CHAPTER 19------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Issue 132.....Part 3 of 4..........

Gunfire erupted across the deck as Tails fired from the Tornado. Robotnick danced around avoiding the shots as he talked.
"By my calculations, Sonic should still be in Knothole City buckling up his shoes! Yet he and his pesky sidekick have somehow arrived and intend to ambush my atomic launch! M, how is this possible?"
M moved out of the line of fire as she responded. "There is a ninety- five percent probability of a power ring being involved, Doctor Robotnick."
Sonic jumped off the wing of the plane and smashed into Robotnick. They rolled around as they yelled at each other.
"Gotta hand it to your new sidekick, Eggman. Not only is she cool as a cucumber, she's also quick on the up-take! Hope that Hover-cam of yours is still sending live broadcast back to Castle Acorn." Sonic said as he placed his foot on Robotnick's head. He pulled a pair of handcuffs out, "Cause my great grandkids are gonna want tot see this someday!"
"You may imprison me Hedgehog, but it's too late to stop the missiles! The countdown has begun!" Robotnick said.
"Remind me why I should worry, when I've got not one but two whiz kids pulling double duty to stop it, creep!"
Up in the Tornado, "The Tornado's hacked into Robotnick's computer system, Rotor! What's next?" Tails asked.
"Find the launch program, Tails!" Rotor said over the radio.
Back on the carrier, the ship shook enough that everyone was tossed around some. Enough Robotnick was able to get out from under Sonics foot. "What?! Those hi-tech hooligans aren't attempting to access my hard drive, are they?"
"Why shouldn't they?" Sonic asked.
"Because of A.D.A.M.! The Autonomous Digital Assault Microbe, a sentient computer virus I created accidentally nine months ago. A.D.A.M. controls my main computer, plus every Swat-bot, War-bot, and Com-bot in my armed force. When your cohorts linked to it, their own systems became infected by him and now....A.D.A.M. controls them too!" he yelled as Sonic watched the Tornado start flying crazy.

Robotropolis........ Fort Acorn

The Acorn army were lined up and prepared to make their last stand. Only moments were left before the advancing army of robots attacked. Knuckles and Julie-su were talking inside a private room.
"Aww, come on, Julie-su! Gimme one good reason why I shouldn't fight in this battle." Knuckles complained.
"I can give you two Knuckles! One, you don't possess the power of the Chaos Emerald anymore, and two, you could really get hurt!" Julie-su said placing her hands on his arm.
"I recall ending up a lot worse than hurt when I had the Chaos energy right at my fingertips!"
"A lot worse than hurt? You ended up dead, smarty pants!" she said smacking him across the arm. "Only a miracle brought you back to life and I for one want you to stick around!"
"Okay! Okay! Don't kill me!" he said moving away with a laugh.
"Seriously Knuckles. I'm worried."
"Don't be Julie-su. I'm not going anywhere. Trust me." he said holding her arms as he looked into her eyes. "Besides, with the muscle we got on our side, there's no reason to worry!" he said as they went over to an open door. A light was showing from the room.
"What's Amy doing?" Julie-su asked seeing her sitting in the middle of the room, cross legged, and holding a very large sledgehammer.
"Warming up." Knuckles said.
General D'Coolette walked into the room. Julie-su spoke before he did.
"General D'Coolette! Is it time?"
"Oui, oui, mes braves. Zee robotic horde eez now approaching our location from zee badlands!"
"Okay, is Vector in place?" Knuckles asked.
Outside Vector was messing with sound equipment.
"Aw, yeah. Robotnick's crew is about to get a serious beat down....in the true sense of the word. And I know just the old school track to hit 'em with."
"Are we ready to get this party started, Vec?" Knuckles asked. Everyone had earmuffs to make sure they didn't lose their hearing on.
"Those bots are marching full steam toward Robotropolis!" Julie-su said.
"Are we? You all wear'in your headphones tight? Good! 'cause I'm about to bring the noise!"
An army of possible almost a million Swat, Com, and Assault-bots were nearly on top of them when Vector played his tunes. Two very large speakers that must have been twenty feet high blasted out a sound so loud the ground shook and caused the robot army to go into disarray. Many fell down and exploded, others went totally offline while others shot there own by pure accident.

