GeneX - Tails the Fox
Chapter 50 - Final Chapter - Super Tails
Final Boss - Kosmo the Morph - The Kosmogon

Note: Sonic the Hedgehog and related characters are (c) SEGA and 
Sonic Team. You knew that, right?

After fighting for a while, Sonic and Shadow had managed to land a good hit on Kosmo, causing him to drop the six Chaos Emeralds he'd been carrying. However, Kosmo was still not defeated, and Sonic and Shadow had worn themselves out fighting him. "It appears I did slightly underestimate you hedgehogs..." Kosmo said, slightly impressed. Sonic was panting from exhaustion, but managed to speak. "Yeah... And I think we underestimated you... But..." Before finishing what he was saying, Sonic grabbed one of the Chaos Emeralds Kosmo had dropped. Shadow grabbed two of them at the same time, and since the fight appeared to be over, Tails, Knuckles, and Bucky ran in to grab the last three. Between them, they now had all seven emeralds, since Sonic also had the seventh one. "Since you're out of emeralds, it looks like we win!" Sonic said. Everyone else who'd been watching now crowded around Kosmo, surrounding the morph. "N...No..." Kosmo muttered.

"It's over, Experiment 3! Abandon your murderous plans, now!" Bucky commanded. Kosmo was full of rage, fear, and above all, hatred. "You... natural born... FREEEEEAAAAKS!!!!" he screamed, giving everyone around him a look of pure hatred. Gunner couldn't pass up arguing with this. "Natural born freaks!? How backwards can you get!? YOU are the freak, you furry, lab created monster!" Illusi ran in front of Gunner and tried to restrain him. "Stop it, you old fool! Don't fuel his anger!" he shouted. Vortex pushed Illusi away. "Ssssshut up, sssshrew!" he hissed. "Let him have his fun!" Zipp added. Gunner pushed past all three of them. "I can say what I please! You, Experiment 3, are the biggest FREAK of them all!" he growled, sounding even more hateful than Kosmo. Char, hovering in the air above the crowd, couldn't help feeling sorry for the defeated morph. "What a jerk! I say Gunner's the freak!" he said quietly. Alpha jumped around, pointing and laughing at Kosmo. "So is purple monkey! Freaky, freaky, freaky! Tee hee hee!" the robot taunted. Kosmo shot a terrible look at Alpha. "SHUT UP...!" he growled. "I agree." Cream said with pity. "I don't think we should make fun of him...." Amy shrugged her shoulders. "I don't think it matters anymore, Cream! He can't hurt us now!" she said. Rouge laughed. "I don't know. He could make us throw up with his ugly face!" Spy started cracking up, too. "Nya, nya, stupid monster!" he teased. Metal Sonic crossed its arms. "Don't be cruel." he said. "Yeah, leave Three alone!" Rainbow shouted to everyone, stepping into the middle of the crowd and shooing everyone away. "There is such a thing as bad winners, you know!" she told them. Kosmo had collapsed on his hands and knees when they started teasing him, but at Rainbow's words, he glared up at everyone. "Winners... WINNERS?! Is that what you think?!" he growled defiantly. Gunner responded as though Kosmo had said something offensive. "Quiet, you abominable freak! You have no right to speak to anyone! You shouldn't even exist! You ugly, twisted monster!!"

This was it. The last straw. Kosmo sent a shock wave of darkness erupting from his body, knocking everyone away! "Freak, they call me!!" he roared, his rage taking over. "Whoa! What's going on!?" Sonic shouted. Kosmo's body was lifted into the air as he sent another shock wave at them. "Monster, they say!? I'll show them a MONSTER!!!" Everyone ran to get out of Kosmo's way, confused and panicked by what was happening. "What's he doing!? Where is he getting all this power!?" Eggman shouted. Seven beams of light shot from the fake Master Emeralds to Kosmo, and his body seemed to become that light! Bucky pointed to the out of control experiment. "He's transforming! And it looks like a big one this time!" As the light erupting from Kosmo grew brighter, BAS had one final announcement. "Energy is being drained from the fake Master Emeralds! Po...wer... fa...il....ure.....zzzzt!!" BAS fell silent and the lights went out as the fake Master Emeralds shattered into dust! "This is terrible!" Eggman shouted, "We're going to crash!" "Into Station Square!" Shadow added. "Not if I can help it!" Knuckles yelled, running to the nearest power terminal and placing the Master Emerald into it. "If it can keep an island flying, it can keep this ship flying! Master Emerald, we need your power!"

