The power inside me [Silver the Hedgehog FF]

~Chapter 10~

As soon as he had finally managed to fall asleep, the doorbell ripped him out of his peaceful sleep.

Silver groaned in exhaustion and put his head back into the pillow. His thoughts drifted away again. It would have stayed that way if he hadn't heard the voices of his friends.

That eventually piqued his interest, so he raised his head again and listened carefully. He couldn't make out much, but it sounded like his friends were asking about him.

That put a small, but troubled, smile on his face. His head was still pounding terribly, which had only made him fall asleep again. But only two minutes later, he was woken by the doorbell. How life played...

Silver got his upper body off the bed, wondering if it was a good idea to get out of bed now. Maybe he should just lie down again and rest up?

//Saying "hello" to them, won't hurt me. I'll go back to sleep immediately after that.// he thought and slowly left his bed.

For a brief moment, he had the feeling that his legs gave way under his weight, but he caught himself in time.

"Just a false alarm ..." he mumbled relieved and walked carefully to his door. First he peeked out to make sure his friends were still there.

"So ...Silver won't come to school tomorrow ...", he could hear Sonic say in  disappointed voice. That made the gray hedgehog perk up and take notice. So they hadn't left yet. Relieved, he went downstairs.

"Silver also fell asleep a few minutes ago," said Lauren in a friendly manner. But just as they were about to say goodbye, Silver stood next to his mother.

"Hey guys, what's up?", he greeted his friends with a smile. He ignored his pounding headache and held on to the door frame unnoticed, so as not to tip over at any moment. He didn't really feel steady on his feet.

Finally he sent a quick look to his mother that she should leave him alone with his friends. Lauren nodded, but wasn't entirely happy with her son wandering around the house when he was supposed to stay in bed.

"Silv, you're awake!" Tails exclaimed happily, who came out from behind his brother. The said hedgie also smiled.

"Good to see you buddy."

"Hey Silver.", greeted Shadow his friend, who was standing in the back. Only then did Silver realize that Knuckles wasn't with them at all. Where was he?

"Why isn't Knux here? Where is he?" Asked the gray hedgehog. Sonic just giggled at that. His green eyes shone with amusement.

"Unfortunately he's still at school, but who knows: Maybe we can visit you again tomorrow. Then he'll definitely come with you.", explained the blue hedgehog and looked at his friend expectantly. "We...can check on you again tomorrow, right?"

That sentence made Silver smile subconsciously. How cute his friends were. They came by, just to check on him. It made the gray hedgehog feel much better right away.

"Silver?"

Startled, the said snapped out of his trance and looked up.
"Y-yes? I'm sorry, I was lost in thought for a moment."

Silver noticed how the older hedgehog gave him a concerned look, but repeated his question: "May we visit you again tomorrow? We just want to know how you are..."

Silver nodded eagerly and supported himself a little more on the door frame. "I think my mom doesn't mind...as long as you don't get too close to me.", He added to the gesture. He was already falling into a pit of silence.

After a few seconds of reflection, Shadow finally raised his voice, to everyone's surprise: "Do you already know what you have or where it comes from?"