Castle Acorn......
Around the tech tree, everyone watched the screens as things happened fast.
"Mom...Dad....A.D.A.M. is in control of Robotnick's atomic launch, his robot army, and Tails Tornado!" Sally said pointing at screens. "What are we going to do?"
"Princess Sally is right Charles. We have to act." King Max said.
"Not to worry, King Max. This might be a blessing in disguise, since the A.D.A.M. entity's attention is now split three ways!"

Back at the carrier....
"I am A.D.A.M. Tails. I ascertain no reason for your continued existence." A.D.A.M. said as he made the plane aim for a building on the mainland.
"Sonic!! Heeeelp!" Tails screamed.
"I'm only going to say it once Ro'butt'nick. Make your pet virus stop!" Sonic yelled into his face as he shoved him into the ground and got on his chest.
"I can't hero! He has a mind of his own!" Robotnick said back in a frightened voice. A screen behind him showed the countdown said 2:57.

"Eleven point five seconds before this craft impacts with the waters off Old Megaopolis Harbor. Goodbye." A.D.A.M. said.
"A.D.A.M. Why did the chicken cross the road?" Tails asked him. Suddenly the plane pulled up and was out of danger.
Unfortunately Sonic was in danger. He looked to see what the shadow was that was over his shoulder to only receive a kick in the face.
"You hurt father." M said as she put her foot back down.

"I do not know. Why would a domesticated farm fowl traverse a public pathway?" A.D.A.M. asked.
"To get to the other side!" Tails said with a grin. Tails thought his idea might just save him.
"Interesting. That would technically be the chickens base motivation."

"No one hurts Father!" M said throwing Sonic into the side of an aircraft.

Back at Fort Acorn....

One of the bots got lucky and managed to take out Vectors speakers with a lucky shot. It was a big explosion.
"That gave a whole new meanin' to the worm 'BOOM BOX!' Those bots cold vaporized my favorite speakers, Knux!" Vector said as they ran away.
"Vec, if we survive this attack, I'm sure that King Maximillian will give you a brand new set! What's important is that you bought her time!" Knuckles said.
"Bought who time?" Vector asked quite confused.
"AMY ROSE HEDGHOG!" Knuckles said pointing her out.
Amy was standing in the middle of the way of the approaching army with her hammer held high and fury in her eyes. As they got closer, she charged in screaming.
"Okay, BOZO-BOTS this is coming from ME to you......with LOVE!" she yelled jumping into the mass and started swinging.
Everyone watched with shock as she trashed them worse than Sonic had ever done in his life. Bots were flying apart everywhere. Whatever wasn't in her way soon became in her way as she trashed them and anything else that looked robotic.

Meanwhile on the carrier.....

"Say A.D.A.M., when's a good time to strike a match?" Tails asked.
"When in need of a flame." he said.
"Guess ag....WHOA!!!!! Look out!!!!" Tails screamed as the Freedom fighter jet almost flew into him.
"Watch it Antoine! That was Tails Tornado but why's he flyin' it all plumb loco?" Bunnie said as she looked at an angry Antoine.
"How do you expect me to know zee answer, Bunnie, eh?"

