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Warning: Mild language, violence, dark themes
Ep.1: Hello Dolly...and death part 1
A few days went by and finally after all that hard work Tails was able to move most of his stuff into his new two floor home built with the newest state of the art kitchen, a basement bigger than the inside of his old workshop, his new bedroom above him and 2 closets one top and one bottom just to name a few.
It was beautiful and fulfilling to Tails when he goaled himself to work harder than ever before. Haah almost brought a tear to his eye. Though the inside of the house's walls were light blue which reminded him of Sonic...He'll have to change that later on.
Anywho Tails looked at the clock hanging on the wall above the flatscreen television and saw that it was 8:30 at night. Well after all that work Tails decided to retire for the night. He snuggled into his Temper Pedic mattress, instantly melting under his covers and felt like he was in heaven with his soft ass pillow. The best part is the bed was provided by mmmmrrrggh Silly as a house warming gift aside from champagne.
Tails wondered how many times he's gonna have to repeat his age before it gets through to her?...Who knows really? He mentally said goodnight to himself then drifted off into the most satisfying slumber he ever felt in his life. From his nearby closet deep in the darkness a tiny red light flashed from within.
7 years ago
"Rrrgh grrrgh let me go Eggman! Sonic!"
Tails was held in place by the foot of a giant eggman robot. No matter how much he struggled he couldn't lift an inch of it. Meanwhile Sonic was facing off against the latest version of Metal Sonic. It's arms and head was black while his legs and body was white. Eggman's insignia was on its chest to show its eternal loyalty.
All Tails could do was watch as Sonic and Metal Sonic collided their signature spindashes together. The sound of saw blades and the sparks that came out of their attacks intensified as they canceled out of it, landing on their feet. Metal Sonic rolled its shoulders while Sonic himself got on one knee huffing and puffing. He was slightly beat up and scratched yet he still kept up with the confident smile.
"Heheh haah haah your stronger than I thought MS."
Metal Sonic cracked its knuckles.
"Okaay man of few words, just like the others. Boring but pretty effective."
Sonic got to his feet, ready to round two.
"Alright pal let me show you what happens when I get serious. I'm talking to you to Eggman."
Sonic turned his to the left and pointed towards the main control room glass, behind it was a silhouette with a shiny white grin and reflective goggles.
"Come try it Hedgehog heeheeheeheehee!"
"Don't worry buddy this'll only take a couple of more seconds. Stay strong for me got it?"
Tails nodded his head.
"Great. Let's kick it you bucket of bolts!"
Another day another dollar as they say. Tails has gotten use the Siliconus city's supermarket for his daily necessities...Walmart. With list in hand Tails was walking over to the snack and candy aisle for obvious reasons.
"(Mints mints mints. They better have peppermints in here?)"
It didn't take too long for Tails to find what he was looking for. Circular peppermints, the classic s*t for all ages. Just when Tails was about reach out to claim his prize another hand bumped against his.
" Ah sorry miss are yo-"
Tail's words were cut off when he saw who he bumped his hand with? She was familiar...too familiar. The bunny girl that Tails was friends with before...the one he pushed away long ago. But he wasn't sure if it was the same girl since she was almost the same height as him (4'7 yeah I know growth spurt) and is wearing a long white sundress.
"Gasp Tails? Is that you?"
There was no mistaking it. That voice hit the nail on the head.
"Cr-Cr-Cream?!"
Cream the Rabbit...He never thought that he would ever see his old friend ever again after what he did to her. She was...she was...more beautiful than ever before.
"Oh my Tails how are you? It's been too long."
Tails felt a lump in his throat. He didn't think of any scenario for when he ever met Cream again. He was sweating profusely but he couldn't stay silent forever.
"Hi! How are you?! Nice weather today huh?!"
Tails quickly covered his mouth with his hands...Awkard as hell man. Ahem Tail's eyes darted around to see if anyone else was in the aisle. Luckily no one else was there.
"Um sorry?"
"That's okay. We haven't seen eachother for years so it's understandable for old friends to be nervous."
"(Ahhgghhh her smile! Too radiant. It burns!) So uh...how are things with you Cream?"
Cream noticed Tails blushing pink so she quietly giggled.
"Oh I've been working at my Mama's bakery, picking flowers for my flower shop, and I just got off my shift from being an elementary school teacher's handy ai-"
"Wait did you just say 'my' flower shop?"
"Why yes. I own a flower shop down right across from Mipple street."
"Wow that's...It's amazing how you have these things happening in your life. It must be hard to work three jobs at once."
"It's not that big of a deal. I just want to see the smile on people's fac- Gasp!"
Cream put a hand over her mouth in shock.
"What? Do I have something on my face?"
Cream looked like she was gonna cry.
"Your...your shoulder."
Tails realised what she was talking about? The burn mark on his shoulder.
