Chapter 10 (AU): The Wrath of the Guardian
The White Lightning was trying to locate the Creep fleet but it seemed that they had vanished from the sector ...
"Result of the scans?" - R.A.M.P asked the navigator droids while Tails was watching the screen very seriously and with a twitch in his left eye ...
"The sector is empty, but we detect traces of energy that seems to be from the Creeps' ship. We can use it to track them but it will take some time "- A navigator droid explained...
"Proceed to track them immediately, let me know when you have located them" - Then Tails left there very seriously, RAMP seeing this followed him to the test room, where Tails began to practice angrily and with each of his attacks and blows destroyed the practice targets ...
"If you keep doing that, we'll have to use the droids as practice targets and I do not think they like that." - When he heard and turned around, he saw that it was RAMP - "Even though I'm afraid to provoke your anger, Master, I should ask, Is your behavior related with What happened to the Mistress? "
"What do you think?. I still do not understand how this could happen! "
"Master ... there is something you have to see, the others still do not know but I think you should be informed about what we discovered" - Tails looked at RAMP curiously, the butler approached and unfolded a small screen on his left arm ... - "Master during the last days we discovered that whenever we left a place there was a tracking signal behind us, those signals can only be emitted by short-range probes. We also discovered that there are many devices missing that together can be used to create this type of probes, we also find this recording in the security records "
On the screen you could see Coeruli finishing a metal sphere and throwing it through a trash conduit, in another part of the video you could see Coeruli hiding in Cosmo's ship ...
"How is it possible I have not been informed about this before ?!"
"Because we had not reviewed the security recordings until recently also during the raid someone had sabotaged our communications system" - R.A.M.P Said
"Then Coeruli was ..."
"An infiltrator of the Creeps"
"I still do not understand this R.A.M.P"
"That's why I reviewed more about the Squamollians in the data core and I found that the infants of that species develop their mind at a young age, she knew more things than she appeared. This was planned for a long time and we should have known that it was very strange for an infant to become attached to you. "
"It's still hard for me to think that a girl like her is with a group like the Creeps, and it's even harder for me to think who could have conceived something like this"
"I recommend boss to stay calm, we will find the Creep fleet and we will rescue the Mistress" - R.A.M.P said trying to calm Tails
"Oh Cosmo, what kind of things they are doing to you?"
Creep Fleet, Main ship:
In the cargo section of the ship there were many shouts, sounds of blows, and shots. What was happening? The Creeps were fighting against a species of cocoon made with plant matter from which came many tentacles which attacked everything that came near ...
"What the hell is going on ?!" - Insher said entering the cargo section
"We were taking the prisoner when suddenly all the plants in the section came alive and wrapped around her ... forming that thing" - It was all that one of the Creeps that were there told him.
"You have to get her out of there, otherwise the plan will not work"
"What do you think we've been doing ?!" - Then Insher left the cargo section to go to the bridge where his boss was waiting for him ...
Creep Fleet, Main ship, Bridge:
"Where the hell is Insher?"
"Here I am Boss" - He said entering the bridge
"You promised me that you would take care of the fox, but the only thing you managed to do was bring me a girl who is destroying my cargo section" - Said his boss while he saw what was happening on the screen
"Sir, that girl is the sentimental companion of the fox, his girlfriend to be exact, believe me when I tell you that he will come to us and for what he loves her enough to not leave her alone. Sooner or later he will be after us"- Insher assured him
"OK Insher, for the moment you and the girl have served me well and if this has results a good reward awaits to both of you " - After that Insher retired to the area of the rooms ...
Upon entering one of them he found Coeruli crying ...
"What's wrong with you, Coeruli? Do not tell me you're still depressed about the Green Girl."
"Insher, why did I have to do this? Tails and Cosmo are kind people and they were good with me "- Cried the little girl while hugging her" Brother "
"I know you do not like this but we had to do this, if not something bad could have happened to you or worse something bad could have happened to me. You do not want something bad happen to your brother, right? "- The little girl only nodded while the tears still fell from her eyes -" Listen to me I know you do not like this but I did it for your own good, I would like things could be in another way but we can not do anything "
"What are you going to do to Cosmo?"
