WOW! I never thought I'd get this many reviews. I guess I shouldn't be too
surprised considering how long it's been since I reviewed. I took a summer
class and it took up a lot of my time. Anyway thanks to all those who
reviewed, and of course those who just read it. I want to respond to a
couple reviews.
Spade-Hand: I understand your desire for longer chapters. I will try to make future ones longer.
None: I would put shadow in, but this is a world in which Shadow died falling from ARK. Sorry. Shadow does rock though.
Anyway, on with chapter four.
Chapter 4
Sonic and Amy followed Knuckles until they came to the hangar where Tails and Rouge were waiting. Sonic expected to see a biplane, but instead he saw a large jet. The jet was blue with yellow wings and could seat two passengers. Sonic also noticed that it had missiles and machine guns on each wing, and even a laser on the tail wing.
Tails noticed Sonic's amazement and laughed, "I told you I had something better than the Tornado."
"This is great, Tails!" Sonic was amazed, but not too much. He knew his little buddy could build anything. "So, what do you call it?"
Tails blushed, "Actually, I ....uh.... I call it 'The Sonic Storm'."
Sonic smiled, "Well, I hope it lives up to it's name."
"Don't worry, Sonic. This thing's got a super powered rocket engine, so it's really fast."
"That's what I like to hear."
Knuckles crossed his arms and looked at Sonic, "Don't you think we should figure out our plan of attack?"
"Don't worry, Knuckles. I got it all figured out. Tails can use the Sonic Storm to distract Eggman and divert attention away from the prison. Judging by the firepower on that thing, I'm sure Tails can handle a few robots."
Tails smiled, "Don't worry about me, Sonic."
"Meanwhile, Knuckles and I will break into the prison and find Cream. Since we're the fastest ones here, we should be in and out in no time." Sonic turned to Knuckles, "Think you can handle it?"
"I'm sure there will be a few robots guarding the prison, which shouldn't be a problem." Knuckles said, "It's the alarm systems and security cameras that I'm worried about. Eggman's sure to send reinforcements once he finds out we're there."
Sonic smiled, "That's why I said that Rouge should come along. I'm sure the world's greatest jewel thief should have no trouble sneaking in and shutting off the alarm system for us."
Rouge smiled, "No problem. I'll have the alarm off in no time."
"What about me, Sonic?" Amy asked with excitement.
"What are you talking about?" Sonic said.
"I'm going to come too, of course."
"But.."
Amy hugged Sonic's arm, "No buts, Sonic. I'm not letting you go ever again."
Sonic knew that Amy was probably worried that he wouldn't come back alive. After all the Sonic in this world did die already. So rather than argue, Sonic turned to Tails, "Got room for another passenger?"
Tails knew that he was talking about Amy, "Sure thing, Sonic."
Sonic grinned, "Alright then, let's get busy."
A few minutes later, everyone was in place. Tails and Amy were seated in the Sonic Storm waiting for Sonic to radio them to begin the attack. Sonic, Knuckles, and Rouge had made their way to Eggman's prison compound.
It was a grayish building, about five stories high. It had no windows and a large metal door with a robot in front of it. It looked like a robotic version on Eggman, without the moustache. It was easily three times as big as Sonic and held a very large hammer.
Sonic and Knuckles looked at the robot as they hid behind a pile of scrape metal nearby. Sonic chuckled, "Just one Egg Hammer! Eggbrain's making this too easy."
Knuckles grunted, "Don't get too cocky, Sonic!" He then turned to Rouge, "Time to do your thing, bat girl!"
Rouge smiled, "I'll be done before you know it."
"Radio us when you get the alarms deactivated. Then get back to the hideout as fast as you can." Sonic said.
"Got it!" With that, Rouge was off to find the nearest air vent, knowing that would be her best means of entree.
Sonic pulled out a radio and called Tails, "Tails, can you hear me?"
Sonic heard Tails voice over the radio, "Loud and clear, Sonic! We're ready to go!"
"Great," Sonic said, "Remember, All you have to do is keep Eggman busy, and we'll do the rest."
Then he heard Amy's voice, "Don't worry, Sonic! We'll show that egghead who's boss!" Then Sonic turned off the radio.
Knuckles laughed, "I haven't heard her talk like that in a long time. It's nice to see the old Amy back. All she needed was to see her hero."
