Chapter 4: End of the War?
May 12th, 2307 - 5:30 AM - Various places
As they marched Robotnik into the Freedomian Army camp, cheers rose up from the other soldiers when they saw who was with them. They could even see the sun up in the sky a little, as it's rays of light poked through holes in the Land of the Sky continents above them. Even though the Land of the Sky blocked most of its warm light out, the sun added to the cheery spirit of the camp. They took him to General Salt, a giant brown dog. He smiled at the two of them.
"Excellent work, both of you!" Salt declared. "You've brought this war to an end. Tell me your names!"
"Swift Hedgehog."
"Kyle 'Kilometers' Prower."
"Swift and Kyle, your names will go down in history for winning this war. Congratulations to both of you!"
"Thank you, General," Kyle said as he bowed.
Robotnik turned around and grinned at the two of them.
"What are you smiling about?" Swift said.
"You think you've won, don't you?" Robotnik said. "Let me tell you, this isn't the end. It's just the beginning. You'll see..."
Swift did feel a slight twinge of fear at Robotnik's words at first, but then he just laughed so hard his stomach started to hurt. What Robotnik was saying was just an idle threat, and nothing more. He was about to be taken off to a maximum-security prison, and there was no way he'd be any serious threat to anyone there.
"Yeah...sure..." Swift said when he finally recovered from his heavy laughter.
"Don't say I didn't warn you. Remember me, because I will never forget about either of you." Robotnik said.
"Enough of this...get him outta here!" General Salt shouted.
As Robotnik was carted away by a battalion of soldiers, Kyle and Swift talked to each other.
"What I will remember is this day," Kyle said.
"Me too," Swift said. "I can't wait to tell my son about what I've done here today."
"Oh right, I almost forgot you had a son. What did you say his name was?"
"It's Sonic... I think it's kind of a silly name, but my wife Kara loved it before she died."
"Really? If he runs as fast as you, then it's a perfect name for him! I don't think it's silly at all."
"I guess you're right."
"It'll be a while before I have a kid. First, I gotta go back home and marry Natalie."
"Oh yeah...well, good luck proposing to her. Then again, I don't think you'll need any of that. You're a war hero now! Women adore war heroes, don't they?"
"I guess...I don't know if Natalie would be the sort of person to adore a big tough guy with battle scars though. She's a college professor, and engineering and machines are her life."
"Speaking of battle scars, how's that place feel where you got shot?"
"It still stings like crazy," Kyle said as he put a hand to the laser wound in his shoulder. "But I'll recover in time. I was really lucky that I didn't get shot in the head instead. By the way, I didn't say it yet, but thanks for saving me up on the roof."
"No problem. Thanks for watching my back out there too."
"You're welcome. Anyway, you wanna go celebrate with everyone else?"
"Yeah! Let's go!"
As the rest of the day went by, the Freedomian Army easily destroyed the remnants of Robotnik's forces in Reppoc. Without orders from their leader to guide them, the robots were confused and disoriented, which made them easy to destroy. Later, Robotnik would be forced to deactivate his army completely. Once that happened, the only thing that the army would need to do would be to pick up all of the deactivated robots and dispose of them. It was hard to believe that the objective had been accomplished so quickly, and by just two soldiers no less. Swift and Kyle got handshakes and presents galore from the rest of the soldiers.
One week later...
An army transport plan arrived to pick up Kyle and Swift. With the help of a warp zone, they quickly arrived at New Earth City on South Island, where the seat of the humans' government rested. President Tree personally congratulated them in the Presidential Palace, on catching Robotnik so soon. They got into a convertible and were paraded down Main Street of New Earth City, where thousands of people lined the streets and tossed confetti all over the place. Other soldiers marched in front of and behind them.
While Swift wallowed in his glory, he thought to himself, If only Kara was here to see me now...
---
A certain disgruntled fat man watched the parade as it was replayed on TV that night. Robotnik, seething from his defeat, continued to sit and watch in the prisoners' lounge in Naeco Maximum Security Prison. He had been stripped of his normal red and yellow Overseer clothes, and had been given an orange jumpsuit like all the other prisoners. While normally all the inmates would be sitting around in their cramped, boiling hot cells, they had been brought out to watch the parade.
"Hey fatty!" a vocal weasel called out. "Those guys are the ones that beat you!"
"Thank you, Captain Obvious."
"Whatcha gonna do about them? You're stuck here with us, egg belly!"
All of the prisoners around him broke out into laughter. Robotnik simply sat on his small cheaply made plastic chair, quietly watching the TV set.
"Hey!" an annoying squirrel called out. "I heard you said when you got caught that this was only the beginning! Well, it sure is the beginning...of you rotting away in here for the rest of your life! Man, are you gonna stink after you've been in here a while! I feel like I'm gonna faint from your smell already, in fact!"
The prisoner mockingly clutched to his nose, pretending like he was trying hard to keep from breathing noxious fumes. He pretended to choke to death and collapsed to the floor in a heap. Everyone in the room laughed, and a few others also pretended like they were choking to death from his smell. A heap of prisoners fell onto the floor, mockingly screaming that they were dying while still others laughed.
You just wait, all of you. Robotnik thought to himself. See how funny I am when I put my backup plan into motion...
