TheShamanMaster presents...

Tail's Predicament

Story & Script by TheShamanMaster

Sonic & Friends © SEGA & Sonic Team

Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic...

Author's Notes: Hey everyone, thank you for reviewing once again! It's a bit late this one because I had my birthday over the weekend and I had sort out stuff for college so I'm all ready for the new year! Here's Chapter 6.

Previously...

"Yeah, mate! I wanna know if that punk Sonic's there..."

Vector looked at Sonic and handed him the phone. "It's for you..."

"It's been a long time, ain't it Sonic?" A punkish, young voice spoke up.

"Hm?"

"What? You don't remember me? I'm so heartbroken. C'mon, even you must know the guy who kicked your ass several times in a single day.."

The blue hedgheog pondered then, the thought came to mind. "Scourge!? No frickin' way! We thought you were dead!"

"Sorry to disappoint you, punk!" Scourge replied quickly. "But I'm afraid good ol' Scourge is back in the city baby! And he's ready to kick your ass once for all!"

Chapter 6: An Old Foe

Sonic gulped as he remembered thoughts of the menacing green hedgehog. Scourge had messed him around too many times before hand. Trying to hit on Amy, challenging Knuckles to duels and even trying to kidnap Tails. His flexed his fingers before making them into a fist.

"So punk, I've got news for you! I'm here to teach you a lesson that I'm not only the fastest thing alive, but that I'm also the better hedgehog! That freak Shadow? He ain't got nothing on me! He's not even a real hedgehog!"

Sonic didn't what to say to this. "Look." He began. "If you're still pissed at what happened all those years ago, I'm done with the past. It's time to move on, Scourge..."

"No!" Scourge shouted back at him. "I'm not losing to you, understand? Now, I have a proposition for you. Meet me at Station Square Central in one hour. We'll talk, and we'll also have a little challenge. Come alone, unless you're that much of a scaredy cat! Haha!" The line clicked dead. Sonic slammed the phone down, and took a deep breath.

"Damn him." He said to himself. "He's so..."

"Annoying?" Espio finished what Sonic was saying.

"Yeah." He looked at the Chaotix, before looking up at the clock. "Guys, I'll be back in one hour."

"What?" Mighty said looking at the blue hedgehog strangly. "You really want to mess with Scourge? He's a nasty piece of work..."

"Besides, what's the point?" Vector added.

"If I don't shut him up, who will?" Sonic headed towards the door. "I'll be back shortly. Keep practicing." Without second thought, he closed the door and exited the building.

"Gee, what's eating him?" Charmy wondered.

Walking along the street, Sonic was surprised at how Scourge was still around after all this time. The last time he heard of him, Scourge had disappeared from Station Square after he had planned and executed a robbery at one of the jewellery stores stealing diamonds and the such worth over 100,000 Mobian dollars. After never finding anything, the police presumed he was dead after finding some blooded clothes along his trail. Being late afternoon, he noticed there was quite a lot of people about. Hearing various comments being passed along crowds, they mentioned something about Twinkle Park being blown to nothingness and that it was part of a terroists' plot to take over Station Square. Eggman was the first thing that came to Sonics mind, yet he was wrong as Eggman was not seen or heard during the entire incident and that a criminal known as the 'The Joker' was behind the whole thing.

A comic-book villian? Sonic thought. Must be some sort of a hoax...

Reaching the central station, Sonic looked ahead to see none other than the Destructix themselves. Scourge the Hedgehog, Fiona the Fox, Sleuth Dawg and Drago Wolf. Scourge was wearing his usual attire of a leather jacket with flames and ripped jeans, along with his tradematk sunglasses. Fiona was wearing a black top with matching tight jeans and silver sneakers. Sleuth wore his blue uniform-overalls and heavy combat boots. Drago had a ripped shirt with long pants and boots also. Oddly enough, Lynx, Hawk, Frog and Simian were missing.

"Scourge, I see you brought your pals with ya...Something the matter? I thought you said to come alone. Or are you the scaredy cat around here?" He spoke out loudly to piss him off. The green hedgehog gazed over in disgust to see his blue rival standing there with a smirk on his face.

"Well, it seems you made it after all punk.." Looking at him again, Scourge freaked out. "What the hell do you think you're doing wearing my gear?"

Sonic looked at himself, and shrugged his shoulders. "So, what's wrong with this?"

"I can't believe this shit! First you go and be Mr. Popular, now you steal my look!" Pointing his finger at him in anger Scourge continued; "The leather jacket and rockstar pants are MY look! No one elses! Right boys?"

Sleuth nodded. "Right boss." The tall canine cracked his knuckles. "You want I take care of him?"

"Ah ah ah, they'll be none of that. I'll personally deal with it. Don't worry, I'll make sure you can use him as a punching bag afterwards..."

"Yea, puppy. Woof!" Sonic mimicked Sleuth harshly. "That's what a bitch does, it obeys it's master."

Fiona couldn't hold in her laughter. "Ouch, Sleuth, you just got burned..." The dog growled vigorously, wanting to dive his claws into the hedgehog's quills and rip them apart.

