Can't defeat a genius without taking his brain

by xenoon

Summary:

Sonic and Tails go on a mission shortly after their return from Starfall Islands and investigate one of Eggman's old bases. Things turn bad and they end up calling for backup, or atleast, sonic ends up calling for backup.

 

Or: Tails goes feral and everyone panics

 

(Tags WILL be updated throughout chapters)

Notes:

This is just a fun idea I wanted to try, I always liked the idea of Tails going feral due to one of eggman's plans and like everyone like freaks out and has to try to reverse what Eggman did without their genius!! Or partly without their genius, IDK I DIDNY PLAN THIS HELP.

Chapter 1

It's not that Eggman's bases were difficult to navigate through. Sure, they were always super spacious and big with about a million rooms inside, but it was nothing they couldn't handle. The main reason Sonic and him could find the madman in less than a sonic second within his bases was because the miles electric provided them with an entire floor plan of Eggman's bases before they took off, and also of course because of their past experiences with Eggman. He didn't change much when it came to his bases, so most of them were pretty much the same.

This time however? They were investigating an old base with no miles electric to guide them. The miles electric had been experiencing some bugs recently shortly after their return from the Starfall Islands. Tails was more than happy to investigate why and run his device through several new updates to fix it.

Unfortunately, the one day he was in the process of scanning all his files and saving all his data, which estimated would take up the next 5 hours, is when his communicator decided to ping him with the alert that some activity was found at an Eggman base nearby.

Awesome.

If he got the alert just now, then that probably meant that-

"Hey bud, did you get the alert?" Sonic asked as he slammed the door open, a large smile plastered on his face. At that moment, Tails wished he never installed that feature on Sonic's communicator.

He internally groaned. He didn't want to deal with Eggman right now, he was dealing with his most valued device. Plus, the miles electric helped them learn their way around the base instead of jumping head first into dangerous situations.

"Yeah," he mumbled. He thought about his next reply before speaking right away, trying to buy some time. "Maybe we should wait a bit before checking it out, y'know? My miles electric can help us before we go in," Tails reasoned. Sonic gave a dissatisfied hum. 

Of course Sonic didn't agree.

"I know bud, but hey, you've been cooped up in you're workshop all day. I know your work is important, but i'll have to drag you out anyways to take a break. Plus, I'm sure its nothing serious. Now c'mon bud," Sonic replied, signature grin on his face.

True to Sonic's word, Sonic picked him up whilst ignoring many shouts protests and sped them to the location without giving Tails any room to argue.

It took them a second before they both stopped in front of what seemed to be the base and looked up at it.

The base was pretty small compared to Eggman's other bases. It looked like it was some sort of storage facility of some kind.

"Huh, looks like one of that Egghead's old bases," Sonic said while observing it.

He was right. Eggman's new bases had a different architectural style to them, and while they were bigger, they also were much more discreet. This base had a giant Eggman logo plastered right on the front.

"Yeah, that's really weird, you would think he'd make the base a little more hidden," Tails added observantly. Something felt wrong, but he couldn't quite place his finger on what. Tails went silent in thought as he tried to track down what was causing his suspicion.

Sonic on the other hand, wasn't picking up anything and was ready to dive in the base head first. Tails could feel his stare burning the side of his head.

"Maybe we should call Amy and Knuckles on this one," Tails concluded quietly.

Sonic gave him a confused look. "How come, bud? 'S just a regular ol' Egghead base. Sure, might give the creeps, but i'm sure it's nothing we can't handle."

"Plus," Sonic added helpfully, "they probably got the alert too. If not Knux, then definetely Ames."

Tails sighed. Sonic had a good and valid point, Amy probably would be on her way if she got the alert, or call Sonic about it soon. Sonic clearly wanted to go in right now. Watching the fast tapping of his foot proved that even more.

"Fine, lets go then, but dont—" his sentence was cut off by a blur of blue, wind rushing past him.

