After reading I have decided to keep the story going and it will not end in three to four chapter. Waits for applause but hears crickets.
Anyways this is a very important chapter story wise, read ahead and I hope you enjoy. Please review or continue to review
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The moon was high in the sky, about half way to a new moon, the stars were veiled behind ghostly wisps of cloud and in a clearing stood a blood drenched fox. At his feet lay a hedgehog, blue, the blood was pouring from a myriad of gaping wounds and it stained the grass a sharp crimson, the fox was huffing heavily a proud smile on his face, it felt good to watch him bleed, deep in his heart he felt some guilt, but it was overwhelmed by his sense of accomplishment, he had killed him, and it felt good. Tails jerked awake eyes flying open and taking a sharp intake of air, he shivered, his fur stood on end and his eyes were wide open, he wiped them and felt some moisture falling from the corners, it was not a dream he wanted to see, he stood up on his branch he had again slept on and hopped down hoping a night walk would do him some good. He remembered the scene of Sonic dying, he hated the hedgehog, hated his former brother, but he still felt for him, he would never kill him, would he? He shook his head, it wasn't a pleasant train of thought to be aboard, what was Sonic to him now he wondered, a former brother, a bitter friend, or a hated enemy, enemy he thought was a term best reserved for Robotnik, trying to apply it to the hedgehog just didn't seem right.
He sighed and sat on a nearby log, the moss crept up its sides and it was damp, two facts which went completely unnoticed by the twin tailed fox. What life could he have, he had tried not to think about it since he was forced from Knothole, he didn't want to wander forever, he wanted a home, a place where people knew him and accepted him, but at this moment that dream seemed as far away as the moon, he looked up at the moon and whispered into the cold night time air. "Why can't I be free, why do I have to work so hard for everyone else when they just toss me aside like garbage. Is their anyplace where I would belong? Stupid Sonic, I don't need him or anybody else, I'm Duster, and I can do anything I want!" His fists were clenched and his words loud, but they were without conviction, he wanted Sonic to be his brother, wanted his room and time spent flying with Dulcy, wanted aunt Bunny and Sally, but he knew all he could do was want, there was no way of getting his wish. He walked back towards the camp his travelling partners had set up, he was wary in his mind about using the word friends, he didn't want that pain again so soon, as he approached he heard a rustling in the brush, It was a good way in front him so he stepped to the side and watched where he had heard the sound.
A familiar face poked out of the brush and Tails had to grasp his mouth to keep himself from shouting, it was Antoine, his mind was doing backflips and questions were streaming out of his head. "Why was he out here? Was he looking for me? Was he here to kill me? Could it just be coincidence?" He was unsure and he saw him stumble about and heard him curse at the root that had nearly tripped him, he was on a direct course for their camp if Tails didn't do something, being seen wasn't an option, or was it, could he just scare the cowardly coyote away? His thoughts were interrupted by a very surprising yell from Antoine "Mike, are zu their, you will be coming out zis instant" Mike entered the scene obviously just having been woken up by Antoine and looked at him before running up and giving the noticeably shorter coyote a bear hug. "Hey ya Antoine. Long time no see eh, how's my favourite half-brother doing eh?" Tails almost fell over, since when had Antoine had a half-brother, not to mention they were about as similar as trees and turnips, basically the same family, one was as formal and cleanly as could be and the other still scratched his ear with his foot, an action that had caused the unprepared Tails to burst out laughing at the time he saw Mike do it. "Ah yes, it iz good to see you, but I need to be asking of you the favour? Weez at Knothole have been looking for someone and we would like youz to keep ze sharp eye out for zem." Tails had a very bad feeling in his gut, he could bet who it was they were looking for, and he heard Mike laugh and saw him noogie Antoine as he spoke up. "Sure Ant, you could have just sent a letter by bird like you normally do you know. So who is it were looking for, one of your young recruits get lost or something?" Here it comes, Tails could see the intake of air from Antoine as he opened his mouth and said exactly what he had feared. "Zear iz a two tailed fox about, iz name is Tails and he may be dangerous, If youz zee him sent a letter right way." Mike had stopped noogieing him and was looking at him with a screwed face, clearly thinking heavily as he spoke.
