Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Predator and Prey ❯ Say It Ain't So ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter 15: Say It Ain't So.

 

Red shot through the doors of Xander General followed by orange. “José, will you stop for a second!” San yelled then reached out to stop his friend. “Look man we brought”

 

“San I don't have time for this man!” he said wrenching free. “My sis has been in the hospital for two days and no one will tell me why. So, unless you know I suggest you let me find out. Nothing is more important than my family.” He then turned back around and made to the front desk leaving San to look on.

 

“Damn...” He sighed then walked off.

 

The woman behind the desk looked up from her nails at José then waved down one hall. “Same room as always,” she said then looked away.

 

José shot off not bothering to take the elevator, racing up the stairs then down a hall to the Ruez family's reserved hospital room. Kylee's closest friends were waiting outside and stood up when they saw him and jumped in his way. “You can't go in there!” Angel said and began to push him back with the help of Damien.

 

“What the fuck?” he yelled trying to break through. “She's my sister! I have a right to know what's been going on! Now let me through!”

 

“YOU CAN'T!” Angel yelled her voice cracking as the guys looked away.

 

“Who says, that pervert Johnny?!”

 

“No.” Angel sighed and her dropping mood seemed to calm him down. “Ky doesn't want to see you yet.”

 

“What…” He blinked feeling his heart begin to pump faster. “What happened? She's alright isn't she?”

 

“We don't know,” Jaxon said moving towards the opposite wall with his hands curled into fists. “She won't talk to any of us. She just lays there.”

 

He began to laugh nervously, pacing around the door, looking to his sister's friends. “She's gotta be alright. What did Johnny say?”

 

“He wouldn't tell us,” Angel said chewing on her bottom lip.

 

“No, no!” He paced around more growing frantic. “She's, she's going to be alright. She's not dying; she's not brain dead or…” He shot through the group and nearly broke down the door. “KYLEENA!” He looked across the room to one of the many beds seeing his baby sister laying there on her side, back towards him and facing the window. The rest of the room was filled with balloons, flowers and cards, a diamond bracelet anchoring down a cluster of balloons. That gift was obviously from Rouge. He approached her bed, sucking in his bottom lip, as he looked at her back, unmoving as if his outburst was never made. “Ky…” he whispered. He moved so that he was facing her and saw her eyes open and red as she stared forward. He blinked following her gaze to the black hedgehog lying in the bed close to hers. He lay on his stomach, a position the nurses were constantly trying to move him out of in the forty-five hours he'd been asleep. They had to leave him like that after the fifth attempt and put the IV in his leg instead of his arm.

 

“Didn't everyone tell you?” Kylee said, blinking once before turning her eyes to her brother.

 

“I was worried, Ky,” he said as he kneeled by her bed. “What could possibly be so bad that you can't tell anyone? I mean you are alright…aren't you?” He brushed back a few strands of hair from her face. She barley flinched. “Kylee?”

 

She closed her eyes and sighed. “I'll tell you after I tell him,” she said, shifting away from him.

 

“But”

 

“Go!” she hissed. “Paco is in the room across from ours. You should go see how he is.” José narrowed his eyes and nodded. He kissed his little sister on the forehead then left the room to go see if Paco was awake.

 

So Kylee waited for thirty long minuets as she watched Shadow in his sleep. She broke down and cried several times to herself and when she figured he wouldn't wake she sat up and read through all the cards she was given.

 

Black eyelids twitched then scrunched up and Shadow turned over to one side then back onto his stomach when he felt something in the back of his knee. He blinked ruby eyes blurry before they focused on the pillow his face was previously buried in. “Hm?” He looked around and saw Kylee reading then smiled. “Hey gorgeous,” he said in a groggy tone. He pushed up on his elbows then scratched behind one of his ears. “Did I miss anything?” Silver eyes locked on his, bloodshot again. He frowned. “Ky, what's wrong?” She looked away, biting her bottom lip. He pulled his leg forward and pulled out the IV then moved to kneel by her bed, taking her hand in his. “Ky, please tell me what's wrong.” He could not bear to see her like this, see her cry and not know the reason. He arched a brow as she lifted up her shirt to expose stitches above her pelvic bone. “You had surgery?”

 

Tears began to roll down her cheeks again as she dropped her shirt. Her bottom lip quivered for a while before she finally began to speak. “When I got here I was in pretty bad shape but you already knew that.” She inhaled holding her arms across her stomach then continued. “Johnny, Dr. Herbert, said that he was amazed I was still conscious. I had a few broken ribs and my organs had seen better days but I was going to live. He said I had enough tranquilizers in my system to bring down an elephant. Then things went bad. All I remember was being wet then I passed out.”

 

Shadow's eyes shifted around for a while then he turned Kylee and pulled her close to the edge of the bed to rest between her legs. He looked up into her eyes and reached up to brush away a few tears. “Ky?”

 

She inhaled again, closing her eyes. “I was over a month* pregnant.”

 

Shadow's eyes widened as his heart seemed to stop. “…was…?”

 

She sniffed, looking down at him. “I had a miscarriage.”

 

He looked around for a moment rocking slightly. He ran a hand over his quills then looked up at her. “Couldn't they have done something to save it?” He was unaware of why he was reacting the way that he was but the fact that he was an unknowing father for over a month had struck a cord. She shook her head. “Did they even try?”

 

“It was too late. Between me fighting and all the drugs in my system…it didn't stand a chance.” She gulped then cried harder, shaking all over. “It's all my fault. I should've just stayed put. Idiot me had to fight!”

