FSE

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Here's chapter 3 of this story. Again, this story contains scenes of sexual intercourse including one of incest. If you're underage or are offended by such content, please turn away. All respective characters are copyright Archie/Sega, except those created by me. Enjoy! n.n

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Freedom Fighters' Last Stand Ch.3 - Searching for Power

Across the cold, metal streets of Robotropolis, robot drones of various kinds went about their business patrolling for intruders and ensuring every piece of machinery within each structure functioned at optimal performance. Into this steel metropolis a dark presence intruded, bringing the attention of two tankbots as they approached the form of none other than Kitty.

Her features were tattered and torn, and she walked with a slight limp as she neared the two drones, sneering hatefully and glaring with red, burning, rage-filled eyes.

"Robotnik demands your presence. Please come with us," the tankbots ordered in their usual cold tone.

Kitty did as she was told, but as she started walking again she let out a loud hiss and clutched her back. The burning from the wound quickly reminded her of what Sonic had done, then what happened shortly afterwards. Even her powers barely held up to the combined explosive force of around 30 charges going off simultaneously.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming!" the feline growled and hissed as the two bots turned around to order her to hurry. As she followed them down the streets her mind focused on how she would gain her revenge.

'They'll all pay,' she thought as they neared the tower and entered its doors, 'no more nice Kitty...'

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Mark and Tails watched as Sally sat on a chair, the look in her eyes telling the kits that whatever she needed to talk about was quite serious.

"When we got back earlier," Sally started and sighed, "I had a few people approach me about something they heard, and one even saw afterwards in here, shortly after we left for the mission."

Their eyes went wide as the two kits listened to Sally. They looked at each other, then back to Sally, already knowing what it was she spoke of as guilt became present in their expression. They had been caught, and they were in trouble.

"Please, just tell me, what did you two do in here?" Sally asked the kits, wanting to hear it from them. They stared at the floor for a moment, pondering how to answer until Mark spoke up.

"I'm sorry, Sally," Mark told her apologetically and snuggled up to Tails, "I-I..."

Tails snuggled him back and they both looked up at Sally, their young frames shaking. Seeing their uneasiness, the princess got up and walked over to them, placing a paw on Mark's shoulder and rubbing it.

"It's ok," Sally sighed and looked into his eyes, "Just tell me. What did you and Tails do earlier?" Mark shivered as his mind rushed for the words to say, looking back at Sally with scared and guilt-filled eyes.

"We- we," he stuttered, his arm around Tails and snuggling into her fur, "we mated. I-I'm sorry, Sally."

Sally sighed and looked down at the two as Mark confirmed what she was told earlier.

"Do you know what mating is?" she asked the kits as they held each other. They nodded in response, still snuggling and beginning to whimper.

"W-we found out when we first met," Mark told Sally and she shook her head.

'They've been doing this since a few months ago,' she thought and faced them again, "how many times have you mated?"

"Um, three times," Tails responded this time, "I'm sorry, Aunt Sally." The chipmunk walked over to them and looked into their eyes again.

"Do you know what pregnancy is? That can happen when you mate," she told the kits in a serious, yet soft tone.

"That's when a girl has a kit growing in her belly," Mark replied in a low, soft tone, looking back over to Tails.

"Mmm-hmm," Sally confirmed and gave another sigh. She could tell the feelings they had for each other and the extent they had gone. She was conflicted between stopping them, or letting them continue on and end up with a kit to raise, not to mention the fact they were siblings.

'I can't make them stop, that'd do more harm than good,' she thought as the two nuzzled each other, waiting for what Sally would say next, 'but if they keep going, they could end up with a kit.' Sally thought it over for a moment then brought their attention to her as she told them her decision.

"Mark, look after Tails. I'll let you stay together, but if Tails get pregnant, I'm expecting you to help her raise the child, do you understand? You'll have to be big boy and girl and take resposibility," she told the two shocked and surprised kits, sighing with uncertainty about letting them. After a moment they nodded in agreement, although they looked uncertain themselves. The prospect of ending up with a child now bore through their minds, which was what Sally was hoping for; them to decide against continuing on with their relationship.

"Sally, hun," the voice of Bunnie came into the room as she peered through the front door, "that Snively has woken up." Sally turned to her and nodded. "Alright, I'm coming," she answered back and headed out, leaving the two kits to ponder over what they've just been told.

Sally and bunnie walked down the dirt path until they reached another hut, Snively inside locked up inside in a cage, a quite displeased look upon his face.

