Chapter Six - A Vision of Mobius
Spade was shaken from his rest by a summoning signal from Tails. He got up, ans assembled the Secret Service and went to Tails. "What shall we do for you, sire?" Spade asked. "I need an abduction." Tails replied.
"Who?"
"Sonic."
"Are you kidding? How do you propose we do that?"
"Simple. Play on his affections."
"What?"
"I want you to hold Sally prisoner in Knothole, and have Sonic be the ransom. He will go willingly then."
"It will be done."
In Knothole, things were shaping up a little better. People were rebuilding their huts, and Sonic and Sally were searching the remains of Tails' hut, trying to find out why Tails was behaving that way. Sonic turned over a section of a wall, and looked under it. "Sal, what are we looking for again? And why would you think Tails had it?" he asked. Sally breathed a heavy sigh, stood up and said "Nicole said Tails was surrounded by Chaos energy. Maybe a Chaos Emerald did this. Now, no doubt we wont find a Chaos Emerald, but, anything that feels wrong here is involved in his change."
"Great, NOTHING feels right here, Sal. Tails is now our enemy. I don't know why."
Suddenly, a shriek shut Sonic up, he looked up to see Spade holding Sally in one arm and holding his others over her head. "Don't try anything funny, hedgehog, or Sally here will have to cope with a broken neck. Now, you will come with me back to New Mobotropolis and I will let your little girlfriend here go!" he said. Sonic looked perturbed, and reluctantly agreed. "Good." He signals to two other Robians in his Service. They grab Sally. Sonic looks confused. "You said you will let her go."
"I will, just as soon as you are in front of my boss."
"What?!"
Spade picked up Sonic by the throat, and Sonic tried to pry loose, but Spade's hand was on too tightly. "Let us go."
In Tails' Sector, his makeshift palace/fortress, Spade arrives with Sonic. "You let me go. Who are you anyway?" Spade threw Sonic before Tails, and left. "Hello, Sonic, old friend. My newfound Chaos granted me a view of Mobius' future. Would you like to hear it?" Tails asked.
"I have a feeling you are going to tell me anyway."
"Correct. Do ypu realize the biggest mistake the House of Acorn made? Or will make? Simple. They allowed themselves to be demilitarized. And then, in the future, it will happen again. Big mistake, know why?"
"No, I wouldn't think there would be a need for military if Acorn held the entire planet."
"Heh heh. Wrong. That was the big problem, why it was so easy for Robotnik to take over. King Maximilian Acorn, ruler of Mobotropolis, and the House of Acorn, demilitarized, or tried to, anyway, but, in the process, Julian Kintobor, then Minister of War to the King, had easily overthrown him with onl about 20 roboticized Mobians, 12 of which were former soldiers to his highness. And in the future... Oh bother"
"Another Robotnik?"
"No, a revolution, removing both you and Sally from the throne, not to mention the throne itself, from power and creating a republic. It is a wonder why you two aren't killed though."
"A revolution?"
"The Republic of Mobian Unity. They are a high-class band of rebels, led by Antoine D'Coolette, and Samuel Prower."
"Samuel Prower?"
"My to-be-born son, he would be twenty then. But, after only half a century of rule, the Ancient Walkers will descend, and kill both Antoine and my son."
"Sounds like they don't like that idea. Who do you marry?"
"Ever hear of a fox named Fiona? The biological counterpart of the auto-automaton that tried to kill me all those years ago."
"When you ran away with the sea fox."
"She is still on the shoreline, rusted up. But, I will fall for the lovely biological Fiona, who outshines the Auto-Automaton in beauty and intelligence. For you see, the robot Fiona was built to attract my love, so I could be tricked into being roboticized. She then tried to kill me, and would have suceeded, had it not been for the water of the ocean."
"Oh."
"Anyway, I propose a challenge to you, Sonic. In 8 years, Samuel will be born, meaning, in 28 years, you and Sally will fall to the revolution. My son becomes the new leader until he is killed by the Ancient Walkers. My challenge, either you will kill me, and bring about the course of the future I have laid out for you, or I could kill you, and cause one of the biggest destructions in the history of the universe. You may go home now. I will be planning your death soon."
Sonic bolts out of New Mobotropolis to tell all that lived in Knothole of what was said.
