Chapter six is up, sorry for taking my time on this one. Anyway I really hope you continue reviewing or
if you are new give it a shot. Also a question, how much longer should this continue, I see a possible ending in the next 3-4
chapters, if thats to short or sounds about right message me. On with the show. Also i still own nothing Sonic or Sega related.
A heroic blue hedgehog was lying in a hospital bed, though at this moment he felt anything but heroic, he felt horrible, the scene kept replaying itself every time he closed his
eyes, Tails turns and runs, his tails move into that familiar propeller position and he's gone in a rush of leaves. He had betrayed his brother, he was a vampire, but he was still his brother, the scars from their fight were healing well he heard the doctor say, he looked at the white bandages wound round his torso and sighed, physically he would be fine in another day or two, emotionally he felt his heart had been beaten with a mallet. He sat up on the bed as footsteps approached and his door was cast open, their stood Sally a smile on her face and gave Sonic a hug, he eagerly hugged back, being alone with his thoughts was something he had best avoid.
He spoke up memory of their last conversation already nagging him "Sal have we started looking for Tails yet, he could be anywhere and…WE need to find him." He had spurted it out in one long breath and Sally sighed, she remembered exactly how the news had went over in Knothole, pitch forks, torches, and a 24 hour watch dedicated to shooting Tails on sight, led by a certain Minx with a sniper rifle, Sally had cared for Tails but after him attacking Sonic, she was unsure what to believe. Sonic could see the doubt in her face and spoke again, calm. "Sal, he could have killed me, he didn't, he could have killed all of us, but we have never had a single member of the entire freedom fighters go missing without Robotnik using him for leverage, Tails isn't a monster, I am, I let him down…I..wasn't a brother to him." Sonic's face had fallen and Sally could hear some soft sniffling occurring, if Sonic trusted him she would need to as well, she took a deep breath and replied. "Sonic, you were shocked, we all were, we will find him, and we will apologize, but Sonic, you need to remember what he is, this could have pushed him over the edge, you might not even recognize him when you see him." Sally tried to speak softly to her tormented friend but the content of the words still had the hedgehog shaking, a knock was heard at the door and it caught both their attention instantly.
Under the doctor's orders Sonic had so far only been allowed to see Sally, she stood and opened the door to come face to face with a very angry looking Rotor. Rotor's gaze fell on Sonic and the hedgehog felt a shiver, this was not a look anyone had seen on Rotor before, they knew he could be grumpy, but this was fury, and it was directed straight at a certain blue hedgehog. "Uhh.. Hi yah Rotor, what's with the death stare?" Sonic tried to sound casual, it sounded nervous, Rotor pushed past Sally and leveled a finger at Sonic before letting the damn of his emotion completely fall. "YOU BASTARD, how could you do that to your so called brother, you stabbed him in the back and let that crazy Minx Bitch run around head hunting him. You should be disgusted with yourself; hell ROBOTNIK would have probably treated Snively better if he had been a vampire. You…You god damn, hypocrite hedgehog..how can you even live with yourself!" His rant over he looked and saw Sonic and Sally's jaws on the floors, maybe he had overdone it a little, no, he deserved everything he got in Rotors mind, he turned to leave but Sonic grabbed his wrist and looked him straight in the eyes, the hedgehogs normally bright green eyes were misted with tears streaming down his face as he softly spoke. "Your right, I really screwed up, but, I'm going to do whatever it takes to make this right, I have to, Rotor, your right, I should have been there for him, I need to tell him I'm sorry, and I'll need everyone's help, please Rotor, just help me find him."
Rotor felt guilty at ripping into Sonic now, he made a mistake and thinking back, it could have easily happened to him, he was still angry, but his anger had no point to focus on, until he remembered that minx, she was out hunting Tails, she would do fine, he patted Sonic on the back and awkwardly started. "Listen,.. I didn't entirely mean everything I said, it's just, I was angry, I should have probably asked you about it first." Sonic looked up a small smile on, at least someone had forgiven him; Sally cleared her throat and was looking with a critical eye at Rotor when she spoke. "So you're saying you wouldn't have reacted in the same way, how can you be sure?" Rotor sighed, Sally was already suspicious and she would keep digging until she found it, he explained to the both of them how Tails had told him, and about Tails old life, at the end they just looked sad, Sonic felt even worse about himself and now Sally felt like she had murdered her own son. Sally spoke up, clear decision in her voice "Were going to find him, I'll have that Minx's squad dismantled immediantly and we'll start sending out search parties, we'll send Bunny and Antoine to where he was last to see if they can follow his trail, Don't worry, were going to find him." The others in the room all gave thumbs up and Sally left to get started, Rotor and Sonic eyed each other, it was awkward, they both sighed, and looked away, before Rotor turned to leave. "Thanks" Was all Sonic said and Rotor couldn't help but smile as he left to help Sally.
