The Robotnik Complex
Chapter 21
AN: Man, I'm just tossing these out, aren't I? I finally motivated myself, yay. I'll try to go as fast as I can because the end is in sight!
Sally layed her head into her hands and sighed. "Ian, are you sure he has the machine operational?" Ian nodded slowly. "It's the only reason he would have taken us to the city like this." He stopped and shivered hard. "Otherwise he would have killed us on site. But do not lose hope Princess, the Proteus takes 36 minutes to bring online once all the tubes are locked. That gives you time to escape. The tubes can be broken, you just need to find a weak point in the surface. And since it's almost sundown he won't use the Proteus tonight, he'll use it sometime before noon tomorrow. At the heart of the Proteus device is a chaos emerald. when a high voltage current is run through it, it becomes extremely reactive. It is then shot with a beam of pure, concentrated photons gathered from solar panels outside the city. This generates a highly modulated radio signal. This radio wave is sensitive to changes in organic matter. That's how he gets around using supercomputers for each tube. This way, he just needs one." Ian stopped to shiver again. He knew his time was limited. He sat up and looked Sally in the eyes. "Sally, whatever St. John did to Brian, I'm sure he survived somehow. I know him. Even if he has to swim to get here, he would rather die that see anyone else die through his inaction. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Sally had tears in her eyes. "Yeah. I do..." Ian smiled at her. "Good..." He closed his eyes and stopped breathing. Amy checked his pulse, but didn't say anything. She just covered his body as best she could with her jacket. "Rest in peace, Ian." Amy said softly. Tails held her tightly and they walked away from the body.
*****
"Excuse me, Brian?" Brian turned away from the window as a middle- aged man entered the room. He had a pepper gray beard and a bald head. "I'm General Robert Kinyo of the 2nd Desert Patrol division. How do you feel?" Brian nodded. "Decent, considering just a short time ago I fell off Angel Island." Gen. Robert grinned. "Yes, all thing's considered, I would think you consider yourself a very lucky young man." Brian laughed. "Yes, sir, you colud say that." The General nodded. "That girl in here earlier, that was my grand-daughter, Sarah. She told me that your robotic limbs were done purpously...Is this true?" Brian nodded. "Yes, but before anything else, can I ask you a question?" Robert nodded. "By all means..." Brian put a serious look on his face. "Do you know the battle condition of Angel Island?" Robert opened his mouth, than shut it. He walked over to the window and looked out over the city. Finally he turned back to Brian. "I am sorry to say that Angel Island is occupied by Dr. Robotnik. All living creatures are in transport to Robotropolis where they will take place in a experiment." Brian walked over to the General. There was ice in his eyes. "What type of experiment, General sir?" The general raised his hands in defense. "Trust me, we are in no way involved with that vile excuse for a man. We do however monitor his network. The experiment is called Proteus. The Proteus has the ability to robotisize 300 liftforms at once. I don't have all the details, all I know is that it works and your friends are going to be it's first victims at 11:00 tomorrow." Brian walked over to the bedside table and pulled his boots on. "I'm going." Brian was reaching for his jacket when Robert stopped him. "Brian..." Brian turned to face him. "How do you know my name anyway?" Robert reached into the pocket of his tan pants and pulled out Brian's dogtags. He handed them to Brian. "Those say you were a Captain, First Class. Now believe me, there are hundreds of questions I want to ask you, but for now will you just listen to me?" Brian sat on the edge of the bed and Robert pulled up a chair. "The Mobians and us Terrans have had a long and bloddy history. Now, most of my race seem to think that if the Mobians are wiped off the planets surface, great. But me, and a few Generals from other divisions, are smarter than that. We realize that if he destroys the Mobians, he'll come after us next. And with the Proteus on his side, we won't have a chance. I see this as a chance to finally unite our two races and defeat Robotnik. After that, the posisbilities are limitless. We would be setting the dawn of a new era for all of Mobius. If you agree to join us, we leave in an hour. We'll arrive at the Proteus at 10:00 Am tomorrow. That will give us one hour to complete the mission: destroy the Proteus and evcacuate all prisoners back here to Skyline city. After a medical scan of each survivor to insure that nothing is wrong, they'll be transported to wherever they wish." The general sighed. "Will you join us?" Brian looked at him for a few seconds then shook hands with him. "You bet you ass I will. I wouldn't miss it for the world." Sarah walked in and saluted him. "Captain sir, Private First Class Sarah Rebecca Kinyo delivering you personal battle wears, sir." Brian smiled. 'I'm back in the military...wow...' He saluted Private Kinyo. "Thank you, Private, but I have my own armor." The General interupted. "Please, at least wear the utility vest under your jacket. It has a tracking device." The Private handed him the black vest. Brian put it on, zipped it up, and put the leather jacket on right after it. "Let's go to the hanger if there is nothing else?" Robert asked both of them. "Yes, Sir, General, Sir!" They both replied. They both followed him out the door.
