Author's Notes: I own nothing (except any OCs).

Key:

"Hello" = Demonic voice

"Hello" = Robotic voice

"~Can you feel the sunshine?~"= TD singing

Chapter 10

[Rayman 1- Mr. Stone Boss Theme]

Tails Doll jumped back as serrated claws dug into the ground where he was previously standing, the pain from the missing arm, tail, and shattered gem was beginning to get to him and he couldn't keep it up much longer. Before he could think, he was backhanded by TD's massive fist and was sent flying into a cliff face, creating a outline of him in the rocks before he was grabbed by the throat and lifted into the air.

"What's the matter Tails Doll? Afraid for once in your life?" growled TD as he tightened his grip on the evil doll's neck.

"P-please...stop...I'm sorry for what I've done...don't kill me...a-all I ever wanted...was a friend..." said Tails Doll and he found claws rammed into his stomach as the grip around his neck became unbearable.

"You think I'm that naïve?! With what you've done, there's only one punishment available..." said TD before he began pulling in opposite directions on Tails Doll as the evil doll tried to keep himself from crying out in pain.

*RRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIPPPPPP!*

Two halves of Tails Doll hit the ground and the evil doll tried to crawl away as the stuffing inside him came out but was stopped as a clawed hand grabbed him and lifted him off the ground again and with one quick slash, Tails Doll's head dropped to the ground. TD walked up to the severed head and pulled out a giant serrated saber, picked up the head, tossed it into the air, and then sliced it into multiple pieces. He then took those pieces and threw them into a furnace and then bolted the furnace shut and threw it into the bottom of the lake near Knothole. After that, he returned to his normal self, his gem a very dull red and he fell to the ground and passed out from exhaustion.

[End Theme]

Next Day; Knothole Research Center...

Sapphire optics flickered on and stared up at a white ceiling before the owner turned his head and looked into the eyes of Tails.

"I'm...alive? H-how?" said Miles.

"I made a temporary fix." said Tails as he scratched the back of his head as Miles sat up and found a massive electrical cable installed into his chest.

"Temporary?"

"Yeah...we need to find another power core like yours or better...you eat up a lot of power..." said Tails as the lights flickered on and off for a few seconds.

"You plugged me into the power grid of Knothole?"

"Yeah...can you stop making me nervous?!"

"Sorry."

"It's alright. Now, do you know where we can find another power source like yours?"

"My power core was a prototype. A newer design was later used in Metal Sonic and various other robotic duplicates designed by Robotnik and/or Eggman."

"Do you think Eggman keeps spares on hand?"

"Knowing him, most likely."

"Send TD to...convince...the doctor to help?"

"How long have you been hanging around TD?"

"Three to four times a day, why?"

"You should stop before you develop some unwanted habits."

"Like what?"

"Whistling creepy tunes or songs to yourself...or skinning enemies once they're defeated."

"Point taken. I'll go tell TD his mission." said Tails exiting the room.

New Robotropolis; Egg Fortress; Two Hours Later...

Eggman sighed as he went over the report given to him by one of his Spy-bots about the demise of Tails Doll, sure that doll creped him out as much as that other one, but he was incredibly useful and now, with him gone it made his job harder. Suddenly the lights started flickering and he froze.

"~In a town in the woods at the top of hill,

there's a house where no one lives

So you take a big bag of your big city money there and buy it

But at night when the house is dark and you're all alone,

there's a noise upstairs

At the top of the stairs,

there's a door and you take a deep breath and try it

And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door

There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have had somewhere before...

AND THERE'S A CREEPY DOLL (...DOLL...),

THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWS YOU (...FOLLOWS YOU...)

IT'S GOT A RUINED EYE (...EYE...), THAT'S...ALWAYS...OPEN...

AND THERE'S A CREEPY DOLL (...DOLL...),

THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWS YOU (...FOLLOWS YOU...)

IT'S GOT A PRETTY MOUTH (...MOUTH...)

TO SWALLOW...YOU WHOLE...

So you scream and you close the door and you tell yourself it was just a dream

In the morning you head into town,

'cause you want to go...antiquing

In the store,

there's a strange old man with a wandering eye and a withered hand

When he hands you the old wooden box,

you can hear his old bones creaking

And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see

That someone's carved your name into the tarnished silver key

AND THERE'S A CREEPY DOLL (...DOLL...),

THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWS YOU (...FOLLOWS YOU...)

IT'S GOT A RUINED EYE (...EYE...), THAT'S...ALWAYS...OPEN...

AND THERE'S A CREEPY DOLL (...DOLL...),

THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWS YOU (...FOLLOWS YOU...)

IT'S GOT A PRETTY MOUTH (...MOUTH...)

TO SWALLOW...YOU WHOLE...

[Chorus:] When you come home late,

the doll is waiting up for you

And when you fix a snack,

the doll says it would like one too

The doll is in your house

and in your room

and in your bed

The doll is your eyes

and in your arms

and in your head

and you are crazy!~[End Chorus]"

*Guitar Solo* (TD does the Skeleton Dance in front of Eggman for the solo before he disappears from sight)

"~Now it's late and you head downstairs,

'cause you just can't sleep,

so you make some tea

And the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey

You decide that you've had enough and you lock the doll in the wooden box

You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money

As the smoke fills up your tiny room,

there's nothing you can do

Far too late,

you see the one inside the box...is you...

AND THERE'S A CREEPY DOLL (...DOLL...),

THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWS YOU (...FOLLOWS YOU...)

IT'S GOT A RUINED EYE (...EYE...), THAT'S...ALWAYS...OPEN...

AND THERE'S A CREEPY DOLL (...DOLL...),

THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWS YOU (...FOLLOWS YOU...)

IT'S GOT A PRETTY MOUTH (...MOUTH...)

TO SWALLOW...YOU WHOLE...~"

TD then has Eggman by the neck as he opens his tooth-filled maw and slowly brings it towards the doctor who is now white as a ghost.

"Stop! Stop! Please don't eat me! I'll give you anything!" begged Eggman as he neared TD's maw and the doll smirked.

"Good. I want a backup power core from Metal Sonic." said TD setting Eggman down.

"A-a-a what? A backup power core from Metal Sonic? Do you have any idea how long it takes to just make ONE of those cores?" said Eggman before TD's gem turned red and the doll brought his claws out, "I'll go get the spare."

Eggman walked into a closet only to find TD on a shelf in the room and he flinched as TD turned his head upside down.

"You can't trick me Eggman." said TD smiling and the doctor dug through a huge pile of scrap metal and spare parts before he pulled the backup core and handed it to TD with shaky hands.

"Thank you." said TD taking the core form Eggman before...

*HORRIBLE MONSTER SOUNDS!*

*THUD!*

Eggman was on the ground before a ghostly form of him with tiny angelic wings and a harp floated out of his body but was unable to fly more than two inches from the body due to its weight and TD left the building laughing his head off. The ghostly angelic version of Eggman was getting ready to go back into his body when TD suddenly appeared in front of him and...

*Horrible Monster Sounds!*

The ghostly form of Eggman fell unconscious and another ghostly form of Eggman came out of that one and TD left the building crying tears as he laughed.

END CHAPTER

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