The Feral Virus

Path to Angel Island

Tails figured that finding a solution immediately would be impossible, so he had to gradually make it there. He remembered he found the solution to the Metal Virus, so he figured that he was capable of fixing this too. However, at this moment, he was feeling overwhelmed at the dependence from the world on a singular person. Sonic was used to being the hero of the day, but Tails  saved the day by himself before, but usually with some help.

"Oh, Sonic... WAIT! The Master Emerald might be our savior this time... but how do I even get there without being seen?", said Tails to himself. He later saw his hazmat suit. "That's it! Hey, Vanilla! I'm leaving for a while. You can leave the room if you want.", he said before leaving.

He put it on, pretending to be a policeman. While walking around, he hid his tails. "Hello, officer. Found anybody yet?", Tails said. "Not yet. Make sure to be on the lookout. Anything can be dangerous here.", the officer said.

"Say, what's your codename?", said the officer to make sure the hiding Mobian wasn't pretending. This froze Tails, since he had no idea. However, he got a flashback to the time he saw the police tackling the fox. "I am officer F-87."

"OK. Just making sure you are not a fraud.", said the officer before turning to the others, "Alright, officers, head west! We have discovered heavy activity there!".

As they all left, Tails casually, but carefully, left and started going to Angel Island. "87, where are you going? West is that way.", the officer said while pointing to that direction. "I'm going southeast to see if I need to notify the others for activity.", said Tails, still somewhat nervous.

"Very well then. Just stay calm, firm, and tranquilize all predator species, understood?", the officer said aggressive, only for Tails to nod, right before the officer quickly left, causing Tails to sigh in relief.
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45 minutes later...
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He finally found Angel Island and started climbing. Since he couldn't see anything on top, but it was likely untouched. He finished climbing the floating island to get to the top.

"*pant pant* Finally! Why is this island so high up?", Tails said to himself. On his way to the Emerald, he saw Knuckles, but he had a spear with him, like the ancients did. As soon as Knuckles saw him, he ran to him and pointed the spear very close to him.

"Who are you? Do you have it or not? I demand an answer!", he said, in a very demanding and aggressive tone. Tails quickly responded by cartoonishly and slowly bringing the spear down. "Alright, first of all, loooowwweer the spear a little bit. Second of all, I do have it, but I am mostly normal. Say, how did you manage to be fine after all this?", Tails said, impressed this island was pristine.

"Due to the altitude, almost all Mobians are incapable of reaching it, and since they cannot see the top, they can't see if it has life there. That is why I am staying here.", said Knuckles, in a very serious expression, "And you have to leave right now!", he said as he pointed the spear back at him. "I need to get to the Master Emerald. It is the key to save us and find the solution to a cure.", he exclaimed, hoping Knuckles would listen. "And I've seen it walk on two legs eating mangoes...of course an emerald won't do anything. The only true solution is either you or Silver. Nothing else will work.", Knuckles said, being firm and sarcastic at the joke.

"You mean to tell me I risked my entire life, and almost got trapped in jail and make the world go in shambles, just for a QUICK NO?!", Tails said, standing in front of him furiously. "I'm infected, I'm tired, I'm nervous as heck...", said Tails, counting each fact with his fingers, "...and CLEARLY you're not helping! FINE! I'll look for Silver, you coward.", he continued, closing his hand into a strong fist. At the moment, he was considering punching Knuckles in anger, but he realized that was a stupid idea, so he started to leave instead.

But he didn't leave. "And where is he?", he asked, being completely clueless and turning back to him. Knuckles only shrugged, having no idea. He could even be in a different time, due to his capabilities of time travel. "*sigh* Just... I'll just sit here for a while...", Tails said, looking down in defeat. "I don't understand it... every turn I take leads to a dead end. I help Blaze, I go to a lab. I protect my friends, only to hurt them, and now this.", said Tails, sitting on a nearby stump. Before he started crying in defeat, Knuckles walked up to him, and sat near him, with caution. "Look, I am usually stubborn, a little stern, and  gullible, but I'm not cruel and I don't push people down, and I am not gonna see you push yourself down.", said Knuckles calmly, understanding the situation.

"I know... I'm just so stressed... do you know where Silver was last time you saw him?", Tails slowly asked. "I saw him at Seaport City.", said Knuckles, trying to help Tails, only for him to be scared, getting flashbacks of the drastic changes.

"Relax, Tails, relax. If you can get there once, you can get there again.", Tails thought to himself. "Thanks... hope it's over soon...", he said to Knuckles with a slight smile, and Knuckles waved back before Tails left.
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1 hour later...
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He kept walking (running would make him suspicious) towards the city, but he was stopped by something unexpected.

Their 'do not leave' law has been taken to the extreme, as he saw that the same bridge he used was destroyed to prevent access. He also saw the guards were more prepared, having their weapons at all times, he also noticed they were a lot more experienced. The city basically made a demilitarized zone in both sides of the water.

This terrified him. One wrong step, and he is cooked. He needed a different plan, a distraction.

He decided to throw a rock at one of them in the shoe, which worked, as multiple of them immediately looked around and held their dart gun, ready to strike. Luckily, they made a blind spot, and Tails sneaked through.

Thankfully, he made it through the river without being seen. However, he saw every residential building had 2 armed veterans on each side of the door. Somehow, he had to blend in in a heavy guarded city with hundreds of people defending it, so he decided to use a unique strategy. He used a GPS and went to the sewers.

All he needed was finding the right path to Blaze's apartment to talk to her about Silver, since she was friends with him. 'Blegh, this place stinks!', he thought to himself as he really wanted to gag, but was afraid of getting caught, so he kept going.

After 6 agonizing minutes, he made it through and went inside the building. Running silently, he reached the apartment, only for there to be silence. "Hello? Helloooooo?", asked Tails in confusion, but then he remembered that predators were sent to either the prison or a lab.

Normally he would be lost, but he knew where it was, and his suit really helped him, so (while slightly irritated) he went to the lab.