A/N Hullo again, folks! I promise things will get good. Robotnik is back to being the bad guy, so the race is on, as the two Knothole Kids have to escape before the doc gets them. Except that they don't know he's not being friendly anymore. I give major inspiration credit to my bud, TimVa06. He helped me crack my writer's block. Thank you, Tim. I won't bother with a disclaimer, you know who owns what by now. And on with the story!
11:00 a.m.
" How are we gonna get out of here?" Tails wondered aloud to Carmen. They had managed to keep Robotnik temporarily busy by sending him for snacks. The young otter girl didn't answer, she was pacing around the room, already deep in thought. They were both now somewhat scared, as well as disturbed by what they had found out. The two children were better snoops than they thought, as they had managed to find a new invention that Robotnik was working on. They had eavesdropped on the building of something called a "Personality Modifier". It looked like some big torture device, with small wires to hook up to the head. Once someone was hooked up to it, the wires would change their personality to the exact opposite. Carmen paused in her pacing and finally faced him. She was shaking lightly. " I don't know how we're going to get out, but it has to be quick or else-."
She hardly had time to finish before the doctor came back. He was carrying a tray full of drinks. " Ok, I've got lemonade, fruit punch and chocolate milk." Tails took his fruit punch, and Carmen took her lemonade. They were both parched from running around. Before Carmen could drink though, a sudden instinct in her mind told her not to.
" No thanks," she said quickly. "I'm not thirsty right now." She turned to signal Tails to put his down, but he had already finished it. He seemed to be all right. Maybe I'm just overreacting… The doc 's actually been nice to us, I've gotta give him credit for that.
She looked back over at Tails, who suddenly seemed a little woozy. She walked over to him, concerned and confused. Tails was wavering on his feet, almost looking drunk.
" Tails, what's wrong with you?" she asked frantically. He leaned gently on her shoulder, trying to keep on his feet. He was having a hard time keeping his eyes open.
" Get out of here, now!" He mumbled drowsily. Then he fell forward into her arms, out like a light. This is terrible! Now I've really got to get out. Oh, if I could get my hands on that dumb doc, I'd- Carmen suddenly realized that he wasn't in the room anymore. She looked around nervously; a chill running down her spine that she knew wasn't from her ice powers. She decided to go while she had the chance. Carmen hoisted Tails up into her arms and began to run from the room. She didn't get far before Robotnik stepped out with a large laser gun, blocking her escape.
She began to back up slowly." You big fat jerk! I was stupid to think we could have trusted you." Robotnik was slowly advancing on her.
" Well, it was all fun and games for a while, but playtime's over, kid." Robotnik said menacingly. Well that was a major cliché. Oh well. "You've got nowhere to run, so you might as well surrender." Carmen raised an eyebrow at that, her mouth curling into a Sonic- like smirk.
" And that is where you'd be wrong." She was backed up about 3 feet from him. Her eyes glittered and she suddenly broke into a full speed charge. Robotnik stopped surprised, and she jumped into the air as high as she possibly could, bounced off his shoulder, fell into a tumble with Tails still in her arms, and took off running as fast as she could.
" Come back here, you little brat!" Robotnik yelled. He shot his laser gun at the child's retreating back. Carmen barely dodged the shots and kept on moving. She rounded the corner, having absolutely no idea where to go next. Her moment's hesitation gave Robotnik a slight chance to catch up. " Gotcha!" Carmen ducked before he could catch her and picked a random direction to escape. But this time she wasn't as lucky. A laser blast nearly hit her in the ankle causing her to lose her balance and trip. The last thing she remembered was the cold ground coming up to meet her forehead and sinister laughter…