This story was originally made for a contest on the Domain of Netraptor site so some of the credit to this story goes to her, as a small portion from the beginning of this was written by her.
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-Roughly ten minutes later-
Sally typed down words furious at the keyboard she stood before in front of a massive sized computer; Sonic tood off to the side leaning against a wall with Sydney not far behind as Walt, Knuckles and Espio kept lookout.
Sonic shifted his weight staring down at the ground under a furrowed brow. A couple minutes passed, he growled to himself and shifted again. A couple more minutes passed. Finally taking his weight off the wall and placing his hands on his hips he began tapping his foot, the soft clatter of his soles echoing on the steel walls.
"Will you knock it off, you're driving me crazy!" Sydney snapped as her hair fell over her eyes. Annoyed she tried blowing it out of her face, when that failed she used her hand.
"Man, how much longer is this gonna take? I'm gonna die if I have to wait much longer!"
"Not if I kill you first." Sydney snorted "Ever heard of a little thing called patience?"
"Patience? Let's see, patience, patience... Nope, can't say I have." A smart alec grin mixed with a sneer spread across Sonic's features.
Sighing outwardly Sally shook her head as she stopped typing for a moment before continuing on.
Once again there was silence. Once again a few minutes passed. And once again Sonic's foot started tapping.
"Augh! Stop it!" Sydney whaled stomping her foot.
"What's the matter, am I bugging you? So terribly sorry." The scarcasm was just oozing from Sonic's words.
A sly grin crept across the female hedgehog's face "Hey Sally, ever heard Sonic's real name?"
Sonic's eyes shot to the width of saucers as he saw Sally stop and turn around "Don't you dare!" he threatened.
Before Sydney could begin her retort a loud blast was heard a good distence away from the building.
"Aw man," Sonic frowled "They beat us to the punch. How much longer has that thing got, the guards are gonna be pouring in before long!"
"I still need at least five more minutes." Sally responded typing just as furiously as before.
"Great, just great. They'll be swarming on us by then!"
"Nevermind that, they're already here!" Sydney pointed in the direction the other three boys stood, a loud clang rung as the damaged door was suddenly ripped from it's hinges as shadowbots practically began to pour inside.
Knuckles, Walt and Espio each poised themselves into fighting stances as at least fifty shadowbots filed into the room.
"There's too many of these guys, we're gonna need some backup!" Espio growled fading out of view as he watched Knuckles launch himself off into the crowd.
"Augh," Sonic growled shaking his head "I'm gonna go help them, hang tight you two." the hedgehog had bearly finished the last two words of his sentence before he was already creating a trail of dust toward the others.
"Heiy maite, where yeh been?" Walt smirked as Sonic raced up scanning over the scene.
"You didn't think I was gonna let you three get all the action now did you?" Smirking Sonic immidiately curled into a ball creating his signiture Sonic-Spin and dashing toward the army, taking out four shadowbots in one leap "Yeah, beat that score!" he shouted uncurling himself and pulling the air with his fist.
"Like this?" Knuckles smiled rotating his fists as he rammed full speed into a group, taking out three shadowbots who in turn slammed into two more ripping them apart in the force.
"Cheater! Those last two don't count!"
"Heiy maites, check this out." Walt slyly grinned pulling a bomberang out of his pouch. Quickly lighting the fuse he tossed it creating an explosion that took out a whooping eighteen shadowbots.
"No fair, cheater!" Sonic and Knuckles shouted in unison which only made the wallabee's smirk broaden.
Sydney stood at full alert watching the boys , while she could see they were certainly holding their own she was beginning to become nervous "Hate to bother you, Sally, but are you almost done?"
"Just two more minutes and this thing should be set." Sally stated still typing. She paused for a moment looking back at Sydney whom was wringing her hands together feverishly.
The hedgehog stopped and looked up hearing the typing stop "Is something wrong?"
"No, no. Nothing." Sally looked back and began typing again.
"Certainly looked like it to me the way you were looking at me."
