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Note to Toni: Yes! That would be soooo cool! :) It's okay with me! Anyways, on with the show! (so to speak!)
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THREE:
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Sonic groaned and tried to move around in Tails' arms, "Stay still! I'm gonna find you some help!" Tails reassured Sonic as they flew over the suburbial town.
Tails suddenly spied the building he was searching for, "All right!" He soared down to the ground and landed on the doorstep to the laboratory. He rang the doorbell and waited patiently for an answer.
A voice answered, "Coming!" and rushed towards the door. Before it reached the door, Tails stepped back as he heard crashes from the inside and a large thud. Finally the knob on the door turned and the door opened.
A short professor stood in the doorway, his wavy orange hair sticking straight up as usual - which contrasted nicely with his sea green-toned skin. He adjusted his glasses on his long nose and leaned forward, speaking in a thick accent, "Tails? Is that you? What an unexpected surprise!"
"Professor Von Schlemmer! Sonic needs your help!" Tails explained as the professor let him enter.
"Oooh! Professor Von Schlemmer is here? Where? I have been trying to meet him for ages!" he leaned down to Tails and whispered, "I hear he has a brillant mind and knows the secret to making that special sauce they put on the hamburgers at fancy restaurants!"
Tails sighed, "But YOU'RE Professor Von Schlemmer! Take a look!" Tails pointed at a full-length mirror hanging on the wall.
The professor approached it and stared at his reflection, dumbfounded. He then slapped his forehead, "Oh! Silly me! 'I' am Professor Von Schlemmer!" He then turned to Tails, "But... who are you?"
Tails sighed and rolled his eyes, this was going to take a while.
* * * * *
A little later, after the introductions were over with, the professor invited Tails into his lab. They set up a cot and had Sonic lay down lay down for a minute. He slept while Tails and the professor talked.
"So, you say he was poisoned by a humungous plant creature?" the Professor headed for a shelf of books and pulled a thick green one out. He opened it and began to flip through the pages.
"Yeah, Robotnik said that he grew it in his lab."
"And it had two spiked pods on the ends... hmmm..." the professor thumbed through a few more pages, and then stopped, "Ah-HA!" he pointed to a picture and showed it to Tails, "Is this it?"
The picture was of a tiny green plant with a oval bulb at the top. All of it was covered in purple spots. Two vines sprouted from the main stalk and had spiky pods at the ends. All in all, it was a good match.
"Well, it's a little small, but I think that's it..." Tails remarked.
"Hmmm," Professor Von Schlemmer adjusted his glasses and read the page, "It says here that this plant creature usually only feeds on other plants, but is very, very poisonous. There's only one antidote, and it is highly rare."
"Robotnik's dumbots said they had it, but what is it?" Tails asked.
"The antidote is made from a flower that is immune to the plant's poison. The professor flipped and few pages and showed Tails another picture. It's called a 'Pickmeup'."
Tails memorized the picture in his brain. It was a short flower with round leaves and four powder blue petals with yellow stripes leading to the center, "Pickmeup... got it."
"The toxin from Robotnik's plant is very potent. We have to give Sonic the antidote within 8 hours of the time he was poisoned or I'm afraid..." the professor lowered his voice, "he won't make it..."
"Then I'm going to Dr. Robotnik's fortress right now!" Tails announced and turned to head for the door.
He stopped aburptly as he discovered Sonic blocking the way, "Sonic! You should lie down!" Tails tugged on his arm.
Sonic coughed and brushed off Tails' arm, "No way. And you are not going to Doc Botnik's fortress."
"What?"
"You heard me... Because if anyone's going - I am," Sonic gestured to himself. Sonic suddenly cringed and almost fell over. Tails caught him just in time and helped him stand up.
"But you can't! Not in your condition!" Tails explained.
Professor Von Schlemmer added, "He's right, if you run around you'll only make the poison spread faster."
"But I can't just sit around here," Sonic replied and then coughed, "I've got to do something!"
"Let me go, Sonic, please?" Tails begged him, "I know I can do it! I'll sneak in, grab the antidote and get out!"
"No Tails," Sonic answered,
"But-" Tails started
"No," Sonic said a little louder and started walking back to the lab, "I'm gonna rest for a bit, and then I'M going to the fortress. And you are staying here with the professor."
Professor Von Schlemmer shrugged to Tails, sighed, and entered a door in the hallway.
"Sonic! You can't!" Tails cried, watching Sonic as he carefully laid back down onto the cot in the lab, "Please, why won't you listen to me?"
Sonic didn't answer him.
Tails waited for a moment and then snuck towards the front door. He twisted the door knob quietly and started to open the door.
"I mean it Tails!" Sonic half-yelled into the hall.
Tails grumbled and sat down on the floor, "Well you have to sleep sometime," he mumbled to himself, "And when you do - I'm outta here." Tails sighed and impatiently watched the clock hanging on the wall.
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About half an hour later, Sonic was snoring away. Tails quietly crept towards the door and opened it again. He waited and didn't hear any noise from Sonic's direction. He stepped outside and cautiously shut the door. He sighed heavily and plopped down on the ground. He checked his wristwatch, "Only 7 hours left to get the antidote - plenty of time," he smiled and then took off into the air, twirling his tails as fast as they could go.
To Be Continued...
