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[CPR]
Comrade Pinniped Resuscitation
[CPR]
The Northern Tundra, Planet Mobius, 3235 P.X.E.
Upon his fellow Knothole Freedom Fighter, Rotor, leaving for the Northern Tundra to help the walrus herd of his birth, Sonic the Hedgehog had decided to head out to the same place as well. It was not that he doubted Rotor's skills, but Sonic did not want to take any chances with his friend's safety. In addition, he figured that the group of Arctic Mobians they teamed up with once would be helpful in figuring out what was going on with the herd.
Therefore, utilizing his inborn super speed, the blue hedgehog ventured forth to the north pole of Mobius through the available ground that connected it to the continent of Northamer. Unfortunately, just as Sonic was making good progress, his running caused the frozen ice beneath his feet to break and he was having trouble in not falling in the cold, watery grave awaiting him.
"Oh, man," Sonic exclaimed in dread as he grabbed on a tilting ice floe with both hands. Thinking back to the words of his team's tactician, Sally Acorn, about Rotor needing to do things himself, Sonic was forced to admit that he was rash in wanting to help, especially where his health was concerned. "Sal's never going to let me live this down," Sonic shouted before his left hand slipped, followed by hitting his head on the floe he was hanging on, and finally, falling into the cold water with a bad headache that deprived him of consciousness.
[CPR]
'Talk about whacky,' Erma thought to herself, unsure about the day's events. A red-haired ermine in a pink sweater that she figured went with her powder blue eyeshadow and light brown/white fur, she and her group of friends, the Arctic Freedom Fighters, had arranged a meeting to discuss where they go forward upon seeing that Doctor Ivo Robotnik had seemingly little interest in expanding his empire to their homeland.
While she and their leader, Guntiver, had wanted to keep the team going in case Robotnik would move in, they argued for a bit over whether their approach would either be active or proactive, but ultimately accepted that the others, Sealia, Augustus, and Flip wanted to take a break from the Freedom Fighter lifestyle. Just before the quintet would part ways, however, they saw an approaching figure speeding nearby before falling into the Arctic waters beneath them, prompting Sealia and Flip, being a seal and a penguin respectively, to dive in to see what had happened.
"What was that about," Augustus was asking Erma and Guntiver while the speedy swimmers among them were taking their time. An overweight polar bear with the typical white fur, Augustus only wore blue shorts, and yet, while he did not look the look of a strong man, he was not to be underestimated in a fight.
Guntiver, an Arctic wolf that wore a green jacket over his maroon/yellow fur, hummed in thought and turned to Erma, saying, "You don't suppose that Robotnik deployed a new weapon or something, do you, Erma?"
"I doubt it," Erma admitted as she remembered a certain Freedom Fighter they all met in Northamer not too long ago. She was about to refer to who she had in mind before they heard a nearby splash.
"We 'ave him," Sealia was telling the three in her Eurish accent as she and Flip emerged from the Arctic waters and brought none other than Sonic the Hedgehog to the Northern Tundra's surface with them.
"Wonder what he's doing here for," Flip commented while scratching his head in confusion, having taken off his red cap to do said scratching. Like typical penguins, he had black/white feathers with a beak that was as yellow as his feet, but his trademark joking mannerisms were taking a backseat in light of Sonic's wounded and unconscious state.
It was then that Sealia, who was light purple in fur color except for her peach muzzle, and wearing a green beret as well as a blue/white striped shirt, stood over the blue hedgehog and announced, "I weel revive him!" Once in position, Sealia then opened Sonic's mouth and began to press the hedgehog's chest to spit out the seawater in his mouth and throat, followed by blowing air via mouth to mouth.
"Whoa," Flip yet out in slight shock at the scene before him, prompting Erma to roll her eyes with a scoff.
"Flip, it's just C.P.R. There's no need to read into it."
It was then Guntiver's turn to scoff as he commented, "That's what they all say."
Erma was about to retort the wolf's words before Augustus butted in. "I'm forced to agree with the guys here on this, Erma," he said awkwardly and then added, "Wouldn't you feel the same if you were the recipient to C.P.R.?"
Thinking over Augustus's question, Erma could only say, "Touché."
Unbeknownst to the Arctic Mobians, however, Sonic was slowly stirring back to consciousness from Sealia's action, but having not open his eyes yet, he threw his arm around the seal's back and began to kiss her. Sealia was surprised by the deed, but slowly returned the favor.
Seeing the display before them, Flip was the first to summarize what they were seeing in just one word. "Wow!"
"Talk about a tongue twister," Guntiver said without realizing what he was exactly saying in his dumbstruck manner.
"Guntiver," Erma and Augustus yelled out, their embarrassment turning to anger for the moment.
"Sorry!"
Back to Sonic and Sealia, they just separated from kissing with the former opening his eyes to see who he locked lips with.
"Sealia," Sonic yelped in shock.
"Who do you think you were kissing," Augustus growled with warning to the startled hedgehog, not wanting him to hurt Sealia's feelings.
"My Mobiums are on that princess chick," Flip joked, relieved that they would not have a dead hedgehog on their heads, but prompting Erma to slap him on the back of the head.
"Uh, sorry, I may have been a bit delirious," Sonic said in way of an apology before focusing on Sealia. "You were a good kisser, though. Not that I want to make things any more awkward with another Mobian in a beret. No offense."
A bit unsure by Sonic's sheepish words, Sealia chose instead to reply with a smile, "You kiss nicely as well."
Forcing a cough, Guntiver then said, "What are you doing here up north, anyway, Sonic?"
The hero of the Knothole Freedom Fighters went into detail of his teammate, Rotor's, upcoming arrival in light of a call for help from the Northern Tundra's walrus herd. Exchanging glances, the previously disbanded Arctic Freedom Fighters decided to stick together longer to help the locals as much as their friends from Northamer's Great Forest.
Erma actually felt that she and Guntiver were making up for their prior argument until the latter said to her, "Being ready in advance is exactly what I said, right, Erma?"
Unamused by how the wolf was acting as if he was the proactivist among them from the start, Erma saw that her other teammates were not impressed either while Sonic looked confused by the sudden tension. She then had an idea upon seeing the hedgehog, and planted a kiss on his cheek to everyone's surprise. Once done, she directed her narrowed smirk at Guntiver's face and said, "So true, Guntiver. Now let's go."
She then made her way from the Freedom Fighters to where she heard the walruses were gathered not too long ago with her fellows not so far behind her.
[CPR]
A bit of an abrupt story, even for a one-shot, but I long figured that the title was funny, and I actually commissioned a fan art depiction of Sealia and Sonic by Sonicguru on DeviantArt for the sake of it, too, which received a lot of good reception. After some thinking, I decided to put this one-shot around the events of Archie Sonic Issues 31 to 32, but with Sonic actually going to the North Pole to help Rotor with his family troubles, even if Rotor does not know it, along with the rest of the Arctic Freedom Fighters helping out as well.
As much as I wanted to make this just Sonic/Sealia, though, I figured that I would not come up with a good idea for Sonic/Erma, which is why I had them both in the same one-shot, kind of like Sonic the Eggman Imperialist. As for the beret comment of Sonic's, I suggest that you look up Archie Sonic Issue 31 to see what other stories were going on at the time to understand what I meant then.