The Day of Prophecy
Chapter Three
"Sonic. We've discovered where they're keeping Mom." Manic said as the three followed Niro into the main room of the compound, Knuckles, Sally, and the others right behind them.
"Good. We have to come up with a plan. We're gonna rescue her, but it's gonna be tricky. 'Buttnick isn't *entirely* stupid. He'll expect us to try something." Sonic said.
"But we've got timing on our side, Sonic. He doesn't know that we know he has Mother. We can use that to buy us some valuable time to come up with a plan." Sonia said.
"I'm still having a hard time getting used to Sonic being royalty. It's just so..hard to believe." Sally said. Amy nodded.
"Tell me about it. Although, you have to admit, he definitely has the attitude for it." Amy said.
"What do you mean?" Sally asked.
"He thinks he's the greatest thing on two legs." Amy said.
"Hey!" Sonic said, frowning at Amy.
"Yeah! Just because Sonic has an ego problem doesn't mean everyone born of royal blood does too." Sally said, frowning at Amy.
"Hey!" Sonic said, looking at Sally.
"I know, Sally, I didn't mean you." Amy said, ignoring Sonic again. Manic and Sonia looked at each other for a moment, before looking at Sonic curiously.
"What is she talking about?" Sonia asked. Sonic rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Sally is the daughter of Max Acorn." Sonic said as Sonia gasped.
"You mean *King* Maxmillian Acorn?!" Sonia asked in disbelief. Manic stared at Sally, before turning to stare at Sonic.
"You mean she's a princess or something?" Manic asked, raising an eyebrow. Sally nodded.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am." Sally said.
"Sonic, you mean to tell us that you know Princess Sally Alicia Acorn?!" Sonia asked shocked. Sonic nodded his head as he looked at Sonia strangely.
"Yeah.so...? What's the big deal, sis?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic, don't you know *anything* about our mother's kingdom?!" Sonia asked.
"Um..no?" Sonic asked. Sonia sighed in frustration.
"King Maxmillian was the ruler of the sister country of Mobius. He and Mother were allies. His kingdom was only a little smaller in size than Mother's, but just as beautiful and prosperous." Sonia said.
"Dude, why didn't you ever tell us about her?" Manic asked, a teasing tone in his voice.
"Well, we were..uh, kind of busy.you know, finding Mom and all...and uh, you never asked?" Sonic suggested.
"Well this makes things interesting." Knuckles said with a laugh.
"If she really is a princess, maybe she can give Sonia a few tips." Manic said with a laugh as Sonia glared at the green hedgehog.
"Why you..." Sonia said.
"*Anyway* we have other important matters to discuss, your highnesses, such as the rescue of your mother?" Niro suggested. Sonic, Sonia, and Manic nodded in unison.
"Niro's right. We've gotta come up with some plan to save Mother. If we don't.." Sonia began.
"Don't worry, Sonia. We'll get her back." Sonic said as Manic nodded.
"Yeah. Then we can tell her all about Sonic and Princess Sally. I'm sure it'll make her day." Manic said.
"Hey!" Sonic cried, his face pink.
"Indeed, her highness will be most pleased. One down, two to go." Niro said, smiling at the trio.
"Hey! Enough picking on the blue hedgehog already, huh?!" Sonic asked.
"Come on, we can tease Sonic later. We have a matriarch to save." Amy said.
"Come on, can't this thing calculate any faster?" Sonic asked, tapping his toe. Sally frowned at him.
"Sonic, Nicole has the best calculating system on all of Mobius. She's can't go any faster." Sally said.
"Nicole? You named your computer?" Manic asked, peering over Sally's shoulder to look as the hand held computer in her palm.
"Yes. It's a long story, but..you see Nicole was sent to the past by my future self to help me in this time." Sally said.
"Yes. She is Queen Sally's person computer." Rotor said.
"Queen Sally?" Knuckles asked, raising an eyebrow.
