(just so every one knows, I use italics for thought so don't get confused)
Ch 9: The Next Shard
Tails has been laying on the same building for 5 hours. The sun is just about set all the way. He is so relaxed that nothing can bother him, even all the smells and noises of the city. He is just looking at the sky watching the clouds go by. The clouds are increasing and it's getting really dark. Tails looks to the west and sees a storm approaching. He gets up and brushes off the dirt from the roof.
"HEELP!" says a girls voice. Tails looks down to the alley between the buildings. He sees one of the same robots that he fought earlier. 'Oh crap, I don't have my sword with me. I'll just have to try to save her anyway.' He jumps down and hides behind a dumpster. He looks to see what the robot is doing. He sees a little echidna girl crying in front of the robot. She is a blue echidna and her long spines are in a ponytail. She has a silver gem on a necklace.
"Give me that gem, or else!" The robot aimed right at her with his gun arm.
"NO, this belonged to my grandmother, I'm not gonna give it to a slimeball like you!" She backed away into a corner. The robot was about to shoot her when something hits him in the back of the head. It landed in front of him. It was a brick. He turned around but saw no one. Another brick fell on his arm and broke the armor off a little. He looked up and saw Tails flying with a bunch of bricks in his arms.
"Don't interfere or I will kill you." Tails dropped the rest of the bricks on the robot. It knocked him down. "Now you will die!"
He started firing huge fireballs at Tails. He quickly dodged them since he was flying. The little girl ran for it while Tails was distracting him. "Great, she's getting away!" The robot left Tails and started pursuing the little girl. It started thundering and raining. Tails dropped and ran after the robot.
'That guy is so fast' Tails was using his tails and going as fast as he could, but he just couldn't keep up. The robot had turned his gun arm into a beamsword. He was right about to strike when the girl jumped back over the robot and glided towards Tails. She hid behind him and grabbed onto one of his tails. "Don't worry I'll protect you". Tails didn't know what to do.
'I can't hurt him without my sword, I should have brought it'. Out of nowhere the sword crashed into the ground with the red gem attached to the handle by a tiny chain.
"NOW I HAVE LOST MY PATIENTS, I'll Just take that sword." The robot tried to pull the sword out of the ground, but was shocked when he touched it. It sent him flying into a wall. He fell through it. Tails quickly grabbed the sword and pulled it out.
All of a sudden the rain stopped in mid-air. It seemed that time itself has stopped. A transparent figure of a fox appeared right in front of him. 'The gems create power of an element, to use this power say the name of the element and then fuse. Like firefuse and you will get 30 seconds of power to use as you wish.' The voice was telepathic because the fox wasn't moving his lips. Then he disappeared and time came back to speed. The robot came out of the rubble.
"THAT is the final straw, I will exterminate you both." The robot changed from green to red in color. His beam sword grew wider and longer. He went for the girl but was blocked by Tails. He jumped back and held his sword up in front of the raging robot. Tails was slashing him rapidly, not letting him get a break. Tails could only fight on the ground because of the storm above. They were fighting so fast that you can barely see their arms. They both stepped back for a minute. The robot was waiting for tails to attack. Tails rushed to strike. The robot vanished.
"Ahhh...", Tails turned around and saw the girl on the ground.
"What...no, you didn't" Tails saw the lifeless girl and was losing his control.
"I did and your next, It was simple really, I just waited until you moved."
"FIREFUSE!" Tails yelled. A red aura was surrounding Tails. His sword was on fire now. He held the sword up and the fire intensified.It was as bright as the sun. In the blink of an eye he slashed right into the robots center. Then Tails lifted up the robot on the sword and threw it up into the air. Lightning struck it and then it all exploded with so much power that nothing was left of the robot. The sword came down and hit the pavement with a clang. Tails was still angry at the whole incident. "I couldn't save her, I CAN'T EVEN SAVE A LITTLE GIRL!" Tails collapsed onto his knees and dropped his sword.
"Uhngh...". Tails looked up fast. The girl was only knocked out and she was coming to.
"Your okay?" Tails ran over to her and helped her up.
"You saved me, thankyou." She gave Tails a hug. "You can have this jewel as my gratitude."
"No, I can't take that, It belonged to your grandmother." Tails gave it back to her.
"Please take it, my grandmother would want a kind person like you to have it." She gave it to him and ran along the street.
