Chapter 4 – Forces At Work
"Come on sis!" cried Miles.
"I….ooh…..aaaaah!" replied Alicia.
Miles stood on a small raise above a large pool of water. A large waterfall cascaded over the side of a small cliff near where Miles was standing and into the pool below. Miles was holding onto a piece of rope attached to a tree that jutted out over the pool.
"Come ON sis!" he said again.
"But…." replied Alicia.
"Don't tell me you're scared! A BRAVE Freedom Fighter like you, scared?"
"Shut up!"
Alicia folded her arms and snorted.
"Well if you won't…I will." shrugged Miles.
With that he turned, gripped the rope tighter and launched himself of the cliff. He swung out over the pool and let go of the rope. He curled into a ball and hit the water making a large splash. It was a few moments before he surfaced. He scrambled out of the pool and shook himself off. Alicia was still watching from the top of the cliff. Miles looked up at her.
"Come on sis! Its fun…honest." he called.
"No." came a reply.
Alicia disappeared and Miles shrugged.
"Gee sis…have some fun will you." he said to himself as he walked back up the cliff.
He found Alicia sitting under the tree at the top of the cliff reading a book. Miles groaned.
"You'd rather read a book than have some fun?" he asked.
"Yes I would. I prefer a more quieter pastime." she said not looking up from her book.
Miles started to nod but stopped. A smile spread across his face. He normally wouldn't resort to this but he couldn't help himself. A launched himself forward and grabbed the book Alicia was reading.
"Hey!" cried Alicia standing up.
Miles spun away and teetered on the edge of the cliff. He closed the book and looked at the cover.
"Urgh! Sloppy romance stuff!" he said.
"I happen to like that. Now give it back." she yelled at him.
"Na ah!" replied Miles.
Alicia charged forwards at Miles but Miles was ready. He put on a quick burst of speed and shot round behind Alicia. Dropping the book, he grabbed her with one hand and took a firm hold of the rope hanging from the tree with the other. His speed sent them both sailing out over the lake. Alicia screamed and grabbed hold of him with both hands.
"I don't think I can hold on sis." said Miles playfully.
"Don't you dare..…"
It was too late. Miles let go of the rope and they both plummeted down towards the lake. Alicia let out a wailing scream as they both hit the lake with a splash. A few seconds later they both surfaced and swam back to the shore. Alicia was first out. She took a few deep breaths and shuddered. Her wet hair drooped in front of her face. She brushed it aside and looked down at herself. She couldn't have gotten more wet if she had taken a shower. She looked round to see Miles walking out of the water. She turned round raced towards him and gave him a sharp upward blow to the upper chest. Miles flew backwards and landed in the water again. He looked up at to see Alicia standing over him looking furious.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" she screamed.
Miles was speechless. He hadn't seen his sister this mad in a long time. He wished he could hide somewhere, but unless he wanted to drown himself there was nowhere.
"I….I was just having a bit of fun." he said sheepishly.
Alicia glared at him.
"Well maybe your angle on fun isn't the same as mine!" she said.
"Sorry."
"You will be."
Alicia turned and started to walk away.
"I thought this trip was supposed to be enjoyable." said a voice.
Alicia stopped walking and both she and Miles looked to one side to see Petya sauntering out from behind a rock formation. Alicia looked slightly worried for a second but reverted to her annoyed expression quickly.
"Now then." said Petya, "What's all this about?"
Alicia told her a very biased account of what had happened and Miles just sat there in the water looking a bit unhappy. When she was done Alicia looked over at Miles with a triumphant face on. Petya looked at them both and smiled.
"Well considering I just watched everything that happened I would have to say your version was a bit biased Alicia." she said slowly.
Alicia's face fell. She turned and looked at Petya.
"But…" she started.
"But nothing." interrupted Petya, "You gotta learn to lighten up."
Petya gave a small laugh and walked past Alicia. Alicia just turned and followed her totally stunned. Petya walked over to Miles and picked him up.
"And you need to learn to speak up for yourself." she said.
Miles managed a small grin.
"Right then." said Petya, "I think we should get a fire organized so you two can dry off."
Petya laughed to herself. Miles and Alicia both had a lot of growing up to do if they were ever to take Sonic and Sally's place. Just then a dull drumming noise shook the air. Petya looked up.
