The power inside me [Silver the Hedgehog FF]

~Chapter 4~

//Oh no, what should I do!?// Silver panicked as the glow didn't fade, but only got stronger.

On the lower floor, he heard a door slam, suggesting that Shadow was coming and would be upstairs at any moment. The ivory hedgehog didn't know what to do, so he quickly ran to the bathroom and locked himself in it.

Silver breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the door open and shut again and sank to the floor. With his legs pulled up to his body, he stared at his right hand. Strange...only this one was shining and not, like last time, both.

Actually, the gray hedgehog just wanted nothing more than to be at home. He was so confused and lost, that his friends must have noticed it long ago.

It seemed to be hours, but in reality it was only five minutes, that he was sitting on the bathroom floor staring at his glowing hand as if he was lost.

It clinked loudly, the glow of his hand faded at the same time. Silver looked up, startled, and immediately noticed that a glass container was lying on the floor, smashed to tiny pieces. Apparently, he had made it fly, just like Scourge a few hours ago.

He hoped that no one had heard the noise, but at the same time he was aware, that it was loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Silver?"

This startled the young hedgehog so much, that a scream escaped him. He turned around carefully, so that he now looked at the door.

It took a moment for him to calm down, before he could finally answer.

"Y-yes?" He whispered. You could hear the fright in his voice, but he tried not to show it. Which, as you could imagine, failed fatally.

"Are you okay, Silv?" He heard Sonic's voice through the wooden door. The gray hedgehog nodded, but remembered that his friend couldn't see it.

"Yeah ... I... I'm fine," he replied shakily, taking a deep breath, before opening the door and looking into the worried faces of his friends and, to his surprise, also Sonics Mother.

He instantly felt bad about worrying them and quickly looked away. His counterpart noticed how pale he was. He was also trembling slightly from the shock he had received.

"What happened, Silver? Are you okay?" Aleena asked him, whereupon the younger hedgehog instantly tensed and continued to look at the ground.

What should he say? However, one thing was clear to him: he couldn't tell them, that he had a mysterious ability, which caused him to lock himself in the bathroom and drop a glass jar on the floor.

He had to lie. Again. He felt so horrible about it, but his fear took away his reason.

"I ...I was a little dizzy...", he lied and then looked behind himself.

"I ...accidentally dropped something. I'm sorry." With that, Silver looked at the floor again.

"Dizzy? Are you feeling better now? Do you want to go home?" Sonic asked him worriedly, whereupon the younger one looked up in surprise. When was the last time the blue hedgehog had been so worried about him?

"U-um...I'm feeling better now! I don't need to go home!"

"Are you sure, Silver? We can call your mother. You don't have to stay here, if you don't feel well. Not that you get dizzy again or even faint." Aleena offered, but Silver shook his head vigorously.

The last thing he wanted now, was to worry his friends unnecessarily, even though he knew he had managed that already. Nevertheless, he joined Knuckles, who threw an arm around the hedgehog, quite to Silver's surprise.