She couldn't believe it. How do I get myself into these situations? She paced in the small wall to wall metal room that she and her team mate had been placed in. How could he get away with this when all of us were right there?
The freedom fighters had been having a picnic outside of Freedom Fighter Headquarters to celebrate their latest victory. Eggman had appeared in his repaired Egg Dragoon, the machine was being powered by one of the seven chaos emeralds. With Metal Sonic by his side he had come to seek revenge for his failure once again, but also he wanted to do some damage to the spirt of the team so he hit home.
The heroes following Sally's leadership completely destroyed the beast machine before the hour was up. Nicole distracted Metal Sonic in the meantime, screwing with his functions.
Tails had fetched the Tornado moments after the enemy and was now swooping the Egg Dragoon as Sonic speed dashed off the wing of the Tornado. He aimed for the cockpit window, breaking the glass into the evil doctor's face.
Rotor the Walrus blasted the beast machine from the ground with one of Tail's newest inventions.
Big the Cat using his super strength launched Amy Rose straight into one of the machines arms. Amy piko hammered the arm cleanly off in an explosion of sparks.
Antoine D'Coolette aimed at the lower part of the robot, breaking into it with his sword, cutting through the heavy metal like a knife through flesh.
Bunnie D'Coolette using her flying cyborg abilities dodged the machines attacks while distracting it from her teammate's advances.
Cream and Cheese being too young for this fight hid in the Headquarters and stood by in case she was needed to get back up.
The leader of the Freedom Fighters, Sally Acorn, shouted orders from her hover board as she used her Ring-Blades to cut through any attacks that came her way. She continued to do as she felt Amy land behind her on the board after Amy had finished destroying another weapon from the Egg Dragoon.
Sonic finished it off before the machine fell to the ground with an ear popping thud. Eggman crawled from the cockpit as he spit insults. Sally followed by most of the Freedom Fighters approached him with goal of finishing the war that had begun a decade ago.
Metal Sonic broke away from his fight with Nicole and ran to his master to finish the plan.
In the battle, no one had noticed the Death Egg had come through the clouds and now hovering over Freedom Fighter HQ. A fleet of badniks escaped from the floating Eggman base and was coming to the rescue of their maker. Eggman laughed at the freedom team's faces. He had thought this attack through and he wasn't finished with them yet. For once one of his "master" plans was coming together. With the raining of metal the battle began again. The fleet surrounded them in minutes upon landing on the ground, although, Tails had shot dozens of them into nothing with his bi-plane. He continued to shoot them as they landed, being careful not to hit his team mates.
Sonic jumped to the ground from the Tornado as it swooped down to gun out some more badniks. He used his homing attack, destroying tons of badniks at once and sending pieces of broken metal back into the air. Sonic had a smug smile on his muzzle as he did so.
The rest of the Freedom Fighters made their own advances on the enemy, but what was unknown to them was that Eggman had already escaped. He had jumped into his waiting escape hovercraft that his badniks had brought him. He was now resting easy in the Death Egg watching the battle through Metal Sonic, who had his own orders to follow.
Sally was back to back with Amy. Sally was the one controlling the hover board while also swinging her Ring-Blades through badniks like a knife through butter. Amy behind her looked like she was playing golf or maybe crochet with her giant hammer in hand. She knocked badniks miles away and sent the wasted metal into each other as she somehow still remained balanced on Sally's board. The two had been focused on the battle in front of them so neither of them noticed Metal Sonic charging at them at an alarming rate.
Metal Sonic threw himself at them, sending the board spinning. His orders were simple. Capture the Freedom Fighter Leader, Princess Sally Acorn. Do not harm her unless necessary. Bring her to the Death Egg and then the rest of the plan will be unfolded to you. Do not fail me.
Amy with a squeal of surprise wrapped her arms around Sally's waist so she wouldn't go flying off in a random direction. Sally, on the other hand, her feet might as well have been glued to her board. She gained control again almost instantly and was facing Metal Sonic fearlessly.
Metal Sonic unleashed his back engine, sending himself flying straight at them. "Priority one! Target one in sight!" His low, eerie, robotic voice sent shivers down Amy's back.
