Chapter 36, Rescue mission, part 1.
Space.
The three shuttles was all heading towards the Death EGG, on board the first shuttle was Tails and his team, on board the second shuttle was Rouge and her team and on board the last shuttle was Gadget who was alone.
The three opened a communication link between themselves, "There's only three shuttles here, who didn't make it" asked Tails, "Silver and his team was pinned down by robots, I don't think that they made it to a shuttle" answered Gadget.
"That's bad Silver's one of our strongest fighters, did the rest of you make in through alright" asked Rouge, "Everything's fine over here" said Tails, "I lent my team to Shadow so I'm on my own" said Gadget.
"What, but what will you do if you run into any trouble on board the Death EGG" asked Tails sounding very worried for his friend, "I guess he'll just have to be extra careful" said Rouge.
"So what's our plan once we reach the Death EGG" asked Gadget, "Well we had no idea where Sonic is being kept so we should each dock at different hangars and start searching" said Tails.
Soon the three shuttles neared the Death EGG and the fleet of battleships that was protecting it, everyone on board the three ships held their breath and prayed that the plan worked.
The three shuttles drew closer to the battleships and then passed them, much to the relief of everyone there was no sign that any of the battleships was readying their weapons.
The shuttles drew closer to the Death EGG and they still didn't run into any trouble, the three shuttles split off and docked at different hangars.
Death EGG.
Tails and his team exited their shuttle, "OK, now we just have to find Sonic" thought Tails.
The hangar that Tails and his team had landed in was thankfully deserted of any robots, "Looks like luck is on our side" said a purple wolf named Tee.
Tails and his team exited the hangar and immediately ran into a squad of EGG gunners in the very first hallway, the EGG gunners opened fire and Tails and his team was forced to retreat back to the hangar.
As the group ran from the EGG gunners a green cat named Ess turned to Tee with an annoyed look in her eyes, "You just had to jinx it" she said.
The group made it back to the hangar and Tails quickly hit a button on a control panel that sealed the door behind them, "Now what are we going to do" asked a Tee, "Hold on give me a moment to think" said Tails.
Suddenly the was loud explosions coming from the other side of the sealed door, it seemed that the EGG gunners was using their missiles to try and break down the door.
Just then red lights began to flash and an alarm sounded, "Intruders in sector 23, intruders in sector 45, all units report to sector 23 and sector 45 immediately" said a computer voice.
Tails looked at a wall and saw that he and his team was in sector 45, "This is bad, half of the station's security is probably coming here right now" thought a worried Tails.
"Sir, what are your orders" asked a white bear named Zed, Tails looked at the sealed door, it already had some large dents in it and it was unlikely to hold for much longer, for a second Tails wondered if they could try going a different way, but he knew that they would only run into more robots.
"Get back to the shuttle, we need to get out of here" said Tails sadly, Tails and his team boarded their ship and quickly flew out of the hangar and away from the Death EGG, "I'm sorry Sonic" thought Tails who now felt like he had failed his friend again.
When Rouge and her team left their shuttle they saw that the hangar that they had landed in was filled with robots.
Rouge's team fired at the robots using their wispons while Rouge flew above everyone's heads and used her bombs to take out as many robots as she could, after a difficult battle Rouge and her team emerged victorious.
With all of the robots defeated Rouge flew down to the ground to check on her team, things didn't look good, about a third of the team had been injured in the fight and there was one dead.
However before anyone could mourn the loss of their friend the alarm sounded and lights began to flash, "Intruders in sector 23, intruders in sector 45, all units report to sector 23 and sector 45 immediately" said a computer voice, "That's not good" thought Rouge.
Rouge had a decision to make, she know that she and her team couldn't stay in this hangar, however her injured teammates was in no condition to go anywhere, and anyone who was left in this hangar would surely be killed.
Rouge wasn't happy with the chose she made, but she knew when a mission was a lost course, "Everyone back on the shuttle, we're leaving" she said.
While everyone boarding the shuttle Rouge flew over to another ship and planted a bomb onto its engine, "I might as well leave them a parting gift" thought Rouge as she boarded her shuttle.
The shuttle took off and flew away from the Death EGG, as soon as they was a safe distance away Rouge detonated her bomb.
The bomb exploded and caused a chain reaction that caused every ship in the hangar to explode.
Rouge watched as a large fireball shot out of the hangar that was now exploding, "Let's hope that that keeps the robots busy while the others look for Sonic" she thought.
