A/N: Sorry for the wait but I just needed to finish the finale of Sonic High. Now that it is finally over, I might have a little more time to work on this story. If you haven't read Sonic High, I urge you to check it out. I'd love you all for it ;) Speaking of my other work, I just released the first chapter of my new story 'Murder on Green Hill Island' which is a murder mystery/horror story that I'm trying out. Please check it out and leave a review to tell me what you thought. Anyway, since you came here to read the new chapter, I won't keep you any longer. I hope you enjoy chapter 21!
Chapter 21:
Another Angry Mob
The warm summer winds attacked the two boys faces, seemingly against them like the rest of the world seemed to be. It picked up the surrounding dirt and soil from the garden beds of the many individual houses that dotted the desolate street as they ran and berated their skin. The small granules packed quite the punch when carried by the harsh winds and left small holes on their skin. However, that was the least of their problems.
Just 24 hours ago, the two were happily sitting back in Sonic's bedroom, playing video games and scoffing popcorn down their gullets without a care in the world. Now, they are running for their lives with an angry mob of all of their closest friends who want to burn them alive.
Sonic was running faster than he ever had in his life. Colours blurred together, just forming white lines that cut through the blue tinge in the atmosphere and sky as he raced ahead. The blaring winds were so intense that they completely over loaded their ear drums, causing an alarming amount of wax to pool up in the canals. With this deafening wind, Tails could do nothing but close his eyes, scrunch up his face and cover his head with his hands. His little heart was beating in overdrive, seemingly trying to match the beats of Sonic's ruby red shoes clattering against the street.
Without realizing it, Sonic instantly screeched to a halt, small, red and yellow sparks flying from the soles of his shoes. Tails chanced a glance around before taking in his surroundings. Without even realizing it, the two were standing at the top of the hill that had the old, lone tree on top of it. The decrepit tree still hadn't grown all of its leaves back and its web of interlocking roots ran deep into the cliff face, binding the dirt particles together to create a thick, loamy surface soil.
Tails released his iron grip on the fragile fox and Tails hopped out of his arms, slightly dizzy from the immense speed that he had just experienced.
"W-Why did you bring us here?" Tails asked as he held his spinning head in his hands.
"I…I don't know, Tails. I panicked and just ran. Next thing I knew, I was at this cliff," Sonic muttered, his mind running as fast as he had just been. "What do we do, what do we do, what do we do?" Sonic repeated in nonsensical ramblings.
"Sonic…" Tails mumbled.
"We can't go home!" Sonic cried.
"Sonic…" Tails repeated himself again, slightly louder this time.
"We can't flee or we will be captured and killed by the Aves community!" Sonic moaned. He ran his hands through his quills nervously. His eyes darted from side to side as the gears in his brain continued to turn, clanging against each other as they struggled to think of a solution. Sonic grinded his teeth, anxiety racking his entire body which resulted in his legs visibly shaking.
"SONIC!" Tails boomed, his voice stopping Sonic in place. Sonic turned to face the fox, his body still completely motionless
"Listen, I know things are bad. I know our world is falling apart but we can't stay here. We need to flee now," Tails reasoned, trying to keep his composure which he was only hanging onto by a thread.
"Tails, you know we can't do that. Where can we go? We are surrounded on all sides by the ocean of the northern community!"
"Sonic, we need to calm down and think things through, please," Tails begged.
"How can we stay calm?! Everything is fucking falling apart!" Sonic yelled, raising his hands at Tails. Spit flecked from his lips and flew through the air, landing on Tails cheek. Tails took a step back, cowering slightly at Sonic's explosion. Sonic had never gotten this mad at Tails before… ever. They had always been on the same side, they had always been brothers. Nothing would ever turn them against each other, especially not now when they needed each other more than ever.
"I… I'm sorry Tails. I don't know what came over me," Sonic hung his head in shame.
"I-It's okay, Sonic. Just… let's not fight. We need each other now more than ever," Tails faked a small smile as his azure eyes met Sonic's pools of emeralds. Sonic took a deep breath in through his nose and exhaled the carbon dioxide out through his mouth, calming himself down.
"Okay, so what should we do? We can either try to steal a boat and chance the seas or cross the border and hopefully find a place away from civilization," Sonic pondered, placing a finger on his temple.
