All characters are (c) Sega or Archie Comics! I own MARK!! He's MINE,
MINE, ALL MINE! Anyone using him without permission will be fried
and put on a sandwich with some grilled cheese.

These * * indicate thought and Nicole speaking.
I like my new spacing thing, so I'm going to keep it! This is for Orin and
Lonely Echidna cause I love 'em both! This is the last chapter of this
story, and thanx to everyone for reviewing it! This story leads up to my
next story, which I'm starting soon. Ciao! This is a _very_ short chapter
cause I'm getting bored of no-one reviewing this.

The Band Break-Up
By Orion Gecko

Chapter 8- The End

He woke up. His arms and legs were tied by metal bonds. His mouth was
gagged. The blue hedgehog looked up. He was tied inside the roboticizer.
To the left of him was his two companions, Sally and Knuckles. To the
right of him was his sister, Sonia. They had all been caught. As he was
thinking, he could hear his sister spilling the beans on everything, from his
mother's location, to where the Floating Island was. He glanced over at his
red friend, who looked like he was going to explode if Sonia didn't shut
up. She was telling secrets about his island and friends that could lead to
the destruction of the planet if Robotnik got a hold of the things she was
telling.

He looked over at Sally, who was crying. He could understand her
emotions. Sonia had also given Robotnik the location of Sanctuary, the
only safe place apart from Knothole for children and adults to live happily.
Sonic also felt tears spring to his eyes as his sister told Robotnik about his
drastic fear of water. He noticed the Overlanders eyes gleam with
excitement when she mentioned it. His hand hovered over the red button.

"Well thankyou princess. You've been more than helpful. Now for your
reward." He laughed.

Sonia smiled, but it soon faded as she saw his hand. She opened her
mouth and let out a huge scream. The evil dictator laughed and pressed the
button. She was slowly turned into a metallic object, only to serve him. It
started at her hands and feet, and crept up her arms and legs, covering her
abdomen and finally reached her head. She was crying now. If you looked
at her now robotic face, you could make out two symmetrical lines
running down her face, where her tears had stained her fur only a few
moments ago.

Sonic looked on silently, as his two closest friends were also subjected to
the roboticizers power. He could have stopped this, if he hadn't been so
brain-dead and rushed in without thinking. The blue hedgehog lowered his
head and closed his eyes, a tear seeping through, onto his chest. All his
fault. HIS fault. No-one else was to blame, but him.

Robotnik turned to him then.

*Oh well* he thought *might as well go out with a bang...*

His head came jerking up and he stared at his captor with a familiar gleam
in his emerald green eyes.

"You'll never win RoBUTTnick!" he sneered.

Famous last words.

The beam slid down over him, encasing him in a pearly light. Wait.
Something was different! The light wasn't usually this colour, right? It
was supposed to be green, not white! His eyes widened in disbelief. He
was not going to be a normal worker-bot like everyone else, he was going
to be something more...

As he pondered over these last few things, he noticed that Robotnik was
talking to him. He didn't care, only one thought crossed his mind as he
was fully changed.

I'm Sorry




Well, thats the end. Of this story at least! This story is left on a sort of
cliffhanger, if you look hard enough, because it is also the start to my next
story, called FAMOUS LAST WORDS. I won't say anything about the
plot of this next story, but you'll have to read it to find out!! Ciao!
Ozza