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The day continued on and eventually the sun began to set in the west. After they had had a little supper, Sally, Sonic, and Roxy all gathered some items that they would need for the little mission into Robotropolis nd carried them in their backpacks, Roxy's having been recovered by Sonic and them. Sally left Rotor in charge and soon they left the safety of the village for the hostility of the city.

After the group had left, Antoine was assigned to be the lookout once more. He complained a little but he eventually relented and started for the lookout tower. But once he was out of ear shot of the others, he began his complaints again to himself.

(Imagine a French accent once more)

"Every other night I get sent to be the lookout and no one ever asks me how I feel about it. Maybe I have other things that I need or want to do. But no it's up to the tower I go," Antoine complained as he began climbing up the tower.

But then he sighed and said, "Still better than going into the city and risking capture."

As he reached the top and sat down on a chair that they had placed up there, he felt that he wasn't alone. He was about to question whether he was or not, but then he heard a voice speaking to him.

"Sounds like you are unappreciated around here. Like they don't understand you or what you feel and go through," said the voice.

Antoine sighed and said, "Don't you know it? Even when I make those fantastic meals for them. When they try to make it themselves, they always get it wrong. I can't stand it."

The voice laughed and said, "Sounds like you could use a new direction in life. I can help you with that."

This time Antoine let out a laugh and said, "Oh really? And how do you intend to do that?"

"Lean your head back and I'll show you," said the voice.

Antoine decided to humor whoever was speaking with him and leaned his head back. But then he saw the skull mask looming above him. Before he could sit back up, the person wearing it reached a hand for Antoine's eyes and covered them tightly. Antoine let out a scream just as the red glow eminated from under the beings hand.

Bunnie was patroling nearby, but when she heard Antoine's scream, she turned in his direction and ran for the lookout tower. She quickly climbed up the tower and threw open the trapdoor that lead to the lookout post. But as she looked in, Antoine was sitting by himself and looking out over the forest once more. Nothing seemed to be wrong or out of place at all.

"Antoine are you okay? I heard you screaming," Bunnie asked.

Antoine didn't turn around but he did say, "I'm fine. Just saw a spider."

That sounded like something that Antoine would scream over. For a moment Bunnie had been worried that something bad had happened to him.

"Well if that's all then. If you need anything just let me or anyone else kn-" Bunnie said but was then cut off as two large arms wrapped around her and one hand covered her eyes and another covered her mouth.

All Bunnie could do at the time was scream in surprise. Unfortunatly she screamed into the being's hand as the red glow shined right through the cracks between the person's fingers.

In the meantime, Sonic and company were still venturing towards Robotropolis. He normally would be running towards the city, but given current circumstances he didn't dare leave the two of them unprotected. He knew Sally could hold her own against any foe, but he wasn't sure about the new girl. Truth be told he didn't even trust her all that much. But he was willing to give her a chance, but he was watching her closely though. You can never be too safe.

After some time, they reached the outskirts of Robotropolis which was where they normally met up with Uncle Chuck. All they had to do now was look for his signal. They didn't have to wait long as they saw a light flashing nearby. That had to be Uncle Chuck's signal. They quickly made their way towards him and he emerged from behind a pile of broken concrete and metal.

"Sonic! Sally! I'm glad you two could make it," he said.

"Wouldn't miss it for anything Uncle Chuck," Sonic said and hugged his roboticized uncle.

Chuck smiled at Sonic's enthusiasm and then his eyes landed on Roxy and he said, "Oh I'm sorry miss. And you are?"

"Roxanne. My name is Roxanne," she answered.

Chuck chuckled and said, "Nice to meet you ma'am. I'm Charles, but feel free to call me Uncle Chuck."

Roxy smiled and said, "Thank you sir. And you can call me Roxy."

Chuck nodded in approval and said, "Now that that is settled, follow me everyone and we can talk inside."

They all followed Chuck to his hideout, which was a hollowed out pile of debris. They approached it and Chuck opened up the hidden door, to Roxy's amazement, and they all entered the hidden location. As soon they entered, Roxy looked in amazement. Chuck had monitors and computer equipment and everything that was needed to make them work in here. He was keeping a close eye on everything that Robotnik did and said. Almost like he was some kind of spy or something, but then again he probably was.

Before Roxy could do or say anything, Sally started asking what was needed?

"So Uncle Chuck you called us here for something. What do you need?" Sally asked.