Kosmo's body began to grow, bend, twist, and change. The light he had become began molding itself into a huge, new creature. Powered by the fake Master Emeralds, its power was unbelievable! As Tails watched the transformation, he realized that this was what the monster in his nightmares began to transform into! In a few moments, the light flashed brighter than ever, then subsided. In its place was a giant purple and red dragon, the Kosmogon! It let out an ear piercing roar. "I'll kill you all!!" it screeched. Sonic and Shadow immediately ran to try to stop the monster, but were blasted back by a beam of fire shot from the Kosmogon's mouth! "Get back, you fools! I'm no longer playing around!" it roared. The Kosmogon spun around in midair and flew for the window. "Experiment 3!!!" Bucky shouted, futilely tring to stop the beast. The Kosmogon crashed through the window and caused the shards of glass to rain down on the streets below!

"He got away!" Sonic said shakily. He and Shadow had been hurt pretty bad by the Kosmogon's attack, and struggled to stand back up. "That was incredible!" Eggman said, gazing through the open window at the Kosmogon flying around nearby. "I can't believe how powerful Kosmo is!" Bucky climbed up in front of the broken window and faced the crowd. "Kosmo was based on all the powerful monsters that have shaken the foundations of our world in recent years! The Biolizard, Metal Overlord, Black Doom, Chaos... I researched them all while working on Experiment 3!" Bucky fell to his knees as he came to a horrific realization, "He cannot be stopped.... My god... What have I done!?" The seven Chaos Emeralds had landed near the center of the room, tossed there by Kosmo's shock waves. Sonic and Shadow walked over to them. "The fight here took a lot out of me..." Sonic said, "I don't have enough energy to change into my Super form!" "Me neither..." Shadow admitted. "What are we going to do!?" Amy gasped. Alpha had a suggestion. "Put your heads between your knees and kiss your butts goodbye!" Char kicked Alpha in the head. "No potty talk, you!"

As everyone was running around panicking, Tails looked out the window at the Kosmogon, which was shooting fire into the air aimlessly, apparently too crazed to even target anything. "The doom... Could it be..." he whispered. During all of this, Copter had been sitting in a corner, watching. Now, he was awestruck by what had occurred. "This isn't possible..." he muttered. "You furry freaks have doomed us all! Curse you, you monstrous fiends!!" Gunner was shouting. Guard smacked him over the head with the blunt end of his scythe. "You were the one who had to egg him on!" he growled. "Someone has to do something." Gemini declared. "But who can stop Kosmo if Sonic and Shadow can't..." she trailed off.

Amidst the confusion, Tails came to an important decision. He grabbed up the Chaos Emeralds and ran for the broken window. There was a large balcony a bit below it, and Tails jumped down to it, using his tails to hover down safely. The Doomsayer was waiting there. "What are you doing?" he grunted. "If Sonic's too exhausted to use the Chaos Emeralds, maybe I should try!" Tails told him. The Doomsayer turned to face the young fox and glared at him fiercely. "Nonsense! You cannot possibly stop the doom! Surely, you cannot use the Chaos Emeralds!" he shouted in fury. Tails looked at the emeralds in his arms. "Maybe not... But I have to try!" he said, looking the Doomsayer in the eyes. "Running off to your death alone? I forsee that you alone cannot defeat the morph!" the Doomsayer declared. Tails showed no more fear. "If someone doesn't do something, Kosmo will destroy the world!" he insisted. "Alone you shall fail!" the Doomsayer yelled.

