Tails got even more nervous. "But that will be a lot of work and we are only two! And with these guys coming I doubt we can make it in time!"

Miles tried to calm Tails down. "When did I say it was just us?

"Wait, you got more help?" Suddenly, Tails started to feel better.

Miles nodded. "Yes, they live near to the village, I have already talked to them about this situation."

Tails wondered who Miles was talking about. "Who are they? The village is the only populated area."

"No, these people live in caves, they want to stay away from the others."

Tails tried to figure out who they could be. "They are…savages?"

Miles corrected Tails' supposition. "Oh no, no, they are just like me and you, it's only that their culture is different from ours, they are friendly and very smart, they showed a lot of interest on helping us, it's a community of cheetahs, we need to get there to start working, follow me."

They began their way to the community, following a rocky road hidden under the jungle's foliage, for Tails, it seemed that Miles knew the path just very well. "Uhm, for how much time have you been here, may I ask?"

Miles kept walking, but he answered Tails' question. "One month, first I needed to sympathize with the cheetahs and convince them to help us, then I activated your alarm."

"And the time machine? Where is it?"

"There is no time machine."

Tails got very confused. "So…how did you manage to…"

Tails was interrupted by Miles' action, he raised up his left arm so his robes sleeve could fall off, to show a hexagonal-shaped watch wrapped around his wrist. "The future is way more advanced than you think."

Tails was fascinated after his doubt was solved, but there was still something he wanted to ask. "And if we save them?"

Miles stopped walking, still looking at the front. "Save who?"

"Our friends, we can go to when they were killed and advice them!"

Miles turned around and gazed directly at Tails' eyes. "Some things can't be changed at all, one of them is death, believe me, I tried, but, time-traveling is more complicated than everyone thinks, they are gone, they are behind, but the future lives that we are going to save are ahead, that's what really matters, keep walking, the sun is already hiding.

Tails got very disappointed by Miles' explanation, but he tried to forget all the matter, he looked at the early moon while he was walking, then the stars began to appear, the crickets' singing was relaxing his conscience, he didn't even notice when the night fully arrived, his mind was so calm that he realized, after a few minutes, that it was time to let go, and keep moving forward.

After an hour, they arrived at the community's entrance, which was basically just two torches in front of a big rock. Miles spoke after remaining silent for almost all of their journey. "Is here."