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Wafflesbelike-NYANCAT: (;

Autumn: On the bright side, sequel time! And I am going to do my best and make the next one just as good as the first. Promise. And you're fine. I had family over the weekend as well and was barely able to type. Hope I answered your question on the poll in the comments above.

GlowingGem: The reason I did it in a dream was because Sonic's parents showed up in a dream so I was trying to be consistent. I can see Shadow's reaction as well (although each time I picture it, it comes out differently. Sometimes he's happy, and other times he has a mental break down… You know I'm not going to ever do that. Bad idea…)

Quantum27: I was wondering where you were… Anyway, I was shocked you actually did Fan art. Thank you! It makes me so much more confident. And yeah, I noticed that typo later. My bad… Poor Tails… I would tell him that, but that would make it less...fun. No, not fun. Never mind.

To keep from being too confused, I'm just going to guess how much time I've had pass and say that it's been two months since Sonic and Tails split ways.

Sonic's POV:

Have you ever had the feeling like someone is watching you?

Okay, that sounded dumb. Better question: Have you ever felt like someone was watching you when you know for a fact that they are not?

You know what? This isn't coming out right. Let me explain.

About three days after the whole, 'This is the Master Emerald' incident, I had a nightmare.

And when I say nightmare, I mean NIGHTMARE. I couldn't remember most of it when I woke up, but I knew that: 1. It had my family. 2. Tails was in it. And 3. Robotnik was doing something that I really, really didn't like. I also knew that whatever it was about, it scared the living daylights out of me. After a very unrestful sleep, I woke up in a cold sweat, panting and shaking.. I stood up and looked around, trying to remember what the dream was about, but for the life of me I couldn't hold on it. Yeah, I know what you're thinking; 'It's a nightmare. Get over it already.' Well, that wasn't the weird thing.

While I was trying to recall the memory, I had the sudden impression that someone was standing behind me. But the feeling was...familiar, almost as if…

Against my will a small smile appeared. "...Tails?"

I shook my head, trying to regain some logic. How in the world would Tails be on Angel Island? It's not only impossible, but insane. Well, it's official. I had lost my mind.

The impression vanished and I sighed. "Stupid brain…" I rolled back onto the ground and fell back asleep.

Two days later, Knuckles dragged me back to the giant emerald. Why? I had no idea.

"Knucklehead! Kindly explain to me why I'm here?"

"Uh…"

"Why am I here?"

"Uh…"

"I will ask one more time, why am I here?"

"...And where are we going?"

"I'm being serious, man! Why am I here?"

"I have no idea."

I crossed my arms and began to tap my foot impatiently. Knuckles scowled.

"Look hedgehog, I don't know why you're here exactly. I just know that's what Chaos wants." He motioned towards the emerald.

With that happy thought out in the open, I took a few steps away from the emerald. "Um...I'm going to go with thanks, but no thanks."

"You don't really have a choice," the echidna growled as he sat down. After deciding it wasn't worth the energy, I very unwillingly sat down next to him. "So... we just sit here."

"Yep."

"Staring at the forest."

"Yep."

"Not talking."

"Yep."

This was going to be a long day.

Tails' POV:

I was trying to figure out how to tell the Robert's about Sonic. Now, I trusted Lucy, but I wasn't an idiot. My ghost of a sister shows up and tells me to find Sonic, I'll consider it, but not dive in head first. So, first step: ask Frank and Bernice what they think.

How come the first part had to be so hard?

"Miles, ease up on the throttle." Frank called through the comlink.

I snapped out of my daydream and complied. "What are we doing after this Frank?"

The old wolf had woken me up extra early to fit a flying lesson in the day. That could only mean one thing: very busy day expected.

"I got a call from an old client who's bringing in his motor boat. Apparently, he rammed it into the dock yesterday and he wants us to fix it up."

I sighed. With a project like that, I decided I'd bring up Sonic later. It was going to be a long day.

Narrator's POV:

Robotnik was puzzled. And angry. He was very angry.

Two months ago, Sonic the Hedgehog had been in the company with a two-tailed fox who had destroyed his robot in one swoop. Either the freak was lucky, or a genius. Whatever he was, Robotnik wanted to know. That wasn't the only reason. The hedgehog had been more annoying the past two years and Robotnik was done playing around with him. But Sonic wasn't called that for nothing… if he had a weakness, Robotnik knew it first hand. Unfortunately, only a few days later, the hedgehog was alone again.

