*sigh* I know what I said last time, but A LOT of problems came up lately (I honestly don't want to list them all) so I never had time to get back to this, but I'm back :D For real this time.
Chapter 3: Where Am I?
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The landscape was luxurious, the trees all around were a lush shade of green, the flowers were blooming, and the air was as cool as a summer's day; a beautiful atmosphere.
"Uhh…"
But putting off the relaxing atmosphere was the body of Tails; lay in the midst of the grass. He opened his eyes one by one and saw the trees all around him.
"Huh?"
He sat up scanning his environment.
"Where am I?"
He got to his feet, and proceeded to walk in a senseless direction; not knowing what awaited him, and he started to think on the matter.
"How did I even get here?" He remembered back to when he touched the flower; he felt a sensation that was familiar to him, as he had used it before.
"Chaos energy… The chaos control must have infused the seeds from Cosmo with Chaos energy, and they spread out as the cluster exploded… Could one of them be here?" As far as he knew, those flowers were special, obviously special enough to transport him here… Wherever here was.
He hadn't even noticed that he had been walking for a full 15 minutes, he was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice the object in front of him, which he tripped over.
"Gah!" He landed with a face full of dirt.
He grumbled, "I really need to start paying atten-" He wasn't able to finish his sentence as he widened his eyes and his jaw agape.
"No…" He said breathlessly.
There on the ground… Was the broken body of a Metarex.
He gulped. "That doesn't mean that they're all still here, get a grip Tails!"
He shook his head of his thoughts. It was only a body, and besides, the Metarex were all wiped out when Dark Oak and his friends were destroyed along with…" He shook his head again.
"I know she's alive, I still hate thinking back to that though…" His thoughts where then again interrupted by a strange noise.
His ears perked up. "That sounded… Robotic?" His heart rate sped up. He looked to his left side.
"Please no…"
He crept up to a clearing through the trees, but the sight only confirmed his thoughts. He widened his eyes in fear.
There was Metarex all around, some in patrols, some standing alone, but they all had something in common; they were all searching for something.
A chrome plated Metarex, seemingly the leader of the little army, spoke up for an announcement.
"Find the chaos emerald! Dark oak demands it to find the emerald, now that those pesky creatures are out of the way!"
Tails' heart sank into his chest, his heart rate accelerated, his breath becoming shallow.
"No, no, no, no, no… How is he possibly still here!?" He demanded, but then quieted down and hid as one of them looked his way.
Once the Metarex had looked away, he crept out into the clearing and hid behind what appeared to be a sign.
"… Wait, a sign? This is a civilized planet?" He backed away slowly just to get a clear view of it.
"Planet Greengate… Cosmo's home…"
He remembered what it had used to look like as he had scanned over what the hologram of Earthia had to say. Now, every building was run down and falling apart, it was a surprise that a few of them were still being held up. Tails sighed.
"The Metarex really ruined everything…" He then suddenly remembered, "There's a chaos emerald here… So I guess it's another race for the emeralds."
He shuddered though, "Except I'm all alone this time, with no help…" He, once again, hadn't noticed what was going on around him, until he heard footsteps approaching his current hiding spot.
He silently, yet quickly hurried away to a new area, and sighed in relief that he wasn't caught. "I have no idea where that emerald may be though… Wait…" He remembered the council area that Earthia had mentioned, "It's worth a chance."
He peered around the corner and scanned the area; they must have had the same idea as him, as they were all headed towards the same area.
He noticed a lone Metarex soldier, and contemplated his thoughts. "I haven't really fought physically in quite a long time…" He gave a nervous breath, "It's the only way past it…"
He silently crept up to it; it was one of the first few models of Metarex, quite weak, bronze plated.
"There's definitely no way that it's stronger than the snake-like Metarex… They're quite tough." He said, remembering back to when he protected Cosmo against them.
He hovered above the ground, curled up into a ball with his tails in front of his upper chest and face, and performed the unique homing attack just like Sonic had taught him all those years ago.
He had collided with the back of the Metarex, knocking it off its feet. Said Metarex picked itself up off the ground and threw a slash of it's claw, which Tails had ducked under, wrapped his tails around each other, and slashed at it's hand, severing it from the arm. Before the Metarex even had a chance to call for assistance, Tails threw a punch right to its eye, smashing it, which he then proceeded to grab onto the core, and ripped it straight out.
The Metarex fell to the floor, leaving a heavily breathing Tails astonished.
"I… I did it?" He regained his breath and gave a quick smile. "Looks like I haven't lost it." His victory was short lived, as he had noticed the Metarex patrol were quite far from him.
"I can't let them have it!" He said with a determined face, and then sped off after them.
I don't like the idea that Tails never fights anymore, he's more than capable of taking care of himself, which is why I include Tails fighting, expect more of it :D And I feel a little rusty personally :/ Does this seem rusty to anyone? Well, see you all next time on Cosmic Rush!