The Cater-Killer stood tall, towering in front of Sonic with an enormous shadow hovering over him. The blue hero's scowling gaze switched up to the giant-robotic caterpillar that produced a soft, eerie sound to receive chills and make someone's blood run cold. However, for Sonic, a cocky smile came plastered on his face once again.
Sonic had already come charging, still smiling at the enormous Cater-Killer when it saw the blue hedgehog coming, lifting its mouth directly to chomp the speed demon down. Sonic then used his legs to break into a skid and leaped into the air, the caterpillar-based robot's teeth missed within seconds.
The cobalt speedster spins up the Cater-Killer and knocks in a flash the head of the Super Badnik. The Cater-Killer saw Sonic come for the next attack and gnaw at him. But Sonic ran around the Super Badnik, trying to keep up with the speed of the Blue Blur.
Sonic ran up to its face with a sly smirk. "Hey, tin-brain! You can't catch me!"
Then in a bright blue steak, Sonic disappeared, taking the Cater-Killer by surprise as it looked left and right, trying to find the blue hedgehog. But it didn't know Sonic was right behind the Cater-Killer, as Sonic looked to see the metal containment unit again.
"Okay, time to see what's inside this sucker here." Sonic ponders before jumping up to press the capsule's switch.
Destroying the capsule door open, it released almost ten critters inside.
"What the...?" Sonic said, merely taken by surprise as his eyes quickly landed on the source of the chirps and yips.
He had freed all sorts of woodland creatures that were captured by the Badniks. When the Cater-Killer glanced forward to review its captives, it detected that the capsule was shattered open by something or someone.
The Super Badnik overheard Sonic's voice from behind, "Yo, Chrome-Dome. I'm right behind you."
The Cater-Killer crooked around to see Sonic smiling mischievously at the Super Badnik. It had enough of the pestering blue speedster, making a complete fool out of the Cater-Killer. Sonic suddenly jumped and landed on the Cater-Killer's head, still beaming at the enormous robot, and then plans on doing a slap on the wrist.
Sonic did an act of pulling down one lower eyelid and sticking out the tongue, saying, "Nyaaaah!"
That action suddenly made the Super Badnik incredibly furious, so angry that it didn't distinguish what it was supposed to be undertaking as it elevated itself up to catch Sonic.
As the automated robot swung down the cobalt hedgehog who was taunting it, Sonic galloped up and out of the way from the head. Although the Cater-Killer didn't lash out upon the speed demon, it seemed to bounce the Super Badnik's left eyeball as it branched off and dumped itself on the ground.
"Buh-bye!" Sonic yelled to the Cater-Killer as he was making a run for it.
The Super Badnik had just about enough humiliation from the cobalt speedster.
It accumulated itself with one swoop and started to pursue Sonic into the large clear area. The Cater-Killer performed an enhanced jump to try while evading anything ahead of him but to no avail.
With a mechanical roar, the Super Badnik lifts itself and directly down to where Sonic supposedly remains. The ground exploded upon the impact with the energetic sound of the Cater-Killer, creating a smokescreen, which made the Super Badnik believe that he blew away Sonic the Hedgehog.
But then again, it was sorely mistaken when Sonic came out of the smoke in a spin attack, charging straight for the Cater-Killer. In the spinning ball of destruction, Sonic was snickering as he got closer to the Super Badnik.
"You know, now that I think about it..." Sonic trailed off as he bounces over the Cater-Killer and onto its middle side. "...aren't you guys eventually supposed to evolve into a more majestic and peaceful insect?"
The Cater-Killer glared at Sonic with one red eye, and its purple spraypaint looked pale and had dents in it. It hissed slowly, and its body jolted upward underneath Sonic, causing him to get hoisted into the air.
"Okay, guess not." Sonic thought with a deadpanned manner before twirling around, "Oh well, such a cruel fate of the Super Badnik! Let's end this!"