Chuck moved their attention towards some monitors that overlooked Robotnik's labs, or to be more accurate, it focused on Robotnik's oversized roboticizor. Inside there was something that they hadn't seen before. Inside was a serpentine creature with pale green scales covering it's body. It had a head in the shape of a chameleon head, only with multiple eyes upon it, a lot like that of a spider. It had a mouth on each side of it's head and from the way the mouths were salivating, it was craving food. And given the amount of sharp teeth in each mouth, they doubted that it would eat any plants.

"What is that thing?" Roxy asked, recoiling in horror at the sight of the thing.

Chuck shrugged and said, "I don't know. Robotnik's SWATbots found it while patrolling the city. It managed to destroy many of them before they were able to subdue and capture it. What's worse is that it's not the only one he got."

He turned their attention towards another monitor and saw what Uncle Chuck was talking about. Inside another glass containment unit, they saw a spider like creature. It had eight spindly legs and a bloated body of an abdomen the size of a small vehicle. It's head had multiple eyes and the part that actually made some of them feel sick is that it's body was covered in brown fur. The only areas where there was no fur were the legs, the head, and the spinnerets. It snapped it's fangs together as it too craved a meal.

"This one he found in the sewer system. Apparently it was easier to catch after they flushed the system," Chuck filled in.

Sally pulled Nicole out and saw exactly as she thought. After scanning Robotnik's labs on her map, there were a couple more energy signals in his labs. These two creatures were some more of what they were looking for. The good news is that Robotnik had taken care of the hard stuff and caught them for the freedom fighters. The bad news however was that if he roboticized them, these things could become more dangerous than they are now. They had to act right away or their situation would get worse in a heartbeat.

"We've got to get in there and destroy them," Sally said.

"We don't even know where they came from. How do you intend to do that?" Roxy asked.

Sally shrugged and said, "I'm not sure yet. Maybe we can find something in the labs to use. But we need to keep Robotnik away from them."

Sonic laughed and said, "Leave that to me Sal. It's what I'm best at."

Sonic was about to rush out, but was stopped by Chuck.

"Hold on there sonny boy. I have a better idea. I can set off a number of alerts throughout the city from here and he'll have to focus on them. I have some explosives and detonators in the next room and we can use them on those monsters. The problem however is that they'll need to be away from the roboticizers. We're going to need them intact if we plan to deroboticize anybody in the future. We'll only have a few minutes to take of these things before Robotnik realizes that the alarms are a distraction," Chuck said to them.

Sally approved of the idea and said, "Sounds like a good idea. But we'll need to get the explosives onto the monsters somehow."

"We'll figure something out," Roxy added.

Sonic groaned and said, "Guess we'll have to."

In the meantime in his lab, Robotnik stared at the giant reptilian that stared at him with owl like eyes in a spider like pattern. It used it's sharp claws to scratch at the glass in a vain attempt at escape. It growled and continued to drool wanting to munch on the fat creature in front of him. The thing was definetly hungry, even after trying to munch on a number of SWATbots. If it had teeth that could easily chew on metal, imagine what it could do once he unleashed it on the great forest. The freedom fighters would never know what hit them.

"Snively, is the roboticizer ready yet?" Robotnik asked his nephew who stood at a nearby console.

Snively grumbled and said, "Almost ready sir. Charge is at ninety-three percent."

He expected a nasty response from his uncle and braced himself for the worst. For once however, Robotnik wasn't feeling impatient and instead he was rather excited.

"Very well then. If things go according to plan, this shall be one of my finest achievements. Great things come to those who wait," Robotnik said with a sinister grin on his face.

The charge continued to increase, but at about ninety-seven percent, there came the last thing that Robotnik wanted to hear right now. The alarms began to blare, but immediatly following it was the blaring of another alarm and it was quickly followed by a third and then a fourth and a fifth.

"No. Not right now. Snively, what is going on?" Robotnik seethed with rage clear in his voice.

Snively turned his attention to a separate screen and said, "Several alarms throughout the city have gone off Sir. It looks like we may have multiple intruders."

Robotnik growled and in his fury he said, "It better not be those cursed freedom fighters. If it is, then I'll gladly let this thing loose to tear them to pieces. The robotization can wait. I'll go tend to this problem personally. Snively keep an eye on our new friend here until I get back. If I tell you to, start the procedure."

Robotnik prepared to leave but before he did, he looked at the monster and said, "You just sit here. I'll be back soon enough."

The monster only roared in response to which Robotnik didn't even flinch.

