One thing about this story that will have an advantage over its prequel: (Once again, read it if you haven't, otherwise spoilers.) Its chapters are WAY longer. This chapter's even longer than Any chapters from The Dark Transference!

A 'Miles' in his Shoes

Chapter 1- Inescapable Bet

"Zzzzzz….." Tails was sleeping, having a strange dream. He dreamt of an alternate reality, one where he was the hero and Sonic was his assistant. However, in his dream, he realized he had this opportunity once before in his life…. Back when Sonic asked him. Those cringe-worthy words he replied back to the Hedgehog… 'I don't think I'm cut out for being a hero... not yet, at least.' He still regretted his decision to that day.

"Tails, WAKE UP!" Sonic yelled, and Tails jumped up, yelping a tiny bit.

"Sonic, why did you…. Wait a minute…. Sonic? Where are you?!" Tails asked, slightly panicking.

"Huh? But I'm right here! Wait a second…." Sonic then pressed the button on his new shoes, and was finally visible, much to Tails' relief.

"Okay, there you are…. Man, working on these inventions…. It's way too stressful to keep track of them all…"

"Hey, wait a minute… I thought you weren't going to work on these inventions yesterday. You were taking a break!"

"Sorry…. I get a little carried away sometimes. I actually woke up around 8 last night and ended up STILL passing out. Man, it's as if this floor is cursed or something… But that's highly unlikely…" Tails said as he chuckled lightly.

"Yeah… now come on, buddy, get off the floor." Sonic said as he helped Tails up. But, as he helped him up, he heard a siren. But not just any siren…..

"Oh no…. EGGMAN!" Tails yelped. "He's probably here so I can return that favor…. Oh no…"

"Wait, what favor?" Sonic asked.

"You know when I came back up to Angel Island after falling off?"

"Yeah?"

"That wasn't my doing… Eggman helped me and said, and I quote; 'You owe me big time, fox boy.'…. I wonder what he has in store for me…"

Finally, Eggman came down. "Why, hello there, Tails! And greetings to you too, Sonic." He said in a particularly cheerful tone.

"Oh. Hello, Egghead." Sonic replied back.

"Out of my WAY, Sonic! I need to talk to Tails for a bit. Would you mind getting out of here for a bit?" Eggman asked.

"Hey, whatever you can say to Tails, you can let me hear as well, Doc."

"I said… GET THE HELL AWAY! I need to talk to Tai-" Eggman was stopped mid-sentence as Tails covered his mouth.

"Let him hear, Eggman." Tails said. He released Eggman's mouth, and Eggman finally continued.

"Okay, then. Now then, remember when I saved you at Angel Island, Miles?"

"Yes?..."

"Well, I'm here to tell you what YOU can do to repay the favor, and you can't say no!"

Tails gulped. He knew he'd have to do something crazy. But what? Become Eggman's slave for a week? Let Eggman extract blood from him to create the perfect robot? HELP HIM STEAL THE MASTER EMERALD?! Tails started shivering as he replied. "W-what did you have in mind, D-d-doctor?" Tails said, still shivering.

"It's quite simple, really. You and I shall swap places for a week. I'll be Sonic's assistant, and you'll be in control of my Badniks. Not as bad as you thought it'd be, hmm?"

Tails gulped before saying, "It's actually not as bad as I thought you'd make it."

"Good! So, do we have a deal, Miles?"

"Yes, but PLEASE, stop calling me Miles."

"I understand, Prower."

Tails groaned in frustration before Sonic stepped in and said, "Okay, WHAT?! Eggman helping me for a week?! I've survived an alliance for about an hour, or maybe a day, BUT ONE WHOLE WEEK?! That's borderline insane!"

"Hey, at least I'm not using your little 'buddy' here to steal the Master Emerald." Eggman replied.

"True, true." Sonic replied, but he STILL couldn't shake the feeling off of him. Working with Eggman and fighting Tails for A WEEK? Well, this was going to be one heck of a week.

"Also, one more thing before we start, Tails…" Eggman said. "You've got to commit at least ONE evil scheme during this time period. Now, farewell, Tails." And so, Tails walked over to Eggman's Lair, but before he went… "WAIT! You'll need this." Eggman said as he tossed a controller over to Tails.

"Now what's this?" Tails asked.

"It's a Badnik controller 2.0. Use it when you get to my lab to have all the Badniks obey you. But, the effects wear off after about…. A week or so." Eggman said, as he let out a mildly evil chuckle.

'Wow, he's really forcing this whole week thing down his throat.' Sonic thought to himself.

"Bye, Tails! See you soon!" Sonic said as he waved goodbye to Tails.

"Bye, Sonic…." Tails said in a slightly regretful voice.

"Great! Now let's get down to business! First of all, Sonic, what does Tails do?" Eggman asked.

"Let me think, he…builds machines, helps out on adventures, and saves me when I'm about to fall to my doom. He's also fought you on occasion, helped me by building a Wisp translator, assisted me in defeating Metal Sonic, has been kidnapped once or twice, and has defended me on one or two occasions."

"…..Whoa. Didn't think I'd have that much to live up to."

"Well, you do. Now, you better work, Baldy. I've got to see if your inventing skills are up to par with Tails's."

"….Oh, crap."

Meanwhile, Tails had finally arrived at Eggman's Lair.

Tails walked into the lair, admiring all of the gadgets and organization Eggman had done since his last visit with him.

But then, all of the Badniks noticed him and there was silence. A horrifying gaze illuminated upon Tails, and only silence was heard, until a Crabmeat yelled out, "GET HIM!"

All of the Badniks, 1st (Motobugs, Crabmeats, Buzz Bombers, etc.) and 2nd generation (Roboticopters, Demonidroids, Mecha-Menaces, etc.) started dashing towards him, and Tails panicked.

"WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!" Tails screamed out. However, then he remembered; "The Badnik Controller 2.0. Hmm…wonder what happened to Prototype 1…." The kitsune thought as he pulled out the controller. He pushed the button, and all of the Badniks stopped in their tracks. Then, every last one bowed down to Tails.

"All hail Foximus (Pronounced fox-eh-mos.)!" The Badniks uttered.

"Hmm….Foximus? Strange choice for a name… Oh well, it'll probably grow on me." Tails said as he headed for Eggman's development room, and he slowly started making changes to Eggman's newest project.

"No, no, no. The wings should go on the shoulders, not the body!" Tails thought. "And if I want to stop Sonic, I should put spikes and a shield around this guy…. Perfect. He then slipped on one of Eggman's spare jackets as he pressed the DEVELOP button on the side of the machine that makes the Badniks, and it started developing at least 20 of them.

"….Perfect." Tails said as he approached his newest creation. And then he realized… He was ALREADY getting used to being evil. "NO! I've got to snap out of it!" Tails said, slightly panicked. How much longer could he hold up this act without fully slipping into a new kitsune's mind? Well, he tried, but soon enough, trying wouldn't help…at all.

To Be Continued… In Main Chapter 2.