Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic The Hedgehog as that belongs to SEGA. Two characters that will appear in this chapter I do not own as they belong to DIC. As I have not played Sonic Advance 2 or 3 fully, I do not know if a relative of Cream's that appears in this chapter was mentioned and explained or not.

Doubts and Messups of a Young Fox

Written by Luigi The Echidna

Chapter 2: The war between a team and their former ally begins

I grunted as a red, black and silver robot in a nurse outfit gave me some kind of injection. I never really liked shots anyway, but at this point I didn't really care anymore.

"The shot contains various proteins and nanomachines that enhance your fighting abilities by increasing your strength in the muscles of your arms and in your tails, plus some circuitry mixed in with the protein gives you the flying stamina of a machine. You no longer need to land and rest" I heard explained to me in a female voice.

"The flying stamina of a machine eh?" I thought to myself, grinning.

I sprang from the bed and walked out of Robotnik's medical bay,headed towards the control room for my first mission.

On the way out I checked myself in the mirror. I wasn't the yellow, innocent-looking kitsune I once was. Instead, although my fur looked the same, I had robotic implants across the right side of my face that had slowly started to develop. I was also wearing a punk kind of outfit with two red Robotnik symbols on the arms. I assumed the implants had come from the shot, as I hadn't recieved those before I went into the medical room.

"This biker outfit looks kinda cool on me," I admitted out loud to myself.

Even though the implants supressed a certain kind of my thoughts from being spoken aloud or kept in my head for long, I still had doubts about joining with Robotnik. What if he was wrong? What if I was wrong?

I very quickly shook it off,as the implants would have forced me to anyway. Sonic hated me now, so I would have to live with that. Robotnik is my new friend now so I had to obey him.

I continued walking towards the control room. What I saw was a very active emerald green corridor complete with dull grey titanium-armoured figures and crimson red lights coming from the floor.

Badniks and SWATBots were busy either doing maintenance repairs or walking down the corridor. Suddenly a Heads-up display displaying schematics of the area I was in, data on robots or lifeforms that were near me and a targeting scanner rapidly began replacing my normal eyesight. I got a complaint from one of the badniks that a lasersight that had come out of my right eye blinded them temporarily though.

"This must be a new feature from the implants" I muttered to myself.

The doors to the control room chamber opened, revealing a room with many console panels and at the front was a huge window overlooking the dark and grim city of Robotropolis, the room wasn't very lighted though. Robotnik sat in a chair in front of the huge window, he spun his chair around so it faced me.

"Ah, Tails. You're looking well rested, good. I need you in tip-top shape for your first assignment," He explained to me.

Even though I was thinking "Oh great, what chaos has he got for me to perform?" what came out was, "Of course Master Robotnik, explain your orders"

"Hmm well, observe the screen for a moment,"

He span around in his chair and pressed numerous buttons on the console he was facing, and the view of Robotropolis became replaced with a very familiar old-looking town...

"I need you to hover around this area to check for any resistance while Grounder and Scratch place various detonation charges around it. Then once they have completed their task, I need you to lower yourself down and fire upon the village. Apparently, this place has a very skilled person I need to obtain for experiments. Data of him or her has been transferred to your HUD"

"Him or her? You don't even know what the gender of the person is?" I asked curiously.

"No, unfortunately." He replied.

"Sounds simple enough" I replied enthusiastically. I could do that very easily with an intelligent team of robots, but Grounder and Scratch weren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed.

"Wait hang on! That's Cream's town!" I quickly realized, not voicing it aloud.

As soon as I finished that thought, the familiar daylight blue chicken looking robot known as Scratch and the emerald green mini walker known as Grounder walked out of a door to the right.

"So, your vileness-ness, who are we working with for this new assignment?" Scratch had asked Robotnik in his very annoying scratchy voice, his voice higher pitched then what it was normally though.

Robotnik let out a "him" and pointed to me.

"Oh, hullo new partner" Grounder greeted to me in a deeper voice then normal, I turned to him and I think I freaked him out. Because then he spoke.

"WHAT! That Tails brat's workin fer us now?" He asked, sounding alarmed.

"Yep, that's the deal. Oh and Tails, stop by the control system on your way out. I took the time to record the data of each chaos emerald while they were in my captivity, perhaps they will be useful to you" I heard Robotnik explain, what would emerald data be useful for?

I had slapped myself out of utter stupidity.

"Duh! To make fake emeralds with like I did 2 years ago!" I thought to myself, it was suprising that the implants let me keep that thought in my head for a while.

I nodded and thanked Robotnik, I walked out the door then headed to the one on my immediate right.

The room seemed like a computer room, monitors full of green, blue and red data streams were around me. I had turned my attention to the terminal at the far right of the room, I had pressed buttons on the keyboard as the login sequence began.

