Chaos Control
Chapter 3
As Mojo left to see Eggman, the girls were already in Station Square, flying high above the city, causing a few confused onlookers to point and gawk at the rainbow pattern the girls were creating when they flew.
"So where's the police station?" asked Buttercup.
"It should be somewhere nearby." said Blossom. Blossom searched the area and then she noticed a destroyed building nearby.
"Hey look, there's been some damage." said Blossom.
"Do you think anyone is hurt?" asked Bubbles.
"There's only one way to find out." said Blossom. The three girls changed direction and they flew towards the destroyed building.
Upon closer inspection, they realized that the building was a police station and standing in front of the damaged building was the chief and the officer that had held Mojo captive. The girls flew over to them and Blossom asked, "What happened here?" The police officers were surprised to see the girls since they had never seen the Powerpuff Girls before.
"Are you three the Powerpuff Girls?" asked the chief.
"Yes, we are." said Blossom. "Did Mojo do this?"
"Yes, he pulled out this huge robot and it destroyed the police station." said the chief in a bit of a panic. "The robot went that way but I don't know where Mojo went. He must have escaped while the robot was causing damage."
"Come on, girls." said Blossom. "We got to catch that robot."
"But what about Mojo?" asked Bubbles.
"That robot could endanger peoples lives." answered Blossom. "We will destroy the robot, then go after Mojo."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" said Buttercup. "Lets find that robot." The girls all flew into the air, leaving the baffled police officers, so they could get a birds eye view of the surrounding area. It wasn't hard to see the robot because it hadn't traveled far and it was in plain sight thanks to the path of destruction it left behind. The robot was in a nearby forest destroying some trees as it walked.
"Girls, attack." said Blossom. The three girls dove towards the robot, ready to cause some damage.
Meanwhile, on a lonely meadow in the forest, Sonic the Hedgehog stood in that field, tapping his foot in impatience. He wasn't alone, however. Along side him was a being who was humanoid in shape but was certainly not human. This creature resembled a fox who was covered in orange fur with a white front and some white fur along the mouth. He wore white gloves and shoes that were red on the heels but white on the toes. He had the same eye color as Bubbles but the one feature of him that stood out the most was the fact he had two fox tails instead of one. This two-tailed fox is Sonic's closest alley and best friend, Miles Prower but he's known more commonly as Tails.
Sonic waited impatiently as Tails worked a device that he held in his hands. Knowing how much Sonic hates to wait, Tails said, "I think it's working." The device that Tails was holding looked like an over-sized hand held computer but on the little screen was a radar display that was circular in shape. The screen showed a white line that went around the screen like a clock hand that was moving too fast. The radar is one Tails's invention. Despite Tails's young age, he has an extraordinary talent at building machinery which he uses to build devices to help Sonic. This radar is one of those inventions and Tails had designed the radar to detect the signal that is constantly being emitted by Chaos Emeralds. Sonic and his other companions have been looking for the other Chaos Emeralds but so far, they only had the one emerald that Sonic had taken from Mojo. Tails hoped that by building this radar, they would be able to find more Chaos Emeralds but the radar was far from complete, though.
"Have you picked up anything yet, Tails?" asked Sonic.
"Not yet, Sonic." answered Tails. "There doesn't appear to be any Chaos Emeralds within the area but my radar signal doesn't appear to be strong enough to make any accurate judgment if that is true. Perhaps if I get this radar up higher, I would be able to get more of a signal by reducing the interference."
"Good idea but try not to fly too high, someone might see you." said Sonic. Tails nodded his head in agreement. It was then that Tails did a trick with his tails that made him famous. His two tails began to spin around like propeller blades and like a helicopter, Tails flew off the ground and into the air. By directing Tails's spinning tails into the air, Tails could actually fly off the ground by allowing the rest of him to just hang loosely under the spinning tails. He flew about ten feet into the air and Tails just hovered there in place. He looked at his radar but saw no change on the radar screen.
"Any change?" asked Sonic from the ground. Tails shook his head sadly.
"I'm afraid not, Sonic." said Tails. Tails was just about to lower himself to the ground when he noticed something in the distance. From this height, Tails noticed Mojo's rampaging robot in the distance.
"What's wrong, Tails?" asked Sonic.
