Requested by Dreadwing216

Stop chasing me!

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Amy clutched the bottle tight in her hand, fighting down a triumphant smile. Her stomach was in knots, and she kept twirling her thumbs nervously.

She was just going to try this one time. Just once, it couldn't hurt, could it?

Amy glanced down at the bottle again.

'Love Potion!

99% guarantee to get the guy of your dreams!' It said on a sticker stuck to the bottle. She moved it from hand to hand nervously as she walked, the light purple liquid splashing around inside of the glass.

Sonic…


"Fifteen rings, please." Zooey began to search in her purse for the requested amount of money, and Tails turned slightly to watch the other villagers hurrying around. Two people were arguing about the prize on a box of cookies, Perci and her sister were also in an awful hurry, and Dave seemed to be asleep on his desk at Mehburger.

…And Amy kept sneaking from house to house, twitching nervously.

Tails raised an eyebrow at this, but Zooey had already paid for her bananas and was heading for another stand. Tails quickly hurried after her, but kept an eye on Amy as he went.

"Hiya buddy!" Tails spun around, and Sonic waved at him, before zooming over to their stand.

"Whatcha doing here Tails? I thought you were going to fix your plane today?" Sonic then asked, leaning casually against a tower of boxes.

"Uh… I wasn't going to. You must've got it wrong." Tails said, confused.

"Oooh…" Sonic smiled sheepishly. "Well, since-"

"Hello!" Sonic and Tails both turned to look at the newcomer, who appeared to be Amy. She still had that strange twitchy expression, but she was trying to hide it.

"Hi Amy!" Sonic smiled a tad bit too bright. Tails just eyed her suspiciously. Something was wrong here…

"Oh hi Miss Rose!" Tails glanced back at Zooey, who seemed to be done with her shopping now. She smiled politely at Amy, who just nodded at her at bit exaggeratedly.

"Sooo…" Sonic then chimed in, pinching the skin above his nose. "What brings you here, Amy?"

"I… I was just…" She began, but then she looked down. Sonic raised an eyebrow, and stepped a bit closer, worried. Zooey looked concerned, and Tails looked at her with suspicion once again.

"Amy? Are you alri-"

It happened in two seconds flat. Amy pulled out a neat little spray-bottle, and pressed the button. A fog of pink dust sprayed out, and Sonic avoided it faster than you can say 'Boom'. The fog, of course, didn't disappear, but rather fell on a surprised Zooey, who took a step back, sneezed, and started blinking rapidly.

…And Tails stepped forward. "Amy? What in the name of Chaos was that? It got on Zooey!" He gestured towards the fox in question, who had taken yet another step back.

"I… I-I'm… i-it!" Amy began helplessly. Tails gave her one last angry look, before turning back to Zooey. And his eyes widened…

"Hey-!" Tails narrowed his eyes, angry and confused at what he saw.

Two – no, three – guys had come up to Zooey in just the blink of an eye, and… Was Dave holding flowers?

For a brief second Tails thought he was seeing things, as Dave with flowers were about as absurd as Sticks brushing her hair or buying things at the market, but then an almost overwhelming push of protectiveness (and jealousy) turned his stomach around. Tails pushed past two new guys which had added to the crowd, and ripped the flowers straight out of Dave's hands, the fragile petals crunching beneath his fingers almost deafeningly loud.

And it was silent. The uncomfortable kind when you looked for echoes of your own thoughts, but no one would agree.

Dave had looked up in slight surprise when the flowers were taken from him, and now he stared at Tails with an expression the mechanic couldn't decipher. A second later he realised that it was angriness.

"…Let's get out of here." Tails didn't give a second glance at the guys, as he took Zooey's hand and started running. It first it seemed like she would protest, but then she started running too, with a determined yet slightly confused expression.

Tails hadn't really got any plan, except getting away from Dave and the others. By now though, he thought about stopping somewhere at the edge of the forest. But then he became uncomfortably aware of the creepy fact that the guys were still following them

Zooey seemed to notice it to, and took a better hold of his hand. Tails glanced over his shoulder at them, and made a quick decision; the forest.

"Follow me!" He shouted to Zooey and began sprinting towards the forest. Zooey still clung to his arm, and he could feel both of their pulses drumming rapidly inside their wrists, making up the rhythm of their feet pounding against the ground. The neat road, made by thousands and thousands of people all walking it down into the ground, soon started to trail of, and grass began to sprout more frequently around them. A root marked the scruffy end of the road, and with a quick leap the fox duo were officially out in the forest.

Tails glanced over his shoulder again, but the guys were still after them. And their numbers had increased. Tails gulped.

A slight squeeze to his hand had him looking at Zooey again, who nodded at the forest with a resolute expression. Must be dreadful to have all… those, after her…

Tails gave her a quick smile, which was intended to be reassuring. Then he took off again, with Zooey close behind…


Picture this; you're running from a horde of guys who wants to do questionable things with you, together with your boyfriend, in a tropical jungle on the edge of the sea and a desert, after being sprayed with a strange potion by someone you thought were you're friend (or at least a sane person). Mentioned potion makes all guys go crazy for you, and they follow you through the whole forest.

