The Robotnik Complex
Chapter 25
Everyone was asleep when it started. The lights slowly came, dim at first, very dim, but soon went to full brightness. Sonic slowly sat up, Sally next to him. He didn't want to wake her, but he knew he should. He nuged her softly. She began to stir. "C'mon Sal, time to wake up." He whispered into her ear. She opened her eyes and slowly sat up. She smiled at Sonic. He smiled back. In that moment, for both of them, it was as if Robotnik didn't exist. There were no borders or boundarys. No limits. They were truely free. "Are you ready to face the day?" Sonic asked, his smile fading only slightly. She looked him in the eyes. "With you, I'm ready to face anything." He hugged her closely. "I love you, Sal." Within the next five minutes, almost everyone in the Proteus was up and awake, ready to face their future, whatever it was. When the Swat-Bots came in to all the cell blocks to move the prisoners into the Proteus, the Airship had already been over the city for 3 hours, waiting for Robotnik to make his move. The ground troops were ready to deploy, the hackers were sitting at their consoles, and special ops were ready to find the central computer. All they had to do now was wait for Robotnik. So, in a small closet sized room off of the cockpit, Brian was watching the Proteus through a infared telescope. And he saw the prisoners begin to move into the central chamber. He picked up a small phone by his side. It rung for a moment before being answered by the general. "Yes?" "There on the move. Tell the hackers to go. I'm on my way down." "God Speed. See you back at base." The general hung up. Brian exited the room quickly, heading for the airship's upper deck. As soon as Tails walked into the main chaimber, his mouth dropped open. There were twelve circles of tubes, moving outward from the center, where there was a open space, then the main control center. Swat-Bots at the begining of each row would occasionally graba prisoner and toss them onto a platform. Then, automatically, the tube would slide up, from the bottom, and climb about 20 feet to meet the ceiling. Tails was grabbed and placed into a tube. Before he could even start to move, the tube started up. He quickly wound his tails and began to quickly climb. A light shot out from the ceiling and hit him. He tumbled down to the bottom of the tube, 15 feet. He tried to keep his eyes open, but he eventully passed out. "You have 3 minutes of oxygen in this mask! You have to be through the cloud cover by then or you'll be killed by the toxins! We're barely above it now! As long as you head straight down, you should come out right above the Proteus! Land on the roof, access the vent system, and go in!" Brian listened to the Private carfully. They both had to yell because of the noise the turbofans were making, keeping the ship flying. Brian nodded as the man finished. "Got it!" Brian said and walked to the edge of the deck. He leaned over the railing. "I'm way to old for this bullshit. This is something they should have a six year old do." He jumped over the railing. As Brian dropped toward the Proteus, he rolled in time to see the infantry shuttles drop from underneath the airship, cloke, then, he guessed, head toward the surface. "Sir, the chaos emerald is at 56% power and rising. We will be at full power in 7 minutes." Metal Sonic reported to the dictator. Tails sat up in the tube slowly, holding the sides of the tube for support. Everywhere he looked, everyone was in a tube. No one he really knew was around him. He got to his feet. "Come on Brian, your making us wait all day here" He said to himself. He started looking around the tube for a way out. Brian was moving fast now, and was completely surrounded by the toxic gases above Robotropolis. He dropped below the cloud cover, dumped his mask, and opened his parachute. 'I hope the hackers got through, or I'm gonna get shot...' Brian thought grimly as he slowed down. From the sky, he could see the troops fanning out around the Proteus, waiting for him to openthe security system. Thirty seconds later, he dropped onto the Proteus roof with a soft thud. He removed his parachute and walked over to the main vent shaft. "Ok, this should lead into the power relay station, then from there into the main chamber." He opened a panel and typen in 3, 5-digit passcodes. The small light on the panel turned green, and the vent cover and security bars dropped away. He climbed in and dropped himself down. Below, since the sun never shines in Robotropolis, in the shadows of the Proteus, the infantrymen waited. Finally, the door unlocked and they started pouring into the back. The first 20 walked slowly around the outside tube ring, back in the shadows. Not even the prisoners saw them. They disabled the 50 swatbots along the outside, then signaled for the rest of the troops. "Remember," the General told them. "You are here on a rescue mission. Don't move until Brian arrives. Then focus on getting all of the prisoners out. Don't fight unless necessary!" The ten special operations soldiers rushed into the central computer building on the West Side of Robotropolis. They moved quickly and quietly around the room, carful not to set off the sound sensors around the room. Finally, after nine of the