They were off to a great start.

Tails quickly followed him behind as they both sped around the base, searching for any suspicions or anything that was wrong. The sound of ringing from Sonic's communicator momentarily stopped them in their tracks.

It was Amy calling.

Sonic picked up. "Hey Ames, whats up?" He asked casually. 

"Hey!! Got that alert, it's not like Eggman to plot anything right after a big event like Starfall islands. Will you and Tails be okay?" Amy questioned. She was always confident in them to complete missions, but just like Tails, she had her suspicions on the alert as well. 

Sonic let out a long pshhhht sound. "Of coursee, you worry too much Ames, me and Tails got this, right bud?" Sonic said glancing over at Tails, confident grin all over his face.

Tails gave him a deadpanned look right back. He wondered if Sonic had any sense of caution or safety.

After a beat, Amy responded. "Alright then, if you're sure. I would've come along but I promised Vanilla I'd take care of Cream today and—"

Crash!

Sonic and Tails snapped their heads to where the noise came from.

"Sorry to cut you off Ames, but we gotta speed, catch ya later," Sonic said. He promptly hung up despite Amy's now rising questions.

Both Sonic and Tails turned to eachother and nodded in sync. They began making their way to where the sound had come from.

They came here to complete a mission, after all.

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About halfway towards the mysterious crash they discovered a few minutes ago, they heard another sound, but on the other side of the base.

They whipped their heads in that direction, changing their path.

Bam!

Another sound was heard from the direction they were originally walking towards.

Tails furrowed his brows. That was odd.

"Okayy.. That's pretty spooky not gonna lie. How 'bout we split up partner?" Sonic asked, turning to Tails to silently asked if he was okay with doing that.

Tails nodded slowly and hesitantly, still trying to think the whole situation over. He didn't have a problem with splitting up, in fact, it allowed him to be useful in his own ways and go about things independently. What did worry him was the fact that this whole situation seemed really off in a way he couldn't place his finger on.

Sonic flashed him a thumbs up. Both mobians gave eachother a small 'good luck' and parted ways to the direction of each sound they were assigned to check on.

Behind a screen sitting in a small security room, was a man with a very familiar mustache observing the computer in front of him with security footage displaying his all-time enemies walk their seperate ways.

His plan was going perfectly.

Chapter 2: A minute too late

Summary:

Tails gets trapped and a mysterious gas starts spraying in the room, sonic gets to him a minute too late.

Notes:

GUYS THIS CHAPTER IS KINDA BAD and hey guys im back😇 how long has it been?? Almost a year? Its almost 2025 thats kinda crazy. ANYWAYS IM SORRY GUYS I HAD LIKE A WRITER STUMP BC I RLY DIDNT KNOW HOW TO CONTINUE THIS!! anyways I tried its lowkey a lame chapter but whatever next chapter will be fire trust

Why did Eggman always manage to make his bases so complicated to navigate through?!?!

 

Tails tried following the source of the sound both he and Sonic had found earlier, but came to find nothing. Discovering no other clues to the source of the sound, he decided he'd go back to where he and Sonic parted. Unfortunately, on his way back, he got lost.

 

Like literally, lost.

 

He was in the middle of a random hallway with about a million doors awaiting him. Granted that this base was pretty small, it still was frustrating to navigate through.

 

He would've called Sonic, but this base had a frequency to cut off their comms ability to communicate, much like many of Eggman's newer bases.

 

He walked across the hallway, moving in the direction of where he guessed he came from and occasionally glanced at the door signs besides him.

 

Tails paused. He looked up at a door that made his gut twist in discomfort, but peeked his curiosity nonetheless. The sign read in big 'Testing Room.' 

 

Curiosity taking over, Tails walked towards the door. If he found something useful inside, he could study it at his workshop later. Was this move risky? Of course, but Sonic was the one to drag him here in the first place, so why not? He wasn't Sonic The Hedgehog's little brother for nothing.