"Wait Cream don't worry about it. I'm okay now so don't cry please?"
Cream took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and dabbed her tear drops from her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cry. It's just...seeing you with that mark reminded me of seven years ago."
Tails grit his teeth.
"No I should be sorry Cream! You tried to help me that day and I lashed out at you!...I-I hit you so I should be the one who should be apologizing. I...I."
A finger was on Tail's lips stopping his finished sentence. Cream then put a hand on his burn mark shoulder.
"Tails...I'm just glad you're okay."
Cream leaned her face towards Tail's and lightly kissed his cheek. She then walked away waving goodbye, leaving Tails standing like a statue with his mouth open for thirty minutes. As soon as he got back to his home after paying for his groceries, putting them in their correct cabinet and organized his fridge Tails finally let his weak knees go to the floor.
"...YYYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
He later had to apologize for multiple and well organized noise complaints. Later that night Tails was fast asleep but from his closet a red flash of light lit up the darkened room for a split second. The closet slowly opened by itself and a shadow clawed hand gently scratched against the wood causing Tail's ear to twitch.
Shot wide awake Tail's instincts got him out of bed and looked around the room for the source of the noise. Knuckle's training really sharpened his senses. With that being said Tails looked at the bottom of his closet and noticed that not only did it have three clawed marks but it also was slightly opened.
"(Something's in my closet? I don't know what but something's in my closet?)"
Tails slowly approached the closet with caution. Who knows what could be in there other than potential clothing he didn't even bother buying yet so he wouldn't stand out as the fox with no clothes...though it never bothered him before. Taking a deep breath he put his hand on the handle and twisted it open. No surprise for him it was dark.
"I know you're in here!"
Tails felt around for the lightswitch. When he did he flipped it on without any problems...it was empty in there except for when he looked down.
"What the?"
A few feet from him leaned against the wall slumped over was a-
"A doll?"
...Thanks for taking my line. Yes, there was a doll. But not just any doll. The doll looked like him except it doesn't have a mouth nor fingers, just stubs. It had a strange wired line of string attached to its head and at the end of it, a small, red rhombus shaped gem that doesn't look like its tied to anything to hold it. Tails took a step then knelt in front of the doll. Hesitantly he gently picked it up by the arms and examined it closely.
"Strange...now what is a doll that strangely looks like me doing inside my closet?"
It was strange how this doll looked like him when there was no plush toys of him when he saved the city years ago...cheap asshats tried to use him to gain all the profits. Unfortuantely the head was mishapen and an ear was ripped.
"Hmm I wonder what I should do with this thing?...Oh I know?"
Tails carried the doll downstairs then out the door. He was met with two garbage truck people right on time to take the trash he left outside away to wherever they put it.
"Hey guys!"
Tails tossed the doll to one of the men.
"You missed one. Good riddance to that piece of trash *Ptooey*."
The doll was never seen again...until-
"What the s*t?!"
The next day after a long tired day of work Tails went upstairs to see that same doll he thought he threw out, on his bed with a banana peel on its head.
"I thought I got rid of you...I'm pretty damn sure I did did I?"
Why did he recognise it as the same doll you may ask? Well Tails was able to recognise it by not only the gem on its head but the banana peel that was from the truck. Tails picked up the doll by the head.
"I don't know what kind of prank you think this is that makes it funny? But driving me crazy will never wor- God f*king damnit I'm talking to a plush toy so maybe I am crazy?"
"No you're not."
"Exactly! I'm not craz- fftttt!"
He thought he heard a voice until he looked directly into the doll's eyes.
"...Boo."
"AHHHHH F*k!!!"
Tails threw the doll across the room, screaming like a girl. Was he crazy? Did the madness finally get to him? Was Cream just a hallucination? Before he could think of anymore dumb scenarios the doll started to float...in midair...like a fricken ghost. Though his face didn't show it Tails could sense that it was pissed.
"I kill you man! ladeladelladelladel!"
The doll threw itself on Tail's face in a frenzy, bopping his face with its fingerless arms. For some reason the punches hurt slightly though it is suppossed to be a doll. Tails frantically tried to pry the doll off his face but in a comedic fashion he keeps bumping into walls. In the bathroom Tails quickly turned on the faucet of his shower and sprayed the back of the doll.
"Mmmmmmmggghhhhhhh!!"
"I'm getting soggy you piece of cow feces!"
"Mhen reph ofm mmph faifh! (Then get off of my face!)"
In the split second the doll dropped its guard Tails grabbed it and threw it towards the stairs but the doll through unexplainable grip strength and reaction time with no fingers was able to grab a hold of Tail's hand causing him to get flung along with it as they both tumbled down the stairs and hitting the hard polished wood floor.
It only took a moment for Tails and the weird doll to get back to their feet, both staring eachother down. The doll was crouched down on all fours growling like a poodle.
