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"Is that it?" Eddy asked.
"Yep, Robotnik's head quarters." Shelby said.
The oval shaped building seemed to be in the shape of the doctor's uniform only completely dark.
"How do we break into that place?" Ed asked.
"Might I suggest the air vents?" Eddy asked.
"That'll do." Shelby said.
"Do you know what kind of bacteria live in those things?" Double D asked.
"Double D, at this point it's our only way in." Eddy said.
"But what about the babies?" Double D asked.
Once h said that, Sonic popped his head out of the backpack on his back and giggled. Sonia did the same from Eddy's backpack, only hugging him around the neck. Manic looked out of Ed's backpack and giggled loudly, causing Ed to go on about how cute he was. Shadow peeked out of Shelby but didn't giggle.
"Get back in there." Shelby said, gently pushing Shadow back in and the Eds followed.
"Where's the best place to start looking for a way in?" Eddy asked.
"Oh, I see one!" Ed cried.
They looked to see him pointing to the main entrance.
"No." The other three said.
"What do we do?" Double D asked.
"I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin'." Eddy said.
"Can I think?" Ed asked.
"NO!" Double D and Eddy snapped.
"Guys, I think I see our way in!" Shelby said.
"Where?" Double D asked.
"Through that air vent, like Eddy suggested." She said, pointing to one near the ground.
"Oh dear." Double D shivered.
"C'mon." Shelby said, running ahead.
"Wait for us!" Eddy whispered before taking flight.
"Please do!" Double D agreed before becoming invisible.
"Gravy!" Ed called before following.
Inside…
"Only a few more hours until the effects become permanent and those annoying hedgehogs will be out of the way forever!" Robotnnik said.
"Of course your grace." Sleet nodded.
"Yeah but, what about those others?" Dingo asked.
"What?" Robotnik asked.
"There were others with them. They helped them escape." Dingo pointed out. "They might come for the ray and reverse the affects."
"I wonder if you would be any smarter as a mobian muskrat." Sleet wondered, pulling out a remote. He aimed it at Dingo and a ray hit him, turning him into a muskrat but it was quite clear that it was Dingo. The orange creature started running and ran straight into a wall.
"Ouch!" It cried.
"Nope." Sleet said, turning Dingo back.
Outside…
"RRRRUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHH!"
The three Eds pulled the air vent cover off its hinges amazingly easily.
"Nicely done." Shelby commented.
"I don't think we've ever done something like THIS before." Eddy said, starting to crawl into the air vent.
"Yes we did, Eddy, remember the monster movie marathon incident?" Double D asked, following suit.
"Movie was good for Ed!" Ed said, crawling after them.
"Will you guys move it?" Shelby asked, quickly crawling after them.
"How far 'til we find that ray gun?" Eddy asked.
"My guess would be that Robotnik is keeping it in his throne room, incase the Freedom Fighters tried to steal it." Double D said.
"Very well put, Double D." Shelby commented.
"A…A…A-"
"No, Ed!" Everyone placed a finger under his nose, keeping him from sneezing.
"Sorry guys, dust makes me sneeze." Ed said.
"Well we don't need any misfired fireballs." Shelby said. "Now let's move it before we're discovered."
"I'm with you." Eddy agreed.
They had crawled a little ways before-
CLANK!
"Eddy!" Double D scolded.
"What?"
"We're trying to not be discovered, not get half the building on us in the first minute." Double D said.
"Oh, right." Eddy sheepishly said.
Eddy slid out of the air vent and quickly took flight, Double D followed suit but climbed along the walls. Ed simply fell out and landed on his belly, making sure Manic wasn't hurt. Shelby was the last one out and landed on her feet.
"Okay, let's split up. We'll be able to kick more butt that way." Eddy said.
"Meet back here in thirty minutes." Double D said.
"How about thirty seconds?" Shelby asked and ran off.
"Let's move out!" Eddy said and flew off.
"Good luck, Ed." Double D said, turned invisible, and Ed just ran down the hall and disappeared around a corner.
In the throne room…
"What have you found out about those Freedom Fighters that helped those hedgehogs?" Robotnik asked Sleet.
"Well, it doesn't look good." Sleet said, throwing only a few files onto the table. "We couldn't find anything about most of them, but ones we did find out were of the yellow hedgehog, the small white one, the two tailed foxes, the black hedgehog, and the blue one."
"Anything about the others?" Robotnik asked.
"No sir, there was nothing about them anywhere we looked." Sleet said.
"That's 'cause they're not from around here."
The Kanker Sisters came in from behind Sleet. Lee continued.
"They're not even from this planet. They're from the same we're from."
"Yeah, and that includes the guys you promised we could have!" Marie said.
"Our boyfriends, the Eds!" May said.
"Hm, so that's the story." Robotnik said. "What about those you do have files on?"
"Well," Sleet started, "The yellow one is that traitor, Nova, the white hedgehog is now called Tune, the male fox is called Miles Prower but it seems the hedgehogs have nicknamed him Tails, the female is called Topaz the Foz, and it seems she can fly with her tails, and the black and red hedgehog is named Shadow."
"Hm, they're not that much of a threat." Robotnik assumed.
"Well, uh, sir?" Sleet asked, pulling at his collar. "It seems that the black and red one has a connection to you."
"So I roboticized some of his family?" Robotnik said.
"Not quite." Sleet said. "You see, it seems he originally lived with uh, your grandfather and your cousin, Maria."
