Disclaimer and A.N.: In todays episode of Days of Our Lives... err I mean Sonic the Hedgehog: Human Factor. I swear, as I looked over the chapters and took someunwriten reviewsfrom people who were reading the story at my base, this story is turning out more as a Soap Opera than anything else. Well all I can say is so be it. Oh and before I forget, I only own Gyia and Saldar and Imperfection07 owns Mona. Sega owns the rest. Enjoy this chapter. For this story, Italics means thoughts and Underlined Italics means writing. I'm giving extreme details on this story because I've also gotten some feedback saying that I never explained how Tails and Shadow looked after they changed. Well sorry if I get into to much detail but here it is. Please read on.

Chapter 13: Settling In

'Just over three weeks have past since the eventful meeting with the base's commander. Me and Shadow had a bit of trouble fitting in at first, but now everything is starting to settle down.Mostly since Shadow knocked out two of Sniper-twos teeth with a well placed punch. He really asked for it. He was laughing so hard at Shadow and keep saying that this was his punishment for laughing at Shade's death. I sortof felt sorry for him when Shadow punched him but now I can only look back and laugh,' Tails wrote in what was 'his' journal but is now called her diary by Amy and Mona. She was laying on her bed in her room dressed in a plain grey t-shirt and a pair of loose fitting blue jeans. She had started to grow her hair out and had it laying loose behind her head. It had grown about an inch since she was last cut. As she layed there she shifted her head up towards the ceiling in thought as she brought the pencil up towards her lips and started tapping it against them as she started to kick her bare feet against her bed. After a while of thought, she continued, 'I still can't believe the base commander took my wand device from me but now I'm trying to recreate it. I've tried on several attempts but to only have them either short out in my hands, which I've learned once again to wear gloves when I work, or to have them not work at all. I can't figure out what I've been doing wrong.'

With a sigh, Tails looked to the side of her bed and out the doorway towards the room that Gyia was using. The group all desided it would be best if they stayed together because she seemed the most attached to the young lass than to the rest. She had no other choice but to agree because she could tell that no one else had room at their houses for another occupant. 'Gyia's been settling in just fine around here. Mona has been helping her by teaching her all the things that she missed out on as she was trained to be an assassin. I still can't believe how fast she was learning but I figured out by accident around here that she's actually very intelligent,' a smile came across her face as she wrote this down and began to look it over. 'Should I re-write that?' she thought as she continued to read it over in her head, 'It's not like she would read it over or anything. I'll leave it as it is.'

"Hey, little bro!" a voice yelled out from down stairs which made Tails jump up off her bed in suprise.

"I'm up here!" Tails yelled as she thought to herself, 'Sonic decided to keep calling me his 'little bro' because he said calling me his 'little sis' made him feel like a guardian. Knuckles got mad at that and they both ended up getting into a fist fight over it. Knuckles won of course but Sonic got in his far share of hits as well.'

"There you are," Sonic said as he asked from out of view of the doorway, "Is it safe to come in?"

"I'm decent," Tails said in response and thought back at what happened just last week.

Flashback

"Hey Tails, you home?" Sonic said as he entered his best buds house and began to look for him/her.

"I'm up here," Tails yelled out as she heard the voice from below, "Wait down there and I will be right down. I just need to change."

"It's not like I haven't seen you changing before," Sonic said as he bagan to ascend the stairs.

"Not since I've been like this, you haven't," Tails said as she didn't notice the sounds of a person ascending the staircase.

"Ah come on, I've seen your body a few times back when we..." Sonic tried to say as he reached to doorway to look inside and saw Tails putting a bra on and only wearing a pair of panties.

"SONIC!" Tails yelled out as she threw her arms over her chest and began to hunch down to hide herself. She wasn't to fond of the figure that she got due to the amount of attention she's recieved from guys who didn't know who she really was. Her figure was hourglass shape with a rather large chest. Her bra size read 36 D. Amy was susprised when the measurement was done that she had re-measured Tails five times just to make sure. It seemed that the Emerald transformed them into what the thought the perfect woman for them should look like. The only problem is it changed the appearance of the person, not the hair quanity.

"I'm sorry," Sonic said in a stuttering tone as a few drips of blood could be seen coming from his nose. Almost like a robot, he slowly turned away and started to stiffly walk away from the doorways sight.

End Flashback

"What are you thinking about?" Sonic asked as he entered the room and saw Tails staring at the wall. Sonic currently had on a light weight blue runners jacket and a pair of light blue running pants with a white t-shirt on underneath.

"I was just thinking about that day that you walked in on me," she replied back as she turned her head towards him and desided to play with his mind for a bit. She placed an upset look on her face and stared him straight in the eyes.

"Hey now," Sonic said as he leaned back from Tails's look and began to back away, "I said I was sorry. I thought we were over this already."

"I was just joking," Tails said as she let her face relax and let a smile slip on it.

"You've been hanging around Mona for to long," Sonic said as he started to calm down. "Oh yeah, thats right," he said as he looked like he had just remembered something important, "Everyone's waiting outside for you."

"Huh?" Tails asked as a look of confusion took her face.

"Remember," Sonic said as he looked at the calander on Tails wall. He pointed towards a date that was circled and said group trip in it in bold red letters.

"The trip!" Tails yelled out as she jumped from the bed and grabbed her suitcase from out of the closet. She quickly started to pack things in it as Sonic started to help. Sonic suddenly stopped as he noticed the item of clothing in his hands. It was a bra and two pairs of panties that he grabbed from out of the air that Tails threw. His nose started to bleed again and he quickly set the stuff down and moved out of the way wiping the blood from his face.

