Tails' Journey

Chapter Three

I own Vinny and Flash. Shadow T Hedgehog owns Gahlik, kai-senpai owns Kai, and Jayln the Hedgehog owns Jayln. Everyone is owned by Sega, and/or Sonic Team.

"I hope Flash is ready to be killed..." Vinny said. Tails looked at Vinny, and the way the girls were glaring at him.

"Yeah, he'll be buried next to you after Kai and Jayln get a hold of you." Tails said. Vinny groaned. Kai and Jayln jumped forward, and attempted to punch and/or kick Flash. But Flash managed to dodge just in time. He appeared next to Gahlik, and wrapped his fingers around Gahlik's throat.

"GAHLIK!" Kai yelled. Gahlik reached for a voodoo doll. He placed most of his energy into it, in an attempt for it to be destroyed. Something very different happened. A blade shot from the head of the Vinny doll, and reached about a foot in length.

"Woah." Gahlik said. He shot the blade at Flash, and struck him in the side with his remaining energy. Flash let go of Gahlik, who fell to the ground. Gahlik gasped for air. Flash looked at the blade, and looked at whose head it was coming from.

"Well, this should make Vinny's Christmas." Flash said. Vinny fell to the ground in pain, a blade coming from the inside of his head. Flash attempted to use that as a distraction, but it didn't work.

"Jump!" Jayln roared. Flash jumped, and Jayln kicked him in the chin, sending Flash falling back. He hit the ground, side and mouth bleeding.

"Until we meet again!" Flash yelled, and disappeared in a lightning bolt. Gahlik was gasping for air. He managed to have the sword go back inside the doll, and the sword painfully went back into Vinny's head.

"OUCH! DANG IT GAHLIK!" Vinny yelled. Gahlik saw that it was Vinny's doll instead of Sonic's, and grinned. Kai and Jayln grinned too.

"REVENGE!" Kai roared, charging at Vinny. Jayln was right behind her. Tails looked at Kai and Jayln, and started building a wooden box out of the trees.

"This is for later, Vinny." Tails said. Vinny saw it was a coffin. Tails grinned, and Vinny scowled.

"Next time, I'm not helping you." Vinny said. Gahlik stepped between Kai, Jayln, and Vinny. Tails looked up to see Kai, Jayln, and Vinny dolls dangling from his belt of voodoo dolls.

"This isn't a time to fight. We need to work together, right Ghost?" Gahlik said. The chao happily nodded in agreement. Vinny sighed in relief. Still, something about Flash felt...familiar. He felt he had seen Flash before, but that was impossible.

"Look, we're by the center of the forest now. We should find Cream soon, right?" Tails asked. Kai nodded, but Jayln shook her head.

"She's had almost a day to move further away. I doubt she's even in the forest right now." Jayln said. Tails sighed. Gahlik got an idea.

"If I can make people say things through the voodoo dolls, then I can make Cream say something. If that works, then we can follow her voice!" Gahlik exclaimed. He reached towards his belt, and to an empty spot.

"You forgot it, didn't you?" Vinny asked. Gahlik looked down at his belt, and saw the Cream doll missing.

"Nooooo..." Gahlik said. He stepped backwards slowly, and planned out his escape.

'When the time is right, I'll make a rune for it.' Gahlik thought. Jayln and Kai were glaring at Gahlik, whilst Tails was thinking about another way to find Cream. Vinny was drawing cartoons on the ground with a stick.

"I have an idea! I'll do an aerial search!" Tails exclaimed. He flew up to the top of the tree, and flew off from there. Vinny looked up.

"I have a plan: we split up and search individually. That way, one of us is bound to find Cream." Vinny said. Everyone agreed, and ran off in separate directions. Kai to the west, Vinny to the north, Jayln to the east, and Gahlik to the south. Jayln ran forward, determined to help out Tails. There was a loud bang, and Jayln jumped behind a tree for cover. She turned to see a scorch mark in the tree.

'Flash is trying to pick us off one by one!' Jayln thought. She took a quick turn, unaware of what direction she was going, and tried to find someone else to warn them.

Gahlik was running as fast as he could, and then some. He was desperate to help out Cream and Tails, because he could see their feelings for each other.

'Heh...they're so young. It's a shame they just can't admit their feelings.' Gahlik thought. He pressed onwards; unaware of the danger he was in.

Kai was running to the west. She was jumping over tree roots, dodging low branches, not letting anything get in her way. She heard a loud bang, and Tails fell right on top of her. She fell to the ground, and sent dust everywhere.

'What was Tails thinking? Oh crap, he's been shot!' Kai thought as she turned Tails over. There was a deep gash in the left side of his chest. Kai checked his pulse, and it was still there. She dropped her pack, and rummaged through it.

'There's got to be something in here that can help!' Kai thought as she found the medical kit.

Vinny was running, even though he was running somewhat quickly, he still found time to examine the environment.

'It's a shame people are destroying this just for houses and factories. Hey, what's that?' Vinny thought as he saw something move in the distance. He heard a loud bang, and saw a bolt of electricity fly towards him. Vinny stood, planted. His feet wouldn't let him move. They were paralyzed in fear. Jayln shot out of the trees and tackled him.

"Ouch!" Vinny exclaimed. He saw the bolt fly by, and strike a tree right near him. The tree then blew up, scattering bits of twigs everywhere.

"I guess I owe you one, Jayln." Vinny said. He looked up to see Jayln, crouched over him. She got up rather quickly, and Vinny felt his cheeks grow just slightly warm, thankful for Jayln's quick thinking.

"Great. Flash is trying to kill us all, right?" Vinny asked. Before Jayln could answer, they heard a loud bang, and Tails screaming. Vinny grabbed Jayln by the wrist and ran towards where he heard the shot.

"If that was Tails, I don't know what I'll do...woah!" Gahlik exclaimed as Vinny and Jayln cut right in front of him. Gahlik felt something grab his wrist, and he was dragged forward. He bounced against the ground, somehow managing to hit all of the sharp rocks.

"Vinny, Jayln, stop!" Gahlik said. Vinny stopped, and Gahlik crashed into him, knocking him down. Gahlik got off Vinny, and stood up. Jayln started laughing at this.

"TAILS!" Gahlik yelled. He knelt down next to Kai, and looked at the injured kitsune. Jayln stopped laughing abruptly and knelt down beside Kai.

"Will he be okay?" Jayln asked, worried. Kai shrugged, and took out some tweezers. She reached inside the wound, but didn't touch any bullets. Jayln saw Kai jump in surprise, and realized what it was.

"Looks like Flash learned a new move: imitating a bullet being shot with a bolt of lightning." Vinny said. He looked down at the kitsune, and wondered how he could possibly survive this. Flash appeared next to Vinny, and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Will Tails be alright?" Flash asked. Vinny started at him in confusion, then surprise.

"You mean you didn't do this?" Jayln asked. Flash shook his head. Gahlik gave Flash a quizzical look. Flash placed a hand on Vinny's shoulder.

"It was our older brother, Brandon." Flash explained.

Chapter Three draws to a close, as Kai, Jayln, Gahlik, and Vinny learn a surprising secret, and Tails faces another fatal injury. (Oh, and Jayln, sorry, but I got that from a Code Lyoko episode. I think I've been watching that too much recently.) How will they survive the forest? Who is Brandon, Flash's older brother? And why do I keep asking questions that may very well be answered in the next chapter? Later!

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