"So," said Tails, standing behind Alana, his arms around her waist, "What do you want to do?"
There had been a storm overnight, and some of the houses had been wrecked.
"Mmmmm..." she sighed, slipping her fingers round his wrists and looking back at him. "I dunno."
They stood for a while, watching the others work. Then Alana smiled mischievously, and whispered to Tails her idea. He nodded back, smiling, and, walking slowly, they went along a woodland path, away from the others.
Sonic looked up in time to see them sneaking away, tapped Sally on the shoulder, and pointed ay them. She smiled and looked at him. He nodded, put down his tools, and followed at a distance.
As soon as they thought they were far enough away, they looked at each other and sat down. There were going to start when Tails stopped her. She looked puzzled.
"This time, be careful of that tooth of yours." he smiled, tapping it. "It's sharp."
She smirked and kissed him, carefully.
This went on for some time, until they were interrupted by a voice.
"Enjoying yourself, foxy?"
Her blood ran cold and she froze.
"(No...)" she whispered, terror in her voice.
Tails stood up and shouted, "Show yourself, whoever you are!" He looked back down at Alana.
She hadn't moved.
He kneeled down, made her stand up and looked her in the face.
"What is it?"
She looked him in the eyes.
"(He's found me...)"
"Who?"
"(Bancrek and his goons...)"
"WHO???"
She looked behind him and froze again. She stared, mouth open. Tails looked round to see two figures come from between the trees. One was a Tasmanian devil, dressed in a black T-shirt, embossed with skull-and-crossed-bones, green, ripped trousers, out of the bottom of which, a pair of clawed feet could be seen, and a gold wristband with a picture of an eye on it. His fur was brown, with white fur on his hands, and longish hair that fell over his red eyes.
The other figure was a small echidna female, dressed in a bage, fur-lined, V-necked coat, under which a golden necklace, with a picture of the same eye on it, hung around her neck. She wore bage trousers, her tail (with two kinks in it, so it pointed back on itself) stuck out the back of it, and she had red shoes on. Her fur was light pink, her quills, around neck-length, were leveled off, so they were the same length.
"Long time, no see, Alana." said the echidness, smiling at her darkly, staring at her with her green eyes.
"(Zoi... Lucifer...)" she stammered, hiding behind Tails.
"Bancrek's been worried about you, foxy." smirked Lucifer, cracking his knuckles.
"Who are you, and what do you want with Alana?" growled Tails, stepping towards them.
"Stay out of this, red." snarled Zoi, glaring at him. "This doesn't concern you."
"It does now."
"This is just like a movie," commented Lucifer, looking to Zoi. "We come along looking for her, he gets involved, now we have to kill him too."
They turned to look at her, and closed their eyes. When they opened them, they were pitch black, like Alana's had been. Zoi's hands were glowing green, Lucifer's were red.
"Wait."
They stopped, looking above and behind them.
"I will do it."
Alana looked up. Suddenly she started screaming bloody murder. She fell to the ground and scrabbled away, still looking behind Tails.
He looked up.
And saw the most revolting thing he had ever seen.
He saw a 7-foot long, scabby, serpentine worm, hovering in mid-air. Its head had two tiny red slits for eyes, two tiny fins underneath them, and at the front, it had mouth the size of a cartwheel, full of multiple, glass-sharp, 12-inch teeth.
"I promised I would hunt you down." it sneered, giving Alana a murderous glare.
"I-I t-told y-you..." she stammered out, tears filling her eyes, "I-I don't want to be p-part of this anymore..."
Tails stood, transfixed, as the other two held him.
"YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!!!" It screeched at her. "There is only one way out!!! MY WAY!!!"
Then it backed off a bit. Stared at her intently. Then it's mouth moved.
The teeth inside started revolving. One row went one way, one went the other, faster and faster, until they were yellow blurs. It then pulled its head back, flicked its tail and shot forward at an incredible speed.
She screamed as it came at her. Suddenly a blue blur came out of nowhere and slammed into the side of it. The Bancrek veered off course and rammed into the ground near her.
"Try picking on someone you're own speed..." sneered Sonic, rubbing his knuckles smarmily on his chest.
