Episode 12: Tails and the Phantom Thief
On a bright and sunny day, Tails the twin tailed fox is flying on the Tornado to find the Chaos Emerald. Tails looks at the Chaos Emerald tracker he and Rotor have invented. He is soon heading to a town known as Station Square.
Tails says, "It sure is a nice day to fly on the Blue Tornado. Of course, I need to keep an eye out for the Chaos Emerald. It can be anywhere."
Suddenly, Tails hears a strange sound and looks at the Chaos Emerald tracker on the panel of the plane to see it show a blinking light.
"The Chaos Tracker is going off. That means there must be a Chaos Emerald close by," Tails says.
He then turns the wheel on the plane in a certain direction and the plane begins to head down so it can make a landing.
Meanwhile, at a large building that has white walls, four floors with four rows of windows, and many students walking around and inside the building are finished with classes for the day, more like for the school year.
A feline student asks, "So have you heard about the Phantom Thief and the latest heist last night."
"I know. I heard it too," A rabbit Mobian says.
A human boy tells two of his friends, "It was all over the news this morning. She did it again."
"I know. She was awesome," A wolf Mobian says.
Outside of the school, there is a young red furred Mobian fox with light yellow muzzle and a tip on her tail, red hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a school uniform of red, blue, white, and a little yellow, that is also a blazer. As she reads her book, she overhear the conversation of the Phantom Thief.
"She has to be the coolest Mobian ever. I heard that she never hurt anyone in her heist and that she leaves a card at the scene," A human girl says.
A female wolf says, "I know. She is very skillful. I wonder if she can give me a few pointers. Then I can improve my grade in gym class."
The fox girl simply smiles and hears the bell ring.
The fox girls shouts in relief, "Finally! School's out!"
All the students cheer happily and leave the campus to begin their summer vacation. The fox girl begins to leave the campus and head home as well.
She then says, "Alright, now to begin the next part of my plan."
Meanwhile, Tails is holding the Chaos Emerald tracker in front of him.
"Hmm. According to the tracker, it said that the Chaos Emerald is somewhere around here," Tails says to himself.
Tails continues to walk down the sidewalk to find the Chaos Emerald. At the same time, the fox girl is walking back home in a different direction. In fact, the two foxes are actually walking opposite directions from each other and that they are not seeing where they're going. And before they know it, both of the foxes bump into each other and fall down. Tails' device also falls from his hands and hit the ground.
Tails groans as he sits up and rubs his head, "Ow! That hurt!"
"I'll say," A female's voice says.
Tails looks up to see the Fox girl wearing the school uniform. Seeing her, Tails feels his heart beating fast, and his muzzle begins to slightly turn red.
The fox girl sits up to see Tails and asks, "Hey, are you okay?"
Tails stammers, "I-I-I'm o-o-kay. I-I-I'm s-sorry f-for b-bumping into y-you."
"It's okay. I wasn't watching where I was going," The girl says.
"No no. I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going," Tails says.
He then looks down and becomes shocked to see that his Chaos Emerald Tracker is broken. Some of the parts have broken off and the screen is cracked.
"Oh no. It's broken," Tails says, sadly.
The girl picks it up and says, "I'm sorry about that. I was thinking about something."
"It-It's okay. I guess we both should have watched where we're going," Tails says.
Then says, "By the way, my name is Miles Prower, but my friends call me Tails."
"That's a nice name. My name is Fiona Fox, but I'm sometimes called Fi, but you can choose," The Fox girl says.
Fiona then asks, "So what are you doing here?"
Tails blushes and is very embarrassed to say anything.
Fiona giggles, "Come on kid, don't be embarrassed about it."
"R-Right. I'm actually trying to find the Chaos Emerald that I tracked to this area. The Tracker you have in your hand is what my and my friend made ourselves. But it's uh, broken now," Tails says, and his muzzle turns pink.
Fiona giggles in reply.
Then she has an idea, "I know, how about you come over to my apartment, and we can get your tracker fixed."
"Th-Thanks," Tails says with a smile.
Then the two foxes walk together to Fiona's home.
Meanwhile, outside of Station Square, there is a large mansion that is owned by a Mobian brown rat. The rat named is Renfield and there are some sketchy stories about him that he is able to get where he is now because of threats, and other devious methods. Renfield is in his office on the phone and is not pleased to hear the robbery last night.
Renfield angrily says, "Listen, I need you to find that Phantom Thief Fox and stop whoever it is from stealing the products from my museum. And we need to get them because for anyone begins to suspect or the Phantom Thief Fox begins to piece it together. Find that thief this instant!"
Then slams to hang it up and groans with an annoyed expression.
