{My darlings! My writers' block!...it's…it's…still here! But I will try my best to write this chapter for you guys… will try my best…}
"I can't believe that you have the new game!" Storm said as he grinned at the screen. His character was controlling a remote control car bomb through the disastrous city of Metropolis.
"It was worth it. I did only stay all night for the midnight release in the freezing cold. I was first in line for it but after that, Sonic had to carry me home." Tails commented while he exploded a car. (A/N: Yeah…I'm writing this an hour before the midnight release for MW3. My mom didn't let me go. I have it on hold though.)
The two have been playing for some few hours already. Eyes glued to the screen, already knowing what buttons are for what, not even thinking of looking at something else. Storm's thoughts are in the game, forgetting why he was there or where his things were at.
Dun! The screen became dark with blood spots, Game Over. Tails stretched his arms up high and arched his back. Storm looked around, adjusting his eyes to the real world again. He shook his head, noticing the flower he brought with him. 'You're still safe?' Storm thought to himself. He examined it, remembering when he first saw the little flower glimmer in the sun.
"A sogni d'oro?" Storm looked at Tails, which was looking at the flower. Storm nodded at his question, which Tails kept observing the flower.
"It's so pure, just like the stories." Tails thought out loud.
"Stories?" Storm asked the fox. Tails looked up surprised that Storm heard his comment.
"oh…umm…you haven't heard the stories?" Tails looked down, a bit embarrassed. Storm shook his head. Tails began to clear his throat and sat up straight as he hold onto the flower.
"Long ago, while the Freedom Fighters were fighting an evil doctor, the land was in ruins. The grass was dead, there were no trees, toxic waste made puddles of gunk, and the air was filled with smoke. The poor fighters had to hide underground. But one great warrior was able to go to the top, to get revenge for all the destruction the evil man has done. This great warrior was from a distant place but fell in love with this planet until that man came. One day when he was venturing out to seek some more help, he found a rare sight; a little oasis of clean water and growing vegetation. He looked around and saw many flowers he had never seen before. But one little flower caught his eye in particular. A little white and gold flower with seven odd petals. He picked some up, marked the oasis in his map and decided to go back to the hide out. While he was on his way back to the hide out, hiding in the few trees that there were, he started to get really sleepy. He tried shaking it off and started to run back. Luckily for him, he reached the entrance of the hide out and went inside before he collapsed right then and there. When he woke up, he was in his bed being taken care of by the girls of the organization. His friends told him about the things he was carrying was being examined. After some few hours, they noticed that the flower had odd pollen where it causes people to fall asleep. Not only that, the fighter also gets the sweetest dreams they would get…until they start to wake up. It causes nightmares after the best dream you had. The great fighter had nightmares before he saw the maiden taking care of him. A great nightmare of the evil doctor turning them all into robots. They all thought that the flower was dangerous but the great fighter thought differently. He asked the engineers to make a weapon that can use the pollen. They were able to make it if only there were more flowers. The great warrior decided to go and find some more. The warrior sought for the flowers but alas, the evil man had gotten him and turned him into robot. But before he was turned into a robot and become his slave, his threw some pollen over to the old, sickly man. He received dreams about a world of chaos and destruction. But then he recalled about a nightmare, a horrible nightmare the evil man had. About a new group of kids that were going to stop him; and a blue blur. And years later, a blue warrior came and is succeeded to stop him. The Freedom Fighters named the flower the sogni d'oro; the dream of gold, to commemorate the lost soldier and the new language he taught them. The best dream and then the worst dream that is as valuable as gold. "Tails finally stopped for a breath of air. He looked over for a respond from Storm. The gray albatross was trying to suck in the information that the fox told him. 'A warrior from the past. He was able to find water and plants. He knocked out. Then turned into a robot. Before he was turned into a robot, he gave the evil doctor a bad dream. And now the flower is here…?' He looked down to the flower that Tails had given him half way through the story.
"So," Tails began to break the silence. "The flower is very important to us because of our history with this fight. And it still very rare due to the evil man trying to get rid of them after the disastrous dream he had. You are very lucky, Storm."
"Hm…I guess so." Storm examined at the little flower once again. 'Lucky? I'm lucky because of this flower.'
"Would it be okay if I take a sample so I can examine it?" Tails asked Storm, knocking him out from his thoughts.
"Will it hurt it?" Storm hugged the flower closer to him, but making sure he didn't crush it.
