oookie dokie pals. Tails is gunna be a human now, meaning that next will be -beep- then -beep-. - tee hee! you'll be suprised (just hope i do -beep-'s personality right when -beep- comes in)

now on with the show!

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Sonic paced the room in unease and impatience. Tails had went to fight Eggman that afternoon, and it was now nine p.m. He was worried for his little friend. Cream, Amy, Cheese, and Chris went to bed already. The only one's up were Sonic himself and Knuckles. Ella and Tanaki already went home for the night.

"Stop pacing already. He'll come back." Knuckles said, resting his head on his hand. He was laying down on the couch, staring up at Sonic.

"I cant help it! He should have been back by now!" Sonic said in an iritated voice. He continued to pace the room. Knuckles laid down fully.

"Shut off the light at least so I can go to sleep already." Knuckles said.

"Sleep? SLEEP? Hoe can you think of sleeping at a time like this?!?"

"Very easily. It's called being tired. I guess your human body doesnt get as worn out as mine durring the day."

"At least I'm used to using it."

"You've been in it longer!" Knuckles shouted. Chris walked donw a few steps on the stairs.

"I dont mind if you two stay up to wait for Tails, but I got school tomarrow, mind keeping it down?" He asked in a sleepy tone. Sonic and Knuckles looked up at him.

"Yeah, sorry Chris." Sonic said, scratching the back of his head. Chris nodded and walked back up to his room.

"Go to bed. If he comes I'll go and get you." Knuckles said. Sonic decided not to argue.

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Chris and Sonic rose before dawn. They were sleepy, but needed to know if Tails was back yet. Chris dressed and got ready for school as Sonic left the room, still in his pajamas. He got a new pair at the store when they went shopping. They looked like Sorincha's but were a few shades lighter, to match his hair.

"Sure hope Tails is ok." Chris thought out loud.

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"What do you mean he didnt come back last night:?" Sonic nearly yelled. Chris looked down at Knuckles, who was now sitting and looked very irritated for being woken so early, and Sonic who was standing near him.

"Tails isnt back yet?" Chris asked as he walked down the stairs. Knuckles shook his head.

"Please. You would have all woken up due to the sound of his landing if you had."

'He has a point.' Sonic heard Sorincha say in the back of his mind. He decided to ignore it.

"Still! Where could he be?" Sonic said in dismay.

"Sonic. After school we'll all look for him. I'll ask some of my classmates to help even." Chris said. Sonic nodded in agreement, but only becouse he could do nothing else. The sky was a light pink now, showing that soon everyone would be awake. Already they could smell Ella in the kitchen.

"When does Ella get here anyway?" Sonic asked.

"She comes at about 4 a.m. and will sometimes leave at about eight or nine, unless she would like to sleep over." Chris said indifferently. He was used to it already.Chris looked out the window.

"Hey. The palm trees only tilt aside when Tails is about to land right?" He asked.

"Yeah, why?" Sonic asked him.

"I think Tails will be back soon. The palm trees are tilted." He said pointing outside. Sonic and Knuckles looked outside and noticed that the palm trees were indeed tilted.

'He will be here soon. With two guests. I thought Knuckles was going to be the only guest today. I guess I was wrong' Sorincha said in Sonic's mind.

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Chris had finished breakfast and headed up to his room to get his backpack. Everyone else remained to finish their meals at a leizurly pace.

"Anyone else hear that?" Amy asked, looking up. Everyone strained their ears as well.

"Yeah, it sound kinda like a plane, or..."

"The X Tornado!" Everyone yelled in unison. They all instantly bolted for the garage.

