Honor for our Blue Blur

"Sonic?" Tails nuzzled his beloved under his chin. When Sonic didn't respond, Tails' voice became more urgent and high pitched. "Sonic?!" He nuzzled harder, pushing against the hedgehog's body, trying to jostle him awake.

Sonic groaned, Tails rejoiced-at least he was responding- and the hedgie rubbed his eyes. "What the hell? I don't remember…were you supposed to be invading my space?"

Tails hugged him tightly and nuzzled his shoulder. Sonic's arms encased him after a while. "Oh, Sonic!" The little fox beamed. "I never thought I'd…"

"Hold up, baby, hold up," Sonic gently de-welded Tails' iron grip from around his neck. "What's up with you? You act like I died or…something…" He paused and a hand went right to his stomach. "Did I just…?"

"Yeah."

"Right now?"

"Yes."

"For how long?"

"Not too long," Tails reassured him, pecking him on the cheek. "But, long enough for me to worry."

Sonic hugged him. "I'm starving." He grinned.

"You have to save the world today," Tails looked concerned and slightly frustrated.

Sonic groaned, pushing Tails aside and getting up. "You're right, unfortunately." He sniffed. "I gotta pocket, got a pocket full of sunshine," he hummed.

Tails punched him in the gut hard enough to hurt the Blue Blur. Neither of them liked that song, but when Sonic daydreamed, he often sang that song, especially if the daydream happened to be about food. "What else do you smell besides food?"

How did you know-oh, right-um…" Sonic sniffed again. Tails hardly breathed as his love became tense with concentration. Even his lovely cock seemed to stiffen as he attempted to fully and completely concentrate on the smell. "Smoke." He growled. "And machine oil." Before Tails could even open his mouth to speak, Sonic was gone in a rush of blue wind.

The little fox followed after him reluctantly. Of course he and Sonic couldn't be so intimate while other people were around, and that sucked. Tails, though, was completely anxious about the danger Eggman provided for them.

A danger that could cause Sonic to die.

Forever.

"Sally! Hurry up and go to the left!" Sonic shouted commands like a regular commando on a battlefield. "Tails! You've got to attack from above! Amy! See if you can weaken those legs! Knuckles and I will do what I can here." He glanced at Tails and then looked to Knuckles. Both members of the "Triple Threat" were looking at him strangely. "What? Knuckles, follow my lead. Tails…" Sonic sighed and leapt into the air, latching onto Tails' waiting hands for only a brief moment. Tails blushed as their hands touched.

Sonic looked up at his boyfriend and groaned. "Think you can keep your eyes off me long enough to fight?"

"No." Tails answered.

"You're impossible!" Sonic released the fox's hand and landed on his feet like a blue cat. Though slightly dizzy from fever, he still managed to do everything gracefully. "Follow my lead," Sonic commanded. As he passed by at a normal-what was for him-jogging speed, he gave encouragement to his friends and soldiers. "Don't hold back, give him everything you've got! I'm going in for a headshot, Knux will back me up."

Everyone nodded a response. Tails glared at Amy as he watched her examine Sonic's muscular legs and went green with jealousy.

Sonic leapt upwards into the air, then like a diver, pushed downward into the glass overhang on the giant robotic creature. Cut slightly by glass, his left arm splashed with blood by a gash that healed too quickly for it to do much to him, he stood like a hero should, casting a shadow over Eggman's surprised, mustached face.

"Scared, Eggman?" He asked innocently, his eyes sparkling. He still felt horrible, his head spinning mercilessly as he tried to make sense of the ruddy blur Eggman was swiftly becoming. Tails watched him wobble, feeling helpless. He had no power to swoop in and save him. It wouldn't be…right.

Eggman studied him, then simply lifted his hand and pressed it to the hedgehog's chest. "You wish." And, then he pushed him.

"Sonic!" Tails cried, unconsciously making it sound like he was the one in danger.

The hedgehog righted himself three seconds before he hit the ground and looked up at the destroyed battle robot. All of his friends and fellow soldiers piled in behind him; ready to support him if he needed it. Tails hovered close by Sonic's side.

The destroyed battle robot uttered a long, mechanical groan that echoed throughout the Great Forest, shattering the peace like crows calling on an early fall night. Then, after this mighty injured roar, it shot an energy beam not unlike Sonic in a spin dash attack straight at them.

"Everyone run!" Sonic cried, rushing forward and taking a defensive "I'm-not-going-to-move-an-inch" position. Not one Freedom Fighter hesitated and they all made for the trees. Well…count Tails out.

"Follow my orders!" Sonic screamed as the energy beam lit up his fur, making it a muted orange as soon as he noticed his boyfriend wasn't with the others.

"You can't make me leave your side!" Tails shouted, dropping to the ground and locking Sonic in an iron grip.

"As leader of the Freedom Fighters, as your boyfriend," Sonic put special emphasis on the word "boyfriend". "As your brother, as your lover, I order you to go with the others!" His voice was high-pitched, desperate. "NOW!"

Tails made some kind of reluctant animalistic sound. The beam twinkled in both their wide eyes. In a desperate action, Sonic ripped Tails' hands off his body, almost breaking the vulnerable wrists, and threw him away into the trees. "I can't let you die, my love!" He cried just before the beam hit its mark.

"NOOOO!" Tails sobbed. By the time he caught himself from Sonic's forceful, desperate throw, it was too late. The beam had caused Sonic's lifeless body to fly far away from where they were standing.

Feeling completely drained of hope, Tails fell to the ground at a rapid speed and ducked his head into the tickling grass, sobbing until his tears made the ground wet before him. A hand touched his shoulder. It was Amy.

"Miles," she said softly, her green eyes filled with tears, too. "I know it's tough, but…Well, Sally continued the attack and…" He could tell she had a hard time uttering the last part as the others charged the machine around them. It was like being in a separate bubble. "…he would want you to move on."

Tails wiped away the tears still left on his face and shakily arose, nodding. "Because it's for Sonic," He told her. Actually, he told mostly himself, not her. The statement was so uncertain; he added a question at the end. "…right?"

Amy nodded. "Because it's for Sonic." Then, she hugged him and armed herself with her hammer and followed the charge down the hill.

Tails stood there and felt the wind blow his fur towards the charge, his tails trapping his legs.

"I'll be in the wind, Tails. You'll never be alone." Yeah, right.

"Stupid broken promises," Tails mumbled sadly as he mournfully joined the final attack at the bottom of the hill, filled with negative energy he intended to use on defense.

"Hello Eggman," he hissed evilly as his shadow engulfed the evil doctor. "You shouldn't have messed with Sonic. I'll kill you!" The words were simple, but the pain was great.

Afterwards, Tails felt like a part of him had been torn out and fed to the birds.