AN: Man, I'm just tossing these out, aren't I? I finally motivated myself, yay. I'll try to go as fast as I can because the end is in sight!
Sally layed her head into her hands and sighed. "Ian, are you sure he has the machine operational?" Ian nodded slowly. "It's the only reason he would have taken us to the city like this." He stopped and shivered hard. "Otherwise he would have killed us on site. But do not lose hope Princess, the Proteus takes 36 minutes to bring online once all the tubes are locked. That gives you time to escape. The tubes can be broken, you just need to find a weak point in the surface. And since it's almost sundown he won't use the Proteus tonight, he'll use it sometime before noon tomorrow. At the heart of the Proteus device is a chaos emerald. when a high voltage current is run through it, it becomes extremely reactive. It is then shot with a beam of pure, concentrated photons gathered from solar panels outside the city. This generates a highly modulated radio signal. This radio wave is sensitive to changes in organic matter. That's how he gets around using supercomputers for each tube. This way, he just needs one." Ian stopped to shiver again. He knew his time was limited. He sat up and looked Sally in the eyes. "Sally, whatever St. John did to Brian, I'm sure he survived somehow. I know him. Even if he has to swim to get here, he would rather die that see anyone else die through his inaction. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Sally had tears in her eyes. "Yeah. I do..." Ian smiled at her. "Good..." He closed his eyes and stopped breathing. Amy checked his pulse, but didn't say anything. She just covered his body as best she could with her jacket. "Rest in peace, Ian." Amy said softly. Tails held her tightly and they walked away from the body.
*****
"Excuse me, Brian?" Brian turned away from the window as a middle- aged man entered the room. He had a pepper gray beard and a bald head. "I'm General Robert Kinyo of the 2nd Desert Patrol division. How do you feel?" Brian nodded. "Decent, considering just a short time ago I fell off Angel Island." Gen. Robert grinned. "Yes, all thing's considered, I would think you consider yourself a very lucky young man." Brian laughed. "Yes, sir, you colud say that." The General nodded. "That girl in here earlier, that was my grand-daughter, Sarah. She told me that your robotic limbs were done purpously...Is this true?" Brian nodded. "Yes, but before anything else, can I ask you a question?" Robert nodded. "By all means..." Brian put a serious look on his face. "Do you know the battle condition of Angel Island?" Robert opened his mouth, than shut it. He walked over to the window and looked out over the city. Finally he turned back to Brian. "I am sorry to say that Angel Island is occupied by Dr. Robotnik. All living creatures are in transport to Robotropolis where they will take place in a experiment." Brian walked over to the General. There was ice in his eyes. "What type of experiment, General sir?" The general raised his hands in defense. "Trust me, we are in no way involved with that vile excuse for a man. We do however monitor his network. The experiment is called Proteus. The Proteus has the ability to robotisize 300 liftforms at once. I don't have all the details, all I know is that it works and your friends are going to be it's first victims at 11:00 tomorrow." Brian walked over to the bedside table and pulled his boots on. "I'm going." Brian was reaching for his jacket when Robert stopped him. "Brian..." Brian turned to face him. "How do you know my name anyway?" Robert reached into the pocket of his tan pants and pulled out Brian's dogtags. He handed them to Brian. "Those say you were a Captain, First Class. Now believe me, there are hundreds of questions I want to ask you, but for now will you just listen to me?" Brian sat on the edge of the bed and Robert pulled up a chair. "The Mobians and us Terrans have had a long and bloddy history. Now, most of my race seem to think that if the Mobians are wiped off the planets surface, great. But me, and a few Generals from other divisions, are smarter than that. We realize that if he destroys the Mobians, he'll come after us next. And with the Proteus on his side, we won't have a chance. I see this as a chance to finally unite our two races and defeat Robotnik. After that, the posisbilities are limitless. We would be setting the dawn of a new era for all of Mobius. If you agree to join us, we leave in an hour. We'll arrive at the Proteus at 10:00 Am tomorrow. That will give us one hour to complete the mission: destroy the Proteus and evcacuate all prisoners back here to Skyline city. After a medical scan of each survivor to insure that nothing is wrong, they'll be transported to wherever they wish." The general sighed. "Will you join us?" Brian looked at him for a few seconds then shook hands with him. "You bet you ass I will. I wouldn't miss it for the world." Sarah walked in and saluted him. "Captain sir, Private First Class Sarah Rebecca Kinyo delivering you personal battle wears, sir." Brian smiled. 'I'm back in the military...wow...' He saluted Private Kinyo. "Thank you, Private, but I have my own armor." The General interupted. "Please, at least wear the utility vest under your jacket. It has a tracking device." The Private handed him the black vest. Brian put it on, zipped it up, and put the leather jacket on right after it. "Let's go to the hanger if there is nothing else?" Robert asked both of them. "Yes, Sir, General, Sir!" They both replied. They both followed him out the door.