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G.U.N Kitty: Chapter 19C

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Part 3 of 4: Tails' discovery


The two tailed fox soon replied with a yawn and stretch of his arms and legs, "Relax, Sonic. We got plenty of time. No need to rush."

"Are you nuts?" Sonic interrogated, placing his hands at his waist, "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Well, it can't be 12:55." Tails explained. "I set my alarm to go off by then."

"It's past that." The blue hedgehog told him.

"What? What do you mean?" Tails inquired, now a bit alarmed inside. "You mean it's already past 1pm?"

"More like past 1:30pm." Sonic replied bluntly.

Instantly, Tails body heat went cold, saying, "You can't be serious! There's no way that could have happened."

Unfortunately for him, he soon realized it was true. Tails quickly glanced down at his alarm clock on the floor, which had sadly not gone off due to being knocked off and hitting the ground with a thud.  However, what made it even more alarming was the time it showed. It was now 1:40.

"Oh my goodness!" he exclaimed. "You mean I actually overslept by a good forty five minutes?"

"I'm afraid so." Sonic explained. "That's why I came to…"

Tails though cut him, as he was now in a panic, saying deeply alarmed while running around, "Oh no! I can't believe this happened to me! Kitty's going to think I stood her up!"

"Relax, T2." Sonic told him. "I doubt she'll be that…"

Tails again interrupted him, saying while trying to groom his fur around his face in the mirror, "I gotta get myself ready on the double. I can't let this opportunity slip through my fingers!"

"Would you calm down already?" Sonic demanded with a frown. "You're making too big of a deal out of this."

Tails though was still preoccupied to answer back, as he was using a comb again and again on his face to get his fur to the perfect stroke to look his best.

Sonic finally stepped towards him, adding while grabbing him by the right arm, "Look, if anyone should be nervous about this picnic, it's should be me. I'm the one who has to make a good effort for Amy's sake so she doesn't feel cheated on our date. You and Kitty are just going together as friends."

Tails by this point finally settled down somewhat, saying nervously while glancing at the floor a bit embarrassed, "Yea, you're right… Sorry bout that."

"It's cool." Sonic replied firmly.  "But we need to get moving, pronto."

Tails quickly nodded his head, saying, "Ok, let's go."

With no time to spare, Sonic decided to take the two tailed fox by the hand to get there as fast as possible while he blasted off towards the meadows. Since the blue hedgehog could run really fast, he had been able to arrive at the picnic spot in under a minute.

The second he arrived, Sonic let go of his hand, telling Amy who was standing nearby, "I found him. He was asleep in his workshop."

To put it lightly, Amy was not pleased with the two tailed fox at all. Tails though tried to make up for his tardiness, explaining while a bit flustered while she glared at him, "I'm really sorry, Amy. My alarm clock malfunctioned while I took a quick snooze."

Amy though just let out a huff, replying a bit angry, "You shouldn't have been taking a nap this close to the picnic anyway. You're going to ruin this day for me and I don't appreciate that one bit."

"Amy, be nice…" Sonic told her.

Wanting to make him happy, she soon softened up a bit, adding while handing him his picnic basket with a heavy sigh, "Anyway, here's your food, Tails. Kitty is waiting for you over by that tree over there."

Amy had been pointing to the east when mentioning Kitty's location.

The second he heard her name, Tails again panicked inside, replying, "Oh, man… I bet Kitty's really mad at me now. I left her hanging."

"Would you relax already?" Sonic told him. "She wasn't the least bit offended when she found out about you being late."

"She's just being nice." Tails replied. "Anyway, I better be going." He then added while preparing to run off, "See you guys later."

The second he began to head towards Kitty, Amy said to him, "Have fun, you two. She soon added a split second later, "And please don't come over to our tree unless it's absolutely important, ok?"

"Amy…"

Sighing heavily again, she added with reluctance, "Ok, you can come by if you need anything."

Deep down, Amy didn't want to say that, but did so to please her true blue. However, by this time, Tails didn't even hear her words. He was too preoccupied with getting over to Kitty to even notice them.

Amy meanwhile took Sonic gently by the hand, saying with a flirtatious smile on her face, "So, shall we head to our spot, sweetie?"

"Yea, I guess so…" Sonic replied with a sigh.

As they walked towards their spot, the blue hedgehog added, "And please don't call me sweetie, not yet at least."

Amy though gigged with her free hand in front of her face, telling, "Oh, I'm sure I'll get you to like that name soon enough."

I doubt it… Sonic thought to himself.


Tails during this time finally made it to the tree where Kitty was laying in the shade under a tree on a picnic mat, saying out of breath, "I'm here, Kitty. Please forgive me for being late. I don't how it happened, but my alarm clock let me down. I'm really sorry about…"

Kitty however interrupted him, replying with arched eyebrows, "Tails, it's fine.  I'm not upset about it at all."

"You're not? Really?" Even now, Tails was having a hard time believing this.

"Yes." Kitty told him, "I understand things happen, so you can relax now and quit getting so worked up over it."

Since she had been very upfront about it, the two tailed fox did just that, saying as he laid the picnic basket on the mat, saying with a nervous chuckle, "Oh, good." He then commented, "You know, I wouldn't have blamed you if you chose to eat without me. I know I screwed up."

"Like I told you, I'm ok with it." Kitty explained. "Plus, I thought it would only be fair to wait until it was confirmed you weren't coming."

"Oh, uh… thanks. I appreciate that." Tails said with another nervous chuckle.

Deep down though, Kitty was hoping he would miss the picnic entirely so she could leave soon after and miss the whole awkward scene she knew would be coming later on.

Just then, the two tailed noticed Kitty's change in attire, commenting nervously, "So, I see you're actually wearing something different now."

"Err… yes." Kitty replied, trying not to draw any attention to it. "Vanilla talked me into wearing something lighter since it was going to be hot out today."

As it turned out, the outfit Vanilla had picked out Kitty to wear was none other than a white blouse with a navy blue skirt that went about eighteen inches below her knees. She was even wearing a pair of black sandals instead of shoes due to the hot afternoon sun.

Not surprisingly, Tails soon said, trying to be suave, but a bit subtle too, "Well, um, I really like it, Kitty. You uhh… look cute in that outfit."

Kitty instantly blushed in both cheeks at his words, replying with a lot of awkwardness in her voice, "Oh, umm… thanks for the compliment. That's… nice of you to say."

Again however, Kitty felt a bit creeped out inside, thinking, Ah great, he's already saying I look cute. This is only the beginning, I just know it…

Tails then sat down on the mat and said with another nervous chuckle, "So… shall we eat?"

