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Chapter 7: Wanted fox
"Bull crap!" Rouge said slamming the newspaper article she was reading on Big's coffee table. "It 12:00 at night and I still haven't seen Eggman pass by here. Plus there is nothing in the newspaper about any recent confrontations with the chaos emeralds. How am I suppose to find them if I don't have any leads?" Rouge shouted in frustration as she slumped on the torn couch in Big's hut. Just than the cat in question came in with a tray of drinks for the two of them. He sat down in the chair across from her than drank his own and set the tray on the coffee table.
"Are you okay Ms. Rouge?" Big asked while setting his cup down.
"Huh…oh yeah I'm fine…listen…thanks for going along with this. I hope I'm not being to…you know…domestic." Rouge stuttered. Big took another sip.
"Nope." He merely said. Rouge didn't exactly know what he meant so she disregarded it. She than looked around Big's hut. 'He was lucky to actually be living in the Mystic Ruins other than Westside Island. I bet he must have visited the island in order to fish for more disgusting sea creatures.' Rouge thought in her head. She than heard a familiar 'ribbit' come from in front of her and cautiously turned to see Big's frog sitting on the coffee table while staring at Rouge blankly. 'Like that one over there…I wonder if frogs are considered sea creatures…oh well, what do I care?'
"Here." Big said holding out a newspaper toward Rouge. Rouge stared at it for a while before finally saying something.
"What is it?" She asked.
"It's something that might help you." Big said while handing the paper to Rouge. Rouge examined the paper and began reading.
"Lets see it says 'Come and ride on the nautical sea ride that's got every rich aristocrat jumping with glee. A cruise sail on the S.S Kraken will take place on March 3rd that will sail toward the vast plains of the Seaside Hill, and will have a hotel waiting for the aristocrats. We are said to sail over the spot where there was sightings of a floating Island, known as Angel Island, hovering over the ocean. Legend said one last member of the Echidna tribe is guarding a huge gem known as the Master Emerald up there. It was said to have mystical powers like the chaos emeralds our local hero, Sonic the Hedgehog, is always using to foil Dr. Eggman's plans. Shipmates may get a change to look up at the sky and spot this island if they are lucky. Only rich aristocrats can attend this cruise. If you are not in this category than you must stay away from the ship.'" Rouge read. "I can't believe it! I bet if I can get my hands on that gem I can use it to track down the other emeralds!" Rouge said excitedly. "Pack your bags Big! We're going on a cruise!"
"But we're not rich." The cat said.
"That's the beauty of it. The paper says not to go if we're not rich and we do it anyway." Rouge smiled.
The egg fortress
"Dr. Eggman, what are you doing?" Bokkun asked. He watched as his boss fumbled through his took-kit. He had been working on these two individual robots for some time now and it seemed he was getting a little slow on his work.
"I'm building two commander robots. Ones that can monitor my schedule and the rest of my robots. It 's taking longer than usual to build them because these robots need to have personality and their own minds. Just like Metal does." Eggman said. 'Metal Sonic…he's been in that hanger for hours now…what is that scheming robot up to?' Eggman shook the thought from his head and continued working. After he connected the last wire he than closed their chest compartments which immediately activated them.
"Are they ready?" Bokkun asked.
"Yup." Eggman said while he saw the gold and silver robots stand up and salute their creature.
"E-001 Decoe here." Said the gold one.
"And E-002 Bocoe here." Said the silver one.
"Reporting for duty." They both blurted out in unison.
"Bokkun, meet Bocoe and Decoe." Eggman instructed while leading Bokkun toward them. Bokkun stared at them for a while unsure they knew he was there.
"What ever it is you need we'll…is that a fly?" Decoe asked lowering his salute and staring at Bokkun. Bokkun raised an eyebrow of confusion.
"It is a fly! Lets get it!" Bocoe said pulling a flyswatter out of nowhere. Decoe did the same thing. Bokkun immediately freaked out and flew away from them.
