Chapter 6

A/N: Thank you, reviewers. You probably don't know this, but this is truly the first fan-fiction story that I began writing. I can't believe I didn't finish it before I started my other one, but that is perhaps because I planned the second one better. I finally finished the plan for this one. After this chapter, the story will get darker and more perilous. Read with care… reader.

What had Sonic been doing at the time? Desperately searching for Amy and his friends. Knuckles had searched the other areas of town, but to no avail.

Yet he had never given up searching for Tails. Yet Knuckles had already given up. "He's either dead, Sonic, or far out of reach. There's nothing we can do for him." Sonic got angry every time he said this.

They had met near the place of Amy's and Cosmo's capture. "We've looked everywhere!" Sonic stated to Knuckles, exasperated. "Where could Bronx be hiding?"

"I don't know, but he's not going to show his face here until you've been dealt with. He can't seem to win on the city." Knuckles replied.

An idea came to Sonic. It was possible… "What about the sewers, Knuckles? Did you ever check there?"

"Why would I check there? Who would go there? Only vermin live down there." He looked at Sonic. "Why?"

"You said it yourself. Vermin live down there." Knuckles still didn't get it. "Knuckles, Bronx is the vermin." He still didn't get it. "Knuckles, we're going into the sewers to go after him."

Knuckles did get this. "Finally, some action!" Sonic smiled. They found the nearest entrance to the sewers they could, and they opened the lid, slowly descending into the darkness.

(… At the same time…)

Someone else had their darkness lifted. Tails opened his eyes, but he did not need to open them. Tails knew he was rapidly approaching his destiny… he knew where he was being taken… but he did not know exactly what place this was.

It looked as if he was underground… but it smelled extremely disgusting down there. Perhaps it was a sewer? Tails noticed one of his captors trying to see if he had awaken yet. Tails quickly shut his eyes tight, as for he had a feeling nothing good would come if he was caught with them open.

"Is he awake yet? I'm tired of dragging him to the boss's chamber." One of his captors complained. "Can't you carry him?"

"Oh, shut it, will you? We're already a bit behind schedule. Let's just drag him over there and we're done with him." The other captor told him.

"Why did Bronx have us keep an eye out for him?" The captor asked curiously, and Tails perked up a bit, wanting to listen in. "I mean, it was pretty easy to capture him, with him going to his house and all, but why did he want us to capture him?"

"It all beats me, Daniel. But I wouldn't ask Bronx. He's gotten pretty angry over that hedgehog lately."

Tails was being taken to Bronx, the bear who had made him crash. Hopefully, Bronx hadn't hurt any of his friends during his absence.

His nightmare was slowly coming true… he knew it. But he could you fight fate? Tails felt hopeless. He then wondered what happened to the others while he was away. Had they retreated? Were they fighting above? Were they dead, injured, or captured? Tails knew nothing, and he hated it.

Tails heard a door open, and he couldn't help but open his eyes. The bear was smiling oddly when they entered with him. Tails didn't bother to close his eyes again, it would be difficult to feign unconsciousness in the brightly lit room. "So, this is Bronx's lair." Tails thought to himself. "Fitting."

The guards threw him on the ground, and then Bronx signaled them to leave. Then he turned all his attention to Tails. "Welcome, but don't get too comfortable for long. I have a prophecy to fulfill!"

Tails was bewildered. Had Bronx gone mad? "What are you talking about?" Tails asked. Surely Bronx must have misunderstood something.

"You don't know, do you?" Bronx asked him, before laughing madly. "It is written all over you. You and your flower are Star-Crossed! I dreamed it! I was told this would happen! My own oracle told me this! But this means nothing to you, does it? It doesn't matter. You will be dead soon

Tails understood, and he felt grim on the inside. Bronx's oracle had the same vision he had. He was really going to die, while Cosmo helplessly watched. "Take him to the cages! I will deal with him shortly!"

Tails was being dragged to his death, and he knew it…

(Elsewhere in the sewers…)

"Sonic, where do we go? We're completely lost, how do we know where to go?" Knuckles asked him.

Sonic went by his instinct. "This way!" He cried, before charging into the darkness…

"Hold on guys, we're coming for you!" Sonic shouted, before he quickly grew quiet. There were guards nearby. Bronx's lair was near…

"This complicates things…" Sonic said to Knuckles.

"On the contrary…" Knuckles replied, fists up. "This simplifies things…" Without hesitation, Knuckles ran out, and charged right into battle.

A/N: Finally! Now you understand why I said "Star-Crossed." Can Tails really avoid his doomed fate? Wait and see….