Memory Lane

Stop Four: Helping

Tails looked at Sonic a bit confused, then gasped in realization as it became clear. "You don't think...? No..." Tails whispered, he didn't even want to consider the thought being true.

Sonic put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him, "I don't want to believe anymore than you do, but if it is true we might be able to get her back." he said reassuringly.

"So you think Eggman might have her...?" Tails shook his head at the thought of it. "But, what would he want with her? Why would he keep her for four years...?" Tails questioned scratching behind his ear, a habit of his when he was deep in thought.

Sonic sighed softly, and looked into Tails eyes his emerald green eyes penetrating deep into Tails bright blue ones. "I don't know, but we won't waste any time to get her back safe and sound." He said determination filling his voice.

"I still can't believe I could have forgotten about her..." Tails muttered feeling entirely guilty.

"Hey, don't beat yourself up about it, you were pretty young. A lot of stuff went down when we met, remember? It's not your fault, just think of how proud she'll be when she finds out you saved the world multiple times!" Sonic said trying to lighten the mood, Tails looked up and gave him a small smile.

"Yeah... I guess you're right..." He paused for a moment, "What if she doesn't remember me, I mean it's been four years..." He asked quietly.

"Bud, listen to me." He gripped both of Tails shoulder making him look at him fully, "She is your sister, you guys are family. How could she possibly not recognize you?"

"What if Eggman did something bad to her and I'm just getting my hopes up, or, or-" Sonic held up a hand to stop Tails.

"Tails, you're babbling buddy. Take it easy, I'm sure Y/N is fine. Well she might not be perfectly fine but she's alive ,I can tell you that much. The best we can hope for is that she got put into stasis, I would hate to find her as one of Eggman's failed experiment..." He instantly realized what he said and looked back at Tails in time to see his horrified expression. "You know what forget I said that!" He said quickly waving his hands in front of him, "Like I said I'm sure she's fine, tell you what when you rest up a bit more we can gather up the others and start looking for her if it makes you feel better." He said to change the subject. Tails looked at him as the familiar gleam of determination came back to his big blue eyes, then nodded.

Three days later Sonic had gotten Amy over as well Knuckles, Tails had complained about waiting so long but Sonic had refused to let him out of bed without legitimate proof that he was completely well both physically and mentally. After Sonic had found out about Y/N, he soon realized that Tails had developed a fever. Though he knew nothing about how to take care of colds and such problems besides the basics, such as putting a cold rag to Tails forehead. So he had to call Amy over to help, while she was there Sonic had filled her in on their plan to find Y/n as well as what happened when she disappeared. After listening intently she was convinced as well that Eggman had something to do with, she also spent over twenty minutes or so trying to comfort Tails in her own way. (bone shattering hugs ect.) Sonic had to literally drag her off of Tails so he could breath. They were just about ready to go....

Pain was all she could feel right now, she couldn't tell for sure but she was certain she wasn't okay. Was she sick? What happened to Miles? Was he okay, did he get away from the bots? She wouldn't know for sure anytime soon.

Y/N wasn't sure if she was hearing right but she could just barely hear footsteps approaching her, Y/N struggled to open her eyes but they felt too heavy. One of her fingers twitched as she felt a presence looming over her, she was helpless to do anything. "You can stop pretending now..." A deep voice muttered by the left side of her stasis tank, the stranger placed a hand against the glass separating Y/N from the outside world. "You must have many questions that you want answers to." The voice said quietly.

Y/N managed to just barely open her eyes, her vision was blurry and she quickly closed her eyes again as they came in contact with the bright lights hovering over her tank. After a few second her eyes readjusted and became comfortable with the lights, once her vision cleared she looked again to the figure that the voice belonged to seeing a black and red hedgehog staring at her with a cold stare. His red eyes piercing into to her own, though Y/N hardly paid attention to it for she was still quite out of it. She let her gaze go around the room in curiosity of where she was, getting a look of the high tech gear around her proved that she wasn't in the cave she had last seen her brother in.

Her attention went back to the mysterious hedgehog that stood before her, she gazed at him with droopy eyes still trying to fully wake up. He only continue to stare at her, "Can you hear me?" He asked, Y/N nodded slightly. "You want to know where you are don't you?" He asked, and Y/N eyes widened slightly as if he had just read her mind then nodded again. "I'm sure you're familiar with Dr. Eggman," He began, but stopped momentarily as Y/N glared and balled her hands into fists. The figure noticed this but continued, "Well you are in his custody and I presume are against your will?" He finished with yet another question. Y/N still glaring at him nodded, she wasn't sure if she could trust him.

There was a moment of silence, after a bit Y/N's hard glare had soften as she began to feel sleepy once again. A small voice in the back of her mind screamed at her to not fall asleep and to keep her guard up, but her eyes still drooped despite the nagging feeling she had that it was a bad idea. Sure enough she fell into yet another deep sleep....

Shadow looked at the fox inside of the tank as she fell back into stasis, he didn't know what to make out of her. Though he didn't like the idea of Eggman keeping the young girl for whatever purpose he had in store for her, he glanced at the control panel debating whether or not to let her out. Looking at the panel brought unwanted memories to the surface of his mind of when Maria gave up her life for him, he knew very well that she would want him to help her. He sighed and approached the panel, he glanced over at the fox girl before turning back to the panel and pressing a few buttons. The tank emitted a low hum before letting out a hiss as it opened slowly, Shadow walked back to the side of the tank and took a look at the wires that seemed to be hooked up to nearly every inch of her body. He reached down to get a better look at what they were doing to the girl's body, he held it close to his face. As he did so he noticed that they seemed to be pumping something into her.

Shadow became a bit more curious after this discovery, he glanced back at the girl's face just to make sure she wasn't waking up anytime soon then proceeded to free her of the wires. Once finished he picked her up bridal style and took out a white chaos emerald and muttered his famous words. "Chaos Control."