𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙭𝙚𝙨

Void — Secret location: Unknown: Dimension beyond universes

      Somewhere in the black void there was something like a flying and gigantic spaceship the size of the largest gas giant in the universe that could be. The shape of the ship was round, also resembling a planet, but in fact it was not a planet or a satellite at all. Inside, in the very center of this ship, as if in the core of the planet, there was a large office in the form of a huge room measuring fifty cubic meters in size with a door in front, a work desk in the center and with monitors that showed surveillance cameras in other worlds and their suddenly appearing alternative copies with other events. A fat man with a huge mustache and glasses was sitting at the table. He himself was dressed in a purple robe and black gloves, and he also wore a wig on his head made of yellow and curly hair. He was sitting at his desk and writing very important documents on the computer. At first he was calm and suddenly he bared his teeth. After removing the images of hologram documents on the table, he placed an image of the multiverse showing donuts. Some of these donuts copy each other and split into two of the same kind. — New universes are multiplying faster than we can erase them. — he answers to himself, and then displays images of photographs with the faces of the naga Shadow, the naga Luz Bucket Tails, Sonic, the usual Shadow and Nine. — And all this is because of them! Each of them is to blame for everything. They, with their travels to other universes, changed them with their intervention of events so much that they created their alternative versions. Because of this, it is their fault that our work is going slowly and down the drain. — he gets up out of anger and, screaming at the top of his lungs, hits the table with his fist, breaking it: — WHAT UNIVERSE DO YOU LIVE AND HIDE IN, DAMMIT YOU ALL!!!??? Trying to calm himself down, he goes to the monitors to his right and decides to see how and who lives in other different universes. At that moment, two soldiers in helmets run into his office. — What did you come with? — asks the leader. — Mister The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist, listen! My sister and I are already tired of such cruel work. We are tired and it hurts our souls to watch how universes perish. — said the first soldier, and then his partner continued: — Well, what’s wrong with the fact that parallel worlds continue to divide and create new ones with slightly different events? Let them continue to share? Why does this bother you? This doesn’t bother us personally or anyone else. And the multiverse is infinite and continues to expand. And scientists completely refute destruction, death, or the end of the world from such phenomena. — Yes. The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist, maybe you can finally explain to us why you are forcing us all to fly to these newly created universes and destroy them all without return? Maybe you will just give all the inhabitants of these universes our technologies to block the creation of parallel universes, if some events in them change and that’s it? The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist got angry and turned to the soldiers. — Do you think before you speak? We have basic rules that we cannot transfer fully developed technologies to those still underdeveloped, who still have outdated technologies. We can't take risks and break the rules. — Well then, at least explain to us why you are forcing us to fly to other universes and destroy them? Our own hearts are already bleeding. — Both soldiers spoke at the same time. — Believe me! It's better for you not to know about it! I didn't sleep at night when I found out about this. Just take my word for it! The end of the entire multiverse and its entire destruction is approaching. Our entire multiverse is dying from overpopulation. That's all I can tell you. — It's a lie! Our scientists have long ago verified that the multiverse is slowly dying out only through our fault, since we are destroying it little by little. — explained the second soldier, and her partner offered his own version: — He who does not exist, maybe you and I will reconsider our views and will monitor the order in the multiverse in a completely different way! Let the worlds continue to multiply and expand? — No. You forgot that you are the only survivors of your universe, which died long ago. If I had not saved you then, you would have been dead long ago. By destroying unnecessary universes in the multiverse, we save our entire multiverse. When will you understand this? — We don’t save her, but on the contrary, we rob her. And it's all because of you, because you refuse to tell us the truth. — My sister is right. Either you tell us the truth, or we leave you, tell everything to your other agents and soldiers and all at once start a rebellion against you. — So this is how it is? — The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist was indignant and extended his hands. Without touching them, he grabbed them by the throats as if with telekinesis and, lifting them off the floor, began to choke them until they died, exploding with their heads and leaving red marks on the blue lenses of their helmets. He threw the corpses of the traitors onto the floor, and then took out his phone and dialed the desired number. — Elena Azatova Mirzlyakova, I have traitors here again, whom I finished off. Bring two undertaker robots to my office to remove the corpses, and for one cleaners to clear my office of blood! — I understand you, the one who does not exist! I will deliver both at the same time and in three minutes! — Thank you. — he answers and hangs up.