"Oh you want some doll?"
The doll began to bark like a french poodle as well as growl like one.
"Bring it chump!"
Once again the doll lunged at Tails only this time he was ready as he slammed a right hook to the doll's face. Its body contacted the wall hard causing it to bounce off allowing Tails to rapidly punch it while it was in midair.
"Atatatatatatatatatatata!!
Don't ask, Knuckles taught him the louder he screams during an attack the stronger it is compared to a regular attack. With each hit Tails realised when he was punching it over and over he felt that the doll had a skeletal figure inside it...How is that even possible? Well there was no time to think about that when Tails did a left straight punch to its gut then a right uppercut to the jaw sending it up towards the ceiling.
"(Alright remember your training...1.)"
As it was falling to the ground Tails took a step with his left foot.
"(2.)"
Then he crossed his left with his right foot and finally lifted his left foot to prepare for a-
"Back Kick!"
All in perfect rythmic timing. Tails shot his left leg straight out into the doll's gut, its power sending the doll flying towards his front door and plopping to the ground with a loud thud...and a squeak. Tails took a breath and walked to the knocked down doll. He picked him up by the string meeting it eye to eye.
"Ready to talk doll?"
Afraid of getting beaten even more than necessary the doll nodded its head.
3 hours later
"So let me get this straight? You just appeared in my closet without any explanation to how you got there in the first place?"
Tails and the doll were both on his bed after scrubbing it and throwing the doll into the washing machine. The doll nodded its head.
"Are you sure you don't know how you got in my closet suddenly like that?"
"If I'd known don't you think i would've told you by now?"
Tails out a hand under his chin.
"Hmmm good point."
"What I can tell you is that I may not know how but I do know why I am here?"
"Okay so why are you here?"
The doll looked to its left then its right. It then motioned Tails to come closer so it could whisper.
"I'm being chased by someone."
Tails cocked an eyebrow.
"Chased? By who?...Is it the kids at Toys-R-Us?"
"No...maybe but that's not it. It was a man."
"Ohhhh you mean the crazy toy collectors. Hopefully it's not a guy who dances in a chicken suit?"
"That's what I thought but...he doesn't look like he dances at all...he scares me. Can I please stay with you? I promise I won't cause any trouble."
Tails can't believe he's even doing this right now. He's letting a walking, talking Tails bootleg doll stay in his home that is suppossed to be normal. But...he did promise that he was getting stronger to protect the people he cares about so he wouldn't lose them...although he knew nothing about this doll he's willing to give it a chance.
"Alright alright fine."
The doll's face lit up with joy though it barely had any facial expressions.
"Really?! Oh thank you! thank you! thank you!"
Tails grabbed the doll's head before it could hug his face again and slammed it down on his bed.
"Yeah don't touch me...do you have a name doll?"
"Well that's rude. My name is Tailsdoll, the cutest fluffiest toy you'll ever me- Yagh! don't grind me against the wall!!"
"(I should've guessed that it would have my name.)"
"Say can I watch cartoons?"
That was a random question that came out of that doll's non-existant mouth.
"Uhhh sure. Just don't put it on too loud. I need some sleep for tomorrow's shift."
"Sure I can do that."
The doll now named Tailsdoll managed to walk down the steps by itself despite it being short. Tails didn't know if he was going crazy but aside from that maybe if he gets some sleep everything will be back to normal.
Literally 30 seconds went by and the tv downstairs was blairing with Metal music. Tails quickly ran down the stairs to see Tailsdoll on top of the couch playing an air guitar alongside on the screen was playing a metal band named I s*t you not "P*sy Punchers."
"DUDE WHAT THE F*K?! I THOUGHT YOU WERE WATCHING CARTOONS?!"
TAILS CAN BARELY HEAR HIMSELF TALK FROM THE EXTREMELY POTTYMOUTHED MUSIC AND IT'S MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO NARRATE THIS. TAILSDOLL MUTED...oh Tailsdoll muted and paused the tv for a couple of seconds.
"Yeeeeaaaahhhh I got bored from Dora the Explorer. So I decided to play some good music to fall asleep to."
"You call that good mu-"
Before Tails could finish his sentence Tailsdoll already...TAILSDOLL ALREADY UNMUTED AND UNPAUSED THE MUSIC VIDEO! GODDAMNIT!
"THAT'S IT COME HERE DOLL!! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS INTO THE DIRT!"
TAILS SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT CHASING AROUND AND PUMBLING THE TAILS...oh it's good here ahem pumbling the Tailsdoll into the dirt. Later on he needed to desperately apologize to a neat and organized list of noise complaints. Nearby his house however a black ominous hole appeared with something walking through it.
And so begins the bizarre adventures in the TAILS SHOW.
End of part 1
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Yeah I think this is obvious don't you think?