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I have been watching the TV series 'Lost' on my computer and I think the show is helping me with adding more drama and suspense with this story.

Chapter Five

Clueless Calamity

1 Month, 24 Days and 10 Hours before Black Egg Armageddon

Two days after Tails came back, he was good as new . . . well accept for his missing tail. He told us everything that he could remember, but his new description on Eggman freaked me out the most.

The next couple of days were a filled with joy and happiness when Tails had returned. Everyone teased him a bit on his missing tail, but they all decided to stick to his original nickname. At least he had one left, so he wouldn't seem as much as a freak later on, but Tails was Tails even though he went through some cruel torture. Nothing seemed to break Tails childish spirit when he came back, even after being tortured, the fox was still able to laugh, talk and even smile, which made Sonic feel good to see that his little buddy was as strong willed as he is, maybe even stronger.

A beautiful sky was bright and shiny, with no clouds and nothing but a beaming hot sun above Station Square. Mobians of all shapes and sizes walked, ran or jogged through the city, filling the streets with lots of people. Cars strode by carefully, following the rules of the road to keep everything safe. Everything looked normal and everyone hoped it would stay that way. But there's always the feeling that something bad was going to happen, but that was normal, since Sonic the hedgehog did live in the city.

"His muscles are huge! Almost as thick as a Christmas ham!" said an over exaggerating Tails as he sat in the hospital bed.

Sonic sat next to Tails' hospital bed; his feet on the edge of the windowsill and a carefree look on his face. Sunrays beamed into the white room giving it a cozy feeling. Doctors, nurses and janitors walked at a working pace outside of Tails' room, but neither of the two minded the commotion. Next to the windowsill were vases with flowers that had 'get well' cards with them. So far, Tails had received a lovely bouquet from Sonic and Amy which made Tails believe that they were dating now, a bunch of pulled weeds from Charmy, an elegant Lily flower from Espio, an assortment of flowers from Vector, a single rose from Shadow, who Sonic forced him into getting him a flower, and a wonderful vase filled with flowers from all ethnicity from Vanilla, Cream and Cheese.

After a while of listening to Tails talk about Eggman's new body, Sonic was starting to think that maybe Tails was a bit delusional. Like he would believe that Eggman somehow turned into some massive brute like the Incredible Hulk, Sonic has seen a lot of crazy things, but he couldn't just believe that his obese nemesis could lose weight and gain muscles in a couple of days. But Sonic just passed it off as some delusion since Tails did suffer some serious head wounds that could've messed with his brain.

"Really?" asked Sonic in a curious tone that he was faking just to seem interested in Tails' rambling.

"Seriously! He got buffer and crazier two!" exclaimed Tails.

But there was some truth somewhere in Tails' talking. The fox had to remember something from his kidnapping. Even though it sounded ridiculous, Sonic did kind of believe Tails. At the beginning of his story, Tails said that Eggman didn't bring any robotic scrap heads with him, which perked his curiosity. Them Tails said that he used his Mark II Zeus Gauntlets on Eggman but still lost. Sonic has seen the metal gauntlets and was highly impressed with Tails' ability to make a weapon that he could use in case of an emergency, but if Eggman can beat those without any robotic help, then there is definitely something wrong.

"Do you remember anything else?" asked Sonic, trying to get some more information out of Tails.

"Well," said Tails, trying to remember everything. "Before he knocked me, out he did say something about water."

Sonic was fascinated with Tails huge amount of willpower. If Sonic was in a situation like Tails, his spirit would be snapped like a twig, but Tails was still able to retain his child-like attitude even through the darkest of hours.

"Come on buddy, you've got to remember everything." said Sonic.

He had to get some clues out of Tails that might tell him who his next target is or what his plans are. Eggman's physical description and changes to his body could wait.

Amy was at Sonic's house, after what had happened. She was glad that they got their friend back and even happier to see that he wasn't in some sort of traumatic shock from his torture. A smile adorned the pink hedgehog's face as she plumped down onto Sonic's cough, TV remote in hand. In front of her was a table and on top of it the small envelope that they had received from Eggman that said 'Open the small box first.' Amy wanted to throw it away, but Sonic kept on insisting that he kept it since it might hold some sort of secret clue.

The TV held no interesting stories or shows that Amy wanted to watch, so she had to deal with a subpar episode of a drama she had already watched. After about ten minutes of bland television Amy got off of the couch to go get a drink of water.

