Chp 11: The Chaos Factor
Altera Base
They appeared in the center of the large room. Knuckles walked over to the control panel and keyed in the password. When he finished, the metal door next to him opened. The warriors went through and were covered in points of red light.
"You let them live." the voice hissed across their ears, causing them to shiver. "General Knuckles, you are dismissed." the echidna turned on his heels and ran out of the room. "As for you two, I have one question. Why the hell did you come here instead of that ship?!"
"Sir, it was an impulse to return here." Endigo replied, trying to reason with his master.
"I don't care! Your mission was to kill those copies of yourselves and capture all members of the Grand Design team! You will be punished for your…"
"Shadow, Endigo, are you back?" a girl in her teens walked into the room. It was none other than Maria Robotnik.
Oh, hello, dear." Dr. Gerald Robotnik stepped out of the shadows. "What are you doing here, Maria?"
"I came to play with Shadow and Endigo."
"Well, alright honey, but as soon as you're finished, they need to come to the Control Room." Gerald glared at the two and walked away.
"Come on, you guys." the duo followed the girl uneasily, thinking of their fate.
Training Room
The five warriors had just finished training for the day and they were all exhausted. While they sat around the small break table, Big came into the room and stood in front of them.
"You finished your first day of training and, as promised, I found out about those emeralds. They were the byproducts of an experiment conducted by the Altera Scientist Tails. It was called the Chaos Factor."
"Chaos Factor?"
"Yes. Tails was trying to create perfect copies of the Chaos Emeralds and came very close. The only difference between the fakes and the real ones is that fake ones can't endure greater techniques, such as Reverse Chaos Control and Super Mode."
"So, where are the real emeralds?" Mighty inquired.
"They power the Altera's Base, the Space Colony ARK."
"ARK?!" Shadow and Endigo yelled simultaneously.
"Yeah, why?"
"Why didn't we realize it before?!" Knuckles shouted, punching the table, causing it to crack in half. "ARK was destroyed in our timeline, but that didn't mean it was destroyed here!"
"Big, we need something that will get us to that colony." Shadow spoke up.
"You want to go now?" Lecko asked, shocked. "But you haven't been training long enough."
"It doesn't matter. We have our reasons for going."
"I'll do it," Big began. "but you have to wait until tomorrow."
"Fine by us." Endigo replied. With that, the five heroes left the room.
Next: E-Skyway
Sorry if this is too short, but the next chapter will be much longer.
Altera Base
They appeared in the center of the large room. Knuckles walked over to the control panel and keyed in the password. When he finished, the metal door next to him opened. The warriors went through and were covered in points of red light.
"You let them live." the voice hissed across their ears, causing them to shiver. "General Knuckles, you are dismissed." the echidna turned on his heels and ran out of the room. "As for you two, I have one question. Why the hell did you come here instead of that ship?!"
"Sir, it was an impulse to return here." Endigo replied, trying to reason with his master.
"I don't care! Your mission was to kill those copies of yourselves and capture all members of the Grand Design team! You will be punished for your…"
"Shadow, Endigo, are you back?" a girl in her teens walked into the room. It was none other than Maria Robotnik.
Oh, hello, dear." Dr. Gerald Robotnik stepped out of the shadows. "What are you doing here, Maria?"
"I came to play with Shadow and Endigo."
"Well, alright honey, but as soon as you're finished, they need to come to the Control Room." Gerald glared at the two and walked away.
"Come on, you guys." the duo followed the girl uneasily, thinking of their fate.
Training Room
The five warriors had just finished training for the day and they were all exhausted. While they sat around the small break table, Big came into the room and stood in front of them.
"You finished your first day of training and, as promised, I found out about those emeralds. They were the byproducts of an experiment conducted by the Altera Scientist Tails. It was called the Chaos Factor."
"Chaos Factor?"
"Yes. Tails was trying to create perfect copies of the Chaos Emeralds and came very close. The only difference between the fakes and the real ones is that fake ones can't endure greater techniques, such as Reverse Chaos Control and Super Mode."
"So, where are the real emeralds?" Mighty inquired.
"They power the Altera's Base, the Space Colony ARK."
"ARK?!" Shadow and Endigo yelled simultaneously.
"Yeah, why?"
"Why didn't we realize it before?!" Knuckles shouted, punching the table, causing it to crack in half. "ARK was destroyed in our timeline, but that didn't mean it was destroyed here!"
"Big, we need something that will get us to that colony." Shadow spoke up.
"You want to go now?" Lecko asked, shocked. "But you haven't been training long enough."
"It doesn't matter. We have our reasons for going."
"I'll do it," Big began. "but you have to wait until tomorrow."
"Fine by us." Endigo replied. With that, the five heroes left the room.
Next: E-Skyway
Sorry if this is too short, but the next chapter will be much longer.