"So you're the one responsible for all of this, huh?" The fox's voice called, cutting the once thick silence. "You're the one that had killed my friend? You're the one that left me alone to face the nightmare of this mechanical tyranny?" He asked, to which the robot gave no response. "Answer me…" he growled dangerously.

The robot just stared back, speaking no words, just preparing to strike. The fox shook his head. "So I guess the fat guy didn't give you a voice. Then again, I guess you weren't designed for talking. So let's just get this over with." He said, winding his tails up behind him ready to spring forward.


Sonic and Sally arrived at the building where they had entered the city earlier. It looked like there was a group waiting for them as Bunnie, Rotor and Tails were there. The little fox's face beamed when he saw the blue hedgehog come in. "Sonic… Aunt Sally!" the little one cried as he ran up to them and they hugged each other tightly. They were just as glad to see the kit that they'd never see again, but that was how being a Freedom Fighter was. "Didn't we tell you to stay in Lower Mobius hun?" Sally asked as a sudden after thought.

The kit nodded and looked down, "I'm sorry Aunt Sally, I just got worried." To which she hugged him again. "It's ok," she said, "We're safe now." She looked up. "Where's Knuckles?"

"Roy took him back to Lower Mobius, he was injured on the way here." Rotor stated looking back toward the tunnels.

Bunnie looked amongst the two and noticed there was someone missing. "Where's Selim?" She asked.

Sonic looked back toward where they came from, and nodded. "The Chaos Emeralds seemed to have chosen him over me this time. So he's gonna put an end to that tin can once and for all…" He said as he wiped a tear before it formed in his eye, he knew Uncle Chuck was gone, and this time it was for good. No derobotization would work when the old personality of the one man who was like a father to him was gone forever… yet another casualty of this damned war. He would have cried, if Tails wasn't here, he just couldn't let the kid see him down like that, cause if he did then the optimism that had lived in the little fox's heart could vanish forever.

Tails was confused when he heard what Sonic said, "You couldn't beat him Sonic?" He asked, looking up at him as the hedgehog looked to the distance. Sonic shook his head no, his head lightly down in disappointment.

"Sometimes you find someone who is much stronger then you are T2, you only hope that they are your friend and not your enemy…" He smiled and put a hand on the kit's shoulder turning to look him in the eyes. "Luckily for us he is a very good friend."

Tails nodded, that hope returned to his eyes, that spark that made him who he was.


The older Miles moved forward at blinding speed, the robot was ready to fight though, after all that's what it was programmed to do. As the punch came in the robot slid his left foot back and put up his right arm to defend the blow. As the punch hit the block the hand pushed away the punch with the momentum it came in at, leaving the fox's stance open to counter attack.

The metallic hedgehog coiled up into a ball and spun at amazing speed causing a shock wave to lash out at the fox. The vulpine was thrown up into the air harshly, but easily recovered using his two tails, landing on a nearby building. "That's Sonic's move…" he said to himself. Whatever this thing was it knew Sonic's moves, and that block, it was one Knuckle's defensive stances… but this thing never came across Knuckles. What the hell is going on? The only explanation could be the Robotnik picked up their data from the battle they had and put it into computer data.

It didn't matter, he actually felt excited by the challenge of fighting something of such skill. He didn't know why, he never felt such an enjoyment of challenge that Sonic did, he was usually far more wishing just to fight and get it over with it. The power of the Chaos Emerald might be going to his head. He shook it off, just get through this fight, and don't enjoy it, that'd make him as bad as the robot, the one who lived to fight, then again he might have been too late. He had been fighting his whole life… maybe this was also his function…

They weren't the same however, they both fought for different causes, his fight was for freedom, and always would be, and their fight was for enslavement, in the extreme sense of the word. The loss of free will, to never feel the freedom of flight, to which he felt was the ultimate liberation, to soar across the skies and feel the wind flow through his fur. He knew what it would be like if he was all metallic, he already felt it in his left hand. Cold, emotionless, unable to feel the breeze flow over it, he could imagine that same numbness throughout his entire body. To prevent that was something that was worth dying for, and fighting for.

