See page one for disclaimer. Believe me, nothing's changed.
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About a week later, Sonic, Tails, and Amy were at the workshop. Knuckles glided in with some news.
"Guys, I just heard Eggman was seen with some robots."
"Let's go get him!" Sonic exclaimed. They all ran to the Tornado. Sonic got into the pilot seat and started getting the plane ready. Tails was used to being the pilot, but he didn't say anything and got into the seat behind him. Knuckles and Amy got into the other seats and they flew in the direction Knuckles had indicated.
After landing the plane, the crew got out and looked around. Amy heard some mechanical sounds.
"I think Eggman is that way," she said. The others agreed and went that way.
Amy proved to be correct when they caught up with Eggman. "I'll run down there and take out the robots before he can blink," Sonic said.
Sonic ran down the hill and hit the robot with a homing attack, but it didn't even scratch the robot. "What the…" was all he got out before the robot kicked him away.
"No way!" Knuckles yelled. They ran down the hill as fast as they could. Knuckles started to attack the robot that hit Sonic, while Tails and Amy went to check on the blue one.
Sonic was already getting up, just in time to dodge Knuckles flying over his head. All the robots were still in the same condition.
"Do you like my new EK series robots, hedgehog?" Eggman yelled. He flew above the heroes in his hovercraft, out of reach of any attack. "They're made of a new titanium alloy I developed, impervious to your primitive physical attacks. And these are just a few of the millions in production."
"Physical attacks, huh?" Sonic said. He took out what looked like a light gun from a video game and shot an energy beam at one of the robots. It instantly shorted out and exploded.
Eggman was furious. "So, that annoying two-tailed troublemaker has made some new toys for you, has he?"
"Nope," Sonic said with a grin. "This energy pistol was designed, built, and now tested completely by yours truly."
Tails looked at Sonic with contempt at his words. Sonic didn't see it, since Tails was behind him, but Eggman noticed it and decided to play on it.
"Is this true? Are foxboy's gizmos and gadgets not good enough for you anymore?" he sneered.
"What? I…" Sonic started.
Eggman looked at Tails. "Face it, he doesn't need you anymore," he said. "Before, you felt like you were just a copy of him on his adventures, so you decided to use your mechanical abilities to find your own way in life. Now your 'hero' is outdoing you in that area also."
Tails felt his anger building. "Shut up," he said.
"Face it," Eggman continued, "Sonic can do everything you can do, but a hundred times better. Neither Sonic or Shadow are the faker, you are."
Tails couldn't take it anymore. "SHUT THE *!#%$ UP!!" he screamed, and started spin-attacking to robots. Powered by his rage, even the titanium skin of the robots couldn't hold up to all those repeated hits. The robots started exploding, filling the area with smoke.
When the smoke cleared, all that was visible was scrap metal on the ground, and Tails standing there, trembling. He had a bloody cut in his left arm, but he wasn't even aware of it. The fur on his cheeks was marred with a mixture of oil from the robots, and his own tears.
The others looked at him in total shock. Even Eggman was surprised. He thought that he could distract them and have his robots attack. He didn't think Tails would go in a rampage and destroy them.
The area was quiet for what seemed like an eternity, save for a light humming from Eggman's hovercraft, and the muffled sobs from Tails. Finally, Sonic broke the silence. "Tails?" he called, taking a step forward.
"Leave me alone!" Tails yelled and ran away from the scene.
So much for my robots, Eggman thought. Oh well, the hedgehog's weapon made them useless anyway. In truth, he hadn't started mass producing them yet. These were just prototypes. But perhaps I can still take advantage of the situation.
"Well done, hedgehog. You've gotten rid of your best friend," Eggman said.
"Quiet, you," Sonic said in a low voice.
"Maybe you should try guarding the Master Emerald, or…uh…try shopping for bargains at the mall! Show your friends that you're better at doing what they do, and alienate them all!"
"Hey, what's that suppose to mean?" Amy said. "I don't just shop!"
Sonic ignored her and started off after Tails. Eggman laughed maniacally and then flew off. Amy started to go after Sonic and Tails, but Knuckles held her back.
"They need to work this out themselves," he said. "We should go after Eggman and stop his evil plans."
