Episode 11: Building Up an Escape
Still trapped in a single room, Sun looks up to see the only window in the room. She uses her only working arm to stand on her feet. Sun grits her teeth to feel the pain in her legs. She walks up to the window to see where she is. When she looks out the sealed window, she can see sand on the ground, and what looks like an old building made of yellowstone.
Confused, Sun asks herself, "Where is that place? Some kind of ancient ruin?"
Sun looks around and wonders if anyone is around. She can only see the building and the sand. Sun sighs and sits down on the ground. She places her hand under her chin and tries to think.
"I need to get out of here. I need to find a way to reach Sonic and the others. Come on Sun. If I don't don't find a way to get out of here, I'm going to be a science experiment," Sun thinks.
Meanwhile in the lab somewhere in the area, Dr. Finitevus has Sun's geode necklace and bracelet on the table and has some strange machine that allows him to scan it. The echidna scientist watches over as he sees the machine scanning the jewelry. He turns to a machine to see the results on the screen. Something about it has him a bit baffled.
"Hmm, this is rather off. The bracelet seems to have the same energy as the Chaos Emeralds, but the necklace energy is a completely different source," the echidna scientist thinks.
He then picks up the necklace, "What kind of ability does it have that gives the girl powers? The power of this necklace isn't made from any kind of energy I've seen."
"What could that girl know?" He adds.
Still trapped in the room, Sun can think of her friends and her family from her home world in Canterlot City and Equestria. At the same time, she can't help but worry about her friends on Mobius. She feels that they are very worried about her and she's worried what Finitevus might do to her.
Just then, the door opens and Dr. Finitevus enters the room. Sun grows concerned to see him again and is looking at her with a firm glare.
Finitevus says, "Hello Sun was it. I can see you've been quiet."
"Well, it's not like I can do anything in there, except wait," Sun says.
Then thinks, "Waiting for my friends to find me, but I felt that I just can't wait for them to find me."
Her thoughts are cut up when the scientist says, "I examined your necklace and your bracelet. I must admit, I find it they do hold extraordinary energy. However, I discovered that your necklace was made by a different energy all together."
Sun eyes wide in shock to hear his statement.
She worriedly thinks, "The necklace. It's made out of Equestria Magic."
She then hears him says, "Your bracelet along with those charms on it are created from Chaos Energy that has the same energy as the Chaos Emerald. Your necklace is another story. Yet…"
He then places his hand on Sun's right shoulder, "You seem to know exactly how to use it. Along with the bracelet and Chaos Emerald. I suspect that Sonic and the Guardian haven't told you much about it, but I know exactly who did."
"You… you do?" Sun asks, stunned.
"Yes. It was that female echidna. I saw her along with Locke at the shrine. You seem to know well who Tikal is, and I suspect she taught you how to use the Master Emerald and the Chaos Emerald…" Finitevus says.
He then gives Sun a sinister grin, "And you performed it excellently."
Sun gasps and notices the strange and yet frightening look in her eyes.
He then says, "I would like to know more about what kind of energy your necklace is, but I had to plan for you."
He then walks out of the room as he says, "But the time I return, you will be helping me with a little project. One I'm sure you will agree on."
He walks out of the room and closes the door. Sun suspects that he locks it so he can prevent her from leaving. Sun sighs sadly knowing that she will be stuck in the room longer. She knows now more than ever that she needs to get out, but how is on her mind at this point.
Back in Stormtop Village, The Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix are trying to figure out what to do about Sun's abduction.
Knuckles clutches his fist in anger, "Even if Sun was able to fight wild magic, bad guys, and that Glittering Sparkle, there's no way she can handle someone like Finitevus."
"Knuckles, do you have any idea where Finitevus could have taken her?" Sally asks.
"I remember he has a lab in an ancient ruin back on the island, but I don't know if he'll still be there," Knuckles says.
"What about the Chaos Emeralds? Can you sense any around?" Amy asks.
"Not at all. Sun must be too far away for me to sense it," Knuckles answers.