"That does not depend on me Coeruli and also it does not depend on me what happens to the fox"
While Insher consoled Coeruli, in the cargo section the Creeps were still trying to subdue Cosmo but they could not break through the defenses she had created yet. And inside the cocoon she was hugging herself while still trying to process what had happened ...
"Tails ... Help me please"
White Lightning, Test Room:
"Tails ... Help me please"
"Cosmo?" - Tails stopped when he heard Cosmo's voice echoing in his mind
"What's up Master?"
"I can hear Cosmo, She's calling me" - Then he immediately went to the bridge with R.A.M.P behind him
White Lightning, Bridge:
"Droids, Result of the scans!"
"They are not ready yet sir"
"Let's accelerate this" - Tails closed his eyes and raised his tails and after a few minutes - "I have it"
Then he introduced the coordinates in the dashboard and the White Lightning Disappeared in the Hyper Space and reappeared in an unknown location near a binary star system ...
"Look for signals from the Creep fleet within this stellar system, activate the loading needles to amplify the long range sensors" - Performing the orders of his master the droids found something on the inside edge of the system ...
"Boss, I think we have them" - On the main screen appeared the Creeps' fleet and they were heading towards the orbit of a small rocky planet ... - "Apparently they are descending on that planet"
"Then we will follow them, activate the camouflage" - Once hidden the WL followed the Creep fleet but while this happened ...
Creep Fleet, Main ship, Cargo section:
The Creeps still could not get close to Cosmo but at that moment their boss arrived ...
"Sir, what are you doing here?" - Said one of those present ...
"I come to do what you obviously you can not do" - Then he took a flamethrower and pointed it towards Cosmo, the tentacles began to writhe and wither in the heat, inside the cocoon Cosmo suffered from burns and when she could not take it anymore the cocoon began to crumble leaving an exhausted Seedrian on a pile of withered plant matter ...
"Take her to the prison" - But at that moment the ship shook horribly - "What's happening ?!"
"Boss is the enemy, they found us and they are attacking us!" - Said a navigator Creep by the speakers
In effect the White Lightning was launching a massive attack on the Creep Fleet disabling many of their ships without having time to react, they were literally using all their arsenal, and while this was happening Tails was slipping in the middle of the chaos towards the closest ship ...
Creep cargo ship:
While the crew tried to put the ship back online Tails was making a hole in the hull ...
"SOMETHING TRIES TO ENTER THE SHIP!" - When the piece of metal was violently torn off - "What is that thing ?!"
Tails was burning with rage, literally, the spectral wrath that made his appearance more frightening. The Creeps tried to defend themselves but in vain, Tails quickly passed between them causing serious injuries and took one of them by the neck and ...
"Where do you have her ?!, TELL ME!"
"I I I in ... the main... Shi shi shi ship" - After hearing that he threw the Creep against the wall before sending him a burst of plasma, he did not kill it but left it singed, then it caused a huge explosion before leaving the cargo ship ...
"R.A.M.P locate the main ship, that's where they have her" - Tails said through the communicator (Author's Note: Both the communicator and other instruments that Tails uses have been manufactured to withstand high temperatures) ...
White Lightning, Bridge:
"We already located it sir, it is directed towards the surface of the planet we have to hurry" - The butler answered him while he saw the course of the ship in the main screen, and Tails answered him ...
"I will go ahead and go after them, you take care to vaporize the rest of the fleet" - and without delay Tails followed the main Creep ship while on his way he launched plasma attacks to all the Creep ships he saw ...
Creep Main Ship , Bridge:
"WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE FLEET ?!" - The leader of the Creeps told one of the navigators
"They are crushing us, sir! That ship is not the same as we fought months ago, its armament and armor are superior to ours! "
"There is an object that comes directly to us!" - While the navigator placed the image on the screen, everyone saw Tails approaching, launching attacks on everything in front of him.
"That must be the fox Insher told me about, but it does not look anything like my soldiers have described it to me" - the Creep Leader thought.
"Sir, if that thing arrives here, it will cause a huge disaster"
"Go to the surface of the planet, look for some place where we can hide the ship IMMEDIATELY"
"But sir, he's following us"
"I'm counting on that"
Meanwhile with Tails:
"R.A.M.P are trying to escape, try to calculate their trajectory" - Said Tails, seconds later R.A.M.P replied
"They are heading to a mountainous area Chief, we must hurry if we want to reach them"
"Well, FULL SPEED AHEAD!" After hearing that, the White Lightning passed between the disabled Creeps ships following the Creep main ship. Tails also followed but he was shooting plasma balls at the propellers
Both ships were entering the atmosphere, the Creep ship was suffering damage from Tails and White Lightning, but at that time several metal spheres were thrown at the RB ...
