prayers to the metal god - a taiream story

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There's not much time left. The three is on high-alert and they've already checked almost the whole base. Though the Tornado is sitting right out in the open, Tails and Cream has to time their run correctly, otherwise the consequences may be dire. 

After minutes of hiding, Tails began looking around to see if they're gone. He slowly stood up and shuffled to the Tornado when he noticed nobody is present. 

"..yes.!" Tails muttered as he switched the plane on. In fact, he got carried away that he forgot that the plane is noisy, startling him when the plane buzzed. 

Metal Sonic heard the Tornado, prompting him to run towards the direction of the sound.

"I KNOW YOU'RE JUST HERE!" Metal Sonic vocalizes as he hastily walked to the plane. 

Fortunately, Tails was able to hide inside, just beside the driver's seat. But he desperately anchored his tails down just so that he won't be visible. 

Upon Metal Sonic's arrival, he began peering around the plane. He was puzzled when he saw nothing, but something told him that there might be something in the driver's seat. Just when he's about to peek at the latter, he heard a sudden wail. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it's from Cream and unhesitatingly dashed towards her.

"Cream, NO!" Tails yelled as he fleetingly hopped out of the plane. Metal Sonic heard him and paused. As Tails got close enough, he proceeds to grasp on his neck.

"Playtime's over, pal." Metal Sonic taunts Tails, "This time, fleeing is an option no more." He adds.

"C-Cream, run to the Tornado... FAST!" Tails talked under his breath as he gasped. 

"W-W-What about you?" Cream stammers as she glanced at Tails.

"-J-Just go.!" Tails stuttered as he repeatedly hit Metal Sonic. 

Metal Sonic eventually let Tails go but without a fierce uppercut on his belly that sent him flying up the ceiling. Orbot and Cubot went to the scene to check on them, and to their shock, they caught a sight of Tails crawling towards the plane. Upon witnessing this, Orbot decided to try diverting Metal Sonic's attention away.

"The percentage went up!" Orbot yelled.

"Huh?" Metal Sonic uttered as he gazed at Orbot, though his bafflement didn't stop him from viewing the cannon. 

As Tails lands on the ground, he stood up and limped towards the Tornado as a last attempt to fly out of the base.

"A-Are you okay?" Cream worriedly asks as she gawked at Tails.

"...Nah, I'm not." Tails responded as he forcefully pulls himself up to the driver's seat.

"So, are you gonna drive too?" Tails raises as he sat beside Cream.

"Um, there's no other seat here." Cream briefly replies as her cheeks flushes a little, looking away.

Tails smiled. He grabbed the joystick and proceeds to rotate the plane away and out of the base. Metal Sonic remembers Tails and Cream, so he decided to rush back to where the plane was, but they're already gone. He was incensed, but considering that the cannon already went up to approximately 82%, he thought that chasing them would be a waste of time and cooled down at last.

Meanwhile.

Silver and the Team Chaotix trudged out of Station Square and into the green grasses. Knowing that they've lost the badniks, they thought of having a discussion while they're on the go.