A Sonic the Hedgehog Fanfic
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Dragon Star Slayer 10.17.99This is a much better version of Part 1. Everything is the same but I've fixed some problems (grammar errors, story errors, etc.) and added a little more stuff. The epilogue will appear in the last part of this entire fanfic. Enjoy! ^_^
Disclaimer: All characters were created by SEGA, DiC Inc., and Archie Comics, with the exception of the one's that I've made.
New Characters appearing: Sly (Echidna)
Title: The Beginning of the End...
Part One: A New Freedom Fighter...
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Prologue
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Knothole...all in ruins. Nothing has been spared since the war ended. The war almost marked the end of the Freedom Fighters. Mobius is again in Dr. Robotnik's hands. A mysterious figure strolls around and scours the ground, looking for anything that can be useful. He hears a clunk as his hands hit the ground. Excavating around the object, a picture appeared as he moved the dirt away. While picking up the object and the picture, he hears a noise nearby. He looks around to find nothing there. Cautiously, he remains quiet while looking at the photo. It was brittle at the edges and the color had faded. "They must be alive...they just have to be! But...where would they be..." he thought. Looking all around him, he saw nothing but the ruins and the rest of Mobius in the distance. Mobius was in its worst shape ever. Because of the war, lots of plants and animals have been destroyed, along with many Freedom Fighters. The remaining Fighters had to retreat just to save themselves from Robotnik's powerful bots. Now scanning the picture, he recognized the blue figure in the foreground, cramming cake into his mouth while everyone else was laughing in the background. He also identified what seems to look like a dog with a tail split into two. Again, he heard a noise nearby. Still, nothing was there. Immediately, he realized this was the same "dog" that was seen fighting alongside with the enemies. "This can't be...he couldn't have...but...how? I've got to tell Sonic!" Something from behind started to attack him. He tried to dodge, but something was holding him down. With his neck and legs pinned to the ground, he looked around to see who, or what, was there. He saw the shadow of a very round man.
"Robotnik," he yelled.
Robotnik grinned. He knew that his traps were still working and he tried to hold in his harsh, hearty laugh while looking at the helpless figure.
"Let me go! I'll show you what it's like to suffer!"
"Not a chance...at least not with that attitude. How lucky you are to have survived the war, but now you'll regret being alive! Even if you're trying to find Sonic, don't bother, I have HunterBots looking for him now. He should be dead in a matter of days; in fact, he could be dead already!" He chuckled silently. "Snively! Bring this pest along, I have plans for him."
"Yes, sir," Snively said.
"Not if I can help it!" The person took out a strange looking "pineapple" and dropped it.
"What the..." Robotnik started.
Instantly, a big burst of smoke swirls all around, obstructing everyone's view. The mysterious person broke the bots that were pinning him down and dashed away. Robotnik started yelling something as AttackBots shot lasers while, at the same time, racing after the individual. After dodging a few shots, a laser hits the figure as he runs, grasping the object and the picture tightly. Blood started to spurt from the wound. He let out a shrieking howl while running, throwing as many odd looking "pineapples" he had.
"Where is he?!" bursts Robotnik.
"We lost him, sir," Snively said.
"Damn! It doesn't matter. He must be looking to see if Sonic is still alive. He probably doesn't even know where to look. Let him go...he won't find anything."
Robotnik lets out a laugh as he calls all the bots back and returns to his base. Along the way, Snively resets the traps in case anyone else decides to visit the ruins of Knothole.
Still running, feeling immense pain from the wound, he had a thought: "I must find some Freedom Fighters! They're in danger and I have to help them! It'll be all over if everyone dies!" He continues to run off into the distance, hoping he can find Sonic. "Time is running out...all will end if nothing is done!" The sun starts to set over Mobius. A cool wind sets in as the night slowly creeps in, calming the pain the large gash on his shoulder was giving him. "Sonic has to be alive! He's the only one who can help end all this!"
