-1Thank you all for the reviews. Here is the next chapter of my poor fox story...and one blue hedgehog.
Chapter 3: Night of the Break In
"You feeling better yet?" asked Sonic. The poor fox had been crying for at least 10 minutes now. Miles soon stopped and tried to breath but each time he tried he would take in a lot of air and end up coughing. When he was finished Miles turned to Sonic with his now puffy and red eyes.
"Y-yeah. I'm b-better now." Miles tried to speak properly, but couldn't. He knew this would be a big enough signal to Sonic that he wasn't feeling better. Sonic looked at the tear stained tissue in Miles' nose and reached for it. He gently pulled it out of the fox's nostril and threw it in the trashcan below them.
"I don't want to make you cry again...but I was just wondering...how you managed to get by all this time." Sonic asked the fox who was still breathing hard. Miles looked at the blue hedgehog for a moment than sighed loudly. "If you don't want to tell me that's fine..." Sonic started.
"No. It's fine. See I really don't know how I get by. I used to be at an orphanage but they kicked me out when I saw the house keeper lady on top of some guy in here bedroom. I didn't know what they were doing." Miles stopped when he saw a disgusted look on Sonic's face. "Did I say something wrong?" Miles asked.
"...N-no...just keep going." Sonic felt like he was going to throw up. Never the less he made sure to pay attention to Miles' story.
"Anyway, I after I got kicked out I went into the forest and tried to find something to eat. That was when I spotted a sparkling rock in the ground. I picked it up and took it with me. Ever since than I've been beaten up by Hang Nail and his friends and was forced to eat out of garbage cans to live...Sonic are you still listening." Miles asked when he saw the puzzled look on Sonic's face.
"A sparkling rock?" Sonic thought than felt a small tug at his arm. He looked down and saw the two tailed fox looking at him with a questionable face. "Hey...um...Miles, what color and shape was this 'rock' you found?" Sonic asked.
"Well, it was purple and it had a weird shape at the top that connected to a sharp point at the bottom." Miles explained.
"The Chaos Emerald!" Sonic shouted. The last time he saw those emeralds they were powering some weird machine called 'The metal' that was created by Eggman. It was a huge tube that seemed to have a metal figure inside that looked almost exactly like a blue hedgehog. It took Sonic a huge amount of strength to take care of that thing. Sonic looked down at Miles and saw that puzzled look again.
"What's a chaos emerald?" Miles asked.
"Where is it?' Sonic asked ignoring the question.
"Uh...Hang Nail took it." Miles confessed.
"The bully?"
"Yeah. He said he was going to take it to some store that sold jruels." Miles had trouble saying that last word.
"You mean jewels." Sonic corrected.
"Right, that was it."
"Where is the jewel shop?"
"I don't know. I probably could've followed Hang Nail to find out but I threw a rock his head and then he beat me up until I fell asleep." Miles stated. Sonic looked a little confused on the last statement.
"You threw a rock at his head?" Sonic asked trying to make sure he heard him correctly.
"Uh huh. He tore up a picture of me and my mom that was found in one of my baby booties." Miles explained.
"You know, you should try sticking up for yourself." Sonic suggested.
"I threw a rock at him." Miles repeated.
"I know but throwing a rock at someone's head from behind isn't sticking up for yourself. You need to learn to buckle down and just say NO!" Sonic shouted the last word with force. Miles looked confused for a second then smiled.
"Do you really think I could be brave enough to stand up to them." Miles asked with a hint of hope in his voice. Sonic gave Miles a thumbs up and winked.
"Sure buddy. Never give up, that's what I always say." Sonic said giving the fox a new found confidence.
"YEAH! never give up!" Miles shouted. Almost immediately after he yawned the biggest yawn Sonic had ever seen a four year old do. Sonic looked up at the sky and deduced it was probably at least 11:00 pm. It was time for this kid to rest.
"You look tired. Maybe you should get some rest." Sonic suggested. Miles frowned when he heard this. He proceeded to stand up and get out of the cockpit.
"What are you doing?" Sonic asked puzzled.
"I'm leaving so I can sleep on the ground. That's where I've always slept." Miles said.
"What are you crazy? I'm not letting you sleep on the ground. Sleep in here. It may be burnt, crusty, and worn out but it is still sort of comfy." Miles' eyes lit up when he heard Sonic say those words. He was actually not getting kicked out of someone else' place, or rather plane, for once. Miles lied back down in the cockpit and yawned again.
