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The Freedom Fighters fought valiantly, but were captured after taking out five
Combots. The Freedom Fighters were taken to Robotnik.
"Lord Robotnik, what do you wish me to do with them?" asked Snively.
"Neurobot, take Sonic to the second titanium cell," said Robotnik. "Combots,
take the rest of them to the roboticizer waiting cells."
"YESSIRMMM" said the Neurobot.
"Yes, lord," said a Combot.
The Neurobot grabbed Sonic and fired a stun ray at him. The Neurobot then left
the room with Sonic, now stunned.
Four Combots grabbed the Freedom Fighters (and Caero) and left the room.
"Feel my wrath!" yelled Robotnik.
**********
Second Titanium Cell, Robotropolis…
Sonic slowly regained his consciousness after recovering from the stun ray fired
by the Neurobot. He realized he was in another cell similar in structure to the
icy titanium chamber that Caero saved him from. Sonic stood up to face what was
to come.
A video screen on the wall came to life with Robotnik's face.
"Hello, hedgehog," said Robotnik, "and welcome to my second titanium chamber.
How you escape from my first, I do not know, but there should be no escape this
time!"
Robotnik's face disappeared from the video screen, and the ceiling panel opened,
to reveal a wall of spikes. The floor Sonic was standing on opened, to reveal a
glass floor, and far below it, another wall of spikes, designed to fit into the
gaps of the upper wall of spikes.
Robotnik's face reappeared on the video screen. He said, "The glass you are
standing on will be removed in time to trap you between the spikes, which will
close upon you!" Robotnik's face vanished again from the screen.
Ever so slowly, the ceiling began to lower, and the lower wall of spikes began
to rise toward the glass.
Roboticizer Waiting Cell, Robotropolis Main Structure...
Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, and Caero were thrown into the roboticizer waiting cell.
Already in there were a woodpecker and a hawk, both obviously male. The
Combots slammed the door and left the waiting area.
"You guys got caught by Robotnik too?" asked Caero to the animals already in the
cell.
"Yeah, we were out patrolling for our band of Freedom Fighters, and..." the
woodpecker was cut off by Sally.
"You guys are Freedom Fighters?" interrupted Sally.
"Yeah," replied the hawk, "why?"
"We're Freedom Fighters too," said Sally, "at least, most of us. We didn't know
there were any more bands of Freedom Fighters."
"Yeah," said Bunnie, "where is your band located?"
"We're located in the mountains next to the Great Forest," replied the
woodpecker.
"Any plans to escape?" asked the hawk.
"Let's ask my pocket computer, Nicole," said Sally, who took out Nicole.
"Nicole, advice for escape?"
"When the robot comes to roboticize the next victim, if you time your moves
right, some of you can escape through the open cell door," suggested Nicole.
"Thanks, Nicole."
Just then, a Combot arrived.
"Woodpecker, your turn has come!"
The Combot opened the door and grabbed the woodpecker. Sally bolted through the
open door, barely avoiding the Combot's grasp. Bunnie tried to escape as well,
but was unable. The Combot sounded an alarm, and then grabbed the woodpecker,
taking him to his doom.
"Help me!" screamed the woodpecker.
Sally decided to try and save the woodpecker. "Nicole, can we save the
woodpecker?"
"I can attempt to confuse the Combot's system, while you try to free the
woodpecker. Emitting confuse signals now."
The Combot suddenly stopped in its tracks and acted strange. It projected one
arm outward, then activated its fire-repellent suit, and then deactivated it.
Sally saw her chance. She performed a flip back kick at the Combot, knocking it
down.
It was still too confused to get up, and released its grip on the woodpecker.
"Run!" yelled Sally. The woodpecker ran, and Sally ran behind him. The Combot
came out of its confusion and chased after Sally and the woodpecker. Apparently
responding to the alarm, about five SWATbots came around the corridor's corner,
and fired openly at Sally and the woodpecker. Sally and the woodpecker rounded
a corner, and were temporarily out of sight range of the Combot (and SWATbots
which were farther back down the corridor) and ducked into a ventilation grate.
The woodpecker wisely followed her. The Combot, followed by the SWATbots,
rounded the corner, and continued running past the grate.
"Phew!" sighed Sally.
"Thanks for saving my life!" said the woodpecker. "My name is Ruben. What's
yours?"
