Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or other characters mentioned in this story. They are copyright of other companies. Besides, I have no money that you could sue me for anyway.



"That will never work! What are you thinking?"

"At least I'm trying to make a plan, unlike you!"

"What about my plan?"

"Let's not even get started with yours. Let's finish talking about mine."

"We ARE finished with yours, we all agreed that it wouldn't work."

"No, you're the only one who didn't seem to like it."

"Guys, can't we settle this without arguing?" Tails asked the group.

But nobody listened to him.

"It stinks anyway! You'll get caught before you even get inside the building."

"Will not!"

"Guys," Tails said, trying to get their attention.

"Will too!"

"Will not!

"WILL TOO!"

"QUIET!" Tails yelled.

Tails looked at the pad of paper, which was full of scribbles and incomplete drawings of plans they had all been discussing. Tails sighed and tore the piece of paper off the pad, crumpled it up, and threw it into a pile that was forming behind him.

"I have a plan, but we will have to head back to my workshop if we ever want to actually go through with it," Tails suggested.

"So, what's your plan?" Sonic asked his pal.

"I'll explain it as soon as we are at my house," Tails said as he took out his set of tools.

"What do you need them for?" Knuckles asked.

"Well, if we are heading to my house, do you guys feel like walking? I am going to fix my Tornado 2," Tails replied as he took off the control panel. "Don't worry, it should only take a couple of minutes."

Fifteen minutes later the group arrived at Tail's house.

"Not a bad place," Knuckles said with awe as he looked at the building.

"Yeah, Sonic helped me build it," Tails replied.

The house looked like it was completely made of metal. On top of that, the metal had been painted a shiny golden color that reflected the sun's light. The whole thing looked like a giant royal vault.

"Come on in," Tails invited as he held open the door.

The interior of his house wasn't too shabby, either. The carpet was a dark shade of green and the walls were tan.

"Follow me," Tails said as he led them into the back room of his house.

However, unlike the outside and the inside of the house, Tail's workshop was not very neat. Mechanical gears, tools, wires, and grease littered the floor.

"Sorry, I haven't cleaned up in here lately," Tails admitted. "This way."

He led them over to a table where they all sat down at.

"Now," Tails said, "here is the plan." He took out a sheet a paper from his pad and began drawing. "This," he pointed out, "is the entrance. There are about ten GUN machines there. They have impenetrable armor and can probably nuke a tank in one shot. This is where you come in Sonic."

"Me? Why me?" Sonic asked as he gulped.

"You're the only one other than Shadow that is fast enough to dodge the lasers, and I have another job in store for him," Tails answered.

"Well, alright, I guess I'll do it," Sonic said with a nod.

"Great. So, the first part of the plan starts with Sonic running around distracting the guards," Tails explained as he got up and started pacing. "The second part involves Shadow."

"What do I need to do?" Shadow asked.

"There's a security building next to the Prison. I need you to go inside, take out the guard robots, and locate where Maria is at. Once you accomplish that, I need you to be my navigator and tell me which way to go once I get into the base. We will keep in contact with these," Tails said as he pulled out some communicators. "That's pretty much it," Tails said as he handed out the comms.

"Wait! What do we do?" Rouge asked for herself and Knuckles.

"You two will be flying above keeping a lookout for any reinforcements that might come," Tails replied. "Does everyone get it?"

Everyone nodded and walked out the door.

"That was a great plan, Tails," Sonic said once we were outside.

"Thanks Sonic. I'm sorry that I had to give you the most dangerous part," Tails replied.

"What are you talking about? You know how much I love challenges," Sonic said with a grin.

"Yes, I do," Tails answered, returning the grin. He then turned the power on in his Tornado 2.

"All aboard!" Tails shouted. "And hang on!" He then shot forward and took off towards the horizon.