And One Shall Lose Him

Chapter 2

Arrival

A/N: I do not own Sonic. So there. This story is mine, as is the plot.

Morning fianlly came, and everyone except Tails had gathered at the slide. Sally was obviously tired, which suggested a loss of sleep last night due to her mightmare. "Good morning, everyone." Sally said, and then yawned.

The girl found it! At last. Knothole, but, fifty feet away was Mecha Sonic! She couldn't just walk into Knothole. She waited a moment, Mecha hadn't spotted her yet, and she hid behind a tree and thought long and hard. How could she get into Knothole without revealing herself or it. Then she had an idea, she picked up a sizable rock, aimed it behind Mecha, and threw.

It sailed across the air, and he hoped Mecha wouldn't see where the rock came from. He didnt the rock landed where she aimed, and mecha turned and looked, and the girl took off for the entrance as fast as she possibly could.

Tails finally arrived at the meeting spot. As soon as Sally saw him, she turned away, and never looked his way again. She couldn't. That dream felt almost real to her, seeing the young fox killed was just unnerving. She got a grip on herself and reviewed the plan with them for about 15 minutes.

They were just about to leave when an unidentified Mobian barrelled into Sonic. They both fall over in a heap. "Ow ow ow owwww!" Sonic whined. He got up and looked at who his assailant was. It was a female fox Mobian, about Tails' age. "Sally looked at the young fox. "Who are you? And what are you doing here?" she asked.

The girl looked at Sally and said "My name is Gracie. I came from far up north, past Robotropolis." Then, the girl perked up and looked around. "Am I in Knothole? Did Mecha follow me? Is he here?" She exploded in a rush of questions. Sally had to really focus in on the girl and understand her questions, but couldn't. "Whoa! Slow down! Yes! This is Knothole! No, Mecha is not here, as far as we know, Robotnik doesn't know where Knothole is! And who are you looking for?" she said.

As of right now, they didn't plan to go to Robotropolis anymore.

They went to the mess hall with the new arrival and awaited an explanation. "Ok, I came from a small hideout up north, similar to Knothole, but not hidden. We were rather at peace, most of us lived in Mobotropolis like you did. But Robotnik attacked our village and razed it to the ground. I was the only one able to escape, everyone else was either killed or... " She stopped, apparently upset. "Anyways, I knew that there was someone here who might've known me in Robotropolis. His parents were robotized, but never seen again, but I heard he escaped."

Sally blinked. A lot of people fit that description in this village. She looked into the girl's eyes and said "Do you know his name?" The girl looked at Sally, then down at her feet. She was trying to remember, she thought she knew his name.

After a little bit she said, "I don't remember his name, but he was a fox about my age, and he had two tails." At this everyone looked right at Tails. Tails' eyes grew wide. At last! Someone who might know something about his past! His parents even! Tails hopped on the table and showed her his Tails to let her know who he was.

The girl's despaired face dissappeared and in it's place was a large smile. She had indeed found him! She lept up and gave Tails a big hug. By this time, everyone got on the table to get them to settle down.

In Robotropolis, Robotnik had summoned Necha up for an explanation. When he arrived Robotnik demanded: "Where have you been the past two days? Don't you know that we are at a war against the Freedom Fighters? Attacks could come at any time!" Robotnik was reasonably angry. "Sir, my apoloies, but a rather evasive Mobian intruded through Robotropolis. There was no damage, but something told me that her capture would be a good thing."

Robotnik huffed, "I never gave you any 'Gut Instincts'! How did that happen?"

"It was her specie that triggered the feeling of importance."

"Was was it?"

"A fox girl, about Miles' age."

At this Robotnik raised an eyebrow, thought a moment, then exploded in laughter. "I see! This might actually be important. We could use that girl to get the two-tailed fox brat, use the brat to get that rodent, and maybe even some other Freedom Fighters as well! Then I can kill them at my leisure. Excellent work, Mecha, but next time you take any initiative, let me know what you are up to, first." With that, Robotnik got up, and hurried out of the room. He had work to do!

At night, Sally begins to have another nightmare, rather different than the last one, but the end result was the same.

It was night time in Knothole, and a regiment of SWATBots were moving in. Suddenly a blue blur moves in and destroys them all. And Tails appeared, seemngly out of nowhere, and an unknown Robian approached him. Tails expression was of recognition and shock. Then the Robian punched a hole in his chest, and then mangled up his body, and burned it to a crisp.

Sally woke up again with a start. She was sweating now. She couldn't take much more of this. She got out of bed and poured herself a glass of water. She had to tell somebody what was happening. She left her hut, and headed for Sonic's hut. She knocked on his door. After a moment, a rather dishevled and tired Sonic opened the door.

"What's wrong, Sal?" said Sonic. All of a sudden, Sally burst into tears and grabbed hold of Sonic.

A/N: Not bad, eh? R/R, please? It was short I know, but I hardly can write a lot.