This is the re-rewritten version of Chapter 11, as the rewritten Chapter 11
had a mistake in it that I forgot or missed the second time. I am sorry and
I thank the people that pointed it out.
Brian B.
Author's Note: Just to clear some things up: 1) This is a Sonic universe of my own making. I have combined severay components of the other universes to create a universe that is independent. 2) The timeline is not right. I know that. I know that the year date is not matching the T.V. Show (the good one) or the comic timeline. This is because I am not following those universes. Comprende? Good...You may now read the story, even though no one ever reads these author's notes...(SIGH)...anyway, enough rambling, ONTO THE FIC!!!
The Robotnik Complex
Chapter 11
Location: Robotropolis Control Room 7:00 AM
"Here are the latest reports from the crash, sir." Snively said to Robotnik as he finished printing out the reports. "And out spy in Knothole has informed us of a raid today, at 0900 hours. The person who survived the crash is joining them." Robotnik turned in his chair. "Very well Snively, continue monitoring of the city and inform me of any changes in activity. Activate the Proteus. Prep for a test run." Snively turned back to his panel. "We will have to bring three additional reactors online to make the Proteus operational." Robotnik smiled at the thought of all that power, under HIS control! "Very well Snively. Bring them online." Snively turned back to his panel and within a few seconds a loud thump vibrated throughout Robotropolis as 3,000 control rods raised into place and the reactors went automatically to 10% output. "Reactors online and holding." Robotnik smiled to his underling. "Very well Snively. Have the swat-bots bring up 10 prisoners and put them into the Proteus." Snively turned to the mic on the wall and pushed a button. "Swat-Bot numbers 102298 through 102306, bring 10 prisoners to the Proteus device for a multi-Robotization test. That is all." Snively pushed up the button again. Robotnik sat forward in his chair. "That's all, Snively. Carry on." Robotnik sat back as Snively continued his work. Today was going to be exquisite, even if the rodent and his friends were coming. He had more then enough Swat-Bots to handle them. It was going to be a marvous day if his newest project worked. Just thinking of it made his mouth water. A robotizer that had the ability to robotize an entire village, and no one but he and Snively knew about it! But their was one thing he was worried about, the new arrival. Robotnik did not know his or her ability. 'Now that I think about it, I have nothing to worry about, I have Swat-Bots, that is a match for anything those freedom fighters can throw at me.' He grinned at himself as he thought of his army of robots. "Bring it on, Sonic," He said softly to himself. "Bring it on..."
Location: Knothole Village Common 7:15 AM
Tails, Amy, Brian, Sonic, and Geoffery St. John met as ordered in the Knothole common at 7:15 in the morning. Everyone still looked sleepy, Brian, however, was wide awake. He noticed that Tails and Amy were holding hands, but everyone else seemed oblivious. 'Great, here we are going into hostile territory, and Tails and Amy are google-eyed toward one another.' Brian frowned at himself. 'I might as well lay off,' he thought. 'That may be the only happiness they have in this place.' Sally stepped into the common and they all came to attention. "Before we set off, does everyone have supplies?" They all double checked their packs, making sure that all the compartments were closed. Eventully, they all looked up to her. "OK, let's go. Oh wait, I almost forgot. Brian, you are carrying a weapon, right?" Brian pulled the modified shotgun out of his holster. Everyone gasped, you could hardly tell it had once been a regular shotgun. The barrel had been further sawed off so that it came about 1/2 inch away from the flashlight that had been added. The flashlight was about 4 inches long and was 1/2 inch away from the trigger guard. The pump had been stripped away and replaced with what as far as the others could tell, a power pack with a swich on the side. A cartrage slot stuck out horizontly above the trigger, already loaded with a 5 inch clip. The stock had been cut away with the laser and had been replaced with a metal vertical handle 5 inches long. Around the remainder of the barrel, the portion that had not been sawed away was now covered with what looked like tiny horseshoe magnets. "This alright, Princess?" Brian