Post-Game 1: Return and New Power

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the post-game. It is high time that Sonic got to experience everything that happened over those Fifteen years that he was gone. This will include just about every subchapter that I have written for this story, as well as some other things. I will be mostly cutting to the new and important things, so if you want to see everything that happens, maybe read the subchapters again.

Any-who, here is the first chapter of the post-game.

Angel Island, one week after Sonic's disappearance

When Sonic opened his eyes, he saw that he was surrounded by trees, speeding off to the distance, he saw the shrine of the Master Emerald, signifying that he was back on Angel Island.

Then, he realized his mistake.

"Eggman!" Sonic shouted before running back to where he was before.

When he got there, he saw that Eggman was gone.

"Geez, he's a slippery one…" Sonic said. "I wonder when I am… geez that sounded weird…"

Running to the edge of the island, he saw that it was near a mountain. So, building up speed, he leapt off of the island and landed on the mountain, and he began running.

Eventually, he found a small town. He quickly searched around until he found a newspaper.

"Let's see… looks like my disappearance was about a week ago… that would mean!" Sonic said with a realization. He then sped off towards Central City.

Central City Hospital, Tails' room

"TAILS?!"

"Hey guys, how's it going?" Said Tails.

"Oh thank goodness!" Amy said before rushing to Tails' side. "We were all so worried about you!"

"How…?" Tails said.

"The machine that you were working with exploded… you were in really bad shape." Tangle explained.

"You've been here for about four days now." Jewel added.

"No… how's Sonic?"

The room fell silent.

"Tails…" Tangle started.

"I'm right here buddy." Sonic said from the door.

Sonic's voice caught everyone off guard, as the three girls turned to the door to see their friend standing there.

"SONIC!" Everyone in the room shouted as they went over to give their friend a hug, minus Tails, who was stuck in the bed.

"Hey, you miss me?" Sonic asked.

"Uh, YEAH?!" Amy said. "Where were you?!"

"The future." Sonic said simply.

"The… wha?" Tangle asked.

"Well, I guess it would be the present now…" Sonic lied, remembering what Silver told him before he left the future.

"O…kay?" Tangle said. "I am not even going to try to make sense out of what you just said, and just say 'welcome back.'"

"Thanks, it's good to be back." Sonic said smiling to his friend. "How you feeling bud?"

"A lot better now…" Tails said.

"That's good. Get some rest bud, I will be here when you wake up." Sonic said, to which Tails complied. Sonic then looked to Tangle, and smiled.

"What's up?" Tangle asked.

"I just wanted to thank you, for worrying so much about him." Sonic said. "It means a lot."

"Oh, no problem! I would do it for any of my friends!" Tangle answered.

'Yeah, friends… it's gonna be like that for a while, huh?' Sonic thought, realizing that it was going to be about nine years until those two got together.

"Still, I really appreciate it." Sonic said. "I think I should go around and tell everyone else that I am alright though, think you can keep me updated on his condition?"

"Yeah, that's no problem at all!" Tangle said.

"Thanks, I'll be back later today!" Sonic said before speeding off.

Amy just smiled. "Good to have you back."

About three weeks later, Tangle was riding towards Tails' workshop on her bike.

"Wonder why Sonic wanted me of all people to go and check on Tails…" Tangle said to herself as she skid to a stop. "All he said was 'Hey, can you check and see how Tails is doing for me? I have something else I really need to look into right now.' and hung up!"

Little did she know, Sonic was nearby, hiding in a bush.

'Phase one, get them alone and talking.' Sonic thought as Tangle walked inside.

Sonic then watched happily as Tangle offered to help Tails with the repairs of the Cyclone, though he was worried that Tails was still beating himself over falling for a trap like that.

'He has to give himself more credit, anyone would of fallen for something like that…' He thought.

Eventually, the repairs were complete the two of them left, and began heading towards the testing range.

Before Sonic could follow them though, his communicator began to ring.

"Sonic here, what's up?"

"Sonic! We got trouble! Eggman is heading straight for Tails' workshop!" Amy said.

"He's WHAT?!" Sonic shouted.

"I think he's trying to off him while he's hurt! You have to get over there and help!" Amy explained.

"You got it, I'm nearby, so I'll be there before you know it!" Sonic said before hanging up.

'Ok, that isn't good… should probably try and take care of it before anything happens.'

And then there was an explosion nearby.

"…Nerts…"

And with that, Sonic sped off in the direction of the testing site.

When he arrived, he saw Tails on the ground, hand against his side as he was struggling to get up from the ground.

"Tails!" Sonic shouted as he sped towards the fox. "You alright?"

"Yeah, just a bit bruised." Tails said. "Tangle shoved me out of the cyclone before Eggman attacked us, and now she's keeping him busy with it."

"Huh, had no idea she knew how to work that thing." Sonic said.

