A/n: I have nothing to say and I own nothing...oh! Thank you IcyPinkFlower for reviewing. You told me not to answer your question so my lips, are sealed. Okay, on with the story.
Sonic floated in a state of consciousness yet asleep. He snugged a bit deeper into his bed. His alarm didn't go off so he didn't have to get up for school just yet. Or maybe it was Saturday. He in all honesty wasn't exactly sure.
As he layed on his bed he noticed that something, his bed felt off. He opened his eyes only to shut them again. Why was there a bright light in his room? He opened his eyes once more, hesitantly this time and realized he wasn't in his bed room, he was in the middle of nowhere, and he wasn't on his bed, he was on a pile of leaves.
'So, it wasn't a dream?'
He felt something tighten around his arm and get closer. He looked at saw it was Tails.
'He must have left his bed and decided to sleep in mine instead.'
Without thinking Sonic placed his hand on Tails's head and scratched behind his ear. The ear twitched and Tails released a small sigh of contentment in his sleep. Sonic couldn't help but the tense up when that happened. Why did this have to happen? Why did this have to happen to Tails? He was a kid, he was a child prodigy, he had a bright future and because of Eggman that was all taken away from him. All because he was too blind to see behind Eggman's facade. He failed as a guardian. He should have seen the warning signs. He should have...
Tails's eyes fluttered open. He released his older brothers arm (he probably didn't even realize he had been holding it) and sat up. He stretched his unused limbs, including his two tails and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
"Good morning Sonic," He said, sleep still evident in his voice.
"Morning," Sonic responded as he too sat up.
Tails ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "My hair feels all weird. I never got to wash the chlorine off of it last night."
Sonic smirked, "If it's left in there long enough maybe your hair will turn green. Then Egghead will have a harder time tracking you down."
Tails rolled his eyes. Sonic crawled over to his bag and rummaged through it. He pulled out two wrapped sandwiches he had bought yesterday and tossed one to Tails.
"Eat up because we're gonna try and get as far away from this place as possible."
Tails nodded and started to unwrap his sandwich. He took a bite out of it and glanced at his big brother. Unbeknownst to him Tails had been awake when Sonic was scratching behind his ear and he knew exactly what was going on. Tails never blamed Sonic for what happened and even if it was his fault he would have forgiven him in a heartbeat. If only Sonic could forgive himself.
"So….what now?"
That simple question uttered by chaotix teams navigator left everyone else in the van at a loss for words.
'He's got a point. We know Sonic and Tails were at the hotel and left but we have no idea where they could be now,' Amy thought to herself.
"Maybe we should head back ho-"
"Not an option!" Amy interrupted Espio.
"Amy listen-"
"Our friends are out there somewhere being chased by some crackpot obese scientist who wants to hurt them and I won't rest until they're okay!"
"Amy's right! We can't give up now! Tails and Mr. Sonic need our help!" Cream exclaimed.
"But where are we supposed to go? We don't have a lead or anything," Knuckles stated calmly.
"Just because we don't have a lead doesn't mean we should give up! We have to find them," Amy snapped back causing everyone to flinch.
"Amy, please calm down," Cream pleaded. Despite the fact that she agreed with Amy on not giving up she knew her sister was letting her emotions get the better of her.
Amy let out a growl of frustration, "No Cream! Your all either with me or against me!"
The other six in the van stayed silent. Hurt and betrayal flashed in Amy's eyes but she covered it up with a look of rage, "Fine then, I'll find Sonic and Tails myself!" Amy yelled before storming out of the van, too angry to even bother to close the door.
"Amy wait!"
Cream was about to go after her sister but was stopped by Knuckles putting a hand on her shoulder. "She'll come back. She just needs to blow off some steam is all."
"I don't know, she seemed really mad," Cream responded, hugging her stuffed chao a little tighter.
"Trust me, she'll be back."
"Stupid Espio, even suggesting we turn back! Some friends they are! I'll find Sonic and Tails all by myself!" Amy fumed as she trudged through the outdoors.
After 10 minutes of walking her anger finally simmered down and her conscious was starting to kick in as well as her reasoning.