At the same time

      Somewhere in a large courtroom-like room, two new arrivals from a universe that had already been destroyed were being tried. They were judged for discovering them, wanting to befriend them and go with them to other universes. These defendants were a red-haired dwarf in a green hat and a blue horse with a pink mane that looked like a dinosaur. They were both sad, and the judge in a helmet with a blue lens was finishing reading to the whole room what they were accused of. — Wander and Sylvia from Mobius-10005. You are sentenced to labor for three hundred years. And there we may think about whether someone who doesn’t exist should hire you or not. And so that you do not grow old and die, and also do not need food, drink and sleep, you will be subjected to the test of body and organ change. The verdict has been passed and is not subject to appeal. Wander and Sylvia were taken with laser handcuffs to the room with the bodyorganism, but at one point Sylvia decided that they could not sit here forever. She decided to run away with her red-haired friend. Swinging her tail around her and tearing her hands out of the handcuffs, she grabbed her friend and placed him on her back, running away. — Run faster, Sil! I myself am against being harmed. — Hold on, Wander. While they were running, an alarm with red beacons went off. Soldiers with laser guns ran and tried to shoot those who escaped. At this time they ran past other prisoners in cubic red cells made of galagrams. When they reached the next corridor, they found a bunch of spaceships. — Syl, look! I think they won't mind if we borrow one of their ships? — Yes. Let's sit down. Without hesitation, they boarded one of the ships and launched it. After which they flew off somewhere. Here-And-Tam himself held the helm and controlled this spaceship. — Interesting. What is this button? — Sylvia asks herself, seeing the blue button and pressing it. The monitor began to quickly dial a random set of numbers every frame, until the number of the universe “Mobius-1585” accidentally fell out. Then, a blue, square-shaped portal immediately appears in front of the ship, through which they fly. The portal closed behind itself. Inside the organization, at this time, the soldiers turned off the alarm and ran to the computer room to check which universe they had gone to. The enraged The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist immediately ran into their hall and shouted: — WHERE ARE THEY NOW??? — According to our data, they moved on one of our hijacked ships to the universe of 1585. At the same time, the ship itself turned on automatic blocking to create another universe if changes due to interference in events. — Fine! — The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist calmed down and took out his phone, starting to dial a number. — Send the coordinates to me on my phone, and I will call the best of our agents. — You mean?... — Yes. A newcomer who has proven that he is the smartest, cunning, strong, fast and thoughtful among all of you. — explains The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist. — We obey, Emperor.

Mobius-42BC18

      Somewhere in the dead forest there was a huge naked scorpion Luz Bucket, who was the same agent from the same organization. He looked angrily at the scarecrow and smiled maliciously. The stuffed animal itself looked similar to another naga, and by the silhouettes of the needles on its head made of hay, it resembled Shadow. Although it may not be him, because instead of black he was painted dark blue. The scarecrow held his arms up, and behind his back there was a stick for holding his arms to the sides. A scorpion-snake in a suit without a helmet takes a box of matches and burns the effigy itself in the fire, like Jesus. — Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee... Yes! — he said through a smile, in a rough and quiet voice. When the scarecrow has burned down, he stands against its background, takes his mobile phone, takes a photo against the background of the burnt scarecrow, and then posts the photo on the Internet, writing in a post with it that he killed and set fire to his competitor, who was created at the same time as him in human laboratories. Of course this post was a bit of a lie. He just managed to post a photo with text on the Internet when he immediately received a call from someone who doesn’t exist. Scorpio picks up the phone. — Hello! — Agent Bucket, have you completed your task yet? — Yes, I'm almost finished. Now I’m already installing it and the universe of 42BC18 will cease to exist. — Okay, finish there quickly and go hunting! Two prisoners escaped from our organization, whose universe my other agents had already destroyed. Now I will send you via SMS the coordinates of the universe in which they ended up and are hiding. — Okay, The-One-Who-Does-Not-Exist. I will catch them and deliver them to you personally. — No no. Just kill them personally. Their universe is destroyed anyway, and they can accidentally increase our work and increase their number. So just finish them off when you meet them. — As you say! — the naga agent answers and hung up. He takes a small cone, knocks it into the ground with his index claw, removes the lid from the top using the tip of his tail and presses the button, activating it. Afterwards, he already leaves this dying universe, through his own summoned portal, returning back to the black void. There he receives an SMS with the coordinates of the universe 1585. — They won’t get far from me! — the scorpion naga says to himself, opens the portal again and crawls through it.

