(Tails is copyrighted to Sega/Sonic Team)

Tails is brainwashed into leaving his possessions at the hands of a cult, however the cult are just a small part of a much larger organisation who are determined to take control of Mobius in a much quieter, subtle way than any of their predecessors. As the group try and get their friend back more and more information is revealed. Gaining a couple of new friends along the way the group head into the unknown as they try and destroy the group, stopping their plans.

I've posted the first five chapters in on go just to get things moving along.

A Good Choice

Miles 'Tails' Prower thought to himself: Why did I agree to this

Tails briefly looked up from the small booklet he was handed to glance around the room at the rest of the group that had assembled with him, they were most likely here for the same reason he was, they could not get rid of the couple that called on his door yesterday morning. The other fifteen people looked just as uninterested as he was; the subject the two hosts were talking about was not really appealing anyway. They wanted everyone to give up their possessions and materialistic items so they could be a free, untouched spirit, like he or anyone would ever do that. A voice then began to filter into his head, a plain, generic female voice with as much personality as a potato.

"We all hope you can see that it is the right path to choose. The testimony in this leaflet shows you how happy and content the people are that adopted this minimalist lifestyle. You can be that happy and free. Think about when anything in your life stops doing its job, when your car breaks down, you get stressed and aggravated by it, you are then late for work and after all that you get a garage bill which could be expensive leading you on to worry about repaying it. By adopting our lifestyle you can free yourself from these emotional constraints," the female jaguar like creature then smiled as her colleague turned on a slide projector, who then began showing slides of successful followers.

"These pictures are great as I think they truly show what a great thing it is to give up everything and become a free being again as I'm sure you will agree, yes? Look at this happy customer always smiling and she has probably got a better view from her living space than any of you have in your house, yes? If she gets bored, she simply packs up her few essential belongings and moves on, a great idea I'm sure you will agree. Now…"

Tails watched the slides go past wondering if the people in the frames were truly happy with their newly adopted lifestyle. All the while he just kept thinking no one is going to hand over all their possessions to these people and live out in the wild. He nearly stood up to leave but something was keeping him there, he had no idea what, maybe he just wanted to see how everything would turn out, he didn't really have anything important lined up for the day anyway.

"So as you can see you would be making a great move for your physical self, inner self and all around it is such a great living experience, when you die you will have lived more than someone who, let's say, spent their lives in front of the T.V, yes? Now the choice is yours," A slight smile crept across his face, "You can now leave and if you don't want to live out this fantastic lifestyle you may leave and live a life relying on technology crowding your life or sign these two forms and be free."

It happened flawlessly and exactly as it always had, everyone stood up and calmly picked up the two forms signing them without even glancing at the printed text. In the middle of them a young fox had grabbed his forms without any hesitation, Tails was adamant that he would never do such a thing but the slides and speech had persuaded him otherwise and here he was. The pen touched the paper and slowly left its defining mark, the perfect signature that belonged to Tails.

"A good choice sir," the male conference leader smiled at Tails.

"Just one question if you don't mind, what will you do with all my stuff?" Tails asked gently.

"We will make sure no one else gets their hands on any of it, no one will be oppressed or locked in by your former possessions again," the animal simply smiled at him again, "We will collect the deeds of your house in about two days time, yes?"

"That sounds fine."

With that said and everything signed and agreed on the group left the conference room ready to live free and happy lives not realising that they had signed their entire worldly goods over to complete strangers. The air outside was fresh and cold; the light faded, replaced by night time. Tails inhaled a large lungful of air, feeling the refreshing air pass down his throat. His new life was beginning tomorrow, only one last night remained, a night which he would spend sleeping on the floor of his room, it made him feel less guilty.