Hi everybody! It´s me again. If you want to know where the heck I was, I only will say: Coronavirus… yep, the tiny bastard turned everything upside down right here. Many crazies were buying toilet paper and supplies for months (even when the government said the markets will work as usual), everything got out of control, we even had almost two-week period without electricity in various sectors (I don´t know who´s is the idiot who cut the light when there´s a crisis), anyway, this time, the time it took for the chapter to update is not my fault, I guarantee that the chapter was going to be uploaded on March 7, more since that day, until yesterday at 10 at night, there was a horrible intermittent light. In a word: Chaos ... that was finally resolved. I really hope that this time everything goes right…

Well, let´s go with this chapter!

41. Inside the ship

Early in the morning, the fox´s two-seater plane, the mighty Tornado X began to fly with Tails, piloting it, and with him, Rookie and Zero. They both were a little tight in the place because their backpacks with the special gift from Leven, the air boards. The group though a wonderful idea, and that was the moment to prove it. If everything went according to plan, the resistance would have a possibility to invade the jungle immediately and quickly.

The Tornado X reached maximum height and began to get closer to the jungle, since that place, the ship over the Eggman Empire was totally visible, huge and intimidating. To destroy that colossus was necessary to go ahead with everything.

– "Hey, Rookie, Zero"– said Tails from his radio – "You have to jump now! If the Tornado X is detected by any radar, they will shoot us"

–"We got it! Thanks for the travel"– said the wolf.

– "Get ready with the others"– said the jackal.

– "We will…"– replied the fox, and then, he closed the communication.

– "Are you ready?"– Zero asked.

– "I´m ready, and you?"– Rookie asked back.

– "I´m ready, let´s kick their asses"– the jackal replied and immediately, he opened the cabin, the couple jumped out of the Tornado X, in the air, their backpacks deployed the air boards while Tails, in a wonderful demonstration of his flying skill, made the Tornado turn back to the base.

The guys reached the ship quickly, when they were over it, the plan began.

– "Rookie, the ship has many emergency exits, we need to break any one of those"– said the jackal. – "I can´t see them"

– "I think I got one… looks like a trap door"– said the wolf.

– "Let´s open it, surely it works like a ventilation duct"– replied the jackal. Immediately, the wolf shot his hook to the trap door, it opened easily. – "Let´s go Rookie!"

– "I´m behind you"– with the air boards, they guys got close to the hole in the ship, and then, they jumped in while getting the air boards back into backpacks.

As Zero though, the hole was ventilation duct, the guys were sliding down between the metallic walls until they finally reached the floor, they broke a grating and fell in a corridor that unfortunately was covered by Eggbots. When they turn the attention to the guys…

– "Oh… this is not the bathroom…"– the Eggbots turned on their alarms and immediately, the ship began a chase.

– "Run Rookie! Run!"– the jackal began to escape with the wolf behind him, and following them, many Eggbots.

– "We had to think this better!"– screamed the wolf.

– "Oh, really?!"

(Meanwhile, in the base)

Everybody was getting ready for the invasion. Many groups of people would mobilize to try to cover more territory. In the middle of the stir, Sonic went to the infirmary one last time before the attack. The infirmary looked more empty that morning, Leven did an excellent job with the wounded ones. There were fifteen persons in the beds, one of those were Amy.

He walked to her bed and stayed there for a moment. The last night Leven had problems with many of them, he worked hard for stabilize them and he did it, for that, when everything was good again, he sat down and without realizing it, he fell asleep.

– "Leven… Leven"– he whispered since Amy´s bed, tasting how awake the cat was. He got no reply from him. The hedgehog looked at the other beds, nobody had woken up, nobody able to listen. He looked to the door and was the same situation, that was a good opportunity. – "Amy, it´s me, Sonic" – he whispered to the girl now – "I just wanted to said before go out that… I´m pretty happy that you´re fine… I felt horrible when I saw you dominated by Neo, and… I thought I have lost you… Leven said that you will be fine soon. I want to stop this entire problem, so when you wake up, the world will be happy again… and I promise I´ll stay more with you, I´ll hang out with you as you wanted in your birthday, that will be awesome… just, don´t leave me… I need you…"

– "Do you want to say another thing?"– the hedgehog was interrupted by the cat, who woke up quietly, and heard every single word.

Sonic looked at him a bit shamed.

