IT'S SUNSET, TAILS IS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF A CLIFF STARING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE WITH THE TORNADO PARKED NEARBY, KNUCKLES WALKS UP TO HIM
Knuckles: So this is where you've been huh?
TAILS REMAINS SILENT
Knuckles: Look, I know it hasn't been easy for you, it hasn't been easy for anyone…
Tails: No one else knows…
Knuckles: You know what I mean.
Tails: Yeah, I do.
SILENCE
Knuckles: Well, I…guess it's good that you've finally gotten outside, I mean…you spent so much time in your workshop trying to figure out if he survived and…
TAILS GLANCES BACK AT KNUCKLES
Knuckles: Sorry…
Tails: It's okay, I guess I had to accept it at some point.
Knuckles: So, ugh…you heard the news?
Tails: What news?
Knuckles: Eggman's apparently building a fleet of airships to try and take over the world.
TAILS SLOWLY GETS UP, STILL STARING INTO THE DISTANCE
Tails: How big?
Knuckles: Hard to say, more than the Egg carrier though, that's for sure.
Tails: Whoa…
Knuckles: I know, what do we do?
SILENCE
Tails: What would Sonic do?
Knuckles: Knowing him, he'd probably charge the damn thing without a plan and blow up everything with Eggman's name on it.
TAILS SLOWLY TURNS AROUND TO FACE KNUCKLES, HE SMILES
Tails: Sounds like a plan.