Chapter Four: The Plan
The sun reached its peak in the sky and the clouds circled around it, but didn't cover its shining light, as it shined on Knothole. It was a few hours after noon and Sally had gotten everyone together after seeing successive experiments of Rotor's Semtex explosives some time ago. After seeing the potential damage one Semtex explosive could do, she was almost sure that the plan would work. On the other hand, she didn't wan't to force her firends into doing the dangerous mission, and thus that was what the meeting was for. After she and Rotor got everyone corralled, they all met in Rotor's hut. Bunnie and Antione stood together, Sonic leaned back on a chair and had a foot on a small sized box.,Tails walked around toying with some of Rotor's mechanical tools and works, and Sally stood up behind the table with two Semtex bombs on the table.
"So, what's the mission, Sal?" Sonic asked as he had both of his hands behind his head.
"And what's are zoes plates on ze table, Princess?" Antione asked.
"I have to talk to everyone about this mission. We've found something from Nichole that will put a stop to Robotnik." There were smiles and whoops when she said that. "But..."
"But what, Sally girl.?"
"Yeah, what's the news, Sal?"
She looked at her teammates and friends and knew that she didn't wan't to put anyone in great danger. She had thought of herself as a co-leader of the Freedom Fighters and once Rotor explained the possibility of a plan with the Semtex expolsivies she knew the high risk/ high reward factor. They were making progress on the hit and run missions, but was the attempt worth it?
"But there's something I have to tell everyone." She added with some despiar. "This is the mission, everyone. We're going to put an end to Robotnik, but I want to hear from everybody first,"
The air froze inside the hut and distilled for a moment. There a few puzzled looks and gasps in the crowd. She looked at Sonic and saw that he was quite calm about the situation, but he had a collected look on him.
"Well, I'm in it. We've been looking to shut 'Buttnik down sooner or later." Sonic made a thumbs up.
"I second that, too." Bunnie added.
"You have my blade, Princess,"
"What's the plan, Sally?" Tails asked.
She had their trust and commitment for the mission, and she new that every mission ment life of death. They probably knew that also, but she creditted them for taking part of it.
"It's done." The Knothole's techinical specialists entered in the room.
"And what iz that thinggy there you are holding, in your hands, Rotar?" Antione asked.
"It's a remote control to active the Semtex explosives." Sally answered. "We hit Robotnik's generators, production factories, the works with these babies."
"We hit the switch and BOOM! Robotnik's got nothing to stand on, and we nail him." Rotor clasped a fist into the air.
Antione walked up to the table and picked up one of the Semtex explosives. They were a light flat, oval disk with some weight in the back for the systemicatic design and the crystal battery/explosive inside. It was much like a frisbee except the models where dark gray and small pieces jutted out from the disk in a cross shaped manner.
"I made the explosives light weight so you can throw them like frisbees. The back of the explosive is covered with a sticky adhesive that's near impossible to get off and the code encyrpting in unbreakable, but there's a catch."
"A catch?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, once an explosive is activated, the detonation is almost infininate. You'll have to boogie out of there." Rotor explained.
"...Talk about stacking the odds." Sonic sat straight and spreaded his legs out. "We'll, let's do it."
"So you'll have to bomb the structures in succession. because of the remote control's reach."
"Yeah," Rotar continued as if he forgot. "The signal of the remote is weakened due to the crystal energy. Give or take 50 yards on this babies."
"Are you really going to do it, Sonic?" Tails asked him.
Sonic turned halfway to Tails, who sat behind him, smiled and gave the thumbs up.
"I'm going also, Sally girl." Bunnie added.
"You are, my dear?" Antione asked with some nervousness.
"Don't chy'll worry Antione. Once this is over, we won't have to worry about fighting any more."
"Bunnie and I got this, 'Twan. You can watch the fort, while we're gone, if you like."
Antione looked at Sonic with a pug look at him, after his comment. Sally took it as a rude comment herself and tried to avoid it.
"So it's settled then, let's get ready and do this." Sally said.
"How many explosives do you have Rotor?" Sonic asked.
"I've made ten out of the crystal I got. That should be enough to hit all of Robotnik's hot spots.. Just make sure you two place them were they can do the most damage. Say like an energy reactior."
"If things get too hairy, please make it back home." Sally said. She displayed so much care within it that she was serious about it.
"Here, let me finish up the rest of these and we'll be set. I'll give it to you two when you're ready." Rotor exclaimed.
"We'll be outside, Rotor, I got to go get Nichole," Sally quickly left out of the door.
"Rotor, could you be just a dear and fix my arms and legs up a bit?"
"No prob, Bunnie. Let me take care of that right now."
Rotor and Bunnie left out to Rotor's workhut that connected to the hut they were in.