– "Ah… how much do you…"

– "Everything… I heard everything"– said Leven before to stand up and stretch for eliminate the sloth. – "You have nice feelings for her, can I know if you are her romantic interest? – Sonic had to nod more shamed, Leven smiled – "Calm down man, I won't tell this to nobody"

– "… thanks…"

– "Oh, taking advantage that you are here…" – he walked to table, and began to search something.

– "I though you wanted to talk me about love and that things that I don´t understand"– said Sonic.

– "I´m two years older than you and I don´t understand it yet, I think nobody does, people only live it and try to make it grow, but if you want a suggestion by me, I only can say, be brave or you lose, that´s the first step… oh, there they are"– Leven took something from the table and walked to the hedgehog.

– "What is that?"

– "Headphones, we have to constantly check how Rookie and Zero are going and if they`re not in problems, I will talk with them from here, and you have to talk with them in your side, right headphone contacts with Zero, left headphone with Rookie, only push the button in the headphone and they will contact with them, okay?"

– "Okay, I got it"– replied Sonic – "Tails will stay with you here?"

– "Yes, I´ll ask him for share me his laboratory, I want to work with a piece of the Phantom Ruby"– said Leven.

– "What do you want to do?"– Sonic asked with intrigue.

– "I know that Neo has a piece of the crystal, not the complete crystal, we got five pieces and we came here using three of the other five parts of the crystal, I want to work the power of the Phantom Ruby and make it work in reverse, like an annulation weapon"

–"Annulation weapon?... like something to stop the illusions?"

– "Absolutely, I´ll create many copies, with that, the carrier could be able to return to the reality and fight without problem"– replied Leven.

– "Wow, that`s such a good idea!"– replied Sonic completely excited

– "And for that I need to work it, I`m only waiting for Tails, you better go with the others, I`m pretty sure that the mission will start in few minutes"

– "You`re right… I better go back with the others… please, take care of Amy"– said Sonic before to leave the infirmary.

– "Keep calm, I`m on it"– Leven immediately go back to his affairs.

While Sonic was going with the team, he put the headphones in his ears and pushed the button in the left headphone, the connection didn`t took too much to get settle.

– "Rookie, can you hear me? It`s Sonic, everything`s okay"– he asked.

– "Not at all"– the wolf replied like whispering.

– "Hey, what`s going on right there?"

(Again in the ship)

The pursuit forced them to hide inside a room in the ship, they broke the lights and hide between narrow shelves, it was a supply warehouse.

– "The eggbots saw us and they are chasing us, we think we lost them, right now we are hidden"– replied the wolf by the handset.

– "Rookie, they are leaving…"– the jackal whispered while watching the shadows behind the door going across the corridor – "We are safe for now"

– "Sonic, we´ll start to moving to the control cabin right now… yeah, I´ll keep you informed… see you"– the wolf looked at the jackal.

– "Are you ready babe?"– the jackal asked.

– "Sure, let`s go"– they immediately came out of the room and began the way to the control cabin. – "Do you know where that cabin is?"

– "We have to move to the front of the ship, surely this corridor is a lateral one, is important to find the central corridor, it should be wider than the others"

– "Okay, let`s look for it"– the guys began to run across the corridors, crossing and taking different paths, in the way, they had to avoid many Eggbots and destroy many others too.

Even when the alerts were activated, they could cross the corridors until they found the central corridor, and with it, a new obstacle. Vic and Rena, the jackals were protecting a side of the corridor, behind them was a door, the control cabin was there.

– "Rookie, we have to cross that door"– said the jackal.

– "How we can avoid them?" – the wolf asked.

– "I know them, they are good fighters, but if you catch them unprepared, you can win"

– "Surprise attack?"

– "Yep, and I´m having an…"– the jackal immediately stops, the jackals were talking between them. The jackals in front the door were looking at the corridor, they were assigned to do that job, but as usually in the jackal squad, Rena had to fulfill her mission besides deal with Vic.

– "Damn! They think we are guard dogs or what?"– said Vic a bite angry.

– "Vic, shut up"– Rena replied – "We have to fulfill what we were commissioned"

–"Oh sure! Go to the ship that nobody can reach and look for a problem that´s surely a mechanical problem, as always!"– replied Vic angrier.

– "I know that the last days were pretty boring, but look at this, we are close to reach our objective"

– "Our objective?! Rena, this stupid objective was the reason that we "failed" in that mission for Zero, don´t you remember, the stupid boss brainwashed by the power? The complex that he was "Infinite" and I didn't need anything or anyone? I´m still thinking why we don´t leave at Neo too, is the same kind of idiot" – Zero heard that words and immediately got surprised.