"Come back here you!" Decoe said as the both chased the scared Bokkun around the room in a circle. Eventually Bokkun flew in the air as a means of escaping. This unexpected act caused Bocoe and Decoe to crash into each other and fall on the ground. Eggman stared at the two in disbelief.
'What are the consequences of what I've just done?' Eggman asked in his mind as all three of them began to argue.
Back in the Mystic Ruins
Sonic sat over his bathtub as he tried cleaning down the blood-covered fox. He couldn't believe what he just witnessed. A kid his age actually took down a half-robot in under 5 seconds! It was truly amazing. What scared Sonic however was the fact that he killed the baboon in such a horrific way. And what's even more disturbing is that the kid doesn't even remember doing it. Sonic pondered this for a second than saw the fox crying in the tub.
"Tails…are you alright?" Sonic asked a little worried.
"…How did all this blood get on me?" Tails turned to face the hedgehog with a look of pure confusion and terror on his face. "Is it that baboon's blood?" Tails wondered.
"I…….uh, yeah…it is. It must've gotten on you when it splattered everywhere."
"Why did it splatter everywhere?" Tails asked still confused. Sonic was trying to think of something to say to this fox about what happened without mentioning that he actually killed the baboon.
"Um…he…uh…?" Sonic couldn't think of anything. His thoughts were to clouded by the fact that something like that actually did happen.
"…Did you kill him?" Tails asked in a scared voice. Sonic looked down at the frightened fox. He was on the verge of more tears. Sonic smiled weakly and then thought of an idea.
"No. Of course not. Those two robots guys he had betrayed him and attacked him. After that I destroyed them both." Sonic lied. Tails stared at Sonic still confused.
"Than how come I don't remember it than?" Tails asked.
'You're killing me with these questions kid.' Sonic thought. "Because you fainted when you saw the baboon, okay." Sonic merely said.
"I did? I don't…remember." Tails all of a sudden saw visions in his head. The female fox holding the infant, the ear splitting scream, a familiar chuckle, the gunfire, and the sight of a burning hut were clouding his mind. Tails grasped his head in pain and fumbled around in the bathtub. Sonic grabbed the fox's shoulders and tried to calm him down but it wasn't working.
"Tails calm down!" Sonic said while still shaking the screaming fox. Eventually Tails stopped squirming around and slumped into the bathtub. He shot his eyes open and saw Sonic…covered in blood from head to toe! Tails screamed again and shut his eyes to hide the scary sight. Sonic shook him some more. "Tails stop screaming! Open your eyes! It's me Sonic, remember?" Sonic kept shacking the fox until Tails was tempted to look at his idol again. The blood was gone. Sonic was his true-blue self again. Tails sighed in relief as Sonic pulled the fox out of the tub. He then rapped a towel around the shivering fox to help dry him off.
"Sonic…I keep thinking about that dream I had last night…it's scary Sonic." Tails explained actually starting to cry this time.
"Nightmares are always scary Tails, but they are just dreams." Sonic reassured.
"Not this one…some guy in a black robe told me I was going to be something called a kitsune and I was going…to kill…you." Tails burst out in a loud bombardment of tears. Sonic pulled the poor fox into a hug, despite the fact that he was in a wet towel, to try and comfort him.
"Hey Hey, don't cry anymore. Come on. Lets' get back to bed." Sonic said. Tails slowly nodded and walked out of the bathroom with Sonic. Sonic dried the little fox off and eventually put him back to bed. After he left Tails' room he walked down the hall to his room as a means of wanting to get as much sleep as he could possibly muster. The hedgehog walked into his room and climbed into his bed, thinking today's events were over.