The other two stood, gaping as he hit the dirt. Tails took a chance, and jerked backwards, forcing his arms, and his captors together. The blow stunned them, and Tails ran over to Alana. "C'mon, we godda get out of here." He helped her up, and they ran aside.
Once they were safe, Tails asked her "Alright, who is that, and why did he try and kill you?"
She sighed, and looked away. "He's my former boss..."
Confusion spread over his face. "What?????"
She looked at him, tears in her eyes.
"I guess I better tell you..."
"Three years ago, me and my family lived in fear. Each week, a group of polar bears came and took all we had. If we hadn't got what they wanted, they hurt us. Bad. My brother could barely survive this. They did things to me... Things that they said pleased them...(She growled softly, an angry tear splashing on the grass) I would have given anything, for them to leave us alone...
"This went on for two years, until I found a cavern. I went in, nervous. I didn't know why, but I had to go in. That was the biggest mistake of my life. I found Bancrek, almost dead under the ice. He asked me to get him out of there. I did. He asked me how he could repay me. I told him about the bears. He said he could help me. He told me to look where I dug him up. I found this headband, Lucifer's wristband and Zoi's necklace. I chose this. (She pointed at the one she had on) That gave me the amber blasts. I thanked him again and again. I went out, to teach the bears a lesson...
"The next time they came, well, you can guess. But, once I started, I couldn't stop hurting people. Including my family... (Here tears started rolling down her face) That night, I tried to get it off, but without success. The next day, I moved out, for everyone's safety. I went to Bancreck's cave and told him about it. He said he would get it off, if I did a job for him. I did the job. It was horrible. I had to force two other people to work for him, making them wear the other items, as you saw. I brought them to him, but he had another job for me. And another. And another. After a year, I'd had enough. I tried to get out of it, but he wouldn't let me. Then I tried blasting him. He got mad. I escaped, hoping to leave them behind. But they've followed me. That's when I met-"
"Us." said Tails
She nodded, not looking at him.
He cupped her face in his hand and made her look at him.
"(I'm sorry)" she said, tears running down her face.
"Don't" he replied.
She smiled, then hugged him.
"C'mon, Sonic'll need help..."
There had been a storm overnight, and some of the houses had been wrecked.
"Mmmmm..." she sighed, slipping her fingers round his wrists and looking back at him. "I dunno."
They stood for a while, watching the others work. Then Alana smiled mischievously, and whispered to Tails her idea. He nodded back, smiling, and, walking slowly, they went along a woodland path, away from the others.
Sonic looked up in time to see them sneaking away, tapped Sally on the shoulder, and pointed ay them. She smiled and looked at him. He nodded, put down his tools, and followed at a distance.
As soon as they thought they were far enough away, they looked at each other and sat down. There were going to start when Tails stopped her. She looked puzzled.
"This time, be careful of that tooth of yours." he smiled, tapping it. "It's sharp."
She smirked and kissed him, carefully.
This went on for some time, until they were interrupted by a voice.
"Enjoying yourself, foxy?"
Her blood ran cold and she froze.
"(No...)" she whispered, terror in her voice.
Tails stood up and shouted, "Show yourself, whoever you are!" He looked back down at Alana.
She hadn't moved.
He kneeled down, made her stand up and looked her in the face.
"What is it?"
She looked him in the eyes.
"(He's found me...)"
"Who?"
"(Bancrek and his goons...)"
"WHO???"
She looked behind him and froze again. She stared, mouth open. Tails looked round to see two figures come from between the trees. One was a Tasmanian devil, dressed in a black T-shirt, embossed with skull-and-crossed-bones, green, ripped trousers, out of the bottom of which, a pair of clawed feet could be seen, and a gold wristband with a picture of an eye on it. His fur was brown, with white fur on his hands, and longish hair that fell over his red eyes.
The other figure was a small echidna female, dressed in a bage, fur-lined, V-necked coat, under which a golden necklace, with a picture of the same eye on it, hung around her neck. She wore bage trousers, her tail (with two kinks in it, so it pointed back on itself) stuck out the back of it, and she had red shoes on. Her fur was light pink, her quills, around neck-length, were leveled off, so they were the same length.
