Chapter four
'Is this how it is supposed to be?' the man in red asked himself.
'Am I to fight everyone I see except the one person I want to fight? It isn't bad enough that I can't find him, but I can't find any of them. I know she is around here someone, and so is him. The others I can't seem to find a single trace.' The man said and thought nothing else as he stood on the cliff edge overlooking the city he just came out of.
Tails couldn't find him or any trace of him.
He knew Cosmo's plant would be alright and he couldn't face Amy or Cream. So he decided to go somewhere private that no one else knew about it.
At sunset, the lights from the city would mix with the sun and make the best display you would ever see. Tails decided to walk there so he could think. As he got closer and closer he realized that someone was there, but he couldn't make out who it was.
'Maybe I might be able to talk to someone' Tails thought.
As he reached his destination, Tails was shocked to find who he found. The person turned around and Tails was certain of who it was.
It was the person he had been looking for all afternoon. It was the man in red.
'Oh, it's you.' He said dully.
'Why did you do that to Sonic?' Tails said angrily.
'He got in my way' the man replied.
'So you just hurt people that get in your way?' Tails asked.
'Depending on the situation then yes, I may need to hurt them.' The man said.
'What do you mean by that?'
'I can't say.' Tails was confused but willing to find out the answer.
'What's your name?' The man asked.
'Tails, but why do you want to know?' Tails answered, not knowing why he gave him his name.
'Tails huh. Okay Tails, then will you please listen to my story?' the man asked.
'Why would I?' Tails asked, confused.
'You wanted to know why I hurt the one you call Sonic right. Well, all I can say is that I am hunting someone, the same person Sonic was hunting. The reason why people think I am him is because he and I dress a lot alike' the man said.
'Well that does explain something's, but why are you up here?' Tails asked.
'It reminds me of something. Something that I had long ago, but lost it' the man said.
'Oh that's right. Since I gave you my name, what is your name?' Tails asked.
'Mine name. My name is…'the man stopped and tackled Tails to the ground.
'Whatever you do, stay down and don't move.' The man said sternly.
Tails was confused but understood when the man got up off him. Tails saw there was another person standing where he was a few seconds ago.
'So, I finally found you' the man in red said. The other person had clothing on basically the same as the man in red, but it was all brown. The man in red pulled out his sword.
'We shall end this here Brick' the man in red said sternly.
The man in brown, Tails now knows as Brick, pulled out his own sword as well. The two swords clashed, sending sparks everywhere. The man in red tried to kick Brick in the head, but Brick ducked and punched him in the stomach, sending him back three meters. The man in red got back up at picked up his sword.
'Come on Luke. I thought you were stronger than that.' Brick said enthusiastically.
'Luke. So that is his name then' Tails thought.
Luke charged at Brick, leaping and lunging his sword when he got close enough. Brick blocked Luke's attack with his own sword. Luke jumped away and regained his balance, waiting for the next attack.
Brick lowered his sword and raised his right hand to his left shoulder, just like Luke when he was consumed by flames and the one thing Tails noticed was that he had a ring just like Luke, except the gem was brown and Tails couldn't identify it. Luke quickly spun around and blocked a pillar that came out of the ground.
'What just happened?' Tails thought drowsily 'and why am I tired?' Tails fought back a yawn.
Brick charged at Luke as he was holding the pillar. Brick kicked Luke in the side, sending him flying into a tree.
'I guess you've lost your touch' Brick said sadly. 'And now to take care of the trash.'
Brick threw his sword at Tails who was still lying there. Tails closed his eyes and waited for death to come.
'I'm sorry Sonic. I'm sorry Amy. I'm sorry Cream. I'm sorry Knuckles and I'm sorry Cosmo.' Tails waited another few seconds then opened his eyes.
Brick sword was centimeters away from his face, but was being blocked by Luke's sword. Tails looked over at Luke, who was lying on the ground with his arm raised. Luke lowered his arm and, as Tails presumed, fell unconscious. Both swords fell to the ground as Brick turned his head.
'More are on the way here' he said. Brick's sword flew back to him.
Brick then sheathed his sword and raised his right hand to his left shoulder. Brick was then crushed by two slabs of rock that came out of the ground. Just before Tails lost conscious, he saw the slabs part and, just as Luke had with the flames, he vanished.