"He's never alone!" came the voice of Sonic the hedgehog! Everyone had gathered around the broken window, and were looking down at them from there. The Doomsayer's eyes went wide with shock. "Sonic the Hedgehog!?" he gasped. Sonic gave Tails a thumb's up. "We'll be right here, rooting for you, buddy!" he said. "I don't know about this. But if you want to try, I won't stop you." Shadow said. "I'd go myself," Knuckles shouted, "But I need to keep the Master Emerald powering this ship until we can land it!" "Go for it, Tails!" Rainbow shouted, not actually knowing that it was his actual nickname. "I say we're doomed. Please prove me wrong!" Punchy begged. "Sure he will! You can do it, Tails!" Amy encouraged him. "But please be careful..." Cream said worriedly. Gunner looked down at Tails with contempt. "Don't look to me for support...freak." he grunted, walking away. "That's as close as Gunner gets to encouragement!" Rouge told him. "Only a strong heart can change the course of fate. I believe you may have what it takes!" Illusi said encouragingly. "Kosmo is formidable, but no one is invincible!" Bucky shouted. "We're all behind you, kiddo! Don't let us down!" Eggman cheered. Tails looked from his friends to the Doomsayer. "You see? I'm not alone! I can do this!" he said excitedly. The Doomsayer closed his eyes a moment, lost in thought, then chuckled softly. "Best of luck, Prower..." he whispered, dissappearing into the rainy wind that had started up after the Kosmogon broke out.

The Chaos Emeralds hovered into the air and spun in circles around Tails, lifting him into the air as well! The emeralds spun faster and faster around Tails, until finally they were replaced by a shimmering light! When the light faded, Tails fur was now glowing golden, and he was able to maintain flight without spinning his tails! He had become Super Tails! "Go get him, buddy!" Sonic cheered, as the others shouted out their own words of encouragement. "All right! Here I go!" Tails thought as he flew off after the Kosmogon.


Copter was the only one not cheering Tails on from the window. He sat atop the rubble of the dragon statue, watching. Tears had begun to form in his eyes. "I guess I have no purpose in this world. All I can do is sit around and watch, while everyone else get to be heroes. No place to go...no place to belong..." He sighed heavily. "Everyone would have been better off had I not been born at all..." he said solemnly. Tikal's voice suddenly rang in his ears. "How can you say that? Your life has had a large impact on what has transpired today!" Copter didn't look for the owner of the voice, just replied sadly, "But nothing ever goes the way I plan. All I wanted... was to live like anyone else... But Bucky made me do terrible things... No matter what, that will never change." Tikal was at a loss. "That's so sad..." was all she could say. Copter dropped his tailband on the floor and shut his eyes, just wishing he could dissappear entirely...

"Mr. Copter!!" Cream's voice snapped him out of it. Copter opened his eyes to see Cream and Gemini standing before him. "Aren't you going to cheer Tails on?" Cream asked. "We were worried about you." Gemini told him. Copter looked at them like they were crazy. "Worried about me...?" he said, surprised. "You looked so sad when I saw you before..." Cream said. "Cheese and I wanted to give you something we found after Kosmo turned into that dragon!" Cream held out the other Tailband of Chaos for him! Tails had dropped it when Kosmo's shock waves hit everyone, and Cream had found it. "Isn't it pretty?" she said, smiling. Copter struggled to find words to express what he was feeling, but found none. "I don't know what to say..." he said, smiling a little. "I thought that might cheer you up a little, Mr. Gloomy." Gemini said, chuckling softly. Tikal's voice was heard in Copter's head as he picked up the two tailbands. "You are the chosen one! You can wield the Tailbands of Chaos!" Copter looked up to find the voice, but couldn't. Then he looked at Cream and Gemini, and started to cry a little. "You both have been so kind to me... And I've been so disgraceful..." he sobbed. "I don't like seeing people sad." Gemini said. "Me neither." Cream added. Copter dried his tears and looked at the tailbands for a moment. It didn't take long for him to make up his mind. "I'm going in." he said, slipping a band onto each tail. "Let's see what these tailbands can do!"

