Chapter 12

When Everything Goes Wrong

The hedgehogs were very close now. Eggman's base was right in front of him just waiting to be explored.

Something inside of Sonic was pounding like a drum, a new adventure was just ahead. He couldn't wait to get started! Aurora, on the other hand wasn't so excited. The closer they got to the faster her heart beat and she couldn't figure out why. Why do I feel like this? She kept asking herself. But it didn't really matter how she felt, she had a job to do and that's all she needed to focus on it.

While Sonic was distracted Aurora quietly slipped away to talk to Dr. Eggman.

"I'm in position Doctor."

"Excellant, now just remember what I said, by all means be quick on your feet or you might not survive and neither will Sonic."

"I will be. What should I be prepared for?"

His voice was grim, "Just be prepared for the worst, Sonic could get killed and I cannot afford that right now. So don't fail me. I'm counting on you."

"All right. I'm sighning out now."

"Hey Aurora!" the dark blue hedgehog called arousing her, "ready to party?"

Even though she had the sudden urge to run she didn't turn back, "I'm ready Sonic."

"All right! Let's party!"

Sonic darted senselessly into open ground. This act of stupidity pretty much provided the fact that he might as well be dead.

Aurora hurried after him and while she did she phoned in, "Here we come!"

Sonic's image lit up the screens until he caught him at every angle.

"FIRE!" Dr. Eggman demanded.

Two thousand five hundred and fifty two million robot's were released.

A smurk crossed Sonic's face as any worries lifted from him.

"My, my haven't we been busy," Sonic looked up at a security camera, "you really need a life Egghead!"

The evil genuis tried to control his temper.

"That should stop him," Rouge nodded.

"No it won't."

"What?"
"Scramble the robots across the grounds."

"But Doctor, don't you think they have a better chance if they stick together?"

Eggman knew what Sonic would do, he wouldn't come in the base until he'd had his fun destroying the robots. The fact that all Dr. Eggman's hard work on the robots would be flushed down the drain almost made him cry, but he remined himself that was the genuisness of his plan.

"Just do it Rouge!"

"Looks like connect the bots." the hedgehog grinned.

Sonic curled up and flew through the robot's in a perfect pattern.

"When he stops for even a second fire a thousand missles at him from every side."

Rouge's eyes bulged.

"Hahahahaha!" Sonic stopped for a moment and called back, "C'mon Aurora this is awsome!"

Aurora turned around.

"FIRE!"

The hedgehog turned with a surpised, "huh?" slipping out as he faced his doom.

For that moment his life flashed before his eyes.

"HEY!" Aurora shouted trying to snap him out of it. What's wrong with him? It's not like him to just stand still like that. "MOVE!" she screamed.

Sonic made a run for it but he only discovered he was trapped.

Before Dr. Eggman even stopher Aurora had sprinted.

She jumped on a missle snagged Sonic and barly missed another.

Sonic was speechless.

Aurora ran around aimlessly. What should I do? What should I do?

"FIRE!"

Two missles shot toward her. The one missed and the second blew up behind her. Her grip on Sonic's wrist was lost and he skidded across the ground.

"FIRE AT AURORA!"

One large missle was released.

"Look out!" Sonic shouted.

Aurora tried to fly but she couldn't. The missle blew up.

Sonic looked around but he didn't see her, "NO!"

"Hold fire!" Eggman ordered.

The world seemed silent for a moment as smoke and dust cleared until you could finally see something. Aurora staggered to her feet. When she looked down there was a Chaos Emerald in her hand.

Eggman was very surprised, "How did that Chaos Emerald get out there?"

Sonic was also surprised but not about the Chaos Emerald. I must have dropped that Emerald when I stole some from Eggman, but how did she use Chaos Control?

Aurora tottered back and forth like a drunk, under her breath she whispered, "Is that what Chaos Control is?"

Dr. Eggman saw his chance, "FIRE THE NEEDLE MISSLES AT SONIC!"

The hedgehog saw some strange looking missles being fired out. He tried to make a brake for it but they had all ready caught up. Sonic swatted at the needles like they were hornets, while he was busy a different needle missle was launched this one injected something into Sonic's arm. He started to feel drowzy and in the next second he collapsed.

