Sonic had just been released from the hospital, and Tails was nervous about a number of things. He had a number of questions, and even more doubts.
'Does he know its all my fault?'
'Will he hate me now?'
'What if he tries to kill me?'
'Will he make me pay rent now?'
Tails was sure that all of these questions' answers would not be good. He decided to do some cleaning to put his concentration on something else. When he finally got the last speck of dirt from the kitchen floor, he heard the door open. He had prepared for anything, and had some packed suitcases upstairs. Sonic walked into the kitchen, past Tails, and immediately put some coffee on. Then he gave Tails a sort of dirty look, then a certain gesture, then Sonic left the room. Tails was starting to sweat, because he remembered Sonic once telling him, "Don't trust the silent people. They're the ones that get you." He had been on a sugar high when he said it, but Sonic's sudden lack of words still creeped Tails out a little. Tails decided to just wait in his room and see what happened. Eventually, Sonic knocked on the door to Tails' room, and asked, "Tails, can I speak to you for a moment?" Tails opened the door, and replied, rather nervously, "Yes?" Sonic was looking down at his feet. "I'm sorry that I ignored you today. I just needed some time to cool off a little." Tails was relieved, and dismissed a lot of the negative thoughts he had garnered. "You d on't need to apologize. It was all my fault..." Tails admitted. Sonic looked up, slightly confused, "How is it your fault?" And the thoughts were back, along with a new one: "Why did he flip me off?". Tails stood there awkwardly, and finally, lacking a better story, told Sonic the truth. Sonic just stood there for a while, and after about three minutes, Tails decided that maybe Sonic needed more alone time, so he closed the door again. The next time Sonic came, he opened the door, and came running in towards Tails. Before Tails got a chance to react, Sonic was holding him by the throat, shaking him violently. "WHY!" He yelled over his new right arm's whirring. He threw Tails on the ground, and body-slammed him. "WHY TAILS!" Both of them were crying. Sonic eventually got tired and fell over from exhaustion. Tails decided that it was a good opprotunity to answer Sonic's repeated question. "I... was hungry..." Tails stated. "I thought that... the cows would help. They didn't..." He trailed off. "Heh. I don't blame you... I've done lots of stupid crap for food. Heh, If I was desperate enough, I'd sell my soul for some coffee and a Charleston Chew." Sonic laughed. "Besides, I think I like this new arm."
"Okay, now you're just trying to calm yourself down and make me feel better..."
"Yeah, so?"
"Good point."
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Knuckles was sitting on a rock, thinking of his visit from "Tails". He was thinking hard, trying to remember exactly what happened. Then, he managed to remember it more clearly, and said, feeling like a dolt, "Wait. Tails isn't pink." Knuckles smiled, realising who really attacked him, and said, "She's right. I should get out more." He put on the awful smelling lei knecklace, and, after putting a sign next to the Master Emerald that said: "WARNING: MASTER KEY TO ALL CHAOS POWER. DO NOT TOUCH.", left to go have a quick stroll and appreciate nature. Oh, I'm sure everything will be just dandy there without him.
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Shadow was sitting under his office desk, out of sight, holding an action figure of himself, and one of Amy. There was a napkin on the Amy figure's head, and a red-painted bow-tie pasta tied around the Shadow figure's neck. He was obviously having a disturbed marriage fantasy. And he had an entire cake that he would dip their heads in. And then he noticed me watching him do this, and I was chased out of Brotherly. Because "What Shadow do be his own bidness".
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Cream was tending Cheese, thinking about why Knuckles had called her to tell Tails about her cows. Really, She was thinking more about Tails. Why would he want to know that? And why did she suddenly get this stomach feeling when she was near him? She had heard some things from Metal Sonic about the funeral, but hadn't been allowed to attend herself. She was too young. She hadn't had that uncomfortable gut feeling, since she saw "The Thingymabobbiwhatzit" in the barn. Come to think of it, that feeling is what told her to shoot it. She was surprised that the creature didn't die... Then she turned her thoughts back to Tails, and realised that he looked different, too. his eyes were still the same color, and lively enough, but... he didn't look like he had a soul. He didn't smile the entire time, not even when she said Cheese's cow looked like it had bad gas... She wondered why... She felt like talking to him, because she thought she might get some answers if she went to the source of her questions.
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Sonic had left to go to Winn-Dixie to buy, as he repeated to himself, "Loaf of bread, quart of milk, stick of butter... Loaf of bread, quart of milk, stick of butter..." When he got there, he was surprised to see Knuckles poking the turkey slices with a stick. "What are you doing?" Sonic asked, watching Knuckles poke the turkey. "Pokin' turkey. OOH! I think I saw it move!" Knuckles replied, focusing even more on the slices of poultry. Sonic just dismissed Red as having finally surrenderred to coffee. Or hemp. Either one. So, Sonic tried to remember what he was doing...
"Quart of bread, stick of milk, loaf of butter..."
I wish him luck in his search.
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To be continued...
When I wrote this, I had a little too much COFFEE myself. I tried to make it funny to people that don't have the same sick sense of humor I do. /
No real plot advancement except Cream, and, MAYBE Sonic and Tails...