"I shouldn't have yelled at Cream like that, she was just try to calm me down and Knuckles did have a point. Where are we supposed to go? I don't know what I'm doing but I can't give up, I need to find them."
Amy dropped to her knees as tears started to cascade down her face, "I have to find them! I have to! Tails is like a little brother to me! And Sonic….And Sonic….I'm in lo-"
"Excuse me."
Amy jumped up and spun around. In front of her stood a young girl with short green hair. She appeared to be about Tail's age.
"Are you alright miss? Would you like some help?"
"I'm fine. Who are you?" Amy asked as she composed herself.
"My name is Cosmo, I live around here with my mother and sister. I was on my walk when I saw you, are you sure you're okay?" The green haired girl, now identified as Cosmo asked.
"No, I'm not okay. My friends are missing and I'm trying to find them but I don't know where to look," Amy confessed.
"What do your friends look like?" Cosmo asked.
"Well one of them is my age and has spiky blue hair and the other is 8 and has strawberry blonde hair."
"Oh, you must be talking about Sonic and Tails."
Amy's eyes widened, "H-how do you know their names?"
"I met them earlier."
"You did!"
Cosmo nodded and started to explain how.
A couple hours ago...
Cosmo walked up to a bed of tulips and started to water it. Despite being only 8 she seemed to have a green thumb and owned a beautiful garden in the forest near her house. Once she was done watering the pink tulips she adjusted her grip on her watering can and was about to move onto watering her roses when she heard two voices.
"Well what do you want me to do about it?" She heard what sounded like a teenage boys voice asked.
"I don't know, do you have a band-aid and something that can clean wounds?" She heard a much younger voice of the same gender ask.
"No, when we were packing I was scrambling and didn't think to grab any."
Cosmo followed the voice of the two and eventually found that they belonged to a pair of boys. One was in his teens and had blue hair and green eyes while the other was much youngers, about her age, and had strawberry blonde hair, light blue eyes and shocking enough, two tails. He was also sitting on the forest floor, his pants leg rolled up and holding his knee.
"But what if it becomes infected," The younger one said in a slightly scared voice. Cosmo decided that it would be best to help the two out. Normally she was a very shy person however she was also a very kind child and had trouble ignoring others when they needed her help.
"I may be able to help."
The two jumped when they saw her. The one wearing blue stepped in front of the younger of the two and with a stern look asked, "Who are you?"
Despite the harsh glare she was receiving Cosmo stood her ground, "My name is Cosmo. I live around here and I know a lot about natural remedies, including ones that disinfect injuries. I can make one for you and give you instructions on how to make it for future reference."
The blonde boy shakily got up and the two whispered back and forth. After they were done the blue haired one said, "Alright but I got my eye on you."
Cosmo led them back to her house. She explained the situation to her mother and her mother was okay with everything that was going on.
"So what are your names?" Cosmo asked as she got ready to make the natural disinfectant.
"My names Tails," Tails said.
"Oh, I see. Its because of your two Tails right?"
The two boys stiffened. Shit, they never tucked his tails back in. the girl giggled, "Don't worry I won't tell anyone. I'm not exactly normal either. Most young children can't tend gardens as well as I can."
After Cosmo was done applying the remedy and handing Sonic a list of ingredients on how to make it the older of the two was ready to leave.
"You're leaving already?" Cosmo asked sounding slightly disappointed.
"I'm sorry Cosmo. We're in a rush," Tails explained.
"Hey, what's closest town to here?" Sonic asked.
Cosmo thought for a minute, "I believe it's Greenville."
"Then that's where we're heading. Come on Tails," Sonic ordered.
Tails turned to leave but before he could Cosmo grabbed his hand.
"Tails, Will I ever see you again?"
"Y-yeah definitely," Tails answered a small blush on his face.
Cosmo smiled, "Thank you Tails."
After the two said their goodbyes Sonic and Tails hit the road.
'Cosmo was kind of pretty,' Tails thought once they were far away enough from the house.
While Tails was thinking about Cosmo the blush appeared on his face again and unfortunately this didn't go unnoticed by Sonic.
"Aw, does my baby brother have a crush?" Sonic asked while snickering.
"Sh-shut up!" Tails snapped back.
