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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic's nap was a mixture of blissful peace and slight tossing and turning. He managed to get Amy to leave after repeatedly telling her to go home and that she did enough to help him out... He saw Amy more so as a little sister than a potential girlfriend, but he knew it was going to be a lot harder later down the road to get that into her head since she was so love-struck by him. He eventually woke up about two or three hours later, laying in his bed as he tiredly blinked the sleep away from his eyes. He then yawns as he rolls over to his side, glancing over at his bedside table. On the surface of it, only a single lamp and a framed picture of his family back home sat neatly. His parents, uncle, and siblings all posed with Sonic near the Tornado before he left to go save the world and travel for the first time. He was only sixteen at the time that he made that huge leap of fate./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic was one of the lucky mobians out there, one with a normal background with a loving family. He got along with both of his parents rather well, Chase and Breezy, and together they raised Sonic and his siblings, Sonia and Manic. Their household was a strange mix of a chaotic mess but also very wholesome at the end of the day. Sonic's Uncle Chuck also lived with them, but it just made Sonic's childhood all that more exciting. Chase was a man of his word, with a strong sense of justice and extremely smart. His good sense of morality rubbed off on Sonic as he grew up back home. Breezy's charismatic attitude and caring behaviors also became a huge part of Sonic's personality, however, his strong sense of adventure and heroism came from his uncle. Because Chuck's hobby of fixing up old machinery was the spark that lit the wick for Sonic's love for adventure... After he left his home and family, Sonic became one of the biggest heroes known to mobian kind./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic lifts his head off his pillow and stretches his legs as he gets up for the rest of the day. He lifts his arms above his head as he throws his legs over the edge of his bed, jumping to his feet as he shuffles over to the door, glancing over at the nearby clock that steadily ticked away on the wall. He read the time and noticed how it was almost noon now. /spanem style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;""Dang... I gotta get that information soon..."/emspan style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true" He thinks to himself, pushing the bedroom door open as he steps into the hallway, taking his time to walk downstairs carefully... When he glances over to the living room, he notices Silver was gone./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Huh..." He says aloud before he notices Tails at the kitchen table behind the couch. "Where's Silver?" He asks, curiously as he reached the bottom of the stairs./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails glances up from his tablet and flashes Sonic a smile. "I think he took your advice and went off to explore the city... I think he might have left maybe an hour ago?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh, okay. ~" Sonic couldn't help but smile as he strode past the living room, passing by several pictures that hung up on the walls... Photos of Sonic's and Tails' adventures and huge gatherings with friends and family. "Hopefully, he'll be back soon." Sonic then takes a seat across the table from the yellow fox before he glances down at the Miles Electric. "Any news?" He asks gently, hoping for some intel./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...Well, kinda..." Tails explains gently before he flips the tablet around, holding it upright for Sonic to peek at. "As I researched more about this Mephiles guy... I found some really old fairytales that date as far back as of 17th and 18th centuries... Apparently back then children kept going missing because of these so-called "Darks"..." Tails frowns a little. "Many went missing and were never seen again..."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic could not help but frown a little as Tails scrolled through old articles about missing children and creatures of the night taking them. "...That's awful." Sonic bluntly states. "...None of them were found?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Only a few were found... Alive thankfully... But most of the others though..." Tails' voice trails off quietly as he pauses, the look on his face said it all. He then nervously clears his throat before he starts back up again. "...The ones found alive would be hysterical with bazaar stories of creatures who morphed into shadows and ate off of their nightmares..." Tails shivers a little in his seat. "...Was that Mephiles guy like that?" He asks worriedly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...Honestly, buddy... I have no idea... All I know from being face to face with him... He is not a good guy... He is very manipulative and was able to steer Silver in the wrong direction... If he can trick friends and make them into foes... I want to take care of him as soon as possible." Sonic explains gently. "I'd hate to see any of my friends get more hurt than what he's already done so far."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""That I can agree with and understand." Tails says gently, sighing quietly as he pulls back, glancing back down at his miles electric. "I'll keep looking more into his background and see if I can find something... I hate that I wasn't there to witness him in action... if I was able to see him in person, I might have a better idea of what to look for."