The Cater-Killer tried walloping at him until the Blue Blur shattered through its head, leaving a gaping hole through the center of its entire body.
It sparked instantaneously and was about to blow sky high.
Eventually, the blue ball rushed itself from above, ripping through from out of the Cater-Killer's end. The Super Badnik detonated into billions of pieces as an impenetrable cloud of smoke originated from the explosion. Just like before, several woodland critters popped out of their prisons and scampered away for their lives.
Oddly, one shadowy figure came falling out of the Super Badnik's shattered peak.
As the smoke slightly cleared, what remained of the Cater-Killer, was now a pile of smoldering metal and parts. Sonic slowly emerges from the smoke behind the demolished Cater-Killer, gazing upon the other critters with a serious, yet confident look.
"Heh, too easy as a piece of cake," Sonic said to himself until he crossed his arms with a sigh of dissatisfaction. "Though, that went faster than I wanted it to. And I'm already bored now-!"
"UGH!"
A feminine voice urged out of nowhere as Sonic's face features perked up in confusion, turning his head to the side as his eyes scoped over to see another mobian.
"Ugh...ow...!" the female mobian groaned, who struggled on one knee while rubbing her head in a slight headache.
Sonic blinked before reflecting in his thoughts, "Hey, she's not a critter, she's mobian. I would give that drop a solid five, but maybe she shouldn't try landing on her face next time. Better go see if she's okay."
As the female mobian picks herself up and tries dusting off, Sonic walks right over to check on her. His eyes soon caught onto the sight of a quiver full of arrows strapped around her back. Seeing this now, Sonic finally recognizes where the bow from before had belonged earlier.
"Hey, uh, Red? Are you all right? I found this bow on the ground nearby in case it was yours." Sonic asked, still cautious about his actions and words around girls as he held out the ranged weapon.
"Yeah, I think so. Thank you for finding my bow." The girl said as she then turns around to face Sonic behind her. "That was amazing of what you did!"
"Oh, thanks a lot- Ulp!" Sonic trailed off before he went blank, witnessing a hormone charge on what the girl's appearance divulged.
She was a female chipmunk with dark auburn hair that connects a stripe down her back and ended on her tail. The girl's face had a lighter brown patch where her blue eyes settled, and her cheeks were smooth and rounded. Her attire was an open blue vest that matched the color of her knee-high boots, followed by a white tank top and denim shorts. And just like Sonic, she sported white gloves as well.
"Holy moly." Sonic pondered in his thoughts, feeling uneasy inside his heart for some reason.
The chipmunk girl stood out like a diamond in the rough. Her beauty was unmatched by any other girl Sonic has ever seen before. The sun's rays skipped along the slender curves of her figure, making her fur glimmer, and her hair flows in the breeze. Despite the simplicity of her apparel, Sonic couldn't find it in him to pull his gaze from her.
The chipmunk girl seemed like she was waiting for him, "Um, are you going to give me back my bow?"
"Oh. Uh, here you go!" Sonic murmured a bit before speaking up as he handed the bow over, which the chipmunk girl finally accepted.
"And my name's not Red, by the way," she smirked challengingly, putting a hand on her hip while handling her bow.
"Hehehe! Sorry about that, miss." Sonic replied, scratching the back of his head nervously.
"Well, that's okay." The girl said before continuing, "It's nice to meet you! And since I'm almost positive that it's not Blue..."
Gradually, she then held out her hand towards the blue hedgehog, expecting a handshake.
"...what's your name?" was her next question.
Sonic subtly noticed the girl's hand in front of him, which makes Sonic's expression quick enough to change back to a smug default as he playfully grasps her hand.
"Sonic the Hedgehog!" he said, followed by one of his signature smiles.
"Oh? Haha! Well, I can certainly see why!" she inquired, a smug smirk written on her face after shaking his hand.
"Heh! Yeah, I know." Sonic smiles warmly before speaking again, "Speaking of names, I never caught yours, miss."
