Chapter 13
"Aah, my princess. I...have something to show you..." Antoine led Sally out of the castle and down through the long corridors.
"What is it, Antoine? Something wrong?" He didn't look at her. He seemed slightly scared. He led her down the long stairs and finally into the hangar where the Turbo Prop was sitting.
"Princess, you may want to 'ave a look in zee cargo 'old..." He let her go inside the ship and she stopped dead at the entrance to the cargo hold.
"Antoine...where are the weapons...and ammunition...?" He sighed.
"I noticed a few minutes ago, my princess. I went into zee ship to do zee maintancence check, and zey were gone." Sally looked grave. She looked around for other missing items.
"None of the hangar workers would have taken them. There is no reason to just take weapons out of the ship when they can be inspected here."
"Do you suspect zee outsider, princess?" She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
"I hope not. We can't affort do be infiltrated after all we've done to keep them out."
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Charles sat, apparently doing nothing.
Rudyard sad, apparently thinking of something else.
Or at least, that's what the cameras saw.
Charles was, in fact, doing something, and Rudyard was doing so as well. "How's it going, Rudyard?" Charles asked, under his breath.
"Not that great, but I'll have it sooner or later." He replied.
"Remember, the spy cam frequency is somewhere between 345.2 and 388.9. I never checked it, because it was linked directly with my computer, but I know I made it with a frequency in that range." Rudyard was laying down, with his hand on his head. To the camera, it looked as if he was just being unhappy at the thought of having been captured, but he was really turning small knobs on a panel in his head. Charles could have done so, but the cameras were focused on him, so they would notice quicker than with Rudyard.
"Yes, I know. You've now told me 12 times. I think I can remember, being a robot. He-ey, what's this?" Charles had to resist the urge to snap his head around to look at him.
"You got it?"
"Yeah! Whoa. Now I see what you were talking about. We've got to get one of us out of here, Charles. It would do to let the freedom fighters know about this." Charles silently nodded.
"Send me the feed." Rudyard did so, and Charles saw the ever so familiar control room in his visual input detectors, or what may be called eyes. He shook his head. It was being completed rapidly, and he suspected that it would be done during the week. Now it was truly set. He must get out of -
"Welcome, welcome. Seeing you here has just proven to me that my first test run on my prototype has worked. It is nice to finally meet you. Are you all set in your own world?" There was a short pause before another voice answered.
"Yes. Everything is going according to plan. We are building our own model in my world, and our activation time is set. My entry was…a little off, however."
"How so?"
"I landed in a jungle. I was forced to take children hostages so that I could get food. On my way here, I had to get a boat ride from a local to a place called Downunda, and board a two-tailed fox's ship. I took all the spare weapons in the ship, and your robots have deposited them in your armory." There was another short pause.
"Thank you…and as for the mishap…I'm sure you….understand, that was not intentional."
"Of course it wasn't. I'm here now, and that's all that matters. My communicator is configured to travel between worlds, so I am in constant contact with my people."
"That is good." Two figures walked around the corner, and came into view. Charles recognized one as the inimitable form of Robotnik, but the other one was foreign, obviously because he was from another reality. He was tall, and thin. His voice was deep, and he looked very unpleasant. A perfect partner for Robotnik.
"Well, Robotnik, you will be glad to know that Rocket Industries has your complete and utter support. Just as long as we get a goodly share."
"Of course, Geovanni. You will get your share." The man known as Geovanni nodded, as if he thought it was good enough, and they continued down the corridor. Geovanni gazed around, looking at the security. There were no Shadow Bots in the hallway, and no cameras to be seen.
"How can you be sure that these convicts will not escape?" He asked Robotnik.
"They know what will happen. They can not escape from me. No matter how far they run. And they know that if they run, the consequences will be much greater. I don't need cameras, or guards. Their fear of me is enough." Now Charles understood why the cameras were concealed. He wanted to make an impression on this Geovanni. Charles knew now, that Geovanni was no more of a partner to him as Sonic the Hedgehog.
Phew. Got it all uploaded....and that's as far as I've gotten. Comments? Flames? All welcome.
