Teardrops and Bloodstains

by Blood Wren

Tails is female in this. My attempt at a seriousish fanfic, with romance, 'action' and the like. It starts of lighthearted as I starting writing it when I was 14. Mostly from Tails' POV.

9. Chaos Escape

Teardrops and Bloodstains – Chapter 9

Hey, is anything wrong with chapter 6? It's the least-visited one of the lot… hmm…

(There is a bit if swearing in this one…)

Amy: Yo! What's up!

Sonic: Get on with it Amy!

Amy: Don't you take that tone with me mister!

Sonic: I'll do it… Blood Wren owns none of the characters within this piece of fiction, apart from the chaos called: Dark, Super and Twin.

Amy: 'Pouts' Ohhhhh…. I wanted to do it!

Blood Wren: Do it next time…

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"Hello? Tails, don't go to sleep on me now, I've already got 2 dead weights here, I don't need another."

"Sorry Knuckles… I'm just a bit dizzy."

"Do you want me to bandage that leg up? You've cut it pretty badly."

"Would you?"

"Of course!"

Everyone is filing out of the hole that Sonic made in the wall. Alarm bells are going off and soon Guard Robos will come to find us. Knuckles tied a knot in the bandage.

"Hey, Mighty, or Espio, one of you. Could you carry Sonic? Yeah, I'll carry Shadow. Tails, you're sure you're ok to walk?"

"Yeah, my ankle doesn't seem to hurt much anymore."

We start to walk quickly across the grass, towards the setting sun, because it's the only way we can go. Guard Robos start coming at us from all directions, blocking off all of out exit points.

"Shit! Where totally surrounded"

"Yes, thank you Mighty, where would we be without your running commentary?"

"Great, I can't fight while holding Shadow… grr…"

"Why don't you and Espio run for it, Sonic and Shadow need to get out of here, and if you can get them somewhere safe, come back to help."

"Yeah, but first we need to get out."

"Well we know how to get out, don't we? SMASH THEIR HEADS OFF!"

Amy has grabbed her hammer and started to smash the robots to pieces.

"Hey Amy, leave some for me!"

Mighty has also hurled himself into a large group, and all I can see is wires flying out of the huddle of guards now attacking him, which, one by one, fall down like dominoes.

"Thanks Mighty! COME ON ESPIO! Take care Tails..."

"You too."

"I've always had a strong friendship with Knuckles... probably because we were always left in Sonic's dust when he ran away, usually from Amy."

I'm suddenly disrupted from my thoughts by a small scream.

"AAAAHH! LET GO! TAILS HELP ME!"

It's Cream... I run as fast as my bandaged leg will carry me, and swiftly leap-frog it, bashing it's head in as I do. I land rather painful on my leg, but all that really matters at the moment is getting Cream away before the robot explodes. I grab her as I run past, and she holds onto my blood-tinged fur. The blast throws us forward a few feet.

"Phew!"

"Thankyou Tails! I thought I was done for!"

"Not while I'm still here, you're not! Go on, and don't get caught again!"

"Will do!"

Great, just when you need Sonic, you've just blasted him through a concrete wall. One spin-dash would have cleared most of them.

"Punch-diddley-unch! Wowee this is fun!"

"Shut it Charmy, or I'll be punching YOUR head in" Vector said almost longingly over the wreckage of his latest victim. Big was doing well, seeing as he has the height advantage that nobody else has. The chaos are working as a group, pulling wires out and bashing two together.

"We battled for hours, Guard Robo after Guard Robo came out of the station, and Knuckles and Espio came back, with Sonic and Shadow safely in a hospital."

"Tails, this is hopeless, is there no gap at all?"

"None, and trust me, I've had time to look. I'm gonna have to fly us all out, somewhere safe. But I'm so tired now; I doubt I could make one trip, even on my own"

"Well, it's a good idea... you might have to."

