When he came to, the first thing he noticed was the smell of fire. Tails opened his eyes with a start. This wasn't the same area he had been in. All the animals were gone. So was Sonic. "That wasn't Sonic…that was like the glitched, virus-corrupted file on a computer! An Exe almost…It looked like Sonic…" he tried reasoning with himself. Finally he decided to call the creature Sonic.Exe. It seemed fitting for something so evil…so monstrous…Wait…where did he go? He looked around frantically. "I better run…I have to tell the others!" He started running in the direction he had came from. He didn't get far. The Exe appeared, hovering before him. Terror gripped his heart in a vice-like grip, threatening to crush it. He spun around, spinning his tails as fast as he could, flying in the opposite direction.