"What's that?" asked Miles looking up also.
"It sounds like Tails' plane." said Alicia trying to sound smart.
"No I don't think so." said Petya.
They continued to listen. The sound continued to grow louder.
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Sarah couldn't move. She was so shocked at the recent events her body just wouldn't react to anything she told it to do.
"ATTACK!" she screamed.
Morgan looked down at her and smiled again.
"Yes attack!" he replied.
"Commander sir, launch bays one thru six report launching complete." said an officer.
"Good signal bays seven thru twelve to begin launch situation." replied Morgan.
"But why would you want to attack?!" asked Sarah her eyes filling with tears.
"The resources of this world will enable Earth to grow beyond all hope." said Morgan, "Why do you think we came here in a Dauntless class cruiser?"
Sarah couldn't believe it. She had trusted these people, for the most part, and this is what they do to her. A feeling of rage like none she had felt before swelled up inside her. She had to do something to protect her world. She just had to! Without a second's hesitation she leapt forwards towards Morgan. Her claws, which she so rarely used, extended and she swung her paw forwards. Suddenly something hard hit her in the lower jaw. She was sent spinning off to the side and landed with a heavy thud on the floor. She painfully looked up to see a guard standing next to Morgan's chair holding a large rifle. Sarah could feel blood trickling down her neck.
"Foolish girl!" sneered Morgan, "Did you really think I wouldn't be prepared for something like that?"
Sarah started feeling light in the head. The blow to her head had been a hard one. She stumbled on the edge of consciousness for a second and then passed out. Two guards picked her up.
"Take her to holding." said Morgan, "We'll deal with her later."
The two guards carried Sarah off the bridge. Morgan sneered.
"She was too weak for her own good." he said turning to another guard, "I want her son found and put in holding too. Start with Commander Francis, he is most likely hanging around with him."
"Yes sir." replied the guard as he saluted and ran off.
"Sir." said another officer, "Delta flight report contact."
"Very good. Our first encounter. I want them captured and interrogated. You never know we might get lucky."
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Links strode out of Knotlake village at a fast pace. Behind him both Lavender and Bunnie had to run to keep up.
"Hey wait up Links sugah." called Bunnie.
Links didn't respond. He didn't really want their company but had accepted it anyway. He just had to get out to somewhere where he could pinpoint this feeling he had been having and work out what it actually was. He looked over his shoulder for a moment.
"You wanted to come. It's your task to keep up." he said and turned back again.
"Geesh!" said Bunnie to Lavender, "What's gotten into him recently?"
"I'm not sure but I know it's something very important to him. Best not to ask." replied Lavender.
As she hurried on after Links, Lavender's mind began to wander. She was the only person so far that knew Links' past. And even she only knew a brief outline. He had mentioned her name again last night. She really did wonder who Alindel had been. But she would never find out, Alindel was dead. Lavender sighed, she wished there was someway for Links to feel happy again.
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The humming got louder and Petya cocked her head slightly to try and figure out where it was coming from. Miles and Alicia were looking around looking a bit nervous.
"I don't like it." said Petya slowly.
"LOOK!" cried Miles suddenly.
Petya and Alicia turned and looked at where Miles was pointing. On the horizon were several small black dots with a large white trail behind each one. Petya raised an eyebrow.
"What is it?" asked Alicia.
Petya replied by furrowing her brow. She suddenly spun and ran off for a few seconds. When she returned she held a pair of binoculars. She raised them and looked at the dots. They became clearer. Each dot became a small craft with a set of wings, a long nose, a set of large rocket engines and a strange emblem on the side. Petya focused on the emblem. It looked like a planet with a strip of golden leaves around its equator. The letters 'E' and 'A' were set one on either side of the planet. Petya lowered the binoculars and looked at Miles and Alicia. They were both looking at her with a puzzled expression. Petya spoke slowly.
"I don't mean to alarm you….but those are not ours!" she said.
"What do you mean?" gasped Alicia.
"Never mind, just run!" said Petya as she turned on the spot.
Miles didn't need to be told twice. He rushed forwards grabbing Alicia's arm as he did and caught up with Petya. He swung Alicia round so he was carrying her in his arms and spoke to Petya.
"What do you mean not ours?!" he cried, "Who are they?"
"I dunno." replied Petya, "They have this weird emblem on the side of them."