Present…
"So you think there in a village called greenville?" Amy asked to clarify.
Cosmo nodded.
"Normally its at least a 6 hour drive from here to there but on foot it could take days."
"Okay, thank you so much Cosmo,"
"No thanks is necessary. Good luck finding your friends."
"Thank you!" Amy exclaimed excitedly as she ran off, happy that she had a clue, happy that she might actually find her friends.
As Cosmos watched the pink haired girl run off there was only one thing running through her mind, 'I'm not sure whats going on but please protect my new friends. Please protect Tails.'
Amy collapsed on the ground exhausted. She wasn't sure how long she had been running for but she already felt drained. She was never a runner, that was Sonic's thing. She was more into Drama club, not this.
Amy shakily got up, using her piko piko hammer for balance. She felt a drop of water hit her nose and just like that it started to downpour, heavily.
"Damn it! I'm never gonna find them not like this!" Amy yelled angrily.
She collapsed to the ground again.
"All I want to do is find my friends," She sobbed, "But….but…..how am I gonna do that if I'm so weak!"
Amy punched the ground in frustration. She couldn't this. All this time Sonic and Tails parents died and Sonic was forced to become the adult of the house. Her friends were going through all this shit and she was none the wiser. She was too blind to see any of the signs. And now because of that they were running for their lives.
Amy wasn't sure how long she just stood there on her knees and cried. It must have been so long that she stopped feeling the rain. Because she couldn't feel its cold sting anymore. She opened her eyes and saw that it was still raining and that their was an umbrella over her head. She turned around and saw Cream standing there. Knuckles was there as well holding a black umbrella sheltering himself and Cream from the rain as Cream held out a pink umbrella.
"Please don't be sad Amy," Cream practically begged.
Amy looked past Cream and Knuckles and saw the van.
'They found me?'
"Come on Amy, if you stay out here any longer you'll catch a cold," Cream said with sad eyes.
"I-I don't understand, how did you find me? where you looking for me?" Amy asked standing up.
Instead of answering Cream took her big sister's hand and led her back to the van. When they got there Amy sat down and Cream gave her a big pink towel. Amy draped the towel over her body. Knuckles shut than van's door and the seven just sat there in a heavy silence.
"Amy, I'm sorry that what I said upset you," Espio said.
Amy nodded, "It's alright, I know you were just thinking rationally."
"We're all sorry for agreeing with him," Knuckles started, "But now we know that we can and will find Sonic and Tails," Knuckles paused and placed a hand on Amy's shoulder, "Together."
Amy, who had been looking down this whole time was silent for a moment. A single tear started to slide down her face.
"Amy please don't cry! We said we were sorry," Cream begged as she hugged her big sister.
"No its nothing you did, it's what I did. I don't understand, after I acted the way I did you still want to help me, why?" Amy asked.
"Amy, Sonic and Tails are your friends but you're our friend too and isn't that what friends do? Help eachother out when they need it the most," Said Knuckles.
The pink haired teen raised her head to look at her friends. Inside their eyes held a newfound determination. They would find Sonic and Tails no matter what.
A small smile made its way onto Amy's face, "You guys….thank you."
"What are we doing wasting time here? Onward to Greenville!" Charmy cheered.
"Wait a minute, how do you guys know where to go? And how did you even find me."
"Well after you didn't come back we started to get worried," Vector started.
"So we started to drive trying to find you and we came across a house and decided to ask if they saw a girl with short pink hair in a red dress," Continued Charmy.
"That's when we met Miss Cosmo and her mother Mrs. Seedrian who told us she knew Mr. Sonic and Tails where and that you were heading to Greenville," Cream finished.
"Wow, small world huh? Well in that case let's go find our friends!" Amy declared with a confident smile.
With the confidence knowing that Sonic and Tails were going to be found, nothing could bring her down.
A/n: And done. I decided to focus this chapter more on the group, except for Rouge. She didn't get any lines in this chapter :/. Also I should point out I don't support the ship for Cosmo and Tails, hell I don't really support any ship for him (although I do find Tails x Cream kind of cute). I just decided to leave his character faithful and have a cute moment right there. Anyways I'm gonna go so bye!