Friend at Daylight, Traitor at Night.
Outside Shamar. a sandy plain with a few bushes and rocks.
Tails was about to land the plane. "Some ride, huh guys?" Tails asked.
"Yep, I always love to stop Eggman, no matter what he throws at us." Sonic said.
"Geez how long has he been doing this, Sonic?" Chip asked.
"Well, a few years, I guess. To be honest the first time I defeated Eggman was actually what made me the hero I am today… and every other time I guess." Sonic answered while the plane hit the ground. Meanwhile, Tails Doll had flown to a bush that was near the spot Sonic and co. were landing. 'Ok, they are here. Now how do I approach them?' He thought to himself with a yellow power plant.
Chip then felt strange. "Do you guys feel that?" He asked the two heroes when the plane landed.
"What are you talking about Chip?" Sonic asked him.
"Yeah I don't feel anything." Tails commented while parking the plane.
"Well I sense something around us, it feels weird." Chip told them.
"What, how did they even know I was here?" Tails Doll asked himself, while his power plant glowed even more yellow. "Well I guess there's no way out of it now; I should just go before they attack me." He told himself with confidence and a green power plant.
Tails Doll flew over to where they were; Sonic and his friends were just getting out of the Tornado when they saw the doll in front of them. Sonic stepped in front of the doll. "Stay back guys, this doll is working for Eggman." Sonic warned them.
"Please let me explain myself for following you, I did not come for my creator and I just needed a few questions answered." Tails Doll told them. Sonic kept his guard up.
"Okay, what do you have to ask?" Sonic asked the doll.
"Well, after I absorbed energy from the red and white creature—" Tails Doll said, but got interrupted.
"THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!" Chip yelled, surprised.
"Yes and well, I now feel different and I wanted to know if your friend could help me." He asked calmly.
"So let me get this straight, you help attack us with all the other robots, absorb my friend's energy, somehow follow us, and now you want us to help you handle energy?" Sonic said, sounding annoyed and angry.
Tails Doll felt like slapping himself, he always had a bad choice of words. "Please, I—" Tails Doll tried to explain, but was caught off guard as Sonic started running towards him. He didn't know what to do, so he was about to fly away when—
"WAIT, DON"T ATTACK HIM SONIC!" Chip yelled. Sonic and Tails Doll stopped doing what they were about to do.
"Why not, Chip?" Sonic ask, annoyed.
Chip flew over to him. "Because, he absorbed my energy. When someone absorbs any essences of either Gaia, they become the minion of the Gaia. When they're the minion of said Gaia, they change." Chip explained. "Seeing that Tails Doll absorbed my energy, he will become more pure-hearted and gain some of my abilities, like absorbing light and creating force fields. So because of that, I think it'll be best if we spare him." Chip told them.
Everyone was surprised, Tails Doll being the most. "Well, that is news. So I'm going to be pure-hearted and be able to use light at will. Well, that's nice to know. Thanks for telling me. Good bye." He told Chip then flew away at high speed, blowing sand everywhere.
"WAIT, COME BACK!" Chip yelled. Tails Doll continued to fly away. "Why doesn't that ever work?"Chip asked himself, a little annoyed. "Sonic we have to follow him; I have to protect all my warriors! Come on." Chip told Sonic, then flew the same direction as Tails Doll.
"WAIT, CHIP!" Sonic yelled, but Chip continued flying away. "He's right, that doesn't ever work." Sonic complained to himself. "Tails you fly in the air with the tornado and look for them. I'll go on ground. Signal me if you know where they are and guide me to them." Sonic told him.
"Okay got it." Tails said as he got in the plane. Sonic ran off to find them.
Meanwhile Tails Doll had realized something. 'Darn, there's no way I'll be able to continue living in the Eggman Empire. Now where do I go? I should have asked them back there where I should go. Well what now? I'm a pure-hearted Doll with great power from sunlight, what the heck do I do with it?' He thought to himself, with a yellow and red power plant.
Suddenly he heard a voice behind him. "WAIT UP! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" A voice yelled. Tails Doll looked behind to see Chip flying toward him.
'Looks like I'll be getting directions after all.' Tails Doll thought to himself, his power plant going green. He stopped flying and faced the direction Chip was coming from. Chip, seeing Tails Doll stop, slowed himself down and flew in front of Tails Doll.
"Thanks for stopping." Chip told him.
