Chapter 21

Tails was stumbling through the forest trying get the evil sounding voice out of his head with no luck.

'You? The one who contains me is...you? You hear me. You feel me, don't you? Writhing inside you. You think that pathetic gene inside you is power? I can show you the true meaning of power.' said the voice which we now identify as "Dark".

Tails grunts and tries to force the voice back with sheer willpower. But the voice doesn't relent.

'You seek to resist? Interesting. Yours is a fascinating species, so much detail in your short lives. How fascinating, how...intolerable.'

Tails suddenly gasped as pain shot through his head. Again he tried to force the voice back and the pain receded.

'So you do have power. I chose correctly. You are a perfect host for my plan. Resist all you want, I will soon crack open your soul and tear you apart from within. This is my promise.'

Tails then heard footsteps behind him and he turned around.

"Who's there?" said Tails getting into a defensive stance. From the trees came three figures, all three looked like heavy druggies and their fingers seemed to be replaced with hyper-alloy claws.

"Kill us if you can." said One brandishing his claws.

"Death comes for you." said Three.

"Dead Men tell no tales." said Two.

Tails took a step back at the sight of the three and they charged him. He had a hard time dodging their claws as they swung at him and he delivered his own attacks yet they weren't doing much. Suddenly one of his tail blades ran through One and the Dead Men Triad(1) member turned into white goo and then Tails recognized the goo.

'A Zetsu clone? What's going on?!' thought Tails.

"He killed One. He must die." said Three.

"Yes, kill him." said Two.

Within seconds, both Two and Three were dead and Tails was panting heavily.

'Okay, Klaxon has got some explaining to do!' thought Tails before he walked back to his house to see Klaxon talking with some teen and when Klaxon noticed him he motioned the teen to leave which he did. Klaxon was no fool despite his insanity and could tell that Tails was not happy.

"Alright Tails, what's on your mind?" said Klaxon leaning against the wall with a small smirk.

"Why'd you try to kill me?" asked Tails.

"I wasn't, that was training. Since you survived fighting the Triad that's something. Normally they'd of cut up the trainee to near death." said Klaxon.

"You're insane!" snapped Tails.

"Thank you." said Klaxon smirking and then noticed Tails was fuming, "Look into my eye."

Tails looked into the spinning eye and calmed down.

"I believe you need some rest, my training can be...harsh. Kind of how my father trained me..." said Klaxon, "Well goodnight!"

Tails watched as his friend curled up on the couch and fell asleep. He shook his head before he too went to sleep.

Tails' Nightmare

Tails saw Dark standing over the dead bodies of his friends. Dark was a black fox with a single, jagged tail blade on each tail, his eye glowed white with no iris or pupil, and he had retractable claws (like Wolverine), but they were made from some sort of metal that belonged to no element. There were rivers of blood and some of his friends were impaled on spikes, some with the points coming out of their mouths. Tails attacks Dark only to find him gone. Tails begins to hear voices cry: "Murderer! Murderer!"

The dead bodies rise up and pull themselves off the spikes (those that are impaled) and surround Tails. He covers his eyes with arm to find it covered in blood...his friends' blood.

Distant Echo: "Tails! Tails! WAKE UP!"

*SLAP!*

Klaxon slaps Tails and the vulpine shoots awake, his eyes wide and then he looks at Klaxon not with anger but with fear.

"Klaxon, help. Check my mind. Do something." said Tails in a panic state.

"Okay." said Klaxon grabbing Tails by the head.

Tails' Mindscape

Klaxon looked around before he froze and slowly turned around to face Dark.

"What have we here? An intruder? A friend, perhaps...a foe? Ah...yes, you are Klaxon the madman. I sense an evil inside you Klaxon, perhaps one day you will fight me, but not now, not yet. Begone." said Dark.

Real World

Klaxon sweats and gasps before he's thrown back into a wall by an invisible force and a piece of the ceiling hits his head causing stars and birds to fly around his head before he shakes his head clear.

"Wow! Not even Combu had darkness that bad! I need to go do research! Walk into town but DON'T get into fights okay?" said Klaxon and Tails nods then Klaxon disappears in black mist.

Robotnik's City; Lab

Robotnik is trying to absorb stars with his latest invention; The "Who-Gives-A-Care-Inator" (1). A fox with deep blue fur with silver stomach fur, her tail has a black tip and green (with a blue tint) eyes and a tuft of fur that covers her left eye appears in the containment unit and warps out of it in a flash.

"(Hmm, he is near.)" said the fox looking around and then spotted Robotnik.

"Hmm, not what I was expecting." mumbled the doctor.

"(You, flesh-being. Have you seen another Star Entity?)"

"What?"

"(He doesn't understand me, I must learn this new language.)"

"I am Dr. Robotnik."

"I...I...am...Dr. Buttnik."

"Are you mocking me?"

"Are you mocking me? (I hope this is a greeting, he does seem angry.)"

"THAT'S IT!"

Soul glances at the missiles fired at her and atomizes them with one look and begins walking away.

"(Useless...I need to find a way to speak to these beings)"

Station Square; 50 Minutes Later

Soul is walking around when she sees Tails sitting on a bench.

"(Interesting, he looks like me." said Soul.

"Yeah, it's a bit weird, huh?" said Tails looking at her.

"(You can understand me?)"

"(You're speaking perfectly normal.)"

Tails takes her back to his place while teaching her how to speak English.

Mystic Ruins; 45 Minutes Later

"Okay my friend who lives with me can come off as weird but he's quite...decent once you get to know him." said Tails as he and Soul approached the door to his house.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Soul confused.

"Listen."

Soul puts her head against the door and listens.

"Klaxon has the house to himself...hmm, Tails would be mad if I wrecked the place and Klaxon doesn't want to get in trouble...I know! Fix the power system!" came a voice from inside followed by...

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTT!

Klaxon blasted through the roof and landed behind the two headfirst but he recovered quickly.

"Okay, next time no touch red wires! Wait, am I color blind? Nah...Oh Hi Tails and...what's your name?" said Klaxon tilting his head to side.

"Soul."

"Hmm, pretty name. Reminds me of what the system my father's homeworld was called before he left. Bye!" said Klaxon running back inside.

"You're right Tails...he is weird."

"Yeah but you get used to him." said Tails chuckling, "Can you help me with something Soul?"

"What?"

"Help me get Dark out of my head."

30 Minutes Later; Tails' Mindscape

The two arrive at an "elephant graveyard" and see Blood watching with an amused expression on his face and Tails walks up to him.

"Where's Dark?" asked Tails and Blood points down and Tails looks and nearly loses his composure.

"Little evil fox goes hippity hop all the way to the birdie boiler." said Klaxon forcing Dark into a geyser.

"Oh no, not the birdie boiler! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" yelled Dark before he was blasted into the "sky" on fire. Klaxon and Blood fell back laughing.

"Hey!" said Tails and Klaxon looked at him.

"Oops! I guess it's the foxy boiler now! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" laughed Klaxon and the three foxes pale but Blood keeps laughing.

Dark then reappeared considerably enraged and glaring daggers at Klaxon and if looks could kill, Klaxon would be dead a million times over.

"You're gonna pay for that!" growled Dark bringing out his claws.

"Time out! [Whistles]" said Klaxon and then he got out a stopwatch.

Suddenly tentacles shot from the ground sending debris everywhere and a rather muscular man with shades appeared.

"Eight Tails is in the house! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" said the man.

Tails, Blood, and Soul sweat-drop before they get into fighting stances.

END CHAPTER

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