Thanks for all your reviews so far, I only got 5 when I posted this up before and now I've beaten my record with only 3 chapters up! YAY!
To Shade the Hedgehog, believe it or not, I actually am a HUGE fan of da little guy but for some reason, all my fics end up turning out this way…?! Anyhow, keep 'em coming!
Chapter Four: A Piece Of The Puzzle.
Bunnie sat with Sonic in her hut that had been illuminated with candles to provide a peaceful atmosphere. Sonic was sat on the bed and Bunnie was sat on a silk cushion at his feet.
"Alrighty Suga-hog, are ya ready?" Bunnie asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be...are you sure that this is gonna work Bun?" Sonic replied giving a doubtful look to Bunnie.
"We'll jus have t find out wont wi." Bunnie said calmly although on the inside she was praying that it would.
The idea had come from Rotor. He had suggested that Sonic try to remember more of his dream so that they could find out what was going to happen and therefore they could make a better plan. It had sounded good at the time, but now Sonic was having second thoughts. What if he got it wrong? What if he forgot something important? He now lay down on Bunnie's bed and closed his eyes-he tried to relax but there were too many 'what ifs' running around his mind.
Bunnie just sat quietly and watched him as he slowly managed to drift off to sleep and shortly, she watched as his eye lid's began to flicker and jump which told Bunnie that he was dreaming.
During the half-an-hour or so that he was asleep, she noticed several expressions swirl across Sonic's face. She saw concern, fear, shock and finally, anger. He muttered something. It was barely audible but Bunnie was sat close enough to hear Sonic say 'Oh Tails…-what has he done to you?!' At this, Sonic awoke with a start and jumped into a sitting position. He was breathing heavily and staring at the wall opposite from him looking completely distraught.
"What's up Suga-hog? What happened?!" Bunnie asked concerned.
"We've got to go see if Sally and the others have come up with a plan yet." Sonic said hurriedly as he got up and took Bunnie's arm nearly dragging her through the door.
"Why!?-What happened?" Bunnie asked again.
"I'll tell you when we get to the others." He replied. "Lets just say that you wouldn't want to be Tails right now."
Bunnie left it at that and followed Sonic over to the hut where the other Freedom Fighters were gathered, discussing the possibilities of a rescue mission. They all turned as Bunnie and Sonic came in and Sally stopped talking as they took their seats.
"Sally, this is gonna be harder than we first thought." Sonic started.
"Why?" Sally simply asked.
"Because Tails definitely isn't going to be walking out of that place." Sonic replied.
"Pleaz explainz zome morez." Antoine said. He was rather confused about what Sonic meant.
"Start from the beginning. It will be far easier for us to understand then and there will be no confusion." Rotor said, trying to be helpful.
"Um...Well, I remember us all going into a big room-I mean REALLY big, and in the middle of it, Tails was on the floor. He was all tied up-even his tails....except...he hardly looked like Tails anymore. He was so beat up and he was covered in blood...he looked like something else." Sonic paused and gave a little sob. At this, Sally came and comforted him.
"It's O.k. Sonic, go on." She coaxed.
"Well...I don't know exactly how this next bit happened, but when I ran up to him, he sort of flew up into the air really fast."
"How if his tails were tied up?" Asked a puzzled Rotor.
"It wasn't like it was him flying, it was more like someone really tall pulled him into the air very fast. I couldn't reach him." Sonic tried to explain.
"So, assuming that this information is accurate, how do you propose we get to Tails if he is up in the air?" Sally asked.
"Well, I remember that there was a balcony quite near to him but there's a problem with that." Sonic said.
"What iz diz promblem?" Antoine questioned.
"Buttnik and Snively were stood on it." Replied Sonic simply.
"Maybe I could reach him." Knuckles asked as he entered the hut.
"Where did you come from? and how did you hear what we were talking about?" Sonic asked.
"I was up on the Floating Island, but Tails' chaos emerald is going nuts! It showed Buttnik doin' a load of really crazy stuff to Tails. Tails was goin totally loony an' screamin' for Sonic. Then it showed you guys talkin'. I watched you for about 15 minutes then when I realized that all that weird stuff was really happenin', I thought I'd better come down here and tell you to get this plan sorted quickly." Knuckles stated coolly and then finally took a breath.
"What 'crazy stuff'?!" Sally panicked.
"Sal, I think he's tellin' the truth. I saw some bad stuff in my dream too." Sonic answered for Knuckles.
"Well maybe you could go up an' get Suga-fox while we take care of Robotnik." Bunnie said to Knuckles.
"Sure, whatever." he replied.
Come on then everyone. Lets go and get ready." Sally said. At this comment, everyone got up from where they were sitting and walked to the armory. It was very small because they didn't really have many weapons but it served its purpose. When everyone was kitted up, they set off to Robotropolis. It was now the evening of the second day of Tail's capture.