Sonic X Fan Fiction ❯ Tails X ❯ Archetypes and Repetition ( Chapter 1 )

Ch1

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic, Tails, or any other characters or ideas that belong to Sega and Sonic Team. I am using them for unprofitable means and do not take credit for anything involved in this fan fiction. All credit goes to Sega and Sonic Team.

 

I will not give a summary because a summary would spoil the plot, which I do not completely know myself. I have all of the main plot points in my head, but other than that, I don't know where this is going. This is a fan fiction mainly based on Tails and serves as an interpretation of my ideas of what happened to him after the Japanese 78th episode of Sonic X. If you have not seen it, you may want to view it first at a website called dailymotion. Just go to the website and search for sonic x 78 subbed and it should be there.

 

Chapter 1: Archetypes and Repetition

 

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Tails was sitting in his workshop staring off into space. The only thing on his mind since the final Metarex battle was the only girl he had ever though of as more than a friend; Cosmo.

 

He wondered if this was what a broken heart was, but his head told him it wasn't. She didn't hurt him; he hurt himself by pushing that button. He took her life and because of it, was without her. She was supposed to come back to his planet with him and he wanted to do so many things with her, but now that would never happen, and that fact slowly ate away at him from the inside.

 

After Tails had heard two familiar voices close by, he snapped out of it, pretended to work on something, wiped the tears away, and forced a smile on his face. He knew that if Amy and Cream saw him in that state, they would be worried and want to get him help, and that was the last thing he wanted.

 

“Tails?” Cream called out into the open garage.

 

The yellow fox was by the cockpit of the X-Tornado and jumped out to face them. “Yo!” he replied with the fake smile on his face.

 

“How you doing, Tails?” Amy asked being as friendly as possible.

 

He felt his smile fade away for a brief moment, but caught it before Cream or Amy could take note of it. “I'm fine. So, what brings you guys here?”

 

The two girls pulled out baskets from behind them and held them up. “Amy and I made lots of sweets for you!” Cream cheerily replied.

 

Tails didn't have to fake his smile anymore. “Cool! Let's go out back and sit down.”

 

He led them out of the back door of the garage and to a small picnic table placed a few yards from the actual house. The house was not big at all, being only made of three rooms; a bathroom and a living room kitchen combo, and his small bedroom that consisted of the upper floor. Although the house was small, it was part of a massive hangar hidden underground that was large enough to hold the Blue Typhoon. The location of the property was nice too, being on the ocean with a white sandy beach and surrounded by beautiful cliffs.

 

The three sat down and opened the two baskets. Cream had made a bunch or assorted cakes and Amy had made a large pie. They all dug in and conversed like normal, Amy and Cream being careful to avoid the topics of Cosmo and the Metarex. They talked of the things they had done in the six month period of being back on their home planet and what they had been doing the past few days after they got back from space.

 

Tails had to lie to them about what he had been doing lately. He said he was up to normal things like tinkering with his X-Tornado and inventing, but he had really been in the saddest state he had ever been. The only two things he did were cry and stare off into space.

 

He didn't eat much of anything anymore and because of which, was doing the most damage to the vast supply of food before him. Amy and Cream watched him chow down on cakes and devour half of the pie in few short minutes. After he had had enough, he sat back in his chair.

 

“Uh, when was the last time you ate, Tails?” Amy asked.

 

Tails had to think about it for a second. “I don't know.” He replied monotonously letting his smile fade slightly.

 

Cream quickly tried to pull him back into a good mood. “It looks like you enjoyed it.”

 

“Yes, I did. Thank you guys.” The yellow fox replied with a small hint of happiness in his tone.

 

Tails took all of the garbage away and rejoined the girls back at the table outside. They casually talked like they normally did, but near the end of the day; Tails wasn't even trying to be happy. Although he had enjoyed a few moments with his friends every once in a while, since the end of the Metarex, after a while he had no desire to be in any kind of contact with anyone.

 

Amy could tell that Tails wanted to be alone, and tried to end the conversation kindly. “I hope we see you again soon, Tails,” she began. “We have to go. I promised Cream's mother that I would have her back before dark.”

 

Tails looked to the sky and noticed the sun was not in view anymore, even though there was still the colorful orange and pink light plastered across the landscape. The sight made him feel warm inside. The sunset was so gentle, so calm, and nothing could ever ruin it for him.

