Disclaimer: God I get bored of writing this pretty fast. I don't own Sonic or related characters, yadayada, all ownership to Sega and Sonic Team. Amadeus and Rosemary are copyright Archie comics I think. If I'm wrong, correct me please. Story however is mine :) and any made up characters in the story (e.g. Artemis).

We left our heroes off at a short lived battle with Eggman. If you're wondering what this has to do with a 'hidden ability' you'll find out soon enough :)

Also there might be a slight misunderstanding with the driving at the start. Remember Americans, I'm British, I'm used to the driver being on the right side :P And I don't mean to be offensive. Don't hurt me :( Some of the words I have written in the American version. For instance, mom, so it sounds more like Tails. Mum sounds nowhere near :P

Lastly, thank you to tailsisreal for my first review!

Anyway. Read, review and/or enjoy ^_^

Chapter 3: A fatal accident

Sonic was jogging along side a car, heading out the outer suburbs of the city. Lucky for him, the snow had been ploughed out of the way. The car was driven by Amadeus, who had had a look of anxiety the whole way. No one had noticed however as one was outside the car and the other was asleep. He took a quick glance to his left at the snoozing Tails before turning into a driveway and into a garage. Sonic looked up at the house and let out a small whistle. It was the average two storey house, but it had a large balcony supported by two large pillars. The balcony itself was hard to see since it was covered in snow. Amadeus got out as Tails jolted awake at the sound of the door closing. Unbuckling from the seatbelt, he opened the door and slid out and closed the door behind him.

As they walked inside the house, all three were hit by a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen to the left. It was the unmistakable smell of freshly cooked chilli dogs. 'Mmmm... that smells good...' Sonic spoke out. Tails nodded in agreement while Amadeus had gone to the kitchen to talk to his wife while Sonic and Tails hung up their jackets and went into the living room. The two of them had yet another shock of their lives. This time, due to something he wasn't told about. Sitting on the floor, watching a children's show, was a baby two-tailed fox, and he too was a spitting image of Tails. If he was stood up, he would only come up to Tails' knee. He seemed to be unaware of the new guests, as he still watched the children's show that had a dancing purple monster, similar to the one Cream and Cheese danced to back on Earth. Instead of dancing however, the toddler just sat there patiently watching. Sonic and Tails quietly sat down.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Amadeus and Rosemary were talking.
'Now you may have a bit of a shock when you see these two Rose,' Amadeus exclaimed to his wife. She had long fur on top of her head that came down behind her to her neck, and only had one tail. She wore a long blue dress and her eyes were an emerald green, which could match Sonic's. Unlike her husband, she hadn't been put through the robotisizing process, resulting in her body still being whole. 'Oh, stop teasing me and tell me who it is already!' Rosemary exclaimed with a cheery smile as she picked up the dinner plates to carry in to the living room. Amadeus offered to take them, fearing she would drop them when she saw Tails.

As expected, when she walked into the living room, she gave out a large yelp at the sight of Tails. Falling backwards onto the wall, she clutched her chest with a horrified expression. Tails leapt to his feet and ran over to stop his mother from falling, whilst the baby had turned round to see what the commotion was about. She quickly gained her breath back, and after a minute, finally remembered why she had been scared and, after a few moments of registering who it was, took Tails into another nearly bone-crushing hug and cried into his shoulder with joy. Tails returned the hug and after a few seconds of hugging, they let go of each other and Rosemary took a second to look at him. 'You look just like your father Miles.' 'Please mom, call me Tails,' Tails replied with a smile which was returned by Rosemary.

'Tails!' the baby on the floor blurted it with a smile. He had now turned round fully and had started clapping his hands and continuously saying 'Tails! Tails!' while looking thoroughly pleased with himself. Everyone else chuckled and Amadeus said 'I think little Artemis here knows you're his big brother already Tails!' Amadeus excalimed which brought out a fresh dose of laughter from everyone. Artemis had stopped saying Tails' name as he spotted Sonic. He then blurted out 'Sonic! Sonic!' and caused even more laughter. When the laughter died down, Rosemary said 'he seems to be a bit of a fan.' Sonic nodded in agreement as Amadeus handed round the plates and Rosemary put Artemis in a baby chair with a table on it.

After a few minutes eating, Tails asked 'so how old is Artemis?'
'Four. Five in a couple of months,' Was Amadeus' response. 'And you should be about eight then, am I right?' he added after swallowing a mouthful of chilli dog.
'Nine. It was my birthday yesterday.'
'Then happy birthday to you Tails. Sorry we couldn't give you anything but...' Amadeus said with a rather guilty look on his face.
'Really, dad, it's ok. You couldn't have known, and besides, seeing you and mom again is the best present I could ever want.' Amadeus' spirit lifted at this and smiled at Tails, who smiled back.
'I really like your cooking Mrs. Prower. Never had chilli dogs so tasty in my life,' Sonic complemented Rosemary who smiled and thanked Sonic. Just then, a chip landed in Sonic's ear which caused him to jump. He looked round for the source, which he soon spotted as an over excited Artemis.
'Arty! Stop being rude and eat your dinner properly!' Rosemary said to Artemis who gave a look of sadness and said
'Sorry mommy. Sorry Sonic.' I would be more surprised of his communication skills if I didn't think that my father's intelligence had passed on to him too Tails thought to himself as Sonic pulled the chip out of his ear with a small chuckle and said to Rosemary not to worry about it.

Amadeus and Tails were soon in deep conversation about many different engineering and mechanical things that made no sense to anyone else in the room. Tails was explaining his X-Tornado and the Blue Typhoon, the spaceship he had created that had allowed him and everyone else to travel around the universe to stop the Metarex. Amadeus was amazed that one small person could build such a large machine without anyone else's help. Design it yes, but even with the correct technology, it could take a large team months to build it, and it had only taken Tails one month. Amadeus then went on to explaining some of his own inventions.

It reached nine in the afternoon when Sonic and Tails finally departed. Tails' family waved them goodbye, including Artemis, before they set off towards Angel Falls. Tails propelled himself along while Sonic jogged along next to him.

After going through three streets and on the outskirts of town, Tails was thinking of the recent events. Because of this lapse in concentration however, he failed to see an oncoming car as they turned a corner that led out of the city. Since Sonic was not accustomed to Tails losing his concentration, he didn't manage to save the kit in time. The car skidded to one side to try to swerve Tails, but it was too late. With a sudden look of surprise on his face, his legs smashed into the front of the car. Causing him to somersault, he then smashed his head off of the windscreen, knocking him out instantly.

Relatively short, I know. I was going to carry on, but instead, I've moved what I had typed on to the next chapter.

P.S. I didn't derive the Artemis name from the Artemis Fowl series. I was cycling through the mass number of names I know of to find one that was most fitting and chose Artemis. It wasn't until at the end of the chapter that I finally made the connection. Would of made it sooner if I hadn't been writing :P