Tails were sitting in his chair as he looks out the window. His blue eyes then trailed off to a communicator sitting on the table. It was the middle of the afternoon, and Sonic calls him every morning.

"This is the first time that Sonic didn't call. Sure he's forgetful, but he does this every morning." The Fox thought to himself. When he remembers when the blue hero left his house yesterday

"Did he made it home yesterday? Or..." He shook his head "No, he's home. Probably doing errands or destroying robots the Sonic way." Even he assures himself of that, he still worries about his blue friend. You might be saying Maybe his communicator is dead but it can't. Tails programmed everyone's communicator so it can't die in case of an emergency

"Maybe I can call him first." Tails dialed Sonic's number, and wait for an answer

"You've reached number 1 hero of Mobius! Sorry if I don't pick up, but you can try next time!" The voicemail said. The two-tailed fox sighs

"I could call everyone to see if they've seen Sonic today." So for about an hour, he called almost everyone, but they all said

Sorry haven't seen him

Haven't seen him since last week

Is my Sonic okay?!

How did you get my number, you rodent?!

"This is getting nowhere." Tails thought as he rubs his forehead. The last one to call is Shadow

"Hmm, I haven't seen him in two months." He said to himself before dialing the number.

"Hello?" The familiar deep voice answered.

"Hi Shadow, it's Tails." The Fox said.

"Oh, hello Tails. How have you been?" Shadow asked.

"I've been fine. How about you?" Tails asked.

"Ugh...Just been so busy at GUN lately. That's why you haven't seen me for two months." The hedgehog groaned. The kitsune smiled that the black hedgehog hasn't changed

"That's good to hear. But the reason I called is that have you seen Sonic today?" The agent was silent for a moment

"I haven't seen the faker lately. What's going on?" Shadow asked.

"Well, he hasn't called me all day, and he hasn't visited me." Tails explained.

"Hmm, did something happened yesterday?" The ultimate life form asked.

"Yesterday was the day when Sonic's dark side came out." After the two-tailed Fox said that, he heard Shadow spitting and coughing

"Are you okay?" Tails asked concerned.

"Ya, I was drinking coffee at a cafe right now. I was just...surprized that you said that. And I was just starting to forget that fucker." The agent said bitterly. The Fox frowned. After Dark's defeat, Shadow took a while to trust Sonic again since Dark tricked him. Maybe he rather forgets the event to have the ability to have faith in his friend again.

"I'm sorry. But could you call me if you see Sonic?" Tails asked while rubbing the back of his neck.

"I will. After I pay the check I'll..." Shadow was silent on the other end.

"Shadow?" The kitsune asked after a few seconds of silence.

"I think I could see Sonic." The agent guessed.

"Really?" Tails asked with relief that his blue friend was alright

"Ya but he's just leaning against a building staring at me. And for some reason, he's wearing sunglasses." Shadow explained.

"Sunglasses?" The Fox was in deep thought

"He doesn't own any sunglasses as far as I know. It's not that bright out today. And he's just staring at Shadow? That's not like Sonic would do-"

"You son of a bitch!" The black hedgehog's sudden cursing broke Tails' thoughts.

"What's going on?" He asked, and he could hear that Shadow was running

"Sorry Tails, but Sonic will come back to bruises!" The agent growled.

"What?!" But the hedgehog hung up. Tails sighs with his ears down

"Well at least that Sonic is okay for now." Then his ears went up when he heard a knock at his door. The two-tailed fox went to his door and opened it to greet the visitor. He didn't see anyone at first but when he looked down

"Oh, chaos!" There was a dark purple chao without wings laying on the ground. It looked up at Tails with one blue pupil-less eye

"C-Chao!" It said in pain and blood poured out of its mouth.

"Hold on, little guy." Tails gently picked up the strange chao and took it to his workshop.

~10 minutes later~

"Well, there isn't any serious damage to anything important. But you need to be careful because your stomach might hurt for a while." The Fox advised the chao. The dark purple chao nodded then jumped off the counter and walked to the front door.