The Tailbands of Chaos glowed brightly, and lifted Copter up as though a whirlwind had caught him! The bright glow spread from the tailbands across his body, until he was covered in bright light. Then, the light produced a blinding flash, leaving Copter floating in the air with the tailbands securely strapped over his twin tails. His black fur now glowed a stunning silver. He had become Super Copter! "Hang on, Tails, my brother! Help is on the way!" Copter shouted, flying through the window after the Kosmogon. "Good luck, Copter!" Gemini cheered.


As the clocks in Station Square struck midnight, Super Tails and Super Copter flew out to the edge of space, where the Kosmogon had flown. It roared defiantly as the two foxes reached it. "Think we can do this?" Tails said, looking over to Copter. "I know we can!" Copter shouted. Suddenly, the Kosmogon was joined by four ghostly, smoky heads. They looked almost like pumpkins, and they were known as Losolanturns. Lospecter was hovering over the Kosmogon. "Go on, Kosmo! Destroy the world, and cast the souls of those natural born curs asunder! Then, they can join the ranks of the Lost Ones!" he cackled. "You wish!" Copter yelled, more determined than he'd ever been in his life. Lospecter scoffed at Copter, then flew back toward Shadow Arcangel, which was now changing course in an attempt to land back where it started in the Mystic Ruins. Copter had grabbed one of Eggman's radios on the way out, and would use it to communicate with the others. Through the miracle powers of the Chaos Emeralds and the Tailbands, the radio could work again, even from this far away!

"Welcome, foolish children!" Kosmo growled. "Now you have the priveledge of being the first deaths of the end of the world!!!" Super Copter flew ahead and swung his tails at a Losolanturn, destroying it easily. "Not a chance, Kosmo! I don't care what anyone says! The future is not written in stone!" he said courageously. Tails followed suit, destroying the second Losolanturn. "Doomsday won't come as long as we can help it!" he vowed. "Enough! Now, you shall die!!" Kosmo roared hideously. "Copter, look out for those Lost Ones!" Eggman warned over the radio. "Those are among the most powerful of them!" What Eggman didn't realize was that while he was talking, Tails and Copter easily defeated the remaining ones. "If that's their best, I feel sorry for their worst!" Copter laughed. Kosmo shut him up by smacking him with his large tail. "Quit attacking those ghosts! You're about to join them, you know!" 

Tails and Copter flew after the Kosmogon, attacking it with their tail attacks. Kosmo was too powerful for this now, and simply smacked them away. He roared fiercely, and it sounded like laughter. Tails and Copter swiftly flew out of the way as he shot beams of flame at them, in an attempt to knock some rings from them. "Be careful, guys!" Knuckles said over the radio. "If you run out of rings, it's over!" Tails looked around and found rings floating around the area. "He has a good point, Copter! I'll go collect rings for now! When you get in trouble, I'll switch places with you!" he said, leaving the battle area. "Cowards! Then I'll destroy you one at a time!" Kosmo growled. Copter looked a bit worried for a moment, when he heard Tikal's voice once more. "Believe in yourself! You are the chosen one!" Shaking off his fear, Copter went after Kosmo again, but wound up smacked away by his wings. Still, Copter remained determined, and tried again. This time, he went for the Kosmogon's head, and caused it to howl in pain. Copter had hit it right in the eye, but this mostly just served to anger the beast. "Allow me to put out YOUR eyes!" he screamed, blasting fire at Copter and knocking several rings from him. "Tails, I think it's your turn!" Copter shouted, flying off to get more rings.

As Tails rejoined the battle, the Kosmogon was ranting. "They call me a freak! They say I'm unnatural! When I'm all that's left, I'll be the natural one!" As Tails flew after the Kosmogon, Sonic's voice was heard over the radio. "I should be up there with you... But since I'm not, I'll be cheering you on!" With those words fresh in his mind, Tails flew after the Kosmogon and kicked it in the head. He was nearly scorched by the following flames, and Kosmo couldn't help laughing. "Is that the best the Chaos Emeralds can do? Why did I ever want them! Power is far stronger when it's created artificially!" he growled. "That's not true!" Tails shouted. "How things are created has nothing to do with anything! True strength comes from the heart!" Kosmo spit fireballs at him, apparently very skeptical about that comment. "The heart is nothing! Power is everything! Now, allow me to break your 'heart' with my power!" The fireballs knocked Tails around a bit, and he dropped a lot of rings. "I'm in trouble! Copter, I need to switch with you!" he shouted.

