Lady Rosetta Werehog Chapter 5

"Aurgh........W-Why does my head hurt so much?" Sonic slowly starts to wake up, his eyes flicker open. His mind is still groggy and heavy, not quite recovered from the effects of the gas. "W-What happened?"

It takes several minutes for Sonic to wake up enough to look around at his dim surroundings. There is a table with medical tools to his left, and there is an x-ray viewer along with a few other things he couldn't identify to his right. He concludes that he is in some sort of operating room.

Then he remembers what happened earlier and realizes where he is. His eyes shoot down in horror and fear, "Has Eggman seen me transform at all?" To his relief, though a bit upset about it, Sonic is still in beast form.

Which means it was still night outside. But how close was it to daybreak?

Sonic grunts as he tries to lift his powerful transformed arms, but he finds heavy straps are binding him down to the platform. He then attempts to get free by biting the straps, but his jaws couldn't even reach them.

Suddenly, a bright, blinding light above him turns on, causing him to shut his eyes tight. "I see your awake now," says a familiar voice. Sonic cracks open one eye to see who spoke in the darkness. Even with the hash light, he sees a figure stepping towards him.

It is Eggman, wearing a surgeon's attire. He pulls off the mask that is covering his face, and dims the light, "There's no need to have per-surgery jitters. We're already done with the first round of procedures, and won't do more until tomorrow"

"Wait, what did you do!!?? Sonic's eyes widen in panic and his thoughts race, questions and curses whirling in his mind.

Oblivious of Sonic's thoughts, Eggman continues, "We didn't do much this time, just a simple microchip under the skin on the back of your neck. Just in case something goes wrong with what I have in store for you. I will be able to easily find you this way."

Sonic, hearing movement to his right, looks to that side and sees the Doctor's two robots, Decoe and Bocoe, indeed picking up the bloody surgeon tools. Sonic shivers when he realizes that it is his blood on those utensils.

"Don't worry, my friend. You were unconscious, and felt nothing."

Sonic looks back at the Doctor, and growls, baring his long, sharp teeth. That only makes the doctor laugh. Bokun flies over wearing a little nurse's outfit, "Doctor Eggman, should we take him to the 'recovery' room 'till your ready for him again?"

Eggman nods while pulling the surgeon hat off his bald head, "Yes Bokun, the room is all set up.  Just take our 'guest' there, and fetch something for him to eat. We wouldn't want our 'friend' to starve now, would we?"

Sonic's stomach rumbles little just hearing that. Bokun giggles, nods, and the little robot starts to push Sonic's cart down the hall, its squeaky wheels screeching loudly.

Sonic tries to struggle free from the straps again, which makes Bokun smile. "Doctor Eggman made sure those were tough enough, so you can't break out of them. Come on there's no point in trying," he says. He then starts to get a little annoyed that Sonic seems to ignore him. So he just continues to push the cart.

Soon they arrive at a large open room that resembles a big cat exhibit at a zoo, complete with plants, rocks and trees everywhere. Bokun presses a button, opening a door to the enclosure. He then tips the cart and the straps are undone, sending Sonic face-planting into the dirt. Before Sonic can get to his feet, the robot races out with the cart and the door immediately shuts behind him.

Sonic looks anything but pleased, "Just wonderful, I'm in the hands of Eggman." Sonic brushes his fur off and looks around the room, "The only thing missing is the glass window, with kids and their parents gawking at me."

He searches around, trying to find some way out of the room, but finds nothing...No vent, air ducts, nothing and no way to open the only door out from this side either. Looking up, hoping to find a lose tile in the ceiling, he spots a camera, "I'm being watched"

After checking around once or twice more, he gives up the search. At least he had found what seemed to be a cave, only slightly bigger than his wolf-like bulk. Just to be sure, he looks around for any hidden cameras within, judging by what Eggman said to him before.

He is glad the doctor didn't find out who he really is, and if he is able to stay in here all day, Sonic just might be able to hide the truth from the mad doctor, long enough to escape.

He curls up in a ball within the cave, and sighs, "Funny, Egghead is planning to use me as a weapon. And he doesn't know the one he's going to use me against, is me."

