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Chapter 5
Sonic and Knuckles quickly made their way down yet another hallway in Eggman's prison compound. Sonic had been noticing the fact that there were cameras everywhere. 'I'm sure glad Rouge shut off the security. I don't think even I could have avoided all these cameras.' Sonic thought as they rounded the corner and came upon another hall of prison cells.
Sonic had been noticing that all the cells they had seen so far had been empty. He figured this was because Eggman didn't keep people locked up for very long before taking care of them. This worried Sonic. He hoped that Cream was still here somewhere.
Meanwhile, Tails was still battling Eggman's flying robot's. Amy looked around and noticed that Egg Hawks were charging at them from all sides.
Amy looked at Tails, "Now what do we do?"
"Hang on!" Tails said as he pulled on the steering wheel, sending the plane straight into the sky. The robot's, unable to react in time, collided into each other and exploded in a ball of fire and smoke.
Just then, Tails noticed a missile coming straight for them. Tails quickly turned the plane and barley avoided the missile as it crashed into a nearby building.
Amy looked in the direction the shot came from and saw several of Eggman's robot planes coming straight for them, "Looks like Eggman sent us a few more playmates."
"That's good. We still have to make sure Eggman's attention is on us, so he doesn't notice Sonic." Tails reminded her.
Speaking of whom....
Sonic was getting frustrated as he and Knuckles made their way down another hall of empty jail cells. Sonic was starting to get worried, 'What if she's not here? What if we're too late? What if she's already...' Before Sonic could finish his thought, he heard Knuckles call out to him, "Sonic, look!"
Sonic looked at where Knuckles was pointing and saw a small rabbit sleeping on the floor of one of the prison cells. Sonic breathed a sigh of relief, "She's all right!"
"Well, we won't be if Eggman catches us." Knuckles reminded him.
"Right," Sonic looked into the cell and called out to Cream, "Hey Cream! Wake up."
The figure stirred and then looked up to see who had awakened her. When she saw Sonic standing on the other side of the bars, Cream quickly stood up with shock. "Is... is that really you Mr. Sonic? I thought you were d... dead!"
Sonic smiled, "Yeah, I've been getting that a lot lately." Sonic noticed that, just like every other one of his friends, Cream's clothes were a little different. She was wearing a lime green dress, yellow gloves, and wore sandals instead of sneakers. Sonic was also noticing the ball and chain attached to her left ankle. It always made Sonic mad to see one of his friends being treated badly.
Knuckles saw Sonic getting mad, and decided to break the silence, "Don't worry, Cream. We're going to get you out of here."
"Really?" Cream face lite up, "Did you hear that Cheese?" As soon as Cream said that a small chao came out from behind Cream. Sonic could see that Cheese wasn't a normal chao anymore, she had become a Hero Chao.
Sonic turned to Knuckles and nodded his head. Knuckles knew what Sonic meant, and walked over to the cell door. Then he grabbed hold of the bars and began to pull with all his might. It wasn't long before the door hinges gave way and the door came off.
Suddenly a siren was heard throughout the entire building.
Sonic couldn't understand it, "What's going on?!? I thought Rouge shut off all the security alarms!!"
Knuckles growled, "There must be a backup system installed on the cell doors!"
Eggman was sitting in his control room watching the Sonic Storm do battle with his robot's, when the screen changed to show a map of Eggtopia. What caught his attention was the small area of the map that was blinking.
"An intruder in MY prison?" Eggman fumed, "So, those airborne fuzzballs must have been a diversion. Very clever, but not clever enough."
The Alarm was loud enough that Tails and Amy could also hear it. "Uh oh!" Tails said, "That came from the prison. Eggman knows Sonic's there!!"
"No...," Amy gasped. She couldn't stand the thought of losing Sonic again.
Knuckles ran over to Cream and quickly removed her shackle. "We don't have much time."
Sonic agreed, and quickly started to head for the exit. Knuckles took Cream's hand and started to run after Sonic, with Cheese flying close behind. Sonic turned the corner and was confronted by a hallway full of security cameras that were looking straight at him. Suddenly the lenses of the cameras began to glow.