In an attempt to find the fox, Robotnik had sent out hundreds of search squadrons, their sole mission being to find any sign of the fox kit. Of course, it helped that Sonic had suddenly just vanished off the face of the earth (Robotnik was still baffled on how he was able to pull off that). But he knew that the Hedgehog would show up sooner or later, and he didn't want another ending in disaster.

The Doctor slammed his fist on the control panel. "Where-is-that-freak?" He snarled to himself. Annoyed, he leaned back in his chair. "Report in all squadrons." He watched the video feed scan by for a few minutes until a reply came. "Freeze G-73!"

The robot complied. "Zoom in." said Robotnik, curious.

The blurry picture came up showing an older wolf climb out of a biplane along with... a yellow fox. A smile curled up Robotnik's face. "Focus." Again, the bot responded.

The scientist sneered. "Well, there you are…" He pushed a button, "All bots in the area remain on sentry at that house. I'll be there shortly." True, Robotnik didn't usually like to go near G.U.N., but in this case he'd make an exception. Without another word, he boarded his orb and flew towards the town. Today was a good day.

Tails POV:

Who, I ask you, rams their boat into a dock? No really, it makes sense if it's some idiot teenager, but this guy just seemed to not understand how he had hit the gas and throttled the engine. The boat itself looked as if it had been dropped on the ground from hundreds of feet. It took all my strength to keep my expression neutral when the customer dropped it off, but after he left... Frank and I just stared in horror and amusement.

"Well...there's something you don't see everyday," Frank mumbled as he started to gather tools and supplies.

I followed after a few seconds. "We're going to fix that?"

"My policy is, 'Anything you can break, I can build better'."

"You need a new policy."

Frank laughed and began to instruct me on what to do. The two of us worked until lunch time then took a break out back near the barn.

"Well," Frank started, "I can honestly say that is one of the hardest things I've ever had to fix."

"It's not fixed yet." I mumbled, "You have to completely replace the front of the boat and engine, not to mention tune up the motor and basically re-build just about everything else."

Frank smiled. "Well, at least I'll have some help. Two times the hands makes the job two times as fun."

"Yeah...I've been meaning to talk to you about that," I rubbed the back of my neck.

Frank looked over at me a bit confused, "What are you talking about, sonny?"

"Frank… erg… Mr. Roberts… you see, about two months ago I, um-"

The wolf's eyes suddenly grew wide. "GET DOWN!" He grabbed my arm and we rolled out of the way just as the bench we were sitting on was blasted to mere splinters. With my ears still ringing, Frank pulled me up and dragged me into the barn. The two of us took cover as an angry voice began to yell.

"NO, NO! I TOLD YOU TO CAPTURE, NOT INCINERATE, YOU BUMBLING BUFFOONS!"

My blood ran cold. I knew that voice. Sure enough, when I peeked out from the barn, Doctor Robotnik was sitting in his orb with a small squadron of bees and swatbots trailing him. I closed the door and pressed myself against it.

"We may be in trouble…" I breathed, my mouth full of sawdust.

Frank looked out the window. "I think you're right." He rubbed his hands nervously. "Alright... Miles, I need you to go out the back door and run into the woods while I distract whoever that manic is."

Was he insane? He'd be blown to bits if Robotnik had his way with him! "Frank, I'm not letting you die because of me. It's my fault he's here anyway."

"Miles, I don't know what you're talking about, but your safety comes first. You need to get out of here, right now."

"I'm not leaving you and Bernice here to deal with my problems! This is my fight!"

"Miles-"

The barn door was blasted open and we ran for cover. I silently prayed that Bernice had the sense to go hide in the shop if she saw the disasters taking place outside.

"Oh, Tails! Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Robotnik's voice called out sweetly, "I've been looking all over for you. You've had me worried. Don't hide, I promise I won't hurt you!"

For some strange reason, I wasn't tempted.

Frank motioned for me to stay quiet and stay put. Before I could respond he stood up and put his hands up, "Whoa, don't shoot! I'm not resisting or anything."

"Where is the fox?"