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Part One
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Sadness occupied the air as Sally made coffee for everyone. During the war with Robotnik, Tails was looking around for land mines, making sure none of the other Freedom Fighters would get hurt touching one. Antoine was nearby when he saw Tails being ambushed by bots he had never seen before. Antoine tried calling the others, and by the time they reached him, Tails was already gone. Sonic was away, trying to destroy Metal Sonic, one of the bots Robotnik programmed to kill Sonic. He managed to escape, but almost died in the process. And yet he mysteriously disappeared. Once the war ended Sonic and Tails were never seen again. Already, seven months have past since it ended, and their hopes of finding them slowly faded away. Everyone was taking this matter very seriously, and couldn't stop shedding tears.
"We shouldn't have started that war so soon! I can't stand thinking of what happened!" Antoine whaled.
"Calm down...here, drink some coffee," Sally said.
Bunnie and Rotor were looking at a picture with Sonic and Tails racing each other. Of course, the picture was blurry, but they could make the two out.
"Even though we started too soon, we didn't have much of a choice. Robotnik had already launched most of his robots before the war started, which gave him too much of an advantage. When Knuckles found out about this, it was far too late. We can't blame ourselves for this...not this time."
"I guess you're right Sally," Bunnie said. "Let's go outside and watch the sun set, and get our minds off of things."
Antoine and Rotor finished their coffee and followed Bunnie and Sally outside. They all made their way up to the top of the hill. The sun touched the horizon, grabbed it, and slowly pulled itself in. All four sat down quietly calming themselves down from sobbing. Each of them stared at the sun slowly falling, seeing the destruction that was left from the war. Lots of cities were annihilated, and the landscape was nothing more than a few trees and a river. The Great Forest managed to survive, but ever since the pollution from Robotnik's base plagued Mobius, most of the forest has died, as well as other locales of Mobius. Out of nowhere, they see someone walking in the distance, heading in their direction.
"Who could that be," Rotor asked.
"Let me check," Sally said, spitting up her coffee.
She gets a set of binoculars and looks through them. Focusing the lens, she can make out a recognizable figure.
"It's Knuckles!"
"What?! He made it back? This is great," Antoine yelped as he jumped for joy.
"Alright Knuckles!" Rotor and Bunnie yelled, waving to Knuckles.
"It looks like he's carrying someone...we better go and help him," Sally said.
All four ran towards Knuckles, who, because of the unconscious person, was struggling to keep on his feet while running up the slightly steep hill. Once they reached him, they helped and asked Knuckles all sorts of questions, finding out what went on during his four-month absence.
"Did you make it to Robotropolis," Sally screamed.
"Where did this person come from," Bunnie blurted.
"Did you find anything, perhaps any wine," asked Antoine in a calm voice.
"Any luck finding Sonic," Rotor bursts.
"Calm down people! I'll tell you everything once I get settled in," Knuckles said.
Evening came and Knuckles took his time getting reacquainting with the camp. He laid the unconscious person down, not liking what he was seeing. "I've seen him from somewhere," he thought. He briefly told everyone what went on during those four months.
"I didn't find much in Robotropolis, but something or someone was there. I couldn't make out what it was though. Floating Island is a death trap! There were traps, robots...you name it, and it was there! I obtained the information from the Launch Base, but I had to disguise myself as a HunterBot to get through. I was caught, so I took off...and the GuardianBots pounded me with their lasers!"
"I can't believe you went through all that!" Sally was amazed. "I thought for sure you would die out there, but I guess I was wrong."
"How can you say something like that? You really wanted him to die out there?," Rotor asked.
"Sorry. I knew it was too risky to send you out Knuckles, but you were the only who could've pulled it off."
Knuckles remained silent. Sally felt awkward from what she said. She thought nothing of it and disregarded it.
"Why is Floating Island so full of traps? Do you think something, or someone, could be there," Bunnie asked.
"We should look into it," Antoine said, keeping a stern eye on the unconscious person.
"Yeah. But the only thing stopping us are those traps," Rotor said.
"We should plan out everything...at least that way, we won't run into too many problems," Knuckles said, grabbing a chair and sitting down.