Catching her attention, the female chipmunk proudly introduced herself, "My name is Sally. Princess of the Acornia Kingdom. But for now, I am a field leader and archer of the Knothole Freedom Fighters."
By the time Sally mentioned her status, contentedness had left Sonic's mind again as it recalled his fight with Dr. Robotnik. He had told the cocky hedgehog that King Acornia got tricked by the mad genius, and now the King's daughter was standing right there, making him almost feel uncomfortable.
"How do you tell someone that you are the reason for bringing a crazed egghead into existence and changing their kingdom as a complete nightmare?" Sonic puzzled this thoroughly until he became sore for a bit, his expression seemingly vague.
This feeling began to distraught Sonic inside his mind, searching for the right words to say to the princess before him. But overall, Sonic did his best to keep up the selfless act before nodding.
"A princess in archery, huh? No surprise there, I guess," Sonic said with an optimistic grin, which caused the tomboy girl to look away with a small blush.
"Hehehe! Oh, it's not so much as great overall, but at least it keeps the Badnik troops away. It took me a couple of years to master the qualifications, but you know." Sally stares off into space, unsure what to say other than her abilities.
They both then gave each other an adoring look even though the pink blush heated Sally's cheeks.
"So, Sonic. Are you the guardian I've heard about from onlookers? The one that can travel at such speed extremely quickly?" Sally asked with a smile.
Sonic blinked for a second before sticking by his smug demeanor, making heroic gestures. "The one and only. But sometimes I'd like my title to go for the Blue Blur! Or maybe, World's Fastest Hedgehog! Am I right or am I RIGHT, princess?"
"Well, they're rather on the nose if I do say so myself." Sally sounds amused at each of those names, reaching a finger forward to boop Sonic on the nose.
Making him grin bashfully, Sonic scratches the back of his spiky quills as he could only laugh a bit, "Hahaha! Of course, I'd already known that, though."
Sally adopted a thoughtful pose for a brief moment before she smiled at Sonic. "Well, thanks again for saving me, Sonic! I-"
A thought came to her mind before gasping, "W-Wait, oh no!"
"What's wrong?" Sonic began, looking a bit confused while Sally looks away.
"I forgot about the others!" Sally said, becoming more worried than usual as Sonic watched.
"Others? You mean you came here with more people?" asked Sonic, tilting his head in confusion before he saw the sad look in her eyes.
"The other Freedom Fighters! They were captured and probably put into one of those Super Badniks like me!" Sally explained, looking back at Sonic.
With that said, Sonic began to process all of this information down, recognizing his decision to help the princess. After all, that's what heroes do for others.
"Well, I don't know who these Freedom Fighters are, but if you truly need my help, I know a lot about smashing Badniks now." Sonic shrugged, he rubbed his nose notably.
Sally couldn't help but blink as luck would have it before slowly smiling, "W-Would you? Because they could be as far as to one of Robotnik's strongholds right now!"
Sonic waved a hand to dismiss Sally's vexatious manner, "No worries, Sally. I'm going to help you get your gang back together from Ro-Butt-Nik, and we'll make sure he bothers nobody about it either. Besides, for a hero like me, it's what I do from now on!"
More stunned silence followed before Sally began smiling like she hadn't for a while. Just as things got a little more staggering than usual for Sonic, he immediately felt two arms wrap around him and got placed for a hug from the archer princess herself. Sonic made a small squeak and instantly kept his arms in place.
"Aw, thank you so much, Sonic!" Sally said as she expressed gratitude to Sonic for aiding her on this mission. "You don't know how much this helps!"
Sonic felt sudden as he proceeds to handle this strange feeling he hadn't felt for long; compassion, adoration, and love.
The speed demon himself had never experienced a hug for years along after, so he couldn't help but smile at this. Sally's euphoric and hypnotizing scent felt powerful, and her body was delicate and smooth. Sonic never knew how much he took a big liking to girls, but still, this was his first time seeing one so beautiful up close. After a while of feeling bedazzled by the princess's beauty, Sonic looks at her for a bit.
