To Live Again…
As they all looked around expectantly, waiting to see what happened next, a thunderstorm blared in the background. The robots made sounds as they watched, "I-hope-this-works…"
Tails opened his eyes and looked around. His head was spinning from numbness, and his entire body was having slight convulsions as he awoke from the dead.
"Where… am I?" his small voice cried out.
"Why, you're in my laboratory, of course!" an evil voice replied.
Tails looked up and gave a silent scream. None other than Dr. Eggman stood in front of him.
"Y-y-y-y-you!" Tails sputtered, "What'd you do to me?"
"Hm… some thank you for bringing you to life,"
"W-what? Back to life? You? But…"
"I know, it seems confusing but…"
"B-but you're… Dr. Eggman..."
"Please, Tails," he gave a small bow, "My name if Professor Eggman now,"
Tails gawked at him, "You mean… your not bad anymore?"
"I brought you back, didn't I?"
Tails thought this over, then agreed with a nod, "I guess… but why?"
At this, Professor Eggman turned around, "I'll have you know, you were the only person I knew that was smarter than I am, for when you get older, your intelligence will have tripled, giving your IQ quite a boost,"
"Oh…" Tails looked down. It's amazing how you think a person hates you only to find out how they really think of you.
Professor Eggman sighed, "I wish I was as smart as you. How do you explain to a hedgehog with the IQ of 45 how you were able to bring back his childhood friend?"
At first Tails thought this over and then burst out laughing. Sonic with an IQ of only 45? It could be believable…
Tails then looked around and then back to Prof. Eggman, "Hey… can you… let me down?" Tails just realized he was strapped to a sheet of metal.
"Oh! Of course! I'm sorry!" Prof. Eggman pushed a button, releasing Tails from the bonds. At first, Tails immediately fell to the floor, but then regained control. A body! He really is alive! And falling on the floor hurt. Pain! Glorious pain! He can curse at you once more!
Prof. Eggman lifted a brow, "You okay there, Tails?"
Tails realized he had indeed just acted slightly strange, falling over and then cursing loudly with a happy smile on his face, "I'm fine…"
Prof. Eggman turned to a capsule, pressed a button, and another life form stepped out. None other than…
"Cheese! You're alive!" Tails exclaimed, scooping up the small chao in his arms.
"Ah hem!" Prof. Eggman said loudly, "Do you want me to get you "home" or not?"
Tails' eyes lit with delight. Home. He'd wanted that more than anything.
Hours later, a knocking came at Sonic and Amy's door. Yes, they were now permanent roommates, but only because the old apartment was, "Full of bad memories" according to Sonic.
Sonic got the door, but then leaped back, being face to face with Dr. Eggman.
Amy walked over, "Sonic, what is it---Ah! Dr. Eggman!"
Sonic got in fighting pose, ready to take him out, when a small orange creature ambushed him
Confusion swept over Sonic's face, "What?"
"Sonic!" Tails cried, clinging onto Sonic, "I can't believe it's really you!"
"Huh? Who… what… Um… What's going on?" Amy asked, looking at the fox boy.
"Hm… don't even recognize your best friend? How sad…" Professor Eggman said.
"Eggman! What are you talking about?" Sonic asked.
"Hm…you still believe that I'm your enemy? Even though I haven't done any evil for five years,"
"So? You might've been plotting all this time!"
"Hmph… Well I haven't. Although I have been tampering with my latest invention, the Life Replenisher!"
"And we're supposed to believe that the evil Dr. Eggman is no more?" Amy asked.
"Well, you're half right, Miss Rose. I am now Professor Eggman,"
"And you're telling us why?" Sonic asked.
Tails then looked up at Sonic, "You…. You don't remember me?"
Sonic looked him over. He seemed familiar, but from where? "I've never seen him before…"
Tails looked up again, tears in his eyes, "You did forget… that's why you quit visiting…" He then released Sonic and burst into tears.
"Hey now, it'll be okay," Amy cooed, kneeling at the fox's side, "Sonic and I might just be having a memory problem. Give us awhile and we'll remember!"
Tails sniffed, "Okay… Well, my name is Miles Prower, but when I met Sonic a long time ago, he gave me the nickname "Tails" because I have two tails,"
Sonic thought a moment, "Wait… I used to know someone named that… but…" He froze, his eyes wide as memories flooded his mind. A fountain of red, a bloody body, silent seclusion, he remembered it all.
Sonic looked down in disbelief, "But… it can't be…"
Amy now had understood, "But… you were… gone…"
Professor Eggman cleared his throat, "Ah hem! Does "Life Replenisher Machine" clear any of this up?"
"Tails?" Sonic asked suspiciously. Tails nodded.
"Tails! You're alive!" Both Sonic and Amy yelled, eclipsing Tails in a hug.
Tails was crying with happiness, "You have no idea how much I missed you guys!"
Prof. Eggman smiled, "I had to think of a way to help you to forgive me. I've been such an $$ through your childhood's that I just had to make you forget all that. You can't consider me a friend, but at least accept my sincere apologizes. Oh, and I brought the rabbit's little chao friend, too,"
As he said that, Cheese jumped out a hugged all the others. Cream sure will be happy to see her again, because she still, over the past four years, refused to get a new chao.