The time sluggishly moves on, and now it's very dark, but there are floodlights set, almost in an arena.

"I'm gonna do it Knux, Rouge said she'll help me, we're gonna guide Cream and Charmy and carry Espio and Vector to look after her, then we'll try to lift big... It'll be hard"

"Good luck, I'll probably still be right here when you come back."

So me and Rouge picked Cream and Espio up, and took off.

"'Pant' I haven't carried anyone for ages!"

"I've never really done much carrying, and I don't think I'll do it again! Espio, stop wriggling!"

"Cream, how are you doing?"

"My ears ache, but I'm ok..."

"I hope Mighty, Knuckles, Big and Amy are ok back there... we'll have to do 3 more trips, one with Big, another for Amy and one of the boys, Knuckles would probably be able to stay the longest... I hope."

"Or one of us could stay while the other flies Amy off, and then take the boys off together..."

"Yeah... nearly there... god Vector, you're heavy!"

"Well, s-o-r-r-y!"

We got to a safe distance, rested about 2 minutes, then took off again to get Big.

"He's gonna be heavy... did you see him break the chair in the cell..."

"We where amazed that we could lift him off the ground. We have to drop him off quite a way away, but Espio and Charmy come down to show him to where they are hiding."

"Who's gonna take Amy?"

"I will, you look knackered, and you're tails have taken enough strain for a bit. Anyway, I can always threaten to drop her, just for kicks!"

"Ha ha! Go on then, I'll help Mighty and Knuckles."

As we land, we're wondering whether we'd come to the right place. It's changed from a large patch of grass into a metal scrap-heap.

"Come on Amy, we'd better go!"

"I'm not going with you! Why can't I go with Tails?"

"Because her tails are more tired than my wings! Now COME ON OR I'LL LEAVE YOU HERE!"

"Eep!...Ok"

As they left, another wave of robots rushes forward.

"Oh look, more!"

Knuckles lead into the group, the Mighty, then me. Rouge was right, my tails do ache, but from flying, so I can attack with them.

"How where Sonic and Shadow when you dropped them off?"

"Well, Shadow is worse than Sonic, that's thanks to you, or Sonic would probably be dead. They were both conscious when we got there, but Shadow drifted off just before we left..."

"Poor bloke" Mighty adds, after smashing yet another head.

"This reminds me of our old badnik-smashing days when we were younger, doesn't it?"

"Yeah, it does... heh, we'd be working our heads off and Sonic would kill them all in one spin-dash... heh"

"Bloody hell!"

Might has been picked up by one of the bigger robots, and is now in the air, still going up.

"Let me go you pile of crap!"

So it does, sending him hurtling back down the earth.

"Curl up you stupid armadillo!"

He becomes a large, red spinning ball, and he crashes into a robot, and bouncing off in all directions, causing us to duck occasionally.

"Hey, is that Rouge?"

As I said, it was Rouge, flying towards us.

"Come on Mighty, we're outta here!"

Rouge flew at the red ball, picking it up.

"AHHH!"

"Calm down you idiot! It's me."

I take off, and Knuckles jumps, grabs onto my hands, and uncurls, just like old times.

"Wow! I didn't know I could still do that!"

He flashes me a grin. I swear I see a glimpse of the young, gullible Knuckles, but it's probably just the lack of light.

"Jeez Mighty! You're heavier than Espio!"

"No I'm not, he's a bloody elephant!"

"Tails?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you sure you're ok? You're still bleeding; I'm surprised you haven't collapsed."

"I'll be ok for a bit longer."

Inside, I can feel myself on the verge of sleep, but I will be ok, till we get to the hospital... everyone is hurt, even Cream, whose arm we think might be broken. Knuckles has a deep gash to the top of his head, and blood is going down his back.

"Hey, that cut on your head looks nasty, are YOU ok?"

"As you said, I'll be ok for a bit longer."

