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Curse of the Dark Emerald, chapter 5.

Welcome back to Dark Emerald now lets see how Sonic and Tom are holding up!

After the shocking discovery of Sonic being found injured on the front of the house, Tom put all his priorities on hold. Maddie had rushed out of bed to treat and bandage Sonic who was still unconscious as she took care of him. Now after 9 am and three hours after Sonic was taken in he was lying in Tom and Maddie’s room. His arms and legs were covered in wraps with small flecks of blood blotting through the materials.

Tom sat at the kitchen bar on the phone; with his colleague.

“Hello?”

“Hey Wade, it’s me.”

“Yeah, what’s up?”

“I’m sorry I haven’t come in yet, there’s been an emergency.”

A pause from the other end came, “Are you okay? Did someone break into your house-?”

“No,no. It’s uh..Sonic. He had an accident, and I’m still here watching him. I’m not sure if I’m gonna come in later, but I have to make sure he’s okay..”

“Sonic? The hedgehog-kiddo?” Wade's voice becomes coated in concern.

“Yeah, I’m trying to sort it out and I really can’t leave him-“

“Don’t worry man, you’re the boss and you do what needs to be done, alright?” Wade on the other end sitting at his desk fumbles with a pen nervously, wondering how bad it was but only listened to his best friend to show support.

“Okay, thanks. I’ll talk to you later.”

“Keep me posted, I’ll be waiting, bro.”

Tom hangs up, and cups his face in worry. He truly had a scare earlier and thought the worst had happened again to Sonic…

“Hey, honey.”

Maddie came to his side and wrapped her arm around him, “I checked on him and he’s stable.”

“Thanks for that.” Tom forces a smile to show his gratitude.

“I made sure there’s nothing broken, he's just scratched and cut all over. But what happened?”

Tom sighed with a heavy breath, “I really don’t know. And that’s what’s killing me. I had stayed up almost all night worrying about Sonic and my hunch was right.”

Tom cups his hands together, squeezing them and putting them against his chin, the wave of guilt fluttering in his chest almost makes him choke with a knot in his throat.

“We-no, I should’ve checked his room last night, I...god damn it…”

“Shhhh,” Maddie wraps both her arms on Tom, “I should’ve said it sooner too. We’re both at fault, here. But at least now, we know he’ll be okay and he’s still alive!”

Tom tried to feel a little better, and her reassurance did put him at ease but only a little.

I don’t wanna tell her about what I saw, not yet...how Sonic looked like when he was on the ground…

“But, that’s not all when I found him.”

Tom gets up, and across the table picked up a black-colored jewel in his hand and holds it to his wife, “This was with him.”

Maddie furrows her eyebrows and takes the blackened jewel and looks over it, “What is this?”

“I don’t know.” Tom shook his head, “But my guess it might be why he snuck off without saying anything to us.”

“Well...it is kinda pretty, I admit.” Maddie smiles just a little at the item, but deep down in her mind, holding this mysterious gem was giving her a cold feeling, and as if she was going to be pulled into a black pit, it was unsettling.

Maddie put it on the table and sighs. “I have to get to work now, I want to stay but-“

“Mads, it’s fine. I’ll be here for him.”

“I know, but if anything happens call me, alright?” Maddie kisses Tom on the lips and he happily accepts it.

“I will, he’s my responsibility more than ever.”

The two smile again at each other, Maddie takes her purse and keys and heads to the garage and closes the door behind her.

Tom was about to go upstairs then remembered the black gem on the table, realizing it was important; he took it with him. Tom enters his room and Sonic was still asleep, his body laying on his back giving full view of his head and face. The sight of the bandages on his limbs still hurt to see for Tom. Ozzy was also on the bed, comfortable by Sonic, watching him.

Tom took a chair and set it on the bedside, watching his best friend like a hawk and afraid to take his eyes off.

“No...no...please…”

Tom saw Sonic's lips curl down, showing his short fangs as they gritted together, realizing Sonic was probably having a nightmare.

“Please, no..!”

“Sonic..”

Tom puts his hand on Sonic's arm to reassure him, when Sonic jumps up awake, his green eyes turning bright cold blue; he growled menacingly and his head flickers his blue electricity…

“Sonic! it’s me! It’s okay!” Tom holds his hands up to show nothing was a threat to calm the young hedgehog;

Sonic took one look at his guardians face and his powers eases up.

“Tom?”