"Oh thank you Dr--- I mean… Professor Eggman!" Amy thanked.
Prof. Eggman gave a bow and was about to leave when Cheese and Tails ambushed him for one last thanks before his departure.
"Oh yes, and of course…" a mischievous grin crossed his face, "With no more regrets on my life, don't expect me to keep these goody-goody ways for long. I'll be back!"
"And we'll be waiting," Sonic answered.
Then, Amy leaped up, "Hey! We gotta tell the others! They'll be so happy to see you again!"
Tails nodded in agreement, and then spoke up, "Oh and Sonic. While I was gone, I asked around and found…" he smiled, "…that someone we thought was gone is still alive,"
This took Sonic a minute to understand, but when he did, he jumped up, "I knew it!"
One hour later, Amy had called everyone up with the good news, and they were coming for a visit. Tails felt a little strange; surrounded by adults, but atleast Cream won't be that much older than he. Plus he can meet Knuckles' and Rouge's new daughter.
When they all arrived, I could tell they were frightened. If I came from Eggman, they might think I'm just a robot clone, but Cream understood.
"Cheese!" the eleven-year-old rabbit cried, grasping her beloved chao in her arms.
"Chao! Chao!" Cheese yelled.
Cream was the first to arrive, and the first thing she saw was Cheese. Then it was easy to explain, and she even said, "Eggman did this? I don't care if he tried to kill me before, I'll treat him as though he were a father to me!"
Then, when Rouge and Knuckles came, holding their baby girl, Amethyst, it took more convincing for them to believe.
"Hey guys!" Knuckles shouted, pounding open the door.
"Don't you ever knock?!" Amy cried.
"I did, it just happened to open the door in the process!"
"Please Knuckles…" Rouge sighed, "You're an idiot..."
The baby just laughed, but this made Knuckles mad, "Are you trying to make my daughter hate me?"
"No, but it's worth a shot," Rouge joked.
They all laughed at that, but it was then that Rouge and Knuckles noticed a small creature hiding behind Amy and Sonic.
"Hey, I knew you two were going out, but a child? Even I said marriage should be first!"
Sonic and Amy blushed, and then noticed they were talking about Tails.
"Uh… Don't you recognize him?" Amy asked.
"Hey…wait a minute…" Knuckles looked at him, then leaped back in shock, "Wait! But… you're supposed to be dead!?"
"Uh… I think I prefer being alive…" Tails said quietly.
After explaining everything, they still weren't convinced, "How can we be sure he isn't some robot?" Rouge demanded.
"I can prove that!" Tails said, hoping on the counter, he pulled out a tack and poked his arm. Wincing, he showed the others.
"Oh Tails! You need a Band-Aid?" Amy asked.
"Nah, I'm fine,"
Knuckles still had his doubts, "It could have been rigged so it would bleed if poked in a certain area. How about another test?"
"Uh... What kind?" Tails asked nervously.
"This kind!" yelled Knuckles, pulling a butcher knife off the counter.
"Knuckles! No!" screamed Sonic.
Then, at sight of the familiar type of blade, Tails grabbed at his throat, choking.
"Tails!" Amy shrieked, running towards Tails.
Knuckles threw down the blade, obviously convinced, and ran over to Tails. Tails was on the floor, gagging and yelling, ass if a knife was cutting into his throat.
Cheese flew over and took out a bottle. He splashed the strange water over Tails and he relaxed instantly.
"Phew… Are you alright now, Tails?" Sonic asked.
Tails coughed one last time, "I'm sorry… it's just... well… it reminded me of how…" tears filled his eyes and he buried his face in his hands, crying loudly.
Rouge whipped Knuckles on the rear, "Satisfied? You made him cry!"
Knuckles looked at the ground, "I'm sorry… Tails…"
Amy looked at the bottle Cheese held, "Hm… whatever this is, we better keep it incase that happens again,"
Tails eyes widened, "Again? No! I don't want it to happen again!" He began to shake, "Don't let it happen! Please!"
"Okay Tails," Sonic assured him, "It won't, I promise,"
The rest of the day went without saying. The same non-believers, the same tests, the same results, but when night fell, questions popped up again.
"Hey… where is Tails gonna live?" Sonic asked Amy, Tails asleep on the couch in the next room.
"I don't know… he can't exactly stay with us. Rouge and Knuckles need their privacy, and Cream still lives with her mom, and now she has Cheese to look after again," Amy replied.
"Well, he's our friend, we can't just kick him onto the street! He's been through so much…"
"I know… we'll have to think of something later…"
Tails felt bad. He had heard it all, he's just a big problem now, isn't he. Why'd he have to come back anyway? Thing were just getting normal around here, did he need to ruin it? Maybe he should just run away…
No! He thought. I got to stay positive. But… I am causing a lot of trouble… Would they care if I did leave? And with that last thought, Tails stood up, looking one last time at his friends, then closing the door behind him, never to return again.
The End
This Story Has No Ending,
But No Matter How Much I Say It,
It Is Coming To A Close
Good Bye, Tails.
You're Memory will Never Be Forgotten
And Just So You Know
We All Miss You
And Always Will
Wishes Are eternal