"But why are we running?" asked Alicia.
Petya held up her hand. The power stone was glowing red. Miles almost dropped Alicia in surprise.
"What's that!" he asked.
"Its only ever done it a few times….and normally in cases of great danger. I've come to trust the power stone as a sixth sense. Now move it."
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"This is Delta four to Delta one. It appears we have been spotted."
"Delta one to all ships. Ready energy nets and concussion missiles. The commander said he wants them alive so be careful. Anyone killing them will have to answer to him."
"Yes sir."
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As the first craft shot over head Petya quickened the pace.
"We have to find somewhere to hide." she said.
"But where?" asked Alicia looking round, "There isn't anywhere."
A second craft shot over head as did something else. A short tubular object with a spherical nose. It fell to the ground and for a few seconds nothing happened. Suddenly a giant shockwave rippled across the ground and hit them. Miles felt as if his head had just been forced through a letter box. He wavered on his feet and lost all sense of direction. It didn't take a second for his feet to find rut in the ground and send him flying. Alicia flew from his arms and collided with a large rock jutting out of the ground. She slowly looked up, blood flowing from a large slash on her head. Miles was lying face down on the ground totally out cold. Just then she heard a scream. She glanced over to see Petya surrounded in a black sphere. Suddenly the sphere turned clear and shattered. Petya sunk to her knees and collapsed. Alicia tried to cry to her but found herself feeling dizzy in the head. Her eyes slowly closed and she collapsed over backwards onto the ground.
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"Another day, another patrol." sighed Tails.
He glanced down at the Hurricanes controls. Everything was green. He didn't even have a small problem to fix whilst in flight. He hated to admit it but life had become very dull in recent weeks. Granted last night had been nice. With Sonic and Sally's return to Knotlake there had been a small party and a large amount of food and drink had gone around. Even Amy had joined in, which had amazed and delighted Tails at the same time. He hoped she was finally getting over it. They needed her, he needed her, but most of all Lavender needed her. It had also been good to see T2 again. Tails thought it was funny that someone who had tried to kill Amy seven years ago could become such a great friend. But now the village was quiet again. People arrived, people left. It was always the same. Links, Lavender and Bunnie had gone off earlier that morning on some sort of errand. He was still under the impression that none of them knew where they were going. Tails laughed to himself.
"Well that's Links for you. Mysterious even to himself." he joked.
Just then something caught his eye. This was often the case though. His eyes were so keen for anything unusual that he usually saw things before his sensors did. He starred forwards. A number of black dots were appearing on the horizon. Just then his sensors bleeped. He looked down to see a display was now showing a list of information. He scanned it.
Energy source……unknown.
Design……unknown.
Life signs……..detected.
Displaying data…..done.
The display changed and a profile of the dots appeared. Tails just stared at it. The dots turned out to be fighter crafts. Readouts of there shape and energy signatures were appearing all over.
"What the?" said Tails to himself, "Where'd they come from?"
He pressed a few controls and a message appeared on the screen.
Establishing Knotlake link……confirmed.
Scrambler channel open.
Beginning transmission.
Tails looked up again. The dots were gaining fast.
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"Command, this is Alpha leader. We have a sensor blip at bearing twelve by six."
"Roger Alpha leader. Please confirm."
"Confirmed. One sensor blip at bearing twelve by six. It's not one of ours."
"Roger that Alpha leader, command signals for you to shoot it down."
"Confirmed. You got that Alpha flight. Heat them up."
"Aye sir."
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Tails continued to watch as the six dots became clearer. He reached down and pulled out the comm.
"Better to start like this." he said and spoke into the comm, "This is Miles Prower. Commander of the Hurricane to unidentified crafts. Please identify yourself. This is a restricted airspace."
Tails waited for a reply. It was a few seconds before one came.
"This is Alpha leader to unidentified plane. This air space is now under the jurisdiction of the Earth Alliance. You will surrender or be destroyed."
"WHAT?!" cried Tails, "You can't be serious?!"
Something shot past his port wing narrowly missing it. Tails dropped the comm and took a firm hold of the controls.
"Guess you are." he said to himself.
What the hell was happening here? Who were these people? And what the hell was the Earth Alliance? As he was thinking the six ships had broken formation and were heading right for him. Another object flashed past the Hurricane.
