Do or Die

Tails knew something was up. He and Coco had just found Crash KO'd on the sand, and Tails saw a substance called Carbonitrate floating in his blood. As the night started to appear, Tails could feel something creeping in the shadows of the night. His heart was now beating almost too fast for his own good. Coco was too busy tending to her big brothers wounds.

Suddenly, a white blur shot out of the trees, and charged right for Coco! Coco yelped and flinched to brace herself for the immense pain she was certain she would experience. She heard a thud, but she felt no pain. She slowly opened her eyes and looked forward. Tails was standing in front of her, on wobbly legs, clutching his stomach in pain. Carbon was just standing, watching, blood on his punching hand. Tails fell to his knees. "T-Tails…" Coco gasped. She supported him when he fell. Carbon was just watching, no emotion in his eyes. Coco looked up at him. "W-Why Carbon…" She gulped. "It is my destiny to destroy all bandicoots…and an interfering fox won't stop me." Carbon growled. Tails struggled up to of foot. "I-If…you…have...a problem…with them…you'll have to go through me first!!" Tails shouted. "Tails…" Coco blinked, amazed at Tails's will to continue. Carbon just stared like an inanimate object. He suddenly struck with blazing speed. He swatted Tails aside like he was a fly or something.

Back at Sonic's house, Sonic was busy writing up the plans for the wormhole, when there was a thump in the closet. Sonic turned around to look at it. There was another thump. Sonic tusked, and walked over to the cupboard. He opened the door and kicked something with force. "If you don't shut the hell up I will beat you black and blue." Sonic threatened. He slammed the door. He then thought for a while. He opened the door again. "On second thoughts, I'll only beat you black. You're blue enough all ready. HAH!" Sonic laughed.

"Carbon! Stop!!" Coco shouted. "You will not stop my destiny!" Carbon growled. "W-Who said this was destiny?!" Coco gulped. "That is not your concern!" Carbon was closing in on Coco. Tails suddenly smashed into Carbon's ribs with a tail-propelled kick. Carbon was thrown off his feet for maybe the first time that night. Tails landed on his feet, trying to keep balance. Carbon jumped to his feet. "Hmm... you're stronger than I thought…" Carbon sneered. He stooped low to the ground. "But can you match me in speed?" He asked. Tails smiled through the pain in his stomach. "Speed?.." he started to laugh slightly. Carbon raised an eyebrow. "What's so funny?" He grunted. "When it comes to speed…only two people in the world can match me." He smiled. "Shut your trap!" Carbon shouted. He was so fast; it looked like he'd de-materialized into thin air. (DBZ Style ^^) He made a strike at Tails. He wasn't there. Carbon looked around. He was too late, Tails was already behind him. Tails landed a sharp kick to his ribs. Carbon staggered backwards. "How the fu-" He gasped. He couldn't finish before another sharp kick to the front of the face. Tails had sped round to the front of him without his knowing of it. Some blood was dripping from his nose.

"I'm going…..to kill…you now!" Carbon yelled. Tails didn't see the next shot coming. A hard right hand almost destroyed the right side of his face. Tails hit the floor hard, which is pretty hard to do on sand, but that was the power of Carbon Crash. The sand around his head was turning red. Carbon smiled, and turned his attention towards Coco. "There's no-one to save you now..." He smiled. "..! I…I'm not finished yet!!" Tails shouted. He struggled to his knees. Carbon looked around. "Seriously…here's the painful truth pipsqueak. You're beaten and broken, and there is no way, you can beat me!" Carbon growled. Tails's determination distracted Carbon long enough. A shadowy figure crept up behind him. A metallic glint was visible in the moon light. Crunch swung his fist at Carbon. Carbon turned his head in shock. He wasn't quick enough. Crunch's heavy iron fist almost shattered Carbon's skull. Carbon crashed to the floor. 'N-No…I can't…this is impossible…th-that pipsqueak weakened me enough…this is embarrassing…' Carbon thought. He looked at some sort of device on his wrist. 'I have….no choice…master will kill me…' he thought. He dragged his arm round and hit the device. His body vanished into a blue light. "What...?" Crunch blinked. "A…A teleportation...device…sneaky…" Tails panted. Tails staggered, and suddenly blacked out. "Tails!" Coco gasped, running over to him and catching him as he fell to the ground. Tails's heart and determination may of been his downfall.

*-The Next Day-*

Crash had woken up with a bandage round his head. He couldn't remember any of the battle against Carbon, but could still remember Carbon being there. Crash sat up in his bed, his head still spinning. "Morning Crash." Crunch said. "How are you feeling?" he asked. "Well…groggy…" Crash replied. "What happened to Carbon?"

"Tails and I managed to fend him off. But Tails has even worse injuries than yours..." Crunch responded. "What…? Where is he?" Crash gasped. "He's in the Main Room. He's unconscious for now. He should wake up later today…I hope…"