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Warning: Mild Language, violence, sexual themes

Ep.10: Same Way, Dark Way part 2

"Okay Shadow, I'm in front of the facility."

Tails got out from one of G.U.N's armored vehicles, arriving at the target place. Really gives someone flashbacks of that giant truck that almost ran him over. All because he made that fake emerald for Sonic long ago to stop the Space Colony Ark. The truck drove away the moment Tails walked towards the partly opened gate.

"Roger that. From our satelite we can confirm that the target is inside."

Shadow was at a G.U.N base stationed in Church Hill. He was assisting Tails from the main control room. Not like he had a choice. Those G.U.N dogs ordered him to keep out of the operation.

"The only thing I can tell you is be careful in there and don't forget the device. It'll be the one thing that'll save your ass."

Tails squeezed through the bent opening with ease, being cautious when approaching the double doored entrance.

A few hours ago

"Taaaaiiiillllssss I'm boooreeeduh! What are you even doing anyway?"

"Research."

A quick and straight to the point answer coming from Tails. He was on his laptop that he bought weeks ago, top of the line to.

In extreme boredom Tailsdoll floated over to Tails and slumped his body on the top of his head. Tails was unfazed by his annoyance.

"So what are you looking up anyway? Porn?"

Tails would've reacted the same way he usually does when Tailsdoll asks stupid questions? But this was a serious time so he would let that slide for once.

"No doll, just something that I'm looking up that bothered me alot."

Tailsdoll sighed from his buddy's boring tone. He just read the title to himself since he was gonna be on Tail's head until he whaps him against the wall like some whap Goblin or something?

It was a news article that read "2019 Church Hill Cathedral bombing that caused a destructive fire, who caused it was caught?" What kind of boring crap was Tails reading?

"Geez what kind of boring crap are you reading man?...What the? Anyway dude porn magazines are the s*t these days. Don't deny it, I found some in your bedframe. Especially one with a big tittied bunny chick on the c-"

Before Tailsdoll could finish that statement, without looking, Tails grabbed him by the jewel and whapped him against the wall behind the couch.

"G.U.N caught the person huh?...I knew it! The girl Hava'mi in the file photo was the culprit and sentenced to the mental facility...Wait a sec?"

Present time

Tails made his way down the first hallway, pressing his back against the wall. When he reached the corner he peeked his head to make sure that no one was gonna shoot his face off. Thankfully there wasn't any of the sort.

"Damn, all this quiet is giving me the goosebumps."

"You're reaching the target Tails. Underestimating her will get you killed quickly. Remember, she single handedly killed an entire squadron and the facility filled with 230 people in total."

Tails rolled his eyes.

"Dont expect me to give pity to those soldiers. I only give it to those that didn't deserve it. You guys knew what you were getting yourselves into."

Shadow went silent. He knew Tails was right about his cold statement. But this wasn't the time to say anything back. Right now stopping Hava'mi remained a top priority.

Tails carefully opened the double doors to the main cell area, taking a peek inside just in case someone tries to jump him and skin him alive. Luckily there wasn't so it was safe for him to enter.

Suddenly his ear twitched when he heard low echoing whistling from out of nowhere. It sounded like it was all around him as it increased in volume. It was a slightly depressing tune.

"Ow! Ssss what the hell?"

Feeling that quick sting Tails put a hand to the area where his eye was.

"...Tears?...My tears?"

Tails felt streams of his own tears coming down his cheek yet he wasn't upset at all. He was definetely on the right trail. Before he took another step he heard a crazed bloodcurdling scream coming from behind him.

A deranged, butt naked, malnourished man brandishing a rusty knife tackled Tails to the ground while he wasn't looking. The crazed lunatic tried to stab Tails but he quickly grabbed the man's wrist with one hand and pushed his face away with the other since he was attempting to bite.

"MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! THESOUNDSTHESOUNDSTHESOUNDS!!

It was like Tails was fighting a wild animal with an empty stomach. Surprisingly despite the man's skeletal-figure he was stronger than he looked.

