Title: Blast to the Past
Chapter 3: Uncle Knucklehead
Sonic and Tails both looked at each other with wide eyes,
"Uh..." Tails mouthed, 'just play along with it!' Sonic then shaikly smiled, "I mean...Papa! Yeah! Hey guys! What's up?" The twins began to nuzzle their heads in their dad's chest,
"Nothin' really Papa, we were just looking for you..." Roseanne then stood up from her chair and gave Sonic a hug, "Everything was weird for a second, but it's alright now that you're here!" The twins grinned,
"Where's mom?" the magenta hedgehog asked, as she smiled at Sonic was sweating at this point,
"Uh, mom's running some errands..."
"Ah okay...Hey didn't you say that you we're going to Cream's house for breakfast?" Sonic sweated,
"Y-Yeah...Hey! Why don't we all get dressed and get ready to go!" The twins cheered,
"Yay! Going to Cream's house for breakfast!" Roseanne smiled as she grabbed the twin's hands,
"We'll wait outside for you guys!" Rosy said as she dragged the twins outside. Somehow she could tell that something was wrong, so she decided to clear the room. Probably they had to talk about important buisness stuff. Galexia who was still at the window, flew over to Sonic, gave him a once over and flew away, her theory now even more solidified. As soon as Sonic and Tails were sure that the chao had left the room, they began to freak out.
"Tails!" Sonic said, his cool persona wiping away instantly, "Who were those kids...and why were they calling me Papa?!" Tails looked just as freaked out,
"I don't know! I was just outside to check on the Cosmo and then the twins jumped on my back and called me Uncle Tails! I told them they had the wrong guy, but they were set and then they proved it by talking about how much I talked about Cosmo!" Tails was beginning to break down in tears, "I don't know how they know about Cosmo, Sonic...And then they asked me about Sun and Xavier! Who's Sun and Xavier!?" Suddenly Tails went silent,
"Sonic...you don't think...these kids are from the future...do you?" Sonic looked shocked,
"The...the future?"
Tails looked thoughtful, "I mean, how else would they know about Cosmo? Plus they call you Papa…And I have noticed that they bear a strange resemblance to you and Amy…need I say anything more?" Tails said as he eyed the floor. Sonic was in shock, his mouth agape as flashes of a certain pink rose went through his head,
"Nah...it can't be..." Sonic muttered to himself in shock. Tails began to analyze the situation once more,
"And then that girl…Rosy I think her name is, asked me about Sun and Xavier, so I'm just assuming that Sun and Xavier are my children..." Tails trailed off. Then who's my wife? he thought in confusion. Sonic looked like he was going to be sick,
"Tails what are you trying to say?" the blue hedgehog began to hyperventilate, "Because if you saying what I think what you're trying to say then that's wrong man! Amy and I would-" Tails cut off the blue hedgehog, who was waving his hands around frantically,
"Sonic calm down! I'm just saying that maybe…" Tails gulped. Sonic looked like he was about to scream, "That maybe...maybe you and Amy get together in the end..." Tails squeaked. He knew how sensitive Sonic was about the entire Amy situation. I mean Amy would be thrilled once she heard the news. Sonic on the other hand, was now pacing around the room,
"Wait a minute! This could just be one of your pranks! Like the Amy robots! Or Eggman could have created these robots to look like my…"Sonic choaked on his words, "like my, offspring. Or-Or maybe this is all just some kind of funky dream that we're both sharing!" Sonic said wildly, Then that would explain Amy's behavior! And Me liking the kiss! That would never happen in real life! Tails sighed in defeat. Sonic was obviously in denial, so it looked like he was going to have to take charge of the situation.
"Well we can't arise suspicion...if the kids see us freaking out during breakfast then they'll surely know what's wrong. After the breakfast, we'll take aside the kids and tell them everything...but I don't have the heart to tell them now..." Sonic sighed as well, before plastering on a happy smile,
"Alright then." The older brother said as he walked out the door to meet the waiting kids. Once he saw the kids, his expression changed into one of happiness, a stark contrast to the bumbling mess he was, a few seconds ago.
"Alright guys! Before going to Cream's house we have to stop by Knucklehead's place." The twins cheered, "Yay! We get to see Uncle Knucklehead!"
