The Maria Files

Author's note: awww, I'm lazy…

File 8 Angel Island; The Lost Sanctuary

Entry 3 Gentle Breeze


Tails smiled as he listened to Miserie. She was sitting behind him, telling him about things. Shadow and Amy and Talon were balanced on the back of the plane, but there was no room for Miserie. She told him she didn't mind, because she liked talking to him. Tails didn't know what he could say to her.

"Tails?" She asked. He snapped out of his moment and looked back at her.

"Huh?" He asked.

She smiled. "I asked you a question." She said. "I asked you if you knew about your past."

"…I don't know very much about it." He said, honestly. "I grew up with Sonic, but I don't know about my family." He watched her face go immediately sad, and he said, "but it's okay. Living with Sonic and Amy is fun."

She didn't say anything, and he faced forward again. Finally she said, "Do you know who Miles is?"

"I'm Miles. My nickname is Tails. How did you know my name?" He asked.

"…I met this lady." She started. "She said that I should know you. She wants you to go back."

Tails blinked. "What?"

"She misses you," Miserie continued, in the same tone. "She wants you to go home."

"…my mother?" Tails asked. He looked uncomfortably at his radar. No sign of Sonic yet.

"Your mother." Miserie agreed.

"…" Tails didn't want to talk about it anymore. Miserie understood. She sighed.

"How come you have a lab?" She asked. Tails smiled.

"You seem really interested." He said.

"Uh-huh!" He could hear her excited feelings in her voice. "I wish I had a lab too. I don't think I know anyone with a lab other than you."

"Well, I made a lab because I build my planes and stuff there." Tails said. "I also like to do experiments and stuff. Maybe you can do one with me sometime?" he asked.

"Okay!" Miserie agreed without second thought. She sounded so happy about it. "I'm glad you're my friend, Tails, you're so nice!"

He smiled. He liked that she trusted him so much. She wasn't talking now, because she was probably thinking about the lab and the experiments. Again, he checked the radar. A little yellow dot! It had to be Sonic!

"Miserie, I found Sonic!" He said, excitedly.

"You did?" She asked. "I'll tell Talon." She paused. "Talon." She repeated.

Tails looked at her. She looked confused. She was already standing, but she looked like she was going to sit down again. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"I don't trust Talon." Miserie said, slowly. "He's not…why is it that he keeps treating me so different. It's not like I'm from outer space. No. Scratch that. I am from outer space."

Tails smiled at that, but he said, "You mean how he's always holding your hand, or…?"

Miserie paused. "That." She said. "And he's always apologizing. Or touching my eyepatch. I don't like that. But I don't want to say anything, because he won't like me." She paused. "Not that I like him all that much right now, but…" She looked at Tails.

"If it makes you uncomfortable, say so. Tell him. Otherwise, he'll keep doing it." Tails said. He smiled. "And Shadow's back there, so he'll probably shut Talon up."

Miserie smiled back. "You're right." She said. "I'll tell him about Sonic now." She slowly made her way to the tail of the ship.

Tails turned around and looked at his radar. During that time, he had strayed away from Sonic's general area. He gently tilted the plane and started his decent, heading for Sonic.

"Will you cut that out?" He heard Shadow say. Talon must have started to apologize again.

"What?" Talon asked.

"Stop telling her that. She doesn't care." Shadow said. Tails smiled. Leave it to Shadow to put words in people's mouths.

"That's mean, Shadow! I think it's cute." Amy said.

"You think everything's cute." Shadow told her. "Miserie, will you tell him to shut up?"

"Uhm… Shut up?" Tails heard Miserie say.

"You don't have to do what he says, Miserie." Talon said. "You're your own fox."

"Huh?" Miserie asked.

"It means that you can do what you want." Amy said.

"Oh." Miserie said.

"Look." Shadow said. "She can do what she wants, but you can't. Now shut up."

"I can do what I want!" Talon said, indignantly.

"Can't we all just get along?" Amy asked.

"Not with him here!" Talon said, angrily.

"Uhm, guys." Miserie said.

"Yeah, Miserie?" Talon asked.

"…Well, uhm, see Tails found Sonic, so"

"He did!" Talon cried.

"Can you let go of my hands?" Miserie asked.

"Uhm, of course!" Talon sounded rejected.

"Idiot." Shadow said.

"SHADOW!" Amy screamed.

"What?" Shadow asked.

"Don't be mean. He's just a kid."

"So what are you, his grandma?"

"You stupid hedgehog!"

"See, even your girlfriend agrees with me!" Talon said.

"She's not my girlfriend." Shadow said.

"I'm not HIS girlfriend!" Amy cried. "I'm devoted to Sonic!"

Shadow sighed. "Stupid moron. Look what you started."

"Who's stupid?" Talon asked. "Huh? Who's stupid?"

Tails laughed into his hand. He couldn't help it. It was as if they knew each other for a long time. He could see Sonic, waving up at him on an island below. "Guys!" He called. "We're here! We're going to land!"

"Finally!" Amy called back.

"Who's stupid, you crazy hedgehog?" Talon screamed.

"You." Shadow said.

"You eat your own turds!" Talon said.

"You drink your own piss." Shadow said calmly.

"You have mental issues!"

"You have AIDS."

"You're just a ball of spines!"

"You're just a piece of fox crap."

"You had to hide in ARK because you're so ugly!"

"You have women's fur."

"You…You suck!"

"You cried at the Muppet's Christmas Carol."

"I hated that movie!"

"I'm sure you did."

"Why you…Lameass!"

"Crybaby."

"Llama!"

"Faggot."

"Poo face!"

"Baka."

"Uhm…uh…"

"Loser…"

"Hey! I didn't say anything yet!"

"Moron."

"Hey!"

"Pissoff."

"Arrgh!"

"Wah! Hurry up and land!" Miserie cried.

"What kind of insult is POO FACE?" Amy asked. "You suck!"

"I couldn't think of anything else!" Talon cried.

"What would you call him, Amy?" Miserie asked, suddenly interested.

"Hmm…" Amy said. "Pervert."

"What!" Talon asked.

"Nothing personal!" Amy said, grinning.

"You called me a pervert and you say it's nothing personal!"

"Yeah…" Amy said.

"What's a pervert?" Miserie asked innocently.

"You don't wanna know." Amy said.

"Anyway! Don't think you can escape from our man to man argument!" Talon said.

"Man to man?" Shadow asked. "We're missing a man. Are you here to take his place?"

"I am a man!"

"You're a pervert."

"What! I'll make you eat those words!"

"Uh-huh." Shadow sounded bored.

"Yeah, you're scared now!"

"Uh-huh." Shadow said, still bored.

"Pee face!"

"That's no better than poo face!" Amy laughed.

"Hermaphrodite."

"What's you call me, you mangy hedgehog?"

"A hermaphrodite, you stupid excuse for a fox." Shadow said. "Once again, for the hearing impaired: A. HER. MA. PHRO. DITE. YOU. STUPID. EXCUSE. FOR. A. FOX."

Tails smiled as Talon and Shadow kept arguing. He got ready for a crash landing. Since Sonic was there, Sonic would help him with his feelings…right?