asked, not liking having his worked stared at. Sally continued to lok at it for a few more seconds and then looked him in the face. "You built this in a day?" She said to Brian, still in awe. "Well, I didn't really build it, just modified it a lot." Sally turned to Sonic. "Didn't you tell him about the rules?" Sonic shrugged. "I told him that if he could make a weapon that was undetectable when fired, he could use it. But I didn't actully expect him to do it." Sally turned back to Brian. "Is is undetectable?" Brian nodded his head in confirmation. Sally turned to St. John, who had his arms crossed and was looking toward the ground. "Geoffery, what do you think?" St. John just stared at the ground, not making a sound. "Geoffery...?" Sally asked again. He raised his head. "To be honest princess, I think this is a terrible mistake. Not only are you allowing him a weapon we know nothing about, but we can't even be certain that it won't give away out position." Brian holstered his gun. "Get Rotor out here with a scanner. He can check it." Sally shook her head. "No, I'll trust your word, you've been straight with us so far. Are you sure the weapon emits no energy when the round is fired?" Brian pulled another round out of the belt bag he had on and pushed a small button. A small silver colored about the size of a marble, but a little smaller and squared off on one end, popped out of the cartrage. Brian put the cartrage back in the holster and picked the round up off the ground and held it out to Sally for expection. "This is a round for the gun. It's propelled by a magnetic field so there's no noise from the gun. The round can be set to be superheated when fired, so it spreads out and causes more damage. The magnets are finely tuned so that no magnetic field is detectable-each magnet cancels another out. Their are no moving parts, it's all operated on a magnetic basis. The bullet is made out of regular metal, but is not magnetized itself. The chamber-" Sonic busted into Brian's monolouge. "OK, OK, we believe the gun can't be detected! Can we get moving?" They all agreed. They all walked over toward the hovershuttle they would take to the city. Sonic and Sally walked behind the rest, conversing about something. When they all got to the shuttle, Brian started to get in the back with the others, but Sonic stopped him. "Sit up front with me. You need to learn to pilot the shuttle. Sally and I both agree." Brian headed toward the passenger door, but Sonic stopped him once again. "Sit in the pilot's seat. You'll fly us into Robotropolis." Brian raised his eyebrows at this, but did what he was told. He opened the Pilot's side door and got inside the craft. It reminded him of the cars on earth, just with hover ability. He moved around in the seat, got comforatable, and reached over his left shoulder. Just as he thought their would be, a belt was their. He reached toward the floor and grabbed the harness lock. He slid the belt into place and pushed the metal tab into the slot marked 'left'. He reached over his right shoulder and grabbed his other belt and put it on too. He looked beside him just as Sonic finished putting his harness on. He looked over to Brian. "Ready?" Brian couldn't help himself. "I was born ready." He said to Sonic as he adlibed a old movie he had once seen. "Then let's go. The joystick beside yout right hand controls steering, and the handle beside your...umm...left hand controls thrust. But since you don't HAVE a left hand, I'll control thrust. But since you are going to get a artificial hand, I might as well teach you the rest. This is a old shuttle, so don't push it past 75% unless you need to. If you need to push it, keep your eye on the structural integrity ratio on the monitor in front of you. If at any time the number on the left matches or is larger than the number on the right, throttle down to 15% thrust right away. After the structural limit is matched or passed, you have about 25 seconds before structure faliure. That's a bad thing. There's more, but I'll handle it today. Put on your headset and let's roll." Brian picked the headphones off the dash and put them on. He saw Sonic lean forward and push something, then began to talk through the mic connected to the headphones. "Knothole Hoverdock Control, this is Shuttle Oasis, codename Alpha-Omega-1-1-0 requesting launch clearance." Brian waited a moment and then heard Antoine respone. "Shuttle Oasis, codename Alpha-Omega-1-1-0, launch clearance granted. Shift to outer launch ring, launch go