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Here I go, finally adding some surprise twists to my story.

Chapter Three

A Fate Worst Then Death

1 Month and 28 Days before Black Egg Armageddon

Three days went by after Tails went missing and every day I prayed he was alright. But in reality he wasn't. He was suffering at the hands of the monster that would end the world.

Pain started to drill away at a young fox's head as he finally awoke. It felt as if a huge amount of needles were drilling into his skull, but the fox passed it off as a concussion to his head. His abdomen felt as though it was on fire and he looked down to find that large splotches of hardened blood encrusted his fur, telling Tails that he had been out cold for a while. He tried to reach down, but found that both of his hands were bolted facing each of his sides and his legs were together, forming his body into a Y. Knowing that he couldn't move at all, made Tails nervous as he struggled to get free of the iron bearings that hung him against the steel wall. As he was struggling, he found that something was wrong, he felt as though more than his arms and legs were being restricted. Tails looked behind him, a shocked and afraid look on his face. Both of his tails were bound to some sort of machine.

"Good morning, my little friend." cackled a familiar voice. In front of the helpless fox was a large figure and to Tails, it looked as though the monster had gotten bigger.

"E- e- Eggman?" stuttered the disbelieved Tails.

The changed doctor strode out of the shadows finally letting Tails get a good look at him.

"The one and only." said the doctor with a smile, his glasses shining from the light that beamed down on Tails.

The changes to the doctor were so drastic that it felt as if Tails was meeting another man and not the putrid old fat man he used to know.

Large, ham-like muscles filled his arms, tearing through the doctor's red sleeves. His legs grew to some degree that the pants looked as if they were about to rip and his upper body bulged out with new muscles. If Tails didn't know Eggman, he would've thought he was staring at a famous body builder. An eerie presence resonated from the doctor, sending a chill down Tails' spine, as if he was meeting a furious beast.

"What happened to you?" asked Tails, trying to make sense of the situation.

A chuckle was the only reply Tails got from Eggman, as the human walked toward the immobile fox. Seeing the doctor come closer, Tails tried to squirm free once again, thinking that Eggman would hurt him. Instead, the doctor grabbed the bottom of Tails' chin and stared deep into the fox's eyes. The fox couldn't see beyond the man's round glasses, but he could feel the presence of anger emanating from them.

"I finally found the will to fight for myself." said the doctor, before punching Tails' in the already fractured ribs.

Tails cried out in pain as the knuckles buried into his sore abdomen. As he cried, Eggman laughed and laughed, as if he had heard a hilarious joke. The doctor then withdrew his fist from Tails' stomach, fresh blood now on his knuckles. Another laugh escaped the doctor's lips before rapidly punching Tails. His fist flew back in forth in a blur of motion, his speed was not fast enough to impress Sonic, but fast enough to match the rotation speed of an electric fan put on its highest level.

After two minutes of rapid punching, the doctor ended his little rampage, leaving the fox crying and gasping for breath. Some of the fox's ribs were cracked or broken into pieces, intensifying the pain he felt.

Finally regaining his breath, Tails burst out with a question. "What do you want from me!?" asked Tails painfully, followed by a sob.

Muscles were still fatigued from his last battle, his abdomen aflame with pain that stung every nerve, and his head felt as though someone was bashing it with a hammer. This was not one of Tails' best days ever. In fact, a small voice in his head pleaded for death, but with his remaining willpower he blocked it out the best he could. Another voice wanted to know why Eggman was torturing him. The doctor was yet to present some grand plan for world domination, making Tails wonder what his goal was.

Eggman's face was suddenly in front of Tails' , the same psychotic smile adorning his face, giving Tails the horrible thought that Eggman was enjoying the pain he was causing. Tails had always thought of Eggman as the weak genius, who hid behind his machines when the trouble was starting to brew. Eggman would never be the one causing the pain. He would always be within some robotic suit or suspended high in the sky in his Egg Carrier. Now however, he could sense the sort of insanity building up inside of Eggman, as if he wasn't himself at all.

"You want to know what I want?" asked the doctor playfully.