Tails left to work on his Tornado, and it was just Sonic and Antione left in his hut. Sonic got up and was planning to go head over to Sally's hut, when Antione grabbed his shoulder. Sonic looked back at him in some surprise.
"Make sure she comes back," Antione told him.
"Will do, Ant," Sonic replied and nodded towards him.
"There you are."
She looked at her most valuable tool, named Nichole, lying upon her neatly made bed. how she forgot to bring it was her guess. It was one of her notable habits of picking up Nichole before leaving her hut.
Sally picked up Nichole and flipped the viewing monitor up and turned her on. She picked up from were she she left off from last night. with a full scale map of Robotropolis.
"Now we can get to-- Sonic!" She turned around in awe.
Sonic stood in the front doorway of her hut, leaning on the doorway with his arms crossed and a small smirk running across his face. Sally walked towards him, tilting her heat a little and smiling in return.
"--Business?" Sonic concluded.
"...Yes. Rotor managed to place the frequency of the remote control with Nichole's base frequency."
"Meaning?" Sonic scratched his head.
"Meaning that we can monitor your progress and the Semtex."
"Wow. You two have put some work into this."
Sonic didn't know what to say at first, he knew that the misson was dangerous, risky and it'd worry Sally to death just for their safety. He knew that things would have to be done.
"Sal...I, I want to make a promise,"
"A promise?" She looked into his eyes.
"Yeah," Sonic grabbed her shoulders. "Bunnie and I are coming back, rain or shine, so don't worry,"
"Sonic, be careful." She embraced him.
Without a moment's hesitation, she raised her head and kissed Sonic quickly on his lips and pressed up against him. Sonic held her in his arms. Sonic never seen Sally so emotional before and they never kissed like this before so he with with her and enjoyed the small moment of bracing love they were having together.
"For good luck," She said.
He saw a tear running down her cheek and wiped it off.
"...Dispite your risk nature, I still love you. Just don't get killed out there,"
"Will do,"
Sonic began to walk away, knowing that perhaps his final mission, their conclusion to the long driven epic war between themselves and Robotnik would come to an end.
"A party,"
"Huh?"
"We're going to have a big party when we get back. Chili dogs and everything!"
"Ok," Her hopes had risen so that she smiled heartedly.
She thought about staying in her hut and worrying about Sonic from the moment on when she couldn't she or touch him any more. Instead, she put her head up and walked with him, with risen hopes.
After fixing up Bunnie's ligimates and talking a small deal about the mission, Rotor handed Bunnie two backpacks full of completed and finished Semtex explosives. He told her that he also made a second remote control for herself in case one gets lost or destroyed in action. With heartfeld thankfullness for everything he did for her metallic body, she left Rotor's workstation and was surprised to see Antione leaning on Rotor's hut napping.
"Wake up, hon," She shaked Antione's shoulder.
Antione studdered and mumbled, and began to grab the handle on his sword but then he saw Bunnie's smiling face above him and he was relieved for the moment.
Bunnie, your finnally finized," Antione got to his feet.
"You waited all this time for little ol' me?"
"But of courze. I had to zee you again before you left." The two of them began to walk together. "I wish I could go with you."
"I understand Antione." She understood of only Sonic and herfelf going on the mission. Not to have all their eggs in one basket. At least this way one person will be watching each other's back. Plus, with Antione and the gang at home, there would someone to protect Knothole from Robotnik if they didn't succeed. "We'll come back, so don't worry your head none."
Their was a certain glint in her face when she said that that made everything seem better, it made him slightly calm about the situation, but it didn't stop his attitude and position upon the mission.
"If Robotnik even touches you, he'll have to anszer to my blade!"
She, herself, second the motion if that was nessacary. Hopefully such matters wouldn't be precautioned.
Bunnie saw Sonic and Sally walking towards them and Sonic waived at them. Farther behind them, she saw Tails with a silver object in his hands, trailing them. They bundled together and looked at each other, wondering if they were ready to do the big mission.
"Here ya go, Sugar."
She handed Sonic the backpack and one of the two remotes. Sonic thanked her and placed the remote in his bookback. They both slung the bookbags over their shoulders, and looked at each other, mentally preparing each other for the mission. Bunnie figured that his speed would prove handy in their favor on the mission.
"Are we good?" Bunnie asked.
"Just in case, Tails will make a recon if you guys aren't out of there, so good luck you guys."
Rotor ran out o his workstation just in time to wish them good luck.
"Give me trouble, guys. Here, take these just in case you need them."
Rotor handed them small digital watches.
"Thanks, Rotor." Sonic said.
Sonic and Rotor slapped hands, Sonic hugged Sally and Bunnie hugged Antione with thoughts of temporary good-byes.
"Go way past, Sonic!"
Tails high five Sonic and soon the two were heading out to Robotropolis to right the wrongs of the past and save the future from a menacing tyrant.
