Author's Note: I'm sorry guys, I'm sooo emabarassed when people say 'You've done good work' and I'm like 'wah! Thanks!' I think everyone does good work! I'm also tres corny….
Right into the story this Time! Yayyy!
File 9 Ballad of A Fallen Angel
Entry 3 Cry All My Tears
Miserie looked around expectantly. She had hoped to pass the Fleet a couple hours ago. She still hadn't figured out Wo Ai Ni, and Tails didn't want to talk about it anymore.
"How long…has it been?" She asked.
"…A long time." Tails said. "What do you think is going on with that fleet?"
"I don't know. Look at how slow they're going…" Miserie paused. She turned around, Where Amy was sleeping on Shadow's arm, Shadow was trying to pull his arm out of her grip, Talon was snoring away but sonic, who had tied him to the plane by his long fur. Sonic was grinning.
Tails was silent. The radio crackled.
"Tails, can you mmfph me?" Knuckles asked. Tails nearly jumped out of his seat.
"Huh? Knuckles?" He said, excited.
"Who did you mmph, Santa Claus?"
"…Your transmission isn't clear." Miserie observed.
"Knuckles, do you have the Emeralds?"
"Unfortunately, yes." He said. "they have a machine here, with the space for the next four Emeralds. The Master Emerald, they haven't moved yet. But if they do, I'll kill them!"
"How many soilders?" Tails asked.
"How would you say 'a lot' in chinese?"
"Chinese! Aha!" Miserie said, grinning. "Now I'll figure out what it means!"
Tails smiled. "Thanks, Knuckles."
"Yeah, sure, anytime. Listen, Tails, the fleet is prammphally empty, so if you zoom by they woulmmfph notice."
"Okay."
Miserie went through her Chinese. A whole seven dictionaries were programmed into her brain, and she wasn't sure which to check first. Wo Ai Ni, huh…
"What are you doing?" Tails asked.
"Right now, I mmph hide." Knuckles said. "It loommph like your mother planned on you returning."
"She did?" Tails asked.
Miserie looked at Tails. He didn't seem happy to meet his mother. "Knuckles," Miserie said.
"Yeah?"
"Can you call us back?"
"Sure. Expect mmph in thirty minutes." The radio crackled again.
"Why'd you do that?" Tails asked.
"Because you're not happy." Miserie said.
"What?"
"you don't want to see her, do you?" Miserie asked, sadly.
"My mother?" Tails asked.
"…yes." Miserie said.
Tails looked distracted. He sped up and slowed down, over and over until he finally said, "no, I don't want to see her."
"Why not?"
"…I don't know. I wanted to before. So badly." He looked at her. "But then when she wrote to me, it all changed. I thought she was in trouble. She wasn't though. I thought she was dead. She wasn't. All of a sudden, my imaginary world became a reality. I didn't like it…I don't like living a fantasy."
"It's not a fantasy." Miserie told him. "This is real, isn't it?" Tails looked at her sadly.
"Even if I knew…" He said, pausing.
"Are you alright?" Miserie asked. She smiled. "If you feel like you want to cry, then cry." She told him. "Cry all your tears. I'll be here."
"…I don't want to cry…" Tails hesitated. "Maybe a little. But… She was so much different, Miserie…you don't know how different she was."
"Tell me then."
"I had always imagined her to be nice, but…She's so evil. She wants revenge on Sonic, but…I can't let her! He's watched out for me since I was a kid! How could I kill Sonic?"
Miserie gazed into the clouds. "To kill Sonic…Is that why they tried to hurt Shadow too?" She looked at the slow moving fleet. "I wonder."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Talon screamed. Miserie winced. The fleet all of a sudden, was in action.
"Crap!" Tails flung himself around in his seat. "Tell them to hold on, Miserie!"
"But"
"Just do it, Miserie!" Tails commanded.
She did as she was told, and then she said, "Tails, I can't hold on to anything up here! What are you going to do!"
"Then…Then get in here!" Tails said, hurriedly.
"Are you MAD!" Miserie asked. "That's the PILOTS seat, already occupied by YOU!"
"Unless you can run on Air, you need to be in here, now," Tails said. "They will fire, and they'll do it without question. Just get in here, will you?"
"Well, where am I going to sit, ON you?" Miserie asked.
"I don't know, just…" Tails sounded tired. "We can't argue right now. Come on, hurry up."
Miserie sighed and climbed into the pilot's seat with Tails. He scrunched over into a corner, and Miserie realized she had enough room to sit. "Tails…" She murmured.
"I hope everyone's holding on," He said, quietly. "You too Miserie, hold on to something."
She looked around, but there was absolutely nothing to hold. Everything looked too important. Finally she grabbed Tails and held on tight.
He gasped, but said nothing. After flicking a bunch of switches, Miserie felt the ship lurch and suddenly they were hurtling through the air.
Miserie sighed and snuggled into Tails' fur. He was so warm… So at least he was doing what he promised.
"Miserie…?" Tails asked. He was relaxed now. She looked up at him and smiled.
"So I figured it out, Tails." She said, softly. "Wo. Ai. Ni." She paused. "I. Love. You."
He smiled. "Yeah." He agreed. "That's what it means."
"…I…" Miserie paused, then she smiled. "you're so nice, Tails. Thank you." She realized she was still hugging him and she let go and moved away quickly. "Sorry."
He smiled. "…S'okay." He said."
"Alright, uhm, maybe I should leave then?" Miserie said.
"…You can stay here…if you want." He said, nervously.
She smiled. "Maybe just for a little while." Tails nodded and Miserie snuggled up to him again and closed her eyes. She drifted off to sleep, warm against Tails' fur.