Chapter 2: A New Beginning
The four Mobians looked at Bailey in surprise.
"How have you not heard of Angel Island?" Tails asked in surprise.
"I don't know." Bailey responded. "I would've recognized this floating island if I've ever seen it."
"You're not from around here huh?" Knuckles spoke.
"That's weird. Everyone on Mobius knows what Angel Island is?" Sonic said.
"Mobius what is that?" Bailey asked with his left eyebrow raised.
"Mobius is the planet we live on." Sonic replied.
Bailey couldn't believe what he was hearing. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. The planet he usually referred to was Earth. If he was on Mobius, then that would mean that he was on an entirely different planet. This means he had escaped the reach of his government and would no longer be hunted and trapped in a prison cell.
"You're not from around here huh human?" Shade said.
"Are you from a different dimension? It would make sense if you know nothing of this world." Tails said.
Fearing that he would have to reveal his haunting past to unknowns, Bailey decided to make up an excuse to avoid any revelations about him or what his world was like.
"No. I can't really remember anything." Bailey lied.
"Do you have memory loss?" Tails asked.
"Maybe so I can't remember anything significant to me." Bailey responded.
The four Mobians looked at each other not knowing what to do. They wanted to help the human as he had helped them against Eggman. Sonic then looked up with his signature smile and made an offering to Bailey.
"How about this Bailey, Tails and I can take you to our place and you can live with us until you regain your memories?"
Bailey blinked in surprise. He was taken aback by the hedgehog's kindness and offer.
"I would appreciate that. I'm pretty hungry right now. I haven't eaten anything since I woke up here." Bailey responded.
"Sweet!" Sonic shouted. "Tails and I can show you around Mobius if you would like to refresh your memory."
"Yeah we can fit another person in our house." Tails said with a smile.
"Thank you." Bailey said as he remembered something important. "Before I forget, who are you people?"
"Oh yeah right I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog." Sonic responded
"And I'm Miles Prower, but you can call me Tails."
"I'm Knuckles the Echidna, Guardian of the Master Emerald." Knuckles said.
"And I'm Shade the Echidna, former member of the Nocturnous."
"Nocturnous what is that?" Bailey asked.
"It's a long story." Shade responded as she turned her head away.
Bailey sensed uneasiness in the peach furred echidna. Seeing that she must've went through something rough. He left it alone though as he needed to explore his new surroundings and not bother someone he just met.
"It is nice to meet all of you." Bailey said. "Sonic, would like to take me to your place now?"
"Sure thing just follow me and Tails. We have a ride off this place." Sonic replied. "Speaking of which, Tails where did you park the Tornado?
"Oh right, just follow me Bailey." Tails said as he walked in the direction to the Tornado as Bailey and Sonic followed him.
Sonic turned around and waved to Knuckles and Shade.
"Bye guys! Come hang out with us soon once we get Bailey settled in." Sonic shouted.
"Sure thing Sonic." Knuckles said waving back goodbye. He then looked at Shade who was eyeing the human closely. "Something wrong Shade?"
Shade then looked away from the human and then at Knuckles and said, "Something is not right with that human. He may have been lying about him having memory loss."
"Maybe so, but let's not bug him about that until the time is right." Knuckles replied.
Bailey, Sonic, and Tails boarded the Tornado. Tails and Bailey sat in the two seats of the Tornado while Sonic stood on the wing. Bailey leaped when he saw this.
"Sonic what the hell are you doing?!" Bailey shouted. "You're going to fall off."
"Oh don't worry Bailey." Tails said calmly. "Sonic does this all the time and he never falls off."
"Yeah its fine I've kept my balance on this thing before." Sonic said.
"If you say so Sonic." Bailey said a little baffled.
Tails started the Tornado and took off Angel Island. Bailey still baffled that Sonic was sitting on the Tornado wing, found himself even more confused that Sonic kept his balance while the Tornado flew at high speeds.
"I guess he wasn't kidding." Bailey thought.
After 20 minutes of flying, the Tornado landed near a small house next to a large workshop. Sonic, Tails, and Bailey all exited out of the Tornado and walked toward the house.
"This is where you guys live?" Bailey asked.
"Yep." Tails replied. "That garage next to the workshop is where I would usually park the Tornado, but I'll leave it outside for tonight."
"Let's go inside and get something to eat. I'm starving!" Sonic said sheepishly.
"I'll make something to eat." Tails said. "You hungry Bailey?"
"I could use something to eat. Haven't ate anything in a while."
The three of them entered inside the house and Sonic and Tails went straight to the kitchen. Bailey on the other hand, stopped near the front door and turned his head to look around the house. The house was pretty roomy with the living room being the current room he was in. There was a couch with a brown coffee table in front of it; there was also some wall hangers that held pictures of Tails and his friends. Some had Sonic, others had Knuckles and Shade; however he couldn't recognize the other people in the other pictures.
