Team Sonic
By: The White Dragon Rider
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Are we clear? P.S. Please don't sue me
I know I might have been focusing on Amy and Tails for the last couple of chapters but don't worry. In the next couple of chapters Takashi and Liz get in on the action with Sonic and Knuckles
Chapter 8: Tails' Day at the Garage
Tails was dreaming peacefully
He dreamt he was in a peaceful meadow with flowers all around him
He was lying on his back looking up at the clear, blue, sunny sky just enjoying the moment
All was peaceful, calm, and quiet as he rested
"Hello" said a female voice behind him pleasantly
Tails sat up and turned to see a small, cute cream colored rabbit with long floppy ears and an orange dress with a blue bow on the neck
She had a sky blue chao with a yellow dot over its head and a red bowtie on
"Cream?" asked Tails startled
"Hi Tails" she said in her very high pitched voice cutely
She sat down next to Tails on the soft grass and smelled some of the flowers
"What are you doing here?" asked Tails
"I just wanted to see you" she replied
"You're still going to take me to the Chao gardens right?" she asked holding Cheese up with a smile on her face
"Chao, Chao!" he chirped happily
"Of course! When I get back!" said Tails happily
Cream just smiled
Suddenly everything began going white
Sonic's Dream
Sonic was running through a grassy open field on a bright and sunny day
There were no clouds in the sky and a gentle wind softly rippled across the grass in waves
He running openly without a care in the world
No evil plans to stop, no Shadow to race, no Emeralds to gather, and no aliens to stop just peace
He let out a content sigh in relaxation
Suddenly the clouds darkened and lightning and thunder could be heard
He looked up and in front of him was a 50 ft tall AMY!
She was in a pink wedding dress and had a giant hammer on her shoulder
It looked huge and monstrous. Against the black sky it looked like an angry dark god of love
"TIME TO MARRY ME SONIC MY DARLING" it called in an evil voice
Sonic looked like he had just ran though the gates of hell
Fear welled up inside him threatening to destroy his very core
He screamed like he had been set on fire and ran away
For some reason he seemed to slow down to a stand still
Amy was chasing after him
"COME ON SONIC LET"S GET MARRIED" it said in a monstrous voice
Try as he might fear paralyzed him and made him slow to a crawl
It was gaining on him!
He watched it approach with huge, slow, lingering steps that shook and cracked the ground
"NO, NO, NO!" screamed Sonic as it closed in on him
Amy's House
Tails woke up from his dream on the sofa he, Sonic, and Knuckles used as a bed
It was still very dark in the room and Tails could see the clock read 5:20 A.M.
It still wasn't sunrise in the race city and everything was dead silent
The room was eerily dark and not a sound was heard
Tails glanced over to see Knuckles sleeping peacefully
Sonic on the other hand was tossing and turning and talking in his sleep
"Ugh, No Amy!...Stay away!...Get away!...Must run faster!...No, No,No!" he mumbled tossing and turning
"The Amy dream again" said Tails
Tails walked over to Sonic and nudged him awake
Sonic bolted awake in a cold sweat
He shook his head a few times to clear it
"The Amy dream?" asked Tails
"This time she was bigger" replied Sonic in a fearful tone
"It's early, maybe we should go back to sleep" suggested Tails
"I rather not" said Sonic not looking forward to having nightmares again
"So what should we do? Should we wake Knuckles?" asked Tails pointing to Knuckles
"Let's let Knuckles sleep, he gets angry when people wake him up for no reason" said Sonic
"I know! There's something I want to do. Let's make it a surprise!" said Tails happily
"What is it?" asked Sonic curiously
Later that Morning
Amy woke around 7:00
She had to be up early to get to the garage on time
She did her usual morning routine and then got dressed and went out into the living room
She could see Knuckles asleep on the couch but Sonic and Tails weren't there which concerned her
Amy woke Knuckles up urgently to ask him where they were
Amy shook Knuckles till he woke up
