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The rest of the toys, led by Mephiles, ran in the opposite direction for a similar box. They ran past the lying boxes and jumped over one of the cases, which had a handle sticking out from the top. When Bokkun was the last to run, he accidentally tripped over a handle and lost his right leg. — Oh, damn it! It fell off again! — he said to himself and jumped on one remaining leg to the second one that had fallen off. I got there and connected it back. There was just a fork in the path and the ribbon divided into two paths. Mephiles with toys ran along one belt, and Bokkun, along with the suitcase, which he had tripped over before, turned and was dragged along another belt. The others took notice, stopping and turning around. — BOKKUN!!! — Mephiles shouted, stretching out his arms. — DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME AND RUN ON TO SAVE SONIC!!! I WILL GET YOU!!! — the little imp shouted to them and ran further to where his tape turned. Apparently he had no other choice and had to run to where he eventually ended up. — JUST DON'T WORRY!!! WE WILL BE BACK FOR YOU!!! — Metal shouts to him. And they ran on without Bokkun. Mikhail's suitcase was already close. — We're already here, Sonic! — Mephiles says, running up first, lifting the bolts and opening it. But it wasn’t the same suitcase they were chasing. Here, instead of Sonic and other collectible toys, there was a toy paintball gun, which also had a sticker warning that the gun was absolutely safe. — Wow! I've always dreamed about this. — Rouge said, raising her hands clenched into fists. — Sonic is not here! Runs back to Silver! — Mephiles answers and closes the suitcase behind him.***
Sonic, gritting his teeth, hits Tails on the head with his right fist so that he screams for a second and his head squashes slightly that he had to hold his nose and inhale to straighten the shape of his head. Silver, Amy, Blaze and Sonic surround him, but the brown fox crouches and stretches out his leg, knocking down the crowd attacking him at the same time. The blue hedgehog tried to get up, but Tails grabbed him by the neck and ran with him to the edge of the tape, jumping off it. The two of them fell onto the tape below. Now they were completely alone on the new battlefield. Sonic grabbed the fox and pressed him to the floor of the tape, grabbing him by the throat and starting to choke him. But at the last moment, the fox pulled both legs towards his body and, with a blow from both legs, pushed the hedgehog away from him. He flew to the right edge of the tape, hitting it. Then Tails picks up his own screwdriver from the floor, which was previously knocked out of him during the fight from above. He approaches Sonic menacingly, like a maniac, holds the minus tip of the screwdriver to the thread on his hand and cuts it off. — Hey, I just got fixed! — Sonic was indignant, grabbing his shoulder with his other hand. — So what? Decide, Sonic! Either we will fly together to the Saggan Empire safe and sound, or you yourself will arrive there torn to pieces. — He said to the hedgehog, smiling sarcastically and began to threaten: — He has already fixed you, and he will fix you now! Get back in suitcase! — Never! — Sonic stated boldly. — Okay. — Tails replies and raises the screwdriver in both hands on himself, aiming the sharp end at the hedgehog and preparing to thrust it into him like a spear. But suddenly Tails was hit in the chest by some kind of pin with a green ball on the non-sharp end. — DONT TOUCH HIM!!! — Silver shouted as he used his slingshot inside his arm. He shot a pin from it at the fox. Tails loses consciousness and falls in fear, afraid that they could kill him in this way. He fell and closed his eyes. Sonic turned his gaze to Silver and smiled at him. He winked at him and showed his index finger as a sign of coolness. Suddenly, Sonic notices Sally sneaking behind Silver. — BEHIND!!! — Sonic shouted, but Silver did not have time to turn around and dodge, when he received a punch in the face from the chipmunk and the plastic toy of the silver hedgehog fell from this tape even lower. — SILVER!!! — the blue one shouted, getting up from the floor and running to the edge. Fortunately, Silver landed on another tape, which was even lower, and further there was an iron and bare floor made of mazayak slabs. Sonic turned around sharply with his hands shaking with anger and hissed at Sally through his teeth: — Yo-o-ou! — THIS IS UNFAIR!!! — Sally shouted at Sonic. — YOU SHOULD NOT LEAVE US!!! YOU SHOULD BE WITH US!!! — I WILL NOT GO TO THE MUSEUM!!! — Sonic shouted at her, and she immediately shouted in response: — AND I WILL NOT CLIMB BACK INTO THE DARKNESS!!! — YOU WERE IN THE DARK FIVE MINUTES AGO AND NOTHING HAPPENED TO YOU!!! — IN THIS CASE, I AM SURE THAT I WILL NOT LYE IN A BOX FOREVER, AND WITH