"Hold on everyone! Don't you think we're moving a little too fast here? We still have to deal with that sleeping guy over there." Sally was indeed happy that things were picking up, but she didn't want all their ideas to come out all at once. "Let's think about all this in the morning, It's getting very late."
Rotor yawns in agreement. "It's already 11:15 p.m. and I have some work to finish. I'm out... See ya in the morning."
"Good night," everyone else said. All went to their rooms to sleep, and Antoine slept next to the person, who was snoring quite heavily. Knuckles remained where he was, pondering away.
"Another echidna?! How is that possible? And why was he in Robotropolis?," he thought, remembering where he had seen this person before.
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Inside the inner depths of Robotnik's new base, Snively checks around to make sure all the security measures are in place. Everything inside the base looked very similar to that of the one in Robotropolis. Meanwhile, Robotnik himself is having a feast in his Main Office. Gnawing down all the food off the plate and slurping up the remaining jugs of wine, he let out an ear-piercing belch that echoed through the base. He then returns to work while one of the ButlerBots took all the dishes away. He checks out the reports from earlier that day on the person that they found in Knothole. Then, he searched a database full of profiles to see if any matches came up. "He has to be in here," he thought. The computer was searching the entire database, which would take almost an hour. He patiently waited, playing a few cards games and an RPG he created (a game where he kills Sonic and the Freedom Fighters and wins no matter what he does). Finally, something came up. He threw all the cards off his desk, stopped playing the RPG, and looked.
"Well, this is interesting," he said.
He scanned the profile, leaving out no details. The profile had some of the few details:
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Sly |
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17-20 |
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Echidna-08A-0142 |
First captured in Aquatic Ruins Zone on 3.323.1505*. Managed to escape his holding cell in Robotropolis before being roboticized. He was last seen in Knothole, 9.154.1737. Has not joined the Freedom Fighters for any reason whatsoever or has made contact with them. May pose a threat, must be terminated immediately.
Characteristics: Has abilities similar to Hedgehog-02D-8857 (Sonic) and Echidna-94E-9923 (Knuckles). Capable of destroying objects using an unknown weapon...No other information has been acquired.
* 3.323.1505 stands for how much time Mobius was in Robotnik's hands. The 3 signifies the years, 323 is the day of that year, and 1505 is the time (military time for those who don't recognize it). So, Sly was first captured on Year 3, 323rd day at 1505 hours (3:05 p.m.). You will be seeing this throughout the fanfic, but not too often.
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"Hmmm...Maybe he can be useful after all. If only he didn't escape...he could've made a good prototype," he thought. He went to his Com Device and opened a frequency.
"Snively!"
"Yes, sir," Snively asked.
"Have the HunterBots look for Sly. Make sure they don't come back without him!"
"Right away...deploying the HunterBots now sir."
"Thank you Snively. Bring in the latest reports from the ScavengerBots, and bring our little friend up here, I have a special assignment for him."
"On my way..."
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Morning approached as Knuckles started making breakfast. The sky is bright blue as the sun gleams down on the Marble Garden Zone. A small camp was set up several weeks into the war. Since then, a few of the remaining Freedom Fighters that were nearby came here for Sally's instructions. They would go out to different areas of Mobius, and sometimes Robotropolis, where Robotnik abandoned his base there. Traps were set up there by Snively, just in case someone wanted the information from the outdated computers. This camp served as a hiding place from Robotnik, who, despite having HunterBots search Mobius day and night, has not been able to find it. It looked more similar to a small house rather than what ordinary camps would usually look like. Though it is small, the camp had tons of equipment, so much of it that it would fill up Knothole five times over. The smell of pancakes and bacon lifted Rotor from his straw bed. He made his way over to Knuckles, where he was cooking up a storm. Alongside him was Bunnie, helping Sally with the extremely hot volcanic stones that burns everything on contact. Antoine kept an eye on the unconscious person, making sure the bandage on his wound was changed occasionally.
"Almost done," Knuckles said, "I'm getting hungry just looking at all this!"
"Yeah," Bunnie said, "It's making me hungry too!"
Antoine didn't feel like leaving the inanimate echidna alone, so everyone else decided to eat with him there.
