Chapter 10
Ash was feeling much better by the time they walked into the Mobotropolis city limits. Misty was still worried, but Ash reassured her that he was ok. When the others saw what Ash saw, they were just as amazed, especially when Tails and Sonic told the story to them. Sonic, Hershey, Tails and the others took the tour of the city, and were deeply impressed by it.
"That was great!" Ash exclaimed as they finished their tour. They were walking out of the Mobian History Museum, and they were all amazed at it. Suddenly, Tails got a message from Sally on his wristwatch. A holographic image of Sally appeared and started talking.
"Tails! I'm sorry it's on such short notice, but can you go to Downunda and pick up the Freedom Fighters? They've got another Overlander over there, and they've decided to take their vacation early!"
"That's great! Sure I'll do it!" Tails said excitedly.
"Good! You cant take the Winged Victory, 'cause that's too small, but I suppose I could trust you to drive the Turbo Prop!" Sally said, smiling.
"Awesome! Thanks, Aunt Sally!" Tails said, turning off his watch. He turned to his new friends and smiled apologetically, "Sorry, guys, I gotta take a trip…"
"It's ok, we'll just hang around without you!" Ash said.
"Thanks! I'll see ya later tonight, alright?" Tails said as he walked towards the hangar.
"Alright! See ya little guy!" Sonic said, chuckling silently to himself. Tails walked in the hangar, and saw the Turbo Prop, recently updated and refurbished by Rotor. He felt like Sally was finally treating him as an adult, and not just a little kid. He got into the cockpit and radioed the tower to open the hangar doors. Within 5 minutes he was out in the air, flying freely.
As Tails flew farther out to sea, he noticed that his plane was slowly moving upwards. He was suddenly jerked straight up! He couldn't control his plane! The plane went up for a while, and then Tails was able to regain control of his ship. He leveled himself, and then tested a theory. He flew lower, and sure enough, he lost control of his ship again! He forced it up, and it went back to normal. He tried going down again, and nothing happened! It seemed to Tails that there was something concealed in a cloak, just sitting there in the water! It had to have been tall, because he had to be about 200 meters above the water.
Antoine walked into the cockpit, looking extremely befuddled. "What was zat??"
"It's gotta be Robotnik…I wonder what he's up to?" Tails said mostly to himself, as he continued his course toward Downunda.
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If Charles was real flesh and blood, he'd be sweating right now.
He stared at his computer screen with very wide eyes. If you couldn't read binary, you wouldn't understand. Robotnik was receiving a message from one of his henchbots, and it was in binary for safety reasons. Robotnik didn't dream that after all he had gone through to make Charles completely robotic, and non-reversably his servant, that he'd still be a hitch in his plans, so he didn't bother to have it encrypted any other way. But Charles was not his servant, he was a spy, and he was doing his job, however horrified it was making him.
He picked up the spy cam interface unit and exited his hideout in the junk piles. He quickly made his way towards the main gate. If he could just escape, he could get near enough to communicate with Sonic, and -
~HALT. COME WITH US, TRAITOR.~
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Misty kept glancing back at Ash, to make sure he was okay. She didn't know what he had seen to make him react that way, but she had a feeling she'd know soon enough.
They visited the museum, the observatory, and numerous other places, before Misty's worries were assured; at Bunnie's grave suggestion they went to a vantage point of what Tails had shown Ash an hour before: the line of battle. It took constant fighting on the side of the Mobians to keep the robots off, and it was like massacre. They only stayed there for about 20 seconds, before everyone couldn't stand it.
"Man, I need to be DOWN there!" Sonic said, slamming his fist on the wall. Hershey gave him a reproving look.
"Sonic, you know that you can't be down there! You're needed up here! We need your help to-"
"I don't CARE what I'm needed for up here! Hundreds of Mobians are DYING down there, and I know that if I were down there I could whoop those bots' butts!"
"But you also know that if Robotnik saw you down there, he'd send out the heavy artillery, making it even MORE dangerous for the civilians in the city, and maybe we'd lose the city altogether!"
"But-"
"As long as Robotnik thinks that he doesn't have to waste the big guns, we're safer-"
"But if-"
"Pikaaa!"
"ENOUGH!!!!!" Misty shouted at the top of her lungs. Everyone looked at her, as if noticing her for the first time. "If you would PLEASE stop bickering and maybe show us how WE could personally help??" Sonic looked at his feet, and so did Hershey.
"Sorry" they said in unison. Hershey looked up at Misty, and at the rest of them in turn.
"So, you really want to help?"
"YES!" Misty, Ash, Brock and Tracy shouted, and a whisper of "no" was almost…but not quite…heard from Jessie and James. Pikachu also shouted "PIKA!", which was understood as well. Hershey and Sonic looked happy, and at this point Prince Elias walked back into the room.
"Did I hear correctly? You want to help? Well, until we have all of you here, you can't really do anything! Until Tails returns from Downunda with the Freedom Fighers and…Meowth, as you call him…you'll just have to hang here!"
There was a silence, and then Tracy shouted, "Well? Come on! If we gotta wait, lets go and enjoy our stay on another planet, while we still can!"
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A stranger roamed Mobius. It was an overlander, and it walked slowly and carefully through the jungles of the Mysterious Cat Country. It wasn't scared, nor was it uneasy, it just walked through the landscape, processing everything. It was a shrewd overlander, and it wasn't alone. Behind it, small figures marched, chained by their ankles. The overlander smiled, and kept on his present course.