"Dammit!" said Tails, "Looks like they are really serious. Alright, you wanna fight you got it."
Tails flicked a number of controls and a steady humm filled the cockpit. Tails jerked the controls to the side putting the Hurricane into a roll and then pulled back. The Hurricane groaned under the stresses but complied, going into a sloped loop. Tails had installed a new automatic tracking system in the Hurricane recently and targeting solutions for all six crafts were now displayed on the screen in front of him. He selected one of them and pressed the fire button. On the rear of the plane a small hatch opened and three small high velocity rockets shot from a small launcher. The targeted craft didn't even see them coming and exploded in mid air. The five remaining craft seemed to get mad at this as there attack intensified. Several rockets shot past the Hurricane and a volley of laser fire struck home on the tail ripping part of the rudder off. The controls went sluggish.
"Grrg! You dare to even think about hurting my plane!" cried Tails.
He spun the Hurricane round in a large loop and selected two more targets. He came in behind one of the targets and the laser lock on tone sounded. Tails pressed two fire buttons sending a flurry of laser fire at the craft in front and launching several missiles in an over the shoulder move at the other target. The laser fire hit the craft in front ripping several holes in it and causing it to nose dive into the ground below. Tails saw the pilot bail out but he was so close to the ground that his parachute didn't have time to open and he hit the ground without anything to stop him. Tails winced slightly but then remembered what they were doing. The falling plane hit the ground with a thud and rolled several times before coming to rest. There was an explosion from over his shoulder indicated his second target had been hit. Just then the Hurricane shuddered. Tails glanced around to see two of the remaining three crafts on his tail both firing. The shots bounced off the hull tearing large holes in the wings and tails. Dials went red, warning sirens bleeped and the Hurricane plummeted towards the ground. Tails slammed his fist down on the emergency canopy release and it flew from the plane. The plane neared the ground and Tails released his harness and jumped from the plane. He couldn't have timed it worst though as he hit a tree square on before he could spin his tails. He fell to the ground with a thud and didn't get up. The Hurricane ploughed into the ground a few hundred meters away and stopped. The three remaining crafts shot over head, guns blazing. The Hurricane exploded in a huge fireball.
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"Looks like we got him sir."
"Yes but he took out three members of our wing."
"I'll inform command sir."
"Roger."
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"Commander Francis sir!" called a guard as he banged on a door.
The door opened and a fairly old man in military uniform stood there. He raised an eyebrow and spoke.
"Yes what is it?"
"Sir, Commander Morgan has instructed me to locate the boy Jet."
"I see. And what do I have to do with this?"
"The Commander said to check with you first as you are often with him sir."
"Well I took him back to his room about half an hour ago. You should find him there."
"Thank you sir."
The guard saluted and walked off. Commander Francis turned back into the room and quickly locked the door. He glanced about for a second.
"Ok you can come out now." he said.
From the other side of the room a grey head poked out from a wardrobe. A moment later Jet appeared out of the wardrobe. He looked at the commander with a puzzled expression.
"What was that about Jeremy?" he asked.
"I'm not sure. But it seems that they are looking for you." replied Jeremy, "Hmm….I was afraid of this."
"Afraid of what?"
"I think it's about time I told you your real past."
"What do you mean real?"
Jeremy smiled. If Jet ever stopped asking questions he really would get worried. He sat down at his desk and motioned for Jet to sit down too. He did so and sat looking at Jeremy puzzled. Jeremy cracked his fingers.
"This will be hard for you to accept but you must accept it for everything I'm about to tell you is true. I mean that." said Jeremy.
Jet nodded and continued to look puzzled.
"Twelve years ago there was an event on our planet that forever changed its destiny. Twelve years ago your mother appeared."
"Appeared? Wasn't she there before?" asked Jet.
"Maybe I should start from the top. You know that you are different to me. Different to everyone else on the base. Yes?" asked Jeremy.
Jet looked down at himself. He brushed a hand across his tail that lay across his lap. He nodded.
"Yes. I always wondered where the other like me were." he said.
"Well simply put Jet. There are no others like you on the entire surface of the Earth." said Jeremy.
Jet's head shot up quickly. He blinked.
"What? What do you mean?" he said his voice trembling slightly.
"Before twelve years ago nobody on the planet Earth had ever seen anyone like you or your mother."
"Then….where did we come from?"