Sonic smiled, "Yeah, I think you're right."
Meanwhile, Eggman was sitting in the master control room of his fortress. Suddenly, a strange buzzing sound starting going off . Eggman grinned, "Perhaps it's that pest Sonic." Eggman pushed a button on his consol and a giant screen in front of him displayed an image of Tails and Amy in the Sonic Storm. They were firing missiles at several of Eggman's factories.
Eggman chuckled, "Just another pitiful act of rebellion. My Egg Hawks should be enough to deal with this minor annoyance."
Eggman pushed another button causing the mouth of the Eggman shaped building he was in, to open. Then several bird like robots came flying out of the mouth and headed straight for the Sonic Storm.
Amy noticed the robots coming up behind them, "Looks like we got Doctor Eggman's attention!" She turned to Tails, "Tails, there's a squad of Egg Hawks coming up behind us!"
Tails smiled, "Alright! Time for a little target practice!"
Tails quickly turned the plane around and began firing his machine guns at the incoming robots. Five robots were destroyed in no time, but there were a lot more to go.
While Tails was busy with Eggman's robots, Rouge was sneaking into the prison compound. She had already found an air vent and was now crawling through the ventilation system. She passed over another vent and looked down to see if this was the right room, but it wasn't.
'Rats!' Rouge thought to herself, as she continued on, 'That's the tenth one I've checked so far. Where is it?'
As if to answer her question, Rouge came upon another vent. She looked down and saw a control box that said 'SECURITY SYSTEM' on it.
Rouge smiled, "Bingo."
She took off the grate and poked her head down to see if any robots were patrolling the hallway. When she was sure the coast was clear, she dropped down to the floor below and walked over to the control box. Rouge noticed the lock on it, took out a small piece of jagged wire, and began to pick the lock.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Knuckles were still waiting outside for the signal from Rouge.
Sonic yawned, "Man, how long is this gonna take?"
Knuckles ignored Sonic's complaining and continued to look at the Egg Hammer guarding the door. "How do you think we should take care of that robot?"
Sonic was confused, as he stood up from where he was sitting, "What do you mean?"
"We should probably take him out on the first attack, so he can't radio for backup. That kind of robot has really strong armor, so a one shot attack might not be easy."
Sonic realized Knuckles concern, "Good point. Got any ideas?"
Knuckles thought for a minute, then grinned, "Actually, I do."
Rouge had managed to open up the door to the control box and began to examine the inside. It was filled with wires, one of which was probably the main power cable.
Rouge took a deep breath, "Well, here goes nothing." Rouge took hold of the largest cable, which she figured was the one she wanted.
She quickly pulled it out and heard a computer voice coming from the box. "Security system deactivated."
"Well, that takes care of that." Rouge said to herself, and quickly flew back into the air vent and made her way back the way she came.
Soon, Sonic heard Rouge's voice over his radio transmitter, "Rouge here! Are you guy's there?"
Sonic picked up the radio and spoke into it, "Sonic here!"
"The security system is offline. I'm heading back to the hideout. Good luck guys."
"Nice work, Rouge!" Sonic turned off the radio and turned to Knuckles, "Ready, Knux?"
Knuckles cracked his famous knuckles, "Let's go!"
Sonic and Knuckles stepped out from behind the pile of scrap metal and faced the robot who didn't notice them yet. Sonic began charged up for a spin dash attack. However, as soon as Sonic was spinning at top speed, Knuckles came running and, using all of his strength, kicked Sonic's spinning form like a soccer ball, sending him rocketing towards the robot at full throttle. This combination of strength and speed enabled Sonic to blast through the robot's body before he even knew what happened.
The Egg Hammer instantly exploded. Knuckles walked over to Sonic who was standing at the front door.
Knuckles grinned, "That takes care of him."
Sonic smiled, "I'm just glad those aren't steel-toed boots."
Knuckles pulled back his fist and punched the door open with one hit. "Let's go. It won't take Eggman long to figure out what we're up to."
"Right." With that, Sonic ran inside the building with Knuckles close behind.
A/N: Will Sonic and Knuckles find Cream in time? What about Tails and Amy? What will Cream's alternate wardrobe looklike? That last one is actually one you can tell me. I already know changes I want to make with Cheese, but I'm having a black with Cream. Any ideas? If not I'm sure I'll figure something out. Review as always, Sonic fans.
