Chapter 2: The Escape

"All right guys. Lets get down to business," Sally said as she put her hand-held computer, NICOLE, on the table in the meeting hut. "NICOLE, display saved files from last night."

"Displaying..." NICOLE hummed. In about 3 second, there was an image hovering above the round table. It was a file with the history of 3 young girls and their pictures.

"Who are they?" Tails asked.

"These girls are the last 3 robotized Mobians."

"So what's the big deal, Sal?" Sonic asked. "We've lost em."

"The big deal is that we got them back yesterday."

"Whaddya mean, Sally-girl?"

"I mean they got their free will back. See, Uncle Chuck had been monitoring these girls for a while, and the other day he sent me a message saying that they were to be robotized. I had lost all hope for them, myself, but when Uncle Chuck told me that there was a possible glitch, I had hope again.

"He said that since they were the last robotizable Mobians Robotnik had at the time, he wanted to use them to test his new portable robotization device."

"Ok. Still sounds like they're history to me, Sal." Sonic said rocking in his chair.

"I know it sounds that way, Sonic, but here comes the good news: it didn't work."

At that everyone gasped and Sonic fell backwards in his chair.

"HA HA HA!" was everyone's unison response. Sonic slowly got up, dusted himself off, and sat back down in a huff.

"Anyway," Sonic said, trying to change the subject, "why didn't it work?"

"Well, Uncle Chuck told me that the robotizer used a complex system of neutrons and biomechanical chemicals to control the free will and all the actions. The little device was just too small for so much technology. So it wore off after about two days. The girls were apparently very smart, and decided to play robotized until they could meet up when Robotnik shut the factory down to recharge the robots. So then they planned a break. I don't know how they did it, but they did. They broke out and Uncle Chuck said that they were headed our way.

So this is my plan: I want Sonic and Bunnie to go to the edge of the Great Forest. If you find them, bring them back to Knothole, unharmed if possible."

"Gotcha, Sal."

"We're on it." The two exited.

"Ok. Rotor, I want you to help me find temporary living quarters for them."

"What about me, Aunt Sally?" Tails asked.

"You can go tell Rosie that we might be expecting 3 new visitors."

"Ok!"

"Do you think we can trust these girls, Sally?"

"I think it's a pretty safe bet, Rotor. I mean, if they risked so much to escape from Robotnik, I think they might be on our side."