"Well today was fun. I wonder if that kid has ever been to a doctor. He's probably been. If not I really need to get him there. If he hasn't had any of his examines, or check ups, or shots…oh crap. Shots!" Sonic shot up from his bed a little worried. "I know how kids hate shots! Their probably going to need a blood sample from him as well. I know from experience the shots don't hurt, but the blood sample extraction does. Oh well." Sonic lied his head back down on the pillow and closed his eyes. "I'll worry about that tomorrow." Sonic said then heard a sound coming from in front of his bed. The hedgehog raised his head up and looked forward. He saw the sad looking fox he just put to bed standing there while fiddling with his hands. "Tails? What is it?" Sonic asked. Tails looked at his feet and than at Sonic, a little embarrassed.
"Um, I'm a little scared…can I…sleep…with you tonight." Tails hesitated. Sonic blinked then smiled warmly.
"Of course buddy. What are friends for?" Sonic said as he scooted over and patted an area for Tails to sleep in. Tails happily jumped on the bed and dug underneath the covers. He than poked his head out and scooted into a comfy position next to Sonic.
"Thanks Sonic." Tails said in gratitude.
"No problem." Sonic said as he lied back down to sleep again. In a few minutes Sonic was sleeping lightly while Tails lied there awake, deep in thought.
"...I wonder if…that woman in my dream…"
The next day
"WHAT! DOCTOR! Hang Nail told me about that place. He said the doctor cuts you open and drains all your blood. Then replaces it with melted cheese! Then he pulled out a huge sword and stabs you with it and says it suppose to help make you feel better, BUT IT DOESN'T! Please don't make me go!" Tails whined while being pulled into the doctor's office.
"Tails, why'd you listen to that idiot?" Sonic asked. Tails stared at Sonic blankly. He himself didn't know the answer to that. However Tails still didn't want to go.
"Um…because…please don't make me go." Tails begged again.
"Sorry buddy but we need to make sure your healthy." Sonic rung the bell on the counter. Eventually they were both greeted by a female nurse.
"How can I help you…oh my god…you're Sonic the Hedgehog!" the nurse cried with excitement. "What can I do you for?" She said in a now giddy voice.
"Uh, yeah, I'm here to have my friend vaccinated." Sonic explained.
"Okay well come over here and let's get the kids information down." The nurse said. Sonic nodded and followed her. Tails stood there pouting when he heard a kid his same age pass by him.
"Look mommy, it's a freaky fox." The kid said while being dragged away by his mother. Tails sighed when he heard this.
"…Sonic said I'm not a freak…so shut up." Tails whispered to no one.
In the nurse's office
"Okay let's get started." The nurse said pulling out a clipboard. "Name?" she asked.
"Sonic the Hedgehog." Sonic answered.
"No I mean the fox's name."
"Oh, Miles Prower."
"Okay. Parents names?"
"…Uh…"
"What's wrong?"
"Well he doesn't really have…"
"I'm sorry but, if you don't supply me with the parent's name than I can't take him in." She explained.
"Wait! He has parents. Uh…their names are…uh…" Sonic looked around the room and spotted a pencil. "…uh…pencil-a…pencila and uh…" Sonic spotted a picture of a kid with chicken pox on the wall. "…Pencila Chickenpox, yeah that's it. That's his mother's name." Sonic said worriedly. The nurse's eyebrow raised and she blinked a few times before speaking again.
"I thought you said his last name was Prower?" The nurse asked.
"I did…and it is…because he was adopted…by humanoid pencils...that were covered in chickenpox." Sonic smiled weirdly. The nurse just stared at him in confusion. After an hour of this so called information giving, Tails met the doctor and was asked to take his shoes and socks off and get on the hospital bed.
"If you're going to stuff me with cheese, could you make it cheddar?" Tails asked. The doctor blinked then turned to look at Sonic. Sonic shrugged and let the doctor continue his work.
"The first thing we need to do is get a blood sample." The doctor pulled out a titanium tray with a bunch of hospital tools and instruments on it. However one tool caught Tails' attention the most.
"AH! NEEDLE!" Tails tried to get up but Sonic rushed over and held him down.
"Tails don't worry! It's going to be okay." Sonic tried to reassure.
"That's easy for you to say!" Tails shouted.