"And what do you want," he asked in a snide tone at the chipmunk and rabbit before him, cringing as he held his stitched and bandaged wound, "well, I guess I should thank you for your... assistance."

Sally walked up to the cage and gazed at him, "I want to know, why were you injured?" Snively hmph'ed and turned away from her, then sighed.

"My uncle took away my position and gave it to that feline. She said Uncle Robotnik wanted me dead for failing to capture you so many times," he responded snidely and glared at the two Freedom Fighters.

"I see," Sally said and held her chin as she thought this over, "In that case, I have a proposition for you. We could use your help."

"Hmmmm?" Snively responded in surprise and curiosity. "And why should I help you? Not that it matters anyways, Uncle likely knows of my survival and wants my head," he continued and sighed again, "Very well, what do you want?"

Bunnie, hearing all of this, walked over to Sally and turned her away from the human.

"Hun, do you think that's such a good idea? I don't trust him," Bunnie told the princess, glancing over to Snively for a brief moment.

"I know Bunnie, but he could be a great help to us. Perhaps he could help us fix the glitch in the de-roboticiser. I'll keep an eye on him, I promise," Sally assured the rabbit. Bunnie sighed and nodded hesitantly.

"Alright darlin', just know I'm not lettin' him outta my sight," Bunnie told Sally, garnering a smile and a nod from her as the chipmunk turned back to Snively.

"Alright Snively, this is what we need..."

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Kitty stepped through the door into Robotnik's chamber and limped in. Robotnik was watching various screens, all showing the disaster that occurred, and holding the gold Chaos Emerald in his hand, which he placed on the panel. Needless to say, he was not happy.

"Kitty! You failed me once again. Now those rebels have four of the Chaos Emeralds! Couldn't you even properly dispose of Snively?" he bellowed at the feline while the screen showed Sally and Bunnie carry Snively away from the battle. Kitty sneered in response as she watched everything replay in front of her eyes.

"I'll get them, I swear to you I will!" she hissed and clutched her back, it reminding her of her failures even more. Julian sneered and approached her, looking down into her eyes.

"You better, feline. How you perform in your next mission determines whether you keep your free will after being roboticised," he warned her and turned back to the screens.

Kitty growled softly as she began to ponder what Sally said before about Julian betraying her.

"Don't forget what I've already done for you," she reminded him and hissed, "How I rescued you, then even took care of Naugus for you! You would be a pig right now if it wasn't for me!"

"I remember. You have already shown more competence than Snively," he answered and glared at the feline, "But know this; I will not tolerate failure. Understood?"

Kitty nodded and sneered as Julian turned and sat at his console. 'I'll show him,' Kitty thought and turned, holding her chin, 'I need to find those last two emeralds, then get the ones from the rebels' hideout. But for some reason I can't even locate them by radar. They must be jamming the signal somehow.' As these thoughts rushed through her head, she entered the elevator, intent on finding something.

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Back at knothole, Sally, Snively, Mark, and Tails all worked on the de-roboticiser. Mark and Tails begged Sally to help, and she reluctantly agreed, and was glad she did. They both showed to be quite capable with machines and were helping a lot. Snively, because he knew the most about the roboticiser, proved most helpful in working out the glitches in the de-roboticiser. So far he had done nothing suspicious - to the relief of the Freedom Fighters.

Since the de-roboticiser was almost complete, Sally, Sonic, Mark and Tails decided to look over the Chaos emeralds and discuss the contents of the datapad Sally retrieved from Robotropolis.

"This should help us a lot," Sally told the group as the datapad projected a hologram of a metal collar, "It says this can suppress the powers given by the implant. With it, we should be able to defeat Kitty."

Sonic looked at the device with interest, as did Mark and Tails.

"Aunt Sally, can me and Mark help too?" Tails asked the princess and gained a smile from her.

"I don't see the harm in it. It'll go a lot faster with you two helping. The problem is getting it on Kitty after it's made," Sally told the kits, who smiled widely in response. "We can start on it tomorrow. For now, it's getting late."

Sonic grinned and started out the door and told Sally, "I'll see you at the hut!" He zipped out before anyone could say anything and headed to Sally's, and now his, house. The three of them giggled at this then turned to each other. They said their goodnights and the two kits went to their own hut while Sally cleaned up. She looked over to where the emeralds were; on a containment device which projected a field which both held the emeralds inside and scrambled any means of tracking them. After making sure it was still functioning properly she exited the hut and went home.

