Notes: Yush! I updated quicker than I updated the last chapter, I've been
in a writing mood a lot more lately, and plus since you all said you wanted
me to, I decided I'd try and write as much as I could! ^^; Anywayz, I'm
honestly not entirely sure where this will go next, I only have select
points in this story planned ahead of time, the rest of it I come up with
as I go. Well, I hope you all enjoy it! Thank you for your support and
comments, I appreciate it all very much. ^-^
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The control terminal shook as the underside of the blue hedgehog's fist landed on it in fury. "Where Is He!?" Sonic demanded.
The man simply adjusted his glasses and pressed a few keys. "I told you, Miles has entered a heavily-shielded area, we cannot track his movements that deep into the colony." Eggman sighed and turned around in his chair, looking at a screen displaying the seven Chaos Emeralds, small bits of data scrolling down the sides.
Sonic fumed and turned around, walking out of the room, enraged. "I can't just sit idly by and watch my best friend commit suicide."
Eggman groaned and turned back to the screen displaying Mile's latest data; now hours old. "You Can't even watch him..." he said silently, leaning back in his chair and staring at the metal ceiling of the control room.
Sonic slammed the door of the refrigerator shut and cracked open the beer can he had withdrawn. Falling back onto the couch, he took a large gulp and closed his eyes. A realization came to his mind, and he winced; Miles wasn't coming back. Sonic set the beer can down on the end table and laid back, trying to forget it all.
A light "pat pat" against the metal flooring, heavy boots clanking as they walked towards the small hall lined with various storage units and equipment. Rounding the corner, the man squinted his eyes against the neon lightings all down the hallway; no-one was there. He shook his head and walked off; he could've sworn he had heard something.
Rolling out from under a storage unit, the orange fox panted in exhaustion; He'd been on the run for hours now. "ARK has more security than we predicted... nearly ten-times as much" Miles thought to himself as he caught his breath, before turning around and dashing off down the narrow hallway.
Stopping where the hall exited into another, Miles pulled out a small electronic map and viewed his current position. "Excellent" he smiled. "I'm really close, shouldn't take me more tha-" His words where cut off by a piercing siren which suddenly began to emit from behind him, swirling red lights soon following. Rounding, to his horror, Miles found himself face to face with a patrol robot. Yelping, he turned and fled in the direction he needed to go. Running through several different halls, he could hear the robot keeping up with him, if not gaining.
Miles screamed and jumped as the sudden mechanical clang of a chain gun suddenly erupted from behind him; The robot was the source. Bullets began madly ricocheting off of the metal walls, objects along the hallway where broken into thousands of pieces, some turned to dust, as the seemingly infinite amount of bullets rained from the robot's gun, still in close pursuit of Miles. Jumping, kicking off of the wall, spinning his tails wildly, Miles flew forward through the halls, slowly putting distance between him and the robot, although he could have gone much faster was he not swerving and going in ever-which-way to not get hit.
The hallway suddenly opened up into a rectangular room which's roof was about a hundred or so feet high. Looking around, Miles saw large storage containers, but no other exit: He was trapped. Looking up, he saw a doorway up close to the ceiling; but he was so tired out from flying he couldn't get the strength to fly that high, he would fall back down about half-way up. Frantically he searched the room for something, and his eyes widened as he was rewarded. A large red spring lay dormant in the corner of the room. Miles was not sure how these things got where they did, but all he knew was that they had come in handy for Sonic and him throughout their adventures. Flying forward at top-speed, Miles turned so his right shoulder would impact, and rammed full-force into the spring. He felt the cool air blast over him as he was sent flying, the spring quickly delivering him to the opening those hundred feet up. Propelling his tails, he gave himself a push forward and landed in the opening.
Looking forward, he saw a large blast-door; it was unlocked. Running forward, the door quickly un-sealed and opened. Stopping on the other side, he blinked; he was there. The narrow metal walkway extended out to the platform in the center of the floorless and ceiling-less circular room. It was nearly pitch-black; nothing was on. But Miles could make out the faint glow of seven different colors, all aligned in a purple central pillar which was lined by computer terminals. "The Eclipse Cannon..." Miles mouthed slowly. This was the device that had nearly destroyed the world when Eggman had teamed up with the Black and Red Hedgehog known only as "Shadow".