"I know it is but it's true. It may hurt a little bit when extracting blood but it will turn out okay. I promise." Sonic said. Tails all of a sudden stopped wiggling. He looked at Sonic then at the doctor's needle and than back at Sonic.
"Are…are you sure." Tails asked. Sonic gave him a thumbs up signaling he was sure. Tails sighed then calmed all the way down.
"Okay, first of all, Tails, I'm going to need you to hold out your hand and curl it up into a fist so I can see your vain." The doctor stated. Tails did what he was told. "Okay now Tails, this might hurt a little going in and a little more coming out but trust me, it will all be worth it." The doctor said. Tails sighed again and turned to look at Sonic. Sonic smiled and winked. Tails merely nodded. The fox looked away as the needle was injected into the vain in his arm. He hissed at the small amount of pain but held his ground. Tails didn't even notice the needle coming out when it did. That's when Tails felt a much worse pain then before. It appears that the needle hurts more coming out then going in. After a couple more minutes of stingy pain in his arm the doctor finally put a cotton swab on the injected area and held it down with a huge melon colored band-aid patch.
"That wasn't so bad was it?" Sonic said as he saw a few tears escape the fox's eyes, but nothing serious.
"Nope. I'm a strong fox." Tails said with a huge amount of boldness in his voice.
"You sure are buddy." Sonic chuckled. The doctor soon came over and showed them 3 small tubes filled with Tail's blood.
"Well now, we're all set for the next part of the phase." The doctor said. After Tails got his shot and he gave the doctor a urine sample (which Tails thought was really gross by the way), the two of them headed for the mall. Sonic knew this great food court and he thought the fox deserved to be rewarded for being so brave. They soon entered the huge mall and walked around the place looking for the food court.
"Hey Sonic, is that it?" Tails pointed toward a food court with a long line that extended out of the doors and into the hallway.
"Yeah, but it looks like we're a little too late for the early bird special." Sonic said walking up to the line.
"I thought we were getting chilidogs not birds." Tails said a little discusted.
"We are. No way I'm eating a bird. Come on." Sonic said to Tails who was still in the same spot. Tails eventually ran up to him in order to get in line.
"Hey Jeb, look." Said a police officer.
"What is it Ronald?" The other police officer named Jeb asked.
"That fox over there has two tails." Ronald said.
"So."
"So? What kind of a cop are you? It's obvious that tail is fake. Look at it. It's probably being used to stash shop lifted items."
"What? That's insane. I know being a mall cop isn't as glamorous as being a respected police officer but you can't just go up to people and accuse them of being shoplifters just because you want to see some action." Jeb warned.
"Ah what do you know? I used to be a real good police officer who has dealt with these kinds of things before. Trust me, he's hiding something in that tail of his." Ronald said walking over to the fox. He approached him and grabbed him by the tail. Tails felt this and before he could see who it was he was lifted in the air by the cop.
"Sonic!" Tails shouted loud enough for everyone to here. Everyone nearby heard the blue hero's name being blurted out and turned to face their direction. Sonic turned around to see the cop holding his friend in mid air.
"Hey! You let him go, now!" Sonic commanded.
"Sorry Mr. Sonic the Hedgehog, can't do that. Not until I find what he has in this tail of his." Ronald said reaching in the fur of Tails' tail until he touched something. "Well, well, what do we have here?" The cop pulled out a small key chain with a small price tag on it as well. Everyone gasped, including Sonic.
"Tails!" Sonic scolded.
"…I'm sorry Sonic, I just tried to get you something nice…and besides I always did this on Westside Island to survive…I didn't know it was bad." Tails explained.
"A likely story." Said Ronald.
"Put him down officer! Tails didn't know what he did was wrong." Sonic demanded again.
"Oh please! I've dealt with shoplifters before and they always say they didn't know it was wrong. Ha! Damn liars."
"No really, I didn't know it was bad. Since I had to do it all the time on Westside Island I…" Tails began before the officer hit him across the head with a club. Ronald then let the now bleeding fox go and he fell to the floor with a thud.