The sun reached its peak in the sky and the clouds circled around it, but didn't cover its shining light, as it shined on Knothole. It was a few hours after noon and Sally had gotten everyone together after seeing successive experiments of Rotor's Semtex explosives some time ago. After seeing the potential damage one Semtex explosive could do, she was almost sure that the plan would work. On the other hand, she didn't wan't to force her firends into doing the dangerous mission, and thus that was what the meeting was for. After she and Rotor got everyone corralled, they all met in Rotor's hut. Bunnie and Antione stood together, Sonic leaned back on a chair and had a foot on a small sized box.,Tails walked around toying with some of Rotor's mechanical tools and works, and Sally stood up behind the table with two Semtex bombs on the table.
"So, what's the mission, Sal?" Sonic asked as he had both of his hands behind his head.
"And what's are zoes plates on ze table, Princess?" Antione asked.
"I have to talk to everyone about this mission. We've found something from Nichole that will put a stop to Robotnik." There were smiles and whoops when she said that. "But..."
"But what, Sally girl.?"
"Yeah, what's the news, Sal?"
She looked at her teammates and friends and knew that she didn't wan't to put anyone in great danger. She had thought of herself as a co-leader of the Freedom Fighters and once Rotor explained the possibility of a plan with the Semtex expolsivies she knew the high risk/ high reward factor. They were making progress on the hit and run missions, but was the attempt worth it?
"But there's something I have to tell everyone." She added with some despiar. "This is the mission, everyone. We're going to put an end to Robotnik, but I want to hear from everybody first,"
The air froze inside the hut and distilled for a moment. There a few puzzled looks and gasps in the crowd. She looked at Sonic and saw that he was quite calm about the situation, but he had a collected look on him.
"Well, I'm in it. We've been looking to shut 'Buttnik down sooner or later." Sonic made a thumbs up.
"I second that, too." Bunnie added.
"You have my blade, Princess,"
"What's the plan, Sally?" Tails asked.
She had their trust and commitment for the mission, and she new that every mission ment life of death. They probably knew that also, but she creditted them for taking part of it.
"It's done." The Knothole's techinical specialists entered in the room.
"And what iz that thinggy there you are holding, in your hands, Rotar?" Antione asked.
"It's a remote control to active the Semtex explosives." Sally answered. "We hit Robotnik's generators, production factories, the works with these babies."
"We hit the switch and BOOM! Robotnik's got nothing to stand on, and we nail him." Rotor clasped a fist into the air.
Antione walked up to the table and picked up one of the Semtex explosives. They were a light flat, oval disk with some weight in the back for the systemicatic design and the crystal battery/explosive inside. It was much like a frisbee except the models where dark gray and small pieces jutted out from the disk in a cross shaped manner.
"I made the explosives light weight so you can throw them like frisbees. The back of the explosive is covered with a sticky adhesive that's near impossible to get off and the code encyrpting in unbreakable, but there's a catch."
"A catch?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, once an explosive is activated, the detonation is almost infininate. You'll have to boogie out of there." Rotor explained.
"...Talk about stacking the odds." Sonic sat straight and spreaded his legs out. "We'll, let's do it."
"So you'll have to bomb the structures in succession. because of the remote control's reach."
"Yeah," Rotar continued as if he forgot. "The signal of the remote is weakened due to the crystal energy. Give or take 50 yards on this babies."
"Are you really going to do it, Sonic?" Tails asked him.
Sonic turned halfway to Tails, who sat behind him, smiled and gave the thumbs up.
"I'm going also, Sally girl." Bunnie added.
"You are, my dear?" Antione asked with some nervousness.
"Don't chy'll worry Antione. Once this is over, we won't have to worry about fighting any more."
"Bunnie and I got this, 'Twan. You can watch the fort, while we're gone, if you like."
Antione looked at Sonic with a pug look at him, after his comment. Sally took it as a rude comment herself and tried to avoid it.
"So it's settled then, let's get ready and do this." Sally said.
"How many explosives do you have Rotor?" Sonic asked.
"I've made ten out of the crystal I got. That should be enough to hit all of Robotnik's hot spots.. Just make sure you two place them were they can do the most damage. Say like an energy reactior."
"If things get too hairy, please make it back home." Sally said. She displayed so much care within it that she was serious about it.
"Here, let me finish up the rest of these and we'll be set. I'll give it to you two when you're ready." Rotor exclaimed.
"We'll be outside, Rotor, I got to go get Nichole," Sally quickly left out of the door.
"Rotor, could you be just a dear and fix my arms and legs up a bit?"
"No prob, Bunnie. Let me take care of that right now."
Rotor and Bunnie left out to Rotor's workhut that connected to the hut they were in.