"My name is Sally," said Sally.
"Sally? Sally Acorn?"
"That's right, Princess Sally Acorn."
"Wow! It is nice to make your acquaintance, your majesty!"
"Enough with the formalities," said Sally. "Your friend, the hawk..."
"His name is Dirk," interrupted Ruben.
"Your friend, Dirk, and my friends, are all in trouble. We should try and save
them ASAP!"
"But the alarm was sounded! Robotnik is looking for us!"
"Well, I'm willing to take the chance. Are you with me?"
"All right, I'll go."
"Good! Let's go as soon as the coast is clear."
**********
Uncle Chuck's Hideaway, Robotropolis...
Uncle Chuck came upstairs to take a break from working on the deroboticizer, and
went into his spy center. After looking through a few of Robotnik's files, and
spying on a few locations, Uncle Chuck found out that his nephew, and a few
Freedom Fighters, were in deep trouble. He saw the spikes closing in on Sonic,
and then he saw the glass drop and Sonic fall onto the lower spikes. Only a
little space left before Sonic was crushed to death. He found that Sally had
escaped, as well.
"I think I'll leave rescuing the Freedom Fighters to her, because she knows
where they are. I'll have to save Sonic," thought Uncle Chuck. "But how?"
**********
Roboticizer Waiting Area Corridors, Robotropolis…
"Nicole, status?"
"The coast will be clear after two more Combots pass the vent," replied Nicole.
Sally watched as two Combots passed the vent, and then signaled to Ruben to
follow her. Sally opened the vent and stepped out into the corridor. Ruben
sighed, and then exited the vent. Sally put the vent into place, and crept
toward the cell.
"Nicole, robot scan."
"Scanning.." "SWATbots detected."
Sally ducked into a side corridor. Ruben stood clueless, so Sally grabbed him
and pulled him into the corridor. The inferior SWATbots clanked past the side
corridor, Sally and Ruben unnoticed.
"Coast clear, Sally."
Sally and Ruben left the side corridor, and crept toward the corner where they
had lost the Combots. Sally peeked around the corner, saw that the coast was
clear, and rounded the corner. They reached the cell and Antoine greeted Sally.
Sally shushed him, and told everyone to be quiet.
"Dirk, the hawk, was taken to the roboticizer," whispered Bunnie.
"Oh no!" gasped Ruben.
"Shhh," said Sally. "Nicole, can you break the lock?"
"Yes, Sally," replied Nicole, "cracking code.."
Within seconds, the cell door creaked open, and the Freedom Fighters (and Caero)
filed out of the cell.
A Combot entered the corridor: "Priority One: apprehend Freedom Fighters!"
The Combot fired at the warriors, but one blast from Bunnie's pulse cannon took
the Combot out for good.
"We've got to try to save Dirk!" said Ruben.
Nicole said, "The Combot we just destroyed was here to take the next victim to
the roboticizer; Dirk has already been roboticized."
"What? No, that can't be!" cried Ruben.
"I'm sorry, Ruben," consoled Sally, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"We've accompleeshed nothing so far!" complained Antoine.
"That's not true," said Bunnie. "We've saved Ruben here from Robotnik."
"Thank you, all," said Ruben, "but I must return to my group." Ruben turned to
leave, but Sally stopped him.
"Ruben, one Freedom Fighter traversing alone could get captured," she said.
"We'll go with you back to your band of FF's."
"No, you've done enough," said Ruben, "so you don't have to go out of your way
to do any more."
"No, I'm glad to help," replied Sally, "and, besides, I'd like to meet some more
Freedom Fighters."
"But, Sally," said Bunnie, "Sonic's here, remember? What if he gets roboticized
because we don't go looking for him."
"He'll be all right. I can sense it."
**********
Uncle Chuck's Hideaway, Robotropolis…
"C'mon, there's got to be a network here that controls the titanium cell!" cried
Uncle Chuck, frustrated.
Sonic now had to lie on his back to avoid the upper spikes; they were so close.
"Eureka!"
Uncle Chuck had found the network for the Jail Hall controls.
"Quick, got to find the titanium cell controls!"
The ceiling spikes were millimeters from touching Sonic, who was now wedged in
between the lower spikes.
"Got it! Now, to shut down the titanium chamber."
The ceiling spikes were now touching Sonic, pushing their way into his flesh.