"Aurora!" Eggman paged, "Now's your chance."

Aurora ran to Sonic draping him over her shoulders, "Did you stop fireing the missles?" She asked begining to run.

"Yes, but I'm afraid after I sent out the needle missles I pressed the "full force" button and sent out almost everything I have. You're on your own."

Aurora looked back over her shoulder as millions of missles, robots and every other weapons of mass destruction were sent out, "You must be crazy! I hurt my wing! I can't fly and I can't get enough speed to run fast enough with this extra weight! I'll never make it out of here alive!"

"I'm sorry Aurora but there's nothing I can do to help you."

She felt her heart sink. There's nothing he can do? A stroke of panic ran through her veins. I'm going to die!

"Doctor! If you don't do something I'll be destroyed!"

"True but so will Sonic, at least I haven't lost everything."

"WHAT!"
"It wasn't planned to happen this way but there's nothing I can do about it now. It doesn't really make a difference to me. You're just a pawn in my chess game of world domination. I don't really care what happens to you."

Aurora heart flared inside of her, "If I can't count on my creator I'll do it myself."

She did the best she to gain speed, she even flapped her good wing but there wasn't a good chance she was going to get out of there alive.

Missles blew up all around her as she tried to dodge them. Even though it was far from the truth she just kept telling herself "almost there. almost there."

Robots started to get in her way but she had no way to battle them so she tried to avoid them. When she mannaged to get away she almost ran into a collision with a missle. Aurora rolled out of the way letting it hit a robot behind her.

Dr. Eggman watched from his control room stroaking his chin thoughtfully.

"Can't you do anything to help her?" Rouge urged.

"I don't care about her. It makes no difference to me if she survives or not.

She obviously won't so she's all ready ruined my plan."

"And if she survives."

"Then I can continue my sceam," he beamed. "But that is not likely to happen."

The missles had lit fire to the grass and now Aurora's escape was a fiery obstacle course. When the flames grew higher than her height she stopped for a second and gapped at them. For a split second a flash back of a caving room shot through her mind but the fase past and she back to the realility of what seemed was going to be her death.

Aurora closed her eyes and turned her head as she jumped through the inferno.

She was burned and the end of her skirt had caught fire. She quickly stomped it out. In the instant where she thought she would die she remembered her Chaos Emerald.

"CHAOS CONTROL!" she shouted.

Then she disappeared out of sight.

Dr. Eggman gawked out his window. He couldn't believe his eyes! He just couldn't believe! Aurora had escaped the worst show of terrorism he had ever shown.

"Spectacular!"

"What do you think of that!" the bat girl flaunted.

"I'm a genuis! A genuis!"

Rouge frowned, "Now let's not forget Doctor, I'm the one who got those bones, who got Shadow's blood, who got-"
"I have made the most meraculous creator yet!" he faced his chair at Rouge. "Go take that vile of Sonic's blood and copy it and make another super creator! Only this time make it a male hedehog after all it is Sonic's blood you know, I can't wait to make Sonic face himself!"

She was now wandering the streets tired and burned. Luckily she had only be scorched with first degree burns. Even Sonic had some burns.

Aurora rested by a park fountain.She felt so weak, she just want to rest and forget about everything she had. Maybe I can use Chaos Control to get away from here. Aurora looked at her hand but the Chaos Emerald was gone. Her hand fell to her side. I must have dropped it.

The light blue hedgehog had dipped her fingers in the cool water in the fountain then sprinkled them on Sonic's burns and her own. Sonic's unconcious body flinched as she dabbed her skirt and went over his burns.

The street lights started to light up as it got darker. They had spent the whole day having their "adventure" and somehow in the midst of all her sorrows Aurora was glad.

She leaned Sonic against the fountain then rest her head on it. Her weary eyes glanced down at him.

"I feel like I know you. And I don't know why," she giggled weakly. "Maybe it's just part of your charm."

Her eyes fluttered until they closed and she thought she would drift off into sleep but shouts kept her from it.

"Sonic! Sonic!"

She looked up. It was that stupid fox she had met. I don't want to deal with him right now. I know he's going to ask me questions. Ah, maybe he'll help us and save his questions for later.

"SONIC!" the fox gasped leaning next to him, "Sonic! Sonic! Wake up!"

