BalletGirl537: Aaaaaand here it is! It's been a supeeeer long time before I updated this, I know. But I'm making it up to y'all with a few more chapters to wrap this up! Thanks for being so patient with me and I hope you enjoy! :D

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A feeling overcame Tails just as Goosebumps rose under his fur. A feeling that told him that something was happening to Sonic. As far as he knew, Sonic was up in the tree not too far from Amy's house. He flung open the front door, a sudden valiance flushing out the scary feeling under his skin. Tails could see the tree; it was so close, but so far away. Especially when between the safeties of the house and the tree, there was a monster 'thing' that could pounce on him. But it wasn't for himself; it was for Sonic, to make sure that he was safe. Out of all of the people that he's seen get possessed (which was only Amy at the time), he cared about Sonic the most. The little fox took a deep breath, and with determination in his eyes, took the first few steps outside. It was an extremely normal night, almost too normal a setting for what had been happening lately. Perhaps it was all of the stories and movies he's seen where when something bad was about to happen to someone, it was extremely quiet. Tails made a note to never watch another scary movie ever again.

The overwhelming feeling to look behind him made him almost whimper. But the fear of turning around and seeing that 'thing' in his face…Tails shuddered at the thought. The tree was growing ever so slowly at the fox moved at a steady pace. There was a rustle in the grass not too far to his left. He stopped and listened. The grass rustled again not too far to his right this time- about a meter away. The fox's breathing grew shaky, the fur on his back ruffled up as he grew rigid. He waited; one minute, two minutes. There was no more rustling, and so Tails continued his pace to the tree. A rock made a loud 'thump' behind him, Tails burst into an all out sprint down the trail, not once looking behind him for the fear of being attacked. The sprint was uneven and shaky; it eventually turned into a low flight, Tails being propelled forward by his two namesakes.

"Sonic." Tails called in advance as he approached the tree, finally. There was no response of course, for if Sonic had heard him, he probably wouldn't want anyone to know he was there.

"Sonic!" Tails yelled out. He felt that if he engaged in at least a little conversation it would console him enough, and in his dreams, deter any ghost or 'thing' behind him. He stood at the trunk of the tree, looking up through the branches. Said tree really didn't have many branches that were safe for anyone larger than a bird to perch on. Only a few of the branches (about ten feet up) were large and strong. The tree was unoccupied.

"Sonic, are you up there?" Tails called with his hands cupped around his mouth. No answer. Like it was second nature, Tails lifted his right wrist and turned on his micro communicator.

"Sonic? Come in, Sonic?" He lifted his finger off the talk button and listened. There was only white noise coming through on his side. Young fingers worked to tune into a different station,

"Amy? Amy, can you hear me?" Tails called a little more flustered. The same thing happened; no answer, just white noise and static. He made a move to tune in to call Knuckles, but remembered that the red echidna had refused to continue wearing one of them, saying that it was a 'threat to the peaceful environment on Angel Island'. He was alone; no one to help, and it was deep in the night. Tails could feel the panic rising in his stomach, worse than any case of butterflies. But as scared as he was, Tails knew that it was his turn to be brave.

"Alright, now it's my turn." Tails said out loud. Turning on his heel, he moved quickly back to Amy's house where the Tornado was sitting. He stopped abruptly, frozen solid. Chilled to the bone. Standing mysteriously, ten feet away, was that 'monster' thing. A copy of him, a stuffed, horribly sewn, zombie-like copy of him. Floating there, amidst the midnight fog that enigmatically rolled in, it watched Tails as Tails watched it.

"Hello mister." It said in a soft, maniacal tone. The voice was quiet, quiet enough for Tails to realize the long distance between him. But a sixth sense kicked his brain into high gear, also his legs, as he turned and did the thing that came to him almost as naturally as mechanics- he ran. He ran as fast as he could past the tree trunk, his back turned towards the 'monster' thing that tormented him ever since they entered that old house. The grass and dirt crunched under his shoes and the crisp midnight air brought tears to his eyes.

"Hello mister." The voice said louder. It appeared to be closer; Tails' ear flicked at the voice. He ran even faster, his heart pounding in his chest. His gate was uneven as his legs buckles from pure terror. The fox wouldn't dare to look back. Wouldn't dare. He wasn't getting anywhere, the field went on forever, and it went on for miles before getting anywhere. And of course, just as Tails feared would happen, he tripped. An unseen rock decided to pop its way under Tails' feet and send the fox flying forward and onto his front.

"Why can't you feel the sunshine?" The voice was all too close. So close that Tails could feel cold breath on the back of his head. He wasn't sure what happened after that, but he felt a tremendous uprising in his lungs, and a loud shriek that echoed across the land.