"Rrgh Shadow! Do you read me?! There's still survivors, I repeat there are still survivors!"

Meanwhile at the Church hill's G.U.N base

Shadow, after hearing Tail's just stated report and the footage of him having a struggle against the crazed individual took off his headset for a couple of seconds. He turned his attention to one of the G.U.N soldiers closeby.

"What the hell is going on? You guys reported that there were no survivors except for the target on the brief operation report."

"There weren't any. Maybe a flaw?"

Shadow grumbled from the incompetence of the so called "military"? He quickly put his headset back on just as the footage showed Tails on top of the man, swinging his 5th punch that knocked him unconcious.

"Tails, there has been some miscommunication. There are still survivors in that facility."

Tails was slightly out of breath. Barely got out of there to without a shave. Good thing he knew how to break fingers and how many punches it would take to knock out an ordinary person without killing them. He got off the bleeding knife wielding maniac.

"Gee how did you figure? The crazed psycho with a knife or the crazed psycho with a knife?"

Ouch, Shadow didn't realise how much of a smartass Tails has become now that he was older?

"Save your smartass remarks for later. The target is definetely nearby...Tails? Tails do you read me?"

Back at the base, for some reason it felt like there were some communication issue between Shadow and Tails. All he could hear was light static.

"Uh sir? The transmission got cut."

"S*t, get the transmission back on now!"

"We would if we could but our communication tech got fried to hell. We can't do anything unless we replace it, which would take approximately 15 hours."

"(What the f*k am I doing here? Tails don't you dare die on me.)"

Tails tapped at his earpiece since all he could hear was static and junk.

"Shadow?...Shadow?! Goddamnit, just what I need. (Just what I expected to happen.)"

"All around the Mulberry Bush,

The monkey chased the weasel.

The monkey stopped to pull up his sock,

Pop! goes the weasel."

Tails quickly turned his head to the happy, peppy singing voice, pinpointing it at the second level's double doors that leads to the administrative wing. They flew open and in walked the slapping of bare feet. The singing voice continued.

"Half a pound of tuppenny rice,

Half a pound of treacle.

Mix it up and make it nice,

Pop! goes the weasel."

Since Tails didn't activate the device he was sure that clouds of suicidal thoughts would inject itself instantly, but it didn't. Instead he felt warm and strangely fuzzy. The figure that entered bowed their head in a manner of a showperson.

"Thank you, thank you. What a great audience you all were. Oh and you to ahem As-Salaam-Alaikum ("peace be unto you" in arabic. Standard salutation in Islam) and welcome."

"Hava'mi...you're Hava'mi the dog aren't you?"

From Tail's observation and from his research (on google the little cheat) Hava'mi was of the New Guinea species of dog. The tan fur with gold on the side of her neck, the black muzzle, and the white tipped tail? Yep, he definetely had the right one.

But he wondered why the file Shadow gave him back at the hospital didn't give all that much description of her except for the photo of just her face, her height which was 5'5, and her weight $%#% (You thought you would get the chunky weight!)

It was strange to him...he'll have to question that later. She was actually still wearing her straight jacket with the sleeves being free, long as crap as expected.

"Yep yep I'm a puppy, woof woof! Wait if I'm a puppy then I can't sing and if I can't sing I can't make people smile."

Tails raised his brow.

"Smile? Did commiting a mass suicide ring make people happy?!"

Hava'mi tilted her head like she didn't get the nature of that question?

"...What suicide? That never happened, just people who appreciated my talent went to sleep...strange how they haven't woken up yet?"

Seriously? Tails didn't know if this one was playing ignorance or maybe she's just a psycho killer?

"Either way, I have to take you down. This place is already surrounded by G.U.N soldiers. There's no where to run."

Hava'mi gasped.

"Now why would I want to get out of heaven for?"

"...Heaven?"

"Yes heaven! Allah has given me this paradise so I can spend my days fulfilling my dream of being the singer that my father wanted for me...since he's dead."

Tails slowly stepped forward while keeping his guard up. Even though she's disracted by her rambling Hava'mi could still strike at any time. Just keep her talking.