Spade was shaken from his rest by a summoning signal from Tails. He got up, ans assembled the Secret Service and went to Tails. "What shall we do for you, sire?" Spade asked. "I need an abduction." Tails replied.
"Who?"
"Sonic."
"Are you kidding? How do you propose we do that?"
"Simple. Play on his affections."
"What?"
"I want you to hold Sally prisoner in Knothole, and have Sonic be the ransom. He will go willingly then."
"It will be done."
In Knothole, things were shaping up a little better. People were rebuilding their huts, and Sonic and Sally were searching the remains of Tails' hut, trying to find out why Tails was behaving that way. Sonic turned over a section of a wall, and looked under it. "Sal, what are we looking for again? And why would you think Tails had it?" he asked. Sally breathed a heavy sigh, stood up and said "Nicole said Tails was surrounded by Chaos energy. Maybe a Chaos Emerald did this. Now, no doubt we wont find a Chaos Emerald, but, anything that feels wrong here is involved in his change."
"Great, NOTHING feels right here, Sal. Tails is now our enemy. I don't know why."
Suddenly, a shriek shut Sonic up, he looked up to see Spade holding Sally in one arm and holding his others over her head. "Don't try anything funny, hedgehog, or Sally here will have to cope with a broken neck. Now, you will come with me back to New Mobotropolis and I will let your little girlfriend here go!" he said. Sonic looked perturbed, and reluctantly agreed. "Good." He signals to two other Robians in his Service. They grab Sally. Sonic looks confused. "You said you will let her go."
"I will, just as soon as you are in front of my boss."
"What?!"
Spade picked up Sonic by the throat, and Sonic tried to pry loose, but Spade's hand was on too tightly. "Let us go."
In Tails' Sector, his makeshift palace/fortress, Spade arrives with Sonic. "You let me go. Who are you anyway?" Spade threw Sonic before Tails, and left. "Hello, Sonic, old friend. My newfound Chaos granted me a view of Mobius' future. Would you like to hear it?" Tails asked.
"I have a feeling you are going to tell me anyway."
"Correct. Do ypu realize the biggest mistake the House of Acorn made? Or will make? Simple. They allowed themselves to be demilitarized. And then, in the future, it will happen again. Big mistake, know why?"
"No, I wouldn't think there would be a need for military if Acorn held the entire planet."
"Heh heh. Wrong. That was the big problem, why it was so easy for Robotnik to take over. King Maximilian Acorn, ruler of Mobotropolis, and the House of Acorn, demilitarized, or tried to, anyway, but, in the process, Julian Kintobor, then Minister of War to the King, had easily overthrown him with onl about 20 roboticized Mobians, 12 of which were former soldiers to his highness. And in the future... Oh bother"
"Another Robotnik?"
"No, a revolution, removing both you and Sally from the throne, not to mention the throne itself, from power and creating a republic. It is a wonder why you two aren't killed though."
"A revolution?"
"The Republic of Mobian Unity. They are a high-class band of rebels, led by Antoine D'Coolette, and Samuel Prower."
"Samuel Prower?"
"My to-be-born son, he would be twenty then. But, after only half a century of rule, the Ancient Walkers will descend, and kill both Antoine and my son."
"Sounds like they don't like that idea. Who do you marry?"
"Ever hear of a fox named Fiona? The biological counterpart of the auto-automaton that tried to kill me all those years ago."
"When you ran away with the sea fox."
"She is still on the shoreline, rusted up. But, I will fall for the lovely biological Fiona, who outshines the Auto-Automaton in beauty and intelligence. For you see, the robot Fiona was built to attract my love, so I could be tricked into being roboticized. She then tried to kill me, and would have suceeded, had it not been for the water of the ocean."
"Oh."
"Anyway, I propose a challenge to you, Sonic. In 8 years, Samuel will be born, meaning, in 28 years, you and Sally will fall to the revolution. My son becomes the new leader until he is killed by the Ancient Walkers. My challenge, either you will kill me, and bring about the course of the future I have laid out for you, or I could kill you, and cause one of the biggest destructions in the history of the universe. You may go home now. I will be planning your death soon."
Sonic bolts out of New Mobotropolis to tell all that lived in Knothole of what was said.