"Huh? What is it? Is the Master Emerald in trouble?" he asked groggily as his vision was still blurred
When his eyes focused her could see it was Amy that woke him
"Oh, Amy what's the rush?" he asked with a slight yawn
"Tails and Sonic aren't here. Do you know where they are?" she asked worriedly
"We're right here" said Tails as he and Sonic came through the door with some bags
"What were you two up to?" asked Knuckles as they put the bags down "Shopping?" he asked spotting the bags
"No, I wanted to make a few adjustments to our outfits. So me and Sonic went out to the Tornado Three and I used the sewing machine I built into it to make some adjustments" said Tails
"Why does it have a sewing machine?" asked Knuckles
"Remember how many times Amy and Cream ripped their dresses when the canopy shut too fast on them?" asked Tails
"Oh" said Knuckles remembering how often Amy or Cream's dresses would get caught by the canopy shutting behind them as they got out and they would tear as they pulled it free
"Anyway, check it out" said Tails pointing to Sonic who had taken his clothes out of the bag and put them on
Sonic's outfit now had openings for his back spines so he didn't have to cram them inside the shirt. This was important since they were one of his main weapons
Tails now had holes for his tails in his pants which was a lot better than before
"Nice guys" said Amy
"That's not all, look!" said Tails holding up his jacket
It now had the Team Satomi symbol of two wings crisscrossed with the two tail symbol Tails put on his planes
"Also I added our symbol to all our clothes" said Tails
Knuckles and Amy could see that on Sonic's, Tails', and Knuckle's jackets the Sonic heroes symbol of three colored rings, one blue, one yellow, and one red was on the right sleeve
"Nice" said Knuckles getting dressed
"You guys look like an official team now" said Amy looking at the three of them
"Hey Knuckles take a look at what I got while we were out" said Sonic holding up a portable game
"What is it?" asked Knuckles looking at it
"Hey Takashi has one of those! It's a portable online game called Watch World; you make a custom character and battle monsters with friends online. You can use it to talk with other players too" said Amy knowing how much Takashi still played it even after he said he wouldn't anymore
"Cool, now I can run and play video games at the same time" said Sonic "I'm off for a run around town…literally" He then tore out of the house at top speed with the game in hand
"He won't be back till dark most likely. I'm off for the day too; I want to explore the outside of the city. I hate too much time in the city" said Knuckles
He then opened a window and jumped out it
Amy was shocked until she saw him glide away into the distance unharmed
"He can glide?" asked Amy
"Yeah. What should we do today?" asked Tails looking up at Amy who had a sleepy Luca in her arms
"Oh yeah! I remember! Our team is having a strategy meeting today. The garage will be open but few people will be there. It's the perfect time to sneak you in so you can look around" said Amy
"Great! With some luck I'll get a good look at those mechs!" said Tails happily "…And of course see if some of the scanners there will help me with the Tornado Three" he added half-heartedly
"We better get going or else I'll be late" said Amy
"Need a lift?" asked Tails hovering and offering his hand to Amy
Amy sweat dropped and remembered that last time she flew with Tails on race day; she was groggy at the time but still remembered feeling scared at those speeds and heights
"I think I'll walk" said Amy nervously
"Ok I'll follow you from the air so I won't be seen" said Tails taking off from the open window
'I think he's more interested in the mechs than fixing his plane' said Luca
"I'm just worried about being caught, I'd rather not have to explain this to Satomi" said Amy
'Yeah, then you'd need Chaos Control' joked Luca
She then picked up a duffle bag she had and left for the garage
Outside the Team Satomi Garage
Amy and Luca arrived at the Garage a while later
"Where's Tails?" asked Amy looking around but not seeing him anywhere
'He said his plane was on the roof didn't he?' said Luca