soldiers finished their tasks, they lined up in the back of the room. The 10th soldier walked up to the small counter in the middle of the room. He sat his laptop on it and connected it to various ports around the room. He then started to enter commands. A minute later he talked for the first time. "Computer, disarm security sensors." Everyone in the room tensed up. If he had set it up wrong, they would be killed by guns placed around the room. The guns didn't appear however. "Command accepted," a male voice said. "Security Containment systems off." The soldier pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. "Ok, Computer, I have a new program for you to execute. Are you ready to begin to recieve instruction?" It took the computer a moment to answer. "Ready..." the Computer said. "Ok. Instruction 1, shut down all the reactors inside the city and dump the core material into temporary storage. Reroute all systems still running to battery storage. Instruction 2, shut down all swat-bots and mobile guard units." He was going to continue but the computer interupted him. "Attention: Swat-Bot Units 10999-11311 are curently operating on a independent circuit. Mobile Patrols 50682-50705 also operating on independent circuit. The head tech turned to the others. "Those must be the ones assigned to the Proteus." The others conversed for a moment, then shool there heads. One of them spoke up. "If there operating on a independent circuit, there is nothing we can do." He turned to one of the others. "Go outside and tell the infantry commander about the situation." He nodded and walked back the way they had come in. The head tech went back to work. "Computer, previous instructions still stand. Instruction 3, dispatch a evacuation order to all Robotisized Mobians, first priority. Send them to 36 N, 42 W. Final instruction, divert all current operations to sub- computers and prepare for shut down." The tech reviewed the paper to make sure he hadn't left anything out. "Execute Program." In a matter of seconds, all the orders were carried out. "Ready for Shut Down. Program complete." Next to the laptop, a circular door popped up and slid away. A 1/2 inch thick crystal wafer slid up and waited. It was about 10 inches across and the tech could see the small neural pathways etched throughout the crystal wafer. The head-tech picked it up and put in in a small, cushioned container. He turned to the others. "Clean up, were outta here."
AN: Just 5 more chapters to go, and The Robotnik Complex will be finished. Just bear with me, it will be finished by christmas, hopefull sooner. Until then, you keep reading 'em, I'll keep writing 'em.
Everyone was asleep when it started. The lights slowly came, dim at first, very dim, but soon went to full brightness. Sonic slowly sat up, Sally next to him. He didn't want to wake her, but he knew he should. He nuged her softly. She began to stir. "C'mon Sal, time to wake up." He whispered into her ear. She opened her eyes and slowly sat up. She smiled at Sonic. He smiled back. In that moment, for both of them, it was as if Robotnik didn't exist. There were no borders or boundarys. No limits. They were truely free. "Are you ready to face the day?" Sonic asked, his smile fading only slightly. She looked him in the eyes. "With you, I'm ready to face anything." He hugged her closely. "I love you, Sal." Within the next five minutes, almost everyone in the Proteus was up and awake, ready to face their future, whatever it was. When the Swat-Bots came in to all the cell blocks to move the prisoners into the Proteus, the Airship had already been over the city for 3 hours, waiting for Robotnik to make his move. The ground troops were ready to deploy, the hackers were sitting at their consoles, and special ops were ready to find the central computer. All they had to do now was wait for Robotnik. So, in a small closet sized room off of the cockpit, Brian was watching the Proteus through a infared telescope. And he saw the prisoners begin to move into the central chamber. He picked up a small phone by his side. It rung for a moment before being answered by the general. "Yes?" "There on the move. Tell the hackers to go. I'm on my way down." "God Speed. See you back at base." The general hung up. Brian exited the room quickly, heading for the airship's upper deck. As soon as Tails walked into the main chaimber, his mouth dropped open. There were twelve circles of tubes, moving outward from the center, where there was a open space, then the main control center. Swat-Bots at the begining of each row would occasionally graba prisoner and toss them onto a platform. Then, automatically, the tube would slide up, from the bottom, and climb about 20 feet to meet the ceiling. Tails was grabbed and placed into a tube. Before he could even start to move, the tube started up. He quickly wound his tails and began to quickly climb. A light shot out from the ceiling and hit him. He tumbled down to the bottom of the tube, 15 feet. He tried to keep his eyes open, but he eventully passed out. "You have 3 minutes of oxygen in this mask! You have to be through the cloud cover by then or you'll be killed by the toxins! We're barely above it now! As long as you head straight down, you should come out right above the