"Please enter username and password" I heard it talk to me in a male non-emotional voice.

"Wait a sec..I don't have a password" I thought to myself, wondering why Robotnik didn't give me one.

I got my wish it seemed as my Heads-up-display displayed my name and the word "destruction", which I presumed was my name and password.

I typed those four words in, and the terminal began loading up. Numerous words and numbers came up on the screen, and my HUD came with each indvidiual data, I read it aloud as it loaded.

"Emerald Colour: Red

Element power: Fire

Stability of data to use: Minor glitches.

Data code: 000x0031313xy7424

Emerald Colour: Yellow

Element power: Electricity

Stability of data to use: Unstable - Use with caution

Data Code: Elec9426012

Emerald Colour: Cyan

Element Power: Ice

Stability of data to use: Stable

Data code: 000001x000002"

This continued until all seven data batches were downloaded and I automatically logged off from the data terminal. I heard Robotnik's voice over an intercom next.

"Say Tails, you're creative aren't you? Why not make a new weapon with that emerald data you just downloaded? The gun is already created, you just have to load the data into it"

"Yeah sure Robotnik, but where IS the gun?" I asked back.

"It's right next to the terminal, just transported it in" I heard him say before the communication ended.

I walked over to the gun, it seemed to look like an ordinary laser blaster rifle with a glass compartment. Which I presumed were to store the emerald that the gun is currently using the data of, and a keypad to presumably insert the data code in.

I wondered what emerald to use, I could not use electricity because it's unstable, fire had minor glitches. So I decided to insert the Ice download code. The mini screen on the keypad showed a black bar slowly filling up the green area of the bar with blackness. While the bar was filling in the glass compartment the cyan emerald was slowly materialising, until all of it became visible and the glass comparment became filled with ice. I put the rifle into the shotgun-holster across my back.

I walked out of the terminal room and headed towards the hangar down the hall, what I saw in there had me completely suprised. There was a plane that looked like the Tornado X, I thought it was that for a second but it looked closer to find it was a plane that looked similar to it, but instead of the plane being white with black, red and yellow across it it was basically all black with a bit of red added onto it, with Robotnik symbols all over it.

I whistled with admiration, Robotnik really does have fancy ways of pleasing his servants. I opened the overhead compartment and entered the cockpit. The compartment closed behind me and suddenly as if it was triggered by me sitting down, the controls become activated and I was greeted by a montonous female voice that immediately uttered "Welcome Miles".

"Wha! Who said that?" I asked, looking around in utter confusion.

The female voice replied to me, 'I am AFSM. Automated Flight System Machine. You can configure settings on the fighter jet easily by just asking me to perform various commands."

"Ah okay..AFS, can you not call me Miles?" I asked politely

"That is the default name I have registered to call you, my master. However, tell me what I should call you and I will register it as the default name." She replied to me, yet again showing no emotion.

"Just call me..Tails."

"Your default name is now registered to Tails."

I heard a bleep, it didn't take me long to realise that was the intercom. I was about to press it but it seems AFS activated it for me. The screen showed Eggman in a chair. "How do you like what I've done with the Tornado X?"

"It's all just..wow." I said, still in shock of how technically advanced this was.

"When you started to work for me, the implants you got gave me the schematics for the Tornado X. So I decided to build you a new one" Eggman replied to me.

I let out a "thanks". Eggman just then said "Shut up and start your mission" then the intercom went dead. I really liked the Tornado X when a human called Chuck built it for me back on Earth, mysteriously it came over here. But I really lik this version better. I sighed and started to press a few buttons while speaking,
"AFS, configure all systems ready for lift-off"

The female voice replied, "Engines: Online. Configuring all weapons systems for maximum effiency..cloaking device online...miniature eclipse cannon online, vulkan cannon online. All weapons configured. Beginning ascent."

As it ascended, what AFS said had me in complete amazement. A miniature eclipse cannon! I thought due to the power of that cannon, it was dangerous to use. Eventually the plane started lifting up and started to automatically fly towards the target destination.

As it was flying, I was seriously reconsidering and was going to turn around and go to Sonic but as I was about to press the nessecary buttons to change course I started to feel a sharp jolt of pain in my head. It was the implants again!

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Eggman's voice uttered in my head. I grunted and just sat there waiting for this new Tornado to get there.

"Oh by the way Tails, this has a warp mode you know if you want to get there faster." Robotnik explained, once again in my head.

"Wow..okay, thanks Robotnik. You got a name for this thing?" I asked curiously.

"I call it...The Tornado X-E!" He exclaimed proudly.

"What does the X-E stand for?"

"Extra Evil"

That last remark from Eggman had me sweatdropping, I began to speak to AFS.

"AFS, activate warp mode" I ordered.

As if to carry out the order, the middle control panel began illuminating some buttons and the plane began moving at break-neck speeds. The G-Force of it was so powerful I had to hang onto the handrests to avoid flying out the safety compartment.

