The Tails-trix

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(After viewing The Matrix, I had an idea about making a story about Tails, but Matrix-style. I hope you guys like it.)

Chapter 1: Obvilous to the Truth.

Location: Tails' House
Date: June 30, 2004. 1200 hours.
Tails was playing a game on his PC, when suddenly it went black. Tails thought it was just a random annoyance, stuff like that always plagued his PC, when a message appeared on his black screen: Hello, Tails. Tails answered with Who are you? The rest of the convresation is as follows:
My name is Light, that's all you need to know about me right now. The Eggtrix has you, Tails.
Eggtrix? What the heck is that?
I'll tell you later. Right now, I need you to go to 1701 Main St. All your questions will be answered there.
With that, the screen returned to the desktop. But Tails was perplexed. Eggtrix? And isn't 1701 Main St. an abandoned apartment building? Tails thought as he left his house.

Location: 1701 Main St.
Date: June 30, 2004. 1300 hours.
When Tails entered the apartment building, there was a note on the floor that read, "Hello again Tails. Go to the third floor, room C75." Tails suspected it was that Light person. He entered the stairwell and decided to fly up to the third floor instead of walking up, the latter would take too much time.
When Tails got up to the third floor, he made his way to room C75. The hallway was dusty and dark, and it made Tails a little afraid, after all, not many people would like to be in an abandoned building that was closed down for quite a few years, and Tails had just saw a horror movie the night before that took place in an abandoned building, which also made him jumpy.
Tails opened the door to C75. Inside, he saw a few people huddled around computers and a chair that had a lot of wires hooked up to it. Next to the chair was a small table with just a glass of water on it. One of those people near the computer, a yellow echidna with sunglasses on, looked at Tails and said, "Welcome Tails, I'm Light. There's something I want to tell you, but you might not want to hear it. Don't worry, it's nothing about your friends." He walked toward Tails and shook his hand. "I think I can handle it." Tails said. "Good, sit down, please." Light said as he gestured toward the chair. Tails moved towards the chair a little nervous and sat down.
"This is your final chance if you don't want to know what I'm about to tell you. In each of my hand is a pill, take the red one if you don't want to know what I'm about to tell you, you'll wake up in your bed and forget this encounter, take the green pill if you do." Light said as he held out his hands. Tails slowly took the green pill and swallowed it with the water. "Good. What you just took is kind of like a tracker." Light said as he took an object over Tails and put it on Tails' head. "Wh...What are doing?" Tails said a little afraid. "I'm going to show you the truth, Tails. Try to sit back and relax." Light said as he gestured toward one of the people at the computers to start something. Tails felt electricty throughout his body, mostly in his brain. After a few seconds he felt it stop, and the helmet thingy come off his head.
What he next felt was extrememly strange. It was as if he was falling slowly into the chair. He tried to resist, but it didn't work. The last thing he heard was Light say, "Welcome to the real world."

End chapter 1.

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Chapter 2: The Savior Has Awakened.

Location: Unknown
Date: Unknown
Tails woke up to find himself in a bed. He felt something on his neck, and found that it was some kind of metal object. He tried prying it off, but it was no use. Where am I? He thought. Suddenly, the door opened and Tails saw Light enter the room. "Light, what's going on? Where am I? Is it still 2004?" Tails asked. "Actually, it's 3304. You're on my starship, the Retribution. It's what you would call a dreadnaught, it's the only defense for New Liberty, and the flagship of the Resistance Star Fleet." Light said. "New Liberty?" "It's the last free city there is. It was colonized by the remnants of the Freedom Fighters. Just before they were defeated, the Freedom Fighters constructed a starship, the Defiance, it was to be used to defend against the Empire. Unfortunately, the Empire Army attacked sooner than was expected, and Knothole, the main FF base, was destroyed. The Defiance was heavily damaged in the attack, but managed to bring 50 survivors to Mobius' moon, where the Empire hadn't expanded to. There, New Liberty was constructed from scratch. After a few years, New Liberty was a small city when the Empire attacked. The Defiance was able to defend New Liberty, but it was destroyed ramming the command ship of the attacking fleet.
"150 years have passed, and New Liberty is now a huge city. The Resistance Star Fleet was started to defend New Liberty and conduct attacks on the Empire. The Retribution has just left spacedock, and is the most advanced ship the RSF has. Sorry about that long story, I did my best to shorten it." "That's quite a story. I can't believe all my friends have been dead for 1300 years." Tails said.
"Actually, they are all alive. Do you remember when I mentioned the Eggtrix? It is kind of like a virtual world, everyone you know is in it, believing they are living a regular life. The Empire's machines run on one fuel and one fuel alone: people. The Eggtrix was constructed to let people grow and when they "died", they would be pulled out, an adult again, and would be Robotcized into machines.The Eggtrix was modeled take place in the 21th century, when the world's population was at it's peak. If the resistance can destroy the Eggtrix, then we can finally win the war against the Empire," Light said. "So, where do I come in?" "When the Eggtrix was first constructed, there was a man who could control it like no one else could. When he died, it was said that he would come back one day and destroy the Eggtrix. I believe that person is you, Tails, you are the Savior." "That's really hard to believe. One question I have is, who is the leader of the Empire?" Tails said. "The leader of the Second Egg Empire, it's full name, is Ivo Robotnik V."