"Hold it. You can't go anywhere yet." Tails said with a smile and followed the chao outside. He went outside and saw the chao searching something in the bushes.

"What do you...got there..." His smile turned into a frown, and his eyes widened at the object the chao was holding. In the Chao's arms was a broken communicator

"That's Sonic's! Where did you find it?!" The chao opened his mouth to say something but was caught off when the kitsune's communicator rang. It was Shadow again

"Hello?" Tails answered.

"T-Tails!" Shadow called out in agony.

"Whoa Shadow what happened?!" The Fox asked in concern. He heard the agent's heavy breathing

"I was attacked! I-I'm losing a lot of blood right now!" The black hedgehog gasped in pain at the other end.

"Tell me where you are and I'm coming to get you!" Tails said as he runs in his workshop to prepare the Tornado.

"I don't know if," Shadow coughed "I'll be conscious for long."

"Put your communicator on Tracker mode." The two-tailed fox advised as the engine of the plane starts. He looked at his communicator to see Shadow's location

"That's the part of the city that was damaged when Chaos flooded it. Hmm, I can't land Tornado there, but I can land it on the other side and run to Shadow." Tails thought. His blue eyes looked at the rear view mirror to see the chao standing at the door step staring at him

"Well, he can't be alone for a while." The Fox looked at the chao "You're coming with me." The chao looked at Tails confused but then run to him and jumped in the extra seat.

"Hold on tight." The kitsune advised the chao as he drives the plane to the sky.

Tails landed the Tornado at a parking lot on the side of the city that was active. He looked at the chao that was still on the plane

"Stay here, Indigo." The chao looked very confused when he was called that

"It's another name for purple. I gotta call you something." Tails ran away while Indigo had an annoyed look for the nickname. The Fox was looking at his communicator while running to the agent's location. But since he was looking down, he bumped into someone

"So sorry sir!" A familiar silver hedgehog apologized quickly. His yellow eyes saw it was the young fox

"Oh, hello Tails." Silver greeted with a smile.

"Sorry Silver, but I need to go somewhere!" The Fox then ran past the time traveler and going to the abandoned part of the city. The silver hedgehog raised a brow at the kitsune's strange behavior. Once the 12-year-old got to the abandoned part, Tails took a few breaths and looked at Shadow's location

"Okay, he's a minute away from here." Tails said to himself then started running again. Now he has to turn to get in an alley. But when he got there, his blue eyes widened in horror. A black hedgehog was laying on the ground with blood pouring from his stomach and mouth. Bruises were all over him and around his neck. His left eye had large scratch marks, and some blood hit the ground. He was missing his inhibitor rings in his wrists, and one hand was on the broken communicator

"S-Shadow!" Tails ran to Shadow's side, and put two fingers on the hedgehog's neck to check his pulse. After two seconds, the Fox felt faint heartbeats. Tails sighs in relief before looking at the sky

"Thank Chaos."

"Tails?" His blue eyes saw the silver hedgehog, looking at Shadow's damaged body in horror.

"Silver, I need your help to get Shadow to the hospital." The two-tailed fox said. Silver nodded then went to Shadow's side and helped Tails lifting the agent. Shadow groaned in pain as they walk out of the alley.

"Don't worry, just hang on." The time traveler advised the black hedgehog. As they were walking, something blue caught the 12-year-old's attention. He saw Sonic leaning against a wall of an alley, looking at Tails with sunglasses. The blue hedgehog had an odd smirk, and two golden rings were in his hand. Tails had a confused look but then turned into shock when he saw the blood in Sonic's gloves. The hero smiled at the boy and disappeared in the dark alley. Tails still had the shock in his blue eyes

"Sonic, this can't be true..."

"Tails, let's hurry it up. Shadow's losing more blood!" The silver hedgehog breaks the yellow Fox's thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, yes! Let's go!" As they run to the hospital, Tails had teary eyes

"Please, there's got to be a reason for Sonic to do this!"

Hope you liked this chapter! Sorry for taking four months to make the next one. And taking about three-month hiatus. I know I said that the rating will change to M in the second chapter. But I promise in the third I'll change it. Anyways, have a good day/night ^^