YOUR DAVID I WILL DEFINITELY BE IN THE DARKNESS AGAIN!!! — WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS?! — TAILS TOLD ME THAT DAVID LOCKS YOU IN A HUGE BOX EVERY NIGHT!!! — SALLY, YOU DON ' T UNDERSTAND!!! YES, DAVID PUTS US IN HIS CHEST EVERY EVENING, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR THE NIGHT!! DURING THE DAY WE ARE ALL NOT IN THE CHEST!!! — HOW DO I KNOW THAT YOUR DAVID WILL NOT LEAVE ME IN THIS CHEST?!!! SELFISH HEDGEHOG!!! I WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR US ALL, AND YOU ONLY THINK ABOUT YOURSELF!!! All the toys were shocked by this statement. And Silver, who had already managed to climb back onto the right belt, and other toys, who had crawled out of the collector’s case and were observing the situation. — I am an egoist?! I AM AN EGOIST?!!! — Sonic became even more angry from such a statement. — SALLY, HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS?!!! I'M GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR CHILD HAPPY AGAIN AND NOT LANGUING IN BOXES, AND YOU ARE NOT EVEN LISTENING!!! — WE ALSO HAVE THIS CHANCE, SONIC!!! WHAT DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHETHER WE PLEASURE CHILDREN IN THE SHOW STINDOW OR OUTSIDE IT?!!! — There is a difference, Sally!!! — Amy spoke, standing next to Sonic. — In the museum they will stare at you, but then no one will love you! No one will simply not care that you are standing in glass cases. You will simply be pieces on display! — Really? — Tails asks, standing up from the floor of the band and taking out the pin. — Why do you have such confidence? After all, you have never been there before. — Said by someone who had never been there himself. — Sonic answers. — Yes, I wasn’t there, but I just know, because Mikhail and the emperor often talked on the phone about the museum and how visitors admire its things. — Tails says to the hedgehog, and then turns to the chipmunk: — There is also no certainty that the boy will really get us all out of the chest every day. Maybe he says this to himself on purpose, but in reality it’s not the same for others. — It is not true! Do not listen to him! — Sonic asks, but Sally is confused again and doesn’t know who to believe. — I am your faithful friend who has always helped you in everything. And he appeared with us only two days ago and you know almost nothing about him. So who do you trust more? Me or him? — asks the brown manipulator. Acorn thought about Tails' words and attacked Sonic, knocking him to the floor. She began to beat him and roll with him like logs. Tails stood to the side and folded his arms over his chest, watching the dragon. — No! Stop it! — Silver tried to intervene and ran to stop the fight. However, Tails grabbed a screwdriver and pointed its sharp end at the psychokineticist's toy. — Don't interfere, psycho toy! At one point, while Sally was firmly holding Sonic’s shoulder with her right palm and hitting with her left fist, Sonic grabbed her fist with his right fist, grabbed her head with his left hand and moved his gaze away from himself. He then pulled his legs towards his body and kicked the chipmunk away from him with a kick from both legs. She also flew to the edge of the tape, but fortunately she put her right palm over the edge and tried to hold on. Tails took notice of this, swung the other end of the screwdriver like a bat and hit him on the head, knocking out the hedgehog. — Sonic! — Silver said and also decided to intervene in the attack. He rushes at Tails, grabbing his screwdriver with both hands, and he tries to defend himself with that same screwdriver. At this time, Sally is trying to climb back, but she can’t do it. Trying to pull herself up with her elbows and grab hold of her right leg, she barely reaches out, but her leg immediately slips and she falls again against her will, still trying to hold on to the edge of the tape with her fingers. — TAILS!!!... HELP!!! — she shouts to the fox, but he didn’t care. — SAVE YOURSELF!!! — Tails shouts in response, removing his right hand, clenching it into a fist and hitting Silver in the face, forcing him to take four steps back. Then he ran around the white hedgehog from behind, grabbed him by the neck with a screwdriver and tried to strangle him, accidentally hitting one of the buttons on his chest several times, causing the speech simulator inside Silver to speak: — Forforforforforforforforforforforforforforforforward to victory, rebels! With force, Silver grabbed the screwdriver with both hands and pulled it, first up and then down, throwing Tails over himself. The fox was lying on the floor with his hands up. But the fox also pulled the screwdriver towards himself and towards his stomach, also throwing Silver and he accidentally crashed into Sonic, who woke up and tried to come to Silver’s aid. — TAILS!!! — Sally screams as her right hand slipped and