Victory!
"Sonic please wake up!" Tails shouted as the Swatbots formed a tight circle. His blue friend failed to respond and the robots raised their blasters. Tails racked his brains and a light bulb clicked in his head.
"Silly me" he spoke aloud "I'll just fly to safety." His tails whirled as he hovered into the air.
"Fox must be eliminated" the robots chanted as they swiftly adjusted their aim and fired. Tails dropped back to the floor in the nick of time causing the Swatbots to blast each other in the head. The whole group fell uselessly to the ground and Tails rushed to Sonic's side.
"Come on please wake up!" he shook Sonic gently and the hedgehog shifted and groaned. "You're alright!"
"Course I am" he sat up and rubbed his head "Swatbots can deliver one nasty headache."
"How's the cure working?"
"I'm still blind as a bat but my eyes are sort of tingly; maybe that's a good sign." He blinked a few times and exclaimed "Woah, for a second there seemed to be a flash. It's gone now but I saw something in that instant!"
"In that case, let's get out of here while we can. Our link with Rotor is still down but I remember the way out."
"Cool dude. Let's juice."
The friends exited the lab and moved swiftly but cautiously through the corridors. All the while Tails fiddled with his stolen blaster while Sonic kept a hand on his shoulder for guidance.
"Maybe you should just drop that thing so we can bolt."
"But I've just about…Uh oh, Swatbots!"
They had turned a corner and almost ran directly into the murderous robots. "Intruders will be eliminated."
"No we won't" Tails shouted as he fired the blaster. The robots instantly crumpled as they were hit by a beam many times more powerful than the blaster would normally release.
"Man oh man that sounded powerful!"
"I managed to upgrade this thing."
"Awsome bro! High five!" They slapped hands and Sonic went on "Let's roll."
"You don't have to tell me twice. We're almost to the elevator."
In a matter of moments they were on their way to the ground floor. Tails was examining his headset but discovering nothing wrong.
"Robotnick is managing to block the signal even with Rotor's scrambler. Either that or Rotor's been captured."
"No way, he's way too good for that."
"You're right." The elevator stopped and the doors began to open "Now it's just a hop, skip, and a jump…to…freedom…"
Tails was terrified to find himself staring right into the face of Dr. Robotnick himself. "Well, well, well it seems that I have a rodent problem."
"Stuff it blimpo!"
"Strong words Hedgehog. Can you back them up with your only help being a novice who appears close to wetting himself?"
"I…I…I am not! I'm not afraid of you!" Tails aimed the upgraded blaster directly into the dictator's face.
"Oh I am so scared." Two Swatbots stepped into the view and immediately destroyed the blaster with beams of their own. Dr. Robotnick grabbed Tails and shoved him into the annoyingly strong arms of one the Swatbots.
"Sonic help me!"
"Make one wrong move Hedgehog and your friend will be crushed!"
"You lowlife, disgusting snake!"
"Sticks and stones Hedgehog. Now come along."
The remaining Swatbot released a metallic lasso that wrapped around Sonic's torso, pinning his arms to his sides. The mad scientist walked in front, Sonic and his escort were in the middle, and Tails was carried along in the rear. The procession marched towards the dungeons in near silence with only Tails' grunts and Robotnick's occasional boast about finally winning.
"By the way, Hedgehog, you are unusually silent. Have you nothing at all to say?"
"Now that you mention it, one statement jumps to mind."
"And what might that be, my little prisoner?"
"I CAN SEE YOU!"
As he said it he spun his body like a buzz saw, slicing through his bindings and then through his captive. Tails cheered in triumph as buzz saw Sonic continued right through the legs of his own jailer. He hedgehog slowed to stop and Tails rushed to his side.
"Sonic this is excellent!"
"Yep but I don't think he thinks so!"
"This is not over yet Hedgehog! You're still mine."
"Yeah, yeah" he carelessly replied. "I'm still mad at you for what you did to my eyes" Sonic made a very rude hand gesture which Tails instantly imitated "You should know that I will be paying you back somehow."
"And you'll deserve every bit of it you ugly, toad faced, ten ton terror!"
"Nice one buddy. Let's juice."
Robotnick shouted back at them but the friends were already zooming towards the front door. Sonic burst through and stopped only long enough to grab Rotor and get everyone out of Robotropolis. He stopped when they were in the forest and allowed his buddies to catch their breath.
Rotor was overjoyed with Sonic's recovery; "This is fantastic! You're sure that your vision is completely restored?"
"I'm back to good old 20/20."
"Excellent! I was so worried when the transmission was cut."
"Well that was when Tails became a hero. He saved my skin several times over with his quick thinking."
"Aw Sonic stop it."
"No I won't because you were amazing! I am so proud to call you brother."
Tails was speechless for a moment "Wow thanks Sonic!"
"Anytime bro. Just one thing…"
"Yeah?"
"You know the farewell salute we gave Buttnick? Please don't let Sally know I taught you that. We'll keep that between us guys."
"Sure thing Sonic."
Everyone laughed and Rotor said "Let's go home. The others will be ecstatic when they hear the news."
"Maybe we'll even throw a party."
"Well only if you must" Sonic said in mock humility as they headed for Knothole.
The end is near. I hope you've all enjoyed my story even with the huge gaps between chapter postings.