"Still, I think we should give this lab you were talking about a try. It's possible that he might be there," Sonic says.
"Yeah. Even if he might not be there, we might be able to get a solid lead to where Sun is," Vector says.
"Then we should get moving, "I hate to think what Finitevus is planning to do with her," Knuckles says, standing up and begins to walk out of the room.
"Yeah. I hope Sun is holding up… wherever she is." Sonic says, concerned for Sun's safety.
Back in the room, Sun looks at the door and worries when the Echidna scientist is going to come back.
Sun rubs her hair, "There's just has to be a way, but what?"
Sun then sticks her hand into her pocket and feels something inside. She then takes out the medallion from her pocket.
Sun sighs, "I wish this could wish me out. Would be nice if this can turn into some kind of key or maybe a way to unlock the door."
Suddenly, the medallion begins to glow and in a second, it turns into a key that has her symbol at one end.
"My medallion?" Sun says to herself, surprised.
Sun smiles, "This might be just the thing for me to get out of here."
Sun looks to see the door has some bars on it. She looks around to see if anyone is around. When the coast is clear, she sticks her right arm out with the key in her hand. She manages to get the key into the slot and turns it. With a click, the door opens. Sun is about to run out, but pause and turns her head towards the bed. Sun has another idea.
A moment later, Sun puts the sheet over the pillows that are fluffed to look like a body. She walks out of the room, closes it, and uses her special key to lock it.
"Now to find a way out of this weird place," Sun softly says to herself.
Sun then hurries down the hall to go find a way to get out. First, she needs to find out where Finitevus is keeping her jewelry and the Chaos Emeralds. Not long, Sun realizes one thing.
"I forgot I don't know my way around this place. I don't even know where his lab could be," Sun thinks to herself.
She lets out a sigh, "I'm never going to get out of here."
Suddenly, she hears something and hides behind the wall close by. She leans over past the wall to see Dr. Finitevus leaving one of the rooms.
"Huh? What's he doing there?" Sun thinks to herself.
She then hears Finitevus says, "Now to see if the girl will cooperate in my project."
"Project? What is he up to?" Sun thinks to herself.
Sun then watches the echidna as he walks down the hall in the opposite direction. When she sees that he turns down the hall and out of sight, Sun walks to the door he walks out of. The door slides open and she walks inside.
She looks around to see some papers on the table along with different kinds of machines around. She then notices a computer on a desk on the left side of the room.
"Hmm, this must be Dr. Finitevus lab," Sun says to herself.
She turns to the table and becomes surprised to see her geode, the bracelet, and the Seven Chaos Emeralds.
"At least he didn't lock them up," Sun says to herself.
She picks up the bag and puts the Chaos Emerald, her geode necklace, and the bracelet in her bag. Then she puts her medallion inside. Since her arm is injured, she can't place the jeweler on her wrist and neck. After gathering up her things, Sun hurries out of the room and runs down the hall to find some way to escape.
Sometime later, Sun is able to find some kind of equipment room. The room is full with wires, gears, bolts, and anything to build something. Sun is astonished to see so many supplies of metal and bolts in the room.
"Wow! This is something that Twilight, Wire Wolf, and I would like," Sun says.
She looks around to see the different types of metal, bolts, nuts, colored wires, and more. Sun is beginning to think of a plan.
Sun thinks, "Maybe… just maybe. I might be able to use these gears to create some kind of communication device. Then I can use it to call Nicole or Julie-Su."
Sun then looks around the room and gathers the kinds of wires, metsal, nuts and bolts she is going to need. She also looks around some boxes to see some welding gears, drills, and other construction gear. Even though her left arm hurts, she continues to use it to get the supplies she needs. As she gathers the supplies, the yellow Chaos Emerald begins to glow in the bag.
Sometime later, Sun looks around to see the supplies, wires, and other gear she needs on the ground.
Sun takes a deep breath, and says, "Alright. Now let's get to work."