in five minutes. Good luck Oasis. Over and Out." Brian looked at another monitor that was flashing, telling him the direction in which he must go. Sonic throttled to 10% and Brian maneuvered the shuttle to the entrance to the outer launch ring. "The launch rings are small circles dug under the ground around Knothole, circling the village once each. At different points in the Great Forest, the tunnels emerge and you go through the Great Forest to your destination. The rings are so that the exaust trails don't leed back to Knothole, and they allow shuttles and cargo transports to build up speed before emerging into the forest." Sonic pointed toward a chronometer counting down toward zero. "When that hits zero, I'll throtle up to 50% percent and you guide us through the outer tunnel." Brian took a deep breath. He had to be calm, he told himself over and over again. He glanced at the timer. 15 seconds. He placed his hand on the joystick. It felt cool in his grasp. 10 seconds. He saw Sonic place his hand on the back-up throttle. 5 seconds. He checked the main monitor. All green. "3..." He heard a computer say in a rough, grinding voice. "2...1...Launch..." As soon as Sonic heard the computer reach zero, he pushed the throttle up to 50% and waited. Nothing happened. "LAUNCH NOW." The computer groned at them again. "What happened?" He asked as he glanced sideways at the hedgehog. Sonic had a questioning look on his face then smiled. "I forgot to activate the ignitor." Sonic reached forward and flicked two swiches. Brian heard a loud thump behind him, and then was pushed back into his seat as the shuttle went from 0-50 in 0.9 seconds. "What the hell?" Brian yelled as they entered the outer ring. "Sorry," Sonic said. "I forgot to warn you about that little kick." Brian focused his attention forward into the darkness of the tunnel. "Warning: Curve begining." the computer warned him just before the tunnel began to curve. Brian moved the joystick smoothly with the tunnel curve, only rocking the shuttle slightly. "You're a natural. A few more lessons and you might fly this crate better than...Sally." Brian loked over toward Sonic. He had not known him for long, but was getting the sense that pride was a big part of his personality. Brian sighed. This was going to be a long day.
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Sonic pulled back on the throttle as they emerged into a clearing, dropping it down to 25% thrust, or 25 Miles per hour. Brian glanced at the navigation monitor, confirmed his heading, and throttled back up to 50% thrust. In the back of the shuttle, a very interesting conversation was going on. Geoffery and Sally were discussing Brian and Knothole. "I'm telling you Sally, you will regret the day you helped that man and saved his life. he is nothing but a risk. He-" Sally interupted him sharply, cutting off St. John. "But their are many things that he could bring to the rebellion. The robotizicer, for intance, is said by it's inventor, Charles, to be a irreversable process. But perhaps it just needs looked at by a fresh mind not crushed by the prospect of creating possisably the most destructive device ever produced. He should at least be given a chance to prove his worth." St. John huffed, crossed his arms, and sat back in his seat. Before he closed his eyes to nap, he said one last thing to Sally. "Princess, you are making a terrible mistake."
Back near the emergency exit at the rear of the shuttle, Amy were also sleeping. Amy had her head lain in Tails lap and was slumbering peacefully. Tails looked down at her. 'She looks so peaceful...' He thought to himself as he layed a hand on her shoulder. 'It's a shame...were both so young and already engaged in gurrilla warfare. Damn Robotnik! I can't wait until were free...' Tails layed his head back and went to sleep. This was going to be a long ride , he knew, because the shuttle couldn't maneuiver well once they entered the thicker part of the forest. They would have to slow down considerably.
Three minutes later, Sonic did exactly that. He set the throttle at zero, and turned toward Brian. "We can't maneuver in this shit. We have to slow down." Brian looked at Sonic. "How much longer until Robotropolis?" Sonic looked at the monitor in front of him and pressed a few buttons. "About...3/4's of a hour if we go through this at 10% thrust, which is what I reccomend in this part of the forest." Sonic pushed the throttle to 10% thrust. Brian steered again and sighed. This WAS going to be a long day.
