The
sunlight shone in radiantly through the window of the small hut;
gradually filling it and waking the blue hedgehog from his rest.
"Ah…morning
already…still tired…" Sonic murmured, still half asleep.
"Still, a nice run will do me good I suppose!" He rose
slowly and pulled on his shoes and socks. "That'll do then,
gotta juice!" Suddenly, his legs became a blur as they spun too
fast to be seen and carried him out the door towards the lake.
The lake
shone brilliantly in the sun, it reflected Sonic's image perfectly as
he gazed into its depths. "Oh yeah, lookin' good!" he
proclaimed in amusement.
"You
know Sonic, the first sign of being crazy is talking to yourself!"
Sally giggled as she stood beside him.
"Yeah
yeah…you know I look good!" he retorted as he crossed his arms
and grinned.
"Mmhhmm.
Well anyway, how was your shift last night?"
"It
was alright, I've only really gotten an hour of sleep since then…I
never would've thought Antoine would've had a use…" Sighed
Sonic breathlessly as he remembered that he had to take over
Antoine's shift of watching the lake because he was "busy".
"You
did well considering, you can always catch up on some sleep now!"
"Nah!
Can't sleep when I can run! That's what daylight's for! By the way
though, have anything scheduled for me to do today?" Sonic asked
curiously.
"Not
as such, but I'd like you to stay around, I'm in the middle of our
next attack plan."
"'Kay,
I won't stray TOO far!" Sonic replied as he dashed off, leaving
a trail of burning grass behind him.
"Aw
Sonic…" Sally said quietly as she walked off to Rotor's
workshop.
Rotor was
wearing a welder's mask and overalls as Sally walked in. He finished
up welding a piece of metal and turned to Sally; pulling his mask up.
"Oh. Hey
Sally! What cha want?" he said with a cheerful grin across his
face.
"I just
came to check on how you're doing with your current project?" she
replied flatly.
"Ah.
Well, it's certainly been a challenge…Uncle Chuck has very
technical instructions! Regardless though, I am almost finished with
the prototype."
"Excellent!
Well done Rotor! Is there anything perhaps Nicole or myself could
help you with to hasten the process?" the young squirrel said
excitedly.
"Nah,
almost done anyway. I'll let you know later today, I should be
ready for a test. So perhaps you should pick someone to do it?" he
said quietly.
"Why not
me then? I'm happy to oblige!"
"Well
Princess, that's a big risk if something goes wrong…"
"And
you're saying someone else taking the risk wouldn't be bad? No
matter, I will do it regardless okay Rotor?" she replied rather
sternly.
"Yes
Princess, that will be fine…I'll let you know." And with that,
Rotor got his mask back on and proceeded with his prototype.
Sally
wandered off, muttering quietly to herself. She happened upon young
Tails; who was busily spinning his tails around wildly.
"Tails!
What are you doing?" Sally said as he slowed down and turned
around to face her.
"Practising
Aunt Sally!" he replied with a smile. "With my tails going at a
good speed, I can even keep up with Sonic! So I keep practising, I
don't wanna fall behind."
"Hmm…sounds
like you're getting pretty good at this, could you give a
demonstration of how fast you can go?" Sally enquired as she winked
at him.
"Sure!"
came the reply as Tails ran off to the edge of town. Suddenly he
began to spin his tails wildly, as he started running back towards
Sally. He ran right past her, fast enough to send her sliding
backwards.
"Wow!"
Sally said as he zoomed back to her. "That was amazing Tails! Keep
up the good work sweetie!" she said as she hugged him.
"Hee
hee! Thanks Aunt Sally! I will!"
Meanwhile,
Sonic had run up to the outskirts of Robotropolis.
He looked around at the dank, black, metallic view before him and
sighed deeply.
"Such a
depressing scene…perhaps a quick run around would be more fun here,
take out a few bots perhaps also." Sonic mused to himself cheekily
as he ran up inside the main gate to find SWATbots everywhere! "Whoa!
What's going on with all this extra security?"
"Priority
one hedgehog!" all the surrounding SWATbots said mechanically as
they lunged at Sonic.
"Ha! No
way, ain't gonna happen!" Sonic said as he started to attack the
ones surrounding him with ease, but they kept coming. In no time at
all, he was literally immovable. Suddenly, he was encapsulated in a
laser-grilled cage.
"Let me
out!" he shouted as he touched the bars, only to be shocked and
knocked out.
"We have
the hedgehog, report directly to Dr. Robotnik." Said a SWATbot as
he carried Sonic off…
End Chapter 2