(Now my part)

The next day at the elementary school............

The kids were outside having recess. Chris and his friends: Helen, Danny and Frances were playing a game of Horse on the basketball court.

"So did you guys see the news last night too?" Danny caught the ball after missing the hoop.

"About some big bear or something, yea" Frances took the ball next and got ready to toss it. "I heard it disappeared"

"I hope it didn't get hurt or anyone else. It would be pretty sad if someone hurt a lost wild animal" Helen said with a hint of concern. She watched from her wheel chair, waiting for her turn.

"Well I guess your right about that Helen" Chris caught Frances 's ball and hands it to her.

"You think Sonic might of gone to look for it?" Danny asked. Chris shrugs "He probably did"

"Ok it's your turn- oh look it Chris it's your uncle Sam" Each of them turn to see a man getting out of a formula one car.

"Hey Sam what brings you here?" Chris asked his uncle as he walked up to them. "I wanted to give you and your friends V.I.P passes to the race track opening tomorrow. Since I haven't got to see you in a while I thought I deliver some right to you in person" He reached in his jacket pocket and pulled out 4 lanyards.

"Whoa thanks" They beam each grabbing one. Sam smiles back "Well I'm going to stop at the house and drop the rest off, and if you see Sonic remind him to come if he can"

"Sure thing, hey is the president really going to make a appearance there?"

"He sure is right after yours truly gets to unveil a surprise" Sam puffed his chest a bit. "So I'll see then"

"Bye Sam!" They all wave goodbye as the uncle gets back in the car and races off.

"So you guys going?" Chris looked at his friends. Each of them nods "Of course we are, V.I.P passes why not?"

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Sonic's stomach complained loudly, he tried to cover his ears to block the sounds out. He already missed breakfast and the smell of lunch was so painful. Bokun had arrived earlier and placed a tray with assortment of meats on it: Bacon, sausage, hamburger patties and hotdogs just to name some. Eggman was thinking he was still a beast, a meat eating carnivore, but that wasn't true.

Even if that meant starving, Sonic wasn't coming out till nightfall when he does change back into his beastself. He can't let the Doctor find the beast was really his enemy.

Shivering he goes and rubs his arms for a brief minute, he was worried about what Eggman had planned. And knowing him it's not exactly the best thing.

He missed his friends, were they worried at all? As much as he was about them?

He curls in a tight ball, just trying to think of what to do......

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And stays that way for several hours till the night arrives and his painful transformation comes again. And he tries with all his might not to cry out in pain, determined to keep this change a secret. His fur, tail, and his nose all grow and become longer. The muscles expanded and grew in mass, his teeth became sharp as daggers. The arms and leg changed shape........at the very least he didn't have to worry about ruining his shoes and gloves.

Sonic had taken those off before he had transformed in the park, a habit he quickly picked up after losing the first and second pairs.

But soon the pain faded and the beast hedgehog stuck his nose out of artificial cave. Racing out to the tray he snatched up
the cold meat and scarfed it down. Sonic shudders and coughs a bit as the cold, chunky pieces of meat went to his empty stomach.

"Argh.....does Eggman even know seasoning is?" But then again he doesn't know Sonic wasn't a real wild animal used to eating meat all the time "But at least it's cooked, I'm not sure I could eat raw meat even like this" Glancing down at his large clawed hands. Then he goes and chokes down the rest of the food. Full but disgusted Sonic lays down on the ground, "Either I wait for Eggman to do something or figure out someway to get out of here"

"Hey!"

Sonic's head shoots up again there was Bokun flying towards him, Sonic bares his teeth telling him to back off. "I'm just here for the tray ok?" The robot goes to get the tray, scooping it up he smiles "You ate it all, I guess you like my cooking"

"Ak! He made that, yuck!" But he kept a straight face and looked away. Big mistake.

Out of the blue there was a sharp pain in back, Sonic snapped his head around and saw Bokun holding a needle in his free hand. A empty needle I might add.

"Nighty night big guy" The robot laughs and Sonic quickly felt the familiar wave of forced sleep "Not again......." And quickly falls limp.