Both were looking at each other in a strange manner. "What the heck? Are you, like, from…" Tails was interrupted by the stranger.

"The future, and it's not a good one, that's why I need your help."

Tails looked at him with mistrust. "Prove it."

Future Tails sighed. "Forthy years ago, well, ten for you, we lost everything we had in our lives, our friends, our family, they were massacred by G.U.N.'s robots, Sonic, Amy, Knucles, they were gone, we acted too late, and now we have nothing."

Tails couldn't believe it, that description fitted just too well with his memories and emotions, so he trusted the old man. A lot of questions came up in his mind. "Did you say G.U.N.? Why would they attack us?"

"The G.U.N. you know today is not the same one that attacked you."

Tails was very confused. "Do you mean that the G.U.N's robots that attacked us were from your time?"

"Correct, they were looking for a powerful mineral that would've let them to create mass destruction weapons to control the entire planet, even to dominate new worlds, that mineral is hidden in the depths of this island."

Tails couldn't stop asking questions "And, why didn't they search for it on your time?"

"The mineral has a life cycle, it didn't make it to our time, they managed to track down the nearest formation through a time machine, so they came for it to your time."

Tails was very surprised with those new answers for the things he thought would never be resolved. "Well, that makes sense, I guess, but why do you need me? I mean we are the same person."

"I am old, it's just that, my brain, my heart, my entire body is not at is full potential as it was a long time ago, I tried to stop G.U.N. in my time but, I realized that the only one who can help me is you, a…more fresh version of the greatest mind that ever existed"

Tails grinned. "Oh so I will become a smug in the future?"

Future Tails laughed a little. "We both know we've never been modest to ourselves."

Tails started to feel complete confidence on his older self. "Allright then, if we are going to work together, what should I call you?"

"You can call me Miles, in my time Im more accustomed to that name, and I will call you Tails, do you agree?

Tails nodded. "Okay, Miles, so...what do you want me to do?

Miles began to explain. "I need you to build an extractor to obtain the mineral from the caves, then you will have to build a protection capsule to secure the mineral so only me and you can get access to it, it will protect the mineral from G.U.N. in my time, and, well, in yours also."

Tails' heart started to beat faster after he heard that sentence, by the fear that his recalls triggered. "What? Do you mean they are coming?."

Miles nodded. "Yes, that's why we need to hurry up, or our future will drown in chaos."