"It's kind of foggy, but he looked me in the eye and told me some stuff." Said Tails as he scratched the top of his head which was wrapped in bandages.

He had to remember, if Eggman was as cruel and as strong as Tails described him as, the information might hold the key to saving someone's life.

"You've got to more descriptive, bud." said Sonic, as he leaned in closer to Tails.

Tails leaned back in his bed, trying to remember the rambling of the mad doctor when he was bolted to a wall on the verge of death. Anyone would have totally forgotten that moment, but since Tails was smarter then others, his memory was good.

"Something about an envelope and water . . . but there was one more thing . . ." said Tails, trailing off to remember.

Envelope and water, that instantly registered in Sonic's head the letter they got from Eggman when they found Tails and water. Not that much information, but it would to work for now.

Amy got back with her glass of water and placed it next to the envelope. She then carelessly plopped back onto the couch. The sounds of a single button being repeatedly pressed was in the air as Amy whizzed through the channels, finding nothing on. She then lifted her legs up and set them onto the table, but recklessly spilled the glass of water she had brought over. Amy jumped to her feet startled at the sudden spill and ran over to get paper towels to soak up the water.

Tails was starting to think hard, as Sonic watched. "He said it was someone we know."

"Like his next target?" asked Sonic, jumping to conclusions.

"I don't know, but all I've got so far is that he said something about water, an envelope and someone we know." replied Tails with a shrug.

"Tell me, we can't let Eggman take someone else." demanded Sonic, trying to keep his voice down.

The information was starting to get serious. Eggman's next target might be someone they know, a friend, a family member, anyone. Tails found that he had to remember, he wanted to save a life now. Both of them knew the importance of the information, with it, they could save one of their friends.

Once Amy got back with the paper towels, she found that the letter from Eggman had been soaked with water. With an embarrassed little shriek, she ran over to it and picked it up. Amy then began to wipe the water off of the table, the letter laying on the floor next to her.

Tails then jumped a little in his bed, finally remembering an important piece of the mind puzzle. "He said it would be a girl!" he exclaimed.

Sonic took on a nervous expression. He didn't know many girls, but if Eggman was going to attack who he thinks he's going to attack he had to hurry.

"Quick! Before I go, is there anything else that you need to tell me?" asked Sonic, ready to go run to his house.

After wiping all of the cold liquid off of Sonic's table, she looked down at the soggy letter. She picked it up and found something new written on the paper. Something that was never there before.

Tails tried to remember and to his surprise he found something hidden within his head. "He said that the girl has a crush on someone."

Things were starting to fall into place and Sonic knew who Eggman was after. He was ready to start running. He put one foot forward, about to push himself into his supersonic speed.

"Wait!" yelled Tails from his bed.

Sonic stopped his run and looked at his friend. Sonic cursed under his breath, he had to hurry.

"I remember something! I have a name!" said Tails, making Sonic stop dead in his tracks.

That was it, the information that would relieve Sonic if Tails would say the any other name other then Amy.

Amy picked up the moist letter and on the back of it some new words were inked in. She looked at it with a confused glare, but instantly found meaning in it. A shocked look made its way onto Amy's face as she dropped the soggy piece of paper. Mouth open with shock, the paper had three things on it. A name, a date and a specific time. The date was set for today, the time was one minute from now and the name shocked her the most.

"It's-"

BOOOOOOOOMMMMM!

A loud explosion sounded in the distance cut Tails off midsentence. The explosion was still in Station Square, but loud enough so Sonic couldn't hear what Tails had said. People within the hospital started to scream and run about while Tails looked through the window to see a plume of smoke rising into the air. Sonic pinpointed the location and ran off. This couldn't wait any longer and he hoped it wasn't who he thought it was.

In the distance, fires burned and smoke arose into the air. People screaming for help joined in with the sounds of sirens that belong to firefighters. Within the fire, a large hulking mass strode, as if the fire had no affect on him. This new enemy wore a red jacket that was unbuckled and flailing open so people could see his well toned abs underneath. Black boots crunched the charred car that he was stepping on as the massive human walked off of it. A psychotic smile was placed on the man's small head and his round glasses shimmered in the fires illumination.

"Showtime."

And now I start to shake things up a bit. Yes, I added an hour slot, because I'm going to start turning the clock back a bit in this story, so just you wait.