Vector's voice came over the radio during the switch. "The Master Emerald can't hold up Shadow Arcangel much longer! We gotta land this ship now!" Other voices were heard in the background. "We're gonna crash!" Amy shouted. "This is bad!" Cream said worriedly. "Hang in there, everyone!" Copter told them. "I'll stop this creep quickly and come down to help!" Kosmo smacked Copter with his tail again, following up with a shot from his flaming breath. This time, Copter wouldn't let him get the best of him so easily, and held on to his rings tightly. He broke free of the attack and retaliated by dashing toward the Kosmogon as fast as he could, slamming the morph dragon in the chest hard. Kosmo flinched a bit from the pain of the attack, but still wasn't affected much. "Why do you fight me, Experiment 2? Don't you see? Those natural born, 'superior' life forms will just destroy you, too! You have too much power, and they'll fear it. They'll stab you in the back as soon as they've gotten what they want from you!" Kosmo snarled. Copter flew up to Kosmo's head, looking him square in the eye. "They shall do as they must. And so shall I! For if I don't help those in need, then my life will have been worthless after all!" Copter flew at Kosmo and hurled a punch at his head, knocking him backward a little. Kosmo quickly twirled in the air and slashed his talons at Copter, knocking away a few of his rings, but not enough to make him worry. Illusi called over the radio next. "His power is merely an illusion, as fake as the emeralds he absorbed! Don't give up!" Copter snickered at him. "Do you really think I had such an intention? I came to win!" Copter flew close to the Kosmogon and unleashed a Chaos Blast attack, which Kosmo withstood with some effort and retaliated by trying to bite Copter. In his haste to avoid being bit, Copter was an easy target for another fireball, which knocked away almost all of his rings! Copter scrambled to grab the rings he'd dropped, grabbing just enough to sustain him during the next switch. "I gotta get a lot of rings! Hold him off, Tails!"

As Tails flew in to face Kosmo, Bucky reported their situation over the radio. "We're over the Mystic Ruins now! We have to put the Arcangel back where it belongs!" The Kosmogon flew around, looking back toward Earth. "How much you want to bet I can blast that ship from all the way up here?" Tails got his attention by slamming him in the back, causing him to fall a little. "If I fall, I promise you I'll be landing on Shadow Arc!" Kosmo growled, firing jets of flame at Tails from his mouth. Tails very carefully avoided them, then tried to hit Kosmo again. However, Kosmo had become much more violent, and it was difficult to approach him. Tails realized that he couldn't risk a direct attack on the Kosmogon, because if he had to switch with Copter now, they wouldn't stand a chance with Copter's small ring count. So, Tails flew circles around Kosmo, keeping the experiment busy trying to hit him with fireballs. This went on for a few minutes, until Gemini called over the radio. "We landed Shadow Arc back where it was, but the Lost Ones are everywhere! They seem to be reacting to Kosmo's power, and are growing very violent!" Tails was distracted by the call, and Kosmo managed to hit him with a fireball! Tails was now very low on rings, and Kosmo had him cornered. Just when it seemed the dragon would finish Tails off, it was interrupted by Copter's voice. "Chaos Whirlwind!" A huge gust of wind knocked the Kosmogon away from Tails. "You look like you need some help!" Copter said. "Go get yourself some rings! I'll handle this!"


As Tails and Copter's battle against Kosmo raged on, a new battle had begun back on Earth. "Those silly foxes will never defeat that monster!" Lospecter had said, "And once Kosmo destroys the world, the Lost Ones shall rise from its ashes and dominate our dark new world! Ha ha ha!!" Of course, Sonic and the others weren't about to let the Lost Ones start their little coup. The entire group had followed the Lost Ones into the Mystic Ruins and were now fighting them with everything they had. "Yuck! All of the Lost Ones are made of slime!" Punchy noticed as he fought with a few different varieties of them. "They're making me sick!" "No kidding! You're all green, One!" Rainbow said, quite seriously. 

