Gone For A Little Bit

by SophieCookie

Tails finds a note from Sonic who had disappeared to the Sol Dimension one morning, now he must find out what's been going on with Sonic to have caused this. [Originally uploaded to A03] Contains trans lesbians, very wholesome with a humerous ending!

"Hey Tails,

I'm gonna be gone for a few days, sorry for not telling you anything before leaving. I'm dealing with some stuff that I'm not sure how to explain, but I will try my best to when I get back.

I'm not in any danger, don't worry! I'm going to be heading to the Sol Dimension. Once again, it'll be easier for me to explain when I'm back home. Look after the house while I'm out, bud.

-Sonic."

That was the contents of the note Sonic left on the kitchen counter which Tails had found that morning. Tails was surprised to have seen this hand written message, and a little bit worried at the back of his mind. Sonic always let Tails know if something was up and he needed to go, either by yelling up the stairs or sending a quick text. It was unlike Sonic to write a handwritten message with neat hand writing.

Tails had sensed in the last month that something was off with Sonic. He wasn't grumpy, lazing around, sulking or anything. He was always off doing his usual business and still kept in touch with everyone yet he didn't appear to be as happy or snarky as he would usually be. Tails had assumed that Sonic was just maturing all of a sudden, but it would appear now that something Tails was unaware of had caused Sonic to go to the Sol Dimension. Perhaps Blaze is in trouble?

"I'm unsure how I would make it to the Sol Dimension without the Sol Emeralds now that Sonic has clearly gone off with Blaze." Tails pondered. Tails was able to build and program various energy readers in the past, a lot of which revolved around reading the energy from Chaos Emeralds. He wouldn't be able to do anything about going to another dimension, but he could still find a way to figure out what's happening with Sonic and Blaze.

"Well, there's no time to waste!" Tails said aloud, swiftly making his way to his lab next door. The small two-tailed fox swiped a card on a scanner outside the shutter entrance. The morning sun slowly filled the dark laboratory as the shutter doors opened, illuminating various gadgets and gizmos. Tails knew this place was a mess, but clean up would have to come later. He made his way to a cupboard where he kept devices from past adventures stored. Everything was piled on and cables were all tangled up.

"Oooh jeez, I really need to organise this better. I'll have to set a reminder to clean this lab at some point" Tails sighed. "Right, let's see. intergalactic species translator? Nah. Extreme Gear upgrades, old communicators, a… Dreamcast?" The box was stuffed with other oddities Tails kept forgetting to do stuff with. Old computer parts, charging cables, jet engine pieces, all of it was a nightmare to shift through. It wasn't too long though that Tails found his chaos energy reader which he used on the Space Colony Ark.

"There we go! Sheesh, maybe it wouldn't hurt to ask Sonic to assist me in cleaning up. I think he owes me a favour or two still" he thought to himself, as he blew dust off of the device. The battery on the device would likely be out by now, but Tails was a smart enough kid to use a USB type C cable port on his devices. He gets on his computer and plugs the device in to charge. "Okay. I can do this. It may take all of the sunlight to reprogram this device again, but it's all for my friend!"

Tails booted up his Linux workstation and begins working instantly. His PC was faster and more advanced than most consumer PCs on the market, due to his incredible device optimisation knowledge. He browsed through his files to find where he had the chaos energy reader codes, and from there he would be able to rework everything to detect Sol Emeralds. Now all he needed to do was find the old GUN reports related to the Sol Dimension. It was obviously confidential information that he had access to illegally, but legal or not his friends are a more important. Making a duplicate file and a separate word document for working notes, he began cracking away at the keyboard almost as fast as Sonic's top running speed.

Minutes passed by, and gradually hours passed by as Tails had just about wrapped up his research and code. The sun was setting already, and Tails could finally stretch himself out. "Alright, I think this should just about be enough to read the Sol Emeralds!" Tails exclaims as he uploads the code to his energy reader. Tails adjusts a few settings on the device to better optimise performance, followed by setting it to scan. The device takes a few moments to read its surroundings, as a green radar signal rotates on screen. Tails set the device down to go grab a drink.