Brian B.
Author's Note: Just to clear some things up: 1) This is a Sonic universe of my own making. I have combined severay components of the other universes to create a universe that is independent. 2) The timeline is not right. I know that. I know that the year date is not matching the T.V. Show (the good one) or the comic timeline. This is because I am not following those universes. Comprende? Good...You may now read the story, even though no one ever reads these author's notes...(SIGH)...anyway, enough rambling, ONTO THE FIC!!!
The Robotnik Complex
Chapter 11
Location: Robotropolis Control Room 7:00 AM
"Here are the latest reports from the crash, sir." Snively said to Robotnik as he finished printing out the reports. "And out spy in Knothole has informed us of a raid today, at 0900 hours. The person who survived the crash is joining them." Robotnik turned in his chair. "Very well Snively, continue monitoring of the city and inform me of any changes in activity. Activate the Proteus. Prep for a test run." Snively turned back to his panel. "We will have to bring three additional reactors online to make the Proteus operational." Robotnik smiled at the thought of all that power, under HIS control! "Very well Snively. Bring them online." Snively turned back to his panel and within a few seconds a loud thump vibrated throughout Robotropolis as 3,000 control rods raised into place and the reactors went automatically to 10% output. "Reactors online and holding." Robotnik smiled to his underling. "Very well Snively. Have the swat-bots bring up 10 prisoners and put them into the Proteus." Snively turned to the mic on the wall and pushed a button. "Swat-Bot numbers 102298 through 102306, bring 10 prisoners to the Proteus device for a multi-Robotization test. That is all." Snively pushed up the button again. Robotnik sat forward in his chair. "That's all, Snively. Carry on." Robotnik sat back as Snively continued his work. Today was going to be exquisite, even if the rodent and his friends were coming. He had more then enough Swat-Bots to handle them. It was going to be a marvous day if his newest project worked. Just thinking of it made his mouth water. A robotizer that had the ability to robotize an entire village, and no one but he and Snively knew about it! But their was one thing he was worried about, the new arrival. Robotnik did not know his or her ability. 'Now that I think about it, I have nothing to worry about, I have Swat-Bots, that is a match for anything those freedom fighters can throw at me.' He grinned at himself as he thought of his army of robots. "Bring it on, Sonic," He said softly to himself. "Bring it on..."
Location: Knothole Village Common 7:15 AM
Tails, Amy, Brian, Sonic, and Geoffery St. John met as ordered in the Knothole common at 7:15 in the morning. Everyone still looked sleepy, Brian, however, was wide awake. He noticed that Tails and Amy were holding hands, but everyone else seemed oblivious. 'Great, here we are going into hostile territory, and Tails and Amy are google-eyed toward one another.' Brian frowned at himself. 'I might as well lay off,' he thought. 'That may be the only happiness they have in this place.' Sally stepped into the common and they all came to attention. "Before we set off, does everyone have supplies?" They all double checked their packs, making sure that all the compartments were closed. Eventully, they all looked up to her. "OK, let's go. Oh wait, I almost forgot. Brian, you are carrying a weapon, right?" Brian pulled the modified shotgun out of his holster. Everyone gasped, you could hardly tell it had once been a regular shotgun. The barrel had been further sawed off so that it came about 1/2 inch away from the flashlight that had been added. The flashlight was about 4 inches long and was 1/2 inch away from the trigger guard. The pump had been stripped away and replaced with what as far as the others could tell, a power pack with a swich on the side. A cartrage slot stuck out horizontly above the trigger, already loaded with a 5 inch clip. The stock had been cut away with the laser and had been replaced with a metal vertical handle 5 inches long. Around the remainder of the barrel, the portion that had not been sawed away was now covered with what looked like tiny horseshoe magnets. "This alright, Princess?" Brian asked, not liking having his worked stared at. Sally continued to lok at it for a few more seconds and then looked him in the