It was a beautiful spring day over the Emerald Coast. Miles "Tails" Prower
was flying low over the blue expanse of ocean, two tails spinning like
rotor blades. He was going slowly, with eyes closed and he sighed, taking
in the sun and scents of new flowers, and slowed even more. He re-opened
his blue eyes, scanning the glorious view.
'Aha- There he is.' He mused, rising majestically through the air currents towards the large, camouflaged secret hangar in the Mystic Ruins, where the familiar blue hedgehog, Sonic, was tapping his foot in impatience.
'Hey buddy, you're late!' he accused as the fox landed next to him.
'Sorry Sonic, the I lost track of time, the sea is so refreshing this time of year and-'
'It's my turn to apologise Tails,' started Sonic, 'I can't go.'
'Not again. Soniiic!' pleaded Tails.
'I gotta dash- Eggman's sent some badniks to the Green Hill Zone. See ya round!' And with that, he sped off in a blue flash.
'Bye,' Tails grumbled to himself, 'Just on my own again. Oh well, I'll go anyway.'
The mud track atop the cliff split in two and moved outwards, revealing a tarmac runway. The large doors to the hangar slid open slowly. Tails put the small, buttoned pad in the glove box in the blue biplane. Tornado 3 trundled out to the runway, speeding up as it went along.
'Sonic is gonna miss seeing the new refinements in their first practical test.' Said Tails, pressing the odd button and flicking the odd switch until he was at full throttle. Tornado 3 lifted slowly into the air like a mouse gently lifted by a bird of prey and set off over the ocean.
'Right- added feature 1- the turbo boost.' Tails informed himself, putting a certain key (marked with a red blob of paint) into a hole and turning it left 90 degrees. Then he flicked the left-most switch on the dashboard. Suddenly the plane stopped, then almost immediately the back opened and an eight-foot flame shot out, causing the plane to shoot forwards with a burst of speed and a huge amount of G-force.
'WOOOOHOOOOO!' screamed Tails and looked delightedly at the speedometer- 252mph! He tilted the plane left and screamed round in a wide arc. What Tails didn't notice was a small piece of left flank tear off.
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'Aha- There he is.' He mused, rising majestically through the air currents towards the large, camouflaged secret hangar in the Mystic Ruins, where the familiar blue hedgehog, Sonic, was tapping his foot in impatience.
'Hey buddy, you're late!' he accused as the fox landed next to him.
'Sorry Sonic, the I lost track of time, the sea is so refreshing this time of year and-'
'It's my turn to apologise Tails,' started Sonic, 'I can't go.'
'Not again. Soniiic!' pleaded Tails.
'I gotta dash- Eggman's sent some badniks to the Green Hill Zone. See ya round!' And with that, he sped off in a blue flash.
'Bye,' Tails grumbled to himself, 'Just on my own again. Oh well, I'll go anyway.'
The mud track atop the cliff split in two and moved outwards, revealing a tarmac runway. The large doors to the hangar slid open slowly. Tails put the small, buttoned pad in the glove box in the blue biplane. Tornado 3 trundled out to the runway, speeding up as it went along.
'Sonic is gonna miss seeing the new refinements in their first practical test.' Said Tails, pressing the odd button and flicking the odd switch until he was at full throttle. Tornado 3 lifted slowly into the air like a mouse gently lifted by a bird of prey and set off over the ocean.
'Right- added feature 1- the turbo boost.' Tails informed himself, putting a certain key (marked with a red blob of paint) into a hole and turning it left 90 degrees. Then he flicked the left-most switch on the dashboard. Suddenly the plane stopped, then almost immediately the back opened and an eight-foot flame shot out, causing the plane to shoot forwards with a burst of speed and a huge amount of G-force.
'WOOOOHOOOOO!' screamed Tails and looked delightedly at the speedometer- 252mph! He tilted the plane left and screamed round in a wide arc. What Tails didn't notice was a small piece of left flank tear off.
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