"Oh, yea… sure." Kitty replied, still expressing the same awkwardness in her from before. "Let's do that."

Within moments, the two tailed fox passed out the food. Ironically though, one of the things to eat was similar to his dream. Instead of ham and cheese sandwiches, it was turkey and Swiss ones.

As they began to dive into them, Tails thought to himself a bit disappointed, I should have known Kitty wouldn't have come wearing a dress to a picnic. That just isn't in her character to do something like that.

He then added while stealing a few glances at her as she ate as well, still, she really looks beautiful even in that blouse and skirt. I guess I can't complain too much.

Kitty though soon noticed the glances herself, asking a bit annoyed, "Um, is there a reason you're staring at me now?"

Tails instantly cringed, replying with a heavy stutter, "Oh, um. I'm-I'm sorry, Kitty. I-I didn't mean to offend you. I-I-I just find your outfit very nice looking is all."

Kitty not surprisingly was offended somewhat, but downplayed it for his sake, saying, "Listen, I hope you won't take this the wrong way, but could you not stare at me for the rest of the picnic? It's really awkward and a bit on the creepy side too."

Tails again went into a hyperventilating stutter, answering, "O-oh, y-yea. Sure, Kitty. I-I-I apologize full heartedly. My bad."

"It's ok, Tails." Kitty replied, downplaying it again. "I'm not upset with you at all. You don't need to act so nervous around me. Just be yourself."

That however was easier said than done. Both Kitty and Tails deep down knew this.

Like the dream, the two of them ate their sandwiches, with Tails being too nervous to eat a lot and Kitty eating hers slowly. Unlike the dream though, some mayonnaise did spill from the sandwich, landing on the edges of the skirt around her knees.

Both Tails and Kitty instantly responded to this, with the two tailed fox quickly handing her a napkin to wipe it off, trying to be chivalrous, as well as courteous.

Kitty during this time was about to get one herself after letting out a slightly annoyed moan, but with Tails getting one already, she took it from his hand, saying to him to be nice, "Uh, thanks, Tails…"

"No problem." He replied with a smile. "Happy to help."

Not surprisingly, seeing that smile made her awkwardness levels rise again within her body as she wiped the small spot of mayonnaise off of her skirt. She knew he was trying to somewhat impress her, even if it was an act of kindness.

I gotta be more careful here to keep Tails from wanting to bend over backwards for me. Kitty thought to herself. It's really starting to get on my nerves.

Thankfully, Kitty didn't spill anymore mayonnaise, or even mustard for that matter on her clothes with the rest of the turkey sandwiches she ate, now munching on them even more carefully than before. So much in fact, Tails also noticed it.

Ironically though, he interpreted it differently, thinking, she must really be wanting to keep her clothes clean in order to look neat and orderly. He then added after a brief pause, Well, I like that about her.

A couple of minutes later, they soon dived into the next entrée, which ironically, was also potato salad, though this time in a glass bowl instead of a plastic one.

Tails again decided to be chivalrous, as he carefully scooped out some for Kitty with a big spoon and handed it to her on a paper plate.

"Here you go, Kitty." He said with a warm smile while handing to her. "Enjoy."

"Um, thanks…" she replied with a mumble, looking at him with more awkwardness on her face.

Deep down, Kitty was very tempted to tell him she didn't want him to do anymore special things for her, but decided not to, fearing he would take it wrong.

As for Tails, he soon poured some on another plate for himself to eat, where they both grabbed a plastic fork and began to dive in.

After a couple of bites, the two tailed fox stated to her, trying to strike up some conversation, "So, Amy's a really good cook, wouldn't you say, Kitty?"

"Uh, yes, she is…' the feline agent answered softly. "This picnic, if nothing else, was worth coming to have some of this delicious food, especially the potato salad."

Tails not surprisingly was a bit offended by that statement of Kitty's, but decided to let it go, realizing he was kind of pushing things. Instead, he decided to try something else to impress her, asking, "So, um, would you like to see me do a special trick?"

"What kind of special trick?" she inquired, looking at him intently.

"Well, um…" he explained very awkwardly. "I can catch a large scoop of potato salad with my mouth while in midair. Wouldn't that be cool to watch?"

"Actually, no it wouldn't." Kitty replied firmly with arched eyebrows. "If anything, I would find that gross and juvenile behavior."

Tails face and ears instantly drooped in sadness and disappointment once those words fell from her lips, saying deeply embarrassed and humiliated, "Oh, I see…" He then added a bit hurt inside, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have even asked. I don't know what I was even thinking there."

Sensing the hurt in his eyes, Kitty said to him with sympathy in her eyes, "I didn't mean to make you feel bad, Tails. I was just telling you my honest opinion about it. That kind of behavior has never been appealing to me, even when growing up. It's nothing against you."

"It's fine." Tails replied with a whimper, looking away ashamed. "It's my fault for even bringing it up. I guess I'm just acting like a big goofball now."

By this point, Kitty felt a bit sympathetic inside and decided to soothe his wounded feelings, doing something she really didn't want to do for the sake of him taking it wrong, but knew it was necessary this time.

She soon moved slowly over to him and put her hand on his right shoulder, saying with a comforting tone in her voice as she did so, "C'mon, Tails. Please don't act that way now. Just because I don't like that stuff doesn't mean I like you any less. I still like you alot as my friend."

"You sure about that?" Tails asked, looking at her with suspicion.

The feline agent quickly nodded her head, as she then put a hand on his shoulder, "Yes. Just be yourself. That's all I'm asking you to do."

Wanting to please her, Tails slowly turned to look at Kitty, replying with a slight smile, "Ok, I'll do that then."

"Thanks."

Kitty quickly moved back to her original spot after saying that, as the two of them continued to eat their remaining potato salad.

As they ate, the two tailed fox soon thought to himself while taking another bite of his food, Kitty's right. I have to knock off the nonsense and just be a gentleman. After all, I told Amy I would be anyway, so why am I not?

From that point on, Tails did just that. He acted with class and maturity, even asking Kitty for anything she needed. Not surprisingly, she told him it was ok and he didn't have to do anything more for her.

Even so, Kitty reluctantly gave in when he insisted on it if necessary, deciding to not hurt his feelings again. That however, would end up being a lot harder to allow than previously thought, as she really was getting very irritated by his constant treatment of wanting to wait on her hand and foot.

Thankfully though, about five minutes later, the two of them were now full from eating several helpings of sandwiches and potato salad, with Kitty now deciding to lie down on the picnic mat on her back and relax.

Tails meanwhile looked in the basket to see what Amy had made for dessert. Again, it was something different, as it was a standard sized apple pie with a foil tin around it.