Everything went black.

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His eyes opened to a dark room. A very dark room. Almost as dark as it is outside. Or, maybe as dark as it was. For Tails had no idea how long he'd been out, let alone that he'd been knocked out anyway. He was sitting up, slouched on a wall. The fox shook his head, trying to get his bearings. And when his vision came back all the way, he realized that he was in a corridor, rather than a room. A sigh escaped the fox's mouth. He hated corridors. Once again, thoughts of movies and stories he'd read came back into his mind. The ones where someone was in a corridor, and of course they were being chased by someone or something.

And the corridors were endless.

"Hello mister." A voice echoed against the metallic walling. Before even giving time to register, Tails scrabbled to his feet and ran for dear life. The blare of his feet slamming against the metal was louder than he'd wished. Tails didn't know what made him do it, but he looked behind him, nothing. Nothing but the corridor that slowly faded into blackness. He turned back and kept running. The corridor was slowly getting darker, so dark that he could barely see past his own muzzle. The fox shifted to his right, running his hand against the wall to guide him along the way.

"Hello mister." A voice echoed again. Tails grew so scared that it angered him.

"Get away!" He screamed at the darkness ahead of him. The valiance that rushed up in his heart before made itself evident again; he turned his head around. That 'monster' thing was now following close behind. The fox screeched at the top of his lungs. He was sure that his heart would pound out of his chest if the creature got any closer. Tails sprinted as fast as he could down the seemingly endless corridor. His most recent nightmare was coming true. Finally, oh finally, Tails made it through a door at the end of the corridor. The fox gave thanks and tried to catch his breath. But, was it too early for such an event. To insure his safety, Tails looked out the door and into the darkness that was the seemingly endless corridor. Nothing was there. A big, hardy sigh escaped Tails' lungs.

"Tails," called out a familiar voice, Tails froze, "What's the matter Tails? Don't you wanna play?" It sounded exactly like Amy. Her voice was behind him, and it sounded extremely off, like the 'monster's' voice.

"Please stay Tails." Said another all-too-familiar voice. It sounded like…it couldn't be, but…Eggman?

"Can't you feel the sunshine, Tails?" Said Sonic's voice. With one last breath of bravery, Tails peeked behind him. Of course, his thoughts were correct; his friends were all there, possessed and smiling sinisterly at him.

Bloodthirsty monsters, zombies- any child's worst nightmare.

And out of the corner of his left eye, was the monster thing that chased him everywhere- the 'Tails Doll'.

"You're going to play with us, Tails." The little monster doll said.

"N-no," Tails stuttered out, still looking forward, "Never, no!" Tails turned to his right, there was an open door there, and so he made use of it. Whirling around the outside of the door, Tails searched for any type of switch. Trembling hands felt the wall. 'Yes', finally things went in his favor; a small, red lever that closed the door. Everything went way too fast; the 'zombified' Amy, Eggman, and Sonic all surrounded him, inching closer in an agonizing way. But Tails wasn't going to let all of this deter him from his mission. He concentrated, watching the little Tails Doll come straight after him. Wait, keep waiting, it was so close to him now.

One…two… three.

With all his strength, Tails cranked the lever down; the door smashed down on the monster. It was broken in half, stuffing pouring out of it. But said stuffing changed into what looked like sand, no, ashes. The whole monster melted into a pile of ashes, those ashes then melted away into nothing.

I, I did it.

The fox thought to himself. A sudden rush of adrenaline came over him, and his feet kicked into high gear again. Flee, time to flee. With Sonic in one hand and Amy in the other, Tails flew as fast as he could out of…wherever he was. Everything was serene. Finally everything was clean, safe, and there was no feeling of danger in the background. Things were just, normal.

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"Tails, I can't thank you enough for what you did." Sonic said to Tails, who was comfortably settled in his own bed.

"What you did was amazing, you were really brave out there bud."

"Ah, t-thanks Sonic. I'm just really glad that we're safe now." Tails said from his spot. He noticed that Sonic was walking to the door.

"G'night bud." Sonic said with his hand on the light switch.

"W-wait!," Tails called to him, "D…Do you think that you could sleep with me tonight?" Tails said scared, and a little unsure of being alone. Sonic smiled,

"Sure thing bud."

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BalletGirl537: Thanks for reading! I really appreciate all of the reviews that you readers have sent me and the favorites, subscriptions, and everything you've done for me! It really inspires me to keep writing! I'll be starting a new story very soon so stay tuned! :D Thanks again everyone! :3