Sonic X – A New Hope
Chapter 6 – Part Scouting
"This parts no good either!" yelled Tails throwing the piece onto the workbench he'd managed to set up in the clearing they were in. What he had managed to build from the remains they had found was not much and they had found some parts to be irreparable and others had been blow to dust in the explosion.
"Can't you get more tools from Chuck's lab?" asked Sonic.
"That's not the problem," replied Tails, "Even with Chuck's entire lab at my disposal I doubt I could rebuild some of the parts he'll need without some basic blueprint to go on."
The small campsite was being used as a HQ for the operation. Amy, Cream, Tail's and Cheese were permanently camped on site whilst Shadow, Rouge, Sonic and Knuckles searched out the Gizoid parts they needed for Emerl. Having located most of what was left Rouge was the only one not there at the time.
"I have an idea," commented Amy, "Didn't Eggman build a load of Gizoid copies after he threw Emerl out?"
"Yeah," replied Sonic looking up, "Couldn't we look around Eggman's old base for Gizoid parts?"
"It's worth a shot," replied Tails, "I'll contact Rouge and tell her to meet you there."
Eggman's Base
"Wait for us!" yelled Knuckles as Sonic and Shadow sped into the bases only lit corridor to explore leaving Rouge and Knuckles the darkened Corridor.
"Looks like it's just you and me," commented Rouge.
"Don't get any ideas," replied Knuckles walking off as Rouge followed him.
The corridor was dark due to the fact that Eggman had neglected the base after Emerl had blown the Death Egg out of the sky. This wasn't a problem for Rouge who was used to there being little or no light, but it set down a load of problems for Knuckles who could barely see in the dark corridors.
"You sure you don't want me to speak up when something is in the way?" asked Rouge.
"Positive," replied Knuckles as he picked himself up after tripping over his latest fall.
Rouge's radio crackled into life as Knuckles tripped over again.
"We think we've found something," said Sonic's voice over the radio.
"What is it?" asked Rouge.
"I think it's the main generator," replied Shadow, "I'm restoring power to the rest of the base now."
The lights flickered into life almost blinding Rouge and Knuckles who stumbled around and Knuckles ended up lying on top of Rouge. The pair quickly got up and dusted themselves off.
"Sorry about that," stated Knuckles coolly
"Apology accepted," replied Rouge stiffly.
"Don't think it means anything," warned Kuckles.
"What kind of girl do you take me for?" asked Rouge huffily.
There was silence for a moment as a low humming noise came from their surroundings.
"Uh, Rouge," said Knuckles warily.
"What now?" asked the bat turning around to see six of the Gizoid copies moving in for the kill.
"Any suggestions?" asked Rouge as she and Kuckles backed away from the Gizoids.
"Yeah," replied Knuckles, "Run!"