"Aw, it's no big deal, Sal." Sonic blurted that nickname out before he stopped talking for a bit.
But it was too late, as Sally gave away from the hug along with a raised eyebrow. "Sal? That's a new one for someone you've just met." she teased.
Sonic laughed a bit, rotating both his hands in a circular motion, "Hehe! Come on! Everybody has got to have a nickname once in a while, right?"
"Hehe! Right." Sally giggled slightly before clearing her throat to get serious about this, "Okay, we should better get going if we're heading to Scrap Brain. It's one of Dr. Robotnik's metallic laboratories."
Sonic rolled his eyes towards Sally. "Yeah, I suppose you've got a plan of some sorts to where we're heading, Sal?"
"Yep, I can have Nicole scout our destination towards Marble Bridge," said Sally.
"Nicole?" asked Sonic, tilting his head in puzzlement.
Not before long, Sally takes out an upgraded handheld device from her left pocket. "This here is Nicole."
"Scan Complete. Unknown Subject Detected. Confirm Identity." Nicole announced in a monotonous voice.
"Fancy toy you got here," asked Sonic, blinking a bit by the time Nicole crackled to life from Sally's gloved hand.
"For your information, Nicole's not a toy. She is a highly advanced artificial intelligence whose database of knowledge, hacking systems, and several included sensors make her helpful in our fight against Robotnik." Sally rolls her eyes away from Sonic as she then proceeded, "Nicole, deactivate security protocol and register new ally identification for Sonic."
"Sonic the Hedgehog." The blue hedgehog smirked with pride.
"Registration for Ally 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Complete."
Sally then closes Nicole and puts her away, "Then it's settled. You are now a part of my allies, Sonic."
Sonic crosses his arms. "I'm not letting anything else try and slow me down, you know."
"Nothing's quicker than a direct route, so try not to be so impatient, Sonic," Sally informed with a smile, though she still was exasperated.
Sonic grinned, bowing down like some pretend butler while pointing towards her direction, "Well, then by all means," he jeers. "Lead the way."
Sally rolled her eyes with hilarity for the speed demon's foolishness, walking past him. Sonic then begins to follow alongside the tomboyish princess, both of his hands wrapped around behind his spiny-quilled head.
Sonic's thoughts from before had stayed in place and how much he allowed his curiosity to get the better of him. His eyes remained fixed on the ground, as he puzzled Dr. Robotnik's past actions with him being a part of it all. The mad genius made his move and took just about everything away from an abundance of mobians, especially Sally, to which Sonic had now met due to the situation currently.
How was Sonic going to tell Sally about his experiences with what used to be Dr. Kintobor? Would she react in outrage? Maybe sympathy?
The speedy hero himself would have to find out when the time comes.
"I've also wanted to find out if you know the whereabouts of my father, King Nigel Acornia. My mother and brother as well too. Their names are Clarissa and Elias, in case you need to know. You must have traveled around Mobius with your skills. Have you heard anything?" Sally questioned.
Sonic felt his eyes jolt from the chipmunk girl's inquiry, exhaling before he looks up and itches his ear. "Well, uh, it's not that I've met the King myself or in some parts from here. But to be honest, not really! Like, I don't remember coming across any dudes wearing crowns. Not even queens or princes either. If I see anybody like them, I'll make sure to get them all back for you."
Watching the blue hedgehog shrug dismissively, Sally sighed in understanding as she nods, "Thank you for telling me, Sonic."
"Eh, no prob'!" Sonic winked at her with a smile, looking the other way during the walk. "So, how'd you and your posse get here on South Island anyway?"
"Well, here's the thing," Sally answered, continuing as she pulled out the handheld computer again. "Nicole had detected some strange energy signal from this place. Me and my friends, Bunnie, Antoine, and Rotor, went along on South Island here to try and find the energy signature."
