Chapter 1: Emotional Beginnings
This can't be…
It's completely unimaginable…
He was my best friend…
My only real friend…
Now he's gone…
The lonely yellow fox sat alone in his lab in the centre of Station Square. Normally when he was here, he would be able to make any machine, vehicle or gadget that was needed or even came to mind. But today, he had no inspiration.
It was my fault…
He could have been saved…
If only I'd have been faster…
He began to weep. It seemed as if nobody could help him.
There was a knock at the door. Tails didn't answer.
"Tails? Tails! It's me Amy! I know you're upset and all but… I thought it might cheer you up if I visited you."
Tails still didn't answer the door. He was too upset. So much so that nothing could cheer him up.
"Tails, please answer! Nobody has seen you in weeks! We need to know you're OK! Please answer…"
Tails sighed.
"O.K. I'm coming"
Tails slowly stood up and dismally walked towards the door.
"Tails I am so glad to see you! Are you OK?"
She threw her arms around him. Tails stood looking at the floor. Amy took a step back and was silent. Tails looked up at Amy. This was the first time they had seen each other in a couple of months. Tails noticed that Amy looked older, almost more mature.
"Still depressed, huh?"
"… What? How can you not be depressed? The one and only Sonic the hedgehog has…" Tails' voice faltered.
"What… You think he's dead? Don't tell me my Sonic is dead! He's just… well… he's…" Amy's voice faltered also.
"Yeah Amy you're right. He's just missing in space and no one will ever find him again. Of course he's…" Tails' voice faltered again. It was almost as if he couldn't say it.
Maybe believing Sonic is alive would help him. He was sure nothing else could.
"OK Tails. You stay here and live in your own sorrow. Knuckles, Cream and I are going to going to go and look for him." Amy said strongly.
"What?" Tails was taken aback.
" How can you look for somebody lost in space? And even if you tried, how are you gonna get there?"
"Well… That's why I'm here…" Amy started to look a bit nervous.
"Knuckles asked me to come and ask you if you would help us get to the point where we lost him."
"But, how can I get there? You know what happened to my ship. The Solar Cyclone is beyond repair…"
"That's why we need you to build a new one…"
What? They can't just come in here and tell you to build a ship to complete an impossible mission.
But if it's true that Sonic is still alive then I guess it's worth a shot…
"I'll think about it…"
"Thank you so much Tails!" She threw her arms around him again.
"I'm gonna go and tell Knuckles and Cream and you're gonna help us!"
"But I never…"
"Bye Tails! Thanks again!"
Tails sighed.
Amy can be so hasty sometimes! Just like…
He sighed again and returned to his bedroom to get some sleep.