"Well... Sonic had said you were his sister, correct?"
Sydney blinked a bit surprised by the question "Unfortunately."
"I guess now's not really the time to get into this subject," Sally paused "It's just that I never knew Sonic had any siblings, he never mentioned you. Although I have to admit you do look familiar."
"We basically had a hate-hate relationship as kids," she paused "The fact I was very shy kid and didn't like to be around people very much only helped fuel his attitude toward me, which only fueled mine to him. When we were seperated during the cope, I suppose he figured if no one knew about me then, why tell anyone now?"
"I see..." Sally's voice trailed off musing "I suppose that's also why you don't seem to get along."
"Perhaps partially. Although I think he's moreso holding a grudge, I talked him down pretty good a few day--."
"Meep!" Sally gasped as the keyboard suddenly sparked, looking up at the monitor the words 'SYSTEM OVERLOAD' flashed in red letters "That's it, that does it. This thing's about to blow, we have to get out of here!"
"Hey guys, did you hear here? Scram, this puppy's gonna hurl!" Sydney called after the four cupping her hands.
"This puppy's gonna hurl? That's an interesting metaphor." Sally asked arching a brow.
"Eh," Sydney shrugged.
Sally shook her head "Cimb on my back, I just hope I know what I'm doing." As Sydney did so and got herself secured the robotic squirrelmunk fired off her rockets and propell through the air toward the door.
"Oh--my--god!" Sydney squeaked wrapping her arms tightly around the princess' neck.
"What?!"
"You already threw me into a wall once doing this exact same stunt before I helped Nicole get back your free will." the hedgehog squeaked again closing her eyes tightly.
Sally didn't respond to her remark, only cringed.
"Get ready Sonic." Walt said tossing one more bomberang into the crowd, clearing a sizeable path, before the smoke had even had time to clear the wallabee had grabbed Sonic around the neck and the hedgehog blazed off through the gap and down the dark alleys trailed closely by Sally, Sydney, and Knuckles who glided out as fast as his dreads could carry him carrying Espio.
"Somebody's been eating one too many chocolate bars lately, haven't they Espio?" Knuckles grunted under the weight of the chameleon.
Blinking Espio screwed his face up "Aw shut up!" he snapped.
A few seconds passed as the group gained a sizeable distence away from the building, finally coming to a halt once they felt they were far enough away. Shortly after stopping the sky light up in a ball of fire as the building the generator resided in blazed. The entire city going black leaving more of an eerie empty feeling than the city had already had.
"Sonic, there's something you should know--" Sally began.
"Tell me later," Sonic said quickly cutting off the princess "We have to keep moving, now. Night's starting to fall and it's going to start getting pretty dark; We have to move now while there's still some daylig--" Sonic's voice was cut off by the roar of an engine, everyone looked skyward as a dark figure moved swiftly through the twilight sky straight toward the group.
"What the heck?!" Knuckles eyes shot wide as he boosted himself back up to his feet.
"No! Not him, not here, not now! Why now?!" Sonic's eyes darted frantically as he took a step back.
Descending out of the twilight sky and into the dark alley the six stood in was a robot with the obvious features of a squirrel; it's armor was sleek black with a polished shine and it's burning red eyes shown like beacons.
Everyone stood frozen as statues, hearts pounding with no remorse. No explanations needed to be said to anyone, everyone knew knew that without a single doubt this was the robot from Nicole's projection--King Acorn.
Slowly analyzing the scene with cannon poised the robotizied king set his glare on Sally walking directly toward her.
Sally inwardly cringed, but stood stone still. Did he know she had gotten her free will back? Dispite her robotic body and the help of her friends she knew they would stand no chance against--her father.
Stopping directly in front of the princess; "Report." He droned in a low menacing growl as his eyes flashed.
Startled by his request Sally quickly regained her composer as an idea entered her mind lighting her eyes up.