"Fox? What fox?"

"Don't play idiot with me, Frankie. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Now, tell me- Where is the fox?"

Silently, I cursed Frank for being so dang noble. But without any other idea, I started to crawl towards the back door, staying out of sight of the maniac.

I didn't get very far. Robotnik lost his temper and ordered his troops to attack; Frank dove behind a table. Lasers filled the air, one managing to get a lucky shot and hitting one of my tails. I wasn't able to hold in the scream of pain, but somehow got out of the building.

I ran as fast as I could towards the house. My tail was still stinging and with one look back I knew I wouldn't be able to fly. Blood was dripping from where the laser had nicked me. I shouted desperately, "Bernice!"

The she-wolf threw open the door and ran out to meet me as several bee bot things led chase. She grabbed my arm and the two of us ran towards the forest.

"Not so fast, Mutant!"

I looked back to see Frank being held by one of the bot's at gunpoint, struggling to free himself from the villain's grasp. I pulled myself out of Bernice's grip and slowed myself to a stop. Behind me, the woman gasped and started telling me to run. Robotnik shut her up by ordering one of his bots to fire a warning shot.

"Now that I have your attention, I have a proposition for you." Robotnik motioned towards the hostage. "You surrender yourself and I'll promise to let the two wolfs go free." He gave a cold smile. "If you don't...well, I think I'll take you anyway. But keep in mind that some of you may not walk away from the experience."

I balled my fists, but with my tail injured I knew I couldn't fly or fight. Frank was frantically shaking his head and motioning for me to run with Bernice.

Quickly I ran through the situation. There were a dozen robots; six bee-shooting things and six Swatbots. The bees were the main concern if I was running, since I knew they could fly at pretty high speeds (after all, they were made to hunt a certain speeding blue hedgehog). If I tried to fight, the concern would be the Swatbot; heavily armored and equipped with powerful lasers that could burn me to a crisp. But I might have been able to take them, if my tail wasn't injured.

And there was the matter of Frank and Bernice. Frank wouldn't last a minute and I knew Bernice wasn't a fast runner. I might make it out, but the two of them would be dead before the fight even started. If I tried running, I might make it about three miles, but there was no way I could outrun the bots.

Which left my last option. If I handed myself over I would probably be subjected to a lot of unpleasantness, but Frank and Bernice may be left alone. I didn't trust Robotnik's word, but it wasn't like I had much of a choice either.

Very slowly, I walked forward with my hands above my head. "Let him go. I surrender. Just… just leave them alone, okay?" Although I tried to sound strong and fearless, my voice somehow cracked at the end.

A horrible leer appeared on the Doctor's face. "I'm so glad you see it my way…" He snapped his fingers at the bot that held Frank. The wolf was unceremoniously tossed to the ground. A different swatbot grabbed me around the waist, a little too tight to be comfortable. Bernice ran over to her husband and held him tight as he stood up. The pair glared at Robotnik, the mixture of hate and terror in their eyes evident.

The scientist gave a smile, "Usually, I'd kill the both of you. But I need you to send a message. Tell Sonic that if he ever wants to see his little sidekick again," The bot holding me passed me up to the orb where Robotnik was. He grabbed my shoulder and pulled me in front, thrusting me into a cramped metal cage. He slammed the door shut, locking me inside. "Then he'll meet me at the old factory from two summers ago. He'll know what I'm talking about."

Robotnik motioned for his bees to lead Frank and Bernice inside then grabbed the controls. "Sit down, freak."

"My name is Miles."

"Whatever." He hit the power and I was knocked to the dirty floor of the cage. We sped off into the sky, soaring higher and higher in the clouds. I looked down just in time to catch a glimpse of Frank and Bernice's petrified faces before they became nothing more than two insignificant dots on the wide expanse of the city.

I don't know how long it took before we landed. Minutes. Maybe even hours. It's hard to keep track of time when you're being jostled around at the bottom of a grimy metal crate. But eventually we landed

Sonic's POV:

I have no idea when, but at some point I fell asleep while sitting with Knuckles. I had the worst dream of my entire life (and I'm including that one where there was a chili dog famine): Tails had been kidnapped by Robotnik. It was so awful and vivid that I snapped awake to Knuckles yelling at me.

