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Sonic sighed, closing the door quietly behind him, so not to wake Tails. The young fox was exhausted from all the testing he had been through.
Because of the strange name incident, Tails went to Dr. Quack to see if he could determine why Tails couldn't remember his real name. Amnesia was a possibility, but most unlikely. Normally, amnesia affected more than just the name, but Tails remembered everything else besides that.
After running a test, Dr. Quack found something strange about the fox. However, unable to determine exactly what it was, the doctor requested to run more tests.
Against the wishes of Bernie and Jules, Tails agreed to allow the doctor to run tests on him to try and find what was wrong. However, after two weeks of nonstop tests, Sonic decided that Tails needed a break.
After making sure Tails was asleep, Sonic left and headed over to Dr. Quack's place to see if he at least had an idea of what was wrong.
Reaching the clinic, Sonic entered and headed straight for the doctor's office. He found the doctor sitting at his desk, looking over some papers. No doubt those were the result from the various tests performed on the fox.
"So, what's the verdict, Doc?" Sonic asked.
Dr. Quack didn't look up from his work. "I wish I knew," he replied, finally placing the papers down. "Other than one thing, Tails appears perfectly normal."
"Other than one thing?" the hedgehog repeated curiously. "What's that mean?"
The duck stood from his desk, a piece of paper in his hand. Handing the paper to Sonic, he said, "Look at this."
Taking the paper, the teen looked at it. After a moment, he turned it upside down, trying to understand it. "It's a squiggle line……"
With a sigh, the doctor took the paper, turning it the right way. "It's an energy graph. The signature shows the energy patterns of any specific object. This is the energy chart of any living creature."
Looking at it again, Sonic's eyes followed the line as it went from high to low to high to low, mostly between two black dotted lines. "So?" he finally asked.
Walking back to the desk, the doctor took two more sheets of paper. Handing another one to Sonic, he took the previous one. "Now, look at Tails' energy."
Studying the graph, the hedgehog's emerald eyes widened slightly. The energy line was a constant straight line, high above the top dotted line and almost touching the top of the page.
"Tails' energy is abnormally high, as you've noticed, it far exceeds that of any other normal creature." The doctor handed him another piece of paper. "Now look at this one."
Taking the sheet, Sonic studied it, then compared it to Tails'. "They're the same…" he said.
Dr. Quack nodded. "Tails' energy and this object's energy are equal. But Sonic…do you know what this object is?"
The hedgehog shook his head.
"It's a Chaos Emerald…"
Emerald eyes widened. "A Chaos Emerald….?!"
The doctor nodded again. "The energy that Tails is giving off is the exact frequency of a Chaos Emerald, and equal in power, even when Tails is dormant. But he doesn't seem to be aware of it at all."
"How is that possible?" Sonic asked, tearing his eyes away from the charts to look at the doctor. "How can Tails be giving off Chaos Emerald energy?"
"The only explanation would be if Tails was a Chaos Emerald, but as far as other tests show, he is just regular Tails."
The teen shook his head. "This is unreal…It doesn't make any sense."
"I know it doesn't…"
"Maybe…maybe he absorbed some of the Chaos Emerald's energy, and that's why he's giving it off…"
"Not likely. You absorb the energy of the Emerald's all the time. That's how you turn into Super Sonic. But it's impossible for your body to retain that energy, which is why you revert to normal so quickly. Tails is the same way, or at least he should be. But, according to the chart, it doesn't appear to work that way."
"So…how…?"
"I know as much as you do, Sonic. Besides that, Tails appears completely normal. I could run more tests, but I'm not sure how much good that will do…"
Nodding, Sonic handed him back the papers. "Do what you can…"
Sonic ran as fast as he could, passing by many people in a rushing wind. He had no destination in mind, he just needed to clear his head.
'Tails is like a living Chaos Emerald,' he thought as he ran. 'But how? What's going on?'
He skidded to a stop in a secluded place by the lake. Sitting on a log, he looked out, still thinking over Dr. Quack's words.
'It doesn't make any sense.' He threw a rock into the lake. 'Tails doesn't seem any different, but how can no one notice if he's radiating like a Chaos Emerald? How did I not notice?'
That was when another thought occurred to him. 'How long has this been going on? How long has Tails been like this?'
The teen felt slightly angered at himself for not noticing anything from the beginning, whenever that was. 'I have no idea how long Tails hasn't remembered his real name or how long he's been giving off Chaos Emerald energy. I had no idea about it at all…And I call myself his best friend…'
A loud whirring sound disturbed the peace, and a harsh wind blew over the area. Sonic looked up as the whirring roar passed over his head.
What he saw a blue airplane overhead.
Knowing exactly what the plane was, and who was flying it, the hedgehog ran after it. It was flying pretty low, and if the plane flew long enough, it would pass by a cliff. If he could get to the cliff before the plane did…
Passing the plane, Sonic reached the place before Tails did. He saw the plane pass by, close enough to the precipice. He jumped, grabbing onto the end of the plane.
Feeling a slight shift in weight, Tails checked the controls. Nothing seemed wrong. 'Maybe I'm just imagining things,' the fox thought to himself.
"Tails!" he heard a voice say over the roar of the engine.
Surprised, Tails turned to look at where the voice came from. "Sonic?!" he said. "What are you doing here?"
"Following you," the other replied with a smile. "Where are ya going?"
The younger looked ahead of him at the sky. "To get some answers…."
"Answers? What kind of answers?"
"I know there's something wrong with me…"
The teen flinched slightly, unnoticed by the other. "How do you know that?"
"I had a dream. It wasn't my usual nightmare. Someone was trying to tell me something."
"What would that be?"
"He wouldn't tell me in the dream, so I'm going to meet him."
"But how do you know he'll have the answers you need?"
The young fox paused for a moment. Finally, after a long silence, broken only by the roar of the engine, he replied honestly, "I don't, really…But I'm willing to take the risk if it means finding the truth…"
Sonic nodded. "Sounds good to me…"
Tails looked up at his friend. "What?"
The hedgehog smiled. "You don't think I'd let you go at this alone, did you? I'm coming too."
The younger blinked slightly, then smiled. "Thanks Sonic."
"No problem. That's what best friends are for."
Nodding, the pilot turned his attention back to the sky, flying to an unknown destination…At lest unknown to Sonic.
"So Tails……what exactly happened in your dream?"
"Well," the fox replied, "there was this echidna……"
TBC
Hope you liked it! Just gonna answer a few questions. See, there's a reason the doppleganger doesn't remember Tails' real name, but it won't be explained till near the end....or something around there. And, I don't think I'll be doing any pairings...... So thanks for reading! Please review!
