[InTheNightlight]

BZZT! CRACKLE!

The shrieks of metal cutting metal sounded. In the lab of Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles were waiting to see what their Flight-Type partner would look like.

"It's brilliant, perfect! It's--it's slightly hideous..." Dr. Robotnik sighed. In front of him was a robot that looked exactly like Tails in every manner, except for a few bugs: One, there was a zipper on the back of it's neck, two, it's tummy was a perfect oval and slightly lower than it should be, three, it had stitches all over, and four, IT HAD A POLE STICKING OUT OF IT'S FOREHEAD!

"Um, Dr? I...I don't think that Miles Prower looks like that..." Metal Knuckles pointed out.

"Just watch! It's programmed to do EVERYTHING Tals can do! Watch! Tails Doll!" The marionette remained silent. "Speak!" ......... "Um...fly?" ............ "Well at least play dead!" This time, the puppet cooperated by falling flat on it's face. "............................" Dr. Robotnik pondered. "What went wrong? I programmed him with all of Tails's statistics, his brain power, his tails durability, everything! ...I guess I have no choice..." He reached into a compartment and pulled out a sparkling purple gem.

"I vowed to never use this, but I'm at my wits' end. I've no choice." He sighed.

"B--BUT DR!" Metal objected. "It's power is unspeakable! It could destroy Sonic The Hedgehog!" Metal inquired. "...I like the way you think..." He WOULD have grinned evilly had he had a mouth.

Dr. Robotnik placed the jewel on it's head and it's eyes clicked to life.

"..." It stared in awe. It's eyes were glazed over in surprise. He then spotted Robotnik. "Um, Santa? Where...where am I?" It asked with an innocent little boy tone.

"I am NOT Santa Claus." Robotnik frowned. "I am your master, creator, and leader, Dr. Ivo Robotnik. You are in my ingenious laboratory. Where I--DON'T TOUCH THAT!" The Tails Doll was jabbing at a red button. It stopped immedeatly.

"That is the self destruct button and is NOT to be toyed with!" Robotnik scolded. The doll sniffed, tears forming. "I--*sniff!* I'm sorry!"

"Now, I have scattered tokens all around...the..." He began to assign the robots to different courses, but stopped when he heard the Tails Doll sobbing. "Around the..." *sob!* "COURSES..." *sniff!* "YOUR POSITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS...!" *cry* "RRR...ALRIGHT STOP CRYING!" Tails Doll stopped and held back the rest of the tears.

"You are ALL confined to the following locations until your counter parts collect the five tokens of that zone. Metal Sonic, you will be in Resort Island. Metal Knuckles, you will be in Reactive Factory. Eggman Robo, you will be in Regal Ruin. And Tails Doll, you will be in Radical City." He stopped when he saw Tails Doll counting his fingers.

"Heeeeeey, every zone starts with an 'R'!" Tails Doll pointed out. Robotnik slapped his forehead.

"Just explore the base for now..." Robotnik sighed.

"AYE AYE CAP'N!" Tails Doll saluted. The other robots had left. "H-HEY! WAIT UP!"

"JUST DON'T OPEN A DOOR WITH THE WORD SHLUMPY ON IT!"


As Tails Doll was exploring, he came across a room. He unlocked it and opened the door. Inside was a lifeless version of him. But this one had red eyes and a red gem. It also had sharp teeth and claws. It suddenly hummed to life. It uttered one word: "Scrumpchyyyyy..." Tails Doll raced out as an oddly cheerful song started. He skidded to a stop. What had Dr. Robotnik said? "JUST DON'T OPEN A DOOR WITH THE WORD SHLUMPY ON IT!"

The door he had opened had said SHLUMPY! He raced back, trying to close the door before his double got out. But he suddenly got very dizzy. A white light covered him and he reappeared at a city-like race track.

"OOGH...Where am I?" He asked.

"A doll? What'll ol' RoBUTTnik come up with next? An Amy Rose chew-toy?" He heard a cocky voice say sarcastically.

"I'm no doll! I'm a REAL fox!" He growled, sitting up. He was looking into the face of a blue hedgehog, a yellow fox, and a red echidna.

"Whoa, no harm meant little buddy!" The hedgehog said, taken aback by Tails Doll's outburst.

"Who is this guy?" The echidna asked.

"I don't know, but he kinda looks like...me!" The kitsune exclaimed.

"My name is Tails Doll, and I'm here to collect the Chaos Emeralds!" He exclaimed, trying to look tough.

"Okay, catch me if you can!" The fox said, spindashing into position.

To Be Cont'd...

[Dawn the Kitsune]

XD!!!!!! That is the best fan-fiction I've ever read!!!!! Tails Doll starts crying when Eggman yells at him, "Where am I Santa Clause?" LOL, "Play dead!" Tails Doll floats on his face. It's just awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kvitne]

Please stop. You're hurting my brain.