"*Anyway* can we get going already?!" Sonic asked impatiently as Knuckles frowned at him.
"I wanna hear more about this.Queen Sally. She's from the future right? How did she become queen?" Knuckles asked.
"Well-" Bunnie began, but was interrupted by Sonic again.
"It's not important. We can chat all about Queen Sally of the future *after* we save Queen Aleena of *this* time." Sonic said.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that Sonic was trying to hide something from us." Manic said, raising an eyebrow.
"That's because he is." Rotor said.
"Arg! I give up! I'll be out scouting the perimeter if you need me." Sonic said, racing outside, Tails following close behind him. The second he was outside, Manic and Sonia turned to look at Rotor questioningly.
"Well? What is he hiding?" Manic asked.
"Nicole was sent to the past as a gift from Queen Sally *and* King Sonic." Bunnie said, a smirk on her lips. Sonia and Manic stared at Bunnie for a moment, before turning to look at each other before they burst out into laughter.
"Sonic marries the princess in the future?! Mother's going to love this!" Sonia cried.
"Tell me about it! Man, no wonder he was so embarrassed! Can you imagine, Sonic of all people?! Married?! I don't think I've ever seen Sonic this embarrassed in my entire life. I didn't think he could be embarrassed by *anything*!" Manic said.
"He must really like you." Sonia said, smiling at the blushing Sally.
"Everyone knows that." Bunnie said.
"Sheesh. I didn't come all this way for all this mushy stuff. It's not my style." Knuckles said.
"How long did you say you've known Sonic? You're starting to sound like him." Sonia said, a smile on her lips.
"Dude, that's a frightening thought. Two Sonics. Scary!" Manic said, a smirk on his lips.
"At last, after so many long years, I have finally captured Queen Aleena. And come morning, the royal hedgehog family of Mobius will be nothing more than a memory! And once I'm finished with the royal hedgehogs, King Maxmillian and his daughter won't stand a chance! I'll find them, and then, at last, I will rule both kingdoms!" Robotnick cried happily, smirking at the purple hedgehog shackled to the back of the cell wall glaring back at him.
"You may have me now, Robotnick, but my children will come for me. The Council of Four will be created, and you will finally be defeated and driven from my kingdom!" Queen Aleena declared.
"Hmph! Look around you, *you're highness*! You're in my fortress, and no one has ever escaped from it..alive! You have until dawn, your majesty! Then, infront of your *beloved* subjects, you will be robotized, and at long last, the royal hedgehog family will be eliminated. As for your three brats; they have managed to elude me thus far, but after tomorrow, they shall hear of their *poor* mother's capture, and come running. And then, *then* I will have you all! The Council of Four will *never* be born! Bwahahaha-hahahahahahahaha!" Robotnick cried as he slammed the door, locking the Queen inside.
"I want her guarded at *all* times! If she escapes.*you* will take her place in the morning!" Robotnick warned the two guards stationed outside Aleena's cell. The two nodded at him nervously, before Robotnick turned and left, heading deep into his fortress to celebrate his victory.
"I don't know. Seems kind of risky. Will it really work?" Knuckles asked as the group sat in the main room of the base.
"It has to. What other choice do we have?" Sonic asked.
"You and Sonic are the fastest on foot, there's no doubt about that, and we're gonna need that. Sally and Amy will go to the control room and keep an eye on Robotnick, while Knuckles get into position outside the main hall, that's where he's likely to be celebrating." Sonia said with disgust.
"Once Sally and Amy let Knuckles know the second Robotnick leaves the room, they will let the three of us know. Once the three of us have Mother, we'll take her outside the fortress. We'll contact Knuckles and Sally and they'll have fifteen minutes to get out. We'll head immediately back at the base. It must be planned perfectly to the letter. If one person isn't in their rightful place when the time comes, all hope will be lost, and we will all be destroyed. There is *no* room for error!" Sonia said, looking meaningfully at Sonic, who frowned at her.
