He landed gently in the yard, careful not to disturb her, walked inside, and laid her down in her crib. She slept on, face blank, yet he could see that she was no longer scared. After he made sure she was okay, he quickly went into the workshop, to try and set up a defense system to keep Eggman out. About four hours later, he was done, and the system was set up. He wasn't sure if it would hold Shadow back, but it would warn him when he came within three miles, so that he could get Midna somewhere safe.
Sighing, he walked back into the workshop, exhausted, and his head fell slowly on the table. Suddenly, the alarm started blaring, and a screen fell down in front of him. He gasped, almost forgot to look at the screen, then relaxed as he saw Sonic running full speed. He turned off the defense system and walked outside to greet the blue hero.
"Tails!" Sonic exclaimed, "Your okay! Where's Midna?"
"She's inside sleeping," he explained, "What happened?"
"Knuckles thought he saw you leaving, so we ditched out, and I ran over here as fast as I could. I think Knuckles stayed back a little ways to look out for Shadow," Sonic said.
Tails sighed, "Good, why don't you come inside? I need to set the defense system up again."
Sonic nodded and they headed inside. He turned away from the hero for a minute and began furiously typing into the computer. A little green flash told him the gates were back up and that the scanner was searching for danger. He looked back where Sonic should've been, but he wasn't there. Confused, he looked through the house, and saw that the door to his room was open. Looking in, he saw that Sonic was standing over Midna's crib, but he didn't look like Sonic.
"Sonic?" he asked.
Sonic turned around, but instead of his warm green eyes, he had dark red ones.
"Midna!" he yelled, trying to run over to her.
Shadow smacked him aside and scooped up the baby, "Chaos-oomph!"
Tails rammed into his side and caught the screaming child. He jumped up and flew outside, going as fast as he could for Midna's sake. Something flashed by his vision and he realized that Shadow was shooting Chaos Spear at him.
He whirled around and yelled, "MARIA!"
Shadow paled, "Ugh!"
Taking the oppurtunity, Tails flew up higher, and began going faster. Midna started squirm and her blue eyes shot open.
"Tils?" she asked worriedly.
"It's okay Midna," he assured her.
She looked at him with a deep trust in her eyes, ""kay."
He smiled, then began flying to who knows where. It started to get dark, so he flew down into some thick trees, made Midna and himself a bed out of pine needles, and soon they were both asleep.
"Tils?" Midna asked sleepily, waking him up.
"What is it Midna?" he yawned.
"Tils," she was more urgent.
He sat up, "What? Are you scared?"
She stuck her lip out, "Es."
He picked her up, "It's okay. Shadow is kind of scary."
"Sho?" she asked.
He laughed, "Sure."
"Sho...thary," she said after a minute.
"Yeah," he smiled at her, then looked around.
There were trees everywhere he looked and their thick branches covered most sunlight. He held her close and began to walk through them. Midna snuggled into his shoulder and sighed contentedly. A sudden snap of a twig, made them both freeze, and Tails hid behind a nearby tree.
"Tails?" Sonic's voice called.
He opened his mouth to reply, when he remembered Shadow's new trick, and he closed it. Midna looked a little confused, but he put his finger to his lips, and she didn't say anything.
"Tails? Little bro? You out here?"
He surpressed a shudder and didn't move. Midna snuggled closer to him and watched through the trees with wide eyes. A few seconds past a sigh was heard.
"Where are you?" Sonic mused.
It had been almost five minutes...maybe it was Sonic. He weighed his options, took a deep breath, and decided to risk it.
"Sonic?" he asked.
"Tails!" Sonic looked relieved.
He held Midna protectively and looked at Sonic with a stern look on his face, "Are you Sonic?'
"What d'ya mean?" he looked confused.
Midna looked at Tails, "Thnic," she said, "No Sho."
He sighed with relief, "Sonic."
"What's up with you?"
"Shadow made himself look like you," he explained, "Probably a new chaos power."
"Oh," Sonic looked at Midna, "Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she was a little scared, but she's fine now," he assured him.
She looked at Sonic, then held her arms out, "Thnic!"
Tails looked at his brother and hesitated, "Sonic...is there anywhere that you know where Midna would be safe?"
Sonic put a finger under his chin, "Yeah...there's this old shed type thing that I kinda turned into my hideout."
He bit his lip, "Could you take her there? I don't want to risk Shadow finding her again."
Sonic took Midna from him, "Alright. Why don't you go to Amy's or somethin'?"
He nodded, "I will."
"Alright, see ya around!" Sonic raced off.
He looked at the fading blue streak, "Be safe."
Well...I guess we'll see if Sonic knows what he's doing...that'll be interesting. XD Read, review, and enjoy! ~tfflv