"Mmm...these pancakes are really good," Sally said.
"Thanks! I've been trying to make these come out right for quite some time now, and I finally got it down," Knuckles said, swallowing some juice.
"We should get started on making that plan," Rotor said.
Sally agreed. They began discussing the matters at hand, leaving out no details or problems.
"Okay, we have Floating Island full of traps, the information from the Launch Base and Robotropolis, Sonic is still missing, and we still don't know what happened to Tails. What should we start with first," Sally asked.
"Sonic," Rotor said.
The others agreed. They knew they can do well without Sonic, but from what they saw during the war, they had to know if he made it out alive and where he's been. Bunnie suggested that search parties be formed and go around Mobius to find him.
"That could work out well. I'll contact the rest of the Freedom Fighter groups and inform them about this," Sally said.
They continued on with making plans for their visit to the Floating Island, everyone receiving instructions on what is needed for this mission. Rotor, as usual, had to build a few things, Bunnie and Antoine would tag along when he needed some help. Knuckles was assigned to go back to the Floating Island and survey its surroundings, looking for weak spots from the electric barriers and faulty traps. Sally would keep in contact with everyone while she went out gathering anything else needed for the mission. The information from the Launch Base and Robotropolis were encoded. Nicole had a difficult time going through all the loops and bad encryption codes, which slowed her down, causing severe battery drain. Knuckles had a brief look before the information was forcefully encrypted, and knows he didn't like what he saw. He kept quiet when asked about the information, and when he did speak, he only said, "I don't know." No one has asked since he came back the night before and he assumed no one would ask again, but he knew someone will. Antoine sighs in disbelief.
"We have to find both Sonic and Tails! How much worse can it get," he asked, not wanting an answer.
"Don't worry, we'll find them," Rotor said.
"We should really try to get this guy to wake up. I'm just dying to know what happened to him," Bunnie said.
"I'll see if Nicole can detect anything from him," Sally said, stopping Nicole from examining the information and waved it over the lifeless body.
"That reminds me, how did you find him Knuckles," Rotor asked.
"After completing the spy mission Sally sent me on, I passed by the ruins of Knothole. It looked as if someone came through there and set the traps off that were left behind. I was about halfway between Knothole and here when I saw him struggling to walk. He tried to tell me something...something about finding Sonic, but he passed out." He made a slight pause before continuing. "From what I can tell, he may know something about the disappearance of Sonic..."
"Do you think he really knows what happened to him," asked Antoine.
"I don't know..." Knuckles said, drifting.
Sally noticed the expression on Knuckle's face. She had never seen that look before, and didn't like it all. His face showed signs of harshness. He was deep in thought while he continued to eat. She knew something was wrong.
"Well...he's an echidna alright," Sally said, "I need to turn him over and check his wound now."
"I'll give you a hand," Bunnie said.
Bunnie gently lifted the person and turned him onto his right side. The wound was healing well, thanks to Sally's limited knowledge of medicine. While she changed the bandage, something fell out of the echidna's vest pocket.
"Hey! What's that," Sally asked.
"It's a picture," Bunnie gasped.
They all gathered around to look. It was the picture of Sonic cramming cake...
"How did he get this?!" Rotor uttered in shock.
"He probably found it," Bunnie said.
"I don't like this one bit," Antoine interrupted.
"We don't have anything to worry about...he's probably not after Sonic..." Knuckles said in a low voice. He was reminded of something that happened...
"Are you alright Knuckles? You were fine a few minutes ago," Sally asked.
Knuckles pretended to be normal.
"I'm okay...really," he said, still in a low voice.
"I think it's time for me to send out some new instructions to everyone," Sally said, leaving the room.
"I wonder what's wrong..." Sally thought as she continued walking towards the Communications Room. She started to send transmissions throughout Mobius, despite the danger of Robotnik intercepting the messages. The messages contained special fragments of words or encrypted codes that only the Freedom Fighters can understand. They also had instructions to continue searching for Sonic and Tails, which, when the reports come in every now and then, always come up with nothing. Sometimes the reports would have people encountering a fox or someone in a trench coat, but no one knew what to make of it. Sally was then uploading new reports into Nicole when Rotor starting yelling.