We reach where everyone else is, have a break, and then set off for the hospital, with Knuckles and Espio leading. As with most of us, my blood is mixing with my sweat, and drips down my face. By the time we reach the glowing lights of the hospital, we're all cold, tired and in pain.

"Heh, I don't know how we're gonna do this, there are an awful lot of us…"

Cream is crying next to me.

"My head hurts! And I can't feel my arm!"

"I know Cream, I know"

Most of us feel like collapsing in the doorway, but we don't…

"Yeah, it's really quite tonight, only 2 hedgehogs came in, well, they where brought in. The black one was worse off, and the blue one, was, well, almost no psychical injuries but, he was obviously in pain."

"Oh, someone's at reception, let's go look!"

What a bunch we where, traipsing blood, mud and god knows what else through the normally sterile hospital.

"Uhh… hello. Why are there so many of you?

"Because 'so many of us' are hurt."

"Hey, you're the guys that brought the hedgehogs in"

"What happened?"

"Shut it Ed, can't you see that these are the freedom fighters? And that blue hedgehog was Sonic! You're so dense! Do you know whose base is about 2 miles away?"

"Uhh…"

"Eggman's!"

"Oh…"

"Sorry about that, if we could have the worst-off ones first, then we can check the rest of you."

He picked out Cream, me, Knuckles, Mighty and Cheese, who would have gone with Cream regardless.

"Wow, I didn't think we'd make it! That plan of yours was great Tails!"

"Well, I definitely couldn't have done it on my own! Especially Big!"

"Ha ha!

"Basically, Cream's arm was broken, Knuckles would have a large scar on his head, Mighty's missing shell will grow back, all of the chaos had minor cuts and bruises, Big's tail fur would grow back, Rouge was tired, but fine, Espio would be ok, again tired, Amy's wrist was sprained, but not badly, Vectors teeth would grow back, Charmy's lost his voice (The rest of the Chaotix crew rejoiced), and I was gonna get loads of scars, but other than that, we were fine!"

Espio and Mighty are in the corner, comparing battle scars, Charmy is sat quietly and Knuckles is talking to the doctors.

"Ok, thanks. Oh, hi Tails, you're looking better! I was just talking to the Doctor, Sonic and Shadow are awake, so you can see them if you want."

"Thanks Knuckles."

I walked down the corridors, and into the ward that they where in. Amy was already there, talking to Sonic.

"Amy! Get off! I'm ok, honest!"

There was a curtain between the two, probably because they kept fighting.

"Shadow?"

I walk up to Shadow's bed; he's lying there, looking at the ceiling.

"Tails? You're ok?"

"Yeah, we're just a little shaken, that's all."

"You look more than 'just a little shaken'."

He's right, I've got bandages everywhere, but the biggest is around my waist. I look like an ancient mummy… I'm surprised he recognized me.

"I'm fine."

"Sit down. So, how did you get out?"

"The hard way of course, me and Rouge had to carry everyone over to a safe place… even Big"

"Ahhh… no wonder you're looking so tired."

"Thanks!"

"No, I didn't mean it like that!"

"I know!"

"Oh…"

"Listen, what did you do back there, that made you collapse like that?"

"Well, I kinda told you what to do, rather, I told, your head what to do."

"Err, thanks?"

'ALERT, ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! REPEAT: INTRUDER ALERT!'

"Oh crap! I bet Eggman and his robots followed us!"

"Err… hi! All of you that can walk please do, there is not an intruder, there is a fire, it's scrambled the system, as I said, if you can walk, do so now and take anyone who can't walk with you, cheers!"

"Can you walk?"

"Yeah"

"Good cos I ain't carrying you!"

"Oh thanks!"

"No problem!"

We almost run through the door, towards the fire exit.

"Holy SHIT!"

"Hi again Mighty! Shame you didn't lose your voice!"

"Ah, Shadow, you're ok?"

"Yeah… thanks for bringing me here…"

"Don't mention it!"

