Chapter 8
Each and every turn Tails knew could be their last. He took one turn, and saw a battle going on between Bronx's forces and the city's officials. Another held no life, dead bodies of enemies and allies lying on the floor, blood still pouring fresh from their bodies.
Death was all over this dark place.
He took another turn, and stopped cold. He had moved a bit too noisily and quickly, a guard was already pointing a laser at him.
Tails blinked, intending it to be his last, as he firmly took hold of Cosmo's hand.
Yet it was not. Just before the guard could pull the trigger, a blue blur rushed past him, and the weapon fell out of his hand. Another second later, and the guard was unconscious.
"That was close!" Sonic said. Amy was right behind him, making sure the guard was unresponsive.
"Sonic, Amy!" Cosmo, said relieved.
They smiled. Tails was relieved to see his friends as well. But as his glanced at the ceiling, he knew they weren't out of danger yet. "Guys, we need to get out of here, fast!" Tails said. There are guards everywhere, Knuckles and Rouge are already dead, we could easily be next…"
They heard shots from behind him, and not looking back, the four ran forward. In truth, they could not fight such a large number. Tails saw a shot miss Cosmo by an inch, another miss himself by much less. Tails thought he could feel the heat emit from the shot.
They then came upon two turns. "Which way should we go?" Amy said.
"Right, of course!" Sonic said, and they raced that direction.
A moment later, they saw that it was the wrong direction.
An entire squadron of forces had blasters armed in hand. Sonic stepped up in front of them. "Tails, protect Amy." He whispered to him. Then he charged at the soldiers.
Caught off guard, they began firing everywhere. An explosion went off, and Tails saw pipes and water and blood everywhere…
"Come on, this way!" Tails said, ushering them to the left turn they had omitted. He grabbed Cosmo's hand and dragged Amy behind him.
"But what about Sonic?" She asked.
The smoke of the explosion cleared. Tails looked, and saw Sonic limping toward them. When he finally caught up to them, he smiled, before collapsing to the ground. Amy screamed, and Sonic looked up at his best friend, mouthing his final words.
"Do not forget my final wish, Tails…" He said, before his eyes never opened up again.
Tails could not help himself. The three broke down in tears. But the sounds of more guards told them to keep moving…
Tails knew however, that leaving would make no difference. Something had to be done…
Then the idea came. They were close to the exit, but perhaps Tails would never leave. The grim thought would not leave his mind.
"Guys, keep going, I've got to go back." He told them.
"But why?" Cosmo asked. "Tails, there's nothing back there for us!"
"Some one's got to finish this." Tails said. Some one would have to take over for Sonic.
Without another word, he turned back. "Tails, wait!" Cosmo cried.
"Just keep going, Cosmo and Amy." Tails said to them. "And if I don't return…"
But he did not finish. He ran back into the darkness he had despised, to finish once and for all Bronx's forces.
A/N: There's 1 more chapter after this, and then an epilogue. A few more interesting things in the next chapter, so keep reading!
