Author's note: This is what I say to all those darned popups! Bleahhhhhh!
File 8 Angel Island; The Lost Sanctuary
Entry 2 The Search
Tails looked back again, worried for Miserie. In the air above the water, Tails couldn't help but worry over the over curious space age fox. He watched Talon struggle with her as she nearly killed herself for the fourth time.
"I told you, that's water!" Talon yelled.
Tails couldn't hear Miserie. He turned forward again and began to pilot again.
He tried to control his feelings, because he felt stuffed up to the top with emotion. He could feel a deep depression, probably because he left his mother. He didn't want to…but they were gonna kill Sonic, and… But then he thought about Sonic and he felt worried. He wasn't sure if Sonic was okay. What if he was drowning? What would they do then? Could Shadow swim? Probably not. Shadow brought up feelings of regret, because Tails felt bad for always associating him with evil when he was kind enough to save Amy and Miserie. Miserie… Tails didn't know what he felt for Miserie. It was a feeling he was embarrassed about. He didn't want anyone to know. He didn't want to think about it, and he squeezed his eyes shut for a second, as if that would stop him from thinking about it. Tails wasn't sure how he could put his feelings into words or into work. He was mad just thinking about it. Did Miserie make him mad, maybe?
Tails shook his head and said aloud, "No way."
"No way what?" He turned at Miserie's voice. She was sitting behind him, watching him pilot.
"…Nothing." Tails said, dismissively. "How's the ride back there?"
"I don't know." Miserie said. she shook her head. "Talon is a little scary. He keeps apologizing. I don't understand…It can't be changed now." She told him.
"He feels bad." Tails told her. "It's because he feels like it's his fault you lost your eye." He faced forward again. "I'd feel bad too."
"…but I don't feel bad. I did at first. I felt like it was my fault, but…It's no one's fault. That's what Shadow said. He said we have to keep moving on." Miserie said. "He probably meant that a different way though."
Tails smiled. "Yeah." He agreed.
"Hey Tails…" She said, thoughtfully.
Tails responded with a "Hmm?"
"I was thinking about toys before." She said. "Do you think…" she hesitated. "Do you think that a toy could do the things that you do?"
"Like what kind of toy?" Tails looked at the Chaos Emerald radar he had quickly built at the forest.
"I don't know…Like, if I was a toy, would you expect me to do the things I do?"
Tails looked back at her. "Why are you thinking like that?" He asked, kindly. "You're normal." He looked back forward again. He felt that strange feeling…
"But that's not the question…" Miserie said. "I'm saying if I was a toy, would you expect me to be…me?" She sounded upset.
Tails sighed. "That's kinda hard to say. I mean, you don't seem like a toy. You seem like a perfectly normal…girl." He said. "If you were a toy, I don't think you'd change. You'd have to be pretty high tech though."
"High tech…" She nodded. "I hope you're right. Maybe I am just an ordinary girl."
A series of beeps went off. "Looks like we've found one emerald!" Tails said.
"Should I tell Talon?" Miserie asked. Tails turned to look back at her.
"…Uhm I guess." Tails said. He felt empty when she left. He didn't know why. Tails sighed and lowered the plane. They were just above the water, and Tails heard a splash as Talon, the only swimmer of the group, left the plane.
Miserie called, "Hey, Talon's way deep under!"
"I can't hover here long," Tails called back. "We'll have to circle around!"
"He's coming back!" Miserie called back. "How much time do we have?"
"Just enough," Tails said. He watched Miserie worry over Talon in the water.
Talon's head popped up. He lugged Shadow and Amy onto the back of the Tornado. "They're safe! They just teleported!" He said. Miserie helped a choking Amy and Shadow onto the Tornado."
"What" Amy went into a fit of spluttering coughs.
"Oh! What do we do, Talon?" Miserie asked, as Shadow erupted into a coughing fit. She helped him on board too.
Talon leaned on Miserie as if she was married to him. "I…" he gasped.
"We've still got to find Sonic!" Tails called.
"Right!" Miserie said.
Tails thought about Amy and Shadow. Suddenly, they were everywhere together. Was Amy in love with Shadow too? Tails wondered what love felt like.
Maybe that was his weird feeling? It couldn't be. He loved a lot of things! Tails thought about it. He loved living with Amy and Sonic…He loved his lab…He loved lots of stuff, right?
But this must have been the first time he loved a person… he could understand why he loved her. She was funny, smart, and nice. There wasn't a reason he shouldn't like her. In fact, they had a whole lot in common. So it could be fate!
Tails shook off that last thought. He could tell Miserie wasn't as interested in him. She was so tuned into to everything else. She knew everything, but she didn't know a thing at all.
It wasn't time to worry about that. Because he still had to find Sonic. When he found Sonic, everything would make sense. Sonic could make sense of it.
Couldn't he?