Sorry for the wait, I had some things to take care of before I could get back to the action. Anyway here is one great installment if I do say so myself. Hope you all read and review!

Hidden Danger of the Ice! Tails vs. Karst!

The Government central de-briefing room- Lockdown Island

"We need a report on how the war with Eggman is progressing near the green-hill zone." Spoke a man wearing a white coat and harboring two metals on his chest. His face was fierce and his dry black hair supported that belief all the way.

"Commander, I uh…haven't been able to get any leads on how the situation has been progressing…" Said an obviously worried soldier. The man he was talking to had a face that was just plain scary.

"Why the hell not." The Commander asked back with a hint of being irritated. The cold response shot back at the soldier made him shiver and quickly deliver an explanation before his commander decided to get out of hand.

"Well sir…all the ships we sent there were said to have been destroyed by what seemed like a bulky yellow robot. Probably one of Eggman's…"

"OF COARSE IT WAS EGGMAN'S! ARE YOU SAYING THAT ROBOT BELONGED TO US! WHY WOULD THE MILITARY ATTACK THEMSELVES IDIOT!!"

"Y-yes of coarse! S-sorry sir."

"DON'T APOLOGIZE TO ME YOU WUSS! APOLOGIZE TO OUR FLAG!" The commander whipped out a white flag that said G.U.N on it and basically shoved it into the soldier's face.

The soldier just starred at it with a look on his face that said 'What the hell is this?'

"WELL?! APOLOGIZE!"

"I-I'm sorry?

"LOUDER AND WITH FEELING!"

"I'M SORRY!"

"GOOD! Now tell me. Were their any soldiers stationed in that area before the attack and if so have you made contact with them yet." The commander said returning to normality amazingly quick. The soldier seemed not to understand the commander's mood swings but pressed on. After all, it wasn't COMPLETELY impossible to explain things to this man.

"Well sir it was reported that one of our soldier's were able to get far enough into the terrain to receive a signal from one of our government ships. In the report it was said that the ship's number was FF-2376."

"FF-2376? That's one of Commander Smokestack's isn't it? Of coarse from his base in the Frog Forest. I can guess what he's doing there."

"How'd you know it was him?"

"IDIOT! WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU!?"

"Um…"

"Anyway, Smokestack was said to be a special case with the government. He would always go on and on about how he had his own mission to carry out and that he would even betray the government to get what he wished for. Normally the government wouldn't allow such a person in but it's not everyday you find a willing person with the power of nature at his disposal."

"Nature?"

"YES NATURE! FIRE EMITES SMOKE RIGHT?"

"Uh…"

"Anyway it was recognized that as of now he was the last remaining survivor of the Diox clan. They were completely done in by some weird unknown force. Whatever it was it sure pissed off Smokestack."

"…"

"WHAT? SAY SOMETHING!"

"Uh sorry sir…"

Suddenly an extremely suave voice spoke to the two as he walked into room with five other people behind him.

"What's with all the noise in here? I swear we could hear you from the sound prove docking bay." Said the completely calm man. His eyes looked straight toward the commander as he and five others entered the room.

"Ah! I see you six are here! That's great now we can carry out our plan to finally capture this two-tailed fox and end this pointless war."

"The fox?" Asked the man without hesitation.

"Yes, the one responsible for that mass hysteria that occurred at the one of the malls in Station Square a while back. It seems that Smokestack has been patrolling that area by himself and for some reason hasn't been detained by Eggman's robots. We can't completely rely on his tactics as of yet so we're sending you six and one of our greatest G.U.N fleets to that area with this mission."

"And that mission would be?"

"TO CAPTURE THE FOX AND DETAIN ANYONE ON HIS SIDE!"

Completely unaffected by the commander's shout the man smiled and silently said "Gotcha."

"Good. As expected of you Hato." The commander said sitting back and rest his hands on his chairs' arm rests. " Now then Unit 7 of G.U.N investigation patrol, step forward for name call and mission de-briefing."

They six of them stepped forward and stood in a horizontal line.

"I'm Rasshu! Second in command of unit 7." Rasshu said with a cheerful smile on his face. He had blond hair and wore a pink bandana on his head. His eyes were blue and he wore a plain white suit.

"I'm Buru! Training instructor of Unit 7" Buru had spiked black hair and squinted eyes. He looked as though he was made of muscles and boulders with skin on them. He wore golden spiked straps across his chest as well. Their purpose is unknown.

"I'm Shoui. Business and paperwork handler of Unit 7" Shoui was a woman with an eye-patch on her right eye that said G.U.N on it. She had silver hair and wore a black suit.