she could barely hold on to her left. — HELP ME!!! TAILS!!! — but her cries for help were even. He was busy fighting with Sonic and Silver. Using a screwdriver as a bat, he beat Sonic and Silver in the faces with it, and they did not have time to come to their senses and stand up or roll to the sides like logs. Little by little, the fingers of Acorn’s left hand could no longer hold on and almost tore. — TA-A-AI-I-ILS!!! — she still couldn’t resist the last cry and fell screaming. Suddenly, Amy jumps off the tape after her and grabs her left arm with both hands. She grabs Blaze by the legs, remaining on the tape and holds them both. — I'm holding you! — says the hedgehog to the chipmunk. The latter's hand began to tear slightly at the seam. At the last moment, Sally managed to raise her other hand and grab Amy’s hands with it as well. This way she had more strength to hold on and so that her shoulder would no longer tear at the seam. Otherwise, she would have lost her hand just like Sonic. However, Sonic's friends did not give her that and helped her up. Meanwhile, other toys tried to stop the fight. Rotor and Antoine ran up to Tails and Silver to separate them, but at one point Silver accidentally hit Rotor on the head while trying to fight off Tails, and the little fox himself accidentally caught Antoine with the sharp end of a screwdriver and tore his jacket. — Sacre blue! Tails, stop it! — says Antoine. — Tails, stop it right now! What's wrong with you? — Robotnik asks as he rips open his own box, punching it with his own hands and tearing through the translucent plastic and walking out. He grabbed the fox by the two tails and pulled him towards himself. — Get your hands off me, you fatty! — he tried to fight off with a screwdriver, but Silver ran up again and grabbed the fox’s screwdriver, trying to take the weapon away from the violent fox. — What is wrong with you? — the white hedgehog also asked him. He pulled the screwdriver so hard that Tails' arms in the shoulder areas began to slowly tear at the seams. Trying to hold them tightly, Silver ended up unknowingly tearing off his hands. Tails' hands began to attack the hedgehog's face on their own, grabbing him and beating him, knocking him to the floor of the tape. Robotnik pulled the now armless Tails tightly towards him and grabbed him by the neck. — TAILS, CALM DOWN!!! The torn off and independently living hands of the fox continued to beat Silver, but Sonic, Sally, Amy and Blaze came running to help. Amy and Blaze grab Tails' left hand, trying to hold it, while Sally and Sonic tried to hold Tails' right hand. Sonic and Amy held their hands tightly with their hands, and Sally and Blaze held the tip torn off along the seam. At the same time, the little fox’s hands themselves, without the ability to free themselves, still continued to twitch, because Tails himself hissed through his teeth and continued to struggle. — No! You will not force me to suffer with you. I don't want. — he says out of anger. — Where did you get the idea that you would suffer?! — Blaze asked. — You can not understand! You don’t know what it’s like to sit and hope that the child wants to play with you! Yes, and you are all naive fools! Children always break toys! Sooner or later you will all be broken and forgotten! You will spend the rest of your life lying in the trash heap while your beloved David lives his life! — No! David is not like that! — said Sonic. — How do you know? Have you forgotten how he broke you? — the little fox asks the hedgehog, and he answers: — I told you a hundred times, it was an accident! He didn't want this. He didn't even know he would do this. But people sometimes learn from mistakes. I am sure that he will take this into account and from now on will not do this again. At least he'll try. — Sonic explained. — Even his parents Ivan and Lili were like that when they were children. They also became adults, but they did not abandon us all forever and did not forget. They also sometimes play with us, just like in childhood. Surely David will do the same when he grows up. I am one hundred percent sure of this and don’t doubt it even a little. He will never throw any of us out or break any of us. — Listen to him! Maybe he's right. — Robotnik says, still holding the armless fox. — LET ME GO!!! — Tails shouted and stepped on Robotnik's leg with his right foot. He jumped up and grabbed it, and Tails kicked him in the face with his right foot and knocked him out. Dulcy, Ari, Rabbot, Naugus, Snively and Rotor immediately came running. They surrounded the little fox and grabbed him on both sides. Rabbot and Rotor even grabbed his legs and held them, and the little fox twitched and tried to escape. — PUT ME TO THE GROUND, YOU IDIOTS!!! — Why are you so angry! — Silver thought out loud, scratching his chin. - But our Tails was not as angry and psychotic as you. The