"Look, I know I have a tendency not to take things seriously, but do you *really* think I'm gonna slack off on *this*?!" Sonic asked, a little ticked off.
"We know bro. We just have to be sure." Manic said.
"Ok, we're not gonna have a whole lot of time. We're gonna have to move now! And take our places inside. The quicker we get Mom out, the better." Sonic said.
"Agreed." Sonia said with a nod at Sonic and Manic.
"Alright guys, this is what we've been looking forward to for seventeen years." Sonic said, looking at Sonia and Manic.
"Right. Let's go see Mom." Manic said.
"Ready?" Sonic asked as he looked at Sally and Tails. They both nodded at him.
"Good. Nicole, you know what to do?" Sonic asked the little black computer.
"Affirmative, Prince Sonic." Nicole's electronic voice replied.
"Good. Alright little buddy, it's up to you." Sonic said, looking at Tails. With a nod, the little two tailed fox lifted up into the air, carrying Sally up to the first outer camera of the fortress.
"Alright Nicole, do your stuff." Sally said, holding the computer up to the camera as a thin wire came out from Nicole and connected itself to the camera.
"Downloading......Uploading main computer mainframe..... Deactivating security cameras......Deactivating security locks.......Lasers and automatic guns, offline......Uploading staged camera images..Download complete." Nicole's electronic voice said.
"Ok, we're in." Sally said the moment Tails had set her down on the ground. Sonic nodded at her before turning to look at Knuckles.
"Ready?" Sonic asked.
"Do you even have to ask me that?" Knuckles asked.
"Good. Let's move." Sonic said, as the group headed inside the fortress.
"Ok, Knuckles, you know what to do. Sonia, Manic and I will go rescue Mom. Sally, Amy, you two know what to do." Sonic said, tossing Knuckles and Sally each a walkie-talkie.
"Keep in touch. If anything happens, you can reach us on this." Sonic said. He tossed one to Bunnie.
"Tails, Niro, Boomer, you three stay here with Bunnie and keep watch." Sonic said as Bunnie nodded at him.
"Good luck." Tails said.
"Thanks little buddy. We just may need it." Sonic said, racing off with Sonia and Manic.
"Be careful, your majesties." Niro said as he watched them leave.
Knuckles raced down the halls of the fortress, until he came to a stop outside the main hall. He pressed his body against the wall as he listened to the many voices in the other room. From the sounds of things, Robotnick was celebrating. Knuckles smirked to himself.
Never count your hedgehogs before they've hatched Egg belly. Knuckles thought to himself as he smirked at his own joke.
All he had to do was wait, and keep guard over Robotnick. The moment he left, Knuckles was to hide, and then follow him to his chambers, then wait outside until he got word from the hedgehogs that they had Aleena and were safely outside the fortress. Then he was to escape himself. It shouldn't be too hard..right?
"The control room is twenty yards ahead, Princess Sally." Nicole informed the two.
"That thing sure comes in handy, doesn't it?" Amy asked at the two turned a corner. Sally smiled as she nodded.
"You could say that again. Look, there it is." Sally said, pointing to the door infront of them. Through the glass window, they could see two men seated at the camera screens, eating corn chips and drinking soda.
"Only two guards? The way Sonic was talking, I was expecting at least double that." Amy whined.
"Come on, it's better on us this way." Sally whispered, creeping along the side of the wall.
"Yeah, I suppose. But it sure isn't a whole lot of fun though." Amy whispered back, disappointment in her voice.
"Come on, you can beat up as many guards as you like *after* we save Queen Aleena." Sally said.
The two snuck into the room, and easily took out the two guards, and stashed their unconscious bodies in a corner of the room. They smiled at each other, before turning to look at the computer screens.
"Nicole. Find Sonic." Sally said, sitting down at one of the computers, and placing Nicole next to the monitor. A second later, a wire connected itself from Nicole to the computer.
