Good-Bye to a Hero

A fanfic done by matn90

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This is speech in normal tone

This is speech in thought

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"Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living"- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Eulogy 2: Moestitia

(Tails P.O.V)

He was gone….

No….he can't be gone….not Sonic…

…anyone but him…

…why?...

….God why?...

Why did he have to go?

I just kept crying over his body. It was cold…no warmth….no noise….just a shell….

I looked at his face. It was peaceful….but I yearned for the eyes to open and twinkle….

Sonic was gone……I still couldn't believe it….

What would the others say…..Amy…Knuckles….Shadow….Rouge…..the Chaotix ……..

I just kept kneeling in front of him. I hadn't move or done anything.

A dead silence was around me.

Time had stopped it seemed.

Like I was curse to stay in this moment forever.

The only thing moving would be my tears….

I head the door opened.

"Tails?! Sonic?! Where are you guys?! Hey did you get Eggman?! From the look of things I would says so." Shouted a voice.

Knuckles….

I wanted to scream his name, get him to come over and help….but I stayed silent.

I heard Knuckles move around the place. His footsteps kept getting closer and closer till they were not to far from me.

I didn't look up. I just stared at Sonic.

"Tails! There you are! Listen, we…………."

Knuckles stopped talking. I could tell he saw what happened.

I slowly looked up at his face.

Knuckles face was one of utter shock. He just stared at me and Sonic's body. I knew he could see the tears and sorrow in my eyes.

He knew.

"….Sonic………no……." Was all he said before he walked slowly towards me and my best friend.

Knuckles looked at Sonic with eyes filled with sadness and closed them. He looked away.

I didn't know if he was crying or not, but I guess if he was he didn't want to show me. Knuckles never like to show weakness, even to his friends.

I looked back at Sonic…..wondering how the others would take this….

Knuckles then gave a sigh and asked, "How…."

I answered, "I….don't know…..I was knocked out and…..when I came too….Eggman was dead…Sonic……dying…and….and…."

I started to cry again.

Knuckles but his hand on my shoulder.

The doors opened again. Two people this time.

"Hey? Where is everyone?" Asked the voice of Rouge.

"Over here." Said Knuckles in a sad tone.

I head Rouge and the other person come over. Rouge gasped.

"S-Sonic…..what….is he….." Said Rouge in a nervous tone.

Knuckles must have nodded because Rouge gasped again.

"…I can't believe it…." Said Rouge who walked over, "…I thought….it would never…."

I looked up to see her more shock then sad, she didn't know Sonic like the rest of us, but she did respect him a lot.

I turned to see who the other person was, it was Shadow.

He had his arms cross and his eyes closed.

At first anger rushed in me because I thought he didn't care, but then I remembered Shadow was always like this….it's just him…I knew he respected Sonic a lot….maybe they weren't best of friends, but rivals more like it.

"….and the Doctor?" Asked Shadow.

"Dead too." Said Knuckles who pointed to Eggman split body.

Rouge turned away, while Shadow said, "…so the nemesis dies with the other…."

Nobody said anything.

I thought, was it fate that Sonic died the same day and battle that Eggman finally did? Or not?

I didn't think about it. I just didn't care. Sonic was gone…..

The door opened once more.

"Sonic! Where are you?!" Shouted Amy's voice.

A fear spread through out me.

"AMY! DON'T COME HERE!!!" I shouted knowing she would be shattered if she saw this.

That didn't stop here. She knew something was wrong and she came over.

I saw her stop as her face went all white. She froze like ice as she just stared at her hero.

Knuckles slowly tried to go to her, "Amy…."

"SONIC!!!" She cried and ran over pushing me out of the way. I saw her cry like I never saw her cry before. She put her head on Sonic's chest and kept screaming his name.

"SONIC!!! SONIC!!! COME BACK SONIC!!!!" She kept screaming as her voice pleaded but was not answered.

Knuckles looked at the ground, Rouge went over and placed her hand on his shoulder.

Shadow walked over to Amy and said, "Amy….he's dead….he's not coming back…"

She shouted, "THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!! HE'S NOT DEAD! SONIC WOULD NEVER LEAVE US!!!!!"

I just looked at Amy, she knew in her heart he was gone, she refused to believe it.

"Amy…you know it's true….." Said Shadow.

"NO!!! I LOVE HIM!!! HE'S NOT DEAD!!!...I don't want him to leave me……" She said as she cried again on his bleeding chest, "…don't leave me…"

I couldn't look any longer. I turned away with tears forming out again.

Again the doors open.

" Mission accomplished! Chaos Emerald Found!" Shouted Vector's voice in a triumph.

"Yeah! Now we can pay out rent!" Said Charmy.

Espio must have realized something was wrong because he said, "Stop…something is not right….."

I then saw them come over and gasp at what they saw. Vector moved to Knuckles and asked, "Knuckles…..is Sonic….."

