Wrote by JOSH. (LORD_FORD_BREAKER@YAHOO.COM)
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RATED R for blood, graphic violence and occasional swearing.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- New York 15 years after Robotnick has taken over Mobotropolis. A DREAM OR REALITY COME TRUE PART 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
"Hey! There's a strange electrical field coming from near that tall statue in the ocean out there. " A 30ish raccoon exclaimed. Looking up from the monitor, he saw everyone was still sleeping. Hehehe....I've always wanted to try this... "AAAAAAAA! ROBOTICK'S IN THE BASE!!!" Those that were around in hearing distance, which was almost everybody, jumped up. "Where is he!?", "Battlestations!!", "Get all the weapons out!!!!" "Shoot to kill" and other orders were heard as the raccoon started laughing. They all calmed down when he let out a loud whistle. Still laughing a bit, "Well that's almost the fastest response time I've seen, but now that I have your attention......ahem....Robotnick is not here and...." Breaths of relief and a few choice words were said, at him mostly for calling a false alarm. "But he might be on his way. Were getting a strange reading from the statue in the ocean. Mike you go topside and sneak over to get a better look. Josephine you watch his back, we don't need those Swat-bots getting a drop on us again. Evelyn see if you can fly over and get in closer enough to see what it becomes. Take a com unit with you though. Everyone else assume we might be getting attacked." "How long ago did this reading come in Roscoe?" The German canine Mike asked. "Less that five minutes, now go!" "Yes sir!" "Hey Raph, were are those Swat-bot patrols at?" Roscoe asked turning to the turtle. "One's about 3 kilometers south of us, and the other two are headed for the shore. They also seemed to have picked up the energy signal." "What about the Hover units?" "There are thirteen of them headed that way." "ETA?"
"About 10 minutes if they keep at current speed. " "Hmmm..." Whatever it is , I hope it's not more bad luck...
I've died and went to hell. Was the first time on Focus's mind as he woke up. Rolling over he got to his feet. "Hmmm.....wait...I can't be dead....hmmmm...to cold and wet and what the he...." Looking around he saw everything was dark, but not night dark, more like a war scene dark. Buildings were standing but some where on there side in the water. The Empire State building had a hole in it, one of the World Trade Center buildings was leaning against the other and the Statue of Liberty was still missing her torch along with some other noticeable things. What surprised him the most was the air wasn't smoggy or having a burn smell at all. "I can't....I....what...da...umm...did we go to war?" Picking up his sword he noticed lights coming from the shore line. "Hey....Hey!...HEY!!!!!!...I'm over here. Can you see me?!!!" he shouted, waving his arms while jumping up and down. After a few minutes he stopped. "No use. To far away. Looks like I have to swim to shore. Maybe there's still a boat here." Putting away the sword, he walked around what was left of the base of the statue. After seeing nothing that would help he climbed up to the feet section of the Lady Liberty. He was about to try climbing higher when he heard a voice. "Evelyn have you found anything yet?" "Yeah but whoever it was I lost them." "What do you mean lost them? How many were there that you could lose on such a small area?" "Just one, and I think it's a overlander." "Robotnick?" "No. Not fat enough." Following the sound of the were the voices was coming from led him to be on the opposite side over the statue away from the shore. Coming around the last corner of the stone robe he stopped when he saw someone standing in a corner section talking. Luckily whoever it was hadn't seen him approach. "Has this overlander said anything about what there doing there?" Seeing some fist sized rocks at his feet, Focus slowly picked up one and threw it over the side away from him but what would be near the unknown person. It made a loud clunk noise when it landed. "No they haven't. I heard them call out to someone but I don't know who it was, but....what was that?" She walked out slowly and looked down over the side. Coming out into the light made it easier for him to find out who he might be dealing with but seeing what looked to be a large walking and talking hawk which had a more humanoid figure was almost more than he could handle. "WHAT THE......" he started to say as he backed up. "WOAAAAAAAH!" he yelled as he fell off the ledge. "Evelyn! What's going on?! Are you alright?" A little shaken she responded "Yeah....I'm fine...the overlander just walked up on me and then fell off the ledge. Do you want me to see if he's alright?" "Only if you want to, but make it quick because there are several hover units on the way out there and we don't want you getting caught." "Got it."
Back at the hidden base in the old subway system. Roscoe just finished talking to Evelyn when Mike and Josephine came back in. "We couldn't get near the ocean to see what was happening. To many Swat-bots hanging around." Mike said. "Did I just here that there a overlander out there?" Josephine asked. "Yeah there is, but why we don't know yet. Evelyn is check him out and then report back. In the meantime go make sure that there aren't any Swat-bots hanging are areas." "Okay." They both said. "Butch." From a small communication desk , a large dog turned to him. "Send a message to Knothole on the coded frequency. Let them know we found a overlander here."