"You followed me, is there something you need?" Tails Doll asked, with a yellow power plant.
"I don't want you to go out there with the possibility that you would die." Chip told the Doll.
Tails Doll's power plant started to glow more yellow. "How would I die with the powers I have?" Tails Doll asked.
"Because Eggman and Dark Gaia will want to capture you, so I think it would be a good idea if you traveled with us." Chip told him.
'Dark Gaia, huh? Eggman sent that thing free and it's causing damage to many things of this world. Just thinking about it makes me angry. But should I travel with them? Well what do I have left to lose?' Tails Doll thought to himself, while his power plant changed a few colors, which confused Chip.
"Ok I'll travel with you for bit." Tails Doll told Chip, who was in a trance with Tails Doll's power plant.
"Wh-What?" Chip said trying to stay focused.
"I said, I'll go with you" Tails Doll reminded him.
"Oh, thanks. Now I think we should—wait, I almost forgot." Chip said as he put his hands behind his back and looked for something like someone would in a traveling case. He then pulled out a chocolate bar. "Want some chocolate?" Chip asked.
Tails Doll was hesitant. "I never tried chocolate before, but I do have the urge for some now, fine." He then pointed his power plant at the bar of chocolate and started absorbing the chocolate. When he did that, Chip flinched, causing him to drop the chocolate bar, but by then it was already gone.
Chip had a surprised look his on his face. Tails Doll's power plant was glowing green. "Yum, that was good." Tails Doll commented.
"Okay, you ready to go?" He asked Chip. Chip, with the same expression, just nodded his head while trying to keep a straight face.
Before they left, Sonic showed up. "There you guys are. Me and Tails were looking for you two." Sonic told them and pointed up. They look up to see Tails in the tornado with the national Shamar flag attached to the tail of the plane.
"Why did you use that as your signal flag?" Tails Doll asked, with a yellow power plant.
"We get souvenirs from many places, we thought we'd put them to good use as signal flags." Sonic told him.
"Sonic, I told Tails Doll he could come with us." Chip told him.
"Yeah, can we talk about that Chip?" Sonic asked, feeling a bit awkward. Sonic and Chip walked away from Tails Doll as Tails started flying towards them. "Are you sure about having him come along? He could be programmed to betray us." Sonic asked Chip.
"Even if he was programmed to betray us, he still absorbed my energy; I can feel the power he has from me." Chip told him.
"But Chip, you and I know best that just because somebody has light or dark energy within them, it doesn't mean that will change who they are." Sonic told him, reminding him that he had Dark Gaia energy in him.
"That may be true, but the only way that is certain is that if Tails Doll was a heartless monster, and I really don't see that."Chip told him.
"Well, I suppose he hasn't done anything evil as of now. I guess he can come if he doesn't do anything wrong." Sonic agreed.
"Don't worry; I'll keep my eye on him." Chip promised as they started heading to the tornado.
Meanwhile, Tails landed the plane and started talking to Tails Doll, who was lying down on a wing. "So, you're like my Doll counterpart, right?" Tails asked, curious.
"If by that, you mean one of the Doctor's robots that looks like you, then yes. Yes, I am your counterpart." Tails Doll told him.
"So… What can you do and why did Eggman choose to make me doll?" Tails asked, wanting to know info about Eggman's robot.
Tails Doll looked at him. "He believed it would be unexpected and thought my lightweight would make me useful in races, he also gave me the ability to change my voice to that as a child to make me seem innocent so I would be able to surprise my opponent. Although it hasn't really worked for me." Tails Doll told him, with a blue power plant.
"…Did Eggman add anything to make you capable for combat?" Tails asked, unaware of Tails Doll's sadness. If Tails Doll could have, he would have sighed.
"Well, he made my power plant on my head able to absorb energy… The doctor said he wanted me to absorb Sonic's energy when he's super, but I malfunction every time I absorb even the most significant amount of energy. I can also show what emotions I feel with my power plant, see?" He told Tails, who looked at the blue power plant.
"What does blue represent?" Tails asked, puzzled by the blue crystal shaped power plant.
"It means I'm sad." Tails Doll told him, with a sad child's voice.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." Tails apologized to Tails Doll.
"I appreciate the concern, but I'll be okay." Tails Doll told him, with a still blue power plant.
'I better leave him alone. I don't want to make him more depressed.' Tails thought to himself.