"Hey, cool it Sleuth." Scourge calmed him down. "Ignore what the blue freak says. Speaking of freaks, where's two tails?"

The female fox stopped laughing and pulled a insulting look. "Where is Tails? Maybe the little fellow can follow me around some more and tell me how much he loves me...oh wait, I was a robot! Hahahaha!"

Sonic grew mad. "Tails isn't here. And I'll make you pay for what you did to him..."

"Really?" Fiona adopted a sexy, yet mocking tone of voice. "I'm shaking, sugar plum." The others began laughing out loudly. Sonic was not in the mood right now.

"Hey, greenie! We gonna duel or what?"

Scourge cleared his throat. "Of course we are..." Looking round he noticed the crowd gathering. "...and it seems we're gonna have an audience. It's a shame they aren't going to cheer for you this time!"

"Say what?" The blue hedgehog retorted. "I'm the main hero of this picture, I always win!"

"That's not what the newspapers say..." Drago said as he chucked a newspaper at Sonic's feet. Picking it up he read the headlines.

"Joker attacks Twinkle Park...Tails and Knuckles proclaimed as heroes...Tails and Amy are dating!?...Where is Sonic!? This can't be serious! The press just have something against me! It's all lies I tell you!"

"I beg to differ." Scourge sneered. "I saw them myself earlier. Tails has really gotten himself lucky. Now, enough talk! Let's duel!

Sonic shook his head. "How do I get myself into these things? So, how we gonna do this?"

"With guns. Drago if you'd be so kindly..." Both hedgehogs walked forward until they were both in the middle of the road, inches apart from one another. Drago produced a briefcase and opened it up.

"Choose your weapons." He spoke. Sonic grumbled as he looked at the case, which contained Colt .357 Phython Revolvers. "It's Shadow the Hedgehog all over again..." Both picked up one and stood back to back.

"I suggest you know the rules..."

"Take 10 paces and shoot?"

"Yes." Drago raised his paw. "Gentlemen, on my mark you will take 10 paces forward. After I count to 10, you turn around and shoot. Then it's the person who shoots first that decides the outcome. Ready?"

"Ready." Sonic said

"Ready." Scourge replied.

"Okay." The wolf lowered his paw. "One..." Both hedgehogs began walking forward. "Two...Three...Four...Five...Six...Seven...Eight..." Both curled their fingers around the triggers. "...Nine...Ten!"

At the exact same moment, both turned around and pulled the trigger. There was a loud shot, a smash of glass, a scream and a gasp...

"Scourge..." Fiona said shaking uncontrollably. Sleuth and Drago were shocked at the outcome. People around gasped, then remained silent at what they had all witnessed. But, who was really dead?

At the beach, Tails and Amy were having the time of their lives. The kitsune felt at heaven being with Amy. He coudln't believe he was falling for her after all. So, what if today was just a fluke and it was going to be all over at midnight? How would they make amends then? All he knew that he was enjoying it and also...

"Ouch!" Tails cried in pain as a hermit crab bit him on the backside. Picking up it, he chucked into Eggman's umbrella, hoping it would bite him. "That smarts!"

Amy giggled. "Aw, you're still having bad luck? What about your stomach, and your head?" She rubbed his tummy trying to make it better.

Tails blushed. "Oh, that's alright. I don't know why these things don't bite Knuckles..."

"That's cuz I snack on them.." The echidna said darkly.

"Eh!?" Amy and Tails freaked out at his statement.

"Seriously, they make a nice delicacy. Nothing like grilled hermit crab with sour cream sauce and diced peppers as a meal. Delicious."

"That's disgusting." Rouge remarked. "I did not know you had weird taste in food."

"That's echidna's for ya. Guardians of emeralds and diners of fine food." He boasted with pride as he stood and placed his fist across his chest. "We are the glorious protectors of this planet..." He performed a crime fighting pose. "..never backing down in the face of evil! The ancient ones have given us the strength to defend our loved ones so that the darkness will never take over hearts or minds!"

"I swear you just ripped that straight from Kingdom Hearts..." Tails muttered at how crazy Knuckles sounded.

"Kingdom-who?" He asked.

"Forget it." Rouge replied smacking her forehead. "You don't want to know. Oh yeah, Amy may I ask, when did you fall in love with Tails?"

The pink hedgehog tapped her foreringer against her cheek. "For as long as I can remember. I think Tails was just the hidden pearl in my oyster of love.."

Tails rolled his eyes. Sure, let's say that. He thought sarcastically. And you'll be saying that pigs fly and up is down!

"I mean Sonic...what was I thinking?" She frowned and her tone of voice fell. "He's selfish, full of himself, smelly, dirty, disgusting, ill-mannered, awful, creepy, not to mentioned an all-round jerk!"

Tails was actually stunned at what she said here. Okay, I'll admit that Sonic can be a little full-of-himself, but he does it to protect us. It's friendship that matters to him most of all...

"..And all the times I asked him to go out on a date with me, he just said 'oh another time'. I swear if it weren't for him..." Amy slumped and lied down. "Ah, what do I care anymore? I want you Tails!" She yanked on to one of his tails.