Tugging out from behind her, Sally eventually pulls out what seems to be a red Emerald. "That's when I found this gemstone in which Nicole told me that it was a Chaos Emerald. The next thing I knew, Robotnik appeared out of nowhere and placed my friends and me into various Super Badniks. I was lucky enough to hide the Emerald from Robotnik's radar, thanks to Nicole blocking the sensors."
Sonic paused, eyebrow raised while he scratched his ear, remembering back to what Dr. Robotnik mentioned to him. "Chaos Emerald? I've been hearing some weird mumbo-jumbo recently these days. Just what the heck are they anyway?" he asked, crossing his arms.
"That's what we are about to find out," Sally answered, opening her handheld computer. "Nicole, reexamine what a Chaos Emerald is and exhibit any of its properties."
"Reexamining, Sally..." For a few seconds, Nicole beeps, activating, with many buttons lighting up. "The Chaos Emeralds are seven gemstones and mystical relics. Those that maintain each Emerald utilize their capabilities for a diversity of forms, such as powering machines and having control over nearly infinite power. Overall, further research has yet to become discovered."
Sonic gazed with awe when his eyes rested upon Nicole, feeling astonished by such mysterious power existing anywhere on the planet. Furthermore, Nicole emits a spherical holographic display, showing each Chaos Emerald. On the other hand, Sonic couldn't help but remember back when Dr. Kintobor had obtained the grey Emerald for its use that could've brought enough energy for Mobius. Though, it had only changed for the worse.
"Each Chaos Emerald comes in different colors, such as the following: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and grey. They were believably inactive within misconceptions created on the South Island." Nicole droned, finishing her explanation.
Sally puts a hand on her chin, "It must be why Robotnik wanted the one I had."
Sonic remained convinced that Dr. Robotnik wasn't going to stop these hostiles and calamities, despite that even if it's not going to stop the spiky hedgehog. Moreover, Sally might discover more about him back then throughout this new adventure of theirs. That's just the feeling that he's willing to pull off.
"No doubt about it, Sal," Sonic added, tapping his foot with a stern look. "If Butt-Nik's in search of these Chaos Emeralds, that must be why he's on South Island here..."
Suddenly, Sally felt herself getting lifted off her feet and sees Sonic carrying her bridal style.
"Sonic-!" Sally gasped in surprise.
"...and if my hunch is right, there's gotta be another Chaos Emerald up at Marble Bridge. So, who cares about walking there, princess. We'll be taking the Hedgehog-Speed-Station, and you're my first customer yet!" Sonic grinned as he kept her balanced in his arms, causing her to wrap around his neck. "You ever wonder what it feels like to be a bullet, Sal?"
"Well...n-no? What does thaaaaaAAAAHHHH!" she trailed off before shrieking.
Sally didn't get the chance to finish her sentence after witnessing Sonic, who finally tapped at that rate of momentum and began zipping across the pathway with Sally screaming through high speed.
"Yeah, that's pretty much everyone's answer." Sonic pondered with a cocky smirk, racing down the trail to exit Green Hill.
Back in Robotropolis, the battle had been witnessed by Snively in front of the computer terminal. He couldn't believe it was a mere hedgehog destroying all of his uncle's work. Although not to say that it was mere, the hedgehog had superhuman speed and agility on his side.
"Sir. The hedgehog has destroyed the Super Badnik Cater-Killer and freed the princess." The short man reported.
Dr. Robotnik was already on the line with Snively, receiving the video playback from the Cater-Killer through the Egg-O-Matic's monitor when the image suddenly ended in violent static, signaling the Super Badnik's destruction. And especially Princess Sally's freedom. Snively knew that Dr. Robotnik wouldn't be pleased and dreaded telling him the horrible results.