With that, Sun begins to work on the communication device. Sun grabs a welding mask and uses the welding torch to melt some of the metal. She then grabs some bolts to screw in some of the metal together with the welding. She then goes to the wire and uses the right wiring. As she works on her device, the yellow Chaos Emerald continues to glow bright.
Meanwhile, the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix are at the Master Emerald Shrine to come up with a plan to rescue Sun.
"Alright, Sun is in a tight spot and could be hurt and held against her will by a mad echidna scientist," Sonic says.
"We know that already. Still, we're not even sure if they're even in the same place. Even if they are, I doubt Finitevus will simply give Sun back," Knuckles says.
"Duh. That's why we need to come up with a rescue plan," Sonic says.
"The last time we went there, Knuckles and I were almost crushed between a wall of spikes," Mighty says.
Julie-Su then touches her tail, "Not to mention, I got a slight burn on her tail with one of the laser Finitevus put in."
"Ouch," Amy replies.
"Still, h-how a-are we going to g-get her o-out?" Ray asks.
"And without Dr. Finitevus seeing us," Sally replies.
"Well we have to think of something," Sonic says.
"I hope Sun is holding up. I can't think of what she's going to go through right now," Saffron says concern.
"I'm worried too, but Sun is a strong girl. I'm sure she is coming up with something," Sonic says
Back in the area, Sun has a plan on getting herself rescued. Using the supplies and electrical gear, Sun continues to work on the device to create communicating Sonic and the others. Finally, Sun has created a small device that looks like a remote. Ir has two antennas with a few buttons, and a speaker.
Sun sighs, "That took a little longer than I thought, but I think I got this done."
Sun then presses buttons and begins to hear static sounds. She then presses the button from the side to allow her to get some static reading.
Sun then calls out, "Sonic. Sonic, this is Sun. Do you read me?"
Meanwhile, Dr. Finitevus walks to the front of the room and unlocks the door. He then opens it to see the bed and assumes Sun is sleeping in it.
"Hmm," Finitevus replies, thinking something is up.
The echidna scientist walks towards the bed that is on the ground. He yanks off the covers to see a few pillows in her place. He is bitter to see that she has escaped, but he then grins with a sinister expression.
"The girl is more clever than I thought, but she won't get this far," Finitevus says to himself.
He walks out of the room and closes the door. He suspects where Sun has gone first.
He says in thought, "No doubt Sun must be trying to find the jewelry and the Chaos Emeralds and try to escape using their abilities. However, with her injuries, she might not be able to use her powers and get very far."
Meanwhile, Sun continues to work on the communicator to get a call to Sonic, Knuckles, or anyone for that matter.
"Sonic. Sonic, do you read? Nicole? Knuckles?" Julie-Su? Do you read me?" Sun says, calling on the communication.
Sun continues to press the button and pushes a few levers from the machine. At the same time, the yellow Chaos Emerald continues to grow more and more.
Sun thinks, "Please work, please… you just gotta work. Sonic. Guys. anyone.
On Angel Island at the Master Emerald shrine. Sonic and the others are able to ready to go to Sandopolis to see if Finitevus has taken Sun there. Suddenly, Julie-Su's dreadlock sticks up and creates a small satellite on the top.
Knuckles turns to Julie-Su, "What is it?"
"I… I don't know. I'm picking up some strange readings," Julie-Su.
Sally brings out Nicole's computer and asks, "Maybe Nicole and I can help."
"By all means," Julie-Su
Sally plugs Nicole's computer pad to Julie-Su's bionic dreadlock.
Sally turns to Nicole, "Nicole, can you help get a better signal."
"Affirmative," Nicole answers.
Nicole works on the strange signal. Nicole puts it on speaker and it sounds like a strange static.
Nicole says, "It appears to be a radio or some kind. It seems that someone is trying to send a message."
"Can you get a better reading?" Sally asks.
"Let me see," Nicole says.
Nicole continues to work on the signal from her computer pad.
Finally, they hear a voice, "So.. Son… Sonic… Son… This… Su… Sonic… Sun… This is… Sun."
"Sun?" Sally asks, shocked.