"Wow, Amy sure went to a lot of trouble here." He commented. "She even made a big pie for each of us to share."

Kitty though groaned from a full stomach, replying, "Uh, no thanks… I couldn't eat another bite. I'm so full now; I think I'd throw up if I dared to look at it."

Since Tails too was a bit on the full side, he decided to lie down on his back too and look at the sky for now instead.

However, he wouldn't be able to look at it for long, as Kitty soon thought to herself inadvertently, you know, since it's such a nice and warm day, I'll think I'll feel the grass between my toes.

Within seconds, Tails quickly tilted her head up from the movement of her knees and saw Kitty take off her sandals with a soft yank with each foot, now laying her perfectly pedicured paws onto the ground, where she did indeed feel the grass between each toe, sighing happily as she did so.

Tails' heart instantly beat faster inside while she did this, even slightly arousing him, thinking a bit overwhelmed inside while glancing at them, my goodness… She's as beautifully looking barefoot as she was in my dream. Kitty truly is a gorgeous individual.

Kitty though soon noticed him looking at her intently, making her feel awkward all over again. She then asked with arched eyebrows while tilting her head towards the two tailed fox, "Um, didn't I request for you not to stare at me, Tails? It's really inappropriate."

Again, Tails blushed heavily, stammering, "Oh, uh… s-sorry bout that, Kitty. I-I couldn't help myself there."

Kitty then quickly realized why he was, thinking with a frustrated groan, Oh great… I should have known he would even find my feet attractive looking. He thinks everything about me is attractive!

However, since the grass felt so nice between each toe of her paw feet, Kitty decided to not put back on her sandals to discourage him, but said instead diplomatically, "I would really appreciate if you would just look at the sky now, or anything else for that matter. Can you please do that for me?"

"Oh, uh, yea, s-sure thing…" Tails replied with a nod.

Again, wanting to please her, he did just that, as he soon glanced at the sky like the tan feline was. Nevertheless, he couldn't help but sneak a look or two on the sly with his eyes every now and then, especially since Kitty was indeed so beautiful looking to him.

For the next minute, neither of them said anything, as they both enjoy the warm breeze and the small of rays that shot through the tree on their bodies. Tails even glanced at over Sonic to see how his date was going from the tree on the west side.

Not surprisingly, Amy was enjoying it more than he was. While Sonic seemed to be having fun too, Tails couldn't help but wonder if he was putting on act for her sake.

A minute later, Tails finally broke the ice again, asking while still lying on his back, "So, how you enjoying life on Mobius?"

Kitty quickly turned her head to him, replying softly, "Well, it's actually very nice here to be perfectly honest. It's been peaceful, serene and even a bit therapeutic too.

"See, aren't you glad I asked you to come along now?" Tails inquired with a sly smirk. "Look at all what would you would have missed out on had you stayed behind."

"Well, I guess you do have a point there…" Kitty commented with a heavy sigh, looking at the sky again.

Tails though could tell there was some restlessness in her body language as she spoke, inquiring further, "You feeling ok, Kitty?"

She again turned to look at him, replying, "Yea, I'm fine. Why?"

"Well, I couldn't help but notice you kind of look a bit down." He explained. "You sure there's nothing troubling you?"

Not wanting to make an issue of it, the feline agent replied firmly, "Trust me. I'm fine, Tails. I'm very happy living here. I have no regrets coming with you and the others to this place."

While that answer somewhat satisfied him, the two tailed fox still felt she wasn't being perfectly honest here. Nevertheless, he decided to drop the matter since it was none of his business anyway.

Kitty though spoke up ten seconds later, asking him out of the blue, "Tell me, Tails. Do you think Rouge is still alive or was she killed during the mission with Eggman?"

Tails now sat up, inquiring peculiarly, "Um, why made you ask that?"

"Well, I still wonder every now what ever happened to that bat." Kitty explained, looking at the sky as she spoke. "I wish I could've had some closure on that matter, especially with her helping out us out and all…"

"That reminds me…" Tails said. "I noticed after the mission, your attitude of Rouge seemed to change. Before, I could tell you really seemed angry and upset with her." He then asked with curiosity, "What happened in that base by the way?"

Even now, the tan feline felt ashamed inside while recollecting that memory, even to the point of feeling responsible for Rouge's disappearance.

Tails soon said after a long silence, "Kitty…?"

"Huh?" Kitty during this time was in deep thought, soon replying while glancing at him, "Oh, um… well, I rather not go into too much detail about it since it's not a pleasant memory."

"How so?" He inquired with deep curiosity.

"Well, let's just say… I made a really bad decision in there that I deeply regret now." She told him guilt ridden. "Even if it did lead to something good, I felt it did more harm in the long run."

"I see…"  Not surprisingly, Tails was very tempted to ask her more about it, but felt it was best to let it go. He could tell something was eating at Kitty about it that she didn't want to talk about at all.

However, he did bring up another topic, one that he knew would be even more awkward to talk about, but felt he had to get off his chest.

"Um, Kitty…?"

"Yes, Tails?" she replied, looking at him intently again.

"Well, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about…" he explained.

"Like what?" the tan feline inquired, now sitting up. Not surprisingly, Kitty had a strong inkling what it was about.

"Well, I know this is probably not the best of times to bring this up," Tails explained, "but I need to discuss this with you for my own peace of mind."

Within seconds, her fears would be confirmed, as he added, "Basically, it's about my personal feelings concerning you."

Oh no… Kitty moaned in her mind, gritting her teeth in full blown awkwardness. I knew this was going to happen! Oh, why did he have to bring this up now? I don't want to hurt him.

Tails thankfully didn't see her facial expressions, as he said while looking at the ground, "Anyway, you probably already have figured this out by now, but I've grown very fond of you over time."

Oh, you think? She thought sarcastically, but commented softly, "Yea, I've figured that out by now. Why?"

Tails by this time looked at her, saying further, trying to not blush, "Well, the truth is, I actually have developed a crush on you too."

"Really? Kitty soon looked at him, trying to keep her composure, "So, what are you trying to say to me exactly?'

By this time, the two tailed fox decided to quit beating around the bush and just say what was really on his heart, no matter how awkward it would sound, telling her while looking at the ground, "Kitty, what I'm really trying to say is… well, I… love…you…"

Like his dream, Tails' cheeks again were flown blown. However, unlike his dream, Kitty groaned in absolute embarrassment, thinking to herself with deep disgust while placing her hands over her face, I knew he would say it eventually. I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!

