Teardrops and Bloodstains - Chapter 3

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Sonic: This is just stupid!

Blood Wren: Say It!

Sonic: And what if I refuse?

Blood Wren: 'Takes out knife' SAY IT!

Sonic: Blood Wren does not own Sonic and Co. 'Gulp'

Blood Wren: Again! Faster! 'Waves Knife'

Sonic: BloodWrendoesnotownSonicandCo.! Ohmygodputtheknifeaway!

Blood Wren: Ok!

Heh heh... some fun!

Tenses - I'm CRAP! Past, present Future, What are they for?

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I feel the hard ground on my knees, I'm swaying. Distorted voices in my head.

"Tails? TAILS!"

'Thud'

An eye opens, then the other, all I can see is... black? Red? Black and Red? I close them again. What's black and red? Wait!

"Tails? Tails? Sonic, she just opened her eyes!"

Shadow...

"Tails? Are you still awake?

Sonic...

I open both of my eyes. Pain. I wince. What is it? I open my eyes again. Pain.

"Mmmmmmmm" Is all I can say. The pain came from my stomach... what was it?

"Chao! Chao!"

"Tw... Twin?"

"CHAO!"

"Whoa! Ahhh! Ouch! Get off!"

"CHAO!"

As my eyes focus, I see Twin chasing Shadow around the room, with... with her mini frying pan?

"Twin... stop..."

"Chaaooooo"

"Please..."

The small Chao floats off, looking disappointed.

"Why did... she attack...you?

"She's been guarding you since you fell, and hitting me and Sonic if we got to near."

"That sounds very Twinish... Where's So...aahhh!..."

"Tails?"

The pain, why? I can feel myself slipping out of consciousness.

"Tails don't go..."

He is leaning right over me now, trying to stop me from... sleeping?

"Stay awake!"

"...No..."

"Yes! You sleep, you die Tails! Stay AWAKE!"

Dying? Am I... that bad? I'm... I'm... Dying?

"Chao! CCCHHHAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOO!

" Twin... Help me! Or... she won't make it! Twin! Where are you going?"

"Chao..."

"What... my... my Chaos Emerald?"

"CHAO!"

"Tails... stay still… please..."

I can feel the smooth surface of the Emerald touch my fur.

"You had me worried little buddy"

Sonic...

All in one, my eyes snap wide open, my body jolts, and my fur stands on end. I knock Shadow over in alarm.

"What the?"

"Tails? Are you ok?" Said the dark hedgehog.

"I'm fine... no really I'm FINE!"

"Do you know what just happened?"

"I think I do... I was... you used the Emerald and..."

"Yeah... I really wasn't expecting it to work..."

"It took me just a few hours to recover fully. Shadow left with the message 'I still want you to meet me'. I'd almost hoped that he had forgotten but, apparently not, but, I didn't dread it as much because he seemed… different."

Sonic stayed over last night, and the night before. Super has been helping Cheese and Twin to do… err… whatever Chaos do, and Cream has gone out with Amy.

"So, you still gonna go and see Shadow today?"

"Yeah... he's done loads for me recently. I think I should..."

"I still mean what I said though... about not quite trusting him."

"I know. Listen, I'm gonna be late If I don't hurry, so I'll see you later ok?"

All I receive back is a low and toasty grunt.

"Cya then!"

"BE CAREFUL!"

I grab my jacket from the hook, and jump into the cockpit of the Tornado, and start the engine. I need to park it away from Hill Top... there's some sort of Anti-Aircraft Strike going on... nothing to do with me. So I land behind a large hill. Apparently, there was a storm last night here. Well that was proved by me. I climb out of the plane and onto the grass, walk about 20 yards, and fall right into a puddle. Not a normal-sized puddle, more like a small lake. I have to swim to the other side. As I swim, I notice footprints in the wet grass; no-one could not recognize them – Shadow's. I pull myself out from the lake and follow them towards the edge of the forest, where he's standing alone. He turns around to face me.

"I still don't trust this kind of place."

Come to think of it, neither do I.

"Me neither."

"Do you think we could move?"

"Yeah, where?

"Just... away... please."

He looks scared, but worse. I start to walk, and he follows.

"Are you ok?"

"Well, I will be."

"Oh... ok."

We walked from a few minutes, the stopped outside of the forest completely. So we sat down and talked, about everything but, he was dodging the subject I now knew I was there for, because he was dodging it.

"You know... no wait... Tails... I... hang on..."

