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Tails's screaming went on and on, frustrating Shadow immensely as his ears began to throb painfully from the noise. He covered his ears with his hands.

"Can't you shut him up?" Shadow asked, "I really can't take this anymore!"

Knuckles tried patting him, but the infant went on screaming and calling for the blue hero. He then tried rocking him like he had seen mothers do, but it was the same results. He really didn't know what to do. His strength was useless in this category. He tried to pawn him off on Shadow.

"Here you try,"

"No way! I'm not holding it," Shadow crossed his arms stubbornly. He then resumed clutching his ears as Tails's voice raised in volume.

"SONIC! SONIC, COME BACK! SONIC!"

"Oh, just give it to me." Shadow shouted over the noise. He took the toddler from Knuckles and tried to console it, but soft words were not amongst Shadow's skills. Finally he faced Knuckles and asked, "What are we supposed to do with this thing?"

"Watch it, I guess...like I do for the Master Emerald," Knuckles replied.

"Well, in that case the kid is doomed if your watching it."

"Hay, I can watch a kid any day of the weak. No sweat!" Knuckles crossed his arms, "After all its only a two tailed fox."

"Whoa, where'd he go!?" Shadow gasped as he looked down and realized the kit was missing from his arms. Knuckles gasped as well in shock as their heads darted left and right in confusion.

A sudden baby laugh made them look upwards towards the top of the large Master Emerald. Crawling on top of it with a cute innocent smile on his face was little Tails Prower. He looked down at them before patting the large gem and giggling, "Oooooo big shiny rock!"

Knuckles completely freaked out, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE!? DON'T TOUCH THE MASTER EMERALD! YOU COULD SCRATCH IT!" Knuckles pretty much screamed as he ran to the big gem and tried to reach the baby fox, who was crawling around in a circle on top of it, giggling and laughing all the while.

Shadow scratched the side of his head in confusion as he pondered out loud, "How...did he get up there?"

Little Tails laughed as Knuckles tried in vain to reach the fox, who stayed just out his reach. Only Knuckles's eyes, fists and top half of his head could be seen when he jumped up into Tails's view.

"Boo!" Tails exclaimed every time Knuckles's head popped up. He clapped his hands as he sat down, thinking Knuckles was playing a game he had often played with Sonic before.

Knuckles's head popped up-

"Boo!"

Knuckle's head comes up again-

"Boo!"

Once more-

"Boo!"

"Stop booing me!" Knuckles growled. "Sheech, has Sonic already influenced this kid?"

"Boo you!" Tails laughed.

Knuckles steamed angrily.

"DON'T JUST STAND THERE CATCHING BUTTERFLIES, HELP ME!" Knuckles shouted over to the black hedgehog, who had been watching the whole scene with silent mirth. Shadow sighed and walked over. He used his rocket jets to fly over the top of the gem and gasped in shock,

"What-did he SCRATCH IT?" Knuckles asked fearfully.

Shadow rolled his eyes and said, "No, you fool, he's gone!"

"Gone!? But how-"

"Don't stand there trying to think because it won't happen. We need to find that kid," Shadow, from his view point scanned the area for any signs of the toddler. He wondered how any kid could move so fast!

"Okay, I will search the island on foot while you search from above," Knuckles said as he raced off the stand and started heading towards the jungles. He called back, "It's not like he has wings. We should be avail to find him."

Shadow grunted before he flew down, grabbed the rather large diaper bag and flew off to search for the missing kit.


Little Tails had never been in a jungle before so was in awe at the pretty plants and tall trees around him. Everything looked strange and wonderful to the small two year old child. His blue eyes were wide and bright with wonder. He noticed a fluffy pink flower growing in a shaft of sun light up ahead on a tiny little mound. It looked quiet pretty to the toddler.

"Oooooo...yummy!" Tails walked over, snatched the bulb from the stem and stuck it in his mouth. He almost instantly spat it out as the bitterness sunk into his taste buds. "Yucky!"

Suddenly he felt something wrap around his right foot. Looking down he saw a vine wrap itself around his ankle. With a quick jerk the vine pulled him off the ground and into the air, suspending him upside down. Tails laughed loudly as the whole world flipped before his eyes. Had he been a little older he would have been terrified and even more so when a gynormes snap dragon reared its head up from the ground, it's large mouth opening and closing with giant chomps. It's eyes were a bright sick yellow that glowed brightly whenever it roared. More vines shot out the ground and wrapped around the baby's middle as he laughed,

"Pretty flower!"


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