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""..." Sonic then chuckles a little. "I feel a lot better knowing that you are okay and were out of harm's way... Besides... I think we handled the situation nicely...~" He says with a wink./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails cannot help but snort in response to that comment, rolling his teal blue eyes with amusement. "I mean... Nearly causing the entire pyramid to collapse on you isn't something I would say a nicely handled situation... but I guess we all have our own beliefs." Tails says with an amused grin./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Before another word was said, the front door opens and their heads turn, spotting a silvery gray hedgehog coming inside, gently closing the door behind himself./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""There you are. ~" Sonic says, grinning as Silver freezes in his tracks. Sonic leans back in his chair, arm over the back of it as he flashes Silver a friendly smile. "How was the city?" He asks./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh hey..." Silver blushes faintly, giving an awkward smile as he approaches the others. "It was fine..." Silver answers honestly. "But I'm sorry if I took too long... I wanted to see what was in the city..." He then trails off a little. "Plus, I ran into someone."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails lifts an eyebrow, curious but since he was not as close with Silver as Sonic was, he decided to let the blue hedgehog across from him do the talking./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh?" Sonic asks with a slightly amused smile./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Y-yeah... So now I have a date on Thursday." Silver says bluntly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""A date!?" Sonic asks, stunned as he jumps out of his seat, amused as he quickly speeds over to Silver's side. "Don't tell me... Was it the cute waitress at the café? ~" Sonic asks with a smug grin, throwing an arm around Silver's shoulders, pulling him into his side as he waited for a response from the gray hedgehog./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...I-it was her... How'd you know?" Silver asks nervously, feeling awkward underneath Sonic's arm, but not fighting him off./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Had a hunch. ~" Sonic laughs a little, greatly amused. "But that's awesome man! I guess we gotta get you all cleaned up for your date in a couple of days...~"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""W-we?" Silver asks, confused./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails rolls his eyes, unable to take the situation seriously. "I mean, to be honest Sonic, you already know how I feel about dating and stuff. So, I might not be much help to Silver..." He scrunches his nose up, glancing over at the two hedgehogs before him, giving an apologetic smile./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh yeah, you think girls are weird." Sonic just scoffs a little, rolling his eyes. "When you get older you won't stop thinking about them... Trust me~" Sonic laughs a little before gently elbowing Silver in the side. "But no worries, we got plenty of time to make you look like a handsome devil...~"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...If you say so-"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Silver was cut off by the tablet in Tails' hands beeping. Ears perk up and Tails answers the incoming call... Holding the tablet upright, he watches an image of Shadow's face pop up in the top right corner, a video call./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Miles, it's Shadow... Do you hear me?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yup!" Tails says gently, smiling a little as both Sonic and Silver come up from behind, peeking over his shoulders at the tablet./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Good... I see that you're all there..." Shadow begins. "I'm sending over some files with some information... Has Sonic gone to the Agency yet?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic then leans in, eyeing his rival's face on the screen. "Not yet I was actually about to head out... What's up?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Well, we've actually dug up and received more information..." Shadow explains as several files come up on the screen of the tablet in Tails' grasp... Tapping away at several folders, The trio in the kitchen scan over the information. Several reports and other secret files that only G.U.N had access to were at their disposal now. "According to what we have... Princess Blaze of Sol Island seems to be familiar with Darks and what they are capable of... And she might be able to aid us in getting behind this mess..." Shadow's face was as stoic as ever. "I believe you are close with the princess, am I correct, Hedgehog?" Shadow asks, his question directed towards the blue hero./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic nods a little. "I mean it's been a couple of years since I have last seen her..." Sonic clarifies. "But I think she'd be more than willing to help us out~" Sonic says with a smile./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I see... Do you believe she'll be willing to give us some information or give us aid, then?" Shadow asks, his voice monotoned with barely any emotion./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I see why not..." Sonic responds, scratching his ear as he glances down at Tails before looking back up at Silver. "I guess we should head off then...?