"This place stinks of oil and smoke, why are we here again?" A familiar blue hedgehog asked his friend. She turned to him with a bored look on her face.

"You know why." She replied, her twin tails waving slightly in the breeze. Nearby stood Amy Rose, her hammer propped up against the wall as she played with her thumbs. Theme parks had always made her nervous.

Tailsko turned her PDA off and slid it into her pocket. She looked at her friends and nodded.

"So, he's coming then?" Sonic asked her, a mixture of boredom from the wait and relief at it being over. The fox nodded, and then added, "If he gets my signal."

They were stood at the entrance to the park. It was deserted, with its dusty paths barren from anything that could have suggested life. The only things that suggested it could be a fairground were the huge metal rides that lined the walls. The sky was a deep purple, as if reflecting the mood of the three friends.

They began to walk down one of the paths, staring at the old cotton candy carts and popcorn stands. There was something about this place that felt, odd.

"These places are always the scenes of zombie movies…"Amy thought to herself. The thought failed to soothe her nerves, and she gripped her hammer tighter.

It wasn't long before they found themselves lost. The fair was the size of a small city, and could be seen from space as an ugly grey box against an otherwise spoilt landscape. Why anybody in his or her right mind would build a fairground out here was beyond Sonic. " But Egg-features isn't in his right mind."

A sudden noise startled them, and they dived behind carts and rides in fright. They recovered quickly, and peered behind them at what had made then noise. Trudging up the path behind them were four robots. The lights of the rides bounced off their metallic shells as they stamped their way along.

Tailsko did the math in her head. "Four of them, three of us. We're outnumbered." Before she could do anything, however, her blue friend was already spinning round quicker than she could follow. She reached out to stop him, but he was already off, bouncing off of everything possible.

He hurtled towards Amy, who smashed him with her hammer. He shot towards one of the robots and clipped its foot, sending it crashing down. The others raised their guns and fired at the heroes. Tailsko shot lightning out of a wrist-mounted gizmo, while Amy clobbered the downed robot.

There were still two others, and Sonic wasn't helping in the slightest. His collision with the robot has knocked him flying and he had landed, still spinning, in a cotton candy machine. He emerged, as pink as Amy, dizzy from his actions. He managed to take out another robot, but was soon cornered.

Amy was disarmed, her hammer thrown out of sight. Tailsko was also helpless, her device having run out of charge. The three were picked up and thrown roughly into the side of a ferris wheel. The robots then raised their weapons and took aim. Tailsko closed her eyes, waiting for her death.

But death didn't come. She opened her eyes to see all four robots stood, frozen. They were motionless, until at once they all fell, each with a hole through their backs.

"Well, looks like I got here when I did. You guys seemed to be in a wee bit of trouble." Said a voice.

Stepping out of the shadows was the second best looking person Amy had seen. She rubbed her eyes, then looked around to the others to see them with the same look of amazement. The stranger gave a small bow, before holstering his weapon.

"Dusk Rada, at your service."

Dusk was a grey raccoon. He was wearing jeans and a black trench coat. He had two holsters on his belt, each holding a single pistol. He was wearing a backpack, and wore a tactical pad around his wrist. Around his left eye was a small screen, obviously some kind of heads-up display. His feet were covered with combat boots and a dark grey shirt hid his upper body. His hands were gloved, with the fingers cut off.

There was no more movement for a second, before Tailsko stepped forward and gave him a huge hug. The movement shocked Sonic, but to Dusk it was entirely natural. He patted her back in a friendly way, before they finished their embrace.

"Um, aren't you going to introduce us?" Amy asked Tailsko.

"What? Oh, sorry. This is Dusk Rada. He is an old friend, and an excellent programmer. He writes the codes for my robots." She explained. Sonic held his hand out, and Dusk shook it with a firm, but calm hand. Amy did the same, but came away with her hammer, that he had retrieved.

"Gave me a little bonk on the head, but showed me where you guys were."

Tailsko explained their problem, being lost and having no clue where to go. He gave a slight chuckle, before looking at his tacpad. He pointed out the direction to go in, and they began walking.

Tailsko walked closely to Dusk, speaking softly about their past. Sonic couldn't help but feel jealous. Tailsko hadn't mentioned this guy before, and all of a sudden he was saving them. It was a little strange. "I'll keep an eye on him, although it looks like Amy already has that covered."

Amy was staring at his torso. His shirt was stretched tight and she could make out his muscle lines. She flicked her eyes to Sonic and compared the two. "Sonic doesn't have those kinds of muscles, but I guess I like him without them." She thought to herself. She couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. It was strange, Tailsko had always been close to Sonic, but she seemed to be closer to this raccoon.

So, what do you think? I decided to go with the idea that Tails was originally a girl before sonic 2. I also would like to introduce Dusk Rada, the Irish racoon. Tell me what you guys thinked about him and tell me about what you think is going to happen. See you next time.