I'm really starting to get the hang of this! And I hope that you like this chapter...can't tell you what it's about though so you have to read to find out. =^_^= Disclaimer I do NOT own any Sega or Sonic characters yada-yada now on with the story!


The nighttime sky was now fading into a light, bright red orange. The sun slowly began to emerge from its slumber and into the sky that awaited it. Tails was almost to his workshop in Mystic Ruins when he suddenly slowed down to watch the sunrise. An instant memory flashed by his mind, one of how he and Cosmo watched a sunrise much like this one. Only that sunrise seemed like a special, beautiful sunrise that was only a background in Tails' mind because he was looking at how the color orange and gold looked absolutely breath taking on Cosmo's skin. He shook his head and now came back to reality, gold mist was now clouding along the sky. Tails now regained his speed and flew quickly to his home. It only took him about ten minutes to arrive at where he kept his planes. Breathing hard from such a long flight, Tails made his way over to the security panel and typed in the password.

P-R-O-W-E-R

Responding to the correct password the giant metal doors opened and the inside of his workshop was revealed. The fluorescent lights flickered on, tools were all along the walls just waiting to be used on one of Tails' upcoming inventions. One of his unfinished planes was in the center of the large room, it still needed the engine and needed its paint job finished. Part of the plane was painted emerald green with bright orange stripes on it, instead of two tails being painted on the wings a rose was on one of them and the two tails on the other wing. Tails remembered the very first time he showed this to Cosmo...

*Flashback*

"I need to show you something Cosmo."

"Alright, but why do I have to be blind folded?"

Tails chuckled as he placed his hands over her eyes and began to lead her carefully to the workshop.

"It's a surprise that's why." he whispered in her ear. She giggled and allowed Tails to lead her to wherever he wanted her to go. She felt him tug her gently backwards as he said, "We're here...I uh hope you like it."

Cosmo could sense that he was nervous in his tone and couldn't help but smile. He always seemed to be pretty shy around her, she was also just as shy around him. Her eyes were still shut when Tails removed his hands from her eyes. He laughed and said, "Open your eyes Cosmo."

Her eyes flickered open as she gasped in amazement; there before her was what looked like a plane in progress but it still was beautiful. The paint matched her hair and dress, the stripes matched Tails fur. Then she saw the bright red rose on the wing and the tails that looked exactly like Tails' on the other wing and felt so happy that she thought she'd burst.

"Tails...it's beautiful!"

"I was hoping it'd make you happy."

She stroked the side of the plane with one hand and turned to face Tails who was gazing at her in wonder.

"I love it." she smiled. He placed a hand behind his head and stammered, "Y-you do? That's great! I made it for you...it's yours."

Cosmo's eyes widened as she eyed the plane again and then looked at Tails.

"It's...mine? No one has ever made me something this special before."

"Aw it was nothing...you are very special to me after all." he spoke softly and then blushed at realizing what he suddenly said. Tilting her head to one side, Cosmo began to laugh and then ran up to Tails and threw her arms around him as she hugged him. Startled at what she had suddenly done, Cosmo quickly pulled away from Tails and blushed, "I-I'm sorry."

Tails brightly chuckled and without even thinking about it pulled her back into him and held her close. His hug was so warm and wonderful that Cosmo wrapped her arms around him and sighed happily.

"It's okay I forgive you." Tails joked. She gazed up at him and laughed along with him.

*End of flashback*

Although he seemed to feel warm about how that memory was so special to him, he now felt pain because she was no longer happy and smiling next to him...she was in pain far away from him. Tails cringed at the thought of Tom tormenting her but also felt fury that she was once again taken away from him. He clenched his hands into tight fists and ran over to the X-Tornado, quickly the top of it opened and he jumped inside. The engine roared to life and then on Tails' signal slowly traveled down the runway. About mid way the plane picked up some serious speed and took off. With a stern, determined look on his face and his heart longing for his love, Tails flew his way towards the place Cosmo had shown him in their dream.

