On the tray next to the cyborg rabbit, they dropped the young male sea lion. He groaned and tried to turn onto his side, but the combots pushed him onto his back. His eyelids opened to slits.
"Combots," he whispered. His vision wandered aimlessly over the world before him. "S-stay away…get back, little…s-stay away…get back…"
His head fell back, his eyes closed once again.
The garden gate ripped off of its hinges with a crack.
Rotor let out a sharp bark and stood up as the gate exploded open. Zoey gasped and scrambled in front of Lizzie and Cordelia, hiding them with her tail. The younger girls screamed and Crème grabbed Rotor's arm.
Rotor watched as the combots began to march through the gates.
Combots. Three-legged monsters with gleaming metal thoraxes and thick limbs and blaster cannons. He'd never wanted to see them again.
"What do you want?" Zoey asked, her eyes flashing, "You can't just break in here-!"
The nearest combot pointed his blaster cannon at her. She let out a gasp and the little girls started screaming.
"Everyone, to the front lawn, line up. Everyone, to the front, line up," the combots echoed.
"Yessir, yessir-" Zoey grabbed the girls' hands, spun around and began to run towards the front lawn of the school. The combot's metal hand gripped Rotor's shoulder and pushed him. The sea lion started to walk, keeping his head down.
A small hand pushed into his. Rotor looked down into Crème's scared brown eyes.
"Mr. Rotor-?" Crème whispered.
Rotor stared down at her.
Up ahead the rest of the girls were marched out of the gate and out of sight.
Rotor squeezed Crème's hand as he walked. He slowed, letting as many combots march ahead to the main lawn as possible. He waited until only two combots were next to them.
They walked right past the side entrance to the school—the side entrance that led into the cellar and the hidden door to the Underground.
-Rotor lunged to the side, throwing all his weight into the first combot. He grunted, snatched up Crème and dashed to the side door.
"Get to your home, a-and-and stay there until Sonic comes to find you!" Rotor ordered.
"Mr. Rotor, but-!" Crème started.
She didn't have a chance to finish. Rotor yanked open the side door, thrust her inside and slammed it shut in her face. Just as blaster shots rang out and exploded into the wall.
Rotor sagged to his knees with a cry, leaning against the door and holding it shut. Blood began to ooze from burns across the back of his legs. He swiveled about on his hip, grabbing the first thing that came to hand—a garden stone. He hurled it at the second combot who had fired on him and the force from the blow sent the monster flying back.
But the first combot had picked itself up. He levelled the blaster at Rotor.
"'Sonic.' You are affiliated with the hedgehog."
Rotor jumped up and charged, running point blank at the combot—
The combot stepped forward to shoot—
—but not before a spinning, massive, pink piko hammer hurtled through the air and took off the combot's head.
The garden gate ripped off of its hinges with a crack.
Rotor let out a sharp bark and stood up as the gate exploded open. Zoey gasped and scrambled in front of Lizzie and Cordelia, hiding them with her tail. The younger girls screamed and Crème grabbed Rotor's arm.
Rotor watched as the combots began to march through the gates.
Combots. Three-legged monsters with gleaming metal thoraxes and thick limbs and blaster cannons. He'd never wanted to see them again.
"What do you want?" Zoey asked, her eyes flashing, "You can't just break in here-!"
The nearest combot pointed his blaster cannon at her. She let out a gasp and the little girls started screaming.
"Everyone, to the front lawn, line up. Everyone, to the front, line up," the combots echoed.
"Yessir, yessir-" Zoey grabbed the girls' hands, spun around and began to run towards the front lawn of the school. The combot's metal hand gripped Rotor's shoulder and pushed him. The sea lion started to walk, keeping his head down.
A small hand pushed into his. Rotor looked down into Crème's scared brown eyes.
"Mr. Rotor-?" Crème whispered.
Rotor stared down at her.
Up ahead the rest of the girls were marched out of the gate and out of sight.
Rotor squeezed Crème's hand as he walked. He slowed, letting as many combots march ahead to the main lawn as possible. He waited until only two combots were next to them.
They walked right past the side entrance to the school—the side entrance that led into the cellar and the hidden door to the Underground.
-Rotor lunged to the side, throwing all his weight into the first combot. He grunted, snatched up Crème and dashed to the side door.
"Get to your home, a-and-and stay there until Sonic comes to find you!" Rotor ordered.
"Mr. Rotor, but-!" Crème started.
She didn't have a chance to finish. Rotor yanked open the side door, thrust her inside and slammed it shut in her face. Just as blaster shots rang out and exploded into the wall.
Rotor sagged to his knees with a cry, leaning against the door and holding it shut. Blood began to ooze from burns across the back of his legs. He swiveled about on his hip, grabbing the first thing that came to hand—a garden stone. He hurled it at the second combot who had fired on him and the force from the blow sent the monster flying back.
But the first combot had picked itself up. He levelled the blaster at Rotor.
"'Sonic.' You are affiliated with the hedgehog."
Rotor jumped up and charged, running point blank at the combot—
The combot stepped forward to shoot—
—but not before a spinning, massive, pink piko hammer hurtled through the air and took off the combot's head.
"HyeeeeYAAAH!"
Amy Rose catapulted over the garden wall, leaping for all she was worth. She threw the hammer.
