A flash of sudden light.
'What in the…'
The eyes focus, enabling him to see around the room.
"What in the hell?"
A rumbling laugh.
"So, Tails. You are awake."
The fox shuddered. He knew that voice. Robotnik.
"Robotnik? What am I doing here?" He looked at his hands and feet and realized he was chained down. He panicked slightly.
Robotnik laughed. "Now now, Tails, don't get so excited. Are you feeling and pain?"
The kitsune thought for a minute and realized he felt barely any different.
"No…"
"GOOD! Then it is complete."
Tails shuddered at the thought of 'it' being complete. "What? What is complete? What did you do to me?" Robotnik was about to speak, but Tails had one more question.
"How long have I been here?"
Robotnik smiled. He walked over to a control panel. "Well… the experiment. That's what is complete."
Tails stared at him intently. "What experiment?"
Robotnik continued. "I have 'upgraded' you."
Tails didn't even speak. Robotnik pushed a button, and Tails was released from the cuffs on the metal bed.
"And you…." There was a momentary silence. "You have been here for a year and 9 months."
Tails' heart sunk a bit.
"What… what?"
Robotnik walked over to the small fox and nodded towards him. "Stand up." Tails did so, but was partly absent minded as to how long he had been there. "You have been in a coma for most of that year and nine months. Now, jerk your arm, like you are summoning some kind of magic."
Tails was a little confused as to what the old man meant, but slightly jerked his arm, as if there to be a spasm in it.
He felt something shift inside of his arm. What came out of his wrist changed his life forever.