Amy immediately looked up to see Tails sitting on the edge of the roof looking down at her smiling happily and waving
"I was wondering how long it would take you to look up" he called down
Amy was about to answer when suddenly Tails jumped in shock and then quickly hid
"Huh?" asked Amy confused
"Hey Amy!" said Takashi walking up behind her
"Oh, Hi Takashi. I didn't see you there" she replied politely
"Yeah what were you doing? I saw you looking at the roof" he asked
"I thought I saw something but it was nothing" she said to get rid of his suspicion
"Oh, are you coming inside? We don't want to be late" he asked
"I think I'll relax out here for a while first, it's a nice day. I'll be inside soon" she said
"Ok, don't be late" he said as he left "Glad to have you back"
Amy let out a sigh as he went inside
She was blushing lightly at that last comment
'What's the matter?' asked Luca teasingly
"What? Nothing! Nothing!" she said defensively
Tails seeing Takashi was gone flew down to Amy
"That was Takashi right?" he asked Amy who for some reason was a little red
"Yeah that was Takashi" said Amy
"Why are you red?" asked Tails
"No reason!" she said defensively again
'Denial is a river in Egypt' said Luca teasingly
Amy just let out a frustrated sigh
"Come on let's go inside" said Amy to change the subject
"What about security?" asked Tails worried about the guards that were at each door to keep suspicious people out
"That's why I brought this" said Amy holding up the duffle bag
"You don't mean…" asked Tails with dread
"Uh hu" said Amy almost evilly
Tails sweat dropped
Inside the Garage
Amy opened the door to the recreation room (The one they're always relaxing in) and went inside
She checked to make sure no one was there before she shut the door and walked over to the couch
She put the duffel bag down on the couch and opened it
Tails popped his head out of the bag and gasped for breath
"That's worse than those high speed tubes we used to ride in!" he said breathlessly
"Are you ok?" asked Amy concerned
"Yeah, just give me a minute to restart my heart" said Tails overreacting
When Tails finally felt better he got out of the bag and looked around curiously
"Where are we?" he asked seeing the room looked like a living room
It had two couches, a TV, a coffee table, and a desk in it
The remains of snack food wrappers could be seen on both couches and some papers were strewn across the desk
"The recreation room, we come here to relax" said Amy
Tails looked around and saw a small book on the table in front of the couch
Curious, he flew over to it and picked it up
"What's this?" he asked Amy holding it up
"Oh, that's our play book. It has all our strategies and formations in it" explained Amy
Tails combed through it curiously to see what kind of attacks they used
"Interesting" said Tails looking at it
"What?" asked Amy
"I see some problems with some of these attacks" said Tails showing Amy
She looked at them but saw no problems with the formations or attacks
"I don't see any problems" said Amy thinking Tails made a mistake
"Take a look here" said Tails pointing to a gap in the defense of one of the formations "You are very vulnerable if you are attacked here, and this greatly reduces your combat maneuverability"
Amy looked at the formation closer
He was right!
"You're right! I didn't even see that!" she said amazed "How on earth did you find that?" she asked
"Easy me and the rest of my team tried that before during a race against the Babylon Rouges. We got trashed when they found it" said Tails remembering how he personally had been on the receiving end of Wave's wrench
"Here I'll make some improvements to these formations and add a few of my own" said Tails taking a pencil that was on the table and writing in the book
Tails began scribbling in the book at a feverous pace with Amy looking over his shoulder
When he was done Amy picked up the playbook and looked at the new attacks, formations, and strategies
They were brilliant!
"Amazing" said Amy looking them over
She had never seen anything like them but as she looked at them she realized they would be perfect for the re-match soon
Team Sledge Mamma wouldn't have any idea what hit them!
