Chapter 2 : Reunion
Kyro ran after Tails after he rushed into Eggman's base. "Tails! What are you doing?!?" Kyro asked the rushing orange kitsune.
"I have a feeling that Sonic is in here!" Tails replied, Tails noticed the giant hole in the door. "Good! A way in! Hurry!" Tails shouted at the cobalt fox. Tails slipped through the hole. Kyro closely followed. When the two went through the hole, the two kitsunes noticed Lily and Sonic fighting through the multitude of Eggman's robots. Tails rushed to the pair of struggling anthromorphs.
"Tails! Wait!" Kyro cried as the orange kitsune ran to help. Kyro followed and got out his two daggers and started cutting through the robots. Tails grabbed a laser pistol from one of the robots and started to shoot at the robots. However, Tails occupied with his current enemies in front, he did not think about the ones behind. "Tails! Behind you!" Kyro warned, but it was too late. One of the robots grabbed onto Tails causing him to drop his pistol and another grabbed him and sliced his arm with one of it's attached claws causing the young kit to yelp in pain. Kyro ignored his current enemies and ran towards the struggling fox. The robot currently swinging at Tails managed to create another cut, this time on Tails' left tail, causing Tails to yell in pain. Kyro sliced the robot's head off and pushed it off the injured kit. "Tails, are you alright?" Kyro asked concerned.
"Nngh….I've been better…" Tails replied clutching onto his arm. "Let's not worry about it now…There are more pressing matters at hand!" Tails grabbed the laser pistol that was dropped by the sudden attack, and retreived the claws from the metal body that resulted in his injuries and went back into fighting. Kyro did the same and the robots began to circle the group of anthromorphs. Lily only just noticing her childhood friend ran over to him.
"Kyro? Is that you?" Lily asked in disbelief.
"I always keep my word." Kyro replied smiling. Lily smiled back and then her face quickly turned to concern when more of the doctor's robots rushed through the corridors of the base.
"Oh perfect……" Sonic said sarcastically and backed up to bump into a familiar kitsune.
"Sonic?" Tails asked but did not take his eyes off his enemies.
"Tails? What are you doing here?" Sonic asked doing the same.
"I'm sorry! I haven't seen you in a long time, I guess I got a little sidetracked." Tails apologized.
"Hey, it's fine buddy, I'll create a pathway while you get out of here. Okay?" Sonic repsonded. Tails looked at Sonic and nodded. "Good! Then let's do this!" Sonic yelled going into a spin dash and aimed for the door. In an instant, Sonic sped through the hundreds of robots, destroying them one-by-one allowing Tails to run towards the exit. "Alright, we'll meet at your house is that alright?" Sonic asked.
"Yup! I'll see you in a little while Sonic!" Tails replied swirling his tails to fly.
"Stay safe little bro." Sonic said before turning back to the robots and found Lily and Kyro struggling against them. Sonic did another spin-dash to bring down the numbers, but only slightly. And in an instant, Sonic was back with the pair of kitsunes. The trio of anthromorphs continued fighting through the multitude of robots. Some of them started to go outside of the base. "What the? Why are they leaving the base?" Sonic asked himself. "Wait…………" Sonic stopped.
"Why are you stopping?! They won't kill themselves!" Lily shouted.
"……….Oh no….." Sonic looked out of the large hole in the door. "Tails!" Sonic shouted as he sped off out of the base.
Lily sighed "Ugh…..Idiot…." Lily remarked. "Oh well, at least he won't be in the way…" Lily continued slashing. After half an hour of compulsive fighting, it was finally over. "Finally!" Lily sighed in relief.
"Is Sonic there?" came a familiar voice from the hole in the door of the base.
"No Tails, he went off to look for you…" Kyro replied sheathing his daggers.
"Why would he look for me?" Tails asked confused.
"Well, he saw some of the robots walk out of the door, and he was worried about you." Lily replied.
"So he'll be back…" Tails said with a disappointed tone.
"Unfortunately, yes." Lily said in annoyance. "We musn't waste time, we must hurry!" Lily declared starting to look for a way up.
"Follow me, I know this base from the back of my head." Tails said starting to run through the west corridor. Lily and Kyro looked at each other.
"Can we trust him Kyro?" Lily asked.