As soon as Robotnik was out, a vent quietly opened up above Snively and a rope lowered down to just a few feet above the small overlander. Because he kept his focus on the creature in the large roboticizer, he didn't see what was going on above him. Sally slid down the rope first and jumped on top of Snively, quietly incompasitating him in the process and knocking him out. Sonic and Roxy slid down after Sally had secured the room. They all looked at the monster and part of them wanted to pity it, but it was a danger to them and it needed to be destroyed.

Sally slid off her backpack and pulled out the explosives that Uncle Chuck had given her and quickly armed them.

"Okay here's the plan. Sonic you are going to distract it while Roxy get's it out of the roboticizer. I'll try climbing onto it and plant the explosives in it's mouths. After that, get it away from the roboticizer. We have only one shot at this and we have to take it. Above all, make sure it doesn't damage anything. Got it?" Sally explained.

Both Roxy and Sonic nodded in agreement. Sally informed Roxy on how she can open up the roboticizer machine and Sonic stood in front of the glass with the beast staring straight at him. It's mouths snapping in excitement as drool continued falling from it's maws. Sally jumped back up to the rope and waited for Roxy to open up the machine.

Roxy stood at the computer consul and moved a cursor onscreen over to the "open" icon. Snively groaned on the ground as he began to stir. Roxy simply knocked him on the head and knocked him back out right as she clicked the icon. But Snively's stirring had drawn the attention of the monster and as soon as the glass casing of the roboticizer was open, the beast was staring straight at Roxy and charged right for her.

"Oh crap!" Roxy cried and avoided the lizard's claw, moving an unconcious Snively as well.

Evil scientist or not, he didn't deserve to be squashed. She threw herself and him behind the consul as the monster swiped at the consul itself, breaking part of it away. The noise and action stirred Snively awake.

"Wha? What? What is going on here?" he asked while still groggy.

Then he saw Roxy kneeling right next to him and he couldn't help but sneer in disgust.

"What is a Mobian doing in here?" he demanded.

And then he heard the roaring and saw the monster's claw reaching around the corner of the consul system, grabbing right for the two of them. He shrieked and backed away from the claw as much as the wall would allow him.

"We could use a little help over here," Roxy called out.

Sally used her body weight to swing herself and the rope forward several times. The one good thing about this unforeseen change is that it distracted the monster and kept it in one spot long enough. She was able to swing from the rope and she landed right on the creatures back. She hunkered down and started crawling on the creatures back. But it felt her land and it could feel her crawling along it's back. It turned it's attention away from Roxy and Snively and started trying to buck Sally off of it's back. Sally herself was hanging on tightly as the monster thrashed around in an attempt to get her off.

"Hang on tight Sal. I'm on this," Sonic said and then tucked down and did a spin dash along the ground.

He spun forward and slammed right into the side of the monster's head, narrowly avoiding the teeth of one of the monster's mouths. The beast slid to the side and hit it's head against a wall. It's vision blurred and it shook it's head to fix the problem and as soon as as the pain was gone, it turned it's head and saw Sonic.

"Hey monster. You like fast food? Well you're looking as the fastest food around. Catch me if you can," Sonic said and took a spin dash out a large nearby door.

The beast looked back at Roxy and Snively and turned away from them. At least with the fast one, it had a chance to hunt instead of taking on some weak and jittering prey. It chased after Sonic out the door and went after the speedy meat. As soon as the beast was gone, Roxy turned her attention back to Snively and slammed him against a wall and pinned him to it.

Snively grunted and said, "Just wait until the Doctor gets back. You freedom fighters will pay for you insolence."

But it was here that Roxy's eyes turned red and Snively's little rant ended and he looked back at Roxy in fear. Roxy reached into the backpack that Sally had given her and pulled some rope out.

The voice in her head started again and said, "Detain this little nothing. I have plans for him."

She quickly tied up Snively and gagged him before she stuffed him into a nearby vent. As soon as she had dealt with Snively, she turned back to the roboticizer with her eyes still glowing.

The voice laughed lightly and said, "A roboticizer to create slaves? Talk about a weak form of oppression."

Back with the monster, Sally was crawling along the monster's back once again and was getting closer to the monster's head. She knew what Sonic was doing and that he was also giving her time to get her role done. It didn't take long for her to get to the monster's head and managed to get some explosives into the monsters left mouth. As soon as she was done and ready to move to the next, the monster was alerted to her presence again and thrusted it's head forward and managed to throw her off of it.

Sonic saw this and was able to dash for her caught her in his arms before she hit the ground.

"You okay Sal?" Sonic asked.

Sally sighed in relief and said, "I am. Thanks Sonic."