As she walked through the door she spotted Sonic on the bed. He laid on his stomach and held his cheeks with his paws, giving Sally a big smile. Sally smiled back and giggled as she walked over and laid next to him. He zipped from position to position, on his back, arms folded behind his head, then on his side in a seductive pose, uttering out a fake purr, all while keeping his eyes on the chipmunk next to him.

"Hehe, silly," Sally giggled and wrapped her arms around him. Sonic embraced her back and pressed his lips onto hers, taking her into a passionate kiss. They explored each other maws with their tongues while their paws rubbed over each other, playing and teasing each other.

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Mark and Tails laid down in their bed and held each other while they thought over everything that happened during the day, their paws idly scratching each other's back.

"What should we do, Mark?" Tails finally spoke up as her paw reached lower and rubbed the base of his tail. Mark nuzzled her as he though it over.

"I wanna stay with you," he responded as the two kits rubbed their thighs against each other, enticing slight moans from each other. Tails nodded and whimpered slightly as she held her twin tight.

"I do too, but what if I get pregnant?" she reminded him even as her paw reached down to cup his sheath. Mark sighed and murred as he felt his sister's paw on him. He knew that was a real risk, and they had figured out that Sally said it not only as a warning, but also to try to deter them, and for good reason.

"But," the todd continued as his paw neared Tails' crotch, "what if you already are? We've already mated. Then... then it wouldn't matter, right?" The vixen stared at him as he said that. The thought hadn't occured to her that she might already be, but then she thought that she might not be and mating more could make it happen.

Mark, seeing the conflict in her eyes, and wanting to stay with her more and more despite the consequences, took her chin in his paw and looked her in the eyes.

"Tails, please? I really wanna stay with you, and be your mate. If it happens, I'll help you take care of the kit. Please?" he begged and planted a kiss on her cheek.

The vixen found herself unable to say no after that. She nodded and kissed Mark back and began to stroke over his sheath. He murred at the sensations and slipped a finger into her awaiting pussy, drawing a pleasured sigh from her.

They looked into each other's need-and-love-filled eyes as they continued pleasuring each other until Tails grabbed Mark's wrist and pulled his paw up to her muzzle. She licked it clean of her pre, murring as she found she enjoyed the taste then kissed him, pressing her tongue onto his to let him taste it as well. Mark murred as well as he found her pre enjoyable.

They broke the kiss and Mark let out a small moan as Tails held his shaft and stroked gently over it. The moan turned into a gasp and a slightly louder moan as she rubbed over the head with her paw, catching his pre as it spurted out. Tails smiled softly and seductively as she took her paw off his cock and brought it up to his face. Getting the hint, Mark eagerly took her sticky paw and started to lick the pre off. Tails followed suit and licked it clean with him until they were licking over and kissing each other, roaming their paws over each other and murring pleasurably as they did so.

They locked eyes upon one another as Mark positioned his cock tip at his sister's lips and held it there. "Sis, I'll always be here for you, ok?" he told her once again, his voice soft and reassuring. Tails nodded and wiggled her hips in anticipation as she gently nuzzled him.

"I know you will," she answered back, then tensed up as her brother plunged into her depths one more time, a howl escaping her lips as her walls rippled over his shaft.

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Sonic and Sally continued in their love making, Sonic slowly rubbing over Sally's crotch. Sally moaned and squirmed under his paw while her own rubbed over Sonic's quickly-hardening shaft. Sonic grinned and moaned as he felt her paw on him and pulled her into another kiss as the pleased each other at their leisure.

Sally jumped and moaned loudly as she suddenly felt Sonic's thumb press on her clit, rubbing slow at first then speeding up.

"Nng, yes! K-keep going," she moaned and gripped his shaft harder as Sonic pressed a finger past her lips, aiming straight for her sweet spot and began to rub it, shuddering as he felt her grip on his member tighten.

"Ahh, Sally," Sonic moaned through their locked lips as the two squirmed and writhed from the sensations jolting through their frames. With their free paws Sally massaged the base of Sonic's tail while Sonic played with and tweaked her nipple, further enhancing the pleasure that already rippled through them.

"S-sonic, please!" Sally yelled out as her pre flooded out of her tunnel, her walls constricting Sonic's fingers as they continued to massage her sweet spot. Sonic, knowing what she wanted, pulled out of her pussy and wasted no time in positioning his meat onto her entrance and thrusting in.