"Wait! There's one more I want to add" said Tails snatching the book back
After a minute of furious writing Tails was done
He handed the book back to Amy
Amy looked at the page Tails had wrote on
It depicted some kind of complicated attack
The entire page was taken up by the calculations and visual sketches of the attack
"What is this?" asked Amy looking it over
"A Team blast" said Tails
"What?" asked Amy
"A team blast is a powerful attack that relies on the power of all three teammates, it's next to impossible to stop and super effective. I call this one the Satomi Overdrive!" said Tails
Amy looked at the attack, it looked very complicated and next to impossible to do but that hadn't stopped her and her team before
Amy was distracted from the book by the sound of the door opening
Tails quickly did a back flip off the back of the couch and landed behind it to get out of view
He then hid under the couch
Amy turned to see it was Jessie who had come in the room
"Oh, Hi Amy" she said cheerily
"Hi" replied Amy
"What are you doing? Going over strategies?" asked Jessie seeing Amy with the book
"Oh! Yes!" said Amy nervously putting the book down
"The rest of team are going to be in the planning room in ten minutes for the meeting about the next race. Satomi asked me to tell you not to be late" said Jessie
"Ok, I won't" said Amy
"Ok, bye then" said Jessie leaving the room
Tails slowly got out from under the couch and stood up
He wiped himself off before walking over to Amy
"We don't have a lot of time then Tails" said Amy "If we're going to see the mechs we better head down to the hanger now"
"Ok" said Tails
"Do I have to get in the bag again?" asked Tails nervously
"Yes" said Amy
Tails did an anime fall
'And I thought the pet carriers I have to go in sometimes were bad' said Luca as Tails reluctantly got back in the bag
The Hanger
Amy walked into the huge hanger where all the racing mechs were kept
The hanger was huge, spacious and always smelled of oil or fire from welding for repairs
The place was kind of creepy with no one else, not even Mark, there
Amy walked up to the huge blue and yellow Team Satomi mechs that towered over her
Whenever she was this close to them on the ground she was somewhat amazed that she actually controlled one of these things
Amy opened the bag and let Tails out
Tail flew out of the bag at high speed the second he saw the mechs
"Amazing" he said in awe of them as he flew around them several times examining each part carefully
He had to fly since he was like an ant to the huge mechs
He flew around all three of them and he could see each of them were modeled for a specific purpose
Takashi's was the second largest because he needed the extra equipment to get more speed
Amy's was the smallest since it was built for moderate speed and combat
Liz's was huge and perfectly built to do damage to enemies but that made it the slowest
Tails flew down to Amy
"Can I see that cockpit?" he asked
"I guess" said Amy uncertain if it was a good idea
"Great!" said Tails happily
"Hold on" said Tails as he surprised Amy by grabbing her by the waist and lifting her into the air
Amy let out a scream in surprise
"What are you doing!" she asked as Tails flew up to her mech with her
"I don't know how to get in but you do, besides I need someone to explain the controls" he said as they flew high
"Be careful!" said Amy in a panic
"Don't worry I do this with Sonic and Knuckles all the time and I did it with you before too at 600 miles per hour" said Tails calmly
'Be careful with me!' said Luca who Amy was carrying
She nearly let go of him in fright when Tails grabbed her
When they reached the hatch to the mech Amy quickly opened it
The mech opened and Tails landed inside with Amy
Amy quickly got in the driver's seat and tried to calm down
Tails landed on her lap near Luca
"Next time can you ask?" asked Amy letting out a sigh of relief
"Come on it wasn't that bad" said Tails easily
He looked around at the controls of the mech
They weren't too much different than how his Tornado Two had operated transformed
"Can you show me the controls?" asked Tails
"Ok" said Amy
She began to show him the controls and explained what each did
After about six minutes Tails had gotten the controls down pretty well and was confident he could probably pilot the mech
"I wish I could try this thing out on the track" said Tails in an eager tone
"You could try it in the simulator we have here probably" said Amy happily
"Really!" asked Tails excitedly
Amy nodded
"Yes!" said Tails happily doing a midair back flip
"But after the meeting…the meeting! I forgot! I'll be late!" she said in a panic
"Everyone's probably there by now right?" asked Tails
"Yes, why?" asked Amy
"I can get you there in no time. The halls will be empty so now one will notice if I fly you through the halls at high speed" said Tails hovering and offering his hand to Amy
"Oh no" said Amy in a dreadful tone
Amy had to decide to either fly or get in trouble with Satomi
She though about it hard
"Fly or have Satomi mad at me…" thought Amy out loud
'Which do you think is more dangerous?' asked Luca
"I'll fly" said Amy quickly
Tails grabbed her by the waist and took off
He shut the cockpit door and let Amy grab her bag on the ground
He then flew with her out into the hallways
Hallways
Amy and Tails flew through the empty hallways at high speed
