Ark Fox Chapter 9
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sigh "What the hell am I Eggman? Was I created on the ark?" Tails almost growled he was now sitting down with his back against the wall.
"Gerald was engineering something called 'memory cards' computer cards that can have memories uploaded onto them and seen in perfect clarity through the user's eyes with a push of a button."
"...If I didn't know better, Space Colony Ark had a little fox hacker!"
There was an anthropomorphic fox looking into the mirror, apart from fur colouration he looked exactly like Tails would if he younger and only had one tail.
"...Like I said, my name is Miles Prower, and I at one point in time, lived on Space Colony Ark. What you are about to see is what happened to me during Sub-B Test 24..."
"Miles are you done brushing your teeth yet, my grandfather wants to see you down in the lab soon."
"Grandfather may be old and forgetful, but I remembered that today was your birthday, so get ready for lots of cake once your tests are done today."
"How can a two year old not know what day his birthday is?"
"I'm not angry at you Miles, It's a happy day today... Today you turn Two!"
"Well no one really talked to me about a birthday before, you and Shadow are the only ones who really talk to me Maria."
"Hey Miles, I heard a rumour that today's your birthday!"
"And since I have you to thank for these shoes I think it's only fair you get to see how fast I can go in them!"
"No Shadow, You'll scare him he's only two remember!"
Looking forward I could see all the hallways and various rooms of the ark move past in a blur of movement. I could hear both of us laughing our heads off when I said "Girls!"
"Well you're at the lab, ready for today's tests Lil Bro?"
"Shads hmmm... you don't want to... rephrase that do you Miles?"
"No..."
"Sure?"
"No."
"Well in that case..."
"I can't hear you over all that giggling Miles!"
"Call me that again, I'll tickle you to death got that!"
"Well it's about damn time you got here Miles!"
"aha I see you've spotted our guest today, his name is Commander Tower..."
"...What do I fix?"
"What you see next is not an accident, Professor Gerald's real test was to see the effects that the 'Chaos Emeralds' have on living subjects..."
"GERALD THE MACHINE IS STILL ON! GERALD!"
Turning to look at the machine, I saw a brief flash of blue white light... the spanner in my hand flew out and was zapped, getting the sudden impression of mercury.
The machine stopped, and I saw him crash to the floor. Blood flowing out from his mouth and nose, looking to the observation window, I could see the professor was furious, The G.U.N. Commander was writing down some notes, and I stood there, staring, blankly.
He was restrained in a bed, belts across his stomach, wrists and legs. Looking down his body had changed, fur now bright yellow, and he had sprouted another tail. Blood stained his chest.
"Quite a change... yes... would you believe that at the time all I cared about was the fact Shadow and Maria were both here? And that there was a piece of cake sitting on the table beside me?"
"Is the cake... good?"
"You and your sugar, Miles!"
The memory stopped and I lay there and swallowed the blood in my mouth, waiting for the effects of the paralysis the wear off.
This had to be around the third time Shadow had watched the memory today, completely confused as to what to do about it.
No doubt about it, for the first time he could remember Shadow was hating the orders he had been given. He had four more days of waiting before he was to try and find out about Tails, four more days.
Sure he could normally last a week of doing nothing, but the fact he so desperately wanted to go see the fox made him agitated, Tails was now the only link Shadow had to his own past, Tails was the only one he could ever talk to about the pain and suffering he went through and continues to go through.
"Really?"
Hate to admit it, but that memory of Tails was horrible beyond comprehension. The pain Shadow felt... the pain the ultimate life form felt every time Miles got zapped... must have been un-comprehendible to a two year old.
"Yet he just goes and asks 'is the cake good?"
What was the purpose of the experiment? Why did I and Maria not seem the slightest bit surprised or worried when he woke up? How the hell could he just ask 'is the cake good' after that? What was the purpose of him, why was he there in the first place?
Should I view him as my Lil Bro? He's the last remnant from the Ark, maybe I should. Why the hell am I thinking that?
Throwing the green emerald up and down a few times, Shadow had to decide what to do, technically he was on a break so could do whatever he wanted, which included visiting the fox.
But he had been given explicit orders not to see him for at least a week, and Shadow remined himself he had four more days left.
"Well technically the orders were not to see him and carry out your mission for a week!"
Shadow mulled this idea over, it wasn't exactly hard to find a loophole in something that allowed him to break orders without actually breaking them. But it was foreign to him to consider actually going through with it.
He was taking a break... that was it.
"Chaos Control." A green flash of light, and Shadow was gone.
"Well it's about damn time Shadow!" Eggman growled, unbeknownst to Shadow he was sitting directly underneath a camera.
"I was starting to worry you'll wait the entire week through!"
(Normal POV)
Shadow Chaos Controlled into Sonic and Tails living room, unfortunately for him Knuckles was also currently in the living room and was searching for Metal, Sonic and Tails (who were all hiding in the Blue Typhoon) for all helping to destroy the Master Emerald.
Knuckles was also not very fond of having people Chaos Control right over the top of his head and let Shadow know by instantly throwing him into the opposite wall, much to the amusement of Cream, Cheese and Amy who were all sitting on the couch eating pizza.
"Hello Shadow no time long see." Knuckles said.
"Garrgggrhhh" was Shadow's response as he rubbed his head.
"Umm Mr Knuckles, I believe it's 'long time no see'!" Cream pointed out, causing Amy to burst into yet another fit of laughter.
"I know that I was just..."
"Just what Knuckles?" Shadow said condescendingly, while getting up and grabbing a slice of pizza. "How you guys been?"
"Good."
"Good."
"Chao!"
"I was just..."
"Making a fool of yourself?"
