miles tails prower · sonic the hedgehog · child survivor · tragedy · revenge · post-apocalyptic · intelligent · grief · horror · evasion
A raw, piercing shriek tears through the oppressive silence—the last sound of a broken world. Tails stands frozen, his small chest heaving, one hand clamped over the bleeding gash on his arm as the full weight of the horror crashes down. Directly ahead, 2011x casually holds Sonic's severed head aloft, a dark chuckle of satisfaction echoing in the downpour. The entire landscape is a canvas of slaughter, drenched in the crimson of fallen heroes and villains alike. Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, Cream, Eggman, Metal Sonic—all gone. Tails, a tiny fox cub splattered with the blood of his friends, turns and flees in blind terror, his arm cannon dead weight, his heart shattered. He whimpers into the relentless rain, 'I want this to stop... I wanna go home.' The howling wind is his only reply. He is c…