Back at the statue Focus could tell that the fall had really hurt. But seeing something other than human really surprised him. He knew that his back was broken along with several other important bones and he knew that he was bleeding badly from his leg. He would have stabbed himself to get it over with so he could get up sooner but his arms were paralyzed along with the rest of his body. His left arm was broken and under his back while his right arm was laying at a odd angle next to him. "This has got to be he..." Hearing movement to his right he turned his head to see that bird like person coming toward him. "Oh my..." she said covering her beak. She started to move away when he stopped her. "Don't leave. Your the only here that can help me." "What?" she said with a frightened voice. "There's a bottle of pills in my right coat pocket. If you can give me one it will deaden the pain for me. Then I won't have to feel this slow death anymore." She looked at him with fear and uncertainty. "I....what..." "Please. If your worried that I'm going to hurt you or something don't be. I can't move because my back is broken." "Really?" "Wha...yes really. Please help me." Slowly coming over she reached into his pocket and pulled out a red bottle. Finally figuring out how to open the cap she pulled one out and dropped it into his mouth. Setting the bottle down she backed off quickly against the wall. "Thanks. This will help things along quickly. Give me about two minutes." he said as he passed out. "A few minutes? What." Going back over she checked him pulse finding him dead. "Evelyn here. The overlander didn't make it. The fall was fatal." "Sorry you had to witness that. Did he say anything about why he was there?" "No. I never had the chance to ask. He had me give him a pill to help him get rid of the pain. It must have worked since he died shortly after taking it." She then described how his body looked. "Helping him to leave was probably the best thing you could have done considering what you just told me. As much as you might not want to do this I need you to search him to see what he was doing there and bring back anything useful or hide it so we can get it later. Better make it fast though, you've got less that 5 minutes to get out of there before the hover units approach." "I'll try." Taking the bottle she put the cap back on and placed it in the pouch on her back. She started searching his other pockets when she felt him move underneath her. Turning to see his face she saw him blinking. "A...I...umm" she said before fainting on him. "Oh great. Just what I need. Another person to explain my somewhat unique gift." Moving his arms and legs back around to their right position really hurt but after another minute he was back to new. "Now that that's done lets find out who you are." Taking the head set off he looked it over before putting it on. After tapping the mike a few times he spoke. "Testing, testing. Anyone still out there." he said into it as he noticed several lights in the sky headed his way. "I'm assuming that I'm taking to the flying craft head my way."
In Knothole everything was doing great. Robotnick hadn't reared his ugly head at anything for about a week and Uncle Chuck had been reporting in everyday that Robotnick was just doing routine stuff, so everyone was relaxing. In Rotors work shop, Rotor was trying to still get the robotozier they stole soem time back functioning, but with no avail. He was just giving up and going to go for a swim when the radio kicked on. "Knothole come in. This is the BBC. Respond please." "This is Knothole, BBC." "Roscoe wanted me to tell you that an unknown overlander was found up here and wanted to know if Robotnick was trying anything up here." "Rotor, tell them Sonic and Tails are on there way there in the Tornado to help them out. We'll send more if Sonic thinks something's up. As for it being a plan of Robotnick, we don't know yet but will find out." Sally said coming up behind him. "Sally, I didn't know you where in here." "I was only coming in to make you get out and relax. We don't know when will have this much free time again, but it looks like that might be canceled. Relay that message while I tell Sonic to get going." "Sure thing Princess."
At the ring pool Sonic and Tails were waiting for another ring while practicing there hand signals, when Sally walked up. "Sonic, the Mobians in BBC sound like they need help. A overlander showed up." "Finally something to do." "Sonic.." "Sorry Sal, it just I'm so used to fighting Ro-butt-nick that waiting is, well, boring." "You need a hobby, and eating chili dogs doesn't count. You and Tails are going up there so that will give you something to do for now." "Hey a ring's showing up!" Tails said as he flew over the spot. "Cool lil bro. After you get it, were going up north, so let's get the Tornado out." "Cool Sonic! Just you and me on an adventure." "Way past lil bro." After Tails had left, Sonic sat down next to Sally. "Yo what's up Sally? You seem to be a little down lately." "I've been thinking about dad lately. What he would be doing if he were here." she said while tossing a pebble into the pool. "I know what it's like Sally. A lot of us have been thinking what it would be like if our families were here with us. One of these day's we'll find a way to get him out of the void." "Some days are just harder than others Sonic. Seeing others with families make's me happy but also sad because I don't have that connection anymore. When the cleaver family.." "The who?" "That beaver couple that we found a couple weeks back." "Oh. I remember them now." "They had a son a few days ago. When I a family not effected by Robotnick's evil I remembered dad and nearly broke down in front of them." Sally said as she started to cry. Putting an arm around her Sonic let her bawl in his chest. After a few minutes Sonic brought her face to his and kissed her. They held it for awhile before Sonic stopped and looked deep into her eyes. "You know I'll always be there for you Sally. I've never let you down yet and I never intended to." "Thank you Sonic. You always know how to make me feel better." Standing up Sonic helped Sally to her feet. "Now you watch and make sure Tails doesn't get hurt." "C'mon Sal. Do you think I would let anything get to him. I'm always watching out for him, besides I taught him everything he knows." "I know." she said with a roll of her eyes. "Now what's that..." "I'm just kidding." Sally said with a laugh. "Sometimes it's hard to tell when your being serious and when you clowning." "That's why I'm in charge and you come in second." Sonic opened his mouth to say something but thought better of it when he realized she was right. "You'd better get going or Tails might thing something's up." "All right Sal. Stay cool till I get back." Sonic said speeding off. Sally had to grab the tree to keep from falling down.