brown fox immediately stopped twitching, opened his mouth slightly and bulged his eyes. Even his severed hands, which were holding four other toys, stopped twitching and trying to escape, as if by the power of their owner’s thoughts they stopped with him, stopping trying to free themselves. He raised his gaze to Silver and asked: — Do you have your own Tails? — Yes. He looks a little different. He is not with us now, but he is our good friend and has never treated anyone badly. — Silver explained. — Then why are you convincing me that David will play with me, since he has another Tails?! Silver was about to start explaining again, but he was interrupted by voices that were getting closer. — Silver, we are here! There was a paintball gun in that suitcase and we... — Mephiles began, but when he saw the whole situation he fell silent. Behind him were the rest of the toys, including Bokkun, whom they had already taken. — What's going on here? — asks the Devourer. Everyone is silent for now and looking at each other. Sonic was the first to break the silence. He let go of Tails' hand, leaving it in Sally's hands, and walked up to the little fox. — Our Tails is really very kind... But he looks a little different from you. So there will be a big difference between you. David may decide that there are two different foxes and that perhaps you have two different names. But even if you are unlucky, you can live next door to our neighbors Omarov. They have a very good toy maker who loves toys very much, makes them himself and even repairs them. He also has a son who works in the police, and he has a daughter. She is also almost a teenager, but even now she loves to play. Even she won't mind playing with you even when she grows up. — Why are you so sure? — Tails asks incredulously. Sonic looked at Silver questioningly. He sighs heavily and answers: — Because... The Omarovs, who live next door to us... They... Are the only ones who trust us... And the only... Who... Knows... What... We... We come to life. The collectible toys simultaneously bulged their eyes at what they heard. They clearly did not expect to hear this from them, that some people knew that toys were alive. — And thanks to Dennis Omarov, we came here. Without him, we wouldn't have gotten here in time. — Bokkun added. — Hey, I was just about to say that. — Mephiles told him. — Wait! Have you come here with a man who knows that we are all coming to life? — Acorn got ask. — How? How do they know this? — It's a long story. We will explain everything to you all later. — Rose answers. — If so, then why should I trust you anyway? What if you are deceiving me? — Tails still didn’t trust him. — NINE!!! — Sonic couldn’t resist and shouted out the name of the one with whom he confused him. Then he cooled down a little and said: — Miles!... Please!... For once in your life, take my word for it. Stop resisting us, fighting and shouting! Just calm down and come with us to our home! Let me show you something that you have never felt on your plush skin yourself. Let me introduce you to our Tails, so you can see him for yourself and talk to him in person. I want to show you my inner ideal world, which is much better than your nightmare in which you live and from which you are trying to escape in the wrong way. For once in your life, trust me, give me your hand and come with me. I want to show you that you were wrong all this time and were afraid in vain. Without turning his gaze away from Tails himself, Sonic approaches Sally, who was holding one of the fox's hands, and extends her hand to her, hoping that she will take his hand. Tails himself thought about it, turned away, clenched his teeth, closed his eyes and held back his tears so as not to cry. About a minute of silence and reflection, a little doubting with excitement, but still he also turns his gaze to Sonic, and then forces his own hand, which Sally was holding, to pull up to Sonic’s hand and shake it. — The conveyor is coming to an end! All to the sides! — Mephiles commands and all the toys jumped from the tape to the left and right to the iron platforms. At this time, the belt itself went downstairs with the suitcases and went down to the driver of the luggage van. — It's gone! — each of them said, running their hands over their foreheads. Finding yellow poles with black stripes near their platforms, they climbed down them to the floor. Amy, Blaze and Rouge hugged Mephiles from the back and sides. — We have to admit, Mephiles, you really are a good leader. Even a little better than Silver. — Rouge says, and then she covered her mouth and turned to Silver: — No offense! — No, you're right. — Silver agreed. — He's great too. While I was away, he really did a good job too. Mephiles also made a commander, which is what we need. He really proved that despite his talkativeness, he is still able to think about the team