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Mobius 31 Years Later - Chapter 3

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Couples: Sonamy, Tailsmo, Knuxikal, Vectnilla, Espionia, Chaream, Shadouge.

It has been a week since the tragedy of eleven innocent lives, including the Queen and the two children of the Kingdom of Acorn were lost. At the cemetery, he was giving a religious service in memory of the victims.

Presented at the cemetery were; King Sonic, Tails, Vector, Espio, Antoine and his family, Kneecaps, Rotor, Nicole, Geoffrey, Hershey, Dulcy, Archimedes, Mighty, Ray, Charmy, Matilda, Big, Froggy, the Quack family, Monkey Khan, Li Moon, Barby, Snaggle, Rory, Sasha, Remington, Ash, Hope, Rouge, Spectre, Sojourner, Sabre, among numerous of other people. From a distance, without anyone knowing, Shadow and Rutan were also present but they were hidden in the branch of a tree; had not been approached nor wanting to draw the attention of everyone with their mere presence.

Those present felt astonished by everything that had happened; not only by the death of innocent people, but also by the fact that there were still no clues to what caused the destruction of the castle.

With the death of Queen Sally, Princess Sonia, and Prince Manik, the future seemed uncertain realm; since according to the laws of the kingdom if the King was not part of the Acorn lineage and occurred situation like this, he could not to someone who are not related to the royal family, he will lose the title. And for Sonic, the situation is complicated, since the death of his two children, he did not have any descendants who could take the throne and Sally apparently had no other family member who could cede the throne; so he would be the last King to have the whole kingdom.

All eleven coffins were placed next to each other.

Almost all were beautifully decorated with several wreaths, except for Julie-Su and Lara-Su, since Knuckles never appeared in public since the day of the tragedy. He had to recognize both bodies in the mortuary and Kneecaps was the one preparing the paperwork, but he was so busy trying, unsuccessfully, to bring Knuckles back to himself and he did not have time to buy two crowns for his late sister-in-law and his late niece. Besides that, he had to attend the funeral on behalf of his brother.

When the bishop finished giving a final prayer, he told everyone that they could come to bid farewell to the one who passed away before they could bury the coffins.

Sonic, Tails, Vector, Espio, and Kneecaps were the first to rise from their chair and approached the coffin to say goodbye to their loved ones with tears in their eyes and a big pain within themselves. Behind them, they were approached by the others to say goodbye as well.

The five received the condolences of the vast majority of these (in the case of Kneecaps, he received on behalf of Knuckles). The most felt sorry for this tragedy were Rotor, Nicole, Geoffrey, Monkey Khan, Ash, Mighty, Ray, Charmy, and Remington.

Once they all moved away from the coffins, the coffins began to be lowered into the holes while the vast majority of those present began to mourn. Some tried to be strong, but it was impossible. Even Shadow and Rutan, who were sitting on the branch, crying for Sally and Salma, respectively.

With the eleven coffins lowered six feet under the ground level, a group of raccoons began to bury and cover the coffins up. While they were at it, they listened to a band playing the funeral march.

Sonic suddenly started getting depressed again knowing that he would never see his family and was about to run off as it had at the night of the tragedy. Tails and Vector noticed what was going on in the hedgehog’s mind and took his arms to remind him to not take his own life again and that they would not leave him alone as well as prevent him from leaving without doing something first.

When they had finished burying the eleven coffins; Sonic, Tails, Vector, Espio, and Kneecaps were placed in front of all present and revealed a large plate of golden color, which was inscribed the following phrase in the black-colored letters: “In memory of our loved ones they be in our hearts forever: Queen Sally Acorn, Princess Sonia Acorn, Prince Manik Acorn, Mina Prower, Melody Prower, Skye Prower, Julie-Su, Lara-Su, Argyle the Crocodile, Salma the Chameleon, and Juanita the Chameleon.”

Suddenly, a light rain began to fall on the cemetery. Yet nobody left from there, however, they brought out their umbrellas and stood there, watching the plate.

Gradually these receded, including Shadow and Rutan that left without being seen.