 

Hand on the doorknob, he opened the door slowly and peeked inside. He opened what he hoped to be a still working light switch and entered the room which appeared to contain-

 

Nothing.

 

Huh? 

 

The room was basically empty. Few empty desks were against the white, plain walls of the room. It was a bit dusty, to be completely honest. In the center of the room was a long steel table with some viles. Most had been empty, with no contents in them while very few had a mystery substance within. Each vile was labeled with different numbers.

 

Tails eyes widened, he could take this home and experiment with the mystery substance!! If he found out what it was, and proved it to be useful, it could be used against Eggman in the future.

 

Making his final decision, he grabbed some of viles that still had stuff inside and stored them in his large, fluffy appendages temporarily. He made sure the contents were sealed tightly so that nothing could spill afterwards.

 

With a smirk, Tails turned on his heel and walked back to the door he originally entered the room from. He knew this could give them some more intel on Eggman, since the guy's been pretty inactive since Starfall islands. Plus, he could rub it in Eggman's face the next time he saw him and blab about how he never learns from his mistakes.

 

As quick as his smirk appeared, it quickly morphed into a frown once a much larger door slammed down in front of the wacky, old one right before he could reach the handle.

 

Weird.

 

Eggman must've installed some sort of security system in the past. Which made it even weirder that it was still up and running with how old this base seemed to be. Since he didn't have his Miles Electric to override it, he'd just have to use physical force. With a sigh, he curled up into a ball and spindashed towards the door to smash it down. Although Sonic's spindash was much more effective than his because of his sharp quills, Tails liked to consider his spindash was pretty strong too.

 

Hitting the door with a large bam! He uncurled once he heard a familiar voice behind him. 

 

"It's quite amusing to see you think you'll be able to get out," Eggman cackled. Tails whipped his head around the room to look for the source of the sound, but all he found was a speaker on the top right corner of the room.

 

"Egghead! I should've known you'd show up," Tails bit back at the speaker before him. Eggman let out a big, long laugh, making the two-tailed kit roll his eyes.

 

"It doesn't seem that way does it though, hmm?" Eggman asked back, in which Tails could feel him smirking from wherever he was hiding. "It wasn't smart to split ways from that blue rodent," he adds.

 

Tails perks up at this, now fully listening, "what did you do to him?! Where's Sonic?" Tails asks, yelling at the speaker about a meter away from him. Eggman lets a big, long laugh once again. "Ohohoho, no no no no, unfortunately I haven't been able to catch that blue bafoon yet, so you don't have to worry about him," Eggman snickers before continuing "if anything, you should be more worried about yourself."

 

Tails snickers back at him and grins confidentially, "what's there to be worried about? I mean if its just being trapped here with you I can just get the door open with a bit of hacking, all your plans lack brain power, egg breath," Tails bluffed, clearly aware his Miles Electric was sitting at home, leaving him with nothing at the moment.

 

"Ah-ah-ah," Eggman tuts, surprisingly ignoring the insult, "is that really how you speak to your elders, Tails? I thought you were the smart one." Tails blinks a bit at his sentence before the speaker crackles a bit and the room goes radio silent, leaving him only to listen to the sound of his own steady breathing.

 

This is getting weirder and weirder, maybe I'll have to sit back till Sonic comes looking for me. Surely he'll come soo-

 

Flick.

 

The lights in the room turned off, leaving a now on-guard Tails in a dark, quiet room alone. 

 

"Okay Eggman, if this is your way of trying to scare me, it's not working," Tails murmured, ignoring the twinge in his chest of the feeling that something was gonna go horribly wrong.

 

Just as he called it, a hissing sound came up from somewhere within the room, making Tails jump and look at the source.

 

From 2 corners of the room, there were sprinklers that seemed to be spraying an unknown red gas. A gas that was a similar color to one of the viles Tails had picked up earlier.

