Cream fled the ward, barely registering anything as sadness consumed her, she didn't stop to think, she just ran, what she had just heard had shaken her very core, he didn't remember anything, not their time together, Eggman, nothing, it was like they had never had their time together, maybe it was just Tails luck, first Cosmo had been cruelly taken from him, and now She had been as well, tears rolled down her cheeks as she pushed her way past people and animals alike until she found herself in an abandoned ward, alone and upset, she cried out her heart, her existence, her very soul, as tears streamed from her cheeks, landing in a small puddle at her feet, she could feel herself quivering like a leaf, she wished that she had brought Cheese with her, the little chao always cheered her up, but she had left him at home, with strict instruction not to come with her, "now he probably hates me" she thought as she helplessly began banging her fists on the floor, "It's just not fair, it's just not fair" she wailed as she carelessly knocked over a vase, sending it crashing to the ground, that brought her to her senses, she stopped, panting in the dark concealment of this abandoned ward, she felt, hot, rigid anger and pain coursing through her veins, how dare he, how dare he forget, after all she had done for him, tired to help him, and stood by him when he needed her, and now he just forgot, she was going to get to the bottom of this, make no mistake.

-

As the light began to dim in the sky, Sonic stared out of the ward windows, watching the sun set slowly in the sky, he was beginning to worry, Cream had been gone for a while now and now Tails was starting to get nervous, since he couldn't remember a thing of the past month or so, he thought he was in the medical wing of the Blue Typhoon, so kept asking why we had stopped, Eggman and Sonic had fabricated about having to 'stop for repairs'. As Tails dozed, Eggman had explained what had happened, although perhaps slightly more in-depth than what he told Cream, she was only young after all, and it seemed to Sonic that Eggman had been right for once. Sonic sighed, what was he going to tell Vanilla, he could wait for Cream to get round to it, but then what would Vanilla say to Tails, he couldn't remember a thing, Sonic hobbled back over to his bed and lay down, he was mentally exhausted, which must have been a first for him, usually he his mind was about a mile behind him, but today he had done nothing but think, since the doctor had forbid him from doing any running ,which, for sonic, was the equivalent of torture, He gazed at the ceiling as the fog of sleep began to settle in his head, he closed his eyes and relaxed, time for a nice long nap, then maybe in the morning, he could see if he could sneak out of here and go for a nice long run.

-

The Hospital darkened as lights were turned off and as staff, nurses and doctors made their way home, and also as one, very determined rabbit crept through the hospital, her soft shoes making little noise on the marble floor. She crept through the wards and rooms until she found the one she was looking for, Intensive Care, she had heard one of the doctors saying that they had moved Tails after Eggman had explain the situation to the doctors, he now lay, rather well restrained, somewhere behind those doors, as she pushed through the doors, she got the unmistakeable whiff of hospital, she didn't mind hospitals all that much, but it was the smell that made her gag, she held her nose bravely as she crept silently, weaving between bed until she found what she was looking for, a huge opaque glass box of sorts, almost like a window, surmounted with metal and with a small door, the glass looked at least an inch thick, if not thicker, she walked around the box until she found the controls for it, it was a simple keypad, hooked up to a small screen, she had heard Eggman boasting earlier that he had personally done the password, and that no-one other than him would know, Cream's small smile light up on her face as she tapped 5 letters into the keypad,

C-O-S-M-O

Her Smile grew bigger as the door slowly opened with a hiss of pneumatics and a small cloud of steam, she looked through the open door, and gasped, the room was … empty?, she wandered in, frantic, but if Tails wasn't here, then where was …, the wheels in her head slowly turned until, at last, something clicked … it was a trap, too late, she realised the door was closing, she made a dive for the exit, but didn't make it, as she watched the door close, on the other side of the door, she saw a blue figure, it was Sonic

"Sonic Hedgehog, you let me out of here NOW!" Cream screamed, beating her palms on the door desperately, the blue figure shook it head, as a voice came over the internal intercom

"Sorry Cream, you know I can't do that, if I let you out, you'll only confront Tails, and that will make things worse, we both know that", the truth in his voice, struck her each time like a hammer as she slumped to the floor crying, Sonic sighed, he hated to manipulate people, he like to leave that kind of thing to Eggman, but this had been necessary, he had arranged for Vanilla to pick Cream up tomorrow, then he'd sit Vanilla down and explain, with Eggman's help of course.