"Actually we just picked up a two tailed fox, he's only a kid though. He did say he had lived at Knothole but that he left, he's sleeping right around here actually, you don't think it's the same fox do you?" At the mention Tails might be nearby you could see Antoine tense and begin looking about nervously, Tails sighed his cover was destroyed, He cursed himself for being so stupid, he turned ready to flee into the forests when he heard Antoine's shout "Tailz, are zou there! Sonic iz looking for youz, he sayz he iz ze idiot and wishes to apologize!" Tails stopped, hope hit him like and ocean wave, it was too good, far and away to good, could he go back, could him and Sonic be brothers again and he live happily, the prospect was so tempting Tails found himself stepping out from behind his hiding tree and meekly coughing to get Antoine's attention, Antoine heard the noise and immediately jumped, but when he saw Tails before him his knees were shaking. Antoine had liked Tails, they were friends, but Tails being some frightening monster was defiantly a strain on their relationship, he looked into his eyes however and found them to be the same eyes he had remembered, his knees stopped shaking and he took a step forward just as a loud shot rang out and Tails collapsed to the forest floor falling at an awkward angle to his left. Tails had been shot, not deeply because the second he had heard the sound he moved as quick as he was able to his right, the bullet cut a gash across his left side and a trickle of blood was falling from it as he quickly picked himself up and ran, he cursed himself for being stupid, cursed himself for trusting Antoine, and cursed himself most of all for trusting Sonic's words.
Antoine and Mike had hit the ground each covering their heads as they heard a symphony of curse words be yelled out from above them, they turned their gaze up and saw in a nearby tree a minx slinging a sniper rifle on her back and taking off into the woods. Antoine was no genius, but he quickly realized the significance of what just happened, Tails would think he had been betrayed again and this time there would be no reasoning with him, he wouldn't trust a single word any of them said from now on, he had recognized the minx as the one from Knothole and was already cursing out at her in very aggressive French. How would he tell Sonic that Tails would never willingly come to Knothole now, that he was probably seething in hate at this very instant over another betrayal, Antoine felt sorry for Tails, he really wished he could help him, he picked himself and Mike up as he spoke. "Mike eez time zou came to Knothole, eez not safe and weez can really use zour hand." Mike was in thought, he hadn't gone to Knothole when the war first began for one reason, he hated crowds, three was OK if you knew who they were, but the thought of an entire village of people sent a shiver down Mike's spine. Antoine saw it and was aware of Mike's problem and quickly spoke up. "We az a place for zou on ze outskirt, not many peoplez would come by, weez would not even tellz anyone you were there." Mike nodded after a lengthy pause, after all he could just leave if he didn't enjoy it, he walked off to gather Tab and Max and tell them of the night time events as a good distance away a bleeding fox nursed his wound.
He was seething, he was furious, and he was depressed, there was no happy ending, all of Knothole was out for blood with assassins and trying to lure him out with old faces, he wouldn't fall for it ever again he promised himself, his heart was cold and his thoughts dark as he thought of Knothole and Sonic, he had his answer, if he met Sonic. One of them would die. He cleaned his wound in the rivers cool water and thought of revenge, thought of abandoning all hope and becoming the animal it would be so easy to become, he smiled as he thought of the blood, but frowned when he saw the faces, he swore, even now he couldn't bring himself to let go and become the killer his blood screamed out for him to become. Robotnik, he thought of the fat tyrant, the world would be a better place without him, would killing him even count as a crime, no, he deserved death, his death would save lives and give others happiness, happiness that he could never have, he wouldn't become an animal, but he was tired, tired of for so many years resisting the urge to kill, this was a gift he could give Rotor, Robotnik's death. The deed was justified in the fox's mind and his gaze turned in the direction of Robotropolis as he moved himself out of the river, he made a vow, he would slay Robotnik and savour the taste of his blood, but he would do it to help others he told himself, he would direct his hatred and anger for a purpose, after all he was still a Freedom Fighter and what was the goal of all Freedom Fighters, to dethrone Robotnik and liberate Mobius, once he was dead he knew Sally would take care of the rest, and he would wander unhappy until he died, but he would die as the one who freed Mobius. He set off Robotropolis in the distant horizon as his heart tried as it could to keep from blackening any further, but as he walked another thought came to the foxes mind, one which would have only an hour earlier have caused great alarm to Tails. "After Robotnik's gone, then I'll go pay a visit to Sonic, and he'll pay, he'll feel what he's done to me and he will beg for mercy and I'll…. I'll rip him apart!" Tails roared the last part into the cold night air as he set off towards Robotropolis murder in his eyes and heart as black as the sky.
