Miles "Tails" Prower (WI04)

## Miles "Tails" Prower

**Miles "Tails" Prower** is a supporting character in *What If E-102 Gamma Survived?*, acting as Gamma's tech-expert mechanic in Part 1. With an intelligence that can occasionally rival Doctor Eggman's, he's the only other person who has been able to tinker with, repair and upgrade Gamma since his defection from the Eggman Empire.

## Personality

Tails' personality is identical to his video game canon counterpart circa-*Sonic Adventure*, still maturing and somewhat inexperienced, but incredibly capable with machines and following in the footsteps of Sonic to be a hero of his calibre. He's naturally curious when it comes to technology and showed great excitement at being able to learn more about Eggman's machines through Gamma, who also greatly impressed him with his acute self-awareness. Tails is also shown to be compassionate, helping Gamma search for ways to save Ko and wondering if it would be possible to grant other Eggman robots the ability to change and become good.

## History

### Sonic Adventure Arc

#### Amy/Gamma Story

Tails appeared briefly after Amy and Gamma (accompanied by Mi and Fu) landed at the Mystic Ruins from their visit to the Egg Carrier, where he was with Sonic after their recent battle with Doctor Eggman. He was initially wary of Gamma's presence, but Amy's insistence that he was innocent convinced Tails quickly. After the situation regarding Ko's injuries and Gamma's mission were explained, Tails took Gamma and Amy back to his lab, where he began studying Gamma's inner workings and even built a small aviary for Mi and Fu. From analyzing Gamma's internal structure and the status of Ko inside him, Tails was able to ascertain that her injuries were life-threatening, and at the present moment only Gamma's life battery system was keeping her alive via the suspended animation technology it used on the animals it drew energy from.

Tails resolved to keep studying Gamma, and the two spent much time talking with each other as he worked. Tails was amazed at Gamma's self-awareness and wondered if other Eggman robots could be made as sentient as he was.

#### Last Story

When Angel Island fell for the second time in recent weeks, Tails was with Amy and Gamma in his lab, quickly rushing towards the disturbance alongside them and meeting with Sonic on the way. At Shrine Isle, he saw the downed Knuckles and Eggman, who revealed that Chaos was not only alive but making a mad rush for the Chaos Emeralds. Upon Eggman seeing Gamma, he tried to issue commands to him, only for Gamma to vocally rebel against his original creator and refuse to do his bidding. Along with Amy and Sonic, Tails physically stood between Eggman and Gamma when the former began to make threats, forcing him to back off.

From that point, a brief summary of the original *Sonic Adventure*'s Last Story was given, in which Tails accompanied Sonic to the crashed Tornado 2, but they were too late to stop Chaos from stealing the Chaos Emerald integrated with it. After Chaos' transformation into his Perfect form, Tails was present alongside Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Big and Gamma, handing Sonic one of the depowered Chaos Emeralds as he encouraged him. With the positive energy of the Chaos Emeralds that had not been absorbed by Chaos, Sonic became Super Sonic and defeated Chaos, choosing to calm his rage with positivity rather than destroy or re-seal him within the Master Emerald.

#### Epilogue

In the following weeks, Tails was shown to have continued spending time with Gamma and Amy, but was unable to make a breakthrough in how to help Ko. After Amy took Gamma on a walk and helped him unlock more of Ko's memories, Gamma had assigned himself a new mission to 'return home', which he informed Tails of. To make sure that Gamma would be able to defend himself from any attempts by Eggman to get revenge for his betrayal, Tails used the salvaged parts of Beta Mk.II collected by Amy to upgrade Gamma into Gamma Mk.II. He made sure to warn him that, while his body was compatible with Beta's parts, the fact that he only had one blaster gauntlet - as well as the fact his body was not designed for stockpiling energy - meant that charging his shots could result in a dangerous backfire.

Shortly after Tails had finished and Gamma was about to leave, a news broadcast caught his attention. Sonic's supposed arrest for breaking into Central City Bank shocked Tails, but he didn't believe it was the truth and was eager to leave right away to see what was going on for himself. Gamma offered his assistance, but Amy denied it on the grounds that Gamma had his own mission to tend to, even though Tails protested that Gamma's help could be valuable. Amy scolded Tails for treating Gamma like a weapon to be used, which made him back down - they said their goodbyes and parted ways with Gamma, heading off for Prison Island as per *Sonic Adventure 2*.

## Powers and abilities

*WI04*'s Tails is mostly shown to be a mechanical genius, working through the complex nature of the E-100's designs in order to better understand how Gamma works. Despite claiming that the new robots were a 'foreign language to him', Tails was able to graft new parts onto Gamma and preserve their functions safely, greatly empowering him. His combat proficiency is identical to his video game canon counterpart, it being mentioned that he fought and defeated Eggman just as in the original *Sonic Adventure*.

## Relationships

### E-102 Gamma

Tails and Gamma spent much time together before the latter left for Flicky Island, speaking with him as he worked and being amazed with the level of awareness Gamma displayed. Though initially distrustful of him as an Eggman robot, Tails quickly came around thanks to Amy's testimony and Gamma's obvious lack of hostility, defending him from Eggman when he threatened him on Shrine Isle. Despite being amazed with Gamma as a machine, that fascination has caused him to unintentionally treat Gamma as something of a toy or weapon, such as when he wanted Gamma to join him and Amy on their mission to save Sonic over Gamma's self-assigned mission.

### Amy Rose

Tails and Amy spent considerably more time with each other than their main timeline counterparts during the latter parts of *Sonic Adventure*, united in their mutual goal of helping Gamma and Ko.