"Oh no, Tails! You bastard!" Sonic said to the officer before he was met with a club in the face. The hedgehog was taken by surprise so he fell to the ground in pain not exactly knowing what had happened. That was when Jeb ran over and grabbed his partner's arm.
"See Ronald! This is why you got demoted! You always attack people without following regulations!" Jeb tried to hold back his partner. The whole crowd was in complete awe as they watched the scene take place. Soon Ronald stopped struggling and sighed in frustration.
"…You're right." Ronald looked down at the hedgehog who was standing back up from the ground in complete annoyance and anger. "Listen…hedgehog…I…"
"Forget about it." Sonic mumbled in slight resentment as he kneeled down to comfort the now crying fox. "I've dealt with officers like you before…confused in the head dipstick officers who take the law way to seriously to realize what they were doing was wrong. But…I'm not going to hold it against you." Sonic reassured. "You all right little buddy." Sonic asked Tails who all of a sudden immediately stopped crying. He heard a grimace of anger come from Tails as the dark purple aurora formed around him again. "Uh oh." Sonic mumbled. The hedgehog got up and turned to face the crowd. "Everybody run! Now!" Sonic shouted. No one moved an inch. They didn't see why they had to. That's when Tails arose to his feet.
"YOU!" Tails said in a demonic voice while pointing at the police officer. The officer saw the blood shot eyes and the aurora around the fox and stepped back in fear. "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!" Tails shouted as his pupils disappeared and his fur turned black. The fox then, without warning, lunged at Ronald with amazing speed. He tried to run away but couldn't even turn the other way before Tails used his tremendous speed to slice him in half! Blood splattered everywhere as Tails kept slicing the already dead officer in halves. When he stopped he landed in front of the mess he created and looked at Jeb. The scared officer pulled out his gun and pointed it at Tails. The crowd didn't even think of staying around to see what happened next. Everyone began running around the mall for their lives.
"Quickly! Someone call the police! I'll hold him down." Jeb kept his gun out, which was now shacking from fear. Since the police weren't far from here Sonic knew they would be here pretty quick. He had to try and stop this before it got to out of hand.
"Tails! Snap out of it!" Sonic yelled as a means of calming him down. The fox said nothing. Instead he growled then charged at Jeb. The scared police officer immediately fired when he saw the fox coming at him. The bullet Tails in the chest. "Tails!" Sonic ran up to the fox who had fallen to the floor right after it hit. Jeb lowered the gun thinking he had succeeded.
"…I'm sorry…" Was all he said. Sonic looked at the officer than back at Tails and began shacking him. The aurora all of a sudden grew bigger as Sonic shook him. The hedgehog sensed something bad and immediately backed away from the fox, who was now rising to his feet. Both Sonic and the officer were stunned by this action. Jeb no longer thought it was safe to stick around. He put his gun back and turned to run. However when he turned around he saw the black fox standing there with a horrible demonic grin on his face.
"Leaving so soon? We were having so much fun together. Now it's my turn to see if I can kill you!" Tails said as his sharp claws burst out of the tips of his gloves, which left huge holes in them. He then jammed his sharps claws into the officer's arm. He shouted out loud in the hugest amount of pain imaginable as the claws went through his arm and came out the other side. Sonic just stared at the scene in complete shock. An hour ago he was complaining about getting cheese stuffed in his body and now he was murdering a police officer in the most brutal way Sonic thought imaginable.
"Please…stop! AHHHHH!" The officer cried out in tremendous pain and agony.
"Stop? You shoot me in the chest and expect me to stop! Hahahahahaha! I'll tell you what I will do, I'll relief you of some useless weight." Tails pulled hard on his claws toward an eastern direction. The officer screamed even louder before Tails tore the man's arm straight off. After doing so Tails extended his claws and began slicing up the officer, killing him instantly. Tails stood over the gooey mess and looked in the direction the crowd of people were headed. He smiled evilly then chased after them with incredible speed.