"I wanna see Jem and Auntie Rouge and the baby!" Roseanne said happily. Sonic looked shocked for a moment, but masked it with stiffeled laughter, Knuckles and Rouge? Classic. Tails then pulled out his X-Tornado.
"We're gonna take the X-Tornado out for this express to Angel Island!" Tails chirped from the cockpit of his plane. Flash and Dash looked at the bi-plane in surprise,
"We're taking that old clunker?" Dash said,
"Why don't we take something cooler, like the Colbalt Tsunami or the Avalance?" Flash asked. Tails sweat dropped. Were those future planes that he would build in the future? Luckily Rosy had unwittingly saved him,
"Guys! Don't you remember Uncle Tails telling us about how the Tsunami's wings broke off, and the Avalanche has been under repair for months now!" Roseanne sighed, "You both are idiots…pay more attention!" Flash and Dash looked offended,
"We are not idiots!" Sonic then began to intervene,
"Alright guys! Come on! Lets get into the plane to go and see Knucklehead!" At the mentioning of their red-headed uncle, the twins stopped fighting with their older sister,
"I wanna see Uncle Knucklehead!" "Yeah! What are we waiting for?" The twins chirped as they jumped into the plane. The plane was normally sized for the max of two people, but since the twins were so small, they could fit in one seat. Roseanne and Galexia swiftly followed and sat in the other seat while Sonic sat on the plane wing. Sonic then gave the basket to Roseanne to hold, so that the contents wouldn't fall out. After Rosy strapped in the twins with seatbelts (much to their chargin) Tails turned on the engine, and began to fly down his runway,
"Three!" The boys began to shout as the plane was nearing the end of the runway, "Two!" Galexia gave Sonic another analyzing look, "One!" Roseanne smiled as the wind shook her magenta quills wildly,
"And we're off!" Flash shouted as Dash smiled brightly. The plane then lifted into the air as sped away as the lab soon became a speck in the distance.
"Yay! I love airplanes!"
"They're the coolest things ever!" the blue boys said as they high-fived each other, "But not cooler then Papa!". Roseanne giggled as she saw the boys high five each other and Sonic smiled a genuine smile. These little guys are so sweet… After maneuvering through the clouds for some minutes, the five-some could catch sight of Angel Island.
"I can see Angel Island!" Flash shouted as he looked out the side window,
"Landing in about five minutes!" Tails called over the wind,
"I can't wait to see the Master Emerald! Its super awesome!" Dash said as he smiled widely.
"Yeah!" Flash agreed. The five minutes passed quickly for the group as the plane soon made its way over the floating island.
A loud whirring sound could be heard all over Angel Island as the plane landed. As soon as Tails safely maneuvered the plane on the ground the twins jumped out and raced each other to the center of the island.
"Flash! Dash! Wait for me!" Roseanne said as she began to run after them, with Galexia clutching the basket. Sonic then began to race off, he couldn't let Knuckles see the kids before he had a chance to explain things. Tails who had watched the hedgehogs run off, sighed,
"Okay then, Just run off then. Not that I mind or anything…," Tails said sarcastically, before sitting down on a tree stump "The Avalanche huh?" The fox said to himself, as he began to draw up imagerinay plans, "I wonder what kind of features I put in it..."
Meanwhile, Sonic had caught up to the twins in a matter of seconds, making sure not to be seen. However, the blue hedgehog could not manage to not feel a swell of fatherly pride when he saw how fast the twins were going. Attaboys! Sonic grinned. He then managed to tear himself away from praising his children to remind himself that he needed to get to Knuckles first. The blue blur kicked up the speed by a couple of notches and was at the Master Emerald in seconds.
The Master Emerald's guardian, Knuckles was meditating on the steps of the shrine. He was trying to catch some rest before having to actually face the morning. He had been up all night because of a strange interference with the Master Emerald. It had been glowing so brightly that Knuckles couldn't sleep and only now had the Master Emerald return to normal.
Therefore, it was quite understandable that when Sonic ran up to him, and grabbed him from his sleeping position, he was more than angry. "Sonic!" An irate Knuckles shouted, "What the hell are you doing?" Sonic smirked,
"Saving you from an onslaught of hyper twins," Knuckles growled at him, "Didn't get a wink of sleep last night?" Sonic extrapolated, based on the bags that were under the echidna's eyes.