"SHUT UP SHADOW!" Knuckles yelled defensively before folding his arms and turning his back.
"So... why are you here Knuckles?" Shadow asked.
"I could ask you the same thing Shadow!" Knuckles snapped.
"He's here because Metal Sonic broke his Master Emerald and he's all upset about it!" Amy informed.
"I told you Amy... he prefers to be called Metal." Cream stated, coursed by a lot of "Chao's" from Cheese.
"So Shadow before I beat you up why are YOU! Here!" Knuckles asked.
"I'm here to see Tails, do you have a problem with that!" Shadow growled, getting into Knuckles face.
"Yeah I do..." Knuckles growled back before continuing "...he, you and the rest have unfinished business with me!"
"Sure you want to do this Knuckles?" Shadow asked angrily.
"Yeah I am!" Knuckles returned.
"Well ok then." Shadow said merrily before backing up, grabbing Knuckles arm and Chaos Controlling away, a second later Shadow was back in the room with no sign of Knuckles.
"What did you do to Knuckles?" Amy asked worryingly.
"Somewhere in Aquatic Run Zone." Shadow simply said. He had studied this planet yesterday and knew now where all the zones were located.
"Come on, I'll show you where Tails is." Cream said, getting up with Cheese and Amy following suit.
The group went into the hallway and descended some stairs. When everyone was on the floor again, Amy smacked the wall and a hidden panel revealed itself then proceeded to push a button. The stairs they just walked down started moving downwards creating a new stairway. "Tails just has to have secret entrances and hidden areas." Cream explained while she started her descent.
"Tails says there's about 20 secret ways down here, but I've only ever found three." Amy said depressingly.
"What's down here?" Shadow asked.
"The Blue Typhoon silly." Cream joked.
Shadow was led into a massive concrete hanger that housed the magnificent Blue Typhoon. Shadow's first thoughts were how the kitsune managed to create such a massive hanger underneath his house and build the Blue Typhoon all by himself, without any robotic help. This was quickly dismissed however as Tails, Sonic and Metal began walking out the Typhoon.
Shadow and Tails both looked at each other uncomfortably, while Sonic was taping his shoulders with an unhappy look on his face and Metal began asking if Knuckles was gone. (And looked very relieved when the answer came back yes.)
"Why are you here Shadow?" Sonic growled. Shadow knowing full well that Tails would have shown him the memory; he decided to milk the situation for all he could. "Just came to check up on my 'Lil Bro' Sonic." Shadow said, however it wasn't didn't use any tone that would spark instant retaliation, it was just the statement.
Sonic couldn't do anything but stand there stupidly and facedrop. "Wha!" was the only verbal response from the normally cool hedgehog, creating laughter from everyone in the room except from Metal who decided to hold off on his laughing due to scaring three little kids on the street with it the day before.
Shadow turned to the kitsune next and simply asked "Found anything?"
"Nothing new Shads." Tails let out a laugh at this before continuing, raising a smile from Shadow. "And unfortunately I've gone through all the files, if we want to investigate this further we're going to have to go to Earth..." Tails started to say before being interrupted by Sonic.
"NO... You shouldn't be investigating any of this Tails, I don't want you discover whatever Miles discovered!"
"Sonic it'll be all right, and even if it's that bad we just go find the emeralds and the key *mutters* whatever that is *normal* and then erase that specific memory, simple ."
"No Tails, what if there's no way to get rid of the memory without blanking everything! What if..."
"Sonic..." Tails interrupted "... Sonic I need to find out about this, I need to know what it is, I NEED TO KNOW SONIC... please trust me I can handle this." Tails pleaded. But sonic knew it was no use, one way or the other Tails wouldn't drop this. Sighing in defeat "I'm coming with you Lil Bro, no complaining."
"Never said you weren't Sonic." Tails affirmed.
"But Tails..." Cream said worryingly "... what about the... what's-a-ma-call-it space time mc-thingy."
"Interdimensional space time continuum, Don't worry about that Cream, I've been building a machine that can take us to earth safely, coincidently it should be ready sometime tomorrow."
"What about getting back?" Sonic asked.
"My machine comes with me... hehe, now I want everyone in here tomorrow when I reveal it... hopefully by then I'll come up with a good name too." Tails said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Why haven't you named it yet." Shadow simply asked, the fox suddenly looked very embarrassed.
"Ummm... contrary to popular belief... my projects turn to molten slag more often then you'll think." Tails laughed, everyone suddenly looked very scared at the prospect of using Tails new machine.
"hey hey... don't worry about it, it'll be fine." Tails tried to say in a comforting manner.
"Guys..."
"I call it the X-Slag because you won't die while using it..." Tails began explaining, showcasing a simple silver watch with several buttons on it. "...It's a simple wristwatch that allows Chaos Users to move in-between dimensions by changing the Chaos energy waveform to that of moving between dimensions, not between space." Tails said proudly.
"The watch is completely waterproof, runs off magnetic generators, is shock resistant, and can survive a sudden velocity change from 0 to 4000 mph..." Tails talked himself up once more, oblivious to the fact no-one had yet said anything.
"So I guess we can't come with you then." Amy said sadly.
"Unfortunately not you guys." Tails truthfully told them, Sonic was secretly glad he would be able spend a few days away from Amy.
"So..." Sonic began "... How does it work?"
"Well since Earth and Mobius are at the same place between dimensions, all we have to do is press this button here..." Tails pointed to a big red button placed at the top of the watch "And then Chaos Control like you normally do, you'll be at the same place on earth... simple."
"What if go through a wall?" Shadow pointed out.
"I've got a point set out that will teleport us into the clear, your not going to die."
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