Carefully walking across the narrow walkway, Miles thought back to when they had raided the Space Colony to stop Eggman from completely destroying the planet. In the end, what seemed to be the Real "Shadow" emerged, and they had all been forced to work together to stop it. Although the Black and Red Hedgehog had died in the end, the teamwork that they had all endured changed everyone's attitude to one-another. Eggman quickly gave up his evil ways and began working to re-pay the world for all that he had done to it. Rouge the Bat; a white Bat obsessed with jewels so much she was a treasure hunter, had taken a sudden liking to the red Echidna by the name of Knuckles.
Eggman and Miles had quickly taken a liking to each other due to their un-surpassed technological abilities, and Sonic had seemed to enjoy having Eggman around to poke fun at.
Staring down into the seemingly infinite blackness, Miles sighed; he wished Sonic was here right now, or even Eggman. Closing his eyes tightly, Miles worked up his courage, and walked forward to the terminal that held the seven Chaos Emeralds.
Taking off his pack, Miles set it down and un-zipped it. Pulling out a small box, he tugged at the seven connecting wires and pulled forth seven large metal, emerald shaped, devices. He picked the whole mess of an item up and moved closer to the Chaos Emeralds. The emeralds' power was constantly monitored by the "G.U.A.R.D." military staff on ARK to make sure that the emeralds stayed where they where.
However, due to the sheer velocity of each emerald's power, the sensors would continue to read that the emeralds where in their correct location for a few seconds after they where removed; that's what Mile's machine was for. Mile tapped a button, and the small box lit up. Standing up, holding one of the emerald-shaped items in his hand, Miles removed a Chaos Emerald and replaced it with the item. The small screen on the box lit up and an energy bar appeared, showing how much time was left before the machine ran out of energy. Miles repeated this until all seven Chaos Emeralds had been replaced. Placing the emeralds in his backpack, Miles looked down at the remaining power; Five hours worth. "That should be enough..." Miles said to himself, zipping up his pack and tossing it over his shoulder.
The machine Miles had hooked up to the Chaos Emerald's slots was designed to produce energy waves with the same wavelength and velocity of the Chaos Emeralds. However they weren't exactly the same, since it was impossible to re-create, or make a 100% copy, of the actual Chaos Emeralds. Eggman or Miles might have been able to make a machine capable of telling the difference, but Miles doubted G.U.A.R.D. had that kind of technology. Turning around, Miles began to walk back across the walkway and to the blast door. Gulping, he took a step forward; what if that robot was still out there? Or worse? Miles closed his eyes and whined, standing still for a moment. Working up his courage, he took another step and the door opened. Opening his eyes, he took a step, the began propelling his tails around, shooting out of the door and into the towering room.
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The control terminal shook as the underside of the blue hedgehog's fist landed on it in fury. "Where Is He!?" Sonic demanded.
The man simply adjusted his glasses and pressed a few keys. "I told you, Miles has entered a heavily-shielded area, we cannot track his movements that deep into the colony." Eggman sighed and turned around in his chair, looking at a screen displaying the seven Chaos Emeralds, small bits of data scrolling down the sides.
Sonic fumed and turned around, walking out of the room, enraged. "I can't just sit idly by and watch my best friend commit suicide."
Eggman groaned and turned back to the screen displaying Mile's latest data; now hours old. "You Can't even watch him..." he said silently, leaning back in his chair and staring at the metal ceiling of the control room.
Sonic slammed the door of the refrigerator shut and cracked open the beer can he had withdrawn. Falling back onto the couch, he took a large gulp and closed his eyes. A realization came to his mind, and he winced; Miles wasn't coming back. Sonic set the beer can down on the end table and laid back, trying to forget it all.
A light "pat pat" against the metal flooring, heavy boots clanking as they walked towards the small hall lined with various storage units and equipment. Rounding the corner, the man squinted his eyes against the neon lightings all down the hallway; no-one was there. He shook his head and walked off; he could've sworn he had heard something.
Rolling out from under a storage unit, the orange fox panted in exhaustion; He'd been on the run for hours now. "ARK has more security than we predicted... nearly ten-times as much" Miles thought to himself as he caught his breath, before turning around and dashing off down the narrow hallway.
Stopping where the hall exited into another, Miles pulled out a small electronic map and viewed his current position. "Excellent" he smiled. "I'm really close, shouldn't take me more tha-" His words where cut off by a piercing siren which suddenly began to emit from behind him, swirling red lights soon following. Rounding, to his horror, Miles found himself face to face with a patrol robot. Yelping, he turned and fled in the direction he needed to go. Running through several different halls, he could hear the robot keeping up with him, if not gaining.