"Locating Prince Sonic....Prince Sonic found...Displaying image now..." Nicole said as Sally and Amy looked at the screen infront of them. Sonic, Sonia, and Manic were walking down the hallway, with Sonia in the lead.
"Ok, Nicole, locate Queen Aleena." Sally said. Another wire connected Nicole to the computer next to it, and a second later, Queen Aleena's cell room was shown, with the two guards standing rigidly infront of it.
"Good, now locate Robotnick." Amy said. The screen flashed from Queen Aleena's cell, to the main hall, with Robotnick and his robotized servants celebrating joyously. Sleet and Dingo were also in the room, celebrating along with Robotnick.
"Good, keep the two channels Nicole. We're gonna need to warn Knuckles the second Robotnick starts to leave." Sally said.
"Affirmative Princess." Nicole said, and then grew silent.
"So, about Sonic?" Amy asked looking at Sally as she took a seat in the chair next to her friend.
"We're supposed to turn here." Sonia said, as she turned right. Sonic and Manic followed right behind her.
"Can you believe this is happening guys? After seventeen years, we're finally going to see Mom." Manic said.
"I know. I can hardly believe it myself." Sonia said.
"Yeah, tell me about it. Where to now, Sonia?" Sonic asked as they reached another fork in the road.
"This way, the cell should be just down this hall." Sonia said, as they turned left. They slowly peered around the side when they came to another corner. They turned back around and pressed themselves against the wall.
"That has to be it. Why else would an empty room need two guards?" Sonic whispered to his brother and sister.
"This is it." Manic whispered. With a nod, the three ran around the corner, and quickly took out the two guards. They smiled to themselves as they stood over the unconscious guards lying below them. They looked up at the room in silence, before turning to look at one another again.
"Let's do it." Sonic said, grabbing the keys from one of the two guards. He put the key in the lock, and turned it until it clicked. Then with one final look at his two siblings, the three pushed the door open.
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"Sonic. We've discovered where they're keeping Mom." Manic said as the three followed Niro into the main room of the compound, Knuckles, Sally, and the others right behind them.
"Good. We have to come up with a plan. We're gonna rescue her, but it's gonna be tricky. 'Buttnick isn't *entirely* stupid. He'll expect us to try something." Sonic said.
"But we've got timing on our side, Sonic. He doesn't know that we know he has Mother. We can use that to buy us some valuable time to come up with a plan." Sonia said.
"I'm still having a hard time getting used to Sonic being royalty. It's just so..hard to believe." Sally said. Amy nodded.
"Tell me about it. Although, you have to admit, he definitely has the attitude for it." Amy said.
"What do you mean?" Sally asked.
"He thinks he's the greatest thing on two legs." Amy said.
"Hey!" Sonic said, frowning at Amy.
"Yeah! Just because Sonic has an ego problem doesn't mean everyone born of royal blood does too." Sally said, frowning at Amy.
"Hey!" Sonic said, looking at Sally.
"I know, Sally, I didn't mean you." Amy said, ignoring Sonic again. Manic and Sonia looked at each other for a moment, before looking at Sonic curiously.
"What is she talking about?" Sonia asked. Sonic rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Sally is the daughter of Max Acorn." Sonic said as Sonia gasped.
"You mean *King* Maxmillian Acorn?!" Sonia asked in disbelief. Manic stared at Sally, before turning to stare at Sonic.
"You mean she's a princess or something?" Manic asked, raising an eyebrow. Sally nodded.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am." Sally said.
"Sonic, you mean to tell us that you know Princess Sally Alicia Acorn?!" Sonia asked shocked. Sonic nodded his head as he looked at Sonia strangely.
"Yeah.so...? What's the big deal, sis?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic, don't you know *anything* about our mother's kingdom?!" Sonia asked.
"Um..no?" Sonic asked. Sonia sighed in frustration.