 

Speaking of which, Tails quickly pulled them out of his tails and set them on the desk to examine them as closely as he could in the dark, all while trying to hold his breath to avoid letting any gas enter his system.

 

One of the contents, the one that was the same color as the gas spreading above him, had a very small label at the bottom reading something Tails himself couldn't decipher in the dark. Furrowing his brows, the fox left to vials to focus on finding a way out before breathing in the mystery substance around the room.

 

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Spin dash. Spin dash again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again.

 

That was all Tails could do for now, since there appeared to have been not a single piece of technology to help him. He even pulled apart that speaker Eggman was talking from in the span of a few seconds, but nothing in there would help him get out.

 

Tails had been searching the room and taking apart any piece of technology that he found for a whole two minutes. At this rate, he's aware he could pass out soon if he doesn't hurry up. So after many, many, many attempts from trying to knock the door down, Tails bangs his fist on the door, hoping to get Sonic's attention from wherever he is.

 

Please get here soon Sonic.

 

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Said blue blur was speeding across the halls, poking his head in room to room every second. He didn't find anything whatsoever.

 

"Man this base kinda stinks, wonder if Tails has had any luck. Better go check on him soon," he muses out loud, checking a few more rooms before deciding to get back to where they had originally started. Maybe after this him and Tails could go get a chili dog or something.. man that sounds so good right no-

 

BANG BANG BANG

 

Skidding to a halt, Sonic whips his head where the noise came from and runs in that direction immediately, following the source at lightning speed.

 

Hopefully the banging isn't coming from wherever Tails ended up going.

 

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Tails was trying to hold on, he really was, but there's only so much time you can hold your breath before you pass out. Heck, he's lived with Sonic, who HATES water, making him even more inexperienced to holding his breath.

 

His banging had gotten quieter, movements became sluggish, his legs started feeling weak and boy was he really lightheaded right now. A nap on the floor was starting to look really good right now, but he had to hold on because he doesn't know what mystery gas filled the room and he doesn't know what it'll do to him. Does he wanna find out? No, not really, he'd very much like to study the substance; but with the circumstances he's in right now, he doesn't wanna know.

 

His head's feeling way more heavy than usual and he can't tell if the sound of speeding footsteps from far away is his brother or a hallucination. Whatever it is, he doesn't register it much as the world starts getting darker and darker. 

 

I'm sorry Sonic.

 

Before he knows it, Tails passes out and Sonic busts the door open a minute too late.

Chapter 3: A helping hand

Notes:

Hey guys!! Just a small new years gift before 2025 begins!! I originally was gonna make this like 4 chapters, but the pacing would be pretty rushed and I think releasing good quality work slowly is better than giving you guys bad quality work quickly. SOOOO im not rly sure how many chapters this'll be but im guessing like 10 or more. Hope you guys like this chapter🤗 it's a bit longer than the others I think, so enjoy!!!

what the flip.

 

If you asked Sonic The Hedgehog why his little brother was passed out in a strangely secured room with red mist around, he wouldn't be able to give you a straight answer. 

 

To say he was surprised was an understatement. He quite literally had no idea what was happening, he just knows his partner is out cold and there's some strange gas in the room that he knows he shouldn't be breathing, so he holds his breath the best he can.

 

Is he confused? Yes. Is he worried? Oh, absolutely. He has literally no idea why Tails is on the floor right now and what he did to get into that position, but he doesn't dwell on it much longer and opts to carry him. Screw his curiosity, his brother's hurt because he decided to rush him and navigate this unknown base as soon as possible all because he was craving some action. He wasn't staying here any longer now that Tails was hurt.

 

In a sonic second, he re-adjusts his hold on him and takes a deep breath. "Hang in there, Tails, you'll be okay," he murmurs quietly before speeding away from the room to find the exit.

 

Hopefully the gas Tails ended up breathing wasn't anything too serious.

 

That thought is quickly dismissed when he feels his little brother stirring in his arms while he's halfway home. He quickly skids to a halt and sets him down to check on him and see if he's waking up.