"Are you sure I won't be a problem?" Miles asked still worried that he might be troubling the hedgehog.
"No way. You just lay here and sleep." Sonic said. Miles was about to let himself fall asleep when he suddenly shot up with a freaked out expression on his face.
"YOU"RE NOT GOING TO RAPE ME ARE YOU!" Miles shouted.
"WHAT!" Sonic couldn't believe the statement that came out of his mouth.
"Well once when I was traveling the neighborhood, I looked inside someone's window and saw the T.V on. They were talking about something called a rape. They said that people pretend to be nice to you and then when you're asleep they attack your body and..."
"MILES! YOU'RE BEING PARANOID! I'M NOT GOING TO RAPE YOU! THAT'S JUST SICK!" Sonic shouted at him completely horrified at the fact a four year old would worry about a topic such as rape. Miles sat there for a while and thought.
"...I'm sorry Sonic...It's just that...no ones ever been nice to me before. I guess I'm just trying to be careful. Too careful." Miles admitted. Sonic's freaked out expression turned kind again and he sighed at his own frustration.
'This kid is really screwed up in the head. Sure hope their is something I can do.'
Sonic thought as he looked at the clearly ashamed fox. Deep down Miles knew Sonic wasn't going to rape him. It's just the attitude Sonic was giving him was so kind and gentle. It was so new to him that Miles was worried that there had to be something wrong. He suggested rape as one of the things that could be wrong with this hedgehog. But something in his heart told him that Sonic was being nice and actually meaning it.
"Look, lets forget this ever happened. Just go to sleep, get some rest, and we'll talk later in the morning." Sonic suggested. Miles slowly nodded and lied his head back on the seat of the cockpit.
'Well, if he really is being this kind and meaning it than I have to make sure I treat him the same way.' Miles thought. "Hey Sonic, I'm really sorry I was mean to you when we first met." Miles apologized.
"That's okay." Sonic said forgiving him. He was still a little taken back by the rape accusation but decided it would be best to never bring the subject up again. "Good night Miles...UGGH!" Sonic shouted. Miles flinched when he saw Sonic shout.
"What's wrong?" Miles asked looking scared. Maybe he did something wrong.
"It's...that name...I can't keep saying that over and over again. You need a nickname." Sonic said. Miles frowned again and whimpered.
"I'm sorry I said that about your name buddy, it's just that..."
"No...I don't like that name ether...but I hate the nickname Homeless Two Tail even worse."
"Who calls you that?" Sonic asked before even giving it a first thought.
"Hang Nail does. I hate it." Miles said in frustration. Sonic started to think. He needed to give this kid a name that suited who he was, just like Sonic's name suited who he was. He thought and thought until he was about ready to give up. Sonic then looked at Miles' tails and got an idea. He sure hoped it wouldn't offend the poor kid.
"I think I have a good name." Sonic said.
"You do! What is it?' Miles asked completely excited. Sonic stood up and put his hands on his hips.
"From now on I shall call you Tails." Sonic said proudly. Miles thought for a second than put a huge cheek to cheek smile on his face. "Do you like it?" Sonic asked before Miles jumped up and pulled Sonic into a bear hug.
"YES YES YES! I love it! Thanks Sonic!" He shouted. Sonic showed no signs of resistance. He let the little fox have his moment and as soon as it was over he put his head back down on the seat. Miles, or rather Tails, was completely ecstatic about his new name. He just couldn't wait for tomorrow to begin.
"Now I can say this...Good night...Tails." Sonic said. Tails yawned again then slowly let himself drift to sleep. Sonic stared at the sleeping fox for a while. He was so young yet so miserable. What kind of heartless person would kill someone over a stupid reason like a birth defect. Sonic was about to join the fox in slumber land when he heard someone step on a branch in the woods. Sonic turned his attention toward the direction he heard the noise. Being the curious hedgehog he was he decided to check it out. Sonic jumped out of the cockpit and began to walk into the forest.
"Hello. Anyone there?" Sonic asked as he continued to walk.
"Hello Mr. Sonic the Hedgehog. I've been expecting you." said a dry crusty voice.
"Really?" Sonic asked.
"Yes. I am in need of your services." said the hidden voice.
"Is that so. Well why don't you come from behind that bush so we can talk face to face." Sonic suggested.