Tails first stop was Sonics hut where he picked up Sonics backpack before heading to the biplane. Tails was halfway there when he passed Bunnie. "Hey Tails honey. Where ya headed off to today in such a hurry?" "Me and Sonic got to go help the Freedom Fighters up north in the BBC. They called saying something about an overlander being there." Tails said landing near her. "Oh my stars. Is it the fat slob Robotnick?" "Nope. Not him. They don't know who it is." "Well you'd better be careful up there and don't get yourselves her now ya hear." Bunnie said rubbing his head. "We won't Bunnie. Nothing stops Sonic." "Ya. Nothin stops that sugar-hog. See ya later Tails." "Bye Bunnie."
When Tails got to the plane Sonic was already there taking the tarp off. "Sonic, I got your backpack." "Cool Tails. Let's get this show on the road!" "Sure thing Sonic." Getting into the plane, Tails went through the check list with Sonic. "Fuel?" "Check Sonic." "Hydraulics?" "Check." "Wing flaps?" "Check." After a few more checks and inspections they were off.
Back at the subway base everyone stopped moving as they hear an unknown voice come through the line. "Helloooo. Is anyone there?" "Who is this and how did you get this line?" "Is this the same people that were talking to...umm....this bird woman here? What's her name anyway?" Somebody in the back said aloud. "I thought Evelyn said he was dead." This instantly brought several quiets and shut ups. "Evelyn huh. Nice name. Umm, I'm assuming that your the flying crafts approaching." "Oh no. The hover units....your probably going to lie but who do you work for?" "Say what? What kind of question is that." "Do you work for Robotnick?"
Back at the base of the statue Focus was watching the unknown crafts approaching while talking to someone when the guy on the line said something that scared him, but also made part of him feel real good. Something about the word hover-units seemed familiar but he couldn't quite place it. "Can you repeat that please? I don't think I heard you right." "I said do you work for Robotnick?" "That's what I thought you said. One moment." Turning off the headset, he placed it in his pocket. Cupping his hands he filled them with water and splashed her in the face. She instantly woke up in a coughing fit. Picking her up he placed her over his shoulder and dashed into an opening in the base of the statue. The stairs are still intact. Great! As he headed up the stairs she started thrashing in his arms. "Hey, hey ,hey....lady just stay calm. I'm trying to save your feathers." "PUT ME DOWN!" "Alright, alright...sorry." he said putting her down on her feet. Before she could move or say something. "I don't know what's going on or even why the hell I'm here. This shouldn't be happening at all since it all is a fantasy! But since falling off that ledge, I'm beginning to think I really am here, SO you can either come with me to get away from Robotnick's troops or you can go back out there and take you chances. Okay." After watching her face for a few seconds, he walked past her proceeded up the stairs. "Your not going to hurt me?" she said in a shaky voice. Stopping several steps up he turned around with a strange look on his face. "Huh? What do you mean harm you! Why would you even....Ahhh...that's right I remember now. Assuming I'm really here....hehehe...you 'Mobians' hate us 'overlanders' or fear were going to be hostile. Well not me." As he spoke he emphasized Mobians and overlanders with his first two fingers of both hands. Turning back around he proceeded back up the stairs mumbling to himself. "Who are you, why are you here and why aren't you dead like I saw?" she asked slowly following. "First question's answer is Trinner, Focus Trinner. As for the second I don't know, third is complicated but basically unless you cut my head off , I can't really die. If there's anything else you'd like to know go ahead and ask. I figure this is just some dream I'm having and the pain I feel is actually from the torch falling on me and I survived. Doctors or medical teams or who knows is removing sharp objects from me and... this is making no sense at all." Finally reaching the top Focus looked out one of the broken sections of the crown. From below he could see the Swat-bots moving around, looking for them. Except for two hover-units the rest were all at the bottom. "Perfect. Maybe, lets see if what I remember from...." he was saying as he climbed out and got on top. "Wait! were are you going?" "Just wait there. I'm trying something." Pulling his 6 foot Katana from behind his back he moved into a stance his long deceased master taught him. "Okay." After taking several deep breaths he raised the sword and sliced off a point on the crown near the head. "It worked! HAHA! One more time." Inside the head, Evelyn heard a loud noise of metal striking metal then saw a large pointed section of the crown fall. Rushing to the missing window she watched it land on the unsuspecting Swat-bots. She managed to back off just in time before another section came falling down. Seconds later another one went with it.