Before Tails could exit the lab, the device began to beep. Had it already found energy readings related to the Sol Emeralds? Tails hurried back over to his device and looked on screen.

[SOL EMERALD(S) LOCATED: 7]

COORDINATES: 51.49190° N, 0.28973° W

DISTANCE: 92 MILES

"Ninety-two miles away?!" Tails blurted in confusion. That couldn't be right, how would that be possible if they're in another dimension? Perhaps Tails being in such a hurry meant he missed some bugs contained within the code. His first thought was to begin debugging the code and trying again, until the coordinates began to change. Perhaps Sonic was back on Mobius? Tails somewhat hoped all this effort wasn't for nothing.

"If Sonic was back home, he would be moving at a speed way faster than this though" Tails thought. It was time that Tails looked at this location for himself, bug or not. Tails exited his lab and went towards the garage. He unravels the cover off of his and Sonic's biplane, the Tornado, and began preparations for takeoff. The device was mounted to the cockpit of the tornado, and was now ready for liftoff. "I have no idea where you are or what you're going through, but I'm going out of my way to make sure you're okay!" Tails said aloud as the Tornado took to the skies.

Ninety-two miles wasn't going to take too long via plane thankfully. The sunset towards the north illuminated the land below with a bright orange, and gave the skies gorgeous purple hues. Station Sauare could be seen to the east, as the city began to illuminate its many lights during the sunset. The plane wasn't as fast as the mark 2 Tornado that was still in maintenance, but it allowed Tails to take in the amazing view from up high.

Nearly fifteen minutes pass, and the destination is close. Thankfully the land was flat and in the middle of a field. Had it been in Station Square, things could have gone a little more awkward. The plane begins its decent, knocking out blades off grass as it impacts the grounds and begins its slowdown. Once stopped, Tails hops out of the plane with device in hand and begins to make his way to the exact coordinates just ahead.

COORDINATES: 51.49190° N, 0.28973° W

DISTANCE: 0 MILES

Tails began to feel like an idiot for coming out here. It was clearly a bug with his code, he must have miscalculated the wavelength of the Sol Emeralds, or misread the notes left by GUN in a hurry. He began to feel as if he'd wasted his entire day over nothing, and that he should have just waited for Sonic to get back. Tears began to form in his eyes. All he wanted to know was whether or not his best friend was okay. The wind began to blow against his fur, it had gotten cold all of a sudden.

The wind stopped blowing in one direction and began to circle Tails. It was a softer wind than before, almost warm for a matter of fact. Tails noticed his device making incoherent beeping noises. The screen began to corrupt with garbled data filling the screen, until a message slowly typed across the screen letter by letter.

H3Y TA1L5

1M H3R3

S0RRY F0R L3AV1NG 1N A RU5H

"S.. Sonic?". Tails was taken aback by this. Sonic was somehow getting through to Tails through some form of force, in this case being through breaking Tails' code.

1M 5TAND1NG H3RE W1TH Y0U

1T5 0KAY

1M 0KAY 1 TH1NK

1M JU5T N0T R3ADY T0 T3LL Y0U Y3T

It started to make sense now, at least that first bit. This exact spot Tails is standing on is in the same place Sonic is standing in the Sol Dimension. Tails hadn't made any mistakes after all. It did beg the question though: why did Sonic run off to the Sol Dimension of all places? The device was beginning to restore back to its normal operations, and the wind began blowing cold air in one direction. Tails knew Sonic was safe, but that is all he had to go off of. He was now worried if Sonic was keeping something away from him, but on the other hand it would be wise to respect Sonic's privacy in a matter like this. Sonic can talk about it when he wants to.

With conflicted emotions and thoughts, Tails started up the engine of the Tornado, and flew off into the night sky.

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The next day:

It was late in the afternoon. Tails sat at his work station, staring at unfinished code for the past twenty minutes. Sonic's situation took up most of his mind. He knew that what was Sonic's business was only Sonic's business unless told by Sonic, but it didn't stop his mind from racing. What if Sonic was actually hurt or in trouble, and escaped to the Sol Dimension for protection? What if Sonic was… dating Blaze and didn't want to tell anyone? Tails needed something feed his curiosity, which is why he began sticking his nose into GUN's servers again undetected.