"Hedgehog! Wake up!"

"Wha… Where… Wass happening? Wassamatter?"

"It's just a nightmare, for Chaos sake!" The echidna leaned back against a pillar. "It took me five whole minutes to wake you up. Seriously, stop thrashing. You woke me up!"

I rubbed the back of my head. "Sorry, Knux…"

He closed his eyes and was silent for a few moments. "Who's Tails?"

My blood went cold. "He's...an old friend. And how did you-"

"I think there's some folks about fifty miles away who didn't hear you screaming."

No wonder I woke him up. And no wonder my throat was parched… "I'm getting a drink." I said, getting up and wandering over to a nearby river, dipping my hand in and bringing it to my lips. Just as I finished and began climbing the steps back to the Master Emerald, my forehead throbbed, and an excruciating pounding behind my eyes brought me to my knees. I could hear myself crying out in pain, and then everything went black.

Tail's POV:

Robotnik had one of the bots dump me on the ground while he was rummaging through a box of junk.

"I know I have one in here… Ah, here it is." He pulled out a brown plastic collar that had a small black box with wires running through it. He looked it over, made a small tweak, and then motioned for me to come over.

I stood there for a second, then attempted to run in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, one of the Swatbot's grabbed me and carried me over.

Robotnik chuckled softly, "Are you scared?"

Of course I was scared. This lunatic haunted my nightmares. I may be really smart, but I'm still only seven! I didn't tell him that, but looked at the ground, trying to hide the panic that enveloped my entire being.

While I was distracted, Robotnik swept forward and wrapped the collar around my neck, locking it before I had a chance to try and pull it off. I grabbed the thing with my hands and attempted to pull it off, but almost immediately I heard a small humming sound and seconds later a large shock of electricity raced through my body. I let out a cry of pain and dropped to my knees, tears streaming down my face.

"What is this thing?" I gasped already having a good idea what was around my neck.

Robotnik gave another one of his creepy grins, "Oh, nothing much, just an electric collar. Let me speak plainly; if you try to leave the premises without my permission the collar will shock you. If you are doing something I don't like I can push a button and it will shock you. If you try and pull or pick the lock off then it will shock you. Get the picture?"

I was now officially freaking out. "What do you want with me?" My brain wanted to scream, but the sentence came out as more of a croak.

Robotnik's sneer grew larger. "Well that's the question isn't it? The first thing is sort of a revenge seeker, no offense. I don't like people who don't trash my robots…" He glared at me pointedly. I remained silent. "Second… well, a certain hedgehog we both know is very hard to catch and you're the first person he's actually seemed to care about for quite sometime. I didn't even think it would ever be possible, but you somehow got past his guard…"

"Guard?" I was a little confused at that last part, but Robotnik ignored me.

"And finally, you disabled my robot rather quickly, which means you must be a very smart boy, mmm?" He raised an eyebrow at me. "And you've been working at a machine shop for a bit… oh, don't look so surprised. I have bots everywhere." Robotnik motioned towards his robot army. I had to admit, he had a lot.

"I have a need of your...skills." Robotnik smirked. "You see, I've been trying to build a robot to defeat Sonic, but it's been slow going seeing as I've been so preoccupied looking for you. But now that I have you, it can be finished in double time!" As he was talking, I was backing away, every cell of logic in my body telling me to run, but I was too paralyzed with fear to stand up. When he was done I didn't say anything.

The doctor walked over and grabbed my arm. Roughly he dragged me over to a giant lump under a tarp. "If it's not finished by the time Sonic is back… well, I'll see if I can spare a bit of you for the hedgehog to bury." He leaned in very close, "Get the picture, little boy?"

I felt something shoved into my arms and looked down to find a rolled up blueprint. My hands shaking I opened the roll and examined the drawing (which looked like a ten year old had drawn them… seriously, can this guy not draw properly?). After a few minutes I managed to whisper, "Where… where do you keep your tools?"

Robotnik's grin reappeared, "I'm so glad you see it my way."

I squeezed my eyes shut, holding in the screams that were threatening to break out. Sonic… Please don't come. Please, please, please…

Sonic's POV:

"Sonic! Sonic!...SONIC!" I snapped awake to Knuckles shaking me.