"Sally! Come quick!"
"What is it," she yelled while running back over to the room everyone was.
"He's starting to wake up," Knuckles said.
A few minutes have passed while they let the echidna recover from his long sleep. He looked around, noticing all the strangers looking back at him.
"Are you all right," Sally asked.
"Ugh...I think so...OUCH!" he said trying to get up.
"Don't move, your wound hasn't healed yet," Bunnie said.
"Alright...I'll just lie here," he said in pain.
"Can you tell us how you got this picture," Antoine asked.
"I found it in Knothole. I was digging to see if I could find anything that Robotnik left behind. Just when I saw the picture, I also found this." He took out the object. "Once I found it, one of Robotnik's traps went off and I was pinned. He was about to take me back to his base, but I escaped using this." He took out his last "pineapple".
"What's that," Rotor asked.
"It's my specialty, the pineapple grenade! I can make several different kinds, but ever since I left the Floating Island, it's difficult to find all the necessary ingredients."
"Floating Island," Knuckles gasped. "But...I thought...."
"You're not the only echidna from that place! I was born there as well."
"How is that possible," Rotor asked.
"Let's worry about that later. For right now I want to know where I am."
Suspicious as Knuckles was, he still couldn't help wondering how another echidna exists.
"We're in the Marble Garden Zone. May I see that object," Sally asked.
"Sure."
Sally took the object and had Nicole examine it. A familiar mark was seen on the cylindrical device. Nicole started scanning the object.
"I had to find you guys to tell you about him," he continued, pointing to the fox in the picture.
"You've seen Tails," Bunnie shouted.
"I think so...he may be fighting alongside with Robotnik."
"Tails fighting with Robotnik?!" Rotor exasperated. "This is not turning out well." He turned away, deep into thought.
"I just hope it's not true," Antoine said, disgusted at the fact that Tails may have been roboticized. He whimpered softly.
Nicole finished scanning the object and gave the results to Sally.
"It's..." she started.
"What is it Sally," Antoine and Rotor asked at the same time.
"It's...Sonic's Holo-Projector!"
Sonic received this item on his birthday. At the time, everyone was glad that Tails thought of it, and of course, Sonic liked it. He kept it with for most of time, leaving it only when he had to do personal errands. Everyone gathered around Sally as Antoine helped the echidna up.
"Is it working," the echidna asked.
"I'm not sure. Let's see if Nicole can help," Sally said.
Nicole did some calculations and started working on the device. A few moments later, A picture of Sonic can be seen. He was being chased by Metal Sonic.
"What's he saying," Rotor asked impatiently.
"Let me fix it," Sally said, adjusting Nicole's output. "I think we can make it out."
Though the video and audio was messed up, they tried to listen very carefully:
"Sally...need to find...has access to...Robotnik's base is...get Tails away...out near...power rings are...not much time...get out before...responsible for kidnapping...name is..."
The audio failed. They saw Sonic dropping the projector and fighting Metal Sonic. An explosion was seen and the projection stopped. They all sat there staring at the object while its energy was slowing draining away. Looking at each other, they didn't know what to make of it, but Sally gave it a try. Knuckles turned away. He starting to think about what happened...
"That's odd. Did Sonic find out where Robotnik's base is? Who has access to what? There's too many questions, yet not enough answers," she said
"Yeah. We still don't know what really happened to Tails, and there's no way we can find power rings any more, now that the Power Ring Grotto was destroyed," Bunnie said.
"Do you think Sonic found another source of power rings," Rotor asked.
"It's too soon to tell. Let's all finish up our breakfast, finish up that plan, and have this echidna here tell us who he is," Sally said.
"Alright...The name's Sly."
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"Dr. Robotnik, I have some news for you," Snively said over Com Line 1.
"What is it?"
"Our little friend has reported in, and it looks like he found something for us."
"Excellent. I knew roboticizing him would do us some good. What did he find?"
