Chapter 4

M. Tails and I were making our way to the woods to bury the body of Robotnik. I was still shaking and crying a little. I glanced back to make sure that no one was following us. The older fox was carrying the body in a bag on his back.

"Older-me?"

The 14 year old fox glanced down at me. "Yes?"

"...What if someone finds out?"

"No one will find out. I'm still here ain't I?"

"Yeah.. But you said if yourself, er.. myself, that not everything is going the same since Classic Sonic and I are here this time. So... What if someon does find out.. And something bad happens.. Or to one of us?"

The older twin-tailed fox frowned, his blue eyes clouded in fear for a moment before it was gone. I thought I was seeing things, and frowned slightly in wonder. He sighed and got down on one knee so he was eye-level with me. The bag on the ground beside him.

"Mini-me, I prmise you that nothing bad will happen to anyone."

"..You sure?"

"I'm sure."

"...Okay."

He stood back up and put the bag over his shoulder once more and walked off. I followed after him, ffeeling a bit better, but not much. I kept getting this feeling that something.. or someone was watching us. I glanced around and saw nothing.

Get a hold of yourself Tails... Nothing's out there..

The two of us walked on till we came to the middle of the forest. The older fox put the bag down.

"Alright, this should be a good enough place."

"Right.."

I glanced around once more getting that feeling again. All around us were trees and grass. If someone or... something was there, I couldn't see who or what it was. A little part of me was glad that I couldn't see what was out there, if something even was.

"Mini-me, you alright?" the voice of M. Tails snapped me back to reality.

I turned around and looked up at him. He had already started digging the hole. I gave a small nod.

"Yeah.. I'm fine."

"Alright.. Just making sure."

From the way he said that, it didn't sound like he believed me that I was fine. I wasn't even sure if I was fine or not anymore. Shaking my head, I grabbed the other shovel and began to help him dig.

"...Older-me?"

"What?"

"Shouldn't we tell Sonic about this?"

"No."

No? He didn't wanna tell Sonic that there was someone out there killing people and making it sound like I did it when I woke up? I already knew that it wasn't me from the blood on the wall. Why would I go and write myself a message saying what I did last night? Maybe I really was doing it.. Maybe I really am a killer... Maybe, just maybe, I have a crazy dark side like Sonic has Fleetway Sonic as his, and mine goes and kills people and tells me about it.

I shook my head once more. No, that couldn't be. I couldn't have an evil side like Sonic. I never went Super Tails before. It would be awesome if I could, even I could help out Sonic more then we fought Robotn-..

I put my ears down as I realized that there would be no fighting Robotnik anymore. He was the person we were now burying. It made my heart hurt a little bit. Robotnik was bad, sure, and he did some pretty bad things to us, but I never did want him to die.. Not like this... Sonic never did too. He could have killed him time and time again in the past, but he never did.

"Sonic? How come you never kill Robotnik?"

The hedgehog looked back at me, his black eyes wide. "What?"

"I said, 'How come you neve kill Robotnik'? After everything that he did to us.. All the people that he's hurt.. Wouldn't it just be easier to kill him and be done with it?"

Sonic got down on one knee so that he was eye-level with me. "Tails, killing Robotnik would be one of the easier things in the world for me to do. But there's a reason that I don't."

"What's that Sonic?"

"If I killed him then I'd be just like him. He killed so many animals when he put others into his robots. If I killed him, I'd be going to his level. A great hero doesn't need to kill to win a battle, Tails. A great hero knows when the battle's already won or lost. Killing isn't one of the ways to win these battles." He chuckled at the lost look on my face. Sonic patted me on my head, making me chuckle. "You'll understand someday keed.."

That talk I had with Sonic before we came to the future and were stuck here, made more sence to me now then it did back then. I understood now what my older brother was saying to me. Killing someone just because they did back things to you really doesn't make you a hero. It makes you bad and rotten like whoever was doing this. I would never do something like that. Sonic taught me a lot better.

"Hello? Earth to Mini-me? You in there?"

"Huh? What?"

I was so caught in my thoughts, that I didn't realize that I had stopped digging and was staring off into space. M. Tails was looking at me, worry showing in his bright blue eyes. I felt bad for worrying him so much. I didn't mean to. The older fox got back down to my eye-level once again. His blue eyes were bright with worry, as I looked up at him. I frowned feeling bad.

"You were spacing out again, Mini-me. Had me worried there.."

"Oh.." Now I really felt bad. "I'm sorry Older-me.. Just.. Got a lot on my mind right now."

"I know.." M. Tails pulled me into a hug, which I returned. "That's why I'm here to help you though this."

"I know." I pulled back from the hug and looked up at him again. "And I'm glad. But... Older-me, how come you don't wanna tell Sonic about what's going on?"

The look in his eyes told me everything, but he went ahead and spoke what his eyes were saying to me. "Because Mini-me, what happened in the past might now happen again. I remember telling Sonic about it.. But something bad happened. I don't want you to go through that.."

"But you said-"

"I know what I said, but I'm just making sure.. Okay?"

I frowned. "Okay.."

The older fox smiled and stood back up. "Now, let's finish this, shall we?"

"Right."

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After a long day of digging, the two of us were done at last. When we got back home, the stars were already out. M. Tails made up a lie to both Sonic about where the two of us had been all day. I still kept thinking that we should tell them.. I mean, heck, wouldn't M. Sonic already know what was going on, since is already happened to Older-me? Or was he just playing along till I was ready to tell?

I'd ask him later...

I headed up to my room and crawled into my bed. I pulled the covers around myself, and hugged the small fox doll that C. Sonic had given me a few days ago. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.