Tails searched for all mentions of Sonic, most results dated back to wither time GUN somehow mistook Sonic for Shadow of all people. All the more recent files on Sonic were public knowledge of his many victories against Eggman. Nothing stuck out as unordinary to Tails. At least his mind was out at ease knowing Sonic wasn't in trouble with the law again. It was probably best to give the screen a break for now and get something to eat.

Tails went to the fridge to grab whatever snack took the least time to prepare, in this case being a mango yogurt and a banana. On his way to get a spoon, the stairs up to both their bedrooms catches his eye. He knew it was a bad idea to sneak into Sonic's room without asking, he wouldn't like it if Sonic did the same thing to him. The temptation was very strong, no matter how hard he fought the desire to browse every part of the hedgehog's room. Tails sighed as he placed down the spoon and made it to the hallway.

"Jeez Tails, you really don't know when to quit" He groaned to himself, as he made his way upstairs. Tails hadn't been in Sonic's room in quite a few days, mostly as Sonic has been a bit more closed off at home in recent days. Tails was greeted with a waft of odour as he opened the door.

"Sorry for the intrusion!" Tails whispered to himself upon entering.

The room wasn't the mess it normally was, and was somewhat clean for once. The body odour that irradiated the room was no where near as present as before, likely since Sonic wasn't out as often lately, until now of course. Other than the sudden tidiness, nothing else had really changed regarding his room layout. In the corner of his eye, Tails did spot a shark plush toy on the bed.

"A plush toy? Weird. Sonic's not the sort of guy for these things, or at least I assume". Tails picked up the large shark plush, noticing an IKEA tag underneath. "Weird". Other than a shark plush, nothing else was left out that was out of the ordinary. Tails decided to check the drawers, starting with the clothes cupboard. Sonic didn't really dress often, and being honest not many guys need to. In there was mostly just what you'd expect: spare gloves, various running shoes, athletic gear and some outfits Sonic wore on different occasions. A shoebox did catch Tails' attention however, and he would crouch down to grab it. Upon opening this box, it was just a pair of gem shoes from when they all went to Soleanna. That was until Tails felt something underneath the packaging paper. What laid below the shoes was a choker, fingerless gloves, black and white knee high socks and black nail paint.

Tails took a few seconds to process what he had stumbled upon, before panicking and putting back in its place and leaving as quickly as possible. He had stumbled across something he wasn't meant to see, and began feeling terrible. He had put his nose where it didn't belong once again, and this time he felt dreadful. Tails sat in the corridor with his hands pressed against his face.

"Uugghhh! I should have kept myself out of Sonic's business and now this is all going to be awkward when he gets back!" Tails whined. He wasn't mad or grossed out by what he had saw, rather just disappointed in himself for looking into the personal business of his best friend. It didn't matter that Sonic had those items hidden away, what matters is whether or not Sonic was going to open up about it.

"Well, I'm already neck deep into this now…" Tails attempted to justify, now that his curiosity was fighting over why Sonic had these items of clothing stashed away in the closet. Tails was only a kid who didn't understand much about what teens like Sonic are into, maybe digging a little bit more could just satisfy the curiosity for good. He begrudgingly entered Sonic's room once again.

Tails opted to go for some of the draws in Sonic's desk, a lot of it didn't really stick out as odd. There were old sticky notes, spare change, old devices, CDs, action figures, doodles and other knick-knacks Sonic gathered over the years. Something Tails spotted that was somewhat interesting was in the small top draw of the desk. A box of medication called 'Progynova'. Below the name also read 'Estradiol Valerate'. This would mean something to Tails, if he was a chemist or biologist as opposed to an engineer and programmer. His assumption is it was made for some sort of athletic use, at least what Tails' childlike mind concluded.