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Don't you still need to go to the agency?" Silver asks quietly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh yeah..." Sonic frowns a little, chewing on his bottom lip a little. "I need to do that too."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I'll give you an hour," Shadow replies bluntly, wearing the same stoic expression on his face as he stared up at them through the screen. "I'm sure you'll find limited information there, but anything is better than nothing."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Right...~" Sonic then flashes a smile. "I guess we'll meet up by Seaside Hill?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Says you." Sonic snaps back quickly. "I can handle myself, Shad."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Whatever." Shadow rolls his eyes before turning his attention back toward the yellow fox in the center of his screen. "I'll have G.U.N transport us there, so no need for the Tornado, Miles."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""If you say so, but if you need any backup, please let me know." Tails gently reminds the ebony hedgehog, who only replies with a simple nod./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Of course... Anyways... I'm signing off." He says bluntly before dismissing himself... The video call ends and Sonic sighs deeply./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Alright... I guess I'll be back, and we'll head off in an hour...~" Sonic says gently, patting Silver on the shoulder before he winks at Tails./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Alright Sonic, please be careful out there." Tails says gently as he watches Sonic stroll away towards the front door. Sonic carefully slides his feet into the shoes that he had left near the front door before he looks over his shoulder./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic zips off towards the Hero Agency, again... However, this time he had a plan... He needed to head off towards the fifth floor, this time using the stairs since he knew it would be faster... However, upon spending roughly around twenty minutes searching through all the files they had available... Nothing was turning up at the agency... A koala bear that had offered her assistance to the blue hedgehog frowns a little at the mess that Sonic had made upon pulling several folders out of every filing cabinet on the floor./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""... Still unable to find what you need?" She asks worriedly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic flips through the folder in his hand in seconds, his eyes scanning the folder's contents rather quickly before he sighs in defeat, snapping it shut. "...Nothing..." He grumbles a little before he turns towards her. "Do we have ANYTHING on Darks in general?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...Like Team Dark?" The kola asks, trying to help as much as she could./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...N-no.." Sonic frowns, remembering that Team Dark was Shadow's team name with Rouge and Omega. "They're like... creatures of darkness and can really mess someone's day up," Sonic explains closing the nearby cabinet he had opened. "Apparently Princess Blaze has dealt with them... Maybe something about her island maybe?" He asks, trying to narrow the search down. However, upon going through the rest of the files... Sonic had turned up absolutely nothing... Darks didn't exist according to the Hero Agency, which was extremely annoying since Sonic had wasted time... But before he left, he was nice enough to fix up his mess for the koala bear, not wanting to make her job any harder than what it already was.../span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"However, before taking his leave, Sonic decides to make another stop, this time it was on the fourth floor... The recruiter's floor... He strolls into the office as he did the day before and spots her again, Sabrina./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Their eyes lock and she quickly averts her gaze, trying to make herself look busy as Sonic strolled up to her desk. "...Yes, mister Sonic?" She asks, typing something on her keyboard as she stared at her screen./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I was just wanting to check into the progress of Silver's application...~" Sonic explains lightly. "How's it going?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sabrina rolls her eyes a little, not amused before she turns to glance up at Sonic. "It hasn't left my desk... because as I stated before, Sonic... I can't do anything with it until I get that permission slip signed by an official G.U.N commander."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic felt his face form into a deadpan, shaking his head a little. However, before he could open his mouth, Sabrina cuts him off./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""However, I just assumed that since you left the building yesterday without the form, I'd just send it in any way." She says plainly. "I should have a signed form by the end of the day." She then gives him one fake customer service smile. "But do you have any information to offer the agency for Silver's file?