"We would be executed on the spot if we were seen in Aves. Our best chance is the ocean," Tails turned. His glance was cast out over the roaring waves below the cliff face that attacked the side of the cliff mercilessly, eroding the cracked rock underneath.
"We need to go get some things from my house, and then grab some things from your," Sonic reasoned.
"But don't you think they will be waiting for us at our homes?" Tails queried, nervous about returning home. 'At least mum is off camping,' his thoughts tried to sooth his anxiety.
"They won't expect us to return home, trust me," Sonic grinned as Tails nodded. He scooped up Tails once again and together they set off to Sonic's house.
…
"Big is rallying the rest of the town together so c'mon everybody. Let's go get those faggots!" Shadow yelled above the chattering crowd who all just witnessed Sonic and Tails bolt out of the door.
"Shadow, what about that stupid echidna? He helped them. He probably contracted the gay from them or something," Amy whispered into Shadow's ear as he began filing the rest of the party guests out of the house and towards the chapel.
"Forget about him," Shadow scoffed, glancing up to meet Knuckles angry gaze. Violet eyes interlocked with Shadow's crimson, blood like pupils in a wordless confrontation. Slowly, a menacing smirk crossed Shadow's muzzle as he narrowed his eyes. "We can deal with him after we get Sonic!"
"Come on guys, we need to catch them before they escape," Tikal called over to them as she got to the door.
"They can't go anywhere," Shadow laughed as he grabbed Amy's arm and skulked out of the house. "You go to the chapel, I'll meet up with you guys after I do one thing first," Shadow commanded the two girls as they ran off.
"Blaze… aren't you coming?" Silver asked, turning to face Blaze who was still standing in the corner of the room, unable to process whether those past 5 minutes had happened. Silver strode up to her and waved his hand in front of her face, snapping her out of her daze.
"No, we need to save them," she blurted out. Silver cocked an eyebrow curiously.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Tails is my best friend, I can't just abandon him," she defended her absent friend.
"But didn't you hear… they are gay!" Silver argued.
"Yeah, I know," she muttered.
"You knew? For how long? Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you inform Big?" Silver berated her with a thousand rapid fire questions.
"Because who cares if they love each other? Why should it matter?"
"Because it… it… it just does, okay! How could you be hiding them? That's like harbouring a murderer!" he yelled at her. Knuckles, still standing atop of the loft, watch the whole confrontation play out.
"How is that the same at all?" Blaze exploded, stepping forward to close the distance between her and her boyfriend. "If anything, you are all the murderers for trying to catch and burn them! What do you think they are? Witches?"
"Worse," Silver looked away, biting his bottom lip in annoyance. "Blaze, please, just come with me and I won't tell anybody that you knew," he held out his hand to her, pleading for her to take it.
"I'm going to save them," she spat, slapping his hand away. "With or without your help!"
"Without," Silver remarked coldly, turning his head. "Goodbye, Blaze," he whispered as he slammed the door behind him and rushed off to catch up with the others.
Knuckles, after witnessing the whole thing, walked down the stairs and approached Blaze, sadness and sorrow clear in his eyes.
"I'm sorry about Silver. Tikal was the same."
"It doesn't matter. We need to help them out!" Blaze looked up, a new found flame burning in her eyes. She was determined to help out her friends and change the towns mind no matter what the cost.
"Count me in," Knuckles confirmed, nodding. "I think I know where they might have run off to." Knuckles rushed off, with Blaze close on his heels, heading towards the familiar park that he had first seen Sonic and Tails hiding together in the bushes all those months ago.
…
Sonic and Tails stopped short outside of Sonic's small abode. They snuck to the shadows and dived into the nearby bushes to check out the place to make sure that no pitch fork wielding former friend of theirs was waiting for them.
"To think, this is the only place I have ever known as home. The only place I have ever lived," Sonic frowned, looking up to the second story window where his bedroom was situated.
"You have a new home, Sonic," Tails smiled, trying to make the hedgehog feel better as he thought back on better times.
"What do you mean?" Sonic sniffed, trying to wipe away the few stray tears that were threatening to break free of his eyes.
"You have a home in me, in here," Tails placed took hold of Sonic's hand and guided it over to Tails' heart. Sonic felt the slow, rhythmic beating of the fox's heart. "Know that no matter what happens, no matter what dangers we face ahead, you will always be safe with me, together."
