Hey! My name's Roxy Goth. So the idea for this story completely spoils the ending of Sonic 2, just a heads up.
So, this the idea for this story is basically 'How The Wachowski's Managed With Adopting Tails and Knuckles'. i hope you enjoy. I do not own any Sonic characters - or any SEGA characters at all.
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Once the battle was over there was the small issue of what to do with the three aliens.
On seeing Commander Walters walking towards them Tom tensed up and stood in front of Sonic. Tails tilted his head to one side curiously while Knuckles positioned himself into fighting stance.
"Stand down, fellas." Walters said, with what Tom guessed was meant to be a calming smile. "I just want to talk to Mr Wachowski and Mrs Wachowski."
Feeling suspicious but having no real way of turning him down Tom reluctantly signalled Maddie to join them. Once they were a safe distance away from the three aliens Walters took a breath and steadied himself. "I believe apologies are in order-"
"-From when you abducted my son and husband?" Maddie asked, eyebrow raised.
"Your..." Walters swallowed. "...son had been causing trouble throughout the world. It was getting to the point where there was world-wide unrest. We felt we had no choice but to step in. I admit the methods we used were mainly a bit...harsh-"
"Duping my sister, you mean?"
"-But we felt we had no choice." Walters said, talking over her. "And now there are three of them."
Tom followed the commanders eyes to where Sonic was now talking to Tails and the other one excitedly. He smiled.
Seeing this Walters said, cautiously. "You really care for the alien, don't you?"
"Hey. His name is Sonic."
Walters sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look, I'm just going to be brutally honest with you. We are not sure if Robotnik is dead and until we are sure the world is in danger and your...son and his new..." Here the commander trailed off, clearly racking his brains for a suitable word.
"Friends." Tom took pity on him.
"...Friends - thank you - his new friends seem to be the only things that can stop him. We can also see their potential in other world-saving situations and - to cut a long story short - we are...happy to allow...Sonic to continue living with you formally. We are willing to allow you to adopt him formally as well, providing you agree to send him to the local school. That should take about 6 months."
Maddie and Tom hugged each other tightly and laughed in relief. Then Maddie frowned and asked. "Why the local school?"
"To keep him out of trouble and socialise him." Walters said, as if it was obvious.
Tom momentarily thought it sounded like Sonic was a dog, but decided it wasn't a good idea to vocalise that.
"And what about the other two?" Maddie asked.
Tom smiled and put his arm round her shoulders. Such a caring women...
Walters frowned as he studied the other two carefully. "The two of them have exhibited... unusual qualities. Super-strength for one thing and the other is clearly at ease with earth gadgets, which suggests increased intelligence. The three of them have also shown they can work well as a team." Walters trailed off as he thought carefully. "I tell you what." He said, after about a minute of tense silence. "Your house needs work on it. The majority of the structure is there, but there are holes in the walls. In consideration of your contributions we are happy to pay for a hotel for a week while our team patches up the walls so well you won't even know they were there."
"And who's paying for that?" Tom asked, not forgetting last time.
"We can't afford to do the house again." Maddie said, anxiously.
"I'm getting to that." Walters said, irritation lacing his voice. "At the end of the week providing neither of the two new aliens do anything that is majorly concerning - like zipping over to San Francisco and 'stopping' an armed robbery - we'll ask you to look after them like you have with Sonic. Adopt them essentially and we'll give you a government grant to help you with that. That is providing that you want to do that."
"And how long have we got to think about that?" Tom said, practically.
"I'll check in at the end of the week and see if you're happy to accept them into your house. That's step one. After that we'll check in at the end of the month, then at the end of three months, then you'll formally have to decide at the end of 6 months. How does that sound?"
Tom looked over at Sonic and the other two. By now they were all helping to move some rubble into some dump trucks that had turned up to help clear the area. The red one was lifting the pieces with ease, chucking them into the trucks so hard the trucks actually shook. In contrast Sonic and the little one - Tails, did Sonic say it was? - were lifting together and gently placing the rubble into the trucks.
"We'll give it a go." Maddie said, smiling as she linked her arm with Tom's.
Walters nodded stiffly. "Good, that's agreed. I'll set in motion the necessary forms. Have a good evening, a car will be here in about fifteen minutes to take you to a hotel." With that he tipped his hat at them and walked off.
Tom felt Maddie squeeze his arm. "Shall we go and tell them then?"
Tom nodded and together they called the boys over to them. Sonic was in front of them in an instance, beaming up at them happily. He looked non the worse for his recent adventure, which was amazing considering he'd been limping not to long ago.
Tails let out a shout as he lost his grip on some rubble. Sonic shot back over and quickly slung the rubble into a truck. "Sorry, Buddy. Here, come meet Pretzel Lady and Donut Lord!"
"We are going to have to talk about that nickname." Tom muttered to himself. However he smiled as the little fox was bustled over to them by the blue blur.
Maddie smiled down at them both. "Hi! My name's Maddie and this is Tom. What's your name?"
"...Tails." The fox said, shyly.
Maddie held out her hand for a handshake. Tails looked at it in confusion.
"It's an earth custom." Tom jumped as a deep voice joined them. He turned to see the red hedgehog walking towards him.
"That's Knuckles." Sonic said, rolling his eyes as Tom tried to work out how old the red guy was.
"Nice to meet you, Knuckles." Tom held out his hand and Knuckles shook it.
All Tom remembered next was excruciating pain going up his hand and into his arm as black dots exploded in front of him. Then swift darkness came and claimed him.
Just a heads up - I do know Knuckles is an Echidna but I figured Tom wouldn't have a clue, hark his referral to 'red hedgehog'