"Are you two coming!" Amy yelled out from below the stairs which gave Sonic the perfect chance to sneak out of the room without having to help pack.

"Tails forgot what day it was and is now packing," he said as he looked over the railings on the staircase towards Amy. She was wearing a black jacket and dark blue colored blue jeans. Underneath her jacket could be seen a beige colored turtleneck sweater.

"Hurry up Tails," Amy said as she started to run up the stairs and pushed Sonic out of her way.

"Careful there," Sonic said as he had to steady himself to keep him from falling over the stairways rails.

"Sorry Sonikku," she said as she peaked her head out from Tails room, "I'll make it up to you."

'I'm sure you will,' Sonic thought as a shiver ran up his spine. After the shiver calmed down, he descended the stairs and left out through the front door. Ten minutes pass as the Amy and Tails continued to pack Tails's suitcase.

"There we go," Amy said as she dusted off her hands as she finished closing the case, "Are you sure this is all your going to need?"

"I think so," Tails said as she began to look around the room for anything else that could be needed.

"Lets get going then," Amy said in a smile as she picked up the suitcase only to slam it back down, "The thing weights a ton."

"I forgot I placed some of my tools in there incase we might need them," Tails said as she patted the top of the suitcase, "I guess we will need Knuckles to carry it down."

"I'll go get him so sit tight," Amy said as she walked towards the door and departed. Within a few moments, she returned with Knuckles in tow. Knuckles was wearing a red colored coat with a red bandana tied tightly around his head in a headband type of fashion (A.N. imagine Ryu's headband from Street Fighter.). He also had on a pair of black jeans and a white shirt underneath his jacket. On his hands where fingerless gloves that had the Knuckles area cut-out for easier movement of the fingers.

"Is this it?" he asked as he pointed towards the suitcase on the floor beside Tails's bed.

"Sure is," Amy said with a smile as Knuckles bent down the pick it up.

"Dang, Tails," he said as he had to use huff the suitcase on his back to carry the weight, "What did you pack in this thing?"

"Just my usuals," Tails said with a smile on her face, "My clothes, some of my tools, a few blueprints that I have been working on and a few grooming items as well."

"It feels like you threw in the kitchen sink as well," Knuckles said as he finally arranged the weight to be carried as easily as he could.

"Sorry," Tails said sheepishly as she shrugged her shoulders and looked towards Knuckles direction, "I just can't go anywhere without my tools." She quickly slipped on her socks and shoes and a light yellow colored jacket as they all talked.

"We all know that," Knuckles said as he remembered the first time they went on his annual vacation and Tails almost brought his entire workshop along.

"So where we going this year?" Tails asked as she followed behind Knuckles as he departed her room and down the stairs.

"We're going to North Carolina this year," Knuckles said as he heaved the heavy suitcase in the back of the van they had rented, which made it bounce on its springs a little, and quickly jumped into the drivers seat. Amy and Tails were quick to follow suit.

"Why there?" Tails asked as she got to thinking as to why they were going.

"Vacation in the sun," Mona said as she started to pretend to bask in the sunlight. Her stomach area was starting to show signs of her pregnancy now. She was wearing a black cloth jacket and loose fitting dark blue jeans with a light dark brown sweater. On her head was a dark colored blue hat that had the Nautica sign written in white on it.

"Wrong place, Mona" Amy said as she attempted to snuggle up with Sonic only to be shoved away. Mona just let out a sigh of disappointment as Amy continued, "Where going there for a little bit of shopping and relaxation."

"Plus we heard about a little compatition down there at a new place called 'The Fire Dome'," Sonic said as he placed a determined look on his face and pounded his right fist into his free hand.

"I'm with you on this one," Shadow added in as she pounded her fist in almost the same fashion. She was wearing all black including a full body length trench coat and sunglasses to match. Her body didn't change much except for it being close to the way Mona's once was though a little bigger on the chest area. Instead oftheadverageB cup must people had, she was a C. She always teased Tails about it because it was easier to hide the change than Tails had to at first. Over time, she eventually gave up and started to stop hiding what had happened to her. Gyia was currently wearing a dark green jacket with hood and a pair of black sweats. She was also wearing a light green shirt underneath that read "Make 7" on the front and "Up Yours" on the back. She thought the t-shirt was funny and bought it from the novelity shop they last shopped at.

"Would you two settle down," Rouge said as she rolled her eyes at the two, "You both seem like you two should be the best matching couple right now." Her comment made Mona, Shadow, and Sonic to stare at her with evil in their eyes. Rouge was currently wearing a dark violet colored sweater and black pants that seemed tohug toher figure quite well. Her white jacket could be seen draped around the passenger seat behind her as she sat in front with Knuckles. She just sweatdropped at their expressions and turned her attention towards the front.

"It'll be a long ride everyone," Mona said as she shuffled around in her seat to try and get comfortable. The pregnancy wasn't helping. It seemed to make getting comfortable all the much harder.

"Okay everybody," Knuckles said as he got the van started, "Let's get going while we can and try to avoid the traffic."

"Agreed," Shadow said as she wanted to get out of this vehicle as quickly as possible and to stretch out as much as she can.

End Chapter 13

I really enjoyed writing this chapter because it allowed me to show how the two had adapted to becoming females. I think they've adapted very well considering. Just stay tuned for the next chapters of this story.