A short distance away, Rouge was fighting alongside Vortex and Zipp. "Disgusting monsters! Where did they come from?!" she shouted. "Chaosss Hole!" Vortex shouted, creating a black hole that swallowed up several losol. He then used his power to close the hole and turned to Rouge. "The Losssst Onesss mussst have been created by sssssomething the massster did. The appeared ssssshortly after we experimentssss did." he explained. "Vortex, look out!" Zipp shouted, shooting a Loskel behind Vortex. "You missed one!"

Sargent Gunner was shooting at the Lost Ones as well, but bullets had little effect on the creatures. Full of anger, he pulled out a radio he'd stolen from Eggman. "Listen to me! You furry freaks will never atone for your sins! Go ahead and die up there!" he shouted. Spy ran over and grabbed the radio from Gunner. "The Sarge does not speak for all of us! Heeeeeelp!!!" Guard, who was nearby, knocked the radio out of his hand with the blunt end of his scythe. "Don't yell like that! It's very unnerving!" he growled. Spy chuckled sheepishly. "Sorry, buddy. Hang in there, don't stop fighting those monsters!" he begged. Guard grunted at him and resumed slicing losol golems into smaller pieces.

Even Dr. Eggman had joined the fight against the Lost Ones. Using what he called the "Arachnoegg Mark 2," he was putting up a very good fight. Whatever Sonic had done to Alpha earlier had also made the him a better shot. "Happy Halloween, monsters! Trick or trick!" Alpha laughed, blasting as many enemies as he could. "Halloween? It's not... oh, never mind..." Char said, following closely behind the robot. "No one can stop Metal Sonic! No one!!!" Metal Sonic had taken on a large group of Losohsts, and was getting beaten up a little. Luckily for him, SPOT came to his aid. "Robots must stick together!" the text on SPOT's monitor read.

Sonic, Shadow, and Knuckles teamed up to fight Lospecter himself, along with a horde of Lospides and Losoars. "There may be too many of them." Shadow said calmly, "For you, anyway." Knuckles laughed as the enemies surrounded them. "Nah, I can take this, as long as that smoke cloud doesn't keep up his annoying chatter!" he said, pointing at Lospecter. It was holding its tarot cards, shuffling them as he laughed at his challengers. "Fools! I am Lospecter the Lost! My cards read your fate, and they tell me you're about to die!" Sonic looked around at Lospecter's small army, then back at Lospecter. "Sorry, lost loser, but you're gonna have to fold that hand when we're through with ya!"


Both battles raged on for some time, and soon, Tails and Copter had collected enough rings to attempt to double team the Kosmogon again. It didn't seem to be weakening, in fact its attacks only grew more violent. Now, Kosmo decided not to hold back anymore. "I'll crush you! Face the power of Kosmos!!" This was his most powerful attack. Kosmo's eyes shot out a terrible beam of violet light, which exploded violently on contact. He hit Copter with it, and the effect of the attack kicked in. Copter's dark thoughts took over, his hatred consuming him. He could not control himself any longer, he tried to attack Tails. "Copter, what are you doing!?" Tails barely managed to avoid Copter's attack, and now tried to snap him out of it. "We're fighting Kosmo, remember?" Copter ignored him and attacked again, though his rage blinded him and he couldn't land a hit on Tails. "It's no use! Kosmos fills the victim with only his darkest thoughts. It would seem he's been wanting to kill you!" Kosmo laughed. Tails believed he knew better. "This isn't you, Copter! This is what Eggman twisted you into! You know you're better than this!" Copter was deaf to Tails' pleas, and instead followed his voice in order to grab by the throat. Kosmo was enjoying this. "Friendship... Heart... It's all nothing! As soon as you open yourself to trust, you die from it!" he declared. Tails struggled against Copter, and managed to loosen his grip on him. "Remember... your friends..." he pleaded quietly, unable to speak louder because of Copter's grip on his throat.