He nodded.

Charmy started crying at once.

Espio closed his eyes and lowered his head.

Vector just stared at Sonic.

Vector then growled and said, "When I find Eggman….I'm going to make him regret this…."

"He's dead too…..Sonic finished him." Said Knuckles who pointed out Eggman's body.

Vector growled, "Damn….I wanted to tear his head off…."

I looked at Eggman and suddenly all of my anger went to him. He killed him! HE KILLED HIM DAMNIT!! THE SON OF A BITCH KILLED BY BEST FRIEND!!!!!

I wanted to kill him….only to remember he was already dead.

I hope he rots and burns in hell.

I then looked at everyone else.

Rouge asked, "So….what now?"

Shadow closed his eyes and then opened them to say, "G.U.N.'s coming…."

We looked at him wondering how he knew, but this was Shadow and it was best not to ask. If he knew something, chances are they were true.

"We can't let anyone else see him like this." Said Knuckles.

I agreed, we knew we had to tell everyone about Sonic's death. It was only proper that the people Sonic protected should know about the hero they all loved.

"Let's take him to my place….I have the Tornado not to far outside." I said since my place was closer.

"I'll come with you." Said Knuckles.

"I want to come too…." Said Amy who stopped crying now.

"Amy…."

"I want to come!" Shouted Amy at Knuckles.

Knuckles nodded. He then moved to Sonic's body and picked it up bridal style.

"I guess we should tell G.U.N and the press the news huh?" Asked Rouge.

"Can you?" Asked Knuckles.

Rouge walked over to Knuckles and kissed him on the cheek.

Knuckles blushed at the girl he confessed to loving only over a year ago.

"We better get back to finishing the case." Said Espio.

"So your case is more important then the loss of a good friend!" Shouted Amy.

Espio turned away and said, "It's not that….it's just I rather get it out of the way so we have more time to be there for you guys."

Amy looked sorry and muttered an apology.

"Let's go." I said as I lead Knuckles, carrying Sonic, and Amy out to my plane.

(Outside at Night)

When we arrived at my plane I was suddenly filled with all the memories of Sonic helping me work on it.

"Tails you o.k.?" Asked Knuckles.

I shook my head, "Yeah…I'm fine…"

Knuckles looked at the plane and asked, "How are we going to do this? I know you'll be on the pilot seat, Amy can sit on the passenger one, and I can sit on the wings, but…where are putting Sonic?"

I looked at the fallen body of Sonic. Originally I had planned to put it in the second seat, but with Amy coming with us…

"I have a trunk that's big enough….I didn't want to…but I have no choice." I said.

Knuckles nodded in understanding.

I opened the trunk at the back of the plane and Knuckles gently put Sonic in. After that Amy and Knuckles got on the plane, well Knuckles got on the wing while Amy sat in the back seat.

I went over to the pilot seat and went over the controls to make sure everything was O.K.

I then slowly let the plane lift off and we were soon in the sky.

As I flew none of us said anything….the only sound was the sound of the Tornado.

I then thought back to the day I first met Sonic……

(Flashback)

A young 6 year old Tails or Miles as he was known back then, was sitting alone in a forest crying to himself.

The other kids had made fun of him again for having two tails and for having no parents.

He didn't hate his tails, in fact he learned how to fly with them which he thought was cool, yet he didn't show anyone else because he was afraid they would make fun of him more.

He lived alone and the only comfort he ever had were the books he found one day. He learned to read very quickly and memorized them all, most was about Mathematics and Science, but the ones about Aviation were what really set his mind to studying them. It made him want to have a plane and fly into the sky itself.

Miles was also crying because he felt lonely. Nobody in the village paid any attention to him and treated him like a freak.

He continued crying until he heard something falling in the air. He looked up and gasped as he saw a red object fall from the sky and crash not to far from his position.

Curious, Miles ran over to the crash site.

He silently hid near a bush and peaked out from it. He was amazed at what he saw, a large red biplane with the word Tornado on it. He always wanted to see one and it looked just like he read in his books.

Miles then saw someone come out of the pilot seat and look around.

"A man! Dang, bucket of bolts!" Said the figure that kicked the plane only to hurt his foot.

It was a 12 year old Sonic the Hedgehog who was going for a ride in his plane when something went wrong and he crashed.

Damn it. I don't even know how to repair it, mostly I ask a repair man, but I doubt their's one for miles. He thought.

"Aw well, guess I can have lunch." He said out loud and went over to the pilot seat to take out a few chili dogs

Miles's mouth watered as he smelled the food in the blue hedgehog's hand. He hadn't eaten anything all day and was starving. He wanted to ask the hedgehog if he could have a bite, but he would see one look at him and think he was a freak and yell at him. He had no money so he would beg for food only for people to shove him away. And when he tried to steal or take food from the trashcans, they would beat him.