It was high compared to say…walking speed but it was still fast
Tails was used to flying with someone and flying very fast low to the ground so it was easy for him
Amy however was in fear of her life, even though she had gone faster than this lots of times on the track it was always in a highly armored Mech that could survive a lot of damage. Now she was flying through the air with no protection at all and she was feeling exposed
Tails took corners sharply and blasted past the almost endless amount of doors that place had
"Amy where's the meeting?" asked Tails to Amy
Amy looked and saw they were approaching the planning room
"It's up there!" said Amy pointing to the door
Tails quickly slowed down and stopped
He hovered for a second outside the door before putting Amy on the ground
"We're here" said Tails happily
'Why does he even bother walking if he can do that?' asked Luca recovering from the trip
"Amy are you ok?" asked Tails seeing Amy was a little green and swaying slightly like she was sick or drunk
"I'm fine" she said sitting down for a second and leaning against the wall
"YOU LITTLE PUNK!" someone screamed from inside the planning room
Amy quickly stood up in shock and looked at the door
"What was that!" asked Tails alarmed and getting ready for a fight
"I have a good idea what it was" said Amy "Quick Tails in the bag" she urged
Tail let out a sigh and got in the bag again while Amy closed it up and walked inside the room
The entire team was in the room
Mark, Andrei, Jessie, Satomi were watching Liz and Takashi who were at each other's throats
Well Liz was anyway
Amy had walked in on Liz having Takashi in a headlock
Takashi was blue as Sonic and gasping for breath while Liz was as red as Knuckles with fury
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Amy in the doorway when she came in
They all just stared at each other in dead silence for an awkward couple of seconds
"Am I late?" asked Amy nervously to break the silence
"Nope you're just in time to see Liz kill Takashi" joked Andrei clearly unconcerned about what was going on
"Ok you two enough!" said Satomi seriously with an angry tone
Liz let go of Takashi who fell to the floor gasping for breath
"He started it!" said Liz angrily pointing to Takashi who Amy was helping up
"What are you? Two?" yelled Satomi at Liz's childish behavior
"Thanks" said Takashi as Amy helped support him
"No problem" said Amy with a light blush
"What happened?" asked Amy
"Long story" said Mark simply
"Ok now enough of this! We need to talk about the next race" said Satomi
Everyone sat down and stopped talking while Andrei went up to address them
"Ok now we all know what happened last time we raced Sledge Mamma" said Andrei playing a video of Team Sonic beating Team Sledge Mamma on the screen behind him
"Yeah those creatures showed up and beat them to a pulp" said Liz still slightly mad from whatever happened before Amy got there
"Yes and due to that the results of the race were throw out" said Andrei
"This creates some issues for us, the first is the fact that now we can start over and get it right this time, the problem is the fact they now know our new strategies and attacks so we can't use the same moves over again without them catching on" he said as the first, Team Sonic free, part of the race played on the screen behind him
"So we have to go back to the drawing board again?" asked Liz
"To put it simply…yes" said Andrei
"Great we have to make up a whole new battle plan in a very short time" said Liz sarcastically
"Another problem is the fact that they also have to do the same thing" said Andrei
"Isn't that a good thing?" asked Jessie
"No, now we have no idea what they are going to do in this next race. If we don't know what they're planning it'll be hard to prepare for it" said Mark
"No sweat, it'll be no problem" said Takashi casually
"Can't you take anything seriously?" screamed Liz standing up at him
"Know it off you two" said Satomi
Liz sat back down heavily and muttered to herself angrily for a while
"Maybe if we're lucky those things will show up again and beat them for us" joked Mark
"At this rate that's probably our best bet" said Satomi in a frustrated tone
Later
They had sat in the planning room for well over two hours talking over possible strategies for the race but had found little that was promising
After the hour Liz and the others were getting tired
"Can we go now?" asked Takashi getting bored sitting in a room for two hours even if they were talking about racing
Satomi looked at her watch
"It has been a while, ok we'll continue this tomorrow" said Satomi getting tired her self
They all got up and left the room
"Well, I'm off" said Takashi casually walking away
"Where are you going?" asked Liz suspiciously
"I'm going to see Fantine" he said "Got a problem with that?" he asked coolly
"Off course not! Like I care what you and her do!" said Liz angrily
Amy knew she really did care
"All right then, bye" said Takashi before disappearing around the corner
"I'm off to the dojo" said Liz storming away
"What should we do?" asked Amy to Luca
'I guessing we should let the cat…or should I say fox out of the bag' said Luca
"What?" asked Amy unsure about what he meant
'Tails is still in the bag' said Luca plainly
Amy let out a scared gasp
She had forgotten all about him!
