Knuckles Breaks His Leg Ch1

Knuckles Breaks His Leg

The red echidna glared at the blue hedgehog. He had come to his island speaking nonsense, and frankly, he didn’t feel like putting up with his antics today. Which is why the red echidna now carried Sonic the Hedgehog over his shoulder in an iron grip. He knocked on the wooden door to Tails’ workshop and waited for the orange fox to open it. The whole time Sonic squirmed and spoke rapid nonsense. Knuckles tuned it out, knocking on the door again.

I just want to return to my island.

Tired blue eyes opened the door. “Knuckles?” His groggy voice asked. “What are you doing here?”

He pointed to the blue boy draped over his shoulder.

Tails nodded. “Hi Sonic.” He pulled the door opened and gestured for them to come in. Knuckles came in and plopped the blue blur onto the couch with a careless thump. He nodded to Tails and began to leave. Or at least, he would have had Sonic not grabbed a hold of his arm.

“Aw come on Knuckles!” Sonic whined. “Can’t you hang out for a little bit?”

“No. I have to protect the Master Emerald.” Knuckles stated firmly.

“Ah! But it’s been snowing for 3 days straight. Why not just take a break and relax for once? We can build a snowman.” Sonic gave him a hopeful smile.

Knuckles looked at the blue hedgehog with a stale face that could rival Shadow’s. He shook his head and proceeded on his way. He didn’t have time to deal with this hedgehog. He had an island and emerald to protect.

Too bad for the echidna, the icy ground at Tails’ house was against him. His leg slid on the ice. He tried to steady himself, but his leg twisted in a way legs shouldn’t twist. Tails jumped at the loud crack that filled Mystic Ruins. Sonic stood frozen for a minute, silent as he stared at the echidna’s crumpled form.

“Tails!” Sonic screamed, “Get the first aid kit!” He grabbed Knuckles arm and wrapped it around his shoulders. “Knuckles, are you okay?” He glanced at the twisted foot and winced.

Knuckles hissed as he looked at his foot. “It’s broken.” He allowed the blue hedgehog to carry him inside Tails’ house.

Sonic tried to put him down on the couch gently, but Knuckles was heavier than Sonic expected and plopped down into the cushions. Tails was there with the first aid kit and proceeded to examine his foot.

“Just bring me to sticks and hand me the gauze. I’ll make a make quick cast and be on my way.” Knuckles stated.

Sonic’s jaw dropped. He knew Knuckles lived alone on Angel Island, but he couldn’t let the hot head try to tend a broken bone alone. “Knuckles, I don’t…”

“I’ll be fine Sonic.” Knuckles stated. “Just get me some sticks.”

Tails, by this time, had placed a phone to his ear. He knew he was going to need help dealing with Knuckles. There was snow on the floating island and he didn’t trust Knuckles not to get worse if left alone. He was currently applying ice to the foot as the two boys bickered.

Sonic heaved a heavy sigh. “Tails, talk to him.”

The orange fox arched an eyebrow at the blue blur. “Get me the box out of the hall closet. It’s got supplies to deal with injuries like this.” He ordered before turning back to the foot. He grabbed the scanner off the table and turned it on. He set it to x-ray mode and held it above the echidna’s foot. He examined the x-ray. “Do you hurt anywhere else?”

“It’s just my foot.”

“Want some pain medicine?” The fox offered. “I think I have some Advil.”

Knuckles sat contemplating it. Did he really need the medicine? It probably couldn’t hurt. He nodded with a low, “Thanks.”

The orange fox got up, carrying the phone with him. He pulled a white and blue bottle out of the cabinet in the kitchen. He proceeded back to the couch, handing the bottle to Knuckles.

Sonic came back with another first aid kit, though Knuckles wouldn’t call it a kit. It was a huge box a little bigger than Sonic’s head. He promptly dropped it on the ground next to Tails. Tails placed his phone on the hook. He slid the radial dial phone under the table as he opened the large box. Knuckles wasn’t surprised to see the fox sit up on his knees and bend over into the box. He pulled out some pieces of a crutch and placed them together to form a whole one. He made sure it was secure before piecing together a second one.

Tails pulled out several other medical tools.

Knuckles struggled to open the bottle, but he got it open with a loud pop. He dropped two pills into his hand and threw the pills back.

Knock! Knock!

“Sonic get that.” Tails ordered as he organized what he had pulled out of the box.

Knuckles recognized some of it. There was gauze, some sticks to hold his legs in place, rubbing alcohol, and a pack of band aids. The rest, Knuckles wasn’t sure what the rest was. L

“Shadow?” Sonic gasped as the black hedgehog made his way into the living room. A familiar pink hedgehog was right on his heels.

“Faker.” Shadow nodded. “Tails. Guardian.”

Knuckles greeted Shadow with a court nod. The two didn’t speak much. Usually Knuckles only Shadow saw when he came to get Rouge for a G.U.N. mission. “What brings you here?” Knuckles arched an eyebrow.

“Tails called.” Amy answered as she walked around Shadow and sat in front of Knuckles’ leg. “Wow.” She winced in sympathy. “That’s gotta hurt. Did you take any pain killer?”

“Two advil.” Knuckles held up the blue and white bottle.

Amy nodded. “It doing anything for you yet.”

“It helps.” Knuckles shrugged. “I’ll be fine.”

Amy arched an eyebrow as she looked at him. It was her skeptical ‘you’re-full-of-it-and-I-know-it’ look.

“You guys think you can do it?” Tails looked at Amy and Shadow, ignoring the confused looks of Sonic and Knuckles.

“Of course.” Shadow walked behind the couch. “Rose?”

“It’s an easy fix.” Amy sighed. “Got a big stick?”

Tails pulled out a wooden baseball bat and handed it to the pink hedgehog.

“That’ll do.” Amy nodded as she handed the bat to Knuckles. “Bite down on this.”

“Before that, down this.” Shadow handed Knuckles a blue plastic cup he got out of the kitchen.

Knuckles blinked for a moment, but he took the cup and stared into it. It had a foul smell that he couldn’t identify.

“It’s a pain killer.” Shadow answered Knuckles mental question. “Down it real quick.”

Knuckles nodded as he threw his head back and let the liquid travel down. Knuckles coughed rapidly. “It burns!”

“Yeah. I know.” Shadow held the bat to his mouth. “Now bite.”

Knuckles bit down on the bat. Amy grabbed Knuckles broken leg and twisted. Knuckles let out a muffled scream as Shadow held him still. Sonic stood back with a confused look.

Amy began to place long sticks around Knuckles’ leg to hold it in place as she wrapped it in a gauze. “We should get him an actual cast later, but this will hold for a few days.”

“Thanks Amy.” Tails nodded. “You too Shadow.”

“Hmph.”

“Can I go back home now?” Knuckles asked as Amy stood up.

Amy, Shadow, and Tails exchanged glances.

“You can’t be considering this, are you?” Sonic whined.

“I’ll stay with the guardian until his foot has healed.” Shadow stated.

“You’ll need some supplies.” Amy stated. “Pain killers, coats, food…”

“Alcohol is a great pain killer. I bought a whole bottle.”

“Winter coats, food, ear muffs?” Amy arched an eyebrow.

Shadow sighed. “You want me to take you to the store, don’t you?”

“Store and then you can teleport to Angel Island with Knuckles.” Amy nodded as she adjusted her coat. “Knuckles do you have blankets on Angel Island to sleep under?”

“Pfft!” Knuckles rolled his eyes. “What do I need blankets for?”

Amy shook her head.