Now that we're outside, we can see the fire. It's near the top, but it is spreading fast. Shadow's standing behind me, holding my arms just above my elbows, one of the only places without a bandage.

"Err… looks like you lot need to go to somewhere to stay, the hedgehogs are ok, but the ambulances are what started the fire so… no luck there… you're gonna have to walk or catch a bus…"

"What will it be, bus of walk?"

We take the bus, and the hospital pays. We're crowded in, it's a small bus.

"Ok, it'll be a long journey guys, the nearest place to stay is miles away!"

"So we can have some sleep… good!"

I yawn, no matter how hard I try not to. My ears flick back, and my tails whip the chair behind me.

"Are you gonna sleep?"

"Yeah, I think so, you?

"Nah, I slept too much at the hospital."

I can already feel myself drifting off… sleepy.

"Tails? Tails wake up, we're there."

Well, talk about a dreamless sleep, maybe I'm too tired, oh well.

"Ok, ok, I'm awake already!"

We all get off, thank the driver and go inside the hotel.

"Yo, Marie! We's-a-got a-visitors! Hello, we a-heard about the hospital, you can stay here for-a-free!"

"Umm… thanks!"

"Hello, sorry about Pedro, did you understand him?"

"Just."

"I'll show you to your rooms."

All of us girls have one room between two, and the boys are separated into threes, apart from Vector and Big. Me and Cream have our Chaos, and Sonic and Shadow have theirs.

"So, we gonna sleep now?"

"Yeah, see you in the morning!"

We wake up at almost exactly the same time. Cream stays in bed while I wash, then she does.

"Oh… I wanna go home and change, the dress has got icky!"

"Yeah, we all wanna go home… but first we better work out where we are now!"

'Knock Knock'

"Hello? Tails, Cream? Me, Sonic and Knuckles are gonna go find some food now, wanna come?"

"What do you think Tails wanna eat!"

"Yeah, ok. Ok Shadow, out in a sec!"

"Come on Cheese!"

"Twin, are you gonna come? Dark's gonna be there!"

"CHAO!"

"Heh… she's got a huge crush on him!"

"A bit like their owners!"

"Heh, heh… yeah!"

We walk outside, Knuckles and Sonic are having a staring contest, and Shadow's leaning up against the wall with his eyes closed.

"I'm gonna win red, face it!"

"Oh yeah? So why are your eyes watering?"

"They're not!"

"Ha ha! You blinked Sonic!"

"No I didn't Cream! Oh well, are we ready? I could kill for a chilli dog!"

"NO CHILLI DOGS!"

So we set off to find food, no chilli dogs… Cream, Sonic and Knuckles are talking ahead of us. Twin is following Dark and me and Shadow are holding hands.

"God, those two remind me of Sonic and Amy!"

"Yeah, Twin has been stalking him for a while now, hasn't she?"

"How about here?"

"Sonic, that's a chilli dog stall…"

"Awwww…"

"Chao…hao. Chao!"

"Err… guys. The chaos want chips…"

"Why not? They don't make you stink, and they're nice, better than Chilli Dogs!"

"I'm going to pretend you didn't say the Knuckles…"

So we found a chip shop, got some chips and were off again, wondering around the town.

"This is strange, we've just escaped Eggman with our lives, and now we're walking calmly around a town that we've never been to before!"

"Well, it is kind of strange… but who cares!"

'TARGETS ACQUIRED: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA, CREAM THE RABBIT, SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG, TWIN, CHEESE AND DARK THE CHAOS AND TAILS THE FOX. PREPARATIONS FOR EXECUTION 28 PERCENT COMPLETE'

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Oh heck! Reviews please, ahhh! This is gonna be good methinks! Well, I'm crap at battle scenes, but I'll try!

- Edited - OMG! How many typos! Jeez... Italics missing, speech marks here, there and not where they should be! Oo... REVIEWS:D (You know you love me!)