"No, of course not. I will just be taking a bit of a pollen sample and some few pictures." He assured him. "And maybe an x-ray or two." He whispered to himself. Storm caught the whisper but unfortunately wasn't able to hear what the intelligent fox said. Storm looked at the flower one more time and then handed it over to Tails who smiled at the touch of the flower again.
"I'll be back in a few. I must get the samples right away." Tails began to run to his laboratory (cough. Garage. Cough).
"Go ahead and get whatever you want from the fridge." Was the last thing heard from the 8 year old fox. Storm sat there in silence. He looked at the television, he could play some solo mode and upgrade his character, but he did feel somewhat hungry. He stood up, made sure that his board was okay, and then walked to the kitchen. The kitchen was next to the living room, separated by a door. Storm opened the door and turned on the light since it seemed pretty dark. The kitchen was simple; white tiles and light yellow walls, a little round table with two chairs, a brown cupboard, a normal sized refrigerator, a stove and a sink. He walked towards the refrigerator. He peered inside and a very few things. Tails had some sausages, milk, orange juice, some other kind of meat, cheese, chili, peanut butter, eggs, and random vegetables. Storm reached in for the peanut butter, chili and cheese. He looked around at the cupboards and found the bread. 'This will be fun. I haven't had a surprise sandwich for a long time.' Storm thought to himself. He found a knife and started to smear some peanut butter on two pieces of bread. He then slopped some chili onto the bread and last but not least, he shaved some cheese and sprinkled it on. He put both breads together and perfecto! Momma Albatross' surprise sandwich: made with love. Storm happily ate the sandwich as he remembered the times before he was off stealing stuff with the rest of the Babylon Rouges. He looked out the window; it was starting to get dark. Soon he will be off to find his friends. As he was thinking of being reunited by his friend, he started to hear odd noises coming from the back. Storm finished his so called sandwich and started to walk out of the kitchen, towards the garage. He had to pass through some hall ways, passing the bathroom and a few bedrooms. He reached the last door and decided to open it, slowly due to nerves. He peaked his head in and saw a bright blue light. Tails was standing in front of a machine, with a mask on, looking through some glass.
"Wow! It has so many different elements in it. By conserving the plutonium and contemplating them with the ions of the pollen, who knows what great discoveries I can find!" Tails was heard saying as he pulled out a box with an eerie green glow.
"Oh, where did I put that…" Tails searched around his laboratory for whatever he needed. Storm looked around and saw his flower on a table under the glass Tails was looking through. Storm jumped up from shock. He looked around the room; Tails was still looking for whatever he needed across the room, almost out of sight. Storm took aim and charged. He ran up, got his flower and ran out without Tails even noticing. He ran through the halls, to the living room where he got his gear and was about to run out the door. He stopped and looked around. He found a notepad and a pen on top of the television. He wrote some stuff on it and then ran out into the darkness that was now shrouding the earth.
Tails found what he needed and was now walking back to his machine with the plutonium in hand.
"This will help me out so much with my research," he told himself as he carefully took out the tube of glowing green liquid.
"Hey? Where did it?" He looked around and placed the plutonium back again. Tails looked under the table, next to his work place, under books and papers he had. After he made a mess, he decided to look in the other rooms.
"Nope!" he ran out of the bathroom.
"Nope!" he ran out of his room.
"Nope!" he ran out of the guest room he had for Sonic.
"Nope!" he ran out of the guest room he had for Knuckles.
He then ran into the kitchen and looked around. The peanut butter was still on the table with the lid next to it. The bread was in its place but with less bread in it. The chili he made for Sonic was now gone and the cheese was smaller than what he remembered. He looked around and didn't see the flower again. He ran to the living room and noticed the emptiness. Storm was gone, so was his gear, and let's not forget the flower. Something caught Tails' eye, so he looked onto the table. There was a note, written in a messy handwriting.
Dear Tails,
Thanks for taking care of me. I ate a sandwich with the stuff you had in the fridge,I had good time playing Mobius Warfare 3. I took my flower so don't think you lost it.
Sincerely, Storm.
Tails shook his head and scratched his head. He looked over to the door and saw that it was open. He went to go close it and then locked it. He looked at the empty room.
"I could have made a great discovery. Too bad. I had fun with him…I could have helped him on his grammar as well." Tails slumped onto the couch and sighed.
{Poor Tails was lonely. Awww... yeah. Okay so this is the chapter. Sorry that it sucked…but I promise that the next one will be better. Hehe…he. Mobius Warfare 3= MW3! Don't judge me on the science talk with Tails! I just added words that popped up in my head. I think that's it… So, Wait up for the next chapter of Leaving a Storm Behind. }