End Chapter 2.

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Chapter 3: Training Ain't What It Used To Be.

Location: Retribution - Main Deck
Date: July 1, 3304, 1530 hours
"Okay, Tails, meet the motley crew of the Retribution." Light gestured to the same group of people he saw in room C75, before he left the Eggtrix. "Claire, my first officer and co-pilot; Amy, our "operator" when we're in the Eggtrix; Iota, our tatical officer who is the only robot the RSF has; Joey, our science officer." Light said as he showed Tails the crew, Claire, a pink echidna, Amy, a yellow kitsune, Iota, a grey robot that was a little bit taller than Light, and Joey, a green hedgehog. "Uh...hi. Light, what's my position?" Tails said. "Right now, you're chief engineer. But, I want you to learn the basics of being in the the Eggtrix with Amy." Light said.
After the orientation, Tails was to begin training under Amy. Before he started, he saw that Amy didn't have that metal thing in her neck, which Light had called a jack-in port. According to him, it was the only way to enter the Eggtrix, and every person had one. "Excuse me, Amy? Why don't you have a jack-in port on your neck?" Tails asked. "'Cause I'm the first pure person to be born since the end of the First Imperial War." She replied. "I see, so, what are you going to teach me first?" "Let's see..." Amy replied as she looked through data disks, "Introduction...hand-to-hand...here we go, 'Weapons training.'" "Don't you think that's a little advanced?" Tails asked. "Not really, you can probably beat those 'bots up with all the info you got when you battled with Sonic." A clump formed in Tails' throat at the thought he would never see his friend again. "Sorry. Let's begin training." Amy said as she inserted the data disk into an old-fashoned PC tower.
Tails felt his whole body shake, then stop as he found himself in a huge room, with weapons on racks on each wall. He picked up a machine gun, it said "FN-P90" on the rack it was on, and, with Amy's instructions, began shooting at a target some distance away. After awhile, and testing out most of the weapons there, he was jacked-out of the test room when Amy told him that he passed the first training session, and found Light standing next to him, looking over Tails. "Lock and load." Tails said to his new CO.

End Chapter 3.

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(There will be a few chapters that don't have anything to do with The Matrix at all. This chapter is one of them, just so you know.)

Chapter 4: Attack on the Retribution.

Location: Retribution - Bridge
Date: July 2, 3304, 1200 hours
"Another hit to our shield generators! Shields at 50% and dropping! Missle tubes 15-20 disabled, EMP charging, ready in 30 seconds!" Iota yelled as the room shook. Light had told Tails eariler that the Retribution was armed with 20 nuclear missle tubes, 10 air-to-surface heavy missle tubes, and 2 EMP weapons, specially engineered to destroy or heavilly damage Imperial ships within a half-mile radius depending on the class of ship, and she was armored with heavy Titanium hull plating and an experimental shield generator that could withstand three times as much damage as the hull plating alone could handle. It was the most powerful ship Tails ever saw.
However, it was being attacked by 10 Siege-class light cruisers and 7 Scimitar-class heavy cruisers. The odds weren't in the Retribution's favor, but 5 Interceptor-class light cruisers and 5 Defender-class heavy cruisers belonging to the RSF came to join the battle at this point.
"Good, now at least we can get out of here alive." Tails said to himself. "Another missle salvo! Shields are at 10%, missle tubes 10-20 are offline, EMP ready at your command, sir." Iota said. "It's about time, engage alpha strike!" Light said. The Retribution fired all it's weapons, including the EMP, at all the Imperial ships at once. "Alpha strike sucessful, all but 1 of the enemy ships have been destroyed, the remaning ship is a Scimitar-class ship. It's self-destructing!" Iota said. "I'm getting us out of here, best possible speed!" Light said, but it was too late. The shockwave from the explosion hit the Retribution all the surviving RSF ships. Three ships were destroyed on impact, all others damaged. "Damage report, Iota." "Shields down, all but 1 of the missle tubes are disabled or destroyed, one EMP tube is disabled, best speed is half of normal max. speed. If we get repaired at a spacedock right now, it will take us at least 1 week to get fully repaired" "Ouch. I'm taking us to New Liberty Spacedock Alpha, Tails, try to fix as much as you can to lessen the repair time." Light said. "Yes, sir." Tails said as he left the bridge.