Spade-Hand: I understand your desire for longer chapters. I will try to make future ones longer.
None: I would put shadow in, but this is a world in which Shadow died falling from ARK. Sorry. Shadow does rock though.
Anyway, on with chapter four.
Chapter 4
Sonic and Amy followed Knuckles until they came to the hangar where Tails and Rouge were waiting. Sonic expected to see a biplane, but instead he saw a large jet. The jet was blue with yellow wings and could seat two passengers. Sonic also noticed that it had missiles and machine guns on each wing, and even a laser on the tail wing.
Tails noticed Sonic's amazement and laughed, "I told you I had something better than the Tornado."
"This is great, Tails!" Sonic was amazed, but not too much. He knew his little buddy could build anything. "So, what do you call it?"
Tails blushed, "Actually, I ....uh.... I call it 'The Sonic Storm'."
Sonic smiled, "Well, I hope it lives up to it's name."
"Don't worry, Sonic. This thing's got a super powered rocket engine, so it's really fast."
"That's what I like to hear."
Knuckles crossed his arms and looked at Sonic, "Don't you think we should figure out our plan of attack?"
"Don't worry, Knuckles. I got it all figured out. Tails can use the Sonic Storm to distract Eggman and divert attention away from the prison. Judging by the firepower on that thing, I'm sure Tails can handle a few robots."
Tails smiled, "Don't worry about me, Sonic."
"Meanwhile, Knuckles and I will break into the prison and find Cream. Since we're the fastest ones here, we should be in and out in no time." Sonic turned to Knuckles, "Think you can handle it?"
"I'm sure there will be a few robots guarding the prison, which shouldn't be a problem." Knuckles said, "It's the alarm systems and security cameras that I'm worried about. Eggman's sure to send reinforcements once he finds out we're there."
Sonic smiled, "That's why I said that Rouge should come along. I'm sure the world's greatest jewel thief should have no trouble sneaking in and shutting off the alarm system for us."
Rouge smiled, "No problem. I'll have the alarm off in no time."
"What about me, Sonic?" Amy asked with excitement.
"What are you talking about?" Sonic said.
"I'm going to come too, of course."
"But.."
Amy hugged Sonic's arm, "No buts, Sonic. I'm not letting you go ever again."
Sonic knew that Amy was probably worried that he wouldn't come back alive. After all the Sonic in this world did die already. So rather than argue, Sonic turned to Tails, "Got room for another passenger?"
Tails knew that he was talking about Amy, "Sure thing, Sonic."
Sonic grinned, "Alright then, let's get busy."
A few minutes later, everyone was in place. Tails and Amy were seated in the Sonic Storm waiting for Sonic to radio them to begin the attack. Sonic, Knuckles, and Rouge had made their way to Eggman's prison compound.
It was a grayish building, about five stories high. It had no windows and a large metal door with a robot in front of it. It looked like a robotic version on Eggman, without the moustache. It was easily three times as big as Sonic and held a very large hammer.
Sonic and Knuckles looked at the robot as they hid behind a pile of scrape metal nearby. Sonic chuckled, "Just one Egg Hammer! Eggbrain's making this too easy."
Knuckles grunted, "Don't get too cocky, Sonic!" He then turned to Rouge, "Time to do your thing, bat girl!"
Rouge smiled, "I'll be done before you know it."
"Radio us when you get the alarms deactivated. Then get back to the hideout as fast as you can." Sonic said.
"Got it!" With that, Rouge was off to find the nearest air vent, knowing that would be her best means of entree.
Sonic pulled out a radio and called Tails, "Tails, can you hear me?"
Sonic heard Tails voice over the radio, "Loud and clear, Sonic! We're ready to go!"
"Great," Sonic said, "Remember, All you have to do is keep Eggman busy, and we'll do the rest."
Then he heard Amy's voice, "Don't worry, Sonic! We'll show that egghead who's boss!" Then Sonic turned off the radio.
Knuckles laughed, "I haven't heard her talk like that in a long time. It's nice to see the old Amy back. All she needed was to see her hero."
Sonic smiled, "Yeah, I think you're right."