"He found the location of Sly, as well as a small camp with some Freedom Fighters."
"Where?"
"On one of the mountains in the Marble Garden Zone. I'll give you the coordinates."
Snively sends the coordinates to Robotnik. He gave a very wide grin as he brought a map onto his computer screen.
"Thank you Snively. You know what to do..."
"Yes, sir."
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A few bots found their way to the Marble Garden Zone. With them was a robot fox. He looked up at the camp, which was far up on a mountain. He called the HunterBots that were sent out to find Sly and had them come to his present location. He continued to look at the camp, making sure his plan wouldn't fail. Before the fox left the base, Robotnik gave him a chip. The chip was to be used when he raided the camp, but what it was for, he didn't know. He waited for twenty minutes before the HunterBots arrived. Instructions were given as they prepared to raid the camp. Finally, they started up the hill, ready for destruction.
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Sly continues to tell the others about himself. He talked about where on the Floating Island he came from, and how he managed the first time to escape Robotnik before being roboticized. He continued with how he made his pineapple grenades, how he looked similar to Knuckles, with some notable differences, and so on.
"So that's how you make these things," Rotor said amazed.
"Yeah. It's pretty easy once you know," Sly said.
Sly looked at his wound and saw the dried blood on the bandage. He was still in pain, but managed to grit his teeth every now and then. Knuckles leaned against the door, looking out at Mobius. He couldn't help wondering why those events happened during those four months... He came back into the room, sat down and let out a sigh. Sally was staring straight at him, not knowing whether to ask what was wrong or keep quiet. The others kept asking Sly questions, not bothering to look away.
"So, now that you're here, do you think you're ready to become a Freedom Fighter," Bunnie asked.
"I don't know. Fighting Robotnik has never been easy. Just look at this." He pointed to his wound. "I almost got killed by one of those AttackBots!"
"Well, you'll be ready to go once that heals."
"Yeah. When I am, I'll fight along with you. I can't wait for Robotnik's down fall!"
Antoine was outside in the lookout tower, made to look like one of Robotnik's transmitter towers. His shift was already over and started to climb down. Once he was on the ground, a few HunterBots and someone he recognized surrounded him.
"It's...it's...him!"
He tried to yell, but was pinned and knocked out with sleeping gas. The robot fox gave the signal to raid the camp while one of the bots took Antoine away. The fox himself went towards the room Sly and others were in.
"Did you hear something," Knuckles asked.
Bunnie looked out one of the windows.
"We're being attacked!"
"I thought you said Robotnik couldn't find this place," Sly yelled.
"I don't know how he did it...it could've been those damn HunterBots," Sally yelled, as she attempted to shut all the doors.
"How the hell did they find us?!" As Knuckles made his way to another room, he saw a familiar figure standing in front of him. It was dark so he couldn't see who it was.
"Who's there?!"
"..."
Knuckles made out two glowing eyes looking straight at him.
"What are you doing in here? Speak up!"
The person just stood there. He came out the shadows, still looking straight at Knuckles.
"Tails!"
He was shocked to see him roboticized. Tails' eyes never moved off Knuckles.
"What did they do to you?!"
"..."
A HunterBot came from behind and held Knuckles in the air. He couldn't move. Tails walked toward him and took out a cloth. It had a sleeping gas solution on it. He gave it to the HunterBot. Knuckles tried to hold his breath in, yet Tails punched him in the stomach, and made him force it out. Instantly, the cloth was over Knuckles face, and he was knocked out.
Meanwhile, Sally fights off the other HunterBots with laser gun. Sly tried not to use his last grenade, so he grabbed a gun and started firing as well. Most of the bots were destroyed, yet more were coming in.
"I don't know if we can hold out any longer," Sly yelled.
"I think we can," Sally said, shooting down more bots.
She dashed over to a computer console and opened a cabinet. Laser fire was coming from all directions. Struggling to find a Lightning Gun, she had Sly use his last grenade. Smoke filled the entire camp. Sally finally finds the gun, and starts firing, although she couldn't see. Sly took cover while the firing took place. Bunnie and Rotor made it outside. Bunnie tried to get the electric barriers up while Rotor was fixing the console that made them work.