-

Tails sat up, rubbing the un-bandaged side of his head, part of his him was wandering, what happened to Sonic and Cream, another part was asking why he was alone in this ward, he preferred being with Sonic and Eggman, although with Shadow standing outside the door, it was very unlikely that he would get anywhere, he sighed and lay back as he thought about what had happened, he wondered why they were all off the Typhoon, maybe while he had been asleep they had found a nice little planet somewhere, he wondered what had happened to Cosmo, so far she was the only he hadn't seen, he had seen Cream, Sonic, Amy had popped in for a visit, and so had, surprisingly, Eggman. He wondered why the Meterax hadn't found them yet, normally every time they stopped, a Meterax turned up, almost like they knew exactly where they were.

He heard the door sliding back, he sat up as Sonic entered the room, holding a small, brown book in his hands,

"Hi Tails, how are you?"

"I'm ok Sonic, have you seen Cosmo?" Tails asked eagerly, he hadn't seen her in ages, and he was really starting to miss her

"No I haven't Tails, she must be around here somewhere, oh and I brought you some reading material" Sonic tossed the book onto the bed, and walked out again, closing the door softly behind him, and exchanging a brief, formal nod with Shadow, before vanishing in a blur, Tails sighed again, before he picked up the book that Sonic had left him, and almost dropped it, this was … his diary?, how did Sonic find it?, then again, Sonic was like an older brother to him, so he knew Tails like an open book, Tails lay back on the bed and shut his eyes, he was tired, so he snuggled down into the bed and went to sleep, although it was a troubled sleep, filled with Nightmare of Cosmo, he imagined that he had been forced to kill her, it was scary, then he felt a light touch on his brow, he didn't open his eyes, so much as peek through a tiny crack, standing beside his bed was … A fox?, she was female, with a bright yellow fur, and her eyes were a pale purple, she looked almost exactly like him, except that she … she had a red streak running from her right ear, straight down to her wrist, she was wearing on her wrist what appeared to be some kind of gauntlet, she carefully placed something on his bedside table, before looking at him, and her eyes seem to illuminate "Remember, Grandfather" he heard her voice inside his mind, almost like … , then she vanished, Tails jumped, sitting upright and rubbing his eyes, it must have been a dream, mustn't it?, he waved a hand in the area that had so recently been occupied by … someone, Tails lay back on the bed, his thought mixed, before he fell asleep, one question ran through his mind "Who Was That?"

Tails sat up, looking at the clock, it was 4:30 in the morning, he groaned, before noticing that his Diary was still on the bed, he picked it up, and eventually found a pen ling on his bedside table, "Oh I may as well write in today" he thought, "let me I've been here for about 2 days, minus the 3, carry the 4, that makes it … Day 71 .. I think", Tails opened his diary, and flicked through it until he found his most recent entry, "WHAT! …… but, that's impossible" Tails began rapidly flicking through his diary, panic starting to spread, "Whats going on?, I can't have already done all of this, I mean, I must have miscalculated or something, this isn't right, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!", Tails began tearing pages out of his diary, "This wasn't here, this wasn't here, this wasn-" then he stopped, one of the entries caught his eyes, he stared at it for a long time, as each word that 'he' had supposedly written soaked thoroughly through him, he began to shake, as tears formed in his eyes, he blinked and a tear rolled down his cheek, before landing with a splat in the middle of the entry, then he hurled the book across the rooms, smashing a small hole in the window, before collapsing in the bed, Shadow was in the room in a flash, and there, on the bed, surrounded by the tattered remnants of pages from his diary, and crying his heart out, was Tails, Shadow went over to the wall-phone and dialed a number,

"Hello?, Sonic … yes, yes he did … good!" Shadow put the phone down and walked over to the cupboards and pulled out some aspirin and a poured a glass of water for Tails from the pitchers, he walked over,

"Tails? ….. Tails?"

