This chapter gets a little bit more exciting. Lucy Labrador was wondering if this would tie into the story lines of the games…the answer is slightly. I currently own Sonic Unleashed, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic and the Black Knight, Sonic Colors, and Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing. So Elise and co. are going to Space and probably get chased around a lot.
I don't own Sonic. I own Elise, Ben, James, and Mark. I just thought of something…Mark and Ben sounds like Mark and Pen…I'm random like that. Read on (If you wish!)
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Team Chaotix
The next day, Bokkun dropped by with 2 newspapers. One title read 'Team Chaotix and Mysterious Hedgehog Save New York City' while the other title read 'Silver the hedgehog Officially Joins Team Chaotix.'
"Thanks, Bokkun! I'll bake you some cookies later!" I said. The little robot cheered.
"You're the best, Elise!" he said, hugging my leg. He was a little black chao with red shoes, white gloves, and a green messengers bag. He also had yellow eyes and a jetpack on his back.
"What about me?!" Shadow asked from a nearby couch "The Ultimate Life form likes cookies, too!"
"I'll make sure Bokkun saves some for you." I promised. Then I brought the papers to Dad,. Who then brought them to the living room and read them aloud in front of the whole family.
"Okay, this first one says 'Team Chaotix has done it again! The mystery of disappearing children lead to the defeat of the Shredder and his army. But they didn't do it alone. Just at the neck of the battle, a young soldier named Silver betrayed his master and teamed up with the Chaotix to help with the end of Shredder's underground reign.' And then this one reads 'Silver the hedgehog was seen with Team Chaotix yet again risking his life to get an elderly woman's cats out of a tree.' How do you risk your life to get a cat out of a tree?!"
"But look at the picture!" Bokkun exclaimed "All ten cats had a bomb strapped to them! The whole city could have gone down!"
"Oh, now I see! 'The hedgehog used a rare power he called Telekinesis to get the cats down safely one by one to Espio the chameleon and Mighty the armadillo, who unstrapped the bombs and deactivated them. Although none of the Chaotix had seen him use it before, they admitted it did come in handy when needed. Silver, during an interview, said that he was from the future and came back to this time to save his world from an unknown danger he called "Eggman Nega." No one knew who this villain was.' Well, we'll get this hedgehog and those other two well in time. In fact, why don't we set up a fake mystery over at Seaside Hill so those three will run straight into a trap? Let's call them now."
"Smart idea, doctor." Shadow complimented. Bokkun picked up a phone and handed it to me.
"They'll never suspect it's us if it's a girl." He stated.
"Alright. But be quiet and I'll put it on speaker." I said. We all fell into silence as the phone rang once…twice…three times…
"Hello?" a voice said, groggy. I realized it was still four in the morning.
"Is this Team Chaotix?" I asked.
"Yes. This is Silver speaking. We open at six." The voice said.
"This is urgent, but I understand if you can't respond." I said, disappointed.
"Urgent? I'll write it down…"
"Okay, we were at Seaside Hill when my son James got lost. We searched all over for him, but couldn't find him." I said.
"A missing child?!" Silver was completely awake now "We'll head over to Seaside Hill and search for you as soon as possible, ma'am!"
"Oh, thank you!" I said.
"Don't worry; we'll find him!" then he hung up.
"It worked!" Eggman said. "Now let's turn on the view cam and send it to Seaside Hill so we can set the perfect spot for a trap."
A few hours later, we had set the perfect trap in the perfect spot. We had sent Bokkun over just behind the trap. Everything was set up. We just had to wait.
Not long after, the View Cam picked up the sound of a plane landing on Seaside Hill. It focused on a group of Mobians; a green crocodile with yellow eyes, a small yellow bee with orange eyes, a black and red armadillo with blue eyes, a purple chameleon with calm, gold eyes, and a silvery hedgehog that also had gold eyes.
"Okay, guys! She said he was somewhere in this area when she last saw him!" the hedgehog said.
"Alright, Silver! Me and Charmy will go this way…" the gator said, gesturing to him and the bee "…while the rest of you go that way!"