face. "You built this in a day?" She said to Brian, still in awe. "Well, I didn't really build it, just modified it a lot." Sally turned to Sonic. "Didn't you tell him about the rules?" Sonic shrugged. "I told him that if he could make a weapon that was undetectable when fired, he could use it. But I didn't actully expect him to do it." Sally turned back to Brian. "Is is undetectable?" Brian nodded his head in confirmation. Sally turned to St. John, who had his arms crossed and was looking toward the ground. "Geoffery, what do you think?" St. John just stared at the ground, not making a sound. "Geoffery...?" Sally asked again. He raised his head. "To be honest princess, I think this is a terrible mistake. Not only are you allowing him a weapon we know nothing about, but we can't even be certain that it won't give away out position." Brian holstered his gun. "Get Rotor out here with a scanner. He can check it." Sally shook her head. "No, I'll trust your word, you've been straight with us so far. Are you sure the weapon emits no energy when the round is fired?" Brian pulled another round out of the belt bag he had on and pushed a small button. A small silver colored about the size of a marble, but a little smaller and squared off on one end, popped out of the cartrage. Brian put the cartrage back in the holster and picked the round up off the ground and held it out to Sally for expection. "This is a round for the gun. It's propelled by a magnetic field so there's no noise from the gun. The round can be set to be superheated when fired, so it spreads out and causes more damage. The magnets are finely tuned so that no magnetic field is detectable-each magnet cancels another out. Their are no moving parts, it's all operated on a magnetic basis. The bullet is made out of regular metal, but is not magnetized itself. The chamber-" Sonic busted into Brian's monolouge. "OK, OK, we believe the gun can't be detected! Can we get moving?" They all agreed. They all walked over toward the hovershuttle they would take to the city. Sonic and Sally walked behind the rest, conversing about something. When they all got to the shuttle, Brian started to get in the back with the others, but Sonic stopped him. "Sit up front with me. You need to learn to pilot the shuttle. Sally and I both agree." Brian headed toward the passenger door, but Sonic stopped him once again. "Sit in the pilot's seat. You'll fly us into Robotropolis." Brian raised his eyebrows at this, but did what he was told. He opened the Pilot's side door and got inside the craft. It reminded him of the cars on earth, just with hover ability. He moved around in the seat, got comforatable, and reached over his left shoulder. Just as he thought their would be, a belt was their. He reached toward the floor and grabbed the harness lock. He slid the belt into place and pushed the metal tab into the slot marked 'left'. He reached over his right shoulder and grabbed his other belt and put it on too. He looked beside him just as Sonic finished putting his harness on. He looked over to Brian. "Ready?" Brian couldn't help himself. "I was born ready." He said to Sonic as he adlibed a old movie he had once seen. "Then let's go. The joystick beside yout right hand controls steering, and the handle beside your...umm...left hand controls thrust. But since you don't HAVE a left hand, I'll control thrust. But since you are going to get a artificial hand, I might as well teach you the rest. This is a old shuttle, so don't push it past 75% unless you need to. If you need to push it, keep your eye on the structural integrity ratio on the monitor in front of you. If at any time the number on the left matches or is larger than the number on the right, throttle down to 15% thrust right away. After the structural limit is matched or passed, you have about 25 seconds before structure faliure. That's a bad thing. There's more, but I'll handle it today. Put on your headset and let's roll." Brian picked the headphones off the dash and put them on. He saw Sonic lean forward and push something, then began to talk through the mic connected to the headphones. "Knothole Hoverdock Control, this is Shuttle Oasis, codename Alpha-Omega-1-1-0 requesting launch clearance." Brian waited a moment and then heard Antoine respone. "Shuttle Oasis, codename Alpha-Omega-1-1-0, launch clearance granted. Shift to outer launch ring, launch go in five minutes. Good luck Oasis. Over and Out." Brian looked