But Tails didn't here him, he was a broken-fox, his heart had just tumbled out of his life and his brain was on fire, he clutched his head as memories, both 'new' and old flooded through his mind, then he saw …

At that point Shadow had had enough, he picked up the pitcher of ice-coldwater and dumped it all over Tails, it was freezing cold, but it did the trick, Tails felt upset, loss heart-broken, and now he was wet, "but at least he's not crying anymore", Shadow thought as he handed Tails the Water and the Aspirin before walking out, before he closed the door, he turned to face tails, who had a desperate look on his face, "You'd better take those Tails, or I'll force you to" Shadow remarked as he walked out, Tails felt numb, he couldn't even feel his heart beating he just wanted to … die, he had lost the one of the few things that his life had revolved around, he felt like someone had ripped out his heart, "it wasn't fair, why did it have to be her" he yelled, fling himself on the bed, hammering at it with his hands and his feet, almost like a childish temper-tantrum, he thrashed on the bed, his sadness and his anger overwhelming, then he stopped, suddenly, he felt like … hadn't he done this before, the thought chilled his soul, "What have I forgotten?" he asked the empty room, getting no response, he sighed and pushed himself out of his bed, he felt a little bit wobbly on his feet, and his head still hurt, but he … he had to get home, to see what he … what he had missed, he opened the door, and quietly crept passed a dozing Shadow, "he must be tired" Tails thought, "He doesn't often sleep" and pushed his way through the double doors, suddenly, he was in a Hospital, he looked around, confused, "I guess I'm not on the Typhoon anymore" a voice in his head said "Bugger"

-

Cream blinked sleep from her eyes, she was tired, dead tired, hours of banging and screaming at her own reflection, she looked at her hands, a large bruise was begging to forming the centre of her hand from where she had tried to smack her way out, to no avail, her throat was hoarse from all of her shouting and her clothes that she had borrowed from Tails were damp and disheveled due to all the tears, she sniffed slightly, rubbing her nose, she looked around her, she could make out shapes, figures through the glass, but she couldn't see their faces, but one figure she did recognize was the blue one that appeared every other hour, calmly watching, patiently waiting, until she came to her senses, she knew that she was being completely irrational and illogical, but what did she have left, the Tails she knew was gone, replaced with either with a Forgetful Friend or an Egotistical Lover, she wiped away some more tears as she recalled what had happened the previous evening, how the Tails she had known, and … and loved, vanished, replaced with a simpleton who knew nothing about her, and then there was Miles, Cream knew he was after something, why else would he have gone through all the trouble of beating up Sonic, Eggman AND Knuckles, she yawned, it had been a sleepless night for her, every time she tried to close her eyes to sleep she saw his face, red-eyed and grinning, reaching out to grab her, so she had given up. Now she restlessly paced the Cell, up and down, waiting … waiting, she felt like she was waiting for an executioner than her mother, as questions ran through her head, what was she going to say?, and just how much were Eggman and Sonic going to tell her?, and just would she do to Tails? And what if Tails didn't remember what happened?, and what would Tails say if he didn't remember?, and hundreds more as she nervously paced.

-

Tails wandered, his movements almost instinctive, he had snatches of memory, a left, then a right, followed by another left and then back a bit and take the nex- ohh what was the point, he was lost, this … well he assumed it was a hospital was massive, doors and bright lights seemed to be everywhere, he confusedly walked, taking another right, coming to a huge sign reading, Intensive Care, as he carefully ran his hands down the sign, he remembered, something ,he concentrated, what was it, he remembered .. floating, there were people, doctors, both human and animal, and out of the corner of his eye he saw a sign, he recognized the sign now, "I came here?" he thought, pushing his way through the flimsy double doors, revealing another ward, except this one .. felt different, somehow … familiar, he wove his way through the maze of beds and machinery, everything seemed so … déjà vu, as he noticed that his feet were instinctively leading him towards a huge kind of opaque glass fish-tank, covered in metal, making it look like a present, he could make out a shape inside that dome, pacing back and forth, it was a strange mix of blue and green, his feet guided him round the box until it came to the door, he pressed his hand against, it was cool and hard, he rapped his knuckle against it, it was think, then he noticed the keypad, he reached out, his hand shaking, as it seemingly guided itself over the keypad, instinctively he pushed a button, then another, and another followed by 2 more, he carefully spelled out the word in his head, as a tear rolled down his cheek, he wiped it away and pushed Enter, almost immediately, a hiss on pneumatics pulled the door open, followed by a cloud of smoke, coughing, he peered through the smoke, trying to discern who this figure was, then he heard a voice, that shook his very being,

