Tails' Workshop- Overtime

[Topaz Mutiny]

And with a startled yelp, Amy was being the one dragged around instead, as she had not let go of Sonic when he suddenly left the building.

"Hey!" Amy yelled, undignified, "This is no way to treat a lady!"

Tails covered his face and braced his legs as the chopper suddenly appeared, the wind blowing his fur in all sorts of wild directions. The kit was shocked- what was GUN doing here, and why did they want him?

"I prefer to be called Tails!" Tails corrected over the roar of the aircraft, almost having to yell. Behind the furiously whipping fur and his obscuring hand, one could see that he was frowning, not at all pleased to see GUN. "What the heck do you want?"
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As for Sonic's yell, it went completely unnoticed by the fox, the roar of the helicopter too great for much else to filter through.[rand=07043909721762529812507134401474237686802600656056502969964010703]

[Lans]

"You!" said one of the agents, and then without waiting for a response they grabbed him and handed him over to a couple of others who took Tails into the helicopter before entering behind him. "You'll be brieffed on your purpose on the way," the lead agent said as the helicopter increased power and took off.

[Tony]

"G-grk...! TAILS..! Aw, man, not -another- one...!"

Sonic quickly yanked his arm free of the pink one, and shot her an apologetic glance before bounding down to the cliffside's ledge at which Tails had once been standing. The moment his feet touched the surface, the hedgehog kicked against it in an effort to send up springing up towards the now-fleeing helicopter, arms outstretched as he made to grab one of the chopper's legs.

"You guys aren't takin' my buddy..!"

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[Lans]

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...And missed as the pilot suddenly turned, moving the helicopter out of reach.[rand=9568663888559209407910999910369466047838436806725496944617605215]

[Topaz Mutiny]

*KITNAPPED*

... If one listened closely, on the wind one could hear the fox's last words before he was whisked away to Chaos-knows where.

"I hope you're compensating me for this!"

Amy gasped as she saw Tails be taken away by GUN. She shook an angry fist in the air, momentarily abandoning her cause that had brought her there in the first place.

"You jerks!" She yelled at the long-gone helicopter. "Why can't you arrest one of the BAD GUYS for a change!?"

[AnT]

Running down the field in front of Tails' house, came Barby as she watched the helicopter and Sonic trying to jump at it. She didn't get to see Tails being kidnapped from way back in the workshop.

"What the friggin 'ell is going on?"

[Tony]

The blue blur was busy trying to climb back onto dry land. He had hardly counted on missing something like a helicopter, which had thus resulted in a drop into the water below.

Coughing and spluttering like an old automobile engine that was way past its prime, Sonic slowly clambered onto the solid surface of the dock where Tails had been standing just moments ago. He spat out some seawater, before looking in the general direction that the airborne device had gone. "Crap... What was GUN doing here..?!" He stood onto the wooden surface of the dock, and shook wildly to rid himself of most of the moisture hiding within his blue pelt, before holding a hand to his chin in semi-deep thought. If their piloting direction was any indication, they were definitely headed towards Station Square... But what on earth could they be up to by going that way...? There wasn't anything there at all, other than the usual important city-like functions... Police force, courthouses, banks, offices...

... Yeeeah... Nothing all that important. Maybe they just needed the head on his shoulders for a second... Still, Sonic thought it very out of the ordinary that the military would just outright abduct Tails like that... but then, if they required his smarts for anything, then the sense of urgency would make sense...

"This miiight warrant some further looking-into. Maybe I can run into whatever the fuss is about by scoping out the town..." He charged up the side of the cliff before landing neatly on the ground above. Thankful to be out of the water's reach again, he looked to the nearest person standing by, which happened to be Amy. "Yo. Amy. I think that they meant well. There wasn't any arresting going on when they took off. ... They probably just needed his brains for a sec."

That's when the hedgehog took the pink one by both of the shoulders, and gazed with slight urgency into her eyes. "Tell me, you're good with the gossipy stuff. Do you know of -anything- important that mighta been happening in town today that'd probably explain why they'd grab my little buddy?"

