The Feral Virus

Intruder in the lab

Tails was very happy that that message was sent, but was worried for Blaze. He knew she was not safe. However, luckily, the sentient people in the lab were allowed to get or give one call.

Since Blaze was the one that called, the Mayor allowed him to call it.
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"Hello?"

"Hey, Tails. It's me, Blaze. I noticed the exact truck they put you in."

Tails knew if he said too much, he would be in serious trouble, so he hid the call with casual responses.

"OK. How is everything there?, said Tails.

"Oh, I got a plan, and it is working so far."

To quickly hide it, Tails pretended it was something else.

"Your plan to make sure the sauce is working? Fantastic!"

Blaze was really confused with the food comment, but she figured that he was hiding something.

"Right... anyways, hope to see you soon!", said Blaze in a happier tone to hide the seriousness in the call.

"Bye!", said Tails.
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"Seems she hung up. Put the phone in a tray in the conveyor belt inside the cell.", said the Mayor.

As soon as he put it in there, the nearby cell (who was a fox Mobian) slammed into his cell, which made Tails jump and run away, only for the fox to suddenly frown and look away.

Was he still sentient? "Hey, sir? Are you still OK?", said Tails in a louder tone due to the metal and glass.

"...Yeah, I- (whimper) am doing most...tly fine. I've just... b-been... more aff-fected, b...but... that's GREAT! GET OVER HERE!", yelled the other fox.

Before he slammed again, the room had lasers that tased him, along with other rooms with highly dangerous Mobians. Due to Tails's very minimal change, he was given mercy.

About 20 minutes later, he was on the floor, writing stuff on a piece of paper with a piece of chalk with supervision that it was not a plan to escape. However, he heard a siren go off.
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EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!

An anonymous Mobian has broken into the Seaport lab. Protect all top secret information immediately and find the intruder! This is not a drill.

We are currently unaware what species it is, or if it contains the virus. Do not interact physically with it at all costs.

- Seaport Lab message
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"Mayor, we need to tell everyone about this to prevent it from getting worse.", said Tails, nervously once she came out.

"Do you have any idea of how chaotic the city will be if we said nothing is safe? We need to protect them, but stop them from rioting and collapsing the city. Seaport City has over 10,000 residents. If they all get infected, it will be impossible to keep it in the city. It's already in Mystic Ruins. Imagine Angel Island, West Island, and South Island getting affected. THOUSANDS of Flickies will be in constant danger.", said the Mayor seriously, with a stern look.

"Well, yeah, but there's gotta be another way. That strategy will take months and will lead to nothing. Sooner or later, this will be worldwide if we don't finish it.", exclaimed Tails in fear.

Suddenly, a smoke bomb showed up, and Tails immediately heard the door go off, opening it, and the Mobian (who was covered in a material that prevented Prey 27-A from going through) showed up and flew away with him.

"NO! Get them before they infect everything else! Hurry!", yelled the scientist, but fortunately (or unfortunately), they escaped. Tails told her to go to his workshop to drop him off there.

After a few minutes, they landed next to it. Once they got there, the Mobian was actually Rouge.

"Rouge, you're not affected!... but how did you know I was there?", asked Tails, understandably confused.

"Blaze told me all about it, foxy. Since she has it, it would be too risky, so she called me to do it for her, and with me working for G.U.N., I know some top secret places inside and out.", said Rouge in her usual teasing tone.

"Have you seen Sonic anywhere? I hope he's fine.", Tails said, worried, but he got some awful news.

"Tails... Sonic got it too. Thankfully, he is just fine. He is just slightly afraid of predator species, like wolves. His superspeed, however, won't help at all, but instead, you are the future hero of the world. Build a machine to end all this. I bet you know some things from being there. Bye, little boy!", said Rouge, suddenly changing to her usual tone at the end.

Once they said their goodbyes, he opened the door, but he didn't see anybody.

"Hello? Hello? Anyone there?", asked Tails, hoping for a response, but all she heard was Vanilla screaming for help.

Tails ran to her, but put his blindfold on. "Cream, my daughter...*sniff* she's lost it... *sniff*", said Vanilla, with a breaking voice. Tails, scared, demanded for details. She said Cream and Amy are behaving like animals, which scared Tails. He took his blindfold off, only to see them sitting like a cat would. He started to freak out and cry, before wanting to put his blindfold on, but he couldn't do it.

'No, Tails! No! Not now, not now, please!', exclaimed Tails, hoping not to attack them and be able to go back to normal.

He started salivating and lifted his tails up. Slowly, he went down and was on all fours. "NO! TAILS, STOP! DON'T HURT THEM!", yelled Vanilla, hoping to snap his out of it. "I'm trying... so... HARD!", tails exclaimed while shaking violently.

His hip started to wiggle in preparation. "Stop, Tails... stop... please... don't... d-d-...do i-i-it...", said Tails, slowly losing control. Finally, he lost it and lunged at them. Vanilla couldn't watch in terror.

Tails grabbed Amy by the side and almost bit her right on the shoulder, before Cream hit him. Luckily, they maintained a tiny amount of sanity.

"No, Mr. Tails!", said Cream, in an unusually aggressive tone, wielding Amy's hammer. This angered Tails and he looked at her, and Cream immediately changed from determined to an 'oops...' face. She was struggling to keep herself, but due to the intensity of the effect, it was very difficult to keep herself normal.

"No... Tails... w-wake... u...p...oh... just... b...be... no...ormal...l...", she said before Tails held onto her and actually managed to bite her on one of her legs, causing her to yelp in pain. Thankfully, he went back to normal before it was over. He saw what he did. As he saw Cream mumble to hide the pain, he was tearing up and ran to the attic, where he cried intensely immediately after.

"Tails, wait!", Cream, while still very hurt, got worried, but Tails didn't listen. He just kept sobbing up there. Cream carefully went up and went to talk to him.

"Mr... T...Tails... it's O...K...", said Cream, struggling to stay sane, but wanting to make him feel better, but she kept hanging onto the walls due to her hurt leg. Thankfully by then, Tails put on the blindfold.

"I am so sorry, Cream. I'm a disaster. Ever since I first got it, my life has been changed for the worse. Unfortunately, more of our friends got it, although more minor, like me.", said Mr Tails, looking down in embarassment.

"Don't worry, Mr. T-Tails... I'll re...e...ecover soon...", said Cream cheerfully, but slightly nervous. "Cream, do you want to bring Amy for you two to share my bed for the day? I want to stay up here... alone...", said Tails, wanting to stay away from everything.

"Ok...", said Cream, frowning, but agreeing.