"Long time, no see, Alana." said the echidness, smiling at her darkly, staring at her with her green eyes.
"(Zoi... Lucifer...)" she stammered, hiding behind Tails.
"Bancrek's been worried about you, foxy." smirked Lucifer, cracking his knuckles.
"Who are you, and what do you want with Alana?" growled Tails, stepping towards them.
"Stay out of this, red." snarled Zoi, glaring at him. "This doesn't concern you."
"It does now."
"This is just like a movie," commented Lucifer, looking to Zoi. "We come along looking for her, he gets involved, now we have to kill him too."
They turned to look at her, and closed their eyes. When they opened them, they were pitch black, like Alana's had been. Zoi's hands were glowing green, Lucifer's were red.
"Wait."
They stopped, looking above and behind them.
"I will do it."
Alana looked up. Suddenly she started screaming bloody murder. She fell to the ground and scrabbled away, still looking behind Tails.
He looked up.
And saw the most revolting thing he had ever seen.
He saw a 7-foot long, scabby, serpentine worm, hovering in mid-air. Its head had two tiny red slits for eyes, two tiny fins underneath them, and at the front, it had mouth the size of a cartwheel, full of multiple, glass-sharp, 12-inch teeth.
"I promised I would hunt you down." it sneered, giving Alana a murderous glare.
"I-I t-told y-you..." she stammered out, tears filling her eyes, "I-I don't want to be p-part of this anymore..."
Tails stood, transfixed, as the other two held him.
"YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!!!" It screeched at her. "There is only one way out!!! MY WAY!!!"
Then it backed off a bit. Stared at her intently. Then it's mouth moved.
The teeth inside started revolving. One row went one way, one went the other, faster and faster, until they were yellow blurs. It then pulled its head back, flicked its tail and shot forward at an incredible speed.
She screamed as it came at her. Suddenly a blue blur came out of nowhere and slammed into the side of it. The Bancrek veered off course and rammed into the ground near her.
"Try picking on someone you're own speed..." sneered Sonic, rubbing his knuckles smarmily on his chest.
The other two stood, gaping as he hit the dirt. Tails took a chance, and jerked backwards, forcing his arms, and his captors together. The blow stunned them, and Tails ran over to Alana. "C'mon, we godda get out of here." He helped her up, and they ran aside.
Once they were safe, Tails asked her "Alright, who is that, and why did he try and kill you?"
She sighed, and looked away. "He's my former boss..."
Confusion spread over his face. "What?????"
She looked at him, tears in her eyes.
"I guess I better tell you..."
"Three years ago, me and my family lived in fear. Each week, a group of polar bears came and took all we had. If we hadn't got what they wanted, they hurt us. Bad. My brother could barely survive this. They did things to me... Things that they said pleased them...(She growled softly, an angry tear splashing on the grass) I would have given anything, for them to leave us alone...
"This went on for two years, until I found a cavern. I went in, nervous. I didn't know why, but I had to go in. That was the biggest mistake of my life. I found Bancrek, almost dead under the ice. He asked me to get him out of there. I did. He asked me how he could repay me. I told him about the bears. He said he could help me. He told me to look where I dug him up. I found this headband, Lucifer's wristband and Zoi's necklace. I chose this. (She pointed at the one she had on) That gave me the amber blasts. I thanked him again and again. I went out, to teach the bears a lesson...
"The next time they came, well, you can guess. But, once I started, I couldn't stop hurting people. Including my family... (Here tears started rolling down her face) That night, I tried to get it off, but without success. The next day, I moved out, for everyone's safety. I went to Bancreck's cave and told him about it. He said he would get it off, if I did a job for him. I did the job. It was horrible. I had to force two other people to work for him, making them wear the other items, as you saw. I brought them to him, but he had another job for me. And another. And another. After a year, I'd had enough. I tried to get out of it, but he wouldn't let me. Then I tried blasting him. He got mad. I escaped, hoping to leave them behind. But they've followed me. That's when I met-"
"Us." said Tails
She nodded, not looking at him.
He cupped her face in his hand and made her look at him.
"(I'm sorry)" she said, tears running down her face.
"Don't" he replied.
She smiled, then hugged him.
"C'mon, Sonic'll need help..."