Chapter Nine "People of ForestWood?"
"Rex you sure are different from how I remember you." said Tails.
"Ha you try living under an evil dictator and see if you don't get tougher." said Rex chuckling.
Tails looked half way board.
"Why was that place empty?" said Tails.
"Cause your sis and our people are kidnapped, again." said Rex.
"TRIXIE WAS IN THERE? Oh no." said Tails panicked.
"Stop panicking, I get enough of that from my kid." said Rex sitting down.
"How could you just sit here at a time like this?" complained Tails.
"Look we knew we'd be found out eventually we were just hoping it wouldn't be our leading sector, your sis is probably under questioning about now and no matter what they will get the information out of her one way or another so we need to think before we act." said Rex intelligently.
"I always pegged you as the incompetent one." said Tails surprised on how calm Rex was.
"Yeah so did everyone else last time I saw you, I'm just a little more levelheaded then before and thanks to those people I have too much to worry about so I sometimes HAVE to be calm." said Rex looking inside the box of supplies and picking up the folder of plans inside.
Tails sat down hoping that he could get Trixie out if that had a backup plan inside.
Rex whacked the folder happily.
"Huh well there it is." said Rex putting two fingers in his mouth whistling loudly in a strange note.
A few people came out armed.
Tails had a pretty good fright somebody had an arrow aimed at his head and Rex didn't even see a response coming so soon giving him a jolt as well.
The head archer had a dark gold arrow pointed at Tails while the others had silver arrows, a few of them were behind them so you could barley see them and some of them were visible only by a little bit.
"Ok what's going on?" said Tails.
"Is that a two tailed fox?" said the wolf looking at Tails strangely.
Rex turned to Tails.
"We have not had anybody call on us for a long time..." said one of the armed people.
When Rex recognized them he wasn't as jolted.
"This is the Forestwood wolf pack Tails, they are mostly neutral but we helped a few of them when their people were captured, but I figured they might know the area better so I used the secret whistle Sonic saved for an emergency." said Rex.
"Well why don't you tell the whole world! Come on lets find shelter it will be a miracle if nobody heard you!" said the head wolf.
The bowmen didn't say anything, but they were all hooded and not much of them was seen, the hoods were green with dark green trim, they had arrow packs on and always had their bows pointed down but two handed ready to fire and the bows were arrow shaped and short stringed it seemed the archers did not even need the extra string to hit a target their air made up for it, also they had dark green tunics with a belt pouch for extra arrows under their hooded capes along with one on their back, the head wolf was dressed the same but you could see his face more the hood was not on to hide his face as much.
When they got inside the forest more they found a small city with a large amount of wolfs and a few foxes as well, the city was pretty small but the small houses were well made anyway, all of the houses were made of wood that almost blended in to the trees beside them, when they got closer the wolfs allowed them to speak.
"Well this is odd this pack wasn't here before but you all look older then eleven." said Tails.
"We've always lived here, we're just more discreet then others." said the wolf leader.
"How'd you get to us so fast?" asked Tails while walking alongside Rex who was now being quieter then usual.
"This is our forest we are aware of everything that goes around it or within It." said the wolf leader.
"How many of you are there?" said Tails.
"Many but more and more are leaving due to the supreme leader or whatever you call him." said the wolf leader.
"Who are you?" said Tails. "I figured out you're the leader but…?"
"Sorry he's sort of new around here." said Rex.
"No need to apologize for your friend here, my name is Archibald or Arch and I am known around here as The Golden Watchmen, but you my friend may call me Arch if you'd like." said the wolf leader. "I lead this pack and I am responsible for this forest."
"Why stay here when the rest of the world is in peril?" said Tails.
"Quiet fox you're forgetting who's in charge." said Rex annoyed with Tails' clever questions.
"Do not shush your friend knowledge is the best thing anyone can ask for, specking of such why have you called us to you? That whistle is only for Sonic the hedgehog to blow, and that makes you untrustworthy now that I think of It." said Arch.
"Why do you keep calling me your friend then?" said Tails.
"Because of your two tails, you've been mentioned but all the legends said you had passed on, I suppose all rumors are not always true." said Arch. "although part of it was true we've never seen a two tailed fox before."
Rex stopped all of them; the villagers all went inside their houses as they approached.
"Ok listen I may not be Sonic the hedgehog, but I work under him his sector was attacked and all the people taken along with the plans our people are who knows where and I'm almost certain the other sectors are being attacked as we speak, we need help." said Rex.
Arch pulled his glove up a little more then started stroking his chin.
"I cannot risk war my pack has stayed secret from the possessors of this planet and we want it to stay that way." said Arch.
Rex stomped his foot on the ground shaking the ground a little from his strength.
"Are you all stupid? They've been searching for our base for a little over nine years and they still found us, what difference does it make if you've stayed hidden longer? We will always have to hide unless Blake is brought to justice." argued Rex.
"You are strong I can see and strong willed but even if we wanted to launch an attack my pack would be defenseless if I brought my bowmen." said Arch.
"That whistle you heard? Sonic marked exactly the call it would take for a last resort and I called you." said Rex calmer now. "We saved your people when they were attacked the last time in the other wood which I guess you moved from and you promised the next time you called you would grant one request."
Arch smirked.
"You have no authority over us, you talk as if YOU were the one who did it personally I don't remember a bullheaded hedgehog giving us aid." said Arch. "that promise was to Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog alone."
Tails thought for a moment while they were talking.
"Maybe there's a way I can help, if I told them Sonic told us to which isn't really lying because he put those planes for the freedom fighters then maybe he'd listen." thought Tails till he spoke out.
"Arch? Sonic wanted us to ask your help, we don't know where he is and if he isn't captured as well but if he is then there'd be no way of his asking you, now if you promised to help us help us otherwise we'll just have to break in and help our friends ourselves." said Tails. "My sister and a few of my friends have been captured and I for one am not going to leave them there."
With that Tails stormed off in the direction he came from.
"Well I don't like the guy much but he has a point, I've been working with those guys for a long time I don't want to see them rot and be questioned endlessly by the enemy, see you and thanks for nothing." said Rex who decided to follow him.
Arch rubbed his hands over his face then sighed.
"Gather the archers." said Arch.
End chapter
