A 'Miles' In His Shoes
Chapter 6- Here's The Plan
"So….what's the idea?" Tails asked.
"Okay… Here it is." Sonic said before muttering the plan to his group (Shadow, Amy and Tails.). "….Tails will go into Eggman's Lair, acting as if he still wants to be Foximus on the inside. Eggman, being the chump that he usually is, will accept him in, and when Foximus gives a signal to us, we'll come in for the first strike. Then, Shadow and I will use the energy of the Chaos Emeralds, and we'll use our super forms to defeat Eggman and his armies of Badniks, which about 400 of them are guarding the gate."
"Wait… How does Eggman rebuild his army so quickly?" Tails asked, being a bit curious about how this happens.
"I don't know, but here's the rest of the plan." Sonic said, as he continued to explain. "There's a self-destruct button hidden in the lair, which I'm sure Eggman hasn't removed since our last visit to the lair. I'll push it while you guys evacuate the lair, and then I'll use the power of the emeralds to ensure that I don't die in the explosion." Sonic said, as he concluded his speech.
"Hmm…. But what if nothing goes according to plan?" Tails asked.
"Tails. It's been 30 minutes. One thing AT THE VERY LEAST will have to go right." Sonic said, feeling a bit overconfident with his best friend back on his side.
"He's got a point, Sonic. Eggman is very swift when it comes to fixing things. Believe me, I've seen." Shadow said to Sonic, also feeling uncertain.
"If anything goes wrong, I'll make a backup plan. Simple as that." Sonic said. "Now, let's go!" And with that, they began to head straight towards the Lair of Eggman, smashing all Badniks in the way.
"Lord Eggman, they're coming!" Mechalis 2.0 cried out.
"Uh oh. Quickly, pull the switch!" Eggman cried out, and he accidentally yelled it through the intercom beside his face, which triggered Tails to start his role in Sonic's Plan.
"Eggman, wait! Don't pull the switch! I'd like to join your team! After all, the week isn't over!" Tails said, as he acted out his line to deliver the most convincing performance possible.
"Whoa, really?" Eggman asked, shocked. "Well, then come on in!" Eggman said as he opened the door to his lair with the press of a button, and Tails walked inside.
"Good job, Tails…" Sonic whispered as he wished good luck towards his kitsune pal. But, as he finished speaking, he noticed something….odd on the ground. "Wait, what's this?" Sonic asked as he picked up the blue fragment from the ground. But before he could examine it, he heard a voice from behind him.
"Sonic, wait up!" He heard Knuckles yell out as he jogged towards where the Hedgehog and his crew were.
"HOLD UP, KNUCKLES!" Sonic yelled out. "How do we know you're not going to attack us? How do we know you're not still brainwashed? How do we know that you're not trying to trick us again, like you attempted to do with Shadow?"
"Don't worry. Before he left, Tails restored the Master Emerald and my memories to normal. I placed the Emerald back on the island. So, in conclusion…. I think we're safe." Knuckles explained.
"Okay… but I've got my eye on you." Sonic said with an angry glare on his face. "Now, what's this thing?"
Knuckles examined it, until he realized where it was from. "I remember that thing! It was on Tails' back while he was Foximus!"
"Wait…." Shadow wondered. "….So, that thing could've connected to something that controlled Tails to be evil?"
"But that's impossible!" Sonic said. "Tails said to me specifically that he wasn't under anyone's control before he tried to shoot me!"
"….Maybe things aren't as they seem here." Shadow thought aloud.
"….Maybe." Sonic said.
Meanwhile, In Eggman's Lair…
"Tails, you made it!" Eggman said in a happy tone, as he seemed happy to have another living thing work with him.
"Yep. Now, what's your first order for me, Robotnik?" The nervous kitsune asked.
"Sit in that chair over there." Eggman ordered.
"Hey, that looks like the chair where I…." Tails trailed off, knowing that chair looked exactly like the one he strapped Amy into when Tails was Foximus.
"…Hey. Are you going to get in it or what?" Eggman asked impatiently, with an evil grin on his face.
"…Yes, sir." Tails said, and he reluctantly sat in the chair. But, when he got on it (as expected), he was cuffed to the chair by Badniks, and a helmet started lowering down, looking as if it was about to land on Tails' head.
"Now, Tails… would you happen to remember what this is?" Eggman asked as he held up a fragment-shaped object, which looked exactly like the one Sonic picked up (Although Tails had no idea Sonic picked one up).
"….I remember that… Sonic knocked that off of me when he kicked me… and I felt as if I had escaped mind control when he kicked it off… Wait a minute… I wasn't in control of my own body!" Tails gasped in shock.
"Yes, precisely. You still had your own mind, but I was controlling your every move and word that came out of your mouth, you miserable little fox. And now… you're going back under my control with that helmet… It's packed with those mind control chips. Soon, your mind will not be safe, Miles Tails Prower.
"S-s-s-s-s-s-SONIC! HELLLLLLLLP!" Tails wailed out, and Sonic heard him, and proceeded to drop the fragment, not knowing that it was a mind control chip.
"Don't worry, Tails! We're coming!" Sonic exclaimed, and they rushed towards the entrance of Eggman's Lair. They burst through the door (Okay, not really, the door's made of solid metal, after all) and Sonic said, "Hold on, Tails!"
"Grrr…. That meddling hedgehog ALWAYS gets in my way…. Well not THIS TIME!" Eggman exclaimed as he threw a Mind-control chip straight in Sonic's direction. Sonic evaded it, before taunting the potbellied scientist.
"Come on, Eggman! What kind of attack was that?!" Sonic taunted.