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic blinks quickly in response, unsure of how to answer since he did find out Silver's origin... problem was that Silver was from the future, and he did not have any information since he was not exactly born yet. "...Yeah, about that..." Sonic starts./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...So... We're wasting more time?" She asks bluntly, her fuchsia-colored eyes locking with his emerald./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""If you give me a second to explain my case, then you'll maybe understand why I'm having a hard time presenting this information to you."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Behind Sonic two large polar bears stood there, both with unamused expressions on their faces. Sonic's jaw drops and he was quickly hauled towards the elevator.../span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Silver eyed the nearby clock before he turns to glance over at Tails, who was messing with his tablet, adjusting the settings on it. "...Sonic said he'd be back before an hour, right?" Silver asks worriedly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails glances up and give Silver a polite smile. "That's what he said. ~" He then beams. "He rarely goes back on his word, so I'm sure he'll be walking in any minute now."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...If you say so..." Silver says worriedly, glancing back towards the front door... Within a few minutes, Sonic enters the house, wearing an annoyed expression./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails and Silver quickly exchange a glance amongst one another before they both stand up. "... Find anything?" Silver asks./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Nah..." Sonic rolls his eyes before scoffing. "Not to mention they kicked me off of one floor completely." He grumbles in an annoyed manner./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails shakes his head quickly upon hearing this. "W-wait what...?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah... It was some dumb stuff... But no luck on finding anything on Darks... So off to Seaside Hill we go. ~" Sonic says, wiping the sour expression off his face before he flashes Silver a smile. "Ready?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh, I've been ready." Silver answers honestly, before he walks over to the door, getting to Sonic's side./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Alrighty...~" Sonic then smiles, glancing back over at Tails. "We'll see ya, Tails~"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Okay! Remember don't be afraid to call for backup if needed." Tails reminds his best friend, only getting a chuckle in response./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic's nap was a mixture of blissful peace and slight tossing and turning. He managed to get Amy to leave after repeatedly telling her to go home and that she did enough to help him out... He saw Amy more so as a little sister than a potential girlfriend, but he knew it was going to be a lot harder later down the road to get that into her head since she was so love-struck by him. He eventually woke up about two or three hours later, laying in his bed as he tiredly blinked the sleep away from his eyes. He then yawns as he rolls over to his side, glancing over at his bedside table. On the surface of it, only a single lamp and a framed picture of his family back home sat neatly. His parents, uncle, and siblings all posed with Sonic near the Tornado before he left to go save the world and travel for the first time. He was only sixteen at the time that he made that huge leap of fate./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic was one of the lucky mobians out there, one with a normal background with a loving family. He got along with both of his parents rather well, Chase and Breezy, and together they raised Sonic and his siblings, Sonia and Manic. Their household was a strange mix of a chaotic mess but also very wholesome at the end of the day. Sonic's Uncle Chuck also lived with them, but it just made Sonic's childhood all that more exciting. Chase was a man of his word, with a strong sense of justice and extremely smart. His good sense of morality rubbed off on Sonic as he grew up back home. Breezy's charismatic attitude and caring behaviors also became a huge part of Sonic's personality, however, his strong sense of adventure and heroism came from his uncle. Because Chuck's hobby of fixing up old machinery was the spark that lit the wick for Sonic's love for adventure... After he left his home and family, Sonic became one of the biggest heroes known to mobian kind./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic lifts his head off his pillow and stretches his legs as he gets up for the rest of the day. He lifts his arms above his head as he throws his legs over the edge of his bed, jumping to his feet as he shuffles over to the door, glancing over at the nearby clock that steadily ticked away on the wall. He read the time and noticed how it was almost noon now. /spanem style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;""Dang... I gotta get that information soon..."/emspan style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true" He thinks to himself, pushing the bedroom door open as he steps into the hallway, taking his time to walk downstairs carefully... When he glances over to the living room, he notices Silver was gone./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Huh..." He says aloud before he notices Tails at the kitchen table behind the couch. "Where's Silver?" He asks, curiously as he reached the bottom of the stairs./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails glances up from his tablet and flashes Sonic a smile. "I think he took your advice and went off to explore the city... I think he might have left maybe an hour ago?