Prologue~ Team Eggman
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The door slid open. Two boots walked into the special torture room.
"Welcome, Doctor."
"Now, now, computer," Dr. Eggman said teasingly. "Why don't you give a warm, warm, welcome to my guest, Christopher Thorndyke?"
"Welcome, Christopher Thorndyke."
Eggman cackled. "Now, Christopher, I'd like you to meet someone now!" Chris scowled. He was tied up and being dragged by Eggman into the room. "You might recognize them!" Chris gasped.
"Mom! Dad! Ella, Mr. Tanaka! What are all of you doing here?!" Chris saw his family, the maid, and his butler shackled to a special machine. There were large thermometers underneath them. The thermometers were full.
"Chris... Thank goodness you're safe..." Mrs. Thorndyke looked like she had been under a lot of torture. Chris noticed that her thermometer was only three-fourths full. "Dr. Eggman!" Chris shouted. "Let them go right now!" "Ah-ah-ah..." Dr. Eggman tsked. "No shouting!" Chris looked at the machine with contempt. He saw the shackles begin to glow. 'What's happening?' Suddenly, everyone there was electrocuted! "NO!! Stop that!!" Chris tried his best to break out his ropes.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" an obnoxious voice laughed. "Bokkun! Get down here!" ordered Eggman. "Explain my newest invention!" "Gladly!" Bokkun flew over to the machine, still shocking them at full power. "This is the Egg-Dungeon! Not only is there a superpowerful dungeon inside created with Dr. Eggman's highest technology, but it's also a great torture/slow and painful death device! These 'thermometers' are actually a life support system! It keeps you alive, but just barely! On top of that, it loses energy if it feels even the slightest jolt! Once it runs out, you die!" Chris noticed the life support systems were also being electrocuted. He had a hard time accepting it, but Dr. Eggman held the fates of everyone in his hands. "So, what do you say Chris?" Dr. Eggman's voice was full of triumph. "Will you join me? I need you to help me destroy Sonic; He won't attack you! If you do, I'll set your family free, and make you my right- hand-man! Well? You're family is about to die!" "Don't do it, Chris!" his mother cried out with pain. "Don't let him manipulate you! Just-" "Haarruummpph! Double the voltage, Bokkun!" Mrs. Thorndyke screamed. Chris checked how much longer she would last. There was less than an eighth of the bar left! "Five seconds before Mrs. Thorndyke goes bye-bye!" Bokkun squealed with glee. "Four!" Chris began to sweat. "Three!" His mother's last breaths, wasted on screams, ripped through his mind. "Two!" He couldn't betray Sonic, but it would be even worse just to let everyone die! "One!" "All right!! I'll do it..." Chris was crying. The voltage shut off just as his mother's head drooped. She was dying, and Chris' betrayal couldn't change that. "Very good!" Dr. Eggman said. "You'll need these!" He took a pair of black air shoes out. I was planning on reviving a dead body to test these out on, but Sonic destroyed my air fleet, sending my laboratory down! The body and my special prototype were in there, but I built a new, better, one! These air shoes are superior to Project Blue in every way! I give you: Project Black!" Chris put on the air shoes. "Bokkun! Accompany me and Christopher!" "Aye-aye, sir!" "Just remember, Chris: If you betray us, I'll push this button and kill them all!" Chris nodded angrily. He couldn't believe he was helping Dr. Eggman. They left, their mission: To destroy Team Sonic and take over the world!
An hour had passed before Mrs. Thorndyke had enough strength to speak. "O- Oh no..."
"What's wrong? You should conserve your strength," her husband advised. "Christopher... I remember a news report..." she said. "In Stockholm, Sweden, there was a hostage situation. Months passed, but the criminals were captured. However..." she paused to take a breath. Telling this story was consuming all of her strength. "However, the hostages had befriended their captors during that time..." She took another pause. "And that was called the 'Stockholm Syndrome.' I think..." Everyone was concerned about her health. They tried to get her to rest, but she insisted. "I think Dr. Eggman must be hoping that Christopher will also have Stockholm Syndrome, and be confident that Christopher will befriend him.