She quickly ran to a empty storage room nearby and opened the bag
Tails was inside
He was not moving and his eyes were closed
"OH NO!" screamed Amy in horror realizing he was dead
She then knelt down and began to cry
"I killed him! I killed him!" she said remorsefully looking at the ground and crying
'He can save the world but a bag can kill him' said Luca
Meanwhile Tails sat up and yawned in front of her
"That was good nap" he said sleepily
'Um, Amy… Tails isn't dead' said Luca spotting Tails
"Huh!" asked Amy looking up and seeing Tails stretching
"Tails you're alright!" she said happily hugging him
"Yeah I just decided to take a nap, I have been awake since 5:20" he said calmly wondering why she was that happy
"I though you were… never mind" said Amy embarrassed
Can we go see that simulator thing now?" asked Tails politely
"Ok but we need to be careful since everyone is out of the meeting now" warned Amy
"Ok" said Tails
He then got back in the bag, Amy zipped it up, she picked up Luca, and she headed for the training room
The Training Room
When Amy got to the training room she put the bag on a desk and opened it
Tails quickly popped out and began to look around
The room was pretty big and had several huge simulator pods in it
The pods looked like metal spheres on a base with wires coming out of the base
Tail eagerly flew up to one to check it out
"Awesome" he said checking it out
"Can I try it?" he asked eagerly turning to Amy
"Ok, I think I know how to use the controls out here" said Amy eyeing the control panel Mark usually sat behind during tests
She hit a button and one of the pods opened up
Tails flew inside the pod and sat down
The door closed behind him leaving him in darkness
"Tails how is it?" came Amy's voice over the radio
"Dark" he replied
"Hold on I'll start it up" she said
She started up the program her Team used for training
It was hard due to the fact she had only half an idea of what she was doing but she managed to get it running
It got to the mech select screen
"What kind of mech do you want?" asked Amy
"Midfield" answered Tails
She chose the model she used for training that was an exact copy of her real one
Inside the pod all the readouts lit up and the screen that projected the pilot's view turned on
"Cool" said Tails quickly checking all the readouts and looking at the virtual world the screen projected
"It's so real!" he said amazed at the graphics
"Alright now I'm going to activate the race program, I'll start you off easy since you've never piloted before" said Amy outside
Amy went in to set the difficulty level to single level 1 which was the easiest for a single mech
Unfortunately Luca walked by her legs and accidentally tripped her
She fell and used the keyboard for balance hitting several keys
When Amy looked up at the screen it showed that she had set the difficultly level to Team 10 which was the hardest for an entire team to do
"Oh no" said Amy
Amy tried to cancel it but it wouldn't accept the commands
The program had already started and Tails could see he was on the starting line with three green and white mechs
Amy watching on the screen recognized them as Velshtien mechs
"Tails! Tails!" Amy called though the mic trying to warn him
But for some reason the radio wasn't working and she couldn't call him
Inside the pod Tails saw that a starting clock was counting down
"All right then let's do this" he said with a determined look on his face getting his mech into starting position
The clock counted down
3……2…….1!
