CHAPTER SIX
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Eggman's fortress looked like a junkyard. It had machinery everywhere, and it gave Amy goosebumps, "How do I get into that place? I dont want to get caught by any alarms or anything!"
She crept forward, stepping cautiously around all the scattered machine parts. She peered around a pile of junk and suddenly came face to face with a bot! "YIKES!"
Without a moment's hesitation, she hammered the bot. It toppled over onto the ground. She swung her hammer back and prepared to strike again, but the bot didn't move an inch. Amy leaned a little closer. It wasn't making any noise. She picked up its arm and the hand disconnected and fell off. Amy chuckled nervously, "Oh... it's deactivated. Wow, I could've sworn it was going to attack me."
An idea quickly formed itself in her mind. This bot was about her size. Yeah! She could wear its body casing and sneak into the fortress! Nobody would ever know it was her. Perfect! She yanked the robots parts off and began to slip them on. This was going to be a piece of cake.
Amy slunked around in her metallic robot costume, evading detection by security cameras and robots working at the facility. She finally made her way to the computer terminal.
Amy thought, "Maybe I can get info here!" However, Metal Sonic fell down on its feet right in front of her, causing her to scream.
***
In the ryokan, Fang was snarling as he was tied up.
Cream moaned, "You won't get out, no you won't!"
When she walked out of the room, he smiled. He pulled out an X-Acto knife from his pocket and snipped the ropes binding him.
***
"Must you do that every time?" Metal Sonic winced. Amy, though engulfed in fear, quickly turned around and started running.
"Not so fast!" Metal sneered as he jumped in front of her in a flash. Amy let out a tiny squeak, not being able to find her voice to scream. "How's about you and me pay a little visit to my boss?" Metal laughed as he backed Amy into a corner.
***
"Get away from me!" the rabbit screamed as she too was being backed into a corner. Fang took a step closer, pop gun in hand.
"Not this time long ears!" Fang hissed. He was so focused on Cream he didn't see baby Sonic start to rev up his little feet. He might have been a baby but he still had his speed! The hedgehog sped right towards Fang. Before Fang knew what had happened he found himself falling to the floor. He opened his eyes to find three angry looking toddlers glaring down at him. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles looked at each other for a moment and then grinned.
"PI-WOH FIGHT!" Knuckles shouted, leading the charge.
In an instant Fang was bombarded with pillows. Cream couldn't help but laugh. She then noticed Fang's pop gun lying on the floor in front of her. He must have dropped it when Sonic tripped him. She smiled and picked it up.
"Alright boys!" Cream pried them off of Fang, who was covering his face. He slowly opened his eyes and gulped as he saw Cream pointing the pop gun a few inches from his face, "Okay, enough games. Tell me who you are and what you're doing here."
Fang sighed, "My name, if you must know-"
Cream pressed the pop gun onto his nose, "Yes, I must," she smirked.
He backed up a little, "I'm Fang. Fang the Sniper to you," he snarled, "Dr. Eggman hired me to capture you and your... demonic friends there," he pointed to the babies.
Cream laughed, "Eggman actually hiring someone? Oh really?"
"Are you accusing me of lying?"
She ignored that obvious question, "Did he pay you?"
"What? Of course!" he pulled a wad of money out of his pocket to show her. Suddenly his eyes went wide, "WHAT? This is COUNTERFEIT!" he tore the fake money in half, "I'VE BEEN GIPPED! No one cheats FANG THE SNIPER and gets away with it!"
"Serves you right for trusting him," she smiled, "Tell you what, I'll let you go if you promise to leave us alone and get us inside of Eggman's fortress."
Fang considered this for a moment. Foiling Eggman's plans by helping out these brats would certainly ruin Eggman's day. True, it wasn't enough to settle Fang's vengeance, but it would do for now. At least until he could come up with a better plan himself.
"Alright," he sighed, "You've got a deal," he reached for his pop gun.
"Not so fast," she waved a finger, "I'll let you have this back AFTER we get in the fortress," She waved for him to follow, scooping up the three babies and heading out of the ryokan.
Fang mumbled some curses under his breath, why couldn't things ever work out under HIS terms? Was that really so much to ask?