"Sounds like a plan to me!" the armadillo exclaimed "Later, Vector!" then the three targets sped off into the nearby temple ruins. Our camera floated and followed them.
"This place is gorgeous!" Silver commented "All these ruins and this sparkling white sand…I feel like I've been here before, but I can't think of it…oh, right! This place is Lava Ruins in my time!"
"Wow! So we've gone from Seaside Hill to Lava Ruins in 200 years?!" the armadillo exclaimed in disbelief.
"Yeah…ever since Eggman Nega took over all of Mobius is either robotized or filled with lava. I was one of the only survivors."
"Tough blow."
"You don't know the half of it. I was raised in an orphanage because my parents abandoned me. I lived there until lava took over it." Silver muttered "You guys are lucky to live in peace."
"Peace?!" the armadillo said "You don't remember Shredder or all of Eggman's robots?! This is anything and everything but peace!"
"Don't forget, Mighty, that Silver's world is nearly destroyed. This is like a vacation to him." The chameleon stated.
"I guess you're right, Espio." Mighty admitted. After awhile he added "Have you guys seen the kid yet?"
"Nope! I'll fly up and check." Silver offered. He became surrounded in blue and floated up above the trees. "I see him! Come on!" then they ran towards Bokkun, who had been pretending to be lost.
"Don't worry, kid, we'll help ya!" Mighty said. He stepped forward and couldn't move.
"Mighty…?" Silver asked warily "Are you okay?"
"I can't move! It's like something's sticking me here." The armadillo said. Silver backed away into a net tied to a tree. He was caught in it and the net closed in and lifted above the ground with him in it.
"Booby traps!" Espio exclaimed. Mighty started to laugh "What's so funny?"
"Oh, nothing!" Mighty giggled. Silver caught on and laughed in hysterics.
"Booby traps!" he laughed.
"I don't get it!"
"Rouge the bat!" Mighty said. Espio thought about it and started laughing. They were laughing so hard they forgot they were in traps. Until we arrived.
"Yes, I find that quite funny, too." My father said. Everyone froze. Their eye widened in fear.
"Eggman Nega?!" Silver exclaimed.
"No. I am Dr. Ivo Robotnik, but you may call me Eggman.
"Let us out of these traps now!" Mighty ordered. Espio shook his head.
"Why didn't I recognize this kid before! It's Eggman's messenger Chao!" he scolded himself "I'm so ashamed."
"Don't be! This was a fool-proof plan, made for fools!"
"Hey!"
"Now, kids, go and board them onto the ship." We stepped out and walked to the trapped Mobians. Espio gasped.
"You've kidnapped kids and brainwashed them to do your every order?!" Mighty exclaimed in shock "You're sick, Eggman! You were sick before, but now…"
"I didn't brainwash them! They're my kids!"
"You're married?!" the Mobians gasped. Then they laughed hysterically again.
"What is she, blind?! Why would she want to marry you?!" Silver said.
"She was not blind!" Dad shouted. "She loved me for who I was! But you Mobians killed her!"
"When?!"
"During the War!"
"Uh, Eggman…no offense, but that's a stupid reason to try to kill all the Mobians on this planet!" Mighty yelled.
"Mighty!" Espio exclaimed, taken aback. Then to Dad, he said "During the exact same war, my parents and my sisters were all killed. But I'm not trying to kill every Overlander I see. Maybe you should…move on?"
"Nice try. Your words won't trick me."
"What? But I'm not trying to-"
"Silence! Or you will all be immediately Roboticized!" my father exclaimed. There was a hush. I walked up to the Chameleon and grabbed his hand, leading him to the ship. He looked down at the metal floor.
"Is this my fate?" he murmured. I looked at him.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Do you not know what your father does? He's attempting to dictate the planet with an army of Robians, ruling with an iron fist. There would be no life…I thought I would be the one to defeat him. But now…I may just become another mindless slave of his. I wouldn't even have my name anymore. I'd be number 059687222 or something like that…" I looked down at the ground.
