A New Perspective

Tails followed the Shadow Knight down a creepy looking street. Tails had no idea where they were. Everywhere he looked he saw people smoking, drinking alcohol, or just breaking stuff and doing graffiti on the walls. Tails had never been in any of these kind of places before, it was a horrible sight and for some reason everyone was giving him evil grins. It was like a horror movie scene. This place gave Tails cold shivers down his spine. No one looked nice down here.

"Um... Shadow Knight, sir, everyone's staring at me in a bad way" Tails said nervously. The Shadow Knight looked around and saw everyone looking at Tails, some were holding knives and other sharp objects. "Not tonight fella's, this one's not on the menu I'm afraid" The Shadow Knight said shooing them away, with a wave of his hand. They all groaned, and went back to their own business.

They continued walking seeing more of the same with the exception of a few expensive looking cars. Tails was surprised to see the cars hadn't been so much as dented, while most of the other worse cars had been broken into and a lot burned. This made no sense to Tails, but he decided against questioning it and continued on.

The further the went down this path, the more expensive cars they saw. Finally they turned a corner and saw a huge restaurant. Tails eyes widened in surprise. It was massive. It looked so out of place compared to all the other small broken houses and tiny shops, and it also had a really nice paint job, which the others couldn't say they had. It could easily be the most impressive restaurant Tails had ever seen.

"Whoa. That's an amazing restaurant. I bet the food is lovely." Tails said. "Well, your going to find out how nice it is because were eating in there." The Shadow Knight said with a smirk.

Tail couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Were eating in there?! It looks expensive". The Shadow Knight walked up to the building, motioning for Tails to follow him. "I assure you, this place is a lot more then expensive. Lets not discuss the price though, lets just have a nice meal and enjoy ourselves.

They entered the building. Tails jaw dropped. The place looked amazing from the outside, but the inside was a different story altogether. The whole place was painted a clear white. The room was huge and there was a stairs leading to another dining area no doubt. What caught Tails attention the most, was the magnificent fountain in the centre of the dining area. It had crystal clear water flowing out of it.

They walked up to the counter and saw a fancy looking waiter. "How may I help you today gentlemen" He said politely. He looked at Tails suspiciously for a few seconds before shrugging his shoulders.

"You can start by showing me to my reserved table" The Shadow Knight said impatiently. The waiter looked at the person standing beside Tails and dropped his pen. "Oh my, I didn't know it-it was you sir, I was more focused on your-your "friend". I-I'll get your table ready right away sir" The waiter said quickly going upstairs.

The Shadow walked upstairs followed by Tails. They went up two pairs of stairs before reaching the top floor. Each floor had a fountain but the top floor had a massive one. They saw the waiter quickly fix there table before leaving in a hurry. They walked over to the table and sat down. It was a very big table, suited to much more then two people.

Tails still couldn't believe any of this. It was like the dream he had when he became a famous mechanic and was rich and went to the restaurant similar to this place, except it wasn't as big. The Shadow Knight put his arms behind his neck and put his feet up and relaxed. Tails sat in the chair awkwardly. It was all so amazing, he didn't know how to react. Even the chair was extremely comfortable.

The waiter brought over the food and a bottle of wine. He poured a glass for the both of them and left with a quick bow.

Tails looked at the wine glass in front of him with a little disgust. "I don't think I should be drinking wine". The Shadow Knight shook his head. "This wine is worth more then the waiter who brought it to you. Now start drinking." Tails gulped, he didn't want to be rude, but he didn't want to drink wine, he had no idea what it tasted like. He gave the glass a quick sniff before reluctantly picking it up and taking a sip. It had a sweet berry taste to it. Even with his advanced senses he couldn't smell or taste all the flavours, there were so many different one's.

" Sweet" Tails said smiling a little. The Shadow Knight gave him a big grin and chuckled, "I would hope so, that's not even the best here, intoxicating, isn't it though.

They both finished there meal in silence. Tails had ordered the lamb. He had only had lamb once before, and it was nothing compared to this. Lamb and Potato, covered in gravy. That was the simplest meal they had, most of the other meals were tiring to even say. The Shadow Knight had ordered some kind of Salmon dish. Both dishes were displayed really nicely.

The Shadow Knight wiped his mouth and chin before looking at Tails. "Now then. Lets get down to business." The Shadow Knight said. "Um, sure, but can I ask you something?"

"What?" The Shadow Knight said quickly. "Why is everyone still looking at me, were in a fancy restaurant

The Shadow Knight smiled, "I'll tell you in the limo, come on"

The Shadow Knight stood up and walked towards the door, followed by Tails. Tails mind had gotten sick of questioning things, and saying wow, so he just went with it.

The Shadow Knight left the wine bottle on the table. "Everyone dining in that restaurant are top dogs in the criminal world, and they don't like you very much, that's the nicest way of putting it. All of them in there would like nothing more then to snatch you up and have a party."

Tails eyes went wide. He couldn't believe it. Everyone in there was a criminal boss, the filth of the world he had once heard someone call them.

"What do they have against me?" The Shadow Knight laughed lightly, "everything Tails, everything. If any one of them got their hands on you, he he he, they could have so much fun. Tell the public your their prisoner, hold you for ransom, or just slice every little bit of fur right off your body." The Shadow Knight said, ending in a darker tone. Tails holl body shivered at the thought. "What's stopping them, their criminals right?" Tails dared to say

The Shadow Knight grinned, "Because your with me, that's the only reason. Now then, on to bigger and better things". The Shadow Knight grabbed the wine bottle and poured himself and Tails a glass. "No sipping crap this time, gulp it down in one go, like this. The Shadow Knight said gulping the whole glass down quickly. He folded his arms and looked at Tails. Tails looked at the wine glass and gulped. He had hoped he wouldn't notice that he had only taken three sips. No such luck, unfortunately. Three sips wasn't too bad, but gulping down the whole glass? Tails did not want to do that. However, he didn't really have a choice in the matter.

Pushing his thoughts aside, he grabbed the glass and gulped it down as fast as he could. He didn't stop until the glass was empty. He put the glass down and coughed for a couple of seconds. The Shadow Knight grinned again and chuckled. "That's more like it. Now we can have a good time. Ignore everything that's going on in the world and just relax.

The Shadow Knight filled Tails glass up again and put it in front of him. "A few more drinks can ensure you do."The Shadow Knight said

Tails looked down at the glass. He rubbed his stomach. Well, I'm already down the rabbit hole, there's no turning back now. Tails grabbed the glass and drank it, and another, and another, and another... and that's about as much as Tails remembered...

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