Sally threw her Ring-Blades forward, meeting Metal Sonic's clawing hands with an explosion of sparks. She pushed him back with all her will, throwing him back a few feet. Sally twisted her board violently to meet Metal Sonic's head, slugging him to the side. This action made Metal Sonic's functions go haywire. Because of the turn Amy was now in front of Metal Sonic, only for a moment, but she took advantage of it. With speed she released Sally and then brought her hammer down on the still dazed robot, sending him out of the air and back to the ground below. If he had been a living person his skull would have cracked in half, that's how much force Amy had put behind her swing, but of course super strength helped with this. Sally smirked at her team member's actions before guiding the board smoothly to the ground in the hopes of finishing him off.
Metal Sonic met her in the middle. He had had enough; his master would be growing impatient by now. Metal Sonic used the rockets in his arms to put more force in throwing Sally's Ring-Blades to the side and then wrapped his cold metal hand over her wrist in an iron grip. Before anyone could react his back rocket went off and he pulled himself and Sally into the air, heading straight in the direction of the Death Egg.
"Shit," Sally shouted in surprise as her feet left the board. She realized her weapon was on the ground so all she could do was vainly try to pry Metal Sonic's hand off her wrist as fear boiled in her stomach.
Amy watched horrified as Sally was lifted into the air. She couldn't let her get away without a fight. What if Eggman robotizes her again! Or worse! The thought sent a cold fear through her whole body. They were already too high up for her to use her hammer so she used Sally's board to chase them down. They were getting away, but she was having trouble learning to use the hover board beneath her. Panic began to set into both Sally and Amy so she did the thing she was best at, bear hugging. Amy threw herself off the board with all her might. She wrapped her arms around Sally once again before she fell to her death. She had hoped this would have weighted Metal Sonic down, but he didn't even notice the change.
Sally was completely helpless and horrified. "Amy!" She shouted over the wind and rocket at her team mate who was clinging to her for dear life. "What on Mobius are you doing!"
Before Amy could even try to respond the Tornado piloted by Tails was coming their way. Tails must have noticed them by the yelling and shouting the rest of the Freedom Fighters were making because he was cutting off Metal Sonic's path. The team on the ground must have just realized what was happening. Sonic followed them from the ground; he looked like a very fast ant from the height.
This was the only chance for Amy to escape as Sally realized there was nothing either of them could do for her. "Amy! Amy let go! Tails will catch you!" The thought of Amy in Eggman's clutches made her feel heavy and nauseous. "Amy, please, just go! I'll be alright! Amy this is your only chance!" Sally ordered and begged Amy desperately.
"NO," Amy shouted back as her voice cracked. Her eyes began to fill with tears, but the wind brushed them away. She couldn't watch Sally be robotized again or watch her die. The threats were too much for her. She wasn't going anywhere. "I'm not going to leave you, Sally! I don't care what you say, we're facing this together!" She squeezed Sally tighter as she buried her tear wet face into Sally's shirt.
Tails was flying away, but was going to turn back around. He didn't know what else to do. He couldn't shoot because he might hit Amy and Sally so all he could do was be an opportunity of escape. Although, he soon realized no one was going to take it. He was going to lose two of his closest friends.
The sun disappeared as they entered the shadow of the Death Egg. The pair grew more fearful the closer they got to the Death Egg main entrance. The Death Egg's main doors opened to let Metal Sonic enter. Metal Sonic released Sally upon throwing the two of them to the hard floor in front of his master. The doors closed as hundreds of badniks surrounded them.
Eggman laughed sinisterly at the catch his main robot slave had made. "Well, we meet again Princess." He didn't even pay attention to Amy yet.
Sally jumped to her feet and clenched her fists. "Doctor Robotnik, my team will be right behind us. They won't rest until this entire sky station is sinking in the ocean or completely destroyed piece by piece. With all your precious inventions and minions turned to scrap metal in the Scrap Brain Zone. And you will be shown no mercy for your crimes against Mobius." Sally's tone was full of hatred and anger. Her glare could have made the any person feel guilty for being born. Her patient, calm, justified, and steady demeanor was gone.
