Freedom Fighters' Last Stand Ch.2 - New Powers and Secrets Unveiled
#2 of Freedom Fighters Last Stand
It was the next morning and Ritaku was talking to Sally about the datapad she found the previous day.
"Wow, so it was actually there?" Ritaku asked in amazement, sure that it would have been found by now.
"Yeah, I don't understand it myself, but it was in a sealed chest. For some reason it unlocked when I placed my paw on an ID pad," Sally responded as she held the small device and looked at it.
Ritaku looked at it too as he rubbed his chin.
"Hmm, well my mom put it there, so maybe it recognized you as being part of the royal family? I've heard she was part of a scientist group," Ritaku explained as he sat in a chair. He shook his head lightly, a little dizzy as he had not fully recovered from the other night's ordeals.
Sally walked over and placed her paw on his shoulder.
"You alright? You should probably get some rest," she told him, able to tell that he was still weary.
"I'm ok, I just need to sit down," he responded and looked up at her. She sighed and nodded, sitting in the chair next to him.
"Alright, just take it easy until you feel better, ok?"
He nodded reassuringly as he sat up in the chair, the dizziness fading.
"Sally?" Ritaku asked as his expression became thoughtful, "I've been wondering something. I heard you and Sonic destroyed Robotropolis six months ago. But a month later his city is back and his robots are in the forest again. How? I can understand if he got away, but how did he rebuild the city and robots so fast?"
"I wish I knew, Ritaku," Sally sighed and walked over to an open window, staring out of it. "This is something that we've all been wondering. The best we can come up with is that he must've been prepared, but even that doesn't explain how the city itself reappeared so quickly. What's worse is when we went to battle him, the artifacts we originally used to defeat him disappeared. We never found out what happened to them," she finished and looked over to him with a somber expression.
Ritaku nodded and got up out of the chair, heading to the door.
"I hope we can find a way to beat him. Now that Kitty is in his army, it's gonna be a lot harder," the young todd mentioned as he opened the door.
"Me too. You go get some rest for the time being, though. You need it. I'll look over the datapad to see if there's anything in it we can use," the older chipmunk told him as he walked out the door.
Ritaku headed down the path towards Tails' hut, deciding to do as Sally said and get some rest. He felt better than he did last night, but he was still quite exhausted.
'Man, last time I do that,' he thought as he neared the house. Tails came out and ran towards him, wrapping her arm around him, noticing how tired he was.
"Ritaku, you ok? What did Aunt Sally say?" she asked him in a concerned tone. He let her lead him into the hut as he replied with a sigh, "Sally's gonna look over the datapad. She told me to get some rest, which sounds like a good idea, though I'd rather be looking it over with her. Ah, well." She nodded and helped her brother into bed, petting him as he snuggled into the blankets.
"I'm going to be working on the Tornado if you need me for anything," Tails said softly and smiled. Ritaku smiled back and nodded a little weakly before closing his eyes and dozing off. Tails kissed him lovingly on the cheek before heading over to her biplane.
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"Snively, have you found it yet?" Kitty yelled out at the small, ragged human as they traveled through the desert in one of Robotnik's hovercrafts, "you better have if you wish to retain your health!"
Snively was at a control panel, mumbling irritatingly as he tapped away at the panels. "Stupid cat, why did Robotnik have to put her in charge?" he mumbled before answering back, "Yes, I found it, we're almost there!"
Kitty grinned widely as she watched the screen from behind him, a radar heading towards a green blip.
"Good, with this we will have 5 of the Chaos Emeralds. Very well, I'll take it from here. Go to your quarters until I call you," she ordered and pushed him out of the chair, taking his place. He grumped and continued mumbling as he walked down the hallways to where a room had been set up for him, clearly not liking having been replaced.
Five hours later the hovercraft had landed near the edge of the forest and a large drill attached to it was digging through the earth. One of the drones walked up to her to deliver news of any discoveries.
"Negative," the drone began in a cold tone, "the emerald is not here, permission to drill at the next location." Kitty hissed and frustratingly nodded.
"Worthless radar. Alright, proceed with the next location," she grumped and turned back to the hovercraft, "I have business to attend to with Snively. Continue drilling until I get back." The drone affirmed her orders and headed back to the drill to reposition it. Kitty hastily walked into the hovercraft, sneering.
"I will get that emerald..."
