Chapter 29 Fortress Break in part 1
"A detective, like me!" Vector said with a bow. Charmy flew around cheering while Espio just clapped slowly. Sonic and Tails were confused, but ended up just going with it.
"So how did you find Eggman's base, Vector?" Tails asked. Vector grinned, "I know it's easy to assume that the detective Vector would be the one to have found out, but it was actually Espio who spotted an eggman ship heading here. We then grabbed a boat and made our way over there, Char-"
"Wait a second, you just grabbed a boat? What boat?" Tails interrupted. "Hey! Don't interrupt me when I'm talking about our detective adventures" Vector quickly coughed and continued, "As I was saying, Charmy stayed to tell Silver and Blaze before coming over to meet with us. So here we are." Vector finished.
With that out of the way, they reviewed their plan of attack. Sadly, the chaotix had some other 'business' to attend to, and couldn't join them. Vector and Espio made their way to the boat, with Silver behind them. "Are you sure you guys can't help. We're a little short on numbers and this place is massive. We could really use your help" Silver said, trying to persuade them to stay.
"I know our expertise are greatly sought after, but detective duty calls." Vector said before he left with the others. Silver walked back over to the others.
"Well, I guess we have no reinforcements" Silver said, disappointed. Tails shrugged, "Maybe it's for the best. Apart from Espio, they wouldn't be much of a help. Not that Vector and Charmy are weak or anything, but they're not exactly..." Tails trailed off.
"Stealthy" Sonic said.
"Quiet" Blaze said.
Tails nodded, "Yeah, those things. Okay guys, hands in!" Tails said putting his hand in front of him. There was an awkward silence as no one put their hand in. Tails' smile faded. He took his hand back. "Come on guys! This is a team effort, and this is a big mission. Who's with me!" Tails again put his hand out. This time, Silver put his hand in. "For peace!". Tails smiled and looked at the other two.
Sonic and Blaze exchanged a glance, before putting their hands in as well. They all put their hands in the air and then broke apart. They wished each other good luck and went their different ways. Silver and Blaze made their way towards the front of the fortress, while Sonic and Tails quickly made their way around the back, while keeping hidden among the trees. Silver floated through the air with Blaze sprinted through the forest. As they got closer, they spotted a ton of robots on patrol. Sticking to the plan, Blaze jumped out and shot a couple of fire balls at the robots. Silver landed on a branch and levitated two of the robots and smashed them against each other, destroying both of them. Silver and Blaze looked up at the sound of an alarm. The front entrance opened and robots began pouring out. Two of them were big bulky ones with shields with an Eggman crest on their chest.
"Intruder alert! You lot come with me!" Commander two spoke, pointing to a bunch of smaller robots. Commander three proceeded to take another bunch. Another robot then emerged from the entrance. It also had a shield, but with a huge rocket cannon on top. All three of them had heavy armour, but number one had the strongest
" The Rest of you, come with me!" Commander one ordered. They spread out into the forest, with the intention of leaving no room for the enemy to sneak around them. Little did they know, Sonic and Tails were hiding behind a tree at the back, listening to the loud sound of the robots moving. Tails listened for a bit longer before the sound was fading.
"Well, we could hear them from all the way back here, so I'd say that the coast is clear enough for us to sneak in the back" Sonic nodded in agreement. Tails walked up to the gigantic wall. "Now how do we get in the back without setting off an alarm? Tails said, more to himself then to Sonic. They both began thinking. "There's no way to get through that wall without setting off some kind of alarm, and we cant break through the door either" Tails thought.
"I have an idea. When I break through the wall, you quickly find the vent system on the ceiling. When the robots come, they'll think it's just me and you'll be able to sneak around like a ghost. As a bonus, seeing me will give Eggman the shivers" Sonic said with a smirk. Tails thought about it for a moment. "That's... actually a great plan. Lets do it!"