"He seems like a nice kid Lily. I don't think he'll lead us into a trap." Kyro replied as he started to follow the young kit. Lily stood there for a moment and followed closely. Tails ran past the stairway, going further into the corridor. "Tails? There's a stairway here." Kyro said confused.
"There's a crawlspace leading into a vent which I can fly up. Oh……right….You guys can't fly…." Tails stopped.
"We can fly Tails. Or didn't you notice our two tails." Kyro laughed. Tails turned around to confirm if it was true, and it was. Two twin appendages were curling around the two foxes.
"Then that will make things a lot easier. A whole lot easier." Tails chuckled as he continued on towards the secret shortcut. The other foxes followed closely. They eventually approached the little crawlspace.
"Are you sure we'll be able to fit through that?" Lily asked.
"Of course! If I can fit through, I'm sure you'll be able to." Tails chuckled. He got into a commando crawl and started squeezing through the little hole. He managed to fit through until. "Oh, perfect…" Tails said sarcastically looking back and his feet were stuck. "Um…….Can someone take my shoes off please?" Tails asked. Kyro chuckled and took the young kit's shoes off allowing him to slip through the crawlspace. Tails now on the other side of the crawlspace got into a normal crawling position. "You guys are going to have to do the same. Could you slide under my shoes?" Tails asked.
"Oh…right…" Kyro chuckled and slid Tails' shoes under the space.
"Thanks." Tails replied and put his shoes back on. "Hurry up guys." Tails said crawling through the vent.
"After you Ivory." Kyro said.
"Alright…" Lily replied slipping her shoes off and sliding the under the space. "Here goes." Lily easily slid through the space with no trouble at all. "Hmph! Easy!" Lily sighed in relief putting her shoes back on and crawling after Tails. Kyro took his shoes off and did the same. The trio eventually reached a space that went upwards. Tails swirled his namesakes and flew upwards. Kyro and Lily did the same. Tails stopped when he reached a certain vent and was crawling through it. The other two kitsunes did the same. After five minutes of crawling through the vent. They were there, Eggman's main office. "Allow me." Lily whispered. Tails crawled back allowing Lily to crawl up to the vent grate and kicked it down. The three anthromorphs immediately jumped down from the grate.
"What is the meaning of all this?!" Eggman shouted and turned around. "What?! How did you freaks get in here?!" Eggman demanded.
"Eggman! You're trying to destroy the town! I won't allow it!" Tails replied aggresively.
Eggman laughed hysterically "Oh….You think you can stop me?!" Eggman said in between chuckles.
"The three of us will stop you!" Hearing this Eggman stopped laughing. And noticed the other two foxes.
"What?! How did you two escape?!" Eggman demanded.
"We're smarter than you think Eggman." Lily replied.
"We will stop you!" Tails said aggresively. Eggman clicked his fingers and robots immediately showed up beside Eggman. Kyro and Lily looked at each other and nodded and started attacking the robots. Noticing this distraction, Tails snuck off and accessed the main computer. The young fox managed to delete all the files and shutdown the missile launch. "Yes! You won't be able to destroy the town now!" Tails yelled in accomplishment. Eggman, skeptical on this last statement turned around to the computer to realise that Tails was not lying.
"WHAT?!?" Eggman bellowed. Tails walked back to the window. "It's a long way down Tails, you sure you want to do that?" Eggman stood up and walked slowly over to Tails.
"I'll meet you guys back at the town, Kyro you know where it is right?" Tails asked.
"Yeah, stay safe Tails." Kyro replied. Tails nodded and jumped out of the window, forgetting that the window was closed. He injured himself in the process. Tails managed to maintain his fall and landed normally on the ground. Tails winced in pain looking through to find shards of glass inside of him with blood dripping down. He pulled every glass shard out, wincing in pain after each one. After all of the shards were finally out. Tails stood up.
"I'm going to have to ask Kyro to fix this up…" Tails chuckled and started heading towards the town.
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Kyro and Lily defeated all of the robots that Eggman sent out. "I swear, you make your robots all the same. Same weak metallic body." Kyro remarked.
"What do you want?!" Eggman demanded.
"For you to pay for your mistake!" Lily shouted and pinned him against the chair. "You killed all those people! And my father……YOU KILLED MY FATHER!!!" Lily screamed in complete and udder anger. Lily got out her sword and stabbed Eggman, only to find that it was a robot. Lily noticing this screamed in anger and sliced off the robot's head. "YOU BASTARD!!!" Lily screamed.
