The Writing's On the Wall
Chapter 4: Why I'm not good at escapes
Rouge's face was etched with fury as she stood in the doorway. She seemed to radiate heat. The door laid in pieces on the floor.
'Rouge.' I said in shock. 'How did you?'
'If you don't want to die Prower, you should shut up.' Said Rouge quickly as she walked into the cell.
Sirens blared all over the base.
'Shit.' Said Rouge. 'Stand back.'
I did my best to slide over. With one swift kick, the chains fell to the floor in pieces and with another, so were the clamps.
'Thanks.' I said to Rouge as I got to my feet. 'How did you know where we were?'
'Eggman can't keep his secrets well enough.' Said Rouge as she freed Shadow. 'This cell has the highest guard priority.' She was looking out into the hall. 'Guard robots are on their way. Shadow.'
She handed him something.
'Nice.' He said, examining it
She came over to me.
'Know how to use one of these Prower?'
I looked down at the Glock 17 she was holding out.
'Yep.' I said as I pulled back the barrel and cocked it.
I had had a little experience with firing guns but not a lot. She also handed Shadow and I 15 clips with 10 shots in each.
'I feel like I'm playing Resident Evil.' I said as I loaded the Glock.
'What?' Asked Rouge.
'Never mind.'
'Can we go?' Asked Shadow impatiently from the door.
But before we could make it to the door, guard robots appeared and began to shoot.
'I told you to hurry!' Shouted Rouge as she dived out of the line of fire, rolled and shot one of the robots.
Following her lead, I ducked and began aiming at random robots. I rolled over to the door where Shadow and Rouge were waiting for me and we ran out of the cell and down the hall, past many cells on the left and right. We burst out of the hall… and straight into the armory. Inside were some guns, armor, and…
'Shit. More robots.' Said Shadow in disgust.
Yes, more robots began to activate and attack us again. With her powerful agility, Rouge flipped over the robots to the door behind them and Shadow warped using Chaos Control.
'What the hell am I supposed to do?' I yelled to them as I took cover behind to inactivated robots.
'Just run asshole!' Shadow shouted back.
Still furious that Shadow didn't have a better plan and was still insulting me, I closed my eyes and tore around the side of the room to the door. Just before we could run through it, a bullet nicked me in the leg and it gave way.
Rouge and Shadow dragged me into another hall and Rouge kicked the controls for the door, closing it.
My leg was bleeding pretty badly; it looked like the bullet hit an artery.
'Here.' Said Shadow as he knelt. 'I'll carry you.'
'I'm 175 pounds Shadow.' I said. 'You'll never be able carry me out, and besides, I'll slow you two down.'
'You mind picking up the pace?' Asked Rouge, who was trying to hold back the caving door.
'It doesn't matter.' I said. 'Shadow, it's you who's the pivot in this war not me.'
'Prower, there's no mistake about it.' He said. 'The description showed only you, not me.' He stood up. 'And if you think that Rouge and I are going to let out mission to rescue you go down the toilet, you can stuff it up your ass.'
I stared at him in disbelief. Shadow had a dead serious look on his face that told me that he wasn't lying. With newfound determination, I forced myself up onto my feet.
CRASH!The door came crashing down. Rouge, who was still trying to keep it up, was pinned underneath it. Shadow and I opened fire on the robots again.
'I can't believe that I'm this turning point in this war.' I said to myself as I loaded another clip and caped another six robots. 'I guess that my being here has caused the game's storyline to go askew.'
After the 20th wave of robots, they finally stopped coming. Ignoring the pain and bleeding in my leg, I ran over to Rouge to try and pry her out.
'It's no use.' I said in anger. 'The door's got to be 100 pounds.'
'Shadow.' Said Rouge who was looking at him with a pained look on her face. 'I can't feel my legs.'
'We need help.' Said Shadow.
CRASH!
(A/N: I seem to like crashes)
'Fox boy!' Shouted Rouge happily. Indeed, Tails crashed the X-Tornado right through the base wall. He seemed very pleased with himself.
'Stand back guys!' Tails shouted.
He pulled the X-Tornado out of the wall and lowered a hook and cable down. Shadow and I latched the hook to the door so that Tails could lift it off Rouge.
'Thanks.' Said Rouge, trying to get up. 'I think my leg's broken.'
Just then, the door at the other end of the hall burst open.
'Eggman.' I said, looking at the man. In all my experience of playing games, he was my most hated and loathed. I almost wanted to run over there and give him a personal strangling. But my painful leg made me stay put.
'You're not getting away that easily.' He said in an almost bored voice, as if this was nothing more than child's play. Yet more robots were summoned.
'Alex! Shadow! Rouge! Grab hold!' Shouted Tails.
He lowered the cable. Shadow grabbed Rouge, lifted her and grabbed the cable. I took one last look at Eggman before jumping forward and attempting to grab the cable. I stupidly missed it by a mile and plunged over the side into open air.
'Alex!' Shouted Rouge in horror as she watched me fall.
'Well.' I thought as I fell the some 500 feet into the rocks below. 'It's about time to wake up from this nightmare.' But I still didn't want to die. 'What if Shadow's right? What if I can be a major factor in this war?'
That familiar bright light was shining again.
'Chaos Momentum!' I shouted. I closed my eyes and braced for the crash. When I opened my eyes, I was standing on one of the many rocks at the base of Eggman's base, a little shaken but all right.
'Just remember this!' Shouted a voice from above me. I looked up to see Eggman shouting out the giant hole blown in his base. 'Your blood will be mine!'
The X-Tornado landed.
'Hurry and jump in Alex.' Said Tails from the cockpit. I jumped into a row behind the pilot's seat.
'When did you put in the extra row?' I asked, realizing the change.
'When we knew that you were coming, we needed more room.' He replied back.
'You sure showed up Eggman there.' Said Rouge. She was in the seat next to Tails ahead of me where she could support her leg. Shadow was out on a wing. 'What's Chaos Momentum?'
'Momentum is the impetus gained by a moving object.' Answered Tails matter a factly.
'You're sometimes too smart for your own good Tails.' Said Shadow. He seemed to be half-asleep on the wing, his eyes were closed at least.
'You were falling and then after you shouted Chaos Momentum, you just seemed to slow down until you reached the rocks.' Said Rouge.
'I wonder why Eggman said that your blood would be his?' Tails pondered.
'Eggman's a nutcase.' I said smiling. I was starting to feel sick again. Why did I use Chaos Control when I knew it would make me sick? 'I'm such an idiot.'
'What?' Asked Shadow, breaking out of his trance-like state.
'Never mind. I just felt…'
I was starting to feel dizzy again. And this time I knew why. I couldn't support my weight and I fell back in my seat.
'He's lost a lot of blood.' Said Rouge who was leaning over my gunshot wound that was gushing quite a lot of blood. 'We've got to get him some help.
I blanked out again; Rouge's face hazed out of focus.