"Well, it looks like another element shard. But how did my sword get over here in the first place?" When he grabbed his sword the silver shard disappeared and reappeared on another tiny chain on the handle of the sword. Tails thought about it a lot while he was walking down the street. The rain started to pour and the thunder got worse. Tails started running fast with his tails pushing him. His speed is half of sonic's but it's still pretty fast. He's dodging traffic left and right. Tails jumps over a semi trailer and goes into a subway station. He stops to look at the map. "If I get on this train it will go right into the slums and three blocks away from the apartment." He turns around and sees the train is leaving. "Oh crap."
Tails runs to catch up with the train. He jumps onto the back of it. The door is locked so he just sits on the back balcony. After an hour the train stops. "Looks like this is the right station." He jumps off and goes out of the station. He is at the apartment and goes to his place. He opens the door. An angry dog tries to attack him. Tails shuts the door. "WRONG DOOR...wrong door!" He looks at the next door and sees May coming out. "Hey, where are you going?"
"I was worried you wouldn't come back, but I see I don't have to now...what's wrong with you, your face is pale?" She let him dry off first.
"Man this storm is still raging." Tails is looking out the window. It's pitch black outside. "Oh yeah, about earlier, I went in the wrong room and this killer dog attacked me, thank god I closed the door before it got me." May sits down next to him. She looks at the sword.
"Where did you get this shard?" She grabs the sword and gets knocked away and into a wall.
"May don't touch the-...", he looks at the wall and at May, "...-sword."
Tails walks over to her and pulls her off the wall. He guides her to the couch."Owww...my body aches, I didn't think I could feel such pain. This is worse than the time a crashed into a tree on my hoverboard."
"Are you sure your okay?" Tails pick up his sword and goes into the next room to get rid of his wet clothes. "Man, I hate wearing clothes. I haven't worn clothes since I lived in Station Square." He walks back into the living room and sits on the couch. "Hey...Uh I fought one of those robots today."
"You what!" May looks surprised.
"He was terrorizing a little girl, so I destroyed It and she gave me this shard." He points to the silver shard.
"Hey, Tails why are you naked?"
"My clothes are soaked, besides I'm inside now."
"Well, It's late, and I'm achy so I'll just-ow ow-...sit...here." She falls asleep on the arm of the couch. After a while Tails falls asleep also.
It is morning and Tails and May are sleeping right on eachother. Tails wakes up and sees May's face right in his. She is still sleeping. 'Oh crap shes right next to me. If I move she'll wake up. Well she is warm I'll just pretend to sleep until she wakes up' Tails keeps his eyes closed for an hour and falls back asleep. She finally wakes up and gets off the couch.
"Man, I wish he would just say it, then I'd be happy." She walks into the kitchen. Tails gets up and goes in the kitchen too. He sits at the table and puts his head down. "Hey Tails, you want anything to eat?"
"Just toast, then I'm gonna go to work." He takes the toast and goes into the room where he left his clothes and gets dressed. "Bye May." Tails leaves and goes outside. The ground is still wet from the storm. He goes to the subway and hops on a train going to the business sector. "The map says I should go...here. Wow this place is huge." Tails knocks on the door of this huge warehouse. A little window opens and a pair of eyes look out.
"What do you want?" says a gruff voice.
"I'm here for the Rebel Force job."
"Who sent you?" The voice wasn't very polite.
"Uh...it...was Kaida." Tails was hoping he wouldn't have to see the voice. The door opened and a black echidna stepped out. He looked much stronger than Knuckles. He is twice as big as Knux with metal gloves on. Tails steps inside. The room is dimly lit and there is another door on the other side of the room. Tails opens the door. He sees another echidna. But this one is a woman. She is tan all over and is wearing a blue dress. She has a pink Mohawk on her head.
"Get in." She is in an elevator. Tails walks in and they go down. The door of the elevator is just a metal mesh. After they stop Tails goes into a huge warehouse of military vehicles. There are primarily jets and helis, but there are some tanks and a hummer with an extended rear with 2 sets of wheels in the back. The woman stops at an office. She pushes him in.
"How Rude, sheesh." Tails looks around and sees a chair. He sits down. The room is dark except for the light from the door window. All of a sudden the lights go on. Behind a desk is a blood red hedgehog with three tufts of yellow hair on his forehead. He is wearing a black trenchcoat with a metal armored shirt and brown jeans.
"Welcome to the rebel force Tails, I hear your the one that has the legendary sword. I want you to join the Rebel Force as a high ranked soldier because of your skill. I know you beat Zuyen. I've sent a spy to watch your every move. He actually knows you. Agent S come out of the shadows and reveal yourself."
A figure came out of the corner of the room. It was The same hooded man that saved Tails. He took off the hood.
"SH-Shadow?" Tails yelled in disbelief. He couldn't believe it, Tails had thought Shadow was dead this whole time. But there he was standing there in the room.