Eventually I managed to get to Cream's village. I quickly pressed a button and suddenly the ship, from the outside started to turn invisible.

"Ah ha, playing it safe eh Tails?" Eggman asked gleefully in my head.

"Yes." I replied.

"Wait for Grounder and Scratch to contact you, in the meantime check for Sonic and OR one of his comrades"

I nodded and began a routine patrol around the town, I flew around in a circle. As far as I could see, Sonic didn't appear yet.

This patrol went on for a number of hours until I finally got a call, I pressed the intercom button.

"What?" I asked rudely over the intercom

"Yo, Tails-brat..we..er...er...the explosives..y'er see..." Grounder muttered.

"Spit it out, Grounder" I demanded,for the love of...was this going to turn into a repeat of the emerald mission?

"The explosives..y'er..see...we er..picked up...duds." He finally finished.

"YOU WHAT!" I cried down the intercom. I'd should've known they screwed up this mission. I sighed in aggrivation, punching the intercom button in frustration and Eggman chimed in with a new tip.

"Your orders have been changed. Screw the patrol, open fire on the village. I suggest now should be the time to test out that minature Eclipse Cannon. It won't destroy the town but is capable of destroying entire buildings" He explained.

I sighed in agreement and pressed a couple of buttons, the ship had gone out of cloaking mode and I moved the ship towards a better firing position. I fired a shot from the eclipse cannon, it's multicolored particle streak of light hit a wooden house nearby. Upon impact, it exploded and started to catch fire. The orange flame caught my eye, as a wave of guilt washed over me. I committed my first evil act...but strangely, it started to feel good. I began flying my ship around and began to fire upon many of the huts, they caught fire. I saw many animal creatures varying from chickens, rabbits, walruses even more foxes fleeing in terror. What have I done?...I quickly shook my head again as the jolt of pain came back.

Finally I flew my ship until a very familar target came about..through the window I could see two familar faces and one unfamilar one. One was a rabbit wearing a red dress with what looked like a white shirt collar, she was short. The other familar figure looked remarkably liked the short one, but she was taller. She had red hair in between her rabbit ears and was wearing some kind of purple maid outfit.

I recognised both as Cream and her mother,Vanilla. The other figure was another rabbit except this time it was a male. He was wearing some kind of jogging shirt, his arms were a hell of alot of muscle and he was wearing black jeans. I heard another chime on the intercom, I pressed it to see who it was.

"That's our guy, go and get him" Eggman stated.

I set the Tornado X-E down where it wouldn't be seen and pressed the cloaking device, lifting up the safety compartment I climbed out and set down onto solid ground. My legs felt slightly numb from sitting down for too long, but I proceeded to walk carefully and quickly towards Cream's house. Once there, I quickly pressed my back against the wall and listened to the conversation through the window, all with worried tones in their voices

"Aw Papa, can't you just stay just a little while?" I heard Cream say

"No Cream, I cannot. My destiny is on the road, you and your mother can handle yourselves just fine. You two have to get out of this village" I heard a deep-gruff voice say, which I guessed was the male.

I thought now was my best opportunity to strike, pulling out the blaster rifle still with the ice element I leapt into the house via the open window. I pointed my blaster at the trio, all three looking shocked.

"Oh, I believe your destiny is you're coming with me, sir" I said, delivering an evil grin.

"Tails?..What's going on?..." I heard Vanilla ask me, a slight worried tone in her voice.

"Let's just say..I've finally discovered where my alliances truly do belong." I said, trying not to show the guilt and the remorse that had suddenly appeared.

"I don't know who you are sir, but you are intruding in my home and I am going to have to ask you to leave. Or I'll have to force you out by force" The male then said to me in an aggrivated tone of voice.

"I wouldn't suggest you take that tone of voice with me" I immediately demanded, then I fired the blaster rifle into the air at a nearby light on the ceiling. The ice cut off the flame from burning and providing light, and the room became engulfed in a sheet of absolute darkness.

Cream started sobbing a bit..and that really had me going there. Before I could say I was sorry, Eggman immediately chimed back in.

"Freeze Cream's father and bring him to me."

I pointed my gun at the male figure, from what it looked like in this darkness, he looked as if he was ready to fight me. He charged at me and I quickly fired the gun in self-defense, he was turned into a frozen rabbit statue.

"Tails! Why are you doing this!" I heard Cream cry, sobbing.

I ignored her and lifted the statue up barely. It was straining on my shoulders. I proceeded to walk out of the house but little did I know, a certain blue hedgehog I once knew found out what was happening and was running up behind me...

CHAPTER 2 ENDING

This chapter has been a long time in the making. I hope this one is just as good as the first one, but I don't think it came out as powerful as I intended it to be..Chapter 3 coming up soon