"T-Thanks Tails. That… that means a lot," Sonic wiped away the loan tear that had begun streaking down his cheek. "Let's get this over with, before they come looking for us at home." Together, the two boys jumped out of the bushes and ran over to the front door. Sonic swiftly pulled out his key, opened the lock and stepped inside, closing the door behind the two before being seen by anybody who was on the street.
Suddenly, just as Sonic began to start gather his things, he heard the loud, forceful footsteps of somebody coming down the stairs.
"Oh no… anybody but him," Sonic gulped as an eerie mood fell upon the room
SonTails vs Mobius
(Parody of Tenacious D vs The Devil)
Vector: You little fag!
Sonic and Tails: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Vector: Why are you gay?
Shouldn't be this way!
I find out today you've thrown your life away
Thought I raised you well
but you're going to hell
All you did was lie and now you both will die
Sonic: Wait! Wait! Wait!
You stupid father
Mum wouldn't want you to do this
I'm sure she'd chose me over Mobius
Vector: No! No! No!
For when your mother found out
that you had let our family down
She did a roundabout and joined the mob in town
Sonic: It's not true I don't trust you
That isn't something that she'd do
Tails: Sonic we should really run away now
Vector: Listen to the shit
Sonic: Don't you talk to Tails that way
(Vector growls)
Sonic: Don't worry Tails, I'm not scared of him anymore
Tails: Yeah but I sure am
Sonic: I've always hated you!
(The music is halted slightly as Sonic grabs Tails by the wrist and slams the door closed behind him.)
"Sonic, where are we going?" Tails asked, running next to Sonic as they turned the corner and began running down the street.
"We need supplies but Vector has no doubt contacted Big. We need to grab some stuff from your house and leave, now!" he yelled frantically, not realizing that an unfortunate figure was standing in front of them, adjacent to the park that they would always frequent. Before he could notice, Sonic ran straight into Shadow, causing him to fall over onto the cemented ground.
(Music continues)
Shadow: Stop!
Homo loving faker
You had it all now you will fall
I'll watch you fry in flames you'll die
You just think that you can do what you want
Treat me like shit with your hurtful taunts
Well in the end looks like I won and you lost
Deep down I knew there was something wrong with you
I should have guessed that stupid fox was wrong too
You two just kissed while the devil inside you grew
Tails: No!
(The music stops)
Tails balled up his hand into a fist and sent it flying into Shadow's face, overcome with rage and adrenaline. He stood, huffing over Shadow's body as the hedgehog held a fist to his face and let out a guttural scream of anger.
"C'mon Tails, we need to get out of plain sight, now," Sonic said, glancing from side to side as he grabbed Tails and the two continued to run down the street, ducking into Tails' house. As they entered, Sonic began frantically running around the living room looking for bags and things to pack as Tails just slumped down on the couch.
(Music continues)
Tails: There's just no way that we can live, everyone wants us dead
They will burn us at the stake and chop off our heads
Sonic: Chaos damnit Tails
We've survived worse than this
Lived gay and happy in Mobius
And we will be alright if we stay together
Tails: We've been through so much stuff
Hiding our secret, that was tough
Tails and Sonic: But both of us can make it through the rough
Sonic: C'mon Tails, now it's time to blow doors down
Tails: I hear you Sonic, it is time to flee this town
Sonic: Grab some bags and throw all your stuff on the ground
Tails: We'll run away to someplace where we can't be found
Both: Now it's time to find serenity
Tails: There gonna kill us if we don't find some safety
Sonic: Now we can leave this town and its biggity
Tails: Now both you and I can finally be free
Sonic: Hear that Shadow? Also Amy?
This calamity, it can't stop me
Tails: You think we're weak but, strong together
Our hearts are entwined, love forever
Sonic: If you break a heart, it's love deprived
Tails: But with a partner, love will revive
Both: We will survive, we will survive, We will survive, we will survive
We will survive, we will survive, We will survive, we will survive
We'll stay alive, We'll stay alive, We'll stay alive, We'll stay alive
We'll stay alive, We'll stay alive, We'll stay alive, We'll stay alive
And we will thrive!
Big: You two get out here now!
Sonic and Tails froze, the two bags lying on the couches only half full as they heard the voice of Big pierce through their house. Sonic and Tails looked at each other, their hearts skipping multiple beats as their tongues got caught in their throat. Finally, Sonic managed to overcome his fear to walk over to the window and peek out of the curtains.