"There's a huge robot rampaging through the city." said Tails.
"A robot?" said Sonic in surprise. "This must be Eggman's doing."
"We got to stop it." said Tails.
"You're right, lets go." said Sonic and he raced off in a blur.
"Wait up, Sonic." called out Tails. He flew down to the tool kit that he had left on the ground and after picking up the kit, Tails then did another nifty trick with his tails. He directed his spinning tails behind him causing the force of wind caused by the spinning tails to push Tails forwards, enabling him to travel as fast as Sonic. This burst of speed, caused by fan power, also enables Tails to float off of the ground by a few inches and thus Tails would not need to run. Using his tails for speed, Tails rocketed forwards, tailing Sonic from behind.
As Sonic and Tails were racing to stop the robotic menus, the girls had already gotten there first.
"Attack plan Beta 87." ordered Blossom and the girls split up into three different directions. The plan was for Buttercup and Bubbles to fire at the robot with their eye beams thus distracting it from Blossom who was heading towards the robot's front for a strike. The robot, however, was not phased by the eye beams that the other girls were firing and before Blossom realized the flaw of the plan, the robot clasped both its robotic hands on Blossom, holding her in place. Blossom tried too struggle free but the robot held her too tightly. At that point, Sonic had arrived, noticed that Blossom was in danger, and rushed over to help. Sonic leaped into the air and did what he calls a 'homing attack.' The way how a homing attack works is he simply curls into a ball and while in the air, he can shoot forwards at his target. Using his powerful homing attack, Sonic shot forwards and striked the robot with massive force, causing the robot to release his hold on Blossom. Blossom was surprised by the attack but she quickly reacted by flying to safety. In response to the attack, a gun came out of the arm of the robot and the robot used the gun to shoot at Sonic but Sonic was too fast for the gun. To avoid the laser blasts, Sonic moved around in circles, making it hard for the robot to aim and forcing the robot to just shoot madly but not even coming close to hitting Sonic.
"What's a matter, can't hit a little Hedgehog." taunted Sonic. The girls watched in amazement as Sonic ran around in front of the robot.
"Who is that guy?" asked Bubbles.
"I don't know but he's fast." said Buttercup.
As the girls were wondering who this unknown hero was, Tails was just under them and when he noticed that the robot was only paying attention to Sonic, he got an idea. Pulling out a screw driver from his tool case, Tails flew into the air and landed right on top of the robot's head. The girls were startled by Tails's sudden entrance and they were also surprised to see how Tails was flying in the air by his tails. While the robot wasn't looking , Tails wrapped his arms around the robot's head. The robot was surprised by the grapple attempt but it reacted quickly by shaking it's body violently tossing Tails from side to side as Tails tried to hold onto the robot's head.
"Tails!" said Sonic in concern as he stopped his continuos running in circles. Tails tried to hold on but the violent force of the robot shaking his body caused Tails to let go of the robot and fall off but Tails managed to start spinning his tails in time before he could hit the ground. Tails hovered in the air by his tails and called out to Sonic, "Sonic, I have a plan but I need some way of immobilizing the robot long enough for me to get into his head." The robot then at that moment, conjured a laser gun and began firing at Tails. Tails saw the shots coming and immediately dove behind a tree for cover.
The girls had over heard what Tails had said, comprehending on what Tails was trying to do. Blossom, realizing that Tails and Sonic must be on their side, said to her sisters, "Girls, plan Gomma 21." said Blossom. Blossom flew high into the air while her sisters remained where they were. The robot saw Blossom fly over head and aimed its laser gun away from Tails and opened fired at Blossom. Blossom dodged the attacks effortlessly. Tails and Sonic stayed at their standing positions, watching Blossom in action. Sonic was rather amazed at Blossom's abilities.
