Artificial Intelligence

by Fangs of Lightning and The Chuckinator

Chapter 1: Tails' New Invention

Sonic was walking towards Tails' house. The fox had called him about a new invention, and Sonic was more than happy to try it out. Once he got there, he rang the doorbell and Tails opened the door.

"Hey, bro," Sonic said. "So, what new invention do you want me to test out to day?"

"If I made it properly, I should be able to change you into an artificial intelligence. Afterward, you could go into Eggman's computers and stop any plans he comes up with before he can do anything."

"Really? That's awesome! I'll be an AI forever, I assume?"

Tails nodded. It'll be fine, though."

Sonic smiled. "Alright, then. Let's do it."

Tails left the room and came back soon with a device. "Ready?"

Sonic nodded. Tails turned the device on and aimed it at Sonic, who felt himself beginning to transform into an AI. He found himself vanishing. A pulling sensation came from the device Tails was holding, sucking in the particles that used to make him whole. A moment of darkness happened before Sonic found himself somewhere completely foreign. His body was reforming from the head down into what he assumed was the inside of a computer. Pieces of a code came to lay atop one another, piecing together the puzzle that made him who he was. Sonic watched in fascination as they did so. His hands went through the other parts of his body that he tried to touch. Sonic shook his head, laughing. Now he understood what Tails had been trying to explain.

"Sonic?" Tails asked. "Can you hear me?"

The hedgehog was now an AI and transferred itself to a computer. "I'm here," it said though the speakers. "What do you want me to do?"

"Find Eggman's computers."

"And then what?"

"Find a way to stop whatever he's planning. You can get to his computers from here, can't you?"

"Yeah, I think so," the AI said.

It vanished from Tails' computer, exiting through the electric outlet. As it was traveling, it felt many sensations. Electricity traveled through his body as he traveled. It was an amazing feeling; the AI was traveling at the speed of light. It soon entered Eggman's base and felt itself merge with the computers. Then, it set to work. Sonic looked around at everything around him. He had to find Eggman's plans, wherever the scientist had them. The AI began to hack through the computers, looking for the plans. many different files popped up in the mainframe and it looked through each one. After minutes of searching, the AI had finally found the plans. Sonic looked them over, reading them to the best of his abilities before deciding what to do with them. The AI made a copy of the plans and sent them to tails before deleting the originals. It then looked around the computers and an idea came. It was time to have some fun.

Sonic went through the rest of Eggman's files, sending anything else he thought would interest Tails. After all of that was done, Sonic started thinking of how to mess with Eggman. It looked around and saw the robots that Eggman had made, especially Metal Sonic. The AI chuckled before transferring to Metal Sonic and began to control him. Sonic looked down at his arm as he lifted it up. He'd never thought he would be in control of Metal Sonic.

The AI smiled and scanned the area, wondering where Eggman was. He transferred back into Eggman's computer bit kept control of Metal Sonic. A few minutes later, the AI made Eggman's systems go haywire before vanishing from the computer. It could control Metal Sonic from wherever it was. When it got back to Tails' house, it appeared in his computer.

"I did it," Sonic's voice came through the speakers.

Tails nodded. "I forgot to tell you, Sonic...now that you're an AI, you have a seven year lifespan. After that, you'll go into rampancy and die out."

The AI was surprised to hear this. "Why?"

"It's just how AIs work," Tails said.

"Well, I guess I'll have to do as much as I can in those seven years."

Tails smiled. "You'll do fine," he said. "I looked through the files you sent me. Eggman doesn't seem to be doing much anymore, but we have his plans for what he might do."

"Anything else you want me to do?" The AI asked.

"Is there anything you want to do?"

The AI thought about it. It vanished from Tails' computer and created a small hologram of itself on a holotank. Tails smiled and walked towards it.

"That's it?" Tails put a hand out, trying to touch him.

His hand passed right through the AI, however. The AI smiled. "I figured I could test out what I can do now," it told him.

"How long are you going to stay like this?"

The AI shrugged. "I can stay like this as long as I want," it said.

Tails smiled and nodded. "What else are you going to try out?"

"I'll probably copy myself onto some discs and electronics."

"What are you going to do with those?"

"Not sure," the AI said. "I already took control of Metal Sonic while I was at Eggman's."

"So he won't be causing any more problems?"

The AI shook its head and then vanished back into the computer.