"Is it working yet," Bunnie asked as the smoke clears.
"No! All the systems are jammed!"
Bunnie continues firing at the incoming bots as Rotor tries to get the console fixed.
Sly and Sally managed to destroy the bots in the room. They look around to see if there were any more.
"I guess we held out after all," Sly said.
"Where's Knuckles?"
"I haven't seen him. We should look for him."
"I'll look down this hall. You go that way," Sally said, pointing in the opposite direction.
Both ran off, looking in every room. Sally came to a room that was locked. She overrides the controls and enters. The lights were on and she saw no one. After looking around, she attempts to leave, but the door slammed shut. There was no other ways of getting out.
"Oh, great. I really needed this," she said sarcastically.
She tried jamming the controls from inside the room, but nothing worked since all the power was cut off. The emergency release switch was also destroyed, so she was pretty much stuck. She sat there, grasping the lightning gun in case someone tried to barge in. At the same time, Sly reached his end of the hall with only one room left. He heard muffled noises coming from inside. With his gun ready, he quietly made his way to the door, not knowing what was on the other side. The power was failing throughout the camp, yet Bunnie and Rotor still tried to get the barriers up.
"I thinks it's working! Try it now," Rotor yelled.
Bunnie punched a few buttons on the console. The barriers started to appear, but they faded away.
"What happened?!"
"All the power is gone. We can't get them up again," Rotor said regretfully.
"We better get out of here then, no need for us to get caught."
They both ran back to the camp, trying not to run into any more bots. Once there, the entire place was a mess, and silence filled the air. They looked around and found no one.
"I hope they're all okay," Bunnie said cautiously.
"Me too..."
Just then, they heard guns firing. They ran and took cover over by a wall. They saw HunterBots and ScavengerBots flying by with Sly being held by one of them. Along came Tails, who just happened to see Bunnie and Rotor hiding. He stopped and stared at them. Bunnie was stunned to see him there as a robot. Rotor was shocked as well. Tails took off, throwing a grenade at them. Bunnie and Rotor manage to escape, but the effects of the gas started to kick in, making them fall asleep.
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"The time is now 1905. Where are they," Robotnik roared as he waited for the group of bots to return to the base. Snively came with some wine to calm Robotnik down. While looking out at the moon and Mobius, something Robotnik heard caught his attention. He was receiving a transmission. It was Tails. He turned on a nearby monitor and saw Tails. Sly and Antoine, both lifeless, were being held captive by HunterBots floating behind Tails.
"Well, I see you accomplished your mission."
"..."
How much longer before you get here?"
"Ten minutes..."
"Good. I'll be expecting you then."
Robotnik walked back to his office and started to play the RPG. He was at a part where he was fighting Sonic one-on-one. Robotnik was pounding Sonic with all sorts of crazy crap. He was winning in no time! Robotnik found it too easy, so he set it to the highest level of difficulty. Both were having their asses kicked, but Robotnik came out with a final attack, slashing Sonic into bite size pieces (yummy!).
"I just love this game," he said, right when another transmission from Tails came in.
"You're here already?"
"..."
"Alright...let me open the gates."
Robotnik opens the gates to the base. Tails walks through, along with the other bots. Sly and Antoine were still inanimate. Robotnik came down to greet them.
"Ah...You got Sly for me, and a fellow Freedom Fighter...excellent. Put them in a holding cell, I'll deal with them personally."
Tails took the weapons from Sly and put them in a storage container. The container was later examined and destroyed. In the meantime, Robotnik, Tails, and everyone else went to their quarters to rest.
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Morning dawned once again over the now ruined camp. Everything is silent when Rotor slowly wakes from his long nap. He sees Bunnie nearby and wakes her up.
"...What happened?"
"We were ambushed by Tails...remember?"
"Oh..." she said in a low voice.
"Hey! Where are the others?"
Rotor helped Bunnie up and they started to look around. Bunnie came up to the room where Knuckles was lying asleep.