It was just a matter of seconds now before the upper spikes fitted into the
lower spikes, completely crushing and killing Sonic.
Uncle Chuck rapidly typed. He tried the command "shutdown," then "stop." Sonic
only had one second before the spikes would puncture his skin. Uncle Chuck
typed, "end." The spikes stopped moving closer to each other, but Sonic was
still trapped in a very uncomfortable position.
Phew, sighed Uncle Chuck, "Now, I've just got to reset the spike alignment and
open the cell door, so Sonic can escape."
"RESET." Nothing. "REBOOT." The spikes' positions reset. "DOOR." The door
controls were accessed. "OPEN." The door to the titanium chamber opened!
**********
Second Titanium Chamber, Robotropolis…
Sonic realized that his life had been spared at the last possible second. He
quickly looked up and saw that the glass was in place and that the titanium
cover was now moving into position. He would have no way of escaping if the
titanium cover completely sealed the opening because his spin could not
penetrate titanium. He quickly went into a spin and shattered the glass, barely
squeezing past the titanium floor. Sonic shot up in the air and by the time
gravity pulled him back down, the titanium was completely in place, and Sonic
made a clean landing onto it. He saw the cell door was open, and zipped out of
the titanium cell. He quickly sped out of the Main Structure, spinning through
any and all SWATbots and Combots in his path.
**********
Outside the Main Structure, Robotropolis…
Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, Caero, and Ruben trekked out of the Main Structure, and
through the Robotropolis junkyards and metal heaps. Soon, a few SWATbots
attacked them.
Sonic sped from the Main Structure, toward them. His spin took out two of the
three SWATbots, and Caero's flaming punch took out the third.
"I knew Sonic would be all right," thought Sally.
"C'mon, everyone," yelled Sonic, as he sped off toward the Great Forest, "let's
blow this pop-stand!"
Everyone "came on."
"Yeah, let's go, y'all!" shouted Bunnie, who ran after Sonic.
**********
Great Forest…
Now united, these warriors must fight together to save Tails from being a
mindless slave of Robotnik forever, and unite with Rotor.
The Freedom Fighters have done much, and fought well, but have so much more
ahead of them.
© 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 fought valiantly, but were captured after taking out five
Combots. The Freedom Fighters were taken to Robotnik.
"Lord Robotnik, what do you wish me to do with them?" asked Snively.
"Neurobot, take Sonic to the second titanium cell," said Robotnik. "Combots,
take the rest of them to the roboticizer waiting cells."
"YESSIRMMM" said the Neurobot.
"Yes, lord," said a Combot.
The Neurobot grabbed Sonic and fired a stun ray at him. The Neurobot then left
the room with Sonic, now stunned.
Four Combots grabbed the Freedom Fighters (and Caero) and left the room.
"Feel my wrath!" yelled Robotnik.
**********
Second Titanium Cell, Robotropolis…
Sonic slowly regained his consciousness after recovering from the stun ray fired
by the Neurobot. He realized he was in another cell similar in structure to the
icy titanium chamber that Caero saved him from. Sonic stood up to face what was
to come.
A video screen on the wall came to life with Robotnik's face.
"Hello, hedgehog," said Robotnik, "and welcome to my second titanium chamber.
How you escape from my first, I do not know, but there should be no escape this
time!"
Robotnik's face disappeared from the video screen, and the ceiling panel opened,
to reveal a wall of spikes. The floor Sonic was standing on opened, to reveal a
glass floor, and far below it, another wall of spikes, designed to fit into the
gaps of the upper wall of spikes.
Robotnik's face reappeared on the video screen. He said, "The glass you are
standing on will be removed in time to trap you between the spikes, which will
close upon you!" Robotnik's face vanished again from the screen.
Ever so slowly, the ceiling began to lower, and the lower wall of spikes began
to rise toward the glass.
Roboticizer Waiting Cell, Robotropolis Main Structure...
Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, and Caero were thrown into the roboticizer waiting cell.
Already in there were a woodpecker and a hawk, both obviously male. The
Combots slammed the door and left the waiting area.
"You guys got caught by Robotnik too?" asked Caero to the animals already in the
cell.
"Yeah, we were out patrolling for our band of Freedom Fighters, and..." the
woodpecker was cut off by Sally.
"You guys are Freedom Fighters?" interrupted Sally.