Down at the base of the statue. The Swat-bots were scanning the area but something was interfering with the sensory equipment. "Have you found anything yet Bot 12-B?" Robotnick said over a com line. "Nothing oh-round-one. Unknown interference is causing sensory malfunctions." "Then you'd better find out what the interference is and get it fixed or you'll be my next trash compactor! If it's any freedom fighters abort capture command and kill on site." "Affirmative mighty one." Before Bot 12-B could give any new orders a large object crashed down on him and several of the hover-units. Seconds later two more fell down adding to the already big explosion taking out what was left.
Seeing his idea worked Focus did a little dance and kissed his sword before putting it away. "Now that that's settled." He was about to climb back in when he was stopped by a loud voice behind him. Turning around he was not surprised to see a hover-unit near him. "Took ya long enough." "SURRENDER IN THE NAME OF DOCTOR ROBOTNICK OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED." Since the inside of the craft was lit up enough for him to make out the Swat-bots inside, and they pretty much parked it on his butt, he decided to go for it. "Exterminate this!" Yanking his sword with incredible speed he shoved it through the window and into one of the Swat- bots. Before the other had a chance to bring up its fist gun he had already decapitated it. Pulling his sword out quickly he opened the door and rushed in. "Alright who else wants some!!!"
Back at the subway base. "Have you been able to get hold of Evelyn yet?" "Not yet. Far as I can tell the line's been cut off." "What do you mean by cut off?" "It's just turned off. Not broken or destroyed. Radar shows that whoever has it is on top of the statue." "Damn. Anything from Knothole yet?" "Yes. Sonic and Tails are on there way here. They should show up in a few hours. There coming in a 'Tornado?' I think that's what they said." "Tornado's a plane of there's." "Oh. Do you want to get the area ready for there arrival." "Yes. Get on it right away."
Back in the head, Evelyn heard the explosions from far below. Smoke was starting to rise up the inside and coming into were she was. She was about to climb out to wherever that guy went when a hover-unit came into view. Ducking down she waited till it passed before sticking her head back out, mostly for air.
After seeing no other Swat-bots in the vehicle, and feeling slightly silly from dancing, he got out and went to get Evelyn. Just as he was approaching the edge something came up and hit him.
After a couple of minutes the air was getting to smokey to breath so she climbed out and flew up to the top crashing right into Focus. Bouncing off him she landed on her back and slid into one of the remaining spikes. Focus, not knowing what smacked into him, hit head first into the top of the Lady Liberties copper head. Getting up from the were she finally landed Evelyn groaned noticing that she sprained her wing a bit. "Won't be flying reconnaissance for awhile now." When she saw Focus lying down she hurried over trying to wake him. When he didn't wake up she checked out the hover-unit. Noticing that everything still worked she managed with great difficulty to remove the Swat-bots and get the human inside. After finding her com unit in his pocket she called base and headed for home.
In Robotropolis, Snively was reading a report on the power stations that were nearly complete. Several weeks ago the Sally and her band of Freedom Fighters had managed to take out the three primary power stations as well as all but one of the backups. When the damage was done Robotropolis came to a near stand still on everything. All the factories shut down instantly along with most systems. The only reason that the last backup was left intact Snively figured was because they cared about the robotozied Mobians and wasn't going to leave them without a way to recharge. With the help of limited Swat-bot units, it had taken this long to get primary power fixed. In less than a day they should be working at almost 70% power. If it weren't for the fact that Robotnick kept sending Swat-bot patrols out to find the Freedom Fighters things would have been completed quicker. "Snively! Wasn't that patrol up north suppose to have reported back by now?" Robotnick said coming up behind him. "Yes sir. I have tried to call several times but we haven't got any response. The hover-units aren't responding either." Snively said cringing. "And when were you going to tell me this! You should have called me the instant that they didn't respond." Robotnick said backhanding him. Snively was thrown from his chair smacking into the wall. Blood came from his mouth as he slumped to the floor. He curled up into a ball as Robotnick came over to him. "I want answers now!!!!!! So get up and find them! When I come back there better be something or else you will be in much more pain. Got it!" he yelled shaking a fist at Snively. "I'll try sir." "No you will!" Robotnick said before leaving the room. Getting up Snively wiped his hand across him mouth as he went back to his seat. Sending a message to what was left of the patrol he waited for a response while silently crying.