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It was four hours after Ritaku went to sleep. He squirmed under the blankets before opening his eyes and tossing the blankets off. He blinked and rubbed his eyes as they focused, adjusting to the light and taking in the view of the hut. He could hear Tails working on the Tornado, and decided to get up and go see how she was doing. He smiled as he walked towards the aircraft and saw his twin underneath it, covered in grease.
Tails saw him and slid from underneath, smiling at the young todd.
"Are you feeling better?" she asked as she stood up and took him into an embrace. Ritaku nodded and smiled as he hugged back, running his paws through her fur.
"Yeah, I am. I slept pretty good. I feel like I could take Robotnik's entire army myself!" he chuckled and kissed her on a spot on her cheek that wasn't dirty. Tails giggled and nuzzled him, murring softly at his soft facial fur. Suddenly Ritaku's ears perked as he heard a commotion outside.
"Hmm, sounds like the others are having another meeting. I'm gonna go check it out!" Ritaku said with a grin and rushed out of the hut and towards the group. As he neared Sally saw him and shook her head.
"Sorry Ritaku, but you can't come with us," she said, already anticipating his intentions. He chuckled in response and looked up at her.
"Guess I can't get anything by you, huh?" he commented and smiled, "Could you at least tell me where you're going? Please?"
Sally giggled and rubbed his head. "As long as you promise to stay. You may look like you're feeling better, but I'd prefer you to rest up more before you go on anymore missions."
Ritaku nodded in agreement, "Alright, I will. I'll help sis with her plane!" and grinned, his arms crossed. Sally smiled and began to tell of their mission, "Well, one of Robotnik's hovercrafts has been seen roaming the desert, apparently searching for something. Our sources say they've seen a black cat leading it and the robot drones."
Ritaku cringed as he heard 'black cat', growling lightly. Sally sighed and knelt down to face him directly.
"Ritaku, please don't come. I know about your and this 'Kitty's' past," Sally told him, garnering a surprised gaze from the kit. "Yes, Tails found a datapad of yours. It told of your past. Please, stay here and look after the base and Tails," the princess ordered, quite concerned about his condition.
Ritaku hesitantly agreed and sighed. 'She does have a point, if I went I'd probably end up passing out. I still feel a little dizzy,' he thought and answered back, sighing, "Alright, I will. Be careful, ok?" Sally nodded and assured him that she would, and he watched as she joined the group and lead them out.
Ritaku sighed and stood there for a moment. He really wanted to go, but he knew he'd get into trouble if he did. After a moment he headed back to the hut and walked inside, finding Tails sitting at her workbench fiddling with some stuff. She looked over to him and watched as he sat on the bed, his paws on his knees and his eyes thoughtful as he struggled with the decision to go or stay.
Tails got up and walked over to him, sitting next to her twin and wrapping an arm around him. She snuggled in his fur and looked into his eyes, already figuring that he wasn't allowed to go. Ritaku looked back and rubbed her back fur, his other paw subconsciously rubbing her inner thighs, garnering a pleasured murr from his sister.
"What should I do, sis?" Ritaku asked as he thought about the danger the Freedom Fighters were heading into. "I really wanna go and help. What if Kitty hurts them?" he whimpered
Tails looked down as her eyes became somber. She was also worried about them, especially after the other night.
"I don't know. I wanna go too, but we'd get in trouble if we did," she told him as they laid in the bed together, petting each others' cheek.
Ritaku kissed her and looked into her eyes.
"Hey sis? I have a favor. Could you call me Mark instead?" he asked his sister with a light smile. Tails looked at him curiously and responded, "Alright. Um, where did you get the name, 'Ritaku'? It's a weird name."
Mark chuckled and gave her a lick on the cheek. "I read it in a book I found. It was about fighting and swords. Guess that's when I started fighting with one, hehe," he explained with a chuckle.
Tails nodded and nuzzled him as he ran his paws slowly down her sides, then behind to grip her small rump. Tails murred softly as she felt the small paws on her rear, moving her lips to Mark's neck and gently nibbling, garnering a pleasured sigh and soft murrs from her brother.
Mark moved his head so as to give Tails better access to his neck and ran his paws up to her back, feeling the soft fur in his fingers. The young todd then let out a gasp as Tails began to rub his sheath, the small hole filling under her paw as his cock peeked out.
