ZOOM! "ARE WE ALMOST THERE YET?!" Fiona yelled so Tails could hear her over the rushing wind. "WHAT?!" Tails yelled back. "WE'RE HERE NOW!!" Phew, Fiona thought. Now the wind will stop messing up my hair. Just then, a blue blur zoomed right by her. "Hi, Tails! Where ya been?" "Oh, hi Sonic!" Tails said. "This is my second cousin Fiona! She's from an alternate dimension." "Cool!" the blue blur said. "Hello," Fiona said coldly. "I assume you are Sonic?" "Got it in one!" Sonic said cheerfully. "Nice to finally meet 'cha!" "Who is that?" Fiona asked. "Who is what?" Sonic said, looking genuinely confused. "The small person behind you," Fiona said. "Oh!" Sonic said. "I almost forgot. I'm watching Cream for the day!" "Who?" Fiona asked. She was starting to become overwhelmed. "H-hello, Miss Fiona," a small voice said. "I *cough cough* have a cold." "AAH!" Fiona yelped. "Don't let me catch it!" "Oops!" the small voice said. "What is it?" Tails asked. "I spilled my slushie." "Oh, that's okay!" Tails said. "I'll get you another one! Do you want one too, Fiona?" "Yes please," Fiona said. Tails and the owner of the small voice (who Fiona guessed was Cream) skipped off hand-in-hand toward a building marked Stacy's Slushie Shop. "Well, Fiona," Sonic said. "Looks like you and I finally have a chance to just talk!" Fiona raised her eyebrow. "What do you want to tell me that you don't want others to hear?" "Nothing personal or anything," Sonic said, blushing a little. "I just wanted to ask if you've heard any... clanking noises." "Yes, I have!" Fiona said, surprised. "Do you know what's causing them?" "No," Sonic admitted. "I don't. I think it's Eggman and his robots, but I could be wrong." "Eggman?" Fiona raised her eyebrows. "Is he supposed to be a villain? Because he doesn't sound very intimidating." "He gets a bit scary when he locks you inside a cell in space for six months," Sonic said. "WHAT?!" Fiona yelled. Then she cleared her throat and lowered her voice. "He actually does that to people?" "Once, to me," Sonic said. "There was a war long ago, and -- never mind. It's a long, boring story. You don't want to hear it." "I see," Fiona said suspiciously. "Ya wanna check out those noises?" Sonic asked, changing the subject. "All right," Fiona said. TO BE CONTINUED...
All by me.
