Chapter 9: The Sacrifice
The sky, which was sunny earlier, had started to turn grey & overcast.
A few drops of rain hit the ground before the downpour began.
Marine was running to the point she first met the Tails Doll.
Chances were he'd go back there if he ever felt he was hated.
Her usual attire was quickly soaked to the skin in a matter of seconds of being in the storm.
Marine also had her knife she took from the kitchen in her jeans.
She now had one objective to complete…
Whether she liked it or not…
Kill Tails Doll before his evil takes complete control over him.
As Marine approached the spot, she can hear the Doll's crying and readied her finishing weapon, hiding it down her drenched dress.
Marine slowly walked down the alleyway, until amongst the darkness the storm caused, she saw a dull red glow around a corner.
She turned that corner and spotted the Doll, its head facing the ground, in the same manner she did on the night Tails Doll kissed her for the first time.
However, instead of his back facing the corner, his back was facing a brick wall behind him.
Marine crept closer to the weeping doll.
When she got just a few centimetres, the doll gasped and looked up at her.
It then left out a low growl as he completely forgotten who she was.
"Dolly?" Marine asked the growling doll.
Tails Doll then gasped and stopped growling.
"M-Marine?" he said, slowly standing up.
"Re-remember me?" Marine asked.
Tails Doll, who was also drenched to its fur, had completely stood up and let his point-tipped index finger gently glide down the side of her face.
"Why wouldn't I recognize someone as beautiful as you?" Tails Doll asked with tears forming in his eyes.
As the rain continued, Tails Doll's fur got darker with water and Marine's dress started to stick to her body.
The two looked into each other's eyes before they both drew closer to one another.
Right until their lips were locked once more.
The two soaking wet lovebirds, one raccoon and one part machine, part doll, being who was truly cursed, continued to lock lips with one another continuously as the rain beat down on their skins & clothing, leaving behind watery scars.
The kiss seemed to go on forever, neither of them wanting to left go of the other.
When they did part their lips eventually, both of them were literally drenched to the skin.
"Marine, I love you." Tails Doll softly said as a thunderclap roared above them.
"I wish I could love you too. But, your evil's taking control of you. If I stayed loving you, you'd kill me eventually." Marine sadly said in response.
Marine then turned to go.
Tails Doll was on the verge of breaking down.
But he didn't know that this was part of Marine's plan to kill him
Just as Marine was nearing the exit, Tails Doll appeared in front of her.
Like large serpents choking and smothering their prey, Tails Doll's arms threw themselves around her neck.
"Please Marine! Don't leave me! I love you! Trust me! We can just spend the rest of our lives together with our child!" he cried into Marine's shoulder.
Marine just pushed him off before saying "I'm sorry Dolly, I do love you with all my heart, but I must give up your soul to be with you when our child is born. Even if I let you come back home with me, you'll still kill me. There is no hope for us to be together."
Tails Doll just looked at her, tears were swelling and some were already falling.
Marine opened up her arms again for one last hug.
The instant Marine opened her arms, Tails Doll just threw himself into them.
Once Tails Doll had full grasp on her, Marine closed her arms around her misunderstood lover.
As Tails Doll hugged, Marine quietly got out her knife in her hand, raised high enough to built momentum but low enough for the Doll not to see it.
"I'm sorry." Marine whispered before forcefully lodging the knife into Tails Doll's white chest.
Tails Doll choked loudly and slipped so he faced Marine's exit.
As the Tails Doll fell, 'bleeding' fluff and oil, Marine got on her knees to let him peacefully lay down on the ground.
With his dying breath, he whispered.
"Thank you Marine."
His head finally tilted to the right.
That was it.
The Doll was dead.
The curse is over.
Marine gently laid his head on the solid concrete of the ground and slowly shut his eyes, holding back tears.
Marine then stood up, looking down on her lover's dead body.
She then dropped back down to her knees and wept at her loss.
Just then, Vector and Sonic arrived.
"Marine?" Sonic called out.
Marine ignored her friend's call and continued crying.
Vector walked down the alleyway toward her.
In front of them, Tails Doll's lifeless body lay peacefully on his back.
Marine picked up her knife, now stained with Tails Doll's 'blood', handed it to Vector and picked up the doll's body.
Everyone else was arriving when Marine slowly walked out carrying the 'corpse' which clearly showed where he was stabbed.
Everyone looked on with despair, gasped in shock, cried in remorse or all three.
Marine gently laid Tails Doll down on a grassy piece of land in a park.
She held back her tears, leaned down and kissed the doll's forehead.
With that, she walked away back home.
The storm clouds above started to part and a ray of sunlight shone on the Doll's body.
Without anyone noticing, the fingers on Tails Doll's left hand slowly twitched.
The end?