"I am…a-aaaaachoo! I'm Mardo! I…uh…I forgot what I do." Mardo was big and round with skinny legs. He wore blue shorts and a Hawaiian t-shirt. His hair was red and his nose was pink as he had a cold.

"You are the head of our security division." Hato said informing the round man.

"Oh yeah. That's right. AAAAACHOOO!" Mardo sneezed again.

"I'm Hato! First in command of Unit 7." Hato said. He wore a black tuxedo and had plain straight black hair. His eyes were black and completely focused. What they were focused on was a mystery.

"It's been awhile since were given a mission. This should be fun." Rasshu said while maintaining his happy pose.

"Just leave all the face smashing to me okay!" Buru shouted picking at his spike straps.

"There wouldn't be much of a point sending us all there if you were the only one to do anything." Shoui pointed out while chuckling.

"Oh! You're right! I'm dumb! I'm dumb! I'm so stupid! But seriously lets do our best out there."

"I'm hungry…my stomach hurts…" Mardo complained.

"It probably wouldn't hurt so much if you stopped punching yourself in the stomach." Rasshu pointed out.

"Oh…I am…AAAAACHOOOO!" Mardo stopped punching himself and began to rub the bottom of his nose.

"My goodness! You're all annoying. Just shut up already." Commander Yoki said with head in his hand.

"You're right. We can get a little over excited." Shoui said while chuckling to herself.

"You're right! I should've figured that out! Dumb! Dumb! I'm so dumb! But seriously we really ought to be going." Buru said regaining his composure.

"Hahahaha! This is to be expected of the assassination Unit 7. Always goofing off. Our license to kill sure pays off when it needs to. I can't stand freaks. We'll go teach that fox a thing or two." Rasshu said turning toward the exit. Everyone else did as well.

"… This'll be over as quickly as we can manage it. We'll be back Commander Yoki." Hato said finally speaking up.

"Yeah… take your time." The commander said watching them leave. He looked sort of annoyed yet satisfied at the same time. "The assassination Unit 7…hard to believe such a weird group…was able to kill over 4000 people in less than 3 minutes with out any military aid. People are still raving about that too."

"Um sir." The soldier on the floor spoke up wondering if he shouldn't have.

"What? ARE YOU STILL HERE! GET OUT AND BRING MY SANDELS!" The commander shouted.

"Y-yes sir!" The soldier said. Yup, he should've stayed quiet.

Dessert Region of 3-way villa

"You're corn!" Shouted Knuckles ad he ran toward Igneous with his fist back.

"Oh yeah! We'll you're broccoli!" Igneous shouted mirroring Knuckles' move.

They collided yet again then went at it with each other.

"Spinach!"

"Lima bean!"

"BAKED Lima bean!"

"…Oh now you're freakin dead!" Igneous increased the speed of his punches and Knuckles did as well. Eventually they blew themselves apart from each other.

"Okay… I feel as though this is getting us nowhere. Fine then! I'll unleash my most devastating attack." Igneous reached behind him and pulled out... a detached thermostat.

"What is that?" Knuckles didn't lower his fists. Igneous probably had something up his non-existent sleeves.

"Behold the thermo…..STAT!"

"… So?"

"Shut up and listen! It used to belong to the wall of a steel grated insane asylum…"

"… Who cares? It's a detached thermostat."

"… Oh yeah well… watch as I… adjust the heat! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Igneous began to move the dial up and nothing changed as expected.

"… You're retarded!"

"Damn! It's not working!"

"SHUT UP! Fight seriously you idiotic bastard!" Knuckles shouted before he noticed the ground shaking. "Aw damn it! Now I see what he was doing!" Knuckles jumped out of the way as a huge boulder arose out of the ground he was standing on. It shot into the air. The echidna quickly punched his fist through it as it came back down and soon tiny little pebbles landed safely on the ground.

" I'm not falling for your crap anymore! We finish this here and now."

Igneous rubbed his temples a bit then nodded.

"Okay then fine! I'll punch you so hard you'll die and come back."

"Huh?"

"I have spoken!" Igneous shouted while going on the offensive once again.

Ice Cap region of 3-way-villa- Silent pathway

Shimon walked in the snow clearly injured and tired. His clothes were meant for the summer not the winter. He was freezing cold and he truly didn't know whether or not he'd live.

However if he didn't get that message of Hang Nail's to the fox he'd be killed anyway. Striving to live is a lot better then quitting and sentencing yourself to death.

