it was far off, and I assumed it was somebody working on something near the house. Knuckles came rushing in, with Claire and Globox close behind. "I have a thumbtack in my leg! Get it out! Get it out!" Claire grabbed my leg, Globox held me down, and Knuckles grabbed the thumbtack and yanked it out. "Owie! Claire I have a boo-boo and I need a BAND-AID." She muttered a "Yes miss." and paced rather slowly from the room.

"Laura, are you going to be ready soon? We need to go see Cream. Chris and Chuck are coming with us, joy. They're really not mean, you know. Chris was just worried, and got a little over-protective.." Yeah, suuuure...

"Eh, Chuck seems nice enough. If somebody shipped you two, your name could be Chuckles. Wouldn't that be cute?" Claire came in with the Band-Aid.

"What'd be cute?" Teehehe..

"If people shipped Chuck and Knuckles, their name could be Chuckles!" She let out a bout of laughter, then proceeded to place the Band-Aid over the little bleeding spot on my leg.

"Okay, yeah, anyway, get ready, we leave in fifteen minutes." And Claire, Knuckles, and Globox left me to get ready. Man, what a story we have to tell Cream!

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                             At the Hospital.

We were all allowed to enter together now, because she was getting better, and the doctors finally gave us permission. "Okay, what happened?!" She had asked, when we began to tell her the story.

"Okay, I felt it was my fault that this had all happened to you, and when Chris came, he got mad at me too, claiming it was my fault. I felt all my self control crumble and fall to the floor at that instant, so I ran. I ran as far and fast as I could, and I made sure to take several twists and turns seeing as though if I had just went straight, they could have found me. Well, turns out that I succeeded in not letting my friends find me, and somebody else found me instead. This is the part we haven't told you... I was kidnapped for two days." she let out an uncontrollable gasp of shock and astonishment. "Eggbots found me and kept me locked in a closet for a while, then a bedroom."

Wesley broke in at that part. "We had traveled across the land, searching far and wide, realizing we couldn't find, Laura inside!"

It was then my turn again. "Thank you, Wesley. So anyway, they made me deliver this tape to my own house, of the notes they had me read, but Claire spotted me while delivering it, so I had to run back to the van, and go back to that filthy room. So anyway, they said they'd be getting me up at dawn, so they could trade me for Sonic and them, but that didn't work, because we're way way WAY smarter than them, and blah blah blah, here I am!" She looked both horrified, and delighted.

"Yay! I'm so glad you're back!"

Then the doctor came in. "I have a surprise for you all. Cream gets to go back home with you today, without having her arm amputated. The surgery went fine, and she'll fully recover by the end of this week."

I was instantly excited. "Yay! I'm so happy right now, that I'm not sad!" I got a "Yeah, that makes sense!" and a "Well derr." as we were finishing the story and catching up. This day so far was great! Actually,

It couldn't be better.

A/N I know, very little happened in this chapter, but at least it's a little lengthier! I hope you enjoyed your day and this chapter as much as Laura did! Thank you! ~Dustpaw.