Through the Monitor

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Author Notes: Another Tazkol chapter.
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Chapter 38: A Parental Tail

"Calm down Elizabeth," Kyle's dad, Steven Johnson, said as he tried to calm her down "the therapist is just going to help us get rid of some stress" he assured her.

Soon the girl at the counter, Zelda, calmly said "Excuse me! Ma'am, sir, Dr. Jones well see you now!" Well, Zonic! Zelda thought as she watched them walk in from behind her pink one piece sunglasses, You chased off Julan! Now it is your turn!

Kyle's parents walked into the office, it was a typical therapist type office. They noticed the man behind the corner desk, he was surprisingly young he had Spiky Blue Hair, and was wearing one-piece sunglasses.

"And you would be?" Kyle's dad asked. Instead of answering he pointed to a name plate on his desk it read Dr. Zhane Jones.

"Aren't you a little young?" Kyle's mother asked bewildered.

"I have a very high I.Q., I graduated very early, but now, Mr. Johnson, if you would be so kind as to close the door and the both of you to have a seat, and we can begin."

As soon as the door closed, and he made sure they where both seated he took a deep breath, "ma'am, sir, I know about your son!"

Kyle's parents gave him a blank look, "Our son went missing some time ago and we'd rather not discuss it right now!" Kyle's mother exclaimed.

"Ma'am, your son became a young two tailed fox and went to Mobius, you know it, and I know it!" Zhane shot back "Now, I have been authorized to give you the chance to join your son. Mind you, life won't quite be the same for either of you."

Kyle's dad looked at Zhane, he could not tell if he was telling the truth, or if this was some weird prank "How so?" he asked.

"Well sir, just as Kyle has his memories he also has Tails' memories, this will be no different for either of you, sir, are you familiar with Amadeus Prower?" Zhane questioned.

"Who?" Kyle's dad gave Zhane a puzzled glance.

"Sir, if you agree to go to your son you well have the memories of Amadeus, Tails' father. Mind you his memories aren't all cheerful... You well remember being roboticized, you well remember rejecting your son because of being roboticized and both of you well remember the pain of not being there for most of your son's current life. Now I ask you, will you go to Kyle?" Zhane asked them his voice was in a very serious tone.

There was a long silence, broken when Kyle's Mom spoke up "Dr. Jones my husband and I have done nothing but worry day and night about our son, if there is anyway to see him again we well pay whatever price necessary! Right Steven?" She sternly asked looking to her husband for support.

Steven was silent for a long minute before nodding his head "She's right, he's are son and we well do anything for him."

Zhane gave them both a look that was hard to distinguish because of his glasses; he was ether giving them a look of shock and awe, or pity. "All right, but don't say I didn't warn you," he remarked.

"One more question," Kyle's dad jumped as he heard a slightly deeper voice say the words he had intended, "do you know anything about the disappearance of our nephew Tommy?"

"I'm afraid, Mr. Prower, I am not at liberty to give you that information. By the way tell Sonic that Zonic said hi," Zhane said in a hurried voice as he left the room.

Steven looked at his wife, only that it was not exactly his wife he was looking at, the person was an older female vixen she was about as tall as a teenage human and she was covered in golden fur, she was wearing an old red dress. He looked down at himself he was no longer himself ether he was a older male fox his body was covered in a brownish, orange fur, he was a little taller than her and he was wearing an old military jacket with a military saber at his side and a pace stick under his arm.

Memories started to fill his head along side his own, memories of his brother Merlin and the proud look on his face when he had been promoted to second in command of the Kings' royal guard, memories of the feeling he had when his wife Rosemary had told him she was pregnant, the memories of that small speedy blue hedgehoglet he had asked to watch his wife on the blessed day his son would be born. Then there where the less than fond memories, the horror of watching a fellow Mobian being turned into a robot before his very eyes, then the horror when he was captured and roboticized himself, the look in Julian Kintobor's eyes while he was being roboticized still haunted him. Then came the most hurtful memory of all, the look on his son and wife's face when the shell he had been imprisoned in, the robot rejected his son.

Steven shook his head trying to clear it; he did not want to get lost in the memories of someone else. This is just like a big play,he thought to himself, this character is my part to play, but I have to play them, not become them. Steven looked at his wife "Elizabeth, are you all right?" he asked in a worried tone.

"It's so strange," she answered not even looking to him, "It's like I've lived two separate lives."