Tails shut the draws before noticing something hidden under his bed. Tails crouched down to see some items of clothing that had been hastily shoved down underneath. Perhaps Sonic didn't put these in the cupboard to stop them being found as easily? Not that he was great at hiding the other items Tails found earlier. Tails pulled out the stack of clothes under the bed to find multiple things. A white t-shirt with two black love hearts printed on, a black skirt, a pair of leggings and tights, a red v-neck top, a black shoulder-less sleeve top, a black hair and with a bow and several bracelets and necklaces. It all looked like an incredibly random selection of clothes, and even if they're girls clothing it didn't look like the sort of thing Sonic would wear.

Tails tried to justify his trail of thought. Maybe when Amy came over one time, she left some clothes over? That wouldn't make sense though since she never stayed the night. Maybe it was all an elaborate practical joke? That was ruled out though as Sonic stopped doing practical jokes after making Tails cry once. Tails' childlike mind couldn't seem to connect any dots whatsoever.

Tails looked back at Sonic's desk, there was only one place to look remaining and it was his PC. Tails got up and sat down at Sonic's chair, turning on his fairly old PC. He forgot how slow everyone else's computers were to his lab workstation, tapping his fingers across the desk as Windows 10 booted up. "Now let's see if Sonic remembered to set a safer password on all his stuff" Tails thought to himself.

Password: S0nic123

Welcome Sonic!

"Ugghhh… I better hope he doesn't have much to hide if he's that arrogant with passwords". Sonic's desktop loads, with a background image of an anime character Tails doesn't recognise. He was surprised, anime didn't really seem like Sonic's thing either. Besides the background, his desktop was decently organised with apps and important documents to the left and game icons to the right. Tails began to search the contents of Sonic's PC.

His desktop and documents folder had stuff that Tails knew better not to look at, things such as tax info, doctor's letters, etc. The PDFs would be password protected anyway and there was no use in decryption here. One of them did catch the attention of Tails, one titled 'Station Square Transgender Clinic follow up letter 24/06/2021'. That was right after Sonic's birthday not too long ago. The word 'transgender' was what confused Tails. He'd heard the word in passing before, but never thought to learn what it meant. Nothing that a quick Google search wouldn't solve.

Upon opening Firefox, a message popped up asking if the user wishes to restore closed tabs. Sonic must have turned off this PC in a hurry. Tails decided to open up the tabs and was greeted to a dozen tabs filling up the top of the screen. "No wonder Sonic complains about this PC being slow" Tails chuckled. Most of the tabs were of various YouTube videos, a music playlist, a Twitch stream that had ended many hours ago, but what was of interest was a Reddit tab. Sonic was still logged in with an account that definitely wasn't his main. This account was named AzureStar91 with a profile picture of an anime hedgehog girl. The account had a lot more karma than Sonic's main account, and it had a lot of comments on a subreddit called "r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns". The subreddit along with the memes Sonic shared didn't really make any sense to Tails. That reminded him to finally look up what that word means.

"Alright Google, what does transgender mean?".

'Transgender

Definition: denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex.'

Tails finally understood what it meant, not that it was a difficult thing to learn but rather that the concept never really occurred at any point of his life until now. "So that's what it means! That makes so much sense now! That… wow…" Tails stopped in realisation. "I have a big sister now, that's… wow".

The delight of finding out about Sonic's identity began to ward off however, as a pit formed in Tails' stomach. He felt awful for poking around in his best friend's business just to find out what's wrong, but also equally terrible for not asking Sonic was going on before she left for the Sol Dimension. Tails couldn't help but burst into tears for not being there for Sonic when she needed the most support. Tails was so caught up in his gadgets and wondering when Sonic's next big adventure was that he didn't even realise she was suffering with dysphoria all along. Tails wiped his tears away, trying to take deep breaths. There was only one thing he wanted to do right now, and that was to communicate with Sonic in any way shape or form.

