Chapter 18: Finale

Hilo everyone! That's hi, plus hello...anyway, the power's out right now, but lucky for me I'm on a laptop :D But unfortunately the power's out so the internet's…oh wait, never mind. It's back on. I'm not kidding, as soon as I wrote that the power turned back on. Great timing huh?

"Tails!" Amy yelled again.

But…how? Tails thought. He was extremely happy to see Amy alive and well, but just as confused. He jumped out of the plane and stared at her in astonishment.

Amy sprinted to Tails and embraced him in a huge hug, which was returned. "I was so worried," she said with tears in her eyes.

Tails gently pried her from the hug and looked at her. "But how are you…"

Amy wiped the tears from her eyes. "It's getting dark," she said. "Let's get a fire going, and I'll tell you everything."

A few hours later, Tails and Amy were sitting around the fire, huddling close for warmth. "So what happened after the plane crashed?" Tails inquired.

Amy put the mug that she had been holding down on the ground. "After the plane had crashed, I woke up and heard three cannons."

"But-"

Amy raised her hand. "I'll get to that," she said. "Anyway, I heard three cannons, and I got so worried, that I started looking for you, but I couldn't find you. So I went out and started hunting for other tributes, but I didn't find any of them either. Then I went back to the wreck to see if there was there that I could use, then I saw you get back into the air with that jet. So I followed you, and here we are." She took another sip from her mug and stared into the fire.

"But that doesn't make sense," Tails said. "Three cannons went off. That would be you, Sheldon, and Chumlee-"

Amy shook her head. "It was the Old Man, not me. He must have had a heart attack or something."

"Well I'm glad you're safe," Tails said. "I was worried I'd have to go back all by myself."

Amy looked at him. "So do you think we really can go home?" she asked.

"There's only two other tributes left," Tails replied. "I'd say we have a pretty good chance."

"But they happen to be the best tributes," Amy said as she looked down at the ground. "I don't know about Lola, but I know Bowser will do anything to get rid of us. And Sheldon never got the chance to avenge Penny…"

Tails stood up. "Then we'll avenge her. Both of them." He placed his bag in the jet and started it up. "We should get going."

"But we just set up camp!" Amy protested. "Shouldn't we at least think of some kind of plan or-"

"Amy!" Tails exclaimed. "We have to get this over with," he explained. "The sooner the better! Now come on."

Amy rolled her eyes. "Fine." She climbed into the plane and sat in the seat behind Tails. "Where do you think the other two are?" she shouted over the roar of the engine.

"Probably at the Cornucopia!" Tails shouted back. "If we don't go there, they'll just drive us down there. We should just go and beat them to it." He rose the plane into the air and flew it in the direction towards the Cornucopia.

"How long do you think it's gonna take to get there?" Amy asked Tails as they flew through the air.

"Probably a few hours," Tails explained. "We started at the edge of the arena. I just hope we can get there before everyone else does…"

A few hours later, the two tributes arrived at the Cornucopia. "I don't think anyone else is here," Amy said as she and Tails hopped out of the jet, which was on the grass next to the large, silver cone that sat on the ground. "Do you think we-"

She didn't get a chance to finish her sentence. A large, shelled figure had grabbed her, and roared as it jumped onto the Cornucopia.

"Bwa ha ha ha!" it laughed as it held Amy over the edge by her neck. "Guess again, Pinkie! Now that I've run out of princesses, I guess you'll have to do!" he roared again in triumph, tightening the pressure on Amy.

Tails growled from the ground. "What am I going to do?" he asked out loud. "I guess I'll have to get up there and fight him." He began to spin his two tails and flew up to the top of the Cornucopia. "Put her down, Bowser! Or I'll take you on myself!"

The king of Koopas laughed mockingly. "Do you really think you can take me on, fox boy? You're looking pretty puny without that hedgehog standing next to you." He tightened his grip even more on Amy, an evil smirk on his face.

"You seem to underestimate my intelligence, Bowser," Tails said mischievously. I'm not surprised, of course. You wouldn't recognize it if it hit you in the side of the head."

The smirk on Bowser's face quickly disappeared as he stomped his feet in anger. "You're gonna eat those words, fox!" he yelled. He blew a fireball in Tails' direction, which was dodged.

Now it was Tails' turn to attack. He used his tails to fly in to the air, then let himself plummet to the earth. He had to time it just right…

Bowser saw this attack coming. "Not on your life," he said. He quickly moved out of the way and let Tails crash through the Cornucopia.

Tails attempted to get from the horrible fall, but fell back down when a sharp pain went down his spine. He grunted in pain and attempted to stand up again, but failed.

"You have to get up, Tails!" Amy yelled, still in Bowser's hand. "Please! You can do this, Tails!"

"Quiet!" Bowser snarled at Amy. He then heard barking in the distance. "Well here come the dogs now," he said with a smirk.

Tails looked out in to the woods into the astonishment. There were large black dogs rushing towards the Cornucopia, fire blazing from their mouths. They had large white horns coming from their heads, and sharp fangs that could tear through anything. And they were getting closer and closer every second.

"What are those things?!" Tails exclaimed.

"Let me explain to you some Nintendo logic, fox," Bowser said. "Those are Pokemon called Houndoom. Let's just say that they can really heat things up," he explained, then laughed menacingly.

Tails began to panic, then quickly flew to the top of the Cornucopia despite the serious pain he was in.

"I won't be defeated that easily!" he yelled. He quickly sped towards Bowser and attempted to punch, him in the face, but Bowser caught him mid-flight.

"Not gonna happen, shorty," Bowser said. He held both Tails and Amy over the edge of the Cornucopia, which was surrounded by Houndoom. "Say goodbye, SEGA!" he motioned to drop them, then stopped.

An arrow had hit him in the neck. Another cannon went off, and Tails and Amy were dropped off of the Cornucopia.

Amy began to scream as they fell, but Tails remained calm and in control. He spun his two tails and grabbed Amy, flying the both of them back to the top. Lola stood before the two tributes, ready to shoot them with her arrow. All it would take is two shots, and she would win…

"Yes!" President Bunny shouted from his office. "Come on Lola, you can do this!"

Lola dropped her bow and arrow.

"What are you doing?!" the president shouted.

Lola looked at Tails and Amy, then turned to a camera. "I can't do this, Bugs!" she yelled. "When I fell in love with you that day we met on the tennis court, you were a nice guy. But now…just look at you! I won't kill these two, Bugs. Hopefully you will understand someday." She then jumped off the Cornucopia and into the pack of Houndoom. Then, the final cannon went off.

"What?!" Bugs yelled. He couldn't believe it…the love of his life was gone, and she had sacrificed herself for two meaningless people. "I'll get those two…and that Plasma girl too…"

"We…we won!" Tails exclaimed. He grabbed Amy and embraced her in a hug as the two of them cheered over their victory.

"They won!" Sonic exclaimed. Soon he and Angel were hugging too, overjoyed.

Tails and Amy were coming home.

And the games are over, but there is much more coming! Speaking of Angel, I made a facebook page about her :) Just search Angel Icirrus on Fb, and like the page! Thank you!