Chapter 03:
Never let the other person go alone
Both of them were inside the cargo as the ride started, looking at the night sky. Cream looked down and was amazed.
"Tails look; all those lights look pretty!" Cream pointed down.
"Really?" Tails looked down where she was pointing. He too saw the collage of lights as bright as stars themselves and as small too, for they were already at the high point of the ride. Down at the controls, Sai, gave a grin as he pressed a button. There, the ride has come to a quick stop.
"Wow what just happened?" Amy wondered why the ride ended so quickly. Sonic had his heart beating faster then his running speed. Then he sighed.
"Phew, at least it's over. Somehow I'm starting to like this ride more. Only it would have been better if the ride ended with us in the bottom." Sonic thought as he turned to Amy as she was putting her lips out at Sonic. He stepped back a bit. "Amy what are you doing?!"
"I can tell Sonic, you can't resist. The quiet awkwardness, the sweating… the anxiety. Don't worry… you can kiss me." Sonic pushed as far away as he can from her, but the cramped space isn't helping much.
"Kiss you… I'm trying my best not to be with you!" Sonic thought. "Um… maybe not…" Back with Tails and Cream, they were over hearing the conversation. "No wait Amy. If you want some type of relationship… maybe it should be like a long… very long term relationship."
"Oh Sonic that's what I always dream of… being together… forever!!"
"Forever!!!" Cream started to giggle.
"Don't you think that they'll finally be together?" Tails had dark shading in his eyes with an awkward smile.
"Together… you'll be lucky that Sonic doesn't leave Amy in another dimension." Tails thought. "…Maybe…?" Then out of the blue, a strong gust of wind started to push the cargo side by side. "Try to hold on tightly to the sit." But it was too late; Cream was pushed to the other chair and then pushed to the door. Then handle bar released and it opened. Tails saw as Cream was slowly started to fall off. Without thinking, Tails rushed over and grabbed Cream in the last second. He was holding her by the arm.
"…Tails…"She closed her eyes. "Thank you" She thought.
"Hold on… I'll…" Just then another strong gust wind started to come and Cream was being moved more to the side. "I could fly and get both of us out, but doing that… could cause both of us to be blown away from the gust… And I don't think none of us have the experience to fly in strong wind." Tails thought as he tried his best to hold on to Cream. With the winds and almost close weight, that wasn't going to be easy. He only had the strength to hold her in the position. Sonic looked out the window by coincidence and saw the trouble that their in.
"Tails…! Cream…!" He opened the door. "Amy I need you to stay here and closed this door when I get out… they need my help." Amy was shocked but she still nodded. Sonic got out and Amy closed the door. He holds on tight to the metal bars outside. He slides each time but the continuation of gusts made it hard to hold on. Tails was reaching his limits and was his arm started to feel numb.
"Oh no… I can't hold on much longer." Tails thought.
--Flashback--
"Make sure you keep your friend there safe, okay?"
--Present time--
Tails opened his eyes widely.
"How in the world did the guy know this was going to happen? It just seems too much of a coincidence." Tails thought.
"Tails… I… I can't hold on much longer…" Tails gave a smile at Cream.
"Don't worry you don't have to…" Tails pulled as hard as he can and lifted Cream up in the air and into the cargo. Unfortunately, she hit her head, so Cream fell unconscious. Tails with no more strength, started to slowly fall off the cargo and towards the ground.
"No…! Tails…!" Sonic put out his hand but it was too far to reach. Slowly, inch by inch, Tails continued to fall.
"Is this it… is this really what I'm capably of…? I'm not strong enough to protect anybody I care most deeply about… nobody…" Tails thought.
--3 Days Later--
Tails woke up and found himself on a bed in the hospital. Sonic and Amy were on chairs sleeping and he looked at the bed and found Cream sleeping on the bed next to him.
"What happened, I remember…?" Tails recalled himself falling. "How? At that distance… I could have…?" There he saw Sonic waking up. "Sonic…?"
"Hey buddy. Feeling better now?"
"I think, but what happened?"
--3 days ago--
Tails continued to plummet down to his death. Sonic saw that he had no choice but to jump and try to catch him well landing safely.
"I got to do it now!" There he saw someone jump off. "What the…?" That person was Cream. Though just injured and bleeding from the head, she was awake and went down to save Tails.
"…C-Cream…" Tails thought as he saw a blurry image of her. Then he closed his eyes. The second he was about to hit the ground Cream got him and flaps her ears to make a safe landing. When they touched the ground, Cream dropped down Tails to the ground and then dropped herself on top of him.
--Present Time--
Sonic got up and patted Tails on the head and smiled.
"It doesn't matter, what matter is that you're safe and she safe to thanks to you." Tails gave a blank face but he was most relieved that not much hurt was done. Then he notices that Cream had a bandage on her head.
"Cream?!" He turned to Sonic. "Is she alright?"
"Yeah, they say she got hit in the head, but no brain damage was done… but you're worse of then her." Sonic sat back down on his chair with his arms crossed. Tails looked at himself and saw bandages all over his arm, ankle, and head. "They say that you probably sprain your ankles and tore you muscle from your arm when you hold on to Cream for that long… Then you damage you brain by going over your limit." He closed his eyes. "Though I don't know all that happened, but none of them should have that kind of strength… though I can't say that it wasn't some kind of inner strength." Sonic thought.
"So when can we leave out of here?"
"You've been out for three days… so I guess in four more days."
"Oh…" Sonic looked at Tails.
"Is there something wrong?"
"…No… I'm sure he can handle it on his own." Sonic raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm?"
--Tails workshop--
The front door in Tails workshop started to open and someone went through.
"If the key was in the mat, then that means he's not here…" The person that went through the door was a red strong echidna, Knuckles. He gave a grin. "…Then that would mean…"
--Flashback--
Tails and Knuckles were having a discussion in Angel Island.
"Knuckles I need a favor."
"Yeah what is it?"
"I need for you…" Tails turned his eyes away from Knuckles. "…to lend me… you're Master Emerald…" Knuckles started to get angry.
"Why do you need it?"
"I need it for some experiments. Look, you can come and pick it up in a week… I'll leave the key under the mat if I'm gone… and well you take it…" Tails sighed. "You can help yourself to anything on the fridge."
--Present time--
Knuckles was starting to go through the fridge.
"I normally don't agree to this… but there hasn't been any satisfying food there in months…" He looked again. "Oh sweet lazanna" Without releasing that the door was still open, a shadow was coming closer.
"So this is his crib… Not bad… but time to check the inside." The person to walk through was Sai, still wearing the uniform. "And by the looks of it… he's in there right now…" He gave a determined eye look. "Goody… then the fun can begin."
--to be continued--
