Title: Blast to the Past
Chapter 9: Familial Ties

"I'm adopted," The air in the room chilled as Xavier spoke those words. Tails was pretty sure his eyes couldn't have become any more wide,

"Really?" Tails asked, flabbergasted. Sun sighed,

"Well that's one way to put it…I was going for a gentler approach," Tails turned to Xavier,

"How…How did it happen?" Xavier's gaze drifted towards the ceiling,

"It was a year before Sun was born…"

.:Flash Back:.

There had been a raid on my village. Eggman had attacked,

"Sonic! You go after Eggman! I'll check up on these villagers!" Tails shouted to the blue hedgehog before running back to the village. Eggman had struck once more, but the damage on this village was particularly harsh. The large man had shown no mercy as he sent missle after missle after innocent villagers. The houses were on fire. Women and children were screaming, and the men were trying to protect their families. There weren't any chaos emerald sightnings in this area either, so Tails was still puzzled to why Eggman had attacked here. Cream and Amy were tending to the wounded and Knuckles had gone off with Sonic. Tails was running around trying to put out the fires and helping the villagers.

It was a tragic sight.

"When did Eggman become so cruel?" Tails murmured underneath his breath as he ran to get another bucket of water. Suddenly his ear twitched. There was a shrill scream that came from behind him. Tails frantically turned around, only to see one of the houses collapse on a green fox. Near the edge of the fire stood a little green fox. No older than three,

"Mommy!" The little green fox ran back into the house. Tails gasped. He was going to get himself killed,

"Little kid!" Tails shouted. Without thinking, he ran into the burning house. Almost instantly, Tails' lungs burned and his eyes watered. He could barely see and hardly breath. They need to get out of here before they were killed, "Little kid!" he shouted horesly. Tails maneuvered around the burning pieces of the house before he saw the green fox trying to lift a piece of wood off of his mom. Tails' eyes watered with unshed tears as he looked at the female fox.

She was already dead

In her hands was a bag. Tails took the bag out of her hands. Whatever was inside of it, must have been important. The little green fox finally noticed Tails,

"M-mommy…" Tails choked back a sob, as the green fox began to cough. He couldn't help his mom now. The best he could do was lead them both out of this burning building before they both died.

"We…We have to get out of here!" The green fox stomped his foot and grabbed his mother's hand,

"Not without Mommy!" Tails saw a large flaming piece of the roof fall inches away from where they were standing. If they stood here any longer, they would both have the same fate as the green fox's mother. Tails scooped up the howling fox in his arms,

"Mommy! Mommy no! Mommy!" The green fox cried. Suddenly he began to cough violently and he couldn't see. The tears were blurring his vision.

"I'm so sorry…" Tails muttered as he took one last glance at the dead fox before sprinting out of the building. He noticed that the green fox in his hands had stopped yelling and Tails looked down only to see him curled up in his arms, "Hang on little kid! We're almost out!" Tails said. Just as he was home free, a large amount of flaming debris fell on the door way, leaving them effectively trapped. Tails lungs choaked for air. He dropped to the floor, where the airway was a bit clearer,

"W-We're going to die…" Tails sobbed as he wrapped himself around the green fox. He had lost all hope. "I'll finally get to see Cosmo…" Suddenly

Tails snapped out of it, "No! I can't endanger this kid's life! Cosmo you'll have to wait!" With new vigor, Tails forced his eyes to open and look around. He couldn't bear much of this any longer, These walls must be weak from the fire…its gonna hurt, but its our last chance, Tails grit his teeth before picking up the bag, and the child. He shielded the child's head before slamming shoulder first into the nearest wall.
Tails cried out in pain. His body was convulsing in the most unimaginable way possible. His mind blanked out at once and his vision blurred. He felt like he was on fire, and most likely he was. His shoulder was in the most pain though. He suspected it was broken. With the last of his breath he called out for help. The last thing Tails saw before he blacked out was the green fox staring back at him with his big grey eyes.
Cream, who wasn't far away from Tails heard his voice, and screamed when she saw the fox's condition. His fur was on fire, and he was raggidly breathing. In his arms was a scoarched black bag and standing over him, looking at him in shock was a small green fox.