Far away a fox was waking to the first stinging beams of sunlight, he could probably go another two days before needing any blood, but he might as well get it done sooner rather than later, he unwound his tails from around the outside of his duster as he jumped down from his tree he had slept in. The smell hit him instantly and his mouth watered, beans, bacon, and sausage, he ran to the smell and saw Max cooking while Mike was drooling telling him to go faster and Tab was rolling up her and the others sleeping bags. Now in the bright morning sun they all turned to face the newcomer, they saw him licking his lips and noticed two tails waving directly behind him, they did a double take and Tails instantly knew he had forgotten to make it look like one tail, he mentally cringed waiting for the barrage of questions or looks of disgust. "Two tails…Neat!" was the coyote Mike's reply as he refocused his attention on the food, Tab tilted her head to one side for a second, shrugged and then kept rolling up her sleeping bag. Max practically had question marks visible above his head, and would have likely let the food burn if Mike didn't keep poking him to ask if it was ready.
Tails walked closer to the glorious smells wafting directly towards him and he stopped and spoke aloud. "Good morning, there's enough to go around right?" He asked in a worried tone, everyone else laughed and motioned for him to come over as the pan was taken off the fire and Mike tried to grab a still sizzling sausage and yelped when he burnt his hand. Max slapped him in the back of the head and chuckled at his friend as he scooped equal portions onto everyone's plate and passed them to their respective person. Max started his questions just as Tails had lifted his fork ready for his first bite, Tails cried inwardly, it looked so good, so very very good. "So Duster, two tails huh, that's pretty unique, never heard of anything like that before, can you move them both at the same time, is one shorter than the other, what's it feel like uh OWWW what was that for Tab!" Tab had kicked him in the leg and was glaring daggers as she spoke her voice eerily calm. "It's not polite to ask those sorts of questions Max, plus he hasn't eaten yet, also if you do that again, well, you still remember the tree? I think we could get there in under an hour."
Max went ghost white and shook his head vigorously while Mike was howling with laughter, spitting bits of food out as he remembered the event. Tails looked straight at Tab curiosity evident on his face, She spoke up again a bit of laughter in her voice. "Max got stuck in a tree. For two days. Upside down. By his tail." They all laughed at that with the exception of Max who was relieving his least favorite moment in his life. After laughter subsided they finished eating, Tails and Mike licking their plates clean, Tails didn't need food, but he hadn't had anything taste even a tenth that good in a very long time, it was that point the conversations started. "So Duster, where were you before running into us" It was Tab asking and he spoke out loud before his brain could register. "Knothole" Everyone ground to a stop and Tails instantly saw his mistake, they would ask questions, and he really did not want to answer questions about that place, and least of all about a certain hedgehog. "Wait you were at Knothole? And you left, why?" It was Max looking as if someone had just told him all squares secretly have a fifth side, Tails sighed as he spoke, thinking of the vaguest possible answers.
"I had a difference of opinion" The others looked all the more confused, at eight years old he had left one of the safest places left on Mobius over a so called difference of opinion, the pacing of the questions quickened. "So did you get to meet the princess, was she cute." It was Mike and he was slapped in the back of the head by both Max and Tab. "I met her, she was…nice." Next up was Max again "You didn't go on missions while you were there. Did you?" Tails laughed a bit, he had always dreamt of going on missions, he really hated being treated like a kid all the time, though in truth getting read stories to was pretty nice. "No, not really, usually just a lookout." Then the question came from Tab, the question he had least wanted to hear, the others groaned as she asked well aware of her crush on the fastest thing alive. "So what is Sonic like, did you ever get to see him?" The others had kept walking but they turned back to see Tails just standing there, fists curled, teeth gritted and an aura of utter hatred suddenly exploding out of the child, the others were terrified and stunned as he spoke, a very vicious answer of "Yes, I knew him" anger dripped off every letter as he slowly calmed down and started walking to catch up. The others hadn't really moved and were just glancing between themselves nervously as Tails walked up rubbing the back of his head and grinning sheepishly. "Sorry if I freaked you guys out, It's not something I enjoy talking about." The others nodded their approval as they kept walking the air extremely tense, until Mike spoke up. "So how is the food in Knothole?" Everyone laughed out loud again, Mike would be the only one still focused on food as they continued walking. Unbeknownst to them a very angry Minx had just been kicked out of New Knothole, she blamed a certain vampire of course and it was pure coincidence she was walking down the exact same trail in the direction that a group of three people were also walking on. Her rifle was shining brightly in the mid day light as it bobbed up and down on her back as she kicked up the dust of the trail, murder in her eyes, when she found the fox vampire, she would tear him apart.