Heroes (Tails x Reader) Book 4

XIII. My Will Embodied

Eggman claps a few times, "The sidekick! Oh this is rich!" He pretends to wipe a tear from his eye, the suit humming with blue light. "I know you don't have the Chaos Emeralds, so how'd you do it, fox? Sucking up the Special Zone's energy, eh?"

Tails watches him silently, his eyes scanning fiercely as he was barely listening to what the other had to say.

"So- Should I blast you out of the sky sooner or later?" Eggman contemplates to himself with a low chuckle... "Did Sonic give you permission to do this by the way? You're a little out of your league don't you think?"

A beam of light blasts at the Doctor! His shields are quick to engage, pinging the shot off into the sky before it fizzled out. Tails' gaze narrows, "Out of my league? Sounds about right, you're far beneath me.."

Eggman winces slightly, "jeez, he came to play... Alright so you've got some snippy one liners but let's see you capitalize!" His feet seem to find a solid flat surface in the air as he sank down, raising a fist. "Come on then!"

Tails' form bursts forward in a surge, a golden shock wave shimmering in the sky as their fists connected! He lets loose his rage as his arms flailed wildly, the impacts displacing the atmosphere around them while each strike resounds with a booming echo. Eggman is able to keep up easily, the attacks getting blocked feverishly before he aims a palm into the fox's stomach, launching him back!

Eggman goes on the offensive, dashing in close and chopping at his head! Tails ducks to the side, sweeping his namesakes out as energy condensed and was released, a beam of light bursting from him. The Doctor blocks callously as he is pushed back for a moment, shaking his wrists as he stood at height. The fox persists and dashes forward in a flash, energy collecting in his fist before he bellows in a rage and unleashes a blast of golden light that sends Eggman tumbling several feet away.

He looks at the other, sizing Tails up for a second time. "Alright kid I admit you're surprising me, but it'll take more than that to-"
A wall of wind is blasted at the Doctor, the air sharp under the immense pressure that caused scratches to chip into the battle suit. The attack passes while Tails looks on with his mind whirring.

'So the energy allowed wind force to pass through? That means it's probably only "protecting him from his enemies" or something similar. If I use wind force then it wont be able to keep up, not like Eggman can stop breathing and cut himself off from oxygen.'
He smirks slightly, a bitter satisfaction in his eyes. "I always thought Sonic made this look easy, but fighting you in super form really does just make everything you do useless, huh?"

Eggman's face contorts under the helmet, "You gain a little power and you get this smug!? Listen here BRAT, perhaps you should consider that you and your little lackeys always seem to NEED the emerald's powers just to keep up with my genius!"

Tails chuckles, "We have the same IQ Eggs, well, according to your alleged rating. Of course it doesn't take a genius to see that your shortcomings are due to your ignorance and lack of creative thinking." Eggman seems to boil as the fox continued egging him on.. "The only thing that you're good at is losing, and in the years that we've been fighting you despite all of that alleged brain power you still haven't gotten rid of the first four problems that have been in your side since day one."

"I have nothing to explain to you!" Eggman's suit begins powering up, "Small fish big pond, Tails! You think you're tough because you've sat on the sidelines while everyone else suffers around you!? What a joke! You can preach all day about my shortcomings but here I am on the cusp of my empire and what do you have to show for your efforts? A legion of idiots that suffered because of something you invented? Wounded friends and allies praying that by some miracle the SIDEKICK will save the day!?"
Eggman steels himself, power charging rapidly as the suit started glowing brighter. "Your little friend is dead, several other soldiers have been vaporized, Sonic and Shadow are uselessly watching you while still injured and you have no idea how to use the energy that you harnessed by some miracle. Face it, there is no winning for you!"