He began chanting to himself to keep his wavering determination up.

"I've gotta keep moving… gotta keep moving… gotta keep…"

Ice Cap Castle

Metal Sonic waited… and he waited. Another minute passed and the robot finally made his decision.

Metal Sonic saw the time.

He recalled that it was Karst he was waiting for.

Without saying a word he stood up and headed out the door.

Ice Cap Region- Ice Mist area

"This… this is bad." Tails grunted as he was being held up by his neck by Karst. Charmy was lying across from them looking extremely scared and worried for Tails' life.

"Well would you look at this? It's pretty isn't it? The way you're so close to death. It's amazing how easily the power of a kitsune can be manipulated. After I'm done here I'll try not to be careless with your power. After all, Eggman may have invented devices that can harness its power but there is no way for him to know that it now all belongs to me!" Karst boasted at how well this fight was going for him.

"D-damn you… bastard!" Tails was still half a kitsune so he had still been unable to regain the amount of knowledge that made him such a special case in the first place.

"Now then I've had enough fun. Time to take the rest of your power and then rest up a bit." Karst's fiendish smile only made Tails growl in disgust. How could such a revolting person exist? The very thought of what the dude's childhood was like not only scared him but made him feel as though he'd magically acquired 20 different non-existent diseases at the same time.

Yeah, it was that bad.

Eventually Tails felt that now familiar feeling of his kitsune power draining. This was bad indeed. He barely stood a chance against Karst when he wasn't insanely powered up. Now Tails was returning to normal and Karst would be…kitsune powered!

"N-no s-stop!" Tails was returning to normal quickly and noticeably as his red eyes turned blue again and his fangs receded

"Sorry, can't do that!" Karst's body began to glow a dark purple as his power rose to an unimaginable level. Eventually Tails was nothing but an extremely worn out kid fox dangling in Karst's hand.

"Tails!" Charmy watched as his friend was held there seemingly helpless to escape Karst's grasp.

The ice themed commander flung Tails to the ground and watched as he lied there and didn't move.

"Espo! Espo! Wake up! Tails gonna die! Tails gonna die!" Charmy shook the still unconscious chameleon but to no avail. Karst must've done something other then just stab him in the back.

However, that didn't matter now. Tails was going to die.

Karst laughed as his power basically exploded across the terrain. Tails, feeling defeated and a complete loss of spirit, just lied there in the snow and didn't move. His malice was gone. His excessive cursing had disappeared too. He was back to the shy, lovable four-year-old with the mega-sized brain he used to be.

"Well now it seems it's time for the ultimate take-down! Come on fox! Let me show you the correct way to kill a hopeless child." Karst began to walk toward the fox who had all but given up on the situation.

"Tails move! Run! Run!" Charmy cried out but the fox wouldn't move. What was he doing?

'It's no use…he's to powerful. Even if I tried to run I'd end up dead anyway. It's probably better if I die. This whole mess started because of me.' Tails thought feeling even worse as he spelled out the truth to himself.

"Tails! Pwease! Run!" Charmy shouted. The bee obviously didn't get why Tails didn't run away.

'Why should I run… I'm… just a worthless…'

'Stop saying you're worthless!'

'Huh? Th-that sounded like Sonic…' Tails' eyes widened. He was recalling something from back on Westside Island.

' Sonic… I remember him telling me that… I should never say that I'm worthless anymore… he said it made him feel sad…'

Karst began to accumulate a kitsune powered ice projectile in his hand as he was determined to make sure that none of this fox's body remained.

'…For some reason… for some reason when ever I talk bad about myself Sonic doesn't like it… he was the only person who wouldn't though. Everyone on that island except him… they all hated me and wanted to see me suffer…'

Charmy began to cry even louder as Karst drew closer to the still unmoving fox.

'…I… I get it now…I may die here but… that doesn't mean I should just let it happen…'

'I'm amazed you fixed this ship all by yourself!'

'You're really an amazing kid! You run so fast and you're only four-years-old!'

'…Run…fast…that's what I've got to do…! Even if it's hopeless… even if I'm sure I'm gonna die here and now… I can't give up!' Tails finally began to move. He stood up and turned away from Karst. "I can't give up… If I do… then Sonic…Sonic would be sad… and disappointed. I can't let the only person who believed in me down! I won't!'

"You still haven't given up! It's amazing how stupid you still are even without your kitsune power!"