 

 

"Tails bud, you okay? Can you hear me?"

 

 

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No response. Silence, just him stirring slightly.

 

 

 

Sonic lets out a small breath before nudging him a bit. "Cmon dude, we gotta get home and you gotta tell me if you have any injuries," Sonic says, trying to get his attention again. From where he is now, Sonic can't see any injuries, but you can never be too sure. He shakes his best friend a little harsher this time. He's definetely stirring more now, which means he's waking up.

 

His ears were flicking a lot, but Sonic decides to ignore that momentarily.

 

He furrows his brows in thought, and scoops up Tails again and decides to wake him up properly at home and make sure he's okay, continuing his run back home.

 

He won't be able to forgive himself if something wrong were to happen to his brother because of him.

 

Pushing those thoughts aside, Sonic convinces himself that Tails is probably just tired and didn't sleep much last night. He might've just drank too much coffee again.

 

Yeah, that's probably why.

 

 

 

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Sonic opens the door with a few taps here and there, typing a code on the keypad Tails designed for the both of them so their house in the Mystic Ruins was fully secure. Only him and Tails shared the code.

 

Stepping inside, Sonic closes the door, elicting a soft click from behind.

 

He sets Tails on the couch, who by the way, was getting really restless in his sleep; and if Sonic's being honest, he's trying to ignore the gnawing feeling in his stomach that's telling him something might be really wrong with his brother.

 

"Okay, calm down Sonic. You're overreacting, nothing was even in that base anyways. Jusy an ol' base from that Egghead. No reason to be so worried;" he pokes Tails as an attempt to ease his worries, but just receives a harsh flick from one of Tails' tails while sleeping, making him frown.

 

Speaking of his tails, they've been a bit matted recently. Maybe he should brush them out, Tails usually likes when he does that, considering he's the only person he trusts to touch his tails. Maybe it'll get him to wake up too. Thinking it over, Sonic thinks it's a good idea.

 

Finalizing his decision, Sonic makes possibly the worst choice of his life and zips over to grab the brush specifically for Tails fur before grabbing one of his tails a bit too abruptedly and—

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOMP!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..What just happened?

 

A sickening chomp could be heard across the house. Sonic hopes he's hallucinating when he realizes something sharp is buried in his hand at the same time. He slowly looks at the attacker only to be met with the scene of Tails, who's fur is bristled, pupils slit into pinpricks, biting his gloved hand that had only slightly grazed his tail.

 

Sonic didn't register the pain in his hand. He didn't even register the concerning amount of blood that was drawing soon after. He just couldn't wrap around why his brother looked like that. Actually scratch that, he wants to know why his brother is acting so aggressive right now, especially with him. He also notices the fact that Tails does NOT look like he's in his right mind right now, and heck he would he lying to himself if he said his little brother didn't look absolutely feral right now. And maybe it's the adrenaline, or the fact that his brain might be too slow to process all of this, but instead of being naturally afraid, terrified, or in pain; Sonic is just downright worried for his little brother. 

 

What in all of mobius happened while he left Tails on his own in that base?

 

Snapping out of his thoughts, Sonic paid some attention to his hand that was now throbbing painfully oozing with blood, canines still injected in his flesh. He couldn't hold back a grimace at the sight, usually being the one who can't handle looking at blood from a mere papercut. Steeling a somewhat composed breath, he gently brought his un-injured hand up defensively to Tails before speaking.

 

"Hey bud, everything's all good okay? I'm not gonna hurt you, mind letting go of my hand?" A beat passed, then two. Sonic wasn't sure if he was even going to listen to him. A moment after, he saw the way Tails jaw relaxed a bit as he registered his words, how his pupils were still incredibly slit, but enlarged slightly to a more normal size as he let go of his brother's hand. Sonic let out a long breath he didn't know he'd been holding, and gently removed his hand; ignoring the painful stinging and heavy sensation from the bite and looking at his brother carefully instead. From what he could see, his brother had no bruises, no injuries at all on the outside. He kneeled down to be eye level with the supposedly young genius and looked at him a bit wearily after getting bitten.

