Dark Flames laughed at the confusion of the villagers. "Flames?" Zooey asked as she pushed her way into the front of the crowd. Dark Flames threw a flaming orb at Zooey as she was frozen in terror. "Zooey!" Tails said as he shoved her out the way. Tails got hit in the chest as he grunted and passed out. "Tails!" the group screamed as they looked at the unconscious fox. "One down. A whole island to go." Dark Flames said. Zooey ran up to Tails' unconscious body and turned him on his back. "Tails?" Zooey asked as she shook him slightly. "You monster! You just hurt him!" Zooey shouted as Dark Flames growled. "I was always a monster was I? Even when I was good huh Zooey?" Dark Flames asked. "Get Tails out of here! He isn't able to fight!" Sonic said as Zooey nodded, and ran off with Tails.
"Flames. I don't want to hurt you." Piper said as she held an icy orb in her hand. "Try me freezer." Dark Flames snapped as her hand flamed. "Get back!" Piper said. "This isn't your sister you're fighting. You'll need all the help you can get!" Sonic said as he stood up. "Will you be able to?" Piper asked. "I can manage." Sonic said. "Better. I can take you down like I did with that freak." Dark Flames said. "Tails. What did you do?!" Amy asked. "Just hit him, maybe too much for his unmatured body. Oh well." Dark Flames said. "You tried and kill him?!" Sonic asked. "No...I tried to kill the vixen!" Dark Flames said. "That's not any better!" Piper said. "I know. Everybody will get what they deserve. Tails was just the first." Dark Flames said as she teleported away. "Tails!" the group said as they ran in the direction that Zooey did. Tails laid on the couch as Zooey bandage up his chest. "Thank you Tails." Zooey said. Tails didn't answer as Sonic and the others ran in. "Did you save Flames?" Zooey asked. "Not yet. She did something to Tails." Sonic said as they looked at Tails. "Hmm..." Piper thought as she had an idea. Piper made a snowball and threw at Tails stomach just enough to make him flench. "He's okay for now. I have an idea." Sonic said. Sonic tickled Tails' gut as his nose twitched and he turned his head. "Stop..." Tails moaned as the group sighed. Tails slowly opened his eyes as he looked at Zooey. "Thank you Tails." Zooey said as she hugged him. "No need to thank me." Tails said. "I need to go." Piper said as she flew out. "Where's she off to?" Tails asked. "Let's find out." Knuckles said as they ran off.
Piper flew down to an open area as she looked around. "This is perfect for training." Piper said as he hands made a icy/foggy aura. "I have to...ugh!!" Piper said as her icy orb fell. "She's training?" Sonic asked. "She should've asked us to help her." Amy said as she walked out. "Amy?!" Piper said as she about jumped out her fur. "It's okay. I want to help you train." Amy said as she got out her hammer. "I'm not use to my powers yet. I suck." Piper said. "That's why you need to practice." Sonic said. "Okay." Piper said. "What's the problem?" Sonic asked as he looked at one of her icy orbs. "They're too weak." Piper said. "It's like my speed. I have to control how fast or slow to go. You have to control how strong yoir impact is." Sonic said. "How do you know this stuff?" Piper asked. "I've had experience." Sonic said (referring to Sonic boom: Fire and Ice). Piper closed her hand as her hand glowed white. The glow transferred to a small orb in her hand as it froze. Piper held up the icy orb as she aimed at a tree but missed. "Gr! I can't do anything right!" Piper said as her cheeks glowed making a glowing birthmark of a snowflake on each cheek. "Um...Piper?" Sonic said as it started to snow. "Sorry!" Piper said. "No. Keep going." Sonic said. Piper closed her eyes as her birthmarks glowed and the snow fell. Pipper held out her hand as icy spikes came from the ground coping her direction. Piper looked at the icy spikes and then her hand. "That was...new." Piper said.