"What are those things ?!" - Tails shouted. The spheres exploded forming an electrified cloud when the WL passed through it ...
"Sir those spheres created a kind of distortion field that is hindering our sensors"
"Damn, I'll get ahead " - and so the WL stayed behind while Tails followed the Creep ship ...
The ship of the Creeps was entering more and more into the atmosphere while receiving the attacks of Tails then the ship left out many transports that went to different parts of the planet ...
"Just what I needed, these idiots try to mislead me" - then Tails stopped for a moment and concentrated on the presence of Cosmo ... - "Come on Cosmo, where are you ... There"
Then Tails followed one of the transport ships that was heading to a huge cave ...
Creep Transport Ship:
"He found us, I do not know how but he found us sir. What do we do now? "- Said Insher who was next to his boss in the transport ship ...
"We will continue with the plan, while we have her ... he will follow us" - Said the leader of the Creeps while behind his chair was the semi - unconscious Cosmo
But at that moment the ship shook horribly ...
"Now what's up ?!"
"He is shooting something in fire to us, sir! He is trying to knock us down!"
"We have his girlfriend! Why is he attacking us ?!" - The Creep Leader asked what Insher replied - "I think he's one of those who shoot first and ask later"
"Take this piece of crap inside the cave, land mode" - The Creep ship was introduced into the cave, when Tails entered behind he did not find it but what he found was an immense stone maze ...
"I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS!" - Then he flew above the stone maze and concentrated a giant plasma sphere and let it fall on the labyrinth, destroying half of it, causing part of the roof to fall apart and shaking the Creep transport ship in blast
Creep Transport Ship:
"ACCELERATE!" - the Creep Leader said
"This guy wants to kill us, boss I'm beginning to have doubts about course of this plan" - Insher Said
"We are getting closer to the meeting point, we have to get out of the cave" - While the Creeps were going out of there ,Tails came out above the rock formation inside which was the labyrinth ...
"I lost them, SONS OF A ... Cosmo where are you "- Tails concentrated but ... -" No, I can not feel her presence "- At that moment Tails is contacted by the
White lighting
"MASTER!"
"What's wrong R.A.M.P?"
"We have disabled almost all the Creeps ships, what about you?"
"I lost the track of Cosmo, I can no longer perceive her. Can you look for the transport ship in what she is?"
"We will try Master" - After a few moments - "Master we are receiving an incoming transmission ... it is coming from very close to your location"
"Link me" - Then the transmission could be seen from the Tails communicator. On the screen was someone very similar to Insher but of a different race. (Author's note: if you do not know what Insher is like, read more back, a lot more back) His head was like a cone tilted and had rather thick eyebrows to summarize, his face was like Vegeta's from Dragon Ball Z but without a nose ...
"Hi Fox, I hope you are seeing this, my name is Praxor and I am the leader of the Creeps I hope you have had fun shattering my fleet because I also have someone to have fun with. "- Then on the screen Cosmo was seen who was all dirty and with what seemed like bruises in her body -" I hope that with this you have lowered your impetus , if you want her back you must go to the coordinates that I am transmitting to your ship, ALONE. And one more thing ... do not make me wait "
"Master, what are we going to do?" - R.A.M.P did not get an answer Tails was angry, how these bastards dared to treat Cosmo in that way, so trying to maintain his composure ...
"R.A.M.P go to those coordinates and keep the camouflage active . Do not do anything until I comand you"
"Are you going to face them alone?"
"Yes, and I will make those hapless regret of the day they were born"
Rocky Wasteland:
Tails walked towards a hill only with his halberd in hand while his fur was bristled with anger when suddenly a shot was thrown at him, reacting fast he blocked it with his halberd and when he looked up the Creeps were waiting for him on the hill with the main ship floating behind them ...
"You took your time to get here" - Praxor said as he and many Creeps appeared at the top of the hill
"Where is she ?!" - Tails demanded very annoyed, Praxor snapped his fingers and behind the Creeps showed Cosmo all tied and beaten ...
"Tails!"