"I know, but we have to remember who we are is different from who they were, we may look, act, and have the memories of Amadeus and Rosemary Prowler, but we are still Steven and Elizabeth Johnson," as he finished his little speech they both looked over by the door, there was a portal exactly like Kyle had gone thru when he Left. "Well looks like it's time to leave," he said grabbing the pace stick with one arm and stretching out his hand in a gentlemen like manner "Shall we?" he asked.

Elizabeth took his hand gently and nodded they walked into the portal.

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Meanwhile in Station Square

"Vector! For the hundreth time, put the microphone down! You guys are NOT playing tonight!" Mighty shouted.

"Trouble in paradise?" Pine asked as he walked into the building.

"Pine! What are you doing here? You're supposed to be outside with Rings making sure no one's coming." Mighty said slightly annoyed.

"Calm down, Might. Why do we need a guard anyway? I mean, come on! Sonic and Tails are being kept busy by Bean and Bark, Rouge is keeping Knuckles busy the usual way, and everyone else is here ; We've got Amy cooking, Sonia is decorating, Big helping out, you having a nervous breakdown, me here to make sure you don't kill anybody, Chris is helping manic, Espio and Charmy running errands, Manic 'aquiring' a stereo and lights set and Bunnie Rabbot making sure Tricky doesn't do anything, well, tricky."

Mighty took a second to absorb this all, then he asked, "WHO did you say is watching Tricky?"

"Bunnie Rabbot. Why there a problem?" Pine asked.

"Well that depends, what's Tails going to say when he finds out that Cream couldn't make it?"

"WHAT?" Pine shouted.

"Well, I got a call from Vanilla a little earlier, she said that she and Ice were not feeling well. She said that Bunnie would bring Cream with her. But Bunnie is here and I just got a call from Cream asking if there was anything Amy needed her to bring, so you tell me: How is Cream supposed to get here?" Mighty said trying to sound calm, the fact of the matter being that this party was His, Cream's and Chris' idea and it wouldn't feel right to have the party without Tails' girlfriend.

"Well, Mighty, first answer me this: What was that gold key that Vector has been twidling between his fingers all night?" Pine asked.

"The key to the closet that he stored their instruments in, the one over in the other room there, why?" Mighty asked wary as Pine flicked the small key from subspace.

"Because first I can make sure the Choatix can't play, then me and Tricky can go pick up Cream just in time to surprise Sonic, Knuckles and Tails" Pine said quite pleased with himself.

"You got the key?" Mighty half-asked, then he shook his head saying, "You haven't changed a bit, you're still just a blue weasel with a pointy stick!"

Immeadatly Timothy wanted to take those words back but to his surprise Pine just laughed nodded his head and headed into the other room saying "and you are still just a wussy hamster in armor.". Then Timothy remebered that Mighty and Pine used to call each other names like that back when they would spar.

About ten minutes later Rings and Pine where running down the street to the train station. "We better hurry up, Mighty won't be able to keep lookout for long, he's got to make sure that the Chaotix don't decide to play", Rings said worried.

"Ohh, I wouldn't about that," Pine remarked.

"Why not?" Rings questioned.

"Well, you see I 'borrowed' a couple things from them, you know: Charmy's drumsticks, Espio's samisen, the key to the closet that Vector's locked in..." Pine said not really paying attention until just after he said that.

"Umm, what was that last one?" Rings asked.

"oh nothing, come on we had better catch that train," Pine said shakily.

Just then a voice said "Last call for the trian to Emerald Beach".

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A short while later, at emerald beach, Cream's house

"Cream honey! cough That was Mighty he said that Pine and Rings are on there way to get you!" Vanilla said in a voice that could only belong to someone with a cold.

"Ohh! I sure hope they get here fast! I want to be there before Tails is:" Cream said worriedly.

"Chao!" said Cheese in a comforting tone.

"Chao!" cheered Chaocola.

"You guys are right! If it's Rings and Pine they well probably be knocking on the door any minute now" Cream reassured herself as just as there was a knock at the door "Oh, my! That must be them!"

Unfortuanatly it was not in fact Rings and Pine, however it brought a smile to her face to see Amadeus and Rosemary Prower standing there. "Why, Mr. and Mrs. Prower! You're back from your trip, does Tails know you're back?" Cream asked.