"Wow, now that's deliciously evil of him, isn't it?"
"Who are you?" Ella screamed. "Don't you recognize true class when it hits you in the face?" A bat dropped down. "Guess not. I'm Rouge." A robot and a hedgehog landed next to her. The hedgehog was wearing a red pair of air shoes. They were emitting sparks. "Tch. Shadow, can't you get those glitchy things to work? If you hadn't lost Eggman's prototype-"
"I know, I know. What's happened has happened. We can't change that. We can get them back after the doctor's challenge." "Anyways," Rouge started. "That's Shadow, and the walking tin can over there is Omega."
"I RESENT THAT!!" Omega shouted. "We got an invitation from Dr. Eggman," Rouge continued, ignoring Omega. "And he told us to meet him inside a machine with people tied to it. I guess this is it?" "No..." Mrs. Thorndyke began to object. "No what?" Rouge challenged. "I can go where I please! Let's go, boys! Nice meeting you losers. Maybe we can talk longer next time! Bye!" Rouge, Shadow and Omega walked into a door on the side of the machine. It slammed shut. "Well," said Ella. "It looks like Eggman's definitely trying to get rid of anyone who will pose a threat before he begins his plan. That may give us time to act. Computer!" she bellowed. "Release us!" "Why?" it sneered. "Because of the second rule of robotics!*" "Dr. Eggman already ordered me not to let you go!" While Ella tried to reason with Dr. Eggman's computer, Chris, Eggman and Bokkun got ready to flush out Team Sonic by destroying Station Square.
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Wow... I like this chapter. Now you can't accuse me of my chapters being too short :P
Ivy: You're like a cockroach! Revolting!
Yeah, whatever. Anyways, please review, and be sure to vote for which story you want me to write first (Hero, Dark, Rose, Chaotix, Eggman, Wolfbain)
*Basically, the second rule of robotics is that they have to listen to people or something like that.
The door slid open. Two boots walked into the special torture room.
"Welcome, Doctor."
"Now, now, computer," Dr. Eggman said teasingly. "Why don't you give a warm, warm, welcome to my guest, Christopher Thorndyke?"
"Welcome, Christopher Thorndyke."
Eggman cackled. "Now, Christopher, I'd like you to meet someone now!" Chris scowled. He was tied up and being dragged by Eggman into the room. "You might recognize them!" Chris gasped.
"Mom! Dad! Ella, Mr. Tanaka! What are all of you doing here?!" Chris saw his family, the maid, and his butler shackled to a special machine. There were large thermometers underneath them. The thermometers were full.
"Chris... Thank goodness you're safe..." Mrs. Thorndyke looked like she had been under a lot of torture. Chris noticed that her thermometer was only three-fourths full. "Dr. Eggman!" Chris shouted. "Let them go right now!" "Ah-ah-ah..." Dr. Eggman tsked. "No shouting!" Chris looked at the machine with contempt. He saw the shackles begin to glow. 'What's happening?' Suddenly, everyone there was electrocuted! "NO!! Stop that!!" Chris tried his best to break out his ropes.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" an obnoxious voice laughed. "Bokkun! Get down here!" ordered Eggman. "Explain my newest invention!" "Gladly!" Bokkun flew over to the machine, still shocking them at full power. "This is the Egg-Dungeon! Not only is there a superpowerful dungeon inside created with Dr. Eggman's highest technology, but it's also a great torture/slow and painful death device! These 'thermometers' are actually a life support system! It keeps you alive, but just barely! On top of that, it loses energy if it feels even the slightest jolt! Once it runs out, you die!" Chris noticed the life support systems were also being electrocuted. He had a hard time accepting it, but Dr. Eggman held the fates of everyone in his hands. "So, what do you say Chris?" Dr. Eggman's voice was full of triumph. "Will you join me? I need you to help me destroy Sonic; He won't attack you! If you do, I'll set your family free, and make you my right- hand-man! Well? You're family is about to die!" "Don't do