Tails left to work on his Tornado, and it was just Sonic and Antione left in his hut. Sonic got up and was planning to go head over to Sally's hut, when Antione grabbed his shoulder. Sonic looked back at him in some surprise.
"Make sure she comes back," Antione told him.
"Will do, Ant," Sonic replied and nodded towards him.
"There you are."
She looked at her most valuable tool, named Nichole, lying upon her neatly made bed. how she forgot to bring it was her guess. It was one of her notable habits of picking up Nichole before leaving her hut.
Sally picked up Nichole and flipped the viewing monitor up and turned her on. She picked up from were she she left off from last night. with a full scale map of Robotropolis.
"Now we can get to-- Sonic!" She turned around in awe.
Sonic stood in the front doorway of her hut, leaning on the doorway with his arms crossed and a small smirk running across his face. Sally walked towards him, tilting her heat a little and smiling in return.
"--Business?" Sonic concluded.
"...Yes. Rotor managed to place the frequency of the remote control with Nichole's base frequency."
"Meaning?" Sonic scratched his head.
"Meaning that we can monitor your progress and the Semtex."
"Wow. You two have put some work into this."
Sonic didn't know what to say at first, he knew that the misson was dangerous, risky and it'd worry Sally to death just for their safety. He knew that things would have to be done.
"Sal...I, I want to make a promise,"
"A promise?" She looked into his eyes.
"Yeah," Sonic grabbed her shoulders. "Bunnie and I are coming back, rain or shine, so don't worry,"
"Sonic, be careful." She embraced him.
Without a moment's hesitation, she raised her head and kissed Sonic quickly on his lips and pressed up against him. Sonic held her in his arms. Sonic never seen Sally so emotional before and they never kissed like this before so he with with her and enjoyed the small moment of bracing love they were having together.
"For good luck," She said.
He saw a tear running down her cheek and wiped it off.
"...Dispite your risk nature, I still love you. Just don't get killed out there,"
"Will do,"
Sonic began to walk away, knowing that perhaps his final mission, their conclusion to the long driven epic war between themselves and Robotnik would come to an end.
"A party,"
"Huh?"
"We're going to have a big party when we get back. Chili dogs and everything!"
"Ok," Her hopes had risen so that she smiled heartedly.
She thought about staying in her hut and worrying about Sonic from the moment on when she couldn't she or touch him any more. Instead, she put her head up and walked with him, with risen hopes.
After fixing up Bunnie's ligimates and talking a small deal about the mission, Rotor handed Bunnie two backpacks full of completed and finished Semtex explosives. He told her that he also made a second remote control for herself in case one gets lost or destroyed in action. With heartfeld thankfullness for everything he did for her metallic body, she left Rotor's workstation and was surprised to see Antione leaning on Rotor's hut napping.
"Wake up, hon," She shaked Antione's shoulder.
Antione studdered and mumbled, and began to grab the handle on his sword but then he saw Bunnie's smiling face above him and he was relieved for the moment.
Bunnie, your finnally finized," Antione got to his feet.
"You waited all this time for little ol' me?"
"But of courze. I had to zee you again before you left." The two of them began to walk together. "I wish I could go with you."
"I understand Antione." She understood of only Sonic and herfelf going on the mission. Not to have all their eggs in one basket. At least this way one person will be watching each other's back. Plus, with Antione and the gang at home, there would someone to protect Knothole from Robotnik if they didn't succeed. "We'll come back, so don't worry your head none."
Their was a certain glint in her face when she said that that made everything seem better, it made him slightly calm about the situation, but it didn't stop his attitude and position upon the mission.
"If Robotnik even touches you, he'll have to anszer to my blade!"
She, herself, second the motion if that was nessacary. Hopefully such matters wouldn't be precautioned.
Bunnie saw Sonic and Sally walking towards them and Sonic waived at them. Farther behind them, she saw Tails with a silver object in his hands, trailing them. They bundled together and looked at each other, wondering if they were ready to do the big mission.
"Here ya go, Sugar."
She handed Sonic the backpack and one of the two remotes. Sonic thanked her and placed the remote in his bookback. They both slung the bookbags over their shoulders, and looked at each other, mentally preparing each other for the mission. Bunnie figured that his speed would prove handy in their favor on the mission.
"Are we good?" Bunnie asked.
"Just in case, Tails will make a recon if you guys aren't out of there, so good luck you guys."
Rotor ran out o his workstation just in time to wish them good luck.
"Give me trouble, guys. Here, take these just in case you need them."
Rotor handed them small digital watches.
"Thanks, Rotor." Sonic said.
Sonic and Rotor slapped hands, Sonic hugged Sally and Bunnie hugged Antione with thoughts of temporary good-byes.
"Go way past, Sonic!"
Tails high five Sonic and soon the two were heading out to Robotropolis to right the wrongs of the past and save the future from a menacing tyrant.