Thankfully again, the two tailed fox didn't not see this either, as he soon looked at her again after she was done, adding, still feeling embarrassed "I… hope I didn't creep you out at all by me telling you this, but I felt you needed to know. I mean, I just can't hide my feelings from you anymore. I really am in love with you, Kitty."

The picnic is officially ruined… Kitty thought to herself with a look of agony on her face. Now comes the part where I'll have to turn him down and he'll want to cry in heartbreak.

Tails this time did see her painful expression, asking with awkwardness, "Um, did I come on too strongly there?"

Yes! Yes you did! Kitty thought to herself angrily. But again, she replied, for the sake of his feelings, "Well, to be perfectly honest, you did a bit. I mean, it's not exactly normal for someone my age to be ok with, considering our age difference and all…"

Tails ironically didn't blame her, saying, "I suppose you do have a point there…" Nevertheless, he pressed on, saying, "Anyway, I hope you don't mind me telling you this, but I hope we can have a deeper friendship over time."

"Come again?" Kitty knew what was coming, but wanted him to clarify it for her in case she might be jumping the gun.

"You know, that we'll become even better friends, then eventually one day decide to try and see if we're right for each other and…"

Kitty finally couldn't keep her peace any longer, as she now interrupted him, saying with a look horror on her face, "Hold it, Tails. Were you about to suggest… that we start dating sometime?"

"Well, maybe…" Tails answered, trying to keep his cheeks from turning dark red. "If it's ok with you of course…"

Kitty finally sighed heavily, shaking her head, eventually replying with sadness, "Tails, look… I think it's time I was honest with you about something."

He now looked at her intently, as she said, trying to not let her emotions run wild, "Well, I'll start off by saying, that I am a bit flattered by how much you like me. It is somewhat nice to have some care deeply about you."

Tails' facial expressions quickly changed, as he smiled at her briefly, that is until she added, "But, Tails… you can't honestly expect me to be ok with this idea at all."

"What do you mean?" he inquired puzzled.

Kitty again let out a heavy sigh, replying, "Tails, did you not stop to think of our age difference at all before asking me this? You know I couldn't possibly date you now. It would be wrong for me to even consider it."

"I agree." He told her firmly. "I wouldn't dream of asking you to do this now."

"You're not? Then why did you bring it up?" she asked with puzzlement

"Well, I was actually referring to when I was of age." Tails explained.

"Of age? What do you mean by that exactly?" Kitty inquired.

"You know, when I turn eighteen." Tails replied. "By that time, it'll be more appropriate then."

Kitty groaned again in sadness. She finally figured out what he was trying to say. She then told him with another solemn shake of her head, "Tails, I'm sorry, but I cannot even agree to that idea either."

"What? Why not?" He asked, his ears and face drooping again. "It wouldn't be wrong then."

"No, it wouldn't…" Kitty replied softly. "But I'll be in my 30's by that time."

"So? Is that really a problem?" he inquired.

"Yes it is." The tan feline told him. "I… don't want to wait that long to find my soul mate."

"But, I can be your soul mate." Tails argued. "I-I'll be so good to you, you'll feel like a Queen."

"I bet I would too…" Kitty stated softly, now looking at the ground. "Nevertheless, I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline your offer, Tails."

Again, Tails' face drooped in sadness, asking, "Why? I don't understand. Am I not attractive to you or something?"

"Tails, you're very attractive looking, even a bit cute too." The tan feline explained, trying to not blush when mentioning that part. "But… you're too young for me. Even if we waited until you turned twenty one, you'd still be too young for my preferred age group of guys I choose to date."

While Tails looked on now more saddened than ever, Kitty told him, "Tails, I really am not comfortable dating any guys seven years younger or more than me. I'm just not. I'm sorry…"

"But… I love you, Kitty." he said with heartbroken whimper. "I… don't want to spend my life with anyone else."

Feeling deep sympathy for the two tailed fox, Kitty moved over and hugged him from the right side, replying with a soothingly tone of voice, "I love you too, Tails, but only as your friend."

Tails emotions almost perked at her words, until he heard the second part of that sentence.

Kitty then said to him after letting go, trying to cheer him up, "Listen, Tails, you shouldn't be concerning yourself with matters like this anyway. You're only eight. You should be enjoying your life, experiencing the joys of being a young one. Because… before you know it, you'll be growing up and be as old as me."

She soon added after a long pause to explain further, "Look, one day when you're older, you'll find that special someone whom you're destined to spend your life with. I don't know who or where she is, or even when you'll meet her, but I know she's out there. And when you do find her, you're going to be glad you chose her instead of me."

Tails though didn't believe a word of it at all, even when the tan feline added, "In fact, when you do finally find her, I'm going to be happy for you. I'll even be a bit jealous too."

"Yea, sure you will…" he muttered with bitterness in his voice, looking at the ground while tears started to form in his eyes.

"I'm serious here, Tails." Kitty reiterated, now tilting his chin up with her right hand to make him look at her. "I saw how sweet and devoting you was around me, even if it was creeping me out. If that's how you love someone as old as me, I can only imagine how well you'll treat her too. She is going to feel like a Queen indeed."

"But, I don't want another girl." Tails protested sorrowfully, now on the verge of breaking down. "I want it to be you."

Kitty by this time couldn't help but feel her own eyes welling up with tears. It was killing her inside to see him crying this much. She then said while wiping his tears away with her right hand, "Tails, I'm sorry, but we just aren't meant to be. If you were maybe Sonic's age, I'd might consider it, especially with you being so sweet and all. But, I'm afraid the best we'll ever be is close friends."

For the next twenty seconds, it was nothing but awkward silence between them, as Tails by now finally began to sob silently to himself, with tears fully streaming down his face.

Tails knew it was a long shot to begin with, but even he didn't realize how hard it would be to be turned down by the girl he loved with his whole heart and soul.

Kitty finally spoke up after a long pause, saying after hugging him tightly again, "I hope you'll understand one day, Tails, why I'm doing this."

"Yea, I understand all right…" he muttered sullenly with a lump in his throat.

The second Kitty let go of him, the two tailed fox slowly turned his back to her and began to walk off.

"Where are you going?" she asked a few seconds later.

"I need to take a walk now." He replied, not looking at her. "I have a lot of thinking to do."

"Kitty by this time finally stood up, saying with her right hand extended towards him, "Tails, please don't angry with me. I only told you these things because I really do care about your feelings. I didn't want to lead you on. You are my good friend after all."

Finally, after another two seconds, Tails did stop and turned around to look at her, saying with watershed eyes, "I'm not angry with you at all, Kitty."

Before she could ponder what he had meant by this, the two tailed fox added, "I'm angry with myself."

