When darkness falls chapter 3
Sonic and Tails continued on the end of the desert coming into their sites. "Hey Sonic…" Tails started.
"What bro?"
"Why do you think Eggman hasn't done anything for so long… it's been almost too peaceful…"
Sonic shook his head good naturedly at his best friend, "Well…" Sonic looked up thoughtfully, "It might be because, of the generator we destroyed, or perhaps the back up generator that we took out shortly after, or it may have something to do with the swatbot factory we took out… or perhaps it was the three robotisizing stations we blew up…" Sonic ticked off his figures one by one as he went. "or maybe it was a combination of them all." He summed up with a shrug. "Either way that's why we're going to pay old Eggbelly a visit."
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Karen grumbled as she looked at the bucket of water and toothbrush that had been set out for her to accomplish her 'task'. This was a disgrace… especially sense not five feet away was a closet full of cleaning bots… looking over her shoulder she met the eyes of her two baby sitters… "Hey Scratch! Grounder! Come here!"
Grounder looked up at his elder brother before shrugging and putting forward. "What is your rottenness?" he asked.
An equally curious Scratch nodded his head beside Grounder.
"Oh… I just wanted to give you this…" she replied shyly as she scuffed her foot on the floor with her head tilted downward, as her hand came out of her pocket to reveal a slip of paper.
The two bots looked at the seemingly innocent girl curiously before looking at the paper. It was another 24 hour coffee break coupon… "Oh no!" Scratch announced quickly as he crossed his arms, "there is no way we'll fall for that again haha ha HA!"
Karen pushed her lip out a bit in a pout, "you don't believe me?" she sniffled.
The two nimbots paused at this as a small tear traced down her cheek. Both bots gave a gasp and quickly started rambling to try and calm their charge, after all if Eggman found out that his 'little girl' had been crying because of them they were as good as paper weights.
"So does that mean you'll take it?" she whispered out letting a little twinge of hope enter her voice after the racket of the two groveling bots had died down a bit.
"Yes! Yes! Of course!"
Karen had to stifle a laugh as the bots snatched the paper and went to go take their coffee break… she could hardly believe the act she had used since she was six still worked perfectly on them when she was 15. With a shake of her head she went over to the closet and started shuffling through the inventory. Her eyes finally locked on the newest module, the Eggcleaner 5000. "Perfect…" she breathed out. Just as she was about to hit the start button on the gleaming red bot, Eggman's voice came over the speaker system.
"What do you think your doing?"
"Getting ready to clean the robotification room!" she shot back.
"I wouldn't use that bot if I were you, it hasn't been tested yet…"
"Well then I'll just have to test it right now." She countered as she flipped the switch on. After all this was the best bot in there currently it swept, mopped and waxed floors and vacuumed and shampooed carpets all the while it dusted and polished furniture. This would get the job done in no time.
Eggman just shook his head his daughter always had to learn things the hard way…
Karen just turned to the security camera and shot it a winning grin "see nothing bad has happened."
From behind her the bot stood up and called out, "must clean the largest area first."
"Huh?" Karen glanced back and was able to cartwheel out of the way of the bots vacuum suction just in time. "What the- Hey watch it nimbot you almost got me!" she yelled at it only to have it turn it's over sized vacuum back towards her…
"Must clean the largest area first…"
She quickly jumped up and somersaulted over the bot before bolting out of the room the cleaning bot in hot pursuit.
Eggman just continued to shake his head; some times he wondered how his idiot of a daughter could ever possibly be related to him…
Mecha just let his red eyes gleam in delight at the on going battle as he tossed a few chips up and down in his clawed hand… the Eggcleaner 5000 was working wonderfully considering that it believed Karen to be a giant mess to be vacuumed up. If he had lip he would have smiled, after all there was no way to trace the malfunction back to him, and better yet he would no longer have to put up with the princess running about the base.
As Karen continued to run down the halls tossing a throwing knife on occasion and just trying to come up with a strategy the red emergency lights started to flash and a robotic voice called out, "Hedgehog alert priority one."
Karen sweat dropped this was not the time… finally deciding on a quick plan to get rid of this bolt for brains when Eggman's voice countered "that bot is extremely expensive don't even think of destroying it."
"Too bad Daddy, I don't have time for this I have to deal with this fast so I can tack care of our guest." She called out before racing toward a part where the wall curved 'perfect!' she then lunged at it and used it to launch herself over and behind the bot. Quickly pressing the point on her arm guards to release a knife and dug it into his panel cutting several wires ad then hastily back flipped away just as the bot exploded.
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Down the hall Sonic and Tails had just gotten in after destroying a few bots when the Alert had been activated proclaiming Sonic's presents to the entire base. "Great…" Sonic muttered, he glanced over at Tails who was feverishly typing on a computer that was stationed in the wall. "Any luck pal?"
"Not yet Sonic I'm working on it though."
Sonic nodded as he continued to stand guard after all if any bots came he'd be there to take them out… That's when an explosion was heard further down the corridors. "What the?!" Sonic looked that way quickly, what had done that?
To be continued…