Tails took her muzzle off his neck and grinned seductively, then knelt to kiss his chest, working her way down to his crotch while her paw reach up to rub his ear.
Mark murred as he felt each peck on his body, then let out a gasp and moaned as she licked his hardening shaft. His body shuddered as she continue to please him, his paw moving between her legs to begin rubbing at her sweet, wet sex. Tails jumped slightly and yipped as she felt a finger press into her depths, shuddering as well as he pressed and rubbed on her sweet spot.
"Ah, brother, right th-there, ahh!" Tails yelped in pleasure as her pre rushed from her tunnel, drenching her brother's fingers and paw. Mark panted as she resumed pleasuring his shaft, licking over its length as the sounds and scents of their love-making filled the air.
"Ah, Tails, please, c-can I?" Mark managed to get out through his moans, the feelings of Tails' tongue on his cock coursing through his frame. Tails took her maw off him and looked into his eyes, the action of his fingers in her sex making her body quiver. She nodded in response to his question, knowing what he wanted to do and nuzzled his cheek.
He slowly took his fingers out of her pussy and directed her to her hands and knees. She watched curiously and a little confusedly as he positioned himself behind her, his shaft pointed right at her vaginal lips.
The two kits yelped and moaned in unison as Mark took his sister once again, her lips spreading as it took the shaft deep inside, her walls tightening over the intruder.
Mark wrapped his arms around the frame of his mate as he thrust into her, his paws playing with her undeveloped nipples. Tails' breathing grew rapid as she rocked her body in time with Mark's thrusts, wanting him as deep as he could go.
"Ahh, Mark, please more!" Tails howled in pure bliss as he pounded into her sex. He readily complied and knelt over to nibble at her neck while intensifying his thrusts into her. The feeling of the teeth and lips on her neck sent Tails into yips and barks, which only grew louder as she felt a bulge begin to pound against her nether-lips.
Mark panted and howled as he felt his knot grow and smack against his sister with each thrust inwards. With speed normally out of reach for one his age he turned Tails around so that she laid on her back, surprising her for but a moment before pleasure filled her young mind once more as Mark wrapped her legs around him and continued his mating of her, blissful yips and moans ushering in unison from their throats.
Suddenly their vision and minds clouded as they were locked together, howling in unison as their orgasms washed over them. Mark collapsed onto his love as their bodies convulsed and writhed in sweet release. They held each other tightly and murred as they basked in the afterglow, sleep soon taking them.
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A knock on the door to Snively's chambers brought the human's attention as it then opened to reveal the black form of Kitty. She grinned wickedly as she made her way into the chamber, not even waiting for him to allow her in.
He was about to demand as to her intrusion but she spoke up before he could utter a word.
"Well, Snively tell me something. How long have you been with Julian? A good, long time, hasn't it?" she asked him as she paced around the room. He humphed in response and watched as she started towards him, getting a feeling that she had less-than-pure intentions for being there.
Snively took a few steps back as Kitty inched closer to him, bringing a clawed finger to his chin as she looked straight into his eyes. He started to tremble as he saw the evil in those globes and tried to take another step back but Kitty grabbed his arm, preventing him from going anywhere.
"Well, Robotnik is sick of how you failed so many times to bring the Freedom Fighters down, and have told me to let you know," she told him as she stared closer into his eyes, burning her every intention into his mind, "your services are no longer needed."
Snively's body then flinched as he felt something sharp pierce straight into his belly. Looking down he saw a metal claw come out of his stomach, attached to Kitty's finger. She licked the blood and grinned evilly.
"Heh, how do you like these? Had them surgically inserted," she snickered as she watched Snively slump to the floor. The next moment a couple robot guards came into the room and approached the scene. Kitty turned around and started towards the door while issuing orders to the robots, "Take him outside and blast him a few times to make sure he's dead. Bury him somewhere nearby and mark the grave."
Just then the alarms blared as the robots outside called out over the comm. system, "Priority one hedgehog spotted, pursuing." Kitty hissed at the alert and made her way to the control room console, "Get back here you pieces of scrap, he's luring you away!" She turned from the console and growled deeply, knowing all about these little diversions of theirs.
Outside Sonic was running backwards as the robots gave chase to him until they turned around and started back to the site.
"Uh-oh, guess they figured it out," he said as he gave chase to the drones, spinning up and slicing through them before making haste back to the drill.
