"It's all ruined," Tails said.
Cream, Tails, and Red all returned to the real world. They managed to land back into Sonic and Amy's room. The bed was split in half. The door was nowhere to be seen. There were also several large indents in the floor from what Tails assumed to be Amy's hammer. The wall that used to have a demonic red plastered onto it, however, was just as it was before all of this mess occurred.
"Specter here," Red informed.
"Let's find him then," Tails said.
Cream grabbed onto Tails' hand. "I'm scared Tails," she whispered. "W-where are Amy and Sonic? Did you tell them to leave before you came into that world?" Cream prayed Tails would say yes. Sadly, the twin-tailed fox shook his head.
"I have no idea where they are," Tail admitted sadly. Cream held onto his hand tighter. "Don't worry, those two are strong. They'll be fine."
A cackled spun through the air. "I wouldn't be so sure of that!" A voice announced.
"Specter," Tails hissed.
"That's right you little rodent!" Specter said. "I'll admit that your pitiful little friends put up a good fight, but I proved too much to them!"
"Vocal scan," Red stoically said as he started a program. "Sentence has a 95% chance of being false."
A soft growl hummed in the air. "Red, you traitor," Specter accused.
"And you lie," Red retaliated. "I see no fault in an act of revenge and realization." The doll stepped toward the door frame and scanned the hall. "Hiding, an act of cowardice?"
Specter cackled. "Oh no, Red. This is no cowardice. It's a game," he explained. "The rules are simple. Find me before your friends die. Isn't that fun?"
Cream yelped and buried her head into Tails' arm. Tails gritted his teeth. "What kind of twisted game is this?"
"It's the one I want to play," Specter said. "You guys better hurry. Time is ticking."
Deciding they had no choice, the small group ventured outside of Amy and Sonic's room. It seems that their room wasn't the only thing destroyed in the house. Starting with the hallway Tails could already see large indents from Amy's hammer. As they headed down the stairs, some of which had pieces missing, the group noticed burn marks, indents, and broken furniture everywhere. Tails wondered if the burns were from Sonic's speed or if it was something Specter did.
Red stopped at the end of the stairs. "Watched," he spoke.
"What do you mean?" Cream asked.
Tails' eyes darted around the room. "We're being watched."
Cream held onto Tails tighter. Red scanned the room as he tried to find Specter. Tails tried to find Specter as well, but he felt as though his attempts were futile. He had no idea of what tricks Specter was capable of.
Red focused on one spot. His eyes glowed and shot a short laser at the spot he fixated at. "Specter found. Prepare for annihilation."
Tails' eyes widen at the term of annihilation, but before he could stop Red the doll had already charged at Specter. He aimed his claws at Specter's face. He managed to dodge, but was scratched. Red retaliated with a kick to where Specter moved to and hit him. Red landed on the ground while Specter slammed into the wall. Red jumped at Specter again with claws extended. Specter's eyes glowed red under his hood. He raised an arm at Red and fire shot out toward the doll.
Red fell to the ground, but wasn't even close to being out yet. Specter floated down to the ground thinking Red was done for. The doll quickly got up and slashed through Specter. It appeared that he had him, but the figure faded.
"Transported," Red said. Specter was hidden once again. Red, now at the other side of the room for Tails and Cream, scanned again for Specter.
Specter used that to his advantage. Using his magic, he captured Tails and Cream in a thick black line. It wrapped around the two like rope. Red noticed immediately and began to charge.
Specter anticipated this and tightened the magic line that held Tails and Cream. Cream gave a small yelp and Tails grunted. Red stopped in his tracks. Specter's pearl white teeth gleamed under his hood.
"Very good Red," he said. "You did exactly as I asked."
"Liar!" Tails yelled. "Don't try to discredit Red while we're here! I know what you're up to!"
Specter turned to Tails and smirked. "What on earth do you mean? This was all planned. I ordered Red to gain your trust so I could capture the two of you and end you lives myself!"
"That's not true!" Cream shouted. "If you wanted to do that, then you could've killed us while we were trapped in that other world!"
"She's rights," Tails said. "Not to mention that it was Red who originally wanted revenge on me, not you."
Specter's smile vanished into the darkness of his hood. "You may have seen through that," he hissed in Tails' face. "But now I have you. And if Red tries to get closer you'll be strangled." Specter began to cackled, but was stopped short.
Using Specter's attention to Tails to his advantage, Red charged at Specter and pushed him away from his friends. As a result, the magic black line vanished and freed Tails and Cream.
"Thoughtless you are," Red told Specter. "Thinking that I would not free them when you are anger easily. Foolish you are. I believe the term dumbass can be used here."
Specter growled and opened a portal behind him. "Well then, I'll just have to take all of you with me back to the other world! And don't expect your eyes to work when we get there Red!"
Before Specter could do anything else, Red charged at Specter. Both of them fell into the portal, which closed behind the two as they left.
Tails and Cream blinked and stepped cautiously toward the spot where to portal once stood. Nothing was happening. Tails dropped to his knees. "We didn't save them," he whispered.
Cream kneeled next to him and wrapped her arms around the fox. She wanted to comfort Tails, but what was she going to say? It's all right Tails. Like that would actually work. There was a good possibility Amy and Sonic were dead now or in the other dimension with Red and Specter. Not to mention that Red was now back in that other world with Specter. This time, however, Red may not be able to see all of the tricks that lurk in that strange world.
Now that she thought all of that over, Cream felt the tears in her eyes. She began to cry on Tails' shoulder. Tails wrapped an arm around Cream for comfort.
Suddenly, the doors broke down. "Cream! Tails! You guys are safe!"
A/N: First, I would like to say I barely edited this chapter. I kind of just skimmed it over, so if anything is wrong you know why.
In other news, this story will be over soon! Both a good thing and a bad thing, depending who you are. I already have the ending in my mind; I just have to write it. It may be one or two more chapters.
Do you think this story has been a little rushed? Ever since I started writing this again I've been thinking it may be a little rushed from the time Tails and Cream were imprisoned until now. Please share your opinion!
See you guys soon!