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The blue hedgehog smiled at the expressions on his friends' faces.
"You guys look like you've seen a ghost." Sally snapped out of her daze and ran forward and hugged him. Knuckles smiled as he realised that it really was him,
"Hn. Took you long enough." He smirked as Sonic hugged him. As they broke the hug, Knuckles said
"I'm gonna go get Tails." He ran out the room at top speed. Sally smiled up at Sonic and hugged him once more,
"So it was you who wrote the letter. But, what happened? We all thought you were dead." She said a confused look plastered on her face. He smiled back down at her,
"Sal, can I tell ya later, once everyone's here? I don't really wanna tell it over and over again, I'm too tired." He said putting his arm round her.
"Ok, Sonic. But there is something I wanted to tell you, I-" She was cut off when a red blur sped into the room. They both turned their attention to the echidna standing opposite them with worry etched into his face.
"What's wrong Knux?" Sonic asked stepping forward,
"Tails, he-he's gone. He left this note." Knuckles said handing Sonic a note.
He and Sally began reading it.
Dear Sally and Knuckles,
I am sorry that I could not tell you this in person, but you would try and stop me, or come with me. But this is something I must do, and must do alone. I am going to Robotropolis to fight Robotnik one last time, I will either defeat him and avenge Sonic's death, or I will fall in battle as Sonic did and I will be able to see him again. I'm sorry Aunt Sally; please don't cry if I don't return, but don't forget me either. I must hurry before the next patrol comes. I'm sorry Sally, Knuckles
Goodbye
TailsTheir expressions turned to ones of horror as they read this. Sonic looked at Sally,
"I gotta go get him!" He said before kissing her and racing out the room. She watched him go, a tear rolling down her cheek,
"Please come back safely Sonic, I don't think I can stand to lose you again." She blinked away a tear, "Sonic." Knuckles walked up and solemnly put an arm round Sally,
"They'll be ok Sal, don't worry." She hugged him tightly,
"I hope you're right."
Tails smashed through any kind of bot that got in his way as he ran into Robotnik's control room. As he approached the door, it opened up for him, Robotnik was expecting him. He marched up to the gloating man and sent him a glare that no one would have thought Tails could do. Robotnik smirked at him,
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Sonic's little buddy, Tails. Come to avenge your friend no doubt." He sneered. Tails held back a tear,
"You got that right Eggman, now cut the crap and fight me!" He shouted fighting back a wave of tears. "Sonic was my best friend, I'll never forgive you for what you've done." He leapt forward towards Robotnik but found two SWATbots in front of him. He quickly smashed through these and when he landed he found Robotnik was in a massive robot ready to attack.
"This is the Egg Destroyer and it was designed to defeat you and Knuckles, my only two major threats and Sonic's best friends." Tails glared up at the machine. It had eight strong thick metal legs, each lined with spikes, along with that, it had four what looked like arms, two hands holding swords and two laser blasters, it also had two tentacles, a head where Robotnik sat and three missile hatches, each containing nine missiles. Robotnik smiled evilly as he fired his first batch of missiles at Tails, signalling the start of the fight. Tails dodged all of these and flew up to attack it's head, but got quickly swatted down by a tentacle. He rose to his feet and dodged several blasts from the lasers, once this was done Robotnik had to recharge his lasers, this gave an opening for Tails' attack. He jumped up and performed a homing attack on the head sending it stuttering backwards. After this, Robotnik got angry and started attempting to crush the young fox under the feet. Tails dodged these until he thought they were finished, suddenly a giant foot came down on top of him. Robotnik marvelled at his creation as Tails screamed out in pain. As he removed the foot he found a very bloody and beaten Tails lying underneath it. He gawked as Tails pulled himself up slowly,
"Well, I guess that wasn't good enough. This time I'll make no mistakes." He said firing another batch of missiles.
"I won't give up Eggman, no matter what you do to me." He said as he dodged each attack. Robotnik growled,
"I'LL GET YOU FOX!!!" He screamed launching an array of attacks with his swords at him. One of the swipes caught his leg and he fell to the ground. He looked up and saw the robot right above him and struggled to get up, but it was no use.
"I'm sorry Sonic, I tried." He whispered as the world went black.
Trees whizzed past as he ran at top speed through the great forest. 'Why would Tails do this?' He thought, 'Poor kid, this is all my fault.' He speeded up as he raced into Robotropolis. He zipped around in search for Tails, smashing through any offending bots. He looked up as he heard a scream of pain coming from above him,
"Tails?" As he looked up, he saw Robotnik and Tails battling it out; of course Robotnik had the advantage, being in a giant robot and all.
"TAILS!!!" He screamed as he ran as fast as he could to the room they were in. Once he arrived in the room, he found Tails lying on the floor unconscious and Robotnik laughing as he prepared to fire a final shot that would end the kits life. Sonic couldn't fail now. He had to be quick, but not so that he shocked Robotnik too much, causing him to fire at Tails anyway. He swiftly crept up as close as he could get to the gun that was pointed at his friend and prepared to jump. He had to get this absolutely right, no mistakes this time, no second chance. Just as Robotnik stopped laughing signally that the final blow would come soon, Sonic jumped up and used a homing attack on the end of the laser, causing the shot to be fired off in another direction. Robotnik looked down to find the offender and couldn't believe his eyes,
"S-Sonic? How did you escape and more importantly survive?" He asked in complete shock.
"No time for chat Eggman, let's just finish this here and now!" He shouted back up.
