Sometimes Goodbyes the only way - Chapter 7

Yeah... 3 Months, already...?  Well, sorry... xDD
And this isn´t even long... but I thought... better a short chapter when no chapter at all... Again, I apologize

But now finally you can enjoy the next chapter...that is really short anyway....

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`Hah...' I sighed when I gave up after 5 minutes to get my spikes in any acceptable form. They would fall by themself when they dried ... Honestly, I had no desire  for a mission, I was just not in the mood for adventures right now. I carefully sat down on the closed toilet seat and supportes my head lightly on my hand.

Soooo... Now so I was single again ... After just one day with this complete idiot, huh? Good! I didn´t need him! I... do not need him... A sad sigh escaped me. Well, i ..did...

I fought my way up when I got the feeling that my spikes were somewhat dried and were in their position. Once again combed through, I went to the door ... Time to be serious. Tails needed me!

"Oww!" Again the fox was on the floor when I opened the door. "Ahh, I'm sorry, buddy! Not again!" Again I helped him up, AGAIN he pulled me with him immediately. "It's okay ... But you really have to come along now, Sonic!"

"W-What is it? Would you kindly tell me that now!?" Tails said nothing, just flatten his ears until we finally arrived once again in his workshop. He let go of my hand and gesticulated violently.

"Black Doom is alive!" W-What? I just stared at him. That could not be! Shadow had defeated him, killed him ...? Only now I noticed that it was not so clear at the end! "H-how,  please? Doom Black lives!?" I began to tremble uncontrollably. Black Doom was a strong opponent! I myself had never fought against the guy, Tails now demanded from me... that I brought him down ...?

"Where...is he...?" I asked cautiously, there was no time to lose! The little fox cleared his throat. "Yes ... It is not only that... Black Doom has the Master Emerald! ..." It was getting better ...!

"When you went to see Shadow, Knuckles stayed over the night while Rouge went back to the Master Emerald... This morning as Knuckles went back to Angel Island, the Master Emerald was gone and Rouge in a very bad condition. He brought her to a hospital immediately and when she felt better, she told him that Black Doom was there! She couldn´t do anything and he did this to her to get to the stone ... "

I shook my head slightly, that could not be ... He had the most powerful energy source in the world in his hands ... But one thing was clear to me, of course he wanted to destroy the Earth or humanity ... but before that ... he would seek revenge on Shadow...

"So ... does someone knows ... where he is?" Tails stared at me: "I was able to locate the energy of the Emerald ... He's on his way to the Black Comet ..."

"No! W-What ... Why didn´t you said anything?" "You didn´t wanted to listen to me, I wanted to tell you a thousand times that Black Doom comes to you .. You just yelled at me to bring you back, so I did exacly ​​this!" The little fox was shaking a bit... Tails was never someone you should yell at ... I took a deep breath and sighed.

"Okay ...Look ... Black Doom has the Master Emerald, which belongs to one of my friends, so it is my business! Even if I don´t like to say it, but it seems like I have to go through that portal to the Black Comet once more... " And to Shadow ... I did not know if Shadow could take him on alone. Black Doom had the Master Emerald and Shadow no Chaos Emeralds, so probably not. No matter how mad I was at him, he needed my help!

Tails flattened his ears. "But ... there's only one problem ..." I raised an eyebrow, as if we didn´t had enough problems already... "I polarized the portal on the energy of the Master Emeralds ... That is the reason it was Chaos Control so similar. Since Black Doom has the Emerald and take it further away from Earth ... it does not work ... Maybe for taking you there, but if the Master Emerald is on the Black comet, they are too far away to continue using the energy to get you back ... you would be stuck ... "

The young kitsune played restlessly with his fingers and seemed even more disappointed about himself .. I didn´t care, I always had found  a way out of a situation like this. Also ... I coulnd´t leave Shadow to himself ... Encouragingly, I patted Tails on the shoulder. "All right ... We do it like that ...: You send me just once more on the Black Comet ... and I'll take care of the rest, okay? ..."

With the other hand I ruffled him about the fur on his head, which really seemed to calm him down.

"I've always trusted you ... when you say we do it this way... we do it, Sonic ..." I nodded and looked at him surprised in the next moment, as the little fox was hanging around my waist. "Sonic ... take care of yourself ... I love you ..." "Hey ~ I love you too ..." I returned his hug ... Tails was my brother in all but blood ...

I gave him the short time I still had before I checked if we had  all the Emeralds around. Tails gave them to me, and I knew that I could surely use them. I put them safe inside my quills before I once again stood in front of the portal and  indicated to Tails that I was ready.

The young kitsune smiled at me one last time before the portal began to glow in a green-blue light again, this time weaker than before. With the last thought that we didn´t had much time left, I entered it one more time ...

Puffing, the black-red, winged figure moved through the weightlessness. After Black Doom had searched for hours after Shadow on earth, he had given up ... He was famished, weak from the fight and just wanted as quickly as possible back to his planet ... Of course it very hurt his pride that he could not repay it immediately to Shadow.

However, Black Doom had at least done something just as good like this on earth ... getting his hands on the Master Emerald...! Black Doom knew this stone as well as the Chaos Emeralds, knew that it was even stronger! Well, he didn´t know exactly how, but this stone would help him for Shadow's destruction ... and, of mankind.

Too bad that the bat girl came in his way ... for her! She could not do much except standing up again and again and make it even worse for her. In the end she didn´t moved anymore and Black Doom actually didn´t care whether she was dead or not ...

He quickly grabbed the precious stone and unleashed, with the newly gained power, his Devil form ... At that moment, his meeting with his people was more important than anything else ... He would go now and rest ... But he would come back! And pay Shadow everything back!

Once more he flapped vigorously with its wings, but that in the great nothingness of space helped him little ... He had always used the spaceship, though he could live without oxygen ... Now he knew why, it was exhausting to come forward. The green stone flew quietly beside him, guided by his thoughts ...

The Master Emerald obeyed individuals with much chaos energy, the Echidna Guardian had a lot of it ... but not the bat. Which made it easier to remove the gem without much trouble from its shrine.

Black Doom then flew around for a while not knowing exactly where his comet was only the approximate direction. But this soon changed when the great blackness was filled by an gray spot in the distance .... The Black Comet ...