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THE Freedom Fighters surrendered, if for nothing else, then for Sonic's
life. Sonic's body was locked in a cage and put in Robotnik's hovercraft. The
Freedom Fighters were handcuffed and locked in a magnetic field so they could
not escape. The Neurobot, four Combots, and fifteen Swatbots formed a line,
with Robotnik's ship in the lead. Eventually, they reached Robotropolis,
Robotnik's renamed capital city and headquarters. Robotnik landed his craft in
the docking bay and carried Sonic's cage, Sonic still unconscious, leading the
'robots and Freedom Fighters into the Main Structure. Robotnik led them to the
prison cells, where the Freedom Fighters were thrown into. Sonic's cage was
taken to the end of the prison hall and thrown into a special cell.
**********
Later, in Sonic's cell, Sonic's eyelids slowly rose above the
lowermost part of his eyes. As Sonic regained consciousness, he blinked
rapidly, then came to and realized he was in a cage. The cage was so small that
its bars squeezed tightly at Sonic's gut. Sonic quickly initiated a Sonic Spin
to destroy the cage and came to a kneeling position. Sonic then sprang up.
There was a huge monitor on one of the walls of the cell. It filled with
static, then Robotnik's huge face filled it.
"Ah, hedgehog," said Robotnik, "I've been waiting for you. The bars
and walls of this prison cell are made entirely of steel-titanium alloy, so your
stupid spin maneuver can't cut through it."
"I'll get out of this yet!" said Sonic.
"Ah," cackled Robotnik, "so you think. The following will prove you
wrong!"
Then, at that moment, the monitor filled with static, and Robotnik's
face vanished from the screen. In the floor of the cell, a crack appeared, and
then the two sections of the floor formed by the crack spread away from each
other. Sonic's legs went into the splits as his feet were spread apart, pulled
by both platforms. Sonic jumped onto one platform. As the platform got closer
to the wall, so did Sonic. Then the platform got really close to the wall, and
the wall pushed at Sonic. Sonic jumped off, and grabbed onto the edge of the
platform. The platform went into the wall, and Sonic fell off the edge, into a
steel-titanium circular chamber, with exhaust pipes and air vents. At the top
of the chamber, there was a digital pad that said "CURRENT DEGREES."
The ceiling of this lower cell (the floor of the original cell) closed
behind Sonic, until its crack seemed to vanish, creating an airlock. Sonic
kneeled on the cold, hard surface of this new chamber. Suddenly, the digital
pad came to life. It read 75 degrees. A voice echoed throughout the chamber,
"Current temperature: seventy-five degrees."
Suddenly, freezing cold air burst out the exhaust pipes and the air
vents slammed shut, not to open again.
"Current temperature: fifty-one degrees."
It started to get colder and colder. Sonic covered himself with his
arms, trying to warm up.
"Current temperature: thirty-two degrees."
The cold air got to Sonic through his arms, sending chills down his
spine.
"Current temperature: twelve degrees."
Sonic's breathing rate went off key and Sonic gasped for air; his new
rate in this exceeding cold air was too slow.
"Current temperature: three degrees."
Sonic tried to return his breathing rate to his normal pace, but the
deathly air wouldn't allow it.
"Current temperature: negative ten degrees."
Sonic's lungs didn't function properly. He got a breath every thirty
seconds or so.
"Current temperature: negative ninety-eight degrees."
Sonic's lungs froze in the cold air and Sonic couldn't get a single
breath to enter his lungs.
"Current temperature: negative one hundred fifty-seven."
Sonic's lungs tried to expand, but simply couldn't move. Sonic's
brain went numb, suffering in trying to get his heart to beat and his lungs to
expand.
"Current temperature: negative three hundred eighty-nine."
Sonic's lungs collapsed, unable to allow air in. Sonic's heart pumped
slowly, and his brain requested more blood.
"Current temperature: negative five hundred eleven."
Sonic's heart pumped once, and then stopped. Sonic's brain seemed to
electrocute itself without air or blood. Sonic's eyelids slowly closed as his
heart sawed backwards and off key, managing to send a drop of blood through his
arteries, the blood in his veins frozen in place.
"Current temperature: negative nine hundred fifty-one."
Sonic's brain almost exploded, but resisted and simply shut down.
"Current temperature: Absolute zero," the machine said, then
short-circuited from the extreme coldness.
Sonic opened his eyes and saw only blue, the frozen air, then saw only
black, the black of extreme unconsciousness.
© 1997, 1999, 2001 Brandon, aka Escee "SC" Takeshi.
Sonic, Tails, Robotnik, and related characters and indicia, are trademarks of
SEGA. Other characters such as Princess Sally, Bunnie, and Antoine, are
trademarks of DiC or Archie Comics. Caero, Ruben, and other related characters
are works of Escee.
Sonic: Take it All the Way is a work of Brandon. See http://www.escee.com for
contact information for Brandon, aka Escee "SC" Takeshi.
Escee.com and related companies are subsidiaries of JB Computer Technologies
(http://www.jbcomptech.com) and are owned by Brandon.
