Chapter 4: The Party and Plans (one in the morning, updating my story, yup sound mandatory)

*BEEP!* Tails' alarm went off, instinctively he was quick to press the snooze button especially since Cosmo was in his bed, Tails read his alarm 8:30, "Right on time" Tails said to nobody. Tails always woke up at this hour if not earlier no what matter the occasion, he always had a daily routine. Tails rubbed his head and stretched as he looked at his side where Cosmo had been, but when he looked no one was there, "GAHHHH COSMO WHERE ARE YOU!" Tails said terrified

"Relax tails I'm right here" Cosmo said walking into the room

" Oh thank god, I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to freak out"

"Its alright Tail's I know how protective you are of me, in fact I think it's quite cute" Cosmo said giggling. Tails simply smiled getting out of bed and going to the bathroom to shower off, in the meantime Cosmo went back into the kitchen to make breakfast.

Tails cranked on the shower and waited for the water to get warm enough. Once it was ready he stepped in and quickly showered off with shampoo and conditioner to give his fur a shinny gleam to it. Once he was finished he stepped out, got a towel, took a brush and began straitening his fur. Once he was done he proceeded to the mirror to check for loose ends. H wiped the steam off of the reflective glass and stared at himself, for once he saw himself. Happy, loyal, and dignified, something that he hadn't felt since Cosmo's death. But that point became irrelevant to him, Cosmo was back and that is all that mattered to him because now he was able to forget that grieving memory as if it never existed.

Tails quickly got his shoes and gloves on and proceeded downstairs to where Cosmo was cooking, surprisingly she was done, "wow Cosmo you got this all done in fifteen minutes?" Tails said excited to taste Cosmo's cooking once again, granite Tails wasn't the best cooker and often struggled with anything and everything,

"Well it is the least I can do" Cosmo said politely

"Well you act like its not a big deal but it is Cosmo and I appreciate all you are trying to do… although I do stop you from doing most of it."

" Well I need to take a shower I'll be down in a little bit"

"Okay Cosmo, be careful though."

"hehe I'm not sonic, so I'm not going to have a panic attack from touching water" Cosmo said before taking off down the hall towards the bathroom. The last comment made Tails laugh nearly hysterical, it was true though, sonic and water were not exactly the best of friends, he already had a hard time drinking it. Tails heard the shower turn on and heard Cosmo humming in the shower.

She thought to herself as she was in the shower, "why, why did you let me Lucas, well however I am very thankful that you did this."

"no need to thank me you made the choice." Lucas' voice made her jump and nearly fall

"What were are you"

"Well for the remainder of the tests I will remain in your head once they are complete I will leave you and may have full control of your mind and body."

"Body? WHOA!" as soon as Cosmo said body, her body jumped forward uncontrollably

"Yes body, now you don't have to talk out loud, I can hear your thoughts."

"that's strange on many levels"

"Well im not the one who is thinking them, anyway your next test is coming, you must gain everyone's acceptation and satisfaction, good luck, will leave you to yourself now" just then the voice disappeared and Cosmo was left alone.

Meanwhile, Tails was finishing his food and thinking about how the day may go, "ohh what if they do what they did on the blue typhoon, this may get bad. But what if they are telling the truth, I still don't trust them." just then Tails heard the shower turn off, thus causing him to emerge himself from the table and making himself presentable. To make the situation less awkward, he picked up his plate, washed it off, and placed it to the side. In the meantime Cosmo was getting prepared for the days plans. She took of the towel and began putting on her traditional seedrian outfit. When she was finished she walked outside and saw Tails finishing up the dishes, "is there anything that I can help with" Cosmo asked politely.

"no I pretty much have it covered, its about 9:15 right now, we should be leaving pretty soon anyway" Tails said turning on the dishwasher

Meanwhile at the chaotics "humble" home everything was being set up and put in place. Sonic had already arrived to help with decorations, although most of it was done already. The decoration were made mainly of salvaged items that they found, though most of it looked pretty decent I there piece of land. Cream arrived just as early in hopes of catching tails, but instead caught Vector and Charmy goggling at the treats she had made, Espio however was submersed into his meditation. Amy arrived slightly later in hopes to successfully catch Sonic, though failed she ended up chasing him just like every time. Knuckles arrived a slight bit later just to arrive, he had the master emerald secured and had high hope that it was safe, but as always had doubts. Rouge arrived slightly after Knuckles had, and as always Knuckles was always skeptical. The only person missing were Tails and Cosmo, AKA the big surprise

"hey Vector what's the big surprise." Knuckles said impatiently

"oh come on red head the surprise is sure to come right boys" Rouge said giving all three guys her odd glare, this somehow awoke Espio and startled him

"What did you say to me" Knuckles said impatiently

"relax the surprise will get here when Tails arrives"

"oh yeah and when is that" Amy said holding her piko piko hammer from chasing sonic, who was hiding in a tree laughing to himself. Espio, knowing her abilities and power, turned invisible hiding himself from Amy.

