Eggman kidnapped the toddlers and now the Chaotix have to rescue them. Tails is here with another emerald he got while Eggman was doing this.
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Chapter 11
"Espio… wake up Espio."
Espio slowly opened his eyes and saw Vector looking worriedly at him.
"I'm okay Vector; it just stings a little bit. Being electrocuted isn't fun," Espio reassured Vector.
Espio looked around and saw that they were in Tails' house.
"How did we get here?" He asked, puzzled.
"Tails was flying over in his plane while we were unconscious and brought us over here. We woke up shortly before you did," Vector explained.
"And… what are we going to do about Eggman?" Espio asked him.
"I don't know. Let's meet with Tails and figure it out," Vector told him.
Vector, Espio, Charmy, and Tails all sat around at a table in his kitchen.
"So Eggman has a new, giant robot and Metal Sonic's back, and he used them to kidnap Sonic and the others," Vector explained to Tails.
"We need Sonic and the others to defeat Eggman. But we need the chaos emeralds to turn them back into their old selves, and in total we have…"Tails said, and then trailed off.
"I got one from Knuckles," Espio told him.
"Tikal gave me one," Vector said.
"I found one!" Charmy answered excitedly.
"I got one from Eggman's old base, one in a forest just before I found you guys, and one from G.U.N… wait… G.U.N!" Tails said suddenly and quickly went down to his basement. He then came up with a communicator device on his wrist.
"Commander, Commander, can you read me?" Tails asked into it.
The device made some static noises, but then it slowly started to clear up.
"I read you loud and clear. What's the problem?" it was the Commander's voice.
"Did you say that you knew where Eggman's new base was?" Tails asked into it.
"Yes, but I told you only-"
"When the situation demands it," Tails finished for him, "but Eggman just kidnapped Sonic and the rest of the toddlers."
"Oh, well in that case I'll send its coordinates to you immediately. But I have to warn you; it seems that he's put up a shield around it by harnessing the power of one of the chaos emeralds."
"That's good, sir, because that's the last one we need," Tails said.
"And the Chaotix are here to help rescue them," Vector added.
"Well then, you should be able to do so. Over and out," the Commander said.
Tails turned the communicator off then he looked at Vector who looked at Espio and Charmy who was also looking at him.
"Let's go save our friends," he told them.
When they got to Eggman's base, they headed in three different directions. Charmy flew high above searching for the chaos emerald so he could take down the shield. Espio was to sneak into the control room to deactivate the cameras so Vector and Tails could free the toddlers.
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Charmy flew above Eggman's base, just below the lasers. The lasers moved side to side and up, but never down. So Charmy flew just under their radar. Only a few inches under him was the top of the red shield around the base. If he were to touch the shield or get hit by a laser, not only would he get hurt, but it would also send a signal to Eggman that they were there. Finally, he found the red chaos emerald and, slowly but carefully, removed it. Then, quieter that was thought possible of him, he flew off their meeting point.
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Espio was standing outside Eggman's base, invisible, when the red shield around it flickered and disappeared. Good work Charmy, he thought as he moved stealthily through the halls and towards the control room while avoiding any traps, lasers, or robots. Finally he got to his destination.
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Vector and Tails waited at the opposite side of the base that Espio entered. They saw the shield go up, but they stayed put until they got a call from Espio. They had brought the walky-talkies Vector had bought at the mall a few days back.
"Vector, it's Espio. I'm at the control room. I just deactivated the camera sensors, but you only have ten minutes before it turns back on," Espio called from his walky-talky.
"Got it and do you know how to get to where the toddlers are being held from where we are?" Vector asked him.
"Yes, hold on. Okay, they're being held on the second floor. Go to the third door to the right until you get to a fork. Take the left path, and you should see some stairs. Once you get up to the second floor, the toddlers are on the second hall to the right with a blue E on the door. I'll meet you guys outside," Espio directed them.
"Thanks Espio," Vector told him, then he and Tails did as Espio instructed them and got to the door with the toddlers. When they opened the door they found the toddlers in a circular play pen behind a smaller, light blue force field. When they saw Vector and Tails, they jumped up and hurried over to the edge closest to them.
"Hey, is everyone all right?" Vector asked them.
"Yes," they all answered as Tails took down the force field.
"Is da meanie ere?" Sonic asked with big, worried eyes.
Some of the toddlers were either sniffling or hugging each other. Shadow had a frown with a serious look in his eyes. As soon as Tails opened the play pen, however, he ran over to Vector and clung to his leg.
"Me taut you all go bye-bye," Shadow spoke softly, his eyes close to tears.
"It'll be okay, Shadow. It's all right. And no, Eggman isn't here, but we have to hurry," Vector said while getting Shadow to let go and not cry.
Then he turned to the rest of the toddlers.
"Come on everyone, let's get out of here."
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Espio and Charmy waited behind some boxes just outside Eggman's base.
"Hey Espio, are they here yet?" Charmy whispered.
"No, not yet. And they only have a few minutes," Espio said quietly.
"Don't worry, they'll be here!" Charmy happily said.
Espio smiled at that remark. Charmy's always excitable and noisy, which often times was just plain irritating, but at times such as this when a lot was on the line, it helped calm his nerves. He could always count on Charmy, whether he's being encouraging or just plain silly. Espio never told anyone, but just like Sonic's relationship with Tails, Charmy felt like a little brother to him. One that has to be kept an eye on. But now he had to stay focused to see any sigh of Vector, Tails, and the toddlers. Finally, he caught sight of them and motioned for them to come over to where he and Charmy was. Then Charmy, Espio, and Vector gave Tails the rest of the chaos emeralds, and Tails proceeded to finish making the antidote.
"This will set things back to normal."
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Eggman was sitting inside his giant robot (he had failed to give it a name yet) when he got a signal on his computer screen about some kind of threat. He looked over at his computer monitor, then he looked out his robot's eyes and his own eyes opened wide at what he saw. He couldn't believe it! How is this possible? He thought.
"What's up, Eggman. Are you ready for another defeat?"
That last voice is one I have already said and used many times. It's someone everyone should know. This is leading up to what's going to happen in the next chapter.