A Perfect Life
Chapter 2
The sound of a trumpet coming from the radio followed by a sweet, almost angelic sound from an acoustic 8 string guitar awoke Tails from his deep sleep. His favorite Metallica song started playing on the radio. As the chorus plays, Tails finds himself lightly air guitaring and singing along to the song.
What I've felt...
What I've known...
Never shined through in what I've shown...
Never be...
Never see...
Won't see what might have been...
What I've felt...
What I've known...
Never shined through in what I've shown!
Never free...
Never me...
So I dub thee Unforgiven.....
As Tails finishes up he notices Cream woke up just enough to see his little performance and is clapping lightly. Tails blushes a little.
"Thank you thank you! I'll be here all week!" says Tails as he reaches over to give Cream a slight peck on the cheek. Cream flushes too and crawls out from under the comforter to take a shower.
An Hour Later...
"Tails, hon would you go get Vash from out of bed? Its almost breakfast time!" Cream shouted from the dining room. "And get your lazy ass outa bed too!" She said almost with an angry tone. Tails knew she was only joking however and preceded to throw a temper tantrum upstairs before getting out of bed and going to Vash's DBZ decorated room.
"Vash why the hell do you like this show anyways?" Tails pondered as he always did when he walked into the little boy's room.
"I don't know daddy...they just cool! They fly around and shoot these energy beams from their hands like this!" at which point Vash begins flying around the room on his giant ears pretending to shoot energy shots from his hands and making 'pew pew' noises. Tails falls over, pretending to be shot by one of Vash's 'energy beams'. He summons up a dramatic death rattle and falls over twitching.
"Daddy?" Vash says as he starts coming back to earth to check on his father, who, upon Vash getting within arms reach, grabbed him up and tickled the small child all over.
Upon hearing the commotion, Cream yells at her two boys one more time to get downstairs to eat, which is answered by the pattering of footsteps at the stairs followed by fighting to get a seat and scooting chairs. Cream only rolls her eyes and sets food down on Vash and Tails' plates, which abruptly gets gobbled up by the father and son. Eventually Cream sets down to join her men at the dinner table for a happy family dinner.
Unbeknownst to the Prower family...a dark figure has just teleported away from the house to a base on a once forgotten island deep in the Pacific Ocean. Unable to use his powers inside of the compound, the figure stops just short of the gate and opens the door with a pass key. He moves quickly toward the center of the compound where another figure is sitting behind a desk with his back turned...completely masked by shadow...
"Did you collect the needed information on the boy, Agent?" The figure behind the desk inquired of the so-called Agent.
"Affirmative, Master....however I think a few more passes will do for the rest of the unneeded information that we still......." he was cut off by his master raising a hand.
"This is.....sufficient, Agent. I've defiantly expected better work from an operative of your caliber and so highly recommended from TopCom," the figure stood and strode impatiently behind his desk. "you have one more pass to get the rest of the information on the child....or I'll do more than just fire you...." the figure sneered. The Agent jumped slightly but regained his composure, snapping a crisp salute.
"Sir, Yes Sir! I'll make it happen!" the Agent said as he teleported toward what they figured to be the location of the Hedgehog household.
"you had better....for your sake......"
A Few Days Later...
Tails and the rest of his family sat in the living room watching TV. Cream was laying on his lap on his right side and Vash was leaned against his arm on his left. He was about as happy as could be right now. And then the phone rang......
"God damn it......" Tails picked up the phone and checked the caller ID. The ID flashed 'Sonic and Amy'
"Hello?" Tails answered.
"Tails old buddy! How ya been!" Sonic asked him from the other line.
"OK I suppose...how are you guys?"
"We are all good. Manik is kind of a handful but I'm sure you know all about that huh?Heh....."
"So what's up Sonic? Did you need anything?" Tails shifted to make himself more comfortable as Cream got up to go fix dinner with Vash right behind her.
"Actually I was gonna ask you.....oh tell Cream that Amy says hi....i was gonna ask if you wanted to come to a little Sonic Team reunion party? Its gonna be this Saturday at my house if thats fine."
"Hmmm.....that sounds good actually. I haven't seen any of the guys since Maria got resurrected. Sure lemme ask the better half, dude." Tails got up and went to the kitchen. "Hey baby? Sonic is inviting us to a reunion later on this week. Everyone's gonna be there apparently. You up for it? Oh and Amy says hi..."
"Actually I've been looking for an excuse to get out of the house! Sure lets go! Oh and tell Amy I said hi back." Cream told him and got back to work on dinner. Tails started talking to Sonic again.
"We'll be there dude. What time?" Tails asked.
"Oh be there around.....6 PM. Bring whatever the misses wants to cook for it." Sonic told him from the other line.
"Sounds like a plan, Sonic! We'll be there around 6. Saturday right?"
"Thats right! Talk to you soon bro!"
"Later, Blue!" said Tails as he hung the phone up and went to join his family in the kitchen.
Outside of the house in the close-by wood line, an unknown stranger had overheard the whole conversation....
"Tails, Tails, Tails.......you need to learn how to be quiet.....now all I have to do is infiltrate this little party of theirs.....and the child will be all mine!" the figure said as it disappeared into the forest....showing the outline of a hedgehog against the moonlight....
"Tails, honey did you see something?" Cream asked.
"No......but I thought I heard something.....maybe its just the wind." Tails deduced.
"Yeah....maybe. Well its dinnertime! Eat up gentlemen!"
The family ate happily...unaware of the danger that is about to befall them......