'I've got to run away! That's the only smart thing to do right now!" Tails wobbled up on his legs, which felt like Jell-O by the way, and began to run opposite of Karst's direction. Every step he took sent a jolt of pain up his body but he kept moving. He couldn't stop! He wouldn't allow himself to just let himself die like he almost did back at Westside Island.

"Hahahaha! You do realize that no matter how far you run the blast I send your way will be fast enough and big enough to blast you apart and them some! You stupid little fox!" Karst pulled his hand back and tossed the max powered projectile at Tails.

'Gotta keep running! Can't look back! Can't let Sonic down!'

"It's over! Now die you little thorn in my side!"

"Tails! No!" Charmy shouted in fear.

BOOM!! The blast collided with the fox and caused a massive explosion. It sent the bee and Espio rolling back. "Tails!"

"Hahahahaha! Well now! That was easier than I thought! I…huh?"

The snow that was shot straight up in the air during the explosion came back down and rained on an uncovered body.

"Something's wrong!" Karst shouted. That explosion should have obliterated the snow not send it flying. Eventually both Karst and Charmy saw something move behind the mist that the snow was emitting.

"T-Tails?" Charmy saw the fox's silhouette beyond the mist in the snow. After what seemed like an eternity of waiting he finally showed himself.

Tails was still alive.

"I-I'm alive? But how?" The fox stared at his hands as if some ancient text was written on them or something.

"Of coarse! I was afraid of that! Apparently this power has some sort of freak connection with this fox. If I use it as a projectile then he can absorb it! Damn it! I just gave him back some of his power! Aw well, I'll just have to transmit the power into an item so that won't happen again. My sword should do nicely."

"Tails! Run!" Charmy shouted again in his babyish voice. Tails was still amazed that he survived that to hear the bee correctly. That's when the fox realized something. Karst's newfound power… was still his!

"Time to die!" Karst said as he transmitted the power into his sword. If he cut him in half then it didn't matter if he got his power back or not. "Here I come!"

"Of coarse! Since this is my power I can still control it!" Tails said with his eyes gleaming.

Karst came closer with his sword raised high.

"And if I can do whatever I want with it… then…"

"Take this and die!" Karst shouted as he brought his sword down on Tails. During that coarse of time Karst managed to reach the fox without him realizing it. The sight of the sword coming down on him scared him so much he barely had time to think about what to do and eventually found himself shouting.

"Destroy the sword!" Tails shouted as loud as he could.

With that the sword dispersed in thin air.

Charmy, who had almost been choking on his own saliva when he saw the sword almost slice Tails in half, let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding and collapsed backward in the snow.

"Wh-what the hell was that!" Karst was freaking out! All the fox said was destroy the sword and 'poof' it was gone.

Tails was sweating bullets and his heart felt as though it were a building being demolished by a wrecking ball over and over again. Despite that he was amazed that it actually worked. And if that worked then what would happen if…

"You annoying little weasel…fox…thing! I'm gonna…"

"Punch Karst in the face!" Tails shouted.

"Do what now?" Karst asked before his fist rose and impacted himself in the face. "What the…"

"Again!" Tails shouted. Karst punched himself again. "Again! Again! Again! Again! And Again!" Tails shouted jumping up and down and then Karst began to strike himself hard over and over again.

"What…is…this?" Karst didn't understand why he was doing this.

"Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself?" Tails began to chant. Eventually Charmy looked up and started to chant it too thinking that Karst looked funny. Kids were sure good at taunting grown-ups.

"D-damn it!" Karst shouted as he punched himself some more. "I-can't… I can't stop!"

The commander didn't know what to do until he got a marvelous idea.

"So far… up until now… I've been able… to control this power, which means… I can still control it! Since that fox is no longer powered up I no longer… require this kitsune power…" Karst said to himself then grabbed his fist before he could connect again.

"Uh-oh." Tails said stumbling backward.

"Kitsune power, disperse!" Karst shouted which caused the power to completely disappear. They were back where they started… with Karst holding an overwhelming advantage over Tails!

The fox fell on his backside and began to scoot backward. No what? He had nothing to fight this guy with. There was no way to win again!

Karst didn't smile this time. He was more then pissed at the fact that he had been humiliated so easily by such a young fox. No more mercy was to be shown.

"You know what kid… you've got some nerve. Do you have any idea how superior I am to you!?"

Tails said nothing and looked as if he had regretted what he did.

"My ice… it's harder then steel when I want it to be! All I have to do is punch you and you'd be dead! The only reason I let this drag on so long was because I figured it be fun to prolong your in evadable death."

Tails continued to stare at the commander as he continued.

