"The Source of Power"

By: Vincent

Watch your head! Legal Stuff! Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Robotnik are prop. of Sega of America. Sally, Rotor, Antoine, Bunnie and others are prop. of DIC and Archie Comics.

If anyone tries to alter this story in anyway whatsoever, a pox upon your home!! A POX!!

Ok the danger has past, let's get to the story...

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Robotropolis

Another factory this week. He couldn't believe it. The stupid rodents who he could not stop for the life of him have destroyed yet another of his creations.

Doctor Ivo Robotnik sits back in his command chair watching it all unfold over and over again on security tapes that are played back. The moment everything goes wrong is what he is looking for. He knows how the Hedgehog gets his powers. The rings. But where would he get this sort of energy source from?

He sat back in his chair and remembered that Charles made those. But he doesn't know where they put the machine. If he knew that...he would know where Knothole is...and he would be sure of that.

A buzz at his intercom destroyed the silence caused by his dilemma.

Punching the intercom button, he barked out, "This had better be worth it!"

Another voice came over the intercom. Who can forget that nasal sound? When one's nose is as large as someone's head, you can't. "Doctor Robotnik, Sir....we have recovered something of interest to you. Shall we bring it in?"

Sounding rather annoyed, Robotnik called back, "Yes, Snively...but remember my words. It had better be worth—"

He could not finish by the time the doors to the main room opened, slowly hissing to separate and show two bots carrying in a rather small machine. About the size of a normal store bought generator.

"What is this, Snively? Another piece of scrap from the werehouse?"

The nephew simply smiled at him, "We have had Sir Charles identify this. It is what you have been looking for."

The Doctor's red eyes seem to glare out now as he chuckles, "Excellent..."

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Ring Pool

It had been two hours since the last time that Sally had seen Tails and now she was worried. It was past when he was supposed to be in bed, her reading the normal scary story to the boy. As soon as she arrived in the clearing of the Ring Pool, she saw the small kit's form laying on the ground right next to the water, seeming to have fallen asleep there.

Sally smiled to herself. He must have been worn out from all of the running around Sonic and him had done earlier and fell asleep right after collecting the ring from the pool at the designated time. It was a small job, but made him feel more like a Freedom Fighter than actually letting him out to fight.

Gently, she reaches out, shaking Tails' shoulder, "Tails. Taaails."

With a snort, his eyelids start to open and he lets out a rather large yawn, "Mmm...Aunt Sally? What are you doing out here?"

Sally smiles to him, crouching down in front of him as she tilts her head, "I could ask you the same...we have been waiting for you back at the village."

Tails' only response was one of a questioning look, then of shock as he looks out into the pool. Sally blinks and looks over his shoulder, into the Ring Pool, "You didn't fall asleep before it got here, did you? You normally don't take a nap at that time of the evening."

The kitsune only looks over the side more as he whimpers, "I was here! At the right time and I waited...but it never came...so I decided to wait more...and just fell asleep."

Sally only smiles and gently ruffles his head, bringing up her other hand to lightly cover a yawn of her own, "Come on. Sonic must have picked it up while you were asleep. I am sure he has it...now let's finish that story we started last night!"

Tails smiles up to her, jumping up almost immediately and starts to walk toward the village with her, "You mean the one with the castle?"

The Princess can only look back to the Ring Pool in wonder. Did Sonic pick it up like Tails said? Or did something else happen to it?

"Yes, Tails...the one with the castle. Now let's go..."

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A/N: Oh yes, this is set back in the glory days of the Sonic Comic. AKA before they killed off the ultra evil Robotnik and replaced him with the joke of an Eggman today. I never felt that this new Eggman was a good villain for a story. Or ruthless enough to be one. So gimme a review. Come on then. GIMME! More chapters later if'n you gimme...

Vincent