"You have to have skill. Let's try it against a partner." Amy daid as she held her hammer in a battle position and ran at Piper. Piper dodged the hammer and threw an orb at Amy as it hit her stomach. "Whoa. Whoa!" Piper said as she dodged Sonic. Piper's eyes glew white as she looked at Sonic. Piper stomped the ground as the grass turned to ice and made Sonic trip. "Piper! This is just training." Sonic reminded her. "Oh yeah." Piper said as her eyes dulled. "It's okay. We have to find a way to bring Flames back to her normal self though." Tails said as Zooey helped him walked. "You took some major damage, I don't think you should." Sonic said.
Shadow was leaning on a tree when he heard growling. Shadow snuck into a bush and saw Dark Flames. "Flames?" Shadow asked himself. "They'll pay for hating me. Everybody will pay for hurting me. And if anyone tries to get in my way, I'll be sure to teach them a lesson." Dark Flames said as he hands flamed with the dark fire and energy. "What happened to her?" Shadow asked. Dark Flames' ears twitched as she turned to see Shadow. "Well if it isn't the hedgehog who tried to take over me...twice?" Dark Flames asked as she made a flaming orb in her left hand. "Flames? What happened to you?" Shadow asked. "I found my true calling, destroying this worthless island." Dark Flames said. Shadow walked slowly up to her and looked into her corrupted eyes. "I showed Tails a lesson, and I'll donthe same to you!" Dark Flames said as she kicked him into a tree. "I won't fight you Flames." Shadow said. "Then it just makes my job easier." Dark Flames said. "Why are you doing this?" Shadow asked. "Nobody cares! Everybody hates me! So I'm gonna show them what hatred is." Dark Flames said.
"I don't hate you." Shadow said. "Then why did you try to take control of me and make me kill Team Sonic?" Dark Flames asked. "They were in the way. I told you I love you." Shadow said. "Lies!" Dark Flames snapped. Dark Flames threw a flaming orb at Shadow as he rolled out the way. "Flames!" Piper shouted as she ran out the bushes. "You again? What now freezer?" Dark Flames asked. "Flames! Snap out of it! This isn't right!" Knuckles shouted as the rest of Team Sonic ran into the clearing. "Looks like freak made it after all." Dark Flames said as Tails growled. "Look how's talking mutant!" Tails snapped as all eyes was locked on him. "So it's that way huh?" Dark Flames asked as her haired flames. "You know it hot head! Trying to kill Zooey is something I won't take!" Tails said as he pulled out his wrench. "Tails?" Sonic asked. Tails ignored him as he threw his wrench with full strength and hit Dark Flames in the chest. "Ow! For a kid you have some mussel." Dark Flames said. "Flirting won't change my mind!" Tails said as he tried to attack Dark Flames but was held back by Sonic and Sticks. "Easy there! Calm down." Sticks said. Tails broke free as he punched Dark Flames to the ground. Tails grabbed his wrench and started hitting her in the stomach with it.
"What's gotten into you?!" Sonic asked as he pulled Tails off. "Let me at 'er!" Tails demanded as he tried to break free. "Calm down!" Sonic said as he lost his grip and Tails tried to go at Dark Flames again. "Looks like I did something after all huh?" Dark Flames asked as she teleported away. "Get back here!" Tails shouted. "Tails!" Sonic said as he grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. "Calm down. I don't like to see you like this. Just take deep breaths." Sonic said. Tails started to relax as he closed his eyes and took deep breathes. "Okay. I'm better now." Tails said as he opened his eyes. "Good. So how do we get her back to normal?" Piper asked, worried about Flames. "I have an idea. We can drain it from her. I have some parts at the workshop, they should work." Tails said. "Finally! An idea! Yes, we better go." Piper said, and with that, she grabbed his hand and teleported away.
Hours pasted as Tails worked and Piper assisted him, when he held up a electronic glove with a jar on it. "Could look better." Piper said as he grabbed a blue ribbon. "Now I need to get close enough for the drainage process to take effect." Tails said as he replaced the glove on his hand with the new invention. "Right. But she could be anywhere." Piper stated. "That's why we bait her out." Tails said.