 

"Hey Tails, little buddy, can you hear me? You're looking a bit out of it," he said as he waves his free hand cautiously in front of Tails' face, who's sharp eyes tracked every one of his movements extremely carefully it was almost creepy.

 

Letting out a small and awkward 'okayyyy' at the silence he received, Sonic pursed his lips and opted for plan B and tried saying something else. He noticed Tails' ear flicked a lot whenever he made any sort of movement. His fur was bristled too. "I'm gonna turn away from you really quick lil bro, okay? I'm gonna get the first aid kit, alright? You cool with that? Nod if yes and shake if no," Sonic mentally facepalmed himself at how ridiculous he was being. Tails is a smart guy, the smartest person he knows, he's just a bit on edge, he doesn't like being treated like a kid, so he's probably offended that Sonic would even—

 

head tilt

 

Oh. Okay so maybe he doesn't understand him at all. It definetely seems like he's not in his right mind right now. That's not practical. Sonic can't really work with that. This definetely doesn't send any sort of red flags to his brain. Nope. His brother's just having an off day. Okay; maybe he can try something else then.

 

Bringing up his free hand, he gently and slowly points at Tails and makes a stop sign to signal him to stay where he is. It reminded him of the classic days, where he and Tails communicated through sign language. When he found Tails' was making no move to get up or attack, he slowly made his way to pull out the first aid nearby and open it, sloppily wrapping a gauze around his injured hand to take care of the bite while watching Tails thoughtfully.

 

Not knowing what to do anymore, he taps a few things on his communicator quickly and it takes a minute for the person he was calling on the other side to respond.

 

"Hi Sonic!!! How'd that mission go with Tails?"

 

Sonic let out a small sigh as he raised his head from his communicator to look at Tails who was currently licking his own paws as an attempt to clean himself, gloves discarded on the nearby table.

 

"Well, about that.."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Not even 5 minutes after their short call, where Sonic vaguely explained what happened, did he hear banging on the front door. The action made him jolt a bit and Tails hissed at the door, canines visible to attack whoever it was.

 

"Hey bud, don't worry okay? Pretty sure that's just Amy," Sonic said as he got up and walked over to gently, and hesitantly, ruffle Tails bangs a bit before answering the door.

 

"Hey Ames," Amy had a plastic bag in her hands and looked a bit nervous, fiddling with the edge of her red and white dress a bit when he opened the door, but she greeted him with a small smile nonetheless. "Hey Sonic, I brought some stuff I thought might come in handy. Where is he?"

 

She stepped into their home and Sonic gestured at the fox currently curled up on the couch like a cat. Despite the strange and complex situation, Amy couldn't contain herself and ran over to him, quickly discarding the bag she had been carrying to the side.

 

"Awwwww, what a cutie!!!! You're so adorable Tails," she said as she reached out to pet him while he was sleeping. Sonic caught notice and was about to warn her before Tails opened his eyes slightly from his nap, narrowing them at the sudden action, and flicked her nearing hand away with one of his tails while growling slightly. Amy retracted her hand as quickly as she brought it out and set it to rest on her side, a small frown tugging her lips.

 

"Do you have any idea what might've caused this? It had to have been something Tails stumbled upon when you guys were exploring Eggman's base," Amy said, turning to Sonic who was currently assessing the situation with an oddly serious expression, one reserved solely for when his brother was hurt or in trouble.

 

"Not that I can think of," he said with a frown while scratching the back of his head to think. "Well actually, when I found him unconscious there was a weird red mist- fog? I don't even know what it was but there a ton in the room. He must've breathed it in," Sonic concluded with furrowed brows.

 

Amy hummed in response, seeing the gauze on Sonic's hand before moving to bring out something from the bag she brought previously. 