 

Shadow tried his best to calm her down but failed by being mute. “It wasn't your fault!” he said looking at the floor. His temper was starting to catch up to him now as he knew who was to blame. “You…you didn't know.”

 

“But I should have known!” she screamed, holding her hands over her face. “I mean with the way we kept going at it.”

 

“Ky!” Shadow said in a stern tone. He pulled her gaze back to him, staring into those star like eyes as his began to fill with tears. “It's not your fault. You didn't show any signs, there was no way of even assuming you were. You're not the reason your…our child is gone. It's just one more thing GUN's taken from me.” He sucked in quite a bit of air then touched his forehead to her stomach.

 

“I'm sorry baby…”

 

“No. I'm sorry.” His arms slipped around her and he hugged her as tight as he could without hurting her. His eyes were slammed shut as a stream of tears raced down his cheeks. “I should have been there.”

 

“You came as soon as you could.”

 

The door opened and Dr. Herbert stepped in with the group in the waiting room following him. He looked over the couple then to his clipboard. “I'm glad to see the both of you finally up,” he said in a low voice. “We'll have to run a few more tests to make sure everything is alright. You can leave in the morning. You should get some more rest till then.” He turned to Kylee's friends. “That means you guys have to go home.”

 

“WHAT?” Jaxon cried. “No way man. We're stayin'!”

 

“Guys,” Ky said, clearing her throat. “Just go okay. I'm fine. Johnny, could you get my brother for me?” He sighed and nodded. “Thanks.” Shadow composed himself as best he could then moved to sit on her bed and pulled her into his lap, holding her close. When José finally arrived, he took a seat on Shadow's bed and looked to his sister. She retold what she had said to Shadow and his expression turned from anxiety to pain. He held his sister for a long while then kissed her forehead again. He said he would be back in the morning to pick them up then took his leave.

 

Shadow sighed and hugged her again in the hopes that it would help to ease the pain in their hearts. He nuzzled into her neck, feeling her curl up in his arms. “Ky, you don't have to answer this if you don't want to but…what would you have named it?” he asked looking down at her.

 

She closed her and smiled some. “If it was a boy, Alexander,” she said with a rueful smile. “And if it was a girl”

 

“Kathleen?” She blinked and looked up at him, her eyes watering over again. He smiled and kissed her sweetly as the tears fell down her cheeks.

 

José sighed as he stepped out of the elevator and into the ground floor lobby. He looked up seeing San sitting close to a window, waiting for him like any good friend would. They meet at the door and José shifted his shoulders. “You had news,” he said dryly.

 

San looked towards the clear sky. “First how's Ky?” he asked.

 

“She had a miscarriage.”

 

He stiffened at how cold he announced it then sighed. “I'll send more flowers later.” His friend grunted and he got the picture. “There are some new additions to our city.”

 

“Who?” he asked as they turned into the parking building.

 

“The humans Jordan worked with back in Central City.” José growled, curling his hands into fists. “They're just kids, man. Oldest is, I think, eighteen. Right now they're staying with Ami and Dragon and are keeping them in check.”

 

José groaned and slammed his head on the driver's door of the hummer. “Do they have families?” he asked, pealing his face off the door.

 

San shrugged. “Not that I know of.”

 

“Well find out. I want to know everything by next week.”

 

The fox's eyes widened. “You're not thinking about killing these people are you?” His friend climbed into the hummer then looked back and grinned. “No…Are you serious?”

 

The group of humans gathered in Ami and Dragon's living room jaws dropped. “We…can stay?” Jake said cautiously. San nodded. “AW SWEET!” The teens yelled and celebrated.

 

“Whoa, wait a minute!” Jamie said holding up a hand. “What's the catch?”

 

“Damn girl you always have to kill the mood,” Kevin said giving Andy a high-five. “Who cares what the catch is? We get to stay here and build to our hearts content.”

 

“Or until we die!” Tommy laughed, strutting around.

 

Jamie narrowed her eyes on San. “That death glare looks familiar. Anyways there's no catch. My associates and I will be fetching your families and bringing them here so you can get out of Ami and Dragon's love nest.”

 

Andy and Daniel rolled their eyes. “Count mine out,” Daniel said crossing his arms.

 

“Why, as if I really want to know?”

 

“Abusive drunk are just a few adjectives that come to mind.”

 

“Psychopathic mother over here,” Andy growled. “Besides I'm eighteen, I don't need a family.”

 

“Yeah, well you're going to need a place to stay and here isn't one of them. Jordan still has his old place up town.”

 

“Yeah well it's um…” Jordan mumbled the rest while looking off, rubbing the back of his neck.

 

San arched a brow. “What?”

 

“It…burned down.”

 

The orange fox groaned, throwing up his arms. “What the hell is wrong with this place? I leave for a few years to make lovey with a hottie and this place goes to hell in a hand basket. “He growled grabbing his ears. “You guys seriously need a baby sitter around here!” He sighed, letting go of his ears. “Okay…okay. I'll help you guys find a place to stay but I am not paying for it ya got that?” They smiled and nodded. “Okay now”

 

“HOLY SHIT!” someone yelled from upstairs.

 

“Oh this can't be good.” San raced upstairs with the kids to Ami's room. “What? What's wrong OH SHIT!” He jumped back seeing Silver Sonic 2 standing over Ami and Dragon at a desk. “IT'S ONE OF THEM!”

 

Ami looked back at him. “Chill out,” she said, shaking her head. “He's the only good one.”

 

“We renamed him Zen,” Jamie said giving `Zen' a high five. “So what's with the screaming?”

 

Ami held up her laptop and San's eyes widened at the image on the screen. “Holy shit!”