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Chapter 6: Loss

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Knuckles was getting frustrated at the sight of such defeat. He glided over to where the dragon was flying, furiously climbed up an obsidian pillar, glided off of it, and hopped onto the dragon's back. He reached his fist up, ready to give the huge creature a piece of his mind. The dragon saw through this attempt, and quickly reared, knocking the red echidna off his back.

Silver clenched his fists in annoyance.

"Maybe I can use my telekinetic powers to suspend him, and the others can attack him while he's suspended," he thought to himself.

At this idea, he sprang into action as he stretched out his circle-minded hands and closed his eyes, letting his psychic abilities flow through him.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was suspending the dragon in mid-air. The dragon couldn't fly, move, or even blink his glowing, purple, scaly eyes. He was bound in the energy from Silver's hands. Silver felt rather accomplished at this.

"Thanks for the help!" Sonic said with a wink, grin, and thumbs-up.

"Let's get him, then," Shadow said. He turned his right hand towards the dragon and fired a Chaos Spear.

Silver was so excited about his feat that he got distracted, at a fatal cost.

The dragon broke free from the psychic grasp. The Chaos Spear only merely scratched one of the dark dragon's spines.

Shadow's left eye twitched.

"You..." he said with anxiety. "You let him...break free..."

Knuckles saw that Shadow was about to crack, so he ran up to Shadow and blocked him before he could slaughter the poor albino hedgehog.

"LET ME AT HIM, YOU ECHIDNA." Shadow shouted with fury.
"I won't let you," Knuckles calmly replied as he blocked Shadow from moving forward.

"Guys, stop it!" Tails shouted. "It's not getting us anywhere! Our lives are at stake!"

"You're right, Tails. That dragon could kill us whenever he wants to," Knuckles said.

"Which is why we need to work together!" Tails said.

"The way you said that made me feel uncomfortable."

"Whatever."

As Silver heard this conversation continue, he noticed that the dragon was doing something unusual, as if he was gathering physical strength for a massive attack. Silver's eyebrows shot up, and his pupils shrank. "Um, guys..."

"We do have to work together, however, Knuckles," Tails said.

"I know, but just the way you said it..."

"Guys..." Silver was trembling.

"It's doesn't matter what it sounds like! It's the truth!" Tails said.

"But it seems we're not very cooperative..."

"GUYS!"

"WHAT, SILVER?!" The rest of the gang shouted in frustration.

"The dragon! He's about to dive-bomb us! There's no way to stop him now...!"

The rest of the gang slowly turned their heads, and to their surprise, the dragon was coming right for them. They were shocked.

"Grab my hands!" Sonic frantically commanded.

Everyone did except Tails, who was still frozen from shock.

"TAILS! GRAB THEM!"

Tails came back to his senses. "Wha...what?"
"GRAB...ON...TO...MY...HANDS!"

"Okay, okay!"

Tails grabbed on with an unsure grip, and Sonic dashed off with the entire group's accompaniment. Tails was holding on for dear life, while everyone else had a firm grip.

"HANG ON TIGHTER, TAILS!"

"I'M TRYING!"

Sonic swerved around pillars in an evasive motion as the dragon came closer to the gang.

"I...CAN'T...HOLD ON!" Tails exclaimed with a hint of anguish in his voice.

"TAILS, DON'T GIVE UP!"

"BUT...I CAN'T..."

"DON'T GIVE -"

Too late. Tails had let go at the least opportune time.

"TAILS, NO!"

"SONI-"

It all happened in slow-motion. As Tails was in mid-air after he let go, the dragon's head pushed him down to the ground, and the dragon went straight through behind it. Tails disappeared without a trace. The dragon came back up from the ground he went through.

"TAILS!"

Sad ending? Don't fret, just you wait! Heh heh heh...

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