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Mark and Tails continued in their mating, yelping and moaning as the young todd thrust into his twin sister, Tails meeting each one as she bucked her hips, driving his meat deeper every time. The two licked each other lovingly as their paws roamed over each other's frames, panting heavily as Mark thrust into Tails harder and faster.

"Mark, nnnng!" Tails yelled as her body convulsed in climax, her juices rushing out over Mark's foxmeat and onto the bed. Mark yipped loudly as he felt the vibrations and tightening over his cock, but kept his pace into her as he sent Tails into orgasm after orgasm.

"Ahh, M-mark?" Tails moaned and asked confusedly as he pulled out, but he quickly turned her onto her side and got behind her, pushing his shaft back inside her pussy while his arms wrapped around her and cupped over her undeveloped breasts. Tails reached back and petted him as he thrust into her, building his speed back up quickly and sending the two young lovers into howls and moans once again.

"Nnng, Tails, I-I'm getting close!" Mark nearly howled as his knot began to form and smack against Tails' lips, sending jolts of pure bliss through them with each thrust.

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"Ahh, Sonic, please s-slower," Sally cried out as she felt her walls stretch around the intruder, her body quaking from being taken so fast. Sonic, his own body quaking, nodded weakly and smoothed out his thrust until he hilted inside her. He continued on slowly, pulling out of her then thrusting back in, building up his pace as Sally tensed up under him.

"Ahh, is that better, S-Sally?" Sonic asked as he continued to take her. Sally nodded and arched her back as her paws roamed over his abdomen, then behind him to sensually and carefully rub a spine.

"Ah, yeah, that's nice," Sonic sighed as he felt the paw on his spine while he continued to rub over her breasts. They took each other into another kiss as Sonic thrust into her ever faster. Sally squirmed from the feelings of the shaft moving so rapidly along her walls, arching her back as her juices flowed over it and out, drenching them and the bed.

Soon Sonic felt his own climax building as he sped up his pace to speeds only one such as he could muster.

"Ahh, Sally, a-almost there," he told her and moaned as Sally wrapped her legs around him and yelled out as another orgasm hit her.

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The moans and howls echoed within the two huts as the lovers inside each neared the end of their mating. With a final thrust, Sonic emptied his seed into Sally, while Mark emptied his into Tails and tied with the young vixen, howls and moans escaping them as their bodies convulsed in blissful release. Sonic and Mark collapsed onto their respective lovers and mates as sleep soon overtook the four Freedom Fighters.

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A few days had passed, and both sides were quite busy trying to develop tactics and devices to ultimately defeat the opposition. Inside a global surveillance Kitty glared at the screens and controls as she searched frantically for any trace of a Chaos Emerald. Robotnik was becoming impatient and she had yet to find any trace of even one of the mystical gems.

"Yargh! Where the hell could they be?" the feline screamed and slammed her fists onto the panel, causing it to shudder from the force. She turned around and headed for the exit while ordering the drones and growling, "Keep looking! I need some air."

Kitty walked down from the building and through the streets with no specific location in mind, just wanting to get away from the monitors and radars. She no longer limped as her back had recovered, although her pace was somewhat slower. An examination had reveal she had received some damage to her spine, although not serious enough to keep her off her feet. The psychic enhancements to her strength assured that, although she was unable to heal herself.

Kitty came to an alley and sat on some junk as she took out a datapad and began fiddling around with it.

"Grr, they have to be somewhere," she mumbled to herself as she flipped through pages of data. She looked over various places on Mobius as potential locations of the last two gems, until one place made her raise an eyebrow.

"What is this doing in the geography database? It's only a legend. Hmm, unless," she continued mumbling before an evil grin spread across her face.

"I believe I may have it!" Kitty yelled as she busted through the door to the surveillance chamber.

"Outta my way, rust-buckets!" she continued as she shoved aside drones on her way to the control panel. The drones returned to their stations to let Kitty do what she would and turned to her as she began yelling out orders.

"We're searching too low. Raise the altitude on the radars and the surveillance systems," she told the bots as she fed her console co-ordinants, "Hm, nothing. Raise the altitude higher! And keep going until it's as high as it'll go!"

"Affirmative," the drone responded as Kitty watched for any blips to appear. Suddenly the radar responded and Kitty grinned widely as she gazed at the green blips.

"Hmm, three. That's strange. There's only supposed to be two emeralds left. Hmm, one is bigger than the others," she mumbled as she contemplated the info on the screen, "In any case, tell Julian we've found the remaining emeralds!"

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It was several hours after Kitty made her discovery. Mark, Tails, and a few other fighters were just returning to knothole from Robotropolis after a scouting mission. The two kits headed straight to Sally's hut to deliver what news they had.