"What...I ...I'm not in a bush? I'm a mysterious...and uh...scary voice from nowhere. Fear me." said the dry voice again. Sonic walked over to the bush and moved the leaves aside. There he saw a lizard speaking into a birthday party cone hat. The lizard quickly noticed the hedgehog there and began speaking into the hat again out of fear. "Um...don't pay any attention to the man behind the bush." said the lizard. Sonic grabbed the party hat and flexed the string over the lizard's head then let go. The hat snapped painfully against the lizard's mouth.
"Mysterious and scary voice my ass." Sonic snickered. The lizard pouted and took the hat off of his mouth.
"Listen...I'm a little embarrassed right now so I'll just cut to the chase." The lizard spoke.
"That would be most wise." Sonic stated.
"Well, My name is Jell. I'm the owner of a jewelry store in town that needs guarding from a white bat named Rouge. I think she might be out to steal a purple emerald she said had mystical powers or something." Jell explained.
"Sorry buddy but I'm on vacation. Maybe some other...did you say jewelry store...and chaos emerald?" Sonic asked.
"Yes I said jewelry store but I never said the word chaos emerald...although that could've been what Rouge said to me it was called earlier. I wasn't really listening.
"You've got yourself a deal." Sonic boosted.
"Wonderful! Right this way please." Jell pointed Sonic to a dark path leading to town. Sonic looked up in the sky and felt a tear drop hit his face. The night sky made it hard for Sonic to see any clouds but he knew they were there. "Uh mister hedgehog. Are you coming?" Jell asked. Sonic looked at Jell who was a couple of feet away from him. Sonic quickly picked up his feet and ran toward him. Hopefully it was a chaos emerald he was talking about.
Later that night
Dr. Eggman worked alone in the work room. He stayed up all night on a regular basis just to draw out his plans. Eggman however was building the rest of the millions of robots he had ready for the assault on Westside Island. He had the rest of tonight and all of tomorrow to complete these robots. He wasn't about to attack that island being even one robot shorter than the required amount he wanted to have. Eggman closed up the chasse of the robot and wiped the beads of sweat that were forming on his forehead.
"Now just a few more robots to go." Eggman stated. He reached for his wrench when all of a sudden he felt some strange energy. That was when a black vortex opened up behind him. Eggman turned and saw the vortex penetrating the steel metal floor and immediately knew who was here. A figure wearing a black robe on with a hood over his head arose out of the vortex. Eggman stared hard at the figure, not in shock but in frustration. "Well, well, if it isn't Darkness. What are you doing here Darkness! I thought our deal was closed." Eggman yelled.
"Yes, I too thought the same thing at first. However I've come baring news for you Eggman." Darkness said pointing his finger at him.
"Great just what I need right now, A warning from the spirit world." Eggman complained.
"I've come to tell you that Bear Mayor has recently been killed by SmokeStack."
"What?"
"I've also brought news to you that the fox is old enough for the 'Fate Rising' to begin."
"I thought as much. That's why I scheduled the invasion to be the day after tomorrow at 9:00 am sharp."
"Very good. I'm impressed with you Eggman."
"Well my IQ is at 300."
"When the invasion starts the fox's true power as a legendary Kitsune shall be revealed."
"Ha ha ha! Whatever. I'm just glad I get to destroy stuff. With this new silver metal I put on my robots it will take Sonic over 10 hits to make a dent in them."
"I see. Prepare your army Eggman, for the true test of strength will begin in 2 days." Darkness said while seeping back into the vortex. Eggman stared at the area for a while as the vortex disappeared. Than he continued to work.
"It's too bad that happened to Bear Mayor...He was one of my favorite part machine mortals to ever be on my side." Eggman said referring to the metal eye Bear Mayor had.
Meanwhile at the jewelry store
"Now you stay in here and watch that emerald okay." Jell said leaving the big empty room that was occupied only with Sonic and the chaos emerald. It was sitting in a glass case on a pedestal that was in the exact center of the room.
"Okay." Sonic answered swiftly. Jell soon closed the door to the huge room leaving Sonic alone. Sonic stood there for a few minutes until he was sure the lizard was gone. "Screw that! This emerald comes with me!" Sonic yelled directly at the door. Sonic turned to the pedestal and instead of an emerald there lied an empty glass case. "What the...How the...When did..." Sonic started.