"King Maxmillian was the ruler of the sister country of Mobius. He and Mother were allies. His kingdom was only a little smaller in size than Mother's, but just as beautiful and prosperous." Sonia said.
"Dude, why didn't you ever tell us about her?" Manic asked, a teasing tone in his voice.
"Well, we were..uh, kind of busy.you know, finding Mom and all...and uh, you never asked?" Sonic suggested.
"Well this makes things interesting." Knuckles said with a laugh.
"If she really is a princess, maybe she can give Sonia a few tips." Manic said with a laugh as Sonia glared at the green hedgehog.
"Why you..." Sonia said.
"*Anyway* we have other important matters to discuss, your highnesses, such as the rescue of your mother?" Niro suggested. Sonic, Sonia, and Manic nodded in unison.
"Niro's right. We've gotta come up with some plan to save Mother. If we don't.." Sonia began.
"Don't worry, Sonia. We'll get her back." Sonic said as Manic nodded.
"Yeah. Then we can tell her all about Sonic and Princess Sally. I'm sure it'll make her day." Manic said.
"Hey!" Sonic cried, his face pink.
"Indeed, her highness will be most pleased. One down, two to go." Niro said, smiling at the trio.
"Hey! Enough picking on the blue hedgehog already, huh?!" Sonic asked.
"Come on, we can tease Sonic later. We have a matriarch to save." Amy said.
"Come on, can't this thing calculate any faster?" Sonic asked, tapping his toe. Sally frowned at him.
"Sonic, Nicole has the best calculating system on all of Mobius. She's can't go any faster." Sally said.
"Nicole? You named your computer?" Manic asked, peering over Sally's shoulder to look as the hand held computer in her palm.
"Yes. It's a long story, but..you see Nicole was sent to the past by my future self to help me in this time." Sally said.
"Yes. She is Queen Sally's person computer." Rotor said.
"Queen Sally?" Knuckles asked, raising an eyebrow.
"*Anyway* can we get going already?!" Sonic asked impatiently as Knuckles frowned at him.
"I wanna hear more about this.Queen Sally. She's from the future right? How did she become queen?" Knuckles asked.
"Well-" Bunnie began, but was interrupted by Sonic again.
"It's not important. We can chat all about Queen Sally of the future *after* we save Queen Aleena of *this* time." Sonic said.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that Sonic was trying to hide something from us." Manic said, raising an eyebrow.
"That's because he is." Rotor said.
"Arg! I give up! I'll be out scouting the perimeter if you need me." Sonic said, racing outside, Tails following close behind him. The second he was outside, Manic and Sonia turned to look at Rotor questioningly.
"Well? What is he hiding?" Manic asked.
"Nicole was sent to the past as a gift from Queen Sally *and* King Sonic." Bunnie said, a smirk on her lips. Sonia and Manic stared at Bunnie for a moment, before turning to look at each other before they burst out into laughter.
"Sonic marries the princess in the future?! Mother's going to love this!" Sonia cried.
"Tell me about it! Man, no wonder he was so embarrassed! Can you imagine, Sonic of all people?! Married?! I don't think I've ever seen Sonic this embarrassed in my entire life. I didn't think he could be embarrassed by *anything*!" Manic said.
"He must really like you." Sonia said, smiling at the blushing Sally.
"Everyone knows that." Bunnie said.
"Sheesh. I didn't come all this way for all this mushy stuff. It's not my style." Knuckles said.
"How long did you say you've known Sonic? You're starting to sound like him." Sonia said, a smile on her lips.
"Dude, that's a frightening thought. Two Sonics. Scary!" Manic said, a smirk on his lips.
"At last, after so many long years, I have finally captured Queen Aleena. And come morning, the royal hedgehog family of Mobius will be nothing more than a memory! And once I'm finished with the royal hedgehogs, King Maxmillian and his daughter won't stand a chance! I'll find them, and then, at last, I will rule both kingdoms!" Robotnick cried happily, smirking at the purple hedgehog shackled to the back of the cell wall glaring back at him.