"Never mind, it doesn't matter how, all that matters is that I defeat you once and for all right NOW!" He screamed as he launched another batch of missiles immediately followed by several laser shots. Sonic picked up Tails and dodged each of the attacks and just as Robotnik was beginning to recharge, he put down Tails and performed as many homing attacks as he could on the machine causing it to set of fire. He ran at top speed out of the door picking up Tails on his way. He raced to the sanctuary of the great forest as the machine began to explode. As he reached the edge of the city, he sped up his pace, shards of metal whizzing by his head. He didn't stop running until he was reasonably deep into the forest when he had to catch his breath.
He sat down on a nearby tree root and cradled Tails in his arms.
"Tails, buddy? Can you hear me?" He asked hugging Tails close to him. The young kitsune's eyes slowly opened and he looked weakly up at Sonic,
"S-Sonic?" He whispered. Sonic looked down at him, wiping away tears. "Sonic, please don't leave me again." Tails closed his eyes as Sonic hugged him,
"Don't worry buddy. I won't leave you alone I'm here. I'm sorry Tails, this is my fault." He said stroking Tails' head. Tails opened his eyes and looked up at his hero,
"Sonic." He whispered weakly before blacking out again. Sonic wiped away some unshed tears and stood up.
"Don't worry Tails, you're gonna be ok. Just hold on." He said as he sped off back to the caves. As he arrived he found Sally, Bunnie, Knuckles and Antoine waiting for him by the entrance, worry plastered on their faces. As he came into view Sally ran up to him,
"Sonic, what happened? Is Tails ok?" She asked as he came to a halt. He looked down at Tails; she followed his gaze and gasped,
"We gotta get him inside, quick!" She shouted taking him from Sonic and handing him to Knuckles, who immediately rushed inside to the infirmary closely followed by Antoine. Sally looked up at Sonic and hugged him tightly,
"Do you think he'll be ok?" She asked him anxiously.
"I hope so Sal, I hope so." He replied and headed for the caves with Sally and Bunnie in tow.
"Sugah hog, tell us what happened." Bunnie said and Sally nodded. Sonic shook his head and sighed,
"Well, ok. After the robot chased me into the forest, I saw a zone portal. I walked toward it, but had no intension of going in, but all of a sudden it sucked me in and-" He was cut off when Bunnie exclaimed,
"That same thing happened to me and 'toin, we were lookin' for ya, when all of a sudden we were sucked inta a zone. We managed ta escape when you did and arrived back here just before you." Sonic nodded,
"Something tells me this was all Buttnik's doing." He said as they neared the infirmary. Once they arrived, they found Antoine sitting down outside and Knuckles leaning against a wall with his arms folded over his chest.
"We can't go in yet." He stated in a clear attempt to hide his worry. Sally sighed sadly and sat down against the wall. Bunnie walked over and took a seat next to Antoine. Sonic bit his lip and began pacing around the corridor.
"C'mon, c'mon, what's taking so long?" Sonic muttered to himself as he walked up and down the dark corridor. Sally walked up to him and held onto his arm to stop him from pacing,
"He'll be ok Sonic, don't worry." She pulled him into a hug. Sonic sighed,
"How do we know?" He asked anxiously.
"If you don't trust me, then trust this." She pulled him into a deep kiss which he didn't waste any time in returning. As they broke they found everyone present staring at them.
"Um, I will go now and leave you two alone." Antoine said standing up,
"Ah'll join ya 'toine." Bunnie ran after him and they walked away down the hall together. Knuckles closed his eyes in disgust,
"Sheesh, get a room will ya?" He said causing them to laugh nervously. The sound of the door swinging open broke the tense situation,
"You come and see him now." Said Bookshire as he walked out of the infirmary. Sonic rushed in and sat down on Tails' bed. Sally followed and sat down on a chair close to the bed and Knuckles leant against a wall with his arms crossed. Sonic began stroking the kits fur gently,
"I'm so sorry buddy, this is all my fault. If I had just bin' a bit faster." He wiped a hot tear from his cheek and nuzzled to fox cub. "Tails." He whispered hugging his friend. Tails slowly and weakly opened his eyes,
"S-Sonic?" He said in a faint voice. Sonic smiled sadly down at his friend,
"Don't worry lil' buddy, I'm here."
"Sonic. Tell me what peace looks like again." He looked up at his hero with hopeful, half open eyes.
"What? You should rest." Tails looked down at the covers then back up at Sonic,
"Please Sonic, I'll rest after that." He said. Sonic smiled slightly,
"Well, ok." He cradled Tails in his arms. "When there's peace, all the hills are covered in green grass and none of the water in the lakes is polluted. And when you want to go and play outside, you don't have to worry about being found by 'Buttnik or any robots attacking you. And you can play all day long, and no one will attack you or have to go off on missions." Sally looked upon the scene smiling sadly and Knuckles had to close his eyes to block tears from coming out, he remembered peace, but he never played in green fields, he had to guard the emerald. But if Robotnik had exploded with his robot, he wouldn't have to worry, he could live how he wanted and not be bound by his birthright as he always had been.
Sonic looked down at the now sleeping fox and smiled,
"Good night bro." He whispered kissing Tails on the forehead and heading out the room. He stopped and let Knuckles past him as he waited for Sally to kiss Tails good night. He put his arm round Sally as they walked away. Half way down the hall they stopped.
"You know Sal," Sonic said turning to her, "We never did finish that dance." He smiled up at him and kissed him,
"I love you Sonic the Hedgehog." She said as they finished their dance.
THE END
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CORNY!!! Anyway, what did you think? My first Sonic fic. Do you think I should write a sequel? As always please review. ^-~