The monster shook it's head side to side in an effort to dislodge the device that Sally had jammed into it's mouth. But no matter what it did, it just couldn't get the device loose. It looked back at the two and it's eyes were practically glowing with rage at this point.

Sonic gulped and said, "Any ideas Sally?"

Sally thought for a moment and thought back to where they. But then she got an idea and whispered it to Sonic.

"Okay I have a plan. Get it outside and I'll talk you through the rest," she said to him.

Sonic nodded and turned towards one hall and dashed right down it. As they went however, the alarms that had been blaring throughout the city suddenly stopped, indicating that the time for distraction was over. They had to hurry before Robotnik discovered their locations.

"Double time," Sonic said and moved faster than he had been going before.

The creature saw this and kept after them, tearing up the hall and walls as it went. It didn't take long for Sonic and Sally to reach the outdoors which overlooked a pile of debris consisting of glass, concrete and rebar.

Sally got out of Sonic's arms, pointed to a nearby ledge and said, "Okay stand at the edge of the ledge there and let the thing jump or charge for you. I'm sure you know what to do next."

Sonic nodded and did exactly as Sally had instructed while she hid behind a corner and waited. It only took a few moments before the lizard thing came through the doors and spotted Sonic.

"Okay big guy. Come and get it," Sonic said taunting the beast.

The monster growled, licked the chops of the unblocked mouth and jumped right for Sonic. What happened next is that Sonic dashed right for the side and let the monster miss and fall towards the ground. It tumbled down the mountain debris and screeched as it continued rolling down and eventually came to an abrupt stop with a sickening squelch as it impaled itself on some large pieces of broken rebar. Sonic couldn't help but gag at the sound of the squelch followed by the monster's pained roar.

Sally came out from her corner and watched the monster writhe with Sonic right by her, but it was still dangerous to approach as it continued thrashing it's claws around. She hoped that one half of the explosives would be enough. She disarmed the other explosive she had armed for this thing and placed it back in her backpack. She took out her detonator and flipped the switch on it, resulting in an explosion big enough to take out half of the beast's head, causing a green goop to splatter all over the ground and pour out of the monsters head. It thrashed some more and then it slumped down and soon it stopped twitching.

"That was a lot less satisfying than I thought it would be," Sonic stated.

Sally nodded and said, "I actually felt bad for it at the end there. But at least it's out of it's misery now and it's one less concern for us."

As soon as the beast was down, they heard a clattering behind them and turned around to see what it was. Roxy was standing behind them with a look of exhaustion on her face.

"Hey guys. You guys can certainly move can't you? It was rough catching up with you," she said.

Sally and Sonic laughed and apologized to her.

"Now if we move quickly, we can get the other one before Robotnik realizes that we're here," Sally said, but then Roxy sweat dropped and began rubbing her arm nervously.

"Yeah about that. You see I followed the directions that Uncle Chuck gave us and when I got there, the case was empty. It may have been moved or let out. I don't know and I don't have any idea how we can find it," Roxy explained.

Sonic groaned and said, "Well we have to do some-"

He didn't finish as they soon saw hovercraft flying towards them, indicating that Robotnik was aware of their presence. They didn't have any time to reflect as they quickly made good their exit out of Robotropolis.

What Roxy hadn't told them is that she knew what had become of said monster.

Before meeting up with Sonic and Sally, she had gone straight to where Uncle Chuck had told her and the spider was still in it's casing. As soon as it saw her, it began glaring at her and snapping it's mandibles together. Roxy stared straight back at it and the voice in her head laughed at it.

"These things passed through with me? These weaklings couldn't intimidate a child," said the voice and instructed what to do next.

She went to a nearby electrical panel and pulled on some rubber gloves to protect herself from an electric shock. She reached in pulled on of the electric cables out and returned to the casing. She pressed a button on a switch in front of the casing and allowed it to open. The creature tried to reach for her, but instead Roxy jammed the cable into the spider's mouth and allowed the energy to surge through the beast. Before long it slumped to the ground fully paralyzed and waited as it's strength tried to return. Instead however, Roxy brought the casing back down rather forcefully and removed the creature's head from the rest of it's body and rendered the abdomen and legs useless.

She picked up the still living head and threw it into a vent that rolled downward.

She patted the dust from her hands and the voice said, "Good. Now that should cause some confusion and distraction. And then the real plan can take place."

"Leaving none the wiser," Roxy finished and both her and the voice began to laugh.

Well that was... slick don't you think? Another one bites the dust, but more of Knothole is in danger now. What will happen next and what does Harvester have planned for the future. We shall know... in the future.

Any questions or concerns, feel free to comment and thank you for reading.