it, Chris!" his mother cried out with pain. "Don't let him manipulate you! Just-" "Haarruummpph! Double the voltage, Bokkun!" Mrs. Thorndyke screamed. Chris checked how much longer she would last. There was less than an eighth of the bar left! "Five seconds before Mrs. Thorndyke goes bye-bye!" Bokkun squealed with glee. "Four!" Chris began to sweat. "Three!" His mother's last breaths, wasted on screams, ripped through his mind. "Two!" He couldn't betray Sonic, but it would be even worse just to let everyone die! "One!" "All right!! I'll do it..." Chris was crying. The voltage shut off just as his mother's head drooped. She was dying, and Chris' betrayal couldn't change that. "Very good!" Dr. Eggman said. "You'll need these!" He took a pair of black air shoes out. I was planning on reviving a dead body to test these out on, but Sonic destroyed my air fleet, sending my laboratory down! The body and my special prototype were in there, but I built a new, better, one! These air shoes are superior to Project Blue in every way! I give you: Project Black!" Chris put on the air shoes. "Bokkun! Accompany me and Christopher!" "Aye-aye, sir!" "Just remember, Chris: If you betray us, I'll push this button and kill them all!" Chris nodded angrily. He couldn't believe he was helping Dr. Eggman. They left, their mission: To destroy Team Sonic and take over the world!
An hour had passed before Mrs. Thorndyke had enough strength to speak. "O- Oh no..."
"What's wrong? You should conserve your strength," her husband advised. "Christopher... I remember a news report..." she said. "In Stockholm, Sweden, there was a hostage situation. Months passed, but the criminals were captured. However..." she paused to take a breath. Telling this story was consuming all of her strength. "However, the hostages had befriended their captors during that time..." She took another pause. "And that was called the 'Stockholm Syndrome.' I think..." Everyone was concerned about her health. They tried to get her to rest, but she insisted. "I think Dr. Eggman must be hoping that Christopher will also have Stockholm Syndrome, and be confident that Christopher will befriend him.
"Wow, now that's deliciously evil of him, isn't it?"
"Who are you?" Ella screamed. "Don't you recognize true class when it hits you in the face?" A bat dropped down. "Guess not. I'm Rouge." A robot and a hedgehog landed next to her. The hedgehog was wearing a red pair of air shoes. They were emitting sparks. "Tch. Shadow, can't you get those glitchy things to work? If you hadn't lost Eggman's prototype-"
"I know, I know. What's happened has happened. We can't change that. We can get them back after the doctor's challenge." "Anyways," Rouge started. "That's Shadow, and the walking tin can over there is Omega."
"I RESENT THAT!!" Omega shouted. "We got an invitation from Dr. Eggman," Rouge continued, ignoring Omega. "And he told us to meet him inside a machine with people tied to it. I guess this is it?" "No..." Mrs. Thorndyke began to object. "No what?" Rouge challenged. "I can go where I please! Let's go, boys! Nice meeting you losers. Maybe we can talk longer next time! Bye!" Rouge, Shadow and Omega walked into a door on the side of the machine. It slammed shut. "Well," said Ella. "It looks like Eggman's definitely trying to get rid of anyone who will pose a threat before he begins his plan. That may give us time to act. Computer!" she bellowed. "Release us!" "Why?" it sneered. "Because of the second rule of robotics!*" "Dr. Eggman already ordered me not to let you go!" While Ella tried to reason with Dr. Eggman's computer, Chris, Eggman and Bokkun got ready to flush out Team Sonic by destroying Station Square.
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Wow... I like this chapter. Now you can't accuse me of my chapters being too short :P
Ivy: You're like a cockroach! Revolting!
Yeah, whatever. Anyways, please review, and be sure to vote for which story you want me to write first (Hero, Dark, Rose, Chaotix, Eggman, Wolfbain)
*Basically, the second rule of robotics is that they have to listen to people or something like that.