It appears that Sonic's complications have only gotten worse. But, he's gotten himself into this mess, so surely he can get himself out, or in this case, his other self.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
Sonic stood there, frozen from being overwhelmed, for a good five seconds.
He had to handle his current situation quickly or risk having this situation end badly.
He mentally clocked out and just started speaking, hoping what would come out, would be enough.
"Hey, I see you two have met." Sonic started.
"Yeah, Tails was just telling me all about you." Amy said.
"Hopefully not too much." Sonic joked, with a little smirk.
"No, just about your dreams of being an author." Amy said.
"Really?" Sonic said, surprised that Tails would share that information with someone he didn't even really know.
"Yeah, I had no idea, you'll have to read me some of your manuscripts sometime." Amy said.
"I'd love to." Sonic said, bringing her in, wrapping his arm around her.
Tails made a fake coughing sound to get their attention.
"Not to be rude, but I take it you two are dating?" Tails asked.
"It's a bit more complicated, but to put it simply, yeah, we are." Sonic told him.
"Well, I'm glad to hear it, by the way, what did you call me up here for?" Tails asked.
"Oh, I was hoping I could ask you for some advice." Sonic said.
"Amy, could I talk with Tails alone for a minute?" Sonic asked.
"Sure, I'll be downstairs, come down when you're done." Amy said.
Amy kissed him on the cheek and left.
"So, what advice are we talking about here?" Tails asked.
"It's not advice, I lied." Sonic blurted out.
"Then what is it?" Tails asked.
"Okay, remember how I told you about some issues I was having?" Sonic asked.
"Yes." Tails replied.
"Well, situations have gotten a lot more complicated." Sonic told him.
"How so?" Tails asked.
"Alright, what I'm about to tell you has to be confidential, you can't tell anyone, especially Amy." Sonic said.
Tails looked at him, with both curiosity and concern.
"Very well then." Tails said.
"There's no Shadow." Sonic told him.
"What?" Tails asked, confused by his statement.
"My name was basically poison at all of the publishing companies, so I made up a fake name and disguised myself to get a job." Sonic said.
Tails just stood there stunned.
"After that, stuff started happening while I was unconscious, I woke up days apart from each time and I did things as Shadow that I can't even remember." Sonic continued.
Tails sat down, hanging on every word Sonic spoke.
"After awhile, I thought maybe if I could cut his identity out of my life, that things would go back to normal." Sonic said.
"I made an arrangement with the publishers and I made Shadow seem horrible to Amy so she would stop pursuing him." Sonic explained.
"After that, I thought it would be over, but I still hear his voice in my head, taunting me, mocking me, hurting me." Sonic said, grabbing at his quills.
"It's like he's there, actually speaking to me, I'm starting to lose it!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Easy there, calm down." Tails told him.
"It's obvious that this choice you made has had some seriously dangerous effects on your mental health." Tails said.
"You're suffering from paranoid delusions and from other details, a case of personality disorder." Tails told him.
Sonic's stress was growing by the second, one more mishap and he felt like he would snap.
"You need help, help that even I can't give you." Tails said.
Sonic began to twitch uncontrollably.
"Sonic, calm down." Tails said, grabbing Sonic by the shoulders.
"Alright, now look, I'm gonna go back to the office and make a few calls, tomorrow I want you to stop by my office, some people will be there to take you for treatments." Tails told him.
Sonic didn't respond, simply paralyzed in panic.
"You're going to be okay." Tails tried to reassure him.
Tails left immediately to return to his office.
Sonic sat there, sick to his stomach, unable to process what had just happened.
He had originally thought that confessing to someone would help him and that a weight would be lifted.
But instead, all he could feel was dread and of course, Shadow was there to take advantage of that.
"They're gonna lock you up and throw away the key." Shadow told him.
"He thinks you're insane, that you've lost your mind." Shadow said.
"Now, you go and have your fun with your girlfriend, then…I'll have my fun later." Shadow said.
With that, Sonic mindlessly walked out, joining Amy downstairs.
As Sonic drove Amy to their date, he remained unaware of Shadow's intent.