『Sontails』Mechanical Remnants

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A completely Stasis Paracausal energy that theoretically does not exist in the physical world○ is wrapped within a universe→ yet isolated from it○ containing Tails and Sonic from this universe○ What kind of story and wishes will they tell this time?

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Sonic surged forward, Arc Light crackling through him, a thunderbolt unleashed. The blue blur sizzled through the air, kinetic force slamming into the Vex Minotaur, disintegrating its mechanical body into nothingness.

Faster, gotta go faster!

Panic gnawed at him. He ricocheted through dozens of Vex, a pinball of destruction, rescuing anyone he could.

『Sonic! We have to fall back! We're getting flanked!』Tails' voice crackled through his comm.

"You guys pull out, I'll cover you!" Sonic snapped.

『Don't be stupid! We're screwed without you! I— Aagh!』

The comm went dead with Tails' scream, Sonic's gut twisting. He spun back, Three seconds... Just three seconds...

Oh no.

A massive Hydra, its eyes glowing crimson, loomed over Tails, who lay dazed on the ground. Its twin Void Aeon Maul Cannon charged, aimed directly at him.

"Tails!! Move!!"

Everything slowed. Sonic pushed his Light to the limit, reacting before the sound, faster than sound, faster than plasma—!

He stretched, reaching for Tails. Then—

✲✲✲✲

"Haah!!"

Sonic jolted awake, a phantom pain throbbing in his head. He clutched his forehead, gasping, wrestling back from the nightmare. He knew the drill; this wasn't the first time.

"Sonic...?" Tails stirred beside him, rubbing sleep from his eyes. He knew instantly. "That dream again...?"

"...Yeah," Sonic mumbled, trying to keep the despair out of his voice. But as Tails's metal hand rested on his shoulder, the cold touch sent a shiver down his spine.

"...It's okay. It's over..." Tails offered a weak, bittersweet smile. Sonic could see right through it; even Tails didn't believe it.

"I keep thinking... If I'd been faster..."

"Don't," Tails interrupted. "I'm fine, really. Just an arm, no big deal. This cybernetic one is way more practical, anyway." He rotated his metal hand 180 degrees and playfully pinched Sonic's cheek. "See? I can even do this."

Sonic chuckled dryly, taking Tails's remaining organic hand and pulling him close.

A cramped room, dimly lit, in a vast underground bunker. This was all they had left. All most Mobians had left. The surface was littered with automated defense turrets, uninhabitable... no, unsurvivable.

Besides, no one wanted to be found by the Vex patrols. Discovery meant death.

Thinking about it, setting up this bunker as a last resort before the final stand had been a stroke of luck. Otherwise, every Mobian in the earth would be extinct.

Although, hope felt pretty extinct right now, too. Even Sonic couldn't deny it.

"Alright, alright." Tails gently patted Sonic's back, his voice soothing. "...It's still early. We can get some more sleep."