Author's Note: I've updated the Prolouge with some things I've gotten wrong. So please read that chapter for those minor changes.


Chapter Seven

The Birth of Super Tails

Deep at the bottom of the lake, Tails' body hit the bottom and he was still unconscious, and high above him, the Chaos Emeralds slowly sank toward the lakebed. They say that your life flashes before your eyes when you are in a near death experience.

A hot and summer day at the beach was a pleasant sight for anyone. There were six kids playing in a game of volleyball. On one side there was a light purple walrus, a light brown coyote, and brown squirrel-chipmunk hybrid. On the other side there was a light brown rabbit, another brown squirrel-chipmunk hybrid, and an orange fox. Their playful laughter seemed to spread up and down the small beach as they played their game. The walrus served the ball and it went over the net and toward the end of the court.

"OUT!" the rabbit and squirrel-chipmunk hybrid shouted as the ball went over their heads, but the orange fox ran back toward the end of the court as the ball went over his head. He hits the ball as he dove after it just before it hit's the ground in bounds. The ball sails over the net as the other side prepared to return the ball back over.

"OUT!" the coyote and squirrel-chipmunk hybrid shouted as the ball went over their heads. The ball landed in bounds at the ended of their own court. Groaning from that side while the other cheered after the ball had hit the ground. The walrus went to retrieve the ball before he rolled it toward the opposing side after he had entered the boundaries of the court. The rabbit picked up the ball as it rolled toward her.

"Your serve Miles," the rabbit said with a southern accent as she tossed the ball toward the young orange fox. The fox took his position near the end of his team's side of the court and prepared to serve the ball.

A bright flash of light was seen and we see the same orange fox and now he had a fox-like Chao on his head while they were both giving a salute. The fox, who looked no older than five, wore a flight jacket, a scarf around his neck, a flight cap, and goggles on his head. The Chao also wore a scarf around his neck, a flight cap, and goggles on his head.

The flash came from a camera and holding it was the fox's mother. She was beautiful. She had light brown fur and dark red hair on the top of her head. She had light blues eyes that matched her son's color and she wore a blue dress that came down to her knees.

"One more, sweetie," she coolly said.

The fox and Chao stood at attention and a salute again as she prepared to take another picture. She took the picture and she put the camera on a nearby counter.

"You look so handsome, Miles," she coolly said as she approached her son and gave him a hug. "It was a shame that your father had to be out of town tonight and not be able to see you in your costume."

"Chao chao chao!" the Chao on the young fox name Miles' head sounded offended.

"I'm sorry if I let you out, Ace," she said to the Chao and rubbed her face against his. The Chao named Ace seemed to like the face rub; then doorbell rings and she stopped face rubbing on the Chao. "Your friends are here. Have fun and be safe."

"I will, Mom," he sounded somewhat annoyed as he said this. He gave his mother a final hug and a kiss before he left the room and after he picked up a bag with Ace flying after him.

Our unconscious fox woke up and he quickly realized that he was on the bottom of a lake. He quickly took off from the bottom of the lake as he used his tails like a boat's propeller. Something was glittering above him and he caught it. He recognized that it was a Chaos Emerald and the six remaining ones were falling from above. He suddenly remembered what had happened before he was on the lake bed. He had been knocked unconscious by the leader of the Battle Bird Armada. Their leader was able to make it out of their falling flying fortress and was able to activate the power of the Chaos Emeralds. His eyes shifted as they sank to show that he was angry.

On dry land, the Armada's leader had our three remaining heroes captured in an orbed prison. His vile laugh continued as Sonic continued to grieve as his two friends, Mighty and Ray, tried to comfort him.

"You cannot win!" Sonic yelled at the duck with all of his anger.

"The power of the Emeralds only work for one person at a time and no one can use them again!" the duck replied, but as he said this. Something came out of the lake as if a submarine had just surfaced.

The figure landed on a rock near the lake and it was the same fox the leader had just knocked into the lake.

"TAILS!" Sonic yelled as tears of joy entered his eyes.

"But, how?" the leader stuttered. "I don't know how you survived, but I will make sure that you will perish for that!" he started to crack his knuckles as he started to approach his once thought dead adversary.