Proteus! Land on the roof, access the vent system, and go in!" Brian listened to the Private carfully. They both had to yell because of the noise the turbofans were making, keeping the ship flying. Brian nodded as the man finished. "Got it!" Brian said and walked to the edge of the deck. He leaned over the railing. "I'm way to old for this bullshit. This is something they should have a six year old do." He jumped over the railing. As Brian dropped toward the Proteus, he rolled in time to see the infantry shuttles drop from underneath the airship, cloke, then, he guessed, head toward the surface. "Sir, the chaos emerald is at 56% power and rising. We will be at full power in 7 minutes." Metal Sonic reported to the dictator. Tails sat up in the tube slowly, holding the sides of the tube for support. Everywhere he looked, everyone was in a tube. No one he really knew was around him. He got to his feet. "Come on Brian, your making us wait all day here" He said to himself. He started looking around the tube for a way out. Brian was moving fast now, and was completely surrounded by the toxic gases above Robotropolis. He dropped below the cloud cover, dumped his mask, and opened his parachute. 'I hope the hackers got through, or I'm gonna get shot...' Brian thought grimly as he slowed down. From the sky, he could see the troops fanning out around the Proteus, waiting for him to openthe security system. Thirty seconds later, he dropped onto the Proteus roof with a soft thud. He removed his parachute and walked over to the main vent shaft. "Ok, this should lead into the power relay station, then from there into the main chamber." He opened a panel and typen in 3, 5-digit passcodes. The small light on the panel turned green, and the vent cover and security bars dropped away. He climbed in and dropped himself down. Below, since the sun never shines in Robotropolis, in the shadows of the Proteus, the infantrymen waited. Finally, the door unlocked and they started pouring into the back. The first 20 walked slowly around the outside tube ring, back in the shadows. Not even the prisoners saw them. They disabled the 50 swatbots along the outside, then signaled for the rest of the troops. "Remember," the General told them. "You are here on a rescue mission. Don't move until Brian arrives. Then focus on getting all of the prisoners out. Don't fight unless necessary!" The ten special operations soldiers rushed into the central computer building on the West Side of Robotropolis. They moved quickly and quietly around the room, carful not to set off the sound sensors around the room. Finally, after nine of the soldiers finished their tasks, they lined up in the back of the room. The 10th soldier walked up to the small counter in the middle of the room. He sat his laptop on it and connected it to various ports around the room. He then started to enter commands. A minute later he talked for the first time. "Computer, disarm security sensors." Everyone in the room tensed up. If he had set it up wrong, they would be killed by guns placed around the room. The guns didn't appear however. "Command accepted," a male voice said. "Security Containment systems off." The soldier pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. "Ok, Computer, I have a new program for you to execute. Are you ready to begin to recieve instruction?" It took the computer a moment to answer. "Ready..." the Computer said. "Ok. Instruction 1, shut down all the reactors inside the city and dump the core material into temporary storage. Reroute all systems still running to battery storage. Instruction 2, shut down all swat-bots and mobile guard units." He was going to continue but the computer interupted him. "Attention: Swat-Bot Units 10999-11311 are curently operating on a independent circuit. Mobile Patrols 50682-50705 also operating on independent circuit. The head tech turned to the others. "Those must be the ones assigned to the Proteus." The others conversed for a moment, then shool there heads. One of them spoke up. "If there operating on a independent circuit, there is nothing we can do." He turned to one of the others. "Go outside and tell the infantry commander about the situation." He nodded and walked back the way they had come in. The head tech went back to work. "Computer, previous instructions still stand. Instruction 3, dispatch a evacuation order to all Robotisized Mobians, first priority. Send them to 36 N, 42 W. Final instruction, divert all current operations to sub- computers and prepare for shut down." The tech reviewed the paper to make sure he hadn't left anything out. "Execute Program." In a matter of seconds, all the orders were carried out. "Ready for Shut Down. Program complete." Next to the laptop, a circular door popped up and slid away. A 1/2 inch thick crystal wafer slid up and waited. It was about 10 inches across and the tech could see the small neural pathways etched throughout the crystal wafer. The head-tech picked it up and put in in a small, cushioned container. He turned to the others. "Clean up, were outta here."
AN: Just 5 more chapters to go, and The Robotnik Complex will be finished. Just bear with me, it will be finished by christmas, hopefull sooner. Until then, you keep reading 'em, I'll keep writing 'em.