Hi! Hope you enjoyed the last chapter! Here is chapter 2!
The next morning, Sonic woke up trembling with worry. It was for Tails, of course. He hastily tied his neckerchief round his neck, ate a chilidog and rushed outside at supersonic speed! Sonic was surprised to find that only Amy was up as she was found lying on a sun lounger with a freshly made smoothie, rich with colour.
"Sonic!" Amy says chirpily, getting up a rushing to him, smoothie in hand. She noticed his worried face and saddened emerald eyes. She instantly got into sensitive mode, wrapping an arm round her blue friend."Don't fret!" she said kindly, "How about we look for Tails today?"
"Yes!" Sonic shouted, jumping for joy and hugging Amy so tight that he nearly strangled her, "Can we go and get the others now? Now? How about now?"
"Fine..." the pink hedgehog agreed, peeling the hyperactive Sonic off her, "I go and grab Sticks, you..."
But she didn't need to, as Sticks trudged out of her burrow yawning and cutely rubbing her eyes.
"Hey..." she yawned tiredly," What's all of the commotion?"
" What's up guys?" Knuckles asked, appearing out of nowhere.
"We're looking for Tails today," Amy replied, gesturing at Sonic, who was as keen as anything to get going," Are you O.K with that?"
"Sure, no problem!" they answered simultaneously.
They all high fived each other and punched the air before setting off into the jungle to look for their lost friend.
Back in the jungle, Tails had decided to give up on fixing his plane and tried to find his way back home.
"Right, let's see," he muttered to himself, "I know!" He twirled his twin tails around and around, faster and faster until he was hovering in the air. He tried to fly up but it was no use! There were so many trees that there was a thick blanket of leaves covering the jungle, which made it impossible to get out through the trees. "OW!" he screamed, as his tails kept snagging on sharp branches, "Well, that failed. I must proceed by foot!" Tails took off in what he thought was the right direction. Little did he now however, he was only heading deeper and deeper into the jungle...
"Let's go this way!" Knuckles said, pointing to the place they had only just been. The team were now in the jungle and because of Sticks, knew where they were.
"No! No!" Sticks grumbled angrily," We just went that way...oh...hang on!"
She began wildly sniffing the air, her head darting around madly; then smiling with self-congratulary joy.
"He went...thata way!" Sticks said, pointing forward.
"I sure hope you`re right," Sonic muttered quietly before following Sticks into the jungle.
Thunder had started to cloud the skies, making them malevolent and grey. Lighting cracked the sky, spitting it up in every direction when Tails reached a large clearing with a single bush at the end of it. Unexpectedly, his goggles and satchel got caught on a colony of twigs, making them fall off. They landed just before the bush, but the fox didn`t notice! He stepped behind the bush and stood here for a minute, attempting to catch his breath after the long walk. Then suddenly...
"AHHHHHH!" he screamed. He had been stuck by lightning! He fell to the floor. he was singed and burnt...
"Look!" Amy pointed out, "A clearing!"
"Tails goggles and satchel are there too!" Sticks shouted
"Go get them Amy!" Knuckles demanded.
"Sure!" she replied.
She ran over to the items and picked them up. They were all burnt and scratched.
"Ewwww..." Amy said.
She looked up behind the bush. She screamed.
"AHHHHH!"
"Amy, what's wrong?"A worried Sticks asked, running over to her with Knuckles following closely behind. She gasped when she saw what her best friend was staring at. Sticks stumbled and hadd to be caught by Knuckles, who was also taken aback.
"Guys, what wrong?" Sonic asked.
Amy gave him a sad, tearful look, making him want to run over.
"Guys..." he asked worriedly as he ran over. He gasped with a mixture of shock, fear and despair. What was in front of him was part of his worst nightmares. It was scratched. It was motionless. It was his best friend Tails...