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Chapter 3
The Escape From New Rock Part 1
Date: December 17, 2003
Location: New Rock Library
Flipping through more history of this new world, Sonic and Knuckles learned more about the rebellion. It turns out that Tails had made many more changes in the timeline then expected. It turns out that by preventing Maria's death, they had someone prevented Sonic's birth. Sonic's grandfather, Rick, was a lab assistant to Dr. Robotnik and that he never meet Lisa Smith, her grandmother. Rick was killed in the purges and robotized with everything else. However, the fate of Knuckles was currently unknown. After much debating, they agreed it was it would be a good move to get to Angel Island, as it's presence doesn't seem to have been discovered in this version of the timeline.
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As Sonic and Knuckles left the library, the GUN robots opened fire again. They had apparently repaired the bridge and forced there way into the city. Pinned down, all hope seemed lost for then as the robots came closer until a mysterious character on the roof shouted "Hey, Tinheads, Looking for me ?". The robots looked up and started shooting at figure on the roof who jumped clear. Although still pinned down, Knuckles saw the Tornado 2, on a transport truck near them, and he figured that is also was unaffected by the timeline changes. Pointing this out to Sonic, they both nodded in agreement that they had to get to it, and reliezed that this mysterious figure had saved him once, maybe he can help us get away. Attempting to get his attention, Sonic noticed that he a kitsune, though he had quills of a hedgehog and he was a dark blue. He also was wearing a uniform, with a red strip at the top, although Sonic could not get a clear look at him. As he jumped around from building to building, he seemed to notice Sonic's waving, jumped next to him. Wasting no time, Sonic explained that he could get all three of them out of here if he could provided cover so they could escape. There savior just looked at him, and simply said "I'll try, but I don't need to be saved" and jumped high and pulling out a green sword-like weapon, charged at the robots, and moving with such speed that they couldn't touch him.
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Using their chance, Sonic and Knuckles snuck to the Tornado 2, and attempting to start the engine. However the clatter of the engine started had some of GUN's robots turn around and open fire. The booster took a direct hit, so Sonic turned the Tornado 2 around and attempted to use the road as a runway. Although under heavy fire, only a few shots hit the Tornado, most likely because of our savior keeping those robots busy. As the Tornado gained more speed, a new danger became clear, since the edge of the city, and a cliff lay directly in there path, and unless they could gain enough speed to get airborne, it was all over. Just to make matters worse, long range tanks from the other side where now shooting at our heros, and making takeoff almost impossible. As the Tornado cleared through the last remain building of the city, only about 50 feet of clear path lay ahead before the end of the line. "Uh, Sonic, this thing is going to fly or are we going to be two pancakes ". Sonic ignored this as that they don't get airborne, there would be dead, even if they jumped out. Just ahead was the edge of the cliff, and although the Tornado almost had enough speed to get airborne, it wasn't enough. Knuckles closed his eyes as the Tornado fell of the cliff and feel to it's what would certainly be it's destruction.
End of Chapter
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Sonic McTails: Talk about cliffhangers, our heros just fell off a cliff. Also, who is this mysterious character that saved our heros. Will our heros survive this clash with death, or will they die, and all chances of restoring the timeline will die with them. Find out next time and please read and review. Also, major thanks to Adril the Traveller, author of Only Yesterday and The Black Crystal Project for getting me to write another chapter.