A/N: Figured I should release these two now before the wait becomes too much to bear.

This is a request by Healmaster0927

It involves everyone.


Tails always had an interest with inventing; he could get an idea in his mind and start working on it right away. Sometimes it's hard to get him away from his work. While his inventions are well received by his friends, sometimes they don't always work, resulting in problems. He hoped this next invention won't go wrong too.

"Okay, now I just need to connect the power source," Tails said to himself.

He was working on his latest invention in the workshop: an upgrade to his Tailsmobile that will allow it to take anything in the world and store it in a single capacitor; the capacitor was custom made by him. He was now putting the power source inside of it; it happened to be…um, borrowed from Eggman's fortress.

"And…done!" Tails exclaimed, finishing his creation. "All I need to do is try it out!"

Just as Tails finished his sentence, Sonic came in to check on him. Tails found he had a perfect opportunity to demonstrate his invention.

"Hey, Tails. What's shaking?" Sonic asked.

"I just finished my latest invention, Sonic! The Hypercapacitor!"

"...The Hypercapapo-what?"

"Hypercapacitor," Tails corrected. "It takes any form on the planet and stores it as energy, all in one place in the Tailsmobile!" Sonic got the idea, and smiled proudly at his best friend. Now he didn't have to put junk in boxes anymore. He ruffled Tails' hair, earning him a giggle.

"You're really outdoing yourself every day, little bro. How well did it work?"

Tails' went from smiling to frowning. "Well…I haven't tested it yet." He smiled again. "But I can demonstrate it to ya now if you'd like!"

"Sure, buddy. But be careful when you're demonstrating something like this; I don't wanna be stored away in that thing."

Tails shook his head. "Don't worry, Sonic. When have my inventions gone screwy?" His mind clicked in realization. "Oh, well…they did go screwy before, but that won't happen here!"

Sonic figured there was no way his friend was going to back out on showing him without testing it first, so he stood back in preparation for the show. Tails hopped into the Tailsmobile and began the storing procedure. The invention revealed itself on the back of the vehicle.

"Okay, the Hypercapacitor seems to be working. Let's try the next step."

Tails aimed the Hypercapacitor at a pile of scrap metal, pressing the fire button afterwords. A beam of blue light engulfed the pile, sucking it like a vacuum as it turned into storing energy, flowing into the capacitor with ease.

Sonic was stunned. "It…works. The metal just disappeared into that Hyper…whatever-it's-called!"

Tails got out of the Tailsmobile to check on the storage space in the Hypercapacitor, seeing the little screen below the invention say '1 out of 500 terabytes used'.

"Yes!" the fox exclaimed, "It's stored safely in the capacitor! Now to see if it can come back out!"

Tails started the same procedure from before, but he set it in reverse. The Hypercapacitor aimed at the empty space ready to fire…but nothing happened.

Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Is it supposed to do that?"

"No…then again I didn't test it. Maybe I should take a look."

Tails got out of the Tailsmobile again with Sonic following, walking to the back of it to find out why the invention wasn't working. He opened up one of the outer plates to reveal a set of wires. He noticed what was wrong.

"There's the problem; a wire had come loose. I'll just plug it back it."

When Tails did plug it back in however, it caused a spark when it made contact with the receiving end, making him pull his hand back on instinct. Once the sparking stopped, Tails carefully got closer to try again, only to touch the Hypercapacitor. What his hand felt wasn't something he was comfortable with.

"It's hot." Sonic had gotten a bit wary at that line.

"Hot? You mean like overheating?"

"Yeah, like overhe-…" Tails realized too late what it meant. His eyes widened. "Move, Sonic!"

Sonic was pushed away by Tails right before the back of the Tailsmobile exploded loudly, making the hedgehog cover his ears. Smoke engulfed the workshop, and Sonic got back up on his feet, his hand covering his mouth as he coughed, waving the smoke away looking for Tails.

Sonic soon found his way out of the thick air, finding himself where the plane is. He noticed that it had a big dent on the side, making him look down. Once he did his eye pupils shrank a bit and his breathing was shallow.

Tails was lying below the plane—injured.

Sonic went into protective mode, getting on his knees in front of his friend, carefully checking his wounds. Tails' fur had blackened from the explosion and there were cuts here and there; what really concerned Sonic was the big bruise on the back of the fox's head.

Sonic gently shook Tails' shoulders. "Tails…Tails, wake up. It's me, Sonic."