Tails stood in front of his lab entrance. He observed the mess he had left for far too long, and had enough of staring at it. "After what she's been through, Sonic doesn't owe me this". Tails began grabbing everything and placing them into organised piles, separated by cables, metals, circuits, screws and bolts and broken parts. He began clearing his desks of everything and wiping the tables down completely. Months worth of dust had accumulated on the damp cloth, and the desks now looked brand new again. With the desks cleared and cleaned, Tails spent more time reorganising the draws and boxes to throw out anything that was no longer of use. The black plastic bag was now filled with years worth of junk, which Tails tossed into the the recycling. Tails wiped the sweat from his forehead before remembering what he was going to do before.

Despite not yet being done cleaning, he was able to locate the communicators along with required cables and began setting it up at the workstation. This wouldn't take long, all Tails needed was to add some lines of code that enabled connectivity between the Sol Emerald reader and the communicator. He realised there was a little bit of tech required that wasn't in the communicators, one that would allow for it to sync up on the correct wavelengths.

Tails looked back at the intergalactic translator and grabbed a screwdriver. He picked up the device and began unscrewing the screws as quickly as possible without error. Once inside he yanks out a small crystal located near the antenna input. A tiny shard of chaos drive data. "Looks like I won't be talking to wisps for a while". Tails sighs, as he yanks the crystal out of the battery socket and places it into the communicator, causing the screen to light up and successfully sync with the reader.

With all the gadgets set up and working, Tails rushed off to the Tornado once again. The take off was a lot shorter this time, as Tails hadn't locked up everything properly last night. Within thirty seconds he was off into the air once again. Tails looked at his reader on the cockpit. It seems as though Sonic's location in the Sol Dimension was similar to yesterday. He knew the flight path already which helped speed up the journey.

It was night time already, but the lights from Station Square and villages down below helped guide the way. The moon and the stars shined a bright blue that night, highlighting parts of the land below with a blue hue. It felt like the sort of night Sonic would enjoy stargazing in the fields. Tails started having a warm nostalgic feeling of the night that the two of them first hung out together. It was strange for Tails to think how much had now changed since then, especially in Sonic's case.

As he landed the Tornado however, Tails' warm nostalgic feelings became that of butterflies in his stomach. He wanted to know if Sonic was okay, but also felt it was the right thing to confess to her that he had snooped around her room and found out her secret. Tails took deep breaths upon leaving the plane, and walked over to the spot with gadget in hand. Tails flicked some switches on his devices, and held the communicator closer to speak.

"H-.. Hey Sonic" the young fox stuttered, before clearing his throat and taking another breath. "I think I've managed to get this communicator working again, in a way that I can reach you from here".

There didn't seem to be any noticeable response yet. The wind in the field tonight was calm and the temperature was lukewarm. Owls could be heard off in the distance, filling in the awkward silence.

"…I tried contacting you yesterday, and I think I did manage to get a message from you somehow. I'm not sure how you managed it, but it did catch me wildly off guard!" Tails lightly chuckled, before returning to his anxiety about the situation. "I'm just glad to hear that you're okay".

Tails didn't really know what else to add before approaching the elephant in the room. There was still no response to be heard or felt in this large empty field. Tails gulped, and decided he'd bite the bullet by bringing up what happened.

"Sonic… I need to confess something to you. I went into your room without your permission, and I saw some of the things you were hiding". Tails shook, thinking Sonic would be mad at him for doing this. "My curiosity got the better of me, and… I really just wanted to help… and understand…". Tails began to sob while confessing. "…and I just… I'm so sorry for poking my head into your business without asking!" Tails cried, wiping the tears from his eyes. "I… I just…" He sniffled. "I should have been there to support you more, I had no idea you were going through all of this alone".

The wind around Tails began to get a little bit warmer, just like last night. Tails look around him to see fireflies fluttering around where he stood. He felt bad still regarding what he'd done, but felt as though he was being comforted, as though he was being forgiven. Tails wiped the last few tears away before taking another deep breath.

"Sonic, only recently have I learned what being transgender is, but I completely understand it, and I'm so happy to have you as an older sister". Tails exclaimed, trying to reassure Sonic that the support was there for her. The wind around Tails began to get warmer, and started to circle around like a small tornado. Crackling sounds could be heard from the communicator, before it began becoming a more clear voice.