Tails and the other mechs shot down the track at high speed
"He's going to get destroyed on this difficulty level" said Amy knowing that it was impossible for anyone to handle Team Level 10 by themselves
Even Takashi didn't dare try it
'This isn't going to be pretty' said Luca dryly watching the fake race on the computer screen
Tails followed the three other mechs down the track
He had no idea he was on the hardest possible level instead of the easiest
The mechs had a good lead on him but he had a plan
He watched the movements of the speed team leader carefully and waited for the right moment
All the races he had done on an air board had taught him that one could use their opponent's high speed to their advantage
Tails watched for the forward to hit a corner just right before he made his move
When they were going around a corner Tails quickly entered the forward's slipstream and rode the wind right past the other team as he had done many times before to Wave
Tails could almost hear the tournament announcer
'Look at Tails ride that wind!' said the announcer as Tails rode right past Wave in the green jungle
Tails let out a slight chuckle at the memory
Outside Amy and Luca were still watching Tails outpace the other team easily
'Wow he's good, maybe we should replace Liz with him' said Luca
Amy watched as Tails increased his speed to the danger zone and still took corners perfectly
"Not bad!" said Amy impressed "But that's not what I was worried about" she added with dread
Tails continued the race, easily outrunning the other team
His screen suddenly displayed a warning
Lap Two: Battle Round
"Battle round huh? Well bring it on!" he said turning to the other team
"I've hanging out with Sonic and Knuckles too long" he added realizing that was something Sonic or Knuckles would say
"Tell me when it's over" said Amy looking away waiting for Tails to get trashed
'This shouldn't take long' said Luca as the green and white mechs prepared to attack the solitary yellow and blue mech
The forward mech attacked with a right uppercut that Tails dodged followed by a series of rapid punches
Tails dropped low to the ground to dodge them and quickly did a slide kick to the enemy mech's head knowing it off balance
The midfielder and defender came charging at Tails
He did a front flip into a handstand
He then gave both a kick to the face while hand standing sending them backwards
The forward tried to punch Tails' mech torso with a low aimed punch but Tails blocked it with his feet and then did a back flip into a standing position
'Whoa!' said Luca impressed
"How badly was he beaten?" asked Amy fearfully thinking Luca just saw him get annihilated
'He's beating them' said Luca watching eagerly
"What?" asked Amy turning around to see Tails whipping the other team single-handedly
Amy saw Tails dodge an attack from all three mechs by ducking and doing a sweeping floor kick to trip them all
He then jumped on the forward mech, gave it a few kicks to the torso, and jump off just in time to avoid a counter attack
"Unreal!" said Amy watching the battle
'We should have realized, if he can save the world from monsters this should be easy' said Luca
Tails easily dodged a high punch by the defender followed by an uppercut from the midfielder
He hit the midfielder with a kick combo to set him off balance and then grabbed his arm and swung him around a few times before releasing him right into the defender taking both out with one blow
"Alright!' he said happily
All that was left was him and the forward
He quickly looked around and saw the forward was charging him from up the track
It began unleashing furious combos that Tails dodged or blocked
"This is too easy" said Tails whishing Amy would have set it higher
After piloting his Tornado Two through military bases, space colonies, and Eggman's hidden base this was like a walk in the park
Tails grabbed the forward's hand mid-punch and flipped him over onto his back
The forward quickly recovered and tried a dash punch that Tails ducked to avoid giving the forward a lead on him
The forward then turned around to face Tails' mech
Tails watched as the forward's hands began to glow with green energy
"What the?" asked Tails
He could sense an incoming attack but he could no tell what it was
Amy could
"The Induraga Mano!" yelled Amy at the sight of the green energy that was the powerful attack's signature warning
"He'll never doge it!" she said watching the attack charge up
'Maybe, or maybe not' said Luca
Tails watched the screen as suddenly the wind around the mech outside began to pick up
'This seems familiar' he though as the wind picked up
He remembered back to the time he had fought with Team Dark in the jungle
Flashback
They had just blown Omega off the platform with a homing attack and Shadow was mad about that, Shadow quickly began to spin around him, Sonic, and Knuckles at high speed kicking up wind
Tails felt a soft breeze at first as the wind kicked up then suddenly all he felt was pain as he was blown high into the air by a black tornado