The fox snapped out his thoughts as he was pulled close to her, inches to her face. "You want what!?" Not sure if he had heard her.

She whispered each word slowly. "I. Want. You. In. Side. Me."

"W-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-what!? Y-y-y-y-y-you can't b-b-b-be serious? That's madness I tell you!" Tails spluttered, sweating bullets as he did.

"Keep it down." Knuckles spoke softly. "There are young 'uns nearby. Don't let them hear what you're saying."

Amy slowly stroked Tails chest. "Ooh. Very strong. I didn't know you worked out..." Touching his abs, she licked her lips devilishly. "I could eat you. Tender. Juicy. I wonder what a certain liquid tastes like..."

This was literally the last straw. Tails was just not up for this. "Rouge! Do something!" He yelled. "Get this sex-crazed bitch off me! First it was cute, then it was disturbing, and now it's just insane!" He shuffled around, but Amy grabbed him and kissed him hardly on the lips. She broke the kiss quickly before speaking.

"Now, my little kitsune-chan why don't we get started? Let's find somewhere where the just the two of us can do whatever we want..." Without hesitation, Rouge grabbed Amy and held her back.

"Honey, I think you need to chill out and control those hormones of yours! And besides, don't try love making yet! Tails is too young to be a daddy and your too stupid to start a family."

"Who're you calling stupid, stupid?" Amy said back.

"Just saying the bare facts." The bat sighed. "Geez, this is one heck of a day." Looking at the time on her cell phone, she remembered something. "Hey, tonight's the battle of the bands at Station Square Arena! It's gonna rock and I heard there's going to be a price for the winner. How about it?"

"Anything! Just save me!" Tails cowered behind Knuckles, while Amy just layed there sexually. trying to seduce Tails.

"Sounds good to me. A little rock n roll is what we all need these days..." Knuckles smiled at Rouge.

Back at Central, both hedgehogs layed on the floor, looking dead. Fiona began crying as she felt that her true love had been taking away from her. "Sleuth, call an ambulance now!" Sleuth nodded and quickly dialled the number. Running over to his body, the fox picked his head up.

"Scourge! No! Speak to me! You can't be dead! I love you!" Tears started spilling from her eyes. The crowds gathered round both bodies, to see if they were really dead. However, Sonic twitched and slowly opened his eyes. Looking around, he was confused at what had actually happened.

"People! It's a zombie!" A crowd member shouted.

"I'm alive?" Sonic asked himself. A few of the people stepped back in shock. Looking around him, Sonic noticed a small pellet like object next to him. Examining it, he furrowed his eyebrows in frustration. "Air pellets? He used air pellets!? And here I thought he was going to kill me for real!" Suddenly, a loud screech of laughter came from Scourge. He sat up and continued laughing crazily, like a hyena.

"What's the meaning of this?" Sonic demanded.

"Hahahahah, You actually thought you were dead!? Hahahaha! This is genius!" Much to Fiona's amazement, he got a slap around the face from here.

"Idiot! Don't do that again! You scared me! You bloody fool!" Slapping him again, his rival chuckled at his discomfort.

"Anyway." Scourge continued. "Real guns, air pellets. Don't they hurt like hell?" Holding onto his chest where Sonic shot him, he stood up. "I was testing you, Sonic! I must say for a punk, you actually handled it well, but this isn't over! Are you gonna be at the Battle of the Bands tonight?"

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

"Good. Meet me on stage! The Destructix vs. Team Sonic! We're gonna rock out and win! I tell you, this is one challenge you won't win! I'll see you later, punk!" Sleuth and Drago picked up Scourge, and carried him off with Fiona trailing behind. Sonic sat there dumbfounded with the others staring at him. A member of the press started asking him questions, and Sonic shooed him away. Oddly enough, Jeffrey the limo driver had been watching the whole thing, and came over to help Sonic up.

"Master Sonic, I'm sorry to see you in this state, sir. Would you like anything? Food, drink, a doctor?"

"Take me back to the Chaotix. We have a band to form." He had a bitter taste in his mouth, and the green hedgehog had really put him off right now.

"Sir, are you sure? You seem injured and the best course of action-"

"-Jeffrey." Sonic said calmly. "Just let Chaotix handle this."

Jeffrey sighed. "Of course. Right away, Sir."

Unnoticed by the blue hedgehog, a certain lilac feline began following the limo. "Damn Sonic." She muttered curling a strand of her fur. "What did you do this time?" Following closely, she went all the way to the Chaotix Building...

To Be Continued...

Yay! That's Chapter 6 done and dusted! Coming next time, as the evening draws near, Scourge and Sonic are both feeling the heat as they begin of the biggest face-offs known to man. The press line up, the stage is set, and the music is pumping! But who's going to crash the party again? Will Tails survive Amy's wrath? Next time in Chapter 7: The Final Set.

Oh, one more thing to add. After I finish this story, I'm gonna begin another Tails and Amy fic, but this one will be a lot more serious, yet I'm stuck on a title and a plot to use. If anyone has ideas, please let me know and I'll experiment/beta-test them to see how it turns out. Again, thank you for your help and support.