"Tails." Sonic just mumbled. He then shook his head and snapped back to the real world and realized he had to stop his friend. Sonic turned toward the hallway where Tails proceeded to run down and then followed him using his own incredible speed. Tails went down the hall, slaughtering everyone that came in his path, while Sonic tried his best to stop him, but to no avail. Eventually, after about 15 minutes, the police, as well as a couple of G.U.N robots (think Big Foot and Hot Shot from Sonic Adventure 2 Battle) had the building surrounded and were now screaming in their megaphone's for people to come out or they would go in. When no one came out they did in fact go inside.
"Come on Sonic. Is that the best you can do?" Tails asked killing another woman with his claws then proceeding to run. Sonic caught up with the woman who lied dead on the floor, stared at her slightly, than kept running even faster than before.
"I'm not going to let anyone else die!" Sonic said as he watched Tails approach a little girl about his age. Sonic quickly jumped in the air, did a summersault over Tails and landed in front of the girl. Tails was taken by surprise when this happened and ended up crashing into Sonic. The two fell back then rolled sideways down an escalator that happened to be right by them. The escalator was going down so they hit the ground pretty quickly. Sonic stood up and looked down at the fox. His fur was yellow-orange again, the purple aurora was gone, and his claws were back to normal. Sonic sighed in relief as the fox stood up in confusion. Tails gasped when he saw his fur covered in blood again.
"Sonic! What happened? I'm bloody all over again!" Tails was completely freaked out and scared. The fear increased for both of them when they heard guns cocking in front of them. The turned to see many police officers with their rifles out, pointed directly at Tails, but not at Sonic.
"Don't move fox!" Shouted one of the police officers. Tails didn't move at all, he was too confused and scared to do anything. "Now put your hands in the air and get on the ground!" He ordered again. Tails hesitated for a moment until the officer shouted at him again. "Do it now!"
"Hold it!" Sonic said walking in front of Tails.
"Get out of the way hedgehog! This is strictly business. We got all call a few minutes ago that there was an orange two tailed freak killing everyone in the building!"
'Man I wish the police station wasn't so close.' Sonic thought angrily.
"Since he is the only fox here with two tails, orange fur, and blood all over his body than it must be him!" He said. Tails gasped than turned to Sonic.
"Did…did...I…kill…somebody?" Tails asked completely terrified. Sonic looked at Tails with uncertainty.
'Should I tell him or not?' The question rang like a bell inside of Sonic's head back and forth until he heard the police officer shout again.
"I'm going to ask you again, and if you don't move, we'll shoot." The officer stated.
'I work my ass off to do these idiots their jobs for them and they turn on me? Where's the love these days?' The hedgehog thought grievingly.
"Three…" The officer counted. Sonic stood his ground, as well as Tails, who actually felt like he was going to faint all of a sudden. "…Two…" Sonic got into a fighting stance while Tails stood there still worried. He wasn't about to let anyone harm any of his friends, even if he did kill innocent people. "…One." As soon as the officer said that all the officers immediately started firing. Sonic quickly grabbed the fox and jumped over the line of bullets being shot. The hedgehog then crashed through the window behind the police officers and landed on his feet. After that he put Tails in a baby holding position and proceeded to run down the road.
"F-6t Big Foot and B-3x Hot Shot, ATTACK!" The officers on the outside told the two green, red, and yellow colored robots with long legs. The robots hopped off the ground and curled their legs up while in the air. Jets soon came from the bottom of their feet and they took off after Sonic and Tails. Sonic kept running as fast as he could toward the direction where the city's exit was but those robots seemed to be catching up fast. Sonic ran past cars and people trying to get away from them but they just kept coming. Eventually they shot missiles at the hedgehog and fox. Sonic turned his head and saw this coming so he quickly jumped in the air and landed on top of the missile, which instead of hitting the street, flew in the air. Sonic looked down and saw that they were rising in the air. That's when he saw more missiles above him and he decided to use them to his advantage. Sonic did a mega jump to the next missile in the air, than the next, and the next, until he was on the last one. When he jumped off the last one all the missiles he was on collided with the previous one he was on and created a huge explosion. The explosion caused Sonic to fly farther into the sky and accidentally let go of Tails.