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It was 45 minutes after Mark and Tails made love and fell asleep in her bed. Mark opened his eyes and sat up, blinking for a moment as his eyes adjusted. Nearby his datapad beeped and displayed some information. Mark looked it over then ran back over to Tails, stirring her from her slumber.
"Hey sis, wake up!" he told her, the little vixen yawning and looking over to the source of the disturbance. "Huh, what is it?" she yawned and stretched her arms.
"We gotta go. I wanna go where Sally and Sonic went," he responded and tugged on her.
"But Aunt Sally told you to stay here," she responded him, but he insisted that they go.
"Please? They might need our help," he pleaded, and Tails finally gave in, smiling.
"Well, alright. Lets go then!" she responded a little excitedly, actually wanting to go herself. Mark chuckled as he strapped on his belt with his sword and grabbed the datapad, the two heading to the Tornado. Soon its engines started up and they were off before anyone could stop them.
Following a radar shown on the datapad, the two kits closed in on the location of the drill, as well as the Freedom Fighters. Tails flew high enough so as not to bring attention to themselves, the engines in a silent mode that Tails built into them, while Mark looked down at the scene with a pair of high-tech binoculars.
"They're there!" Mark exclaimed as he watched the group take down a couple robots with laser fire from weapons gained from the ruins of Robotropolis before it was rebuilt, "Hey, it looks like a couple robots were carrying someone, but Sally got 'em. Hmm, it's a small human."
Back on the ground Sally and Bunnie were looking over the wounded form of Snively as they set him under the trees at the edge of the forest. Soon Sonic showed up and then flinched as he saw Snively's wound. "Whoa!"
"He's still alive," Sally observed as she saw his chest expand and shrink, the sure signs of breathing. Sally tore off a strip of her poncho to wrap Snively's wound. "Bunny, watch over him while we take care of the drill."
Bunnie smiled and nodded at the order, "You got it, hun," and watched as Sally and Sonic returned to the drilling site. As the two arrived they spotted a large group of drones gathered around another drone, which looked to be carrying something. The Freedom Fighters assaulted the group bombs and laser blasts, but found themselves soon outnumbered as more came from the hovercraft.
Back up in the air, Mark put away the binoculars and told Tails what was happening, "We gotta help them. Fly by the trees, I'll jump down and you can go blast those things!"
Tails nodded and swooped down, staying in the area of the forest at first. Mark stood on the wing until they were low enough, then jumped down onto a branch then down to the ground. Taking out his datapad he followed the radar to the edge of the forest, making sure he avoided Bunnie and Snively, and crept to where the group was taking cover from the robot drone's attacks. Suddenly the Tornado swooped down as unloaded a barrage of laser blasts and explosives on the drones, taking out a good deal of them before they opened fire. Of course Sally noticed this and began to wonder what Tails was doing there, then turned to look behind as she saw Mark peeking out from behind the trees.
"Ritaku, what are you doing here?" she demanded as the todd ran over to her. Mark knew he was in trouble at this point but he also knew there were more important things to worry about. He handed her his datapad, "I came to show you this!"
Sally looked at the holographic display as it showed seven large gems, each a different color. "Hmm, what are these?" she asked as she flipped through the pages of information on the emeralds. "Chaos emeralds? I've never heard of them before, but this says they hold a lot of power." She then turned to Mark and asked, "Ritaku, where did get all this information?"
Mark looked down and dug his foot into the ground. "I got it from one of the guys who put this device in my head," he answered back as he looked up at the chipmunk, "he also gave me my weapons, and told me to look at the stuff in the datapads. It was right after you and Sonic beat Robotnik."
Sally sighed and knelt down to look the kit in the eyes. "I'm glad you told me this, but I thought I told you to stay behind at knothole," she reminded him, garnering a soft whimper.
"I know, but I wanna help. Hey, look!" he shouted and looked over as the drones managed to get inside the hovercraft with their discovery and closed the door, despite the Freedom Fighters efforts. "Sally, we can't let them get those emeralds, right? We gotta do something!" he begged then noticed an explosive charge Sally was carrying. Before she could stop him he grabbed it and ran around to the back of the structure.
"Ritaku, wait!" Sally shouted and gave chase as Mark stuck the charge on the hull of the ship.
