♥︎『Fanged Rebels』♥︎

♡Ⲥhⲁⲣⲧⲉⲅ 11

⚠️Warning: long chapter, contains mild violence, mention of blood and death, angst - read at your own risk!!⚠️

Terios and I did not have to go any far, as we met the mobian duo in the hallway.
"Change of plan," Terios went straight to the point, whilst I slightly nudged him with my elbow and gave him a 'are you serious?' look before returning my gaze to the two mobians. I tried to secretly notice anything suspicious about them, but they seemed normal, except for the way the chameleon treated me earlier.
"What do you mean?" Espio tilted his head to a side in a slight confusion. Terios just shrugged in response to my little warning, probably not taking it as seriously as I hoped he would.
"I would like to help you out immediately. The sooner you'll get home, the better," he explained himself and the two mobians looked at each other and shrugged before returning their gazes back to us.
"Well, if you insist, lead the way," Espio seemed to be fine with the sudden decision and Cream remained quiet, most likely due to the older being in charge. Terios nodded and turning around he led the two towards the entrance. I quickly followed them, which of course made the vampire king pause and give me a warning glare while shaking his head. I shrugged and was determined to go along with them, for I needed to make sure, that the vampire is safe.
"I told you to stay!" he growled at me.
"Say it how many times you wish, I am coming with," I replied in a stubborn fashion while crossing my arms to express my resistance to the vampire's orders.
"Sonic, now is not time to fool around," he sighed.
"Who said I am not serious about it? Come on, you two, let's go!" I took the initiative and dared to simply open the door and hold it for the two mobians and hopefully the king to exit the building. Cream smiled at me and showed me a thumbs up before walking out, Espio followed her and the king, grumbling something under his fangs, passed by me while giving me a side eye. Yeah, yeah, he can be mad about my decision, but I am free to choose what to do in my life, so, no regrets.

Once everyone was outside, I followed the group and we started our journey through the Dark Forest. I was a little worried because of Zero potentially still running somewhere around and waiting for another opportunity to carry out his revenge. Something tells me, that I should have not listened to Tails back then and should have finished the werejackal, till I had a chance, since he was weakened. But now? He was in his full strength and his scars healed. Except for the one across his eye, that one is too deep to fully heal. I got nicely lost in thoughts and snapped out of them with a little yelp, when I got suddenly tackled by something warm, big and fluffy. At first I thought, that it's Zero, so I struggled against the being, only to meet the familiar sky blue eyes and orange fur of my best buddy.
"Sonic!"
"Tails! You scared me!" I complained and once he stopped hugging me, I stood on my feet.
"Sorry, hehe, I am just happy to see you again. Who are these?" he giggled, but then turned serious upon the sight of the two unknown mobians. Approaching them, he started sniffing them and growled a little at the chameleon. The both mobians tensed up and the chameleon held Cream close to him in a protective manner.
"Hey! Get your filthy nose off me, will you?" he hissed at Tails and I grabbed the werefox by his namesakes to tug on them and pull him away from the two.
"Hehehe, sorry about that. Espio, Cream, this is my best friend Tails, we basically grew up together," I quickly introduced the werefox to them.
"Wow, he has two tails!" Cream pointed out the defect of my buddy and Tails shyly flopped his namesakes on the ground, when I let go of them after being sure, that he won't bother them anymore.

"Interesting, but I think we should keep going," Espio piped up and Terios exceptionally agreed with him, as he nodded and hummed in response. Speaking of, he seemed to patiently wait for all of us to finally start walking again, for he stood a few feet ahead of us and just quietly observed us from the distance.
"Going.. where?" Tails asked curiously.
"Um, buddy. I suggest you to stay here," I said seriously to him while placing my hand on his shoulder.
"Why? Where are you going?" he frowned at me and I sighed while looking down.
"We're helping Cream and Espio get back home. And they came from the civilization," I confessed and heard Tails releasing a loud gasp.
"Are you crazy?! They will kill you at sight!" he panicked and picked me up without my permission.
"Woah, hey, put me down, Tails! I'll be fine! Terios is with me, come on!" I struggled against his strong arms and heard a little snicker, which made me pause and glance at the one, who dared to laugh at me. Terios himself? And Cream too.
"Hey, this isn't funny, you two!" I yelped and started struggling again. Tails shook his head and began taking me back to the depth of the forest, where our den is located.
"Tails!"
"What? I am making sure, that you're safe, Sonic. Who cares what happens to them?" he replied rather coldly and that made me freeze, as I stopped struggling and just stared at him in shock.
"Tails, Terios invited you over and let you stay the night, when I was sick. Remember?" I tried to reason with him and still hopefully remembered the path leading towards the others' location.