Life of a Shadow III: Crimson Doves
-GamerGirl
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Chapter 2: What Do You Want On Your Chili-Dog?
"Hey Tails!" Sonic called. "What do you want on your chili-dog?"
Tails didn't answer, he was just staring through the glass door of Chili-Bob's Chili-Dog Hut. He was just thinking, something he does a lot, and something Sonic obviously doesn't do enough.
"Tails, yo'! I asked you what you wanted on your 'dog!
Tails turned, startled. "Oh, I'll just have the regular Sonic. Just the regular…" He then resumed staring outside at the sky. "Sonic?"
"Yeah buddy?"
"Can I go outside for a sec'? I need to take a breather."
"Sure, I'll call ya' when the 'dogs are ready."
"'Kay." With that, Tails walked outside slowly, looking down, kicking up the minuscule mounds dirt on the sidewalk. He began to walk down the street, just thinking. Tails was thinking about the prototype for his next walker, about Shadow's survival, about the past few adventures. His mind was riddled with thoughts and ideas, his mind too clouded to see where he was going.
Bang.
"Ow…" He had walked into a street sign. That, thankfully, had made him more alert. Now he would watch where he was going.
Tails continued walking, when all of a sudden, he heard someone. It sounded like a muffled whimpering, but he wasn't sure. He continued on down the street ignoring it, all the while the sound was getting louder. But, then again, it only seemed louder because of his larger, more sensitive ears. Eventually, it got loud, and as he continued, it got quieter again. So he backed up to where it was heard loudest and found himself standing in front of an alleyway.
It was too dark an alleyway to see anything except two shadows, definitely men, standing behind some trash cans. They were standing in front of a fence, and from what he heard, there was a girl in there somewhere too.
He slowly approached, trying to see what was between the men and the fence, but all he could see was the two burly guys with one of their arms up. Then, he heard more whimpering and heard one of them whisper.
"Listen kid, all we want to know is if you know this guy." The other guy held up his arm. Nothing. "Don't make my buddy here do anything more than he has to do to you. We know you know something."
It was then Tails realized what was going on. He tripped up the guys with his tails and as they fell, a girl did too. She was apparently being held against the fence, and fell when they did. Tails decided to see if she was all right.
The girl opened her eyes and saw Tails. She just said, "Look out!" And covered her head. Tails looked behind himself and saw them coming at him with a crowbar.
Tails quickly dodged the crowbar and kicked the guys down again. He then gave them each black eyes and a taste of their own medicine before they finally ran off.
Tails approached the girl once more, her hands still over her head. He lightly touched her shoulder.
"It's okay, they're gone. You can get up now." Tails told her. She slowly lifted her head and stood up, looking at Tails.
"Thank you," The girl said. "Hey, aren't you Miles Prower?"
Tails blushed. "Well, yeah. But you can call me Tails."
"Okay Tails."
"So, who were those guys? Why were they threatening you?"
"I don't know, they just kept showing me a picture and asking if I knew where he was."
"Who was in the picture?"
"I don't know… It looked like Sonic, but he was black."
"I know who it was."
"Who?"
"It's not important. So, where do you live? Maybe I can walk you home? Or fly," He laughed, wiggling his tails.
"Well, I live right over there." She pointed to a street a few blocks away.
"Hey, I never asked, what's your name?"
"My name? My name is Andrea." It was then, that Tails took the time to notice that she too was a fox. A purple fox with longer hair that was in a ponytail, a purple tank, and a blue denim skirt. Her shoes looked like Tails', but yellow instead of red. He also noticed that she had only one tail. She was a normal fox.
"Well, since you already knew mine, let's get you home now."
"Can you fly me home? That would be so cool!"
"Okay, I guess, but you're wearing a skirt."
"Well, then you can carry me in your arms, like a super hero would!"
"If you want me to," Tails replied shyly. She nodded as he scooped her up and flew her high above the buildings housing the alleyway. He then followed her directions back to her house.
She ran up to her front door, Tails close behind, and said, "Thanks again for helping me. Maybe I can see you again sometime."
"I'm sure you will. After all, I'm Sonic's sidekick."
"Yeah, well, maybe we can get together sometime and you can show me some of your cool inventions that I've heard so much about. That would be so awesome!"
"Yeah." Tails said as she walked inside with one last wave. Upon entering her home, Andrea got a strange feeling about Tails and his friends. The substance.. it has been created once again..
"Tails! Our 'dogs are ready! Tails?" Sonic went outside, looking for Tails, screaming his name left and right. It was then that he saw him, his little buddy walking down the street with an expressionless face. Sonic came to the conclusion he was thinking some more.
"Yo'! Tails!" No answer. "Tails!!" Sonic ran up to him and waved his hands in front of his eyes. Still no response. He then took the liberty of smacking him in the face, not hard, but just enough to snap him out of it.
"Huh? What? Oh, sorry, wasn't paying attention."
"Let's just go eat."