Knuckles, who was still around the corner with Cream called out to him, "Sonic, get back here! Those aren't just cameras! They're also lasers!"
"WHAT!!"
The lasers opened fire, and Sonic barely made it back to Knuckles. Sonic groaned, "Now what do we do? We can't all make it down that hallway in one piece."
Just then, something fell from the ceiling and landed in front of them. It was an air vent grate. They all looked up and saw Rouge looking down at them from the ventilation system.
Rouge smiled, "I just can't leave you guys alone for a minute, can I?"
"I thought we told you to go back to the hideout!" Knuckles said.
"It's a good thing I never listen to you, isn't it?"
"I'll say." Sonic said, then turned to Knuckles, "You take Cream up the ventilation shaft and get out of here."
Knuckles was hesitant, "Don't you think they'll check the air vents when they find out there are no intruders in the hallways?"
"That's why I'm staying down here to give those lasers something to shoot at."
"But, Mr. Sonic," Cream said, "You said it was impossible to get past those lasers."
Sonic grinned, "I said it was impossible for all of us to do it. Don't worry Cream. I'm fast enough to stay one step ahead of a few pea- shooters."
Knuckles sighed, "I guess there's no point in arguing with you."
With that, Knuckles jumped up into the vent, followed by Cream and Cheese. Sonic stepped out into the hallway which caused all the cameras to point directly at him. Sonic grinned, "What's up, Eggman?"
Sonic was right! The signals from the security cameras were being transmitted to Doctor Eggman's control room screen. Eggman was furious, "I'll teach him to make a fool out of me!" He then pushed yet another button on his consol. As soon as he did the lasers hanging from the walls began to fire at Sonic. However, all they hit was the floor. Sonic had already taken off down the hallway at super speed, dodging laser blasts as he went.
Meanwhile, outside the prison, Rouge and the others emerged from the ventilation system. Cream gasped, causing everyone to turn in the direction she was looking. Two giant Egg Hammers stood before them. Rouge stood in front of Cream and Cheese, and Knuckles put up his fists, ready for action.
Before Knuckles could attack, two missiles came out of the sky and blew the two giant robots to pieces. When the smoke cleared, everyone looked up to see where the missiles came from.
Cream smiled, "It's Tails and Amy in the Sonic Storm!!"
Knuckles turned to the others, "Now's our chance!!" With that, they quickly started to make their way back to the hideout.
Amy was staring down at the Prison, "Where's Sonic? He should have been out of there by now."
The Sonic Storm continued to circle the sky as Tails and Amy waited to see if Sonic would emerge. After what seemed like an eternity, they finally saw Sonic's speeding form come blasting though the walls of the building.
Tails breathed a sigh of relief, "That was a close one."
Amy smiled, "It's great having Sonic back."
"Yeah," Tails smiled, "Too bad it can't last forever."
Amy was confused, "What are you talking about?"
"Well, he's probably going to want to go back to his own dimension. After all, he probably has alternate versions of us there that miss him."
Amy was speechless. She couldn't believe what she just heard.This wasn't the same Sonic that she knew and loved. 'That means that the real Sonic is still gone?' Amy thought.
Tails noticed the look on Amy's face, "Are you okay?"
Amy quickly brought herself back to reality, "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Uh.. We should probably get out of here. The others will be waiting for us."
"Right! Hang on, Amy." With that, The Sonic Storm was on it's way back to the rebel hideout.
Eggman sat in his control room reflecting on what had happened. "I can't believe that hedgehog got the best of me again! I'm all powerful and he is nothing!! Just because he's come back from the dead, doesn't mean he can rain on my parade. I'll just have to create something special to take care of that hyperactive hedgehog. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
A/N: What will Eggman do to get rid of Sonic? What about Amy? How will she handle this startling information? Will Sonic find a way to get back to his own reality? A lot of question to be answered, isn't it? I'd like to give a shout out to Andrew 510 for the suggestion on Cream's new dress. It really helped me out. Keep the reviews coming and I'll keep the chapters coming.
BTW: Did anybody else know that Cheese is a girl? I found out during the Chao Garden episode of Sonic X. How can they even tell the boys and girls apart? Anyway....
Next time: Sonic's choice!
