The Dark Curse [SONIC THE HEDGEHOG AU]

CHAPTER 1 / PART 1 - A Big Problem

“…Lennon… Do you promise me that you’ll take care of Lori with all your love, even if he has a disability or an illness..?”

[FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE PREVIOUS EVENTS.]

Lennon, Lori’s father, noticed that his son never slept and was sometimes a bit violent with him, apparently without realizing it.

Annoyed, he decided to take him to a child psychiatrist.

[PSYCHIATRIST]

The three doctors came into the room Lori was left in, all carrying friendly smiles. They all were ordered to go, as it could be 'a special case'..

The first doctor spoke up.
"Hi, Lori! We’ve been told you’ve been acting really strange, so we’ve brought you here to examine you."

...Lori just stared at the group of doctors blankly.

"…Seems like he still can’t talk. After all, he’s only 12 months old. Well then, let’s begin!" The second doctor spoke up, getting the things necessary for the session with the little kid.

One of the doctors placed Lori on a small bed and put a stuffed animal in front of him to help him feel safe. The doctors were going to run some tests to check if everything was okay with his mind, but Lori stared at the toy for a few seconds, then suddenly moved toward it, grabbed it by the arms, and… tried to tear it apart violently. One of the plush toy’s arms was nearly ripped off, but the doctors took it from Lori before it could happen.

"H-Hey! What are you doing?!"

Lori suddenly started breathing heavily, staring at the doctor wide-eyed.

Unexpectedly, Lori bit the doctor’s arm. The doctor tried to pull him off, but for some reason, the child was incredibly strong. After managing to free himself, Lori stood still, staring at them in an almost… inhuman way. But then he blinked, and looked at them as if absolutely nothing had happened.

"What the hell…"
- "Lori?"
Lori pointed at the plush now in the main doctor's arms.
"p-plushy! :3"

The doctor spoke sternly. "
No, you’re not breaking the toy."
[to another doctor] "But what’s going on with this kid…? Why so much aggression at this age?"
The third doctor thought for a bit, as if contemplating an option..
" …We’re going to have to examine his thoughts."

Later… They brought in a machine that turns the waves inside the brain into words and placed it on Lori’s head.

Lori looked at the doctors with a slight sinister expression on his face.

The main doctor had a bitter shade on his face.
" Looks like he doesn’t like this machine… Little one, we need to do this. We can’t take it off…"

Lori exhaled through his nose threateningly.
"…"

The doctors were about to place the toy in front of Lori again, but when they looked at the words showing on the monitor, before they’d even done anything, they froze in place.

The machine translated Lori’s thoughts:

“Kill.”

They were in shock. Many of them were confused, the others struck with a knowing fear… Lori stared at them with a look that said, “Take this thing off my head right now or I’ll rip your teeth out.” The machine kept showing the same word as Lori stared them down. They turned and started whispering among themselves. Then, one of them left to get something and returned with a diagnostic paper, his face so filled with fear and worry it looked like his soul had left his body.