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Eggman's fortress looked like a junkyard. It had machinery everywhere, and it gave Amy goosebumps, "How do I get into that place? I dont want to get caught by any alarms or anything!"
She crept forward, stepping cautiously around all the scattered machine parts. She peered around a pile of junk and suddenly came face to face with a bot! "YIKES!"
Without a moment's hesitation, she hammered the bot. It toppled over onto the ground. She swung her hammer back and prepared to strike again, but the bot didn't move an inch. Amy leaned a little closer. It wasn't making any noise. She picked up its arm and the hand disconnected and fell off. Amy chuckled nervously, "Oh... it's deactivated. Wow, I could've sworn it was going to attack me."
An idea quickly formed itself in her mind. This bot was about her size. Yeah! She could wear its body casing and sneak into the fortress! Nobody would ever know it was her. Perfect! She yanked the robots parts off and began to slip them on. This was going to be a piece of cake.
Amy slunked around in her metallic robot costume, evading detection by security cameras and robots working at the facility. She finally made her way to the computer terminal.
Amy thought, "Maybe I can get info here!" However, Metal Sonic fell down on its feet right in front of her, causing her to scream.
***
In the ryokan, Fang was snarling as he was tied up.
Cream moaned, "You won't get out, no you won't!"
When she walked out of the room, he smiled. He pulled out an X-Acto knife from his pocket and snipped the ropes binding him.
***
"Must you do that every time?" Metal Sonic winced. Amy, though engulfed in fear, quickly turned around and started running.
"Not so fast!" Metal sneered as he jumped in front of her in a flash. Amy let out a tiny squeak, not being able to find her voice to scream. "How's about you and me pay a little visit to my boss?" Metal laughed as he backed Amy into a corner.
***
"Get away from me!" the rabbit screamed as she too was being backed into a corner. Fang took a step closer, pop gun in hand.
"Not this time long ears!" Fang hissed. He was so focused on Cream he didn't see baby Sonic start to rev up his little feet. He might have been a baby but he still had his speed! The hedgehog sped right towards Fang. Before Fang knew what had happened he found himself falling to the floor. He opened his eyes to find three angry looking toddlers glaring down at him. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles looked at each other for a moment and then grinned.
"PI-WOH FIGHT!" Knuckles shouted, leading the charge.
In an instant Fang was bombarded with pillows. Cream couldn't help but laugh. She then noticed Fang's pop gun lying on the floor in front of her. He must have dropped it when Sonic tripped him. She smiled and picked it up.
"Alright boys!" Cream pried them off of Fang, who was covering his face. He slowly opened his eyes and gulped as he saw Cream pointing the pop gun a few inches from his face, "Okay, enough games. Tell me who you are and what you're doing here."
Fang sighed, "My name, if you must know-"
Cream pressed the pop gun onto his nose, "Yes, I must," she smirked.
He backed up a little, "I'm Fang. Fang the Sniper to you," he snarled, "Dr. Eggman hired me to capture you and your... demonic friends there," he pointed to the babies.
Cream laughed, "Eggman actually hiring someone? Oh really?"
"Are you accusing me of lying?"
She ignored that obvious question, "Did he pay you?"
"What? Of course!" he pulled a wad of money out of his pocket to show her. Suddenly his eyes went wide, "WHAT? This is COUNTERFEIT!" he tore the fake money in half, "I'VE BEEN GIPPED! No one cheats FANG THE SNIPER and gets away with it!"
"Serves you right for trusting him," she smiled, "Tell you what, I'll let you go if you promise to leave us alone and get us inside of Eggman's fortress."
Fang considered this for a moment. Foiling Eggman's plans by helping out these brats would certainly ruin Eggman's day. True, it wasn't enough to settle Fang's vengeance, but it would do for now. At least until he could come up with a better plan himself.
"Alright," he sighed, "You've got a deal," he reached for his pop gun.
"Not so fast," she waved a finger, "I'll let you have this back AFTER we get in the fortress," She waved for him to follow, scooping up the three babies and heading out of the ryokan.
Fang mumbled some curses under his breath, why couldn't things ever work out under HIS terms? Was that really so much to ask?