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"Hey! There's a strange electrical field coming from near that tall statue in the ocean out there. " A 30ish raccoon exclaimed. Looking up from the monitor, he saw everyone was still sleeping. Hehehe....I've always wanted to try this... "AAAAAAAA! ROBOTICK'S IN THE BASE!!!" Those that were around in hearing distance, which was almost everybody, jumped up. "Where is he!?", "Battlestations!!", "Get all the weapons out!!!!" "Shoot to kill" and other orders were heard as the raccoon started laughing. They all calmed down when he let out a loud whistle. Still laughing a bit, "Well that's almost the fastest response time I've seen, but now that I have your attention......ahem....Robotnick is not here and...." Breaths of relief and a few choice words were said, at him mostly for calling a false alarm. "But he might be on his way. Were getting a strange reading from the statue in the ocean. Mike you go topside and sneak over to get a better look. Josephine you watch his back, we don't need those Swat-bots getting a drop on us again. Evelyn see if you can fly over and get in closer enough to see what it becomes. Take a com unit with you though. Everyone else assume we might be getting attacked." "How long ago did this reading come in Roscoe?" The German canine Mike asked. "Less that five minutes, now go!" "Yes sir!" "Hey Raph, were are those Swat-bot patrols at?" Roscoe asked turning to the turtle. "One's about 3 kilometers south of us, and the other two are headed for the shore. They also seemed to have picked up the energy signal." "What about the Hover units?" "There are thirteen of them headed that way." "ETA?"
"About 10 minutes if they keep at current speed. " "Hmmm..." Whatever it is , I hope it's not more bad luck...
I've died and went to hell. Was the first time on Focus's mind as he woke up. Rolling over he got to his feet. "Hmmm.....wait...I can't be dead....hmmmm...to cold and wet and what the he...." Looking around he saw everything was dark, but not night dark, more like a war scene dark. Buildings were standing but some where on there side in the water. The Empire State building had a hole in it, one of the World Trade Center buildings was leaning against the other and the Statue of Liberty was still missing her torch along with some other noticeable things. What surprised him the most was the air wasn't smoggy or having a burn smell at all. "I can't....I....what...da...umm...did we go to war?" Picking up his sword he noticed lights coming from the shore line. "Hey....Hey!...HEY!!!!!!...I'm over here. Can you see me?!!!" he shouted, waving his arms while jumping up and down. After a few minutes he stopped. "No use. To far away. Looks like I have to swim to shore. Maybe there's still a boat here." Putting away the sword, he walked around what was left of the base of the statue. After seeing nothing that would help he climbed up to the feet section of the Lady Liberty. He was about to try climbing higher when he heard a voice. "Evelyn have you found anything yet?" "Yeah but whoever it was I lost them." "What do you mean lost them? How many were there that you could lose on such a small area?" "Just one, and I think it's a overlander." "Robotnick?" "No. Not fat enough." Following the sound of the were the voices was coming from led him to be on the opposite side over the statue away from the shore. Coming around the last corner of the stone robe he stopped when he saw someone standing in a corner section talking. Luckily whoever it was hadn't seen him approach. "Has this overlander said anything about what there doing there?" Seeing some fist sized rocks at his feet, Focus slowly picked up one and threw it over the side away from him but what would be near the unknown person. It made a loud clunk noise when it landed. "No they haven't. I heard them call out to someone but I don't know who it was, but....what was that?" She walked out slowly and looked down over the side. Coming out into the light made it easier for him to find out who he might be dealing with but seeing what looked to be a large walking and talking hawk which had a more humanoid figure was almost more than he could handle. "WHAT THE......" he started to say as he backed up. "WOAAAAAAAH!" he yelled as he fell off the ledge. "Evelyn! What's going on?! Are you alright?" A little shaken she responded "Yeah....I'm fine...the overlander just walked up on me and then fell off the ledge. Do you want me to see if he's alright?" "Only if you want to, but make it quick because there are several hover units on the way out there and we don't want you getting caught." "Got it."
Back at the hidden base in the old subway system. Roscoe just finished talking to Evelyn when Mike and Josephine came back in. "We couldn't get near the ocean to see what was happening. To many Swat-bots hanging around." Mike said. "Did I just here that there a overlander out there?" Josephine asked. "Yeah there is, but why we don't know yet. Evelyn is check him out and then report back. In the meantime go make sure that there aren't any Swat-bots hanging are areas." "Okay." They both said. "Butch." From a small communication desk , a large dog turned to him. "Send a message to Knothole on the coded frequency. Let them know we found a overlander here."