He then said as he walked off in sorrow, "You were right, Kitty. I should have known you would never agree to this. I was nothing but a lovesick fool, too blind to see the difference between fantasy and reality."

Kitty again tried to reason with him, "Tails, wait! Don't go. We can still talk this over and work something out."

Her words by this time sadly fell on deaf ears. Tails now was soon fading from her sights, getting smaller and smaller in shape as he slowly walked away.

Kitty then slumped down onto the mat on her knees in deep sadness, letting out a somber sigh. Even now, it caused her deep pain to have to turn him down. She knew he would not take it well, and sure enough, he didn't.

The poor lad… she thought to herself, looking at the ground. I can't believe he took my rejection so hard. I knew he would be sad and a bit heartbroken by me telling him no, but I didn't think he'd take it this badly.

It was at the moment Kitty really kicked herself for allowing Amy to talk her into going to the picnic.

If I only had put my foot down, she thought with disgust, Tails' heart wouldn't have been broken. I could have avoided this confrontation all together.

Nevertheless, she soon realized the folly of that statement, adding with disgust, who am I kidding? He was going to tell me this soon even I didn't go to this picnic! He was already that affactuated with me.

Deep down, she was tempted even now to go after Tails and try and talk to him again. However, she again realized he wasn't going to listen to anything she had to say.

His heart was clearly broken, and Kitty knew this.

The tan feline sadly now was in one of those, "screwed if you do, screwed if you don't" scenarios. Either way, it was a losing matter.

I feel so helpless inside, Kitty thought to herself, I really do want to comfort him now, but I know it'll only lead to more trouble if I do. But if I don't, who knows what's he'll do in his troubled state of mind?

While Kitty pondered over in her mind about what to do, she soon heard Sonic yell from the other picnic spot, "Amy, I'm not doing that!"

"Oh c'mon, Sonikku, it'll be romantic." She protested. "All the couples do this."

"But we're not even a couple yet." The blue hedgehog argued. "Seriously, this is pushing me past my comfort level."

Amy though wouldn't let it go, begging of him, "Please, Sonic, just this once. I… want to have one intimate moment with you."

Sonic then shook his head with disgust, replying, "Amy, you're not making any points with me now. This is not right of you to insist on it, especially where anyone can walk by and see it."

"Just try it one time." She suggested, now looking at him with her big green eyes in despair. "Please. After that, I'll never ask again unless you want to. I promise…"

So, with extreme reluctance, Sonic pulled out a fork and said while rolling his eyes, "Fine, just this one time…"

And with that statement, he cut a piece of an apple pie from their picnic basket and then had it slowly move towards her mouth, where she clamped down and chewed the piece of pie once it left the utensil.

After she swallowed it, Amy said with a smile, "Thanks. I really appreciate it."

"Glad that's over with…" Sonic muttered softly, putting the fork away.

"Wait, Sonikku." She protested. "You haven't finished yet."

"You said one time." He shot back.

"I meant the whole piece of piece." Amy explained.

"Say what?" Sonic by this time felt disgusted at her deceiving words, as Amy added, "C'mon, just serve me the rest of the pie on the plate and then you can stop."

"I can't believe you're making me doing this." He muttered, now angry at her.

"Sonic, please… I'm not asking for much." She told him humbly. "Can you just humor me on this one little request? I won't push you any further."

"You promise me that?" he inquired of her, looking at the pink hedgehog with arched eyebrows.

Amy nodded her head, replying, "I promise."


While Sonic served her the pie with extreme reluctance, Kitty during this time laid down on the picnic mat flat on her back, looking at the sky again, thinking to herself, Well, at least they're having a good time. I think…

Nevertheless, her mind was still heavily preoccupied with Tails. In spite of the fact Kitty felt this was the best thing to do for now, letting him cool off and gather his thoughts, she still couldn't but worry about what he would be doing during that period.

Would he dare run away because of my rejection? Do I even dare think he'd…?

Kitty instantly blew that notion off, saying to herself, No; Tails wouldn't dare do something that drastic because I turned him down. He just wouldn't… he's smarter than that.

However, that nagging thought soon came to her mind, as it said loudly within her, or would he?

At that moment, the tan feline was very tempted to leave and head back to Vanilla's home to gather her own thoughts, but knew she would have to wait until Sonic and Amy's picnic was over with.

I couldn't dare leave without them knowing where he is now; she thought to herself, I'd be a horrible friend to even consider something like that.


Meanwhile back in Central City a few days later, Topaz and Rouge prepared for their mission together.

Rouge by this time had recovered enough that she was able to leave the hospital, though she was still wearing a bandage on her head to protect her ailing wounds on the top and back of it.

Topaz meanwhile went to the Commander Tower and requested a chopper to head for Eggman's deserted island and do a thorough investigation.

The G.U.N Commander though put his foot down, replying to the suggestion with a frown, "Absolutely not! I will not lend you any G.U.N aircraft just so you and that renegade bat can go for a joy ride."

"You know that's not what we have in mind at all." Topaz shot back, deeply insulted by his words. "We just want to make sure Eggman is officially gone."

"Trust me, he is gone." Commander Tower told her firmly. "I had my men do an excavation and they found absolutely nothing to suggest that mad scientist is still among the living."

"That doesn't mean he is actually gone, Commander." Topaz argued. "You know how crafty Eggman is. He can fool you if you're not careful."

"If that terrorist was still alive, I'd think we'd see some evidence of it." The G.U.N Commander countered. "You don't just disappear this long without someone finding out or not."

"What about the G.U.N solider who saw a purple tentacle with a red claw?" Topaz argued again. "Don't you think that's should cause enough suspicion to do another search to make sure?"

"That was only seen by one member." Commander Tower shot back. "If two or more had witnessed it, I'd be willing to look into it, but I believe he was nothing more than seeing things. It is very hot around that island after all. I bet it was just a trick of the mind from the sun."

"He saw it though twice!" Topaz argued, now raising her voice. "Illusions don't appear the same two times in a row."

"Enough already…" The G.U.N Commander told her, now out of patience. "This discussion is closed. You and Rouge are not going to that island and that's final."

And with that statement, he turned his chair around 180 degrees to imply for the female G.U.N agent to leave his office promptly.

Topaz though wasn't about to let him win that easily. So, she said after a long pause, "Fine, if you're not going to do me this personal favor, then maybe I won't do mine anymore for you either."

That instantly got Tower's attention, as he then swung his chair and demanded, "What did you say?"

"You know what I'm talking about." Topaz reiterated, glaring at him intently. "You wanted me to keep Agent Katswell's status under wraps for the sake of the G.U.N morale. Well, I'm not so inclined to keep it anymore if you're not going to at least grant me one request."