"Hey Bailey!" Tails called. "The food is ready."
Bailey snapped from his trance and looked over at the entrance of Tail's kitchen.
"Coming." Bailey replied as he walked towards the kitchen.
Bailey walked in and sat down on a chair. The kitchen had everything typical such as a stove, microwave, oven, and refrigerator. The table was of brown wood. Tails walked over to the table and set two bowls of soup for Sonic and Bailey.
"Hope you like this stuff Bailey. I made it from a friend's recipe that she gave me." Tails said.
Sonic smiled and said, "Yeah this stuff is great. The friend Tails is talking about is a girl by the name of Amy. She's a good person, but she's madly in love with me *nervous chuckle*.
"Oh I see." Bailey replied. "So she's like a fangirl?"
"You can say that." Sonic said with a nervous smile. "She can get pretty emotionally when she sees me.
"So she's not scared of your super speed?" Bailey asked surprised that someone would actually admire someone with strange abilities.
"No of course not! Why would she?" Sonic said flustered. "Speed is kind of my thing you know. Besides there are others who are like us to some are friends, or rivals, or mortal enemies."
"Oh… I see." Bailey said with a soft tone as he began eating his soup.
"So tell us about yourself Bailey." Tails said. "You're from a different dimension right?"
"It appears so." Bailey responded.
"What's your world like?"
"Well besides the floating island, I'm not really sure." They're kind of similar or so it seems."
"Really we've been to a different dimension before and the place we went to was mostly full of islands. Isn't that right Sonic?"
"Yeah that was the Sol Dimension." Sonic replied. "It was great meeting our friends over there to."
"You guys have been to other dimensions?" Bailey asked.
"Yeah, but it's a long story." Sonic said. "We'll tell you about it some other time. We want to get to know about you first. Got any friends over there in your home?"
"No, I'm kind of a loner if you want to put it that way." Bailey said as he lowered his head.
"Really? There's no one that you hang out with?"
"No. Well I did have a few friends, but they kind of… grew distant. I really don't want to talk about my world right now since I'm trying to adjust to being in an entirely different place."
"Oh I guess life was pretty lonely over there huh?" Sonic said.
"Yeah you could say that." Bailey replied as he finished the last of the soup.
Tails grabbed the two empty bowls and carried them to the sink. He started to wash them but looked up to ask Bailey something.
"Hey Bailey since you don't have a place to stay, why don't you sleep here for tonight?"
Bailey looked at the fox in surprise because of his generosity. He didn't know what to say. He hadn't heard of this kindness in years.
"I would like that Tails. Thank you for the offer." Bailey said.
"No problem." Tails said. It's starting to get late so I'll show you around the house later after I'm done cleaning the dishes.
"All righty then, I'll head home then." Sonic said as he got from his chair. "Hey Bailey, tomorrow we should hang out. I want to show you around Mobius while you're here."
"Sure thing Sonic. That would be nice." Bailey said floundered.
"Great. I'll see you both tomorrow then." Sonic said as he walked to the front door to leave.
"Good night Sonic. See you tomorrow." Tails said while waving goodbye.
"Later you two." Sonic said waving back.
Bailey waved goodbye to Sonic and after a few minutes, he and Tails toured around the house for a bit. Tails showed him his workshop and some of the important tools and things he's built. Tails also told Bailey some stories about Sonic had went against other powerful beings and defeated them. After they were done, Tails showed Bailey where he was sleeping. They both walked and Tails showed him around.
"This is where you'll sleep tonight Bailey."
"Looks cozy. Thanks Tails. I can't thank enough for everything you've done." Bailey said with appreciation.
"Don't worry about it. It's the least we could do since you helped us with Eggman on Angel Island. I'll let you get settled in. I'm going to go to my room to sleep now."
"Thanks again Tails. I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yeah. Goodnight Bailey."
"Goodnight."
Bailey later got settled into bed and laid down. He went over the events over in his head. He had met some strange animals with incredible abilities that fought to protect a mysterious gem. They spoke kindly to him unlike many others have treated him before. He had a hard time sleeping as he pondered over whether this was really real to him. Despite the kindness and new surroundings, he didn't tell Sonic and Tails about his abilities or how the Earth Dimension treated him. He didn't know how they would react and because of this he wanted to play it safe and gain their trust first before really telling them everything. It was weird that he was hiding his powers from people who also had powers to, but due to the fact that Sonic and Tails also fight evil, he worried that maybe someone like Bailey would've been created by Eggman and thus, wanted his powers secret for now. After a while, Bailey finally went to sleep; knowing that for once, his troubles were far away from him.
Or so he thought.
Sorry for the long wait guys. School held me up and I went to a retreat last week. I appreciate the patience. Let me know your thoughts on the story so far.