A dark frown wrinkled the supreme dictator's face onscreen, "Give me the report on those other Freedom Fighters, Snively. And I want to know which Super Badniks they are stored in."
Snively keypunched in a few instructions into the network and reviewed the green document with texts on the monitor.
"We only have three other mobians in use for our Super Badnik Horde, sir." the small human answered.
"I'm listening, Snively." Dr. Robotnik said, his dark voice echoing onscreen in the quiet control center.
"You see, they are currently in their positions within each variant that have gotten selected. One Super Badnik shall be patrolling our small Badnik forces in the Marble Bridge; a Newtron to be precise." Snively said, uploading an image on Dr. Robotnik's hover-pod as he purred with slight interest.
The picture on the Egg-O-Matic's monitor revealed an enormous Newtron Super Badnik enrolling itself throughout the Marble Bridge's area. The Newtron was a chameleon-based Badnik that is useful to camouflage themselves. Other demonstrated abilities can include spitting balls of energy from their mouth and granting them flight.
"Then, another Super Badnik will be upholding the Spring Yard; a Crab-Meat as per se," Snively repeated as he uploads yet another image for Dr. Robotnik to inspect.
Thankfully to the evil doctor, Crab-Meats became capable of shooting projectile balls or homing missiles from their claws. They are all built up and stored inside their pincers, which can also get replaced with rocket launchers if needed.
"The final one should already get initiated at the Labyrinth Jungle, a full-sized Jaws to give that hedgehog swimming lessons." finished Snively, who closed his eyes and smirked with pride.
Dr. Robotnik had also heard about these submersible shark-based Badniks. They became specialized in underwater patrols, and they are excellent swimmers, thanks to their fin propellers. On the plus side, the Jaws can use lethal bites from their sharp teeth.
During that talk, Dr. Robotnik crossed his arms with a smile. "Oh, this is good. Very, very good indeed," he whispered.
Dr. Robotnik's thoughts suddenly concocted onto something else differently. And just like that, he began tracing his fingers that transcribed repetitively over the cockpit's keyboard. The doctor punched in a secret combination code, setting something up at a competitive rate. Perceiving that Sonic and Princess Sally will become dealt with sooner or later, Dr. Robotnik decided that Snively will have something else to do until needed.
Dr. Robotnik's smile widened at the next thought before he stated, "Snively, I have a new assignment for you."
Both eyes became bug-eyed as the small human faced the evil doctor. "A-A new assignment, sir?" he questioned, hinting at a surprised tone in his voice.
In response, Dr. Robotnik hummed and sent a composed file for Snively on the monitor. "Here is a copy of my future project yet to come at a later time. I want you to find out as much as you can about the object inside. I expect its location, history, or anything else that may become valuable to me," he ordered, watching Snively browse through the file onscreen.
Silence came across Snively's mind when he paused, before asking, "D-Doctor, where and how is this possible?"
Dr. Robotnik had already ended the call.
Snively groaned from the annoyance of his uncle's rapid foolishness, soon to ignore the thought as the small human went over the file briefly. The addled expression on Snively's face while his eyes scanned a section within the file's expository texts. One part, in particular, included a dwarf planet, appearing every so often above Mobius.
Just before Snively's mild curiosity could progress onward, a yap comes from the other side, letting a silhouetted figure show up out of nowhere and in front of Snively, startling him. A small, canine-like robot, bearing a resemblance to a goofy-looking Chihuahua, sprung up onto the counter that began to pester the long-nosed man.
The dog was yellow-orange and grey. The head is unevenly the same size as its body and has large eyes, a metal muzzle, a thin tail with a metal sphere at the end, and a pink tongue.
The robotic dog gracefully jumps over to Snively, who groaned to himself in such discomfort. "Oh, must that brat's creation always annoy my precious time!"
Swinging his office chair around to the side, Snively yanked the scared canine-like robot off the counter and shouted, "Have I taught you nothing? I said, KEEP. Your STUPID mongrel. On a LEASH!"