"You're threatening me now?" By this point, Commander Tower was incensed, saying with a fierce glare, "I ought to fire you right this second. I don't care anymore if you have a wound shoulder or not. NOBODY threatens me and gets away it!"

"Go ahead and fire me." Topaz shot back. By this time, she no longer cared about her job, adding, "That'll only make me want to spill the beans about how rotten you were to Agent Katswell all the more."

Topaz had the G.U.N Commander in a serious bind, and he knew it. Either way, it was a lose-lose scenario.

He then said after a long pause, lowering his head to ponder his next move, "Ok, if I grant you this one request, you'll keep your word about not saying anything to the troops about my previous actions?"

"If you give me full G.U.N support for this mission," Topaz reiterated, "I'll gladly agree to keep silent about it for the rest of my career."

While he pondered this further, Topaz added, "In fact, I'll even agree you can terminate my job at G.U.N if I dare ask you for anymore bizarre favors."

"Hmmm…" Again, the G.U.N Commander was in deep thought, soon replying after a long pause, now looking her in the eye while crossing his arms together, "Very well then. I'll reluctantly agree to this request of yours in exchange for keeping your end of the bargain."

"Consider it done." Topaz replied quickly. She had said it so quickly, the G.U.N Commander wondered if he had asked for too little in exchange.

"But know this…" he said with a fierce glare. "Rouge will never be a G.U.N agent here again, even if she finds Eggman alive and brings him to us."

Commander Tower then added, "She has officially crossed the line, even more so than Agent Katswell did. Nothing she says or does will ever change my mind about this. Do you understand me?"

"Crystal clear, sir." Topaz answered with a nod.  Deep down though, she felt Rouge should be given another chance. Nevertheless, she decided to not press her luck on this matter any further.

Moments later, the G.U.N Commander opened a drawer from his desk and pulled out an official G.U.N authorization note, writing down his list of instructions to the next in line of his assigned officers with a black pen.

Once he signed the seal at the bottom, Commander Tower handed it to Topaz and said, "Here you go. This paper will give you full authorization of whatever you need to carry out this silly little mission of yours."

While the female G.U.N agent took it in her possession, the Commander added, "But I'm almost certain you'll be wasting your time."

"We'll know that soon enough." Topaz told him, now putting the note in her right pocket.

After that was done, Commander Tower turned around in his seat again after closing his drawer, saying, "Now then, unless you have anything important left to say to me, please leave my office ASAP."
"As you wish, sir." Topaz replied with a brief pause. "Good day to you."

And with that statement, the female G.U.N agent walked out of his office.

The split second she was closed the door behind her, Commander Tower thought with a look of disgust on his face, I really should have fired her for this disgusting conduct. But sadly, I would have paid for it even more than she would have.

Even now, the G.U.N Commander was very tempted inside to fire Agent Topaz right after their requested mission, just to show his absolute power over her. Nevertheless, he knew he could not even attempt it without a good reason. Topaz clearly had him over a barrel, whether he wanted to admit it or not.


Back on Mobius, Sonic and Amy's date finally came to a close. It was now around 5pm.

As they walked towards Kitty, arm and arm, she asked them out of curiosity, "So, uh, how did your picnic go?"

"Absolutely wonderful…" Amy replied with a heavenly smile, saying those words with as much passion as she could. "Wouldn't you agree, my love?" she asked Sonic a few seconds later, looking him in the eye flirtatiously.

Not surprisingly, Sonic didn't even come close to sharing her excitement, replying as confidently as he could without getting himself in trouble, "Yea, it was pretty nice, Amy."

Amy then hugged him tightly, making the blue hedgehog cringe all the more, as she soon asked with love in her eyes, "Does that mean we'll go out again sometime?"

"Um, maybe…" Sonic answered awkwardly with a slight groan. "I'll have to get back to you on that."

Just then, Sonic finally noticed Tails' absence, asking while the pink hedgehog continued to snuggle with him, "Hey, where's T2?"

The second he asked that, Kitty quickly lowered his head in sadness, replying, "I'm afraid he ran off."

"What, why?" Amy asked, now deeply concerned as well, letting go of Sonic to look at Kitty. "What would make him do something like that?"

"Take a good guess." The tan feline retorted with a sigh, crossing her arms together.

In that moment, both hedgehogs knew what she was referring to.

"Oh… I get it. Tails told you his inner feelings for you, but he must've taken it wrong when you turned him down and then left heartbroken." The pink hedgehog concluded.

"Bingo." Kitty replied bluntly. She then added while looking at the ground again, sighing heavily this time, "Poor lad… I really am worried about him now."

"Never mind that…" Sonic reiterated with a frown, now speaking up. "I'll go find him and we'll sort this out when I return."

However, he wouldn't get the chance, as Kitty grabbed him by his right arm and said firmly, "No, let him be for now, Sonic. You'd only make it worse now if you went after him."

"Let go of me, Kitty." The blue hedgehog ordered angrily. "Tails is my best friend. I have to find him and talk some sense into that young mind of his."

"And that will only make him more bitter if you do." The tan feline reiterated sharply.

"What are you talking about?" Sonic demanded, now looking at Kitty intently.

"Think, Sonic." Kitty told him, crossing her arms together. "Do you really think he'll listen to any scolding or lecture you'd give him now?"

"Why wouldn't he?" the blue hedgehog shot back. "He is my best friend after all. He'd most definitely listen to me, especially considering the way he looks up to me and all."

"I'm afraid he wouldn't in this case." Kitty reiterated. "Knowing Tails, he's probably so upset now; he might even turn on you if you tried to reason with him."

Sonic though tried to protest again, that is Amy spoke up, saying, "She's right, Sonic. Tails isn't in the mood to hear you out now."

"And how would you know that?" he demanded, looking at her with a frown.

"Because, Sonikku…" the pink hedgehog told him softly. "I've been in his shoes before. I know that feeling of bitterness he's now experiencing."

"When did you ever feel that way?" Sonic inquired with deep curiosity.

"How about the time when you intentionally missed our date awhile back?" Amy shot back, placing her hands at her hips while glaring at him. "Or when you used my feelings to help you get back to shore while on a cruise? You don't think that upset me?"

"I was desperate!" Sonic countered. "You know how I feel about water. What was I supposed to do?"

"That doesn't excuse your behavior for using me for your own personal gain!" Amy shouted at him, now pointing a finger in his face. "It was wrong and extremely hurtful!"

Even Kitty felt this way too, in spite of the fact she knew Amy smothered him at times.