Tails lifted Sonic's up a little. Sonic's head wobbled like bobble head. After checking him a little the fox realized what was wrong, "Oh my gosh! He's been drugged!" Tails looked at Aurora, "Did you do this?"

Aurora really didn't know what to say. Did she drug him? No. But did she have a hand in it? That was a question she wasn't ready to answer.

The little fox was madder than he had ever been in his whole life. And in his anger he unleashed a power he never thought he had,"You monster!" Tails roared slapping Aurora across the face.

Aurora cried out from the pain of pressure on the burn on her face.

"How could you do something like this? Sonic's just like my big brother and you've hurt him!" the fox spun his fist punching her in the face hitting Aurora into the fountain.

Tails put his arms under Sonics and scooped him up and flew away.

Aurora was too weak to use any power for revenge her eyes rolled behind her head and she fell back under the water. I hate my life I just want to die.

Aurora came back up for one more breath. She hit her ear until the communication devise fell out and onto the ground then she layed back in the fountain as if she was lying down to sleep.

When Tails arrived at his house he layed Sonic on the couch.

"That mean girl!" the fox growled. "She'll pay for this!"

Since Tails was an eight year old genuis he knew what to do to wake Sonic up.

Tails pulled a foot stool over to his kitchen cabnet and grabbed a bottle of smelling salt. He quikly brought it over and waved it under Sonic's nose.

This snapped Sonic out of his sleep but he didn't give a very nice thank you gift.

The second after he came to he vomited all over the floor.

Sonic's head was spinning. He felt like someone was beating on his head with a sledge hammer. He felt horrible!

"Oooo. I feel sick." he swayed.

Tails waited till he felt a little better vefore her spoke, "It's all that mean Aurora's falt Sonic! She drugged you!"

Suddenly Sonic remembered, "Aurora? Where is she."

Tails gave a proud smile, "I punched her into the park fountain."

"WHAT?!?!"

Tails looked surprised, "She drugged you!"

Sonic grabbed Tails shoulders, "She saved my life!"

The fox blinked, "She did?"

"Yes! Oh great!" Sonic began to put on a jacket hanging on Tails coat rack, "I have to go find her!"

"AURORA!" the evil genuis roared pulling her by the scruff of the neck and out of the fountain, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH SONIC!"

The light blue hedgehog just wanted Dr. Eggman to drop dead.

"I was." she leaning back into the fountain.

Eggman pulled her back out, "WELL WHERE IS HE!"

"With Tails." she said, again leaning back into the water.

Dr. Eggman pulled her out put this time he held her high in the air.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?!"

The hedgehog rolled her eyes, "I don't want to do this anymore! I'm sick of pretending I love Sonic when I don't."

"Are you malfuntioning or something? I don't care what YOU want to do! I created you and you will do as I say! You will-"

"I WON'T!"
Dr. Eggman stared at her in surprise.

"Oh my god." he said dropping her.

"What?"

Eggman looked around with his mouth still gaped open, "You do love him!"

"What?"

"You do love him!"
Aurora looked away, "No I don't."

The Doctor laughed heartily, "You do! You did from the very first day! Didn't you!"

Aurora closed her eyes, " No. No."

"Well I have something to tell you."

She looked up.

"He doesn't love you back."

"What?"

"You weren't just created you know. You were once a real hedghog born into this world like any other. You used to know Sonic."

"I don't know what you're talking about," she growled, "I don't remember any of this."

"You can't." He said pointing at her forehead.

Dr. Eggman nastily ripped the chip from her head, making her bleed a little..

The second he did she remembered everything.

"Well I have news for you Aurora the hedgehog."
Her eyes stared up at him in horror as she started to crawl backwards.

"He left you to die!"

For split second she remembered the fire and how Sonic left her to die.

"No!" She said in her right mind. "You're a lair!"

"If I'm such a liar than why did you die?"
She was silent.

"How touching. I should make a movie about this, "Destroy the one you love" because frankly Aurora," he said grabbing her neck. "I really don't care if you love him or not. You will make him be on my side than you will destroy him yourself and it won't be the way you think."

Dr. Eggman quickly slapped on the chip.

"Now this is what you're going to do."