Chapter 67: In need of rescue
Tails was running with tails spinning behind him, keeping himself balanced as it also sped himself up, as he approached Eggman to pass him, he hoped he wasn't going to do anything to get in his way. While Sonic and Knuckles just watched just in case. Eggman kept a close eye, and then as soon as he was near, he grabbed Tails's right tail, "Gotchya!"
"Hey!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles exclaimed. JetStream was surprised at their coordination. Knuckles ran up, he was planning to do anything to him to let Tails go.
"Let go of him!" he shouted as he accelerated as fast as he could, as he ran he held one of his fists looking directly at Eggman. As soon as he was able to hit his arm, Eggman yanked on Tails's tail, sending him straight in front of Eggman. With both of them having amazing reflexes, Knuckles had to use his headdrocks to fly himself out of the way, he ended up skidding out the door. Eggman shut the door as he cleared, he extended his right arm to where Tails was dangling from Eggman's hand. Sonic clinched his fist.
"How come he's like this..?" he spoke to himself.
"It could be possible that the new possibilities this world gives could be the cause of his excitement?" Midnight Blossom responded.
"Yes, I thank you for seeing it that way. And I must assure you..." he looked directly at Sonic, "The possibilities are absolutely endless!" he exclaimed.
"Let Tails go now, Eggman!" Sonic ordered. That's when Knuckles opened the door, he jumped up to his hand and swiped the fox from his hands.
"Don't swipe, Eggman, it's not nice." he seemed to wave a finger as he smiled. But just before he could get him back, Knuckles took off for the stairs, Eggman hit his hand against the wall as they were no more in sight.
"Drat!" as he looked up he saw tons of little ponies mad at him, he took a step back, but they all only took a step forward, "... No, no..." he raised one hand and moved it back and forth as he told to stay away. But before he knew he was tackled by those ponies, and it seemed they gave no mercy whatsoever.
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While Knuckles was making to the staircase, he spun Tails around until he was on his feet, "Where are we going, Knuckles?"
"Remember what you said about JetStream?" Tails gasped as it all came back.
"Yeah! We better hurry!" Tails sped up.
"Agree with you there." they could both fly, so they would make a huge leap from it whenever they reached the stairs. They made it to the third floor, but it seemed like there were at least two or three more, "Thanks for saving me back there, Knuckles." he shook his head.
"No need, we need to save, JetStream too."
"I hope you realize that Celestia is that robot right?" he paused as they progressed.
"Yes, I kept that in mind..." Tails nodded.
"Good..." as they passed the third staircase and onto the fourth floor, Tails passed a glass part of the tower that showed the bridge above, he stopped to look closer, he exhaled to send a message, "Knuckles, I see JetStream. It seems they have already made it to the bridge!" he yelled as Knuckles made his way to the next floor.
"Gotchya, com' on Tails!" he jumped so he could catch air.
"Right." and flew just right to where he followed Knuckles up the staircase. After another floor was achieved and they were coming up to the next, Tails was flying while Knuckles was jogging his way up the stairs. As they both appeared from the bottom of the floor, they noticed the roboticized Celestia was right in front of them, Knuckles suddenly ducked as she was so close.
"Oh, jeez..." Tails quickly told Knuckles to be quiet as he held his index finger over his mouth. Though right after he tapped his mouth, "I got to be honest here, Eggman never ceases to amaze me..." Tails shrugged as Knuckles glared at him.
"We get that, Tails. How are we going to stop her from crumbling the bridge with all the metal coating her?" Tails looked at Knuckles for five seconds, but after the first three, his eyes started to quiver.
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"Alright, Princess... Please, you got to stop now!" JetStream looked down, feeling another chill down his spine, "Or we both fall..." his voice started to ripple as his eye opened up in realization. But nothing, nothing that would comfort, she just kept walking with the after effect of concrete beginning to crack under the weight. JetStream feared of using his Aura because of it not working, if the metal is like this, it'll be protecting both ways. JetStream kept it up at stepping backwards, but on this one step he almost slipped off, hearing that dust was the second thing falling, what could be next? He wouldn't move, even though she was the closed she could be, even though the bridge began to form bigger cracks, he didn't move. Soon before he knew it, the clanging of the metal hooves stopped as Celestia was a step away from him. Struggling for a breathe to catch, JetStream looked up slowly. The robot's neck moved down as it wanted to focus on JetStream, its eyes looked like they squinted. JetStream's mouth opened as it happened, 'Does a robot do that...!?' but before he could come back to reality from the question, the robot's metallic hoof rose up to JetStream's chest, which contained a heart pumping so fast.
And it simply, forced its hoof forward...
~~~Chapter End~~~