– "They… they didn´t fail… they… they leave me"

– "Zero, please, concentrate, this is not the moment to remember bad experiences"– said the wolf.

– "… you´re right, follow me, I have a plan" – and then, the guys began to act. Meanwhile, the two jackals were still talking.

– "Come on Vic, be positive, Axis and Esmet are pretty interested in this, they trust in Neo"

– "They are idiots too, Neo doesn´t like us, he is not like Zero"

– "He attacked us"

– "Because we made him our enemy, but before the phantom ruby, everything was different, Zero was a not only a boss, he was our friends, we were criminals, but we trust and respect us like a group, and squad… Neo will forget about us when his plan is completed, we are not his friends, we are just his servants, his workers… we don´t mean nothing from him…"– for the first time, Rena was looking at his mate without condescension, any part inside her knew that Vic was right.

– "Uhm… maybe…" – she had no chance to reply, because suddenly, the light of the corridor turned off, and few seconds later, they both felt their bodies trapped by a metallic rope that pushed them to the floor and after that, someone over they were immobilizing them.

– "Don´t you move!"– said the one over Vic – "You better began to talk, who´s in the cabin?"

– "N-nobody, j-just the Eggbots"– replied the girl.

– "You´re lying, don´t make me mad, where´s the jackal squad?"– said the one over Rena.

– "They are not here, trust her, we were sent because an alarm, we use a teleport cabin to come, they are not here, they are in the tower"– said Vic.

– "Uhm… what about that tower?"

– "It´s a new Eggman Fortress, all his technology, all his allies, even Neo is there?"– Vic replied.

– "What about Neo?"– the same one asked again.

– "He suffered a big damage two days before, they are attending his wounds"– Vic replied again.

– "Nice to know…"

– "You are really helpful, are you sure that you go with bad guys?"– the one over the Vic asked with curiosity.

– "I don´t want to serve here anymore!"– Vic replied with angriness – "I got no patience to deal with another stupid as my boss, is enough for me, I´ll go out of this ship before this"

– "And what about you little girl?"

– "… I´ll go with him"– Rena replied a bite shamed.

– "Nice choice"– said one of the voices before release at the guys and scape again while the light was still off, a few minutes later, they turned on again.

– "Are you okay Rena?" – Vic asked worried for her.

– "Yes, and you?"– She asked back.

– "I´m fine… what you said, was it really?"

– "Even when you are a plover head, you are right in that, Neo doesn´t need us, he doesn´t respect us… it´s better to escape away of this conflict, before it's too late and catch us too…"

Vic smiled for that answer.

–"Oh damn! That's awesome! Let´s go! We have to go!"– Vic began to run through the corridor.

– "Hey, but where are we supposed to go?"

– "It doesn´t matter, if it´s far away of here, it´s better, let´s go!"– the jackal boy run so excited. So much so that he didn't notice the jackal and the wolf stranded in the transversal corridor. Rena looked at them with shock.

– "Care yourself Rena, and care of him, is young but wise…"– said Zero as a farewell.

She was surprised, but immediately nodded, there was no time for say goodbye. She ran behind his mate, and then, the guys went to the cabin. When they came in, an immediately slaughter began against the robots in the room. Without any consideration, wolf and jackal cleaned the control cabin of the ship, until every single Eggbot was destroyed.

While the fight was while the battle was going on, Zero´s handset connected a call from Leven´s headphone.

– "Zero, it´s me, Leven, what´s going on right there?"

– "We found the control cabin!... there are Eggbots right here… okay no, there were robots here, we destroy them, this place is clear"

–"That´s awesome! Right now you only have to find the way to move the ship far away of the controls, and the attack could begin"– Leven replied with happiness.

– "Okay… do you know how we can move this monster? It´s too big and I can´t see any… wait, Rookie found something"

– "What does he found?"

– "… Oh my god…"– that was the answer.

That´s all guys, I hope you like this chapter. I´ll take a moment to think about the coronavirus take the recommendations of the sanitary services, right now, coronavirus is big trouble that we have to fight together, how we can fight? acting responsibly. Wash your hands, use antiseptic gel, stay in home if there´s a disposition for that. Let´s stop the coronavirus with responsibility and obey the dispositions. That´s all my dear furry readers, remember, add this story to your favorites, follow me and give me a nice review if you want. I´m Furry Cat Writter and with no more to say, Sayounara!