Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The White Hedgehog ❯ Chapter 4

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

I don't own Sonic and crew and hold no claim to them. But any characters
that are unknown to you are from my mind.

Chapter 4

By: Jenny Blue

Another day had past and the pain in her head had finely left. She was glad when they told her she could go back to her hut. She never liked hospitals and even this little make shift one of Knothole's had the stale smell that all hospitals have. As she made ready to leave a flash of light shone in her eyes, forcing her eyes shut. When she opened them again. She found herself in a dark place.

A small hedgehog child ran by, laughing as she chased after her friends. She stopped as she passed Kathryn and smiled at her before running on after her friends again.

"Kat, you ok?" Amy asked

Kathryn shook her head. She looked around and found herself still in hospital hut. Chills still running down her spine. "I'm ok just remembering a dream I had last night." With a shrug, she brushed it off and started walking away. Her thoughts molded over what she had seen. The child seamed so familiar to her. Kathryn shook her head again and walked to the ring pool. Water always had a calming affect on her. Sometimes it helped to clear her mind.

Tails watched as Sonic stood on the large flat rock in the middle of the river. Though Sonic couldn't swim, he still insisted on running out to that rock and standing there. There were times when he stood there for hours. This was the second thing of the few he would stay still for. His ears twitched, hearing someone come. As Tails turned to see who was coming and turned back, Sonic was gone and what showed of his leaving was the waves rolling from each other.

"Hay Tail, you seen my sister?" Amy asked as she walked from the bushes.

"No, but I think Sonic is in one of his moods again." Said Tails.

Both children sat and watched as the waves moved across the river before the current washed them away. Neither saw the cobalt hedgehog watching them, smiling to himself. He was glad that Tails had a good friend in Amy and was glad she had one in Tails. In times like these you needed a good friend. He just wished he still had one. But heroes weren't aloud to have them it seemed. With a deep sigh, he left the two. His mind wondering to a certain white hedgehog. Sonic turned around and headed for the village. Supper would be ready soon and he wanted a few minutes to himself. As he walked through the village he looked around him. The children were playing. Some of the adults were playing with them. Others were working on the gardens and repairing huts. It wasn't like Mobotroplis of his youth, but it had become his home. He just felt bad for the children that had been born after the war started. When he came to his hut, he was glad he had his own hut. But he was surprised when he found Kathryn waiting for him inside. She was looking at something. When she heard him walk in, she looked up at him. A hateful look in her eyes.

"How long were you going to keep this?" she asked, holding up the picture of her and her family.

"I was going to give it to you."

"You had no right to keep it in the first place!"

"I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have kept it."

"Sorry! You're sorry? Sorry doesn't cut it Hedgehog! I don't want to see your face or see you near my sister or that boy Tails. She's told me about you and how you let them come with you and putting them in danger!" Kathryn said, as she stood, raising her voice.

"Now hold on, I never put anyone in danger! What are you doing in my hut anyway?" Sonic yelled back.

"Don't you try and change the subject! That's where you're wrong. I herd her stories and though she says it's her fault or Tails, it wasn't. It was yours Hedgehog! Yours for not looking out for them and not making them stay out of it to begin with." She yelled, her teeth showing now.

"It was their choice to come, just like it's everyone's choice to fight or not to fight! It was their choice to do the things they did. I for one would have been grateful that someone was there to save their little sister and her friend." Sonic barring his own teeth.

"Why should I be when it was you that put those damned thoughts in their heads to begin with!" she was ready to attack him, "If I ever see you near Amy and Tails or you talking to them. I swear you'll wish you hadn't!" Kathryn said this through clenched teeth and left, taking her photo and slamming Sonic's door behind her.

Sonic stood in his hut, counting. Doing everything he could think of to calm himself. "How dare she accuse me?" He said to himself as he went to his bathroom. He looked in the mirror and was surprised to see he still had his teeth bared and quills standing out. He stared at himself for few minutes. Letting his thoughts and feelings rage. He went over each one and was surprised with one of his feelings. It wasn't anger, but a sort of craving. A craving for her. It had thrilled him to see her angry. He shook his head and started the shower. Running it on cold. Stepping in he suppressed a yelp as the cold water ran over him. This seemed to cool his temper.