Ash was feeling much better by the time they walked into the Mobotropolis city limits. Misty was still worried, but Ash reassured her that he was ok. When the others saw what Ash saw, they were just as amazed, especially when Tails and Sonic told the story to them. Sonic, Hershey, Tails and the others took the tour of the city, and were deeply impressed by it.
"That was great!" Ash exclaimed as they finished their tour. They were walking out of the Mobian History Museum, and they were all amazed at it. Suddenly, Tails got a message from Sally on his wristwatch. A holographic image of Sally appeared and started talking.
"Tails! I'm sorry it's on such short notice, but can you go to Downunda and pick up the Freedom Fighters? They've got another Overlander over there, and they've decided to take their vacation early!"
"That's great! Sure I'll do it!" Tails said excitedly.
"Good! You cant take the Winged Victory, 'cause that's too small, but I suppose I could trust you to drive the Turbo Prop!" Sally said, smiling.
"Awesome! Thanks, Aunt Sally!" Tails said, turning off his watch. He turned to his new friends and smiled apologetically, "Sorry, guys, I gotta take a trip…"
"It's ok, we'll just hang around without you!" Ash said.
"Thanks! I'll see ya later tonight, alright?" Tails said as he walked towards the hangar.
"Alright! See ya little guy!" Sonic said, chuckling silently to himself. Tails walked in the hangar, and saw the Turbo Prop, recently updated and refurbished by Rotor. He felt like Sally was finally treating him as an adult, and not just a little kid. He got into the cockpit and radioed the tower to open the hangar doors. Within 5 minutes he was out in the air, flying freely.
As Tails flew farther out to sea, he noticed that his plane was slowly moving upwards. He was suddenly jerked straight up! He couldn't control his plane! The plane went up for a while, and then Tails was able to regain control of his ship. He leveled himself, and then tested a theory. He flew lower, and sure enough, he lost control of his ship again! He forced it up, and it went back to normal. He tried going down again, and nothing happened! It seemed to Tails that there was something concealed in a cloak, just sitting there in the water! It had to have been tall, because he had to be about 200 meters above the water.
Antoine walked into the cockpit, looking extremely befuddled. "What was zat??"
"It's gotta be Robotnik…I wonder what he's up to?" Tails said mostly to himself, as he continued his course toward Downunda.
**************
If Charles was real flesh and blood, he'd be sweating right now.
He stared at his computer screen with very wide eyes. If you couldn't read binary, you wouldn't understand. Robotnik was receiving a message from one of his henchbots, and it was in binary for safety reasons. Robotnik didn't dream that after all he had gone through to make Charles completely robotic, and non-reversably his servant, that he'd still be a hitch in his plans, so he didn't bother to have it encrypted any other way. But Charles was not his servant, he was a spy, and he was doing his job, however horrified it was making him.
He picked up the spy cam interface unit and exited his hideout in the junk piles. He quickly made his way towards the main gate. If he could just escape, he could get near enough to communicate with Sonic, and -
~HALT. COME WITH US, TRAITOR.~
**************
Misty kept glancing back at Ash, to make sure he was okay. She didn't know what he had seen to make him react that way, but she had a feeling she'd know soon enough.
They visited the museum, the observatory, and numerous other places, before Misty's worries were assured; at Bunnie's grave suggestion they went to a vantage point of what Tails had shown Ash an hour before: the line of battle. It took constant fighting on the side of the Mobians to keep the robots off, and it was like massacre. They only stayed there for about 20 seconds, before everyone couldn't stand it.
"Man, I need to be DOWN there!" Sonic said, slamming his fist on the wall. Hershey gave him a reproving look.
"Sonic, you know that you can't be down there! You're needed up here! We need your help to-"
"I don't CARE what I'm needed for up here! Hundreds of Mobians are DYING down there, and I know that if I were down there I could whoop those bots' butts!"
"But you also know that if Robotnik saw you down there, he'd send out the heavy artillery, making it even MORE dangerous for the civilians in the city, and maybe we'd lose the city altogether!"
"But-"
"As long as Robotnik thinks that he doesn't have to waste the big guns, we're safer-"
"But if-"
"Pikaaa!"
"ENOUGH!!!!!" Misty shouted at the top of her lungs. Everyone looked at her, as if noticing her for the first time. "If you would PLEASE stop bickering and maybe show us how WE could personally help??" Sonic looked at his feet, and so did Hershey.
"Sorry" they said in unison. Hershey looked up at Misty, and at the rest of them in turn.
"So, you really want to help?"
"YES!" Misty, Ash, Brock and Tracy shouted, and a whisper of "no" was almost…but not quite…heard from Jessie and James. Pikachu also shouted "PIKA!", which was understood as well. Hershey and Sonic looked happy, and at this point Prince Elias walked back into the room.
"Did I hear correctly? You want to help? Well, until we have all of you here, you can't really do anything! Until Tails returns from Downunda with the Freedom Fighers and…Meowth, as you call him…you'll just have to hang here!"
There was a silence, and then Tracy shouted, "Well? Come on! If we gotta wait, lets go and enjoy our stay on another planet, while we still can!"
**************
A stranger roamed Mobius. It was an overlander, and it walked slowly and carefully through the jungles of the Mysterious Cat Country. It wasn't scared, nor was it uneasy, it just walked through the landscape, processing everything. It was a shrewd overlander, and it wasn't alone. Behind it, small figures marched, chained by their ankles. The overlander smiled, and kept on his present course.