A/N: Hello everyone, and welcome back to what I hope is a revival of something that could have been good, but was ultimately shafted due to immaturity and overall stupidity. Having said that, I would like to warn the reader that there will be violent and possibly sexual content. If you are someone who might not like to see this, there is no shame in clicking away and finding something more enjoyable. Enjoy.
Chapter One: That Moment in Time
Dim lighting lit the old streets of Robotropolis, the streets empty as the original inhabitants abandoned this place to the robots, roboticizers, and a large, lumpy tyrant who had plastered his face among the walls, terrorized the people, and had threatened to cover the world in a cloud of dark smoke, all from his factories.
Tonight, this was no longer true. The Freedom Fighters, led by no other than Sally Acorn, had been constantly taking the fight to them. For every skirmish, there was always a victory in their favor. Their carnage had disrupted production, cut a swathe through Robotnik's numbers such that would've taken from minutes to hours to replace the damage done would now take days, weeks, months, even.
As for Robotnik, the grand tyrant that overthrew the king. He was trapped, pinned under one of his own creations in a derelict construction site, his only lighting being the lights from his own defunct robot and the lights strung along the powerlines above him. Everything below his waistline refused to work for him, as it's been shattered and rendered useless. For Robotnik, there was no second tries, no last minute changes of fate, no get out of jail free cards. His minute was numbered, gradually counting down by the second, like sands in an hourglass.
Out of the darkness came a pair of shining blue eyes, the eyes bloodshot and the look of what was a naïve fox, now pure hatred in them. The light slowly revealed the features of Miles "Tails" Prower, the kid of the Freedom Fighters and technological genius sidekick of Sonic the Hedgehog. He was dirty, his fur covered in oil, grime, and dirt, parts of his body were wrapped in bandages. He held a cinderblock in his hands, carrying it with all his strength as he sat it down next to Robotnik's head.
Robotnik dared not move, not even speak, for he knew what he was in for.
"Do you have any idea, who I am?" Tails demanded.
"Yo-you're..." Robotik began to answer, finding it hard to do so as the lower half of his body made it hard for him.
"I am Miles Prower, but you can call me Tails." Tails answered for him, flexing his fingers and popping his knuckles.
Tails squatted down to Robotnik, his bloodshot eyes becoming noticeable to the tyrant, and the smell of oil clogging his nose.
"Two months ago…" Tails began. "Two months ago, you fought Sonic and won, correct?"
Robotnik tried to answer once more to the kitsune with his best ability to do so, but was abruptly cut off once more.
"Your machine, your Eraser, or whatever you called it." Tails continued, barely contained rage threatening to coming through, "You used your machine to take my Sonic, OUR Sonic, away from us! Your actions have caused more distraught for the Freedom Fighters, and the citizens of Knothole, than all of your acts of cruelty combined! How do you stand on your multiple charges of murder, genocide and mayhem?"
While the blubbery titan was silent at first, he slowly descended into laughter. The expression that formed on Tails' face was not one of fear or worry, but one of murderous intent.
"All of this for a fallen idol?" Robotnik laughed, not even caring for Tails' expression, "I must say, you weak little fox, you had me fooled for a moment-mmm!"
Tails had his shoe pressing down on Robotnik's mouth, shutting him up as he kicked. He pulled his shoe back to find that Robotnik was now missing some teeth, blood seeping as he spat. The kitsune eyed the cinderblock as he reached to grab it, using all of his strength he hoisted it over his head. He positioned himself above the fat dictator as he looked down at him.
"I, Miles Prower, Freedom Fighter and wronged fox…" Tails spoke, his lines sounding rehearsed multiple times over. "For your crimes against the Acorn crown, Mobotropolis, Knothole, and all free Mobians of the world, I sentence you to death!"
"Wait!" Robotnik pleaded, "Please, I will repent for my crimes!"
In one last movement, Tails moved his arms as far back as they could go, before bringing the cinderblock down onto Robotnik's head. The time for talk was over, and Tails cemented it as the cinderblock crashed down onto Robotnik's head, killing him instantly. He took a breath as some blood splattered onto his legs. He tried to calm himself down, tried to do relaxing techniques, trying to find another emotion but hate.
And yet, he could only find himself filling with even more hatred, fit to destroy entire worlds.
Meanwhile on Mobius Prime.
"Watch out, Sonic!" Tails shouted.
The blue blur had a moment to turn around as he saw his two tailed partner wrestle a swatbot looking for a cheap shot on the back of his head. While it wasn't all too effective, he gave Sonic plenty of time to run straight through it, destroying it instantly. He brushed off the debris as he gave his signature thumbs up.
"Thanks, buddy!" Sonic exclaimed as he dropped his thumbs up, "We certainly smashed those robots, didn't we?"
Tails nodded in agreement as he adjusted the tool belt around his waist, his tools ranging from two different screwdrivers, one cordless nail gun, and a wrench. While it might seem silly, especially to Sonic, he never would know when you needed something dismantled in a quiet fashion. Tails himself was showing signs of getting older too. His fur was getting brighter, and he was starting to shed his fur. While Doctor Quack says that it's just a sign of the seasons changing, it should be noted that the good doctor was good for patching up minor injuries and being able to keep patients in medical beds for when they had serious injuries if he didn't have what he needed for long term care. Still, he was a doctor and physician to the royal family, so maybe he wasn't entirely wrong.
Sonic wiped his gloved hands free of any dirt on his knees as he looked around that both he and his sidekick caused.
