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Chapter 13: Assault on the Egg Carrier

Day 4
Station Square
5:39 P.M.

	Amy Rose, the pink hedgehog, walked down the sidewalk, carrying 
her back of groceries. She was on her way to a rally. She considers 
herself a rebel type and what the mayor declared on the news today made 
her and her group upset. They were also big fans of Sonic the Hedgehog, 
and when Amy heard that the Mayor declared him an outcast in Station 
Square, she had to protest. When someone is an outcast, they're not 
allowed in ANYWHERE. The mayor couldn't just arrest the prince for murder. 
This was all he could do. Amy believed that Sonic would never do anything 
like that. There was no proof! Other than that, she was bored. Short 
attention spell.
	"Gee, I'm bored," she announced. No one had shown up for her 
rally yet. She was in the courtyard just in front of city hall, near the 
Burger Shop. "Everyday it's always the same thing. Same place different 
day."
	She sighed. "There was always something to do when Sonic was 
around..."
	She remembered last year when Sonic visited her town. She and some 
hostages were saved by two creeps, Sleet and Dingo.
	"Chasing bad guys...and blowing them away!"
	She sighed again. "But now he's gone....and there's nothing left 
to do....."
	She grimiced. "But shop till I drop. Things were always fun with 
Sonic around..."
	The sky suddenly turned dark.
	"Hey! What's going on?" Amy asked, looking up. "Is there an eclipse 
today or what? No one forcasted a storm or anything-"
	She dropped her bag as she stared into a sky. A HUGE ship slowly 
passed over the city. Amy could hear cars screech as startled citizens 
stepped out of their cars and watched.
	"Eggman..." she whispered. "Could it be...?"
	Suddenly she spotted an object heading towards her.
	"What's that?" she asked herself. It smacked into her forehead.
	"OW! Watch it, watch it!" she cried as she fell over. Rubbing her 
head, she saw a small bird laying on its side. "Ow, you should watch where 
you're going, buddy!"
	It didn't move much as she instantly frowned. "Hey, are you 
alright? You look kinda hurt..."
	She picked up the flicky and held it softly. Suddenly there was a 
crash as a big....trashcan...with arms and eyes floated before her. She 
looked at it with a funny look.
	"What's THIS?" she asked.
	It rushed her. Amy dodged to one side "YOW!"
	It stopped and turned around. It came after her again. Amy ran 
for it. "YIKES! You almost ran me over, creep!"
	It prosued after her. "Let's get outta here!" she yelped and dodged 
into the Burger Shop. She hid under the table as the robot peeked through 
the window. Only seeing the burger guy, he flew on, away.
	Breathing a sigh of relief, Amy came out from under the table.
	"Whew! That was close!"
	She looked at the flicky. "That was one of Eggman's robots huh? It 
captured you, and somehow you got away, right?"
	The bird chirped in reply.
	"Don't worry! I'll stand by you all the way!"
	She walked out, and the flicky fluttered beside her. "I'll try to 
keep us BOTH from harm!"
	As she walked by the Electonics store, she saw the channel flicker 
to WSSN Channel 08, Station Square News. Her cousin, Shalita, posing as 
Nellie Stargazer, was on TV. Amy watched, wondering what was up.
	"This is Nellie Stargazer with a live report. What you're about to 
see will shock, or maybe even frighten, so viewer's descretion IS advised-"
	The view switched to a camera showing the Egg Carrier over the city.
	"This is the Egg Carrier, built by Dictator Dr. Robotnik. While we 
have no idea of his motivation, the Mayor IS holding a meeting in Town 
Hall tonight at 7:00 P.M. All citizens are URGED to attend this meeting, 
as the Mayor will address the handling of this situation. We will be 
holding live broadcasts all night and will hold the meeting on here 
live, if you are unable to make it."
	Amy suddenly grinned. Forget the rally. This'll be her chance to 
show how the mayor screwed up. She'll pick up her chao from the Chao 
Garden and rally everyone at Town Hall.

Just above Station Square
5:45 P.M.

	Sonic and Tails finally caught up to the Egg Carrier. Sonic looked 
down briefly, wondering if Shalita was watching them. What'd she mean 
'good riddance?'.
	"SONIC!" Tails yelled. "There's something I have to tell you!"
	Sonic could barely hear Tails over the roar of the engine. "WHAT?"
	"ROBOTNIK DIDN'T KILL MANIC!"
	"THEN WHO DID?!"
	"SHALITA HAD-"
	The rest of his voice drowned out by the noise, leaving Sonic with 
the presumption that....Shalita did it?! It couldn't be!!! NO! He had 
liked that girl! How could he of been so stupid?! But the question is...
why?
	In a fit of rage, he fired his gun at the Egg Carrier. Enough 
to blow up the defense cannons on the ship. Then he saw the shark 
fighters coming...

Egg Carrier
5:52 P.M.

	On board thr Egg Carrier, Dr. Robotnik was having his own meeting. 
Gamma, Delta, Esplion and Zeta stood before the doctor as he gace his 
annoucement.
	"Ah hah...testing....1,2,3...ahem...you, the elite Egg Carrier crew, 
have a job!"
	The screen behind him flicked on.
	"Behold! It's a tailed frog! Very unique! I don't care what it 
takes, just catch that frog!" Robotnik said. "Now go!"
	The E-Series turned around to set off on their mission

Outside the Egg Carrier
5:59 P.M.

	Sonic, angry, shot down every fighter in sight. he was becoming 
worn down with grief. Betrayed! How could Shalita DO this?
	Pretty soon, there were NO fighters left.
	"We did it!" Tails cheered.
	"Way to go, Tails!" Sonic called.
	They suddenly froze as they saw the nose of the Egg Carrier split 
open.
	"Egg Cannon Ready?" came Robotnik's voice.
	Sonic, figuring instantly what was going to happen, stared death 
in the face.
	"I'll be seeing you...Manic," Sonic whispered.
	"FIRE!"