"Yeah," replied the hawk, "why?"
"We're Freedom Fighters too," said Sally, "at least, most of us. We didn't know
there were any more bands of Freedom Fighters."
"Yeah," said Bunnie, "where is your band located?"
"We're located in the mountains next to the Great Forest," replied the
woodpecker.
"Any plans to escape?" asked the hawk.
"Let's ask my pocket computer, Nicole," said Sally, who took out Nicole.
"Nicole, advice for escape?"
"When the robot comes to roboticize the next victim, if you time your moves
right, some of you can escape through the open cell door," suggested Nicole.
"Thanks, Nicole."
Just then, a Combot arrived.
"Woodpecker, your turn has come!"
The Combot opened the door and grabbed the woodpecker. Sally bolted through the
open door, barely avoiding the Combot's grasp. Bunnie tried to escape as well,
but was unable. The Combot sounded an alarm, and then grabbed the woodpecker,
taking him to his doom.
"Help me!" screamed the woodpecker.
Sally decided to try and save the woodpecker. "Nicole, can we save the
woodpecker?"
"I can attempt to confuse the Combot's system, while you try to free the
woodpecker. Emitting confuse signals now."
The Combot suddenly stopped in its tracks and acted strange. It projected one
arm outward, then activated its fire-repellent suit, and then deactivated it.
Sally saw her chance. She performed a flip back kick at the Combot, knocking it
down.
It was still too confused to get up, and released its grip on the woodpecker.
"Run!" yelled Sally. The woodpecker ran, and Sally ran behind him. The Combot
came out of its confusion and chased after Sally and the woodpecker. Apparently
responding to the alarm, about five SWATbots came around the corridor's corner,
and fired openly at Sally and the woodpecker. Sally and the woodpecker rounded
a corner, and were temporarily out of sight range of the Combot (and SWATbots
which were farther back down the corridor) and ducked into a ventilation grate.
The woodpecker wisely followed her. The Combot, followed by the SWATbots,
rounded the corner, and continued running past the grate.
"Phew!" sighed Sally.
"Thanks for saving my life!" said the woodpecker. "My name is Ruben. What's
yours?"
"My name is Sally," said Sally.
"Sally? Sally Acorn?"
"That's right, Princess Sally Acorn."
"Wow! It is nice to make your acquaintance, your majesty!"
"Enough with the formalities," said Sally. "Your friend, the hawk..."
"His name is Dirk," interrupted Ruben.
"Your friend, Dirk, and my friends, are all in trouble. We should try and save
them ASAP!"
"But the alarm was sounded! Robotnik is looking for us!"
"Well, I'm willing to take the chance. Are you with me?"
"All right, I'll go."
"Good! Let's go as soon as the coast is clear."
**********
Uncle Chuck's Hideaway, Robotropolis...
Uncle Chuck came upstairs to take a break from working on the deroboticizer, and
went into his spy center. After looking through a few of Robotnik's files, and
spying on a few locations, Uncle Chuck found out that his nephew, and a few
Freedom Fighters, were in deep trouble. He saw the spikes closing in on Sonic,
and then he saw the glass drop and Sonic fall onto the lower spikes. Only a
little space left before Sonic was crushed to death. He found that Sally had
escaped, as well.
"I think I'll leave rescuing the Freedom Fighters to her, because she knows
where they are. I'll have to save Sonic," thought Uncle Chuck. "But how?"
**********
Roboticizer Waiting Area Corridors, Robotropolis…
"Nicole, status?"
"The coast will be clear after two more Combots pass the vent," replied Nicole.
Sally watched as two Combots passed the vent, and then signaled to Ruben to
follow her. Sally opened the vent and stepped out into the corridor. Ruben
sighed, and then exited the vent. Sally put the vent into place, and crept
toward the cell.
"Nicole, robot scan."
"Scanning.." "SWATbots detected."
Sally ducked into a side corridor. Ruben stood clueless, so Sally grabbed him
and pulled him into the corridor. The inferior SWATbots clanked past the side
corridor, Sally and Ruben unnoticed.
"Coast clear, Sally."
Sally and Ruben left the side corridor, and crept toward the corner where they
had lost the Combots. Sally peeked around the corner, saw that the coast was
clear, and rounded the corner. They reached the cell and Antoine greeted Sally.