Soon, somebody stepped out of the shadows, revealing a youthful male fox. If anybody had looked closely enough, he mysteriously appears to have a unique mutation of two tails instead of one. Mostly having yellowish-orange fur, there was also snowy fur around the boy's muzzle, chest, and the tip of his twin-tails, finalizing with blue eyes. For attire, he had a pair of rust-colored goggles over the three strands of hair on his head, a dark-blue hoodie with red short sleeves, white gloves with a gray band around each wrist, and red sneakers with white toes and cuffs.
He was none other than a boy genius with a heart of gold and a frown on his face.
Miles Prower.
"He has a name, Dr. Snively! His name is T-Pup! And he's not a stupid dog!" Miles crossed his arms, glaring at the small man who quickly tossed T-Pup right at him.
Miles gasped as he used both of his twin-tails and spun faster than a helicopter to catch T-Pup in his hands, gently comforting the trembling robotic dog.
"You don't have to be so mean, Dr. Snively," Miles grumbles.
"Whatever, I have a task to begin." Snively turns his chair back to the counter, nastily commenting. "Go off and get your work dismantled as always, Miles Per-Hour!"
As Snively grew to laugh cruelly at that snide nickname, Miles scowled at the small man before blowing a raspberry at him, "A brooding midget, that's what you are."
"WHY YOU LITTLE-!"
Before Snively could retort back to what Miles had just told, the young fox soon curiously pointed at one of the computer monitors. "What's Dr. Robotnik been up to, Julian?"
Snively turns his head to point a thumb with a grumble, "Our Badnik numbers have been declining because of a mere blue hedgehog, one that can travel at supersonic speed. I told my uncle about the dangers there could be, but he whisked them off like it was no big deal! That miserable toad."
Miles soon zipped in front of the monitors, "You mean the Blue Blur!? I knew he had to be real!" The young fox said excitedly, putting his hands on his furred cheeks with sparkling eyes.
Snively raised a rigid eyebrow, "Why would you be so fascinated about something like this? That hedgehog is the reason we're losing progress worth of Badniks!"
Realizing his actions, Miles hesitantly looks away with his arms crossed. "No reason at all, Dr. Snively. I'm not used to seeing things moving so fast like that."
"Sure," Snively turned his head back into place with his files on the monitor. "The faster you can be on leaving me to finish my work in peace, you freak."
Miles did his best to ignore his second-in-command talking trash about his life. All he did was gawk up close to the monitors that exhibited Sonic himself spinning and springing all over the island, finishing off Badniks one by one with goofy faces and speedy badassery.
Besides, Miles never always enjoyed building such robots whenever Snively or Dr. Robotnik vaguely told him they were for the greater good. Unable to fret about their idea, he only focused more on Sonic's quickness. Miles' smile was wide and beaming, lighting up the space around him like an adorable sun.
"Whoa! He's so cool and so fast. Look at that spiky hair and those shiny buckles on his shoes! I want to be cool too, just like him!" The foxy youngster thinks with respect for his new secret all-time hero.
Much to Miles' disappointment, Snively attempts to shoo him away. "You'll hurt your eyes if you stand too close to the screen, pipsqueak."
"You get to do the same too!"
Snively crossed his arms with pride and a smirk, "Well, for your information, I'm Dr. Robotnik's second-in-command! We both may be working for him. But compared to me, you are a gnat."
Miles scoffed with a look of boredom, "Yeah, and you're his butt-monkey out of all best."
"Hrrrrrggg! Why are you still here?" Snively angrily stomped on the floor and pushed the young fox out of the room. "COME ON, GO! MOVE! NOW!"
"OKAY, OKAY! I'm sorry-!" Miles struggled to keep his balance before Snively kicks him and T-Pup out of the door, slamming it closed behind them both.
"Hngggh, that fool should've robotized and done away with the freak when he had the chance." Snively walks away as he angrily gets back to his recently scheduled work from Dr. Robotnik.
