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Manic laid on the couch, staring at the ceiling. "Great. About forty days of this."



"I'm surprised you knew that." Sonia said, handing Manic her tablet. "Here's an e-book for you to read."



Manic took the tablet and half smiled.



Sonia chuckled nervously. "A- at least it's one baby."



Manic sighed and handed her a sheet of paper out of his pocket. "Here's my demands."



Sonia took the paper. "Okay, I'll make it happen." She replied. She hugged Manic. "You're an amazing brother."



"Yeah, yeah." Manic muttered.



Sonia left the room.



Manic glanced at his (technically Sonia's) stomach. "Oh, she better be naming you after me, kid."
**
Manic tossed the tablet down on the couch. "Ugh!"



"You need to tough it out and finish the e-book." Sonic said.



"I need a minute." Manic replied. "This stinks."



"At least it's a somewhat short amount of time." Sonic said, smiling weakly. "You got about thirty more days."



Manic gave him a look. "You're not helping me."



"Sorry." Sonic replied.



"I never should've clicked the link to that video." Manic said. "Remind me to buy Ma a cruise ship ticket for Mother's Day."



Sonic furrowed his brow. "Oh-kay…."



Manic shuddered.



Sonic picked up the tablet. "What is wrong with this video?"



Manic shook his head. "Don't-"



"Oh!" Sonic yelled. He tossed the tablet aside. "Why?!"



"I'm sorry." Manic said. "I should've told you it was a birth video."





"You think?" Sonic asked. He got up and went outside for a run.
**
"Just five more days at the most." Sonia muttered under her breath.



"Be grateful he doesn't have you pulling him around in a rickshaw or carrying him on a palanquin." Sonic said, sitting down across from Sonia.



Sonia sighed. "Don't give him ideas."



"I won't, but you do owe him, sis." Sonic said. "He's doing you a huge favor."



Sonia nodded. "I know, I know."



Sonic got up to get a leftover chili dog out of the fridge. "So how did Knuckles react to this?" Sonic asked. "When's he gonna be back from the warrior… thing?"



"About the same as us." Sonia replied. "Knuckles will be back some time today."



Sonia's phone chimed.



Sonia looked at it. "Manic wants mango ice cream."



Sonic set the chili dogs on the counter. "Is that even a flavor?"



"Yeah." Sonia replied. "At the ice cream shop downtown."



Sonic quickly ate his chili dogs and got his wallet. "I'll be right back."



"Be grateful that's all you're buying him." Sonia said. "He asked me for big ticket items."



"Tell me when I get back." Sonic said. He raced off to the shop and came back with the ice cream a few minutes later.





After Sonic gave Manic his ice cream, he sat down at the kitchen table again. "Now what does he want?"





Sonia pulled the list out of her pocket. "Let's see… to see Terminator 2 in 3D and IMAX. To see Jaws the musical."



"That's a thing?" Sonic asked.



"To see Skillet in… he wants backstage passes too?" Sonia asked. "He's out of his ever loving mind if he thinks I'm buying him all of this."



Sonic gave Sonia a blank stare. "Sonia. Manic's stuck in your body, so he's going to go through labor, not you." He said. "The least you can do is buy him his tickets. I'll take him to whatever he wants unless he wants Jade to go. Besides, he's been yapping about that concert for a while and the tickets were cheaper than even what we charge for tickets when we do concerts."



"You're right." Sonia muttered. She typed on her tablet. "Okay, he has his movie tickets, his theater tickets, and… now his concert tickets."



"Sonic!" Manic screamed. "Sonia!"



Sonic and Sonia jumped out of their seats and ran to Sonic and Manic's room.



Manic was sitting on his bed, wide-eyed. "I-"



"Yeah, we know." Sonic said, hurrying over to Manic's bed. He picked Manic up. "I-"



Manic groaned and squeezed Sonic's wrist.



Sonic winced. "Oh, I wish you wore regular gloves."



Sonia finally pried Manic's fingers loose. "You don't want him to drop you."



"Oh, like that'll hurt worse?!" Manic yelled.



"Then what do you want?" Sonic asked. "I can run to the hospital faster than any car and all we have is Sonia's motorcycle."



Manic groaned and squeezed Sonic's arm. "How long is this gonna take?!"



Sonic gritted his teeth. "I can't run with him jabbing me with his nails and spines."



Sonia checked her phone. "Oh, Knuckles is home and Jade's here. We can take the van and we'll have Jade to help if anything goes wrong."



"What?" Manic asked.



"You'll be okay, Manic." Sonic replied.
**

Sonic sighed as he stepped on the brakes. He looked in the rearview mirror and saw a car behind him.



There were also two cars on either side of his van.



"Oh, you're gonna laugh about this later, Manic." Sonic said, glancing back at his siblings, Jade, and Knuckles. "Traffic jam; we're stuck."



Sonia looked at Manic, who was glaring at Sonic. "If looks could kill."

Thankfully for Manic, they arrived at the hospital just in time.
**


Sonic and Jade were finally allowed to visit Manic.



Sonia hugged Manic. "You're an awesome brother."



"Thanks, sis." Manic replied.



Knuckles showed Sonic and Jade his and Sonia's new baby girl, a reddish-pink hedgehog they named Rachel after the hedgehog siblings' grandma.



"Oh, she's cute." Sonic said.



Jade played with Rachel's feet. "She's a sweet baby."



Sonic texted Tails to let him know.



Tails texted back a few minutes later.



"Tails said he's on his way and he'll try to swap you two back as soon as Manic's recovered."
**
Sonia and Manic stepped into the pods.



Tails activated the machine.



Sonic and Tails crossed their fingers.



The doors finally opened.



Sonia and Manic walked out, glancing at themselves.



Manic grinned. "Crashin'!"



Sonia hugged Manic. "I'm so glad it worked!"



Manic let her go. "Did you get my tickets?"



Sonic handed the tickets to Manic. "Here's the concert tickets. I'll-"



Manic handed a ticket to Jade. "Here ya go, Babe."



Jade kissed Manic. "Thanks, Love."