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THE DAY AFTER

26. Ignorance is bliss.

[TAILS, David Macintyre]

I don't know if it was fear that made me want to scream. But it had to be a relative.

So I did.

"That plan was a total waste of time and resources," Kays groans, starting the car. All I can do is sit and worry. I actually bite my nails at some point.

We drive for about five minutes before Kays opens his big mouth again.

"Your friend's a real charmer," he drones sarcastically. "Are you SURE he was what everyone says he was?"

I snap.

"Kays, I am so NOT In the mood for your lightning fucking wit right now, okay?! We are officially SCREWED, hosed, shot, dead meat, FUCKED. Without Sonic there isn't a thing in Hell we can do against Eggman, and no chance in Hell of stopping him. That was our last chance and we fucking BLEW it. So just keep your godly opinions to your fucking SELF!!"

I don't get an answer. He just drives. He turns up the radio.

"This is all YOUR fault!!" I wail at Kays. His eyes widen considerably and he brakes hard. He turns to face me.

"What did you say?" he says, not even swearing as he usually does. He looks really serious. "MY fault, Tails?"

"Yes! If you hadn't told me to let him into the gun room we wouldn't even be having a problem! This is all going to hell because of you, you fucking NRA freak!"

He hits even harder than Tyler.

I grasp the side of my face in agony, one of my eyes covered in a useless effort to stop a bruise from forming. I clench my teeth and glare hard at him, his eyes burning back as forcefully as mine.

"Tails, get it the fuck together, okay?! I admit I had something to do with this, but I am NOT the only one at fault here. Just get your shit together and accept the fact that we have to find another way to do this. It's not the end of the world."

"It's going to be the end of mine!!"

"NO IT ISN'T," he roars. My anger disappears and fades into fear. He breathes heavily. He wipes his brow. "God dammit Tails, it's not that bad. You've never had a problem stopping that Egg guy before, have you?"

"But we had Sonic helping us then!!"

"Well, I'm sure he sees it as you helping him as well."

"Not from what he said!"

"Tails, you build fucking WAR machines, okay?! How far do you think he could get without you?!"

I have to mull on it for a moment.

I hate to admit it, but he is right.


Wait. No I don't.

"Kays… I'm scared. I honest to God am frightened out of my skin right now. Somebody is going to die in the next two days and I don't want it to be anybody I really care about."

"Tails, you've already gotten rid of one of them, right?"

I forgot I told him that.

"Yeah."

"Well, there HAS to be a flaw in their attack plan somewhere. I'm sure the other one is weakened without this one you got rid of. So just stop worrying, and think of something. I'll try too."

I sit in total silence for a long time.

Kays speaks as he turns the car back on.

"We're going to be fine, little buddy, you'll see."

Little buddy.

Sonic used to call me that.

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"Kays… Kays, we need to get downtown, like NOW."

"Hm?" he says, coming into the room. He's chewing on some kind of snack.

I'm too frightened to even yell, or scream, or anything right now. I just point at the computer screen, my lip trembling.

The hit list is finished. I'm right before Sonic. Rouge is not present on the list for some odd reason... probably because of Eggman's fat fucking setup.

But despite that, this is bad. Really, REALLY bad.

I wasn't expecting Amy to be NEXT.

And according to my observations…

The phone rings.

"Kays, Amy's next on the list," I say as I rush to grab the phone. He looks shocked from what I can see and his eyes glue to the screen.

I pick up the receiver, my heart pounding.

"YesthisisTailswhoisthis?"

"Tails," Amy's voice says, droning. "They're coming now."

Oh… no. God, God gods no.

"I think they're after Rouge, but I can't tell. And I don't care. Come and help if you want, but if not… goodbye, Tails."

The connection dies.

Oh no.

"Amy?! Amy, WHO's coming?! WHO IS COMING?!"

The robots… duh…

No answer.

But Rouge isn't a target!!

Nothing.

The feds?! Are the feds there?!

No.

NO.

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGHHH SHIT!

IHAVENOIDEAWHATTODOTHEYDIDN'TGIVEMETIMETOPLANTHISISN'TFAIRI'MJUSTAKIDWHATTHEHELLAMISUPPOSEDTODONOWHELPMEHELPMEHELPMEHELPMEEEEEE

"KAYS! I need to get to Amy's, now!!!"

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