Tails looked out into the distance as he saw a huge explosion at Eggman's current base. His eyes grew wide as he realized that a bomb had gone off. He had just left the base grounds and was on his way to his lab. He quickly ran back, without hesitation, to check for survivors. He kept his fingers crossed, hoping to see all of his friends safe and alive. Tails berated himself. He had returned to his lab to get his Miles Electric, which he had forgotten, but he was debating whether or not he should actually return. By the looks of it, a bomb had been set to go off and he failed to notice it. Tails was the only one, out of the gang, who knew how to deactivate such thing. Tails had asked Sonic to please get it for him since Sonic was the fastest. A lot of time would be saved that way. But Sonic had faith in his buddy and told him it was okay if he went himself. Sonic knew that Tails was almost as fast as he was and promised him that they would be alright. What happened to "alright" Sonic? thought Tails. Rushing to the scene, Tails spun his tails to clear some of the smoke. He then saw something red and shiny lying on the ground. It had to be a chaos emerald. But as he walked closer, Tails saw none other than the Pikko Pikko Hammer. Amy. He quickly looked around for any signs of her. "AMY!" he yelled.
"TAILS!" Tails searched around, desperate to find the person that had called him. A shadow appeared from behind the smoke, revealing a red echidna, holding a pink hedgehog in his arms. "She's alright. I told her not to fight but she just wouldn't listen." Tails looked at Amy, who was free of any visible cuts and bruises. She was always up to help Sonic.
"What about the others?" asked Tails, rather worried about the answer his friend would give.
"I came across Shadow after the explosion. I wouldn't say he's in the best condition but he claims to be fine. Rouge seems to be alright as well. Unfortunately, she didn't find any emeralds before the explosion. But I haven't seen Sonic since the time he told you to go back to get your device."
"I knew I shouldn't have left! I didn't even get to my lab. Oh Sonic! You don't think he's badly hurt or anything, do you?"
"Knowing Sonic, he'll be alright. Anyways, we've always won against Eggman, right?"
"Yeah, I know. But you never know…"
"Tails, don't start with your stuff."
"Sorry Knuckles", said the young fox, as his tails drooped down. Suddenly, a loud lightning bolt cracked above their heads, quickly alerting the duo. Several bolts then began to hit the ground and a few fires were caused, making it very dangerous for the heroes. Amy awoke at the loud noise.
"Huh? Where am—OH MY GOSH!" yelled Amy as she saw the lightning bolts get closer to them. This couldn't be a normal thunder storm. Real or not, Tails crouched down to the floor and wrapped his tails around him; his fear of lightning got the better of him. He closed his eyes and covered his ears.
"Tails! Get up!" shouted Knuckles. Tails wouldn't budge. The bolts were getting even closer and there wasn't any time to waste. Placing Amy down, Knuckles scooped Tails up and made a run for it with Amy following close behind. The trio was soon encountered by Eggman's badniks. Luckily, having retrieved her hammer before running, Amy gave them all a hard smack. It was hard enough to cause damage to the badniks. Knuckles and Amy ran as fast as they could but they were unsure as to where they were going. The smoke was thick and it didn't seem to be going anywhere. The lightning didn't seem to stop either. It didn't help that several other badniks were shooting at them. Little bits of metal flew about, managing to injure the trio. Knuckles looked down at Tails, who had his eyes closed. He looked rather pale.
Even though Tails didn't really like this, he was the youngest among the crew and the smoke would probably affect him first. Being older, Knuckles felt the need to protect him, but not because he was just his friend. He felt a little spark in his heart, he dared to call love. Rolling his eyes, Knuckles hated to feel the same way the blue hedgehog felt towards Tails. Not because he disliked the feeling but because he disliked being like Sonic. His pride was way too high to accept this. He had to admit, though, that he sometimes did look at Tails as a little brother. Knuckles turned to look at Amy, who offered a weak smile. She was resisting the need to give up and throw herself onto the floor. Amy fought to do the right thing and Knuckles respected her for that, although she would get involved in fights in which she obviously couldn't handle and annoyingly obsess over Sonic.
A bright purple light shone on their faces. They stopped before the light and looked around. The smoke seemed to be clearing away but the sky had turned dark and real lightning was heard. Confused, Amy looked back and saw Metal Sonic flying above them. So that's why the lightning bolts were following—
"HOHOHOHOHOHO!" interrupted an evil laugh. Knuckles growled at the sound of the laugh. Eggman.