"What do you see?" Tails asked nervously. Sonic gasped as he saw what seemed to be the entire community outside their window. The many flickering torches illuminated the night, casting horrific creatures of nightmare on his house. Sonic saw his mother, father, Amy, Silver and the rest of his friends in the crowd with Big and Shadow leading the charge.
"Tails, this isn't good, there is nowhere to run," Sonic frowned, rushing back over to the kit.
"I don't want to die Sonic," Tails began to cry. Sonic came over to the couch and sat next to the kit. Without warning, all of the night's events seemed to cave in on the poor fox and he erupted in to a fit of sobs, burying his muzzle in Sonic's shoulder.
"Shhhhh, it's going to be okay Tails. Everything will be okay," Sonic soothed, tussling the hairs on the boys head like he used to do. He repeated those words, trying to convince himself as much as he was trying to convince Tails.
Sonic looked down at the sniveling boy. So small… so innocent… so fragile… so beautiful. Sonic loved Tails, love him with his whole heart. He knew it. He knew he didn't even love himself as much as he loved Tails. If there was anything he could do to keep this fox safe, he would do it without hesitation.
Sonic knew what he had to do. He steeled his face, bit his bottom lip and took one deep breath before he stood up.
"Tails, listen to me carefully," Sonic said with care in his voice. He stared at Tails who looked up to meet his gaze. "Do you love me?"
"Of course I do," Tails replied.
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do," Tails repeated.
"I have a plan to get out of this alive, but I need you to promise me that you do as I say, okay?" Sonic stared deep into Sonic's eyes.
"Why can't you just tell me?" Tails asked, sensing something wasn't quite right.
"Tails, please, just promise me." After a few moments of pondering, Tails finally nodded his head and agreed.
"Okay Sonic, I promise."
"We know you are in there boys!" Big bellowed from outside. "As a favour to Rosemary and the late Amadeus, we won't break down the door and force you to come out but this is your last chance. You have 2 minutes or we are coming in!" Big warned.
"M-Mum and dad," Tails sighed, looking down at his shoes as he thought about his dead dad and his oblivious mother who was still out camping in the forest.
"I'm going to go out there and give myself up to give you time. While I stall them, I want you to go out the back and run, run far away," Sonic said, looking away to shield the tears in his eyes. Tails looked up, his eyes wide open and mouth agape.
"N-NO! Sonic you can't do that!" Tails complained.
"You promised you would do as I say. Now don't complain and just go! Save yourself… please Tails," Sonic turned back, showing Tails the tears that were streaming down his face.
"But I can't let you do this."
"I'm doing it for you, Tails."
"But Sonic, I don't want to go on without you. Please don't make me," Tails began to cry too as he rushed over and wrapped his arms around the blue hedgehog. He could feel the hedgehog twitch and shudder as he tried to stay strong… for the both of them.
"Tails… you are the most important thing in my life. If I know that you made it out of here alive, it would make me so happy. Please, go live your life. Escape this horrible place and find peace while you still can," Sonic said through tears.
"B-B-But Sonic," Tails blubbered.
"Tails… please… I love you."
"I love you too, Sonic," Tails replied before pressing his lips against Sonic's for one final time. The seconds passed until finally Tails broke apart.
"Please Tails… go now. Remember I will never forget you and always love you," Sonic said as he walked over to the door and grabbed the doorknob.
"You too, Sonic," Tails sniffed, trying his hardest to keep the tears from completely causing him to break down. Tails grabbed one of the backpacks, threw it onto his shoulder and ran over to the back door, opening it.
"This might be goodbye, but this isn't farewell," Tails replied before slipping out into the night.
"… Farewell, Tails," Sonic cried as he opened the door and was instantly grabbed by Shadow and Big.
A/N: Well, I hope that final scene gave you the feels. If it made you guys a little teary then mission accomplished :P But how could this be the end of our heroes tale? Well, you will just have to wait until the next chapter to find out what happens next. Where will Tails go? Will Sonic survive? And what of Blaze and Knuckles? What would you guys have done if I just stopped writing now and left this as the finale? Would you all hate me xD Well I'm not done quite yet! I hope you enjoyed the last song of the fic and please, please leave a review letting me know what you thought, especially of the ending. Did I do a good job? Thank you for reading and I can't wait to see what you guys have to say. And until next time, I hope you have a great day. I'll try to get the next one out quicker so you don't have to wait on this cliffhanger so long... or maybe I'll just be evil xD