Teardrops and Bloodstains - Chapter 4

Ok, I don't own anything on this Fanfic! Apart from Twin, Super and Dark! My little baby Chaos! AHHHHHHH! Oh, and the mini frying pan (not)!

Writers block cured!

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"Tails? Shadow?"

"I'm ok… but she…"

"What? What DID she do?"

"I don't know, she, absorbed half of the pain or something…"

"Tails?"

I open one bleary eye.

"Are you…ok?"

He's speaking slowly, which is good because I won't be able to understand otherwise.

"…no"

I'm lying, on the floor, I'm wet, cold and in pain. Do I sound OK? I can hear them, they're talking. Shadow's fine… but, why aren't I? Sonic bends down.

"Can you walk?"

"No"

"Stand?"

"No"

My fur is tinged crimson… I don't remember getting cut, or bleeding at all.

"I'm gonna have to carry you then."

He scoops me up in his arms. He seems almost, sedate? He's trying to act again. Putting a brave face on for me.

"Try to hold on."

I nod, as disagreeing with him like this would be stupid.

"Shadow, go ahead and alert Knuckles, I won't be as fast because I don't wanna hurt her any more. Are you ok?"

"Fine"

And with that, a small gust of wind signifies the departure of the black hedgehog.

"Close your eyes, try to sleep."

"Where's…Egg……"

"He's back there, knocked out. I told you to be careful"

He smiles down at me.

"You don't…… trust……Shadow do you?"

"I think I do now…"

His face went all serious.

"This wasn't his….fault."

The pain is creeping down my spine; soon I'm sure I'll be paralyzed.

"I know, please… sleep"

I can feel the wind picking up, he's running. I close my eyes and let myself drift.

I wake up to a sudden burst of pain in my side. Sonic's still running?

The sky's now littered with dark clouds, bulging with rain. I look down at his gloves, they're stained red with blood. Mine?

"Sonic?"

"Hmmm?"

"What's happening to me?"

"I…I don't… know… does it still hurt?"

I nod, all speech leaving me.

"We're nearly there…"

Am I… going to die? I can't feel anymore. My lungs have forgotten how to breathe. Everything's failing me. Due to my lack of being able to speak, I claw Sonic's chest instead.

"Hey! Tails… you're… not breathing?"

My eyes are scrunched up, if I could cry I would… What's happening? The rush of wind stopped.

"Knuckles! SHADOW! SHE'S NOT BREATHING!"

That's all I hear.

"That's the third time this had happened, me being hurt. All within one conscious week. And they all had something to do with Shadow… A bad omen? How I was surviving, I don't know. Is it just a coincidence that Shadow was always there? Help me! Somebody! ANYBODY! I…I don't understand…was I…in love?"

"TWIN STOP!"

"CHAO!"

"STOP!"

"CHAO!"

"CHEESE! SUPER! DARK! GET IT OFF!"

"Chao"

"Chao"

"Chao"

"I was just checking on Tails!"

I try to open my eyes. What? All I can see is colours? Red, and small specks of yellow, orange, black and a pale blue. Knuckles and the chaos?

"Shadow? Get Twin away from Tails?"

"Twin… come on, she's ok."

"Chao Chao!"

"Thanks"

I blink, Twin listens to Shadow? She barely listens to me.

"How is she?"

"She's been better, but she should be coming round soon."

"Really?"

"Yep! I suppose Twin is a bit like Sonic…"

"What? Over-protective of Tails?"

"Yeah, and she has a stubborn mind… meaning she would never give up, even…"

"…If she knew it was impossible?"

"Yeah!"

An uncomfortable silence, broken only by the squeaks of the chao.

"You changed Shadow… how come?"

"I don't know, is it really that noticeable?"

"Shad…Shadow?"

"Tails?"

"Told you she'd be back soon!"

I am on the sofa, with Shadow kneeling by my side holding Twin.

"I'm, err…… Gonna go tell Sonic!"

And with that, Knuckles left, leaving me and Shadow almost alone, if you count the chaos.

"Are you ok? No, don't try to sit up, you'll hurt yourself."

"What did I do?"

"We're not sure."

"I didn't hurt you? Did I?"

"No… quite the opposite. Thank you."

He bows his head. Is he gonna cry? Shadow? The Ultimate Life Form… crying?

"You saved my life on three occasions now. I owe you big time!"

"No you don't."

"But I do… I…"

He's choking on his words. He's confused… at what? I look into his dark eyes… am I in love? Is he? No… I'm just… not… he couldn't be… not with me. He should like Rouge… I'm not his type.

"I suppose I was scared. I'd never felt like this before, it was a totally alien feeling. When I was younger, even now, I'm always around Sonic and Knuckles. As a young girl, hanging around with older boys, I didn't really fit in, so I became a tomboy but, now that I'm older, I've found ways to fit in. That was my problem; I didn't know what to do, I was in love..."

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Wow! On word, I've typed out 16 pages!

Chapter 1 - 4

Chapter 2 – 4

Chapter 3 – 5

Chapter 4 – 3

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-Edited- Typos… AGAIN!