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Tails X Cosmo

Revelations

Chapter 3

Rock Bottom

Creams House

March - 10 - 3456

21:39 Mobius Time

It was a cold, dark spring night. Moon light leaked through the windows, as everyone watched, all eyes stared upon a kneeling Tails who was clutching his stomach in pain. Sonic and Amy watched as well, helpless to do anything, but stand there and watch. Watch as their friend sat there, and died in the most slowly and agonizing way they had ever seen.

Seconds passed like minutes, and minutes passed like hours, until finally Amy ran over to Tails and yelped, "OH MY GOSH! TAILS what's wrong?" She was terrified, to say the least. Not just about his condition, but she was afraid that he would become another Cosmo, forced to die with no other alternative, and the worst part was, that there was nothing they could do.

Several more minutes passed as the group moved closer and packed tighter, hoping they would not witness another death of a friend. Even Knuckles began to tear up, as he walked up and laid Tails on his back. Tails then rolled back onto his front and plant his hands on the ground, attempting to support himself. He could feel something building up in his lungs, something warm. Soon after, he began coughing up blood, almost constantly, leaving a red stain on the wool carpet. After he stopped he attempted to stand up, but when he reached his legs, he fell forward again. He simply couldn't support himself in his weakened state.

Knuckles then walked up to carry his friend, in bridal form. He set him down on the couch, still teary eyed, as Cream fearfully walked forward and placed her hand on his forehead to check his temperature. "Good God..." She whispered, just loud enough so everyone could hear it.

"Well." Knuckles began, for the first time in his life, feeling fear. Fear beyond his darkest nightmares. "What's wrong with him?" Even Rouge was starting to shed a tear. She hadn't known him as long as the others, but she knew he hated violence, and he was a good kid, never ceasing to help others out. "His body temperature is abnormally high." Cream spoke, not knowing how else to say it. "It's so high; I started sweating when I touched him." The words only enforced the fear even more upon everyone. "He must have an internal body temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit!"

"That's not possible!" Sonic shouted, now crying his eyes out, not wanting to lose another good friend.

"Sonic, you and I run faster than then the speed of sound. Nothing's impossible." Shadow spoke, not at all helping the situation.

Tail then began to speak up, "S-sonic..." He stammered; his body felt like it was on fire.

"TAILS!" Sonic shouted and moved towards him, bawling his eyes out, "Tails, it-it's gonna' be okay, alright? Everything's gonna' be fine!" He yelled. This just didn't seem possible.

"The worst part..." Cream continued, "…Is that this crazy temperature change happened during your speech, Mr. Sonic."

"Sonic..." Tails managed to whisper, "I-I don't think I'm g-gonna' make it..." Tails doubting himself hurt them all even more. "No Tails!" Sonic replied, in a more worried tone, "You can't die on me! We've been through so much together!"

"I know S-sonic, but I'm just in so much pain."

"Stop kidding around Tails!" Knuckles said, "You'll be okay, right?" Tails then turned his head to Knuckles to see that he was crying. He inhaled coughed up more blood as a result.

"No Knuckles, I'm not gonna' be o-okay." Realization slowly took over everyone that their furry friend might not make it.

"Tails." Cream whispered in defeat, "Say hi to Cosmo for us, will you?"

"Sure Cre..." But Tails cut himself off when a large ball of light appeared in the living room. From the ball of light, came twelve figures, there figures momentarily hidden by the blinding light. The figures were all anthropomorphic animals such as themselves.

The first was a semi-tall, ice blue fox, with brown eyes, and small black, square spectacles. He had white hair, parted about the middle, his ears slightly stuck out, with a single, thin pony tail in the back, as well as a white muzzle. He also had spines, for unexplainable reasons. He wore a blue handkerchief about his neck, and long sleeved, white coat, covering his black undershirt. He also sported grey boots that went up past his ankles.

The second was orange tiger. Her flowing black hair draped below her waist, and her green eyes glistened in the night. Her large ears protruded from her head, while leaves seemed to be growing from behind them. Her white muzzle sported a cat like smirk. She wore a black female's undershirt, supported by a green cloth, tied to resemble a bra. She wore scuffed up green shorts, partially covered by another green cloth that resembled some kind of half skirt, hanging off to the side, out of which, came her long, cat like tail. On her hand were semi gloves, cut off at about the palm, and on her feet, sandals that were held together by bandages

Another was a black echidna, with mid-sized spines, and red hair, some of it, running down the side of his head, cutting of at the chin. He had black sun glasses, sitting atop his tan muzzle, partially covering his purple eyes. He wore a large, open, red cost, draping down to his ankles, which somewhat concealed his red sweater, and black pant. He also sported red shoes with two white stripes across them, and spiked wristbands.

In the back was a strange one. She was an anthropomorphic seal. She had sky blue skin, and dark blue hair, the bangs of which partially covered her indigo eyes, and her white muzzle. She wore a deep blue, sleeveless shirt, which exposed her shoulders and lower stomach, which was a pearly white. She also wore blue and white pants, which slightly resembled swim trunks.