 

“Alright. Thank you guys again.” He replied.

 

They all got up and Tails walked them to the front of the house to see them off.

 

“Good bye, Tails!” Cream called out as her and Amy walked down the beach away from the house.

 

“Come and visit sometime, okay?” Amy added.

 

Tails gave them a wave and once they had disappeared from sight, the happy mask that was on him, fell off. His posture slumped, arms hung loosely to his sides, and his once lively aqua eyes deepened into a pool of unhappiness. The young fox slowly walked into his home and upon entry, threw himself onto a small couch in the main room.

 

The room was indeed small, holding the kitchen, a small table, and small couch and television. Tails lay down and propped his feet up, while staring at the ceiling above him. Daydreaming was all he did now, and his mind always wondered to Cosmo, which lead to tears.

 

The yellow fox turned his head to the window beside the couch, where there was a small pot, with a small green sprout growing in it. It was the small, white seed that Sonic and Shadow had managed to produce from chaos regeneration after he had shot her.

 

The flashbacks that ensued only added to the pain and guilt that he felt within him. He now knew how Shadow had felt about Maria, and why he was never very happy. This made him wonder what would happen to him. Would he still stay the same happy fox that he always had been, or would he change into an antisocial being of anger and hate like Shadow had?

 

All of these thoughts saddened him. Tails was a kind, gentle, happy person, but he could feel all of the happiness he ever felt slipping away from him, and there was nothing that could be done to stop it. He sat there and cried, but it wasn't a hysterical cry, it was a quiet cry. Only tears fell from his eyes; he made no noise, did not tremble, he just cried silently. Eventually, the night took hold and he fell asleep on his couch, crying.

 

His dreams had always leaded to nightmares, guilt, or other feelings that made sleep very unwelcome in his mind, but it was not a choice. One must sleep eventually, and Tails had not slept in a few days, which made his body call for rest, but his head pushed it away. However, the body is larger than the mind.

 

Tails found himself in the middle of Station Square back in Chris' world. But it was not the same Station Square he knew. It was completely empty, and the colors and shapes of everything around him were distorted in a wicked manner, as the sky was white, and the moon and stars were black.

 

He was fearful of this new environment, and wondered why there was nobody in sight. Station Square was a large and busy city, and it was unusual not to see anybody, even in the middle of the night.

 

“HELLO!” Tails called out into the empty city. But the only reply he heard was his own echo.

 

He began to cautiously walk down the street, heading towards the Thorndyke mansion.

 

The yellow fox arrived at the front gates and stared at the ghostly mansion through the metal bars. He pushed the button near the edge to call for someone to open the gates. When the button was pressed, the buzzer went off and the gate opened without any words coming from the other end of the speaker.

 

Tails thought that meant that there had to be somebody home, as the gate was not automatic from what he could remember. He carefully walked up to the front door, which was already cracked, and slowly crept open when Tails got close to it.

 

Although he did not want to just walk in, Tails could not control himself, and slipped through the entrance and into the main hall. He immediately checked behind the door to see if anyone was there.

 

“Chris!?” he called out as he walked deeper into the mansion. “Ella!? Mr. Tanaka!? Chuck!?”

 

But it was no use, the house was empty. Tails turned around to leave, but stopped in his tracks because of the sight before him.

 

There were several ghostly figures in the center of the main hall, and each one could be recognized by Tails. It was Chris, Tanaka, Ella, and Chuck with blank expressions on their faces. Tails was about to say something to them when another figure appeared behind them. Tails instantly recognized it as Dark Oak, and called out to his `friends' to move away.

 

“Guys, he's right behind you! RUN!”

 

Dark Oak lifted his large golden sword above him and crashed it through the four humans in one swift swing. They turned to darkness as the blade passed through and disappeared into thin air.

 

“NO!” Tails shouted, but the large robot came up to him very quickly and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, then threw him down to the ground.

 

When Tails opened his eyes back up, he was in a completely different place. He was at the Master Emerald shrine, where Knuckles and Rouge stood before the large gem. It was a different location, but everything was insanely twisted like back in Station Square.

 

Tails started to run up to them, until Dark Oak appeared on the Master Emerald behind them. He again lifted his sword and struck down Knuckles and Rouge before Tails could even warn them. He turned around to run away, but again stopped to see Dark Oak along Amy and Cream right in front of him. They too, were destroyed very quickly.