Miles tried to leave quietly, but stepped on a stick which got the hedgehog's attention.

"Hey? Is anyone there?" Asked Sonic hearing a noise not to far from him.

Miles was sweating. He didn't want to be found. He would be like the others and hurt him for interrupting his meal.

Miles then remembered something he read. Some prey used a trick to avoid getting caught by predators called "playing dead"

Miles quickly laid his back on the ground, closed his eyes, stuck out his tongue, and tried to hold his breath to make it look like he had died.

Sonic walked over and to his surprise he found a kid fox laying on the floor with eyes closed and tongue out of his mouth.

"Hey kid, you alright?" Asked Sonic.

Miles said nothing, still playing dead. But then the smell of the chili dog in Sonic's hands went into his nose and made his stomach growl.

Sonic smiled, figuring out the kid's game.

"Hey kid, you hungry?" Asked Sonic who put the chili dog in the Fox's nose.

Miles was struggling to continue his act, but he was losing to the hunger.

"Come on now, it's good." Said Sonic smiling and waving the hotdog around his nose.

Miles couldn't help it. He sat straight up, took the chili dog, and ate it less then 4 bites.

It was delicious.

"Aw, the power of chili can bring even the dead back to life." Said Sonic joking.

Miles blushed in embarrassment. He got up and asked, "Do…Do you have another one?"

Sonic smiled as he gave the kid another one and watched him eat it like it was the last thing on Earth.

"Thank you." Tails said getting up.

"Sure." Said Sonic who then noticed Miles tails.

"Woah! You have two tails!" Said Sonic in surprise.

Miles waited for Sonic to make fun of him, but what he said next totally surprised him.

"That is so way past cool!" Said Sonic getting a closer look.

Miles was surprise, yet happy too, someone called him cool!

"How did you get them?" Asked Sonic smiling.

Miles said, "I was born with them."

"Does your mom or dad have them too?" Asked Sonic wondering if there was a whole family of two tailed foxes.

Miles looked on the floor said sadly, "I don't have a family…"

Sonic had a sad look on his face and said, "Sorry…I'm an orphan too…don't know who my parents were either…"

Miles gave a small smile and said, "It's alright, but……you really don't think I'm a freak?"

Sonic smiled, "Of course not! Why I bet you can do really cool stuff with those tails right?"

Miles eyes went wide and he nodded. Sonic then watched in amazement as Miles was suddenly flying in the air with the help of his two friends.

"Wow, that's so cool." Said Sonic as Miles flew around and landed on the ground.

"Really! I never showed anyone before!" Said Miles who liked this guy more and more.

"Yeah, hey! I bet if you use those tails in a fan like motion you can run pretty fast." Said Sonic thinking up the idea.

Miles thought about it and decided to try it out. He winded up his tails and then started running, after a few steps he released his tails and suddenly he found himself going at speeds he thought was impossible for a normal person. He kept doing this, going thought the woods, dodging the trees, and such. He then stopped and found himself miles away from where the red biplane was.

"Wow, that was almost as fast as my speeds, but not quite." Said the hedgehog who scared Miles.

Miles was shocked, "How did you get here!?"

Sonic smiled and said, "They don't call me the Sonic, The Fastest Hedgehog alive for nothing."

Miles's jaw dropped, "Your Sonic the Hedgehog!"

Sonic said, "Guess you heard about me?"

"Everyone knows about you! They say you run so fast you're a blur and you save the entire South Island from Doctor Eggman six months ago!" Said Miles who couldn't believe this was Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic nodded, "Yep, that's who I am. Anyway, let's head back, I got to see what's wrong with my plane."

"I can help! I know a lot about planes!" Said Miles hyperactive and excited.

Sonic decided to humor the kid and they ran back to the biplane, with Sonic coming first and Miles not to far from behind.

Miles looked inside the plane and realized what was wrong.

"The engine is overheated, it looks like you need to cool it down for a while till its back to normal." Said Miles.

Sonic was surprised, "Wow, two tails, can fly, runs fast, and knows how to work with a plane? You must be very popular back home."

Miles looked at the ground and said, "No…everyone makes fun of me and calls me a freak……"

Sonic could see the sad look in his eyes and then thought of something.

"Hey I got an idea. Since you're the only person that can keep up with me and knows how to fix a plane like mine. Why don't you follow me around?" Asked Sonic.

"You really mean it!?" Shouted Miles who was happy.

"Yep, I could use a sidekick, and…I guess I always wanted a little brother too." Said Sonic smiling.

Miles was so happy he could cry, he found not only a friend, but someone who wanted to be with him.

"By the way what's your name?" Asked Sonic.

"Miles Prowler, but I hate that name." Said Miles.

"Hmmmm…then how about…I all you…Tails?" Asked Sonic thinking up a nickname.