"Well, that certainly takes care of the distraction." Sonic noted, "Now, time to cruise on down to Robotropolis, join up with Sal, and-!"
A blue beam of energy fired past them, barely missing them both as it cut straight through the forest behind the duo. The sound of trees falling behind them. They both turned as they saw something new, something bizarre. Robotnik was in a strange new creation, a bulky robot with the shape of a rhino beetle. On its front there was what appeared to be floodlights being directed into a glass of sorts, which must explain why it's able to cut down the trees with nothing more but the power of sheer blue light. Beneath the glass Robotnik was found in the back of the new robot, being protected in his signature pod, glass covering him entirely.
"Welcome, to your doom, filthy animals!" Robotnik taunted, his voice coming through speakers, "Behold, the Eraser Beetle! One blast will vaporize will disintegrate any and all in its path! After I'm done with you, I'll use it and level ALL of Knothole to the ground!"
The duo taken rather aback at the display of power, and the man that wanted to use it. Their time was cut short as the Eraser Beetle was firing on them once more, causing them to scramble out of the way as they ran and flew respectively.
"Sonic, we can't dodge that thing forever!" Tails exclaimed, "Whatever shall we do?"
"I got a plan!" Sonic answered, "I'm going to take this beetle all the way to smash city!"
Sonic changed courses as he made a beeline for the Beetle, jumping up as he homed in on his target. Robotnik moved the mirrors accordingly as the machine began to charge up.
That machine was about to vaporize the hedgehog.
"Sonic, no!" Tails yelled, kicking his flight into overdrive.
It wasn't too late, Tails pushed himself enough that he managed to catch Sonic just in time before that beam went off, saving his life, though neither could say the same for anything that was in the way above them when the light fired.
"Tails, you… you saved me." Sonic whispered, sighing in relief as he pulled his buddy in for a hug.
The moment was short lived as they went dashing again, avoiding the Eraser's light.
"We have to hit those lights, Sonic!" Tails exclaimed, "We hit those, the Beetle can't charge that fast!"
"Those lights? Leave it to me!" Sonic replied, dashing off again.
The blue blur began going as fast as feet as his feet would take him, jumping up and over the Beetle as he tried his best to distract Robotnik. Tails meanwhile got his propellers going as he flew close to where the lights are, getting his wrench out as he started smacking at whatever he could on the lights, the sound of glass shattering.
"You little pest!" Robotnik threatened, "I will smash you!"
"Only in your wildest dreams, Robuttnik!" Tails retorted.
There was a brief moment of silence, before the roaring of the tyrannical fat man came from the speakers.
"I will have your head!" Robotnik howled.
The Eraser began to do a full spin in an attempt to knock Tails off. The kitsune was holding on for dear life, but to no avail. He ripped the damage set of lights with him as he was flung from the Beetle, tumbling as glass was being thrown everywhere.
"Ow…" Tails winced, getting back to his feet, "Guess Bunnie wasn't lying about rodeos, after all."
The Beetle came to a stop as it attempted to charge up again, but it was no use, one of the lights were missing and the directional glass was out of place, it was taking longer for him to get a full charge, and if Tails' mind was working on the solution, it would take much longer now. From behind the charge of light, the kitsune could spot something glowing, something green.
It was a Chaos Emerald!
"Sonic!" Tails shouted, "This machine is being powered by a Chaos Emerald!"
"A Chaos Emerald?!" Sonic replied, absolutely flabbergasted, "What are we gonna do, man?!"
"You keep him from moving, I'm going in!" Tails answered, readying his wrench as he dashed in.
Sonic nodded as he began to pepper the outside hull with attacks, hoping to damage the wheels and keep it from spinning while Tails did his work. The kitsune smashed through the tuning glass as he got to work. He attempted to smash the glass and pull it out, but it was no use, it was much tougher than the lights and the precision glass.
"Crap." Tails thought to himself, "This isn't going to be easy. I got about… thirty seconds? Let's do it then."
Tails cleared his mind as he got to work, working on the bolts around the protective glass, his pulling in the direction he needed to loosen them up.
"What are you doing?!" Robotnik demanded, "Don't do that, you'll kill us all!"
Tails ignored the warnings as he continued to work, about three bolts were gone, and now finishing on the last one. The case was so ready to come off, it was like tasting a pile of mint candy to the kitsune. The glow behind him began to get gradually stronger, nearly blinding even.
"To Chaos with this!" Robotnik exclaimed.
The weight of the Eraser shifted as Robotnik ejected from the machine, flying as far and as fast as he could in his Egg Mobile before things get hairy.
Tails reached in as he ripped out the Chaos Emerald, holding the glittering green trophy in his hands triumphantly.
"I did it, Sonic!" Tails shouted, his voice filled with pride.
And yet, the Beetle didn't stop glowing.
"Tails, get away from that thing!" Sonic demanded.
"What..?" Tails replied, looking.
Before Tails could have a moment to react, the area around the kitsune exploded in blue energy, everything around the area ripped and gone.
There was no trace of Tails, save for his tool belt and his wrench, and the Chaos Emerald, which now laid on the ground.
Both the kitsune and the Eraser were gone.
"Tails..?" Sonic whispered.
Well, how's that for a plot? Thank you for reading along, I intend to update this as soon as I possibly can, however I do not want to give you a false sense that you'll have a new chapter every week. Having said that, I will update in my free time, and hope to give you consistent quality as I continue this story.
Edit: I forgot to include that the Chaos Emerald was also dropped. Also fixed some errors.
Have a good day/afternoon/evening/night.