and help it, and most importantly, give the right orders so that the whole team survives and wins. — What are you doing, Silver? — the crystal hedgehog was modest. — I just wanted to help everyone... And I just imagined what I would do if I were you or if you were in my place. Suddenly, a large iron door with the inscription “Emergency exit to the street” opened next to the wall. The door was opened by Dennis himself, who had already managed to find himself a boner and run to the airport. The collectible toys, unlike the others, immediately pretended not to be alive and fell, because they thought it was some kind of policeman. He looked around below and noticed them. — A! There you are? Sorry for the delay! — What are you doing, uncle? You're just in time. We were going to follow you. — Bokkun answers. — Sonic! Buddy! — says the lieutenant and kneels down. The blue hedgehog himself runs into his arms. — We finally found you! Collectible toys come to life again and look at that person in surprise. Apparently this is him, one of those who knows that they are coming to life. Sally even let out an “O-o-o!” — Do not be afraid! He is with us. — Mephiles tells them. — And who is this? — Only now did Danny pay attention to Sinitsin’s collection. — This?... Sinitsin's collection. I was the main part of his knees. Now these are our new friends. — the blue hedgehog answers. — I see. They are all kind of frayed and torn. — the man answers the toys and gets to his feet. — Went! I'll take you all to my house and my dad will fix you all. — O! Thank you, you are so kind. — Robotnik answers. — Where is Mikhail Sinitsin? — asks Cream. — Did you catch him? — Amy turned to Danny. — Arrested? — asks Silver. — Detained for theft? — Omega asked. — Have you read him his rights? — asks Metal. — Come on, guys. He's not worth it! The main thing is that we found the kidnapped person and solved the crime. — says the lieutenant, seeing how the plane is already taking off from the runway with Mikhail inside. — Let him fly. The main thing is that he will be left with only his nose and without his collection. Here he was right. Having decided on this, the lieutenant holds the door open for the toys and allows them to go out into the street first. After going around the airport, they head through a couple of side streets, where he stopped his car next to a diner, because it was the only place where there was free parking. The toys even asked why, in honor of the victory and the successful investigation of the crime, he didn’t have a snack from that purchasing department, and they would wait for him in the car. Dennis did so and went to order dinner for the road. The toys sitting in the back seat are getting to know my new friends better at this time. Blaze and Amy, for example, got along very well with Sally, starting a conversation with her about Sonic and what kind of masters each of them had. A brown fox cub without arms sat in the corner with his head down and was even afraid to look at Sonic and Silver, who were sitting next to him. — I... I'm very sorry!... It's a pity that I treated each of you so cruelly and vilely. I don't know what came over me. — We know what it's like! - Sonic answers. — But judging by the experience with Shadow. Silver adds. — I mean our Shadow. They will forgive you. — But you know... Nine also made mistakes when he almost destroyed the multiverse, but then he realized it, for which he asked for forgiveness and managed to reverse the process of destruction of worlds, thereby restoring other dimensions... — Sonic suddenly said. — Although, of course, in that cartoon Sonic also caused trouble... But nevertheless! Everyone admitted their mistakes and were forgiven. So... Maybe we can forgive Tails, okay, guys? I am sure that he truly repents and is ready to change for the better. All the toys, of course, were distracted by Sonic's story and thought about it, looking at each other, and then temporarily abandoned their personal conversations with acquaintances and ran to the brown fox, hugging him, which made Tails' eyes widen at first. Then he smiles, closing his eyes. With his torn off hands, he crawls up to Sonic and jumps on his shoulders, trying without his body to pretend that he wants to hug him gratefully. At that moment, Dennis returned to the car and took bags with two hamburgers, potatoes, a chicken leg and nuggets for the road. Having finished hugging Tails as a sign of forgiveness, all the toys sit in the common back seat, and the lieutenant fastens his seat belts and starts the engine. — Let's go home, friends! — he tells them. The car started moving and they drove very quickly, and with flashing lights and sirens to make it look like he was late for a shootout, he decided to drive a little faster on the road and ride toys at a very high speed on the way home. — That's speed great! — Snively admired.