Chaos: Welp, I've decided to do Review Responses every chapter now! Cuz I get lotsa reviews...hehe...thank you everyone!
Flower: (bounce bounce) Yeah, I'm officially addicted to reviews! Reviewreviewreview! Hehe.
LadyMecha: You bet he's close to gone! In fact, he's so close that he...ah...erm...he's...oh, forget it.
KellyR: Err, yees, there's a good ending. That's right. Very happy. (shifty eyes) Ah, just kidding! (smile)
Kirbs: Hee, lookit! I call you Kirbs now! Oh, err, yeah, poor Sonic...shame I love torturing him, eh? Actually, he's relatively lucky right now...much worse to come. Ah HA HA HA HA! Ahem.
Spawn of 84: Wow, thanks! Hehe...and see, lookit, I updated! DON'T HURT MEEE!
Bryon Nightshade: Wow, I never expected to see you here! Ah, and I do know about Robotization...but note, not all of Sonic is robotized, and he retains his free will. Or so it seems. (evil laugh) Yeah, and sorry if I seem a bit repetitive. I try not to be. Oh, and in the last chapter Cinos kicked Knuckles away down the hallway and ran for it. Go Cinos!
NamelessMoonshine: You only have one brain, eh? Can I borrow it? (wink) Oh, and you'll notice that nobody actually fought back against Cinos, Shadow got flattened and Knuckles threatened him, then got flattened. Heheheh. I'm liking Cinos! Maybe I'll leave him like that...
Sonic/Anime: Yeah, Sonic is so CUTE! (drool) Wow, I'm glad he can't hear me saying this...let alone know that it's MY fault that he's Robotized and...ah, shutting up now before Fate gets any ideas. Hee.
Tarem: Hi! New person! Always glad to hear from you! Hehe. See, I update sooner when people review! (looks around meaningfully)
star's dreams: Ooh, I remember, you're the one with the nice name. Rock on! Anywho, Sonic and Knux don't always fight. In fact, in this story I wrote the other day they...ah, well...shutting up now. Don't want to give anything away. (gulp)
Az: (dodges pointy sticks) Well, hellooo. Wasn't sure if you were reading this. Well, I've actually hit a huge Writer's Block at aound chapter 30.(hides behind chair) Stop using my pointy sticks! Get your own odd weapon! Like cheese or, I dunno, lollipops...or bubblewrap! Oh, getting carried away again...
Flower: Wow, most of this chapter is review responses! At this rate I'll never post it! Well, then again...that might not be a terrible thing and- ah, what am I saying? Read on and enjoy!
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"Cinos, where are the Intruders?" Robotnik's voice was deadly calm, ready to explode at any minute.
"They escaped, Master."
"Why? Tell me exactly what happened."
So Cinos related the whole story, pausing every now and then to register Master's reaction. So far, so good. In fact, when he finished, Robotnik burst out laughing.
"Oh, this is perfect! Just perfect! Ah, if only the Robotizer was working properly, then the fox would be on our side too..."
"Yes, Master."
"Hmm...go and check on the fox, would you? Give it some water or something, I don't want it to die while we wait."
"Yes, Master."
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Tails looked up as the door opened. Weeks of punishment and barely any food had made him very thin, and his face had a gaunt look. Without hope. However, when he saw who stood in the doorway, his eyes lit up.
"Is Mecha with you?" he asked quickly, as Cinos put down a flask of water and a bread crust.
"No."
Tails frowned a little; the answer was far simpler than he had expected. "What happened earlier? I heard shouting."
"There were Intruders."
"Who were they?"
The list was repeated back to him emotionlessly. "Amy, a black hedgehog, a red echidna, a white rabbit, and a white bat. They escaped." Tails felt like someone had hit him in the face.
"Sonic...what about the plan?"
"I am Cinos."
"Please, tell me you haven't forgotten...please!"
"What do you mean."
"You remember? You're Sonic, and we were captured and brought here,"
For once Cinos ignored the Sonic reference, listening to the story. "Then you got taken to the Robotizer? And you were going to pretend to be enslaved so that we could escape?"
For a long moment neither one said anything. Finally the robot-hedgehog hybrid said,
"My name is Cinos."
Then the door slammed shut.
Tails broke down in hopeless tears.
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"Master, the prisoner is confusing me."
"What do you mean?"
"He talks about someone called Sonic. He says that's who I am. He wants me to help him."
Robotnik turned and studied Cinos for a long moment. "You are not to go near the prisoner again. He is trying to confuse you. Since Mecha is repairing, you may take over his patrols. If you see any of the Intruders, you are to injure them and bring them to me."
Cinos bowed, a trick he had learned recently from watching Mecha.
"Yes, Master."
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Knuckles ran a hand over his face, thinking longingly of his bed on Angel Island in the sky far ahead. He looked over the allied group before him, all in different stages of exhaustion.
From Shadow, who never seemed to need any sleep...weirdo...down to Cream, whose head was almost touching the table it was dipping so far. He cleared his throat loudly to get their attention.
"Right, I think you all know why we're here-"
"To play bingo?" Rouge muttered rebelliously, attracting sniggers from around the table. She had been the hardest to persuade, when he had been getting help. He cast the bat a killer glare and continued,
"We have good news and bad news, after checking out Egghead's base. First, the good news. Sonic and Tails are both...err...alive, as such. Tails is being kept somewhere to wait to be robotis-a-thingy-"
"It's robotized."
"Whatever. Now the bad news. Sonic has already been ro-bot-ized," he glared at Amy, who looked innocently at the ceiling, "Though I don't think it worked too well. But now, he serves Robotnik and goes by the name of Cinos-"
"It's Sonic backwards."
"Thank you, Amy," Knuckles hissed, giving her another killer look, "And we may or may not be able to save him. Now, any ideas?" The Chaotix immediately started whispering, and the entire table was thrown into disarray.
Knuckles put a hand to his forehead and groaned. Then Rouge stood up and said, "Right. Shut up, all of you. All write down what you think we should do and give them to me. THEN we will decide what to do."
Slightly surprised by her commanding, Knuckles started handing out paper. In his seat next to the bat, Shadow sniggered quietly.
A few minutes later, Cream was sucking the end of her pencil, and wondering how to spell 'rescue'. Her crumpled paper already read; 'Go to the bayse and find Sonnic and Tails and resk' when she looked out of the window.
Her scream brought everyone running. "Mecha! Outside the window!!!" Forgetting the paper and planning, the entire group ran for the door or, in the case of Charmy, jumped out of the window.
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Chaos: (gags) Ick, ick, I'll never get used to writing Sonic obeying Robotnik...
Flower: (bounce) Another chapter done! Phwee! See you next time, and hope you liked it! Of course, I'm just sucking up to get reviews...go on, you know you want to! Just click that purple button right there...(bows)