"Sonic!" Tails screamed as he plummeted to the Earth. The wind his tails were picking up were too great for him to fly. He would die if Sonic didn't rescue him.
"Tails!" Sonic shouted than quickly put his hands at his side and tried shooting his body downward toward Tails' direction. He eventually caught up with the fox and grabbed his hand. "Don't worry buddy, I won't let you die." Sonic reassured him, which made the fox smile. Sonic pulled Tails in the position he was in before and landed on a roof. The blue hedgehog than continued running and occasionally jumped to a different building when needed.
"Thanks Sonic." Tails thanked clearly joyful that the hedgehog would still stick by him even though he was getting him in a lot of trouble with the police.
"Don't thank me yet Tails, look beside me." Sonic said. Tails did so and saw F-6t Big Foot on his right side than turned to see B-3x Hot Shot on his left side.
"Uh oh, what are we gonna do Sonic?" Tails asked even more worried then before. Sonic turned to his left and saw B-3x Hot Shot unfold one of his legs and prepare it for a kick. Sonic didn't have time to think as it came his way. He tossed the little fox in the air as the huge metal foot connected with his cheek. The blast sent him crashing against F-6t Big Foot on the other side. The hedgehog then saw a missile heading toward him and the robot. Sonic quickly jumped on Big Foot's top and jumped to Hot Shot's top, letting the missile destroy Big Foot in the process. Sonic then caught the little fox as he came toward him and slammed his foot on Hot Shot's top. His foot pierced through the metal and caused a short circuit. The robot crashed into a building as Sonic jumped off his head and kept running on the buildings. Tails was now on Sonic's back in piggyback style. Tails turned and saw the robot crash and explode then sighed with a huge amount of relief. That's when they both heard police sirens below them.
"Hedgehog and fox suspects, surrender now!" A police officer shouted in a huge megaphone.
"Kiss my hedgehog ass you so called 'crime fighters'." Sonic said while picking up speed.
"Send in the R-1/A Flying Dog robot." Said the police officer to his partner as he got back into the car.
"Rodger." Said the other officer as he turned on his walkie-talkie. "Send in the Flying Dog, over." He said. Behind them a huge truck that said G.U.N on it opened it's roof and out flew the Flying Dog. This robot looked like the other two but it had no legs and was equipped with a lot more cannons and guns. The machine immediately flew toward Sonic and Tails and began shooting. Sonic dodged every shot easily but didn't expect it to send out a homing missile. The missile shot toward Sonic quicker then Sonic expected it to. Sonic was about to dodge it when he suddenly tripped over the edge of the building he was on. He was paying so much attention to the battle he forgot to look where he was going and fell off the roof. The missile followed the hedgehog and fox as they fell toward the ground.
"Don't worry Sonic! I'll save you this time!" Tails clutched Sonic's arms then twirled his tails. The fox quickly moved out of the way of the missile and flew up. Since the missile was in between an ally way it didn't have enough room to turn around and fly back up, thus in crashed and exploded.
"Thanks Tails." Sonic said.
"Don't thank me yet Sonic." Tails said mimicking Sonic's words. Sonic chuckled when he heard this then realized the Flying Dog was charging at them. It crashed into Sonic and Tails hard. Tails flew slightly in the air but used his tails to stop. Sonic however flew toward the sky high and far in the air. He than reached into his glove and pulled out a small golden ring. The ring grew bigger when Sonic clutched it and all of a sudden Sonic turned into his ball form and shot himself down at the Flying Dog. He crashed straight through the machine, which instantly destroyed it. The hedgehog bounced off the road and flew back into the air. He than got out of his ball form, grabbed Tails as he neared him, and landed on another building. He than proceeded to run a different direction out of the city.
