Jet already had nightmares, usually in the form of flashbacks, almost every time he slept, and they were always about the things Ross had done to him as a child. He still had trust issues to this day.
He tended to doubt himself, to underestimate his capabilities, his intelligence and so on because of Ross's cutting words. He avoided even casual relationships generally to avoid even just the possibility that he would come across someone like Ross.
All because he could barely bring himself to let someone in like his father had once been when he was younger. And those weren't all the things that Jet had to live with, either. There were so many problems...
'How much would these issues, and others, be heightened now that Jet had been so vividly reminded of his childhood?' Sonia didn't like the possibilities one bit.
'I have to make sure he's okay.' Sonia walked quietly into the room and sat down at the edge of the bed near Jet's legs. The hawk lay on his side, slightly curled up and facing the wall away from Sonia. Though his eyes were closed, Sonia knew that he's awake, at least somewhat.
"How are you?" Sonic asked quietly.
"M'okay," Jet mumbled faintly. He's exhausted still, clearly. Not that anything else could be expected, considering. Sonia frowned a bit at him.
"You're sure?" She knew that Jet knew that she wasn't just referring to the Hawk's physical condition. Jet managed a small nod, speaking more clearly than he had just a moment before, though his voice was still low.
"Yeah. Just tired." After a moment, Jet finally opened his eyes and turned his head enough to look at Sonia out of the corner of his eyes.
"What in the hell happened?" He seemed a bit more awake now. Sonia paused for a moment, considering, before posing her own question.
"What do you remember?" Jet frowned a bit and looked away again.
"I remember yelling at Tails and Knuckles. Not much else after that." There was another pause, this one a bit longer than the first.
"You created a storm." Sonia finally said.
"Leveled the city, and the one next to it. But... Somehow, you managed not to kill anyone. Everyone got out before things got really bad, by some miracle. I calmed you down eventually and then the storm stopped. After that, I took you back here." Jet's still frowning.
"How long was I asleep?" There was no point in lying about it.
"A day."
Jet fell silent, processing the information he'd just been given, before finally daring to ask,
"What happened to Ross?" His refusal to call his father by a respectful title like "dad" spoke volumes.
Sonic shrugged, striving to keep his anger at the older hawk under wraps. Jet didn't need that right now.
"He got arrested."
"Oh. Wait... Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait! Hold on a second! Did you say arrested?!"
"I told the police what Ross did and he caused you to unlock your powers which caused damaged, sooo..."
"Ah." There's nothing else to say about it, really. Sonia doubted that Jet really wanted to be talking about it, anyway, despite the fact that he'd been the one to bring it up in the first place. Another moment of silence passed, only for the moment to be broken when Silvia suddenly walked in.
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The Heroine
FanfictionImaging a life where you had to fight at the age of five and go up against a mean bully who steals and uses robots to harm others and you are the only thing to stop it and his descendent? Well, that's what this person's going through, but will find...