Everything...hurts...

"SONIC!?!"

There was a strong ringing sound that was vibrating throughout the blue hedgehog's ears, it was hard to make out what was going thanks to ringing but with a large black cloud of smoke that covered the twinkling night sky, and sound of slight explosions from something that was off in the distance. The hedgehog could only smell the strong scent of iron, as well as taste that same iron taste in his mouth...the lights in his eyes fading. His vision was blurry as he just stared up.

Burning debri falling down from a rekt air ship that was falling slowly from the sky can be seen the fighters that were the cause of the sudden explosion of this airship were busy at work trying to get citizens out of the zone of destruction.

"SONIC!?!"

The blue hedgehog only stared at the blurry image that was shaking his body and calling out to him, or what he thought was calling out to him with the ringing in his ears he couldn't make out what this blur was saying, he was already struggling with the features of whoever was calling out to him. Shaking he reached his hand up only see his gloves burned, ripped, and his fingers bloody.

W-who...are...you?

Before he could get answer, everything started to go black...something or rather his body started to make him panic, shaking and whimpering or at least he thought it was his body causing him to make those noises. He didn't want to go!...he couldn't go!

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The blue hedgehog suddenly jolted awake, his body shaking as his emerald eyes started to rapidly look around the area that he was in...a pitch black room, with a singular dress across from the large king size bed, two nightstands on either side of the bed. With one being home to a pair of spare golden inhibitor rings, and a green glowing emerald being the only light source in this room. The hedgehog didn't process his situation as he was panting and sniffling looking down at his damaged gloveless hands, the padding on his palms and fingers looking normal to any hedgehog mobian

"SONIC!?!"

The sudden swinging of the bedroom door being forced open cause the frightful blue hedgehog to squeak out in terror, he was still hyperventilating to the point that he hadn't realized he had been sobbing, or well lightly crying.

"Ssh...it's okay, it was only dream...I'm right here"

The hedgehog's eyes started to soften, at the voice...a voice he recognized, as well as this gentle touch, on his hands his emerald eyes shifting to a pair of reflective crimson ones. He...he had that dream again, a dream of something that he doesn't remember going through. But the burns and cuts on his body told a different story.

"Was it that dream again?"

"I...I don't know why I keep having them..."

The other hedgehog cupped the blue one's cheeks, using his thumbs to wipe away the remaining tears that was in the corner of the other's eyes.

"Calm down..."

The blue hedgehog only gave the other's hand a gentle nuzzle, whatever that nightmare was...it was causing him to lose a good night's sleep, as well as giving him a massive migraine. But he was starting to feel like that nightmare might've been something more than that. That voice.

"SONIC!?!"

It may have been muffled, and ineligible but it didn't sound anything like the hedgehog in front of him, it was young and child-like.

The shift weight caused him to be pushed out of painful thoughts, he only shifted his gaze over to the black and red hedgehog that had gotten into bed with him. Pulling the blue hedgehog close to his chest planting a gentle kiss onto his forehead.

"Lets get some sleep...we talk about that dream in the morning"

The blue hedgehog only buried his face into the soft white patch of fur on his partner's chest, his ears only tilted back as he started to purr softly.

Why did that voice sound familiar?