"I don't know how it happened, but it did. We... we kissed. Neither of us started it, and we didn't expect it... it just kinda... HAPPENED. After that, he kinda eased up, he wasn't as nervous. He could talk normally. It was strange, I never expected Shadow to be anymore that a friend, if that, when I first met him. He was cold, and dark. Back then, I was young, bubbly, I had none of the worries I have today, we just didn't fit together. But now, he's found friends and has really changed. And me, I've grown… darker? I know I've changed, but… why? I suppose with time everyone changes."

We had been talking for hours, and I'm getting cold, and my jacket isn't helping much. I look up at the sun, to check the time. It was about 6 in the evening.

"Hmmm?"

Shadow had seen me looking at the sun.

"Do you want to start heading back now?"

"Well, if you don't mind. Sonic should be getting worried by now."

"I still think he's too over-protective of you…"

"I know but… would I still be here if he wasn't?"

"…"

"So, shall we head back? I can drop you off in the Tornado."

He nods. He looks cute in the dim light... What did I just think? I flatten my ears against my head. I'm going red? He won't notice in the light…

"You ok about going back into the forest?" he asks.

"Are you?"

He looks at me.

"I'll be ok… Trust me!"

"I wouldn't trust him if I where you Tails…"

We spin around.

"Eggman!"

"Well done Shadow, you've done well."

"What!"

I look at him, but he looks as shocked as I feel.

"There's a microchip, in your head, and it's can control your sub-conscious."

"But, it isn't, I didn't, WHAT?"

"Not yet… hahahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

He's on a roll, eyes closed and streaming.

"Tails, get out of here. Now! While you've got the time."

I look into his deep red eyes.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"GO!"

And again, without warning, He collapses. I look in shock at Eggman, laughing.

"What have you done!"

"HAHaha… haha.. ha. Oh, just gave his brain a little shock. He ok, still conscious in fact. He's just fighting the pain… HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"You're crazy!"

I drop down beside him.

"Shadow… please be ok…"

"Tails?"

I look down into my jacket pocket. A small screen with Sonic's face on it, my mini-computer.

"Tails? Can you hear me?"

"Sonic! Please get here quickly! Eggman!"

And before I could finish the last word, he had gone.

"Shadow?"

His eyes are closed tightly and he's in a ball.

"Stop it! STOP IT!"

"Now why would I do that? HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

A rush of wind and a blue blur tells me that Sonic has arrived.

"Tails, You ok?"

"I'm fine, Eggman's got a remote… Shadow's… he's…"

Sonic nodded, apparently understanding what I was saying. He glanced at Eggman, finding the location of the remote, and just like that, he rushes up to Eggman, hitting him hard on the head.

"AAhhhhh! Gerrof me you blue… AHHHHHHH! No… give that back!"

He throws it to me.

"TAILS! WORK IT OUT!"

I fumble with the buttons. Which one? If I press the wrong one I could… kill him? And if I broke it, would it stop? Or make it permanent? I look around the controller, an off switch? I press it.

"Ngggg…"

"Shadow?"

"I'm… I'm ok."

"AHHHH! No! Err… I feel sick… dizzy…"

Eggman and Sonic where still fighting…

"Shadow? Are you ok?" Sonic half-shouts at him.

"Yeah"

"Get yourself and Tails outta here!"

"But… Sonic?"

I can't leave Sonic here on his own!

"Do it! I'll be fine!"

"Can you get up?"

Instead of a verbal answer, Shadow grabs my hand and breaks into a run, pulling me behind.

"Where did you park the Tornado?"

"Over the hill!"

As he's running, our gloves start to slip.

"Hold on!"

"I'm trying!"

I try to, but both gloves just come off, and all I see is Shadow rushing away.

"HAHAHAHAHA! DID YOU THINK I ONLY HAD ONE!"

Shadow turns around to get me, when he cries out in pain, and falls on the ground.

"No!"

Shadow is on the floor, curled up again, his ungloved hand in a fist.

"Shadow?"

I reach my his ungloved hand out to his one, only to recoil it in pain. What? I reach out again, same thing. But, every time I do this, he relaxes slightly. Was I… sharing his pain? I reach out again, this time, I'm not gonna let go. The pain runs through me like a hot knife through butter.

"Tails…. Stop it…"

"…"

"…please?"

I'm not gonna let go.

"Let…go!"

Not long after, the pain left just as it had come. Me and Shadow, both on the floor, panting.

"Tails... what did you… do?"

"I don't know."

"Oh god! Are you two ok?"

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-Edited- Again… some minor spelling and grammar errors… and I made some more of it make sense! Peace out dudes!