Chapter 1: That One Night
Thunder crackled and lightning flashed against the jet black night sky as Marine, the female raccoon with her funny Australian accent, made her way back from an "adventure" with Sonic & friends. The rain poured down as if they were a never-ending plague upon the ground which inhabitants walked, worked and played on. Marine was wearing a thick raincoat and hat with her usual attire underneath. She took a shortcut through alleyways and parks with what seemed like no end in sight. She was just walking past an alleyway when she heard a faint crying sound and a dull red glow coming from straight down the alley. As curious as she was, she slowly crept down the alleyway towards the cries. When she caught up to the glow and the sound, she saw what looked like Tails slumped over, his face in his hands. There were mostly just cries of pain with the occasional sniffs. Marine came closer to the weeping shape. "Tails? Mate? Is that you?" she asked to the figure. Its only response was to raise its head, growling ever so slightly. The figure slowly stood up, until he was standing, slowly turning towards Marine; now rage sounded in its growls. His face was still pointed towards the ground though. The girl walked closer to "Tails" uneasily. "Tails? It's me, Marine. Your friend?" Marine said reassuringly. She placed her hand out to touch her friend. But suddenly, he head suddenly shot up to reveal his disfigured face. Two huge white circles with two smaller "pupils", stitches all over his face and a mouth with teeth so sharp, they'd put a sharks row to shame. A loud, piercing scream shot out of the doll's mouth as what looked like blood poured out. Marine screamed with absolute terror as the doll charged at her and knocked her out with one painful swipe on his clawed hands.
Marine then later woke with a pain in her head. The rain still pattering down on her. The doll from earlier nowhere to be seen. Had she imagined the whole thing? Did the doll run away after attempting to murder her? Nothing came to mind. As she stood up, she couldn't help but feel as if she weren't alone. "Huh, that's funny." She said to herself. "I feel like…"
"Feel like what?" said a voice behind her. She quickly grabbed a near-by pipe and swung it towards the voice. A mysterious little doll, who sat on a dumpster, quickly shielded his face from the blow of the pipe. "Like I'm being watched!" she finished. "Please put away your weapon! I don't mean any harm!" Plead the doll as he slowly removed his hands from his face. Marine slowly let down her pipe but quickly raised it when the doll revealed himself. "Y-you. You tried to kill me earlier." Said Marine. The Doll blinked and replied "I'm sorry about that. Evil inside me makes me lash out at people sometimes." Marine walked up to the doll, dropped her pipe and then held him in a tight squeeze. "Oh! You're so cute & cuddly! You even look like a friend of mine!" Tails Doll seemed to be choking from her strength. When Marine eventually let him go, she asked him "Why were you crying before your evil took over ya?" & the Doll merely replied "I'm homeless. Everyone's afraid of me. Even the toughest guys in the universe won't go near me." Marine felt sympathetic. She thought a while then said "How would my little dolly like to stay with me?" Tails Doll perked up his metal & fabric head to respond with "Please!" Marine then picked up Tails Doll and walked off back into the rain.