Copter heard Tails' last plea, and it created an internal struggle within him. "My friends... don't have any... He's a lier.... Wait... Cream? Punchy, Rainbow, and Gemini! I... remember..." his thoughts filled him with confusion, and he grabbed his head as the confusion shocked him. Tails breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly pulled Copter out of the way as one of Kosmo's fireballs soared toward them. Copter shook his head quickly and looked around. "You... saved me?" Copter muttered to Tails, who gave him a thumb's up. "We're a team! Now let's finish this!" Copter nodded in agreement, and they resumed their fight against the Kosmogon, flying out of the way as another Kosmos attack flew at them. Tails and Copter's bodies glowed brighter than ever as they tapped into the full power of their super forms. "Kosmo... You're finished!!" they both shouted as they shot forth for the final blow! Either Kosmo would be defeated, or they would be...


A massive explosion could be seen high in the sky above Station Square and the Mystic Ruins. The explosion obscured any possible sight of Tails, Copter, or Kosmo. As the fire and smoke cleared away, they still could not be seen, but all assumed that Tails and Copter had succeeded. The Lost Ones suddenly retreated, vanishing whence they came, and everyone in both Station Square and the Mystic Ruins bagan cheering at the defeat of the threat. Bucky, Vortex, and Zipp watched the sky from Shadow Arc's entrance. "Wow! Those losers did it!" Zipp said in shock, "Maybe they're not such losers after all..." Vortex jumped excitedly. "Of coursssse not! That'sss our brother, Copter!" he said. Bucky turned and headed inside Shadow Arc, tears of joy forming in his eyes. "That's my son." he whispered to himself. "The secret to life... GeneX... I've learned so much, but it seems I still have much to learn..."

Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, Cream, Cheese, SPOT, Punchy, and Rainbow had gathered at Tails' Workshop, and looked in the sky for them. "All right, Tails! I knew he had it in him!" Sonic cheered. "I don't see them! You think they're all right?" Amy asked. "Of course they are!" Cream said happily, hugging Cheese. "Master is a great hero." SPOT's monitor read. Punchy began to walk away slowly. "Gee, I guess we should go get the Master Emerald out of Shadow Arc, since old Red forgot it..." he said. "Righty-o! Follow me, One! I know the way this time!" Rainbow shouted, running off ahead. Knuckles looked around and realized they were right, that he did forget the Master Emerald. "What the? COME BACK HERE YOU CROOKS!" he shouted, chasing after them.

Sargent Gunner had regrouped with Spy, Rouge, and Guard near the Mystic Ruins train station. "Those freaks fought together... to save everyone...?" he muttered quietly to himself, "Nah, it was just to save their own hides! How I loathe them!" Spy pat Gunner on the back. "Look on the bright side, boss! At least Dr. Eggman was defeated!" Rouge began to walk away. "You know what? I'm off the clock now, so I'm going home!" she said. Guard watched her leave and began asking himself questions. "Umm... Do I get to go home, too, boss?" he said, causing Gunner to break out laughing. "Yeah, right! Just as soon as you get a home, freak!"

Dr. Eggman was flying back toward his base on the Arachnoegg 2, with Alpha and Char sitting in a back seat he'd installed. "There's another plan down the drain..." he muttered. Char was laughing playfully with Alpha. "OK, Alphie, I'm sure you won't fall apart now! You're just crazy!" he said. "I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! And Lucky Charms! May I have breakfast now?" Alpha said. Char giggled at that remark. "Whatever... I'm just wondering if we can fix Terra..." Eggman let out an irritated sigh. "Better luck next time, I guess..." Metal Sonic watched Eggman fly away. "Farewell, forever, doctor." he said. "I'll make my own life now, like Copter did. And no more working for deranged lunatics!"

