Chapter 19: Reunion

Chapter 19! Yay! I just realized that I have made absolutely positively NO reference to Rouge or Knuckles in the past 10 chapters! Epic Fanfiction fail! I kind of forgot about them until a couple weeks ago, then was like, dang. But whatever! Thank you for your support :D

Tails, Amy, Knuckles and Rouge were all on the train, anxious to get home. Amy was fretting about Sonic, worried that he may have started liking Angel while they were gone.

"I highly doubt that," Knuckles said. "And I highly doubt that he'd like you either," he said with a laugh.

"And what is that supposed to mean?!" Amy said, ready to swing her Piko Piko Hammer at him.

"Nothing…" Knuckles said quietly.

Tails sighed happily, then turned to Rouge. "Aren't we going to do the crowning of the victors and all of that stuff?" he asked. He wasn't exactly looking forward to seeing President Bunny after what happened to Lola in the Games.

"No," Rouge replied. "They aren't even going to offer Victor Village to us. It's a shame, all of those gorgeous jewels would have been nice after this fiasco." She turned around, signaling she didn't feel like talking anymore.

Tails smiled. Typical Rouge, always in it for herself. He looked at the Chaos Emerald on his own arm, thinking about Angel. He couldn't really blame Amy for the way she was feeling, he was kind of feeling it himself too. But he had faith in Angel, and really wanted to see her again. If it weren't for the fact that he was exhausted, he would have flown there himself.

"We're here," Knuckles said, looking out the window of the train. Tails looked out the window, and saw nothing. There were no crowds, no people, absolutely nothing. Just a deserted street.

"Why isn't anyone here?" Amy asked as the four of them stepped out of the train. The lack of people in the area was astonishing.

"Everyone left," Rouge explained. "The population has been getting smaller and smaller since you guys left. I think everyone's had enough." She started walking in the direction that home was in.

"They must have really cut back on everything," Tails mumbled to himself. He followed Rouge and the others, excited to get home.

A few minutes later, the four of them were standing right in front of the mansion. "Let's go in," Knuckles said. As soon as he opened the door just a crack, Amy rushed past him, knocking him over.

"Watch where you're going, Knuckles!" Amy scolded. Then dashed up the stairs to find Sonic.

"Jeez," Knuckles said as he stood up. Tails couldn't help but chuckle.

Rouge walked up to Tails. "Don't you have someone you've been waiting to see?" She asked mischievously.

"Oh yeah!" Tails said as he realized what Rouge was talking about. He rushed up the stairs, knocking Knuckles over too.

"Stupid love," Knuckles said as he stood up. "I don't see the point."

"You should," Rouge replied. "When you've got all of this to look at," she said, gesturing to herself.

"Hmph," Knuckles said with a smirk. "I still don't see anything."

"I think I can say the same," Rouge said coolly.

"SONIC!" Amy yelled. She grabbed him and embraced him in a hug so tight that not even the strongest person could escape.

"Hi…Amy," Sonic choked out. "I'm suffocating."

"Just a little longer," Amy said, tightening her grip.

"Hi, Sonic!" Tails said happily when he spotted his best friend.

"Hey buddy," Sonic said as he struggled out of Amy's grasp. "I've been worried about you," he said with a grin.

"I know," Tails said with a smile. He looked around. "Have you seen-"

He didn't get the chance to finish his sentence. He felt an icy blur grab him and kiss him on the lips. He felt like he was standing in a blizzard, the cold making him get chills all over. He tasted the sharp flavor of fresh mint as he kissed her back. A few moments went by until they pulled back and looked at each other. Tails looked in to her eyes, which sparkled like freshly fallen snow. "…Hi," was all he could say.

Angel smiled. "You haven't changed a bit, have you?"

Tails smiled back. "I guess I haven't. But why'd you kiss me like that?" It was definitely not something that he had felt before.

"I remember you saying something about us going out before you left?" she said mischievously.

"That's right!" Tails said, remembering.

"What?!" Amy exclaimed. "Sonic, I've been gone all of this time, and you still don't like me?"

"Exactly," Sonic replied teasingly with a smirk. But it quickly disappeared when Amy took out her Piko Piko Hammer.

Tails sighed happily. "It's good to have everything back to normal."

A few hours later, Tails was standing outside, surrounded by the green hills of Mobius, the sun shining brightly in the sky. "So many people died for us…"

His thoughts were interrupted when Angel flew in next to him. "What are you thinking about?" she asked curiously. She was worried about him.

Tails turned to her and looked into her deep blue eyes. "I think we should start a rebellion."

Yay everybody's back together again! Thank you for reading so far, you're support is really appreciated! And please, leave a review! I see a lot of people reading the whole story, but they don't review… but anyway, thank you!