"Cosmo! Let her go "
"Do you think I'm going to do that? You're even more stupid than I imagined. If you dare to move a single finger against us, let's say we'll start to tear off his petals and leaves one by one. " - At that moment Praxor took Cosmo by the neck causing him to scream causing Tails to get even madder so he He started running towards them but the Creeps threw themselves at him and they all started hitting him, he tried to defend himself but he knew that if he tried to do something Cosmo was going to pay dearly. In the end the Creeps subdued him and took away his halberd ... - "Alright, KILL HIM"
"TAILS, NO!" - That heartrending cry of the Seedrian was the straw that spilled the glass and Tails mounted in anger and with a powerful scream expelled the Creeps around him, he began to transform but something was not right. His eyes as well as the blue lines of his armor turned bloody red and the white plates of his armor turned black as coal while a red aura covered him ...
"What the hell…?!"
"Tails?"
White Lightning, bridge:
In the ship of Tails R.A.M.P and the others saw everything ...
"Not again, the Master went crazy"
"But look at him R.A.M.P, he looks much better like this" - Fenrir said ignoring the important thing as always
"This is bad friends, Tails is not like that. At least that's not how I remember him "- Added Isis
Returning with Tails:
The Creeps were getting up and seeing Tails they were horrified. The devilish fox did a quick spin and created a red plasma wave that hurt them ...
"You better run, NOW!" - The Creeps had no choice but to run back while Tails was on his way to Praxor and with one blow and with a quick slash freed Cosmo from his captors - "Run Cosmo, run and do not look back "
She had no choice but to pay attention to him and while she was running Tails was handing out thrusts to all the Creeps, Praxor tried to attack him but Tails blocked him and with a quick slash cut his arm off ...
"This is your end!" - But before Tails could finish him off, the Creep ship attacked him with everything
"Sir we have to go, we can not face him" - Insher said while he, Praxor and the rest of the Creeps climbed into a transport ship. Tails saw them go away then raised his halberd to the sky, then from above began to fall huge balls of Plasma that hit the ship again and again ...
"No, this is not my Tails. I must do something "- Cosmo said away from the place where Tails was; Then she heard a voice - "Call to the heart of the earth, let nature envelop him, drain his anger"
Then Cosmo closed her eyes and for the first time she could feel a complete connection with a planet, his eyes radiated a green light and the next thing that happened was that huge roots came out from under the earth and began to envelop Tails, the fox incinerated them instantly but for each one he burned three more stood up and in the end he was overwhelmed by the roots until he was completely wrapped up. From among the roots flashes of intense red light were seen until these lights vanished and when the roots unraveled Tails was on the floor ,unconscious ...
White Lightning, Bridge:
"Sir the main Creep ship is leaving the planet and is taking the ships that we left useless in the orbit" - Said one of the Navigator Droids to R.A.M.P
"At least they will not bother us for a long time"
"R.A.M.P look" - said Isis, on the screen appeared Cosmo who was running towards an unconscious Tails
"Send a group of droids for them"
White lighting:
Tails was in an empty and foggy place ... when ...
"Seledrin, where are you hiding? I already know you're here "
"You were looking for me?" - Tails turned around and there he was ... - "I must say that I am very disappointed in you Tails"
"Why?"
"You let your rage take control of you and desecrate the legacy that you were entrusted to carry. Now the power of Sur'ion has abandoned you "
"What?"
"When you transformed you let your anger enter you and during the process you corrupted the power of the necklace and now its light is extinguished" - Seledrin pointed at Tails neck and he saw with fear the blue stone and the blue lines were now black ...
"What I am going to do?"
"You must redeem yourself, only then can you recover the magic of the necklace. But I'm afraid it's a trip that you'll have to do by yourself "
"What do you mean?"
"I mean we will not see each other until you recover what you've lost because of your rage, now Cosmo should lead the fight alone so you'll have to train her even more. Goodbye Tails "- Then Tails opened his eyes and realized that he was in his room ...
Meanwhile Cosmo slept in the sickbay, but she opened her eyes when she heard a thud next to her, when she woke up she saw a hooded man next to her ...
"Who are you ?!" - said the frightened Seedrian
"What do you not remember my voice?"
"You told me what to do with Tails but ..."
"My name is Seledrin Young Seedrian and we have many things to discuss"