[Topaz Mutiny]

Amy huffed. "Yeah well, they sure have a funny way of asking for-" Amy began to say, but she abruptly stopped as Sonic grabbed her, and looked straight into her eyes.

"... Help." If it were physically possible, she would have been melting at the moment she found herself in. Instead, a slightly limp Amy took a few seconds to realize that her boyfriend SHE WISHED had asked her an important question.

"I... uhm. Well..." Amy stuttered. "I don't think anything else besides what you've been in the thick of." Amy thought, trying to think of anything interesting she had seen in the news or the tabloids. "A hospital became the scene of a plane crash recently, and a trial starring Wright the Phoenix was supposed to start today... but not much else that didn't involve you." Amy wilted by the end. She really, REALLY wanted to help, but in all honesty, nothing seemed like it would explain why GUN kidnapped Tails.

[Lans]

"Hey!" Knuckles was storming down the path towards them, "What's everyone running off for? And where's Tails? I'd like that ride back to my island sometime this week if he doesn't mind!"

[AnT]

"Oi, well just our luck, huh?" an irritated koala said to the echidna. "Stupid army guys just 'ad to kidnap the kid!"

Now her face mixed with concern as she turned to Sonic. "So...you don't know where they taken him? What are we gonna do now, huh?"

[Tony]

The hedgehog looked at everyone, and raised an eyebrow. Knuckles, oblivious as always, even to the sounds of a helicopter... And the koala, distressed over her own situation, inquiring what the hedgehog planned to do following this incident... And Amy, who gave him the best lead possible... What was he to do?

What else -could- he do?

He took off like a shot.

In a burst of supersonic speed, the hedgehog dashed over the the railway platform, boarded one of the tracks, and barreled down the entire way, heading right for the city. Smoke and other miniature forms of dust and debris were flung from the railway as the hedgehog scorched (not literally, mind) in the direction of Station Square.

There was one other person who could easily tell him just where GUN might have taken Tails that would've been deemed so urgent-like...

[Topaz Mutiny]

And Amy, completely on reflex, moved to follow the hedgehunk, but paused about three seconds later, a wistful arm outstretched. Something ingrained in her told her that, if Tails wasn't in a heap of trouble, that Sonic would come back soon, probably with Tails in tow.

Plus, by the time she'd get to Station Square, Sonic would probably already be heading back here. And so Amy waited, throwing a cursory glare at Knuckles' knuckle-headed comment.

[Lans]

Knux met her glare with one of his own. "Oh don't give me that! I just wanted to know what the heck's going on!" He chewed his lip in fustration. What the heck did GUN want with Tails...and WHY NOW of all times!?

[Topaz Mutiny]

Amy huffed back at Knuckles, not the least bit intimidated by his own glare. "It's not my fault you sound hot-headed all the time!" Amy quipped.

[AnT]

And he was not the only one. In fact, Barby's teeth could pierce her skin if she pinched any harder. "I don't friggin believe this! Stupid army people! Stupid-AAAARGH!!!"

With angry steps, Barby marched over to the edge of the cliff, where the ocean is. But she came not to watch the ocean, but just to get far away and see nothing. Barby was just mad at everything; at Mina, at Sonic, at Eggman, at GUN, everything! With that hedgehog gone, who was she to turn to and save Mina?

Well she knew he wouldn't be much help, but Barby was so desperate as she drew out her cell and furiously dialed. She waited for an answer. "Come on, you stupid walrus! Pick up!"

[Lans]

"Well it's not MY fault that Sonic's such a trouble magnet and that Tails seems leashed to him half the time!" Knux shot back.

[Topaz Mutiny]

"Says the man who spends more time looking for broken shards than guarding an emerald on his island." Amy rejoindered. "You get yourself into just as much trouble and you know it!"

[Lans]

"And nine times out of ten it turns out to be SONIC'S fault to begin with!"