"Yeah! Sounds cool!" Thought Miles now Tails.

(End Flashback)

I smiled at the memory, but then frowned. I wish I could relive that day right now.

I was so lost in my memory I almost missed my house in the Mystic Ruins.

When we landed Knuckles got off and took Sonic's body out of the trunk. I lead them to my house where I unlocked it.

Amy walked away from us and headed towards the bathroom and closed the door. A second later I could here her crying again.

I wanted to go talk to her, but Knuckles told me she needed to be alone.

I nodded and showed him an area of the house where I built a place for healing. Since it wasn't uncommon to get hurt during one of our adventures I made a medic room incase something happened.

I asked him to place Sonic on one of the beds.

"What are you going to do?" Asked Knuckles.

"Clean his cuts and wounds….so he'll be proper for….."

"…for what?" Asked Knuckles.

"….his funeral…." I said silently.

Knuckles nodded, "I'm going to lie on the couch…..I need some rest….."

I nodded and watched him leave. I then went over to the medicine cabinet and took out the necessary tools and stuff for cleaning wounds and such.

I then looked at Sonic. Still looking peaceful. I looked at him, tears threading to come out again.

"Why…." I asked, "….Why did you leave us?"

I couldn't help but say this out loud, "Why did you have to die……WHY DAMMIT! WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE LIVED!! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME AND YOUR FRIENDS!! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!!...why……why did you have to leave dammit…." I said crying all over again.

I didn't know if Amy or Knuckles heard me or not, but I didn't care……I couldn't help but be angry….why…….why…..God why?

I wiped the tears from my eyes and got to work with a heart broken.

(Later)

I finished in an hour. The hardest part was the large hole in the chest, but I fixed that last.

I then went over to a sink to wash the blood of my hands and fur. I looked at the blood. The blood of my best friend….

I wished right then and there that I was dead. That I was the one killed, not Sonic. I wished it was my body they carried in a trunk to my home. I wished it was my body they had to make proper for a burial. I wish it was me, not Sonic….not Sonic…

But it was Sonic who died, not me.

I folded Sonic's hands over his chest and activated a stasis field so the body wouldn't rot.

I then walked, with each step feeling heaver then the next, to the living room where I saw Knuckles sitting up looking at T.V. that was on.

I checked the clock, 2:14 AM.

"Can't sleep?" I asked.

Knuckles shook his head and then said, "News travels fast."

He pointed to the T.V. where I saw a news show reporting Sonic's Death. I guess news does travel. It then showed some history of Sonic and his adventures to a bunch of people, Mobian and Human, all outside in the center of the city with candles lit.

I then said, "Hey Knuckles, where's Amy?"

"I went to check on her 30 minutes ago. She cried herself to sleep. Put her in your bed if that's alright." Said Knuckles sighing.

I nodded; I didn't think I was going to get much sleep anyway.

I sat on the couch and looked up at the ceiling.

"You okay?" Asked Knuckles.

I wanted to say yes, but that would be lying.

"No….I….I just can't believe it Knuckles….he was my best friend…my brother….I ….oh god I miss him so much." I said with a few tears coming out of my eyes. I had never cried this much, not since I was a baby.

Knuckles put his hands on my shoulder and I just cried into his chest.

I didn't know if he was upset, but I he didn't complain so I guess not.

Knuckles then said, "Its okay….It's okay….."

I stopped crying eventually, I just don't know how long it took.

I then sat back in my seat and said nothing for awhile.

I then asked, "Knuckles…..do you think Sonic's in heaven?"

Knuckles was quiet and then said, "Yeah, knowing him he's running around and annoying everybody in cloudsville."

I gave a sad smile; I knew he was trying to cheer me up. Yeah, no way they wouldn't allow Sonic into heaven.

"Knuckles, how are you taking this?" I asked.

Knuckles sighed and said, "To be honest I'm still shocked, but….you got to remember that everything we did against Eggman had….. had a chance that we could die. I knew that in my mind, but still it doesn't prepare you for when it happens. Yet…..you can't help but be sad he's gone…..after all you two were the only friends I had to start with."

I remembered, at first we were his enemies but only because Eggman made Knuckles think we were trying to steal the Master Emerald when really it was Eggman. After we exposed him and beat him with Knuckles' help we were able to gain his trust and later friendship.

"I'm going to check on Amy." I said getting up.

I walked up the stairs to my room and opened my door. I saw her on my bed; you could see the tears in her eyes.

I felt sorry for her, she really loved Sonic. I didn't think she would expect him to die.

Then again none of us did.

I took a blanket and placed it over her so she would be warm and left her alone.

On my way back I went to the phone and asked the operator to get me the number of a place.

"Danson's Family Funeral Home….how may we help you?" Asked the receiver.

"My name is Miles Tails Prowler……I would like to make a funeral arrangement for Sonic the Hedgehog."

End

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