"Intruders found fleeing from the scene after explosion of main generator," She droned, causing everyone else's eyes to go wide apon hearing this, but no words were said from them "I have captured them and am in the process of taking them for imprisonment and robotization." Sally cringed inwardly again staring into the eyes of her father. She wanted to cry, she wanted to cry badly.
King Acorn stood there silently analyzing the group once more, the glow of his eyes illuminating the dark features of his face.
"Hurry it up." he hissed darkly "Or dismantlement is certain."
"By Robotnik's word, it shall be done." She droned in reply, fighting to keep her voice level.
With those words said the king turned out firing a set of rockets and propelling himself into the air.
A few minutes passed, as everyone watched the king disappear off into the distence frozen still. Sally was the first to reanimate, dropping to her knees and covering her face with both hands she began sobbing in spite of being physically unable to create tears.
"Sal..." Sonic called gently kneeling down in front of her placing both hands on her shoulders.
"Oh--Sonic--!" Sally sobbed wrapping her arms around him and burrying her face in his chest. A baffled look spread across Sonic's face as his eyes shot open. He looked up at the others with an almost pitiful helpless look.
"Sally... We'll get him back... We'll get all of this fixed..." he said as soothingly as he could, but was obviously in an awkward state completely unsure of what to do.
"This seems so hopeless..." She squeaked burrying her face further into the hedgehog's chest.
"No, no! We can do this, I know we can." Looking back up at the others he silently mouthed the word 'help' giving that pitiful look again. Snorting several times trying hard not to begin chuckling at the hedgehog's pitiful expression, Knuckles covered his mouth turning around, only causing Sonic to glare at him. Sydney also glared at the echidna before turning to Sonic giving a nod of encouragment
"Look, Robotnik's vulnerable right now. The city's power is out. We can strike him good and hard, but we have to do it before he gets those generators running again!" the hedgehog lifted the princess' head to make eye contact with her sliding his hand onto her cheek.
"Oh? And what about that?" Sally pointed up toward Robotnik's main base located in the heart of the city. Lights shown brightly from it sitting oddly against the blackened city.
"What the--!" Espio what basically everyone else thought as looking up at the massive egg-shaped building.
"That's what I was trying to tell you earlier," Sally sighed breaking her embrace from Sonic and standing up "Robotnik has a third generator specifically build for the main building, to keep his files accessible in such a crisis as well as power the robotization chambers and serve as a bay for robots to recharge. I found a file documenting it while overloading the main generator's computer."
"That dirty rat--That dirty, dirty rat!" Sonic snarled through gritted teeth and balled up fists in an effort to contain his fast-building rage.
"Hey, calm down now! We're not gonna get any work done if you're gonna be like that." Espio crossed his arms.
Sonic growled, shook his head and growled again "Hand me Nicole." He grumbled taking a few deep breaths to calm his nerves.
Sonic took the small compter from Walt, fliping up it's lid "Nicole, get me in contact with the others."
"Right away Sonic." Nicole proceeded to beep several times, static blaired for a moment as a voice spoke up.
"Heiy! I was jest beginning ta worry about you guiys!" Barby's voice came from the other side of the line
"We got our job done, have the Wolfpack checked in at all?"
"Long taime ago maite, theiy eiven managed to find a few survivas on the waiy! Theiy're staiying with 'em for the taime being since non of us have been able ta get a break from Robotnik's shadowbots."
"Start moving toward the main base. Be careful, Butt-nik's got a third generator he's using to power that building." Sonic unintentionally growled out his words.
"Cripes, no need ta yell." Barby's defensive tone was aparent.
"Augh." Sonic rubbed his temples "Look, I'm sorry. Try to be careful." Sonic muttered as Nicole broke off the connection, it was painfully obvious how much stress and tensity he was under, a dangerous combination. "What is wrong with me?" He thought inwardly continuing to rub his head, flinching when he felt a hand lay on his shoulder, turning to see Sally a ghost of a smile found it's way on his face.
Turning to face everyone Sonic bowed his head exhaling "Let's go get this over with."