"You may have me now, Robotnick, but my children will come for me. The Council of Four will be created, and you will finally be defeated and driven from my kingdom!" Queen Aleena declared.
"Hmph! Look around you, *you're highness*! You're in my fortress, and no one has ever escaped from it..alive! You have until dawn, your majesty! Then, infront of your *beloved* subjects, you will be robotized, and at long last, the royal hedgehog family will be eliminated. As for your three brats; they have managed to elude me thus far, but after tomorrow, they shall hear of their *poor* mother's capture, and come running. And then, *then* I will have you all! The Council of Four will *never* be born! Bwahahaha-hahahahahahahaha!" Robotnick cried as he slammed the door, locking the Queen inside.
"I want her guarded at *all* times! If she escapes.*you* will take her place in the morning!" Robotnick warned the two guards stationed outside Aleena's cell. The two nodded at him nervously, before Robotnick turned and left, heading deep into his fortress to celebrate his victory.
"I don't know. Seems kind of risky. Will it really work?" Knuckles asked as the group sat in the main room of the base.
"It has to. What other choice do we have?" Sonic asked.
"You and Sonic are the fastest on foot, there's no doubt about that, and we're gonna need that. Sally and Amy will go to the control room and keep an eye on Robotnick, while Knuckles get into position outside the main hall, that's where he's likely to be celebrating." Sonia said with disgust.
"Once Sally and Amy let Knuckles know the second Robotnick leaves the room, they will let the three of us know. Once the three of us have Mother, we'll take her outside the fortress. We'll contact Knuckles and Sally and they'll have fifteen minutes to get out. We'll head immediately back at the base. It must be planned perfectly to the letter. If one person isn't in their rightful place when the time comes, all hope will be lost, and we will all be destroyed. There is *no* room for error!" Sonia said, looking meaningfully at Sonic, who frowned at her.
"Look, I know I have a tendency not to take things seriously, but do you *really* think I'm gonna slack off on *this*?!" Sonic asked, a little ticked off.
"We know bro. We just have to be sure." Manic said.
"Ok, we're not gonna have a whole lot of time. We're gonna have to move now! And take our places inside. The quicker we get Mom out, the better." Sonic said.
"Agreed." Sonia said with a nod at Sonic and Manic.
"Alright guys, this is what we've been looking forward to for seventeen years." Sonic said, looking at Sonia and Manic.
"Right. Let's go see Mom." Manic said.
"Ready?" Sonic asked as he looked at Sally and Tails. They both nodded at him.
"Good. Nicole, you know what to do?" Sonic asked the little black computer.
"Affirmative, Prince Sonic." Nicole's electronic voice replied.
"Good. Alright little buddy, it's up to you." Sonic said, looking at Tails. With a nod, the little two tailed fox lifted up into the air, carrying Sally up to the first outer camera of the fortress.
"Alright Nicole, do your stuff." Sally said, holding the computer up to the camera as a thin wire came out from Nicole and connected itself to the camera.
"Downloading......Uploading main computer mainframe..... Deactivating security cameras......Deactivating security locks.......Lasers and automatic guns, offline......Uploading staged camera images..Download complete." Nicole's electronic voice said.
"Ok, we're in." Sally said the moment Tails had set her down on the ground. Sonic nodded at her before turning to look at Knuckles.
"Ready?" Sonic asked.
"Do you even have to ask me that?" Knuckles asked.
"Good. Let's move." Sonic said, as the group headed inside the fortress.
"Ok, Knuckles, you know what to do. Sonia, Manic and I will go rescue Mom. Sally, Amy, you two know what to do." Sonic said, tossing Knuckles and Sally each a walkie-talkie.
"Keep in touch. If anything happens, you can reach us on this." Sonic said. He tossed one to Bunnie.
