Tails wasn't sure what to do. The emeralds were useless, and for once, it didn't seem like Sonic would win. The sky, just like the future, seemed bleak and dark. There was no hope, something kept whispering to him. No hope at all. Why don't you just give up?
But he couldn't let Sonic down, he told himself. No matter how much damage the city sustained, he would never give up hope. Because even though light has its place, darkness needs to be there too. And now it was darkness's turn in the ever-whirling spectrum of life.