"You might wanna stand back buddy, I'm coming back". Sonic spoke through the communicator, with a slightly lighter tone to her voice. Tails took some steps back, witnessing a small flame ignite midair. The wind grew stronger, and so did the flame, engulfing the wind into a fire tornado. A bright orange illuminated the field's surroundings for a few seconds before breaking away, revealing Blaze the Cat and more feminine presenting Sonic The Hedgehog.

Sonic stood in next to Blaze dawning a black tank top and leggings, black fingerless gloves with red and black painted nails, a soft and more round variant of her iconic red shoes, ear studs and a small amount of makeup. Sonic's fur looked a little softer than before, and she definitely a little bit more of an effeminate figure to her.

"Sonic!". Tails gleefully ran up to her with some tears still in his eyes, giving her a big hug. "Hey buddy!" Sonic said, returning the hug. Her fur definitely felt a lot softer than before, that was for certain. Tails stopped hugging to look up at Sonic's face. For the first time in weeks, she looked so happy. Tails couldn't imagine the steps Sonic had to take to get to this stage.

"I'm so sorry for running off on such short notice, buddy" Sonic apologised, placing her hand behind her head whilst slightly looking away in shame. "I was wanting to tell you about this so badly, but I was so anxious to be out like this in our world" she explained. Tails was understanding enough to return a smile. "It's okay Sonic, I'm sorry that I wasn't here to support you when you needed it the most". The two of them continued to hug it out, until Blaze decided to chime in.

"My sincerest apologies for taking Sonic off of your hands without a proper warning" Blaze bowed. "Sonic requested my help with the matter of her gender identity, and being in a different dimension would help give her a clean slate to work off of". Tails was relieved that Blaze was so willing to help Sonic. Blaze was known for being reserved due to her princess duties, and only showed up here whenever the world was in danger. It was a bit of a surprise that Blaze would help out with this however, but Tails would save those questions for later. Right now was time for some catch-up.

Tails, Sonic and Blaze laid down in the field, stargazing above. Sonic had been explaining her journey with gender identity, starting from the day she met Amy to current day. She discussed her online life and how she was able to be openly trans online whilst being anonymous, what the process was like getting onto HRT, how she found out what clothing styles worked for her and more importantly to Tails: How she was able to communicate inter-dimensionally with the help of the Sol Emeralds. While some of these things were things that Tails couldn't relate with, he still listened in with fascination for the subject matter, while of course taking notes for how the Sol Emeralds communicated. Blaze hadn't really spoken much during this besides on the subject of Sol Emeralds, which is when Tails thought to ask Blaze the question.

"Hey Blaze, sorry if this is weird to ask but was there a reason why you were willing to help Sonic out with this all?". Sonic and Blaze looked to each other, grinning, before looking back at Tails. "Turns out the more I got to know Sonic, the more I realised we had something in common". Blaze answered. Tails sat up and looked over, not quite sure what she meant. He then noticed Sonic and Blaze were holding each other's hands.

"Ooooooh!" Exclaimed Tails. "You two are in love!". Sonic and Blaze laughed at Tails' realisation. "You got one half of that correct!" Sonic added, holding one finger up. The second part was pretty obvious for anyone to guess. "Aaah, right! That's why you went to Blaze for help!". Blaze looked very proud and accomplished with herself, having used her own lived experience to guide someone else to being their true self. Sonic and Blaze looked towards each other, giving each other a kiss. Two of them cuddled together and continued to look up towards the starry night. Sonic looked towards Tails. "Come on buddy, you're welcome into this cuddle!" Said Sonic, gesturing to invite Tails in. Tails excitedly huddled on over in between them and got cosy between the two soft girls.

"Look, a shooting star!" Tails pointed out. They all looked up at the shooting star that just flew by, each of them making a wish. Only time will tell if their wishes come true, but to all of them it already felt like it has.

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Two weeks later:

Dr. Eggman flew across Green Hill Zone in his Egg Mobile and was once again up to no good. With him followed an army of Buzz Bombers in the sky above and Motobugs rolling across the land below. Eggman had once again come up with a new plan to get the Chaos Emeralds, this time planning to eliminate Sonic as to not have her interfere with his upcoming plan with the emeralds.