Miles screamed and jumped as the sudden mechanical clang of a chain gun suddenly erupted from behind him; The robot was the source. Bullets began madly ricocheting off of the metal walls, objects along the hallway where broken into thousands of pieces, some turned to dust, as the seemingly infinite amount of bullets rained from the robot's gun, still in close pursuit of Miles. Jumping, kicking off of the wall, spinning his tails wildly, Miles flew forward through the halls, slowly putting distance between him and the robot, although he could have gone much faster was he not swerving and going in ever-which-way to not get hit.
The hallway suddenly opened up into a rectangular room which's roof was about a hundred or so feet high. Looking around, Miles saw large storage containers, but no other exit: He was trapped. Looking up, he saw a doorway up close to the ceiling; but he was so tired out from flying he couldn't get the strength to fly that high, he would fall back down about half-way up. Frantically he searched the room for something, and his eyes widened as he was rewarded. A large red spring lay dormant in the corner of the room. Miles was not sure how these things got where they did, but all he knew was that they had come in handy for Sonic and him throughout their adventures. Flying forward at top-speed, Miles turned so his right shoulder would impact, and rammed full-force into the spring. He felt the cool air blast over him as he was sent flying, the spring quickly delivering him to the opening those hundred feet up. Propelling his tails, he gave himself a push forward and landed in the opening.
Looking forward, he saw a large blast-door; it was unlocked. Running forward, the door quickly un-sealed and opened. Stopping on the other side, he blinked; he was there. The narrow metal walkway extended out to the platform in the center of the floorless and ceiling-less circular room. It was nearly pitch-black; nothing was on. But Miles could make out the faint glow of seven different colors, all aligned in a purple central pillar which was lined by computer terminals. "The Eclipse Cannon..." Miles mouthed slowly. This was the device that had nearly destroyed the world when Eggman had teamed up with the Black and Red Hedgehog known only as "Shadow".
Carefully walking across the narrow walkway, Miles thought back to when they had raided the Space Colony to stop Eggman from completely destroying the planet. In the end, what seemed to be the Real "Shadow" emerged, and they had all been forced to work together to stop it. Although the Black and Red Hedgehog had died in the end, the teamwork that they had all endured changed everyone's attitude to one-another. Eggman quickly gave up his evil ways and began working to re-pay the world for all that he had done to it. Rouge the Bat; a white Bat obsessed with jewels so much she was a treasure hunter, had taken a sudden liking to the red Echidna by the name of Knuckles.
Eggman and Miles had quickly taken a liking to each other due to their un-surpassed technological abilities, and Sonic had seemed to enjoy having Eggman around to poke fun at.
Staring down into the seemingly infinite blackness, Miles sighed; he wished Sonic was here right now, or even Eggman. Closing his eyes tightly, Miles worked up his courage, and walked forward to the terminal that held the seven Chaos Emeralds.
Taking off his pack, Miles set it down and un-zipped it. Pulling out a small box, he tugged at the seven connecting wires and pulled forth seven large metal, emerald shaped, devices. He picked the whole mess of an item up and moved closer to the Chaos Emeralds. The emeralds' power was constantly monitored by the "G.U.A.R.D." military staff on ARK to make sure that the emeralds stayed where they where.
However, due to the sheer velocity of each emerald's power, the sensors would continue to read that the emeralds where in their correct location for a few seconds after they where removed; that's what Mile's machine was for. Mile tapped a button, and the small box lit up. Standing up, holding one of the emerald-shaped items in his hand, Miles removed a Chaos Emerald and replaced it with the item. The small screen on the box lit up and an energy bar appeared, showing how much time was left before the machine ran out of energy. Miles repeated this until all seven Chaos Emeralds had been replaced. Placing the emeralds in his backpack, Miles looked down at the remaining power; Five hours worth. "That should be enough..." Miles said to himself, zipping up his pack and tossing it over his shoulder.
The machine Miles had hooked up to the Chaos Emerald's slots was designed to produce energy waves with the same wavelength and velocity of the Chaos Emeralds. However they weren't exactly the same, since it was impossible to re-create, or make a 100% copy, of the actual Chaos Emeralds. Eggman or Miles might have been able to make a machine capable of telling the difference, but Miles doubted G.U.A.R.D. had that kind of technology. Turning around, Miles began to walk back across the walkway and to the blast door. Gulping, he took a step forward; what if that robot was still out there? Or worse? Miles closed his eyes and whined, standing still for a moment. Working up his courage, he took another step and the door opened. Opening his eyes, he took a step, the began propelling his tails around, shooting out of the door and into the towering room.