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh, okay. ~" Sonic couldn't help but smile as he strode past the living room, passing by several pictures that hung up on the walls... Photos of Sonic's and Tails' adventures and huge gatherings with friends and family. "Hopefully, he'll be back soon." Sonic then takes a seat across the table from the yellow fox before he glances down at the Miles Electric. "Any news?" He asks gently, hoping for some intel./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...Well, kinda..." Tails explains gently before he flips the tablet around, holding it upright for Sonic to peek at. "As I researched more about this Mephiles guy... I found some really old fairytales that date as far back as of 17th and 18th centuries... Apparently back then children kept going missing because of these so-called "Darks"..." Tails frowns a little. "Many went missing and were never seen again..."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic could not help but frown a little as Tails scrolled through old articles about missing children and creatures of the night taking them. "...That's awful." Sonic bluntly states. "...None of them were found?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Only a few were found... Alive thankfully... But most of the others though..." Tails' voice trails off quietly as he pauses, the look on his face said it all. He then nervously clears his throat before he starts back up again. "...The ones found alive would be hysterical with bazaar stories of creatures who morphed into shadows and ate off of their nightmares..." Tails shivers a little in his seat. "...Was that Mephiles guy like that?" He asks worriedly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...Honestly, buddy... I have no idea... All I know from being face to face with him... He is not a good guy... He is very manipulative and was able to steer Silver in the wrong direction... If he can trick friends and make them into foes... I want to take care of him as soon as possible." Sonic explains gently. "I'd hate to see any of my friends get more hurt than what he's already done so far."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""That I can agree with and understand." Tails says gently, sighing quietly as he pulls back, glancing back down at his miles electric. "I'll keep looking more into his background and see if I can find something... I hate that I wasn't there to witness him in action... if I was able to see him in person, I might have a better idea of what to look for."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""..." Sonic then chuckles a little. "I feel a lot better knowing that you are okay and were out of harm's way... Besides... I think we handled the situation nicely...~" He says with a wink./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails cannot help but snort in response to that comment, rolling his teal blue eyes with amusement. "I mean... Nearly causing the entire pyramid to collapse on you isn't something I would say a nicely handled situation... but I guess we all have our own beliefs." Tails says with an amused grin./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Before another word was said, the front door opens and their heads turn, spotting a silvery gray hedgehog coming inside, gently closing the door behind himself./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""There you are. ~" Sonic says, grinning as Silver freezes in his tracks. Sonic leans back in his chair, arm over the back of it as he flashes Silver a friendly smile. "How was the city?" He asks./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh hey..." Silver blushes faintly, giving an awkward smile as he approaches the others. "It was fine..." Silver answers honestly. "But I'm sorry if I took too long... I wanted to see what was in the city..." He then trails off a little. "Plus, I ran into someone."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails lifts an eyebrow, curious but since he was not as close with Silver as Sonic was, he decided to let the blue hedgehog across from him do the talking./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh?" Sonic asks with a slightly amused smile./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Y-yeah... So now I have a date on Thursday." Silver says bluntly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""A date!?" Sonic asks, stunned as he jumps out of his seat, amused as he quickly speeds over to Silver's side. "Don't tell me... Was it the cute waitress at the café? ~" Sonic asks with a smug grin, throwing an arm around Silver's shoulders, pulling him into his side as he waited for a response from the gray hedgehog./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...I-it was her... How'd you know?" Silver asks nervously, feeling awkward underneath Sonic's arm, but not fighting him off./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Had a hunch. ~" Sonic laughs a little, greatly amused. "But that's awesome man! I guess we gotta get you all cleaned up for your date in a couple of days...~"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""W-we?" Silver asks, confused./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails rolls his eyes, unable to take the situation seriously. "I mean, to be honest Sonic, you already know how I feel about dating and stuff. So, I might not be much help to Silver..." He scrunches his nose up, glancing over at the two hedgehogs before him, giving an apologetic smile./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh yeah, you think girls are weird." Sonic just scoffs a little, rolling his eyes. "When you get older you won't stop thinking about them... Trust me~" Sonic laughs a little before gently elbowing Silver in the side. "But no worries, we got plenty of time to make you look like a handsome devil...