Chapter 7
Chris, Rouge and Sonic spent most of their night searching for Shadow. Sonic zoomed through the cities, bowling over a couple of people, but no-one really noticed. Rouge flew from the outer area, swooping down like a hawk. Chris and Chuck drove around in their car, all through the main streets. All hope seemed lost on finding him. That was until Rouge beeped onto them with her conlink.
"Found him." She said. "And Cosmo Tails, Amy, and Knuckles."
"That's cool Rouge!"Sonic said. "I'll see you in a few seconds!"
Rouge lowered herself over the group. Shadow walked next to her and stopped. He could feel something strange going off in his head. It was like a buzz, but it also ached. Shadow closed his eyes in an effort to stop the pain.
"We will win. There is nothing you can do to stop us. The Chaos Emeralds will be ours! Muhahahahaha!"
Sonic suddenly dashed up with a wave. Amy glomped him and began kissing him.
Shadow growled, he then looked at the Sonamy and hmphed. Rouge smiled, everything was going to be okay. They would just have to find the Chaos Emeralds again and everything would be fine. Everyone gave a confident sigh.
Then a violent roar ripped through the night. Red swirling clouds fogged up Station Square, and black monsters fell from the sky. The safeness and calmness ran out like Sonic.
Speaking of Sonic, he ran towards the battle field wearing a smirk. Shadow skated after him, both of them at an amazing speed. Sonic ran up to his first alien and jumped on its head. The alien was perfectly fine and proceeded to shoot Sonic with its laser. He jumped over it and grinned.
"Missed me!" He taunted.
Shadow on the other hand was thinking of a strategy. The alien's skin was thick and tough like leather, but a bullet could probably pass through it. Shadow looked at the alien and frowned. Where would he get a gun?
Fortunately an army with that acronym came along. Shadow stared as the soldiers mowed down the aliens. The soldiers were also dying at a rate. Shadow grabbed two guns from a dead comrade.
"Hey Sonic, catch!" Shadow tossed the gun at Sonic. Sonic looked horrified.
"Uh-uh, not even for a chilli dog." Sonic said. He put the gun on the ground.
"Have it your way then!" Shadow said grinning evilly. He eagerly ran forward and ploughed through the aliens. His gun blazing, his mouth tasting the blood that his enemies had lost, and the pleasure of pulling a trigger and the thing would die instantly. He liked that.
Cosmo and the others sat on the hill watching Sonic and Shadow kill their foes. Everyone cheered! Tails and Cosmo sat by a tree. They looked into each other's eyes. Cosmo moved 10 and Tails
moved the 90. This was their first kiss. It was warm and passionate. Cosmo opened her watering eyes.
"I love you Tails."
Tails opened his mouth to speak...
BOOOOOM!! Ripped through the air. Everyone screamed, the light was blinding and Cosmo felt Tails's grip tighten. There was a loud 'thud' and everything went black.
Cosmo's eyes fluttered open, and she sat up. She saw everyone still unconscious, and moved to help them. That was until she felt Tails's hands grip. It was loose and cold. Cosmo's eyes widened. Tails's body was crushed under the tree they had been sitting near. He was facing her, and his eyes opened slowly.
"I...I...I... lov...love you... Cosmo... forever..." he whispered. His head fell to the ground.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Cosmo screamed. Vines roared from the ground, the tree was moved and the black arms left over from the explosion were hoisted into the air. She squeezed them and they screamed with pain. She began laughing. The black Arms fell to pieces, there emerald green blood dripping down like rain. She cackled like a witch, and then felt strong arms hug her.
Cream looked up at her crazed friend. She had tears in her eyes as she squeezed Cosmo sadly.
"I saw what happened to Tails." She sobbed. "But killing them won't bring him back." Cosmo began crying too. Slowly everyone else got up and saw the death, and they to fell into tears. Cosmo sank to the ground, sobbing hysterically. Cream soon joined her. Sonic and Shadow soon made their way to the scene. Sonic looked at his best friend, sprawled on the ground, his insides oozing out of his mouth. His frown was solid, and wobbled. Sonic let the tears fall, and screamed into the night.
"You hear me Black Arms! I will kill you all, whether it kills me or not! I vow revenge!"Sonic screamed into the air. "I will kill you!"
The sound echoed through the night, and everything was silent. Sonic breathed heavily.
Later at Chris's house, everyone was licking their wounds. Cosmo had a bandage on her arm. Sonic's left leg was in a cast. They had all returned from Tails's funeral, and were all skipping the after party. Chris was trying to brighten the mood, by offering everyone food.
"He would have wanted us to move on." Sonic stated.
"Yeah, I guess you're right."Amy said. Everyone let out a sigh. Shadow gave Cosmo a blank stare, and stood up.
"Cosmo, I need to speak to you, in private." He said. Shadow walked into the hallway. Cosmo slowly followed.
"Listen." He said. "I want you to know that I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you and Tails that time." He turned to leave the room. Cosmo grabbed his arm. Shadow looked at her confused.
"Shadow." She said. "I'm sorry too. I'm just a big nonsense, always dragging you guys down, but that night I controlled the earth. I want to make up for the times I've got into your ways. I'm going to fight against the monsters for the better future."
"Okay, whatever." Shadow said, walking off. He looked at her and said. "Don't hurt yourself."
With that he left the room.
Sorry people, it's not that I hate Tails, but he had to die for the sake of the story. Sorry again. Review please!