"I thought you understood your position. You were hopelessly overpowered and you were smart enough to know that because of your weakness you were to die today. I was so sure you had realized that until you started chanting 'Why are you hitting yourself?' like this was some kind of game!"

Charmy had stopped chanting as well and was now back to fearing for Tails' live. He wondered if Karst would come after him next.

"Well now that I know you're not taking this seriously then there is no reason for me not to anymore. You see when I fight I like there to be two kinds of people, the one who takes it seriously and the one who doesn't. I used to be the one who was just kidding around until that display earlier and it seems as though you would rather switch places. Fine then!"

Tails stood up and started to back away.

"With this punch I'll send you flying to the after life!" Karst held up his fist while Tails turned to make a break for it. "That won't work!"

Within a second of Tails' retreat Karst managed to get in front of the fox. Time seemed to have slowed down for the terrified fox at that moment. His life seemed to have been reeling itself in front of his eyes for about a second when Tails spoke.

"…Sonic…" The fox saw the fist fly at him at a terrifyingly fast speed.

He did nothing as Karst's fist collided with Tails' cheek and sent him flying across the terrain and into the snow with a harsh crash.

Karst was satisfied when he saw the blood on his fist.

"Well then, that's it isn't it then?"

Everything went silent immediately after that before Charmy was compelled to cry out.

"TAILS! NO! MEANIE! YOU MADE TAILS DIE!" Charmy shouted and cried at the same time.

Karst dusted himself off then slowly turned his attention to the bee. He was the only one left apparently.

"Kinda weird the youngest of the group survived the longest but I guess it can't be helped." Karst began to walk toward the frightened bee who began to shake Espio's body hoping he'd suddenly spring into action and help the poor boy out. No such thing happened.

Eventually Karst hovered over Charmy with his serious face still on. The two-year-old cried and cried on top of Espio for about two second before he was lifted in the air.

Karst ignored Charmy's tears and drew back his fist. Charmy closed his eyes and began to shake.

"Finally… it's done." Karst launched his fist at Charmy with full force but stopped about halfway through. Charmy had heard a clanging sound at the time Karst's fist stopped but he didn't know what it was.

Karst just stood there for two more seconds before dropping the bee to the ground and turning around. A rock lay at his feet. The clanging sound was the sound of it being tossed at his head. The commander looked up and saw what he had thought it was that dared interrupted his moment of triumph.

There in front of him stood Tails. His eyes and face were covered in tears. His mouth and some parts of his head were bleeding. Two of his baby teeth were gone. His legs wobbled and he didn't stand upright at all but none-the-less… it was him. He was alive!

"I… just don't get it. Why the hell won't he give up? What's he trying to prove by allowing himself to be beaten up like that?" Karst stood there amazed at this fox's bravado. It was either that or that punch totally made him stupid.

Tails stood there huffing and puffing while Charmy lied there in the snow and watched as the fox pushed himself past his limit.

"Tails…alive." Charmy said tearing up.

"You...You'll never understand...the way i feel..."

Right before Tails was hit he remembered Sonic.

He remembered his voice and his comfurting smile.

"It's because of him... back at Westside Island..."

Tails took two steps forward.

"... It's because I've never been belived in before... I would always give up because of that... but now... I've met him... and he told me the truth... so... that's why... that's why..."

Tails clutched his fists together and took a huge deep breath. Then he shouted out to the sky as loud as his vocal cords would allow him to...

"I'LL NEVER GIVE UP! AS LONG AS I HAVE SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME… I'LL NEVER GIVE UP! NOT EVER!!

Karst just stood there really taken a back by that outburst. Charmy just lied there and cried tears of joy.

"Tails… is so cool!" He screamed happily.

"Hmph! Little insect! DIE ALREADY!" Karst extended his hand and started to shoot out ice sickles at the already injured fox.

Tails clearly wasn't prepared for that and did the first thing to come to mind. He ducked. The ice sickles landed behind and barely missed his tails. Tails looked at the ice sickles and began to think.

'Come on! Think! The plan you came up with won't just work with just these ice sickles! There has got to be something here with a bigger blast!' The fox hadn't just been standing there throwing rocks at Karst. He had devised a plan a while ago that needed precise timing and accuracy. The only way for it to work was to make sure Karst was in a position where his focus wasn't on Tails. Now was his chance!

"Tails! Watch out!" Charmy shouted as Karst launched himself at the fox.

"How many times do I have to kill you boy!?" Karst shouted as he shot more ice sickles and ran forward. Tails was busy picking the ice sickles Karst threw at him earlier out of the ground to completely dodge them all.