Sally adjusts the buttons and the knobs on the computer.
Finally, the communication is clear, "Sonic. Sonic, this is Sun. Come in?"
"Sun, is that you?" Sally asks, frantically.
"Sally? I'm so glad to hear you," Sun says with glee from her device.
Sonic steps behind Sally, "Sun, are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
"If you mean Finitevus, he didn't, but he was keeping me prisoner in a cell, but I was able to get out. He was analyzing my necklace and my bracelets. I got them back, but my body really hurts and my arm is broken so I had to wear a cast," Sun says.
"A cast?!" Sonic asks, shocked.
Knuckles hurries over and asks, "Sun, do you have any idea where you are? Can you give me your location?"
"I was able to see through a window to see a lot of sand and some strange ruins made of yellowstone." Sun says.
"Yellowstone and sand. That got to be the only Albion city in Sandopolis on the island. Well part of it at least," Knuckles says.
"So Finitevus is using his old lab for his weird work or whatever he is doing," Mighty says.
Sonic then says to Sun, "Don't worry, we're on the island right now and we're going to the desert to get you back."
"I'm glad to hear it. Please help me out of this place before Finitevus discovers I'm gone," Sun says.
"Don't worry, we'll be there in a sonic second," Sonic says.
Sun smiles and says, "Thanks."
"Don't worry, you just stay tight and we'll get to Sandopolis. Just be careful, Finitevus is very powerful and dangerous," Sally says.
Sun nods her head, "Alright."
Sun then turns off the device. Sun is relieved to see that her device worked.
"I'm glad that my device worked. I know that as long as I still remain strong under any situation, I can pull through. Now I just need to get out of this place and meet the others," Sun says.
Suddenly, a bright light begins to shine from the bag. Sun takes out the yellow Chaos Emerald that begins to glow so bright. Just then, two orbs shot out of the emerald. One lands on the ground, and the other on her bracelet. Sun looks at the bracelet to see the small light changes to a gold yellow color fox with two white tails. Sun looks at the front to see a form of a gold yellow fur with two tails that has white fur on the muzzle, stomach, and the end of the tails. He is wearing white gloves along with red and white shoes with white socks. Soon the light disappears. She sees the white fox sitting on the ground and shakes his head.
He rubs his head and says, "Boy, that was really weird."
Sun continues to stare at the gold yellow and white fox as he rubs his head.
Sun asks, "Are you okay?"
"I think so," The fox answers.
The little fox then turns to see the girl standing in front of him with her teal color eyes.
"Hello. Who are you?" The fox asks.
"My name is Sun. And I'm assuming your name is Tails," Sun answers.
"Yes… but how do you know?" The fox, Tails asks.
Sun says, "It's a long story, but I'm your friend, and I know your friends Sonic, Sally, and the Freedom Fighters. Along with the Chaotix of course."
"You know Sonic and Sally?" Tails asks, surprised.
"Yep. It's a really long story, but right now we need to get out before he finds us," Sun says.
"Before who finds us?" Tails asks.
Sun then notices in concern and points out, "That will be… him."
Tails turns his head and becomes shocked to see the Echidna scientist standing before them.
"Finitevus?" Tails says, shocked.
Then turns to Sun, "Boy, did I miss a long have I?"
"You have no idea," Sun says. Then she secretly hides the device in her bag.
"So this is where you disappeared to. I suspected you already gained your belongings," Finitevus says with a sinister grin.
"I did. I live to have my things with me. So how about you show me and Tails the way out and we'll be on our way," Sun sternly says.
"I'm afraid that leaving will not be an option. The same goes for your fox friend," The echidna says, noticing the young fox.
He then begins to approach Sun and Tails. Sun keeps the fox behind her as she steps back a little. Sun then uses her ring hand to take her geode necklace out and places it on the palm of her left hand.
"I don't know what you're planning, but I'm not going to be a part of this project of yours," Sun says.
"Oh… I think you will whether you like it or not," Finitevus says, walking by Sun and Tails.
