A Tails Tale pt 9_ Chech's Out
#9 of A Tails Tale
Before Eggman I wasn't much of a law abiding citizen , I was a thief. I could steal anything wallets, gems, hearts.
I started as a street thief picking pockets just to get by until I met this one hedgehog. I forget his name , he was green, had this real rock star vibe about him , I think he played the drums. I think he was my first real friend . He was running from something but I don't know what. I was just living in the moment so I followed him wherever he went. We wound up in the Arctic Circle. The fucking arctic circle, the place where rich people building dig fancy houses on ice islands. But despite the cold , my friend and I were making a killing. We both had skills to get things done but I made the plans and he set the marks. Maybe we should have did things the other way around.
Until that point I had never heard of Eggman, he was still something new to the world. But my friend knew who he was. He was running from Eggman, when he eventually conquered half the globe we ran into him.
It was a big house ,a fortress really. We tried to hit it but it hit us and before we could think of a way out we found ourselves being turned into less than people. That machine took parts out of me and put cold in, and I can only imagine what it did to my friend. My mind was rewired to forget him but I couldn't, it that cold world he was the only person I knew . He was the only person I let get close , the only person I let see the real me not the overly sly cool slick cat that I used to con people out of their money.
I served Eggman for years against my will. It was like being a prisoner in my own body. Sometimes it was easier to just let myself go than to try to fight.
Lucky for me eventually I ,among many others, was set free from the mind control he had us under. I thought maybe I could return to my sand covered beaches and finally leave that frozen robotic waste land. But Eggman he couldn't stand to lose, if he couldn't have us no one would. He captured everyone before we could run away, froze us in ice , and hid us under ground. And once again I was a prisoner in my own body. But at least I could remember My friend without my thoughts being clouded by commands . For a long time its all that kept me from going insane, the thought of my beaches , and picking pockets with that green hedgehog. I guess you can say he was my first love.