"You who!" Yelled a voice from above. Sonic looked up and saw a white bat holding the emerald in her hand. Sonic didn't say anything. Instead he jumped off the floor and headed straight for her. The bat was surprised by the response so she quickly tuned to fly out the open hatch door to the roof. However she wasn't quick enough. Sonic grabbed her boot leg and ended up flying out the store with the bat.
"Give me that emerald!" Sonic demanded. Rouge shook her leg back and forth and eventually Sonic slid off. Thinking quickly Sonic positioned himself so he would land on the roof top unharmed. Soon a huge thunderous blast came out of the sky and surprised both of them. Rouge accidentally dropped the emerald because the after shock to her ears that the thunder inflicted. Thinking quickly she swooped down to the roof and landed in front of the emerald. Sonic raced forward as soon as she picked it up and he grabbed at it too. Soon they were both holding the emerald with a fierce look in both their eyes.
"Before we continue hedgehog, I've got a question. When we met in the sky, how exactly is it that you knew who I was?" Rouge asked while tightening her grip.
"I read the paper when I'm bored and always find the name of a certain world famous white bat in many articles. Their was a description of what she looked like and when I saw you, well you can probably guess the rest." Sonic explained while also tightening his grip. Another thunderous blast took place before it began to rain.
"An assertive hedgehog, I like that." Rouge stated then unexpectedly kicked Sonic in the stomach. Sonic quickly did a back flip and landed on his feet. As soon as he was back on the ground he sprinted directly at her.
"I'm against hitting woman just so you know." Sonic raced forward than disappeared.
"What! Where'd he go?" Rouge asked looking around the building.
"Up here!" Sonic shouted. Rouge turned her attention upward. Sonic immediately did a swirl dive down toward her. She quickly moved out of the way and let Sonic crash into the roof.
"I thought you said you didn't hit woman." Rouge said amazed at Sonic's incredible speed.
"Who said I was trying to hit ya." Sonic sneered back. He knew he had to try and get that emerald without harming her. That is when he formed a plan.
"Well it's gonna be pretty tough for you to get your emerald without hitting. Let's just see who comes out on top." Rouge spread out her long wings and took flight. Sonic looked up at her wondering what she was planning on doing.
"What's this?" He asked.
"Here's a move I like to call the SPINNING BAT DRILL!" She shouted as she started to spin rapidly in the air. Sonic stared at her for a second wondering what that was going to accomplish. Suddenly white moon crest shaped energy shot down at Sonic. He quickly dodged and let the energy collided with the roof top.
"Whoa, that was...AHH!" Sonic jumped out of the way of three more. He looked up and saw multiple energy blast coming at him. Sonic turned to run as soon as he saw them coming. Multiple rays of energy collided with the roof but Sonic's speed made it impossible for them to hit him. After a few minutes of spinning, Rouge quickly stopped and flew to land a punch at Sonic's turned back. Ultimately this did the trick. Sonic fell on his stomach while Rouge hovered over him.
"Give up yet?" Rouge asked while landing in front of him. Sonic just snickered. It was time to put his plan into action. Rouge growled at him when she heard this. "What's so funny?" Rouge asked as thunder struck and the rain continued to fall.
"You may be a great flyer..." Sonic all of a sudden disappeared again. Rouge immediately looked up in the air, thinking that he were there. She saw no one. That's when she noticed she was being surrounded by blue wind. "...But can you catch the wind?" Sonic finished his statement. The wind soon began to pick up speed. Rouge tried her best to remain on the ground but the force was to strong. She was soon flung straight up in the air and unwilling dropped the emerald. The emerald fell in the still open hatch door and down toward the pedestal. Before Sonic could go after it a green hand caught the gem as it neared the ground.
"Thanks for protecting the emerald Sonic. Your services are no longer required." Jell laughed as he ran toward the door. Sonic thought about going after him but decided against it. If he did Jell would probably call the police and that would put a serious dent in Sonic's hero record. And if Jell was calling the police anyway Sonic could probably get away with it if he went back to the biplane and deny it, saying that he was here the whole time. The police would probably believe him. However this didn't mean Sonic was giving up, not by a long shot.
"Nice trick hedgehog." Rouge said from above. Sonic looked up at her and smiled at her wittiness. "See ya." Rouge took off after that. Sonic stood there in the rain for a second before he decided to get back to Tails.
