Chapter 5. Tails Vs. Ninjas!
Tails' House 4:30 AM
Tails told himself he would call it quits for the night, but he just got too engrossed in his work to do so. This was a common trait for him. Every time he had a new invention in mind, it would keep him up through the wee hours of the night. This was no exception. Tails had just spent the entire night reading the most accursed formulas for damning the world with black magic. He pictured a number of people who would love to get their hands on this material. "Looks like it's my job to protect this stuff so it doesn't get into the wrong hands. I guess I'll spend tomorrow to check out the stuff on white magic." Tails rolled up the scroll, sealed it and looked for a good hiding place for it. "Maybe this is what was really bothering Knuckles. He was never one to really trust magic. But as long as I'm careful, nothing bad can happen from learning a few creepy-"
An explosion broke the vulpine's quiet of his quiet study as well as his thoughts. Broken glass from a shattered sprayed everywhere. Tails instinctively shielded his face from the glass, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a group of figures covered in black jump through the new opening in the window. A small pellet exploded, filling the room with purple smoke. Tails frantically turned around and looked through the smoke in all directions, hoping he could see any of the figures. A kunai flew into the kitsune's direction, knocking the scroll out of his hand.
"Ninjas!" Tails didn't have to be a genius to figure that out. He also had a good guess as to why they came. He made out some black blurs running through the haze. His eyes squinted to get a better look. Something was coming his way. A ninja flew towards him with his foot extended; knocking into the vulpine's face. A little bit of blood squirted out of his nose from the impact, while the force knocked him back into the wall. The smoke started to clear, but now the pain made his vision blurry. He looked at saw what looked like at least a dozen ninjas heading towards him.
"I have no choice. I'll just have to fight them all." Tails tried to make a good fighting stance, but his head was woozing from the blow he took. His knees gave in and he fell to the floor.
"Get up, you wuss. A bunch of ninjas should be no match for the Chosen One. Just gotta stay focused. Think of a good move." Tails felt something hard on the floor. It was a monkey wrench. "This will do."
One of the ninjas was preparing to knock him down with another kick. With the speed that one could expect from a guy who could keep up with Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails dodged the kick and counterattacked by swinging his wrench across the ninja's face. The wrench made a painful sounding thud against the ninja's face. He looked at his weapon to see that blood had soaked through the ninja's mask to drip over the wrench. The ninja fell back staggering, but more of them started to approach him.
"This is no good. I can barely see them all and there might be more hiding in the shadows. If everything wasn't so black...," An idea came to his head. The thought made him smile. Tails spun his namesakes and flew out of arms reach of his attackers. He swooped low as fast as he could and grabbed that box of donuts that was previously serving as his midnight snack to keep him awake while perusing the dark arts. "Time to show you guys some ninja tricks of my own," he told them. He scattered powdered donuts all over the room, clouding everything and covering the black ninja uniforms in white dust. "Now I can see you all," the vulpine triumphantly yelled. His "donut jutsu" worked as intended and he could make out that thirteen ninjas were standing below him. As he suspected, two more were hiding in the shadows. "Great. So now what do I do?"
There wasn't much time to think as the ninjas sent a barrage of kunai and shuriken straight at him. The vulpine used all his speed as he ducked and dodged, zipped this way and that way. The weapons all missed him, instead, they embedded their sharp points into the ceiling.
"It seems like you guys are out of ammo," Tails said. "Looks you'll have to come up here yourselves.
No response from anybody. "Typical of ninjas." Another second later, and Tails heard a noise. It was faint sizzle. Coming from above him. He noticed that one of the kunai's embedded in the ceiling had an exploding tag attached to it. "Awww! No way!" the vulpine shouted as the tag exploded. The blast sent the fox slamming onto the floor on his back. "Also typical of ninjas," he said with a weak laugh. Tails tried to get up, but he couldn't. Ninjas from all sides surrounded him and unsheathed their ninja swords, pointing their blades just centimeters from the fox's neck.
To be Continued in Chapter 6