Meanwhile, Eggman was sitting in the master control room of his fortress. Suddenly, a strange buzzing sound starting going off . Eggman grinned, "Perhaps it's that pest Sonic." Eggman pushed a button on his consol and a giant screen in front of him displayed an image of Tails and Amy in the Sonic Storm. They were firing missiles at several of Eggman's factories.
Eggman chuckled, "Just another pitiful act of rebellion. My Egg Hawks should be enough to deal with this minor annoyance."
Eggman pushed another button causing the mouth of the Eggman shaped building he was in, to open. Then several bird like robots came flying out of the mouth and headed straight for the Sonic Storm.
Amy noticed the robots coming up behind them, "Looks like we got Doctor Eggman's attention!" She turned to Tails, "Tails, there's a squad of Egg Hawks coming up behind us!"
Tails smiled, "Alright! Time for a little target practice!"
Tails quickly turned the plane around and began firing his machine guns at the incoming robots. Five robots were destroyed in no time, but there were a lot more to go.
While Tails was busy with Eggman's robots, Rouge was sneaking into the prison compound. She had already found an air vent and was now crawling through the ventilation system. She passed over another vent and looked down to see if this was the right room, but it wasn't.
'Rats!' Rouge thought to herself, as she continued on, 'That's the tenth one I've checked so far. Where is it?'
As if to answer her question, Rouge came upon another vent. She looked down and saw a control box that said 'SECURITY SYSTEM' on it.
Rouge smiled, "Bingo."
She took off the grate and poked her head down to see if any robots were patrolling the hallway. When she was sure the coast was clear, she dropped down to the floor below and walked over to the control box. Rouge noticed the lock on it, took out a small piece of jagged wire, and began to pick the lock.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Knuckles were still waiting outside for the signal from Rouge.
Sonic yawned, "Man, how long is this gonna take?"
Knuckles ignored Sonic's complaining and continued to look at the Egg Hammer guarding the door. "How do you think we should take care of that robot?"
Sonic was confused, as he stood up from where he was sitting, "What do you mean?"
"We should probably take him out on the first attack, so he can't radio for backup. That kind of robot has really strong armor, so a one shot attack might not be easy."
Sonic realized Knuckles concern, "Good point. Got any ideas?"
Knuckles thought for a minute, then grinned, "Actually, I do."
Rouge had managed to open up the door to the control box and began to examine the inside. It was filled with wires, one of which was probably the main power cable.
Rouge took a deep breath, "Well, here goes nothing." Rouge took hold of the largest cable, which she figured was the one she wanted.
She quickly pulled it out and heard a computer voice coming from the box. "Security system deactivated."
"Well, that takes care of that." Rouge said to herself, and quickly flew back into the air vent and made her way back the way she came.
Soon, Sonic heard Rouge's voice over his radio transmitter, "Rouge here! Are you guy's there?"
Sonic picked up the radio and spoke into it, "Sonic here!"
"The security system is offline. I'm heading back to the hideout. Good luck guys."
"Nice work, Rouge!" Sonic turned off the radio and turned to Knuckles, "Ready, Knux?"
Knuckles cracked his famous knuckles, "Let's go!"
Sonic and Knuckles stepped out from behind the pile of scrap metal and faced the robot who didn't notice them yet. Sonic began charged up for a spin dash attack. However, as soon as Sonic was spinning at top speed, Knuckles came running and, using all of his strength, kicked Sonic's spinning form like a soccer ball, sending him rocketing towards the robot at full throttle. This combination of strength and speed enabled Sonic to blast through the robot's body before he even knew what happened.
The Egg Hammer instantly exploded. Knuckles walked over to Sonic who was standing at the front door.
Knuckles grinned, "That takes care of him."
Sonic smiled, "I'm just glad those aren't steel-toed boots."
Knuckles pulled back his fist and punched the door open with one hit. "Let's go. It won't take Eggman long to figure out what we're up to."
"Right." With that, Sonic ran inside the building with Knuckles close behind.
A/N: Will Sonic and Knuckles find Cream in time? What about Tails and Amy? What will Cream's alternate wardrobe looklike? That last one is actually one you can tell me. I already know changes I want to make with Cheese, but I'm having a black with Cream. Any ideas? If not I'm sure I'll figure something out. Review as always, Sonic fans.