Death Of A Hero
Written By: ERV
SONIC and all characters are owned by SEGA.
Chapter 2
I awoke one morning, a week after the funeral, feeling miserable. I didn't get hardly any sleep last night, and what little I did was nightmares. The day all around was nothing but a miserable nightmare. I, Sonic the Hedgehog, didn't really go for runs anymore. And I'm the type who can't stand to sit still for a minute...and yet, I just sat in the house all day watching television. The news was depressing, considering the fact that it was a story on Tails' death.
I sighed and turned the television off and then the phone rang. I sighed again and got up from my chair. I walked to the phone and checked the caller id. It was Knuckles. I didn't really want to talk to anyone right now, so I let it ring. After about thirty minutes, it rang again. I looked at it and it was Amy. I let it be.
Throughout the day, several people called me, but I never picked it up. Knuckles and Amy tried several times, but to no avail. Cream, Rouge, Vanilla, Silver, Blaze, heck, even Shadow tried. And many more. As night came around, the day became worse. Night was always when me and Tails just hung out. Just us brothers. Mostly we would just talk about anything that came to mind, but sometimes we would just play a game or I would help him build something in his lab. Even though he was eight, he had an IQ of 230. Thirty less than Eggmans. Not bad for a kid.
Was by far the smartest person I have ever known. Then I heard a knock on the door. I got up and slowly walked over to it. I opened the door and saw Eggman. I felt a mixture of hatred and sadness build up inside of me. After all it was his creation that killed Tails. Sure, it wasn't really Eggman's fault...I mean his robot started to gain a mind on its own, betraying Eggman, and then going on a rampage. I mean...ol' Egghead and I had to actually team up to stop it...but still.
"What do you want?" I asked, facing the ground. Eggman looked at me, then lowered his head.
"Listen, Sonic..." Eggman begun, "I...uh. I'm sorry. I-I didn't know that the new Metal Sonic would go against me. I didn't mean for Tails to get killed." I still kept my eyes to the ground. "I just wanted you to know that, yes even I, was sorry."
"Listen...I know it wasn't your fault." I said, "And I forgive you."
"What?" Eggman replied, obviously shocked. "Why? I mean... I just didn't expect to for you to..."
"That's just the way I am Robotnik." I said, cutting him off, finally looking up at him. He seemed surprised that I used his real name instead of Eggman. "I don't hold grudges."
"Um...well, thanks." Eggman said, shocked. There was an awkward silence. I couldn't believe me and Eggman were standing here this long without throwing any remarks. New record! "Um, listen Sonic...there is something I wanted to talk to you about."
"Ok, um...come in." I said, standing aside for him to come in. He did. We walked into my living room and I sat on my favorite chair as he sat on the couch. "Alright, what is it?"
"This may seem surprising to you, and I know that I've pulled schemes like this before but..." Eggman said, thinking, "I would like for us to be friends." I looked up at him.
"What?" I questioned, "How do I know this isn't another one of your schemes?"
"That," begun Eggman, "Is something you will have to trust me on. I know I've said this a couple times, but, this time I REALLY do mean it." Eggman then extended his hand. I looked at it for a moment and then took it.
"Alright," I said. "But if you are tricking me, that won't help you. I'll still beat you in the end." Eggman smiled.
"Ok then," Eggman said, getting up. "I must be off. I will talk to you later." I got up and shook his hand.
"Sure...pal." I said, hesitating a little on that last part. I watched as he got into his flying machine thing and flew off. I couldn't believe it. Ol' Egghead and me, friends? Well...maybe anyways. But still, if it was true this time...I couldn't believe it.
. . .
For the first time since that tragic day, I had gone for a run. It had been a month since the day Eggman came by my house and offered his friendship. And surprisingly, I think he ment it this time. Normally we would be friends for about...a couple days, and then he would attack. But its been a month. A month! Though the death of Tails was still hitting me pretty hard, it was nice to have a new friend. Actually, Eggman wasn't that bad of a friend.
It seems the situation has really changed him, that and I think that so many years of failures have finally gotten into his head that he would never beat me. I was starting to get more social again. I stopped to see some of my friends now. They were really worried about me. Said I wasn't really the same anymore. Actually, I think I spent most of my social time with Eggman than I did my other friends. Weird.
I ran up to his base and stopped in front of the door. I knocked on it and after awhile, a small robot came to open the door. It was Orbot.
"Hello?" Orbot said as he opened the door, then realized it was me. "Oh. Hello Sonic. Still not used to seeing you here as a visitor."
"Yeah," I agreed. "It is pretty strange. But anyways, is Robotnik here?"
"Yes," Orbot said. "Come on in." He opened the door a little more and I walked in with him. Eventually we reached were Eggman was. He was at his bench working on something. "Sir, you have a visitor."
Eggman turned around and upon seeing me, smiled. "Hello Sonic. I was not expecting you today."
"Yeah, I normally come around on Mondays and Wednesdays, but...I was bored." Sonic said. "Needed something to do."
"How have you been?" Eggman asks. "I hear your starting to become more social again. That's good."
"Yeah." I said. "The others are happy about that. Though, they are a little shocked that you and I are friends now. They didn't expect me to want anything to do with you after Tails' death."
"Yes." Eggman says, in agreement. "I don't suppose I blame them. After all, his death was partially my fault."
"Well, let's get off subject." I said, not really wanting to talk about this. "I thought later tonight I would check out this new restauraunt in town. It serves all kinds of things. I don't suppose you heard of it?"
"No." Eggman said. "I don't believe I have."
"Well, it is having it's Grand Opening tonight." I said. "It's called Reppat (A/N: Reppat is Tapper spelled backwards. Taper is the resturant from Wreck-It Ralph were most game characters go to order food.) ...funny, that sounds really familiar, but I can't put my finger on it. But anyways, I wanted to know if you wanted to come along?"
"Hm..." Eggman thought. "I wouldn't mind. Is anyone else coming?"
"Well..." I said, "I thought about inviting Knuckles, Amy, and Cream. But I don't know...I may not even go."
"Well, if you do, just call me." Eggman said. "I'll go. And hopefully no trouble will come about."
"Don't worry about it!" I said. "If they get all mad, I'll be sure to calm them down. And if they don't...we can just leave. Deal?"
"Deal." Eggman said, shaking my hand.
. . .
Well, the night at Tapper went better than I thought. Knuckles, Amy, and Cream didn't really do anything. We all seemed to get along...well...with a some tensions. But, I was able to calm them down. Besides that, it was actually alright. I was just hoping this would stay like this. I mean, it was actually pretty nice having Eggman as a friend instead of an enemy. And it helped with Tails' death a lot too...but I still had lots of faults...