Amy had gained control over her emotions, but was shocked at Sally. She had never seen this side of her before. It, honestly, only made her admire Sally more. Somehow the leader was still unmoved by the evil master mind before her. She didn't even blink an eye at the army surrounding them; it was almost as if the danger around them didn't exist at all. Sally inspired Amy to jump to her feet as well and stand next to her proudly, ready to face anything. Thank Mobius she's on my side. "That's right, RoButtnik." Amy mocked him as she twirled her hammer with one hand as if asking him to challenge them.
"Well, if isn't the annoying pink hedgehog," Eggman said in a lazy tone after glancing fearfully at Sally one more time. "It seems Metal Sonic has done his job better than expected. Now I have both of the girls Sonic the Rodent runs after. This couldn't be more perfect." He laughed again before turning to a pair of badniks behind him. "Bring these two to holding sell A." The badniks nodded before Eggman turned around to his right hand robot. "Metal Sonic come we have a few things to discuss." He turned and walked away without another glance at the Freedom Fighters with Metal Sonic following at his heel.
Now the pair was in this small metal room, trying to come up with a plan of escape, but they continued to come up empty. The room was empty and it had no windows. There was no way to tell where the door is because of every wall looking exactly the same. The oddest thing was the fact that there was no sound coming from anywhere. No engines or the sounds of the badniks outside guarding or even the roaring of wind as the Death Egg traveled. Nothing, but the sounds the two made with their voices and breathing.
Amy sighed as she sunk to the floor, leaning her back to a wall. It had been hours since they had been placed in the room and she was growing hopeless. "Sally, what are we going to do?" She was used to following Sally's leadership. Not blindly, of course, but most of the time without doubt. Today, she was heavy with doubt.
Sally stopped pacing and walked over to Amy. "I don't know." She rested herself onto the floor beside Amy. "There's nothing available at the moment." She leaned against the wall and crossed her ankles.
"That's not completely true," Amy said as she nudged her. "We have us and my trusty hammer." She gestured to Sally then herself. "And we are awesome and can do anything." This statement caused Sally to smirk. "We can figure this out."
"Amy," Sally spoke gently. Her expression of amusement was replaced with one of patience and calmness. "Why didn't you escape like I told you too? Now the Freedom Fighters have not only lost me, but you. Your assistance is needed with them now more than with me. You should have left with Tails. You are as helpless as I am right now." She stared at Amy, making Amy squirm.
"I couldn't do that," Amy stated almost shouting. "No, I wouldn't do that! Freedom Fighters stick together and we fight till the end. We're loyal to each other because we're family. I wasn't going to leave you because I couldn't bear the thought of you being robotized again or the fact that you could . . . die. I wanted to be here to face where ever this adventure takes us together." Amy stopped her rambling when Sally smiled at her again. Amy huffed and crossed her arms defiantly.
"Amy, I admire your loyalty and caring, but I would rather you be with the rest of our friends fighting to save me than die or be robotized with me." Sally's tone was soft and quiet, but in this small room her voice echoed.
Amy played with her hands and avoided eye contact. "Um, thank you . . . but I just couldn't leave you. . ." She attempted to hide her blush, but failed miserably.
Sally smirked at this before getting up to pace some more. "I'm flattered, Amy Rose." She knew full well this would cause Amy to blush further and cause her to fidget. "Um," Amy coughed and rose to her feet as well. "Uh, I, um . . ." Ugh, why do you do-
"Hello," Eggman's voice interrupted suddenly with the raping of their ears as it blasted through the walls. "Sonic's Sluts! I am happy to announce that this is where the road ends for you! We'll see how long the two of you last in my favorite place."- Sally and Amy shared a puzzled glance- "I don't worry about the blue rodent! I'll send him the video of your deaths! I hope you enjoy this as much as I do! I've watching you! We'll be dropping you off now!" His laugh roared as the floor disappeared beneath their feet. I've wanted to write this for a while. Sorry, for the cliffhanger, but I must admit it's funny when it's not happening to me. I don't really know if I wanna put a shipping into this or not. Maybe I should just make it just an adventure and dramatic thing. Reading over this, I kinda made Sally a badass and that's pleasing. People give Sonic too much credit sometimes; don't overlook the awesomeness of all the freedom fighters. Thanks for reading by the way.