"Knuckles! Wake up!"
"Huh? Wow..." He looked around. "Those HunterBots really did some damage," he said painfully.
"What's that on your head?"
Knuckles looked into a broken mirror.
"It's a scar! How did I get this?"
Suddenly, both of them heard banging on a wall close by.
"Get me out of here!" Sally screamed.
Bunnie came over to the door where she heard her.
"The power is out. We'll get you out somehow!"
"Hurry up! I have to use the bathroom!"
Rotor ran out to the power generator, which was trashed.
"Aww...shit! That was a perfectly good generator!"
He examined the generator, and found it to be completely useless. Outraged, he blasted the generator to pieces with his laser gun. Afterwards, he ran back to the camp.
"The generator's busted," he said to Bunnie and Sally.
All throughout the Marble Garden Zone, a scream echoed from the camp. It was Sally.
"Calm down! We have a backup generator, you know," Rotor said.
"Umm...that was trashed too. I saw a ScavengerBot firing at it," Bunnie said.
"Shit..." Rotor muttered, still upset.
"HURRY UP DAMMIT!"
"Here, let me help," Knuckles said.
He went up to the door and started punching it. Dents were formed each time he hit the door, but it didn't break through.
"Let's try the laser guns," Bunnie said.
Bunnie and Rotor took out their guns, and after telling Sally to stay away from the door, they fired. The door started to melt. Soon the whole door liquefied and Sally races out towards the bathroom. The others couldn't help but laugh, yet they didn't want to insult her. Sally can hear them, but she let the laughing slide, since this wasn't the first time she had to go through this.
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"...Where am I," Sly said, finding himself in a straightjacket.
"We're in a holding cell," Antoine said, already awake and also in a straightjacket.
"That's right," Robotnik said as he appeared out of nowhere.
"Robotnik!" Sly yelled as he ran up to him, but was stopped by an electric force field. He fell back, hitting his head on the wall.
"Don't hurt yourself now. I need you for a special project," Robotnik grinned.
"What project?"
"No need to ask, you already know."
"What?!"
Antoine held Sly back from hitting the force field again. Robotnik smirked at his persistence.
"Where's Tails," Antoine blurted.
"He's with us now, and just as a safety precaution, he went through a special roboticizer, which caused him to lose all his memories. Now he answers only to me!"
Robotnik started laughing as Sly and Antoine watched in disgust. Antoine started to cringe at the fact that Tails was gone. Sly stared at Robotnik, in spite of Antoine's whimpering.
"The Freedom Fighters will find you, even if you turn us into robots! You won't--"
"Quiet!"
Robotnik shot lasers at the two and both fell unconsciously to the ground. He went back to his office and turned on the Com Device.
"Snively, are the modifications ready?"
"It'll be another ten minutes, sir"
"Good. Prepare our two guests while you're finishing up. I'll be down shortly."
"Yes, sir. It'll be our best chance at destroying the Freedom Fighters as we know it."
"Yes...it is indeed."
"Contact our friend in Robotropolis, he'd want to be here to see this."
"Already taken care of, sir."
"Good."
Robotnik was so pleased as to how recent events turned out, he had the ButlerBots cook up a huge feast, and started playing that RPG again. The base was full of activity, the camp in the Marble Garden Zone is now in ruins, and the war between Robotnik and the Freedom Fighters continues on. A dark clouded sky looms over Mobius, creating shadows everywhere. Inside Robotropolis, a transmission was received, and someone began reading it.
"Well...this should be fun! Nothing compares to seeing those Freedom Fighters getting roboticized!" He laughed on his way out the door, taking a large jewel with him...
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End of Part One
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Part Two Preview:
Knuckles knows something that the others don't. Dreams start to plague his mind as he recalls what went on during his four month absence. Sly and Antoine, captured by Tails, await "testing" as Robotnik and Snively call on a friend to come and witness their newest creation. Who is this person and what does Knuckles know? Read part two and find out! ^_^
C: 10.29.1999
R: 11.1.99
2nd R: 11.29.99
U & 3rd R:3.15.2000