"Something big's happening over there, Aunt Sally," Tails told the princess and handed over a datapad. "There's a big ship there to take them somewhere way up in the sky. Even Robotnik is going, too," she continued as Sally looked over the information.

Just then a low rumbling caught their attention and a shadow fell over the village. They all peered outside to see that very craft flying high over them, gaining altitude as it passed.

"That's it, Aunt Sally!" Tails shouted as they watched it fly unto the horizon. After it had passed everyone in the village was outside discussing it over and wondering what Julian was up to.

"Tails, Mark, do you think we could follow it in the Tornado?" Sally asked them as she pondered. The two looked at each other for a moment before Tails shook her head.

"No, where they're going is too high. The Tornado can't get up there," she responded and continued to gaze where the ship had gone, "Well, if I finished my boosters for it, then maybe it could. They're almost done."

Sally thought this over for a moment before starting over to the siblings' hut.

"Alright, I'll help you on it. Lets try to finish it quickly," she told the kits who nodded and rushed after her.

For the next few hours they worked feverishly on the boosters while the rest of the village came up with plans on what to do. Only a few people could fit on the Tornado, and so they needed to decide who would go. They ultimately decided on Tails, since she needed to fly the plane, as well as Mark, Sonic and Sally, since they were the best fighters.

With Sally's help the boosters were completed in just a few hours, although Sally knew that Robotnik would likely be at his destination by then.

"Ok, lets hope they get us there," Sally commented as they attached the boosters onto the plane.

While Tails looked over the Tornado to ensure everything was functioning properly, Mark and Sally went outside to see if there equipment was ready. Sally didn't want to take any chances and had various weapons, communicators, and even some radar scramblers prepared for them. She didn't know what they were getting into and wasn't going to take chances.

"Alright, everyone ready?" Sally asked as she gathered the equipment and looked around, "Huh? Where's Sonic?" She didn't have to wonder long before Sonic walked up to her and Mark, scarfing down a chili dog.

"Alright, I'm ready," Sonic said with a grin on his face, "Can't go beating down Ro-butt-nik on an empty stomach." Sally shook her head and giggled, quite used to Sonic's antics by now.

"Ok, lets go," Sally told the two and led them back to the Tornado, where Tails was just finishing up. She smiled at them as they boarded, Sally in the rear cockpit and Sonic and Mark on the wings.

"Alright, hold on!" Tails shouted as she fired up the engines and started down the path cleared to serve as a runway. Soon they lifted into the air and Tails eyed a radar set into the plane's control panel.

"Ok, I'm starting the boosters," Tails warned after a bit and flipped a switch. Sonic and Mark held on tight to the wing as they felt the jump in speed and altitude. Sally looked at the two in worry, concerned about them falling off, but they stood their ground and soon the blips on the radar indicated they were close to their destination.

"Whoa, what's that?" Sonic asked in amazement as soon an island, floating miles and miles in the sky, came into view. They all gazed at it, wondering what could keep this land mass suspended so far up in the air. They didn't have much time to wonder as a beeping and a flashing light on the control panel caught their attention.

"Oh no, the boosters are running out of fuel!" Tails yelped and the rockets began sputtering and dying.

"Uh-oh, what now?" Sonic asked and worried expressions formed on each their faces as they began losing altitude. Tails began to frantically hit switches and pulled up on the stick in an effort to get them to the island, yelling out, "Hold on!"

Just as it seemed they weren't going to make it, the floating island began to fall. The wheels of the Tornado dug into the ground and began to spin out as Tails desperately struggled to retain control. The effort worked for the most part as Tails managed to slow down the biplane before it crashed into some trees and Sonic and Mark barely held on to the wing. Sally and Tails had braced themselves and soon relaxed as the plane's shuddering ceased.

"Tails, can you fix it?" Sally asked the vixen as they all looked over the wreckage of the Tornado. Tails shook her head and turned to the princess.

"I could back at knothole, but I don't have any tools here. Sorry," Tails replied and sighed. Soon however they found themselves stumbling and grabbing onto trees as a quake hit and a giant splash could be heard.

"Ah! Whoa, did the island land?" Mark yelped and soon had his question answered as seawater rained down on the small group and soaked them. After shaking themselves dry the four ran over to the edge and found themselves floating in the middle of the sea. They stared at it for a moment before Sally motioned them to continue on, not wanting to waste anymore time.

