A 'Miles' In His Shoes

Chapter 8- It All Comes Down To This

This week….has been disastrous. First, my best friend turns evil, then he nearly shoots me, then my nemesis turns out being the one behind it, my best friend nearly kills my nemesis alongside him, and then, my nemesis actually MURDERS my friend…. Absolute Chaos at its finest.

These were the thoughts that raced through Sonic's mind as Shadow and Eggman came to Ice Cap with him to try and revive Tails… and if it didn't work… Eggman himself said he would sacrifice himself… This basically meant… This was serious business.

"We're here, Sonic. Do you have the Emeralds with you?" Eggman asked, nervous about what was about to happen.

"Yes… I believe so. Let me check… 1, 2, 3,4,5,6… WAIT! WHERE'S THE SEVENTH ONE?! WHERE?! WHERE?!" Sonic began to panic. If he didn't have all 7 Chaos Emeralds, there was no point in trying to revive Tails.

"Wait… It's over there!" Eggman exclaimed, and sure enough, the Chaos Emerald's tip was sticking out of a blanket of snow.

"Got it." Sonic said. "Now then, can we get on with attempting to bring back Tails?"

"Yes…Let's just hope it works." Shadow said.

And with that, they placed the Emeralds on Tails' chest, all 7 of them. And when that was done, Sonic, Shadow and Eggman backed away, preparing for anything at all to happen. Anything would've been good for them. A signal, a light beam, anything…But, No. Nothing happened. Tails was dead for good now. Nothing could be done to bring him back… At least, nothing that they'd tried.

"T-T-T-Tails….No…. It's true. He really is dead." Sonic said, trying to hold back his tears.

"No… It's impossible." Eggman said, whimpering. Sonic may have been revived by the Emeralds before… but Tails was truly gone… until Eggman remembered one last thing he had before the lab's detonation. "Sonic, Shadow…. Try to revive Tails while I'm gone, Okay? There's something in my lab that may be able to revive him."

"I don't trust you, Eggman. I don't trust you for ONE MEASLY MINUTE! For all we know, you could be attempting to kill Knuckles and Amy behind our backs!" Sonic exclaimed.

"Please trust me…Just once, Sonic. I may have the key to Tails' revival." Eggman pleaded.

Sonic overthought this for a while, thinking of what Eggman had done recently to Mobius… controlling Tails, reviving Mechalis, nearly killing Tails in the lab's detonation, and finally killing him here…But for once, Eggman seemed serious about this… so he let him go, saying "….Okay, Eggman. But you'd better come back soon."

"I will, Sonic…" Eggman said, and he left in his Eggmobile to try….to try and find a way to revive Tails.

"Now then, Shadow… let's keep trying to revive Tails." Sonic said, and that's when Sonic saw something happening out of the corner of his eyes. A beam of 7 different colors came out of the emeralds, and Tails was actually revived!

"…Sonic?" He heard behind him.

"Wait….. TAILS?! YOU'RE ALIVE?! BUT…..how?"

"Thanks to the emeralds' energy, I bet, but either way…I'm not completely alive. You see, Kryptos sent me back down to Mobius, but only for a couple of hours…. If I don't get an extra life monitor in about 120 Minutes… I'll be gone forever."

"Wait… KRYPTOS?! You mean, the ancient god of Mobius?!" Sonic was shocked. Tails had met Kryptos, the ancient ruler of Mobius, who, when he died, became the ruler of the afterlife.

"Yes…Kryptos. Now, we need an extra life monitor, quickly! But, there wouldn't be any here…. Eggman did destroy any and all life in this zone. We need someone to get us one, and bring it here quickly! Do you have anybody who can help, Sonic?"

"Yes….Sort of. You know how Eggman…killed you? Well now he realized how important you are to him, so he's assisting us."

"Oh….Great. Can you call him and tell him to bring me an extra life monitor? Make sure he gets it done really quickly, too!"

"No problem, Tails!" Sonic said as he called Eggman.

Meanwhile, in the skies of Mobius….

"Hello?" Eggman asked, picking up his phone.

"Eggman, it's me, Sonic! Listen, Tails has been revived by the Chaos Emeralds' Power, and he's-

"WHOA! REALLY?!" Eggman was extremely shocked. "So…what do I do now?"

"Okay, listen closely, Baldy. This is EXTREMELY important. We need you to find an extra Life Monitor, and QUICKLY! If you don't get it back here in 119 Minutes, Kryptos gets to keep Tails in the afterlife forever!"

"KRYPTOS?! I thought he was just a myth…"

"Me too, Eggman. But anyways…Get the monitor! Get it quickly!"

"Okay, OKAY!" I'm on it!" Eggman said, and he proceeded to have his Eggmobile fly towards Angel Island.

15 Minutes Later…

Eggman jumped out of the Eggmobile with the finest of ease, and ran as fast as he could throughout Angel Island, trying to find an extra life monitor, until he stumbled upon one…. But he accidentally broke it. "NO…NO! I've got to find another!" Eggman yelled, and he ran almost as fast as Sonic, speeding through the Island, until he found another one, and this time he carefully picked it up, sprinted back to his Eggmobile, and used the turbo jets on his Eggmobile.

"Ah… It should be smooth sailing from here on out." Eggman said to himself, when suddenly, the Eggmobile ran out of fuel, and it splashed into the ocean. But, when it splashed down… Eggman kept going on. "OH, NO YOU DON'T!" Eggman yelled out as he snapped of the arms of the Big Arm Eggmobile, and used them as oars to attempt to get to Ice Cap before it was too late.

75 Minutes Later….

"….Sonic….I don't think we have much longer…" Tails said faintly.

"Oh no… 40 Minutes… Eggman, HURRY UP!" Sonic yelled into his phone.

"….I'm almost there, Sonic… The Eggmobile crashed, and I'm paddling as quickly as I can… But, I'm almost there!"

"Well, PADDLE HARDER!"

"Roger That!" Eggman said, and he proceeded to row the living hell out of the arms, until he got to the Ice Cap Zone, with 5 Minutes to spare.

"Eggman, over here! Lie it down here!" Tails exclaimed, and Eggman did so.

"….PHEW, that was close." Eggman said, relieved. And, Tails then hit the monitor, granting him to come back to life for however long he had left.

"Tails… You've done it! You're ALIVE!" Sonic exclaimed. "….And Eggman… I'm sorry I ever doubted you."

"Thank you, Sonic. Glad I could help. Now, if you'll excuse me… I'll be on my way back to Green Hill. We've got some rebuilding to do."

"Very true, Eggman. Now, Tails… do you have a way for us to get out of here?"

"Yes, I do! I hid it underground in case of emergency, but here it is!" Tails said, and he pressed a button, and a plane came up from the ground. "Behold… the Tornado 3.0!"

"Whoa… Fantastic job as always, Tails!"

"Yes, Tails… quite a remarkable job you've done here." Shadow said, as even he was impressed by Tails' new invention.

"Now, then… shall we get going?"

"Yeah… Let's go back to Green Hill! We've got some things to patch up there, after all." Sonic said, and they all got in the Tornado 3.0.

"Everybody ready?" Tails asked, and the duo of hedgehogs nodded.

"Alright, then…. LET'S GO!" Tails yelled out in excitement, and he started up the plane, and it flew almost flawlessly.

To Be Concluded…