Sonic went into a ball and began charging up. He then launched himself at the wall and smashed straight through. As expected, light went off in the room and cameras started popping up and locking onto Sonic. Sonic dodged multiply lasers from the cameras. He jumped up and punched one. He then used the walls to spring himself to the next camera, until he smashed through the last one. Before reinforcements arrived, Tails flew through the broken wall and went into the air vent. Sonic ran to the next room, only to be met with robots. Sonic smirked before dashing towards them...
Eggman sat at the top floor with an annoyed look. He looked into the camaras off the spy bots and saw that Silver and Blaze were still dealing with Commander two's group. "Errr, have commander one and three found the others yet" Eggman growled in frustration. "No sir, but Sonic has been spotted on the ground floor in room 26." One of the robots responded. Eggman froze. He didn't move for a couple of seconds before slowly turning his head to the robot.
"What did you say!?" Eggman said in a stunned voice. "Sonic has been spotted on the ground floor in room 26." The robot repeated. Eggman's whole body suddenly felt very weak. He stumbled while getting off the chair. He fell to his knees. He started breathing heavily, his hands shaking against the floor. He rose slowly, using the table as a support. He glared into the monitor. "Catch the fiend who dares to paint himself in the blue rodents colour." The robot nodded and sent more robots to Sonic's location. "I know that's not him, it can't be, it just can't!" Eggman said, trying to reassure himself, but failing. Even though all cameras were now broken, he had seen Sonic in action and there was only one other rodent who moved close to that, and he was currently on the second floor and under his control.
Eggman slammed his fist down on the table. "First that prick Scourge gets here and tries to get the master emerald, and now them. Luckily, Scourge got the fake, and thankfully this place his been upgraded since last time." Eggman thought.
Blaze shot a steam of fire at Commander two, but it was blocked by his shield. Commander two shot a laser beam at Blaze. She dodged out of the way and started running around the robot, shooting fire at him as she did. The robot tried to follow her with it's shield, but she was much faster then him. Commander two's body started to heat up, making his armour weaker. Blaze stopped and shot a fire ball at Commander two as a distraction, letting her run around him with ease. She went over to Silver.
Silver was busy cleaning up the flying bots by smashing them into each other. Silver floated down to Blaze. "How's it going with the big guy?" He asked. Blaze put her hands on her knees and sighed. "I used up a lot of energy dealing with that annoying shield, but now I think I have his mid body damaged enough. Any ideas on finishing him?" Blaze asked. They then heard load stomping. They both turned around to see the big robot trudging towards them.
"How about I smash his sides with two tree trunks, then you slice him with you fire spin." Silver said. "Sounds good." Blaze took a couple of steps. Silver grabbed the two trees beside him with his psychokinesis, ripping them out of the ground. Commander two ran up to Silver and attempted to step on him. Silver moved out of the way and flew up over him. Silver quickly positioned the trees to the sides of the robot. Commander two aimed his hand at Silver. Before it could shoot, two large tree trunks were slammed into it's sides. The robot looked down to see his body was a third of its width and had sparks coming out of it.
"NOW BLAZE"! Silver shouted. Blaze put her arms out straight and started spinning. Once she had picked up enough speed, her body lit up and she charged at the robot standing a few feet away. The robot quickly looked up to see a spinning flame coming right for him. Before he could slam his shield down in front of him, Blaze had slipped underneath it. With nothing left in her way, she hit the robots core and began slicing through it. She continued until she had ripped the robots chest completely open. She spun out the other side and she quickly ran, knowing what was going to happen.
""Impossible!" Commander two shouted before turning around and shooting a rocket at Blaze. Blaze jumped over it. The robot was about to fire another one, but just then, his core exploded, blowing the entire robot into a million tiny pieces. Blaze and Silver ducked to avoid the impact of the blast. Silver flew over to Blaze.
"Nicely done Blaze!" Silver said with a grin. Blaze smiled. "Thanks, but I needed your set up for it to work. So I think you deserve half the credit." Silver put his fist out. Blaze rolled her eyes, putting her fist out and gently hitting it against Silver's.
"Sir, bad news. Commander Two had been destroyed."