His approach was halted by the Emeralds the fox held in his hands when a blinding light came from them. The Emeralds began to hover from his hands and they began to slowly revolve around the fox. The Emeralds regained their original colors as they continued to revolve around the fox in a wobbled rotation. The fox named Tails began to levitate above the rock as the Emeralds continued to revolve around him faster and faster. Then a blinding white came from him and the Emeralds.

Standing where Tails hovered was a different fox. His fur turned to a brilliant golden orange color that seemed to shimmer in the sunlight. His eyes turned a very dark shade of blue that almost matches Sonic's color of fur. Four white orbs began to appear and to revolve around him. They began to glow brightly and started to change shape. They turned into four golden identical birds identified as Flickies and a golden-orange aura began to glow around him.

"Impossible!" the duck yelled and he was very surprised at what had just transpired.

"You only used the negative side of the Emeralds while I used the positive side. Everything has two sides: good/evil, light/darkness, positive/negative, and a yin and a yang," Tails replied with his normal voice.

The leader let out a low growl before he charged at Tails. The power of the Emeralds allowed him to fly. Tails easily dodge the attack by punching the leader in the abdomen and the leader hunched over on Tails' hand as he let out a groan. Tails then hit him with his free hand and it sent him into the side of a cliff where he left a hole in the shape of his body. The leader then came out of the hole groaning and rubbed his head from where Tails had hit him. He let out a low growl and then one of his hands transformed into a blaster.

"My body is now part mechanical due to the fact that you destroyed parts of my body along with my falling fortress since the last time we met," the leader said as he started to charge his blaster.

The leader then let the blast go at Tails, who didn't seem to have moved, and the blast hit Tails. After the flash from the blast had vanished, Tails was still floating there and he had his hand stretched out. The four birds that were flying around him were know flying making a square in front of his hand and it seemed they were making a shield that had stopped the blast. The leader then charged his blaster again but he didn't seem to have the chance to fully charge it. The next thing that happened was even too fast for even Sonic to witness. The leader had apparently been hit by someone before he could even finish charging his blaster. Tails had hit him with both fists and the force of the punch knocked the leader into the lake below with a loud splash.

The leader came out of the water with a loud splash and he was enraged at what had happened.

"I'm a lot faster than I was before I used the power of the Emeralds. So try not using your blaster on me again because it takes too long to charge," Tails very calmly told the Armada's leader.

The leader then pressed a button his arm and he vanished. The next thing that happened seemed to have taken forever to happen. The leader was nowhere to be seen and Tails hovered there with his hands crossed very casually. Tails did a back flip and when he came back to the vertical position. He had hit something and it left a rift in the ground. The leader had reappeared and he was on the ground groaning in pain.

"Don't even try using stealth on me. My senses are enhanced and you cannot hide from me," Tails again casually told the duck.

The duck let out another growl as he pulled his hands to one side and they were very close to each other. Something began to glow in his hands and it seemed to charge quicker than his blasters. He let the blast go and it seemed to be ten times the size of his hand blaster blast. The blast hit Tails and when the flash of light had vanished. Tails was still floating there and there was another force field that was made by the birds around him circled.

"My turn," Tails said and he mimicked the duck's previous pose. Tails charged his attack and it hit the duck even before he realized that Tails had even launched the attack.

After the flash had vanished, the duck had his the sleeves of his uniform torn off from the blast. The duck pressed a button on his arm and missile launches appeared on his shoulders. He locked on Tails and launched the missiles. They hit their target but Tails put up another force field around himself again. After his failed attempt, he charged at Tails but he missed and he came under attack by the birds that were around Tails. He tried to swat them away but they were on him like flies around a junkyard.

Our three captive heroes witnessed the fight but the action was too fast for any of them to even see; especially Sonic.

"Tell me that I am not seeing what I am seeing?" Mighty asked as he saw the birds assault the duck.

"I'm not sure that I can answer that Mighty, Sonic?" Ray asked.

"When the seven Chaos Emeralds are gathered together. Their power enables the user to become stronger. When I use them, my speed increases by about a hundred fold," Sonic replied, "but it seems to be different for everyone. I'm not sure how can Tails gain that many different abilities. When I hit somebody, me speed is what causes the damage and not strength."

"They are different for everyone," a voice answered and they turned to see Tails hovering inches from the ground.

"How?" Mighty asked as he did a double take as he looked from Tails and to the Armada's leader as he was assaulted by the birds.

