---------Chapter Two: Response

In the brush of trees of the Mystic Ruins was a small grouping of houses, some of them just built to accomadate the growing number of mobians around there. The one at the top of the hill belonged to the hero of Station Square, Miles Prower, who was currently outside cleaning up the Tornado two for the weekend.

The golden furred fox lightly wiped a moist cloth around the door of the Tornado two, now in its roadster mode. He sighed lightly, he always loved that thing, and would always love it, it was how he met Sonic, he was how he saved him too. He hoped that someday he would be able to put the design of the Sea Fox in the Tornado, since it could travel by land and air, he thought it might be useful as a ship as well. The Sea Fox...he missed that ship, but it hasn't been seen since he came back from Westside...Westside...

He suddenly looked down , reminded of that he felt a sudden rush of sadness come over him. He dropped that little wax cloth and sighed lightly, but something caught his ears, making them perk lightly. He blinked, looking back to his house. He was hearing beeping though his ears from his communicator, his old one not aboard the Tornado 2. He rushed inside, going downstairs in the workshop to a bulky machine in the corner of the room.

He shoved some papers off the machine before he pushed in the respond button. Not knowing who might've been on the other end, he muttered lightly, but out of breath. "Hello?"

There was a silence on the other end, the silence lasted for several minutes. Eventually Tails grew tired of waiting for a response and started back upstairs, but as soon as his foot hit the steps, he turned around to the sound of a voice.

"Hello? Hello? Are you there Tails?" The voice was soft, a female for sure, but it was firm enough to be heard even from there.

Tails made his way back over to the communicator, with a shaky paw he lightly moved his paw around the receiver, a square peice which worked much like a Police Radio. He wanted to wait a second, he didn't recongize the voice, it could've been anyone. But something drove him into him, he moved the receiver up to his muzzle and said. "I'm here, who's this?"

"Tails, you won't belive what happened to me!" The voice flowed from the box, only distortion though the receiver was from the static. "I could go on forever about what happened to me when you left the island Tails..."

The young fox's eyes widened slightly to that, with his free paw he moved to grab a crate and pull it under him, he felt like his knees where about to give out. He breathed lightly, it couldn't be her, he seen her 'die' years ago. "...Foina?" He finally managed to say it in the receiver.

"Tails, its me..." That statement came out a little breathed, a playful sigh came from the other side of the receiver. " I want you to come here Tails, I miss you so much..." There was a light whimper behind her voice, like she was being sincere with her voice.

Tails was cautious about it, he fell to that soft voice before, it almost killed him the first time. But this was someone he did truely love, robot or not he did love her before. He thought for a minute, ignoring the light calls from the comminucator before he smirked lightly. " Tell me where you are Foina...."

In another part of Mobious, in the city of Robotropolis, there was the sound of sawing though pure metal heard. The blue hedgehog landed on his feet, looking around with a little whince. He turned around and looked at his friends who were hidden in a alleyway. "Hey guys, its nowhere near safe for us to attack out here!" He yelled that to them with his paws wrapped over his muzzle.

Sonic didn't understand it, it seemed like smooth sailing for the Freedom Fighters just a week ago. He had come up here from Station Square to help them along on thier missions, but ran into some tight-knit SWATbots in the last few days. He turned his head, and his eyes widened slightly before he fell down to his knees. A lazor shot over his head, making a good sized dent in the wall behind him. Sonic slowly crawled over towards the alleyway, too low for the SWATbots to aim. "See what I mean?"

The brown furred girl looked over to her friend and sighed lightly, shaking her head before looking back to the Fox and Rabbit that accompained them. "I'm sorry guys, we'll try again tommarow..." The two nodded and she looked back to Sonic, and then out towards the Alleyway." Sonic, you can go on back to Station Square...I'm sure Tails and everyone misses you..."

Sonic looked back to Sally and nodded lightly. "Okay Sal, I'll check in on them and come right back...I don't think you all could hold down the homefront without some extra help anyway." He smirked a little as he seen Sally frown, they've been fighting alongside for years, but with Sonic's recent move to Station Square they haven't been around each other as much.

Sally shook her head lightly, a light smirk comming across her muzzle soon afterward. "Well okay Sonic...but I do know one thing for sure..." She backed up a little towards the walls as a group of SWATbots moved by the alley. "Robotnik's up to something...and its gonna be big..."

Tails was about to get ready to go to Westside Island, packing a backpack full of stuff he might've needed for the trip. He was so eager to go, he didn't even remember to leave a note for Sonic of where he was about to go. The Tornado 2 was converted over to plane mode one and packed with everything, even a fake Chaos Emerald that might come in handy with whatever he might face down there. Even though he wasn't going to face Robotnik on this trip, he had to remember that Robotnik's badnicks were still down there at his old base.

He slowly moved into the cockpit of the Biplane and looked over his shoulder at his workshop behind him. He was still having second thoughts about what would happen when he got there, the last encounter wasn't so pleasant as he remembered...

-Five Years ago (It was either Sonic 28 or 29...)

Tails was sleeping peacefully when he was awaken by a nice haunting voice, he opened his eyes lightly to see Foina was over him, smiling faintly. But he also seen what her tail was covering up, it looked like it was a large branch, like a log. His eyes widened lightly and he sat up. "What are you holding behind your back?"

The girl kept smirking, but brought the branch around to meet her left hand, lightly batting her palm with it. "Reasurance Tails..."

Tails moved to get up, but found his gave looking back into her eyes, those souless eyes prevented him from making a move. So he shuddered lightly before asking. "Reasurance for what? You know...I'd do anything for you..."

Foina lightly shook her head, her eyes lightly closing before she sneered. "But this is a very importaint something Tails...a something that would change your life...so we can always be toghter..." She tilted her head up , her eyes opening, but they weren't the same, they were glowing like the lights of a flashlight. Tails backed up slightly, bumping into the log he was resting his head on after seeing those eyes, he still couldn't get up, he couldn't understand it, it was as if he was paralized. "I want you to be robotized...just like me..."

Tails tried to jump up, for her eyes flashed as soon as he got up which forced him back into the sand. He wasn't able to mutter a word, the robotic girl charged at her with that branch raised over her head. He finally got it, a idea, where he curled his tails toghter and flew in the air. He looked down below to see that Foina just slipt that solid log in half using that branch.

Foina looked up at him with that dematic smirk still on her muzzle. "Come on down Tails...after you join the club, I can love you to Death!"

-

Tails closed his eyes lightly, thinking about that brought that sorrow to his heart again, and he let out a light sigh. His paw was across the ignition key of the plane, which made his paws twitch again. He then opened his eyes, looking out to the runway and the ocean which laid ahead. The sun reflecting off the blue waters made his eyes lightly twitch, but he knew what he was doing.

Biting his lower lip, he turned the plane's engine on and moved his paw over to the steering rod. He grabbed hold of it tightly and pushed forward the lead the plane to the end of the runway, where it lifted off the ground and into the air, heading towards the island where she waited for him.

Foina turned off the aged communicator, looking back towards the alter where the body of her robot duplicate was held. She shuddered lightly, she couldn't stand the sight of that place, something about that thing haunted her. She turned her head lightly and looked out the window, her hands lightly in front of her. So it was going to happen, she was going to meet the one that Robotnik wanted to catch using her body. She sniffled lightly, her black nose lightly wiggling at the end of her muzzle before looking down. Just like Tails, she didn't know what to expect from the other, or if she would like it. So she slowly moved down, to sit down in the darkened room alone with her sights on the ocean ahead, watching the waves aimlessly bat against the shore...