I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LACK OF UPDATING!  My summer homework has really taken the best out of me, and so did my friendship problems, so I had to deal with that…but not getting out of topic, I'm finally given the chance to write my story even though I STILL have to tend to life, but I'll try my best to keep the flow moving.  With that said, I might have to do random updates from now on until everyone decides to let me use the computer more often. :/

Chapter 5

Mission: Failure  Part 3

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"Dang, were you really that messed up?"

"Well, the rest is pretty self-explanatory, and it's also something I like to keep quiet about, actually.  I don't want to be seen as the crybaby to everybody else, but heck, nobody laughed either at the matter, so I have no regrets."

"Oh...but yeah...soo...after that I was rescued and put in that capsule thingy, huh?"

Tails was going to give a reply, but then thought before he spoke and didn't.

"...yeah...you can say that."

"O…kay…"

"The thing was, you came recovered a week after that incident."

"What?  I don't remember that!  Are you sure?"

"Are YOU sure you didn't?"

He didn't respond back.

"Do you not remember anything after the blow to your head by the beam?"

"No...I don't...I honestly thought I've been kept in that capsule all this time...Gah!  I don't understand anything!  What the hell's going on?!?"

Tails sighed.  "Look, I made a promise that I would tell you everything, even if you don't want to hear it.  But I'm not even sure if it's the right thing to do or not.  Truth was..."

Sonic paid close attention after the pause.

"Truth was......about a year after having you awake...none of us was really sure we wanted you back."

Sonic didn't say anything.  Tails looked at him with difficulty of keeping a straight face.

"You weren't Sonic anymore.  You were a serious nutcase--you didn't want to go on any missions, you got easily scared by Sally and the other Freedom Fighters, and even me, and persisted that we were people we weren't.  Hell when Knuckles came over to monitor you one time, you kept on running away from him claiming he was going to assassinate us and disappeared for about a week.  It was at that time apparently you came across Eggman, because he came alongside with you and invaded Knothole.  You led us to disaster.

"Did I really do all of that?  Oh man, I'm so sorry..."

"Sonic...I should be sorry...for telling you this...but..."

His eyes glittered in the light.

"Everyone had had it with you...you were no good for our missions and you even helped Eggman kill your own people...your friends...Only a handful of us actually survived the surprise attack; that included me, Amy, Bunnie, Rotor, Antoine and a couple of others.  Do you remember Rouge?  Well she helped us escape into a nearby cave Knuckles created because she joined the resistance after Bunnie and Antoine went on their search, and that was where we stayed for the meantime.  The source of the Power Ring was finally captured.  Everything was destroyed; there was absolutely no hope left..."

"Wait...oh no...Sally...what happened to Sally?!  TELL ME!"

"...he got her, thanks to you.  She was captured and was taken to the Roboticizor.  We couldn't get to her in time.  She was turned into a servant of Eggman, working alongside with him updating possible tactics for the invasion of Mobius.  Well, least that was what Hershey and Geoffrey told us, as they were the only ones that took the job to look for Sally and the others while we were recovering.  Everyone changed after that.  Well, you'll notice eventually.  I don't know any other person who would forgive you for what you have done after that other than me, Amy, Cream and Bunnie."

"Once the Acorn family heard word of Sally's disappearance, they were heartbroken, especially Prince Elias.  He actually attempted finding Sally himself and went after Eggman, even though his wife was about to give birth.  When he came back, however, he came back with a heavy burden.  Sally was nowhere to be found.  You were, however.  You didn't even recognize him, he said, but when he asked you if you knew where she was, you claimed that you were told to disembowel a similar robot for parts after it went under malfunction."

Sonic choked after that statement…HE…himself…took apart Sally as trash?!?  He helped killing the only person that kept him alive during all of that time?!?  Man…this was probably his punishment for loving Fiona…what a twist of fate…

"Sonic?"

"Go on." He said in a soft whisper looking down, as he didn't want Tails to see his reaction or hear his voice possibly cracking.

"Well, Prince Elias brought you back, but you were literally hanging by your last thread.  After that, we had the option to let you live, or, like the majority of the remaining Freedom Fighters wanted, let you die.  Amy, Cream and I begged and pleaded that you were innocent, but everybody else thought otherwise, even Bunnie.  I couldn't take it any longer.  I decided to run away, but I wouldn't go on my own.  That night, Amy, Cream, and I devised a plan to be able to sneak off, get a hold of you and head off to my old garage, which was abandoned because the railway system was disconnected from the Mystic Ruins a long time ago, and the only way to get there other than flying, which was clearly out of anyone's question because then we'd be detected by Eggman, was to take the Forbidden Trail, which was really dangerous yet risky.  No one would dare follow us along there anyway, especially if we're just taking you along.  Everyone treated us like useless children anyways, we were sick of it.  Just little 'kids' getting in their way.  And so, we did as they pleased; we got out of their way."

