Smarties (Tails X Reader) {Finished}

Chapter 24: The Buddy Buddy Temple

Well... word got around to the gang that I was apparently raised by Eggman for a time... and they took it surprisingly well. Even Amy, who had been suspicious of me for ages, though there wasn't any reason to be... sort of?
             I mean, I understand where she was coming from, but I know for a fact I'm not a robot... mainly because my family. Obviously they had me, so I couldn't be, and I bleed... so, you know, mobian body parts.
                I'm happy I finally got to meet my family, but... it also made me frustrated. I learned that Eggman was the reason I was away from them so long... he took me away. I've stood up for that man a few times against my friends. They didn't listen- but still.
             I always thought he was better than he portrayed himself, at least the smallest bit, but, no, that was naive of me. I was stupid.
My situation right now wasn't helping. The gang and I were all being chased by Eggman and his robots, woopity due. Eggman was after me in specific today, his robots chasing the others. As I ran away from him, as well as dodged his many lasers, I had to slide under a tree he shot down.
It wasn't hard, none of this really was, but it was definitely annoying. It didn't help that he kept singing... honestly, he's just making the whole thing of me being relaxed around him worse.
"Jungle laser! Jungle laser! Fry you with my jungle laser!" He chants in a small song, which makes me grit my teeth as I keep going. I continue to run, Sonic coming beside me for whatever reason.
"Hey Eggman, smile for the birdie!" Sonic calls out, spin-dashing into a tree. The tree bends back, and he hops off, which causes it whip back and launch three little birds at Eggman. I flinch a bit. I may not like Eggman at all right now, but I kind of think that was uncalled for.
"Ow, ow! They're pecking my eyes! Why would I ever smile at this?!" Eggman exclaims, waving his hands around at the birds. His eyes? He's wearing glasses over them... Still, why would someone do that? Oh, nope, I can't be on his side... nope.
              Eggman continues flying, and Sonic spin-dashes against a tree. Together, we chase after Eggman. He was not getting away that easily... As Sonic and I run, we hear a yell from one of the others.
               "You keep after Eggman, I can get to the others quicker." Sonic calls out, to which I nod. Sonic veers off in another direction as I keep after Eggman. I try to will me feet to move faster, but my strides are short and inconvenient.
                Up ahead, I see Eggman run into an opening in a cave, and manage to get in right before two doors shut behind me. I don't pay too much attention to this, and continue to move. He will pay, he will pay, he will pay. I will not let him out... uh... fly? me. Yeah.
                As I chase him, I hear a wall fall behind me. What the heck... I shake it off, and look forward. You will not be distracted. Hehe... maybe I'm a Jedi and can use the force... wait a minute. Agh, I'm so dumb! I basically have the force! Ugh, stupid.
              I focus on Eggman's Eggmobile, and will it to go backwards. I'm not sure how this helped, seeing as how I'm now being chased and lasers are being shot at me. As I run from Eggman, I hear two more walls come crashing down. What is this place?
                Once I come to a fork in the path, I slide to a stop, attempting to turn towards the left. Eggman screeches to a halt, standing in the middle. Confused, I look over at him; still armed and ready.
                  "What are you doing? We should fight this way." Eggman says while panting a tad, only to point towards his left, my right. I roll my eyes.
                   "Does it really matter?" I question in irrigation, my hands moving up a bit with my swords placed in them. This is ridiculous. I just need to kick his arse, should it matter which make I go?
                 "It's the natural direction the fight is taking us." Eggman retorts, which makes me face-palm. "Hey! It makes perfect sense!" He adds. I roll my eyes, about to jump up at him, but the floor falls through.
                  I try to keep some rocks underneath me to break the fall, but I land on my ankle in a wonky position. I growl in annoyance. Great. In the middle of a fight, and my ankle is twisted. How fun.
                    "Hoo! I'm ok!" Eggman yells out. I look over at him, rolling my eyes once more before attempting to stand up. I growl a little, trying not to yelp. It's worse than I anticipated... I use one of my swords as a cane of sorts, looking back over at Eggman.
                   "I finally have you." Eggman says in a raspy voice after panting a few times. He goes to shoot at my legs, but thinks about it. Eggman pulls his hand away, and collapses against his Eggmobile. I raise an eyebrow.
                  "Look, we're both smart, and it's quite obvious that neither of us are in any sort of condition to fight. Perhaps it's best if we try to find a way out of this place. Then we can heal up, and continue this fight some other time." I suggest with a shrug. Eggman glances up at me.