"She doesn't… she's just driving circles around him right now." Tails said as he gestured towards Tangle and a very irate Eggman.

"WOULD YOU JUST STAY STILL ALREADY?!" Eggman said.

Tangle, who seemed to have an idea, obliged. "Ok!"

"Huh… that was easy… WELL THEN! TIME TO DIE!" Eggman said before commanding his robot to strike.

Only for a rocket to hit the fist and stop the attack.

"Thank you Whisper!" Tangle shouted.

Sonic then looked in the direction that the rocket came from, to see Whisper giving them a small wave.

"I better go and help, you stay down, ok?" Sonic said.

"Yeah, you got it… just do me a favor would you?" Tails asked. "Tell Tangle how to use the missiles? I don't think driving in circles is gonna do her much good for too long."

"Yeah, you got it!" Sonic said before he sped off to join the fight.

After a couple of minutes of fighting, which was made easier by Amy and some others joining in, things took a turn for the worse.

"TANGLE!" Sonic shouted as the Cyclone got turned over.

'Nononononono! I can't let her die!' He thought as he began to speed towards her

Thankfully, Tangle was saved by something Sonic wasn't expecting.

Red chains, all coming from the ground, and wrapping around Eggman's robot.

The chains began to tighten, and eventually, Eggman abandoned the robot in his Egg Mobile just before it was destroyed from the pressure.

"I'll get you for this!" He shouted before flying away.

"What in the world…" Tangle said as she climbed out of the cyclone.

Sonic, who was helping her up, started to have a pretty good idea of what this was, and looked towards Tails, who was currently glowing red.

"Tails? Did you do that?" He asked.

"Yeah… I think I did…" Tails said.

"So… any idea of what that was?" Tangle asked.

"I… think that was Infinite's power…" Tails answered.

"What makes you think that?" Sonic asked, trying to sound as calm as he could.

"The explosion in Eggman's lab… it was probably filled with Phantom Ruby energy… and I was in the middle of it." Tails answered.

"So, you think your body absorbed it?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, I think so…" Tails answered.

"Well, isn't that great!" Sonic said. "That's going to be really helpful in the future! We just gotta get you good with it is all!"

Tangle then noticed something wrong, Tails was looking really down.

"Remember what I said before Tails? What's with the sad face?" Tangle asked.

"It's just… this power… Infinite used it to…"

"So? Who cares what that Infinite guy used it to do? You are not Infinite! He may have used that power to cause some real damage, but I know that you're going to use it to help so many people!"

"Exactly what I was thinking." Sonic said. "So, here's what's gonna happen. We are gonna train hard when you are at 100% again! You are gonna get the hang of using this, and we are gonna use it to kick Eggman's butt!"

"I second that plan!" Tangle said.

"You are welcome to join us Tangle." Sonic said. "You did play a big role in helping us find out about this after all."

"Really? I might take you up on that!" Tangle said. "When we are done with you Tails, you will be even better at using this than Infinite was!"

Tails smiled at this. "Thank you… both of you!" He said as he pulled them into a hug.

"Don't mention it! Now, let's get to work on testing out this Cyclone!" Tangle said as she went to flip it back onto it's wheels.

"You do realize that it was working just fine during that fight… right?" Tails asked. "Are you sure you want to test it out, or do you just want to drive it some more?"

"…Ok, MAYBE I just want to drive it some more…" Tangle said embarrassingly as she and Whisper, who had just walked over, finished setting the Cyclone right.

"How about this, there are still some functions that need testing, like it's walker mode. So, I'll let you test them out, and then you stay the night." Tails said. "Then, in the morning, we get to work on building one for you!"

Tangle gasped at this. "REALLY?!"

"Of course! You were a lot of help today, so it's only right that I return the favor!" Tails said.

"You're the best Tails!" Tangle said before pulling the fox into a hug.

"Don't mention it. Come on, let's get to work!" Tails said. "You gonna join us Sonic?"

"In a bit, I'm gonna go grab us some chili dogs first, fighting Eggman always works up an appetite!" Sonic said.

'That, and I want to give you two some time to talk…' He thought.

"You two want one?" He asked.

"Sure!" Tangle said.

"I don't see why not." Tails said.

"Right, I'll be right back!" Sonic said before speeding off. "That didn't go quite as planned, but progress was made today!"

And so, he ran off into the distance, ready to celebrate a job well done.

End of Post Game chapter 1

So, in the time that it wrote this chapter, I figured out exactly how many of these there will be… As of right now, a whole nine chapters. I might combine a couple of them though, and I might get ideas for some others so the final number may change. Also, I figured out a way to do this without being just repeats of the sub-chapters. There are plenty of untold stories left to tell after all!

Don't expect every chapter of the Post-Game to be too long. Some of them will, others will not.

Not really much to say here, so I will see you all next time for Chapter 2 of the Post Game!