Sonic and Chip returned to the Tornado, and they all returned to Shamar. They met up in front of the building that Professor Pickle was in, but ran into Amy. "Hey guys, so this...Umm." Amy said as she looked at Tails Doll.
"Amy, this is Tails Doll; he used to be working for Eggman, but due to some incidents he's against him now." Chip told her.
Tails Doll then looked at Amy. "Hi." He said with his child's voice, which he forgot to turn off. Amy ran to the doll and pulled him into a tight hug.
"He's so cute, he's like a toddler Tails." Amy said while giving affection to the doll.
'How am I supposed to feel about this?' Tails Doll thought to himself, with a yellow power plant.
"AMY SETTLE DOWN, YOU'RE HURTING HIM!" Sonic yelled, trying to convince Amy to stop hugging Tails Doll. Amy put down Tails Doll, who didn't seem affected by the hug of death at all.
"Aww, but he's so cute. Do you know a Sonic Doll?" Amy asked the doll.
"I'm afraid the only Sonics I know of are the one here and Metal Sonic." Tails Doll told her.
Amy groaned, "I hate him, what he does and tries to do, trying to be like Sonic, it just plain annoys me." Amy said. Tails Doll looked over Amy.
"You wouldn't happen to be Amy Rose, who went to Little Planet and got kidnapped by…Ooooh I understand." Tails Doll said aloud. Amy had a face full of powerful fury. 'Maybe I shouldn't talk of my brother in front of her.' Tails Doll thought to himself.
Sonic stepped in front of Amy. "Amy, I need to see Professor Pickle, so I don't really have much time. I'll see you later." Sonic said and then started walking inside to see Professor Pickle.
"Uh… what? Sonic, wait." Tails and the others start walking in.
"Bye, Amy." Chip said.
"See ya, Amy." Tails told her. "I'm sorry about making you angry. Bye." Tails Doll apologized.
Amy was silent. She walked far away from Professor Pickle's place, and when she knew she was far enough, she got out her Piko Piko hammer, lowered it to the ground, and hit herself. "You had it all planed out!" She said as she hit herself once more. "YOU KNEW WHAT TO SAY AND YOU WERE GOING TO BE GENTLE WHEN SAYING IT!" She yelled and struck herself again. It was at this point that people started noticing. "WHY, WHY DID DESTINY STOP IT?" She said and stopped attacking herself.
"Okay, that's enough self abuse. I never did that before, and if I try this again right, I won't have to do this again." Amy said and then noticed all the people staring at her. "Ugh, sorry, nothing to see here. Just made a mistake and felt it would be best to attack myself and not other people." Amy told the people, who then gave her even weirder looks. Amy walked back to Professor Pickle's building. 'Note to self, find classes to seem less crazy and awkward.' She thought to herself.
Meanwhile, Sonic and the others found Professor Pickle. "Hey Professor we're back and we brought more than a full powered Chaos Emerald." Sonic told the professor. Professor Pickle looked towards Sonic and co. and noticed Tails Doll.
"Sonic, is that a floating doll with the appearance similar to Tails?" Professor Pickle asked curiously.
"Yeah, pretty much." Sonic told the professor. "…Was there an issue in Adabat, or is the culture creating floating doll look-a-likes as souvenirs?" The Professor asked, confused.
"No Professor, it's just one of Eggman's creations turned good." Tails told him.
"Ahh I see." The professor said and picked up a plate of cucumber sandwiches. "Hello there doll of Tails. Would you care for a cucumber sandwich?" The professor asked as Sonic and Tails face-palmed.
"Uhh no thanks." Tails Doll said, not feeling hungry. "Oh, you can talk. I knew one robot could talk, but one with your material is interesting, tell me can you speck anything or is there a track for selective sentences you have?" Professor Pickle asked the doll.
Tails looked out the window to see the setting sun. "Uh-oh, get ready to transform Sonic." He told the hedgehog. Sonic looked outside to see the moon and suddenly he felt a deep pain inside of him. This time, however, he wasn't the only one; Tails Doll was holding onto his power plant.
"What's going on?" He asked as green areas left his body. Sonic suddenly had a purple area around his body. They both felt terrible pain during the process.
"I forgot this would happen to him." Chip said, looking worriedly at Tails Doll. Then, Sonic was in Werehog form, a much furrier form of the hedgehog with great strength and fearsome looks. Tails Doll, however looked the same, but everyone knew there was something different about him. "Tails Doll, are you ok?" Chip asked.