"…Oh, I wasn't aiming for you, Sonic…" Eggman said in a menacing tone, while Sonic motioned for Amy to go try and free Tails, or at least stop the machine that was trying to control him.
"Then who were you….." Sonic then trailed off, and saw Shadow's body pulsing. "Oh, crap."
"EAT THIS, SONIC!" Eggman yelled out as he controlled Shadow, and the two hedgehogs clashed in an epic battle, while Amy smashed the cuffs off of Tails with her hammer, and Tails narrowly escaped the Mind-Control Helmet. The duo then proceeded to stop Shadow from attacking Sonic anymore, as Shadow was almost unstoppable with his power combined with Eggman's strategy.
"Guys…HELP!" Knuckles grunted as he attempted to stop Shadow, and Amy and Tails proceeded to do so.
"….SONIC! Grab the data chip off of his head, quick! I'm starting to lose my grip!" Amy said as her hands started to slip off of Shadow's pulsing leg.
Sonic then grabbed the chip and snapped it in half. "Got it! HA! Take THAT, Eggman!" Sonic taunted.
"…What happened?" Shadow asked drowsily, unaware of the recent events that had occurred.
"Eh, doesn't matter." Sonic replied mildly.
Eggman was extremely vexed. However, instead of attacking Sonic's Team directly, he proceeded to pull a switch, and all of Eggman's Badniks started flowing out of a gate to the left of where he was standing. "GO! GET THEM, MY BATTALION!" Eggman screamed out, and the droids proceeded to charge towards Sonic and Co.
"Shadow? It's time." Sonic declared, and they both used the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic and Super Shadow.
"Uh-oh." Mechalis said, as he screeched to a halt. Being the commander of the Badnik Battalion, he swallowed his fear, and proceeded to order the Badniks to "ASSAULT THEM!" The Badniks proceeded to do so, and the duo of hedgehogs clashed with the army, and a huge battle was brought out.
The Badniks put up quite a fight compared to their last attack, as this time, most of them were equipped with the technology from Sonic's Beam Gun that Eggman had built. However, our famous duo cleared nearly half of the squadron in about 5 minutes.
"Oh no… Badniks….er….EXERT THE TOXIC RAYS!" Mechalis ordered, and the Badniks proceeded to bring out bazookas that contained poisonous gas.
"SHADOW, HOLD YOUR BREATH!" Sonic said in a muffled tone, as he had already started holding his breath. And with that, they proceeded to bash the living hell out of the Badniks, destroying every last one, and freeing every last Flicky trapped inside them, including Mechalis.
"MECHALIS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Eggman screamed out in agony.
"And now, it's your turn, Robotnik." Super Sonic said in a menacing tone, before something surprising happened.
"Guys, out of the way, let me handle this one." Tails said, as he readied himself.
"Tails, are you sure?" Sonic asked.
"Yes… Eggman and I have some unfinished business to attend to." Tails said angrily as he grabbed Eggman by his jacket, dragging Eggman closer to him.
"Okay then, Tails." Sonic said as he deactivated his Super form, and Sonic and Company (Not Including Tails) then left the Lair of Eggman, although Sonic had accidentally dropped one of the Chaos Emeralds while on his way out.
"Now then…." Tails said as he clenched Eggman's jacket even harder, "Let's put an end to this."
"TAILS, WAIT!" Eggman screamed out as his eyes shut.
"What is it, Eggman?" Tails asked, groaning.
"Isn't this the part where I get one last request?"
"Wait, what?"
"You know… A last request, like in some of those other situations."
"Fine…What is it?" Tails asked as he dropped Eggman.
"Heh heh…. Just one thing…" Eggman said as he walked towards a mysterious room in the back.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Tails said as he followed Eggman.
"Now, before I do this, Tails… I must say one word to you…. Farewell." Eggman declared as he pressed a red button on his work desk.
"Wait, WHAT?!"
"INITIATING SELF-DESTRUCT." An electronic voice bellowed out as Eggman reached for an escape pod, but Tails pulled him back at the last second.
"OH, NO. NOT THIS TIME, IVO. IF I'M GETTING BLOWN UP…." Tails said as he looked at the exits….They were sealed shut. "….YOU'RE GETTING BLOWN UP WITH ME!" Tails screamed out as he held Eggman by the mustache, as the final seconds ticked down, and the lair exploded, blasting Eggman and Tails out to an unknown region.
"TAILS!" Sonic screamed out as he saw his best friend being blown away by the Lair's detonation.
"…He did it to protect us from Eggman's wrath. If not for him, Eggman could've killed him." Shadow said as he silently prayed for Tails' safety.
"…Tails….no….." Amy said sorrowfully. As much as she disliked the fox sometimes, it was painful to see him go out like that.
"…What'll happen to him?" Knuckles wondered, worried about the safety of both Eggman and Tails.
"I don't know, Knuckles." Sonic said, as tears started to trickle down his face. This week was absolutely disastrous. And now… the problem at hand was resolved… and a new one was brought to the table.
Ice Cap Zone, 3:00 PM.
"….Whoa…Where am I?" Tails asked, shivering uncontrollably. He looked around, wondering about his whereabouts, when he realized… He remembered this place. The Ice Cap Zone.
"WOW… Didn't think the explosion would blast us this far, Eggman." Tails said. However, when he looked around, Eggman wasn't there, or anywhere in the Zone. "Eggman? Where is he?" Tails asked to himself. "Oh, well…Anyway…How am I going to get out of here?" Tails wondered, and he then spotted a Chaos Emerald.
"A Chaos Emerald? Hmm… I have an idea." The fox thought to himself, looking a bit more like a wolf due to the detonation incident, and he started building a machine that would get him off of this zone.
To Be Continued…