Antoine, Bunnie, Jacques, and Belle were among the last to leave, they could see that although it had been a week, they were still a bit stunned by what they witnessed that night at the castle.

“Guys, I gotta go. I’ll see what Knuckles will do right now,” Kneecaps bade his friends.

“Okay. Be careful with him,” Tails called out.

“We go with you. We are very worried about him,” Vector admitted, pointing to himself and Espio.

“Ok, let’s,” the echidna accepted.

“We’ll see you later,” Sonic added, attempting to hide a smile.

After everyone left, the two friends decided to stay a little longer until he finally decided to leave as the rain was increasing slightly. Turning around, they were surprised to see two people behind them.

One was a pink hedgehog with green eyes; the other had the appearance of a human, but her hair and skin were various shades of green with a pair of red rosebuds and she had blue eyes. The girls were under their umbrellas.

“Hello Sonic. Hello Tails.” the hedgegirl greeted.

“Amy, what a surprise! I had not seen you for several years. Where have you been?” Tails exclaimed.

“I’ve been living all these years with my cousin Rob and his wife, Mari-An,” Amy answered.

“And what should you visit?” the fox asked.

“Well… I learned from the news what happened here last week and came to see how you were. I feel sorry for Sally and Mina. I know what you must be going,” the pink hedgehog explained.

“Do not worry, we’re recovering from that tragedy. And tell me, who do you call your friend?” the blue hedgehog asked, trying to smile.

“Ah yes. Sonic, Tails; I present to Cosmo. She’s my best friend. We met about three years ago. She comes from outer space,” Amy introduced.

“Nice to meet you. I am a seedrian.” Cosmo greeted.

“Seedrian? Never heard of that race? What planet do you come from? Your and others of your kind?” Tails asked with a little concern.

Cosmo was sad to remember what had happened to them and looked down.

“I forgot to tell you something. She’s the last of its kind,” Amy reminded as she tried to console her friend.

“Sorry for asking that, Cosmo. I do not know,” the fox stammered, blushing with embarrassment.

“Do not worry. It’s okay,” the seedrian assured.

Suddenly, the rain became a little more intense, so they could no longer stay there because they would be completely soaked.

“It is better to go to a place to shelter from the rain,” Sonic suggested.

“We’re going to that restaurant nearby. There we can continue talking a little longer over lunch,” Amy added in.

All agreed. Amy took Sonic under her umbrella and Cosmo took Tails under hers.



Meanwhile, Kneecaps, Vector, and Espio arrived at the home of Knuckles in the rain to see how he was. But as expected, he was locked in the house with no way to enter the house. Not expected to act as he had done the last time he tried to talk to him, because at that time, he had begun to throw cold water at them from the window on the second floor to make them go away.

“Brother, open the door, we are here. We came to see you,” Kneecaps greeted, doing his best to be at his kindest way.

“I told you a thousand times to leave me alone. Get out of here right now!” the echidna called from inside his house.

“We will not leave until you talk with us. Please let us in,” Espio suggested gentle.

“Do not. Leave me alone. You do not understand. I do not want to be watched,” Knuckles scowled.

“I’m sick. Open the door or I myself am drowning,” Vector replied, being very grumpy about his friend’s attitude. The last time he endured the cold water, but not anymore. Things were going to be fixed that day.

“You will regret it if you give the slightest blow,” the echidna warned.

The crocodile gave a loud knock at the door with his right arm, trying to knock it down. Suddenly it opened and there came Knuckles, and everyone could see that he was so angry that his purple eye turned red with anger he felt within himself.

“I warned you. It’s to pay!” the echidna growled and then jumped over the crocodile for some clobbers.

Vector managed to react in time and dodged Knuckles, but this guy turned to counterattack and both fell. They started hitting each other whilst crawling across the floor and getting dirty with mud. Many hits in both critical wounds, they began to bleed. There were times when the echidna seemed to have the advantage, but in others it was the crocodile. Espio and Kneecaps had to get into the fight to separate the two, but all they got was beaten out. After a lot of punches and picks, Vector was finally able to dominate, preventing Knuckles from rising off the ground.

“Knuckles, you know that I should not have come to blows, but you have to understand that we’re worried about you and we do not like to see how you lock yourself in your loneliness,” the crocodile begged.