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Chris had Ella call him in sick as they all waited in the garage. The X Tornado landed and started to grow silent. Everyone waited in aprehension and confusion as the plane was completely still for a few minutes. The hole on the cockpit was on the other side, so no one could see inside the cockpit. It started to open with a 'swoosh' sound and everyone leaned closer slightly to get a better look. Instead of bright orange, however, bright, fire red hair came into view. A teenager that looked exactly like Knuckles in his human form carrying a small child stepped out of the cockpit and jumped down onto the floor. A blue haired boy that looked exaclty like Sonic in human form jumped out after him. The boy that looked like Knuckles was dressed differently than the one Sonic and his gang knew (especially considiring the guy hasnt changed his clothes in a couple of days.). This teenager was wearing tan shirts and pants, much like an excavationist (someone who likes to dig up old ruins and fossels. That is what they are called right?) or a fossil digger would use in his work. A large cowboy hat adorned his head. Tan gloves covered both his hands. The boy he was holding looked about eight years old. He wore baggy tan pants along with a yellow and blue shirt with a similar design as Tails' fur. Twin fox tails were on the chest part of the shirt. The boy had neatly cut hair, but bangs that seemed to have not been cut in at least two months. His hair was a bright orange, the same color as Tails' fur. the Sonic-look-alike behind them as dressed in simple blue jeans and a white sleeveless shirt.

"Knuckles? S-Sonic?" Chris asked doubtfully. The redhead smiled.

"How many years has it been squirt? Four years? Feels a lot longer. Got a place we can rest? We've been traveling for a good two months." The redhead said with a light and happy tone.

--- (A/N: when reffering to the older Sonic and Knuckles, I'm going to type the first letter of their names in bold.)

The redhead sat on the couch. The blue haired teen sat near the window. Sonic had gotten changed the same outfit he woke up in when he as turned into a human.

"So Sorincha is causing problems again? I see your problem Chris but what do you want us to do?" the redhead said.The blue haired teen flinched at the sound of Sorincha's name, but otherwise kept looking out at the lawn.

"Knuckles. We could really use your help. I saw the tape that Sally left, which she also left a disk which I checked, and I know that Robotnick came to this world. We can help you." Chris said. Knuckles was sitting in a chair nextt ot he table. Sonic had returned and sat down next to Chris.

"Sally was here? Why didnt she send us a mesage?" the blue haired teen said to Knuckles. Knuckles shrugged.

"How should I know Sonic? She hardly tells me anything these days." Knuckles said to the teen standing at the window. Sonic looked at him carefully. So this is the Sonic that hurt Chris so bad. Chris seems to be handling his pressence quite well actually.

"Sonic. Shut the fuck up. You have no say in what we decide."

guess I spoke to soon, Sonic thought. Sonic looked as if Chris had just stricken him with a hat metal pole.

"I guess you and I have a few things to discuss..." He said in a low tone.

"Yes we do Sonic. Like how you somehow lost my sister's soul for one thing." Chris said, his voice full of venom. Sonic looked as if he was about to vomit. Knuckles looked at him in a shocked gaze.

"Y-You lost the Soulful Tear? Y-you lost Sorincha's soul? Why didnt you tell me? Is that why you've been disapearing so much?" Knuckles asked, his voice raising at a steady pace, standing up. Sonic didnt respond.

"I'm sorry Chris..." he said, looking straight at Chris.

"Sorry isnt going to cut it this time Sonic. It's going to take more than a damn apology this time." Chris said. He went up the stairs and they could hear a door slam. Sonic noticed that Knuckles had already left. This left the three of them alone. Amy, Cream, Cheese, Ella, and Tanaki had left earlier, to do things that even Sonic couldnt guess.

"What's happened since we left?" Knuckles asked Sonic. Sonic stared at him blankly for a few minutes.

"I've only been with Chris for a few months. I have no idea what's going on really." He said truthfully. He didnt really understand what was going on. Sonic walked after Chris silently.

"He'll yell at you." Knuckles said.

"I'm prepared. He can yell at me all he wants." Sonic said.

"He'll probably throw things at you." Knuckles said again.

"I know." Sonic said. He walked up the stairs and disapeared from view. They listened as a door opened and closed. Knuckles sighed.

"I know that Chris isnt to happy about a lot of things that Sonic did. But I'm actually impressed. Before, he wouldn't have held back his anger. I've seen Chris come straight up and try and kill Sonic out of anger. This is the first time that he held it in. I think he's starting to improve a bit." Knuckles said. Suddenly a loud 'bang' was heard from upstairs, followed by lots of yelling from both Chris and Sonic.

