Sonic Waves (Chech 1) - Not Chech, Cheshire
( It may be helpful, but not necessary, to read my other story "A Tails Tale" first to fully be caught up on events that took place before this story.)
Chapter Text I woke up in another time , a place I had no connection to anymore. I was frozen on ice for years and when I was finally set free my mind was , to put it shortly, fractured and confused. I was lost but thanks to Eggman parts of me were robotic, I had memory stored away deep in my drain. I used what little was still intact in my mind to assume my identity. I became who I thought I was , a pilot, an everyday normal kind of guy. But it wasn't real, it wasn't the real me. You see before I was captured by Eggman I was a con man , I assumed many identities and many roles. When I came out of the ice all I could remember was a character I'd created , so I became him.
It worked , for a while . I got back into life , back into some kind of reality. Every now and then memories would come back but never enough to open my eyes to the fabricated character I was playing. I made friends, a really good one , he's more than that actually. He's the smartest fox I've ever met , and being a con man I can say I've met plenty of smart people. I loved him , I even met his family. And then his family almost killed me. I suppose it was the trauma or the fear that I faced when around his friends and family that finally brought back my memories. It was like a flood filling in gaps of time that I knew I was missing but couldn't confront.
I remembered my life , my real life not the character not the con , but myself. I was anything but a nice guy , I wasn't a pilot, and I sure as hell didn't belong in Green Hills. I still loved that stupid fox more than I could stand to, but he wasn't my first love , he wasn't my real love.
I had to leave, I ran without warning, I thought maybe he'd get over me easier if I weren't around. I thought it be simpler than explaining I regained my memory and the person he'd fallen for was an act that not even I myself knew I was putting on. And I thought it be simpler than explaining I had someone to go find, someone I lost a long time ago and forgot against my will. Yes it was a dick move but Its like I said "I'm anything but a nice person".
Tails is smart , he's an adult he'll deal with it right? , he'll move on eventually wont he? I was busy trying to track Manic down where we first met on the islands of Dirk . I had no way of knowing if he'd be there or not but before I could even start my search I saw Tails standing outside my beach hut. It had been weeks and he still was looking for me.
It was hard enough leaving the guy. I fell in love with him while most of my brain was still too frozen to remember the number one rule of being a con man. Don't fall for your mark, don't have sympathy, remorse, or guilt , just get the fucking job done. Sure at the time he wasn't a mark , but I wasn't being myself. I just wanted him to leave so I could move on , part of my brain must have still been frozen because I called him to ask him to leave. If I'm honest , which is a rare thing , part of me just wanted to hear his voice. Our conversation only lead to my stringing the two tailed brainiac along. I couldn't say I didn't love him , and he wouldn't leave the islands without me.
So Tails was looking for me and I was looking for Manic. Its strange, he was ahead of me and somehow still loosing, we both were loosing.