Robotnik was silenced at this.
"So, my grandather's experiment was left him." Robotnik said.
"Not quite." Sleet said again. "You see, he was abandoned and your grandfather and cousin took him in at once."
Robotnik looked like he was ready to explode from that bit of information. He held it in, until,
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
In four different locations in the base…
"What was that?" Ed, Double D, Eddy and Shelby all asked at the same time.
The sudden out burst rang through out all of Robotropolis, Double D was even sure some people back on Earth could hear it, that or a rector scale did.
In the throne room…
"I think I've gone deaf!" Dingo cried, running around holding his ears.
"When I get my hands on that hedgehog, I'm going to spill everything and then he'll HAVE to work for me if he has any loyalty to my family!" Robotnik roared.
"Wouldn't it just be easier to capture him and roboticize him?" Sleet asked. "That way, he won't be able to leave."
"No." Robotnik growled.
"No, sir?' Sleet asked, slightly surprised. "Why not?"
"I discovered a weakness in the roboticizer, and one of the Freedom Fighters has discovered it." The evil dictator growled. "Because of it, my empire is in danger of losing workers. A LOT of workers."
"How so?" Sleet asked.
Robotnik grabbed him by his ear and pulled him in close. E quickly whispered it and when he was done, Sleet's eyes where the size of chili dog platters.
"Oh dear, that is bad." Sleet said.
"Yes, the problem is I don't know what they are or how to get them." Robotnik growled.
"Don't worry sir, we'll find those, uh, what did you say they are?" Sleet asked.
"I have no idea! There was no data on them!" Robotnik yelled.
If only Robotnik knew that Double D was right above him, then maybe he wouldn't have yelled so loudly.
"Looks like I have some things to look into." Double D told Sonic. "But first, let's find that ray gun."
"LIFE FORM DETECTED!"
Double D gasped slightly. A SWATbot had spotted him! He should have known they would have heat sensors.
"Hang on Sonic!" Double D warned and started crawling like mad across the ceiling.
"Don't let him escape! He'll tell the resistance!" Robotnik roared.
'Oh, if I'm having this much trouble, I can only imagine what the others are going through.' Double D thought.
With Eddy…
"YAHOO!"
Eddy was playing chicken with the SWATbots and their lasers.
"You've got nothin'!" Eddy taunted
"WAAHHH!"
Eddy nearly got hit when he heard that cry. He had forgotten that Sonia was in his backpack. He couldn't take risks.
"I'll deal with you later." Eddy growled to the SWATbots and took off.
He flew a ways until he came to a halt. There was a laser wall ahead, if he wanted to continue, he'd have to disable it.
"I hope I can do this." Eddy mumbled.
He carefully opened what seemed to be the controls and looked in. In a heartbeat, a smile came to his face. He recognized this wiring and could undo it without much trouble.
"All I have to do is unplug the server and green wire and it should go down." Eddy told himself.
After doing so, the lasers went out.
"YES!" Eddy cried. "Hang on Sonia!"
As Eddy flew on, one thing came to his mind, considering the person who taught him how to do what he just did: How did his brother know how to deactivate Robotnik's laser wall?
With Ed…
"PERPARE TO MEET YOUR MAKER!"
The SWATbot turned around. The last thing it saw was rows of crocodile teeth. Ed tore the head of the SWATbot from its body and spat it out. He was starting to LOVE being a crocodile.
"Let us hurry Manic!" Ed said.
"Goo." Manic replied.
Ed went on a ways before running into a dead end, literally. He was just lucky Manic wasn't hurt in anyway.
"Uh oh, what do we do now?" Ed asked.
Manic just made a few baby noises before,
"A-A-AH-AH-ACHOO!"
Ed sneezed again. A fireball was shot from his mouth at once, hitting the wall. The fire burned straight through it, making a gaping hole!
"Now why didn't we think of that before?" Ed asked.
Manic giggled slightly and Ed went through the hole, continuing his search.
With Shelby…
"Hush little one." She quietly said.
Shadow remained quiet as a group of SWATbots passed by. She allowed the tiny baby to suck on her finger, he couldn't cry and suck at the same time. This would be so much easier if he was asleep.
"Wait, asleep…"
An idea came to Shelby but it was risky.
"I hope this works." She whispered and began singing.
Shelby: "Hush now, my baby, be still now
Don't cry.
Sleep like your rocked, by a stream
Sleep and remember, my lullaby, and I'll be with you, when you dream.
Drift on a river that flows through my arms.
Drift, as I'm singing to you.
I see you smiling, so peaceful and calm and holding you I'm smiling too.
Here in my arms, safe from all harm, holding you I'm smiling too.
Hush now, my baby, be still now.
Don't cry.
Sleep like your rocked, by a stream.
Sleep and remember, this river lullaby, and I'll be with you when you dream.
Here in my arms, safe from all harm, holding you I'm smiling too.
Sleep and remember, this river lullaby, and I'll be with you when you dream.
Sleep and remember, this river lullaby, and I'll be with you when you dream.
I'll be with you, when you dream."
Shadow slowly closed his eye and fell asleep.
"Sleep well, little one." Shelby said, slipped him back into her backpack, and continued on.
In three different locations of the base…
"What was that?" The three boys asked.
They had heard this strange lullaby floating in the air and it had lulled the babies to sleep. What was going on around here?
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Okay, I know this isn't my best chapter but I'm still trying. R&R please.