He got no reply, which scared him. He was relieved when he pressed his head on Tails' chest to hear his heartbeat; he wasn't dead but he was motionless and that still worried him. Sonic carefully picked him up.

"Just stay with me, buddy. I'll get you help."

Sonic sped off quickly, but not too quickly, to find Doc Ginger. While he knows she can help him, he couldn't help but feel guilty. When you know there's potential danger yet you don't get everyone to a safer place, you know you might have done something wrong.


Tails was in a coma. Sonic feared that possibility and now it has come true. It had been a week since that day, and pretty much everyone else was worried too; all four of them would daily visit the doctor and stay in the waiting area until their friend recovers. Sonic already told them in detail what happened; what the hedgehog didn't tell them was the guilty feeling he had.

"I let my guard down that day," he thought, "but I promised to make sure Tails is kept safe; not like the time I fired him, but safe".

"Sonic?" The hedgehog looked up from his chair to see Amy with a concerned stare.

"Hey, Amy," he said unenthusiastically. "Just letting my mind to the talking for a while."

Amy frowned. "Sonic, I'm just as worried as you are about Tails but he'll pull through this." Sonic only nodded and glanced away, but Amy could see he was hiding something. She was the backbone of the team after all. "Something's on your mind, Sonic. What's wrong?"

"Wait, you can read his mind? Don't tell me you're another UT robot!" Sticks commented. Sonic slapped himself in the face hearing that, shaking his head, while Knuckles looked between the two girls nervously.

"…No, Sticks," Amy answered. "I can tell by the way he's acting."

"Oh…then you can read his body!"

Amy blushed. "…Uh…"

"Guys," Sonic said to change the subject, "nothing's wrong with me. I'm just waiting for Tails to get better so he can go home and be safe!"

Knuckles raised an eyebrow. "You're not thinking of firing him again, are ya?"

"What? No, no! I wouldn't do that to him again I just-…"

"You feel guilty," Amy realized. Sonic reluctantly nodded, turning away from the others. He felt Amy place a comforting hand on his shoulder, and her other hand turning his head back to her. "I understand you feel that way about what happened, but you shouldn't dwell on the past forever. What matters now is that Tails is still with us, and if you still feel guilty, just say sorry to him. He'll understand."

"But I should be the one on that deathbed."

"There are some things in life you can't control. Sometimes you just have to accept it, so let go of the guilt and be happy your brother is safe." Knuckles and Sticks snapped their heads up in surprise at what she just said.

"Brother?" They said in union.

"Hey, it's his and Tails's relationship. I'm just rolling with it."

"Well, he could've explained it us sooner," Knuckles added. "But anyway, she's right, Sonic. Be glad your… uh… brother is alright."

The hedgehog thought about it, and he figured if he felt guilty all the time he'd never be the same again. He smiled at the others, and just as they suggested he put the incident behind him. Just as he thanked them, Doc Ginger came into the waiting room. The four stood up from their chairs.

"Well?" Sticks asked. "How is he?"

Doc Ginger smiled. "Don't you worry; he's out of the coma. He just needs some rest, that's all." The four of them had the feeling of relief wash over them. True they said Tails would be alright but they hoped they didn't just say that for nothing. "You can see him if you want. But remember, he's still tired."

Doc Ginger didn't need to say that twice as Sonic went past her to see Tails lying on a medical bed bandaged up and barely awake. Sonic went over and stood over the side of the bed.

"Hey, little buddy."

Tails smiled a little. "Hi." Sonic noted how sleepy he sounded, so he made sure not to drag on for too long. After a bit of hesitation, and reassurance from Amy outside, he said what he wanted to say a week ago.

"I'm sorry."

Tails was confused. "For what?"

"For letting this happen to you. I don't know why I'm doing such a bad job keeping you safe."

"There was nothing you could do, Sonic. Besides, I pushed you out of the way because of the same reason you always had."

"What's that?"

Tails smirked. "Your safety." Sonic took that as an 'I forgive you' sentence, smiling and caressing a hand across Tails' cheek.

"I love you so much, little bro."

"I love you too, big bro."

They didn't know it, but Amy was smiling outside the room. She was beginning to admire how much Sonic cares for the young fox. She went back to her chair to give them some privacy.

Sonic smirked suddenly. "Next time that invention of yours explodes, I'm pushing you out of there."

Tails laughed. "Deal."


A/N: Whew. I hope this is what you had in mind when you requested this. If it isn't, then I hope you're happy anyway.