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Sonic smiled at everyone and said hello when they said it to him. The fight he had with Kathryn earlier was gone from his mind. He only wanted to enjoy the rest of the day. He walked into the mess hall ready to eat. When he saw Tails and Amy coming towards him, he smiled and was about to say hello to them when he heard Kathryn yelling.

"Amy Rose! Miles Powers! You two get away from him this instance!" She came over and dragged the children away.

Sonic was so mad he was ready to hurt her. He could feel everyone's eyes on him. When Sally called him over to her table. He gladly obeyed and came to the table. Geoffrey, Antoine, Bunny and Rotor sat at the table. Sally pointed to a seat and Sonic sat down. It had been awhile since he sat at this table. He just looked at the table and waited for Sally to tell him what she wanted.

"Sonic, the gathering bot came to close this time. Rotor has looked it over." The princess turned to the light blue furred walrus.

"This is a new type of gathering bot. The lasers that it was shooting weren't stunners. They were robotizers. If one touched you, whatever part it touched. Would have been robotized." Rotor hung his head.

"If we don't stop the manufacture of these robots. I'm afraid that..." Sally said.

"That life as we know it is over. Every thing you've worked for will be for nothing." Kathryn finished for her. None of them noticed when she came to the table or the two children behind her. She placed a plate in front of Sonic. Then motioned for the kits to sit. Placing herself between them and Sonic.

"Well, yes, that's why I wanted Sonic, Tails, Amy and Rotor to go in to the city on a recon mission to see if it can be stopped. Sonic's uncle is doing what he can to get information on this new robot."

Kathryn glared at the princess. With one fluid motion, she sat and looked around. "The children will not be apart of this." She said flatly.

Everyone looked at her. Some with their mouths open. Others kept them closed. But no one said a word. Amy and Tails looked at Kathryn with shock and surprise written across their small faces. While Kathryn held Sally's gaze. Holding the table tightly with her hands.

"But sis, this is something I want to do." Amy finely said, breaking the silence.

"I don't care. You shouldn't have to do it. You should be playing and having fun. Both of you should." Kathryn looked at them then to Sally, "I wont allow it. I will take their place."

"You are right about children should be children. But Tails has to go. He is the only one that can fly. We need his ability to help us. He has been on other missions before." Sally stated.

"Tails, Amy, I think you two should go and eat with the other children. I'll let you know what we decide later." Sonic told the kitsun and hedgehog. They left the adults, both a little shaken.

Kathryn looked at Sonic and then to Sally again. "Fine, but Amy stays and I go." Then everything faded. She was cold, so very cold. The odd blackness that followed surrounded her again.

"Tails look out!" Sonic yelled.

A robot with an odd laser gun fired at Tails and hit him in the arm. The arm slowly began to change and morph. Soon it was a robotic limb and Tails stared at it in shock and then the next blast hit him head on and finished the job.

"Did you here me?" Sally asked, Kathryn shook her head no, "I said that you can take Amy's place." Sally looked at her, wondering if she was truly her mother's daughter.

Kathryn agreed; the recon team would consist of Sonic, Rotor, Tails and Kathryn. Kathryn was scarred, but she never told or showed it. After they had eaten. Kathryn went and told Amy that she wasn't going. Then she found Tails and brought him to Sally's hut. There the planning went late into the night and some of the next morning. Still Kathryn tried to convince them to leave Tails out of this, but to no avail. Finely she accepted it and studied the plans that Nicole laid out in front of her. In all it was to be an easy job. Go in, rig a bomb, set it to blow, then out again. All of this was to take place the next evening.

Kathryn carried the sleeping kitsun to his hut and laid him in his bed. She gentle kissed his forehead and left. Tomorrow night would come soon enough. She didn't like the feeling that surrounded it either. But what was she to do. She had to do what her princess asked of her. That's what her parents would have wanted. She took one last look at Tails before she closed his door and headed for her hut.

To be continued

I've redone just a little of this chapter. I just hope I caught all the typos I did. So please R&R

Till the next chapter:

Those with wings,

Fly to your dreams.