[Topaz Mutiny]

~TIME SKIP~

Amy was practically miserable, sitting on the hill of the workshop to await Sonic and Tails' return. Her earlier argument with Knuckles had already put her in an irritated mood, and now-

Now she heard the hum of a propeller engine. Amy looked up excitedly towards the sound, which was coming from the sea. Were they back?

In fact, they were back, with Tails at the helm of a fishing boat they had rented back in Emerald Coast. Tails had placed four rented SCUBA outfits back behind the front seats for their expedition into the ocean. At the speed they were going, the boat pitched and rolled over the waves, blazing a trail back to the workshop. Once the wooden pier was in sight, the fox looked to his right at the hedgehog seated next to him.

"Sonic, you sure you're alright?" Tails called over the noise of the boat and the splashing waves, knowing that Sonic was probably unhappy with the kit's driving skills on the choppy waters. But he wanted to get back to the others fast. It's not like kidnappers, kidnappees, and rescuers could wait forever.

[AnT]

"What the-" the koala, meanwhile, was out in the field, off the cliff, looking for Vize. She was sick of waiting for Sonic, and hoped to get the squirrel to help her. But she heard those engine sounds, and saw a boat behind the wooden terminal.

"About time..."

[Tony]

The hedgehog was standing, with his arms crossed, and his head looking down at the floor of the boat. His dress apparel was... questionable. He was wearing a small inner tube, with the standard scuba gear, water wings, and on top of that, a life jacket adorned with Tails' emblem. He... didn't look none too happy.

Despite the ruckus and turmoil amongst the waves, the hedgehog seemed to be keeping quite steady. Though, he didn't look any better for the wear...

"No.. I'm... fine..." He forced a grin, and looked up at the cliffside that was getting ever so closer. And he took note of the pink one up above. He raised a hand, and kept up that forced grin... "Yo~! Amy! We're back! Tell that Knucklehead we're back! He can stop worrying about his dear old friend, now!"

[Topaz Mutiny]

Upon hearing the voice of her beloved, Amy took a closer look at the waters along the cliff. Sure enough, thanks to the bright and rather silly gear, Amy easily spotted Sonic among the waves. Amy squealed, excited enough to jump and squirm with the passion she was widely known for, but her movements ebbed a fraction when something finally managed to register in her head.

They wanted to see Knuckles.

"Come tell him yourself! I'm tired of arguing with that ornery dodo!" Amy yelled back, pretending to be angry at Knuckles. She kind of still was angry, but that wasn't quite the reason why she wanted to lure a certain someone up the cliff...

Tails rolled his eyes at Amy's reply.

"... Am I seriously the only one here who can get along with everyone else?" The fox asked himself. "Here, I'll go get Knuckles." The kitsune said to Sonic, bidding his friend to stay on the boat as he flew up the cliff, his namesakes whirling away.

While looking non-chalant, Amy critically eyed the fox once he rose over the Mystic Ruins cliff. Once the young boy was behind her though, Amy quickly looked over, seeming to judge distance and angles, before looking behind almost as if wanting to make sure Tails wasn't watching her, and then... leaped off the cliff, trying to sommersault onto Sonic's boat.

(1- She sticks the landing, 2- She's all wet) [dice=2]

And, with eerie accuracy, the pink hedgegirl landed in the boat, hardly stirring the vessel in her wake. A horribly ominous aura hung about her. The jump may not have been too stange, as her loved one was now right next to her, but the ominous cloud surrounding her... was not directed at Sonic at all. That in itself made her presence even more sinister. It wouldn't take too long to find out why, as soon after her landing, something uncannily deep exploded over the cliff.





"KNUCKLLLLLLLLLEEEEEES."[rand=33648278668175974824864525195451629616067384238222747136706260205]

[AnT]

"OI!! What the 'ell was that about?" Barby shouted, nearly loosing her heart after being scared to death by that. The koala walked down the small dock, spotting the oddly dressed hedgehog on the boat. Seriously, THIS was the world savior, relying on children safety? She'd laugh if she still wasn't recovering from Tails' roar.