He then angrily says, "I have to get them all back before that thief piece together the secret of my museum. That is why I have to be ready when that thief does come. I can't let that thief or anyone find out about this.
In a living room of an apartment building, the door opens to reveal Fiona and takes out the key from the lock. She then walks inside with Tails behind her. Tails is amazed to see it so clean and tidy.
"Wow! Your apartment looks very nice," Tails says.
"Thanks. I like it that way, "Now make yourself at home," Fiona says.
"Sure," Tails says, and sits on the couch.
Fiona asks, "You wanna snack or anything to drink?"
"Sure," Tails says.
Fiona then places her backpack on a chair and walks to the kitchen to get some food and drinks. Tails looks around to see Fiona has a nice apartment. And has to wonder if she lives alone or not. Tails then notices strange black gloves that look high tech.
Tails says, "Hey Fiona, those are cool gloves you got there."
"My what?" Fiona asks, walking to the living room with a bowl of chips, and another bowl of fruit, and two glasses of drinks.
Fiona then notices the gloves on the table. She sighs and walks over. Then places the tray on the table and takes the gloves. Then puts them in her draw for safe keeping.
She then turns to Tails and asks, "Can you keep a secret?"
"Um sure," Tails answers.
"You see. These gloves are mine and I made it myself. To tell you the truth, in this town, I'm known as the Phantom Thief Fox," Fiona says.
Tails becomes confused, and surprised, "What?"
Tails then asks, "What do you mean Phantom Thief Fox?"
"Like I said I'm a thief and a very skillful one. It happened when I lost my parents a few years ago, because of someone who calls himself Mammoth Mogul, who influence is around the city," Fiona says.
"What? But how can he be responsible for your parent's death?" Tails asks, shocked.
"He hired someone to kill them. A few years ago, me and my parents were in a car incident. My parents died while I miraculously survived. It was ruled as an accident, but it wasn't," Fiona says.
"That's awful. Why would we do such a thing?" Tails asks.
"It's because my parents were working on a case against one of his colleagues. My father was a police officer while my mother was a news reporter, so they make a good team. Sadly, he found that they were getting close to exposing him, and decided to silence them, as to hope of shutting them up," Fiona says.
"That's terrible," Tails sadly says.
Then asks, "But how are you becoming a thief has to do with it?"
"I was able to steal a priceless jewel just the other night," Fiona says.
"A jewel?" Tails asks.
Fiona then gets up and picks up a small box close by. She then walks back on her chair and sits down as she places the box on the table.
"I just acquired this from the museum last night. And I have to say, it's an impressive find," Fiona says.
Then opens it to reveal a white diamond, and Tails becomes surprised.
"That's a Chaos Emerald," Tails says in surprise.
"A Chaos Emerald?" Fiona asks.
"Yes. The Chaos Emerald is a special gem that has powerful Chaos Energy. It can be very dangerous if they landed in the wrong hands, and if someone gets all seven of them," Tails says.
Fiona takes the gem out of the box and looks at it, "I heard of these gems, but never thought I ended up finding one in the museum. I also heard of them being dangerous, and can be if in evil hands."
"Tell you what Tails, I'll give you the Chaos Emerald, but you need to help me with a little something," Fiona says.
"What's that?" Tails asks.
"You're going to help me with a little heist," Fiona says.
Suddenly, Tails exclaims, "What?! You want me to help you with a heist?!"
"Pretty much," Fiona says.
"But what is this heist?" Tails asks.
"My plan is to steal a little something that will expose Renfield's museum of their lies. And hopefully that will put him behind bars," Fiona says.
"What did he do?" Tails asks.
"I'll tell you later. But first, we need to go over the plan," Fiona says.
She then takes a blue paper and unrolls it to show him a blueprint of what looks like a mansion. Tails looks at the blue print with curiosity.
"A blueprint?" Tails says, confused.
"This is the blueprint of Renfield's mansion. There will be a lot of guards since my last heist from last night. As well as lasers, sensors and all kinds of traps. It will be difficult for me to sneak inside a second time," Fiona says.
Tails looks at the blueprint, "Hmm, I think I can create a mini-scanner to find the traps and also hidden rooms around the area."
"I like your idea. There's a workshop I used on the upper floor of the apartment. You can also get your Chaos Tracker fixed as well," Fiona says.
"That's good. Thanks," Tails says.
"You're welcome," Fiona says, with a smile and begins to blush a little.
Later on Tails uses the workshop to create special goggles that can be used to look for any traps. He then hears the door open to see Fiona wearing her hi-tech suit and her gloves. Seeing her dressed like this causes Tails to blush.
Fiona asks, "What is it, Tails?"
