A/N No,I did not get eaten by my own rabid kitsune,you can blame the long update on writer's block and way too much pizza.
Also,I intend on finishing this.I will never let this rot in the vast archives of the incomplete fanfics!

Disclaimer:I don't own anything but the story,none of the characters are mine.

The Big Race

Chapter 4

A week after the race found Tails deep underground in his shaped computer room.Usually he prefered to work upstairs,with the sun streaming through the window,but studying his suit demanded the full attention of his main computer.He hadn't had enough room above ground,so Tails solved the problem by hollowing out a huge dome shaped cavern.

This was where he kept his most delicate instruments,ones that could not be exposed to the slightest tremor or they would be ruined.

He was particularly proud of the one he was using now.The Total Immersion Program,or TIP,was the most sophisticated holographic
projector Tails had ever built.He used it to make 3-D images of his inventions that he could dissect and modify at the touch of a button.

After he was done fiddling around,Tails would then test it in a virtual simulation.If it worked right ,he would add the changes to the real thing
and test it out right then in his lab.It sometimes resulted in large explosions,but that never stopped him for long.

Tails was just considering hacking into Eggman's computer and stealing the design for Metal Sonic's engine when he heard the door hiss
open behind him.

"Tails! I want a rematch right now!!"

Tails sighed,and mentally cursed himself for not locking the door.Sonic had been harassing the poor fox nonstop since the race.

Sonic could take on Eggman.He could take on Metal Sonic.He could take on Chaos.Hell,to protect his friends he would even fight
them all at once.

But the one thing the blue hero could not stand,even for a minute,was the slightest scratch to either his ego,or his title as self-proclaimed
fastest thing alive.Now Tails had wounded both,and Sonic was out to get childish revenge.

"For the last time Sonic,I am not going to give you a rematch without my suit."

"But-"Sonic started but Tails kept talking.

"And you actually would have won if you hadn't been taking it easy on me.There was even a lag gathering the energy for Chaos Control,
so you had plenty of time to win if you hadn't underestimated me."

Sonic frowned as he tried to to other things he did,it was pretty slow.

"So what your saying is...I'm still the fastest!Oh yeah,I'm the best there is!!"Sonic started dancing around the lab.

Tails started to protest,then shut his mouth,thinking it was probably better if he let Sonic delude himself.At least it would get him out of the lab.

"Hey,what's this button do?"

Or not.

"Don't touch that!"Tails screamed too late.

Sonic began hitting random buttons and switches on the computer,which caused several things to blow up,flicked the lights on and off,
and turned on every electrical appliance in the house.Tails shoved Sonic out of the way and typed frantically for about ten minutes.

After he managed to fix the worst of it,Tails took a deep breath."Sonic,you've destroyed 800$ worth of expensive,irreplaceable equipment,
now what do you have to say for yourself?!"

"Wheeee!"

Tails turned around to see Sonic floating in the gravity chamber.His fun came to a sudden and painful end when Tails switched it from zero
to triple gravity,sending Sonic crashing to the floor.

"Get out."Tails said through gritted teeth.

"Make me." Sonic taunted as he got up.

"I can't."Tails admitted.

Sonic grinned and started moving towards the computer again.

"But I knew someone who can.Amy!"

Sonic froze.

"You wouldn't."He said fearfully.

"Oh but I would,"Tails replied."She's upstairs with Cream right now.Amy!!"

Whoever said please is a magic word never met Amy Rose.From the sound of things,she evidently was not taking into account
such trivial and expendable things as doors or Tail's furniture.

Sonic tried to run,to escape the inevitable pink doom that was drawing nearer and nearer,but Tails focused a small,powerful
gravity field around his feet,effectively rooting him to the spot.

"C'mon Tails,old buddy,let me go."Sonic begged as he tried to break free.

No luck.Tails walked over to a fridge in the corner,took out a Pepsi,and sat in his chair to watch the show.

As the pounding got louder,Sonic began to panic."TAILS,FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY TURN IT OFF!!"

He sounded so desperate that Tails almost felt sorry enough to let Sonic go.Almost.

But once set into Sonic chasing mode Amy is almost impossible to stop,so Tails decided it was probably wiser (and less painful)
never to get between them.

Sonic looked around for anything that might serve as an escape route.His eyes fell on the gravity machine holding him.
What the hell.Might as well make the debt an even thousand.

Sonic fired a Sonic Wind just as the door gave to Amy's pounding.

Amy screamed at the sight of Sonic,Sonic screamed at the sight of Amy,and Tails screamed at the sight of his machine
being sliced to scrap metal.

"Why is everyone screaming?"Cream asked timidly from the broken doorway.

She got no answer,as Sonic currently was caught in a rib crushing hug that was quickly turning his face as blue as his fur,
Amy was talking at top speed about wedding preparations,and Tails was at his computer calculating damage costs.

When he was done,Tails pressed a button.Large robotic hands descended from the ceiling and pulled the two hedgehogs apart,
lifting Sonic off the floor so he couldn't run,and pinning Amy's hands behind her back so she couldn't use her hammer.

"You two can stay here and think about what you've done and a way to pay me back,"Tails ordered."While I take a trip to
Angel Island.There's a few things I found out about the Emeralds that I wanted to discuss with Knuckles.You want to come
along Cream?"

"Sure Tails,"She said happily."Just help me find Cheese,okay?I think Amy trampled him somewhere in the living room."

Tails and Cream went upstairs to get ready for the trip,leaving the hedgehogs trapped in the basement.

"Tails wai-,damn too late,they left,"Sonic sighed."So,what do you wanna do?"

Amy shrugged as well as she could with the metal clamps."I dunno,what do you wanna do?"

They stared at each other for a moment.

"99 bottles of beer on the wall,99 bottles of beer,take one down,pass it around,98 bottles of beer on the wall!!"