Meanwhile
"SONIC! Where are you! I'm scared!" Tails ran through the dark forest in the thunderstorm. He was awakened by the thunder and saw that Sonic wasn't there. He had always been completely terrified by thunder and lightning. When he realized he was alone he rushed straight into the forest to look for Sonic. The dark and frightening feeling of being in this forest didn't help matters at all. He kept running, hoping he'd make it to town. It felt as if any second now a monster was going to jump out at him. That's when suddenly something ran in front of him. "AHHHHHHH!" Tails shouted as he skidded to a stop and fell to the ground.
"Tails relax, it's me Sonic." Sonic said running up and kneeling down to face the terrified and shivering fox. He then heard Tails start to cry.
"How do I know you're really Sonic, and not some monster trying to eat me." Tails whimpered.
"I've got a chilidog for you if you lift your head up for me." Sonic said through the crackling thunder. Tails began to consider.
'It does sound like Sonic...maybe...I can trust...no, that's what it wants you to think...but than again...' Tails thought. That's when he remembered he was called Tails. Only him and Sonic knew that Tails was his new nickname. It really was him! Tails looked up and saw the smiling blue hedgehog.
"Hey buddy." Sonic said happily. Tails quickly launched himself into Sonic's arms.
"Oh Sonic, I'm so happy it's you!" Tails continued to cry. Sonic patted him on the back lightly and comforted him
"It's all right buddy. Everything is going to be alright." Sonic reassured as he lifted Tails up and began to carry him back to the ship.
"Hey Sonic..." Tails started.
"Yes."
"...Where's my chilidog?" Tails asked. Sonic burst out laughing when he heard this.
"I'll get you one tomorrow."
The next morning
Tails was walking in the forest all by himself. He woke up and saw that Sonic was still sleeping. He decided to take Sonic's advice and stick up for himself. He was going to find Hang Nail and the other bullies and give them a piece of his mind. It was time he stopped acting like a baby and started to act like a man. He was going to do what every man does...beat somebody up! Tails continued to walk until he heard the sound of a familiar cackle. Tails turned to see Hang Nail, Slips, and Silt talking to a purple falcon.
"No way! You actually saw that loser two tail hanging out with Sonic the hedgehog! Impossible!" Hang Nail shouted.
"It's true. Last night I was flying to my nest when I spotted them talking together by the beach." The falcon stated.
"Naw. Must've been someone else. Sonic's way too cool to be hanging out with a loser like two tail." Slips said while laughing.
"It's Tails!" Tails ran from behind the tree and went to confront the bullies.
"What did you say?" Silt asked.
"I said my name is Tails." Tails repeated.
"You changed your name to Tails?" Hang Nail asked.
"No. That's my nickname. So I'd appreciate it if you didn't call me Homeless Two Tail anymore." Tails said in a demanding voice. The three bullies and the falcon looked at each other strangely than began to laugh wildly. "What's so funny?" Tails asked confused.
"You actually think we'd care what you'd appreciate us to call you. We'll call you anything we want to call you dumb ass." Hang Nail shouted. Tails growled at him and ran forward.
"I said call me Tails!" He rushed forward and drew back a fist. Hang Nail moved out the way of the obvious attack. Tails tripped a little when his target moved but didn't fall. He instead turned and tried punching the jaguar. Every time Tails tried to land a punch at him he would just sidestep. "I will prove to Sonic that I am strong enough and brave enough to beat you!" Tails shouted as he increased the speed of his punches. Hang Nail however kept dodging as if they were nothing. Hang Nail eventually decided to stop this pathetic attempt of an attack. He jumped over Tails body then landed a huge kick at his head. The kick knocked him off balance and he fell to the ground.
"Take that, TWO TAIL!" Hang Nail shouted victoriously.
"Shut up!" Tails shouted back.
"What?" Hang Nail asked in an unbelievable tone.
"I said shut up." Tails repeated. Hang Nail snarled at him then chuckled. He then let out a huge laugh.
"Okay big shot, if you want to prove your strength than why don't we have a little battle to see just how strong you really are." Hang Nail said.
"Hold on...if you're going to battle we need to sell tickets first." The falcon suggested.
"What!" Tails shouted.
"You heard me. Come on lets go gather up a crowd so everyone can see your humiliation when you lose." Hang Nail said grabbing Tails' tails and dragging him across the ground. The other three soon followed respectively.
I'm finally finished with this chapter. Only one whole day left before Eggman attacks the next day. Please Review. Will update again soon.