Past Of Shadow by Zhao Yun 320

As promised, here's the long overdue Chap 3 of my prolonged story. Hope you like it.

As usual I don't own Sonic or his buddies. Sega owns them. Raul the Puma belongs to me and Rose the Ocelot and the others belong to my friends.

Now shut the hell up and read already! (Jp lol :P)

'Thoughts'

Storyline

Flash back

"Talking"

Chap: 3 Back to Knothole pt 1

Tails Lab, Next Day

The next day, Sonic was on the couch in his best friend's lab trying to recuperate from the race he and Jet had just had. Amy was in the bathroom, and as for Tails, he was too busy working on his plane trying to repair it from the last battle that the blue speedster and his arch-rival , Eggman had two months back.

"Hey Tails, how long has it been since you and I met lil' buddy?" asked Sonic as he got up to stretch from his spot.

"Dunno, maybe like ahhh….10-11 years?" answer the young kitsune as he came out of his garage with oil stains and grease over his muzzle. Sonic smiled at this but didn't point out the obvious to him.

"Its been a while huh? How do you think the others are holding up??" asked the hedgehog as he walked back to an old photograph of his friends. Inside it was other creatures that weren't part of the Sonic Team. It was an old picture of his earlier friends he was with, along with Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. He was more younger but still cocky then.

Tails too walked back to look at the photograph when his adoptive brother began to reminisce about the old group he and Sonic were part of. He smiled as he looked at it.

In the photo was a more boyish version of Tails, next to a purple walrus with a yellow cap on his head. Next to the walrus was a female rabbit more older than Cream but had robotic legs and a single robotic arm. Beside here was a brownish coyote dressed in a regional suit that show that he was a high officer. Next to him was a more younger version of Sonic, in the picture lifting up the coyote's toupee slightly enough to be notice by the camera but not to the wearer. Next to Sonic was a clinging Amy wearing a lime green shirt and yellow skirt, her quills different than the ones she bears today. Beside her was an more irritated Knuckles, either due to the picture or to the pink hedgehog antics was unclear. And down front of the others was a brown squirrel with reddish brown hair that came to a pony tail and sported a blue vest and boots, as well as a blue pair of jeans( Sorry but no nudity…for now).

"Wonder how they're doing?" asked Sonic as he placed the picture down on the stand.

"Well…lets go visit them then!" said Amy as she approached the two with a smile. Sonic and Tails looked at her then back at each other. The fox then started to smile as the hedgehog nodded.

"Sounds good, I'll prep the X-Tornado."

"Cool and uh…Tails m'boy? You best wash up first." said Sonic. This led to a giggle from Amy as Tails ran a finger down his cheek.

Looking redder than Knuckles, he went to the washroom first and then went to prep his plane.

Ten minutes later…

Tails was in cockpit when they were in the air, Sonic on the wing and Amy on the other. Ever since she got older, she overcame her acrophobia and started to ride out of the plane like her crush did. For some reason she started to show her more rowdy side at times than usual. It both intrigued and puzzled both Sonic and Rouge who took interest in her.

As for Sonic, he's been thinking about the last time he had a run in with Shadow that night. He too began to have dreams that started to both scare and puzzle him. And like Shadow's dream, it showed the two acting as brothers would. It confused him that he would forget what he's doing and cause him to blank out from his friends.

"Ummm Sonic? Yoo-hoo you there??" asked Amy as she waved her hand in front of her friend's face. He then snapped out and smiled at Amy that had her look from confused to happy faster than he can run.

"Sorry…just thinking of something…" he started as he was interrupted from a familiar laughter that cause him to divert his attention.

"About surrendering to the greatest mind in the world?!" asked the voice.

"Well well, if it aint my old fat friend…" said the Blue hedgehog as he got up.

Both hedgehogs turned and saw a man in a fighter plane that resembled a Su-37 Terminator but was a V/STOL fighter (Vertical Short Take Off and Landing) and had red and black coloring with a insignia of the mans face. The pilot was none other than Dr. Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik and with the look in his eye, he had the intention of causing more trouble for the heroes.

"Heh… still the smart aleck hedgehog as ever, eh Sonic? Well we can ALWAYS go to plan B…" said Eggman as he pressed a button that reveled his two loyal robots, Bocoe and Decoe, who were on mounted machine guns and had the X-Tornado in their sights.

"Which is that I kick you're butt up and down the entire sky and break that oversized tin can along with you're two loyal dimwits. I say plan B sounds better…" he said as he smiled with his cocky grin.

"I doubt you can try against this type of plane Sonic. Its more better than the planes you've fought before. Another thing is that this particular plane is that it has a little more than just guns and missiles at its disposal." smirked the scientist evilly as he pressed another button, revealing another type of cannon. This one was different than the others, it had a pair of N2O canisters next to it and a tank of propane next to it.

Tails looked and saw this too, 'Shit…that's a nitrogen cannon. And if that's what I think it is…it has a flamethrower on it too. That may make things a little harder for Sonic. But I wont back down from a sky battle like this' thought the young fox as he looked at Sonic and saw him nod at kitsune.

Not backing down from this battle, he smiled and looked at the two passengers he had. They too wanted to see where this next battle would go. Nodding, he then pressed a button on his HUD and the planes armaments were now out.

Sonic chuckled as he saw his little brother activate the plane for defense mode. He knew that it would get hairy if he wasn't careful, but it both thrilled him and scared him. Mostly scared him for Amy's well being.

He then turned to tell her to get in the cockpit with Tails but she had the look of determination on her face. Knowing of what the hedgehog next to her would say, she turned and had the look that said 'Don't Bother. I'm fighting with you!' Seeing this look, he smiled at her and tapped the wing three times with his foot.

Tails then pressed another button and a compartment by Sonic's feet tossed two rings that were caught by him. As he grabbed them, two more items flew out and towards Sonic. He then grabbed them and combined them together by the bonds on the end of each of them. Then two blades flared out of the other ends of the adjoined handles.

Both Sonic and Eggman were locked in a start-down contest, both waiting on the other to make the first move. Sonic then smirked and said.

"Ok then…lets see where this goes to, Eggman." as he said that, Tails made a move to charge toward Eggman's plane and started his attack.

There is NOTHING more better than a mid air battle. Well except for one that occurs in WW2 but that besides the case. Any way looks like Eggman's up for another skirmish. Lets see how it goes.