All he saw was the ground and open sky spinning around him as he was spun around by the painful attack in the air
When it subsided he fell back to earth
He landed heavily on a crate nearby with a loud thud
Sonic and Knuckles had dodged the attack by using a homing attack to leave the danger zone just before the attack struck
End Flashback
When he knew what was coming he knew what to do
Just moments before the green energy tornado struck Tails jumped right at the forward mech at high speed
He used the forward's shoulders like a vaulting horse as did a flip over the green and white mech
When he landed behind the enemy mech he kicked it, without looking at it, right into the Induraga Mano
Tails turned in time to see the green and white forward mech being blasted by the powerful energy tornado
It sparked, flew into the air, and came crashing down hard on the track
"Gonna have to do better than that!" said Tails tauntingly as he grinded away from the ruined mechs laying on the virtual track
He then enjoyed the rest of the relaxing ride all the way to the finish line, taking time to enjoy piloting the mech through loop de loops, corkscrews, and that big tunnel that was light up at the end of the track
When he reached the finish line the screen displayed his results
A large screen of stats showed up followed by a letter score "AA"
"Not bad" said Tails content with it but wishing he could have done a higher difficulty level
He opened the pod and calmly got out
As soon as he was out he saw Amy staring at him for some reason
He mouth was open in shock and she seem lost for words
Tails just gave her a confused look
"THAT WAS AMAZING!" she yelled at last getting out of her shock
"Aw, it was nothing" said Tails modestly with a slight blush at the compliment "You don't have to act like it was amazing"
"You just scored an AA on Team level 10 single handedly!" she said trying to get Tails to understand what was going on "That's the hardest level for an entire Team"
Tails quickly looked at the monitor and saw that he had in-fact set a new record for every thing
"Oh" said Tails in shock as he gave a huge blush
'This is why I think animals should be allowed to pilot mechs' said Luca
"I guess I didn't know how good I was" said Tails to Amy modestly
"You have to tell me how you did all that!" said Amy
'Maybe he could be the new coach, he's a lot less weird than Andrei' Luca joked
"He could be a new team" said Amy
"It wasn't anything" said Tails modestly
"You still have to tell me how you did all that!" said Amy
"Maybe when we're back at home, It's getting late and Sonic and Knuckles will probably be heading home soon" said Tails noticing the clock
'He's right, the garage will be closing soon and the only person left here will be Mark. Besides we know how well that security system works, if we try to leave when it's active it might go berserk and lock us in' said Luca
"You're right, we better head home" said Amy knowing Mark was the only one crazy enough to try and leave after the faulty security system was activated
"Do I have to get in the bag again?" asked Tails in a depressed tone
"Only till we get outside" said Amy
Tails got in the bag again and Amy zipped it up and left the room to head home
Later
A while after Amy left Andrei was in the rec room with a cup of coffee thinking about how to get them out of the mess they were in
As he was taking a sip he spotted the playbook lying on the table
He decided to take a look and see what he could do to improve the strategies they had
He put his coffee down on the table and picked the book up
He opened it to an unexpected surprise
It had been re-written and all the attacks, formations, and strategies had been greatly improved
"What the?" he asked looking it over
He also noticed some new moves as well
"Fire Dunk, Rocket Accel, Thunder Shoot, and…Satomi Overdrive?" he said out loud looking the new ones over
Just then Jessie came into the room to see if anyone was still in the garage
"Hi Andrei" she said seeing him looking at the book in the room
"Oh, Jessie. Did you see anyone messing with the playbook today?" he asked her
"I saw Amy looking at it before. Besides that I haven't seen anyone with it. Why do you ask?" asked Jessie
"Amy…" said Andrei looking over the book
Meanwhile Mark was in the training room sitting at his computer going over some test results
"Huh? What's this?" he asked looking at his screen and seeing a new set of test results
He opened the file to see what it was
He fell out of his chair in shock when he saw the stats of the last run
"Impossible!" he said getting up and checking his computer for bugs or viruses
The scan came back clean
"Who was on this last!" he asked out loud looking for the user log
The last user was Amy Stapleton…
End Chapter
Next Chapter:
Chapter 9: Sonic's and Knuckles' day
We'll find out what Sonic and Knuckles where up to while Tails was at the garage. Sonic makes a new friend and Knuckles well… you'll see next chapter. See ya next time!
