Author's Notes: I own nothing except Scorpio and the mysterious masked man who so far only made one appearance.
Chapter 8: Return of Robotnik
Tails was in his hidden lab working on his gem, trying to repair it as the damage caused him insufferable pain. He had managed to stop the bleeding but the pain wouldn't go away when suddenly a red beam hits his hand holding the gem causing him to drop it and it slides across the floor and a big red boot crushes it and Tails falls to the ground in pain clutching his chest. He hears eerily familiar laughter before he sees red eyes looking down at him.
"Remember me Tails?" says the familiar figure before he knocks the two-tailed fox out.
1 Hour Later; Bunnie's House...
Prowler sat up with a groan and then he noticed the bandages around his chest and on the arm that he used to block the machete and he sighed. Suddenly a 6-year-old rabbit flies into his chest and hugs him, knocking the wind out of him and causing him some mild discomfort. He feels tears wetting his fur down and he looks to see the rabbit crying her eyes out.
'I must have scared her really bad with taking the kunai for her.' thought Prowler before he returned the hug trying to comfort her.
"Don't do that again mister. I do thank you for saving me but don't get yourself killed." said Cream crying.
"I know but lives are more important than a cruddy gem." said Prowler, "I won't scare you again like that okay?"
"Thank you. Sorry about crying in your chest, I was just worried." said Cream.
"It's okay. It's good to vent emotions instead of bottling them up."
"Mom wanted to talk to you and Mr. Shade."
"Okay." said Prowler getting up and walking into the living room where Bunnie has Shade by the throat.
"I'm telling you lady I don't know anything about Prowler, he's not from my world! Get a grip! GAK! Not...what...I had...in...mind...urk!" said Shade as Bunnie tightened her grip with her robotic limb on Shade's neck.
"Since when do you kill those who help you?" asked Prowler leaning against a wall and Bunnie drops Shade who gasps for breath.
"Sorry ya had to see that. Ah guess he didn't know anything 'bout ya." said Bunnie.
"Just so you don't go strangling others for information I'll tell you who I am. I'm an alternate version of Tails that isn't an insane murdering pyshcopath hellbent on revenge. My name is the same as his but so you don't confuse me with him, just call me Prowler." said Prowler.
"What was with ya turning into a big ball of fluff last night?"
"That's my power. I'm kind of monster in my own right, but I don't go around hurting innnocents only bad guys."
Suddenly the ground began shaking and the two run outside to see missiles with the Robotnik Empire ensigna on the sides heading towards Knothole.
"Please tell me everybody got out alright." said Bunnie as they saw the explosives hit their mark and explode in the distance.
"All but three did." said Prowler.
30 Minutes Earlier; Hidden Robotnik base...
Tails shook himself awake to find himself in a glass tube and near a control monitor is a familiar egg-shaped man.
"I'm surprised you haven't roboticized me yet egghead. Expecting Sonic to save me? We're no longer brothers or friends dummy." said Tails leaning against the glass.
"Oh, I know that Tails. This isn't me trying to get rid of Sonic anymore. This is me having revenge on you for killing me six years ago the way you did. By the way, I'm Robo-Robotnik now." said Robo-Robotnik turning towards Tails as he walked over.
"You can't torture me, I don't feel pain. I have multiple gems. I don't care about anyone in the Freedom Fighters." said Tails as a gem appeared on his chest.
"Oh? What were you to say or do if I was going to bomb Knothole?" said Robo-Robotnik with a smirk as he had his index finger near a big red button.
"YOU LEAVE KNOTHOLE OUT OF THIS!"
"Oh? So you still have sympathy for those in Knothole hmmm? Too bad..." said Robot-Robotnik pressing the button.
On the huge monitors, thousands of missiles are launched from a nearby Missile Silo and they all head towards Knothole and Tails' eyes widen.
"WHEN I GET MY CLAWS ON YOU, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE YOU CAN'T COME BACK!" snarled Tails as his gem and eyes glowed bright red. His claws grew longer, his fur got shaggier, and his height doubled before he punched the glass, shattering it and he advanced towards Robotnik menacingly. Robotnik ran off as Tails tried to grab him but missed and he returned to normal before he looked over the monitor.
'How much damage was done?' thought Tails worriedly as he ran out of the base and towards Knothole.
Knothole; 1 Hour Later...
Tails looked at the destruction of the village-turned-small-city and clenched his fists. He smelled no dead bodies, so that means evacuation must of taken place before the missiles hit. He turns around upon hearing rocks crumbling and he sees a big slab of solid concrete thrown to the side as three figures emerge from the rubble. The first two he recognizes as Miles and Tails Doll but the third...his eyes narrow as he recognizes who that kid belongs to and pulls out a throwing axe and chucks it at him only to have it harmlessly bounce off the arm of Miles.
"Get out of here Hermes. I've got to take care of this trash." said Miles transforming his right arm into the three-barreled Plasma Cannon and points it at Tails as Hermes nods and speeds off.
"Why are you defending Sonic and everybody else? You're programmed to kill them!" said Tails glaring at Miles.
"That programming has been removed and disabled. I am free from that curse." said Miles as the robotic pieces began to fade from view until he looked like a regular two-tailed fox, aside from the massive plasma cannon for an arm he was using.
"W-what just happened?"
"Miles died on the DeathEgg, I am Miles 'Tails' Prower and I'm the new Miles."
"Wait. You said you went back to the past...so if Miles died on the DeathEgg...then who the f** are you?"
"If you used that IQ you had you'd realize that upon his death I learned that he and I were the same. It was a shock but I'm glad he got rid of the programming because now I can protect Sonic from creeps like you!"
"Like you could protect anything. Miles died, so what does that say about you? I'll kill Sonic and you can watch him and his son die a slow agonizing death."
"Initiating Sonic Protection Program."
Tails was sent flying as he was hit with a Plasma round and he collapsed to the ground before he rolled away from a massive fist from Tails Doll.
"Let's plaaaaaaay." said T.D as he extended his claws and charged Tails.
Hydra missiles then erupted from the mini-launchers on Miles' plasma cannon and homed in on Tails.
"Oh shit." muttered Tails as he was stuck between a wall that blocked his left side and rear escape routes, T.D charging him on the right and missiles coming at him from the front.
END CHAPTER
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