“To those of you who care about my loneliness. Since I lost Julie-Su and Lara-Su, my world fell apart. I have nobody, I’m alone. Perhaps they cannot understand the pain I feel right now,” the echidna countered.

“Don’t be silly, you have us. You think you’re the only one who lost someone dear, but that is not so. I lost Argyle; Espio lost Salma and Juanita; Sonic and Tails also lost their families. We came down to everyone, but we are not becoming hermits if you keep this up. When you are old and need help; nobody is going to offer, not even us so you’d better go to change that attitude before it’s too late,” Vector explained.

“What he says is true, Knuckles. You have to go back to being the echidna we know. We do not want you to remain a hermit,” Espio exclaimed.

“Brother, if you do not do it for us, then do it for Julie-Su and Lara-Su. They must be very sad about how you have acted. You think they want to see you like this?” Kneecaps assured.

The tears started coming out of Knuckles’ left eye. “You were right in everything.” When he finally had the courage to say something, he suddenly noticed a white light from the sky, which would fall just above them. In one swift motion he managed to set a table over and took Vector’s hand, he did the same with Espio and Kneecaps and jumped into the house, closing the door quickly.

Next thing he could feel was the sound of light crashing into the ground. When they saw that it was safe to come out, they approached the crater that had formed and looked inside.

When the cloud of smoke cleared, they saw Tikal. Everyone was surprised to see her. But what surprised them was that there was again an ordinary echidna rather than fusing with Chaos.

Knuckles went into the hole, took Tikal in his arms, and returned to the surface. Then he went back into the house with her still in his arms. Vector, Espio, and Kneecaps followed him afar. Kneecaps closed the door once they all got in.

The red echidna carried the orange echidna to Lara-Su’s room and climbed into the bed. He examined the pulse and let out a breath of relief that she was still alive. He saw that she had no serious injuries, only minor blows.

Knuckles left the room to find the first-aid kit and upon arrival, he was surprised to see that Tikal was waking up slowly.

“Are you okay?” the red echidna asked.

“Yes, I’m fine. Where am I?” the orange echidna answered.

“You are in my house. You ended up falling from the sky in a white light.”

“I… I fell from heaven? I do not remember. I do not remember anything, not even know who you are.”

“Do you not remember me? Don't you remember anything from the past or where you lived?”

“I just know that my name is Tikal, but I cannot remember where I came from, or where my family is.”

“Well, I’m Knuckles. Does that name sound familiar?”

“No, sorry.”

“Well, that does not matter now. For now, I’ll put some alcohol in the blows you have.”

“Okay.”

Five minutes later, Tikal felt a little better. Suddenly she began to yawn. Knuckles realized that she was starting to get sleepy.

“Are you tired?”

“A little. I am very sleepy right now.”

“Then go to sleep. When you wake up, I will come to see you to see you’re okay.”

He went to another room to get a blanket and tucked her. She blushed that Knuckles had a cute gesture with her.

When the orange echidna fell asleep, the red echidna kissed her on the forehead and left the room to let her rest.

Upon reaching the room, he found his brother and two friends. He approached them and finally could tell what was going to tell them a few minutes ago.

“Guys, I feel so bad that I tried all three of you. My mind was clouded by pain that I could not see how much you cared about me. Would you forgive me?”

Everyone looked at each other for a few seconds and said in unison, “I forgive you.”

“And how is Tikal?” Vector asked.

“She’s fine, but what surprises me is that she remembers nothing other than her name.”

“You think that was because of the coup that occurred with the fall?” Kneecaps asked.

“I think so. But I’ll have to find a way for her to remember who she is. I cannot leave her.”

For his part, Espio was thinking that something must be happening somewhere in Mobius as to return Tikal to her normal shape with no memory. But for now, he could not give rise to suspicions to find more evidence about this mysterious event.
Having lost their families in a tragedy at Castle of Mobius; King Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Vector and Espio try to go about their lives without knowing that they will find love again. Couples: Sonamy, Tailsmo, Knuxikal, Vectnilla, Espionia, Chaream, Shadouge.

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