"What is that little girl doing?" asked Sonic to himself. Blossom flew high over the robot in a big arch ending up behind the robot. The robot turned around to face Blossom as she changed direction, heading towards the robot on a collision course. The robot fired at Blossom but each time, Blossom was capable of dodging the attacks. As the robot focused on Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup flew towards the robot who had its back towards them. Because the robot was focused on Blossom, the robot didn't notice Bubbles and Buttercup as they flew towards the robot. As the two girls reached the robot, they grabbed onto the robot's arms with Buttercup grasping the right arm and Bubbles grasping the left arm. They held the robot's arms down, using all the strength they had to hold the arms in place. Blossom was still heading towards the robot and normally this was the part where Blossom struck the opponent in the chest while it was immobilized but instead, she grabbed onto the robot's legs, holding them together. She then shouted out to Tails, "Okay, do your stuff." Tails was surprised but when he realized what the girls were doing, Tails flew over to the robot. Judging by how much the girls were straining to keep the robot still, Tails could tell that he had very little time so he flew over to the compartment located on the robot's back and prided it open with a crow bar from his tool kit. This time, Tails remained hovering by this tails so he could use both hands to work. Once the seal was off, he quickly searched through the wires in the back of the robot, hoping to find the right wires he needed.
Meanwhile, Bubbles finally lost her grip on the robot's arm, causing the arm to bend over and reach for Tails. Tails could only stare in horror as the mechanical arm reached for him but before the arm could grab Tails, Sonic dashed forwards and using his homing attack, he rammed into the robot's hand, smashing it off. Sonic landed effortlessly onto the ground then turned around and struck the remaining part of the arm, cutting it off by the elbow. Buttercup was about to lose her grip on the other arm but Bubbles flew over to her and helped her hold the arm in place. Tails then continued to search through the robot's mechanics.
"I know it's here somewhere." said Tails. "Aw hah, here it is." he pulled out a pair of wire cutters and then cut a tied up bundle of orange wires clean through using the wire cutters. However, the robot didn't stop moving as Tails thought it would. The robot instead, just stood there and started to vibrate
"What's happening?" asked Bubbles.
"What's going on here?" thought Tails to himself. "By cutting the wires, it should disable the robot, unless..." Tails gasped as something occurred to him. "...unless I was supposed to cut the red wire first, which means...uh oh." In a panic, Tails yelled out, "Run, it's gonna blow." Tails and Sonic quickly ran away from the robot and hid behind some trees. The girls did the same thing shortly after them. The robot began to shake more violently and it also glowed from the inside. As Tails had said, the robot exploded in a fiery explosion like a car engine exploding, causing debris to go flying everywhere.
When the explosion had calmed down, Sonic, Tails, and the girls all walked over to the explosion site to see a large black crater and scattered bits of debris which made up what was left of the robot.
"I'm sorry, Sonic." said Tails glumly. "I didn't mean for this to happen."
"Oh, I'm not mad at you, Tails." said Sonic. "You did your best and besides, we got rid of the robot, didn't we."
"That was certainly quite an explosion." said Bubbles.
"Yeah, but we couldn't have done it without your help." said Sonic. "Who are you three?"
"I'm Blossom." said Blossom introducing herself. "These are my sisters, Bubbles and Buttercup."
"I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog." said Sonic introducing himself.
"And I'm Miles Prower but everyone calls me 'Tails." said Tails. The girls giggled at the pun in Tails's name.
"So what are you three girls doing here, anyway?" asked Sonic.
"We're here to catch a guy named Mojo Jojo." said Blossom. "Have you seen him?"
"Mojo Jojo?" said Sonic. "Is he green, covered in black fur, and wears a cape and a really tall hat?"
"Why yes, have you seen him?" asked Bubbles.
"Last time I saw him, he was being taken to jail." said Sonic.
"Oh darn, and he just escaped from jail." said Buttercup irritated. "Is there anything else you can tell us that can help us out?"
"No, but maybe you can ask my friends for information." suggested Sonic.
"Friends?" asked Blossom. "You mean there are others like you?"
"Yes, actually." said Tails. "We can take you to them right now."
"I don't know. What do you think, girls?" asked Blossom to her sisters. "Do we follow these two to their friends?"
"Why not, they seem harmless." said Bubbles.
"I don't mind." said Buttercup.
"Okay, Sonic, lead the way." said Blossom.
"Just follow me if you can catch up." said Sonic and with that, he sped off in a blue blur.
"Wait up, Sonic." called out Tails. His tails began to spin and by directing his tails behind him, he too sped off in a blur. The girls quickly flew after Sonic and Tails as they ran off to the Thorndyke mansion.