He glared down from the ledge at the robotic figure. His strains of head fur danced across his eyes as the winds blew threw the wind tunnels of alley ways. The robot that used to be Uncle Chuck stared back, ready to attack, or counter whatever it deemed necessary. The fox looked about, but keeping his senses tuned toward his opponent. "So where's your great master? Why doesn't he come out to fight me himself instead of using a puppet?" He asked to the wind.

"Because I'm not stupid…" came a voice, a high pitched voice, the fox jumped and turned around, not really expecting a response. There were computer terminals inside the building, each displaying a picture of the short green pointy nosed human, Snively. This was another surprise; he had expected the big round guy… but now that he thought about it… ever since Doomsday, when Robotnik had supposedly died there had been a gap when he made his next appearance, which never happened before. The explanation now was clear; it was all an act, his true enemy was hiding behind the guise of the old adversary.

"You?" The fox said, unable to see the robot charging him from behind, however the human did and held up a hand, to which the machine stopped. The vulpine turned to see that the master had stopped the puppet. He was confused to why he stopped the attack as he dropped his guard, obviously he wanted to speak, probably gloat, and he'd listen, he needed many questions answered.

Snively was the first to speak however, on the display he looked pretty scratched up, he was on that ship when it crashed Miles knew, his nose was scratched and a few swollen bumps were visible on the bald forehead his eyes narrowed as he talked. "So the little twerp has grown… into a very bothersome pest, even worse then the hedgehog…"

Selim frowned; Snively knew his identity, that wasn't something he counted on. Then again, two tails and orange fur were kind of a dead giveaway, no offense to Sonic. Though if the short human knew that he was Tails then he probably also knew…

"The one thing I can't figure out is that when I tested your DNA I got no feedback of abnormal growth. Also you said to Sonic something that rather concluded my suspicions…"

Then another video played, one from the robot, its view was blacked out by the debris that it had fallen into, but the audio from the conversation was still clear. The fox's own voice talking to his friend Sonic whom he had just revived. . "Sonic, please, let me handle it ok, be with Tails and the other Freedom Fighters, they need you… do it for me, you owe me that much…", then the hedgehog's followed, "Alright Selim, or Miles, I'll do that for you, make him pay…"

The display turned back to the pointy nosed human as he grinned, "The only conclusion is that you traveled back in time… you will tell me how you did it, or you will die right here and now."

The fox looked down and laughed darkly, "Even if I did know… you think I would tell you?" He said looking up, "You're even dumber then your uncle, Snootly."

"The name's Snively you little twerp, and don't you forget it, because it is the one this world will call master soon…" He said lowering his voice, trying to show he was unafraid, which was pretty easy since he wasn't in front of him personally.

Miles was done talking to the human, "Not until the last Mobian spirit breaks, and that force alone will take an eternity to defeat." He growled before pulling out his wrist laser and pointed it at the screen, "I bore of this talking…" He said and then fired, the screen shattering into bits effectively ending the conversation.

As if that was the cue it was waiting for the metallic hedgehog burst through the wall behind the vulpine and wrapped the cold metallic arms around him. Caught off guard, Selim had to think quickly; luckily he had two long tails to help him get out of the grapple. He pushed out with his tails and the robot held on with the best of its ability but its grip was slipping. With one final push with the tails the fox got loose and started to turn back around when the robot grabbed at one of the vulpine's namesakes and squeezed hard trying to keep him from turning around.