Sally shushed him, and told everyone to be quiet.
"Dirk, the hawk, was taken to the roboticizer," whispered Bunnie.
"Oh no!" gasped Ruben.
"Shhh," said Sally. "Nicole, can you break the lock?"
"Yes, Sally," replied Nicole, "cracking code.."
Within seconds, the cell door creaked open, and the Freedom Fighters (and Caero)
filed out of the cell.
A Combot entered the corridor: "Priority One: apprehend Freedom Fighters!"
The Combot fired at the warriors, but one blast from Bunnie's pulse cannon took
the Combot out for good.
"We've got to try to save Dirk!" said Ruben.
Nicole said, "The Combot we just destroyed was here to take the next victim to
the roboticizer; Dirk has already been roboticized."
"What? No, that can't be!" cried Ruben.
"I'm sorry, Ruben," consoled Sally, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"We've accompleeshed nothing so far!" complained Antoine.
"That's not true," said Bunnie. "We've saved Ruben here from Robotnik."
"Thank you, all," said Ruben, "but I must return to my group." Ruben turned to
leave, but Sally stopped him.
"Ruben, one Freedom Fighter traversing alone could get captured," she said.
"We'll go with you back to your band of FF's."
"No, you've done enough," said Ruben, "so you don't have to go out of your way
to do any more."
"No, I'm glad to help," replied Sally, "and, besides, I'd like to meet some more
Freedom Fighters."
"But, Sally," said Bunnie, "Sonic's here, remember? What if he gets roboticized
because we don't go looking for him."
"He'll be all right. I can sense it."
**********
Uncle Chuck's Hideaway, Robotropolis…
"C'mon, there's got to be a network here that controls the titanium cell!" cried
Uncle Chuck, frustrated.
Sonic now had to lie on his back to avoid the upper spikes; they were so close.
"Eureka!"
Uncle Chuck had found the network for the Jail Hall controls.
"Quick, got to find the titanium cell controls!"
The ceiling spikes were millimeters from touching Sonic, who was now wedged in
between the lower spikes.
"Got it! Now, to shut down the titanium chamber."
The ceiling spikes were now touching Sonic, pushing their way into his flesh.
It was just a matter of seconds now before the upper spikes fitted into the
lower spikes, completely crushing and killing Sonic.
Uncle Chuck rapidly typed. He tried the command "shutdown," then "stop." Sonic
only had one second before the spikes would puncture his skin. Uncle Chuck
typed, "end." The spikes stopped moving closer to each other, but Sonic was
still trapped in a very uncomfortable position.
Phew, sighed Uncle Chuck, "Now, I've just got to reset the spike alignment and
open the cell door, so Sonic can escape."
"RESET." Nothing. "REBOOT." The spikes' positions reset. "DOOR." The door
controls were accessed. "OPEN." The door to the titanium chamber opened!
**********
Second Titanium Chamber, Robotropolis…
Sonic realized that his life had been spared at the last possible second. He
quickly looked up and saw that the glass was in place and that the titanium
cover was now moving into position. He would have no way of escaping if the
titanium cover completely sealed the opening because his spin could not
penetrate titanium. He quickly went into a spin and shattered the glass, barely
squeezing past the titanium floor. Sonic shot up in the air and by the time
gravity pulled him back down, the titanium was completely in place, and Sonic
made a clean landing onto it. He saw the cell door was open, and zipped out of
the titanium cell. He quickly sped out of the Main Structure, spinning through
any and all SWATbots and Combots in his path.
**********
Outside the Main Structure, Robotropolis…
Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, Caero, and Ruben trekked out of the Main Structure, and
through the Robotropolis junkyards and metal heaps. Soon, a few SWATbots
attacked them.
Sonic sped from the Main Structure, toward them. His spin took out two of the
three SWATbots, and Caero's flaming punch took out the third.
"I knew Sonic would be all right," thought Sally.
"C'mon, everyone," yelled Sonic, as he sped off toward the Great Forest, "let's
blow this pop-stand!"
Everyone "came on."
"Yeah, let's go, y'all!" shouted Bunnie, who ran after Sonic.
**********
Great Forest…
Now united, these warriors must fight together to save Tails from being a
mindless slave of Robotnik forever, and unite with Rotor.
The Freedom Fighters have done much, and fought well, but have so much more
ahead of them.
© 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.