"What're we gonna do? He's loyal to Eggman, right now!" Amy said.
"No he isn't." Sonic replied.
"You just saw it!"
"But earlier.. See, he's been having these mood swings, lately. He was so confused... Amy, I think it might be some form of brain control."
"Huh?"
"He seems to have lost his memory, too. That started happening after Cream disappeared. We need to take him to somebody who knows what they're doing."
"Like who?"
"I dunno, but we'll have to find somebody and quick."
"Right. First we gotta catch Tails."
"That should be the easy part."
They crept to the machine and saw Robotnik sitting in a chair, typing on a laptop, and Tails curled up sleeping next to him attached to a leash that was around Robotnik's wrist.
"Yeah, this is the easy part." Amy muttered sarcastically
"It is. Wait here..."
Sonic bolted in, unbuckled Tails from the leash, then left dragging Tails by the collar and grabbing Amy's wrist.
"S-sonic?" Tails choked out.
Sonic stopped running and paused.
"Tails?"
"Sonic? Amy? What's going on?" Tails asked. Sonic and Amy exchanged glances.
"This could take a while..." Sonic said.
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"YOU MEAN ROBOTNIK OWNS ME?!" Tails yelled in a fury after an explanation of the story, thus far.
"Calm down, Tails–"
"No! I- I'm not his pet!"
"We know, but–"
Tails savagely tried to rip off the collar, but couldn't.
"TAILS!" Sonic yelled. Tails obediently put his hands in his lap and said,
"Yes, Sonic. Sorry, Sonic."
"Hey!
Then Tails fell to the floor and said,
"What're you 2 looking at?! Take a picture, it'll last longer!"
"We're gonna need a leash." Amy said.
"A leash?! I'm not your pet!" Sonic ran to him and said,
"Sorry." Then knocked him out.
Then he carried Tails to some geeky "Know-it-all" dude. (A/N: I ran out of names so I just simply refer to him as "the geek") After Knuckles helped them find a chain linked leash, they wrapped it around a tree trunk, and padlocked it to Tails' collar buckle.
"Okay, Doc. This is our friend, Tails." Sonic said.
"I hate to cut ye short, Sonic, but I need to observe his behavior to tell ye what's wrong." the geek said. Knuckles woke Tails up, and everybody watched. Tails stretched then said,
"Wh-where am I?"
"Calm down, lil' fella. I'm here to help ye. Watch my finger..."
The geek moved his finger around, and Tails' eyes obliviously followed.
"Touch yer nose..." Tails did.
"Watch a butterfly." Tails did and the geek said,
"What's 2+2?" Knuckles raised his hand, and Sonic pushed it down, disapprovingly.
Tails thought about the question then shrugged and shook his head.
"What is the last thing you remember?"
"You just asked me a question, sir."
"Nothing before that?"
"Ummm..." Tails thought about it. "I was playing hide and seek with Cream."
"That's all?"
"Yes." The geek pointed to Sonic.
"Who is this?"
"Sonic..." The geek held up a flash card of Robotnik, and Tails yelled
"Master!"
"Bingo." The geek said.
He handed Tails a treat, then turned to Sonic saying,
"Your friend is suffering Amnesia, and is currently under the brain control of Dr. Robotnik. He believes himself to be a pet, and therefore has many characteristics of a dog... which unfortunately includes loyalty to it's master or Robotnik. Your friend can barely think for himself, and when he does, he forgets everything he talks about due to amnesia. Sorry, but he hardly remembers who YOU are."
Sonic looked sadly at Tails' confused eyes and said,
"Is there any cure?"
"Yes. We must find and destroy whatever it is that's disrupting your friend's brainwaves."
"My name's Tails." Tails said, randomly.
"Very good." The geek said, tossing him another treat, and stroking his fur. Knuckles laughed.
"So... you're saying he thinks he's a dog?"
"No, just a house pet."
"Whatever." He went to go pet Tails, and Tails ran as far as he could.
"Don't touch me, you creep! Wait 'till my master hears about this!" Tails yelled.
"Calm down, lad... Knuckles, he doesn't like you."
"I figured."
Sonic went to Tails and caressed the back of his head. Tails sighed and said,
"That feels good..." Then Amy stroked his back and Tails curled up, relaxing.
"I'm in heaven..." he muttered. Sonic rubbed the back of Tails' ear, and Tails laughed, playfully. The geek cleared his throat and said,
"I'll watch your friend for you while you stop Robotnik."
At the sound of his name, Tails sat up and looked around.
"But how? We don't even know what's controlling him!" Sonic yelled.
"Isn't it obvious? A nanochip."
"Huh?"
"I'll explain later. Now go before it gets serious."
"Right."
Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles started leaving and Tails ran until he was restrained by the leash. He choked and yelled,
"Wait!" Sonic turned.
"Yes?"
"You guys aren't gonna leave me, are you?!"
"Sorry." Sonic said, and sped off leaving Tails in the dust.