Illusi and Gemini were looking out at the stars from the top of the Mystic Ruins pyramid. "So, where will you go now, Gemini?" he asked her. "Who knows? Maybe I'll just hone my magic skills for a while." she replied. "I'm sure you'll be an excellent sorceress someday!" Illusi said encouragingly. Gemini laughed. "Yeah, and if anyone gets on my nerves, I'll turn into a dragon again! Grrrr! Ha ha!"

Shadow, satisfied that he had finished his work for the day, was exploring the jungle again. "Once again, the world has been saved from disaster. And now, I return to my aimless wandering... for now..." he thought to himself. He passed Team Chaotix as he explored. "Case closed again!" Vector said proudly to Charmy and Espio, "We did great!" Espio's eyes narrowed. "But great jobs don't pay the rent. Who do we charge for this?" he said. Charmy flew in circles around them. "There's always the client!" he said. Vector shook his head. "Nah, we weren't the ones who told her what she wanted to know... We can't charge for that..." The three of them hung their heads in sad frustration. "Maybe we can talk to the writer..." Charmy muttered. (how dare he break the 4th wall like that!)


As Kosmo had promised, he landed on the roof of Shadow Arc, but now he was back to his normal form. He backed away from Tails and Copter as they walked toward him. "N-no... How can it be.... How could you... beat me?" he cried out in despair. Tails couldn't help pitying him. "Kosmo... There's no reason for all the hate you have for us." he said. Kosmo looked away from him. "I can't... stay here..." he whispered, morphing into his gargoyle form, "Farewell, Copter... And... Tails the Fox..." Kosmo hurled himself off the roof and flew into the dark, vanishing from sight. "Kosmo!" Tails shouted, to no avail. "I guess he needs to find his own place in the world..." Copter suggested. As the two foxes looked out over the world they had saved, a beautiful sunrise began. "A new day dawns..." Copter said quietly.

Tails and Copter began walking through the jungle, having a little chat. "Strange... I never thought you and I could be friends... Until we fought side by side." Copter said. "Why don't you stay with us, Copter? I'm sure everyone would like that." Tails suggested. Copter thought about it for a few moments. It sounded wonderful, but it wasn't really for him. "Sorry, I can't do it." he said at last. "Why not?" Tails asked. Copter stopped walking and gazed up at the sky. "This is a big world. You've lived a while and found your place in it. But I've not truly lived a day in my short life. I need to see the world for myself... and discover where I truly belong..." he explained. It saddened him a bit, but Tails understood. "I guess you're right..."

After a while, they came to a crossroads. "I guess this is where we split up..." Tails realized. "Guess so..." Copter said. "Tails, hold out your hand." he requested. Tails did so, and Copter placed something in his hand. "I want you to have this." Copter said. As he took his hand from Tails' and began to walk away, Tails gasped at what he'd been given. "A Tailband of Chaos?!" he exclaimed as Copter broke into a run. "I'll be back for that someday! It's a promise!" Copter shouted back as he disappeared from sight. Tails waved to Copter as he left, clutching the gift tightly. "All right, Copter! I'll be waiting!" As Tails waved, Sonic appeared on the other path. "Hey, Tails! Looks like you made it!" he said proudly. Tails turned around and smiled admiringly at his hero. "Ready to go home, champ?" Sonic said, giving a thumb's up. "Lead the way, Sonic!"

As Sonic led Tails away, the Doomsayer stepped on to the path from behind a tree, watching him leave. Tikal's spirit appeared next to him. "Hope has found the world." she said to him. The Doomsayer remained as bleak as ever. "But the doom will return. The world can never be permanently saved." he insisted. Tikal gave him an encouraging smile. "As long as heroes like the chosen one remain, this doom will never prevail!" she declared. The Doomsayer walked off in the direction Sonic and Tails had gone. "We shall see." he hissed. Tikal took off in Copter's direction a moment before vanishing, her voice on the wind. "We shall indeed. But for now, we must rest... until the next adventure..."


As I said, Sonic the Hedgehog and related characters are (c) SEGA and Sonic Team.
GeneX and related fancharacters are (c) me, 2BIT.


The End... and yet....
Still to be continued.....