A/N: a bit different, btu anyways... enjoy people
LOCKED AND LOADED
Ch1: The war
The siren sounded, and the humanimals ran, scrambling over each other through fear of losing their lives. Screams filled the air, and dark clouds circled above the petrified creatures head's. Suddenly, a loud rumbling could be heard from the sky and out of nowhere, a large airborne battleship came into view. More screams. More terrified yelps of pain as creatures got stuck on their way to shelter. A few seconds later; when only the stragglers could be seen on the street, an evil cackle rang through the air. Another Egg-Blitz alert had begun.
A loud boom was heard which was followed by a stampede of squirrels, foxes and racoons that charged across the floor and dropped into the shelters. Torpedoes fell around them, into the large pools of water that isolated the different platforms and bombs hit the ground and exploded as the warriors charged forwards. This was not an ordinary Egg-Blitz, this was the Egg-Blitz that was destined to take the life of Vector the crocodile (RIP) and take Miles Prower to the dark side.
Not far away from the spot that the Egg-Blitzer 3 had descended, there was a shelter unlike any other shelter. It was the main headquarters of the LAL disposal squad. In a cavern deep below ground, there was a small room, in which Sonic, Shadow and Signo were gathered. They sat in silence, as there was nothing else they could do but wait. Wait for news from the neighbouring base in Labyrinth. Without the information from the spy department of the squad, they could not proceed in infiltrating the Egg-Blitzer 3. The Spy department consisted of Rouge the bat, Espio the chameleon and Mighty the armadillo. Sonic, Shadow and Signo were in the front line tactics and fighting department, the FLTAF, as it was commonly known. They were in close contact with the information on new technology department, or the IONT; but it took time for the message to them from the spy department. The IONT was made up of Tails, E123 Omega and E102 Gamma. Located in the ground underneath Hang Castle, on of the main fortresses used for defensive purposes. Their other departments were Detective department – Vector the crocodile, Charmy Bee and Sally Acorn, located in Knothole; Defensive strategy department – Knuckles the echidna, Julie Su and Tikal, located at the bottom of the temple in Mystic Ruins; Mechanical construction department – Chuck, Emerl and Metal Sonic, located in a secret cavern close to the Scrap Brain Zone; Hacking and Allies department – Chaos, Cream the rabbit and Amy Rose; and finally the most secret department and the subject is so sensitive I will not be able to give any details, for security reasons.
There was a buzz from the main computer in the FLTAF base and Signo stood up. She trudged over to the computer and sat down in the chair next to it. She hit the enter key and typed something in then a picture of Rouge appeared on screen.
"We have the information Signo" Rouge announced sternly "Is your team leader there?"
Signo nodded and turned to face Sonic then back around at the screen. "Proceed Captain Rouge" Signo said "Will you be transferring to General Mighty?"
"No" she replied "I will leave Sergeant Espio to inform you of the new information we have received".
Rouge walked away from the screen, and was soon replaced by Espio. Signo nodded and spoke. "Proceeding interception check" Signo typed in a lot of different passwords and codes, until she came to a screen that read CHECK COMPLETE SIGNAL WAVES CLEAR on her mini screen below the larger one in which Espio was visible. "Continue Sergeant Espio"
Espio nodded and then looked at Sonic. "General Sonic, I am afraid I bring bad news. The security measures taken to protect this base are immense, it will be difficult to infiltrate. Though it is not entirely impossible. I am willing to offer you some of my troops to help you with this mission sir, but it is clear that to enable you to get to Dr. Eggman himself you will not just need strength, courage and determination; but subtleness and secrecy."
"Can we have a screen shot of the layout of the base?" Shadow requested. Signo nodded and looked at Espio.
"Processing data, preparing digital image" Signo announced, again entering a series of passwords and codes. Eventually she managed to get a picture of the layout on the large screen. "Go ahead Sergeant"
"As I was saying" Espio continued "It has come to my realising that the unprotected entrances are scarce and hardly noticeable, as you would expect from an Eggman base. But there is one main entrance that leads to an uninhabited part of the ship, a sort of derelict tunnel that travels the whole of the base. We have no idea why Eggman has left this entrance unattended. You are expected to find out what it is when you get there by General Mighty, as it might help us in future studies of Eggman's bases. The entrance in question is on the East side of the ship, just below the first North East angled wing. Report back when you have returned. And be wary to keep us posted on your progress. Over and out"
"Thank you sir" Signo said, she then shut off the screen. "Do I have authority to do a security check on the department bases General?"
"Permission granted" Sonic answered, then he turned to Shadow. He gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Don't worry we'll get it sorted."
"Sonic" Shadow whispered "I am not worried. This war has been going on 10 years, I've learnt to live with it"
"Excuse me for interrupting General, Sergeant" Signo whispered. "But I think I may have found something"
"Go ahead Captain, which location?" Shadow said to his sister.
"South West side of the Hang Castle fortress, near to the IONT department." Signo informed them. "General Prower has been bugged."
"Disable all connections to the Hang Castle base, we can't have them locating anymore bases. Inform General Mighty, General Acorn, General Knuckles, General Chuck and General Chaos, order them to do a routine bug scan for any abnormalities in the system." Sonic yelled.
"Quick fire warning messages sending sir" Signo said as the loading bar appeared across the screen "I assure you General, they won't find us. It is impossible for them, I'll order stricter security measure to be taken from now on to avoid anymore mishaps. It seems to me that Captain Gamma has not been doing his job properly."
"You have no right to insult Captain Gamma!" Shadow yelled.
"He is my equal not my higher Sergeant, but if it displeases you I will discontinue my abuse." Signo said "You lot are so uptight!"
"This isn't a game Signo" Sonic said.
"I know it's not Sonic, but no one wants to know if we're all uptight like this. They'll lose their faith. And we don't exactly need any more Egg-warriors do we?" Signo said
"EXCUSE YOURSELF CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN GAMMA IS NO LONGER YOUR EQUAL! HE IS YOUR HIGHER! YOUR STATUS HAS BEEN LOWERED TO AVERAGE NOW MOVE OUT SOLDIER!" Sonic yelled angrily.
"Fine Sonic I will. But the lower I am down the scale, the less loyalty I have for you" Signo warned him. They stared at each other for a while then Shadow spoke up.
"Let her stay General, she does a good job. She's one of our main fighters. Let her go and then Eggman will be stronger than ever with the power of Chaos on his side." Shadow told Sonic. The looked at each other and Sonic sighed.
"Fine. Stay at your post Captain" Sonic ordered.
"Thank you General" Signo said, smiling at him in a fakely sweet way. Sonic watched her as she sat down. Sometimes Signo was right, sometimes she was wrong.