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A/N: Well, that's Tails for you! I hope he knows what he's doing! :D
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Note to Toni: Yes! That would be soooo cool! :) It's okay with me! Anyways, on with the show! (so to speak!)
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THREE:
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Sonic groaned and tried to move around in Tails' arms, "Stay still! I'm gonna find you some help!" Tails reassured Sonic as they flew over the suburbial town.
Tails suddenly spied the building he was searching for, "All right!" He soared down to the ground and landed on the doorstep to the laboratory. He rang the doorbell and waited patiently for an answer.
A voice answered, "Coming!" and rushed towards the door. Before it reached the door, Tails stepped back as he heard crashes from the inside and a large thud. Finally the knob on the door turned and the door opened.
A short professor stood in the doorway, his wavy orange hair sticking straight up as usual - which contrasted nicely with his sea green-toned skin. He adjusted his glasses on his long nose and leaned forward, speaking in a thick accent, "Tails? Is that you? What an unexpected surprise!"
"Professor Von Schlemmer! Sonic needs your help!" Tails explained as the professor let him enter.
"Oooh! Professor Von Schlemmer is here? Where? I have been trying to meet him for ages!" he leaned down to Tails and whispered, "I hear he has a brillant mind and knows the secret to making that special sauce they put on the hamburgers at fancy restaurants!"
Tails sighed, "But YOU'RE Professor Von Schlemmer! Take a look!" Tails pointed at a full-length mirror hanging on the wall.
The professor approached it and stared at his reflection, dumbfounded. He then slapped his forehead, "Oh! Silly me! 'I' am Professor Von Schlemmer!" He then turned to Tails, "But... who are you?"
Tails sighed and rolled his eyes, this was going to take a while.
* * * * *
A little later, after the introductions were over with, the professor invited Tails into his lab. They set up a cot and had Sonic lay down lay down for a minute. He slept while Tails and the professor talked.
"So, you say he was poisoned by a humungous plant creature?" the Professor headed for a shelf of books and pulled a thick green one out. He opened it and began to flip through the pages.
"Yeah, Robotnik said that he grew it in his lab."
"And it had two spiked pods on the ends... hmmm..." the professor thumbed through a few more pages, and then stopped, "Ah-HA!" he pointed to a picture and showed it to Tails, "Is this it?"
The picture was of a tiny green plant with a oval bulb at the top. All of it was covered in purple spots. Two vines sprouted from the main stalk and had spiky pods at the ends. All in all, it was a good match.
"Well, it's a little small, but I think that's it..." Tails remarked.
"Hmmm," Professor Von Schlemmer adjusted his glasses and read the page, "It says here that this plant creature usually only feeds on other plants, but is very, very poisonous. There's only one antidote, and it is highly rare."
"Robotnik's dumbots said they had it, but what is it?" Tails asked.
"The antidote is made from a flower that is immune to the plant's poison. The professor flipped and few pages and showed Tails another picture. It's called a 'Pickmeup'."
Tails memorized the picture in his brain. It was a short flower with round leaves and four powder blue petals with yellow stripes leading to the center, "Pickmeup... got it."
"The toxin from Robotnik's plant is very potent. We have to give Sonic the antidote within 8 hours of the time he was poisoned or I'm afraid..." the professor lowered his voice, "he won't make it..."
"Then I'm going to Dr. Robotnik's fortress right now!" Tails announced and turned to head for the door.
He stopped aburptly as he discovered Sonic blocking the way, "Sonic! You should lie down!" Tails tugged on his arm.
Sonic coughed and brushed off Tails' arm, "No way. And you are not going to Doc Botnik's fortress."
"What?"
"You heard me... Because if anyone's going - I am," Sonic gestured to himself. Sonic suddenly cringed and almost fell over. Tails caught him just in time and helped him stand up.
"But you can't! Not in your condition!" Tails explained.
Professor Von Schlemmer added, "He's right, if you run around you'll only make the poison spread faster."
"But I can't just sit around here," Sonic replied and then coughed, "I've got to do something!"
"Let me go, Sonic, please?" Tails begged him, "I know I can do it! I'll sneak in, grab the antidote and get out!"
"No Tails," Sonic answered,
"But-" Tails started
"No," Sonic said a little louder and started walking back to the lab, "I'm gonna rest for a bit, and then I'M going to the fortress. And you are staying here with the professor."
Professor Von Schlemmer shrugged to Tails, sighed, and entered a door in the hallway.
"Sonic! You can't!" Tails cried, watching Sonic as he carefully laid back down onto the cot in the lab, "Please, why won't you listen to me?"
Sonic didn't answer him.
Tails waited for a moment and then snuck towards the front door. He twisted the door knob quietly and started to open the door.
"I mean it Tails!" Sonic half-yelled into the hall.
Tails grumbled and sat down on the floor, "Well you have to sleep sometime," he mumbled to himself, "And when you do - I'm outta here." Tails sighed and impatiently watched the clock hanging on the wall.
* * * * *
About half an hour later, Sonic was snoring away. Tails quietly crept towards the door and opened it again. He waited and didn't hear any noise from Sonic's direction. He stepped outside and cautiously shut the door. He sighed heavily and plopped down on the ground. He checked his wristwatch, "Only 7 hours left to get the antidote - plenty of time," he smiled and then took off into the air, twirling his tails as fast as they could go.
To Be Continued...
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A/N: Well, that's Tails for you! I hope he knows what he's doing! :D
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