"Look, I'm sorry, ok?" Sonic said to her, trying to calm the waters. "I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings either of those times. I just don't like being confined or forced at hammer point to take you out on a date."

When she heard Sonic mention the latter part of his sentence, Amy knew he had a point there. So, she said softly after a long pause, now a bit embarrassed herself, "I guess that was pretty rotten of me now that I look back on it."

"You actually forced him to take you on a date?" Kitty inquired with shock. "No wonder he's so reluctant to have a closer friendship with you."

"Would you please stay out of this?" Amy shot back, now glaring at the tan feline. "As if you've never made a mistake before!"

Ironically, Kitty couldn't find any rebuttal for her outburst at all. So, she did as she was told, though begrudgingly.

Amy then said to Sonic while looking at him with guilt in her eyes, "Look, I'm really sorry if I made you very uncomfortable around me. I too was desperate, so I tried almost anything to win your favor."

After hearing that, the blue hedgehog softened up somewhat, commenting with a sigh, "I guess we both did desperate things we shouldn't have…"

Amy then extended her right hand and placed it on his right shoulder, saying, "Even so, Sonikku, I forgive you for all the hurt you caused me in the past. It still stings a bit, but I don't want us to be at odds again, especially not after that nice date we just had together."

Sonic ironically didn't want to be at odds either, as Amy soon asked him after a brief pause, "Do you forgive me too?"

Not wanting to seem harsh and unfair, the blue hedgehog slowly nodded his head, replying softly, "Yea, sure thing, Amy…"

Amy then grabbed both of his hands with hers, adding with a warm smile, "Friends?"

Sonic also eventually smiled at her, saying sincerely, "Friends."

The two of them then hugged each other tightly, with Amy shedding a tear of relief in response to it.

Even Kitty at this moment couldn't help but feel somewhat happy for them. It was a very touching moment to say the least.

Ten seconds later, they finally let go, as Sonic soon said afterwards, "Anyway, I better go find Tails. Even if he is bitter, I need to speak with him."

"Sonic, you really need to let him cool off." Kitty reiterated. "I can tell he's really grieving now from being rejected."

"But it's getting dark out." The blue hedgehog argued. "We can't just let him stay outside all night."

"I'm not suggesting all night." The tan feline reiterated. "But let him be for a little while longer. I don't think he's ready to hear you out just yet."

And so, with extreme reluctance, Sonic gave in, replying after a heavy sigh, "Very well then… but I'm only going to wait until 8pm. Heartbroken or not, he needs some big brother counseling from me to help him cope with this."

Kitty couldn't find much to argue with there, so she nodded her head, saying, "Agreed. In fact, I'll even come help you find him if he hasn't returned by then."

"You sure that's a wise thing to do?" the blue hedgehog inquired. "I mean, I know he's going to be bitter towards you for awhile at least."

"That maybe true, but I do care about his feelings." Kitty reiterated. "I don't want him to feel I enjoyed turning him down. It hurt me a lot too to have to do it."

"Yea, I know…" Sonic said with a slight nod. "Anyway, let's be heading back for home and wait for him. Hopefully by now, Tails is coming to his senses and will return within the hour."


Sadly, Tails would not be returning any time soon at all. Instead, he stayed out in the meadows long after, still very angry inside about being turned down by the girl of his dreams.

By this time, he was now sitting on a small hilltop a couple of miles away, looking at the stars.

With tear stained eyes, he said to himself with anger in his voice, "I should never have fallen in love with that cat. What was I thinking? She's an adult compared to me!"

Not surprisingly, the two tailed fox caught himself saying bitterly while gritting his teeth, "I wish Kitty never came here. In fact, I wish I never even met here back in Central City. All she did was break my heart! And knowing her, she probably enjoyed it too! That witch!"

Tails though could no longer hold his head up high after saying that last part, thinking to himself with a sigh, who am I kidding? Kitty didn't do anything wrong. She if anything, tried to comfort me after turning me down. But, it still hurt so much inside. I feel like someone just thrusted an axe into my back.

At that moment, the two tailed fox never felt such an ache in his heart as he did now. It was driving him absolutely mad inside.

Again, he found himself saying things he shouldn't be, muttering, "Maybe I should leave and never come back. After my awful performance today, I'm probably nothing more now than a pathetic fool in the eyes of my friends."

Once more, the two tailed fox kicked himself for saying such things, thinking, angry at himself, Tails, you're going to have to man up and accept the fact you screwed up here. Sonic isn't to blame for this. Neither is Amy. Not even Kitty is at fault for you getting your heart broken. This is all on you.

Nevertheless, in spite of the fact he had just admitted this; Tails wasn't ready to walk home yet. He still had too much pride to give up wanting to be alone and sulk.

Before he knew it, the time soon reached 7:15pm, where is soon was getting colder out with every passing minute.

Even when a small cold breeze came swirling around him as well, the two tailed fox continued to fight it due to his emotional pride. He just was not ready to return home and face the music.

Nevertheless, ten minutes into it, Tails finally couldn't stand it any longer. He was now starting to shiver from the drop in temperature, making him mutter while groaning in disgust, "Oh, forget it… even if I do have a lot of pride, it's not worth catching a cold over."

And so, he finally swallowed what little of it he had left and started to walked back, saying to himself in his mind as he did so, You gotta face this like a man, Tails… you have no one to blame for this mishap other than you.

However, he couldn't even take twenty steps, when something in the sky caught his eye.

Tails soon looked up from the blinking object from above, pondering out loud, "Huh…? What's that?"

As it got bigger in diameter, he said with arched eyebrows, "It looks like, some kind of…"

Tails though wouldn't be able to get another word out. By this time, he now saw it was heading right towards him, and at blistering speeds as well.

Instantly, he dove out of the way with a frightening yelp, just barely missing getting hit by the large object. Then, not even five seconds later, he heard a loud crash from the west side of the meadow, causing a small billow of smoke to appear from it.

Tails quickly stood up a split second later, pondering out loud with deep suspicion again, "What in the world was that? Was that a… meteorite?"

With his curiosity getting the better of him, the two tailed fox ran towards it to see what it was.

There, about fifty feet up ahead, he finally saw what it was. Once he got a closer look, he commented with a gasp, "Wait a second… this isn't a meteorite. It's… a spaceship."

Indeed it was, as it was now flipped upside down, still smoking from before. Tails then surveyed the ruins to see if there were any signs of life in it.

At first, he saw none, not even when he opened up the cockpit to inspect the inside of it. However, when he walked around behind it to get another look, Tails finally saw something that took his breath away.

"Oh my goodness… It's a, it's a… I don't know what it is."