[Tony]

The hedgehog kind of... flashed a nervous smile in the hedgegirl's direction, but then snapped his attention to the clifftop upon hearing the surprised yell from his foxfriend. "Eh? What the..? Tails! What's that knucklehead do this time?!"

...

He chanced inquiring further towards Amy. "Uh... You look like y' know something... Mind fillin' me in..?"

[Topaz Mutiny]

"Knuckles flew back to Angel Island in Tails' plane." Amy replied, looking back up at the cliff. Was it really that high? "I told that bonehead Tails wasn't going to like it~"

By that time, Tails had stomped his way back to the cliff. As he decended, spinning his tails to slow his fall, it was clear that he was holding something that looked like... a sign post. He also looked very, very unhappy.

[Tony]

The hedgehog groaned, and crossed his arms, shaking his head as he gazed out in the direction of the open sky... "That impatient little... He just couldn't wait for us, could he? I thought he was supposed to come with -us- first, too..."

With a sigh, he glanced up towards Tails, raising an eyebrow at the signpost. "So, uh, are we gonna go after the doc, or go after dredhead?"

He was ever so slowly inching sliiiightly off to the side, hoping that Amy was distracted enough not to notice his scootching away from her.

[Topaz Mutiny]

Alas, his self-proclaimed girlfriend did notice his shuffling, and, in a moment of glee, decided then to give Tails more room to land (yeah, that's the excuse) by happilly settling herself in Sonic's lap. Her face looked like she was trying to hold back her obvious flood of joy, so excited she was.

"We're going after Eggman first, as much as I wanna go crack this over Knuckles' head right now." Tails replied, landing and tossing the signpost between the seats, inscription up so that Sonic could read what it said.

The fox looked at Amy with a twinge of disdain. He had hoped Sonic, Knuckles, and himself would be the only ones heading off, but now that they were a man down, it made more sense to not berate the crazy hedgehog for trying to come. So as the two-tailed kit revved the boat's engine, he kept silent, trying to think instead about that poor girl who needed their help.[rand=743367030171442333287974435223318687282692656646509740533673123]

[AnT]

The white koala quietly approached the edge of the dock, standing by the boat. The minute that had past, Barby grew more worried for her friend. The thought of her being stranded the in den of a madman...she didn't want to think about. So of course she looked worried, no matter how much she tried to hide it.

"Uh..." She wanted to say good luck, but Barby wasn't the type to say stuff like that, for being the 'tough girl'. But that facade couldn't take over her at this moment. "You're...you're going to save 'er, right?"

[Tony]

The hedgehog kinda gave the pink one in his lap a mild flat stare of annoyance, though he let it slide... for now, at least. He glanced over to Barby, and gave her a smirk. Deep down, though, the underwater venture that was to come ahead was still... slightly unnerving him... He played off his concerns by abruptly standing tall (Whoops, Amy..!), and giving Barby one last smirk, complete with classic Sonic thumbs-up. "No sweat! We're on the case! We'll get her back, easy!"

Sonic kinda glanced over at Tails, and mumbled out of the side of his mouth so the koala wouldn't catch wind; "Mind huggin' the coast for a little bit...? Gotta... er... remain inconspicuous to the big one out there..."

Our hero.

[Topaz Mutiny]

Amy gave a small squeak as she toppled off of Sonic, huffing in his direction as she stood back up. Ooooooooo, some days he was just such a pain in the neck, but being able to actually sit on his lap was SO WORTH IT.

Tails smirked. Inconspicuous. Suuuuuuuuuuuuure.

"No problem, Sonic. We'll find a good landmark before going straight out to sea," the fox comforted his hedgehog hero, revving the engine before backing off the dock, glancing at his emerald radar, and racing off along the coast in the direction the radar was leading him.

Hopefully it wasn't too late.





TIME SKIP





While heading out into the vast ocean, the fox's demeanor had changed very little, but as they got closer to their destination, the kit's ears suddenly perked in alarm.

"Uh-oh." Tails groaned as he slowed down the boat, eyes wide with concern.

Having been snapped out of her frequent daydreaming, Amy looked at Tails. What was that uh-oh for?