I was back into the room with the pedestals. The Angel dimension had vanished along with my mother. The crystal blue pedestal faded and turned grey. I had used up all of it's power. I would have to wait another couple of months before it's power was restored. Dammit! I never had enough time with my mother to get some good advice. I didn't know how much time had past. Sometimes it only took minutes. Other times it took hours. I didn't want my friends to start worrying about me, or worse, come looking for me, so I headed back to the real world.
I was not prepared for what happened next. As soon as I rose out of the lake back in Mobius, it was complete darkness. Blood red clouds had covered the sun. The air had a slight chill to it that sent shivers up my spine. He was here. I took off so fast I broke the sound barrier in less than a nano second. I prepared myself for a fight at any moment.
I had to make it back to my friends. If he knew that they were my friends, or that they even knew me, I could only imagine what he would do to them. I had to hurry, before he took their lives.
Tails P.O.V
I cleaned up my grease soaked gloves with a paper towel. I had been working on the X- Tornado. I upgraded the defenses and did a quick check with it. Now it would be ready for the next attack eggman throws at us. I looked up at the clock. 3:00. Sonic had been gone for almost 4 and a half hours. I wonder where he went. I headed up the stairs to the living room. Rouge and Knuckles had both given up on their argument. Knuckles went back to angel island, and Rouge went shopping with Blaze. Cream and Amy went to go and pick flowers. I saw Shadow playing against Silver in one of the many video games we had. Apparently it was a racing game because they were both really into it. Why they just couldn't race outside, I have no idea.
Silver: I WON!
Shadow: Hmph.. you got lucky..
Tails: Hey guys, have you seen Sonic?
Silver: Not since he left. Come to think of it he has been gone for a while...
Shadow: I have better things to do than worry about Faker.
Silver: Like lose against me in a race?
Shadow: * death glare* ...
Tails: * sweat drop* O-okay, thanks I guess bye...
I wanted to leave before Shadow gets really pissed and destroys the house and does worse to Silver. I let them get back to their racing and found Cream and Amy in the meadow not to far in the forest behind the house.
Cream: Hey Tails!
Tails: Hi! Have you guys seen Sonic by chance?
Amy: Not since this morning, why?
Tails: It's just that he's been gone for a while...
Amy: Your right! We have to go find him!
I sighed. No matter how many times he had told her not to follow him, she always wanted to. If you asked her where Sonic was she will always insist on looking for him. However, Sonic usually gets ticked off if you follow him, especially if he went out for a run just so he could be left alone. So most of us just ignore Amy trying to convince us to look for him.
Amy: Tails! He could be in danger!
Cream: Don't worry Amy! Sonic's fine! I think he just lost track of time.
Tails: Yeah! I'm sure he will be back soon..
Amy: *sighs* Okay, I guess your both right.
Thank chaos she wasn't going to go look for him! If she did, we would have two ticked off hedgehogs to deal with. Shadow had enough anger for the both of them ,and I could tell by the death glare he gave Silver, he was defiantly not happy.
I headed back towards the house. Shadow had pinned Silver down on the floor and looked like he was about to kill him. He probably lost yet again to Silver. I was about to interfere when I noticed the temperature drop. At first I thought it was just me but one look at Shadow's and Silver's faces told me otherwise. Shadow had let Silver up and they both had a look of confusion on their faces. The room seemed to darken a little. We went out side and what we saw was both terrifying, and mysterious. Dark, blood red clouds had started to appear out of nowhere in the sky. They started swirling, and became bigger, and bigger. They grew so big that they covered the entire sky. The wind picked up and seemed to howl and whisper in your ears.
When I managed to get over my state of shock, I saw weired white lightning strike the ground a few feet away from me, causing a small explosion that had enough force to send me, Shadow, and Silver flying a few feet backwards. The explosion had made a fairly big crater in the ground. Amy and Cream must have seen it as well because they came running up to the house to see if we were okay.
Amy: What happened?!
Cream: Tails, are you alright?
Before I could answer their questions, I was cut off by multiple swears that seemed to have come from the crater. I stood up as well as Shadow and Silver and we all cautiously walked over to the crater. Amy and Cream nearly jumped when a fingerless, gloved hand rose from the crater followed by a green hedgehog. Me, Amy , and Cream quickly ran up to the hedgehog and helped him up. I couldn't help but notice that the stranger seemed to resemble Sonic a little bit. Could he be his relative? Nah, he would have told us if he had one... or would he? He didn't tell us that he had a brother, or any family for that matter. My thoughts were interrupted by Cream.
Cream: Excuse me mister, what's your name?
?: My name is Scourge, Scourge the hedgehog.
To Be Continued