"We wondered the same thing for a long time until your mother finally told us. Your mother comes from a planet called Mobius. We had never heard of it, and had even less idea how she got to Earth from there. All we knew was that she was here. A few months after she appeared, you were born. She decided to keep her past a secret from you to protect you from the truth. She wanted you to be happy and if you knew about your true origin you would be forever obsessed with it. I've seen it in her eyes. She may be strong on the outside but inside she is a tormented wreck."
Jet was up from his seat now and backing away slightly.
"No…it's not true! It can't be. Earth has always been my home. It IS my home! I don't know of any other place. It's all a lie!" he cried.
"I told you it wouldn't be easy, but I have not lied to you in the slightest."
"No." whimpered Jet.
"Sit down Jet, please. I must finish."
Slowly and unsurely, Jet sat down in his chair. His ears and whiskers drooped. Jeremy sighed and continued.
"Our commanders became interested in this other world and sent out spaceships to the farthest edges of the galaxy in an attempt to locate your world. To say the least it took over ten years but we have found it."
Jet's head shot up. He starred wide eyed at Jeremy.
"You….you have?" he asked.
"Yes."
Jet blinked. Could it really be true?
"Can…..can I see it?" he asked curiously.
Jeremy pressed a few buttons on a small control panel on his desk. A panel to the side of the room lit up and started to display an image. A planet, half shrouded in darkness, hung in space. Jet eyed it curiously. A funny feeling ran through his body.
"Can we go there?" he asked.
"Why else do you think we came out here anyway? This is direct feed from the ships outer hull monitors. We are currently in orbit around this world." replied Jeremy.
Jet almost collapsed. As Jeremy spoke the feeling in him got stronger. He felt a pull to go to this world like none he had ever felt before. He got up and walked over to the monitor. Reaching his hand out, he touched the image of the planet.
"You see." said Jeremy.
Jet withdrew his hand quickly and turned round.
"But….what is going on? What do you fear?"
Jeremy sighed and leaned back in his chair. He picked up a pen and started to twist it through his fingers.
"When we first found your mother twelve years ago, life on Earth was as peaceful as it had ever been. We still relied heavily on technology but not to the degree we do today. This ship didn't exist until four years ago. Ten years ago, just after the order to find Mobius was made, Earth's world leader, Silvia Higara, was killed. She was our youngest world leader to date but had a way of making people think and act in the right way. The Earth Alliance had spent five years under her careful governing hand and there had been no major conflicts at all during this time. When she was killed, a new leader rose to power. He is still in power today, one Jacob Kidderminster. He had been Silvia Higara's vice president during her rule and he had hated her immensely. Some say he was responsible for her death, although that had never been proven. When he came to power, World Leader Jacob set about massing a giant fleet of highly advanced ships and weapon technology. Nobody knew why. We didn't have any enemies. We didn't even know that others existed in the universe until you mother showed up."
"Then why did he do it?" asked Jet.
"Don't interrupt. Anyway, the result of this heavy fleet construction stint was the near exhaustion of resources over the Moon, Mars and outer colonies. Only Earth had anything left. She was forced to send what she had to help the colonies and in turn she too became depleted. Panic started to grow. Did we have enough to sustain us? What would happen if we didn't? Jacob then placed a massive priority on finding Mobius. It surprised everyone. People started to wonder if he cared about Earth and the colonies."
Jeremy stopped and looked at Jet.
"That is all I know. And to tell you the truth it worries me. There are only two reasons Jacob would want to find Mobius."
"Two reasons?" asked Jet curiously.
"Yes two. One, to return you and your mother to your world and two…"
Jeremy stopped and lowered his head. He slowly looked up just enough for Jet to see his eyes behind his fringe of hair.
"….and two, to attack." he finished.
Jet almost choked. He leaped from his chair sending it crashing to the floor. He staggered backwards and starred at Jeremy.
"Attack?!" he cried.
"Yes. Attack and plunder the planets resources in order to feed Earth." replied Jeremy with a sigh.
"You don't mean?"
"I don't know yet Jet. I have a funny feeling about this. Stay here. Keep the door locked and don't open it for anyone. Don't even reply. If it's me I'll let myself in. I'm going to go and check on the current status."
Jeremy got up and walked over to the door. He looked back at Jet. He was standing rigid in the middle of the floor gasping.