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Oi, it's starting to get cheesy. Someone shoot me.
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-Roughly ten minutes later-
Sally typed down words furious at the keyboard she stood before in front of a massive sized computer; Sonic tood off to the side leaning against a wall with Sydney not far behind as Walt, Knuckles and Espio kept lookout.
Sonic shifted his weight staring down at the ground under a furrowed brow. A couple minutes passed, he growled to himself and shifted again. A couple more minutes passed. Finally taking his weight off the wall and placing his hands on his hips he began tapping his foot, the soft clatter of his soles echoing on the steel walls.
"Will you knock it off, you're driving me crazy!" Sydney snapped as her hair fell over her eyes. Annoyed she tried blowing it out of her face, when that failed she used her hand.
"Man, how much longer is this gonna take? I'm gonna die if I have to wait much longer!"
"Not if I kill you first." Sydney snorted "Ever heard of a little thing called patience?"
"Patience? Let's see, patience, patience... Nope, can't say I have." A smart alec grin mixed with a sneer spread across Sonic's features.
Sighing outwardly Sally shook her head as she stopped typing for a moment before continuing on.
Once again there was silence. Once again a few minutes passed. And once again Sonic's foot started tapping.
"Augh! Stop it!" Sydney whaled stomping her foot.
"What's the matter, am I bugging you? So terribly sorry." The scarcasm was just oozing from Sonic's words.
A sly grin crept across the female hedgehog's face "Hey Sally, ever heard Sonic's real name?"
Sonic's eyes shot to the width of saucers as he saw Sally stop and turn around "Don't you dare!" he threatened.
Before Sydney could begin her retort a loud blast was heard a good distence away from the building.
"Aw man," Sonic frowled "They beat us to the punch. How much longer has that thing got, the guards are gonna be pouring in before long!"
"I still need at least five more minutes." Sally responded typing just as furiously as before.
"Great, just great. They'll be swarming on us by then!"
"Nevermind that, they're already here!" Sydney pointed in the direction the other three boys stood, a loud clang rung as the damaged door was suddenly ripped from it's hinges as shadowbots practically began to pour inside.
Knuckles, Walt and Espio each poised themselves into fighting stances as at least fifty shadowbots filed into the room.
"There's too many of these guys, we're gonna need some backup!" Espio growled fading out of view as he watched Knuckles launch himself off into the crowd.
"Augh," Sonic growled shaking his head "I'm gonna go help them, hang tight you two." the hedgehog had bearly finished the last two words of his sentence before he was already creating a trail of dust toward the others.
"Heiy maite, where yeh been?" Walt smirked as Sonic raced up scanning over the scene.
"You didn't think I was gonna let you three get all the action now did you?" Smirking Sonic immidiately curled into a ball creating his signiture Sonic-Spin and dashing toward the army, taking out four shadowbots in one leap "Yeah, beat that score!" he shouted uncurling himself and pulling the air with his fist.
"Like this?" Knuckles smiled rotating his fists as he rammed full speed into a group, taking out three shadowbots who in turn slammed into two more ripping them apart in the force.
"Cheater! Those last two don't count!"
"Heiy maites, check this out." Walt slyly grinned pulling a bomberang out of his pouch. Quickly lighting the fuse he tossed it creating an explosion that took out a whooping eighteen shadowbots.
"No fair, cheater!" Sonic and Knuckles shouted in unison which only made the wallabee's smirk broaden.
Sydney stood at full alert watching the boys , while she could see they were certainly holding their own she was beginning to become nervous "Hate to bother you, Sally, but are you almost done?"
"Just two more minutes and this thing should be set." Sally stated still typing. She paused for a moment looking back at Sydney whom was wringing her hands together feverishly.
The hedgehog stopped and looked up hearing the typing stop "Is something wrong?"
"No, no. Nothing." Sally looked back and began typing again.
"Certainly looked like it to me the way you were looking at me."
"Well... Sonic had said you were his sister, correct?"