at another monitor that was flashing, telling him the direction in which he must go. Sonic throttled to 10% and Brian maneuvered the shuttle to the entrance to the outer launch ring. "The launch rings are small circles dug under the ground around Knothole, circling the village once each. At different points in the Great Forest, the tunnels emerge and you go through the Great Forest to your destination. The rings are so that the exaust trails don't leed back to Knothole, and they allow shuttles and cargo transports to build up speed before emerging into the forest." Sonic pointed toward a chronometer counting down toward zero. "When that hits zero, I'll throtle up to 50% percent and you guide us through the outer tunnel." Brian took a deep breath. He had to be calm, he told himself over and over again. He glanced at the timer. 15 seconds. He placed his hand on the joystick. It felt cool in his grasp. 10 seconds. He saw Sonic place his hand on the back-up throttle. 5 seconds. He checked the main monitor. All green. "3..." He heard a computer say in a rough, grinding voice. "2...1...Launch..." As soon as Sonic heard the computer reach zero, he pushed the throttle up to 50% and waited. Nothing happened. "LAUNCH NOW." The computer groned at them again. "What happened?" He asked as he glanced sideways at the hedgehog. Sonic had a questioning look on his face then smiled. "I forgot to activate the ignitor." Sonic reached forward and flicked two swiches. Brian heard a loud thump behind him, and then was pushed back into his seat as the shuttle went from 0-50 in 0.9 seconds. "What the hell?" Brian yelled as they entered the outer ring. "Sorry," Sonic said. "I forgot to warn you about that little kick." Brian focused his attention forward into the darkness of the tunnel. "Warning: Curve begining." the computer warned him just before the tunnel began to curve. Brian moved the joystick smoothly with the tunnel curve, only rocking the shuttle slightly. "You're a natural. A few more lessons and you might fly this crate better than...Sally." Brian loked over toward Sonic. He had not known him for long, but was getting the sense that pride was a big part of his personality. Brian sighed. This was going to be a long day.
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Sonic pulled back on the throttle as they emerged into a clearing, dropping it down to 25% thrust, or 25 Miles per hour. Brian glanced at the navigation monitor, confirmed his heading, and throttled back up to 50% thrust. In the back of the shuttle, a very interesting conversation was going on. Geoffery and Sally were discussing Brian and Knothole. "I'm telling you Sally, you will regret the day you helped that man and saved his life. he is nothing but a risk. He-" Sally interupted him sharply, cutting off St. John. "But their are many things that he could bring to the rebellion. The robotizicer, for intance, is said by it's inventor, Charles, to be a irreversable process. But perhaps it just needs looked at by a fresh mind not crushed by the prospect of creating possisably the most destructive device ever produced. He should at least be given a chance to prove his worth." St. John huffed, crossed his arms, and sat back in his seat. Before he closed his eyes to nap, he said one last thing to Sally. "Princess, you are making a terrible mistake."
Back near the emergency exit at the rear of the shuttle, Amy were also sleeping. Amy had her head lain in Tails lap and was slumbering peacefully. Tails looked down at her. 'She looks so peaceful...' He thought to himself as he layed a hand on her shoulder. 'It's a shame...were both so young and already engaged in gurrilla warfare. Damn Robotnik! I can't wait until were free...' Tails layed his head back and went to sleep. This was going to be a long ride , he knew, because the shuttle couldn't maneuiver well once they entered the thicker part of the forest. They would have to slow down considerably.
Three minutes later, Sonic did exactly that. He set the throttle at zero, and turned toward Brian. "We can't maneuver in this shit. We have to slow down." Brian looked at Sonic. "How much longer until Robotropolis?" Sonic looked at the monitor in front of him and pressed a few buttons. "About...3/4's of a hour if we go through this at 10% thrust, which is what I reccomend in this part of the forest." Sonic pushed the throttle to 10% thrust. Brian steered again and sighed. This WAS going to be a long day.