Problem was, even though the gun was building up power - Something was holding the Metal/Fox hybrid back. Was it the fact Sonic loved him? Was it the fact he was fighting the machine-like orders?
Something was effecting him... And Sonic knew he had to reach his buddy. Somehow...
"Tails... You mean a lot to me." Sonic whispers, then, when he didn't hear the gun fire - He chanced a look to the metallic fox. Tails did, in fact, under all the metal - Look extremely conflicted.
"I know its hard for you to hear, but listen. What say we leave here... Go and talk this out like the reasonable-"
"SHUT UP!"
Tails shook his head violently as several machine-like noises whird and whistled in his ears. "Shut up! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" He screamed, tormented by the repeitious orders given over and over again.
Sonic glanced to the corner where Shadow had reappeared, this time holding a yellow Chaos Emerald. '...Of course!' Sonic thought and nodded at Knuckles.
Sonic looks to Tails who turned his gun away from Sonic's neck and fired into the tree's - Sending thousands of tree's to the ground and/or vaporising them.
"Please...No more..." Tails' whimpering machine/normal voice kept repeating over and over.
Sonic could feel nothing but sadness for his best bud, after everything the Doctor did in the past - This took the icing on the cake. Everything was full circle when Dr. Robotnick did this...Eggman...Ah, what did it matter - Tails was hurting and Sonic... He almost didn't know what to do.
Tails felt his reality completely crumble as he fell to his knees. "I...I can't..." A huge beeping series of noises emitted from his liquid collent which ran central to his heart started to change colour and it even showed on his skin/metal plating.
"I can't hurt him...Not Sonic...He's my brother..."
Sonic looked to Shadow who threw him the Yellow Emerald, walking towards Tails and catching said Emerald, Sonic knelt onto one knee in front of Tails. "Buddy...Look at me."
Tails looked up without a question - Almost immediately Sonic could see the battle his best bud was having. "I can't help you right now... But I can try to ease the connection between you and the Doctor...Alright?"
Tails lowered his head slowly. "It's too late for me...Right Sonic? I mean... I practically ordered Shadow to murder Rouge...I can't be helped...Not after that..."
Sonic was facing a very difficult challenge here. Should he use the Emerald's healing power to sever Dr Robotnick's link to Tails? Making him a free "robot/fox hybrid"? Should he use the full power of the Emerald to shut down Tails for good? Or should he pretend that he's dead?
Knuckles looked over to the base where all of a sudden more lights started to eminate - Probably robots wanting to know where their new companion - Metal Tails was or to hunt down Shadow and terminate him...Either way, they were running out of time.
"I thought I told you to wake me up!?"
"It is 06:39 Doctor. Not 08:00 like you asked."
"Hmmm... And the Fox? Is everything going according to schedule?"
"That's where its difficult, Doctor. See... Metal Tails is already heading to the last known location of Sonic The Hedgehog."
"Without my authorisation? Who did authorise it then?"
"Doctor...Shadow authorised it. Said he wanted to hold Stage 4 until he got back-"
"Great... Alright, move to stage 2. Override Metal Tails' brain and control him to return to base - Immediately."
"Very good Doctor."
Rouge slowly shifted as she came around. "Owwww...Shadow hits WAY too hard..."
She saw someone with a green and white dress looking at her/healing her and she immediately widened her eyes. "What are you doing here!? You're supposed to be de-"
"Shhhh. No talk. Rest. I have a fairly good idea of what's happened. Leave it to me."
Rouge nodded. "Thank you."
"No problem."
Knuckles looked towards the lights that were starting to get closer. "Sonic! We're running out of time!"
Sonic placed a hand on Tails' shoulder. It was cold to the touch, but it was still somewhat warm... What the Doctor had done...Was beyond forgivable. He would curse that Doctor...That...Piece of filth.
"What the Doctor did is something I can't ever forgive. Look at this Tails."
Tails looked up and his metallic blue eyes caught sight of the Brightly shining Yellow Chaos Emerald that pierced through his entire soul and almost severed the link between the machine part of Tails and the Fox part.
"Sonic..." Tails whispers again.
Sonic smiles at Tails with a warm expression on his face. "I'll visit. I promise you this. Just remember, whenever you feel lonely, I'm never far away. Alright?"
Sonic winks at Tails who offered a small mechanically somber smile. "Thank you...S-Sonic..." He whimpered.
Sonic nodded and looked up, noticing a lot... And Sonic KNEW it was a LOT of robots...Led by... Sonic could feel his blood boil - Metal Sonic.
"Experiment #513, come back."
Sonic stood up and threw the Emerald over to Knuckles who put it away in seconds - Shadow disappears thanks to Chaos Control. Knuckles used the underbrush of the forest that wasn't destroyed by Tails' gun to escape.
Sonic growled. "I should tear you apart...ALL OF YOU!" He screamed at the metallic robots. He shakes his head and feels a tug on his shoulder, he looks down and notices that Tails was basically offering him a way out.
"Get going. I can't control myself for much longer...Go Sonic...Please..." Tails mumbled.
Sonic was NOW conflicted - Should he stay, and help his best friend or go and hide/cursed to battle not only Metal Sonic and the Doctor, but...His best friend as well?
'Sonic go. I'll handle this from here.'
To Be Continued...
