A/N - Hallo! Belleroo9 here with the next chapter of Devastation! I know, it's been like, 3 days, and you guys should be able to wait for new chapters to come out. I mean, we have personal lives too...
Anyway, last time on Devastation, Tails, Cream, Sonic and Amy managed to somehow find Espio and Shadow' s base... without a map or directions. Is Tails a compass always pointing in the right direction? I really don't know.
Tails landed his group of mobians near the edge of the camp area, and led them through the thick trees. He noticed the amber eyed silhouette move about, quickly awaiting the sleeping forms. Two of the forms began to get up, and collapsed on weak arms as another silhouette got up and began helping one of them up, along with the original.
Amy sleepily wiped her eyes to see the five forms, some stronger than others, grab weapons and point them at them. One's crossbow shook, and another's bo staff was being used to support its master's form. A pair of katanas flashed in front of her face and she blacked out.
Cream watched as a silver hedgehog, Silver, came into view. He began to reason with, an invisible body. She shook her head in disbelief, had he gone insane? A purple chameleon appeared on front of him, holdings two katanas that had the blunt side facing Silver. Espio frowned and checked the faces of Cream' s friends, noticing that he had knocked out Amy.
"I am sorry for the misunderstanding, I thought that the zombies had begun disguising themselves. At least I only hit Amy with the blunt side as a precaution if she happened to be herself." Espio spoke, appearing very rueful. He turned and helped one of the weak ones stand, the one with the staff, that appeared to have feathers surrounding a green emerald on the end, and put away his katanas. A black hedgehog, Shadow, came forward.
"Alright. Tails, I will ask you one question that only the real Tails would know. Whisper the answer into my ear. Who destroyed your science fair project last year before the war started, and why?" The mobian probed. Tails appeared distressed for a second, flashing back to the argument.
Tails was proud of his portal, that would seek out the nearest alien life form, and teleport the user 5 feet behind it. His work was received by the teacher with an A+, and he was ecstatic to find that he had gotten the blue ribbon prize. Sure, some were jealous of his futuristic work, while others were amazed at the mechanical genius, however, he only cared that his friends accepted his win and continued to accept him.
He was carrying his project to the storage closet when a foot appeared beneath his feet and tripped him. For a second, all he felt was sheer terror, but that quickly subsided to grief as he and his project fell into a puddle of green ooze, most likely some combination of carbon and iodine. He looked in horror as he witnessed his priceless project melt away, chemically decomposing into its basic elements. He heard snickering, and could only dream of the torture that the bullies would put him through for the rest of the day.
He quickly used his namesakes to lift himself out of the acidic puddle, and started weeping when he saw the full picture of the tattered remains of his project sink into the ever shrinking puddle. Tails looked around to see the school bully, Scrouge, grinning devilishly at the young fox teen.
"Serves you right for trying to steal my girl's ribbon." He smirked hastily before putting one of his hands on his current girlfriend, Fiona' s, shoulder. Tails let himself down lightly and the flashback ended.
"Scrouge." He whispered sadly. "He wanted his girlfriend to win the prize, but my teleportal won instead."
Shadow smiled one of his rare smiles, and stepped out of the way, hurrying to grab the form with the crossbow, and trying to keep her from falling.
The camp moved from out of the shadows to reveal Shadow, Espio, Silver, Blaze, Knuckles, Rouge, and the sickly forms of Maria and Tikal. The first had a long rifle at his side, the second, two shining katanas, the third, a small ball of sky blue energy, the fourth, a large ball of white hot flames, the fifth, a fist that could punch two holes in a mobian' s skin, the sixth, a golden, gem laced pistol, the seventh, an unloaded silver crossbow, and the last, a birch wood, emerald gem tipped bo staff.
"Welcome to our camp." Espio said in a voice that welcomed them, instead of his normal, nonchalant voice. The 3 conscious members of the crew stared in awe at the campsite, which, with a burning fire, was a very cozy place to rest, unlike Amy and Sonic' s previous camp.
A/N - Annndd... That's the meeting. Yes, we did give Tikal and Maria weapons, while the others had their usual weapons. They just seemed so weak without them!