"Tails, Niro, Boomer, you three stay here with Bunnie and keep watch." Sonic said as Bunnie nodded at him.
"Good luck." Tails said.
"Thanks little buddy. We just may need it." Sonic said, racing off with Sonia and Manic.
"Be careful, your majesties." Niro said as he watched them leave.
Knuckles raced down the halls of the fortress, until he came to a stop outside the main hall. He pressed his body against the wall as he listened to the many voices in the other room. From the sounds of things, Robotnick was celebrating. Knuckles smirked to himself.
Never count your hedgehogs before they've hatched Egg belly. Knuckles thought to himself as he smirked at his own joke.
All he had to do was wait, and keep guard over Robotnick. The moment he left, Knuckles was to hide, and then follow him to his chambers, then wait outside until he got word from the hedgehogs that they had Aleena and were safely outside the fortress. Then he was to escape himself. It shouldn't be too hard..right?
"The control room is twenty yards ahead, Princess Sally." Nicole informed the two.
"That thing sure comes in handy, doesn't it?" Amy asked at the two turned a corner. Sally smiled as she nodded.
"You could say that again. Look, there it is." Sally said, pointing to the door infront of them. Through the glass window, they could see two men seated at the camera screens, eating corn chips and drinking soda.
"Only two guards? The way Sonic was talking, I was expecting at least double that." Amy whined.
"Come on, it's better on us this way." Sally whispered, creeping along the side of the wall.
"Yeah, I suppose. But it sure isn't a whole lot of fun though." Amy whispered back, disappointment in her voice.
"Come on, you can beat up as many guards as you like *after* we save Queen Aleena." Sally said.
The two snuck into the room, and easily took out the two guards, and stashed their unconscious bodies in a corner of the room. They smiled at each other, before turning to look at the computer screens.
"Nicole. Find Sonic." Sally said, sitting down at one of the computers, and placing Nicole next to the monitor. A second later, a wire connected itself from Nicole to the computer.
"Locating Prince Sonic....Prince Sonic found...Displaying image now..." Nicole said as Sally and Amy looked at the screen infront of them. Sonic, Sonia, and Manic were walking down the hallway, with Sonia in the lead.
"Ok, Nicole, locate Queen Aleena." Sally said. Another wire connected Nicole to the computer next to it, and a second later, Queen Aleena's cell room was shown, with the two guards standing rigidly infront of it.
"Good, now locate Robotnick." Amy said. The screen flashed from Queen Aleena's cell, to the main hall, with Robotnick and his robotized servants celebrating joyously. Sleet and Dingo were also in the room, celebrating along with Robotnick.
"Good, keep the two channels Nicole. We're gonna need to warn Knuckles the second Robotnick starts to leave." Sally said.
"Affirmative Princess." Nicole said, and then grew silent.
"So, about Sonic?" Amy asked looking at Sally as she took a seat in the chair next to her friend.
"We're supposed to turn here." Sonia said, as she turned right. Sonic and Manic followed right behind her.
"Can you believe this is happening guys? After seventeen years, we're finally going to see Mom." Manic said.
"I know. I can hardly believe it myself." Sonia said.
"Yeah, tell me about it. Where to now, Sonia?" Sonic asked as they reached another fork in the road.
"This way, the cell should be just down this hall." Sonia said, as they turned left. They slowly peered around the side when they came to another corner. They turned back around and pressed themselves against the wall.
"That has to be it. Why else would an empty room need two guards?" Sonic whispered to his brother and sister.
"This is it." Manic whispered. With a nod, the three ran around the corner, and quickly took out the two guards. They smiled to themselves as they stood over the unconscious guards lying below them. They looked up at the room in silence, before turning to look at one another again.
"Let's do it." Sonic said, grabbing the keys from one of the two guards. He put the key in the lock, and turned it until it clicked. Then with one final look at his two siblings, the three pushed the door open.
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