Sun then quickly grabs Finitevus wrist and uses her geode to see his memories. What she sees is… shocking. She sees Finitevus who was a scientist and has red fur at the time. Later on, she sees Knuckles who is green and is cuffed up. For some reason, Finitevus wears a strange suit allowing him to siphon Knuckle's energy. However, he is consumed by it and his fur changes to white. Then sees him work with Warp Rings and use them to escape. He saw how he uses Eggman's machine to cause destruction, uses his Warp Ring to free a group called the Destructix from strange capsules that look like grapes. Soon, she sees 'everything' Finitevus has done. Especially hexing the Master Emerald and corrupting Knuckles into Enerjak.
The next moment, Finitevus takes Sun's hand away as Sun's eyes change back to her original colors.
Sun rubs her head and says, "I understand now more why Julie-Su was upset when Knuckles was corrupted Glittering Sparkle. You hexed the Master Emerald and turned Knuckled into Enerjak so you can destroy Mobius."
Finitevus turns around and becomes stunned about Sun's awareness of his actions.
Sun says, "All those things you were did to turn Knuckles into Enerjak. Every destructive action you decide to do… like making an alliance with the Dark Legion… using the Destructix… and experimenting with Mobian Tasmanian Devils…. And trying to study the Master Emerald… Because you believed Mobius is corrupted and you want to restart it."
Sun places her hand on her chest to realize something that she has seen.
And says, looking stunned, "You… you wanted me to… Cleanse Mobius for you."
Finitevus asks, "How did you know all the actions I did? How did you know about the experiments?"
"I can see things… feel things… because of my geode… because I have an ability called Equestrian Magic. You saw that I was able to create fire, but… it also allows me to see people's memories when I came in contact with someone. That's why the energy is unknown, it's native where I'm from, but not here," Sun says.
She then calmly says, "I… I don't know why you want to cleanse the world, or why you want to do it in general… but it's not right. You can't destroy a world and expect to just start over, especially where there's innocent people."
"Hmm, you started to sound like the Guardian," Finitevus says.
"You're referring to Knuckles, don't you?" Sun sternly asks.
"Exactly," Finitevus says with an evil smirk.
Then begins to walk around Sun and Tails, "Of course, you seem to be more powerful than Knuckles or Sonic. What I understand, you seem to be fighting against this one girl who is full of negative energy from this Dark Chaos Emerald Dr. Eggman created and that it's possibly corrupt her."
"And I'll bet you were spying on me and my friends when you first saw me," sun suspects.
"Correct. I needed to see exactly who or what you are along with learning on what kind of abilities you possess. What I found out from my analysis is that the charms on that bracelet you received after feeding Sonic or any of his friends, and you gain about the same powers as they did. As for the necklace as you explained, it gave you the power to create fire and look into one's memories. I must admit, I find you quite unique," Finitevus says.
He then turns to Sun, and says, "And just the perfect one to help carry out my cause…"
Sun holds Tails by the hand and says, "No. I refused to be used to hurt innocent people."
Sun then clutches the Tails charm in Sun's hand and her wings appear. She then flaps her hands to create tornadoes and they aim towards the Echidna. The wing becomes strong that Finitevus shields his eyes. Soon, the winds died down, he could see Sun and Tails have disappeared.
Finitevus evilly grins and says, "A distraction… simple, but affected…"
"But they won't be free for long," The echidna says, and brings out a remote and presses the button.
In the hall, Sun and Tails are running down the halls to find a way out of the building.
"We need to get out of this building. Sonic and the others will be arriving soon," Sun says.
"But how are we going to get out of here?" Tails asks.
"That I don't know," Sun says.
Just then, Tails and Sun comes to a complete halt. What they see are robots that look like dingoes and laser cameras around the area. The robot dingoes begin to growl in anger and show glowing red eyes.
"Um, I'm guessing first we need to deal with those first," Sun says, concern.
Sun and Tails can see that they're are in deeper trouble than they figure. And they hope they can find a way to escape from the building before Finitevus captures them.