“Hey, bud. Are you alright-?”

Sonic pushed the blankets off and threw himself into Tom’s chest, trying to hold back his sobs, “I thought I wouldn’t see you again…!”

Tom wasn’t going to hold back himself and hugged him, finally resting his fears, “You're okay, it’s gonna be alright, you’re safe…”

As embarrassing as it was, Sonic let himself weep softly into Tom’s uniform shirt, he had terrible nightmares and the memory of being tortured from just hours ago shook his core. The two stayed like this for only a couple minutes, but to Sonic, it felt like an eternity.

“Oh, right!” Sonic gasps and lets go and scans the room, his eyes going in all directions, “Are we under attack, or anything-?”

“Woah, slow down, what’s wrong now?”

“It’s...its’ Eggman! He’s come back!” Sonic stands on his feet holding his fists, his eyes flickered with anger, “He found me and I managed to get out-”

“What??” Tom stood up stunned,” “He’s back? But I thought-”

“Are you listening? He caught me and took the Chaos Emerald and used its power against me!” Sonic yelled back in anger.

“Hey, I hear you! But “Chaos Emerald?” Is this the thing you’re talking about?”

Tom picks up the black emerald to Sonic, “This was with you when I found you outside.”

Sonic stares intensely at the tainted gem...then he snarls in disgust and slaps the emerald out of Tom’s hand with such force that Tom didn’t predict he would do that he flinched, making the emerald fall on the bed close to Ozzy.

“Ouch! What was that for-!”

“That stupid Emerald turned me into this and you’re not listening, or helping me!” Sonic accused and pointed his short claw at Tom,

Only for his expression to be replaced with shock and guilt.

“Sonic, what’s wrong? I don’t understand what’s going on here..” Tom rubbed his hand but was more concerned about the abrupt change of Sonic’s behavior..

Sonic sat back down on the back, not looking at him. His mouth curls inwards and purses, obviously guilty for treating his friend the way he did just a moment ago.

“I’m sorry. I don't know why I did and said that. I was scared.”

“It’s okay.” Tom takes the Emerald and put it out of sight from Sonic to prevent upsetting him again.

Tom sat back into his chair,

“Start from the bottom, I know you left without telling me what was on your mind, and then what happened?”

Sonic’s eyes darted in different directions again, his mouth moved but no words were forming.

“It’s alright, I’m not going to be mad at you. I just want the truth, Sonic.”

Immediately assured he wasn’t going to be punished in any way, Sonic explained everything that happened in a matter of a few minutes, in almost disturbing detail. By the time he finished, Tom’s arms and hands twitched the entire time, not from fear, but anger. He stood up and paces around and sighs heavily,

“That son of a..” He refrained from letting out what he was obviously wanting to say.

“This is my fault, and I made you worry.” Sonic’s voice trembled, deeply apologetic.

“We’ve been over it, how would we know that psycho was going to come back for you?”

“The thing is, I had to go and find the Chaos Emerald, before it could be used in the wrong of ways..”

“That, right? Just to be clear?” Tom points at the black emerald on the nightstand, “What is it, exactly?”

“A Chaos Emerald, it can be used to improve anyone’s abilities, and there’s more than one..there’s 7 of them. Those lights in the news? This one was causing all that.”

“And you just happened to know where it was?”

“Yeah, and then…”Sonic pauses,

“I don't know what happened but after that Stone guy made the Emerald go black, my brain went out like a light and I don’t remember a whole lot before I made it to the house…”

Tom played the image of Sonic on the ground looking a little different, but decided against mentioning it in case it might upset him again, then an idea came.

“Why don’t we go out? We’ve been gloomy for the last hour and it's making me sad and hungry. And we can talk more about all that later.”

Sonic for the first time since being awake, smiles with excitement, “Really? Yeah, let’s go!”

But Sonic froze again and frowns, “But what if Eggman is out there? We-”

“Don’t worry, you and I know what to do if he shows his mug.” Tom chuckles with confidence, “We've both had a scare so let’s just wait it out for now, and relax.”

“Yeah, lets! By the way, where is Maddie?” Sonic makes a little bounce on the bed before jumping down.

“She’s working, and she patched you up.” Tom opens the door to let himself and Sonic out.

“Cool, I hope it didn't make her worry too much.” Sonic saw that his red shoes were just a few inches away from himself and started to put them back on.

“I’ll let her know that you’re alright.” Tom pats Sonic's head.

