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I'M GETTING TICKETS FOR SONIC 3 AHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M DYING HELPPP

Chapter 4

Tails lifted his head up, groaning as he forced his eyes open, wincing at the sudden bright light. He was still on his desk. He looked up at the clock:

5am?

He had been asleep for only 4 hours...what woke him up.

Or rather WHO woke you up.

Tails told the voice to shut up as he lifted himself up. The fingerprint set was lying at his feet as he carefully picked it up and put it back in his draw. He then moved to pick up the other note.

He put the paper under the light and sucked in air as it suddenly seemed of short supply.

It was real.

There were actual fingerprints. What would he do know?

'You know what you do Tails? You do what you do best and use that genius mind of yours to get to the bottom of this!' Said the voice that lived in his head.

Tails forced himself to stand on his legs that were shaking from little sleep. He felt like crap.

He should go to the police. But they closed the case and settled for suicide. A part of him didn't trust them. Maybe, one of the police officers are the killer.

Again he told that voice to be quiet. He couldn't blindly guess who did it. He had to have some kind of strategy.

'suspect list?' the voice offered.

Tails took out a notebook and asked himself, who would want to kill sonic?

Uhmmm. Well urrr... Who would want to kill sonic? Maybe just a stranger who hated him. When your famous at least one person will hate you.

Tails changed his tactic.

Sonic said he was going to Amy's and left at 10.45am.

Amy called at 11.10am to check if there was a change of plans.

Normally you could just look and say 'that means he had 25 minutes to go wherever he wanted.' But Sonic was the fastest thing alive. He could do a whole lap of the earth in under 5 seconds.

Tails could go around and check everyone's stories and fingerprints? Yeah, that's a good idea.

Tails took out an inkpad. He put It in his little brown bag along with a voice recorder, his orange notepad he got from Sonic, and his phone. He made sure to carefully put the note in, trying not to let it get damaged in his bag.

The fox tiptoed downstairs and was about to open the door when something stopped him.

What would Tom, Maddie and Knuckles do if he went missing aswell? Sure, he would return home but he would worry them sick. After Sonic went Maddie and Tom got very overprotective about leaving the house with permission, they would freak out if he left without permission.

And, it was quite early to interrogate people...

The voice spoke up again, a thing he was beginning to like. He recognised it, something about it made he feel like he was home, he just couldn't put his finger on it. 'That's perfect! Then they'll be so tired they might slip up!'

Tails took out his notebook and ripped the page off, the sound cutting through the heavy silence. He found a pen on the counter.

'Dear Maddie, Knuckles and Tom.

I've just gone to Amy's for a bit. I have my phone on me and it's fully charged. I'll be back soon.

Tails.'

Tails bit his lip as he realised how bad that sounded. Sonic said he went to Amy's and never came back.

But he was so determined to find what actually happened to his brother. He finally made his decision. Gripping his bag's straps tighter he walked out the front door.

He tried to shake the nagging feeling at the back of his mind, saying: What if Sonic did kill himself?

He heard HIS voice argue. The voice that seemed to want to help him. 'It wouldn't hurt to try?'

It would hurt VERY much to try.

xxx

As Tails neared Amy's house he stole a quick glance at his phone. 5:30... Still a little early. He suddenly felt a twinge of guilt for the thought of waking Amy early.

He ignored it and tapped the purple door with his knuckles. 'knock knock knock'

His stomach did a small flip as he remembered the sound.

The door opened inwardly to reveal Amy standing at the door. She was in her trademark red dress with an apron with a heart on it on top. On her hands were matching oven gloves and she had a smudge of flour on her left cheek. Her eyes were big and seemed to brighten at the sight of tails but there was still sadness in the depth of her jade eyes.

When Sonic left, Amy coped by baking. She made cakes, brownies, all kinds of treats and would go around and mainly give them away, except for the rare times she would sell them.

Amy smiled. "Oh hi Tails, do you want to come in for a bit?"

Tails nodded and stepped inside her house filled with the smell of muffins that made his mouth water.

The door clicked behind him as it shut.

Wonder what Amy's reaction will be when Tails asks her personal things about her dead crush?

That sounds really bad out of context.