"3, 2, 1! Ready or not, here I come!" Cream yelled. She looked around and saw 2 tails poking out from behind a tree. She giggled and ran to them, tackling Tails. They fell, laughing and she said,

"Found you!" Tails got up and dusted himself off. He helped Cream up and she thanked him thinking, 'I just wish I could tell him how I feel... I like him SO much...'

"Hey Cream?" He asked. She blushed.

"Yes, Tails?"

"Where'd Sonic and everybody else go?"

"I- I don't know."

"Weird."

Suddenly a net came, but Tails moved before it got him.

"TAILS!" Cream yelled. Tails gasped as he saw her in the net.

"CREAM!" He yelled, as she was being pulled up to a machine.

"Hang on, Cream! I'm gonna go get Sonic!" Tails yelled.

"You aren't going anywhere..." Robots said. Cream saw an army of robots close in on the fox and yelled,

"TAILS!!!!"

"C-cream! Sonic!" He yelled, then she was carried away.

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Tails was scared. 'Where on earth is Sonic?! He never ignores a call for help! I- I need Sonic!' he thought. Suddenly a robot pushed him onto his stomach and some others held him down. He wore himself out with struggling, expecting them to ti him up or something, but he they didn't. Suddenly he felt a needle get injected in the back of his neck, and gasped. He struggled harder, his heart pounding widly, and a robot put a wet rag over his nose. A few seconds after inhaling the poison on the rag, Tails passed out.

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"Tails! Oh, Taiiiilllllsssss..." Somebody said. Tails weakly opened his eyes to see Sonic standing over his body.

"Sonic! Oh, boy am I glad to see you!" Tails said, jumping to his feet.

"Tails, what's going on?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, Sonic."

"Why'd you run off like that?"

"Like what? I was playing hide and seek with Cream."

"No, AFTER that. I found you unconscious, took you home, tucked you in, and you sprung up and ran here."

"No I didn't, I–" Tails paused. "I don't remember anything."

"Huh?"

"I don't remember anything past hide and seek."

"Did you faint?"

"N-no! Well, I don't think so, at least."

Sonic looked at him for a minute, then grabbed his wrist and said,

"I don't know what's going on, but I'll be sure to put a stop to it."

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Cream sat crying in the corner of a cage she had been placed in. She was scared not just for herself, but for Tails. They hadn't brought him to the dungeon, yet so... did those robots kill him? 'What does Robotnik want with me, anyways?" she wondered. She curled up in a corner of the cage and prayed for the best.

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Sonic and Tails looked at each other. 'There's something strange about Tails...' Sonic thought. Suddenly, Tails tripped falling on his hands and knees.

"You okay, bro?" Sonic asked. Tails started to shake, then looked up and glared at Sonic.

Sonic gasped and Tails lunged at him, trying to strangle him. Sonic tossed him to the floor and yelled,

"What's your problem?! What the heck's gotten into you?!"

"You... you're a fake!" Tails weakly said, getting up.

"A fake?"

"I should've never believed in you! You... coward!"

"Hey, watch your mouth!"

"Why should I?! I'm not listening to you anymore, Sonic!"

"Hey boys! What's up?" Amy asked, walking to them.

"Tails is... different." Sonic said.

"Different?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, I'm not gonna be your sidekick anymore, and I hate you both." Tails snapped, and left.

"Oh, no you don't..." Sonic said, and ran after him with Amy trying to follow.

They hid when they saw a large machine that seemed to have come out of nowhere, and Tails on the floor next to it, who had apparently tripped on a rock. Suddenly Sonic saw Robotnik fasten something around Tails' neck and help him up.

"How'd it go? Eggo asked. Tails gave him a thumbs up sign and said,

"Perfect! That nitwit will be here any minute, now."

"We don't need him here right now..." Tails shrugged with a cute smile.

"Oh well!"

Robotnik tossed a treat for him, and pet Tails as he happily ate it.

"Good boy..." Robotnik said.

Then Robotnik went into the machine and whistled. Tails paused and followed, obediently.

"That's creepy... it's almost like–"

"Tails is Robonik's pet." Sonic said, cutting Amy off.