"Calm down Jet. I won't let anything bad happen. Not while I have my life." said Jeremy.
With that he turned, opened the door and left.
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Sarah slowly felt her head clearing. Her lower jaw ached and she slowly reached up to touch it. Hardened blood was caked to the fur around her jaw. Her lower lip was broken and she figured she had a bruise down the left side of her face. She groaned slightly.
"He…hello?" came a small whimpering voice.
Sarah froze. She was still lying on the floor but her eyes shifted from side to side.
"Hello?" said the voice again.
Sarah listened and was able to pin point the voice. She glanced slowly to the side and raised her head. She was sitting in a cell in the prison block of the EAS Phantom.
"Hello?" she said quietly.
"Hello." came a reply.
Sarah looked to her side to see a small brown squirrel holding onto the bars in the cell next to her. The light wasn't very good but it was decent enough for Sarah to see a bit of dried blood in her fur above her left eye. Her face was stained with tears and she shook slightly on her feet. Sarah slowly moved over to the bars and took a closer look at her. She now saw another two figures in the same cell, a blue hedgehog and a grey wolf. Sarah was amazed and distraught at the same time. Amazed at the sight of three others like her, but distraught at how she had met them. She looked back to the squirrel.
"Hello there. What's your name?" she asked softly, "Mine's Sarah."
"I'm….I'm……Alicia." replied the squirrel.
Sarah didn't know what else to say.
"Can you help them?" asked Alicia.
"Sorry?" asked Sarah.
Alicia looked over her shoulder and Sarah could see a few more tears forming in her eyes.
"Can you help them?" she asked again.
"I'm sorry." said Sarah, "I can't even help myself right now."
The squirrel sniffed and slowly lowered herself to the ground. She began to cry into her arms. Sarah couldn't help but feel sad for her. She got down on her knees and pushed herself against the bars.
"It's ok. It's ok. Here take my hand." said Sarah pushing her arm out through the bars.
The squirrel raised her head and slowly turned round. Gingerly she extended a hand and took hold of Sarah's hand.
"There. It's ok dear. Don't worry." comforted Sarah.
The squirrel suddenly spun and pushed both of her arms through the bars. She grabbed hold of Sarah pulled them both right up to the bars. She started to cry again. Sarah slowly patted her on the head as they hugged through the bars.
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In Knotlake, T2 was in a bad way. He lay in a bed in the medical hut being fussed over by Sally and Amy. Earlier that day, T2 had been walking near the village with Sonic and Sally when he had suddenly collapsed with a shrill cry. The Deep Power Stone had been glowing red and black at the time, but had now returned to its usual yellow glow and he was now showing signs of waking up. He wriggled around in bed and was mumbling to himself. Sally and Amy stopped and waited. It was a few more minutes before T2 slowly opened his eyes. He blinked and tried to sit up but fell back into bed. Sally rushed to his side and helped him sit up. She looked at him puzzled.
"T2? You ok?" she asked.
"Huh? I don't know." replied T2 slowly.
Amy ran over to him and hugged him.
"Well whether you are or not, I'm just glad to see you awake." she said happily.
"What happened T2?" asked Sally.
"I'm not sure. I suddenly felt as if I had been at the centre of an implosion."
Sally and Amy looked at each other with puzzled looks.
"Weird." said Amy finally.
Just then T2 swung his legs round and jumped out of bed. He almost fell over but Sally caught him.
"T2! Get back in bed. You had a nasty shock by the sound of things." she cried.
"I don't care. Something has happened!" replied T2.
"What do you mean?" asked Amy.
"It's Petya…..something has happened to her." replied T2.
"How do you know?" asked Sally.
"I just do. We know everything about each other."
"It's the link Sally." said Amy.
Sally nodded. Just then there was a bang on the door and Sonic and Manic stumbled through. They both glanced at T2 and looked kind of shocked. Sally glared at them.
"Sonic! Manic! I told you to wait outside." she said.
"Sally this can't wait! I just got this encrypted report from Tails. Read it." said Sonic.
Sonic handed her the report and she, Amy and T2 looked at it. When they were done they all looked up with white faces.
"What is this?" asked T2.
"I don't know. The transmission didn't even finish. It got cut off half way through." replied Manic.
They looked back at the report. On it were the specs on a certain fighter craft…