"After countless nights of planning, the three of us ran away successfully carrying you, as we couldn't take it anymore.  I stole all of Rotor's blueprints and anything else we could carry as well, as I worried that they would use them against you if they had the chance.  We feared the adults because they wanted to kill you, everyone just wanted revenge, and that's not how the Freedom Fighters were suppose to be like.  We were established because we wanted to stop Mobius from transforming into Robotropolis and for everyone to live peacefully, not just to kill one person and assume that it would solve everything.  To us, you were the greatest thing alive, and we just wanted to help you get back to normal, like how you were like in the past, even though you proved of a nussance to everybody.  We knew you wouldn't be like this for long, and well, you're talking to me like before.  We proved everybody wrong.  I'd like you to show them a piece of your mind about all of this, but they'd probably stone you before you even speak..."

Sonic just sat there motionless with a sad frown etched on his face and his mouth wide open.  This was worse than he was expecting.

"I…I never meant to hurt anybody...not you, Sally, or the Freedom Fighters...that wasn't me, I swear it wasn't!" he shrieked almost jumping off of his bed.  Tails could only sit there and deal with Sonic's frustration, but he understood and said nothing.

At that instant they heard whimpering behind the closed door.  They both stared at the door, wondering what was going on.  Then the doorknob squeaked and the door opened.  A young pre-teen rabbit had walked inside wiping her tears with her hand and just stared at Sonic.

She was apparently wearing a hand-me-down dress that belonged to Amy but was tastefully decorated with sewn patterns of yellow and orange flowers along the trim of the dress, and right along her feet was an infant Chao that clung on to her left leg.

Cream gave a faint smile.

"You helped me along the way to find my mother.  I owed you a favor, and if I didn't do anything I wouldn't have been able to live with myself.  Tails was right; you were just under mental trauma, that's all.  I'm so glad you're back!" she said while walking towards him and finally hugging him.

"Thanks Cream.  That's very nice of you, I appreciate that you care," he said as he hugged her back

She instantly let go and bowed down to him.  The baby chao let go of her ankle and did the same.

"Oh?  Who's this little fella?  This can't be Cheese, can it?"

"No, it's not Cheese, sadly.  Cheese went to a far away land to journey off on his own, as I feared for the worst that he would get caught up during the entire mess, so I let him go.  But Cake here is his child, and my best friend!" she cooed to the tiny chao.

"Chao chao!"  Cake exclaimed with a little heart hovering slightly above his head, and then bobbed and danced in place.

Sonic snickered.  "Cream, you really know how to train your chao, they're so well mannered.  But this one is way smaller and darker than Cheese, so I should've known."

"Yeah, Cake likes to hang around with Amy when I'm not around, but every time she pets him, he gets darker.  I don't know why, it's not like her hands are dirty every time, but...."

"I constantly tell Cream," Tails emphasized looking at Cream, "that when certain people raise chaos, they turn darker and evolve into a Dark chao, but it's kinda hard to prove because nobody around here owns a Dark chao other than Amy, but it's a natural red chao, so it doesn't change colors."  Tails said abruptly, and she in return stuck out her tongue teasingly.  

"It's strange, actually, Amy raising dark chaos, but Ruby looks rather cool if you ask me."

"Ruby?"

"Oh, that's her Chao's name.  We found a red chao egg along our way through the trail, and Amy raised it.  But when Ruby evolved, strangely, what should've been a halo was instead a spike ball.  Amy loved it--"

"It freaked me out!"

"We know, you thought it was possessed!  That was hilarious though."

"It wasn't funny!  But Cheese was real good friends with Ruby, so I knew she was still a good chao even though that spike ball flung around...and then she would chase me...and pull my tail...man, that thing looks like it's painful if you touch it..."  she instantly caught what she was saying, sweat dropped and placed a hand behind her head and laughed heartedly. 

"Well who am I to speak about Cake's mother, huh?  I'm so sorry Cake, don't hate me, I didn't mean it!" she said and began to rub his chin.

"Chao!"  It said and instantly began dancing and spinning.

"Is Amy still around?"

"Yeah she is, probably out in the Chao garden though.  Remember the one that you get though by riding the mine train?  That's her favorite spot to go now, you should talk to her there.  Yeah!  And you KNOW that'll cheer her up a lot!" Tails said while hitting his fist against his palm.

"Hey yeah!  She won't be so depressed anymore!  Oh, this is so cool!  Everyone can be happy once again!  Oh I can't wait to see her face when she sees you!  I just can't!  C'mon, let's go!"

She then raced out of the room with Cake following her, stumbling once then getting back up to catch up.

"Wow, she's very energetic.  Kinda reminds me of Amy actually."

"Trust me Sonic.  If anyone took an emotional blow these past 7 years the hardest, it has got to be Amy.  She went under serious depression after you changed, especially when everyone hated you.  Heck, she was a total wreck, even worse than me.  But yeah, she was affected dramatically, so don't offend her or make her feel uncomfortable or anything, alright?  She's...well...CHANGED..." he emphasized strongly as he got up from his chair.

"Sure thing.  I'm kinda in the mood to talk to her right now, so why not?  Let's go!"

Sonic jumped out of his bed as if it was nothing and went ahead through the door before Tails turned the lights out.

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LOL, yes I know I didn't go on with what happened in detail about what would happen after Tails' fury, but I felt that I was getting a little off-track…that's why I'm saving that for another fan-fic I'll pick up on later, until this one is completed.  I'll write in detail about that time during the time Sonic was a nussance and caused havoc and the runaway.  So, we'll all just have to wait a little, huh?  Heh, I'm evil…