"So you want me to say mean things about a girl with dark and dangerous powers, who won't hold back? You idiot!" Sticks said. "I know but if we're going to get her back we need to get her to come out." Tails said. "Fine. But Amy has to do it with me?" Sticks said. "He said you not me!" Amy said. "JUST DO IT!!!" Shadow commanded. "Fine. I hope you know what're doing." Amy said. Tails let out a pressured sigh as he looked at the machine on his hand. "Trust me...I do." Tails let out. "What are you hiding?" Sonic thought as he looked at the fear and panic in Tails' eyes he was trying to hide. "She's gonna kill me... HEY HOT HEAD!!!!" Amy shouted. "Why don't you come and start us a camp fire!" Sticks said before they heard growling in the wind. "What did you say?!" Dark Flames asked as she appeared from nowhere. Tails was quick to act as he pressed a trigger from inside the machine. "Now to- GAH!!!!" Dark Flames shouted as the machine started to drain her dsrk energy. Tails tried to hide the pain but failed as Sonic noticed. "Stop you little freak!!" Dark Flames demanded as her aura was being sucked into the machine. "Tails. Let me take the machine. It's hurting you." Sonic said. "No. If I let go it'll stop draining her...UGH... energy." Tails said as the pain made his body tightened, but he still aimed at Dark Flames. "Tails stop!" Sonic said as he tried to take the machine. "You heard him! It'll stop draining her from that dark energy controlling her! Let him do it!" Shadow said as he pulled Sonic from Tails.
Dark Flames glowed as the aura disappeared as the group looked away, except for Tails. Dark Flames was no more, Flames was back, her brown fur, blonde hair, everything was back. "Flames!" everybody yelled, but Tails, as they ran over to Flames. "What happened?" Flames asked before she noticed Tails wasn't over, but didn't think it was important. "Tails had to drain the dark energy from the fire stone out of you." Amy said before it hit Sonic, where was Tails? "Tails?" Sonic asked as he walked over to the motionless body, only standing due to his legs being locked. "Sonic..." Tails said like he was about to pass out, as he fell to the ground. Sonic caught the fox from hitting his face on the ground as everyone rushed over to him. "I didn't do anything to him did I?" Flames asked, feeling guilty about his condition. "No. Except hit him in the chest earlier. Is he okay?" Amy said as she looked at Sonic. "I don't know." Sonic said. Sonic pulled off the machine. The fur under the machine was colder than ice, pale, and had several gashes on them.
"S... Sonic." Tails coughed out. "Tails!" Sonic said as he hugged the half awake fox. "I'm sorry Sonic... I'm not strong enough..." Tails coughed out. "No don't think like that! You're just..." Sonic said before Tails closed his eyes. "Tails?" Amy asked. Nothing. "We better get him home and figure out what happened to him...well...more of what happened to him." Flames said as she teleported the group back to Tails' place. Flames looked at the fox and sighed as his chest rised and lowered. "Okay...his blue prints for the machine has a warning, it could take energy from the host and cause their hand to look like...you know. PHEW! They heal over time." Flames said as they all sighed. "So he's just tired and bruised? That's good. Well better than it could be." Sonic said as he looked at Tails. "So... what happened to me?" Flames asked now that she knew Tails was okay. "You were corrupted by dark energy. The change looked painful." Sonic explained. "I remember a black nothingness, and my body aching. Before that I followed Piper who was following you." Flames said. "I'm sorry. This is my fault. I shouldn't been spying. If I didn't maybe we could've done something to stop Flames from having to go threw that." Piper said as a tear went down her cheek. "No it wasn't! If I wasn't made of the fire stone I wouldn't even have to go threw that! You can't blame yourself for what happened." Flames said. "Yes it is! If I wasn't so childish you wouldn't have to pay for my mistakes! If I wasn't around then maybe it would be safe for everyone." Piper said before she teleported away. "Drama queen." Shadow mumbled before getting slapped by Flames. "That's my sister! We need to find her." Flames said. "Maybe tomorrow morning." Amy said. "Then I'll go by myself." Flames said as she ran outside.