I had never realized how the Mobians might see my father's actions. Espio's words just shone an extremely bright light on the whole thing. To us, Robotization was revenge for Mom. To them, though, to them it might as well be death! We don't even know what happens to the actual person inside of the worker robots. Did they just die? Were they trapped inside, regretting every single thing they did for us? Did they hate us?
"Don't worry." Silver suddenly said, behind me with James on his side "We don't hate you guys. We didn't even know you existed! But we don't exactly have a soft spot for Eggman, either."
"How did you know what I was thinking?" I asked curiously.
"First off, the look on your face said it all. Second, even if it hadn't, I'm still a Telepath."
"A telepath? Under my control?" my father laughed, coming into the prison room. "This is gonna be good!"
"I'd never work for you!" Silver hissed. Yep, he had fangs too. Did all hedgehogs have fangs?
"Well, you will, whether you like it or not!" then Dad laughed before going to the Control Center.
"So, Dad really is evil?!" Ben asked, shocked.
"Yes." Mighty said "He's Roboticized my whole family."
"I had been beginning to have my suspicions after awhile…" Mark murmured.
"Oh yeah! Sonic came last week with Tails!" I whispered "He asked us to give him information." Mighty took off his watch and gave it to me.
"It's a communicator. You can speak to him through it." He said. I nodded my thanks and forced myself to close the cell doors.
A few minutes later, I was in the Hangout Space, trying to talk to Sonic. I didn't know how to work the watch.
"Ugh! I'm sick of this thing!" I exclaimed, throwing it across the room. It bounced on the floor and lit up.
"Calling; Sonic the Hedgehog." It read in a monotone female voice.
"Yay!" I exclaimed, picking it up. Soon, I saw a familiar blue hedgehog on the screen.
"Hey, Mighty! What's up!" he said, winking. Then he looked shocked when he saw me. "What did Eggman do to Mighty?!"
"Nothing yet. We just kidnapped them." I said, blushing "I just realized that Dad's evil."
"I thought Tails already told you that!"
"Yes, he did. But I just realized how evil. Hey, do you know what happens to Mobians when they're Roboticized?" I asked. He looked thoughtful.
"You of all people should know. I don't really know. Rumor has it that they're spirit is trapped inside a container, and if they're set free then the Robian will act for its self. I don't know; just a myth."
"Hmph…" I said "Oh, we found Project Shadow. He's a hedgehog."
"Really? What does he look like?" I ran over to the desk and found a picture of me and him eating ice cream at the table. "He really likes his sweets. But he's strong, too. He defeated a horde of GUN robots all by himself in a few seconds."
"Oh, wow."
"I think Dad's trying to arrange a fight between you and him. His friend died a long time ago, so he gets mad easily."
"Oh…I feel bad for him. Maybe I can convince him to join our side. So, what's up with kidnapping Mighty?"
"Dad kidnapped Mighty, Espio, and Silver for…'political' reasons."
"Oh, I see. Mighty because he's extremely strong, Espio because he's a ninja, and Silver because he's a Telepath and a Telekinetic, right?" I nodded.
"Yeah. That's it. For now. Bye."
"Later, Elise!" at that, Sonic turned off his connection and the watch blinked off.
A few days later, I was going to visit Espio, Silver, and Mighty in their cells. It was like visiting a friend in jail…except I wasn't supposed to be their friends.
When I came in, I saw Espio sleeping on his bench. But he was fidgeting a lot now. I automatically thought that Dad had something to do with it. Then I realized that Espio's lucky kunai was gone. Mighty woke up and gasped.
"Espio's kunai is gone! He's vulnerable now!" he exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" I asked
"If he's not near it, then he's basically Roboticized; he has to do anything and everything whoever has it tells them to!"
"Dad!" I exclaimed, running upstairs.
"Yes, Elise?" he asked, looking at something in his hand.
"Have you seen Espio's golden kunai? It's really important to him, and he's looking for it."
"You mean this kunai?" Eggman asked, turning around to reveal the gold knife in his hands. He stroked it in his hand as I looked on in horror. "Oh, Espio!"