May 12th, 2307 - 5:30 AM - Various places
As they marched Robotnik into the Freedomian Army camp, cheers rose up from the other soldiers when they saw who was with them. They could even see the sun up in the sky a little, as it's rays of light poked through holes in the Land of the Sky continents above them. Even though the Land of the Sky blocked most of its warm light out, the sun added to the cheery spirit of the camp. They took him to General Salt, a giant brown dog. He smiled at the two of them.
"Excellent work, both of you!" Salt declared. "You've brought this war to an end. Tell me your names!"
"Swift Hedgehog."
"Kyle 'Kilometers' Prower."
"Swift and Kyle, your names will go down in history for winning this war. Congratulations to both of you!"
"Thank you, General," Kyle said as he bowed.
Robotnik turned around and grinned at the two of them.
"What are you smiling about?" Swift said.
"You think you've won, don't you?" Robotnik said. "Let me tell you, this isn't the end. It's just the beginning. You'll see..."
Swift did feel a slight twinge of fear at Robotnik's words at first, but then he just laughed so hard his stomach started to hurt. What Robotnik was saying was just an idle threat, and nothing more. He was about to be taken off to a maximum-security prison, and there was no way he'd be any serious threat to anyone there.
"Yeah...sure..." Swift said when he finally recovered from his heavy laughter.
"Don't say I didn't warn you. Remember me, because I will never forget about either of you." Robotnik said.
"Enough of this...get him outta here!" General Salt shouted.
As Robotnik was carted away by a battalion of soldiers, Kyle and Swift talked to each other.
"What I will remember is this day," Kyle said.
"Me too," Swift said. "I can't wait to tell my son about what I've done here today."
"Oh right, I almost forgot you had a son. What did you say his name was?"
"It's Sonic... I think it's kind of a silly name, but my wife Kara loved it before she died."
"Really? If he runs as fast as you, then it's a perfect name for him! I don't think it's silly at all."
"I guess you're right."
"It'll be a while before I have a kid. First, I gotta go back home and marry Natalie."
"Oh yeah...well, good luck proposing to her. Then again, I don't think you'll need any of that. You're a war hero now! Women adore war heroes, don't they?"
"I guess...I don't know if Natalie would be the sort of person to adore a big tough guy with battle scars though. She's a college professor, and engineering and machines are her life."
"Speaking of battle scars, how's that place feel where you got shot?"
"It still stings like crazy," Kyle said as he put a hand to the laser wound in his shoulder. "But I'll recover in time. I was really lucky that I didn't get shot in the head instead. By the way, I didn't say it yet, but thanks for saving me up on the roof."
"No problem. Thanks for watching my back out there too."
"You're welcome. Anyway, you wanna go celebrate with everyone else?"
"Yeah! Let's go!"
As the rest of the day went by, the Freedomian Army easily destroyed the remnants of Robotnik's forces in Reppoc. Without orders from their leader to guide them, the robots were confused and disoriented, which made them easy to destroy. Later, Robotnik would be forced to deactivate his army completely. Once that happened, the only thing that the army would need to do would be to pick up all of the deactivated robots and dispose of them. It was hard to believe that the objective had been accomplished so quickly, and by just two soldiers no less. Swift and Kyle got handshakes and presents galore from the rest of the soldiers.
One week later...
An army transport plan arrived to pick up Kyle and Swift. With the help of a warp zone, they quickly arrived at New Earth City on South Island, where the seat of the humans' government rested. President Tree personally congratulated them in the Presidential Palace, on catching Robotnik so soon. They got into a convertible and were paraded down Main Street of New Earth City, where thousands of people lined the streets and tossed confetti all over the place. Other soldiers marched in front of and behind them.
While Swift wallowed in his glory, he thought to himself, If only Kara was here to see me now...
---
A certain disgruntled fat man watched the parade as it was replayed on TV that night. Robotnik, seething from his defeat, continued to sit and watch in the prisoners' lounge in Naeco Maximum Security Prison. He had been stripped of his normal red and yellow Overseer clothes, and had been given an orange jumpsuit like all the other prisoners. While normally all the inmates would be sitting around in their cramped, boiling hot cells, they had been brought out to watch the parade.
"Hey fatty!" a vocal weasel called out. "Those guys are the ones that beat you!"
"Thank you, Captain Obvious."
"Whatcha gonna do about them? You're stuck here with us, egg belly!"
All of the prisoners around him broke out into laughter. Robotnik simply sat on his small cheaply made plastic chair, quietly watching the TV set.
"Hey!" an annoying squirrel called out. "I heard you said when you got caught that this was only the beginning! Well, it sure is the beginning...of you rotting away in here for the rest of your life! Man, are you gonna stink after you've been in here a while! I feel like I'm gonna faint from your smell already, in fact!"
The prisoner mockingly clutched to his nose, pretending like he was trying hard to keep from breathing noxious fumes. He pretended to choke to death and collapsed to the floor in a heap. Everyone in the room laughed, and a few others also pretended like they were choking to death from his smell. A heap of prisoners fell onto the floor, mockingly screaming that they were dying while still others laughed.
You just wait, all of you. Robotnik thought to himself. See how funny I am when I put my backup plan into motion...