Selim growled as he felt a pain rise up through his tail, and he whipped at the arm with his other tail jumping and using both feet to kick back at the metal chest. This was effective causing the robot to stumble backwards and let go of the tail. The vulpine rolled over quickly and got back onto his feet using his tails to spring himself up quickly. He then sprung forward at the robot and he spun around smacking the robot with his tails, with a loud crack sound the metal hedgehog flew out the hole he had jumped through to enter the room. It fell down with a loud crash, the vulpine looked out through the hole and saw the metallic body laying there. Selim sighed as he looked down and jumped the wind whipping through his fur as he fell down to the street below. He had to use his tails to slow down his decent, lifting his head up so he didn't snap it. Then he looked back down as his fall slowed and he landed on the street, and just as he feared the body was gone.

He looked about the streets, he knew he shouldn't have taken his eyes off of his opponent, but unfortunately it was necessary, the sudden slow down would have cause his neck to break if he kept it looking down. Now he was in the middle of the street, in the open, his opponent could be anywhere. He kept his eyes peeled around the street, leaving no stone unturned, how was he able to flee so quickly? Suddenly there was a blur that came out of the left corner of his eye, moving in behind him quickly. The vulpine stepped back and to the right swinging his left fist back as swung around. It came in contact with a metal clang, luckily he hit it with the left hand, if he hit with his organic one it probably would have gotten crushed, then again it seemed that in this form obtaining injury was much more difficult. Now that he thought about it that bear hug the machine had him in earlier would have probably crushed any Mobian. The robot hit the ground

He was thinking too small, this power he had could go much higher, make him much faster and stronger, he just had to utilize it to his advantage, use the strength. He kicked the downed robot causing it to roll a good ten feet before it pushed itself up quickly getting to its feet. It then evaluated its current situation, standing there noting that the opponent was a challenging one. It would have to use some more advanced skills. Its legs began to change, its stature lowering, what looked like wheels coming out of the appendages. Suddenly it sped off, the fox growled, it wasn't going to get away, it was still a threat to Sonic, and he would do anything he could to stop it from completing its mission. He wound up his twin tails and blasted after the robot, being able to keep up easily, but not going too fast in order to not lose him. "You can't run from me, so stop trying." He shouted as he chased the robot.

The robot ignored the fox, but instead started to try and shake the fox by ducking into alleyways, but he wasn't able to shake him, he could have gone even faster if he wanted. Then the hedgehog ducked into an underground bunker of some sort. Blindly the fox followed him into the bunker and was met with a sudden darkness. The light off of his body from his super form let him see only about a foot in front of him. He stopped as he realized his mistake, the metallic skin would blend into the darkness, while his bright power enriched skin would be like a beckon.

He cursed as he looked around, using his vulpine abilities to try and hear any movement. A sudden crash echoed down the hall causing the vulpine to spin around suddenly. The sound reverberated off the walls; the room was square, and probably pretty much empty. He wouldn't be able to track sounds easily either, as he realized this he swore again. He didn't count on the robot fighting intelligently.

Suddenly he was pushed from behind harshly, causing the fox to fly forward. The vulpine spun around to see if he was still there, and he was met with a cold hand around his neck, and was slammed into a wall. The red eyes glowed in the dark as Miles felt himself being lifted of the ground. He felt himself starting to be choked. He cried out, but the only thing that accomplished was his cry echoing off the wall and coming back to his ears.

000000

Ouch, sorry that's it for this week. Hate to cut ya in the middle of a fight, but that's what I do, everyone hates the author. Anyway, next submission coming your way on April 4th. Hey this story will be done with in about a month... scary huh?

There seem to be more reviews coming in, thank you and keep em flowing. Only one review to comment on this time, the one from Kemious. Though I don't want to get into too much detail, I will tweek the curiousity by saying, no the young Prower has not gone Super Tails. The events that occured so far are mainly Satam based + S&K3 (Which he did not go super in, only sonic did, for the first time, decided not to do a fic on it since that adaptation is overdone, and the game was solid enough with a storyline.) Metal Overlord hasn't happened yet, now the next question that comes to mind is, how can Tails be almost 12 now, and 8 then? I've got an interesting answer to that, but it'll come in due time, as I said, not going into TOO much detail.

Till next time, I'm out.