Letting out a deep sigh Knuckles heavily dropped onto the chair across from Tails, it was nice to have some comfort, even if it was only for a little while.

"So...?" Tails pushed. Knuckles had been here for a while and had yet to tell him why exactly he was here, after all it was very rare that he would just drop in.

"Have you noticed anything strange lately" he muttered to no one in particular.

"Huh?"

"Only Amy's gone missing, and well Sonic and Shadow now seem to be best buddies... if you ask me something isn't right, and with you and Sonic being as close are you are maybe he's said something..."

"You're not suggesting tha-"

"That what? Sonic's had something to do with Amy's disappearance? Don't tell me you haven't noticed anything different about him, he's practically a train wreck!" Tails sighed, he hated to admit it but something was defiantly wrong with Sonic and now come to think of it, it probably had something to do with Shadow.

"So what do we do? You've seen how he is we can't just go over there demanding the truth and I really don't think Shadow will tell you anything even if he has had something to do with it" Tails hung his head down and gripped the arms of the chair trying to not let his emotions get the better of him "And Shadow's changed now, after everything we all went through together you can't expect him go back on his word!"

"Oh really?" Knuckles scoffed.

"Well yo-" Tails was suddenly cut off by the shouting that echoed outside.

"What the..?" Knuckles forcefully lifted himself off the chair and stumbled to the window in a desperate attempt to put an end to the disruptive sound.

"We know you're in there!"

"What? Tails did you call the police!"

"W-what? No!" It was now tails' turn to stumble across to the window, where he peered in an attempt to stay hidden.

"Knuckles the Echidna, come out with your hands up" Knuckles blinked unable to take his eyes off the chocolate brown dog which stood a metre or two away from the building. He wore the normal police uniform and was accompanied bya colleague, who was leaning against a police car, and another car which was acting as a barrier where two men were crouched pointing their guns in the direction he was in.

"...what did you do...?" Tails was speechless.

"Nothing I swear this must be Shadow's doing, now is there another way out I need to get out of here without them noticing me!"

"Back door, I'll go out and talk to them, maybe they have the wrong idea or something?" Knuckles nodded and headed out.

Tails carefully walked to the front door, after all there was no need to cause a mass panic of blind shooting. Breathing in heavily Tails opened the door and immediately covered his eyes t block the sudden light.
It was when his eyes adjusted that he saw the brown dog approach him, a frown on his face.

"C-can I help you?"

"We're looking for a Knuckles the Echidna" The dog huffed "Witnesses say he was heading this way. Have you seen him?"

"No. Sorry"

"Any ideas of where he could be then" He grumbled. Tails shrugged.

"WAIT!" Tails grabbed his arm before he turned to leave "What's going on why are you looking for him?"

"Last night an Amy Rose was brutally murdered and we have reason to believe that Knuckles the Echidna was involved. If you do see him I suggest you be careful and keep your distance, this is a dangerous suspect we're dealing with!"

"I-I see..." Tails watched the two police cars speed off into the distance and released a deep sigh.

How could he have been so stupid? Maybe Sonic did know what happened to Amy, it would explain why he was acting so strange but what if Knuckles had something to do with it... It was unlikely but a part of him thought that maybe he was capable of it. After all he didn't seem very upset when hearing about Amy's disappearance and seemed more worried about getting even with Shadow. Either way Tails had to find Knuckles. He had to find out what all this was about and well to prove to himself whether he could trust him or not.