~"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...If you say so-"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Silver was cut off by the tablet in Tails' hands beeping. Ears perk up and Tails answers the incoming call... Holding the tablet upright, he watches an image of Shadow's face pop up in the top right corner, a video call./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Miles, it's Shadow... Do you hear me?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yup!" Tails says gently, smiling a little as both Sonic and Silver come up from behind, peeking over his shoulders at the tablet./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Good... I see that you're all there..." Shadow begins. "I'm sending over some files with some information... Has Sonic gone to the Agency yet?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic then leans in, eyeing his rival's face on the screen. "Not yet I was actually about to head out... What's up?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Well, we've actually dug up and received more information..." Shadow explains as several files come up on the screen of the tablet in Tails' grasp... Tapping away at several folders, The trio in the kitchen scan over the information. Several reports and other secret files that only G.U.N had access to were at their disposal now. "According to what we have... Princess Blaze of Sol Island seems to be familiar with Darks and what they are capable of... And she might be able to aid us in getting behind this mess..." Shadow's face was as stoic as ever. "I believe you are close with the princess, am I correct, Hedgehog?" Shadow asks, his question directed towards the blue hero./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic nods a little. "I mean it's been a couple of years since I have last seen her..." Sonic clarifies. "But I think she'd be more than willing to help us out~" Sonic says with a smile./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I see... Do you believe she'll be willing to give us some information or give us aid, then?" Shadow asks, his voice monotoned with barely any emotion./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I see why not..." Sonic responds, scratching his ear as he glances down at Tails before looking back up at Silver. "I guess we should head off then...?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Don't you still need to go to the agency?" Silver asks quietly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh yeah..." Sonic frowns a little, chewing on his bottom lip a little. "I need to do that too."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I'll give you an hour," Shadow replies bluntly, wearing the same stoic expression on his face as he stared up at them through the screen. "I'm sure you'll find limited information there, but anything is better than nothing."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Right...~" Sonic then flashes a smile. "I guess we'll meet up by Seaside Hill?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Correct," Shadow replies. "Don't be late." Shadow reminds the blue hedgehog bluntly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Says you." Sonic snaps back quickly. "I can handle myself, Shad."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Whatever." Shadow rolls his eyes before turning his attention back toward the yellow fox in the center of his screen. "I'll have G.U.N transport us there, so no need for the Tornado, Miles."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""If you say so, but if you need any backup, please let me know." Tails gently reminds the ebony hedgehog, who only replies with a simple nod./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Of course... Anyways... I'm signing off." He says bluntly before dismissing himself... The video call ends and Sonic sighs deeply./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Alright... I guess I'll be back, and we'll head off in an hour...~" Sonic says gently, patting Silver on the shoulder before he winks at Tails./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Alright Sonic, please be careful out there." Tails says gently as he watches Sonic stroll away towards the front door. Sonic carefully slides his feet into the shoes that he had left near the front door before he looks over his shoulder./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Always~" Sonic gives a thumbs up... and with that, he has gone in a flash./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic zips off towards the Hero Agency, again... However, this time he had a plan... He needed to head off towards the fifth floor, this time using the stairs since he knew it would be faster... However, upon spending roughly around twenty minutes searching through all the files they had available... Nothing was turning up at the agency... A koala bear that had offered her assistance to the blue hedgehog frowns a little at the mess that Sonic had made upon pulling several folders out of every filing cabinet on the floor./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""... Still unable to find what you need?" She asks worriedly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic flips through the folder in his hand in seconds, his eyes scanning the folder's contents rather quickly before he sighs in defeat, snapping it shut. "...Nothing..." He grumbles a little before he turns towards her. "Do we have ANYTHING on Darks in general?