Sonic tensed himself, waiting for the pain to pass. It had started with his
feet when he crashed through the ventilation shaft and the fan, but it
slowly crawled through his entire body. The pain would come in a small
flash, and then disappear.
"Crud on high, that's getting annoying!" Sonic grunted through his teeth. He was actually getting tired of half-crawling through small passages as well.
If he had his spines, he could get enough traction to just roll through!
There was another pang of pain across his back this time. He was actually on the verge of swearing, to tell the truth.
He finally decided to look at the most recent area of pain to discover the problem. Because he couldn't turn very well, he reached back with his hand, and grabbed...Spines! He had his spines back!
Smiling to himself, he leapt forward into a roll, and continued to spin down the shaft.
Tails landed the plane beautifully outside the back entrance to the plant. Knuckles, still a little unused to flying in a plane like the Tornado Mach II, teetered slightly as he landed from jumping off the plane.
Tails climbed out, looking at Knuckles in the strangest way...
"Knuckles? You're skin's kinda red..." he said, trailing off as he did so.
"What?" Knuckles looked at his hands. Sure enough, not only was his skin turning red, but his knuckle gloves were starting to grow over his fingers and fuse.
He quickly glanced at Tails, who began growing fur all over his face, as well as his tails slightly apparent from over his shoulder.
"Tails, Robotnik apparently has the Bi-Dimensional Barrier device here. The use of it is causing this world border to become thin, so we're merging with our original selves," Knuckles explained.
Tails wrestled with his overalls to poke a hole for his tails in the back. "Makes sense, actually," Tails grunted. "I mean, how am I supposed to hover without my tails?"
Knuckles laughed to himself. Hitting the auto-dial with his thumb, mostly because he couldn't use his fingers anymore, he called the Anderson family.
Of course, Sally answered.
"Where are you guys?" she asked over the phone.
"We're right outside the plant," Knuckles replied. "We don't expect to be back for a while. How's the family?"
"Well, you know Cody. Other than that, they're—"
Before Sally could finish, or even for Knuckles to blink, there was a crash, a scuffling noise, a scream, and then the line went dead.
"Sally!" Knuckles cried. Pulling out the two-way radio, he quickly tried to phone Sonic.
"Sonic, answer me! I think Robotnik has Sally!"
It was a vain attempt; that line was dead too.
"Crud on high, that's getting annoying!" Sonic grunted through his teeth. He was actually getting tired of half-crawling through small passages as well.
If he had his spines, he could get enough traction to just roll through!
There was another pang of pain across his back this time. He was actually on the verge of swearing, to tell the truth.
He finally decided to look at the most recent area of pain to discover the problem. Because he couldn't turn very well, he reached back with his hand, and grabbed...Spines! He had his spines back!
Smiling to himself, he leapt forward into a roll, and continued to spin down the shaft.
Tails landed the plane beautifully outside the back entrance to the plant. Knuckles, still a little unused to flying in a plane like the Tornado Mach II, teetered slightly as he landed from jumping off the plane.
Tails climbed out, looking at Knuckles in the strangest way...
"Knuckles? You're skin's kinda red..." he said, trailing off as he did so.
"What?" Knuckles looked at his hands. Sure enough, not only was his skin turning red, but his knuckle gloves were starting to grow over his fingers and fuse.
He quickly glanced at Tails, who began growing fur all over his face, as well as his tails slightly apparent from over his shoulder.
"Tails, Robotnik apparently has the Bi-Dimensional Barrier device here. The use of it is causing this world border to become thin, so we're merging with our original selves," Knuckles explained.
Tails wrestled with his overalls to poke a hole for his tails in the back. "Makes sense, actually," Tails grunted. "I mean, how am I supposed to hover without my tails?"
Knuckles laughed to himself. Hitting the auto-dial with his thumb, mostly because he couldn't use his fingers anymore, he called the Anderson family.
Of course, Sally answered.
"Where are you guys?" she asked over the phone.
"We're right outside the plant," Knuckles replied. "We don't expect to be back for a while. How's the family?"
"Well, you know Cody. Other than that, they're—"
Before Sally could finish, or even for Knuckles to blink, there was a crash, a scuffling noise, a scream, and then the line went dead.
"Sally!" Knuckles cried. Pulling out the two-way radio, he quickly tried to phone Sonic.
"Sonic, answer me! I think Robotnik has Sally!"
It was a vain attempt; that line was dead too.