8

Antoine, Sally, and Bunnie approached the outer limits of the Great Forest,
unaware that Tails had been roboticized, or that Sonic was in an unknown
village. They saw, in the distance, the smoky smog from Robotropolis'
factories.

"Let's move out," said Sally, who had Nicole back in her possession.

"Nicole, robot scan on!" ordered Sally.

"Robot scan on, Sally," said Nicole.

Bunnie ejected her robotic legs to full length, and viewed their
location from above.

"We're in an unnamed territory between the Great Forest and Robotnik's
city," said Bunnie.

They trekked on, until they entered Robotropolis. They moved slowly
and cautiously, but, amazingly enough, they were never spotted by robots. They
approached the Main Structure.

"Nicole, access code," ordered Sally.

"Computing," said Nicole, "access code broken."

The door creaked slightly and Sally pushed the rest of the way open.

"Are you sure weer safe, Princess?" queried Antoine.

"I'm not sure of anything," replied Sally, "except that we have to
save Tails and Sonic."

They found the Jail Hall and searched the cells, finding nothing.

"Where could they be?" said Sally

"You need not to concern yourself about that", a voice behind them
said.

Antoine turned around.

"Robotnik!" shouted Antoine.

"Very observant," said Robotnik sarcastically.

Two Combots stepped out from behind Robotnik.

"Surrender to Robotnik's empire and allow roboticization," said the
Combots.

"Quick, Nicole," whispered Sally, "surge!"

"Surging, Sally," replied Nicole.

Electricity trickled from Nicole's main output, hitting and
short-circuiting the Combots.

"Run!" shouted Sally.

Antoine, Sally, and Bunnie ran down the hall. They barely escaped
from an army of Swatbots, but finally made it out of the Main Structure.

**********

...Caero. It was Caero. Caero had saved Sonic from certain doom.

"It seems Clash knows you, stranger," said the head fox, "come down."

Sonic did so.

"Who are you, stranger?" asked the head fox.

"Sonic the Hedgehog," said Sonic.

"Well, Sonic, do you know Clash?"

"Yes, I do," replied Sonic, "he saved me from Robotnik. My friends may
still be with him. I must save them."
"I'd like to help you, Sonic," said Caero.

"So be it!" said the head fox.

Caero and Sonic set off for Robotropolis. With Sonic's speed, they
were at Robotropolis in no time. Sonic used his Sonic Spin to cut an opening in
the door to the Main Structure, then both he and Caero went inside. They went
down a hallway, with Sonic in the lead.

"Caero, let's check the Jail Cells," said Sonic.

When there was no reply, Sonic said, "Caero?, Caero!"

Sonic turned around. Caero was gone.

Then, all of a sudden, a robot came and attacked Sonic. It was Tails!

"Tails! You've been roboticized! No......" shouted Sonic, as he ran
away. Sonic spun into the Control Room, where Robotnik was.

"Sonic?" said Robotnik, surprised. "You were frozen to death!"

"Oh, yeah?"

Robotnik quickly grabbed his minor laser and shot Sonic. The beam hit
him in the sneaker, which was fire-repellent. Sonic spun at Robotnik. Robotnik
was hit in the stomach, an easy target for anyone.

Whoof!

Robotnik recovered, but Sonic spun at him again.

"What is the reason for your attack?" asked Robotnik as soon as he
recovered.

"You roboticized Tails!" shouted Sonic, with a tear in his eye. Sonic
almost cried, but delivered a flaming punch to Robotnik's head. Sonic now knew
the meaning of war. Not a single wisecrack escaped his mouth. In war, he had
to fight with all his might. Sonic was serious, for once in his life.

Tears poured from Sonic's eyes as he kicked Robotnik, sending him to
the ground, then spun at his back. Robotnik swung his robotic arm at Sonic.
Sonic fell to the ground. With tears in his eyes, he yelled, "This is for
Tails!!!" and spun his feet. They went in a figure eight and Sonic did a Super
Peel out. Sonic let momentum take over as he surpassed the speed of sound in
the short distance from him to Robotnik, knocking into Robotnik at full
throttle. Robotnik lost his consciousness and Sonic spun into Robotnik's main
computer, short circuiting it, "This is for Tails!!!"

**********

Antoine got up and said, "Okay, now weel retreat!"

"No, Antoine," said Sally, "Sonic's always helped us when we needed
it. And now he needs our help. But, even without that, Tails has to be in
there, and, Antoine, Tails is just a kid! He really needs our help! We're
Freedom Fighters! We help others!"

Sally headed back for the Main Structure, with Bunnie close behind.

Antoine sighed, and then followed them. They entered the Main
Structure. Sally ran down a hall, with the others close behind, only to run
into...

**********

Caero pulled himself up from the jail cell he was in. He had been
captured by a Combot. Actually, an army of seven Combots had attacked him, but
he had destroyed six of the seven, only to be caught by the seventh.

Creak!! The door to Caero's cell opened. A huge shadow entered the
cell. Ten Combots and three Nuerobots entered after the shadow. The gleam of
the Combots' eyes reflected of the shadow, revealing it. It was Robotnik.

"Who in the freakin' zone are you?!" cried Caero.

"You fool!" shouted Robotnik, "What group of Freedom Fighters do you
belong to?"

"Freedom Fighters?" said Caero, "Who or what are they?"
"You cannot deceive me!" shouted Robotnik, "where is your hideaway?"

"Aw, shut up, blubber-butt!" retorted Caero.

"Let's see if you can learn REAL language," said Robotnik, "inside a
roboticizer!"

The two laser-powered Neurobots grabbed Caero and carried him to his
doom.








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