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Tails was currently searching for a certain someone. He had heard of Amy's failed attempt to find him, and decided he could give it a try himself.
Besides, Super seemed to be heavily weakened the last time they saw him. It shouldn't be that hard to find and capture him. He smiled to himself, as he checked his tracker. The tracker was specifically designed to pick up on chaos energy signatures.
It seemed like the tracker was leading him into this building. He looked up to read its name.
"'The Groovy Train'?"
A coffee bar? Why would Super be in a place like this? The idea of the tracker being broken crossed his mind, but Super had a unique sense of humor. Plus, even if it was broken, he didn't even have breakfast..
When he walked in, he looked around to see that the bar was mostly empty. He selected a table and sat down. It was unfortunate that he couldn't try to blend in to try to keep some semblance of cover, but it was fine. Everything was just fine. His smile strained as he screamed in his mind.
"Wow, the place is really empty today. So, what will you be ordering?"
He turned his head towards the voice. When he looked, he saw a yellow hedgehog with red swirling eyes. He jumped in his chair and chills came over him. The hedgehog looked confused for a second, before he recollected who the fox kit was. He took a step back and looked scared or even possibly guilty?
Tails shook his head at the thought and jumped out of his chair. He raced towards the hedgehog and attempted to hit him with his tails, but Super easily blocked it. Tails attempted to kick at him, but Super was much faster and restrained the fox.
Tails shivered in fear but he needed to stay strong.
"Why are you here?! How many people are you planning to hurt this time?!"
"Calm down! I'm not like that anymore, promise!"
"Why should I believe you?!"
"Please just calm down!"
Tails knew for a fact that he heard sincerity and desperation within his voice.
The sudden confusion was enough to knock him out of his anger, and he stopped struggling against Super. Super got closer to the kit and rubbed his back in an act of comfort. He nearly thought the fox kit was gonna pass out with how panicked he was.
Tails hadn't realized how hard he was breathing and how scared he was, and the hand on his back reassuring him calmed him down enough.
It was so confusing. How had this monster comforted him? He had nearly killed him for god's sake!
But still...regular Super would've gotten to the punchline by this point.
With Super's help, Tails sat back down on his chosen table. Super dragged out another chair and sat down at the table too. It was pretty evident they needed to have some sort of talk.
Super sighed.
"Before we start this, I just want to say that I'm so sorry for everything I did. I know what I did, and I will NEVER do anything like it again."
That confirmed it in Tails's mind. Super had changed. He nodded.
"So.. what happened exactly? How did you end up here of all places??"
Super sat back while he told his story.
"Well, after my energy started to run out, I lost my powers and memories. I stayed with another family before I realized I wanted to know who I was. I wandered for a while until I found this place. My friends took me in, and offered me a job too. Along the way, I got my powers and memories back, and here I am."
Super smiled thinking of his friends.
"My friends are so nice to me. I'm not sure if I deserve them."
Tails was happy for him, but.. he remembered his mission. He was conflicted, but ultimately went with what his heart said.
"I..am choosing to not tell anyone about your whereabouts. It will stay that way as long as I never hear about you hurting or killing anyone. Is that fine?"
Super felt relief wash over him. Along with not having to leave his friends, he would also have someone to keep an eye on him. He nodded.
Tails also had something to apologize for. He rubbed at the back of his head with his hand.
"I'm also sorry for trying to hit you.."
Super snickered.
"It's fine, I probably deserved it. Anyway, did you want to order anything?"
Tails pondered it for a second before deciding on something.
"Can I get an latte and a bagel?"
Super looked confused for a second, before shrugging and starting to walk away.
Tails felt something was off. He knew that there was something he wanted to do.
"Hey Super?"
"Hmm?"
"Can we be friends?"
Super smiled.
"Of course."