Location: Retribution - Main Deck
Date: July 2, 3304, 1500 hours
"I fixed as much as I can, I got 6 missle tubes working again, the EMP is fully restored, max. speed has increased to 75% of it's normal speed, and I'm pretty tired." Tails said. "You did good today, kid. You can go back to your room, but I need you here tommorow 1200 hours sharp, you've got something very important tommorow." Light replied. "What is it?" "You're going to meet the Prophet in the Eggtrix."

End Chapter 4.

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(Wait 'till you find out who the Prophet is! I never said any of the comic characters were nonexistent, just Tails!)

Chapter 5: Off To See The Prophet.

Location: Retribution - Jack-In Room
Date: July 3, 3304. 1200 hours
"So who is this Prophet, anyway?" Tails asked. He was in a room with 5 chairs, much like the one Tails used to first exit the Eggtrix, and a computer station with 7 monitors, 3 PC towers, and a large keyboard. Above each chair there was a diagnostic screen designed to monitor a person's life signs when they are jacked-into the Eggtrix. "The Prophet has been with us since the start of the Eggtrix, which means she's very old. She can tell us our fate in the Eggtrix, she's very important." Light said. "Now, this will be the same start-up procedure as the training, so you should be used to it. Just sit back and relax." Amy said as she guided Tails to a chair. Tails sat in it, and Amy inserted a wire into Tails' jack-in port. She did the same with Light, Claire, and Joey.
When she finished, she went back to the computer station, and typed commands into the keyboard. "Jack-in...exceute!" Amy said as she typed some final commands into her keyboard. Tails felt his whole body shake again, and then stop.
Tails found himself in Station Square, near the train station. "Man, this place brings back memories." Tails said to himself. "Okay, the Prophet's apartment should be a few miles away. Let's move people." Light said, as he started walking. The others followed him.

Location: Station Square - outside the Prophet's apartment
Date: July 3, 3304. 1315 hours
"Okay, Tails, you have to go in alone. This is a private matter for you." Light said as he showed Tails the door to the Prophet's apartment. Tails entered the room, to find it was like any other apartment. He heard some sounds in the kitchen, and decided to investigate. When he entered the kitchen, he saw an old, brown squirrel-like woman take somthing out of an oven, Tails knew it was the Prophet. "Uh, hello." Tails said. The Prophet turned around, looked at Tails, and said, "You startled me, I wasn't expecting anyone today. My name is Sally Acorn II, and I'm the Prophet. You must be Tails, Light told me about you. Let's see if you are the Savior, hold out your hands." Sally said. Tails did so, and Sally examined them.
After a few minutes, she said, "It appears that you aren't the Savior, Light was wrong. It appears you are going to face a choice in the near future, you will have to choose between your own life, and Light's. That is all I can tell you." Sally said. "Wow, so I'm not the Savior, wonder what I'm going to tell Light...." "I suggest you don't. Light believes you're the Savior, and it wouldn't be good if he learned you weren't. Trust me, keep it a secret." "Okay, thanks for seeing me, I should be on my way then." Tails said. "You're welcome, come back anytime." Sally said.
When Tails left the apartment, he found his friends not far from the door. "Good you're here, we need to go now." Light said. "Why?" Tails replied. "Because we got reports that some enemy Agents have found our position, and are moving toward us, we need to move!"

End Chapter 5.

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Chapter 6: Escape from the Eggtrix.

Location: Speed Highway, urban area
Date: July 3, 3304. 1400 hours.
"Amy, where's the nearest jack-out point?" Light said. Before they all jacked-into the Eggtrix, Light had Tails put in a comm unit in his ear so he could communicate with his companions and Amy. Light was using a comm unit of his own to communicate with Amy. "It's an old electronic shop, 2404 Fifth Ave. I'm reading about 3 Agents closing on your position, hurry!" Amy said. "Thanks." Light said. They all heard the transmission, and began running to the shop.
When they reached it, the Agents were very close, and they proceeded to a phone, which was the jack-out point. Joey and Claire already jacked-out, and now it was Tails' turn. 'Go, I'll be alright!" Light said. Tails reluctantly nodded and picked up the phone as the Agents burst into the shop. They looked just like Emerl-class robots, but with red eyes. They began shooting at Light and Tails with stun beams as Amy said, "Jacking-out...now!" The last thing Tails saw was Light getting hit with a stun beam, and then Tails woke up on the Retribution.