Back at the statue Focus could tell that the fall had really hurt. But seeing something other than human really surprised him. He knew that his back was broken along with several other important bones and he knew that he was bleeding badly from his leg. He would have stabbed himself to get it over with so he could get up sooner but his arms were paralyzed along with the rest of his body. His left arm was broken and under his back while his right arm was laying at a odd angle next to him. "This has got to be he..." Hearing movement to his right he turned his head to see that bird like person coming toward him. "Oh my..." she said covering her beak. She started to move away when he stopped her. "Don't leave. Your the only here that can help me." "What?" she said with a frightened voice. "There's a bottle of pills in my right coat pocket. If you can give me one it will deaden the pain for me. Then I won't have to feel this slow death anymore." She looked at him with fear and uncertainty. "I....what..." "Please. If your worried that I'm going to hurt you or something don't be. I can't move because my back is broken." "Really?" "Wha...yes really. Please help me." Slowly coming over she reached into his pocket and pulled out a red bottle. Finally figuring out how to open the cap she pulled one out and dropped it into his mouth. Setting the bottle down she backed off quickly against the wall. "Thanks. This will help things along quickly. Give me about two minutes." he said as he passed out. "A few minutes? What." Going back over she checked him pulse finding him dead. "Evelyn here. The overlander didn't make it. The fall was fatal." "Sorry you had to witness that. Did he say anything about why he was there?" "No. I never had the chance to ask. He had me give him a pill to help him get rid of the pain. It must have worked since he died shortly after taking it." She then described how his body looked. "Helping him to leave was probably the best thing you could have done considering what you just told me. As much as you might not want to do this I need you to search him to see what he was doing there and bring back anything useful or hide it so we can get it later. Better make it fast though, you've got less that 5 minutes to get out of there before the hover units approach." "I'll try." Taking the bottle she put the cap back on and placed it in the pouch on her back. She started searching his other pockets when she felt him move underneath her. Turning to see his face she saw him blinking. "A...I...umm" she said before fainting on him. "Oh great. Just what I need. Another person to explain my somewhat unique gift." Moving his arms and legs back around to their right position really hurt but after another minute he was back to new. "Now that that's done lets find out who you are." Taking the head set off he looked it over before putting it on. After tapping the mike a few times he spoke. "Testing, testing. Anyone still out there." he said into it as he noticed several lights in the sky headed his way. "I'm assuming that I'm taking to the flying craft head my way."
In Knothole everything was doing great. Robotnick hadn't reared his ugly head at anything for about a week and Uncle Chuck had been reporting in everyday that Robotnick was just doing routine stuff, so everyone was relaxing. In Rotors work shop, Rotor was trying to still get the robotozier they stole soem time back functioning, but with no avail. He was just giving up and going to go for a swim when the radio kicked on. "Knothole come in. This is the BBC. Respond please." "This is Knothole, BBC." "Roscoe wanted me to tell you that an unknown overlander was found up here and wanted to know if Robotnick was trying anything up here." "Rotor, tell them Sonic and Tails are on there way there in the Tornado to help them out. We'll send more if Sonic thinks something's up. As for it being a plan of Robotnick, we don't know yet but will find out." Sally said coming up behind him. "Sally, I didn't know you where in here." "I was only coming in to make you get out and relax. We don't know when will have this much free time again, but it looks like that might be canceled. Relay that message while I tell Sonic to get going." "Sure thing Princess."
At the ring pool Sonic and Tails were waiting for another ring while practicing there hand signals, when Sally walked up. "Sonic, the Mobians in BBC sound like they need help. A overlander showed up." "Finally something to do." "Sonic.." "Sorry Sal, it just I'm so used to fighting Ro-butt-nick that waiting is, well, boring." "You need a hobby, and eating chili dogs doesn't count. You and Tails are going up there so that will give you something to do for now." "Hey a ring's showing up!" Tails said as he flew over the spot. "Cool lil bro. After you get it, were going up north, so let's get the Tornado out." "Cool Sonic! Just you and me on an adventure." "Way past lil bro." After Tails had left, Sonic sat down next to Sally. "Yo what's up Sally? You seem to be a little down lately." "I've been thinking about dad lately. What he would be doing if he were here." she said while tossing a pebble into the pool. "I know what it's like Sally. A lot of us have been thinking what it would be like if our families were here with us. One of these day's we'll find a way to get him out of the void." "Some days are just harder than others Sonic. Seeing others with families make's me happy but also sad because I don't have that connection anymore. When the cleaver family.." "The who?" "That beaver couple that we found a couple weeks back." "Oh. I remember them now." "They had a son a few days ago. When I a family not effected by Robotnick's evil I remembered dad and nearly broke down in front of them." Sally said as she started to cry. Putting an arm around her Sonic let her bawl in his chest. After a few minutes Sonic brought her face to his and kissed her. They held it for awhile before Sonic stopped and looked deep into her eyes. "You know I'll always be there for you Sally. I've never let you down yet and I never intended to." "Thank you Sonic. You always know how to make me feel better." Standing up Sonic helped Sally to her feet. "Now you watch and make sure Tails doesn't get hurt." "C'mon Sal. Do you think I would let anything get to him. I'm always watching out for him, besides I taught him everything he knows." "I know." she said with a roll of her eyes. "Now what's that..." "I'm just kidding." Sally said with a laugh. "Sometimes it's hard to tell when your being serious and when you clowning." "That's why I'm in charge and you come in second." Sonic opened his mouth to say something but thought better of it when he realized she was right. "You'd better get going or Tails might thing something's up." "All right Sal. Stay cool till I get back." Sonic said speeding off. Sally had to grab the tree to keep from falling down.
