Mother Knows Best
Chapter Four
Two months later…
"Who the hell are these guys?" Rouge exclaimed as her wings flapped rapidly with the wind as herself, Shadow, and Omega were returning back to their high powered vehicle. Shadow ignored her shriek of confusion and continue to fire bullets from his pistols, and using his Chaos energy to ward off the beings that were succeeding in attacking the team. Omega used his rocket powered boosters to swiftly move and escape the questionable creatures that were violently attempting to overpower them.
"We have to get out of here. Now." Shadow grunted as one of the beasts tried to take a bite out of his arm. He repelled the fiend with a smooth bullet to the forehead.
"I agree. Run for it." Rouge called out to Shadow and Omega. The three of the separated, using that tactic they lost the eerie and unnerving beasts.
"We lost them, finally." Rouge breathed out, thankful she didn't have to deal with them again.
Omega aimed his robotic hand at the ware house that the fiends; and using the last of the energy that powered him, he blasted the ware house up. An effort to destroy the last of the flesh eating creatures. Shadow smirked. "Well done, Omega." He and Rouge didn't hear a response from Omega after his compliment.
They both looked over at the E-Series robot. "Omega!" Rouge cried as she saw Omega's power circuit was ripped out and in pieces. Shadow's eyes widened at the sight, but used rationality and logic to deal with the unfortunate situation.
"We can't take him to Eggman. There's only one other person that we that could help Omega now." Rouge looked up at Shadow as she was kneeling to help Omega. She nodded, knowing what he was saying and getting at.
"Tails."
Shadow and Rouge hauled Omega back to their highly powered vehicle. Rouge groaned in frustration as she remembered what Cream and Amy had told her a few months back. "Tails isn't in Mobius anymore."
Shadow looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Since when?" He asked impatiently, revving up the engine.
Rouge rolled her eyes for him being so oblivious. "For a few good months now."
"Fantastic. Rouge, find out where he is, please." Shadow drawled out the 'please', frowning at the stirring wheel and turning off the engine. She nodded and took out her phone. Rouge used G. U. N's system to hack into Tails' files to see where he is currently residing.
She smiled happily as she found out successfully where he is now living. "Found anything, yet?" Shadow asked intolerantly.
Rouge nodded, and shown him the file on her phone. "Yeah."
Shadow began to read the file on Tails.
NAME: Miles 'Tails' Prower
GENDER: Male
AGE: 15
PLACE OF WORK: Soldier Work Shop
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Rhode Bungalow, Yukon River.
Shadow raised his eyebrow along with quirking a small smirk on his features. "Yukon River. Very far from home, Tails."
Rouge rolled her eyes at his words. "Yeah, yeah. Just start the engine, Hot Shot." Shadow chuckled and revved up the engine once more, bringing it to life. Stepping on the accelerator pedal, Shadow shifted the vehicle out of the destruction zone that was the ware house full of creatures. Shadow soon got them on the motorway and on the course to Yukon River.
"Tails is going to be surprised when he sees us." Rouge laughed as she relaxed herself in the passenger seat. Shadow glanced over at her for a mere second before keeping he gaze on the road.
"I suppose. Let's hope he helps us, then." Shadow muttered, knowing he wasn't on the best of terms with the twin tailed fox.
Rouge smirked smugly. "Well, he will help us."
"And, how do you know that?" Shadow played along with Rouge's little game. She smiled bouncily.
"Well, a little birdie told me that she and Tails have been exchanging emails for the past couple months, and said little birdie has told him all about us." Shadow eyes seemed to narrow, along with his brow furrowing at the car in front of them.
"You have got to be kidding me? You had Cream spying on him?" Rouge looked shock at his accusation, and then that shock turned to annoyance and irritation.
"I didn't tell her to do anything. She wanted to keep contact with Tails, so I helped her convince Vanilla to allow her daughter to have an email account so she could speak to Tails." She explained with displeasure.
Shadow waved her displeasing tone off and concentrated on driving to Yukon River. Then the realisation hit him. Cream was sure to tell Tails at he was a little sap now. He groaned at the thought of the fifteen year old calling him out on that. "You have got to be kidding me?" Shadow repeated, grumbling that to himself.
"This is really a bad day for me." Rouge looked at Shadow with a mischievous glint in her blue eyes.
"Well, it is a Monday." She teased.
"Don't even get me started."
Shadow thought that the car journey went on the hours with Rouge's incessant singing to horrid boy bands on the radio, and her obnoxious gossip on all their friends back home in Mobius. Yukon River couldn't get here any faster, he thought. Rouge quieted down as they drove past the 'Welcome to Yukon River. Hope you enjoy your stay!' sign and took in all its natural beauty. The small town reminded her of England, well, Old England, at least. It was fascinating to her. This town could us a shopping centre-Oh. My. God. They have one, my life is complete! Rouge thought giddily with a light-hearted smile on her face.
The small and quaint town looked like somewhere you would settle down in. Shadow had to admit, Tails chose a good place. He wouldn't mind living here, in the future, of course. "Where was his house again?" Shadow asked, keeping his mind from wandering off into 'planning the future' mode.
Rouge jumped a bit at his voice but readjusted herself. "Well, in the file it says he lives in Rhode Bungalow." Rouge said.
Shadow rolled his eyes, like that would help, he thought. "I just mapped it, just keep going straight, and when you see the sign 'Wyngate Road' turn right, you're there." That's much more helpful, he mentally complained.
He nodded. "Thanks."
Rouge gave him a small smile. "You're welcome."
Shadow kept an eye out for the sign that Rouge mentioned. He wasn't noticed any 'Wyngate Road' yet, he was beginning to think that they were looking in the wrong place. "Perhaps, we should turn back-" Shadow began to say, but Rouge interrupted him.
She pointed bouncily at the road sign that said 'Wyngate Road'. He nodded, and twirled the wheel clockwise. As the car turned into Wyngate, Shadow and Rouge both saw two children running to the ice cream van and park at the beginning of the street. One day, they both thought.
Shadow switched off the radio, listening in on the sounds in his surroundings. He drove down Wyngate, hoping to find any sign of Tails' bungalow. No results, yet. "God, how hard is it to find a stupid bungalow?" Rouge complained irritably, running a hand through her pure white hair.
"Apparently, very hard. There's so many of them in this town." Shadow noted.
"Tell me about it, this place just screams 'happily ever after'." Rouge pointed out. Shadow had to agree. Yukon River did seem to have that class, and especially having that home-like quality to it. This town was definitely a place to have a family in.
Rouge's eyes widened as she saw a bungalow at the very end of the street with a work shop attached to it. That's definitely it, it has to be, she thought. "Over there!" Rouge stated as she once again pointed to the bungalow.
"That has to be it, right?" Shadow nodded, it seem plausible that this would be Tails' bungalow, that and the fact that it is the only bungalow with a work shop with it.
"Looks like it." Shadow pulled the vehicle into Tails' drive way. Turning off the engine, Shadow got out of the car, along with Rouge. Giving the car doors a light slam shut, they both stalked towards the front door of the bungalow.
"This better be it." Shadow grumbled, obviously tired with the whole trip. He hadn't realised how far Yukon River was from Mobius. He began to question why Tails had moved very far away from Mobius. He'll find out the answer sooner or later, he knew that for sure. Rouge reached the front door, and rang the doorbell. They two of them waiting for the inevitable opening of the door. The door eventually opened.
"Rouge? Shadow? What are you doing here?"