Location: Retribution - Jack-In Room
Date: July 3, 3304. 1430 hours.
"Light's been captured, we have to save him!" Tails said. "We can't, nobody's ever survived an encounter with an Agent, they're too powerful. For one thing, an Agent's hands could transform to either a laser minigun, or can transform to a stun gun, to capture members of the Resistance. They're also impossible to kill, as far as we know, nobody's ever killed one of them. I'm sorry Tails, Light's got no chance of surviving." Claire said. "We can't just sit here and wait for Light to die! We...I have to do something!" "And what, get killed? You're too valuable to us, we can't lose you." 'I don't care, Light's been the closest thing to Sonic I've met, I can't lose him, I'm going in." Tails said. "I'm with him, Light's been like a father to me, since my parents were killed. I can't lose Light now." Joey said. "Fine, you two can go, we'll watch you here. We're going to arm you with projectile weapons, sorry Tails, we haven't invented lasers yet." Claire said. "Okay, I used an FN-P90 in my training, that was okay with me. Suit me up with one of those, and two Desert Eagles. Remember to suit us with a lot of ammo, and a bomb." Tails said. He didn't like carrying weapons, but he couldn't get far without them. "I'll have the same, but a USAS-12 instead of the FN-P90." Joey said. "Okay, I'll be sure to get that. Jacking-in you guys...now. Exceute!"

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Chapter 7: The Search For Light.

Location: Station Square - Train Station.
Date: July 4, 3304. 1200 hours.
"We've searched for a day, he isn't in Station Square." Joey said. "Wait, I have an idea. About a year ago, I helped down a flying fortress of Eggman's, the Egg Carrier. If we're lucky, it is still half-sunken. There's a good chance Light's there." Tails replied. "Mabye, but we've got to hurry, every second we waste talking, the less of a chance Light survives." "Then we'd better hurry, there's a boat over there." Tails said as he pointed to a small boat. They went on it, started up the engine, and were on their way.

Location: Egg Carrier - Brig
Date: July 4, 3304. 1215 hours.
"I'll ask you again, where is resistance base?" One of the Agents said. He had changed from an Emerl-class robot to a black hedgehog. Light was tied onto a chair, and there were two other Agents, also black hedgehogs. Light said nothing. "Fine. Get the truth serum." The Agent said. One of the other Agents got a tray that had a syringe and three capsules. "When I inject this into you, you'll have 5 minutes until you tell us everything we want to know. Before it leaves your body, it will release a toxin that will kill you in 1 minute." the Agent said. He then injected the syringe into Light's arm.
"Is this the fastest this thing can go?" Joey said. "Unfortunately, yes. These things were never built for speed. We should get there in 3 minutes." Tails replied. "Damn, hopefully Light will still be alive when we reach there." "Yeah." C'mon, Light, hang on. We're coming. Tails thought.

Location: Egg Carrier - Main Deck
Date: July 4, 3304. 1215 hours.
Tails and Joey pulled out their weapons as they entered the room. They were on their bellies on the elevator, so they had less risk of getting shot. Fortunately, the room was vacant. They made their way towards the prison room, checking at every angle to see if they weren't hidden guns anywhere. They went through the door, into the anteroom of the Brig. They went to two sides of the door, and opened it. Inside the Brig, the found the room totally empty at first sight, but checked the cells slowly, to make sure there wasn't an ambush. In the last cell, Light was in a chair, but surrounding him were many SWATbots, each armed with a laser rifle. "Enemy sighted, fire at will." One of them said as they opened fire. Tails and Joey went to cover, and began shooting back. "I hate using this thing, why can't I just run up to them and take care of them, the old-fashoned way?" Tails said. "Because they're targeting sensors have been greatly enhanced, they will shoot you the second you step out of cover." Joey said. "Damn." They kept firing at the SWATbots, getting the occasional hit.
Just then, there was a blue blur that took care of all the SWATbots, Tails knew it anywhere. "Sonic!" Tails ran to his best friend. "Hey Tails, where the hell have you been, and what the hell is that?" Sonic said as he pointed to the FN-P90. "Oh, thats...something unimportant right now. Where I've been is quite the long story. This is my friend, Joey." Tails gestured to Joey. "Uh, hello." "Hi, nice to meet you. Tails, who's that?" Sonic said as he gestured to Light. "Light! I hope he's okay...." Tails said as he ran to his CO. Sonic stood there confused. "Tails, we've got to get out of here, Light needs help, now." Joey said. "Sonic, can you help Joey get out of here? I've got some business to take care of." Tails said as he put down his guns and ammo, and untied Light. "Sure, buddy." Sonic said. He took Light and, with Joey, sped out of the room. Tails followed.
Just then, one of the downed SWATbots turned into a puddle, then reformed into one of the Agents. He cracked his neck and walked off towards the door.

End Chapter 7.