"Tails!" Cream said as she pulled the fox over to a safer place from the burning house, "Stay with me Tails! Don't die on me! Don't go with Cosmo!" she sobbed as she quickly tended him, "Amy! I need you!" Amy, along with Sonic and Knuckles, whom had quickly defeated Eggman and sent him running, were all in shock once they saw the yellow fox. Sonic cradled his little brother,

"Tails! Stay with us! Don't go Tails! Just hold on!" Sonic said as he teared up. Amy took her tear lidded eyes off of the poor fox only to look at Sonic,

"Get him to a hospital. He has a whole bunch of burns, and we can't cure them with the medicain we have here." Sonic nodded and was about to run when the green fox called out,

"No!" Everyone looked at the fox in shock. When had he gotten there? The green fox ran up to Tails, "Don't take my Daddy!" Tears were streaming down her face. This poor fox…was he the one that Tails had run inside to save? If so, that would explain the sudden attachment…but where was his mother? Had she perished in the fire? Amy hoped not. She picked up the green fox in her arms, but he squirmed and tried to get out of them,

"No! I want to stay with Daddy!" Sonic looked at Amy unsurely. Amy nodded, "I'll go with you Sonic. We can't just leave him here by himself, and he obviously has some connection to Tails," Amy turned to Cream,

"Cream, I want you and Knuckles to get these people to the safty of the forest. Once we get everyone there we can work on healing everyone and putting out these fires," Cream nodded, her eyes still red. Knuckles nodded as well,

"I'll get started on the fires Cream. You get everyone out of here," Knuckles said. Once Sonic was sure they were okay, he blasted off without another word. Amy shot after him,

"Where are you taking me?" The green fox asked. Amy smiled sadly,

"We're going to the hospital. Daddy," she cringed at the word, "Will be there too," The toddler took this as an acceptable answer and dozed off in her arms. Everything had happened too fast, and he needed sleep.

Sonic and Amy had gotten to the hospital in no time. Tails and the little boy were placed in the same hospital room (the little fox wouldn't stop screaming and yelling until that happened). After a few hours, Tails began to stir, much to Sonic and Amy's joy. The small fox was fast asleep on the bed next to Tails.

"Tails!" Sonic said as he gave the fox a big hug,

"Don't scare us like that ever again!" Amy sobbed as she joined in on the hug. Sonic pulled away from the hug, his eyes red,

"What happened little buddy?" Tails' voice was a little hoarse but he could still talk,

"I saw the house collapse on his mom. He ran back into the house and I saw him go in. I went after him, and I saw him mom." He started to sniffle,

"She was already d-dead and the little kid wouldn't leave her side. She was holding a bag, so I grabbed it and the kid. We were about to leave, where the door got covered by debris. I grabbed the kid and the bag and slammed through the wall, with my shoulder in order to get out," Tails looked at Sonic with wide eyes, "Where is he? Is he okay?" Sonic gave him a sad smile,

"He over there on that other bed. He didn't want to stay away from you. He was calling you Daddy…and he wouldn't leave you alone all the way here," Amy glanced at the sleeping fox,

"Poor guy…" She then got up and sat next to him on the bed. Sonic looked at the fox before looking at Tails,

"Hey Tails…"

"What is it Sonic?"

"Maybe you should…adopt him. After all, it looks like he doesn't have a family now, and he seems pretty attached to you. I'm pretty sure that since he was calling you Daddy, that he's never met his dad…and you know what happened to his mom…" Tails looked down at his hands,

"Sonic I can't. Right now, I'm really unstable. Ever since Cosmo…passed I haven't been taking care of myself. Heck, Amy sometimes has to come and force feed me!" He laughed bitterly, "How will I be able to take care of a two year old?" Sonic looked away from him,

"I just think having him around would be a benefit to both of you. Besides…we can't leave him like this…" Sonic said as they both looked at Amy. The fox had shivered and snuggled in closer to Amy's body.

