Chapter 11: Heading Out to Sea
Shadow looked down at the water, afraid. Knuckles and Tails looked at each other, not having seen this side of Shadow before it was ... weird to be around him at that moment.
Shadow looked at them; he was shaking. "What?" He asked. "I have aquaphobia also."
"It's just strange seeing you this is all," Tails told him.
The black hedgehog ignored him. Knuckles and Tails looked at each other and then back to Shadow.
"Looks like Shadow isn't that much different from Sonic, now is he?" Knuckles whispered to Tails. The fox glared at the echidna.
"Of course I'm not," Shadow told them. "I may call him faker but I actually consider him a friend."
This was new to Tails and Knuckles. They always thought that the two had been rivals.
"YOU consider Sonic...a friend?" Tails asked. "I find that pretty hard to believe, especially from how we've seen you act toward him." Shadow ignored him once again. Tails put his hand to his hips and then folded them, walking away, "Fine then!"
Knuckles stared in disbelief at the fox. "Is everyone here except me still normal!"
Shadow and Tails looked at the echidna and scoffed.
Knuckles growled, "Fine then!" And stormed into the cabin.
Tails walked to the other side of the boat and looked into the water, a tear falling his eye. "Sonic..."
Sinbad looked at Tails and sighed, then walked up to him. "Sonic must mean a lot to you," he said.
Tails was startled and looked at Sinbad, wiping his tear away, "Yeah, but we've always been close friends. Close like brothers."
Sinbad nodded. "We'll try to get him back but a genie's magic is very powerful. There may not be anything we can do for a while."
Tails looked down, saddened by this news. "If we do get him back...he'll need a new Master. Who will it be?'
Sinbad thought about it, then turned to Tails. "What about you? He would be very happy, and since you two are very close, it would be perfect."
Tails' ears perked up, but then went back down. "But I have to go home. Same with Shadow and Knuckles. And if I stay here...I might end up like Ali Baba and Sonic wouldn't be the same if that happened."
"I see. We'll have to think on that one."
The orange fox gulped and looked down. He didn't want to admit it, but...he was afraid of dying, especially with Sonic seeing it. He thought about it. It would be cool to stay here and be Sonic's master, but what would happen if he died? Perhaps he could wish for something that would help him, like immortality. Tails sighed; he'd think about it. But then a thought hit him and thought about it, 'There had to be limits to the types of wishes they used? Right?'
Tails knew there was but didn't know if immortality was one of them. So he looked at Sinbad and asked him. "What types of limitations can a genie have for granting wishes?" Tails asked.
Sinbad thought about it. "They cannot bring back anyone from the dead, they can't make anyone fall in love, and the most wishes they can grant is three. Other than that, their powers are unlimited."
Tails smiled. So immortality was possible. The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to be Sonic's master. But was immortality really worth it? He'd have to talk it over with Sonic. After all...Sonic always gave him good reasons to do things and not do things if he told him a good enough reason to not become immortal he wouldn't do it. He was his friend and he would do it if Sonic didn't want him to. He had to give this more thought. Tails nodded at Sinbad, and then went into the cabin. Shadow looked at him and followed.
"What are you thinking about?" Shadow asked.
Tails looked at Shadow, raising an eyebrow, "Why the sudden interest, Shadow?"
Shadow shrugged. Tails kept walking into the cabin and sat down on a bed and lay down on it, looking at the roof, worried about his older brother. He sighed and closed his eyes to rest, thinking about everything that happened.