"huh. Grrr SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!" Amy screamed while swinging wildly into the air. Espio simply went around her without her noticing.

Meanwhile back at Tails', house Cosmo and Tails were prepared to leave, "oop-ill be right back" Cosmo said walking inside and to the plant. She picked up the water pot and gently watered the small plant, "I'll be back soon don't worry" Cosmo said gently to the plant. Cosmo returned outside to Tails who was waiting patiently outside, "ready Cosmo?" Tails said happily

"ready."

" let me know if you need a rest, the chaotics house is about two and a half miles from here"

"I'll be fine" Cosmo said happily. And with that the two joined hands and walked off to the "Chaotics' " house, or office (which ever it is now).

As soon as Tails and Cosmo arrived all they saw was chaos, the decorations were still set and in place, but everyone was yelling at one another, waiting impatiently for the "surprise". only Espio seemed to notice them and over quietly and unnoticeably, "psst hey Tails Cosmo, glad you could finally make it," Espio said only reveling his head

"Espio what's going on" Tails said nervously

"well in case you haven't noticed, all hell has broken loose… maybe I should announce your arrival" Espio revealed himself and whistled loudly, everyone quieted and looked at him completely oblivious that Tails and Cosmo were there being that they were hidden by a bush.

"What Espio" Amy said with a fire in her eyes

Espio hesitated "um our surprise has arrived" Espio said pointing to a bush bowing

"Well that's a heck of a surprise." Rouge said sarcastically.

Espio took a giant step to the side pulling Tails' arm, Tails walked out and shortly after Cosmo revealed herself and everyone gasped. "awwww they're so cute!" Amy said placing her piko piko hammer against a tree. Sonic watched smiling, he leapt from the tree and stood behind everyone, though his blue contrast stood out from everyone else. "how did you survive" everyone said in unison

"Well lets just say my clan gave me a second chance" Cosmo said

"so you aren't a robot" knuckles said to her

"Nope, and I can prove it." Cosmo said holding out her free hand, Knuckles grabbed it and felt it

"well I guess you are real as real gets" Knuckles said releasing her hand, Everyone had all the answers they needed in that small moment.

"Well im glad you could make it" Vector said kindly

"that was a very interesting invitation Vector" Tails said while laughing. Tails looked around and saw that there were no beverages or food. Vector noticed this and realized his mistake, "well being how broke we are. We didn't have enough money for concessions" Vector said holding his head,

"so no activities either" Tails said concerned

"well we were actually going to ask you about extreme gear riding." Charmy said chiming in

"well I don't mind but I will have to go back and get the stuff." Tails said. Cosmo however looked at him confused, "don't worry I'll explain later" Tails assured her

"well if you do then we have our activity for the day" Vector said happily.

"then we will return, you know where to meet us" Sonic said grabbing tails and Cosmo's arm and sped off. Nobody noticed but Cream was under the tree by a table thinking, " now she wants to come back and take him from me, Grrr I'll show her" Cream closed her eyes and allowed a tear to fall from her eye.

After a short run to Tails' house Cosmo was curious, "Tails what is extreme gear riding."

"oh it's a board riding activity that is played at high speeds, about four hundred miles an hour" this kind of startled Cosmo but Tails reassured her, "I think you will love it, but first we need to get you a board.". Tails walked over to his workshop that was at the opposite side of the house, he pressed a button and a massive door opened reveling un attended creations and prototype blueprints. Tails took Cosmo over to a height, weight scale,

" now what you need to understand is that these boards are used according to the size of the user. So the lighter you are the less air you use, the boards use compressed air to hover and gain speed, so the further back you stand the more speed you will get, but you will also use more air. But don't worry it doesn't take long to charge." Cosmo nodded, and Tails measured Cosmo out, and quickly drew blue prints for her board.

Tails then took it over to a machine which in five seconds created a board almost identical to Tails' board, the only difference was the color, Cosmo's was a shade of green that matched her dress and hair. Tails' and Cosmo's board were circular and had a divot in the middle on both sides, on the back had a driver which pushed out the air. Sonic walked out with his board, boots, and sun glasses ready to go, "ready when you are" sonic said with his board in his hands. Tails went into the back and got two sets of boots and a pair of green sweat pants and green T-shirt, " I recommend that you wear this instead of destroying your dress." Cosmo took the three items and went into the bathroom to change. When she came out she felt that she could move more freely, needless to say she liked the feeling. When she returned outside, There was a truck with all of the Gear and in the trunk. there were more than boards, there were three sets of skates, two cycles, and one Cloth. The cloth threw off Cosmo but she ignored it, "Ready Cosmo" Tails said with his hand out. Suddenly Lucas' Voice came back into Cosmo's mind

"this should be interesting"

"it will be" she said mentally. She nodded to Tails and accepted his offer to help her into the front seat. Sonic lie down in the back with his board on the ground next to him, he was very protective of his board, but trusted Tails with it in his workshop. And with that they began a twenty six mile drive to a meeting spot in the rocky desert.