 

Sonic, ever the judger, raised an eyebrow when she pulled out what seemed to be cat toys and some packets of meat.

 

"Ames, I appreciate the help n' all, but when I said he was acting like a wild animal, I didn't mean he turned into one." Sonic finished with an unimpressed look, crossing his arms in a sassy manner. Amy gave him a similar look before retorting back. "Oh hush Sonic, whatever Eggman did- well, assuming it's Eggman judging by your description what happened, must've made him like a wild animal. So I thought, since he's a fox, he'd appreciate more meat in his diet and some toys!!" Amy exclaimed a bit cheerfully before taking one of the cat toys and dangling the fake rat above Tails, urging him to catch it. 

 

Sonic watched with bored eyes, partially offended Amy would even think of Tails as a wild animal. He was caught off guard however, when Tails started reaching for it with his claws, tracking the fake rat's every movement.

 

Amy wiggled the toy out of Tails' reach to tease him, until Tails pounced on it and caught it, nipping it with his teeth. Sonic cleared his throat and looked at Amy with a small huff.

 

"Okay, so.. I'll hand it to ya Ames, maybe you are right," Sonic said a bit reluctantly. Amy gave him a small grin as if to say 'told ya!' which Sonic rolled his eyes playfully at. "But then, if what you say is true, and Eggman might've reduced Tails into an actual fox with no ability to speak, then.." 

 

Both of them stood in silence for a few moments, Sonic trailing off his sentence. As cute as it was for Tails to be playing and acting like the kid he is, it wasn't the way both of them wanted it to be. The more they thought about it, the more they tried ignoring the gnawing feeling in their stomach.

 

They could fix this, it'd be easy peasy. Even without their two-tailed genius, they could figure things out in a sonic second. 

 

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They definetely couldn't figure things out in a sonic second.

 

It's been only 2 hours and Sonic can't stand the situation anymore. "Jeez, figuring things out is hard without Tails, how does he even work this stuff," Sonic said while trying to turn on his brother's Miles Electric. He lazily turned his head from where he was sitting and held the Miles Electric out to his lil buddy who was currently watching them curled up like a cat. "Hey bud, when you turn back to normal you gotta make your Miles Electric easier to work for people like me." No response, as usual, but Sonic wasn't really expecting one anyways so he just groaned silently.

 

"Any luck?" Amy called from the kitchen, she decided to make them both lunch and prep something for Tails while Sonic tried finding any clues on the Miles Electric. "Nope," he started, popping the p with emphasis. "I can't even get this thing to work. I'm no tech genius in these kinds of scenarios," Sonic said with a hint of annoyance in his voice that you wouldn't catch unless you knew him well. Usually Tails was the tech savvy one, and Sonic was the jump in head-first and fight kinda guy. That's how their dynamic always went, and heck, it always worked!! They were the perfect partners.

 

But without his two-tailed genius little brother, Sonic was completely lost; and Amy could sense that. "Don't worry," the pink-quilled girl said softly as she made her way over with two sandwiches and a bowl of tenderly cooked meat for Tails. "We can always just hire team Chaotix to do this for us, they might have better luck," Amy said with a smile. "And plus! It's only been 2 hours, we have some time, don't worry."

 

Sonic looked at her intently for a moment, before letting out a breathy laugh. "True, guess you're right Ames," Sonic said whilst giving his signature smirk. Amy set down the bowl of meat in front of Tails, who didn't hesitate to start eating right away once he saw it. She handed one of the sandwiches to Sonic before eating her own.

 

They both shared a beat of silence before Amy got an idea and pulled out her communicator to call someone. "Actually Sonic, I think I know someone who might be able to help."

 

 

 

Notes:

I'd love to see who you guys think Amy's calling in the comments!!

Notes:

So yes!!! Eggman is totally behind this if u couldn't tell and he's ready to go forward w this mysyerious plan!!! I'll try updating as frequently as possible.