Knothole Chronicles: The Beginning
Chapter 4: Desperate Times
Robotropolis 2:27 PM: Day 1
3 minutes to detonation
Blade sighed and looked around, "the door is made of titanium, that shouldn't be too much of a problem." He glanced at the clock, "if I was technologically advanced at all, I would attempt to stop the bomb. Ah well," the silver fox sheathed his blades and pulled his katana, the 'Diamond Fox.' "Here I go!" He shouts, and runs at the door. "Fox Fang!" Blade slices through the door with six hi-speed slashes, and it blasts open.
Blade smirks and runs out, giving one last glance at the clock. "2:30" is displayed, and he picks up speed.
Swat-Bots are crawling everywhere, and Blade was growing desperate. He slices through them like a hot knife through butter, but the shear numbers are beginning to overwhelm him. "There's got to be a way out of here." He thinks to himself, as he cuts through three more Bots.
"Two minutes to detonation." A female voice says over the intercom, and Blade jumps onto a Bot's head and stabs into it.
"I'm not going to make it at this rate." He mumbles, angrily cutting a Bot in half. Then his ears prick, and he hears what sounds like an engine of some kind. "What?" He looks to see the source of the noise, but he only sees the wall. The silver fox holds his katana at arm's length in front of him. "Fox Tornado, Revised!" He shouts, and spins through all of the Bots standing between him and the wall.
Blade quickly presses his ear to the wall, and he sounds the engine of a plane. "So it was a plane." He thought, and then he stands to the wall. "I hope it's an ally," he mutters at the last minute, before running at the wall.
"One minute to detonation."
The other side of the wall 2:29 PM: Day 1
Tails was piloting the tornado, when he heard a muffled cry from the wall. "Fox Fang!" A second later, the wall is sliced into pieces and Blade jumps through the hole. The golden kitsune flies the plane under and Blade catches the wing. "Tails! Am I glad to see you."
"Hey, I heard Sonic say he escaped, and left you in there, so I flew the Tornado here as quickly as I could." Tails explained, turning the plane away from the building.
"What happened to Bunnie and Rotor?" Blade questioned, looking back as the factory exploded into a brilliant ball of flame.
"They're fine," Tails answered, "they were able to escape just before the generator went up."
The silver fox jumped down and landed in the co-pilot seat, "it looks like there's still power in the city; except it appears a little dimmer."
The Tornado flew over the Great Forest, "that's because he's powering the entire city on one generator."
"So we have to take that one out too?"
Tails nodded, "seems like it."
The Clearing (A.K.A. The Hangar) 3:00 PM: Day 1
Sonic, Sally, Bunnie, and Rotor were standing in the clearing, as the Tornado came into sight. Sally was literally screaming at Sonic, "do you know how dangerous it was to send Tails out like that?! What if he had been killed?!"
Sonic shrugged the tirade off, "relax Sal, he's back isn't he?"
Tails waved from the Tornado and landed in the small clearing. "Heeeeyyy!" He shouted, jumping down from the plane. Sally immediately ran up to the small fox and embraced him.
"I thought I lost you! Don't do anything reckless like this again!" She cried, cutting off Tails' oxygen intake.
"Aunt Sally…you're…choking…me…" Tails gasped for air as soon as Sally released her grip.
Blade jumped down from the seat, "so, what's the plan now?"
Sally sniffed and straightened up, "right, everyone meet me in the briefing room at five, it's time to start Phase Two." Then the Freedom Fighters began the journey back to the headquarters.