~With Sonic and Amy~

As the sun shone brightly through the window, Amy began to stir awake but stopped as she realized that Sonic had his arms around her and she had used his chest as a pillow. She looked all around her and realized that Sonic was smiling as he gently tightened his grip on her waist. He looked so peaceful, as if he was in such a good dream he believed it was real and refused to wake. Cautiously she stroked one of his quills, it felt so soft and smooth. Then she began to play with the tips of his ears, it cause them to twitch in irritation and seeing how his mouth twitched as well made it almost impossible for her not to laugh out loud. But she couldn't help it and quietly giggled at how Sonic was completely unaware of how funny he looked when he was asleep. Luckily no drool was drooping below his mouth, but he did indeed have bed hair or quills (xp). Suddenly Sonic's eyes began to slowly flicker open at the sound of Amy's laugh. The first thing that came into his view was what he could describe as an angel of beauty.

"Good morning Ames." he yawned.

"Good morning Sonic."

He only got to enjoy this moment for a brief minute because all the events of what happened last night came back to life in his mind. Leaping out of bed he exclaimed, "Tails! We've gotta find him before he does something that could get himself killed!"

At his sudden leap all the blood in his body didn't have time to make it to his head so he began to feel light headed and as if his head was spinning. He swayed and would've fallen back onto the bed if it wasn't for Amy who had managed to catch him.

"Ahhhh haha ha...dizzy."

"No worries I gotcha."

Sonic gave her a grateful smile and then turned serious as he spoke, "We have to go to Mystic Ruins. I'm almost positive that he's trying to find where Cosmo is..."

Giving a tight nod signaling that she understood, she rose out of the bed and waved for Sonic to follow. Together they both made their way to the train station.

"I still don't understand what Tom intends to do with me..."

Cosmo was still laying back against the stone wall of her cell. Thoughts began to swarm throughout her mind, some of them so complicated that she could barely keep up. In attempt to cheer herself up a little bit she would try and remember all the memories she'd shared with Tails and how their lives were so perfect when they were together. How he promised that no matter what happened they would always be together. Suddenly the sound of the keys snapped her attention towards the cell door.

"Careful, careful! This took quite a while for me to build and I do not want it smashed to pieces because of you stupid butterfingers." came a snarl.

"Yes master."

The dark cell was suddenly filled with light, a bright blue color. Cosmo gasped as she could now finally see all that now filled her cell. A large machine was placed in the center; it looked like it had taken years to build for every bolt and wire was tightly placed into the metal cube. A long, narrow capsule stood tall in front of the cube, wires were attached to it in varieties of colors and a electrical current was flowing at the top of the capsule. A control panel was in Tom's hands as he stood back to marvel his work.

"Now that it's complete and powered to its full capacity, we can now begin!" he boomed. Cosmo quivered at the loudness of his voice and tried to speak up but found that her throat was dry so her yell turned out to be a horse whisper.

"What are you going to do with me?"

Turning to face her he smirked and said, "Oh would you like to find out? Shall we try it out?"

Cosmo's eyes narrowed as she spoke in a stronger tone, "Stay away from me."

Tom chuckled and simply approached her, with one arm he reached out to grab her arm when Cosmo slapped it away. All signs of humor were wiped away from his face as he snarled, "You cannot escape and your little hero will never come to save you. He doesn't love you, he never did and never will."

Those words stabbed at Cosmo's heart like spears, she fought back tears and hollered, "You're lying! I love Tails! He's coming to rescue me and destroy you!"

"In your dreams." he sneered at her. This time he leaped at her and grabbed her wrists tightly. Cosmo let out a cry as she fought to escape his iron grasp, but every time she kicked or squirmed he only tightened his grip until his nails were digging into her skin. Cosmo let out a cry of pain.

"Let me go! Let go of me!" she screamed. Tom only grabbed her around her waist and dragged her towards the capsule. Even though her wrists hurt like a thousand needles had been smashed into her skin, she balled her hands into fists and punched Tom on the side of his head. She soon found out that his head was as hard as metal but it caught his attention. He struck her with his hand, sending her head crashing to the floor.

"You always have to do things the hard way don't you?" he grumbled as he stood before her. A huge amount of pain filled Cosmo's head as she hit the stone floor. Her vision blacked out as she bit her lip to help her not scream in agony. Blood slowly trickled down an opening on the front of her forehead, trembling badly she tried to pull herself to her feet.

"You weakling." Tom snapped and pulled one of her arms up into the air. He pulled it so roughly that Cosmo thought her arm may come flying off; with no energy or strength let with in herself, Cosmo had no choice but to allow Tom to drag her to the capsule. And that is when she...passed out.


.....The suspense! What will happen to Cosmo? Will Tails make it back in time to save her? You'll just have to review then wait and see Lol.