The two were getting ready to leave then Sonic looked at his hands;

“Hey, do you have any spare gloves?”

“Maybe, why?”

“Uh, I’m just...uncomfortable without any on and I don’t know where my other ones are.”

“Sure, let me check.” Tom went to the closet which was slightly disorganized from supplies and jackets blocking some of the way.

He pulls out a stash of gloves in a box and shows which ones Sonic liked, and he picks a pair that were similar to his old white ones.

“You good now?”

“Yeah.” Sonic moves his fingers in the new, unfamiliar material but it would do for the time being.

…

It was now after 12 and Sonic and Tom sat patiently for their food in a diner; which happened to be at the same place where Sonic and the evil Dr. Robotnik has their battle just outside on the street. Sonic was always a bit proud to have that memory of defending the town that night, but now it just made him a little anxious, so he tried to avoid looking at that street. Tom on the other side of the table across from him was on his phone, texting Maddie on Sonic’s condition to let her know he was fine. From time to time, people who were familiar with Sonic greeted him and asked what happened to him with the obvious bandages on his arms, to which the young teen would giggle and smile at them saying it wasn’t anything to worry about.

Finally, the waitress brings their requested food and says to enjoy themselves; Tom ordered a brisket burger and Sonic had Mac and cheese with fries. As they ate Tom saw how much more relaxed and happier Sonic was with his food and less tense than before. Which made him glad but he needed to help him with the problems awaiting just outside the doors.

“Sorry there weren't any chili dogs.”

Sonic waves his hand, “It’s fine, I’ll eat anything at this point.”

After they both finished Tom put his phone away and began to ask, “I want to talk to you about that Emerald, if it’s okay with you? I don’t want to make you upset or anything.”

Sonic’s eyebrows move up and he forces a little chuckle, “Go ahead, I knew you were going to.”

“Alright. So how do we fix it? You said earlier that it’s not supposed to be so dark.”

“My only bet is if we find Eggman and force him to change it back; but that’s not going to be easy.” Sonic folded his arms and huffs angrily.

“He’ll probably show up eventually sooner or later, and we better prepare for it, but most importantly, Sonic, What happened to you after you escaped?”

Sonic gives a confused expression, “What do you mean?”

“You...how should I put it..you didn’t look like “you” this morning, your fur was a different color, and your claws and teeth were abnormally long…”

Sonic gulps, his chest tightened; he tried to soak in what Tom was saying and he scratched at his brain for anything he could remember after shattering his torture chamber, but it was fuzzy, and dark…

Both were interrupted in mid conversation when loud pops and bangs of glass breaking in the dining room makes them jump in their seats. People screamed in terror and scrambled for safety.

“Get under!” Tom orders Sonic to hide under the table and Sonic was already on the floor before he could finish speaking.

“It could be Eggman! I gotta get-!”

“No, stay here first!” Tom was not taking the chance of him or himself being at risk of injury; Tom takes his radio and connects to the police station ordering back up to their location.

Sonic watched as lasers and showers of bullets hit everything on contact and it hurt him to see so many people terrified and taking cover in whatever they could use to protect themselves, he growls; not wanting to wait for someone to get killed and steps out of his safety spot, he heard Tom shout in protest, but he couldn’t hear over the loud clattering and clunks of metal in the air. The shooting ceased as soon as the blue teen stood in stance,

“Hey Egghead! Pick on someone who can fight instead of scaring these guys! I’m right here, you coward!” Sonic spat, challenging wherever the enemy could be hiding.

Onlookers who were hiding themselves observed and smiled at the hedgehog, feeling assured they would be saved, cheering for Sonic, while some retort shouting it was a stupid move.

“Come on! Am I too scary to take on-?”

Sonic was cut off when a dark ball charged out of nowhere hitting him scare on his chest, knocking him backwards and onto a wall. Sonic grunts in pain and tries to catch his breath. He forced himself to stay conscious.

“Target located, objective: bring Sonic the hedgehog alive.”

A deep, and robotic voice thundered in the room, Sonic finally sees what he has encountered, a dark blue metallic figure loomed over him with red blank eyes and lanky limbs stared back at Sonic.

Sonic coughs out dust from his lungs and mouth, and stands up ignoring his creaking bones, the cuts and forming bruises he already had were making his skin throb, but he ignores it all;

“Bring it on, tin can!”

Tom not from afar spits into his radio, “Wade, hurry up!”

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