Tails POV
Three months... it's felt more like years. That's probably how long it will take to get over his death. Who am i kidding? I'll never get over it, neither will knuckles or Amy. We all act like we've gotten over it, but deep down we know Sonic's death will haunt us until the end of time. I didn't think Eggman had it in him, especially since the coward hasn't shown his face since. Knuckles tells me to stop worrying about Eggman, but i monitor Sonic's tomb anyway. With all the crazy adventures we've had, who knows what Eggman might use his dead body for. Everything seems normal, as usual. "I'm going to visit Sonic's tomb, you wanna come?" i ask Knuckles, who obviously has nothing better to do if he's just gonna sit in front of the t.v all day. "Tails, when are you going to stop torturing yourself like this?" I look away. "It's not torture, I'm just checking to make sure the tomb is alright." "What? is staring at it on your computer not enough?" he did have a point... i roll my eyes and head for the door when i see Amy walk in. To be honest, Amy terrified me when she was Sonic's crazy fan girl, but the silent, edgy Amy is way scarier. She dresses in small, tight, dark clothes everyday and now she's dating Shadow! SHADOW! That might explain why she wears different clothing now. She walked past me and sat on the couch next to knuckles. "Hey Amy" She didn't even look at him "Hi" "How's Shadow?" "fine" I like to think Sonic's death affected me the most since he was my best friend, we were basically brothers. Then i look at Amy and i can't even imagine the pain she's in. She must be really upset to have changed like this. I try to say something, but a loud beep interrupts me. oh no... i run to the computer, there's a breach in the tomb... "C'mon Tails! We need to check it out before they get away!" Knuckles said, dragging me away from the computer. Amy followed us to the tomb, probably ready to destroy whoever opened it. Knuckles finally let go of me when we arrived. I looked up at the statue of our fallen friend and then straight at the slightly opened door. It makes me mad, REALLY MAD. wait... the door is barely opened... no one could've gone in or out..."Guys, i think it's just a false alarm, a rat must've found it's way in." i tell them. "Well we need to get it out then." Amy pushed past me, almost knocking me over and opened the door. I forgot how dark it was inside that tomb... "Does anyone have a flashlight?" Amy asks, and knuckles pulls one out right on cue. We follow him inside the tomb, Amy and i can't see much though, knuckles however can see whatever he points the flashlight at. Once we had reached the end of the tomb where Sonic's coffin is, we looked around with the limited light we had. Sonic's coffin immediately caught my eye. "I-It's open..." i stutter in disbelief. Knuckles and Amy look at me with curious expressions. I felt unable to speak. The fear and anger bottled up inside me only allowed me to point at it. Knuckles shined the light at the coffin, almost dropping the flashlight. Amy's grip tighten on her hammer. The coffin's lid was laying broken on the floor.
Amy's POV
I pushed those two idiots out of my way and ran to the coffin. Someone was in here! Sonic's body is gone! I knew it! I knew something bad had gotten in! I threw my hammer in frustration, hoping to hit something. I don't why. I heard my hammer clatter onto the floor. My heart skipped a beat when i heard a loud yelp follow after it. I heard a thump in the corner. I picked up my hammer a Knuckles shined his light into the corner. My whole body froze. I felt my hammer slip out of my grip. My vision grew blurry as tears filled my eyes. "Sonic?!" Hearing his name pushed me over the edge. i feel to my knees. Everything was coming out of me. Sonic flinched as i screamed into my hands. I felt someone pulling me into their arms, i looked up to see Knuckles helping me up. i know he's not emotional, but... but... i can't even think straight... i just want to throw myself into Sonic's arms and cry, but i didn't have the strength or mind to break away from knuckles. My throat burns, My cheeks are soaked, and the worst part is, Sonic's looking straight at us. His eyes are almost impossible to see, but I've never seen more fear or confusion anywhere else. He looking at us like he doesn't know us... oh god... what's wrong with my sonic?!
Tails POV
"Sonic!" I can't believe it! It's him! Sonic's really here! I reach my hand out slightly, but he just whimpers and looks away. "Sonic...it's me...tails..." I was about to cry, he didn't even look at me. "If he's been alive all this time... how did he survive down here?" Knuckles asked. There's limited oxygen and no food or water down here, how did he...wait. I quickly grab his hand. His glove is torn at the knuckles and covered with blood. The flesh on his knuckles is torn apart and dripping with blood. He yanks his hand away. My heart sank. He was in so much pain. "He's been living off himself... He's been drinking his own blood and eating his skin..." I wanted to vomit. Seeing my friend, My hero like this! He must've tried to open the door, but of course he hasn't seen sunlight in 3 months, his eyes couldn't adjust to the light, that's why the door was only slightly opened. I wanted to hug him, comfort him, but he doesn't even know what we are anymore.