Tails first stop was Sonics hut where he picked up Sonics backpack before heading to the biplane. Tails was halfway there when he passed Bunnie. "Hey Tails honey. Where ya headed off to today in such a hurry?" "Me and Sonic got to go help the Freedom Fighters up north in the BBC. They called saying something about an overlander being there." Tails said landing near her. "Oh my stars. Is it the fat slob Robotnick?" "Nope. Not him. They don't know who it is." "Well you'd better be careful up there and don't get yourselves her now ya hear." Bunnie said rubbing his head. "We won't Bunnie. Nothing stops Sonic." "Ya. Nothin stops that sugar-hog. See ya later Tails." "Bye Bunnie."
When Tails got to the plane Sonic was already there taking the tarp off. "Sonic, I got your backpack." "Cool Tails. Let's get this show on the road!" "Sure thing Sonic." Getting into the plane, Tails went through the check list with Sonic. "Fuel?" "Check Sonic." "Hydraulics?" "Check." "Wing flaps?" "Check." After a few more checks and inspections they were off.
Back at the subway base everyone stopped moving as they hear an unknown voice come through the line. "Helloooo. Is anyone there?" "Who is this and how did you get this line?" "Is this the same people that were talking to...umm....this bird woman here? What's her name anyway?" Somebody in the back said aloud. "I thought Evelyn said he was dead." This instantly brought several quiets and shut ups. "Evelyn huh. Nice name. Umm, I'm assuming that your the flying crafts approaching." "Oh no. The hover units....your probably going to lie but who do you work for?" "Say what? What kind of question is that." "Do you work for Robotnick?"
Back at the base of the statue Focus was watching the unknown crafts approaching while talking to someone when the guy on the line said something that scared him, but also made part of him feel real good. Something about the word hover-units seemed familiar but he couldn't quite place it. "Can you repeat that please? I don't think I heard you right." "I said do you work for Robotnick?" "That's what I thought you said. One moment." Turning off the headset, he placed it in his pocket. Cupping his hands he filled them with water and splashed her in the face. She instantly woke up in a coughing fit. Picking her up he placed her over his shoulder and dashed into an opening in the base of the statue. The stairs are still intact. Great! As he headed up the stairs she started thrashing in his arms. "Hey, hey ,hey....lady just stay calm. I'm trying to save your feathers." "PUT ME DOWN!" "Alright, alright...sorry." he said putting her down on her feet. Before she could move or say something. "I don't know what's going on or even why the hell I'm here. This shouldn't be happening at all since it all is a fantasy! But since falling off that ledge, I'm beginning to think I really am here, SO you can either come with me to get away from Robotnick's troops or you can go back out there and take you chances. Okay." After watching her face for a few seconds, he walked past her proceeded up the stairs. "Your not going to hurt me?" she said in a shaky voice. Stopping several steps up he turned around with a strange look on his face. "Huh? What do you mean harm you! Why would you even....Ahhh...that's right I remember now. Assuming I'm really here....hehehe...you 'Mobians' hate us 'overlanders' or fear were going to be hostile. Well not me." As he spoke he emphasized Mobians and overlanders with his first two fingers of both hands. Turning back around he proceeded back up the stairs mumbling to himself. "Who are you, why are you here and why aren't you dead like I saw?" she asked slowly following. "First question's answer is Trinner, Focus Trinner. As for the second I don't know, third is complicated but basically unless you cut my head off , I can't really die. If there's anything else you'd like to know go ahead and ask. I figure this is just some dream I'm having and the pain I feel is actually from the torch falling on me and I survived. Doctors or medical teams or who knows is removing sharp objects from me and... this is making no sense at all." Finally reaching the top Focus looked out one of the broken sections of the crown. From below he could see the Swat-bots moving around, looking for them. Except for two hover-units the rest were all at the bottom. "Perfect. Maybe, lets see if what I remember from...." he was saying as he climbed out and got on top. "Wait! were are you going?" "Just wait there. I'm trying something." Pulling his 6 foot Katana from behind his back he moved into a stance his long deceased master taught him. "Okay." After taking several deep breaths he raised the sword and sliced off a point on the crown near the head. "It worked! HAHA! One more time." Inside the head, Evelyn heard a loud noise of metal striking metal then saw a large pointed section of the crown fall. Rushing to the missing window she watched it land on the unsuspecting Swat-bots. She managed to back off just in time before another section came falling down. Seconds later another one went with it.
