Chapter 10
Tails followed the emerald's signal deer into the inner chambers of Dr.Eggman's fortress.
He had hidden it well. But that wouldn't stop Tails. With his new found powers,
he busted through walls and steel doors that stood in his path. He then followed the signal
down a long winding staircase.
He followed this for a long time, eventually flying himself down the rest of the
way when he finally reached the bottom, there was a gigantic door standing before him.
At the side of this door, there was a small monitor and keyboard. Apparently this door
was password protected.
Tails held up the emerald, and sent a huge energy beam through the door.
The hole it created was just big enough for Tails to fly through. He flew in, and landed on
the ground. He stared in amazement at all the technology that was stored in here. This
was almost beyond anything Tails himself could build. Along the walls were transparent,
tube-shaped tanks, each one with one of the doctor's devious creations within them. Tails
could even recognize some of them. There was Metal Sonic, Decoe and Bocoe, some old
Swatbots, and a host of Shadow androids.
Tails' eyes then moved toward the Chaos emerald. It was mounted on a large
control deck in the center of the room, which stood before an old, rusted tank.
There it is…the seventh Chaos Emerald…
Tails could hardly contain himself as he rushed toward it. Finally, Cosmo would
be returned to him. He ran up to it and reached for it. However, his elbow accidently hit a
button on the control deck. Tails gasped, hearing a hissing sound coming from the rusted
tank as white fog poured out from it. It slowly creaked open, and a dark, shadowy figure
sat up in it.
Tails quickly grabbed the emerald. Whoever it was, they could not have his
emerald. The white fog began to disperse. The figure within the tank was revealed. Tails'
eyes widened.
It was a partially roboticised female fox. Her left arm, as well as the left
side of her face were metallic, and her left eye glowed red. Her metallic tail swayed
behind her. She was beautiful, besides being partially metal.
Could she…possibly be…?
Her robotic eye turned bright red as it fixated on Tails.
"Priority one…freedom fighter!" the vixen muttered in a monotone voice. Her robotic
left arm pointed at Tails and transformed into a missile launcher, and she shot one
directly at Tails. Tails was too stunned to move out of the way.
However, just before it hit him, a dark figure stepped in front of him. The missile
exploded as he shielded his eyes. When he opened them, he saw Sevag the Jackal
standing before him.
"What…who are you? Could you be…"Sevag seemed uncharacteristicly stunned himself when he saw Tails' attacker.
" Priority one, freedom fighters. Must destroy all by order of Dr. Robotnik." The vixen replied, preparing to shoot again.
Sevag growled, turning away from her and to Tails, "Quick Miles, take my hand!"
Tails grabbed Sevag's hand, holding the two emeralds to his chest with his other arm.
Sevag jumped out through the hole in the door, and levitated quickly up the stairs,
carrying Tails with him. They heard a loud explosion as the entire steel door exploded,
and the half robot vixen began chasing them, firing more missiles at them. She shot at
them over and over, narrowly missing them on dozens of occasions as they made their
way up. But the walls were beginning to rumble. The building wouldn't stand much
more. They then reached the top of the stair case and Sevag lead Tails through the twisted
hallways as Tails clutched the emeralds tightly, looking back at their attacker.
Finally, she shot a wall that left a hole leading to the outside. But the entire building was
starting to crumble. Sevag moved as quickly as he could, barely managing to get Tails
out before the mighty tower began to implode. Sevag shielded Tails from the falling
debris with his energy as the building fell, and clouds of dust engulfed Robotropolis.
After about ten minutes, Tails finally opened his eyes. He again saw the figure of
Sevag looming over him.
"You are fortunate I was there, Miles. You would surely have perished." Said Sevag, crossing his arms.
"Who…who was she? You…sounded like you knew her…" Tails asked softly.
Sevag closed his eyes." You could feel it…couldn't you? Deep down within your soul Miles…I think you know who she is…or was…"
Tails' eyes widened, and his ears perked up, "you don't mean she's…she's…"
"I was unaware that she was still alive. I had presumed she had joined the ranks of the dead." Sevag sighed, "How could I, god of the dead, have overlooked this…"
Tails was stunned, as his eyes moved away from Sevag and toward the wreckage.
Could she really be who tails thought she was? Could she really be…his mother?
" Miles, you are in great danger here. I still sense her presence." Said Sevag, "Forget her. She is not who she once was. She has been…corrupted. She is more dead than alive, she has no will of her own. Go, focus on bringing back Cosmo. Take those emeralds to Sandopolis immediately, and then we may begin the ritual."
With that Sevag disappeared. Tails got to his feet and brushed himself off. He
turned toward the ruins, as tears began to fill his eyes. His mother…was alive…
"I promise you mother…I promise that after all of this is done…Cosmo and I will find a way to change you back."
Suddenly Tails felt a sharp pain in the back of his skull and was sent flying forward. As
he slowly got to his feet, he looked back and saw Shadow standing behind him.
"Surprised? Hmph." Shadow scoffed," Enough of this sentiment. Give me back my emeralds. You've had your fun."
Tails clutched them to his chest." Never! I will never give them to you! I beat you once, and I can do it again! And this time, I won't make the mistake of leaving you alive!"
"Fool. That was nothing but a fluke. You caught me off guard." Said Shadow, "Nothing can stop me from collecting the emeralds."
Tails growled, "What do you want with them anyway?"
Shadow smirked " I suppose I'll answer this one last question…before I kill you. You see…it was I who awakened Sevag!"
Tails gasped "You? But…how?"
"I awakened his temple, and released his spirit. And I will be the one to deliver him the Chaos Emeralds. And then…"Shadow paused," and then he will resurrect Maria!"
"No! He's resurrecting Cosmo!" Tails snapped back.
"I was the one who awakened him, so I am entitled to his gift." Shadow said.
Tails began to be surrounded by a dark aura, as he held an emerald in each hand. "SEVAG…CHOSE…ME!"
"What? It…it can't be! You…you can use Chaos Control?"
Suddenly, from out of the ruins, Tails' mother busted through the ruins. Shadow was
stunned at her appearance. Tails looked back, losing his concentration and falling to the
ground. Her mechanical eye fixated on Shadow.
"Priority one…hedgehog!" She said loudly, as she rushed toward Shadow, mistaking him for Sonic.
Tails jumped out of the way as she kicked Shadow in the face. Not knowing what else to
do, Tails turned and ran, as fast as he could. He could hear explosions, and a tremendous
battle happening behind him, but he couldn't turn back. He ran through the city, and
eventually flew back up the cliff side. Once he reached the top of the cliff, he turned and looked back. Explosions were
engulfing the entire city, as nearly all of its buildings were burning to the ground. Clouds
of black smoke filled the sky.
Tails turned, made his way through the bushes, and boarded the X Tornado. He
took off without saying a word, flying toward Angel Island, and Sandopolis.
Mother…Cosmo…I'll save you both…