"Oh, Sonic, how rude of me! Meet Mecha! I call her M for short! She's another one of my creations, but unlike her brother A.D.A.M., M was no mistake. I designed her with a true sense of purpose." Robotnick said as he got up and watched her beat up Sonic. She threw him into another plane again before punching him in the face.
"You see A.D.A.M. is software, and as you're learning firsthand, M is definitely hardware." M picked Sonic up as Robotnick continued his ranting. "And though they're both my children, M takes after daddy more!" he said as M tossed Sonic overboard. As he sank, Robotnick told M he wanted to see a body. She jumped in after at his command.
"You never could do your own dirty work, could you Eggman?"
"Th-that voice! You!" Robotnick said seeing someone that sent fear down his spine. Another sound caused him to look behind him. The sound was like a loud whooshing of wind.
Four loud pops were heard as a blue vehicle hit the deck hard and sent sparks everywhere as it slid into the tower. The front end crumpled under the impact and started smoking. Several other area's of the vehicle smoking from laser damage and damage taken from heavy impacts.
"I'm finished Ford. Get out of here quickly. I'll take this ship with me to the bottom. Forget the long goodbye's." Shelby said through damaged systems. Her voice chip was apparently damaged by the way she sounded like she was trying to speak through a bad respiratory problem. "I can give you a few minutes and then these rings are going to explode. This small Chaos Emerald will make a good send off for me."
"You were a true friend." Ford said through his pain as he grabbed something from the back seat. Mel had taken some hit to her head earlier and was dizzy but got out with Ford anyway. Mel's head was bleeding some and she had to limp because her foot was probably broken. Ford was bleeding from a hand, head, and leg wound where he got hit by a few stray shots and when a large chunk of metal busted through the driver window.
Robotnick was surprised at seeing his other nemesis that had been causing untold damage ever since he showed up. "You." he growled.

Castle Acorn....
On the screen they watched as Sonic was thrown off the ship.
"SONIC!!!!" Sally yelled.
"Oh no!" Sonics mom exclaimed.
"But he can't swim." Sally said still watching the screen. She started walking off, "I can't stand here and watch this happen! I'm going to Old Megaopolis!" she said wiping away tears.
"Sally, please.." Max started saying.
"Why are you blocking the exit? I order you both to move at once!" Sally said to the large guards.
"Sally, you're a royal princess and simply can't charge into battle alongside Sonic the way you used to." Max said.
"Our kingdom is at war and you can't go chasing behind enemy lines. It's far too dangerous." Alicia said.
"And too much is at stake." Max said.
"Please sweetheart, you must listen to logic." Alicia said.
"Okay, mom and dad!" Sally said leaving the room. She was angry and upset at them but couldn't do anything but leave so she would say something she shouldn't.

The Badlands......
The bodies of destroyed and smoking robots where laying everywhere. Amy had managed to make the army retreat some to regroup.
"Amy are you okay?" Knuckles asked. Amy was sitting down outside the fort with Julie-su next to her.
"I will be Knuckles."
"Your Pico Pico Hammer wiped out almost half of Robotnick's bots kid."
"Really?" she said tiredly.
"Yeah, but the rest our regrouping on the horizon. You up for another round?" he asked.
"You can count on me!" she said her tiredness leaving instantly.
"Great! We can use all the help we can....." he was saying when a sound and shadow fell over them. "Get?" He said in a low voice as he looked up.
"Who the....?" Mighty said.
"Look everyone!" Julie-su said.
A large helicopter came flying down near them with Rouge.
"Rouge the Bat? What brings you here?" Knuckles asked.
"Station's Squares president has sent me and the commandoes of G.U.N. to give you guys a hand Knuckles!"

In Old Megaopolis Harbor....
Should have seen that coming. Got way to sloppy. Sonic thought as he climbed out of the water by using a old ladder still attached to a dock. Robotnick's taken his game to another level. Taking him down is going to be tougher than I thought! He's got some major bad nicks on his side and I've gotta... His thoughts were interrupted by M.
"Hello. Father said he wants to see a body." M said grabbing her glasses.
"Father can go to....to.." Sonic said. He couldn't finish his sentence because of the shock going through his body. M had removed her glasses which showed she had to eyes. Instead, there was a intense blue light that showed from them that radiated a visible power. The air around her eyes turned black as she spoke.
"YES.....?"
UH-OH! Sonic thought.