"What do you want Eggman?!" shouted the red echidna.
"Don't look so upset Knuckles. I've kindly came to show you all my greatest invention yet. One that not even the pesky fox himself could build. Ha! It seems like I've scared him already!" Tails quickly shot up at the mention the insult. He jumped out of Knuckles arms and stood firmly.
"I'm not afraid of you Eggface!" shouted Tails as he boldly stared into Eggman's face. Eggman raised his hand and pointed at Tails. Suddenly, they were surrounded by armed robots. Tails scurried back to his place between Knuckles and Amy. It didn't help that lightning was striking in the background. The weather was terrible.
"How about now?!" shouted the evil scientist. Knuckles banged his fists together and looked at Eggman. "Not so fast! One move and you die!"
"Like you could ever kill me Eggman!" shouted Knuckles. Eggman raised his eyebrow. He snapped his fingers and pointed at Tails and Amy. The robots aimed their guns at the pair.
"But those two wouldn't survive. But what does it matter? Go ahead and try to destroy my mechs. You won't die. Those two were good for nothings anyway." The pair looked at Knuckles with fear and hope in their eyes. Knuckles growled as he slowly dropped his arms. Why was Eggman so cruel?
"What do you want?!" Knuckles exclaimed angrily.
"Oh! Did I upset the poor echidna by risking his friends' lives? Hohohohoho! I want you to handover the one Chaos emerald I need to make my machine stronger than before! I'm sure that pesky hedgehog has it anyways but I'll use you as bai-". Before Eggman could finish his sentence, a series of loud booms were heard behind the trio. A dash of blue encircled them and eliminated all the robots.
"You were saying Egghead?" said the hero.
"Sonic! I knew you would show up", smirked the scientist. "Now that I've fina-"
"What's with the machine?" interrupted Sonic. Eggman frowned angrily at Sonic.
"Fine then. Have it your way. This machine will transport anything into the depths of outer space but-"
"Whatever! Time for me to put an end to this thing", said Sonic as he began to prepare for a homing attack. But he stopped in his tracks when a voice called out.
"Stop Sonic!" Sonic turned around and saw his buddy Tails, who looked afraid. He was covered with various cuts. He looked at his other friends and they looked the same.
"Tails! What happened?!"
"No time for that. Just don't break the machine. We don't know what could happen. Since the portal seems to be working, it's dangerous to try to destroy it. It could affect our current location. By the way Eggman, why do you need the last Chaos emerald when your machine is working?"
"Tails has more sense than any of you. Well... I would've explained all of that if that moronic hedgehog hadn't interrupted me. This machine will transfer anything into outer space but only if the machine has seven chaos emeralds. I currently have six but I don't know where the portal leads to as of right now. All I know is that once you're in, you can't come back. And if two or more people enter, they possibly won't end up in the same place."
"And your plan with that was…?" asked Sonic, getting impatient with all the explaining.
"To destroy you and your friends of course! Most importantly, you!"
"How thoughtful of you Eggman but I don't accept gifts made to destroy me." Sonic looked at the machine and saw six chaos emeralds at the top. Too easy. He made a dash for it but suddenly, Shadow came out from behind the portal and smashed Sonic to the ground. His once golden rings were a dark violet. Sonic fell down and was surprised to see his rival.
"Shadow? What are you doing? I thought you wanted to stop Eggman's big project!"
"HOHOHOHOHO! Apparently, the portal seemed to have changed his rings so that they would allow me to mind control him into doing what I want. When Shadow was knocked out by the explosion, I took the chance to completely take over him. How about that?! Retrieve the emerald, Shadow."
"Yes Master". The whole crew watched in shock as Shadow spoke. Control?! SHADOW?! The old scientist laughed evilly as he prepared to watch Sonic and his friends' doom. Victory seemed to be siding with Eggman this time and it didn't look too pretty.
A/N: First of all, I'd like to thank those who read my story. It means a lot! Second of all, this is an AU so please, no burns on the story. Although you can point out grammatical errors and help improve the story! I just thought there weren't enough stories about Tails having nice adventures (unless I haven't looked hard enough). This story will have Tails as the main character because, I love Tails ~ha~. Actually, all the characters mentioned here will play a role in this (except maybe not Rouge? MAYBE) Tell me what you guys think please! Don't be shy! I'll post the next, review or not.