"Yeah... The Master Emerald was acting funny and wouldn't stop glowing…wait…did you have something to do with this?" Knuckles asked, his voice beginning to rise. Sonic looked offended,
"Hey man! I didn't do anything! What you don't trust your old buddy Sonic?" the blue hedgehog smirked, in an attempt to hide his true emotions. The Master Emerald was acting funny? Could this be because of the kids? "Anyway, Knuckles, I didn't come here to argue…there are three kids that are following me around. If they start calling me Papa don't laugh or say anything alright? I'll explain it to you later…" Knuckles, who was still sleepy, didn't wonder why Sonic was asking him to do this, but agreed anyway.
"Alright…" Sonic grinned a smile of relief,
"Thanks Man!" the blue hedgehog then grabbed Knuckles' arm once more and dragged him back to the shrine. Luckily Sonic was fast enough to reach the shrine, a couple of seconds before Flash and Dash did.
"Papa! I won!" Flash said eagerly, as he jumped up and down. Dash scowled,
"That's only because he tripped me! He's a big fat cheater!" Flash looked offended,
"I am not a cheater! You're just a baby!" The magenta hedgehog then ran into the clearing,
"Oh no. Here we go again…Oy!" Roseanne said commandingly as she stood in-between the two hedgehogs and separated them, "Stop it, both of you. Can't you see that you're bothering Uncle Knuckles? He looks like he's ready to hit one of you!" At this, the twins instantly forgot their fight and turned to face the red echidna,
"UNCLE KNUCKLEHEAD!" The two boys screamed before pouncing on the guardian. Galexia began to laugh so hard that she was snorting,
"Hey! What the!" Knuckles grumbled, "Nice to see you…" Suddenly, out of the cornor of Knuckles' eye, he saw the Master Emerald shine brightly.
"Good morning Uncle Knuckles!" Roseanne said as she smiled, "Sorry about Flash and Dash. They're being idiots…"
"We are not idiots!" The twins chimed in unision. Knuckles gave Sonic a look, to which the blue hedgehog awkwardly scratched the back of his neck, "Uh actually, we didn't just stop by randomly…" Roseanne then gave the echidna the basket,
"Here Uncle Knuckles! This basket is from Cream and it includes a breakfast and lunch!" Rosy said happily and Galexia grinned at the echidna. Knuckles grumbled, and glared at Sonic. Sonic cringed.
"Ahehehe…well come on kids. We've dropped off what we've needed to drop off, now lets go get breakfast!" The kids cheered,
"Yay! Breakfast!"
"See ya later Uncle Knucklehead!"
"Tell Jem that I said Hi!" The three kids said as they began to walk back to the plane,
"I bet I can beat you back, Dash!"
"Nu-uh! After all, I'm faster!"
"Yeah right! Wanna bet!"
"You're on!" The twins argued before the two teenage mobians could feel a blast of air and hear the shoutings of Roseanne. Once Knuckles was sure that the kids were out of hearing range, the echidna promply began to strangle the blue hedgehog,
"Uncle Knucklehead!? Start explaining Sonic!" the blue hedgehog gulped.
"Uh, I would like to now, but breakfast is waiting and all…" Sonic said as he began to inch away from the irate echidna,
"SONIC! GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"Catch ya later Uncle Knucklehead!" Sonic said teasingly as he sped off, back to the airplane. However, Knuckles who was steaming mad calmed down enough to sit on his pedestool, and contemplate the actions that just occurred. Why was the Master Emerald glowing? Why didn't Sonic want me to say anything…and why does everyone call me knucklehead?!
Either way, Knuckles could guess that he wasn't going to get much sleep for the next few nights.
A/N: This monthly update thing really sucks...I wish I could update more often for my awesome readers, but its the only solution that I can think of that won't let my grades suffer...
Next update 9/30 Don't kill me! I'm preparing for the worst, since I hear that all of my teachers like to torture the kids into seeing which ones will drop out of their classes! Terrible right? :/ I hear it gets better in October though...
(prepares for death threats) C-Chao for now!
~Galexia