Chapter 5
Sonic and Knuckles quickly made their way down yet another hallway in Eggman's prison compound. Sonic had been noticing the fact that there were cameras everywhere. 'I'm sure glad Rouge shut off the security. I don't think even I could have avoided all these cameras.' Sonic thought as they rounded the corner and came upon another hall of prison cells.
Sonic had been noticing that all the cells they had seen so far had been empty. He figured this was because Eggman didn't keep people locked up for very long before taking care of them. This worried Sonic. He hoped that Cream was still here somewhere.
Meanwhile, Tails was still battling Eggman's flying robot's. Amy looked around and noticed that Egg Hawks were charging at them from all sides.
Amy looked at Tails, "Now what do we do?"
"Hang on!" Tails said as he pulled on the steering wheel, sending the plane straight into the sky. The robot's, unable to react in time, collided into each other and exploded in a ball of fire and smoke.
Just then, Tails noticed a missile coming straight for them. Tails quickly turned the plane and barley avoided the missile as it crashed into a nearby building.
Amy looked in the direction the shot came from and saw several of Eggman's robot planes coming straight for them, "Looks like Eggman sent us a few more playmates."
"That's good. We still have to make sure Eggman's attention is on us, so he doesn't notice Sonic." Tails reminded her.
Speaking of whom....
Sonic was getting frustrated as he and Knuckles made their way down another hall of empty jail cells. Sonic was starting to get worried, 'What if she's not here? What if we're too late? What if she's already...' Before Sonic could finish his thought, he heard Knuckles call out to him, "Sonic, look!"
Sonic looked at where Knuckles was pointing and saw a small rabbit sleeping on the floor of one of the prison cells. Sonic breathed a sigh of relief, "She's all right!"
"Well, we won't be if Eggman catches us." Knuckles reminded him.
"Right," Sonic looked into the cell and called out to Cream, "Hey Cream! Wake up."
The figure stirred and then looked up to see who had awakened her. When she saw Sonic standing on the other side of the bars, Cream quickly stood up with shock. "Is... is that really you Mr. Sonic? I thought you were d... dead!"
Sonic smiled, "Yeah, I've been getting that a lot lately." Sonic noticed that, just like every other one of his friends, Cream's clothes were a little different. She was wearing a lime green dress, yellow gloves, and wore sandals instead of sneakers. Sonic was also noticing the ball and chain attached to her left ankle. It always made Sonic mad to see one of his friends being treated badly.
Knuckles saw Sonic getting mad, and decided to break the silence, "Don't worry, Cream. We're going to get you out of here."
"Really?" Cream face lite up, "Did you hear that Cheese?" As soon as Cream said that a small chao came out from behind Cream. Sonic could see that Cheese wasn't a normal chao anymore, she had become a Hero Chao.
Sonic turned to Knuckles and nodded his head. Knuckles knew what Sonic meant, and walked over to the cell door. Then he grabbed hold of the bars and began to pull with all his might. It wasn't long before the door hinges gave way and the door came off.
Suddenly a siren was heard throughout the entire building.
Sonic couldn't understand it, "What's going on?!? I thought Rouge shut off all the security alarms!!"
Knuckles growled, "There must be a backup system installed on the cell doors!"
Eggman was sitting in his control room watching the Sonic Storm do battle with his robot's, when the screen changed to show a map of Eggtopia. What caught his attention was the small area of the map that was blinking.
"An intruder in MY prison?" Eggman fumed, "So, those airborne fuzzballs must have been a diversion. Very clever, but not clever enough."
The Alarm was loud enough that Tails and Amy could also hear it. "Uh oh!" Tails said, "That came from the prison. Eggman knows Sonic's there!!"
"No...," Amy gasped. She couldn't stand the thought of losing Sonic again.
Knuckles ran over to Cream and quickly removed her shackle. "We don't have much time."
Sonic agreed, and quickly started to head for the exit. Knuckles took Cream's hand and started to run after Sonic, with Cheese flying close behind. Sonic turned the corner and was confronted by a hallway full of security cameras that were looking straight at him. Suddenly the lenses of the cameras began to glow.