"Finally! Hedgehog, what the heck happened back there? I thought you were just getting a drink!"

My hands were trembling. I stared at them, trying to hide the terror that was threatening to come loose. It had all seemed so real…

"Hey, listen to me, Sonic! What's going on here?"

I stood up and my legs immediately collapsed under me. The echidna grabbed my shoulders and pushed me back to the ground. It was then I noticed I was back by the Master Emerald. The echidna must have dragged me up the stairs when I blacked out.

"Sonic! What's wrong with you, hedgehog?!"

Without replying, I leaned back against a pillar and closed my eyes. It had felt so real… Tails' screams of pain… I winced slightly when I recalled that one of his furry tails was stiff with dried brown blood. Robotnik didn't even have the decency to bandage it.

"Sonic! Say something! Anything! Hedgehog, SNAP OUT OF IT!"

I opened my eyes and glared at the echidna, "Do you mind? I'm thinking!"

Knuckles visibly calmed down. Then he hit me.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"I thought you had gone insane or something! Next time, tell me you're alright, immediately! For the love of Chaos!"

With a small smile I replied, "Why Knuckles, do I sense that I'm growing on you?"

"No! If you were insane, I was going to throw you off the island!"

Somehow I doubted that statement. I shook myself and went back to the dream. Tails looked so afraid… Sonic, you just got spooked! He's fine, stop worrying! Vanilla's taking good care of him, he'll be alright. My hands still hadn't stopped shaking.

Knuckles seemed to notice, "What did you see?"

"It was...nothing. Just another nightmare. I'm just paranoid,that's all."

He glanced over at the Master Emerald. "Maybe...but maybe not. Chaos Energy is a strange thing. Close proximity could mean visions of past, present, and sometimes even future events. I've had a few myself."

Peachy. "You're not helping, Knuckles."

"I'm just saying."

I closed my eyes and ran through the dream again. If there was even the slightest possibility that it was real… My eyes snapped open.

"I have to go." I stood up and started down the stairs.

"Go? Go where? You're on a floating island!" Knuckles followed behind.

I didn't answer but continued walking until I was on the edge of the island. Nervously, I peered down at the water. Oh Chaos, I hate water.

Knuckles joined me shortly, "What are you doing?"

"Which way is the main land?"

"Why?"

"Just tell me."

The echidna stared for a few moments then pointed left. "About fifty miles that way. Why do you ask? You can't build a raft, and you can't swim. So what do you plan on doing?"

I turned around and gave a nervous smile. "Well…" Without another word, I tilted backwards and fell off the island edge.

Startled, I saw Knuckles lean over the edge, his expression full of shock and confusion. He laid down on his stomach and cupped his hands around his mouth. "YOU'RE INSANE!"

"I KNOW!" I yelled as I tumbled through the air hundreds of feet toward the ocean. Half way down I realized that this was a bad idea. Too late to go back now…

I straightened up so I was now feet first. Here's a tip: Never try running through the air. It's hard. Twenty feet from the water's surface I closed my eyes and started praying to whatever God that was watching.

SPLASH- VRRRRRR…

I opened my eyes, and then immediately closed them again. Even though I wasn't drowning, I still didn't want to see the water's surface. If anyone ever tells you that running on water is impossible, they're telling the truth...unless you can break the sound barrier. Then you're in luck.

Part of me wondered what Knuckles was thinking. The other part didn't care. All I wanted was to be on dry ground. Sweet, beautiful ground.

After way too much time I collapsed on the beach, my hands and legs trembling with fear and shock. I'll admit that running on water was really cool, but Chaos, it was something I never, ever wanted to do again.

"Oh, ground! Oh, wonderful, lovely, beautiful ground!" I kissed the sand, then spat it out. That was a stupid idea.

I think that's when I passed out from the shock and the cold.

Sonic can run on water...right? I think he's done it before in the comic and in one of the TV shows, but if not... Oh well. He's a blue hedgehog, he already defies the laws of nature. Anyway, Tails is now a hostage of Robotnik and being held for torture! Sure, why not? The two have already seen suicide and murder. Let's just throw in child abuse and Prisoners of War. Chaos, I have issues…

I swear that I never meant for this to be this dramatic. I'm thinking I may need to change the rating for T. What do you guys think?

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