Chameleon means "earth lion" in Greek

disease part 2

Requested by LuckyBelle and Lunarblader

When they arrived on angel island they thought that the chameleon's condition was going to better almost instantly, which it did in one way

but even with the added sunlight, the chameleon's attitude was not as sunny

the chameleon was bored, stressed, and obviously unwell

mighty and knuckles did their best to provide the best health care and follow the instructions from the nurses and doctors

but it was clear Espio was going stir crazy, he could sit in one spot for a time, but he couldn't obviously do it for this long

it had almost been a full week after leaving him to bask in the sun they saw the first signs of the chameleons tried patience, finding him doing handstands, balancing on one hand at times, and walking on his hands back and forth

it was hilarious as it was impressive, but even more so a worry and risk of Espio getting hurt, especially with all that blood rushing to his head being upside down could not be good for him

although the chameleon could have more serious side effects, it didn't mean that what he was suffering wasn't worrisome

he was finding it hard to stand, having a general weakness and the two knew he was finding it hard to focus,

as kids when Espio was annoyed at the two he would always shoot his tongue at them to spook them

this tradition hadn't left as they grew older but the times he tried recently it was off by a lot, sometimes accidentally hitting a tree in the process

so doing handstands and out of their eyes, they could even see the chameleon manually moving his eyes around so they were in opposite directions was not going to help, especially when he was supposed to be resting and keeping it easy

if this wasn't the sign of a mental breakdown, they didn't know what was

and yet this was just the bare minimum of their concerns

"Espio! for the love of chaos, would you stop being so stubborn and take the medicine" knuckles pleaded as he held a squirming chameleon in a towel in his hands

the towel was the way to protect the chameleon from harsh movements but also keep him in place where he was practically being held in place to take his medicine

he tried hiding it in the chameleon's food, but thanks to his lack of appetite they had to do it the hard way

with the added help of mighty holding a syringe of the appropriate amount of medication to the mouth and doing his best to make him eat it, they tried to cover his nose holes to make him open his mouth but he was scarily great at holding his breath, so they had to result in using a spatula to part his lips they eventually got the chameleon to comply

"Close your mouth, don't think I won't notice you spitting it out!" knuckles instructed whilst holding the ninja head tilted up higher than the rest of his body to help them swallow the medication

which was responded with an eventual gulp and growl

this was the most unpleasant part and even worse was that this wasn't the first time they had to do this, meaning that Espio had no intention of making it easier for the two as the time went on, fighting them tooth and nail each and every time

"I hate you" Espio grumbled once the medicine was taken, allowing himself to be freed of the towel's hold that was being used to prevent him from thrashing