"I-i-i-it's n-n-nothing. So… you think you can tell me more about this heist we're going to do?" Tails asks.
"Well, inside his mansion lies information about the items being stolen from everyone so that he'll display then in his museum," Fiona says.
Shocked, Tails asks, "What?! How is he able to pull this off?!"
"He threatens anyone who gets in his way and even goes to attack them with his bodyguards," Fiona says.
"That's a terrible thing to do. You're right he does need to be stopped before he can do any more damage," Tails says.
"I agree. And this is why I've decided to ask for you help, especially since you're a well known Freedom Fighter," Fiona says.
"Wait, how do you know I'm a Freedom Fighter?" Tails asks, surprised.
"I've seen you along with Sonic and the others on the news. especially you, Tails. I was actually there when you saved Station Square from a rocket that was going to self-destruct," Fiona says.
"Oh yeah, I remember that," Tails says.
"Yeah. I think you all are great," Fiona says.
"Thanks," Tails says, embarrassed.
Suddenly, they hear a loud beeping sound. Fiona looks at her wrist to see her watch beeping and seeing the time.
Fiona presses the button and says, "Alright Tails, we should get going. It's time."
"Yes Fiona, and I just finish with the finishing touches," Tails says.
"Thanks Tails, I know I can count on you," Fiona happily says.
She then hugs Tails making his face turn red.
Later in the night, on top of a building next to Renfield's mansion, Fiona is looking at the mini-scanner Tails has made.
"I'm really impressed about the camera you put into this scanner. I can see a lot, especially at night," Fiona says.
"Thanks. I always like making new kinds of inventions and gadgets," Tails says.
"I can see why," Fiona says.
Then Fiona stands up, "Let's start this mission."
"Right," Tails says standing up too.
Tails then twirls his tails and flies in the air. Tails takes Fiona's hands and they fly over the building and land on top of it without being detected. The two soon reach a long glass window. Fiona brings out a glass cutter and uses it to create a circle on it. With her gloves, she sticks her hand on the glass and lifts it. Then places it on the ground. Fiona looks inside to see no guards are around. She jumps inside and lands on the ground. Tails lands on the ground next to her.
"Okay Tails, we'll need to head down these halls, but there are security cameras and detectors ahead," Fiona says.
"Thanks for the heads up," Tails says.
The two foxes head down the halls and stop to see security cameras attached the walls with detectors over them. They scan many parts of the hall in case anyone comes across the sensors or their view. Fiona then uses the mini-scanners on the security camera and sensors. Soon, they also see lasers as well. Fiona and Tails then use their skills to get past the security camera, sensors, and lasers without getting in their view or being detected.
Sometime later Tails and Fiona are able to get past the security system. They soon walk down the hall that seems very clear so far.
Tails whispers, "The information that Renfield has might be in his office."
"I was thinking the same thing," Fiona says.
The two foxes look around down the hall and Tails uses the scanner to find the right room. Soon enough, the scanner points to a large brown door with a gold name plate saying Renfield on it.
"This must be it," Tails says.
He turns the knob and opens it to reveal an office building. They see a large desk with a chair and a computer on it.
"Looks like we found the office, and there's his computer," Tails says.
Fiona walks to the computer and brings out a USB drive that is also shaped like a fox tail. She plugs it into the computer and types on the keyboard allowing her drive to hack the system and gain the information.
Fiona says, "I hacked into the system, and now to copy the information into my flash drive and send another copy to the police."
Tails and Fiona look to see so much information on the computer. The information explains how Renfield has been bribing or threatening people so he'll have items to display in his museum. Tails is very shocked to see how much Renfield has done.
"I can't believe he managed to do this to a lot of people. Now I know that he needs to be stopped," Tails says.
"That's why he's on Mogul's side, that way, he can get away from anything and anyone," Fiona says.
Tails asks, "Who exactly is this Mogul?"
"To be honest, I don't really know. All I know is that he works in the shadows, commanding anyone who is in his payroll," Fiona says.
"That does make sense. Sonic and I traveled practically all over Mobius and we never heard of this guy called Mogul before," Tails says.
Then asks, "Do you have any idea where it is?"
"I'm afraid I don't. He's a complete mystery. I remember strange rumors about him. One is that he is into black marks in the dark arts," Fiona says.
Soon, Fiona hears the computer beep meaning all the data is downloaded. Suddenly, Tails notices a photo of the rat that is actually Renfield. She then also notices a photo of a Mammoth Mobian wearing a white suit.
Tails asks, "Who is that?"
"I'm not sure. I know the rat is Renfield, but I don't know who this other guy is," Fiona says.
Soon enough, the data has already been transferred. Fiona also puts the USB drive in her bag for safe keeping.