THE Freedom Fighters surrendered, if for nothing else, then for Sonic's
life. Sonic's body was locked in a cage and put in Robotnik's hovercraft. The
Freedom Fighters were handcuffed and locked in a magnetic field so they could
not escape. The Neurobot, four Combots, and fifteen Swatbots formed a line,
with Robotnik's ship in the lead. Eventually, they reached Robotropolis,
Robotnik's renamed capital city and headquarters. Robotnik landed his craft in
the docking bay and carried Sonic's cage, Sonic still unconscious, leading the
'robots and Freedom Fighters into the Main Structure. Robotnik led them to the
prison cells, where the Freedom Fighters were thrown into. Sonic's cage was
taken to the end of the prison hall and thrown into a special cell.
**********
Later, in Sonic's cell, Sonic's eyelids slowly rose above the
lowermost part of his eyes. As Sonic regained consciousness, he blinked
rapidly, then came to and realized he was in a cage. The cage was so small that
its bars squeezed tightly at Sonic's gut. Sonic quickly initiated a Sonic Spin
to destroy the cage and came to a kneeling position. Sonic then sprang up.
There was a huge monitor on one of the walls of the cell. It filled with
static, then Robotnik's huge face filled it.
"Ah, hedgehog," said Robotnik, "I've been waiting for you. The bars
and walls of this prison cell are made entirely of steel-titanium alloy, so your
stupid spin maneuver can't cut through it."
"I'll get out of this yet!" said Sonic.
"Ah," cackled Robotnik, "so you think. The following will prove you
wrong!"
Then, at that moment, the monitor filled with static, and Robotnik's
face vanished from the screen. In the floor of the cell, a crack appeared, and
then the two sections of the floor formed by the crack spread away from each
other. Sonic's legs went into the splits as his feet were spread apart, pulled
by both platforms. Sonic jumped onto one platform. As the platform got closer
to the wall, so did Sonic. Then the platform got really close to the wall, and
the wall pushed at Sonic. Sonic jumped off, and grabbed onto the edge of the
platform. The platform went into the wall, and Sonic fell off the edge, into a
steel-titanium circular chamber, with exhaust pipes and air vents. At the top
of the chamber, there was a digital pad that said "CURRENT DEGREES."
The ceiling of this lower cell (the floor of the original cell) closed
behind Sonic, until its crack seemed to vanish, creating an airlock. Sonic
kneeled on the cold, hard surface of this new chamber. Suddenly, the digital
pad came to life. It read 75 degrees. A voice echoed throughout the chamber,
"Current temperature: seventy-five degrees."
Suddenly, freezing cold air burst out the exhaust pipes and the air
vents slammed shut, not to open again.
"Current temperature: fifty-one degrees."
It started to get colder and colder. Sonic covered himself with his
arms, trying to warm up.
"Current temperature: thirty-two degrees."
The cold air got to Sonic through his arms, sending chills down his
spine.
"Current temperature: twelve degrees."
Sonic's breathing rate went off key and Sonic gasped for air; his new
rate in this exceeding cold air was too slow.
"Current temperature: three degrees."
Sonic tried to return his breathing rate to his normal pace, but the
deathly air wouldn't allow it.
"Current temperature: negative ten degrees."
Sonic's lungs didn't function properly. He got a breath every thirty
seconds or so.
"Current temperature: negative ninety-eight degrees."
Sonic's lungs froze in the cold air and Sonic couldn't get a single
breath to enter his lungs.
"Current temperature: negative one hundred fifty-seven."
Sonic's lungs tried to expand, but simply couldn't move. Sonic's
brain went numb, suffering in trying to get his heart to beat and his lungs to
expand.
"Current temperature: negative three hundred eighty-nine."
Sonic's lungs collapsed, unable to allow air in. Sonic's heart pumped
slowly, and his brain requested more blood.
"Current temperature: negative five hundred eleven."
Sonic's heart pumped once, and then stopped. Sonic's brain seemed to
electrocute itself without air or blood. Sonic's eyelids slowly closed as his
heart sawed backwards and off key, managing to send a drop of blood through his
arteries, the blood in his veins frozen in place.
"Current temperature: negative nine hundred fifty-one."
Sonic's brain almost exploded, but resisted and simply shut down.
"Current temperature: Absolute zero," the machine said, then
short-circuited from the extreme coldness.
Sonic opened his eyes and saw only blue, the frozen air, then saw only
black, the black of extreme unconsciousness.
© 1997, 1999, 2001 Brandon, aka Escee "SC" Takeshi.
Sonic, Tails, Robotnik, and related characters and indicia, are trademarks of
SEGA. Other characters such as Princess Sally, Bunnie, and Antoine, are
trademarks of DiC or Archie Comics. Caero, Ruben, and other related characters
are works of Escee.
Sonic: Take it All the Way is a work of Brandon. See http://www.escee.com for
contact information for Brandon, aka Escee "SC" Takeshi.
Escee.com and related companies are subsidiaries of JB Computer Technologies
(http://www.jbcomptech.com) and are owned by Brandon.