Next to the arctic fox, was a purple hedgehog, who had quite the array of spines protruding from his head, while some of his blonde hair covered one of his crimson red eyes. Atop his head, in front of his ears, which were a pale whit inside he wore what appeared to be an air plane pilots head set, the mouth piece stuck out in front of his white muzzle. He sported an opened white coat, exposing his mid region, which was a nice shade of tan. He also wore black pants, which his short tail protruded, grey gloves, and grey shoe, which came slightly above the ankles. They had a single white stripe going down the middle, with two black straps running across it.

Behind the latter, was a violet colored rabbit, who had black hair, the bangs of which covered the left brown eye. She wore an angry expression upon her face, the mouth on her white muzzle curled in to an unfriendly frown, while long ears stoically protruded from her head. She sported a brown handkerchief about her neck, partially covering her deep black, short sleeved shirt, which was cut smaller, near the bottom, exposing her white, stomach region. She also had on, long black gloves, extending, almost, to her shoulders. They had pink buckles on the wrists, and had the fingers cut off on them; on her left wrist she wore two golden wrist bands. She also wore long, forest camouflaged, pants, held up by a belt, draped in a bandolier type, fashion, her tail protruding from the rear, and black shoes.

Beside her was golden yellow lion, who (for some unknown reason) had spines, similar to Shadows, hanging out of the back of his head. His large ears, stuck out of his orange hair, two bunches of which were parted, so his orange eyes and white muzzle could be seen. The lion wore a white jacket, opened at the middle, revealing his yellow under shirt. His hands were poorly bandaged, probably for fashion instead of health, and he wore yellow shoes with white at the tip. Above his shoes, he wore casual deep yellow pants, from which his catty tail was visible from behind.

Next, was a chocolate brown falcon, who had deep brown hair, standing on its end, with two strands hanging in front like bangs, partially covering his clear flight goggles. His feathers on the back of his head would have been considered spines without a closer look. He had a stern expression in his yellow eyes, his curved beak, only a few inches in length. He wore a leafy green, long sleeved jacket, which had a dragon imprint on the front. On his hands he wore black, leather gloves with straps on the back, and on his feet he wore, brown shoes similar to those of the purple hedgehog. Also, he wore brown, patchy, pants, his tail feathers and grey wings could be seen on his back.

By his side, was a grey bat with those large batty ears. Her white hair hung over her left eye, and tied into a ponytail in the back, a deep purple head band holding her hair in place. Her eyes were a shade of fluorescent red, and her muzzle, a peach color. She had on long sleeved gloves, similar to Rouges, and wore a purple, short sleeved shirt. The collar had been crossed over and extended on one side. She wore white pants, partially covered by a pink mini skirt. She had white stalking's on, and wore black, high heeled shoes. Her short tail and pink skinned wings (which were a nice tan color on the inside) were shown on her back.

Behind her, was a light orange fox, her red hair, slightly flaring to the left, covered the right side of her face, while in the back, it was knotted into a single long braid. She had a white muzzle and dazzling magenta eyes. The fox wore, what appeared to be, a green, short sleeved jacket that slightly revealed her black bra. On her hands, she had on shortened gloves, similar to those of the tiger girl. Around her waist, she had a brown cloth, tied like a mini skirt, over her urban camouflaged pants, from which protruded her large fluffy fox tail. She also wore black, athletic shoes.

In the midst of the group was a red chameleon, with the three spines that grew out of his head, (a black head band was tied around the top spine), and the horn on his forehead, above his dark, black eyes. He wore a black hooded jacket with grey sleeves, which covered his discolored, tan arms, upon the hands of which, were grey gloves, with red on the finger tips and the back. He wore two golden chains; one was around his neck, like some sort of necklace. The other acted as a belt, holding up his patchy, black pants. On his feet he wore red boots that had a white stripe going down the middle, and two black straps.

Lastly there was an anthropomorphic reptile of some kind. Judging by the spines on her head, she was probably some sort of snake. Her green hair ran freely down the side of her face, as part of it in the back flared about, unevenly. The green oval like shades she wore partially covered her forest green eyes. She wore a tiny black under shirt that only covered up her breasts and part of her upper body, exposing her dark tanned stomach. She wore a brown handkerchief around her neck, and a green outer bra (made from cloth) as well. She also had on brown shorts, from which her reptilian tail proceeded, held up by a belt made up of a ring and two straps. She went bare foot; there wasn't anything on her feet. But on her hands she had fingerless brown gloves, tied off by green string at the wrists.

As the partiers watched, shocked by the arrival of these strangers, the ball of light fizzed out in a flash. Finally after a long pause Sonic stood, put up his guard and said, "Who are you?" he demanded. Too much had already happened tonight with Tails. He wanted nothing worse to come of this situation.

The arctic blue fox, took a look at Tails and his eyes widened. 'Is that why they're so angry?' he thought to himself, attempting to defuse the situation. "Who we are is not important right now." He replied, in a calm tone, "What is important is that we get your friend here some medical attention." There was no objection to this suggestion, as no one wanted to see Tails lose his life so soon after coming back. Sonic picked up Tails and checked his heartbeat. It was abnormally slow, but steady, which was a good sign. As the group of people raced to the nearest hospital, Sonic recited an old war proverb to his friends, "Remember guys, ' hope for the best, but prepare for the worst... '".