Memory Lane

Stop Six: Reuniting

Amy had just gotten off the communicator with Tails, apparently he had an idea of where Y/N was being held. She turned to Knuckles who was still looking around the room for any signs that someone besides Eggman had been there. "We need to head to lab 65b8, Tails found something in some old security camera footage." Amy told him as she began to head back towards the doorway leading into the vast hallway with Knuckles following her close behind.

Knuckles gave her a look, "And what is supposed to be in there?" He asked failing to see what could possible be important about an old unused lab. Amy rolled her eyes and turned to face him with an annoyed glare.

"Have you forgotten what we are looking for here?" She asked him before turning back around and continuing down the hall, she stopped at a corner and peeked around it to make sure it was safe to continue.

"Yeah, we're looking for Tails sister, that probably isn't even here..." He muttered the last part but Amy still managed to hear him and whirled around to face him with yet another deathly glare though this one seemed worse and more intense than the first couple. Amy leaned in close and jabbed a finger into his chest angrily.

"Listen here punk," She spat. "I'm just about done with all of your negativity! The least you could do is act like you care!" She growled. Knuckles eye twitched in annoyance, he shoved her backwards causing her to stumble a bit.

"Who are you to assume that I don't care?! I'm just pointing out the fact that Y/N might not be here! Okay?!" He yelled right back at her, but took a few deep breaths before continuing but more calmly. "I just don't want to raise Tails' hopes, just imagine how hurt he would be to find out that he really won't be able to see her again after thinking that he would finally find her again... Did you ever think of that?" He asked quietly, though normally he would have still been yelling. He had calmed down lately taking care of his anger issues. Amy went silent after Knuckles had finished speaking, she looked at the ground feeling guilty for assuming that Knuckles didn't care whether or not the found some trace of Y/N and her whereabouts. He was only protecting Tails in his own way.

"Okay... Now if you two are finished with your little heart to heart, or pep talk thingie, you think we could go meet Tails at the lab?" Sonic voice asked from somewhere behind them, they both turned around and saw said hedgehog leaning against the wall lazily with an unimpressed look on his face. Amy and Knuckles only nodded, soon all three were rushing down the hallways and had made it to the lab Tails had told them to go to. When they got inside they were greeted by the sight of Tails scurrying around the lab frantically, he looked to be on the verge of tears as he seemingly searched the entire lab desperate to find his sister.

When he finally noticed his friends, he quickly turned away so they wouldn't see him shed even tears. Sonic approached Tails and put a hand on his shoulder in a comforting manner. "Tails, did you find anything?" He asked softly, for a while Tails didn't respond and when he did he gave Sonic a defeated look before making his way towards an empty stasis tank. He picked up his Miles Electric which was connected with a cord to the panel by the tank, he pressed a few buttons before a recording played aloud for them to hear.

"Day 1 of Testing. Nothing to report besides the fact that this particular subject has quite a strong will which might become a problem later on. She is quite a spit fire..." Eggman's voice rang out from the recording, Sonic and the others stared at Tails confused. Tails didn't look up from his device, but continued to play through the recordings. "Day 7 of testing. Subject is reacting well to the chaos energy, slight changes consisting of changes in strength and eye color when tapping into the energy seem to occur." There was a pause a the next recording started to play but a new voice cried out in pain the background, Tails visibly flinched at the sound. "Day 30 of testing. I have been testing ou how durable the subject is considering how strong she has become lately, she seems very resistant to many illnesses as her immune system was enhanced due to the doses of chaos energy. Her strength has been enhanced dramatically, she can lift 200 times her own body weight. If all goes well during the control testing she could prove to be a valuable weapon." Sonic quickly looked at Tails who was glaring daggers at the panel, his blue eyes were glossy with unshed tears.