Sydney blinked a bit surprised by the question "Unfortunately."
"I guess now's not really the time to get into this subject," Sally paused "It's just that I never knew Sonic had any siblings, he never mentioned you. Although I have to admit you do look familiar."
"We basically had a hate-hate relationship as kids," she paused "The fact I was very shy kid and didn't like to be around people very much only helped fuel his attitude toward me, which only fueled mine to him. When we were seperated during the cope, I suppose he figured if no one knew about me then, why tell anyone now?"
"I see..." Sally's voice trailed off musing "I suppose that's also why you don't seem to get along."
"Perhaps partially. Although I think he's moreso holding a grudge, I talked him down pretty good a few day--."
"Meep!" Sally gasped as the keyboard suddenly sparked, looking up at the monitor the words 'SYSTEM OVERLOAD' flashed in red letters "That's it, that does it. This thing's about to blow, we have to get out of here!"
"Hey guys, did you hear here? Scram, this puppy's gonna hurl!" Sydney called after the four cupping her hands.
"This puppy's gonna hurl? That's an interesting metaphor." Sally asked arching a brow.
"Eh," Sydney shrugged.
Sally shook her head "Cimb on my back, I just hope I know what I'm doing." As Sydney did so and got herself secured the robotic squirrelmunk fired off her rockets and propell through the air toward the door.
"Oh--my--god!" Sydney squeaked wrapping her arms tightly around the princess' neck.
"What?!"
"You already threw me into a wall once doing this exact same stunt before I helped Nicole get back your free will." the hedgehog squeaked again closing her eyes tightly.
Sally didn't respond to her remark, only cringed.
"Get ready Sonic." Walt said tossing one more bomberang into the crowd, clearing a sizeable path, before the smoke had even had time to clear the wallabee had grabbed Sonic around the neck and the hedgehog blazed off through the gap and down the dark alleys trailed closely by Sally, Sydney, and Knuckles who glided out as fast as his dreads could carry him carrying Espio.
"Somebody's been eating one too many chocolate bars lately, haven't they Espio?" Knuckles grunted under the weight of the chameleon.
Blinking Espio screwed his face up "Aw shut up!" he snapped.
A few seconds passed as the group gained a sizeable distence away from the building, finally coming to a halt once they felt they were far enough away. Shortly after stopping the sky light up in a ball of fire as the building the generator resided in blazed. The entire city going black leaving more of an eerie empty feeling than the city had already had.
"Sonic, there's something you should know--" Sally began.
"Tell me later," Sonic said quickly cutting off the princess "We have to keep moving, now. Night's starting to fall and it's going to start getting pretty dark; We have to move now while there's still some daylig--" Sonic's voice was cut off by the roar of an engine, everyone looked skyward as a dark figure moved swiftly through the twilight sky straight toward the group.
"What the heck?!" Knuckles eyes shot wide as he boosted himself back up to his feet.
"No! Not him, not here, not now! Why now?!" Sonic's eyes darted frantically as he took a step back.
Descending out of the twilight sky and into the dark alley the six stood in was a robot with the obvious features of a squirrel; it's armor was sleek black with a polished shine and it's burning red eyes shown like beacons.
Everyone stood frozen as statues, hearts pounding with no remorse. No explanations needed to be said to anyone, everyone knew knew that without a single doubt this was the robot from Nicole's projection--King Acorn.
Slowly analyzing the scene with cannon poised the robotizied king set his glare on Sally walking directly toward her.
Sally inwardly cringed, but stood stone still. Did he know she had gotten her free will back? Dispite her robotic body and the help of her friends she knew they would stand no chance against--her father.
Stopping directly in front of the princess; "Report." He droned in a low menacing growl as his eyes flashed.
Startled by his request Sally quickly regained her composer as an idea entered her mind lighting her eyes up.
"Intruders found fleeing from the scene after explosion of main generator," She droned, causing everyone else's eyes to go wide apon hearing this, but no words were said from them "I have captured them and am in the process of taking them for imprisonment and robotization." Sally cringed inwardly again staring into the eyes of her father. She wanted to cry, she wanted to cry badly.