Tails Doll's power plant was glowing red. 'Why did I want to stay with these people again? I better leave now and report all info to the doctor.' He thought to himself and then started heading back to the exit.
"He's leaving, stop him guys!" Tails yelled as he and everyone else held Tails Doll back, though the doll kept trying to go. Then, Amy appeared at the entrance.
"Hey guys, what's…" She saw everyone trying to hold Tails Doll back. "Why are you guys holding on to Tails Doll like that?" She asked, puzzled on what was happening.
"Amy stop him, he's trying to leave and maybe share details with Eggman." Tails told her.
Amy pulled out her Piko Piko hammer. "Don't worry guys; I'll get him back in." She told them as she got ready to slam the doll.
"NO AMY, STOP!" Sonic tried to stop her, but it was too late. Amy slammed her hammer against the doll's face, propelling him and everyone holding onto him to the wall. Tails Doll slumped down to the floor after hitting the wall. However, Sonic and co. weren't so lucky.
"Oww, Amy you could have just pushed him so we could stop him from leaving." Tails moaned. He and the others had left body marks on the wall.
Sonic pulled himself out with his Werehog strength. "Well, it stopped him for now, so I think we'll be ok." He said as he pulled Chip out of the wall. Tails Doll however, was looking over Sonic.
'Hmm, he has true strength. Maybe if I take some of his energy, I could be strong myself.' He thought to himself as he aimed his power plant at Sonic.
However, Chip saw what he was about to do and did not want him to absorb Sonic's Dark Gaia energy. He started to charge Light Gaia energy, emitting a green light "It looks like it's time to—" He then created a light as bright as a tiny sun. "—shine true relevance to block out the darkness." Chip yelled. Sonic then had the purple aura leave his body and Tails Doll had a green aura enter his body. He then stopped what he was about to do and put a hand on his head.
"Ugh, what was I about to do?" He asked himself confused. He looked over to see a bright light. "Is that—" Chip saw him looking at him.
"Tails Doll, please shut down, I need you to do that for me." Chip told him. 'Should I? I mean I'm pretty sure I was just about to report info to the Doctor, maybe it's best if I shut down for now.' Tails Doll thought to himself as he started to shut himself down. Chip canceled out the bright light. It caused the green aura to leave Tails Doll's body and purple aura to enter Sonic's body.
"OH COME ON, AGAIN!" Sonic yelled as he turned back to Werehog form.
Chip fell to the ground, exhausted. Meanwhile, Tails and Amy pulled Professor Pickle out of the wall. "Professor, are you ok?" Tails asked, worried for the old man.
Professor Pickle pointed behind Tails. "Please, bring me a cucumber sandwich." The professor begged as Tails face-palmed. Amy grabbed the plate and brought it to the Professor. The Professor grabbed a sandwich and took a bite out of it. He got up, as if he hasn't been hurt at all. "I sure know how to make these right." he commented to himself.
Chip walked (his wings were tired) to them. 'Tails, do you think we could help him so he won't betray us again." Chip asked.
"I suppose I could modify his power plant so he could hold the Gaia energy within him, but are you still sure you want to help him?" Tails asked him.
"Yes I still think he can be a good person if he wants to be and I won't leave a warrior of mine deserted." Chip told Tails.
Tails looked over to Professor Pickle. "Do you mind helping me upgrade Doll me, Professor Pickle?" Tails asked the old man, who was finishing his sandwich.
"Yes, I believe I can help fix him up." The professor told him. Just then, the professor's assistant came in and notice dthe destruction of the place.
"What happened while I was gone?" He asked.
"Don't worry my assistant, I'll explain what happened. Then, you could help us fix this doll." Professor Pickle told his assistant. The assistant scratched his head, puzzled.
Sonic walked toward the exit, "I think I'll go find somewhere to relaxed while you guys work on him." Sonic said, leaving them. Amy ran to follow him.
"Wait Sonic, I need to talk to you." Amy said, not trying to lose him. Chip flew over to Tails Doll, who Professor Pickle put on the table.
"Okay let's start working on him." Chip told the geniuses.
That's the end of chapter two, but there's more. I'll make these little extra parts that could or could not have to do with the story; it's just something I felt like doing. So enjoy this—
Extra Spark.
More Proof.