Somehow, Espio had broken out of his cell and came up the stairs before bowing. His eyes were a pale, ghostly yellow.
"What is your wish, Master?" He asked.
"I want you to make me a sandwich." Espio walked out of the room and returned with a sandwich. "Oh, this is good!"
"Espio…?" I murmured. He looked at me, then turned back to Eggman. "Um…I'm going to go, uh…read a book." At that note, I ran out of the room and back to our hang-out space.
Shadow was in there, goofing off on the computer. James, Mark, and Ben were playing a board game. They all turned around in shock when I slammed the door closed, crying.
"Elise, what's wrong?" Shadow asked.
"Dad…he took Espio's kunai…" I stammered between sobs.
"…you mean the really sparkly one?" James asked.
"No, she's talking about the one that's rainbow colored!" Mark said sarcastically "Of course she's talking about the golden one!"
"So now Espio is under Eggman's control?" Ben asked. I nodded my head mournfully. "This isn't good."
"What do you mean, this isn't good?" Shadow asked in disbelief. "The Doctor's plan is going perfectly!"
"Do you know what he does? We just learned a few days ago." I asked him. He shook his head.
"The Doctor said that it'd be best if I didn't know." The hedgehog admitted.
"Well, he was lying. I think you should know. Lets go." I dragged Shadow out of the room and down a long hallway.
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"To the Robotization Room."
"But the doctor said that that room was highly dangerous and if I go in there I'd die! I don't want to die! Well, Gerald said that I couldn't die, but still! I don't want to risk it!"
"I'll make sure you're okay, alright? Nothings gonna happen to you. I promise." I said. He just let me drag him along, a shocked look on his face.
"Nobody's promised me anything in a long time…" he murmured.
"Well, you'll get a lot more." Soon, we arrived at the gray door down at the end of a long hallway. In big, red letters, it read 'Robotization Room: Enter If You Dare!'
"I don't dare; can we go now?" Shadow stammered. He started rocking on his feet nervously.
"No. We have to go in. You need to see what exactly my Dad is doing."
"Lets get this over with." Mark said, putting his hand on the handle. Slowly, he opened the door. Some fog spilled out and coiled around our feet. I'm pretty sure we all shivered.
Shadow bravely took the lead and walked into the cloud of fog. I followed after him. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw in there.
There were thousands of robots in that room. Some floated in tubes of liquid with different cords attached to them. Some were partially Roboticized, with some patches of fur mixed in with the metal plates covering their bodies. Lots of them weren't in tubes, but were standing alert around the room. They all seemed to be in sleep mode.
"What is this?" Shadow whispered in shock.
"It's what happens when Dad captures a Mobian as a prisoner. He turns them into robots just by stuffing them in here."
"So as long as a Mobian is in this room, they'll turn into a robot?"
"Yeah…"
"Is that Sonic?!" James exclaimed, running across the room. I looked up and gasped. In front of me was a three foot three Mobian hedgehog that looked almost just like Sonic. But it had a tuft of hair sprouting from its forehead.
"No, that's not him…maybe it's a relative?" I suggested. Then two and two came together.
Sonic fought Dad to save the world. But he also had his own desire; to save his family.
"Uh…Elise?" Shadow said warily "The robots are waking—mph!"
"Shadow?" I asked, turning around. I saw him being attacked by Robians, and I could tell he was holding back.
He didn't want to hurt them. So that meant he almost willingly allowed them to put him into one of the many tubes made for Robotization.
Uh-oh! Cliff-hanger! You'll have to wait until the next update to figure out what happens! Thanks to school, that'll probably be next Friday or a VERY early (Like 12:00 or something) on Saturday.
I know this was a very long chapter (As in longer than usual), but as things get more action packed, they might get this long regularly. I'm cooking up a plan to get Metal Sonic in here! But you'll have to find out what I'm thinking later. Bye!
Still don't own Sonic. I own Elise, Marking Pen (Mark 'n' Ben), and James.