Part 3
When we arrived in Robotropolis we saw activity such as I had never seen before. Old bots being put back into the main roboticer and being reassembled. What went in I knew only too well. what came out was totally new. it took three bots to make one of the new It was about the same size but the design was radically different from the original. (to make this description shorter it looks like that one robot from Robocop 2 Shmoo) Also other bots were being created. Probots: mechanical assistance and repair. Seekerbots : a replacement of the old stelthbot. Ragebots: highly powerful defense robots. Although the Goliathbot was the most intimidating, the Ragebots were ultimately more powerful. Each was equipped with a revised version of the overlord chip. It also has an individual AI.
My mind, at the time, was on other things. Two of these Goliathbots suddenly crashed out of the trees behind us.
System Breach! Starting Command 129234! They said together as each of there 4 mechguns deployed and started to spin. Run Marble! I said, determined to keep him safe. He did run, but not away. He ran straight at the closest Goliathbot. The Goliathbot had started to fire at Marble but he was too fast to get hit. He curled up into a spindash and slammed into its spidery legs. It fell forward guns blazing. Max and I just dodged the final shots as it slammed into the ground. By this time the second goliath bot had finished charging its laser cannon. The blue lens glittered with electricity as it pointed directly at me. Obviously it was programmed to take out the nearest thing to it because marble was revving up for another attack from behind. The green blast singed my fur as I ran for my life. Marble had jumped and was spinning at its head. He bounced off it as the second bot fell to the ground.
Unfortunately the upper body was too well armored to be damaged too much by Marble's attack. The bot righted itself and said Receiving new mission... capture prime echidna. we all said in unison as the heavily armed grapplers moved at Max. Not today you wont! Max said as he drew out his sword, the Linear Edge. It, I learned afterward, is also made out of that precious material, plymonium steel that Knuckles was talking about. That explained why the goliathbot was sliced into pieces so easily and quickly. Electric bolts flew from the incisions made by that incredible weapon. .... detonation execute in 5, 4, 3, 6, 8, Obviously Robosonic had not yet fixed all the problems with this new bot. We all watched as it rambled random numbers.
Perhaps we should go? Max said as he resheathed his sword. Yep. Come-on Marble this is no time to be laying down on the job! I spoke as i noticed Marble laying down with a spectacular bump on his head. Ouchie _. Dang that lumbering oaf must be made out of something else! Well I gess we can go back seeing as how we know Robotnick is dead. I said not having a clue what was in store for us.
Mostly I say this because the first Goliathbot was getting up again and none of us noticed. Prime directive capture target... Maximulan. Retrieve target... alive It said as it launched out its grapplers and took hold of the suprized echidna. Hey leggo! Max said as I took out my Grandis Cannon. It is a laser of my own design. Way too powerful for me. And I was at the pleasant end. The forest green lens glowed as it charged itself. Max was still trying to free himself, but was failing. Stand clear Max!
How exactly am I supposed to do that! he replied as the cannon reached the power I had set it at. Even at its lowest setting the kickback was immense. The green beam tore through the bot. Ripping off armor plating, paint, and a few of its limbs. Max was free and once again dawned the Edge. Of course he never did get to use it on the bot. Marble had, once again, showed his reckless courage and rammed the bot in the middle full force. He cut a nice clean hole straight through the center. The damaged bot twitched as electric bolts shot from it. Start implosion countdown...5 4 it said in its mechanical voice. Urm... I think we should go... NOW! I said as it managed to remember how to count. We ran from the suicidal bot as it reached the number one. Then it went to negative one. Negative two. What in the hell is wrong with these things? Marble said as he frowned at the malfunctioning bot. You know Marble. Sometimes life gives us something to wonder about that can never be explained. Max said meaningfully to him. We should have been more serious. We should have expected the worst. We didn't know then... what exactly happened to Knuckles.
End Part 3