My first (ish) fanfic, a semi light-hearted Castaway type thingy! Okay, originally I just wanted to have fun with the characters, but I then developed a nice little mystery to the plot. I hope the conclusion isn't too obvious, and that the plot reads well enough. Rather frighteningly, I actually put a lot of thought into the storyline to this
This fic is greatly inspired by the UK Sonic books I've read, so the basic background follows the 'Kintobor' storyline. The personalities of the characters are just the same as the 'SegaSonic' personalities, or they should be-- it depends on my writing skills! This is sort of based on the Martin Adams Sonic novels published by Virgin, because I thought they were bleedin' ace. And because I like Eggor. Sorry, I had to have him in it
Disclaimer: Sonic and all related characters and settings are copyright Sega Corporation. None of it belongs to me, but all property is theft, man. Whatever that means.
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Chapter One - I am the Eggs-Offender!
The grey skies were plastered with shining white clouds. It had been dull and rainy all afternoon, but thankfully now the sun had begun to break through. Tails glanced up, shielding his eyes from the bright sunlight.
"Can you see it, Sonic?" he called out from the pilot's seat in the Tornado.
"No!" came the hedgehog's reply from the bi-plane's wing, "I don't understand where it could have gone!"
The tiny plane sped up and lowered its altitude, as Tails was afraid they would be an easy target higher up. Well, easier target. The fox's grip tightened on the controls, one hand poised to fire the lasers on his target when it showed itself again. Above him, Sonic growled out in annoyance. The ship was right there, how could it have disappeared so fast?
Suddenly the clouds behind them parted, cleaved by a large black object. Like an ominous dark stream roller, the ship tore through the brilliant white clouds, creating a thunderous noise as it moved.
"It's behind us!" Tails shouted above the booming of the black ship's engines, "how fast can that thing go?"
Sonic didn't respond, he just glanced back at the monstrous black airship. A loud crackle was audible for a second, before a voice boomed out from the collection of powerul speakers affixed to the vehicle.
"Don't delay the -hahaha!- inevitable, Sonic! You haven't a chance against my beautiful flagship, the Eggs-Box!" Dr. Robotnik said gleefully. The Eggs-Box was a strange-looking ship. Although it was futuristic in design, it also had a simple and impractical feel to it, like a machine in an old sci-fi movie. The frame was cubic, and didn't look at all streamlined. This was partly why Sonic had underestimated it before, and decided to attack in the Tornado. Decorating the upper side of the ship was a large, ugly, glowing green X symbol, which no doubt had had a purpose in the early stages of development, but now served only to further worsen the appearance of the otherwise merely repulsive flagship.
"He's probably right Sonic," Tails said, "We could never beat that thing in this plane, but maybe if we can get close enough to it--"
Tails was cut off when a stream of offensive green laser roared past, narrowly avoiding one of the plane's wings. Gasping sharply, the fox reapplied his grip on the steering apparatus.
"--We might be able to board it." He finished. "I mean, he can't have any particularly tough robots on board, can he?"
"You reckon we can get in close? How? I mean, without getting shot down."
"Hang on tight, Sonic." Tails replied grimly.
Dr. Robotnik grinned broadly and ran his fingers over the row of buttons and controls in front of him. The rotund madman was standing in the bridge of his marvellous vessel, surrounded by monitors displaying various maps of the craft, fuel gauges, speedometers and the like. Directly in front of him was a huge darkened window with flickering green crosshairs tracking the Tornado's every swoop and dive. There was a large black chair behind him, but he just couldn't sit still right now; he was too excited.
"Hahaha- Sonic is about to be destroyed at last! Oh, how I wish this eggsquisite moment could last forever!"
"We have a lock on the ship, Master," came the smooth deep voice of Robotnik's mechanic assistant, Eggor. "Shall I fire now?"
"Fire, fire, FIRE! Hahaha!" Dr. Robotnik bounced up and down happily. His flagship had taken an awful lot of time and effort to design and build-- how wonderful that it was paying off! Once Sonic and Tails were out of the way, he would rule the world. It just wasn't enough that he had seized and secured so much of Mobius's wealth, land and industry, he wanted the whole world. It's what he deserved!
Eggor fired the Egg Missiles, his visual receptors intently focussed on the radar screen in front of him. By his calculations, the missiles should collide with the biplane in 6 seconds from launch. He thought briefly about what his Master would actually do once his opposition was defeated. The times he seemed happiest were the times when he was fighting Sonic head-on, like now, and that seemed to also be when he was most dependent on --and grateful for-- Eggor too. Perhaps it would be the end of an era for both of them.
"6 seconds until the missiles hit, Master," he reported.
"Now keep down low, Sonic, I'm going to do something a bit dangerous." Tails said seriously, almost emotionlessly. "You have to trust me."
Before Sonic got a chance to find out more, Tails threw his right arm forward, slamming the control lever around and forcing the biplane to turn sharply. Both he and Sonic were thrown about from the sudden movement, but Miles managed to keep a stunning command over the vehicle, pushing the joystick down. The centripetal force of the sharp turn almost threw the small plane totally out of control, but Tails's manoeuvre had set the Tornado back in a straight line-- heading directly for the Eggs-Box!
Eggor watched the pitiful aircraft in sheer amazement. What were they trying to do? Surely by heading straight towards the flagship, they were only making the time until their demise much shorter...
Unless, he realised, they thought they could avoid the missiles this way. The robot smiled just a little-- Dr. Robotnik's technology had been greatly underestimated.
"Tails! There's a missile heading for us!" Sonic screamed, grasping onto the wing of the Tornado. The fox didn't reply, just jerked the controls again, forcing the plane to veer upwards. The biplane continued moving forwards, tilted up and baring its underside to the missiles. The first one hit the nose of the plane, exploding on impact. The two propellers on Tails's biplane were blown out of shape, and bent backwards from the force of the blast. The second missile slammed arrogantly into the underside, providing the force needed to swing the biplane around and leave it flying upright again. Unfortunately, it didn't look like this plane was going to be flying for much longer.
"Tails, you idiot!" Sonic shouted against the screaming engines, "why'd you steer into the missiles?"
Tails unbuckled himself from his seat and grabbed a hold of the wing above his head. "Shut up, Sonic," he replied in frustration, "just hold on tight, and listen carefully"
Dr. Robotnik held his hands over his mouth in gleeful astonishment and watched as the Tornado broke into two and fell from the sky. The wing of the plane had been separated from the main vehicle and smashed harmlessly into the thick metal side of the Eggs-Box. The bridge of the ship fell quiet for a second as Dr. Ivo Robotnik let his final victory sink in.
"Eh-Eggor! Look, I did it!" Dr Robotnik cried, dancing around the bridge. "Suh-Sonic was defeated! Oh, this is a brilliant day! This is uneggsplainable joy! Hahaha!" The mad scientist wobbled around the bridge looking for a bottle of champagne. The best he could find was a bottle of mineral water, which he splashed around happily. "W-We need to get word out to the citizens of Mobius! They must know that I, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, am their new ruler! They must know that, that Sonic -hahaha!- Sonic the hedgehog has been annihilated! Obliterated! He's gone, at last!" Eggor watched his Master bounce around the room. Although it no way near equalled the intense emotion Robotnik was experiencing right now, the robot couldn't help but share a small measure of his satisfaction.
The proud black flagship cruised through the air triumphantly; the sound of Dr. Robotnik's fevered expressions of rapture ringing throughout its chambers and corridors. The only thing ruining this image of the Ultimate Victory, the end of a long and frustrating battle, was the small ring of fire that was accumulating around the engines at the rear of the ship.