What he saw was none other a green skinned female in a flower woven dress, laying back first on the ground unconscious. She even appeared to have bruises on her cheeks as a result of the crash.

Tails then knelt down next to her on the right side to see if she was still breathing. Thankfully, she was. Nonetheless, something else about her caught his attention, saying while looking at her face, "That's odd… Part of her hair, it looks like flowers mixed in with human hair.

When he felt it with his gloves, his suspicions was confirmed. She was clearly not from Mobius at all, but an alien.

"She must be from another planet." Tails commented to himself softly. "But, why did she come here and crash land so abruptly? It doesn't make any sense."

In spite of his suspicions, Tails stated firmly after a brief pause, "Well, I'll find that out later. Right now, she needs immediate medical help and fast."

And so, not wasting anymore time, the two tailed fox carefully picked her up in his arms and began to run off as fast as he could towards his workshop to get her some help.

On the way there, he ironically couldn't stop himself from thinking while glancing at her as he ran, You know, I will say one thing about this alien female. She is actually kind of cute looking.

However, the split second those words crossed his mind, he instantly rebuked himself, thinking angrily, Tails, don't be a fool here! You just got your heart broken because you foolishly pursued romance, and now you're thinking about it again? What is the matter with you? Are you that desperate for someone to love?

Deep down though, Tails didn't even know his own heart on the matter anymore. He clearly was one emotionally confused fox now.

Nevertheless, he forced himself to drop the subject from his thoughts, thinking to himself again, Focus here, Tails!  She clearly needs your help. At least do this one thing right today to make up for acting like a complete klutz earlier!


Meanwhile… Topaz and Rouge soon made their way to Eggman's deserted island via chopper to investigate.

Thanks to Commander Tower's full authorization paper, the female G.U.N agent and the renegade bat got the help and supplies they needed and then some. Deciding to take no chances, Topaz brought three choppers along with her, as well as a dozen soldiers onboard to be their lookouts.

Within an hour of takeoff, they arrived at the island, where they quickly landed on the sand near the shore.

Once they came to a halt, Topaz, Rouge and the soldiers stepped out of the choppers.  The female G.U.N agent then asked them "Ok, where did you find the door to the underground part of Eggman's base?"

"Over there, Agent Topaz." One of them replied, pointing towards the northwest.

Topaz took a good look at it from her spot, where she soon glanced back at the solider and his comrades, announcing with authority, "Listen up, men. I brought you here to be our protection, as well as our extra eyes and ears. If you see anything suspicious around here, and I mean anything that is considered a threat, I expect you to inform me or Rouge here at once. Do I make myself clear?"

Since Topaz had complete authority over them now, they all nodded their heads and saluted, replying loudly in unison, "Yes, Ma'am."

"We will gladly carry out your orders as you command." One solider added a split second later.

Another then spoke up, inquiring, "Although, isn't this kind of a pointless mission?"

"What do you mean by that, solider?" Topaz interrogated with a frown.

"Well… we already picked clean this island with our excavation team several days ago." He explained. "If there was anything of Eggman's to be found, we would have discovered it already."

In spite of the fact she knew he had a point, Topaz reiterated nonetheless firmly, "You just let me worry about that. While I don't doubt the team earlier did a good job, I want to make sure they didn't leave any stone unturned."

Not surprisingly, all of the soldiers deep down felt she was wasting her time. Nonetheless, the same soldier from before answered respectfully, "Very well then, Agent Topaz. As you wish."

Topaz ironically was tempted to have them call her by a higher title, but thought better of it, saying instead, "Anyway, Rouge and I should no more than an hour inside the underground base. If we take any longer than that, I expect you to come find us as a precaution. Understood?"

Again, they saluted and said in unison, "Yes, Ma'am."

And with that salute, Topaz turned to her bat friend and asked while looking in the eye, "Are you ready to do this, Rouge?"

"Honey, I was born for this kind of work." Rouge reiterated firmly. "You just lead the way."

Topaz did exactly that, as she quickly walked towards the doors of Eggman's underground base and opened them, slowly stepping inside while retrieving a flashlight from her right pocket to help her see.

Rouge meanwhile followed her closely from behind while flying, where she then went ahead and said to her friend, "Allow me to be your guide. I've been in here before and know pretty much its ins and outs."

"You still remember it even after getting abruptly conked on the head?" Topaz inquired a bit dumbfounded.

Rouge quickly nodded her head in response, saying boldly, "Hey, I didn't become a world class bounty hunter for nothing. It's one of the traits you have to learn if you want to be elite at this line of work."

"Err… right." Topaz not surprisingly was a bit speechless at Rouge's words, but soon moved on, asking, "You want the flashlight then?"

"Nah, I don't need it." The renegade bat answered. "I can navigate pretty well in the dark, especially with my acute sense of hearing."

Deciding to take her up on it, Topaz then let Rouge what she did best… use her hunting skills to find anything of value.

However, as they soon discovered, there was nothing inside. The G.U.N excavation team had indeed picked the rooms clean anything of importance from Eggman's base. Even when they arrived in the room where Eggman had used the metal whale to escape, they found absolutely nothing.

Topaz then muttered after a thorough walkthrough, "Bah, I guess they were right. I don't see anything here at all that will help us find anything on Eggman's current whereabouts."

Rouge however didn't say anything in response, but instead searched around the west side of the room.

Topaz soon added a few seconds later with a heavy sigh, "Maybe this was a waste of time after all, Rouge…"

When the female bat didn't answer again, Topaz finally looked in her direction while pointing the flashlight at her, asking a bit confused, "Rouge, you ok?"

Rouge however was too preoccupied to answer, as she soon felt her hands around the western wall.

"Did you find something?" the female G.U.N asked inquired, now walking towards her.

"There was a computer table right here." Rouge stated, finally speaking up. "I remember Eggman was in this exact spot, checking thoroughly on the missile updates from G.U.N."

"Well, maybe he took it with him." Topaz suggested.

Rouge though shook her head, replying, "Not possible. Eggman had only two minutes to evacuate before the missiles struck. He would have no time to grab his computer gear unless it was a laptop, which I saw it clearly wasn't."

"How do you know that?" Topaz inquired puzzled.

"Trust me… I was watching him very closely while hiding behind one of the corners of the walls in his base." The renegade bat told her firmly. "I clearly saw it was a computer system built in to the wall."

To be continued...
Part 3 of Chapter 19 is up.

Enjoy.
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blueberrygirl1226's avatar
i think you made a mistake on what Rouge said:
"Honey, I was born for this kind or work."
it should be:
"Honey, I was born for this kind of work."