Of the first four shots, two hit Nack's men. Tails groaned when he realized both of his had missed. Regardless, the two men fell. Tails and Fiona quickly fired again, being sure to make themselves moving targets. Another man fell to Fiona's marksmanship, and Tails managed to land a hit on another. Two of the remaining men, and one of the girls turned to run out the back way. Nack turned to shoot them in the backs for running out on him, but stopped short when cries of surprise and pain came from the men. They were followed by a shriek of terror from the girl, which quickly silenced. One of the other girls dropped her gun and broke cover, panicking. Mercilessly, Fiona fired, blowing a hole through her head and splattering the last man with blood.
Suddenly, the wall behind Fiona exploded, sending splinters of wood and metal everywhere. When Tails could see clearly again, he saw Fiona on the floor, blood flowing from her shoulder. He flew forward from a punch from behind. His head collided with the stage and he saw stars.
Nack and Bark were on him in an instant, the former kicking him across the floor. "You killed my sister, you damn vermin. I'll make you pay for that."
Tails was conscious that Bean was on top of Fiona, keeping her from moving even if she could. He grabbed Nack's leg with both hands and twisted, satisfied when he heard a sickening crunch. Nack cried out in pain and fell to the floor.
On the other side of the room, Tex crept up behind the last of Nack's men and wrapped a clawed hand around his neck. The man gurgled and collapsed. The two remaining girls, which were the Mouse and a much younger Kit Fox, turned and fired at him. Tex ducked behind the counter and waited for his backup. It came in the form of Shift. He leveled a machine gun at the Mouse and fired. Red splats of blood appeared across her body and she fell. He turned and aimed at the younger girl, about to fire.
Tails grabbed a broken beer bottle from an overturned table and jabbed it into Bark's fist as he punched. The Polar Bear recoiled and howled in pain. Tails grabbed Nack's gun and leapt over the stage at Shift. The Coyote turned just in time to look down the barrel of the gun before the back of his head was sent all over the wall behind him.
Tails looked down at the frightened girl. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you."
"I will." Tails looked up in shock at the evil, malevolent voice. Tex stood before him, eyes glistening, claws shining, and fangs dripping with blood.
Turning the gun to Tex, Tails took a step backwards. "I thought you couldn't speak." He fired twice, hoping to keep the lizard from getting too close.
Tex grabbed a table and blocked both shots with it, aggravating Tails further by not saying anything. He threw the table at Tails, hitting him dead on. Tails went down and Tex moved in for the kill.
Across the room, Fiona woke up, but Bean was still sitting on her back. He noticed her movement. "Hey, foxy Fox! You're awake! That's great, cause I have a wonderful idea..."
Fiona grabbed a large splinter of wood, reached up, and jabbed it into whatever part of the annoying bird she could reach. He immediately stopped talking and started screaming, jumping up and running around wildly. Getting to her feet, Fiona could see that she had stabbed him in the eye. Blindly, he ran face first into a wall and fell onto his back motionless.
Fiona had to duck to avoid being sent flying as Bark swung at her. She bolted away before he could try again, only to trip over Nack who was trying to drag himself away from the battle. He glanced at her briefly before delivering a kick to her face with his good leg.
Bark reached down and helped Nack up. The Weasel leaned on his hired muscle and looked down at Fiona. "Let's get outta here." When he caught Bark glancing over at Bean's motionless form, he slapped the Polar Bear in the back of the head. "Get moving, you dead-weight!"
Sudden shouting caught the attention of all those fighting. Tails, Nack, Bark, Fiona, and Tex all turned to the Kit Fox girl. She was standing on the bar, having poured all the alcohol all over the ground. It was the box of matches in her hand that caught Tails' eye. As she lit fire to it and dropped it on the counter, Tails leapt up and vaulted over the stage. He grabbed Fiona and lifted her off the ground, carrying her through the hole in the wall. The bar exploded, incinerating the girl and burying Tex in burning rubble. The shockwave sent the rest sprawling.
Tails spun his namesakes, flying himself and Fiona to the roof, setting her down carefully. "Get the Spectre in the air! The whole building's gonna collapse!"
Fiona ran up the ramp, yelling. "Yet another reason to not park on the roof!" She ran into the Spectre and started it up, though she was sure she had missed a number of important procedures.
Tails leapt back down and re-entered the building. He looked around cautiously, squinting his eyes to see through the fire that was now consuming everything. "Where are you, Nack?"
He could hear the Spectre taking off clumsily. Then he heard the roof groan and begin to crumble. He jumped out of the way just in time to avoid being crushed. He looked up from the smouldering pile of debris in time to be smashed in the face with a burning table. He shoved it off of himself and jumped up, trying to find his assailant. The voice came from in front of him, but he could see anything.
"I hope you're ready to die, Fox boy."
The voice was harsh. Tails could sense that they were in great pain as well. "Which one are you?"
The laugh he received was manic. "Would you believe… all of them?"
The figure that stepped out of the fire was too blackened to be recognizable. Any fur and skin would have been burnt off. It was too small to be Bark, and the tail didn't look right for Tex. Then he saw the oversized fang sticking out of his foe's mouth.
"Nack."