Chapter 28
I quickly sit up, my head throbbing... maybe one of these days I won't be struck in the back of the head. I look at my surroundings I was in a small room with a bed and a small bathroom attached... smaller then the room on the Zarkon ship but still nicer than a prison cell. I walk up to the door, it has no window or handle, I look at the other walls there were some lights but absolutely no windows. no way out unless I transform and I have no idea if my Chaos Emerald will recharge if I run into problems. I'll wait this out for a while until I desperately need to get out of here. the door bursts open and two Swatbots stand in front of me pointing their guns.
"Um... I surrender?" I said,
"Hold out your hands," one of them said, I slowly hold out my hands half afraid the robot was either going to chop my hands off, or shoot me. but all he does is place giant heavy handcuffs on my wrists,
"Follow," the other robot said as they lead me out of the room, one in front of me and the other behind with its gun pressed against my back, I'm back to feeling like a prisoner. Half of me wished I was back to being Spira's prisoner...
We enter a room covered in mechanics, with a large table in the middle, the table begins to move facing us,
"I'm not liking where this is going..." I said as the Swatbot holding the gun to my back pushes me forward. they turn me around and remove my handcuffs then push me back against the table where thick metal straps wrap around my wrists and ankles. the table then lifts me up and lays back down, "If this thing starts spinning I will puke on all of you." I said
"Still enough energy to make jokes I see," Eggman said walking into the room,
"I always have enough energy for jokes, it's like you don't know me at all." I smirked,
"Oh but in a way I don't know you do I?" He said, "And I have to say seeing you in this form is rather... unusual." he said
"What, does me being a girl cause a problem?" I asked
"On the contrary this works better in my favor, especially since the rest of your team is also young girls." he said as I glare, "Speaking of which I would love to know your friends names,"
"Oh, that's an easy one their names are Tails, Cream, Blaze and Shadow... but you already knew that." I said as he looks at me not amused,
"I'll get the information from you eventually, we have all the time in the world." he said walking over to a small table to the right of me, "Now," he turns around showing a large syringe in his hand, "Try not to move around too much," he said
"Oh no, you stay away from me with that, Ow!" He stabs the needle into my shoulder and draws out some blood, he pulls out the needle and wipes my shoulder,
"Incredible, even this far away from the Master Emerald and you still have your regenerative powers." he said. How far were we? I wanted to ask but I knew I wouldn't get an answer. The table moves back up, "That is all for now, take her back to her cell." he said as the metal straps release me, and both swat bots point their guns at me,
"Hands out," One said and they put the heavy cuffs on my wrists again, and we head back to my cell. The hallways were brightly light but there were still no windows, which means we're probably somewhere underground, and deep underground with Eggman's remark about being so far away from the Master Emerald. How did he know about the Master Emerald? and if he knows about that does he know about the Chaos Emeralds?
"Enter," The robot said as they remove my cuffs and push me into the cell. I begin looking around the room again and look more thoroughly for a means of escape, there seemed to be two ceiling panels I could easily climb into but I won't be able to reach it as Saya... Man I really shouldn't talk about myself in third person, I miss my friends.
The door swings open taking me by surprise as the robot hands me a glass then slams the door closed. I wasn't expecting that, I look at the contents of the cup, it looks like a green smoothie. I stick my nose over the top to see how bad it was and it smelt like basil and strawberries. Half of me says it's poisoned but then I remember what Spira said about how it would be silly to capture me just to poison me. I decide to taste a little bit, it doesn't taste that bad pretty much like the basil and strawberries but I bet this is similar to a protein shake. I guess this is what I'll be living off of until I get out of here...
A few hour pass at least I think it's a few, and all I can think to do is pace around my room. I was starting to get antsy, why would Eggman go through all this trouble? Our rivalry has gone on for a long time so why wouldn't he just kill me? And Why align with the Zarkon if he was going to betray them? I stop pacing as I just realize what I had Forgotten, Spira! She's been captured as well... Or worse. I can't wait around any longer, now that I know I have a small means of escape I should use it now before Eggman has a chance to legionize me or... robotisize me. I shake my head at the thought.
"Alright, The seven servers are the seven chaos, chaos is power, power enriched by the heart, the heart is the controller, the controller serves to unify the chaos, Chaos Control!" I Transform into Sonic and don't waste any time jumping up into the ceiling panel and begin crawling through the air duct. It's a lot smaller in here then what you see in the movies, but I figured that. I slowly crawl down until it was hard to see, I find a gated opening and look to see if there were any Swatbots in the vicinity.
I don't hear or see anything but I cautiously take my time opening the gate to not make much sound, as much as I want to get out of here as soon as possible, I have no idea how far I am or how long my Chaos Emerald will last. Besides, I need to try and find Spira, I might need her help getting out of here. I jump down and slowly walk around, all of these hallways look the same. I open every door I come across that isn't locked, and the ones that are locked I peer through the window. Every room was either empty or full of mechanics that were building robots.
"C'mon Spira, where are you?" I whispered as I get to a large locked door, I peer through a small window and Spira was inside. Now all I had to do was get her out of there and we could escape, but I have to be quick the alarms will probably go off any second. I pull the box off the lock panel, I wish Tails was here to do this I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. I look for a red wire and quickly rip it out, I hear a clink and the door opens,
"Spira? hey you okay?" I ask, she sits up looking dizzy,
"Sonic?" She said
"Yeah, c'mon get up we're getting out a here." I said helping her to her feet,
"How did you escape?" she asked,
"I'm Sonic remember? Can you stand?" I asked as she nods and I let go,
"Thank you," she said,
"Thank me after we get out of here in one piece," I said as the alarms begin to sound, "I was actually expecting for that to go off a long time ago," I said as we run out, a group of Swatbots run towards us, "This way!" I yell as I grab her wrist and we begin running,
"Where are we going?" She asked,
"Not sure, just away from here," I said,
"We must be underground somewhere, there are no windows," Spira said
"Yeah, I came to the same conclusion, which means when we see light we'll find an exit." I said, as we run down the next corridor. A Swatbot stops us and I jump up and spin dash right through it and it falls to the ground, "We gotta keep moving," I said, and we continue our way through the maze we seem to be in, I take a look at my bracelet and the light was fading.
"Sonic, there's light ahead!" Spira said, as I look up and she was right, this next corner should show us an exit. We turn the corner but what we saw wasn't a way out.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me." I said, staring out the large window, just seeing outside made our predicament even worse. We weren't in an underground base, we're in an underwater base.
"What in the world," Spira said,
"Underwater Base, Really?" I yelled as I feel a metal hand grasp my arm, I look over and Spira is holding onto me, "Uh, what are you doing?"
"I... Have no control of my arm," She said, as we hear Swatbots coming from both directions,
"This is a bad time for your arm to go haywire," I said as my transformation ends, "Wow, I must have the worst luck in the world."
"Oh ho, ho! Did you really think you'd escape that easily?" Eggman said, walking up
"I was hoping to never hear that laugh again," I said, still trying to struggle,
"You best get used to it my dear because you're stuck," Eggman said as Spira's mechanical hand finally lets go, as a Swatbot grabs my shoulders, "This should prevent you from trying to escape again,"
"What are you?" Spira kneels down and strikes my shin, I could hear a loud crack as my body is filled with overwhelming pain, I hold back my Screams and tears trying not to think about the pain.
"I am so sorry Sonic," Spira said, "I'm not in control..." Spira had a pained look,
"It's not your fault, He made that arm..." I said, the pain was starting to make me feel numb.
"Now if you behave, I won't have to break your other leg. Take them back to their cells."