"Yes! What do you want from me?" asked Tails loudly, more tears streaming from his face as the pain intensified.

The smile on Eggman's face grew bigger, making Tails' mouth open in horror, as if knowing what he was going to say.

"I want to hear you scream!" yelled Eggman happily before kicking Tails in the chest.

CRACK!

Tails let out a single loud scream of pain. No doubt that all of his ribs were broken now. That didn't please the doctor enough though, his screams wouldn't cure the man's sudden increase in bloodlust.

Eggman got close to Tails, a fake worried look on his face. "Oh deary me! Did that hurt?" asked the doctor, imitating a little girl.

Instead of an answer, Tails let out a loud sob. The fox knew that he was bleeding internally and he also knew that Eggman wasn't going to stop.

"Good to hear!" said Eggman joyously, breaking out of the little girl role and jumping right back into his new psychotic self. He walked behind Tails, to an area where the fox couldn't see. Chains rustling around, made Tails stop his crying suddenly, he could feel his two tails being tugged behind him. Another sinister laugh filled the air for a moment. "Now I wonder what nickname they would give you if I ripped off both of your tails."

Tails tried to look behind him frantically. He hoped that Eggman wasn't being serious. Another tug was felt and his two tails straightened up, the chains binding them together were now being yanked backwards. "No don't!" Yelled Tails fearfully.

If things didn't go his way, Tails would be plain old Miles Prower.

Behind the fox, Eggman was busy turning a crank that was tied to the two tails. He wouldn't leave a job this fun to faulty machines. He would rip the fox's tails off himself and to make it even more twisted, he would laugh and smile at the same time.

Another powerful tug made Tail yelp out, his arms now frantically moving about, trying to get free. Sweat mixed with tears as Tails tried to think through the pain. His plans were confusing and messy as the pain made thinking harder at each tug. Even if he felt no pain, there would be no plan to get out of his situation unscathed. Luckily, Tails knew how durable his own tails were. If he remembered correctly, they could stretch to a length of one foot and three inches. That was the farthest he could go, but it was still unsure of what the real breaking point was.

"Come on Miles, you've got to admit that even you're kind of curious!" said Eggman from the back, as another tug stretched out Tails' tails at a painful length.

In an odd, but twisted sort of way, Tails was curious. Would his nickname stay Tail after the cruel dismemberment, or would someone else just slap on another name, making a permanent nametag? Tails threw the questions away. What cruel mind games was Eggman coming up with? Why didn't he just kill him at his workshop? None of these things made any sense. If he wanted to hurt Sonic he would have just killed Tails. That didn't matter right now, his top priority was surviving.

"This one's gonna hurt." Said Eggman slyly as he moved his arms, giving the crank a huge 360 degree turn.

Tails yelled out once more, in his mind he could tell that even the slightest pull would rip off his furry propellers. No plan could be made now, no hero would come, no Sonic would burst through the walls with his trademark smile. A look of realization then hit Tails. That was it, he had finally found the reason why Eggman was doing this to him.

"Killing me would hurt Sonic, but making him watch me suffer would hurt him even more." thought Tails.

It was all a mind game, a single twisted mind game to see Sonic have some mental breakdown over his suffering. This twisted experiment would work, even Tails knew that. After spending so much time with Sonic, he knew what the hedgehog would do if and when he was injured. But one thing still remained in Tails' bruised head. He still wanted to know what Eggman had really done to himself. A weak fat man, can't become some insane killer in a couple of days. No drug would induce this and no mental trauma would create a monster like this is that short amount of time. Tails made sure that he would remember these questions for a later time, if there was a later time.

"One more time." said Eggman from behind Tails, making the fox's eyes widen in horror.

"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

RIIIIIIIIIIP!!!!!

A single loud gut wrenching scream filled the air. The scream reached such a level that the birds nesting in the surrounding area all started to fly away. After the scream ended, a low psychotic laugh followed after.

"That's the scream I'm looking for."

For all of those who thought tails was dead, I bet you're wishing he was. For those of you who thought he was alive, I bet you wish he was dead anyway. No please don't consider it cruel, try to consider it creative.