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...Like Team Dark?" The kola asks, trying to help as much as she could./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...N-no.." Sonic frowns, remembering that Team Dark was Shadow's team name with Rouge and Omega. "They're like... creatures of darkness and can really mess someone's day up," Sonic explains closing the nearby cabinet he had opened. "Apparently Princess Blaze has dealt with them... Maybe something about her island maybe?" He asks, trying to narrow the search down. However, upon going through the rest of the files... Sonic had turned up absolutely nothing... Darks didn't exist according to the Hero Agency, which was extremely annoying since Sonic had wasted time... But before he left, he was nice enough to fix up his mess for the koala bear, not wanting to make her job any harder than what it already was.../span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"However, before taking his leave, Sonic decides to make another stop, this time it was on the fourth floor... The recruiter's floor... He strolls into the office as he did the day before and spots her again, Sabrina./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Their eyes lock and she quickly averts her gaze, trying to make herself look busy as Sonic strolled up to her desk. "...Yes, mister Sonic?" She asks, typing something on her keyboard as she stared at her screen./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I was just wanting to check into the progress of Silver's application...~" Sonic explains lightly. "How's it going?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sabrina rolls her eyes a little, not amused before she turns to glance up at Sonic. "It hasn't left my desk... because as I stated before, Sonic... I can't do anything with it until I get that permission slip signed by an official G.U.N commander."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic felt his face form into a deadpan, shaking his head a little. However, before he could open his mouth, Sabrina cuts him off./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""However, I just assumed that since you left the building yesterday without the form, I'd just send it in any way." She says plainly. "I should have a signed form by the end of the day." She then gives him one fake customer service smile. "But do you have any information to offer the agency for Silver's file?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Sonic blinks quickly in response, unsure of how to answer since he did find out Silver's origin... problem was that Silver was from the future, and he did not have any information since he was not exactly born yet. "...Yeah, about that..." Sonic starts./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...So... We're wasting more time?" She asks bluntly, her fuchsia-colored eyes locking with his emerald./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""If you give me a second to explain my case, then you'll maybe understand why I'm having a hard time presenting this information to you."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Actually, Mister Sonic that won't be an issue, for you're leaving."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Behind Sonic two large polar bears stood there, both with unamused expressions on their faces. Sonic's jaw drops and he was quickly hauled towards the elevator.../span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Silver eyed the nearby clock before he turns to glance over at Tails, who was messing with his tablet, adjusting the settings on it. "...Sonic said he'd be back before an hour, right?" Silver asks worriedly./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails glances up and give Silver a polite smile. "That's what he said. ~" He then beams. "He rarely goes back on his word, so I'm sure he'll be walking in any minute now."/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""...If you say so..." Silver says worriedly, glancing back towards the front door... Within a few minutes, Sonic enters the house, wearing an annoyed expression./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails and Silver quickly exchange a glance amongst one another before they both stand up. "... Find anything?" Silver asks./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Nah..." Sonic rolls his eyes before scoffing. "Not to mention they kicked me off of one floor completely." He grumbles in an annoyed manner./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Tails shakes his head quickly upon hearing this. "W-wait what...?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah... It was some dumb stuff... But no luck on finding anything on Darks... So off to Seaside Hill we go. ~" Sonic says, wiping the sour expression off his face before he flashes Silver a smile. "Ready?"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh, I've been ready." Silver answers honestly, before he walks over to the door, getting to Sonic's side./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Alrighty...~" Sonic then smiles, glancing back over at Tails. "We'll see ya, Tails~"/span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Okay! Remember don't be afraid to call for backup if needed." Tails reminds his best friend, only getting a chuckle in response./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You got it Tails...~"/span/p
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