Hi again dear readers! Ok, in one of my reviews, someone said something about there not being much blood etc in the last chapter as promised. Well, that was just the beginning-the next few chapters…well…almost the rest of the story contains more and more nastiness for your consumption. By the time this fic is done, I think you will wish that you hadn't said that! Lol…Here we go…

Chapter Eight: Torn Apart.

Tails slowly opened his eyes to hear the others around him. He coughed which sent a trail of blood streaming down the side of his face.

At this sight, the others exchanged worried glances.

"A…aunt…Sally…" Tails groaned as he choked slightly on the blood.

"We're gonna 'av t' lift him up Suga-hog-he's chokin' ther'." Bunnie said.

Sonic agreed and gave a look to Knuckles who gave him a re-assuring look back as if to say it was O.k to do so. Sonic slowly lifted Tails into a sitting position and held him up as they all watched the blood pour freely from his mouth. Tails choking stopped but his breathing was still extremely labored. Suddenly, Tails curled into a ball as best he could to protect himself and began whimpering.

"Pl...please don't let... Sonic…hurt me again...sonic…I didntmean....to do any...anything wrong...I'm sorry…" He croaked.

The others looked at each other in a confused manner except for Knuckles who simply re-assured the fox.

"It's o.k Tails, Sonic won't hurt you. I swear he won't..." He said.

"You…promise?" Tails asked nervously.

"I promiselil' bro." Sonic answered instead, still looking confused but playing along any way. He looked at Knuckles who gave him an 'I'll tell you later' look.

"Tha....thanks ' to getme...you guys..." Tails croaked.

"Any time bro." Sonic said and gave him a gentle smile.

"We are going to get you home to Bookshire now honey." Sally told him in a soothing tone although, inside she was worried that the Doctor wouldn't be able to help with this.

Sonic carried him with TOTAL care to the main door of the fortress.

"Now Suga-fox. You are gonna 'av t' put this lil' 'ol blindfold on here coz of that stupid serum-O.k?" Bunnie said as she began to gently place it on him, trying to avoid the more serous cuts and bruises covering his head. Sally applied bandages to his body where she was able to without causing him too much pain-which wasn't many places.

"A...Aunt Bunnie..."Tails trailed off as his eyes closed and his head slumped into Sonic's arm.

"NO TAILS...DONT GO TO SLEEP. YOU CAN SLEEP SOON BRO I SWEAR! JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR NOW." Sonic shouted at Tails who re-opened his eyes a little.

"This is really bad Sal..." Sonic said to her.

"We're just going to have to keep him awake and talk to him." She replied.

"So Tails...when we get home I'm gonna make you the best chilli-dog you've ever eaten!-Sound good lil' bro?" Sonic asked Tails, trying to keep him conscious.

"Mmmmmm..." Tails mumbled drowsily and looked up at Sonic who smiled back at him lovingly.

Once his eyes were covered, there was no way to tell if he was awake or not so as they set off, more worried glances were exchanged.

"Tails honey? You are gonna have to keep talking to us so you don't fall asleep O.k because we can't tell if you are or not now." Sally said in her soothing tone.

"Mmmm..." Tails said again. By now, Sonic was also drenched in blood from Tails, leaving droplets behind them.

"This is SO not cool." Sonic said again, looking at the trail behind them.

Robotnik and Snively, who had now escaped their ropes, looked on at the departing freedom fighters through the security system.

"Send out the SWAT-bots to finish them off." Robotnik said.

"Yessir...right away" Snively said, pushing more buttons on the panel.

"I'm not letting that fox get out of here alive. He's begun to annoy me!" Robotnik continued as he watched the SWAT-bots being deployed and move towards the gang who hadn't noticed them yet.

Robotnik watched until the Freedom Fighters reached around halfway between the Fortress and the main exit of Robotropolis before giving the final command.

"ATTACK AND DESTROY THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS USE MAXIMUM FORCE!" He shouted into the command speaker. At this order, the SWAT-bots quickly obeyed and began to move closer to Sonic and Co.

"I think we might have to start moving a little bit faster guys." Knuckles said.

"Why?" Sally asked.

"Because there are a few dozen 'bots' heading our way as we speak." Knuckles replied hurriedly.

Everyone turned and looked behind them and saw that Knuckles was right, there were a lot of angry looking SWAT-bots heading straight for them, guns ready for action. They were still a few minutes behind so they had a little time to plan.

"What are we gonna do Sal-I can't run with Tails here, it's hurtin' him just walkin' like this." Sonic asked. Sally realized that he was right. Tails needed as little movement as possible and if Sonic ran, it would be really painful for him.

"We are going to have to split up then. Sonic can go take Tails through the forest while the rest of us lead the bots away from them." Sally suggested. The others nodded.

"See ya' soon!" Sonic said and began to quickly walk into the forest whilst the others stopped and waited for the SWAT-bots to arrive. The last thing they heard from Tails before Sonic vanished from sight was a small, weak cough which sent shivers down their spines. How could someone do something like this to a child?

Unfortunately again, the SWAT-bots weren't fooled by the plan and took off in Sonic's direction…

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