"Leave Knuckleswhat'shisface alone!"
Her hammer struck the "head" off its shoulders. Amy Rose hit the grass in a spiky pink ball and unrolled into a crouch.
Before the hammer could collide into the opposite wall, Amy's wrist bangles flashed and the hammer blinked out of sight, and back in her hand. She charged across the lawn and swung it into the combot with a roar. It shot back from the blow, still stunned from the first attack, and tumbled into a tree, its chest smashed in.
She spun to the second combot, the one Rotor had pushed. The sea lion was trying to wrestle it to the ground and keep its blaster arm away from his face.
With a yelp, Amy swung the hammer down onto the combot's head. The whole metal structure crushed in on itself like a pop can and cracked with a whine.
Rotor looked up at her, his eyes wide with shock.
Amy Rose gasped for breath. She stood feet apart, shaking and clasping her hammer. Tearstains still showed on her face, but she grinned.
"Oh how wonderful to smash things when one has been rejected by her true love," she hissed with a sigh.
Bunnie came charging towards them from around the corner, dragging the remains of a combot with her metal hand. She'd torn the blaster arm off and the minute she caught sight of Rotor, she handed it to him.
"Ah thought Ah'd let ya take the introductions, Amy Rose," Bunnie said. "You know how combots are, social types. If ya attack one, they send signals t'every other fellah in the area. Sometimes they even send signals to Robotnik himself, so we better run-"
"T-To the tunnel?" Rotor blurted.
A series of blasts rang out as combots rounded the corner.
The door archway exploded overhead. The Mobians yelled and covered their heads-stones and dust flew down over them. Amy Rose's scream rang out.
"Perpetrator found." The automated voices began to chorus.
Rotor sat up in the dust, pushing off the length of stone that had fallen on him. Next to him, Amy Rose stared up at the sky, blood beginning to drip from her brow.
"Oh no," she whispered. "So many explosions…oh no…no..." Her eyes looked distant and dim. She shook her head. "Bunnie—the explosions are coming soon!"
"What are you jabberin' about, sweetheart?" Bunnie screamed, and with a single thrust, she hefted up one of the stones from the ruined doorway and hurled it into the nearest combot.
In return, a blast exploded and hit her shoulder. She fell back with a cry.
Amy Rose looked up, her green eyes flashing.
Over the roof of the school, across the sky, she saw them blaze...thousands of fiery shooting stars, ready to destroy them all.
The missiles screamed.
"Get down, everyone!"
The school wall exploded. Smoke and gas filled the air.
"HyeeeeYAAAH!"
Amy Rose's catapulted over the garden wall, leaping for all she was worth. She threw the hammer.
"Leave Knuckleswhat'shisface alone!"
Her hammer struck the "head" off its shoulders. Amy Rose hit the grass in a spiky pink ball and unrolled into a crouch.
Before the hammer could collide into the opposite wall, Amy's wrist bangles flashed and the hammer blinked out of sight, and back in her hand. She charged across the lawn and swung it into the combot with a roar. It shot back from the blow, still stunned from the first attack, and tumbled into a tree, its chest smashed in.
She spun to the second combot, the one Rotor had pushed. The sea lion was trying to wrestle it to the ground and keep its blaster arm away from his face.
With a yelp, Amy swung the hammer down onto the combot's head. The whole metal structure crushed in on itself like a pop can and cracked with a whine.
Rotor looked up at her, his eyes wide with shock.
Amy Rose gasped for breath. She stood feet apart, shaking and clasping her hammer. Tearstains still showed on her face, but she grinned.
"Oh how wonderful to smash things when one has been rejected by her true love," she hissed with a sigh.
Bunnie came charging towards them from around the corner, dragging the remains of a combot with her metal hand. She'd torn the blaster arm off and the minute she caught sight of Rotor, she handed it to him.
"Ah thought Ah'd let ya take the introductions, Amy Rose," Bunnie said. "You know how combots are, social types. If ya attack one, they send signals t'every other fellah in the area. Sometimes they even send signals to Robotnik himself, so we better run-"
"T-To the tunnel?" Rotor blurted.
A series of blasts rang out as combots rounded the corner.
The door archway exploded overhead. The Mobians yelled and covered their heads-stones and dust flew down over them. Amy Rose's scream rang out.
"Perpetrator found." The automated voices began to chorus.
Rotor sat up in the dust, pushing off the length of stone that had fallen on him. Next to him, Amy Rose stared up at the sky, blood beginning to drip from her brow.
"Oh no," she whispered. "So many explosions…oh no…no..." Her eyes looked distant and dim. She shook her head. "Bunnie—the explosions are coming soon!"
"What are you jabberin' about, sweetheart?" Bunnie screamed, and with a single thrust, she hefted up one of the stones from the ruined doorway and hurled it into the nearest combot.
In return, a blast exploded and hit her shoulder. She fell back with a cry.
Amy Rose looked up, her green eyes flashing.
Over the roof of the school, across the sky, she saw them blaze...thousands of fiery shooting stars, ready to destroy them all.
The missiles screamed.
"Get down, everyone!"
The school wall exploded. Smoke and gas filled the air.
Hello, ya'll! So, I did NaNoWriMo last month for the first time ever! It was fantastic, but it kept me from uploading for awhile. Glad to be back. Happy December and Merry Christmas!
Constance