"Guess I spoke to soon." Knuckles said, shaking his head slightly. Sonic looked up at the stairs and then to Knuckles in shock.

"I guess I should fill you in on all that happened. All the reasons that Chris has a distaste for our Sonic," Knuckles said. He inhaled before continuing. "I, myself dont know how it started, but I think Chris was distrusting of him from the first moment he saw Sonic. The two of them never got along well, no matter what Sonic did to try and gain Chris's trust. And trust me, Sonic did everything he could think of to get Chris's trust, or at least his friendship.Chris, however, wasnt so keen on the idea. It was hard, but Sonic did manage to get Chris to like him. It was also around that time that Sonic promised he would take care of Sorincha, and wouldnt let her get hurt. Needless to say, he blew it. When he went to go see Chris at Sorincha's funeral, Chris nearly strangled him to death, it took three people to pull Chris off of him. Sonic didnt even struggle to get out of Chris's grip. I never felt so sorry for him. That, I believe, is when Sonic told Chris of the Soulful Tear, and that he was going to get it back from Robotnick. Chris decided to give him one more chance, and told him that he would let Sonic hold on to it, only so long as he promised to protect it with his life. I think you know what's happened since then." Knuckles finished. Sonic nodded a bit numbly. The comotion from upstairs continued, but ended again shortly. It was silent for a good while before Sonic got up and left to go tot he kitchen.

----- With Sonic and Chris (during Knuckles story)--

"How could you lose it? I trusted you! Which I guess was more than you fucking deserved!" Chris yelled at Sonic. Sonic just stood at the door silently, resting his back against the door. Chris was standing about three yards in front of him.

"I trusted you WITH MY SISTER'S VERY SOUL! HOW COULD YOU LOSE IT?!?" Chris screamed.

"It was an accident..."

"Accident my ass Sonic. I'm starting to think you wanted Sorincha to die.

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU SPOILD BRAT!"

"WHY SHOULD I WHEN YOU'VE GIVEN ME NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE OTHERWISE?" Chris shouted. That shut up Sonic good.

"I'm sorry about your sister Chris. I really am. I am going to get the Soulful Tear B-"

"Dont waist your breathe Sonic. The Soulful Tear has already been destroyed."

"W-what? B-but how? Why?" Sonic asked in dissmay.

"You know my friends, how they were turned into humans. The Soulful Tear was the other ingredient used to turn them. I already know that Sorinchas made contact with them. It's only a matter of time till a new Tear is made." Chris said. The two of them remained silent for another few minutes, neither moving.

"Sonic. I'll give you one last chance to earn my trust."

"What do you want me to do?"

"I need you to help me out. The Soulful Tear isnt something that can be made with ease. I need someone to keep Eggman busy, which will be Knuckles, and another to get the Chaos Emeralds and hat could be left of the Soulful Tear. With any luck, we may be able to peice it back together." Chris said in a determend tone.

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I'm ending it here. Cliffy's suck sometimes nein?

Terms of interest:

Sorincha is causing problems again? - this is becouse Sorincha had a bit of a habit of cauing a few problems with the old Sonic gang. the older Knuckles and Sonic arent to suprised to see that even in death she is sill causing mischeif.

Sorincha's story - You guys keep learning more and more about it, but to let you know, after i'm done with this, im going to make a prequel about Sorincha's story. About her adventure basically.

The Soulful Tear - Again. But what do you guys think Chris means when he's talking about it? Think a new Soulful Tear will be made?

Older Sonic's Third Chance - third time's a charm right? Let's hope so for Older Sonic's sake!

Also, if you want to see the human pics, go to deviantart. com (without the spaces) and type by: Maiyeng and you should find Sonic and Tails. For Knuckles and Shadow go to devianart again and type by: Maxus-the-Fox. It'll be up to you to find them after that (shouldnt be that hard)

Disclaimer: All rights go to their repective owners, like Maxus and Maiyeng for letting me use their ideas for a human version of the Sonic gang. Thankies! I own nothing. Not even the apartment i live in T-T

Questions? Comments? Suggestion? Review!