Two of them sliced Tails in the arm, which caused him to wince and almost drop the ice sickles in his hands. Eventually, Karst was upon Tails.

"Now hold still! This time I will kill you!" Karst made a dive at Tails but the fox quickly tuck and rolled in between Karst's legs to get behind him. The tuck and roll, however, hurt a lot more than anyone will ever know.

Karst immediately turned around and tried to grab the fox but his feet were stuck in the snow.

"Huh? What's this?"

"Snow… and shards of your broken sword." Tails explained.

"What?"

"I dug those holes when you weren't looking and then stuck shards of the first broken sword at the sides of the hole. When your feet sunk in you got stuck!"

"What? But my ice is one of the most hardest substances on this planet! How'd…"

"You're right! It is pretty hard! But it isn't unbreakable. It took me a while but I figured it out. The only thing able to break your ice… is your ice itself!"

"…"

"Now watch this!" Tails said taking two of the ice sickles in his hand and jabbing them hard into Karst's feet. They were able to break through his ice and reach his human skin underneath. Tails was satisfied when he saw the commander bleed on both feet.

"Err! Why you!" Karst said struggling to break free.

"Serves you right you big meanie!" Tails said sticking out his tongue at Karst and running over to where Espio's body lay. During that explanation he had figured out what might cause a big enough blast to finally get Karst out of his hair.

Tails searched Espio and found a small black pack on him. He opened it up and found what he was looking for.

"Heh, you think you're so smart! Don't you!" Karst began to struggle and eventually one of his feet began to loosen.

Tails panicked as he took out the flat pieces of paper in Espio's pack and rapped them around the ice sickles.

"You're too late fox boy! I'm almost out!" Karst said as he began to loosen even more. Eventually his first foot was free and Tails wasn't even halfway through with what he was doing yet.

"Just one more." Karst began to force his other foot out. This was it. Tails didn't have nearly enough for his plan to work. Was his plan going to fail?

He thought so until he heard Karst shout something from behind that made Tails smile.

"Let go of my leg you foolish bee!"

Tails began to tear up and turned his head slightly to see Charmy holding on to the ice sickle in Karst's foot. He was doing whatever it took to keep it down. Tails turned back to his work while Charmy continued to struggle.

"I said let go!" Karst pulled back his fist and brought it down on Charmy's helmet protected head. The helmet didn't break but the force of the blow obviously transmitted to his head. Karst didn't stop there. He kept punching Charmy on the head over and over again.

Tails was almost done. He had a few more to go.

Charmy's hands felt frozen quickly as he held onto the ice sickle but he couldn't let go. Charmy quickly switched his hands for his mouth and began holding it down with his teeth while Karst continued to punch.

Eventually blood began to drip out of the bee's helmet and tears escaped his eyes but his determination wouldn't waver.

"I'm done!" Tails shouted. Charmy immediately let go of the ice and rolled away. Tails quickly ran toward Karst and jabbed the ice sickles with the paper rapped around them into Karst's chest.

"Argh! What are you doing you little brat?" Karst shouted extremely angry at this situation. They had gone too far.

Tails quickly grabbed the half-conscious bee and ran away from Karst.

The ice themed commander didn't know what he had done but it was annoying. Karst saw the paper on the ice sickles and his curiosity beckoned him to see what they were. As soon as he touched the paper he heard a fizzing sound. He was confused so he looked at them more closely. That's when he almost choked.

"These are… paper bombs… DAMN NINJA!!" Karst shouted attempting to tear them off but it didn't work. They were stuck! "Damn it! Get Off!" He yelled not knowing them his constant moving was setting them all off.

Eventually he realized his current state. His body was injured from the battle before and he was covered in active paper bombs.

"...No way… did I… the great Karst Ice… " Karst began to sweat underneath his metal

"... Lose?"

The answer was delivered through a tremendous explosion that took place almost immediately after the question was asked.

Tails and Charmy had dragged Espio far enough away from the explosion for him and the other two not to be hit by it. When both the bee and the fox saw the smoke coming from the direction they had just escaped from they both looked at each other for a second then realized something.

"WE WON!!" Tails shouted while pulling the bee into a hug.

"Bye, bye meanie ice guy!" Charmy said sticking his tongue out at the smoke. They sat there and laughed a bit before they both just lied back into the snow.

'I did it Sonic… I'm not worthless.'

I think this is one of my best chapters yet! I hope all of you enjoyed it! Please read and review. Next update coming up!