"No dear, we just got here and checked our house, which was empty. Then we remembered Tails often went to Station Square or his workshop at Mystic Ruins, but we don't have enough money for the train ride back to Station Square. So we came here in the hopes that maybe Tails would be here visiting you, we know how much you to get along," Rosemary said in her soft voice ending with a wink to Amadeus.

"Yes! I must say, being a retired war hero doen't seem to mean a thing to some of these humans," Amadeus said with double reasoning, Amadeus himself hated the way humans could sometimes be so greedy they sent there own family into debt, but Steven wanted to see if Cream herself remebered being human.

"Well all humans can't be that bad, I mean Chris' friends are okay" Cream stated.

"Ahh! Yes, tell me how are the Thorndyke's faring out? Money doesn't affect them. Bunch of regular Joe's they are," Amadeus said.

Cream looked down at the ground shaking her head "Why don't the two of you come inside and I can bring you up to date on what's happened lately and then when Rings and Pine get here we can get to the party."

A little while later there was another knock on the door, when Cream answered it there was no one there but when Cream closed the door and turned around, she almost screamed at the sight of Pine and Rings both chuckling at the look on her face.

"Man! Pine sometimes you are just as bad as Tricky," Rings managed to say before going into another fit of laughter.

"How did you to get inside with out me seeing you? Even if Rings had cloaked you i still would have seen a disturbance" Cream asked trying to give them an angry face.

"Well you see we discovered it on the trian ride here, we had gotten on the trian but we were in such a hurry that we forgot to buy tickets, so Tricky and I panicked! He tried to cloak himself and I tried to summon my sword of darkness to give me stealth to stay out of sight, we bumped into each other and instead of bending light around us we sorta...Well...Broke it!" Pine explained, "But anyhow, come on Cream we got to get back right away Sonic, Tails and Knuckles well be there soon along with everyone else!"

"Just a second Pine, I have two people here that I'm sure Tails would want to be there, come on out sir and ma'am" Cream said and with a gesture Amadeus and Rosemary came into view.

"Mar... Rings is that you?" Rosemary asked startled.

"Yes Ma'am, you see i sorta had an acident and i lost a few years" Rings explained.

Pine immeadatly took hold of his chaos hilt holding it sideways he got down on one knee and said "Sir, you probably don't remember me, but I am in as much debt to you as I am to your brother, if you ever need me I am at you service. I am Pine, Pine the Martin".

Amadeus looked at Pine with a solem look "My dear boy, I know exactly who you are. You are that martin pup I found sixteen years ago, the one who I left with Merlin because I had hoped he could save your life. I do believe I have something that belongs to you," and with that Amadeus reached into the deeper part of his subspace pocket he pulled out what looked like a pair of sunglasses except that the lense was a silvery color.

"The Moon Glasses! Merlin told me about these!" Pine said as he slipped them on, "Thank you, sir. But I do believe that we must be going, that train won't wait for ever", and with that they left, after of course checking on Vanilla and Ice.

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Back in Station Square

"Oh, Where is Cream?" Tails/Kyle asked no one in particular. He was sitting alone at a table, he had been since the party started. When He, Sonic and Knuckles got here they had been greatly surprised but then almost as soon as they had got there Sonic got pulled away and Knuckles went to flirt with a group of girls. not really feeling like dancing and not very hungry after scoffing down so many chilidogs, all he wanted to do was sit and chat with Cream. He looked around Chris was dancing with Helen and Mighty was dancing Tiara.

Then all of a sudden his eye's where covered, "Guess who?" he heard in a voice that could only belong to one person.

"Hi, Cream!" he said happily.

Cream removed her hands and sat down beside him, "Hi! Sorry I'm late, but I had to help with something in the back" she said slyly.

Kyle/Tails was about to ask what when the light went dim and the music stopped.

Johnny Lightfoot appeared with a microphone, "Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention please, tonight we have a specal preformance from the one and only Sonic Underground," he said as a light went to the middle of the room just so that you could see Sonia, Sonic, and Manic, standing with there instruments ready with two mysterious figures standing just out of view.

Sonic took another microphone "Hey everyone," he paused for a minute do to the massive cheering, "How many of you are familiar with '4-1-1'?" he asked, his question answered by yet more cheering "Well, tonight we are going to sing you a special revised version with the help of are two guest singers, you will find out who they are later. This is dedicated to my main man and trusted buddy, Tails!" and with that they began to rock the Sonic Underground started the song:

Naa Naa Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Naa,

Na Naa Na Naa,

Naa Naa Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Naa,

Na Naa Na Naa,

we're looking for someone,

Have you got the 411,

we're searching everywhere,

For this special kid-dey,

Looking for someone,

Do you have the 411,

Please help us if you can,

Stop are lonely, waiting

Have you got the 411?