"Like you said, Sonic. The Emeralds give their different users different powers," Tails replied. "Now let me get you out of here."

He put his hand on the orb and an electric current started to go through his hand. Tails put his own electric current through the orb and it vanished; releasing its prisoners. A bright flash was seen overhead and the four birds returned to Tails as they continued to orbit around him. The leader landed and he had scars up and down his face from where the birds had attacked him. The duck charged at Tails and Tails charged too. They both hit each other and caused a bright light to issue from them. A massive shockwave was sent out around them as they hit each other.

The bright light vanished and revealed what had happened. Sonic, Mighty, and Ray were still standing while they shielded their eyes from the blast. They saw the leader of the Armada and Tails laying on the ground unconscious back to normal. The Emeralds laid scattered around them. Sonic quickly approached Tails and he came around with a groan.

The drone of an engine was heard and a laugh. It came from the same weasel they had saw earlier and he tried to steal the Emeralds. However, they began to float and orbit in a circle before they vanished in a bright light.

"What? Where did they go?" he asked aloud.

"They vanished back to where they came from and they won't be active for another… hundred years," Tails replied.

The weasel cursed under his breath before he left on his hover bike.

"That was a bluff; wasn't it?" Sonic asked.

"Of course, if he found out that they can be retrievable in a week. He would be back," Tails replied.

A rustle of leaves was heard and our heroes left the scene where they hid in some bushes. Several uniformed men came by and they saw the unconscious leader on the ground.

"Arrest him!" the bulldog in uniform ordered and several men obeyed as they took the duck into custody. "I want a dragnet over this place and I don't want any aircrafts landing or taking off unless in case of emergency."

"Sir," another of his men said, "We found another plane and I think you should have a look at it," he handed his leader a small panel.

He activated the panel and it showed a hologram of a blue biplane.

"The name 'Sonic' is on the side of it. You don't think?" the bulldog asked.

"That Sonic was able to stop the Battle Bird Armada in who knows how long while we spent years trying to find them."

"We can't allow anyone to leave, even him. Once the area is secure, we can allow flights in and out of Westside Island."

Almost a week has passed before the dragnet was lifted off of the island. Sonic and Tails prepared to leave the island and continue to the new continent that Sonic had heard from a friend.

"Leaving?" Mighty asked as he and Ray approached them.

"Yes and what are you two going to do now?" Sonic asked.

"I thought I would drop in on an old friend."

"I guess this is good-bye, Sonic," Ray said.

"We may meet again someday," Sonic said.

"So long, Tails, it was a pleasure meeting you," Ray said to Tails.

"Yeah, good-bye," Mighty said slightly roughly.

"So long," Tails said as he started the Tornado and Sonic took his seat in the copilot's seat.

They took off as Mighty and Ray waved good-bye as the plane prepared to take off on the beach. It took off toward the east as Sonic and Tails continued to journey toward the new continent.

The terror on Westside Island has ended with our heroes victorious and the Chaos Emeralds safe. Now are four heroes are now separated into two groups as they go about their separate ways. What sort of adventure awaits Sonic and Tails as they continue their journey toward the east? Will it be a repeat of what they had went through, or will it be a peaceful vacation when they land? Only time will tell.

Preview:

Yo, this is Sonic! Tails and I land on the west coast of the new continent to spend a short vacation after that fiasco on Westside Island. However, our vacation is cut short (again) and this time it is Eggman. I also run into my mechanical double and he is up for a rematch; I see he took my advice. Whatever Eggman is up to, it no good and he now has some new robots at his side. He even takes a hostage and that ruffles Tails' fur more that it ruffles my quills. What has gotten into him? Find out next time!


Copyright: Sonic, Tails, Mighty, Ray, and the Battle Bird Armada are all copyrighted by Sega. The name of the Chao, Ace, is copyrighted by me. The mother in the flashback is not mine, but I can't tell you the name or the copyrighter because it will give away the surprise.
Post Author's Note: Again, some things I cannot say about some of the characters since it will give it away. Just to let you know, the appearace of Ace is not mine, but I added some accessories to him to suit my image of him in this fanfic. Just take a wild guess and put it in your review to who it actually looks like (use common sense). Again, I will answer any questions you have in your review in the next chapter in Author's Notes. Please, don't give anything away about characters that are not named in this fanfic in your reviews since it will give it away (unless I say so; like I did with Ace).