"Seeing that Tails Doll absorbed my energy, he will become more pure-hearted and gain some of my abilities, like being able to absorb light and create force fields. So because of that, I think it'll be best if we spare him." Chip told them. Everyone was surprised.
"Wait, wait, wait." Tails said, stepping in front of Chip. "We're going to need more proof then what he says; I may not have been around when he absorbed your energy, but I know that he's crafty. He could have just improved Tails Doll and sent him to trick us and take the Chaos Emeralds." Tails said.
"But Tails, I can sense my energy within him. He had to absorb my energy." Chip told him.
"True, but Eggman could have just gave him a capsule with your energy just to throw you off. All I'm saying is I'm going to need more proof." Tails said, crossing his arms.
"Well okay, all he has to do is create a force field out of the light around us and that should prove that he is a part of me." Chip said and then looks at Tails Doll.
"Okay, with my powers it shouldn't be too hard." Chip told Tails Doll.
"Um, actually I was—" Tails Doll tried to say he was leaving, but he got interrupted.
"It's easy. Just absorb the light around us and a force field should form. Although it won't stay long or be quite as powerful, it will be enough proof that you are a warrior of Gaia." Chip explained. Tails Doll had a yellow power plant; he was annoyed, but decided to do what he said.
"Okay, how do I do that?" He asked.
"Three words: focus, feel, and out. Just focus on all the light around you." Chip told him, while gesturing to the sky. Tails Doll tried to focus on the light, but he couldn't.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by 'focus'." He told Chip, with a yellow power plant.
"Um, okay I can help you by getting your definition of what light is. Um, is it something being bright, light?" Chip asked. Tails Doll shook his head.
"No" he told him.
"Um is the sun, light?" Chip asked.
Tails Doll focused on the sun. "Almost, it's something like that." Tails Doll told him.
"Really? Okay, tell when I get it right." Chip told him. Tails Doll nodded his head. "Okay, is it sunlight...? No, what about sunshine?" Chip asked him.
Tails Doll looked at Chip with a glowing green power plant. "Yes, that's what I think light is." Tails Doll told him with excitement.
"Good, now let's start." Chip told him.
Tails Doll and Chip flew up to the sky, closer to the sun, and Tails Doll rose his arms while keeping his focus on the sun. "Just keep all focus on the sunshine." Chip told him. Tails Doll kept doing so until he felt something.
"I… I think I got it." Tails Doll told him.
"Good, now that you have a focus on the sunshine, you must now feel it." Chip told him. Tails Doll's power plant turned yellow again.
"What, but don't I already feel it?" Tails Doll asked.
"No… well yes, but this is different. I want it to connect inside you, with my energy." Chip told him.
"Ok, I'll try." Tails Doll said as he tried to let light enter his body.
"Come on Tails Doll, you can do it! You can feel the sunshine!" Chip told him, trying to give him confidence.
"I-I can feel the sunshine." Tails Doll told himself as a green aura started forming around him.
Chip smiled. "That's great; now let out all of the light you have." Chip told him. However Tails Doll didn't hear him.
"I can feel the sunshine." Tails Doll repeated. Chip looked oddly at this as Tails Doll had an even more green aura around him.
"Um, Tails Doll, can you hear me? I told you to let out all the light power you have. If you don't, you are going to unleash a powerful force field." Chip warned, but it was too late, as Tails Doll was already overflowing with the green aura of light.
"I CAN FEEL THE SUNSHINE!" Tails Doll yelled before letting out a powerful blast, annihilating desert sand and the Tornado, while Chip, Sonic, and Tails were caught in the explosion.
After all the smoke cleared, Tails Doll dropped to the ground. Chip flew over to him.
"How did I do?" Tails Doll asked as soon as Chip was by his side.
"You proved you have my powers but, ummm…" Chip said and pointed to Tails, who was holding the wheel of the Tornado.
"Why did my plane have to get caught in this destruction!? Why, the Tornado?!" Tails yelled in agony as Sonic patted him on the back, trying to comfort him.
And I'm done. I finally got this out. Sorry it took so long, I'm not that fast of a writer but I try to make good stories. Hope you enjoyed the story and feel free to drop a review, I'll be okay with anything as long as it isn't truly mindless. Special thanks to Espionage247 (grammar) and Hazel The Rabbit (story) for beta-reading this and to all my reviewers.
Thanks for reading and have a nice day.
The Hidden Flare.