"Um, Aunt Sally, where should we go?" Tails asked as she looked over the radar from the plane. She had taken it out after the crash and was looking at three blips that were undoubtedly the emeralds, as she made it after researching the emeralds back at the base.

"Hmm, this is going to be tough," Sally commented as she looked at the radar, showing the two small blips and the one bigger blip scattered far away from each other, "Well, I guess we could split into teams. Sonic you'll go- huh?"

They all turned to where Sally was looking just as a figure jumped down from a tree. He had red fur, long spines flowing down the length of his back, and white, spiked fists.

"Wow, is that an echidna?" Mark asked in amazement as the figure walked towards them, his eyes narrowed.

"He was right! You must be the ones that Robotnik and Kitty said would come and take the Master Emerald! Well, I won't let you have it!" the echidna said and gave them a challenging gaze.

"Master Emerald? What's that?" Tails asked him as the group pondered what to do, "We're not here to take it."

"Enough of your lies!" he yelled back and charged the group, swinging a spiked fist at them. They all dodged the attack and watched as he impacted the ground, sending a shudder through it and cracking the dirt. He then turned to Tails and the radar she carried and lunged at her.

She yelped as she dodged the punches, curling up her tails and swinging them at the echidna like a baseball bat. This caught him off guard and he found himself flying into a nearby tree and slumping to the ground. He didn't stay there very long, however as he quickly got up and eyed the group, going after Sally next.

"Ah!" Sally yelled as she started running. Just then the blue blur of Sonic hit her pursuer and knocked him away. Sonic ran over to Sally to ensure she was okay while the echidna picked himself up again and shook his head.

"Not bad," the figure commented and watched as the group surrounded him. He glared at them for a moment before turning his gaze back to Tails. With a sudden burst of speed he lunged at the vixen again, his paw outstretched for the radar.

"No! Leave her alone!" Mark shouted as he wielded his sword and fired blasts from the hilt. However, the figure managed to grab the radar just as Tails fled and used it to deflect the blasts. He dodged the rest and threw the destroyed device to the ground as he jumped up into a tree, using his spiked fists to climb it.

"Hey, wait!" Sonic yelled and ran up to the tree, "Who are you anyway?" He looked back down to the blue hedgehog and narrowed his eyes.

"Why should I tell you? Well, if you want to know so bad, it's Knuckles." With that he fled, jumping from tree to tree and leaving the group to their thoughts.

Tails sighed as she gathered the remains of the radar and walked over to Sally. "What now, Aunt Sally? How will we find the emeralds now?"

"I don't know," the chipmunk responded as she looked it over. Mark's face lit up as he held his datapad that he brought with him. He ran over to the two and opened up the map.

"I copied the places where the radar showed into my datapad," he told them as they looked over the locations where the map displayed, "Though, I'm sorry I hit yours, Tails."

"It's ok," Tails responded and smiled at her twin while Sally took out a datapad of her own and copied Mark's map. She then put it away and petted Mark.

"That was very smart, Mark. Now we can find the Chaos Emeralds. I just hope Robotnik hasn't gotten to them already," she told the kit and got up, "Okay, we're going to have to split up into groups."

"I'll go with Tails!" Mark spoke up before Sally could say anymore. Sally looked down at the todd and shook her head.

"No, I'd rather if Tails came with me and you went with Sonic," Sally responded and looked over to the blue one. Sonic shrugged as he knelt against a tree, not really caring either way.

"But Sally, you told me to take care of sis and look after her! Please?" Mark begged and looked at Sally with pleading eyes. She sighed as he gazed at her.

"Ok, you can go with Tails. Just be careful, ok? And stay in contact," Sally relented and walked over to Sonic. Normally she would've argued this, but she knew that Mark would probably find a way to go with Tails regardless. He was a stubborn little kit, although she knew his heart was in the right place.

"Yay! Thanks, Sally!" Mark responded excitedly as he ran over to his sister and the two started down a path, "Don't worry, I'll call you to tell you how we're doing, too!" Sally shook her head and giggled as the two kits disappeared amongst the trees. She turned to Sonic who had a big grin on his face.

"Don't worry, I'm sure they'll be fine!" Sonic assured the princess as the two started down another path, following the map to where the emerald should be, "Mark is a tough kid, after all." Sally sighed and smiled as they continued on.

"I know, I just can't help but worry about them. They're still just kids. But I guess you're right," she relented. She knew the two kits would take care of each other and were tough just as Sonic said. She decided not to worry about it anymore and focus on the task ahead.