Author's Notes: I own nothing but Scorpio and the mysterious masked man.

When Music is listed in [] then you should have that music playing as you read. It helps add to the story.


Chapter 7: Fox vs. Werefox

[Crash Twinisanity Boss Theme- Tikimon]

Tikimon glared down at Tails with unrelenting fury especially after the insult thrown at him and he decided to just destroy the fox instead of knocking some sense into him. Raising one of his massive stone arms he tried to crush the fox but the fox dodged at the last second and threw a knife at him. It embedded itself into his chest but it did no damage whatsoever, seriously how can you defeat a Totem god?

Tikimon slammed his arms in a four different spots, creating massive shockwaves that Tails dodged easily but the next attack caught him off guard completely, the Totem god spun around in a circle creating hurricane force winds and Tails dug his claws into the dirt to avoid being sucked in but his left arm broke off at the elbow catapulting him into the twister where he was buffeted by the fists before he collided with the walls of the valley and slide down to the ground. He got up and looked at his arm.

"Just needs a few stitches." muttered Tails before he pulled out a grenade and threw it at Tikimon who grabbed it and threw it back before it exploded.

"Stupid Totem."

Tikimon roared in anger before beams of energy erupted from his eyes and Tails had to run from the attack as it left a burnt trail of grass in its wake. Tails then ducked behind a large boulder to catch his breath and analyze the situation.

Tikimon scanned the valley slowly, reaching to the limit of his arms and lifting up various boulders to locate Tails before he let out another roar, this one high-pitched and small Totem golems popped out of the ground and began looking around Tails before one found his dismembered arm and picked it up. Suddenly the arm came to life and punched the golem in the face and then strangled the golem until it crumbled into dust and made its way back to Tails. Tails put his arm back in its original place as black threads came out of his gem and reattached his arm, good as new. Suddenly the boulder he was hiding behind was picked up and he dodged the fist of the Totem god as it came down.

Tails then bolted out of the reach of the Totem god and turned around and flipped Tikimon off.

"Can't get me now you four armed freak!" taunted Tails before a hand erupted from the ground behind him, grabbed him, pulled him underground, and he found himself staring face-to-face with Tikimon.

"Any last words?" growled Tikimon, his eyes glowing red as he charged up his eye beams.

"Yeah. OPEN WIDE!" said Tails getting his right arm free and throwing a three-grenade bundle into Tikimon's open mouth. The Totem god dropped Tails as he tried to cough up the grenades but...

*EXPLOSION!*

...he was unable to. Pieces of his head landed throughout the valley as his body fell to the ground, lifeless.

[END THEME]

"There. Now to find the Emerald." said Tails dusting himself off.

Tails kept walking until he heard a child laughing and he hid behind a tree and he looked to see a six-year-old rabbit playing with the Chaos Emerald he was after. He smirked.

'This is too easy. I can just walk up to the kid, ask for the gem, if she doesn't give it to me...oh well...' thought Tails before he put the machete he was wielding away and stepped into the kid's line of sight. The kid seemed shocked for a moment before she smiled.

"Hello mister. Where'd you come from?" asked the girl innocently.

"Didn't your mother teach you not to talk to strangers?" asked Tails smiling but not enough to show his sharp teeth.

"Yes but how about we introduce ourselves? I'm Cream Rabbot."

"I'm Tails. What are you doing with that Emerald?"

"I was going to give it to my mom. She's been...distant lately and I was thinking it would cheer her up."

"What do you mean distant?" asked Tails kneeling down in front of Cream and then he noticed a blue creature hiding behind Cream, "Who's that on your shoulder?"

"Oh! That's Cheese. Say 'hi' Cheese." said Cream talking to the Chao.

"Chao, Chao." said Cheese in a panic as he tried to pull Cream away from Tails.

"Can I have the emerald Cream? I need it for something I'm working on, but I plan to give it back when I'm done."

"But I wanted to give it to my mom." said Cream looking at her Chao friend confused.

"Please?"

Cream picked up the Emerald and walked towards Tails who outstretched his hand. As Cream neared him, she hesitated a second but then began handing the green Emerald towards him when Cheese got in the way.

"CHAO, CHAO!" screamed Cheese, his eyes wide in fear before he's backhanded to the side.

"Stay out of this!" snapped Tails before he turned back towards Cream who back-stepped, clutching the gem close.