"Lily, Lily calm down." Kyro said.
"He took everything away from us…." Lily said crying. "How can you be calm?!" Lily asked angrily.
"You're right…… Kyro replied embracing Lily in a soft comforting hug. "We shouldn't dwell in the past, it's just too painful…"
"You're right, I'm just so angry…." Lily responded between sobs.
"It's alright………Everything's okay…" Kyro consoled, he could feel tears well up inside. He tried his hardest not to let them out. He let go of her. "Come on, let's go back to town…Tails is waiting for us…" Kyro said looking out the window. "I wouldn't be able to find our way back out the window…Maybe the vent…." Kyro thought aloud.
"Our best bet is to go through the vent, we at least know the way then." Lily suggested.
"Indeed, let's go." Kyro replied flying up towards the vent, Lily doing the same.
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Sonic rushed towards Tails' house, his injuries prevented him from going his super speed.
I hope Tails is alright…
Sonic eventually reached the young kit's house and knocked on he door. "Tails? It's me Sonic! Open up!" Sonic said hoping Tails opened the door. However, that did not happen. "Tails?" Sonic got worried about Tails and walked around the house to find an open window, however all of them were closed and locked. "Damnit! I wasn't fast enough!" Sonic exclaimed punching the wall of his buddy's house.
"Sonic?" A familiar voice asked. Sonics ear shot up and he turned around to find his adopted little bro in more than a few cuts.
"Tails? What happened to you?" Sonic asked his injuried buddy.
"Oh……uh….." Tails was thinking of a good reason to wriggle out of this one. "I kind of…..uh….lost my footing….and I….uh…..fell down a rocky hill…." Tails scratched his head in fake embarresment. However, Sonic saw straight through this.
"You were at the base weren't you…" Sonic interrogated.
"Uh…….No…..Why do you ask?" Tails tried to hide the fact that Sonic was correct.
"Tails, why are you lying to me?" Sonic pressed.
"I'm not lying!" Tails replied getting defensive.
"You are Tails, stop trying to hide it!" Sonic snapped. Tails flinched at the sudden increase of Sonic's voice volume.
"………Yes…..I was……." Tails was frightened by Sonic's voice.
"Why would you do that?! I was worried sick!" Sonic snapped causing Tails to flinch again.
"I'm sorry! I felt like I needed to do something about Eggman's attack on the town!" Tails apologized backing away from Sonic.
"………….I'm sorry Tails………I was concerned……….." Sonic felt guilty for making his buddy frightened.
"………It's fine Sonic………..I was……..I shouldn't have……I" Tails trailed off.
"Tails…..I shouldn't have yelled at you……" Sonic apolgized.
"It's alright….." Tails replied with his face cast downwards. Sonic gave the kit a comforting brotherly hug.
"Come on, let's go inside…." Sonic said, Tails nodded and both of them walked inside Tails' house. Once inside, Tails immediately sat down in an armchair with his face still downwards. "Tails? Are you okay?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah…….I'm fine…….." Tails replied quietly. "So, how was you mission?" Tails immediately changed moods and looked up at Sonic with a smile. Sonic was a bit confused with Tails' sudden mood swing.
"Yeah, it was……..fine…." Sonic tried to sound as happy as possible.
"Where's Cosmo? Didn't she go with you?" Tails asked.
"Ummm…………" Sonic tried as hard as he can to hide the truth from Tails. "She….uh……went out for a while!" Sonic smiled.
He'll see right through it…..
"Sonic? What really happened?..." Tails pressed.
"Alright…….Well…….Tails, you're not going to find this news very good but…..um….." Sonic tried to find the easiest way to explain. "She……didn't make it…….She sacrificed herself…….to save me……."
"What?! No! NO THIS ISN'T TRUE!!!" Tails screamed. "NO!!! SHE'S NOT DEAD! SHE'S NOT DEAD!" Tails cried into the chair. Sonic approached him and sat on the chair and embraced him in a consoling hug. "Why…….(sniff)…….Why did she have to die…….." Tails said in between sobs.
"It's alright Tails………Everything will be okay…" Sonic consoled the emotional kitsune.
"No…….(sniff)..It won't be okay…….She's gone………..(sobs)….It's not fair! It's not fair!" Tails cried into Sonic's chest even harder. "Why?! WHY?!?"