Naa Naa Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Naa,

Na Naa Na Naa,

Naa Naa Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Naa,

Na Naa Na Naa,

At this point Rosemary began singing:

I will do anything to see him again,

Then Amadeus sang:

I will fight the battles and I know I can win,

Then the two sang in unison:

Mountains are not tall enough to keep us away,

we will gladly give up any price we can pay,

Sonic Underground again sang:

Whoa-oh-oh looking for someone,

Have you got the 411,

we're searching everywhere,

For this special kid-dey,

Looking for someone,

Have you got the 411,

Please help us if you can,

Stop are lonely, waiting

Have you got the 411?

Naa Naa Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Naa,

Na Naa Na Naa,

Naa Naa Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Naa,

Na Naa Na Naa,

Have you got the 411?

Naa Naa Na Na Na Na Naa Naa Naa,

Naa Naa Naa Naa Naaaaa

Tails could only stare, he couldn't believe his eyes, finally after what had been the longest minute of the three's lives, he ran up and embraced the two of them. "Mom, Dad! You're back!" he said.

Rosemary hugged him tightly, "Kyle I'm so glad to see you again", she wispered in his ear. At that point Kyle knew these were HIS parents.

Amadeus spoke up "And don't worry, Tails. Cream told us all about Hunt, we will find Merlin, no matter what," He turned to Hunt/Tommy "That's a promise." He turned back to Tails, "So Tails it looks like tommorow we are going to have to put in a couple of new rooms". Kyle looked at him with a questioning look. "Don't look at me like that, Hunt is going to want his own room and so I imagine," he turned to look at Chris "will you."

Chris looked at him "You mean it?"

"Why of course, my dear boy. If you're going to be staying with us you should at least have your own room! Am I right Rosemary?" he said turning to her.

"Yes of course it's only right, besides me and Amadeus have always wanted another son, and even though we can't replace your old family, we can at least try to give you a new one."

Kyle was grinning from ear to ear now things where looking up! Way up! Not just for him, but for Tommy and Chris too.

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Later at Tails' House

Chris had gone to Mighty's to get his stuff, Kyle, Tommy, Elizabeth, and Steven where cleaning up a spare room for him. Kyle decided now was a good time to speak "So how were things back home?" Kyle asked.

"Oh! Same old, same old, though it is interesting being here, playing this part" Amadeus said as he moved some boxes.

"Part?" Kyle asked a little confused.

"Well this is like a part, you know for a play, when you're on stage you play the part, when your not you be yourself" Amadeus responded.

"Is that what you look at this as?" Kyle asked. Elizabeth and Steven nodded in unison. "This is more than some part in a play, a lot more" Kyle said.

"Son, we should only be these people when we are with people who can't remember, but we are who we are," Steven said.

"Mom, dad, we aren't just us anymore we are us and we are them, I used to be scared that I would become just Tails, but eventualy I realised that I am Kyle and Tails we are the same person ; Tails isn't just some part in a play or a movie. I am Tails, I realize that this must be hard for you, but you have to understand you are Rosemary and Amadeus Prower, just like you are Steven and Elizabeth Johnson. I'm mean look at Tommy, he's had it harder than all of us but he still accepts things for how they are until things can be changed" Kyle said as he finnished his speech.

There was a silience for a long time finally Rosemary/Elizabeth spoke "You're right son, now come on let's finish up here, Chris well be here soon and tommorow, I'm making pancakes" she said with a wink.

"That's an excellent idea Rosemary, let's get cracking, it's very late and well need our sleep for tommorow!" Amadeus said as he moved the last of the boxes.

"You know," Tails said looking at his parents. "I still remember when I had to fight that witch all on my own after she turned you both into crystal statues because she wanted to hurt Merlin but was too much of a coward to go at him directly. That was one of the few times I tried to adventure without Sonic. But I doubt it'll be the last."

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Meanwhile as Pine was leaving the party, being that he was always the last to leave a party, looked up at the sky Merlin! he thought please hurry! you don't know how much your needed!. He walked in the silence of the night turned the corner and entered the choa garden. tommorow was a new day and it would bring new surprises, hopefully good one's.