Down at the base of the statue. The Swat-bots were scanning the area but something was interfering with the sensory equipment. "Have you found anything yet Bot 12-B?" Robotnick said over a com line. "Nothing oh-round-one. Unknown interference is causing sensory malfunctions." "Then you'd better find out what the interference is and get it fixed or you'll be my next trash compactor! If it's any freedom fighters abort capture command and kill on site." "Affirmative mighty one." Before Bot 12-B could give any new orders a large object crashed down on him and several of the hover-units. Seconds later two more fell down adding to the already big explosion taking out what was left.
Seeing his idea worked Focus did a little dance and kissed his sword before putting it away. "Now that that's settled." He was about to climb back in when he was stopped by a loud voice behind him. Turning around he was not surprised to see a hover-unit near him. "Took ya long enough." "SURRENDER IN THE NAME OF DOCTOR ROBOTNICK OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED." Since the inside of the craft was lit up enough for him to make out the Swat-bots inside, and they pretty much parked it on his butt, he decided to go for it. "Exterminate this!" Yanking his sword with incredible speed he shoved it through the window and into one of the Swat- bots. Before the other had a chance to bring up its fist gun he had already decapitated it. Pulling his sword out quickly he opened the door and rushed in. "Alright who else wants some!!!"
Back at the subway base. "Have you been able to get hold of Evelyn yet?" "Not yet. Far as I can tell the line's been cut off." "What do you mean by cut off?" "It's just turned off. Not broken or destroyed. Radar shows that whoever has it is on top of the statue." "Damn. Anything from Knothole yet?" "Yes. Sonic and Tails are on there way here. They should show up in a few hours. There coming in a 'Tornado?' I think that's what they said." "Tornado's a plane of there's." "Oh. Do you want to get the area ready for there arrival." "Yes. Get on it right away."
Back in the head, Evelyn heard the explosions from far below. Smoke was starting to rise up the inside and coming into were she was. She was about to climb out to wherever that guy went when a hover-unit came into view. Ducking down she waited till it passed before sticking her head back out, mostly for air.
After seeing no other Swat-bots in the vehicle, and feeling slightly silly from dancing, he got out and went to get Evelyn. Just as he was approaching the edge something came up and hit him.
After a couple of minutes the air was getting to smokey to breath so she climbed out and flew up to the top crashing right into Focus. Bouncing off him she landed on her back and slid into one of the remaining spikes. Focus, not knowing what smacked into him, hit head first into the top of the Lady Liberties copper head. Getting up from the were she finally landed Evelyn groaned noticing that she sprained her wing a bit. "Won't be flying reconnaissance for awhile now." When she saw Focus lying down she hurried over trying to wake him. When he didn't wake up she checked out the hover-unit. Noticing that everything still worked she managed with great difficulty to remove the Swat-bots and get the human inside. After finding her com unit in his pocket she called base and headed for home.
In Robotropolis, Snively was reading a report on the power stations that were nearly complete. Several weeks ago the Sally and her band of Freedom Fighters had managed to take out the three primary power stations as well as all but one of the backups. When the damage was done Robotropolis came to a near stand still on everything. All the factories shut down instantly along with most systems. The only reason that the last backup was left intact Snively figured was because they cared about the robotozied Mobians and wasn't going to leave them without a way to recharge. With the help of limited Swat-bot units, it had taken this long to get primary power fixed. In less than a day they should be working at almost 70% power. If it weren't for the fact that Robotnick kept sending Swat-bot patrols out to find the Freedom Fighters things would have been completed quicker. "Snively! Wasn't that patrol up north suppose to have reported back by now?" Robotnick said coming up behind him. "Yes sir. I have tried to call several times but we haven't got any response. The hover-units aren't responding either." Snively said cringing. "And when were you going to tell me this! You should have called me the instant that they didn't respond." Robotnick said backhanding him. Snively was thrown from his chair smacking into the wall. Blood came from his mouth as he slumped to the floor. He curled up into a ball as Robotnick came over to him. "I want answers now!!!!!! So get up and find them! When I come back there better be something or else you will be in much more pain. Got it!" he yelled shaking a fist at Snively. "I'll try sir." "No you will!" Robotnick said before leaving the room. Getting up Snively wiped his hand across him mouth as he went back to his seat. Sending a message to what was left of the patrol he waited for a response while silently crying.