"I love it when I destroy robots. It's so much fun." Sonic chuckled.
"Wow Sonic! That was cool." Tails said in excitement.
"Yeah it was wasn't it?" Sonic agreed. The hedgehog's smile then faded as he remembered what he saw Tails do in that mall. He looked down and saw Tails still covered in blood. He sighed then continued running. Whatever was happening, it was a turn for the worst.
"What are we going to do now Sonic?" Tails asked the hedgehog. Sonic refocused back to Tails then answered.
"Go anywhere the wind takes us pal." Sonic answered as they headed for the highway.
Unknown area
"The kitsune's star ball energy is being filled with dark energy. Excellent. Now the events listed on my scrolls will take place one by one leading toward the future. If everything goes even better than I suspected then the fox might even skip that horrid looking present he is supposed to have." Said Darkness as he stared at Sonic and Tails running out of the city from afar.
Central City: one day later
"Man I just love Crush 40 songs! Don't you Charmy?" A green 16-year-old crocodile asked a 2-year-old bee, who was sucking his foot playfully. The bee took his foot out of his mouth and laughed cutely. "I'll take that as a yes." The crocodile said turning off his headphones that played the Crush 40 song 'Live and Learn'. That's when he heard the sound of struggling enter the room.
"Vector…why the hell am I your messenger boy all of a sudden." Asked a 12-year-old Chameleon as he dragged a huge stack of newspapers into the office.
"Not messenger boy Espio, info collector." Vector corrected.
"Sounds like the same damn job to me." Espio whined.
"Lets see what you got." Vector walked up to the stack of papers and tossed aside the useless ones he saw. The papers being tossed all landed on top of Charmy, who shouted happily as they fell on him.
"Yay, yay! Rain, rain." Charmy shouted happily as more newspapers rained on top of him.
"What is this crap?" Vector asked reading the headlines of the papers. " 'Man died from eating too much honey', nope, 'Is polka music destroying the O-zone layer', what?, 'New skin cream made from toad mucus'." Vector read. Espio stuck out his tongue in disgust when he heard the last part. "This is all bull crap!" Vector complained.
"It's all I could find." Espio said.
"No! We haven't had a lick of business since that time we stacked out that McDonalds restaurant to see if the fake Ronald McDonald manikin had a guy inside it who would steal money from the cash register at night."
"I'm still amazed there was." Espio said.
"Now's not the time to be amazed! Now's the time for action…and being amazed."
"What action Vector?" Espio asked.
"The kind you get money for idiot. We need something big to work with, something huge, something so horribly gigantic that…"
"Sonic Hedgehog." Cried Charmy from under the pile of newspapers.
"Huh?" asked Vector as he walked over to the stack of papers and pulled them off until there was one particular newspaper over Charmy's eyes.
"Is Sonic Hedgehog!" Charmy said again. Vector took the paper off Charmy's head and looked at it. There he saw a picture of Sonic the Hedgehog carrying a two-tailed fox on his back. The headline read 'Hedgehog hunt'. The title intrigued Vector so he began reading. There was a silence for about a minute before Vector shouted.
"JACKPOT!" Vector shouted startling both Espio and Charmy. "Charmy, you're a genius!" Vector said excitedly as he picked up the happy 2-year-old bee and swung him around.
"Hey! I found the newspaper article!" Espio said.
"Right, sorry. I'm just so excited that I've found a real case. Sonic the hedgehog is at large! If we find him then we'll be rolling in dough." Vector said excited.
"Cookie." Charmy said happily.
"No, not cookie dough Charmy." Espio reassured.
C'mon boys, let's go!" Vector took no time to leave as he rushed out the door with Charmy buzzing from behind. Espio stood there, sighed, and then walked after them.
"Oh what fresh hell is this we're getting into?' Espio asked himself.
Sorry to keep you waiting for a week. I will try and update sooner. Until next time America or whatever country you're in.