Chapter 6: Infiltrating Eggman's Base

Meanwhile, Tails and his friends were on their way to infiltrate Eggman's base. Blaze looked at him and sighed.

"Are you sure this is going to work?"

Tails nodded. "I have it all planned out; we should do fine! All we need to do is hack into Eggman's computer and find out where he sent Shadow and Sonic. When we do that, I'll finish up my time machine and we'll go back into the past to get them."

"Will they even want to come back, though? They might have grown to like it there."

Tails hesitated. He did want Sonic to come back to the present but if they were happy where they were now, then he wouldn't force them. He looked at Silver. "What do you think?"

"I guess...it's their choice whether or not they want to come back." Silver sighed.

Tails nodded. They continued on until they got to Eggman's base and went inside.

"Alright Tails, where do we go next?" Silver looked at him questionably.

"The computer is in the control room," he said.

They walked through a few more doors until they reached it. Tails walked up to the computer and turned it on, beginning to hack into the system.

Instantly, Alarms began blaring as the system sensed Tails hacking.

"Uh Oh...Alright Tails, you'd better hurry. It won't be long before Eggman shows up!" Silver looked over at Blaze and Knuckles, "We should go stand guard by the door."

Knuckles nodded and walked over to the door with Silver and Knuckles. Tails was still hacking, and a smile came to his face when he finished.

"I've got it! Dr. Eggman sent Shadow and Sonic to the Kingdom of Camelot in the Middle Ages!" He exclaimed.

Silver stiffened as he looked out into the passageway they'd come through; robots were coming straight for them! "It looks like this won't be as easy as we'd hoped though...Tails, stay back alright?"

Tails nodded, and watched Knuckles, Blaze and Silver leap into action. Silver used his psychic powers to smash to robots together, Blaze melted every robot that stood before her into a puddle of molten metal, Knuckles simply went ahead and beat in every robot he saw. Eventually however, the sheer wait of numbers forced them back.

"Arg...this won't work, we have to get out into the passageway and keep from getting cornered, or we'll be killed! Guys, I'm going to use my powers to get us into the hallway, then, we have to run!"

Tails nodded. Silver held up his hands and used his psychokinesis to lift everyone up and flew out into the hallway with them. The robots didn't see them, so they were safe. Once they had run outside, Blaze looked at Silver.

"That was very brave of you," she said, giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Silver blushed and was about to say something when Tails spoke up. "So, Eggman has sent Shadow and Sonic to Camelot," he said. "We need to get back to the house."

Everyone nodded and was about to leave when they saw a giant robot walking towards them with Eggman in the cockpit.

"I should have known you would come here," Eggman said. "You're not going anywhere now!"

He took out a gun and aimed it at Silver, whose eyes widened as he saw the serum. Eggman pulled the trigger and the needle hit Silver in the chest, injecting the serum into his veins. He pulled it out and glared at the evil scientist.

"What was that! What was in that needle?" Silver shouted angrily at Eggman, who simply laughed evilly.

"It's the serum I injected into Sonic and Shadow! You'll be permanently transformed into a mythical creature also!"

Silver and the others froze.

"N-No..." Silver looked down at the needle in his hand as a wave of dizziness swept over him and he dropped it. He watched as it shattered on the ground.

Silver fell to the ground in pain as he began to transform. His body began to grow as the muscles across his body thickened. He fell on all fours as his feet and hands merged into hooves. His face pushed out into a horse muzzle and his tail grew out, becoming thick with hair. Finally, two wide wings grew out of his back and unfurled into a long wingspan.

Tails, Knuckles, and Blaze watched in stunned horror as Silver's transformation ended. In front of them was a silver Pegasus.

"Silver...is that you?" Tails asked.

Silver opened his eyes and got to his feet. "Yeah Tails...it's still me." He looked over himself. "I turned into a Pegasus? That's actually kinda cool."

"Well then, shall we beat Eggman?"

"Yeah, why don't we do that!" Silver reared and let out a challenging neigh.

He charged towards Eggman, who was taken off-guard. The winged horse slammed into the robot, pounding his hooves into the metal. Soon, the robot's wiring was shown.

"Stop...what are you doing? This is a delicate machine!" Eggman yelled.

Silver ignored him and chewed into the wiring, tearing it out with his teeth. The robot started to spark and sputter as it was malfunctioning.

"Hah! Take that, Eggman!" Silver said. He spread his wings and jumped backward, rising into the air as he did so. Eggman quickly separated from the sparking robot as it exploded, blowing Eggman a few feet away while knocking him out. Silver had used his psychokinetic powers to protect his friends from the explosion.

He landed and walked over to Tails and the others, his hooves clanging against the metal. As he came up to them, he looked over at Eggman.

"What should we do with him?"

"Take him to GUN," Tails said. "They'll know what to do with him."

Blaze, Silver and Knuckles nodded.

"What will GUN do if they see a Pegasus, though?" Knuckles asked, looking at Silver.

"Uh...how about I just go back to the workshop," Silver said.

Tails nodded. Silver spread his wings and took off into the air.

"Let's go! GUN would be happy to see that we captured Eggman," Tails said.

Silver circled above Eggman's base until he couldn't see Tails and the others, then he turned and flew to the workshop.

As soon as Tails and the others had dropped Eggman off at GUN, they went back to the workshop. Silver was waiting for them and neighed a greeting when they walked up to him.

"How did it go?" Silver asked.

"Good," Tails said. "We know where they are now; I'll set the time machine's coordinates and we can go."

"Alright! Let's go then!" Silver exclaimed, rearing as he said this.

Tails smiled and they all walked inside the time machine. He set the coordinates for Camelot and turned the machine on. A bright flash of light appeared and they were gone.