Chapter 10
Silver and Blaze sat down on the sofa facing Sonic, Knuckles and Tails. They stared at them intently, considering their options that they knew were less. They had to tell them the truth even though the truth could hurt them badly. But telling them the truth now could cause serious problems. Nothing was easy. Without further ado, they made up their mind.
'Okay so, there's this problem that we're facing, at the moment. It's not any ordinary problem that we can just solve within two days' time or something. It's complicated and that's why we've brought you guys here.' Silver told them.
'Look Silver, we know that already.' Sonic asked, 'Why don't you give us some details as to what's wrong with Amy?'
'Amy's sick Sonic.' Blaze said, 'I mean not sick sick. She's just not…okay.'
'She has something inside of her that can cause heavy destruction if not taken care of sooner.' Silver added, 'It's a small metallic sphere about the size of your little finger. It's located within her.'
'And how did it get inside of her?' Tails asked as he sat up now.
Silver sighed and said, 'We believe it's got to do with her involvement in combat. You see, ever since the war against Eggman, she has been involved in combat against petty criminals. At first we thought maybe one of the criminals must have somehow slipped it into her body without her knowledge…'
Blaze took over, 'But then we realized, with the help of Tails that the object is radioactive and can cause heavy damage if mishandled. It's somehow not causing any harm to Amy but it will cause harm to Station Square when the time comes.'
'And when is that…?' Knuckles asked.
'Sooner than we think.' Silver replied softly.
Tails spoke, 'If you're saying that the object is so carefully manufactured and seriously dangerous, then it is clearly evident that ordinary criminals are not behind it. It has to be someone else.'
Blaze nodded, 'We thought the same way when we found out what the object it made up of. We asked you guys then to look back and recall if Amy had been involved in any serious combat in her younger days.'
'That's when you guys gave us the supposed answer.' Silver added with a tight nod.
'The Death Egg…' Sonic murmured but loud enough for them to hear.
Silver nodded grimly and Blaze stayed quiet. There was a silence as they allowed the words to set in.
'But how?' Knuckles asked, breaking the silence. 'How can it be possible? This is insane!'
'Believe me Knuckles but those were the exact same words the future you said when he heard it.' Blaze said.
'The Death Egg…but how can you be so sure? She could have been involved in any combat after that too.' Tails asked.
'You see Tails,' Silver replied, 'That object has some coding that we're unable to decipher. From the looks of it, that coding seems to have come from the past and also set by some clever person from then. We can't be too sure but all evidence points to that fact only. And we can't disagree more. It must have come from Death Egg.'
'You could be right.' Sonic said as they turned their attention to him, 'Amy had been kidnapped by Egghead once during the war and was kept in his custody for two days until we finally rescued her. He must have put that object in her somehow…but damn this is crazy!'
'I know Sonic. It is crazy, and he had to choose Amy.' Blaze sighed and shook her head.
'But why would Eggman use a tactic that would only be executed in the future? After all he did lose.' Knuckles remarked.
'He was a very clever scientist. He made this object with specific coding from his time and designed it to only activate in the future which is smart because the coding will be outdated by then such that no one from the future will be able to decipher it. Also, he will be away from the potential damage that will be caused if we don't take action. You must know that the doctor is deceased. He passed away ten years ago.'
Silver spoke, 'I suppose we can call this Eggman's final battle against us. He knew he would lose the war, so he chose this object to be his last tool to defeat us.'
Sonic closed his eyes and sighed. Damn you Eggman! Fighting even from your deathbed huh? Well guess what? We're not done. We'll win this last fight!
'So, why did you bring us here? You think that we can decipher the coding?' Knuckles asked.
Blaze nodded and said, 'We can try. The thing is, your future selves could have travelled back in time in order to find some way to decipher this coding. But what has been done in the past cannot be undone. It was too late. So…'
'That's when you realized you bring us from the past…since we would know how to decipher the code. But you didn't realize that the future selves would disappear as a result.' Tails completed and after a silence, asked, 'Will this object cause Amy any harm once we start working on it?'
Sonic and Knuckles looked up anxiously.
Silver was silent for a while before he spoke, 'No…I don't think so guys. All we have to do is just decipher the code, find a way to deactivate it, and then safely take it out from Amy.'
'And you brought Amy here as well because…?' Sonic asked as he looked at Blaze.
'Because the object is till ripe. We can easily deactivate it now with no problem.' She replied.
'Okay…so I guess I know what we're supposed to do.' Knuckles concluded for them all as he sat back on the sofa. 'But what if we can't decipher this thing?'
'That's out of the question Knuckles. Once you see it, you'll have some idea or the other. Besides, I'm sure you guys must have deciphered plenty of codes of this type, so no worries!' Silver nodded.
'I would like to see Amy now though.' Sonic said and stood up.
Blaze smiled slightly and stood up as well, 'Yes Sonic, you guys may see her, it's about time.'
Sonic nodded and looked at Silver.
'I'll stay here. I have to contact Shadow and Rouge and ask them to return.' He then added hesitatingly, 'I'll see you soon Sonic.'
He's definitely hiding something!
Sonic was about to ask when Blaze interrupted his thoughts, 'Sonic, aren't you coming?' she was at the door with Tails and Knuckles.
He quickly nodded and walked towards them.
Just hang in there Ames. We're coming for ya!