[Grief]

"You know, I never thought it would get to this point…"

Sonic glanced over from his chair across the room to the hospital bed. A mass of orange and white fur and bandages was the only thing he could find himself focusing on.

"I mean I'm supposed to protect you and now look where we're at… It's all my fault…"

The hedgehog sighed, Tails had been asleep for about two days now, things weren't really looking good…

"Tails… I promise, if you somehow get out of this… I'm not going to let this happen again… I promise, and this time I'll keep it…"