"That pesky blue rodent will be around here somewhere! Once Sonic is grounded into mince meat, I'll be able to fulfil my plans to build the greatest Eggman Empire to date! Now move it!" Eggman ordered his robotic army, pointing forwards. The army scouted the area ahead in search for Sonic's whereabouts. From behind Eggman, he could hear the panting noises of two of his robotic minions, Orbot and Cubot.

"How do you dimwits manage to fall behind that easily?!" Eggman turned towards them. "Your job is to stay with me and follow my orders!" Eggman berated.

"Sorry boss! We got caught up in a pickle! In good news, it's not a literal pickle this time!" Cubot explained. "Said pickle would happen to be Sonic, your greatness" added Orbot.

"Ah, you found him! I knew you two were good for something! What is his location?" Eggman enquired, opening the map system on his control panel.

"Well… Your greatness, I don't think Sonic is quite the same as before. Something seems, different to say the least". Orbot explained, unsure how to compute what he witnessed. "Yeah! Really cute all of a sudden! Very soft too!" Cubot commented. Eggman was a little confused by these statements. "What are you two blabbering on about?! Sonic is the "cool" hero dude with the 'tude, who goes around being a nuisance! None of those descriptions match that rodent! Are you sure you're not mixing things up with Amy again? I ought to get you two debugged!" Eggman yelled.

"Nope! Your little robots got the right hedgehog!" Sonic yelled, standing from the top of a hill behind them, wagging her finger at them. She was wearing her sporty attire from a few nights back.

"Sonic! Today will be the day that I destroy you, and… and I…" Eggman's hastily put together speech was cut off short by his surprise. Before him stood an feminine version of the Sonic he once knew. Eggman wasn't sure that Orbot and Cubot were telling the truth or not until now, and now felt a little bit embarrassed.

"See? We told you, doc!" Gloated Cubot, both robots looking rather smug about being correct. Eggman mumbled and shoved the two robots aside before recomposing himself. This wasn't the predicament he would expect to ever find himself in, to see his nemesis transition from the last time he saw her. He started to feel ashamed about what he'd said just earlier, which was a first for the doctor. He flew his Egg Mobile up towards Sonic, who was performing some stretches whilst waiting.

"I… uhh, I apologise for those comments I had made about you just now. I had no idea you were undergoing a gender transition, and I just wanted you to know that I have nothing against it". Sonic was taken aback by Eggman's willingness to apologise accidentally misgendering her, Eggman was the last person she'd expect to be this respectful towards her transition. "Oh. uh, thanks. I didn't think this would be something you'd care about, but I do accept your apology".

Eggman stood upwards and put his hand to his chest. "Now listen here Sonic, I support all trans people regardless if they're my sworn enemies! Not only am I a feminist, but I too am a scientist! I'm too smart to be a bigot!" Eggman stated with passion. It was clear that he was being genuine, though Sonic couldn't help but chuckle. "Alright Egghead, if you say so!"

Eggman couldn't help but smirk, being glad he could at least see eye to eye with Sonic on at least one thing. "So you still go by Sonic, am I correct? Just with she/her pronouns?" enquired Eggman, showing Sonic the most amount of respect he'd ever show her. "Yeah, that's all correct!" responded Sonic.

"Alright then!". Eggman sat back down in the chair of his Egg Mobile, directing all his robots towards Sonic. "Robots, attack the fastest girl on Mobius!" Eggman commanded, pointing towards her. All the robots charged towards Sonic at full speed. "Ah same old Eggman, at least you seem to live and learn!" Sonic quipped, before jumping straight into action. Robot parts flew all over the places and the Egg Mobile got knocked around hard, as Sonic blitzed through them all. Robot and Cabot watched from the sides.

"You know, I wasn't expecting the doc to be so cool with Sonic's new style! I thought he'd be like that wizard book lady!" Cubot commented. "That's because evil has standards, and Eggman is an evil mastermind!" Orbot added. "So what does that make the wizard book lady?" Cubot asked. "A moron" Orbot answered.