Chapter 2: Depression
Disclaimer: I don't even own Sonic and co in my dreams
Dr Robotnik smiled as he sat by Moon Lake, eyes on Little Planet, as he had many reasons to. He had successfully turned Little Planet, once bustling with wildlife, nature and technology as one, into nothing more than a gigantic electric piece of space junk. All the zones, from Palmtree Panic, to Stardust Speedway, were now unrecognizable from what they were a year ago. Robotnik then looked down. Clenched in his fist were 5 of the time stones. He looked at them with delight. Red, yellow, green, blue, orange, he muttered to himself, as he checked that there were 5 of them.
Bad present, therefore bad future
Slowly, the overweight doctor got up and walked back to the Control Station. A small robot appeared from the hills, waiting for the doctor.
"Sir, all the Swatbots have evacuated Little Planet," said a monotone voice, "and the Prototype Egg Laser is now ready. Currently waiting for permission to melt the linkage chain." Instead of rudely shouting "Go ahead" or saying "Permission Granted", Dr Robotnik merely nodded at the robot. The robot, puzzled by Robotnik's response, rolled off back to the Control Centre. He didn't know why, but he was in a 'sentimental mood' that night. Was it the unusual abundance of stars in the sky, or the howling north wind, or the swaying of the trees. Or was it because he had a strange feeling of calmness that this plan would work this time and make Mobius his? Hmmmm.
A sharp zang roared through the sky, as a giant orange beam of heat and light was fired to the further end of the long chain. A second later, the chain came dropping down from the sky into the lake. Robotnik watched as the Little Planet drifted away into the darkness of the night.
And so did other eyes.
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Back in the Great forest, sunlight started to eat up the night sky and the darkness. The trees began to show their bare selves, the birds began chirping, and the lizards started to hiss. Morning has come.
"Rise and shine, Miles!" Sonic shouted to the inactive two-tailed fox in a cheerful manner as he carried his haversack.
Tails, with half-open eyes rose, but didn't shine. Without saying anything to Sonic, he simply began to fold his sleeping bag, dumped it into his haversack, carried it and said in a monotonous voice, "Let's go."
Sonic sighed. This was not what he had hoped for.
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Ever since that green gas incident, Tails had barely said anything to anyone other than what was necessary to answer questions. He kept to himself, spending most of his time sobbing in front of his laptop.
That wasn't to say that Tails didn't try to play and communicate with those his age, he tried very hard. Problem was, nobody seemed to be able to forgive Tails after hurting Sonic, and kept their distance away from him. Whenever Tails tried to enter into a group, they would immediately move away from him, not saying anything to him.
After a while, he figured that he could not forgive himself for what he had done. He started becoming absent for cafeteria meetings (breakfast, lunch, dinner), freedom fighter meetings, and much more. Throughout the day, he would lock himself in his hut and sob in his bed, all day long...... Even when either Bunnie Rabbot or Princess Sally knocked on the door, saying that they wanted to read a story to him, they would be greeted with a "No!", or a "Go Away!"
Princess Sally, extremely worried about that, kept pleading to the people of Knothole to integrate Tails back to the society, to help him get through difficult times, to at least give him a second chance. But nobody did........Tails continued to stay that way in his hut for 3 months. Until 2 days ago...... when Sonic successfully coaxed Tails into spending time camping in the Great Forest, he and Tails alone, in an attempt to make Tails feel better about himself, so that the old, happy. Tails, which has not been seen for around a year, would come back again.
He had failed miserably.
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Sonic, after recovering from his daydream, slowly walked a slow walk back to Knothole village. Tails was no longer with him anymore, he was probably far ahead by now.
