Tails was sulking as he walked past the window box that the young peach-furred echidna was tending to. She looked up with startled light-blueish-purple eyes as the fox kit gave a loud sigh. Not only was she wondering why Tails was on the THIRD floor when he lived on the second, but she also was worried about the fox's moods, as her startled look had quickly turned into pity.

"What's wrong, Tails?" She wondered, putting the watering can down on the windowsill, the same worried look in her eyes. Tails looked up and sighed again.

"I don't need your opinion this time, Tik." The girl wrinkled up her nose in a childish fashion.

"Don't call me that! I'm Tikal, okay? The Bread Girl." Tails rolled his eyes and smiled weakly at the girl's childish nature.

"Whatever… Tikal. Either way, I don't need an opinion on anything. Also, latest I've heard, you're on the run!"

"Where'd ya hear that? I'm not on the run from or for anything. After all, I'm still here, right?"

"Umm… Shadow told me that you're wanted for possession of illegal drugs."

"I am totally not! They just thought that because I was swerving all over the road and they said I was 'way too happy for someone who had just been pulled over' seriously! And another thing, since when do you listen to Shadow of all people."

"Well, you DO have an awfully upbeat attitude most of the time. Even when you found out that Joe had moved away! And Shadow used to work for GUN, so I HAVE to trust him on most things. He still has ways of getting info!"

Joe the Badger was one of Tikal's many friends. He'd lived in a nearby trailer park, but then had to move for whatever reason. Shadow HAD worked for GUN, and his way of getting info was to invite the girls that worked there over for a bit of "fun."

"Anyway, I'm wasting my time arguing with you. Also, I heard that Westopolis is gonna open up a Fuzzle Factory."

"What's that?"

"A place where they breed Fuzzle, keep them all in one little pen, never feed them or change their water, and then when they need to take the fur from them, they just rip the softest fur off of the back, and leave the thing to die in its pen, or it gets eaten by its starving cagemates!"

"Oh my gosh, that's HORRIBLE! Are places like that even LEGAL! KNUCKLES GET MY CELL PHONE AND START THE CAR!"

Having tooken care of Tikal, Tails continued his walk around the apartment complex. He got down to the ground level and was walking on the sidewalk to Building C when he ran into Shadow. The black and red hedgehog was busy washing his motorcycle. The vehicle matched Shadow's fur, just in a lighter red shade, and it had his insignia on the sides.

"Hi, Shadow. Did you hear about Sonic?" A red echidna had just rushed up followed by Tikal. "Oh, Hi, Tails!"

"Hi, Knuckles."

"Don't touch it!" Shadow snapped at Tikal who had been about to touch the shiny motorcycle in front of her. "No, I didn't hear. What's Faker gotten himself into this time?"

Tails blushed as and looked at his feet. He then wondered HOW Knuckles had gotten the info. He then decided that Sonic had told him.

"Sonic's pregnant."

"Pfffffffft… yeah right. He's a guy, right Tails?"

"No… well… yes, he IS a guy, but Knuckles isn't lying. He really is pregnant. With my kid."

Shadow snickered as he heard this, and then burst out laughing as Sonic walked up and wondered,

"What's so funny? I don't think I've EVER seen Shadow that happy. Or anyone else, for that matter."

Tikal opened her mouth to say something, but was promptly shut up when Sonic said,

"I meant NORMAL people, Tik. Sorry."

"That's not very nice."

"Umm… Hey, I have an idea; let's go to the Pizza Hut! I'm sure Vector could use the business, and I don't think that Silver's heard what's happened yet!" Knuckles said, breaking the awkward silence. Shadow, who had calmed down mostly, nodded,

"Yeah, Silver DOES need to know this!" He then casually batted Tikal's hand, which had been wandering close to his motorcycle again, away with his own.

"Drat! I almost had it this time! Also, I'm wearing GLOVES for Chaos' sake!"

"That's not the problem, it's just I have no idea WHERE those gloves have been."

"Shut up! OMG, did I just say that? Anyway, let's go to the Pizza Hut, I'm hungry."

Everyone stared at the echidna as she started walking away.

"Well, come ON!"

General Sweatdropping. Shadow's cell phone started ringing.

"All Hail Shadow, Heroes rise again! Obliterating everything that's not your friend!"

"Aren't you gonna answer that?"

"No, my ringtone's WAY too cool."

"Wheeee!" Tikal was dancing to the tune coming from the cell phone. Knuckles caught her around the waist and picked her up.

Shadow offered to Chaos Control everyone to their parking spaces, but Sonic and Tails politely declined the offer, as chaos travel made Sonic feel sick. Not something he needed. Tikal, however was all for it. Knuckles just went along with her.

The small hedgehog yawned and rested his head on a gloved hand. Sleepy golden eyes slowly closed… "It's a slow day… Vector won't care…" He though to himself before drifting off into half-sleep.

"SILVER WAKE UP! I DON'T PAY YOU TO SLEEP!"

"…you hardly pay me at all!"

"You'd probably get a raise if you DIDN'T FALL ALSEEP AT THE REGISTER!"

"Huh! I'mawakenow!"

"Good, cuz here come Shadow and some others."

The pale gray hedgehog groaned inwardly. "Not SHADOW again…" He still greeted the group happily.

"Hello, and welcome to Pizza Hut! May I take your order?"

Tikal poked Silver's shirt, wondering to Knuckles "How do you get things red without berries… or blood?" The young hedgehog rolled his eyes and sighed. But then he caught sight of Sonic. The blue hedgehog was talking/arguing with Tails.

"Sonic, you need to stay healthy! No peanut butter on the pizza! That's creepy, anyway!"

"But I WANT IT!"

"Sonic… Uuuuughhh… I give up."

Everyone was staring at the hedgehog and the fox. Silver looked kind of scared.

"Umm… Sonic? Are you okay? We don't have peanut butter here."

Tails sighed,

"Silver, there is something that I've wanted to tell you, and that's why we all came here."

"What? Does it have something to do with Sonic's wanting peanut butter on pizza?"

"Sonic is pregnant."

"What? But he's a boy… I think…"

Shadow then continued as Tails rushed to aid Knuckles in getting Tikal down from the ceiling, and figuring out HOW she'd gotten there in the first place.

"Faker is pregnant, with Tails' child!"

"Eww… it's like every SonTails Mpreg I've ever seen in real life!"

"Mpreg?"

"Err… its fanfiction talk for a story where a guy gets pregnant."

"SonTails?"

"That's a Yaoi pairing. Sonic and Tails together, as boyfriend and boyfriend."

"Eww…"

"It's one of the only things we had to do in 2244!"

"ahh… Touché"

Silver rolled his eyes at Shadow.

"So, I guess I'll go on a trip to the store and get some peanut butter?"