"There. The data has been saved in my drive and I sent a few well known copies to the police," Fiona says.
"Great. Now let's get out of here before the security guards come," Tails says.
Before they have the chance to leave, they hear the door slammed open. The two foxes turn their heads to see Renfield along with a few robotic drones that are his guards. He is not liking seeing what the two foxes are doing in his office, and on his computer.
"Well well, if it isn't the Phantom Thief Fox… and she has one of those Freedom Fighters with her," Renfield angrily says.
Fiona whispers, "Yeah. You and your friends are very famous."
"I can tell," Tails whispers.
Then Fiona turns to Renfield, "You're a little late there Renfield, we got enough information to show everyone what you've done. And I'm sure once the police get a hold of it, you'll be in jail."
"We'll see about that," Renfild says, sounding displeased.
He then snaps his fingers and commands the robots, "Get them!"
The two drones then begin to attack them. Fiona acts quickly and uses one of her weapons to attack them back. Then sends the robots crashing to the wall. Tails then sees another coming at them, and kicks one of them in the fall. Then both the robots get slammed into each other after Fiona and Tails attack them. Fiona and Tails then hurry out of the office when they hear loud footsteps. The two come to a stop to see a large armored mech suit walking towards them.
Then come to a stop. Suddenly, Renfield climbs on it as he angrily says, "Robot! Get them!"
The Mech suit then begins to attack Tails and Fiona as it slams it's fists to the ground. Fiona and Tails quickly dodge out of the way. Tails and Fiona then begin to fight back against the robot. Fiona uses one of her weapons to attack. Then Tails kicks it on the back. He then turns his head to see the rat running away.
Tails angrily says, "You're not getting away!"
Tails then flies over and dive bombs on Renfield, knocking him out cold.
Tails gets off of Renfield, "Well, that took care of him."
Tails quickly turns to see Fiona is fighting the Mech Robot on her own. Tails then hurries to Fiona and is able to give the robot a hard kick on the back. Then Fiona kicks it in the face. Finally, together, both of the foxes are able to give the robot a hard kick to the head, knocking it out. The robot then falls to the ground and it's shut down.
"That was close," Tails says.
"Too close," Fiona says.
"I think it's time for us to get out of this place," Tails says.
"True, but I also have an idea," Fiona says.
Soon enough, Tails and Fiona are outside and on top of Renfield's house. Fiona is setting up some fireworks on top of the roof as Tails is making sure the information has been sent out to the police and any other official.
Tails turns to Fiona, "Alright. I sent the information and the other ones were sent to the police. Still, I can't believe that you planned all that."
"I sure did," Fiona says.
"Well, I finished with all the data and checking everything else. Soon, the police will know of Renfield's crimes," Tails says.
"Thanks for the help, Tails," Fiona says.
Then stands up, "Well, I'm done setting up the fireworks."
"Sure. What do we do now?" Tails asks.
"Now we light up these fireworks and get out of here," Fiona says.
Fiona brings out a lighter and lights up all the fireworks. Tails twirls his tails and carries Fiona off the building as the fireworks go off flying in the sky. As the police drive by they see fireworks are being shot from the sky. They report back to the station and they receive information of Renfield's crimes so they drive over.
Sometime later, Tails and Fiona are able to reach the apartment. The two foxes have pizzas and sodas to celebrate their victory.
Fiona laughs, "That was awesome!"
"Yeah. I'm glad I was able to help you," Tails says.
"I'm glad you were able to help too," Fiona says.
They turn their heads to see the fireworks going on right now. Fiona then passes the Chaos Emerald and a piece of paper to Tails.
"Here you go Tails. Here's the Chaos Emerald," Fiona says.
"Thanks," Tails says, taking the Emerald and the paper.
He looks at it to see a number, "What's this?"
"It's my phone number. I thought it would be a good way for us to stay in touch," Fiona says.
Tails blushes, "Thanks."
"You're welcome. And you and I can give each other a call when things are more calmer," Fiona says.
Fiona then gives Tails a kiss on his cheek, making him blush that his cheeks turn red and makes a goofy face. Fiona begins to laugh as well.
Meanwhile in the prison of Station Square, Renfield soon wakes up to find himself in the jail cell. He is very angry to remember that Tails is the one who knocked him out. He soon turns his head to see a mammoth Mobian wearing a white suit like the one in the photo, and is with another Mobian.
Renfield begins nervous and says, "M-M-Mogul! Uh, listen about what happened. I was attacked by the Phantom Thief and and… the Freedom Fighter known as Tails. Please, give me another chance."
The Mammoth Mobian doesn't say a word and his eyes glow green.
Outside of the jail it shows a bright green glow and Renfield lets out a terrified scream.