"Mommy…" he mumbled. Amy stroked her fingers through his fur,

"Its alright sweetie…I've got you…" Tails teared up at the sight,

"I'll…I'll think about it, Sonic…" Sonic smiled gratefully at him. The little green fox stirred at the feeling of Amy's fingers in his hair, and he woke up instantly,

"M-Mommy? What's going on?" He asked as he looked at Amy with scared eyes, "Y-You're not Mommy! Where's Mommy?!"He looked frantically around the room until he spotted Tails on the bed, "D-Daddy!" He jumped onto the bed and into Tails arms, "Daddy! I was so scared! Mommy was in the house and she wouldn't get up and I had to save her but we had to leave! And I couldn't see and it was so hot and I kept coughing and I was so scared!" The fox cried into Tails' chest, "Where's Mommy?" Tails looked at him. His blue eyes shimmering. After a pause, he knew what to say,

"She's in a better place," Tails said as he hugged the fox, "What's your name, little guy?"

"X-Xavier," he sniffled. Tails gave him a warm smile,

"My name is Miles Prower, but everyone calls me Tails," The green fox's eyes widened,

"S-So you're not my Daddy?" Tails shook his head,

"No…I'm not..." Tails gave Sonic a worried look. Sonic looked back at him with an emotion Tails couldn't read. Tails turned his attention back to the small fox in his arms, "But I wouldn't mind becoming your dad.. Xavier, how would you like to stay with me for a while?" Xavier rubbed his face in Tails' chest,

"O-okay…Tails…" Tails rubbed his back,

"You can call me Daddy though, okay?" Xavier sniffled,

"Okay…"

.:End Flash Back:.

"After that day in the hospital, as soon as you were okay, you took us to City Hall and properly adopted me. We went home and looked through my Mother's bag. Inside of it were some family pictures, some baby videos that you were able to restore and my Mom's wedding ring," Tails was silent as Xavier told him his story, "Then a year after, Sun came out of the seed and the three of us have been togehter ever since."

"That's…wow…" Tails was speechless. He looked at Xavier, his blue eyes conveying so many emotions, "I don't know what to say…"

"You don't have to say anything Dad. I've always felt like I've been a part of the family. You're a great dad," Tails felt a surge of fatherly pride as he looked from Xavier to Sun. He then wrapped them both in a hug.

There was a comfortable silence as the Prower family was reunited.

Meanwhile, Sonic, Knuckles and Vanilla had been easdropping on their conversation. They had been eating French Toast with the kids when all of a sudden they had heard Tails crying. Knuckles, Vanilla and Sonic had wanted to go and comfort him, but they were surprised to see that Sun was already there. Then Xavier had come in, and the threesome had heard everything. Knuckles pulled away from the door first,

"Wow…that's just…wow…" Sonic began to look at Tails in a whole new light, and Vanilla turned back to face the kids,

Only to see that they all had been listening, "Poor Tails has to go through so much…" Cream whispered, tears falling down her cheeks. Vanilla pulled her into a hug, "Its alright dear…" Sonic turned to Rosy, Flash and Dash, "So, you guys already knew then?" Rosy looked to the ground,

"Yeah. All of us knew, but we really don't talk about it. It's a sad story, but we never leave Xavier out and we sometimes forget that he's adopted. He really looks like Uncle Tails and Sun treats him like he's her real brother," Sonic looked at his kids, who all had sad faces mirrored on their faces,

"Why don't we go and hang outside while we give them some space?" Flash nodded,

"Okay! Does that mean that we get to see Mommy now?" Sonic froze. He had completely forgot about Amy. Everything that had happened that morning all came back to him. The kiss began to ring in his head and he turned red, "Oh boy…" He said as he felt his muzzle heated up. He couldn't deal with all of these emotions right now. He felt trapped, as the kids waited for an answer. So he did what he always did when he felt trapped.

He ran.


So there's Xavier's story. I died a little on the inside while writing it T^T But now you all know why I love him so much! He needs a little love /3

Anyway, there is a small companion one-shot to go along with this chapter. Its called Tension, and it delves a little more into Tails's and Xavier's relationship. I really hope you guys read it!

Chao for now!

~GTC