The Echidna stared in disbelief upon the female, blue hedgehog that was once known as Sonic. The story had his insides spitting with laughter, but his face held straight. Knuckles stood from his place from the Master Emerald's stone throne and set a hand gently on Tails' shoulder once he had finished the story. In a large way this surprised him. The yellow kitsune had done a good job in hiding his orientation from anyone; tis the natural abilities of a fox to be crafty. The Echidna took a deep breath and allowed it to fall slowly as to give himself time to assemble the words that he could speak.
"Tails, It's alright, you didn't know that this would happen."
"Knux...I feel so embarrassed." The yellow fox whimpered quietly.
"No, don't be. It's understandable for someone in your...position." He said carefully.
Tails did not respond with words, instead his head nestled in Knuckles' chest, and there he wept once more. Sonia observed with a very hurt heart as she watched her friend pour his grief out. 'He' really wanted to fix this mess. An through the Master Emerald's power it could be possible. The power was unpredictable though, and anything could potentially happen. Either way the two went about this, it was risky: Go see their archenemy or use the emerald's haphazard wish-granting. Tails could always build another machine to correct all this, but that takes time, and it's more time than the fox can handle. The red creature wrapped his arms around the mournful kitsune and pet his head softly.
Sonia wanted to go to Tails' side, to comfort him as Knuckles was doing, but her body was frozen in place. She didn't know what she could say to lift Tails' spirits. Only action could possibly fix what has happened, and action is what 'she' is best at. The blue hedgehog approached the fox ad set a hand on his shoulder.
"Tails...lets get to work. I want to make this right." She spoke seriously is her sweetly toned voice.
The fox lifted his face from the Echidna's chest and nodded once. Sonia took Tails' hand and the two fell into one another's arms without so much as a thought and then soon parted. The tree friends moved to be before the Master Emerald. Knuckles bowed before the massive, glimmering jewel.
"Sonic, Tails, touch the emerald and pray to make things right." Knuckles instructed them.
The hopeful lovers stepped up to the green rock and placed their hands on it. With their eyes shut they began to pray that the Emerald's power could reverse this. It didn't take very long before it had begun to emit a very bright, green glow. It radiated and enveloped the area. It receded back slowly and where the fox and hedgehog stood were two identically shining lights of gold. They opened their eyes and observed the other.
"Great...we've gone into our super forms." Tails sighed heavily.
Sonic glowered at her body. "Yeah, and it shredded my clothes..." She said and covered herself with her arms.
Knuckles shifted his eyes in another direction; away from the hedgehog. "Sorry, guys." He said solemnly.
Tails floated over to Knuckles, power overflowing from his body. "It's alright, Knux, it's not your fault that this didn't work. We'll just have to go pay a visit to Robotnik." The kitsune said halfheartedly.
"You could always rebuild your machine, Tails, or make another one that won't take as long." The echidna suggested.
"No...my head is to fried with frustration to do that. I'm impatient..." Tails groaned and the palm of his left paw charged with an orb of energy.
"Easy, Tails, You don't want to accidentally discharge a blast near us." Knuckles admonished and took a step back from the kitsune.
The golden fox dissipated the power into the atmosphere. "Sorry...I'm just so pissed off!"
Sonia hovered over to them. "I'm so sorry, Tails, this is all my fault...I'm so stupid."
Tails hugged Sonia, not wanting to see her cry. "We'll fix this..." The kitsune nearly groaned.
The yellow fox lifted of the Ground with Sonia's paw in his and flaw up into the sky. Once they were high enough from Angel Island the two separated and flaw apart a short distance. There they began to tense their bodies up and ball up with their arms crossed before themselves. Power irradiated from their bodies and made the air heavily dense to the point it would make breathing unbearable. Both the hedgehog and the fox uncurled and the power blasted into space. The golden light could be see light years away then vanish in the darkness of the black void. With the power now gone, Tails quickly flew over to the blue girl and caught her before she fell. The yellow fox lowered them back down to his plane. Boarding, they waved goodbye to Knuckles and left the island.
--Hangar--
Sally Acorn and Amy Rose had taken seats inside around a table in the kitchen and waited anxiously for their friends to return the way they wanted to be.
Sally looked over to the pink hedgehog. "Think it worked?"
Amy sighed. "I sure hope so."
They returned to silence, but after many moments the plane could be heard. Not so surprising, the hangar wasn't very far from the island, and tires screeched in the garage. The engine shut off and silence returned. Sally and Amy made no attempt to go see them, instead, they waited for the two to present themselves to the girls sitting in wait. The door creaked open, with hung heads Tails and Sonia entered. It was now Amy's and Sally's turn to hang their heads in despair. It was all too agonizing for Tails to be a girl pent up in a male body.
Tails moved over and too a seat with the girls. "All that leaves is Robotnik..."
"We're so sorry, Tails." Amy said.
Sally nodded. "We'll go whenever you feel ready."
The yellow fox stood. "I'm ready now. I can't wait any longer...I'm so tired of it, being stuck like this. Let's go. If he doesn't cooperate, I'll break his legs, then his nose, his spine, anything else that would give him the incentive to fix my problem." He growled.
All the women in the room were taken aback with Tails' ferocity. He was desperate enough to be willing to take Robotnik's life if he didn't cooperate. Shakily the females stood and they stared out the door. With luck, Robotnik would be in his base near the Mystic Ruins, if not, all Hell would most likely break loose...