"Stand back!" the kit warned as he wielded his sword. He backed up to where Sally had stopped and turned his blade around so that the hilt was pointed at the ship. It opened at the end and charged for a moment before letting out a blast that struck the charge, setting it off and magnifying the explosion enough to breach the hull. He then ran towards the entrance, shouting excitedly back to Sally, "C'mon!"
Kitty cackled as the drone handed her the red Chaos Emerald.
"Excellent, Julian will surely be pleased. Alright, prepare to head ba- Ahh!" she started to order then found herself stumbling and steadying herself as the explosion wracked the ship. She hissed and picked the emerald from the floor, which had slipped from her paw, then headed to her chambers while ordering, "Find out what that was! Capture anyone who comes in, they'll make good slaves for the empire."
The robots made their way to the back of the ship to where the explosion had occurred. They found a rather large hole, but nothing else. As some of the drones went outside to look around, Sally and Mark hid behind some crates, creeping along and only moving when they wouldn't be seen. Soon they reached the door and Sally peeked inside to make sure no-one was there, then motioned Mark to follow before any of the bots could see them.
"This is crazy," Sally told the kit as they made their way down the metal hall.
"As crazy as going to Robotropolis?" Mark commented back. Sally shook her head and grinned. Mark had shown some wit in all of this. He was able to figure how to breach the hull of the hovercraft, and he knew enough to hide from the guards rather than fight once inside. She also knew if they were caught, she'd be relying on his skills with his mechanical sword to fight off the guards, although she had a blaster.
"Say Sally," Mark asked as they neared the door to the next chamber, "could you call me Mark instead of Ritaku? Just thought I'd asked before more robots came."
Sally looked at him inquisitively, then smiled and nodded. 'At least he's asking me now while there's no guards,' she thought as they reached the door, nudging up against the walls before Sally pressed the button.
Inside a few drones were walking up and down another hallway, one direction leading to the personal chambers and another stock room, the other direction leading to the control panel, according to the radar Mark was using on his datapad. It could analyze an area and give a general estimation of what a place was based off structure, technology present, and other variables. After it was clear they headed down to the control room.
The bots inside were busy running tests and going about their usual business when the door suddenly opened. When nothing came through one went over to check it out. Suddenly Mark jumped at it and cut it down, then proceeded to engage the rest while dodging their fire. One drone was about to sound an alarm when a blast from the doorway destroyed it.
Together Sally and Mark were able to take the bots out and Sally hurried over to the control panel.
"Ok, I'm going to look up any information they may have on the emeralds," she informed her partner and brought up the log for Kitty's expedition.
"Dang, it looks like they already have five of them," she finished and stuck in a disc to download the info as well as other parts of the databanks to look over later.
"Alright, lets go."
Just as the two started for the door it opened and none other than Kitty stepped through. She walked towards the two as they stepped back from the demented feline.
"Well, I thought I heard something, looks like I was right," she grinned evilly as she strutted forward. Mark growled in response and took a few steps back, clutching his sword. In a brash move he lunged forward and tried slashing her, but found his attack halted as Kitty caught the blade in her paw. She the kicked the todd straight in the gut, sending him flying and garnering a pained, loud yelp from the kit.
"Mark!" Sally yelled out and ran over as he fell to the floor, holding his stomach and crying out as it felt like it was on fire from the blow. As Sally looked over Mark she felt something hit her back, yelling out as she hit the floor and a destroyed robot fell next to her.
"Well, well, looks like you're not going to be escaping this time," Kitty remarked as she picked the two Freedom Fighters up and carried them down the hall and to her chambers, throwing them against a wall and binding their hands and feet. Sally sneered as she opened her eyes and looked at the cat, then around the room, while Mark just slumped there, completely passed out.
Soon the chipmunk's eyes would settle on 4 large, colored gems resting in slots on a small table. 'Those must be the Chaos Emeralds,' she thought as she gazed at their pure, crystalline structure, 'but, shouldn't there be 5?'
Kitty noticed the princess' gaze on the emeralds and giggled, regaining Sally's attention.
"Yes, with those Robotnik will rule this world, and I shall be his second-in-command," Kitty stated as she gazed into Sally's eyes.
"You really think Robotnik will share his power with you? Once he has them all, what's to stop him from getting rid of you?" Sally responded, thinking maybe she could get Kitty to distrust Robotnik, "After all, what does he owe you?"