Back outside the door with Miles, who held T-Pup, he whimpered to his creator while he quietly comforts him. The teary-eyed fox sighed as he wiped his eyes after remembering the mean comment that Snively had told him to be true.
He was a freak of nature.
Those words stung firm within his heart because Snively was right about him. Though, the question as to "why" is something that most people would ask if they have never met the boy. Miles was unlike other mobians that are still around on Mobius.
Miles got laughed at by mobians for having two tails and often got bullied for it. He was also an orphan and had no one to talk to or cry with. The bullies would beat him up, take the food that he continually tries to eat that's mostly from garbage cans, just for the fun of it.
They would also chase him off with sticks or rocks, which is a miracle that he wasn't dead, considering he is only a child. The harsh words Miles received day-to-day whirl around his mind violently like the spin cycle of a washing machine.
"Worthless waste of space!"
"We'd all be happier if you finally just died."
"Freaks like you don't deserve life."
"Ugly two-tailed freak! How do you stomach looking at yourself in the mirror?"
"How does it feel to have a constant reminder of how creepy you are? How humiliating!"
"I'm begging you, please just jump into a pit already!"
That is all it took to be in the "rejected" category.
It was too much to handle.
Miles wanted it all to stop, but how?
The name Miles was just as pathetic to him as it was to everyone else. If any person were to say the name slowly with an intuitive hearing, it would come out as Miles Per-Hour. And because of that, the fox cub's name was ridiculed and disowned. He was also somewhat of a genius, and he loved to invent things.
But apparently, his love for gadgets and science also became considered irregular as kids started staying away from him.
That is until Dr. Robotnik came along.
Miles could have sworn he had seen the astonished look on the bloated human's face by the time he helped fix up a broken hovercraft that was supposed to be a successful test run. The young fox secretly knew that the man wanted to see what he could do since it's not every day a random fox comes up to someone and offers to help fix their brilliant invention.
Everybody should learn to never judge a book by its cover.
Miles was done in a matter of minutes, impossible for Dr. Robotnik to see one of his inventions that seemed beyond repair so fixed and renovated. It soon became decided that he would take in Miles so that his potential help wouldn't get wasted, despite Snively's harshness.
Sighing to himself, Miles walked down the dark hallway, all while staring ahead with T-Pup in his hands with a gloomy expression. How Miles wished the world would accept who he was. All because of a genetic mutation that was not his fault.
The fox smiled as he arrived at a hidden room to go inside. Once Miles closes the door behind him, the entire room were hundreds of blueprints and concept drawings littered all over the walls. In the corner was a small table as Miles placed the canine robot on said table and looked to observe a beautiful view of the sea on one of his dual computer monitors.
Every time Miles was bullied or needed some comfort, the picture of the sea with a sun setting was enough to soothe him from his misery. Miles also always tried to cheer himself up with things such as teaching himself everything he could muster as profound knowledge.
Math.
Science.
Swimming.
Reading.
Aviation.
Mechanics, of which came naturally to him.
Biology.
Anatomy.
Botany, from having to eat plants in the forest.
Plus, a kid like him learned to spin his twin-tails rapidly enough to blast off at an impressive speed and also to chop up the air quickly enough to lift off like a helicopter into the skies. Miles looked over to one of his broken inventions on the table with T-Pup and sighed.
Miles hated his life, more so than his name, which he desires to change to the nickname Tails. He thought every day about someone out there who wanted to be his friend. But he was proven wrong, seeing that the world hates him.
Miles sighed, "Why can't I be more like you? I bet you have all sorts of friends and family."
Miles stared on at his dual computer monitors, imaging the kind eyes of Sonic, who has a thumbs-up and a warm, cocky smile. Everyone he has met was either disgusted or freaked out by his two tails. No one wanted to be friends nor be kind to him. He was just a freak no one loved.
TO BE CONTINUED...