The universe of Tails and the naga Shadow, naga hunters

      And at that time our Tails brought all the coins he earned home, kept a little for himself, bought a large bag of sweets with them, sat him on his back and easily dragged him into the forest to visit his old and familiar friend Shadow, and at the same time drink tea with him with sweets. In addition to the bag of sweets, he took with him an empty basket, in case he decided to collect mushrooms, wild berries or fir cones for pine cone jam, or wild pears or apples in the forest. Fortunately, the two-tailed one perfectly remembered the road and walked straight along the path, then turned into a nettle bush, crossed a spring and entered a new path that led through a large, black forest until he came out to a mountain with a cave on top. He went up there and entered the cave itself. There really was no one inside. Shadow must not be home yet and won't be back for a while. Tails decided to prepare everything himself for his friend's return. He left the bag of sweets on the table. He took a large kettle with a whistle, which was the size of a car, took it by the top handle and flew to the spring to draw water. Then he returned, placed it over the large stove and lit a large fire inside from a pile of wood, building a large fire. So big that a fire can be started. The fire was so big that the fox managed to fly away and dodge, and almost got burned himself. Looking at him, the scorpion naga standing with his elbow near the wall grinned and said: — Be careful, saffron milk cap, or you'll end up with fried fox meat. — Are you still joking, Luz? — the fox also asks with a grin. — Are you still mad at me for what I did to your parents when you were a baby? — Bucket asks with excitement, but then immediately realizes that he asked this question in vain. Tails at that moment became sad and thoughtful. His mental trauma in his body is essentially still there from when he killed his evil counterpart from that other universe. The trauma did not die with his revenge, but remained there. However, on the other hand, he understood perfectly well that this Luz Bucket had long since reformed and was trying to prove to everyone that he had really changed. The Two-Tails decided to immediately avoid such a question and said: — How are you? Scorpio also became sad and thought about what he heard. Tails immediately realized that he probably shouldn’t have asked him such a question. Nevertheless, Luz, rubbing his shoulders, still spoke: — Well... I... I know that I was wrong... And that I was such a cruel and evil fool... And I was in vain thinking only about myself... I... I'm really trying very hard to prove to everyone that I have changed and want to be friends with some of the people or Mobians... But... I'm still afraid... What if... They will never forgive me?... And I will be left all alone ?...And it’s all my fault! — What you? What you? — Tails flew up to the scorpion’s huge muzzle and grabbed its cheeks with his hands. — They will definitely forgive you and accept you... Sooner or later... Any reformed villain needs time so that everyone can understand him and accept him into society. — I know, but I hardly believe it when many people look at me suspiciously and are even afraid of me. Even yesterday I wanted to help three naga children draw their poster for their father's birthday party for the day after tomorrow. — I know that it’s hard for you to get used to the current realities of what you did in the past, when you became different, and it’s not easy to live now, realizing that you will never be forgiven. But you have us! I, your faithful and best friend Shadow, as well as mine too... And even my stepmother Fiona, with whom you got along well by the way. She also accepted you and forgave you for everything you did then. If Shadow and I and my new mother have forgiven you a long time ago, then this will someday spread like wildfire, in the good sense of these words! And you will re-enter society, both nagas and humans, as well as the Mobians. — after such a long story, the fox sank to the scorpion’s chest and hugged him. Luz looked dumbfounded into space. Having calmed down, he smiled and raised his right hand to hug the two-tails back. Tails suddenly opens his eyes and looks down at the tip of Luz Bucket's tail, which has grown new and now has another sting in the form of a broken piece of a samurai sword. — Are you already used to your new sting? Scorpio turned his attention to his prosthetic tail tip and replied: — Yes. Once again... Or rather, I would thank you a hundred times for sacrificing your broken sword to make me a new sting at the tip of my tail, which has slowly grown back. By the way, it is a little lighter than that, which means that with it I became a little faster, more agile and more agile... Well, in terms of attacking with the tail, of course. — By the way, did you come here to eat meat from Shadow as always? — Tails looked slyly at the scorpion, and he honestly answered him: — No. I recently decided to follow in the footsteps of you, my friends, and become a vegetarian. True, at first it was a little difficult for me, because my stomach even grumbled and demanded meat. But thanks to your mother Fiona, she shared vegetables, fruits and berries with me, and even treated me to soup, borscht and various dairy products, such as sour cream, yogurt, condensed milk, kefir or fermented baked milk. They really were tasty and healthy. Especially since Fiona herself cooked them with love... — Telling all this, Luz stroked his belly with great appetite. Then he became a little modest. — Well, I also helped her a little. — Okay, then why did you come here? — Tails folded his arms over his chest, smiling. — I just wanted to visit my old and kind friend, who has always been so kind and generous to me. It’s a pity that I didn’t realize and appreciate this before!... — Luz sat down and wrapped his arms around his tail like legs. — What a fool I was then. It