"Tails……." Sonic was about to say something else but a sudden knock on the door cut him off. "I'll get it." Sonic got up off the armchair with the crying kit and walked over to the door and opened it. It was Kyro and Lily.
"Hello Sonic." Lily greeted politely.
"Hello Ivory." Sonic greeted back with a sad tone.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked with concern.
"You lost a friend……..I can tell……and Tails is inside depressed with the loss of that friend…." Kyro answered Lily's question for Sonic.
"Yes, how did you know?" Sonic asked in shock, how did he know?
"I can read people's minds and emotions, if I focus hard enough." Kyro replied.
"I'd prefer it, if you didn't come inside……Tails hasn't taken this piece of bad news very well…" Sonic said looking inside the house to find the kitsune still crying.
"He'll eventually cry himself to sleep, at this rate anyway…" Lily said. "It's best if you leave him to his thoughts, he's better off this way."
"Oh yeah? How do you figure?" Sonic asked in disbelief.
"I don't want to argue with you Sonic, I'm just suggesting." Lily replied. "Besides, I went through this with Kyro, when this kind of thing happens, you either need support which will only end up with more tears or you just leave them alone. They will want to be by themselves anyway."
"Hmph! Fine, I'll tell Tails, I'll leave him alone and then we'll talk at my house." Sonic said and then turned to walk inside the house, he approached the emotional kit. "Tails? I'm going back to my house with Ivory and the other fox so we can talk…Is that alright with you? Or do you want me to stay with you?" Sonic asked Tails.
"……….No…….Get them (sniff) to come insde………" Tails replied trying to stop crying. "I want to talk (sniff) with them anyway…." Tails stood up and wiped away the tears in his eyes. Then turned back to Sonic. "How do I look? Do I still have tears in my eyes?" Tails changed moods almost immediately and there were no tears in his eyes. He didn't even have that sad tone. He had his normal voice.
"You look fine to me." Sonic replied with a hint of shock in his voice.
"Okay, good." Tails said cheerfully and walked to the door.
Wow! That kind of instant mood change just isn't normal…..
"Hey guys! How did it go at the base?" Tails asked cheerfully, this caused Kyro and Lily to look at each other in confusion.
"It went…..fine…" Lily replied with a hint of confusion in her voice.
"It turned out that the Eggman in the base was a robot." Kyro informed the young fox. Lily instantly turned away. "This angered Lily quite a bit…"
"Why is that?" Tails asked the cobalt fox.
"Um……It's a matter that's best left undiscussed…" Kyro replied looking down at the ground.
"Oh……sorry…." Tails apologized.
"You have nothing to apologize for, it's natural that you'd be curious about something like this." Kyro responded. Lily turned back to face Tails.
"I'm sorry, I'm a bit depressed because something happened…." Tails' face went sad.
"We're aware of the situation." Kyro responded.
"We should talk more inside. Besides, wouldn't you rather sit down instead of stand up?" Tails asked cheerfully. The other foxes looked back at each other. This was starting to get a little creepy. Then looked back at Tails again.
"You know, that's a great idea." Lily replied. Kyro nodded in agreement with Lily and the three kitsunes walked inside of the house. "It's very clean in here." Lily complimented.
"Thanks." Tails replied.
I can't keep going on like this…….Oh god! No I don't want to cry now!
Tears rolled down Tails' cheeks. He ran off to his room and slammed the door.
"Tails?" Sonic asked.
"He ran upstairs……" Kyro replied with a look of worry.
"It's getting late, you guys should stay here. It's not safe after the sun sets…" Sonic suggested.
"Alright, where can we sleep?" Kyro asked.
"There a spare room with a bunk bed. You guys can have that and I'll have the couch." Sonic replied.
"Thank you." Lily said with gratitude. "I'm assuming this room is upstairs?"
"Yeah. Good night." Sonic replied.
"Good night." The two said at the same time and walked up stairs. They looked through every room except the one where they could hear Tails crying. They eventually found it soon after and walked inside.
"I'll have bottom if that's alright with you Kyro." Lily said.
"That's fine, I was going to ask if you wanted the top anyway." Kyro replied climbing up the ladder to the nice soft bed. Kyro took his shoes and jacket off and unbuckled his belt. Lily just took her shoes off and scabbard. The pair fell quickly drifted off to sleep.
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Chapter 2 finished! (Finally) Chappy 3 should be on its way soon hopefully…