Tired

A Tails and Amy Fanfic

Tails walked up the steps of his hut. The wind blew past him with a bitter smugness. He pushed open the door and stepped inside, where it was warm and the cold was leeched form his bones. He walked over to a chair, sat down, and sighed. He was 16, he was a mechanic with a gift, and his life was going no where.

Sally and Sonic were gone almost constantly on missions, as were the others. He was the only one they ever left behind. They all came up with the excuse that he was too young, almost believing that he was too stupid to realize the real reason... they all hated him. Even Sonic, his one true friend, had abandoned him in his time of need. Either they talked to him by E-Mail, or, more often, ignored him. He had become depressed, and no one seemed to notice. Tails once again sighed again as he pulled a small butterfly knife from the nightstand. He pulled up the sleeve of the jumpsuit he wore, and sliced a portion of skin just below the elbow.

'Intriguing.' Tails thought as he continued to slice his arm open, savoring each small spark of pain. 'If I were to change the knife 90 degrees, I would probably die of blood loss.' He looked at his arm, at the bloody mess it was quickly becoming. 'All because of one accident...one accident...' And sitting in his chair, with a knife beside him, his arm bleeding unchecked, he fell asleep. And dreamt, for the thousandth time, about how fate had betrayed him.

Tails was walking through the alleys on the west side of Robotropolis, his heart racing. He had received the message just moments before, orders to race to the far side of the city and overload the roboticizer. He reached the control panel and opened it. He placed his computer in the slot on the side of the panel and ran. A few minutes later there was a giant explosion. Shortly after, his cell phone rang. "Hello?" Sally's voice came out of the phone. "Tails! Thank god your alright! There was a giant explosion in the city!" Tails started to answer, but was cut off. "Tails...I'm sorry. Bunnie and Rotor were killed." Tails gasped. Tears suddenly flooded into his eyes. Robotnik had tricked him. "Sally," he finally said when he regained his voice. "I set the explosive..." After a few moments of silence, he heard her respond, softly. "Come back to Knothole Tails." As she was setting down the phone, Tails had heard one word- "Murderer".

There had, naturally, been a court martial. He was found guilty on 2 counts of murder. His sentence was cruel and simple, but he felt he had earned it. He would spend the rest of his natural life in service for the crown as a engineer. All the people he knew had abandoned him. His soul, simply put, was left for dead.

Amy Rose walked into Knothole and smiled. This was the first time she had visited here since the explosion 13 months ago. She walked up the step to Tails' door. She knocked lightly. The door swung open. 'That's odd...' Amy thought to herself as she stepped in. It was cold. Upon further inspection, the wood stove had gone out. 'Sonic would kill Tails if he knew that he let the fire go out.' She quickly put wood inside, closed the door, and hit the igniter. Heat flooded the room. 'That's more like it. Now to fine Tails.' She walked forward to find him laying in his recliner. She smiled and started to walk toward him when she saw the gashes on his arm. She went to him and quickly tried shaking him awake. His eyes slowly opened, then he blinked in shock. "Amy?" She smiled at him. "Hi, Tails." She looked at his arm. "Here, come with me. Let's get your arm cleaned up." His face went through a dance of emotions before settling on shame. "O...Okay." She gently grasped his arm and helped him up.

She took him into the bathroom. As she sat him down on the toilet, she questioned him. "How long have you been doing this to yourself, Tails?" He looked down at his feet as she began to get medical supplies out of the cabinet. "Ever since the trial." Amy looked at him with question. "What trial?" Tails explained all that had happened from Robotropolis to the court-martial, to being abandoned. Her emotions ranged from shock and outrage, to sympathy and sadness. "Oh Tails, how horrible! How could they all just leave you alone?"

Amy couldn't believe that everyone had abandoned him. True, he should be punished for what he did, but not by exile! Tears welled up in Amy's eyes as she proceeded to bandage Tails arm. He looked at her. "Amy, what's wrong?" Tails spoke softly. She looked up to him. "Tails, what they did to you was horrible!" He looked down at the floor. "It's...I've gotten used to it. It really doesn't bother me anymore." Amy's tears started to come faster now. "No one should have to get used to something like that! I'm going to go tomorrow morning and talk to Princess Sally!" Tails jumped off the toilet. "No! Don't! Please!" She just looked at him in shock. "Why not Tails?" He looked down at his feet again. "It's...It's best to leave it alone. I-I...I deserve this, no matter how much I hate it." Amy gently lifted Tails face. "Tails, no one deserves complete isolation." Amy was about to continue talking when Tails suddenly turned around. "I...I think you should go and wait for me in the front room Amy." She touched his shoulder. "Are you alright Tails?" Tails leaned over the sink. "It's just that...I feel sick. Please wait for me outside, I'll be out in a sec.

She turned around and walked out of the room. She waited for a few minutes until Tails came out. "Um...Sorry about that Amy. I..." Tails stared at the floor, blushing furiously. "Don't worry about it. It happens." Tails met her gaze. "Thank you.... Do you need a place to stay when your in town?" Amy smiled. "Yeah I do." Tails smiled at her. "Well, I have a guest room you can sleep in...if you want to." "Hmm..." Amy thought to herself, "Tails could really use the company." She looked at Tails. "Yeah, I'd be happy to stay." Tails smiled at her. "Ok. I have to go work now but I'll be back at around 7 tonight so if you go anywhere, please lock the door. Bye, Amy!" Amy waved goodbye to Tails as he walked out the door and closed it behind him.