was I then who was the disgrace of the entire Naga race, not he. — That's it! Stop shedding tears in vain! — the fox, despite the huge difference in size, took the huge naga by the shoulders and helped him up. — Sit in a chair and open the bag of candy! When Shadow comes and the kettle boils, all three of us will drink tea with sweets, like best friends. I don't want any of us three to be sad at this moment. — Yes Yes. You are right. Sorry! I just can't get it out of my head. Tails flies up to a huge teapot and touches it with his hand. The water has only just become warm and has not yet heated to boiling water. Suddenly the fox, thinking about something, sighed heavily out loud: — Although to be honest, Luz, I... Of course, I don’t want to put pressure on you, but you really were too stubborn in the past, like a person suffering from star fever or a God complex. — Demon... — the scorpion naga answered to himself, frowning briefly. — This is the easiest way to describe me in one word! — And he tried not only in our world, but also by going to other worlds, also to impose his opinion on other nagas in order to set them all against people and Mobians. Although the peaceful path that Shadow and I sought was the right one. But still, you have us, and as I already said, we forgave you a long time ago for your past mistakes. — the fox flew closer to Luz and, smiling, continued to tell: — And to be honest! Our pursuit of you with Shadow only brought benefits not only to other worlds, where we also made friends with other nagas with people and Mobians, but also united us even more and proved that alone we will not achieve anything, but together we are always stronger and We’ll even move mountains. Luz Bucket suddenly bulged his eyes, turned his pupils to the right and left to look around and asked himself: — Don’t tell me that he’s going to start singing some kind of motivational song, like in Disney cartoons! And Scorpio was right. Tails sat down on the table, stomped his right foot to the rhythm of the emerging melody and sang: ♪ Unnecessary vanity disputes ♪ ♪ Won't bother us! ♪ ♪ Let's start from scratch, ♪ ♪ We want to tell you: wa-hoo, wa-hoo ♪ Luz Bucket rolled his eyes, but there was nothing he could do. Now you have to listen to his song, since he starts singing and won’t stop until he finishes singing. ♪ When our friends are around, ♪ ♪ We don’t care about all the troubles! ♪ ♪ We — Naga Hunters — together we will collapse the multiverse! ♪ Tails spun quickly in place, like a tornado, and as if in a second, with a snap of his fingers, he changed into a yellow business suit and a yellow hat. He began to dance in place, jerking his arms and shaking his butt, and twirling his tail. ♪ We have forgotten the quarrels, ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, o-o-o-oh ♪ ♪ We are better than we were! ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, o-o-o-oh ♪ ♪ We have been reborn, believe me too, ♪ ♪ That we are better now! ♪ ♪ Better than before! ♪ ♪ Oa-o, oa-o ♪ ♪ We are better than we were! ♪ ♪ Oa-o, oa-o ♪ Suddenly Luz himself smiled and felt that he began to move his head to the beat of the music, and also the tip of his tail began to move up and down, even slightly touching the stone slab of the table with the tip of his new stinger. Tails changed his clothes again at this time and flew up first to the right side of the huge head of the naga and began to whisper in his ear one by one, humming, now in one ear, then in the other. This time he himself was dressed in a white business suit and a white hat with red sneakers. ♪ Sometimes it’s hard for us to understand ♪ ♪ The world of your friends. ♪ ♪ Even if you and I are different, ♪ ♪ Together we will be stronger! ♪ He returned to the table and, moving backwards to front, with a moonwalk, lowering his hat in front of his face, continued to sing: ♪ When you have friends with you, ♪ ♪ I don’t care about all the troubles! ♪ ♪ We — Naga Hunters — together we will collapse the multiverse! ♪ Luz Bucket could no longer stand aside, got up from the huge chair and began dancing with his tail and belly, and snapping the fingers of his right hand. Tails at that moment changed his clothes back, leaving only his old and familiar shoes, and then began to fly around one room of Shadow's cave. At the same time, he continued to sing: ♪ We have forgotten the quarrels, ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, o-o-o-oh ♪ ♪ We are better than we were! ♪ ♪ Ah, ah, o-o-o-oh ♪ Luz Bucket, smiling, baring his teeth, clapped his hands, and then he also joined the two-tailed man in singing and also sang: ♪ We have been reborn, believe me too, ♪ ♪ That we are better now! ♪ ♪ Better than before! ♪ ♪ Oa-o, oa-o ♪ Tails flew up and extended his hands forward, and Luz lightly grabbed his hands with his huge thumbs and forefingers, and then they began to spin in place, as if in a waltz, and sang their common song to the end: ♪ We are better than we were! ♪ ♪ Oa-o, oa-o ♪ ♪ We are better than we were! ♪ ♪ Oa-o, oa-o ♪ ♪ And we will be even better than we were now! ♪ At the end of the song they let go of each other and went their separate ways. Luz fell back onto the couch, all happy, and Tails crashed into the wall and fell onto the stone chair next to the stove. At this moment the kettle had already boiled and began to whistle loudly. — O! Tea is ready. — Bucket said to himself joyfully, stood up and took the kettle off the stove himself, placing it on the stone table. Then he opened the large stone shelves on the walls above and took out large porcelain cups with plates, forks, spoons and knives. — Hm. I wonder where Shadow stays? And at that very moment the most cheerful Shadow crawled into the cave and said: — Hello friends. I heard you from the street. You're having fun here, right? — Not really. We've been waiting for you. — Tails answers. — Will you have tea and sweets? — Luz asks, showing the bag of candy Tails bought. — Of couse. — Shadow nods his head.