Knuckles, who was still around the corner with Cream called out to him, "Sonic, get back here! Those aren't just cameras! They're also lasers!"
"WHAT!!"
The lasers opened fire, and Sonic barely made it back to Knuckles. Sonic groaned, "Now what do we do? We can't all make it down that hallway in one piece."
Just then, something fell from the ceiling and landed in front of them. It was an air vent grate. They all looked up and saw Rouge looking down at them from the ventilation system.
Rouge smiled, "I just can't leave you guys alone for a minute, can I?"
"I thought we told you to go back to the hideout!" Knuckles said.
"It's a good thing I never listen to you, isn't it?"
"I'll say." Sonic said, then turned to Knuckles, "You take Cream up the ventilation shaft and get out of here."
Knuckles was hesitant, "Don't you think they'll check the air vents when they find out there are no intruders in the hallways?"
"That's why I'm staying down here to give those lasers something to shoot at."
"But, Mr. Sonic," Cream said, "You said it was impossible to get past those lasers."
Sonic grinned, "I said it was impossible for all of us to do it. Don't worry Cream. I'm fast enough to stay one step ahead of a few pea- shooters."
Knuckles sighed, "I guess there's no point in arguing with you."
With that, Knuckles jumped up into the vent, followed by Cream and Cheese. Sonic stepped out into the hallway which caused all the cameras to point directly at him. Sonic grinned, "What's up, Eggman?"
Sonic was right! The signals from the security cameras were being transmitted to Doctor Eggman's control room screen. Eggman was furious, "I'll teach him to make a fool out of me!" He then pushed yet another button on his consol. As soon as he did the lasers hanging from the walls began to fire at Sonic. However, all they hit was the floor. Sonic had already taken off down the hallway at super speed, dodging laser blasts as he went.
Meanwhile, outside the prison, Rouge and the others emerged from the ventilation system. Cream gasped, causing everyone to turn in the direction she was looking. Two giant Egg Hammers stood before them. Rouge stood in front of Cream and Cheese, and Knuckles put up his fists, ready for action.
Before Knuckles could attack, two missiles came out of the sky and blew the two giant robots to pieces. When the smoke cleared, everyone looked up to see where the missiles came from.
Cream smiled, "It's Tails and Amy in the Sonic Storm!!"
Knuckles turned to the others, "Now's our chance!!" With that, they quickly started to make their way back to the hideout.
Amy was staring down at the Prison, "Where's Sonic? He should have been out of there by now."
The Sonic Storm continued to circle the sky as Tails and Amy waited to see if Sonic would emerge. After what seemed like an eternity, they finally saw Sonic's speeding form come blasting though the walls of the building.
Tails breathed a sigh of relief, "That was a close one."
Amy smiled, "It's great having Sonic back."
"Yeah," Tails smiled, "Too bad it can't last forever."
Amy was confused, "What are you talking about?"
"Well, he's probably going to want to go back to his own dimension. After all, he probably has alternate versions of us there that miss him."
Amy was speechless. She couldn't believe what she just heard.This wasn't the same Sonic that she knew and loved. 'That means that the real Sonic is still gone?' Amy thought.
Tails noticed the look on Amy's face, "Are you okay?"
Amy quickly brought herself back to reality, "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Uh.. We should probably get out of here. The others will be waiting for us."
"Right! Hang on, Amy." With that, The Sonic Storm was on it's way back to the rebel hideout.
Eggman sat in his control room reflecting on what had happened. "I can't believe that hedgehog got the best of me again! I'm all powerful and he is nothing!! Just because he's come back from the dead, doesn't mean he can rain on my parade. I'll just have to create something special to take care of that hyperactive hedgehog. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
A/N: What will Eggman do to get rid of Sonic? What about Amy? How will she handle this startling information? Will Sonic find a way to get back to his own reality? A lot of question to be answered, isn't it? I'd like to give a shout out to Andrew 510 for the suggestion on Cream's new dress. It really helped me out. Keep the reviews coming and I'll keep the chapters coming.
BTW: Did anybody else know that Cheese is a girl? I found out during the Chao Garden episode of Sonic X. How can they even tell the boys and girls apart? Anyway....
Next time: Sonic's choice!