"Tails??? ….. is that you?" it was Cream, Tails felt his knees give way as he leaned on the door,, trying to hold his own weight, but to no avail, he landed on his knees, tears streaming down his cheeks as Cream rushed over to him, "Tails, it is you, it is you, what are you doing here" she said, helping him to his feet, Tails stood wobbly, what was going on, she had never greeted him like this bef-, unfortunately, he never got to finish that train of thought as Cream slapped him, right across the face, he stumbled backwards, but managed to stay on his feet, he looked at her, "What's going on here" his mind screamed as she slapped him again on the same cheek,

"How dare you" she near-screamed, her face livid, as Tails landed ungainly on the floor, gingerly touching his cheek, why did all this feel so … familiar, he looked at her, and could see tears in her eyes, as she paced in front of him until she came to a stop, she looked at him so fiercely that he edged away slightly, this was a side to Cream that he had never seen before,

"Tails Prower, do you realize what you have put me through for that past 36 hours!" she asked indignantly, placing her hands on her hips, and looking very cross, Tails blinked, what was she talking abou-, then he remembered his journal, the pages he had tore out, what had he torn out, maybe they could explain this, then he realized that he had left his sodden journal in his ward, he sighed as Cream continued to rant,

"I mean, of all the things that could happen, first you develop another personality, then you beat-up three of my friends and then you just FORGET!, how could you Tails, really how could you, I thought … oh bother that, now what do you have to say for yourself Tails" she asked angrily, glaring at him, Tails was half-shocked and half-amazed, it took a lot to get Cream even angry, but this was different, he opened his mouth, then closed it again, before pening it again, his voice was soft and oddly calm,

"Cream …. I…I…I…I…I'm afraid I don't know what your talking about!" Tails said, trying to stop himself from trembling, as he desperately clutched at one Tails, stroking it, he always did it when he was nervous, Cream's face looked like a bomb about to explode, he could almost see the steam coming out her ears,

"How dare you" she fumed, "How dare you Tails, after everything that happened between us, everything" she said, blushing suddenly

Tails blinked, he could feel his head beginning to throb painfully, "Wh..Wh..What?" his lips said almost automatically as he suddenly clutched his head, a sharp pain ran up his spine to the base of his skull, he brain was on fire, as Cream expression changed, she look worried, she walked over to him and knelt down in front of him, she touched his forehead and Tails recoiled fearfully, this wasn't right, he shouldn't … shouldn't be with her, what would Vanilla say?, what would Sonic say?, what would everyone say?, as he felt himself getting hot, and it wasn't a result of his brain hurting, as the Rabbit gently crept closer, Tails backed away, until he found himself backed into a corner, his hands began desperately scrambling behind him, and the manipulative rabbit crept even closer, until she was right up against him, with mysterious glint in her eyes she pressed her lips to his seriously, Tails felt his legs go weak as she pressed herself to him, locked together, Cream removed her lips from his as she stared into his eyes, and he into hers, Tails was stunned, his body felt numb, as there was a coughing sound from behind them, they both jumped, turning around, Sonic stood in the open doorway, a disapproving look on his face, he gestured over his shoulder with his thumb,

"Someone to see you Cream" he said gruffly as he backed away, and the figure entered, bowing her head to get through the door,

"Cream? Tails?" she asked, looking from one to the other, a surprised look on her face, Tails and Cream looked at each other, scared, the one last person on the face of Mobius that they needed to see had just walked through the door.

It Was Vanilla…

((I know, this is a bit short, I did have a fight scene planned between Miles and Shadow, but I'll put that in later, anyhow's Vanilla has turned up and Tails and Cream relationship is on the line, and who was that mysterious fox, you'll just have to keep watching to find out))