Chp 3..finally up...im sorry it took so long. :) (I no own Sonic the Hedgehog and Co.) Enjoy!
"Come on...ugh!"
Tails shook the control panel infront of him, annoyed. The rain was beginning to pour harder and lightening was eminent. It would probably be a good idea to land and continue his journey after it quit.
He glanced over his shoulder at the machine, hoping it would stay in tact until he could stop to repair the chain. "I don't see a problem anywhere, why won't it-"
A crash of light flashed all around him, jolting the plane and causing sparks to ignite everywhere. He yelled in surprise, looking around in shock. "Oh no!" Tails gripped the steering wheel tightly, pulling up as hard as he could. But, when he looked out the window, he could tell he was still plummeting towards the ground.
Frantically, he threw on his head set and jabbed some buttons. "Amy! Pick up!"
...Back with Amy...
She sat on her knees, folding up the last blanket from the party. Blaze stood behind her, stuffing her hair brush into her bag. "That was great, Amy."
Amy shot her a smile from over her shoulder, strolling over and draping the blanket over the arm of her couch. "It was, wasn't it? Just like when we were teenagers." They both giggled, remembering the good old days. Blaze turned to face the front door, unaware that Amy had wandered over to gaze out the window to her back yard. "Whatever, Silver's not here yet. I don't need him to babysit me just cause I'm pregnant, right Amy?"
She laughed at herself and awaited her friend's answer. "Amy?" The pink hedgehog spun around, a little embarrassed at herself. "Oh! Sorry, I was just thinking about that thing we saw last night.." Her voice faded as she got lost in her curiosity again.
Blaze sighed thoughtfully. "Yeah, I wonder what it was. Tikal seemed a bit more than freaked out." Amy whistfully nodded, half paying attention.
The two girls jumped at the sudden sound of Tail's radio going off, crackles and gurgles filling the room. "Amy! Pick up!" Amy ran over to the radio, recognizing Tails' panicked voice. "Tails? What is it?" She pressed a button to talk, and let it go so she can hear what he has to say.
"I've been struck by lightening, going down!" Blaze and Amy both gasped, looking at one other in question of what to do. "Well, how can I help?!" Tails' voice was barely audible any more through all the white noise. "Going down somewhere in Chao Forest! Bring help and-"
The crackles completely covered his voice. "Tails! Can you hear me?" She shouted at the radio, getting no response. "Tails!" Amy gave up and grabbed her coat, opening the door and rushing out into the rain.
"Amy! It's pouring out!" Blaze tried to get her to come back, but by the time she got outside, her friend was gone; dissappeared into the woods.
...Tails...
He shoved open the emergency escape door, crawling out of the wreckage weakly. He groaned and rubbed his head after he hit the ground. The rain kept coming, and the thunder wasn't much help either. Tails' first thought was to find some shelter, and work the plane issue out tomorrow.
So, he ran under a large tree, somewhat covered by its branches. He sighed, looking around and squinting his eyes to see anything three feet infront of his face. Then he noticed something coming towards him.
Thinking it was an over active imagination at first, he saw five chaos hovering over him. They giggled and pointed at him, probably cracking jokes in their own adorable language. "Uhh...A- a little help?"
He reasoned with them, offering a hopeful smile. They exchanged knowing looks, some kind of secret the two-tailed fox obviously wasn't allowed to know. "Chao!" They said together, turning and flying away.
Tails followed them through the forest until they came to a cave entrance. It didn't look menacing, more like cavemen style - like it's been inhabited before. He looked up at them, resentfully going into the cave with the chaos leading the way.
Inside the cave, it was bigger than it looked from the outside. It contained one large center space, branching out into separate entraces; almost like a house with rooms. There was grass, not stone, for the floor. And there was a dim glow illuminating it in all places. This puzzled Tails, because there was absolutely no light source anywhere as far as he could see.
The chaos flew around happily, calling out until more chaos came from every which way. The room was filled with them, cute creatures filling every available space. Tails couldnt help but chuckle at the sight, before being distracted by a room entraces that held the sound of running water. Without hesitation, he went through the way to find a waterfall, also glowing brightly, with a pond filled with Lilly pads below it.
He raised an eyebrow, this place was warmer than anywhere else in the cave. It was like a chao garden, but something was eerily different about it. He shrugged off the mysterious feeling and dipped his palm in for a drink of water.
"Chao choo!" He turned around to see the chaos rushing towards him, almost as if they were warning him of something.
Then he saw it. It was bigger than a bear, covered in dark black and navy fur. Sharp, jagged teeth. A snarl that said 'leave'.
Tails gulped. This must have been what Shadow was talking about...
The beast's snarl subsided, and it simply stared at the terrified figure. "What are you doing here?!" It growled, not at Tails, but to no one in particular. It turned away and retreated deeper into the cave. Even if it didn't eat him, that didn't mean it wasn't planning to. Tails sprinted away, out of the cave and away from the chaos.
"What was that thing?!" He glanced back to make sure it wasn't in pursuit of him, and tripped on a tree root in the process. Yelling the entire way, Tails fell head first into a tree trunk, knocking him out cold with the rain pounding away all around him.