King Acorn stood there silently analyzing the group once more, the glow of his eyes illuminating the dark features of his face.
"Hurry it up." he hissed darkly "Or dismantlement is certain."
"By Robotnik's word, it shall be done." She droned in reply, fighting to keep her voice level.
With those words said the king turned out firing a set of rockets and propelling himself into the air.
A few minutes passed, as everyone watched the king disappear off into the distence frozen still. Sally was the first to reanimate, dropping to her knees and covering her face with both hands she began sobbing in spite of being physically unable to create tears.
"Sal..." Sonic called gently kneeling down in front of her placing both hands on her shoulders.
"Oh--Sonic--!" Sally sobbed wrapping her arms around him and burrying her face in his chest. A baffled look spread across Sonic's face as his eyes shot open. He looked up at the others with an almost pitiful helpless look.
"Sally... We'll get him back... We'll get all of this fixed..." he said as soothingly as he could, but was obviously in an awkward state completely unsure of what to do.
"This seems so hopeless..." She squeaked burrying her face further into the hedgehog's chest.
"No, no! We can do this, I know we can." Looking back up at the others he silently mouthed the word 'help' giving that pitiful look again. Snorting several times trying hard not to begin chuckling at the hedgehog's pitiful expression, Knuckles covered his mouth turning around, only causing Sonic to glare at him. Sydney also glared at the echidna before turning to Sonic giving a nod of encouragment
"Look, Robotnik's vulnerable right now. The city's power is out. We can strike him good and hard, but we have to do it before he gets those generators running again!" the hedgehog lifted the princess' head to make eye contact with her sliding his hand onto her cheek.
"Oh? And what about that?" Sally pointed up toward Robotnik's main base located in the heart of the city. Lights shown brightly from it sitting oddly against the blackened city.
"What the--!" Espio what basically everyone else thought as looking up at the massive egg-shaped building.
"That's what I was trying to tell you earlier," Sally sighed breaking her embrace from Sonic and standing up "Robotnik has a third generator specifically build for the main building, to keep his files accessible in such a crisis as well as power the robotization chambers and serve as a bay for robots to recharge. I found a file documenting it while overloading the main generator's computer."
"That dirty rat--That dirty, dirty rat!" Sonic snarled through gritted teeth and balled up fists in an effort to contain his fast-building rage.
"Hey, calm down now! We're not gonna get any work done if you're gonna be like that." Espio crossed his arms.
Sonic growled, shook his head and growled again "Hand me Nicole." He grumbled taking a few deep breaths to calm his nerves.
Sonic took the small compter from Walt, fliping up it's lid "Nicole, get me in contact with the others."
"Right away Sonic." Nicole proceeded to beep several times, static blaired for a moment as a voice spoke up.
"Heiy! I was jest beginning ta worry about you guiys!" Barby's voice came from the other side of the line
"We got our job done, have the Wolfpack checked in at all?"
"Long taime ago maite, theiy eiven managed to find a few survivas on the waiy! Theiy're staiying with 'em for the taime being since non of us have been able ta get a break from Robotnik's shadowbots."
"Start moving toward the main base. Be careful, Butt-nik's got a third generator he's using to power that building." Sonic unintentionally growled out his words.
"Cripes, no need ta yell." Barby's defensive tone was aparent.
"Augh." Sonic rubbed his temples "Look, I'm sorry. Try to be careful." Sonic muttered as Nicole broke off the connection, it was painfully obvious how much stress and tensity he was under, a dangerous combination. "What is wrong with me?" He thought inwardly continuing to rub his head, flinching when he felt a hand lay on his shoulder, turning to see Sally a ghost of a smile found it's way on his face.
Turning to face everyone Sonic bowed his head exhaling "Let's go get this over with."
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Oi, it's starting to get cheesy. Someone shoot me.
