Soul Eater but it's Sonic

Chapter 4

"They're on the move," Tails had caught up to Knuckles and the two backtracked along their retreat path from earlier. "Judging by the tracker's speed, I'd say he's in a car."

"We better speed up too," Knuckles led Tails down the street until they had reached a busier part of the city. More and more people were entering the streets as the day entered the later hours of morning.The two ran up a bridge overlooking a four lane highway. Eyeing an approaching bus, Knuckles pointed and Tails nodded.

Knuckles jumped first while the bus was still a fair distance away. He gilded along the air quickly while descending slowly. Despite being able to fly himself, Tails was impressed by Knuckles ability to use his soul wavelength to glide through the air. All tails could do was hover; he couldn't move vertically or horizontally particularly fast. Upon seeing his partner land atop the bus, Tails floated underneath the bridge using his tails as propellers. Knuckles reached up and grabbed his partner's hand when the bus went by.

"If he changes directions, we'll have to come up with a new plan," Now that the two were perched atop the bus, Tails peered at his device with concern. "Looks like he's still heading north, probably looking to leave town. We're not far behind him,"

"Look, could that be them?" Knuckles pointed toward the coast. A group of distant black vehicles had exited off the highway and were driving up towards a lighthouse that overlooked the cliffside.

"Yeah it's them. We'll pass by them at this rate," Tails put away his device and zipped up his backpack.

"Grab on,"

Tails grabbed onto Knuckles' shoulders before he leapt off of the bus with great strength. The speed of the bus carried into Knuckles' glide as he steered away from the road and moved towards the coast.

Knuckles floated over the beach before landing at the foot of the cliff underneath the lighthouse. The cars had arrived only a minute ahead of them. Despite the distant noise of clashing metal coming from up top, Tails couldn't tell what was going on up there.

"I'll climb us up. Be ready to fight," Knuckles dug his spiked fists into the rocky cliffside to begin climbing upward with Tails still on his back. Any sounds of fighting were drowned out by the sound of fists smashing into rock. Tails grew more anxious as their elevation increased. He didn't want to know what was waiting for them at the top.

With a leap, Knuckles brought the two above the cliff's edge and onto solid ground. The first thing that Tails noticed was that it was eerily quiet. They had landed amongst the various cars driven by Billy's crew. Each of the cars were parked sporadically, sitting in the grass at different angles. Some doors had been left ajar and none of the vehicles had passengers. Tails peered over the front of a nearby car.

"What happened here?" Tails breathed. He walked with Knuckles up to the front of the lighthouse.

Dozens of souls were littered about, floating around the weapon and meister as they went. Muddy black splotches gave the souls an unpleasant look, but there was a feeling of serenity that distracted Tails. One soul in particular stood out. Tails saw a pair of bedazzled jeans that had a plump, blackened soul clinging to them.

"Look out!"

Knuckles pulled Tails out of the way to stop him from getting hit by a massive club weapon. It hit the earth with a loud crash. Vibrations rang out, stunning Tails further. He only had a moment to gather himself before Knuckles switched to a gauntlet. While Tails armed himself, he looked over to see who had attacked him.

A purple chameleon man stood at the point of impact, brandishing a massive green club that was taller than he was. It was covered with orange spiked ridges protruding in a line down each side. Eyes with a cold expression of killing intent stared back at Tails. Fear set in once again. This meister had defeated Billy and his forces with the help of just one weapon. They must have wanted the Witch's power just like Billy. Tails thought back to how much he'd struggled against Billy alone. He froze up.