"But aren't you aware of the blood all over the place? All those people died because of y-"

"I DIDN'T DO IT!!!...Oh? you were talking about now? Oh no I can tell that they are asleep by the way they can't breathe."

Bingo! Just what Tails expected to happen. Hava'mi's jade eyes shrunk to pricks for a second, making her snap just as he predicted. It was a gamble but "Because of you" bit worked. He was still a little guilty for lying to Shadow though?

He never came to this facility to fight her. But he had to make it seem like he was going to and by the looks of it when his communicator malfunctioned Tailsdoll did his job.

5 minutes ago

"Blech ptooi Tails lied to me, wires don't taste like spaghetti at all."

Tailsdoll was flying back home after completing his objective that Tails told him to do. To shut down the G.U.N mobile satelite and visual connection feed.

"He didn't even give me a treat since I couldn't enter the building. That asshat owes me barbeque chips."

Present time

Now knowing that he isn't being watched Tails exhaled a breathe of relief. Now to enact his next plan of action.

"Hava'mi, I know what happened at Church hill Cathedral."

Hava'mi tilted her head, confused.

"Church hill...Cathedral? I don't know what you are talking about?"

The scary part was that Tails knew that she wasn't feigning ignorance. There would be no gain from lying.

"I know that you were deemed the prime suspect of the bombing in that Cathedral. 23 people died there."

Hava'mi's ears perked up.

"Ohhhh you mean when I was in hell? That dark memory was beginning to unfog itself. All that fire around me and that specific number keeps popping into my head."

Tails reached the steps but Hava'mi jumped elegantly into the air and landed on the railing with perfect balance. He quickly climbed the stairs so he could catch up in case she tried to escape.

"The smoke that was burning my lungs, the burns on my skin...it didn't matter anymore. It was all a test, a test from Allah himself to show live and recieve paradise for my devotion!"

S*t, she did lose it long ago. But with Tail's knowledge of the past he can hopefully stop this from spreading.

A few hours ago

"I'm going out."

Tails adjusted his utility belt he always wears when he goes out. This time this trip became personal for him. Tailsdoll was watching two male ninjas fighting eachother while holding back their sexual frustration for one another.

"Well just make sure you have $100 bills."

"For what?"

"So the strippers will notice you."

Why did he respond with a question to Tailsdoll's s*t?

"It's not that kind of trip!"

"Sure, sure whatever floats your boat."

Before Tails could go out the front door he almost forgotten something, a precaution to be precise.

"Tailsdoll? Later on I want to follow me when a truck picks me up later. It's uhhh food truck and supposedly they have spaghetti inside it's wires."

Tailsdoll paused the show right where the ninjas packages were touching eachothers with the subtitles saying "No Homo" at the bottom. He was at full attention.

"Make sure to go into the truck with a satellite dish got it?"

"If I get some spaghetti afterward then f*k it I'll do it."

Tails had a sly smile on his face.

"Great, don't be late alright?"

Afterward Tails found the original publisher to the article and gave him some interesting information. They were willing to help since they recognised Tails as the kid hero seven years ago. One of the info he recieved was how Hava'mi and another person were actually the only people that was in that incident...the other person was a...

"If only that was true Hava'mi."

Hava'mi turned her head to Tails.

"What do you mean?"

"You thought for so long that it was your fault that your friends died during the bombing and you were the one who caused i-"

"I DIDN'T DO IT!!! Ah...where are these outbursts coming from?"

Tails leaned over the rail, trying to show off some if his cool factor. But he fell over then got back up. Yep, he's definetely losing points for that.

"The drugs you were taking were blocking your memory and replaced it with your beliefs of what happened that day? In other words, overwriting your memories."

Carefully reaching into one of his pouch pockets Tails took out a photo of a man with a long black beard, a black turban on top of his head of black locks of hair.

"Look at this photo. You recognise him don't you?"

By the looks of her face full of shock her momory was back enough to recognise that man in the photo.

"That's right, he's Abdul Farber the bomber who commited that bombing attack.

End of part 2