"Give me the gem kid or else!" threatened Tails as he pulled out the machete.

Cream's eyes widened in fear as she began backing up but tripped on a rock and landed on her rear. She screamed and closed her eyes as Tails brought the machete down...

*SPLATTER!*

Cream slowly opened her eyes as she felt something wet drip onto her head and she gasped as she saw somebody's arm pierced by the deadly weapon and she saw another fox, this one yellow and white in fur coloring and his eyes were pained but sapphire.

"Cream, get your mother. NOW!" said Prowler glaring at Tails who was in shock at what just happened. Cream nodded and, using her ears, took to the sky.

"You! Why are you here?!" snapped Tails pulling the machete out of Prowler's arm.

"Get the Chaos Emerald before you." said Prowler as he cracked his neck.

"This should be fun." said Tails twirling the machete as he advanced towards Prowler.

Five Minutes Later...

Prowler is on the ground, major cuts lining his body and he sits up and spits out a wad of blood as Tails advances.

"Why are you so weak?" said Tails shocked.

"Stalling for time, look at the sun." said Prowler pointing towards the west and Tails' eyes widen as the sun is nearly gone. Suddenly Tails is hit by a beam of yellow energy and sent flying into a rock wall as certain southern belle makes her entrance along with her daughter.

Bunnie lands with Cream behind her. Bunnie's robotic arm is currently a laser cannon which she keeps pointed at Tails.

You've really changed Tails. Ah'm gonna stop you here and now, even if it's the last thing Ah do." said Bunnie glaring at the blood-orange fox.

Bunnies is wearing a cowboy hat and a light brown light jacket. Prowler gets up and stands in front of Bunnie.

"Stay behind me. I'll deal with this sick freak." said Prowler glancing towards the setting sun as he removes his gloves.

The sun then disappears beyond the horizon and Prowler staggers forward as he clutches his head in pain before he falls to his knees and hands. His fur begins to become thicker, wilder and darker, his claws become sharper, his muscles grow as he gets taller. His shoes become spikey and his fangs protrude from his mouth and when he stands up, he easily towers over all three. When he opens his eyes they glow bright yellow and are dilated.

One thing that is noticeable is that he is very lithe which allows him to fit into tight spaces. He flexes his claws before he howls and charges Tails who is caught off guard and barely dodges the claws swung at his head but doesn't avoid the kick to the face. Tails shakes his head to clear the stars but gets grabbed by the throat and slammed into the ground before he is stomped on and then thrown into a tree.

Prowler then growls savagely before he grabs Tails and pile-drives him into the ground before he throws the blood-orange fox into the air and kicks him through a rock wall. Tails stumbles out of the ruined wall and shakes his head and see Cream off to the side watching in awe and Tails smirks.

"Hey freak!" said Tails pulling out a kunai knife.

Prowler turns towards him.

"You have a choice, get the Emerald or save the kid." said Tails throwing the kunai at Cream whose eyes widen in fear.

"CREAM!" cried Bunnie in fear.

Cream closes her eyes as the kunai draws near.

*Pained Whimper!*

A heavy ball of fluff falls on top of Cream and she sees the huge fox laying in her lap, the kunai wedged deep into his chest and she sees her mother fighting Tails in hand-to-hand combat.

"If you killed him Ah'm gonna rip your throat out Tails!" yelled Bunnie as she used her cybernetic limps to her advantage against Tails.

"Oh, scary! I ripped Robotnik's throat out without a care, how do you think you can beat me?" said Tails dodging her attacks.

*GUNSHOT!*

Tails looked down at his gem as it cracked from a bullet entering his back and striking it and then he began bleeding and he clutched his gem as he turned around and glared daggers at Shade who walked out of the shadows, his 9mm handgun smoking.

"That was a warning shot Tails. Now get out before I blow that cursed gem of yours to pieces." said Shade pointing his gun back at Tails.

"Fine. But this isn't over." said Tails before he teleported away.

Shade Chaos Controlled away his gun and walked over to Prowler who was unconscious and pulled out the kunai before he lifted the Werefox onto his back and turned toward Bunnie.

"Got a place to stay?" asked the red-black hedgehog and Bunnie nods and the group walk towards her house.


END CHAPTER

Cruel aren't I? Making Tails attack a child?

Anyway, if you're wondering Cream is adopted by Bunnie in this story.

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