Author's Notes: I own nothing, everything (except OCs) belongs to SEGA.
Please note that this is a spinoff from Tails the Machine. I suggest reading Tails the Machine to understand some concepts.
Prologue: Messing Around Has Consequences
Tails Hidden Lab; Eight Years after Tails the Machine...
Tails Doll sighed as he sat on a wooden bench inside the lab, bored out of his mind. He couldn't find any robots or wanted criminals to slaughter or torture, Robotnik had run his course with the terrifying fun-o-meter and with Tails lab being away from the rest of the Freedom Fighters, he was stuck being cooped up most of the time.
"Taaaaaaails! When can we go out and play?" whined Tails Doll in the most innocent voice he could muster.
"I told you, when I'm done working." said Tails as he worked on some device.
"But you said that last week! I'm starting to think you care more about inventions than your pal!"
"It's been a busy work schedule alright?!"
"You're no longer any fun Tails! Age fourteen and you can't take five minutes off your schedule to have a little fun with me! I miss the younger you!" said Tails Doll crossing his arms and his gem turned blue.
"Would you stop whining?! Gosh, you're more annoying now than you were back then!"
Tails Dolls' eyes filled up with tears before he ran off into another room, leaving behind two trails of tears on the floor and Tails turned around and sighed.
"Maybe he's right. I'm still a kid and I'm working too hard..." muttered Tails under his breath before he got up and put his work goggles on the table and followed the trail of tears. Tails followed the trail until he came to the Inter-dimensional portal chamber he had recently built but was still in early development and found it odd that Tails Doll would go to that room.
"TD, what are you...doing...?" said Tails entering the room before he saw the doll kicking the device.
"Work you stupid piece of junk!" said TD, his gem red as he continued to kick the device.
"Tails Doll! What are you doing?! Stop!"
"Activating the portal so I can visit our other friends!"
"But it's not finished!"
"So what?! You care more about inventions than you do your own buddy! The one who stuck by you when you decided to leave the Freedom Fighters for awhile!"
"Stop kicking the machine, you'll damage it!"
"So what?! I want my buddy back!"
The machine suddenly came to life and both Tails' and TD's eyes widened as a portal opened up and began sucking TD in. The doll brought out his claws and dug them into ground.
"TAILS! HELP!" cried TD in fear as his claws slowly began to lose their grip.
Tails grabbed the wall and had it disconnect at certain intervals to increase its length and began walking towards TD and upon nearing the doll, outstretched a hand.
"Grab my hand!" said Tails and TD hesitantly retracted one pair of claws to reach out for Tails' hand. When their hands barely touched, TD's claws still embedded in the ground suddenly gave way and the doll flew into the portal, his terrified scream drowning away as the portal closed, leaving a shocked Tails as his arm retracted back into place and he ran towards the control panel only to have it short it out on him.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" cursed Tails as he paced the room, "I've got to get help!"
Tails left his lab in a hurry and flew straight towards New Mobotropolis as fast as his two tails could go.
With Tails Doll...
The two-tailed fox doll tumbled through a strange multi-colored vortex that made his head spin until suddenly he saw a bright light and then...blackness...
Six Hours Later...
Tails Doll sat up clutching his head and he looked around to find himself in some forest.
'Where am I?' thought the doll to himself before a crash of thunder made him jump and then a heavy downpour soaked him completely.
"It just had to rain..." muttered the doll in annoyance, his gem turning a bright orange. The doll started walking in a random direction and for another two hours he pretty much walked in one big circle before he tripped and fell in a mud puddle and got up.
"Stupid rain! Stupid mud! Stupid portal! Stupid Tails! *GASP!* What'd I just say?!" said TD before he covered his mouth in shock, his gem going from red to a light orange.
"I need to find shelter!" said TD looking around before he found a tree with a decent sized hole in the trunk. Walking over, he found the hole was just a tiny bit too small for him. Bringing out his claws he cut the hole open a bit more and then went inside and laid against the back of the hollow and slowly closed his eyes, one leg sticking out of the hole as he slept.
When morning came, TD was violently jolted awake by somebody grabbing his leg and pulling him out of the hole.
"Hey! Let me go! Let me go!" said TD before he saw his captor and his eyes widened upon seeing...
"S-Sonic?" said TD in shock before he saw three scars across the hedgehog's chest that matched Scourge's, "Wait, you're not Sonic! You're Scourge in disguise! Let me go! Let me go! I don't want to join the Destructix! Let me go!"
"Shut up Tails Doll! I am Sonic you cursed doll!" snapped Sonic glaring at Tails Doll and the doll's gem turned a white-yellow hue.
"W-what? Then h-how you get those scars?"
"You gave them to me!"
"What?!"
"Don't play dumb!"
"I'm not! I'd never harm anyone...except Robotnik..." said Tails Doll trying to defend himself.
"Don't you mean Eggman?"
"I meant him too! Heh he heh...would you mind putting me down? I'm getting dizzy from being hung upside-down..."
"No! You're coming with me and I'll hold you any damn way I want to!" snapped Sonic before he ran off with Tails Doll and within a few seconds, they were at Knothole but Tails Doll did NOT recognize it.
"W-what happened here?" said Tails Doll looking around in shock at the ruined huts, most of the currently being rebuilt, his gem turning yellow.
"You did this! Now stop playing dumb!" snapped Sonic shaking TD violently.
"I think I'm gonna be sick..." said Tails Doll as his gem turned a sickly green and he turned away from Sonic before...
"BLAAAAAAAAAAAARG!"
...Tails Doll threw up.
"Sonic, what's going on?!" came Sally's voice and when TD saw her, he jumped upon seeing her almost completely roboticized, the only part still organic being her head.
"What are you looking at?" snarled Sally poking TD in the chest with a metallic claw and the doll's gem turned white.
"Found him in a tree, sleeping. Guy thought I was Scourge and tried to escape but he didn't harm me which is odd considering last time I fought him, he said he'd finish the job." said Sonic.
"W-what's going on? Why does everyone hate me? What have I done?" said Tails Doll in fear.
"Don't answer any of those questions Sonic, throw him in the holding cells." said Sally and Sonic saluted before he ran towards the holding cell hut and harshly threw TD into the cell. TD got up and dusted himself off before he cowered under the death glare Sonic was directing at him and the doll sat down and pulled his knees close to his chest, his gem turning a very bright white.
"Quit with the faking and do something already!" snapped Sonic throwing a rock at Tails Doll, hitting the doll in the head and knocking him onto his side and Tails Doll's eyes watered before he started to silently cry and Sonic scoffed before he stormed out of the hut.
'Where am I?' thought Tails Dolls as tears streamed form his eyes as he curled in on himself.
END CHAPTER
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