-I. Krag
"Aah, my princess. I...have something to show you..." Antoine led Sally out of the castle and down through the long corridors.
"What is it, Antoine? Something wrong?" He didn't look at her. He seemed slightly scared. He led her down the long stairs and finally into the hangar where the Turbo Prop was sitting.
"Princess, you may want to 'ave a look in zee cargo 'old..." He let her go inside the ship and she stopped dead at the entrance to the cargo hold.
"Antoine...where are the weapons...and ammunition...?" He sighed.
"I noticed a few minutes ago, my princess. I went into zee ship to do zee maintancence check, and zey were gone." Sally looked grave. She looked around for other missing items.
"None of the hangar workers would have taken them. There is no reason to just take weapons out of the ship when they can be inspected here."
"Do you suspect zee outsider, princess?" She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
"I hope not. We can't affort do be infiltrated after all we've done to keep them out."
**************
Charles sat, apparently doing nothing.
Rudyard sad, apparently thinking of something else.
Or at least, that's what the cameras saw.
Charles was, in fact, doing something, and Rudyard was doing so as well. "How's it going, Rudyard?" Charles asked, under his breath.
"Not that great, but I'll have it sooner or later." He replied.
"Remember, the spy cam frequency is somewhere between 345.2 and 388.9. I never checked it, because it was linked directly with my computer, but I know I made it with a frequency in that range." Rudyard was laying down, with his hand on his head. To the camera, it looked as if he was just being unhappy at the thought of having been captured, but he was really turning small knobs on a panel in his head. Charles could have done so, but the cameras were focused on him, so they would notice quicker than with Rudyard.
"Yes, I know. You've now told me 12 times. I think I can remember, being a robot. He-ey, what's this?" Charles had to resist the urge to snap his head around to look at him.
"You got it?"
"Yeah! Whoa. Now I see what you were talking about. We've got to get one of us out of here, Charles. It would do to let the freedom fighters know about this." Charles silently nodded.
"Send me the feed." Rudyard did so, and Charles saw the ever so familiar control room in his visual input detectors, or what may be called eyes. He shook his head. It was being completed rapidly, and he suspected that it would be done during the week. Now it was truly set. He must get out of -
"Welcome, welcome. Seeing you here has just proven to me that my first test run on my prototype has worked. It is nice to finally meet you. Are you all set in your own world?" There was a short pause before another voice answered.
"Yes. Everything is going according to plan. We are building our own model in my world, and our activation time is set. My entry was…a little off, however."
"How so?"
"I landed in a jungle. I was forced to take children hostages so that I could get food. On my way here, I had to get a boat ride from a local to a place called Downunda, and board a two-tailed fox's ship. I took all the spare weapons in the ship, and your robots have deposited them in your armory." There was another short pause.
"Thank you…and as for the mishap…I'm sure you….understand, that was not intentional."
"Of course it wasn't. I'm here now, and that's all that matters. My communicator is configured to travel between worlds, so I am in constant contact with my people."
"That is good." Two figures walked around the corner, and came into view. Charles recognized one as the inimitable form of Robotnik, but the other one was foreign, obviously because he was from another reality. He was tall, and thin. His voice was deep, and he looked very unpleasant. A perfect partner for Robotnik.
"Well, Robotnik, you will be glad to know that Rocket Industries has your complete and utter support. Just as long as we get a goodly share."
"Of course, Geovanni. You will get your share." The man known as Geovanni nodded, as if he thought it was good enough, and they continued down the corridor. Geovanni gazed around, looking at the security. There were no Shadow Bots in the hallway, and no cameras to be seen.
"How can you be sure that these convicts will not escape?" He asked Robotnik.
"They know what will happen. They can not escape from me. No matter how far they run. And they know that if they run, the consequences will be much greater. I don't need cameras, or guards. Their fear of me is enough." Now Charles understood why the cameras were concealed. He wanted to make an impression on this Geovanni. Charles knew now, that Geovanni was no more of a partner to him as Sonic the Hedgehog.
Phew. Got it all uploaded....and that's as far as I've gotten. Comments? Flames? All welcome.
-I. Krag