"Hehe, he actually owes me much, princess," Kitty chuckled as she got right into Sally's face.
"Tell me, how do you think he managed to escape the jaws of the void, or as you Freedom Fighters like to call it, the Forbidden Realm?" she cackled, Sally eyes going wide with realization.
"Yes, it was me. I am the one who saved him from the grip of utter defeat. I'm the one who not only pulled him from the blackness, but I also aided in rebuilding his empire, hehe," she cackled as she began pacing the room, Sally gaining more reason to hate this feline with every breath she took.
"Yes, you see, I once received an implant directly into my brain, " Kitty started when Sally interrupted, "Yes, I know. I know all about you." Kitty laughed as she turned back to face the chipmunk.
"Yes, then you know that I went into hiding. Well, it might then interest you that with my new powers, I was able to conceal my location, make it look as though I dropped off the face of Mobius.
"Well, my dear Princess Alicia, that wasn't all I hid," the madcat continue as Sally listened, intent on hearing just how she helped Robotnik.
"During the last four years, I had been working on creating exact replicas of Julian's robot army and gathering materials for when he would fall."
Sally gave her an inquisitive stare until a stirring from Mark drew both their attentions.
"S-so that's how?" he strained to speak as his gut still burned from the blow while Sally looked at him softly, "Mark..."
Kitty grinned at them as she continued her story, "Yes. Using my powers I was able to hide all that in my cave. You see, even though it was developed only part way, I was able to predict Julian's defeat. That was the only thing I could ever see through time, but I saw this chipmunk and that blue speed-bump use the power stones to destroy Robotropolis.
"Oh, and speaking of those little rocks, I might as well tell you it was I who took them away!" she laughed, Sally's eyes going wide in shock.
"Yes Sally," Kitty continued, seeing her reaction, "I took them and flung them as far as I could! Ooh, the looks on your faces as you retreated to wherever that base of yours is, priceless!"
Sally had to turn away at this point, the rage inside her building to a point she might do something foolish if she continued looking at the black-hearted cat any longer. Mark also turned away, just wanting to get out of there, but then barely noticed Sally mumble something. Kitty also noticed and drew nearer to hear.
Just then Kitty let out a sharp "Mreow!!" as she was struck from behind, sending her into the wall. She clutched her back and turned her head to see who had dared hit her.
"S-Sonic," Mark stuttered weakly as the blue hedgehog quickly unbound the two and Tails ran in. "The door was open so I thought I'd invite myself in," Sonic remarked as he finished releasing the binds and Tails aimed a blaster at Kitty and opened fire, Kitty finding herself going on the defensive as she raised a shield, still recovering from Sonic's blow as she did not have her defenses up to deflect it.
Sally picked up Mark while motioning to the Chaos Emeralds, "Sonic, grab those and lets go!" Sonic looked them over and asked, "What are they?" but then jumped as he heard Kitty's hissing, "Uh, oh, gotta juice!" With that Sonic placed the emeralds in a bag he had with him and grabbed Tails, rushing out of there just as Kitty started to get up. She started slowly out of her room but the sound of a beeping grabbed her attention.
"Oh, no," she muttered as the hovercraft started blowing up from a series of charges set by Tails. As the ship became a huge pile of scrap, the Freedom Fighters ran through the forest back to knothole.
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It was a few hours later. Tails and Mark were at their hut resting, Snively was put in a cage and put under supervion, one because he was an enemy and two because he still wasn't awake, while Sally was in her hut talking to Bunnie. Normally Sally would be talking over the mission and discussing the emeralds and their potential, and about Snively's condition and what to do with him, but there was something else that had the teen chipmunk concerned.
"What should I do?" Sally asked Bunnie sitting in a couple chairs.
"Well hun, the best thing to do is talk it over with them. Just let them know your feelins on it," Bunnie responded and placed her furred paw on Sally's shoulder, "It'll be fine. After all, you only have their well-being in mind."
Sally nodded and smiled at her best friend, "Yeah, you're right. I'll go talk it over with them." With that Sally got up and walked outside, heading towards Tails' hut. The two kits were looking over some parts and taking it easy after such a day when they heard the door open. They looked over just as Sally walked inside, a serious and somber look on her face.
"What is it, Aunt Sally?" Tails asked as Sally walked towards the two and sighed.
"Tails, Mark, we gotta talk..."