There will always be a free planet Mobius, but there may not always be a free planet Mobius Z. The reason is that when Shadow the hedgehog accidentally discovered and shattered an ancient gemstone, the Cataclysmic Emerald, he unfortunately released the seven spirits of a dark demon named Catalyst, who had been sealed away for 6000 years! Shortly after their escape, Necronos, a master of purity magic, summoned seven heroes of Mobius: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Vector, Rouge, and Espio. Necronos explained to them that the seven of them were, in their past lives, the seven apprentices of the White Wizard, who originally split Catalyst into his seven entities. He then bestowed upon them, the same magical powers, and cool wardrobes they once had so long ago.
Soon, our heroes learned that the spirits had taken refuge on the new planet Mobius Z, which was made up of all the Zones that had once existed on Mobius. Necronos sent the seven of them to the planet, while he stayed behind to keep the spirits' increasing negative energy at bay. So far, Espio, Rouge, Vector, Amy, and Knuckles have each defeated one of the Catalyst spirits, and recovered a shattered piece of the Cataclysmic Emerald.
And last time, as you may recall, Tails was in search of the sixth spirit in the Sky Sanctuary Zone, only to have suddenly be warped to the Wacky Workbench Zone. And right where I left off, Tails had answered a strange phone call form a voice saying he had been waiting for him………LET'S CONTINUE:
Tails hung up the phone, feeling very freaked out. "Who the heck was THAT?" He then perched himself at the edge of a platform overlooking the wide, mechanical warehouse. "Whoever it was must be somewhere in this Zone. I'd better find him before he finds ME!" With that, he grabbed his staff, and began to hover around the higher altitudes of the Zone (which were mostly blocked by vertically dangling steel bars).
He was about to rest when… "THREE STAR STRIKE!" Tails stopped, and watched as three shurikens flew right in front of his face! "WHOA!" Tails looked around. "HEY! Who threw those?" He looked to his downward right, and saw what looked like, Espio! He was standing on a lower platform. Tails was glad to see a friendly face. Well, sort of. "Hey Espio! If you want to get my attention, how about just shouting to me next time! You almost got me with those things!" But Espio didn't answer. He just stood there, glaring at Tails angrily. "Hey Espio? What's the matter?" He still glared at him, not moving. "Hello? What's wrong with you?" Suddenly, he leaped up into the air, and looked like he was about to attack! "HEY WAIT!" It was too late. "STRIKE OF THE TEN STARS!" Just then, one shuriken heading straight toward Tails turned into ten! They all hit him head on! "AAAAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Tails fell onto another platform. He was hurt very badly. He slowly opened his eyes, and saw Espio looking down at him. "Wha-what are you DOING? I'm on YOUR side, remember?" But then, Tails took a closer look at Espio. His costume and body was pitch black! And his eyes were glowing bright red! "HEY! YOU'RE NOT ESPIO! WHO ARE YOU?" He still didn't answer. He just gathered his strength, and kicked Tails right off the platform! 'WHAM!' "HEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYY!" Tails began to plummet down toward the electrified floor of the Zone.
Now off-hand, most would believe that Tails would be fine, because landing on the electrified floor of the Wacky Workbench Zone would simply shoot someone high into the air. But unfortunately, at the rate Tails was falling, in his weakened condition, there was no chance that he would survive the fall! Knowing this, Tails tried his best to gather whatever strength he had left within him. 12 seconds until impact, he focused all his remaining energy on his tails, and they began to spin. Just a little more effort and he could fly upward to safety. 6 seconds until impact! 5……Tails' eyes opened wide. 4……He tightened all his muscles. 3……His tails began to spin faster and faster. 2……And… 1…………… HE MADE IT!
Tails sharply flew upward away from the floor! "Whew, I'm OK!" he said in relief. But he wasn't relieved for long, for at that moment the dark Espio figure was flying right toward him and………FLYING? He must be an imposter! Tails knew now that he couldn't hold back anymore. So as he flew up toward him, he removed his spiked headband, and used the same attack he had used on Shadow back in chapter 4: "BOOMERANG BLADE!" The headband spun like a saw blade, and hit the shady figure head on! 'BAM!' "AAAAARRRGGHH!" The figure, not being able to hold his position any longer, fell right passed Tails! When Tails had finally reached a platform to rest, he looked down at his opponent. He watched as he fell farther and farther down the Zone until he disappeared from sight completely!
Tails couldn't help but wonder, "Who, or what was that?" But before he could think of an answer, he heard a faint humming sound. Tails turned around and saw…a void! It looked like the same one that had warped him to the Zone in the first place! "Oh, no you don't! Not again!" But just like last time, the force of the void was too strong to resist again, and he soon disappeared inside it once more! "AGH! WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO MEEEEEEEEE?..." As soon as Tails disappeared from sight, a sinister laughter filled the Zone. 'Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha………"
So now what? Tails has once again disappeared, the rest of the team has yet to find him or Sonic, and what about the mysterious imposter? Is he really gone? What do YOU think? Be with me next time! R&R!