And you try to shake 'em off, by running through swamps, climbing up mountains, and zig-zagging between trees and bushes. And then. They still follow you.

Zooey glanced back at the guys who – you won't believe this – used tree branches to surf on the river alongside the path she and Tails were running on. To say she was a bit worried would be an understatement…

They took a turn and began running up a hill, their breathing already laboured by the long run. Branches snapped under their feet and they had to push through a few bushes, but what did that matter anyway? Zooey then saw something blue shimmer through the leaves, and before she could shout a warning Tails had pushed his way through the bush.

…And now he was falling down from the cliff looming over the suddenly very apparent sea, dragging Zooey with her, and oh gods THEY WERE FALLING-!

…And in a matter of seconds Tails had scooped her up in her arms, in a scenario pretty similar to the first time he saved her, but she still couldn't help but scream so that everyone around would likely end up deaf…

Tails flinched violently, but thankfully did not drop her, and she threw her arms around his shoulders, hugging him almost suffocatingly tight.

"…Where are we heading?" She then whispered into his shoulder fur, her voice hoarse from screaming.

"Eggman's lair." Tails said it in the same manner as someone who stated that they had to go and do their laundry, while Zooey felt a slight pang of fear somewhere in her chest… And then she realised that she had Tails, and she would have kissed him if they weren't miles above the sea, flying away from a horde of stalkers.


If anyone could get rid of that blasted perfume – damn you Amy – it would be Eggman. Of course Tails could have done it himself, but right now he obviously hadn't got time to do so. And since Eggman was a human – thank Chaos – he couldn't get affected by the potion.

With a thud and a huff he landed on the shore of the plant less island, and put down Zooey before quickly dashing over to the gate. He knocked almost frantically, and after a minute or so the door opened. Eggman looked down at him with a slightly surprised, slightly annoyed expression, and pointed at him with a screwdriver he happened to have in his hand.

"What are you doing here, fox?"

Tails just panted slightly, and almost shouted, "There's no time for chatting right now! Can you make a potion to reverse the effects of a love potion?!"

"Love potion?" Eggman exclaimed, much in the same manner as you would say 'An elephant? In the bathroom?'.

"Yes! As in cheap, past its expiring date, and upsetting the part of your brain which controls affection radically!" Tails exclaimed angrily while winding his arms in the air for added exclamation on radically.

Eggman glanced at him like he seriously considered it, but Tails could see how he were slowly closing the door with his foot.

"Please! The bro-code, remember?!"

The door stopped moving, and Eggman glared at him. Then he sighed, and slammed the door wide open. "Yeah, yeah, get inside, you little pest…"

Tails motioned for Zooey to follow, and she did so, all the while staring at either him or Eggman.


A while later the doctor had managed to produce a bottle with glowing blue liquid, telling Tails to spray it both on the guys and Zooey. Tails told Zooey he was sorry, and then he sprayed her with the liquid. She sneezed just like last time, and the liquid looked like a blue cloud before dissipating into her clothes, just like Amy's potion.

"So?" Tails asked, nervously.

"I don't feel any different… but I didn't do it with Miss Rose's potion either." Zooey pressed a finger to her chin, like she was pondering about something. She looked cute when she did that.

"Disastrous!" The fox duo spun around, their eyes falling on Orbot. A moment later Cubot also dashed into the room, waving his metallic arms in the air.

"The zombies are invading!" He exclaimed. Tails stared at him.

"Zom-bies?" Tails said, the scientist inside of him flinching at him for using such a word.

"Yes, indeed." Orbot chimed in. Two pairs of blue eyes darted back to him. "They all seem to be in a state of… hypnosis?" He suggested.

The guys were here.

"Get me the spray-bottle."


Dave and all the other men were slowly walking towards them, in such perfect unison as if they were just one entity and not several separate ones. Tails found himself taking a step in front of Zooey, as if to shield her. They all smirked at that, as if they found it funny, and took another step towards them.

Thud.

Tails pulled out the bottle Orbot had fetched for him a few minutes ago, the neon blue liquid moving around in it like magical water.

Thud.

They didn't seem to be fazed at all, but Zooey clutched his arm tightly. Tails raised his hand…

…And sprayed. Not just once, or twice, but multiple times. It spread like azure fog, and all movement ceased immediately. Then people started coughing violently, and the fog cleared.

They all looked shocked, and looked around wide-eyed. They looked down at themselves too, and then, finally, their gazes turned to Tails and Zooey… And they all started talking rapidly, looking both embarrassed and confused…


In the end Amy got her punishment though. Zooey had gotten hold of the first bottle of potion, and had sprayed Amy with it. Now everyone – Tails, Zooey, Sonic, Knuckles and Sticks – were laughing at her, as she tried to get away from her 'fans' (though Zooey then began to feel sorry for her and removed it)…


A/N: There isn't really a way to make something like the chase-scene in Sonic X, without adding injuries, death-threats, brilliant plans, spaceships and evil overlords…