Unfortunately, this'll probably be one of the last side chapters. Either way, I hope everyone likes this one.
A 'Miles in his Shoes
Side Chapter K3- Escape the Lab
It was Midnight. Everybody in Foximus' Lair was asleep, except Foximus and Mechalis, who were working on their ultimate weapon in their workroom. It was time…. Time to escape, and warn Sonic of all the weaponry Foximus would be using in his war against Sonic, Eggman, and whoever else Sonic had recruited. And with that, Knuckles slid out of his bunker quietly, without awakening a single Badnik.
'Okay, first priority; Lock Foximus and Robo-troll in their workroom.' Knuckles thought to himself as he established a plan.
He crept towards the door to Foximus' Workroom, since he already nabbed the key from a Security Droid. But, before he closed the door, he overheard a bit of…. Interesting dialogue.
"Let's see here…. First, I need to establish the crumble beam, which, when combined with the Oxy-Drain and the Ulti-cannon, will completely disintegrate that hedgehog, and ultimately kill him," Foximus said. Then, I need to- AUGH!" Knuckles heard the kitsune cry out in agony, and he swore he almost heard a bit of Tails' old voice.
'Wait….. Is Tails not in control of his own body?" Knuckles thought.
"….must….hold back…..until the end of the week….." Foximus grumbled as he tried to stay on the dark side.
"Oh….not again. Hold on, Supreme Lord Foximus." Mechalis said as he charged up his hand, and Slapped Foximus right across the face.
"Thanks, Mechalis…. I needed that." Foximus said as he recovered from almost turning back to his natural self.
'…..Probably not.' Knuckles thought, before trying to shut the door…. However, he ended up slamming it at full force. 'DAMNIT! If only my hands weren't so big!' Regardless, Knuckles proceeded to lock the door, leaving Foximus and Mechalis stuck inside.
"Not again…." Foximus said as he reached for the intercom speaker. Once he reached it, he yelled out, "SOMEBODY SEND THAT ECHIDNA TO HELLLLLLLL!"
And with that, all of the Badniks and all of the mechanized friends of Sonic chased after Knuckles, with Knuckles just running and yelling out, "HELP ME!"
Unfortunately, nobody came to Knuckles' rescue, so he just decided to change to his backup plan. 'Okay, Plan B, Step 1; Hit the blue switch around Foximus' workroom. He then made a full loop and hit the switch, trapping all 1,789 Badniks between blue walls.
"Wow… he's good." Mechalis said as he looked at the security cameras, analyzing Knuckles' every movement.
"Enough talk! Let's escape this room!" Foximus said as he opened the alternate exit, which led to the roof, which not only had tunnels to every room, was encased in metal, and electrically charged in case of intruders, but you could perfectly see the blood-red sky with its ominous void-type clouds. Using these tunnels, Foximus and Mechalis escaped into the main central hub of the kitsune's lair, ready to halt our favorite echidna.
"Okay, almost at the exit….." Knuckles grumbled. But, to his surprise, Foximus and Mechalis, both with a horrifyingly demonic gaze on their face, and would've unintentionally killed him, had Knuckles not stopped right where he was.
"Well, Well Wellllllll… Look who we have here." Foximus said with a menacing tone, while Knuckles stood, terrified. "Looks like we forgot to mechanize someone, wouldn't you say, Mechalis?"
"Yep. Now let's put him to rest…..FOREVER." Mechalis said before charging towards Knuckles. Knuckles managed to avoid Mechalis, but unfortunately, Mechalis rammed through the Barrier that was holding the Badniks, and all the Badniks surrounded Knuckles, before Foximus halted them. Knuckles was now fully surrounded… By 1,790 Badniks, and 5 Mechanized allies, now turned heartless.
"Now Knuckles, you have 3 Options: Surrender, Hand your life to us right this instant, or try to escape like a fool. Which one, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?"
"I…..I…..I…..I WILL NEVER SURRENDER, FOXIMUS! MARK MY WORDS, BY THE TIME THIS WEEK IS OVER, YOUR PLAN SHALL BE TERMINATED!"
"Oh….you mad, echidna? Too bad for you, because I'm going to have to murder you. GET HIM, BADNI- Wait, what?" Foximus then saw Knuckles heading for the door annihilating a line of Badniks, until Foximus realized… the Emergency switch. He pulled it, and the door was blocked, barricading the only exit Knuckles had.
"Now then…" Foximus said as he once again surrounded Knuckles with his army, "Why are you trying to escape, Knuckles? Did your memories return naturally, or is it because…. You saw something you weren't supposed to see?"
"What?! How did you…"
"Knuckles, I've had security cameras around here the whole time. Metal Sonic unintentionally returned your memories….although we've already sent his remains to the scrapyard….and now, you're trying to escape from my lair. How PATHETIC….. I know your every move, Knuckles…. And soon enough…. You won't remember that anymore… Mechalis, fire the cannon of Altered Memories, so that Knuckles will see what I'm REALLY capable of." And with that, history repeated itself, and Knuckles' memories were brought back to the 'Soldier of Foximus' status.
"Now then, will you obey me, Knuckles?" Foximus said with an evil grin on his face, while Knuckles was still being blasted in the face.
"N-n-n-n-n-n-no….. I can't…. I won't bring myself to do this…. Tails, I know you're in there…. Remember Perfect Chaos…. Your fight against his Supreme form…..The Time Eater…. Biolizard…. The Extractor…" And then, Knuckles fainted, as if life had ended for the poor echidna, but in reality, it was just beginning…..
To Be Continued…