 

Tails fell to his knees and closed his eyes. “No! Make it stop. I want to wake up.” He began to sob as he begged. “I don't want to be here. This isn't right!”

 

He suddenly felt weightless and opened his eyes. He saw nothing but black, and uncovered his head to reveal that he was in the middle of space. He quickly looked around to see exactly where he was and caught sight of the Space Colony Ark. Two golden lights were floating motionlessly before the giant mass of metal.

 

Tails ran over closer to see that the lights were Super Shadow and Super Sonic. He also could now see a black mass next to them, and shouted to them. “RUN SONIC!”

 

The two golden hedgehogs turned to face him, and the one with red streaks on his quills, was impaled from behind. The other hedgehog turned to see Dark Oak before him and did something that the Sonic Tails knew would never do; he kneeled down and bowed to him. A quiet ghostly laugh could be heard from Dark Oak as the blade swiftly removed the head of his best friend.

 

Sonic's head and body diminished into darkness and Tails could no longer keep himself under control. He dashed up to the mechanical menace and threw a punch, only to fly straight through.

 

When he turned around, Tails found himself on the bridge of the Blue Typhoon, with a very familiar girl before him. He felt limp in disbelief of what he saw, but he was also happy. Just getting to look at her made him happy, but remembering what had happened to everyone that he saw, he hastily dashed up to her fearful of what he thought might happen soon.

 

Tears were streaming down his face and his words were jumbled with sobs. “C-Cosmo? I-Is tha-that y-you?”

 

She didn't say anything, didn't smile, and didn't move. Tails walked closer to her and could see a cloud of darkness form behind her and form into the dark leader of the Metarex.

 

“NO! Stay away from her!” he demanded angrily.

 

Tails broke out into a run and jumped between the incoming sword and Cosmo. But it was all in vain, as the golden sword went right through him as if he were transparent, and into the girl behind him. He turned around, examining the blade that should have pierced him, but it was as if he were a ghost.

 

The end of the blade was noticeably affecting Cosmo though, as she let out a small whisper. “How could you let this happen?”, and she too, was consumed by darkness.

 

Tails fell to his knees again, and cried hysterically. “I couldn't save her! I couldn't save anyone!” he slammed his fist into the ground beneath him. “Damn it! I can't do anything!”

 

Dark Oak was still there, and could hear all of Tails' words. “You are right. You cannot do anything. The only thing you can do is watch all of your friends die, one by one.” After that statement, the dark leader's laughter filled the bridge.

 

Tails didn't want to be alone. “Kill me too.” He asked quietly in between sniffles.

 

Dark Oak chuckled slightly at the request. “No, you will suffer without your friends as punishment for your weakness.”

 

The dark purple robot turned around and disappeared into a wall of black, his laughter still ringing through the bridge.

 

Tails was left alone on the ghostly bridge of the Blue Typhoon, and felt a very painful feeling inside him, as if there was a spine skewered inside his chest. Buckets of tears fell from his eyes as he raised himself from his arms and to his knees.

 

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!”

 

Tails was shaken awake by his own screams. He quickly sat upright and looked around to find himself back in his home, on his couch. The kit took a minute to wipe away his tears and calm down, realizing it was all a dream. With a sigh, he stood up and looked outside. It was the middle of the night, but now had no desire to sleep, so he decided to take a walk.

 

The yellow fox walked out of the front door and down along the beach. He admired the night sky and full moon outside as he came to the edge of a cliff that over looked the ocean. He let his legs dangle and placed his elbows on his knees and hands under his chin.

 

The ocean and moon made the spot where Tails sat seem like it was still in the day. The moon shone down and the light of the stars wav reflected in the vast body of water that covered more than half the planet. The gentle breezes that passed played with his bangs and fur, and the sound of the crashing waves below soothed him. He was completely at peace with everything around him.

 

Tails must have sat there for an hour or so until he felt an unusual gust of wind come from behind, so he turned around to see what it was. It was none other that Sonic the Hedgehog.

 

“What's up little buddy?” the blue hedgehog greeted in his normal upbeat tone.

 

oOo

 

Give me a week or two for the next one. I don't give myself dates to complete chapters anymore because then I rush through them and they can end up not as well as they could be. Plus, school is really becoming a bitch, and even though I am the laziest, most uncaring individual around, I'm smart enough to do my school work first.