Everyone in the Freedom Fighters; Sally, Sonic, Rotor, Tails, Antoine and Bonnie met up in the bonfire. Favian was also there. There wasn't any fire as the day was still shining upon them, making lighting up the bonfire unnecessary.
"Alright, I call you all here because of some disturbing revelation of Robotnik's new machine." Sally stated. The crowd erupted into chattering with worrisome or just mixed in this. "But before we start discussing, I will like to introduce you to our newest member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters!" she then gestures at Favian. "Favian Hoffmann!" the dog stood up, straight as if he were in the military and bowed down.
"It is an honor fighting with you, Sally Acorn. I will help you liberate Mobotropolis from Robotnik and bring peace upon these lovely lands." Stated Favian before sitting back down. Sally nodded to him before looking back at his group members. "Favian has told me that he has fought in the army when he was only young. I hope he's ready to be in combat again. Now, about Robotnik's new machine. Sonic got back from an infiltration mission and he has told me that the tyrant, Robotnik, has been working on a project which could endanger us all and make our efforts all gone to waste. His project will be activated in twenty-four hours, just one day after. We need will assault Robotropolis at night with the help of the Wolf Pack and the Southern and Eastern Freedom Fighters. Favian, I hope you are prepared for this."
"Oh, I am. Compared to the things I faced back then this will be a walk in the park." The dog proceeded to crack his knuckles.
"Good, Dulcy, the Wolf Pack, and the other Freedom Fighters will drop teddy bears with chutes as a diversion while me, Sonic, Antoine, Bonnie, and Favian will infiltrate the tower. Got it?"
Everyone nodded in agreement. This will be the battle that will decide the fate of Mobius and the Mobians. Semper Fi.
(6:16 P.M, Above Robotropolis)
The sky of Robotropolis was still as saddening and dark as it always was when it was first constructed above Mobotropolis. Factories let out smoke every day, every hour, every second. No one took a break. They were all mindless slaves to Robotnik.
Dulcy flew above the horrid "city" with Lupe, a female wolf part of the Wolf Pack, and Ari, a ram, rode on her back. Also sitting behind were teddy bears with chutes strap on their back to give the illusion that they were actual Mobians.
Following behind were Pollo and Dirk in an aerial vehicle. Also sitting behind were teddy bears with chutes also attached to the toys.
Meanwhile, in the ground, Sonic, Sally, Antoine, Bonnie, and Favian were hiding inside a big war vehicle to avoid being caught by security. The vehicle stops really close to the tower, causing the group to open a hatchet under the vehicle.
They then hop out of the vehicle, landing safely on the ground, with Antoine screaming. Bonnie covered his mouth to avoid getting caught by the SWATbots Favian, holding his Luger pistol, first time seeing this dark shell of a city made him disgusted. "So, this is Robotropolis… This place is giving me the creeps." He checks his pistol to see that if it was loaded, which was.
While Favian was doing this, Sally raised her right arm, which had a watch-sized walkie-talkie. "Fifteen Seconds, Fourteen, Thirteen, Twelve Seconds."
Back in the air, Lupe, who also had a similar watch-sized walkie-talkie, responded to the countdown. "We're on schedule alright. Ten Seconds, Nine, Eight."
Pollo thumbs upped before opening up the vehicle's door and dropping the teddy bears. Lupe and Ari also dropped teddy bears down, descending towards the "city". Back to the ground, everyone ducks behind cover to avoid being spotted by Robotnik's spotters.
After they passed them, Sally pulled out her handheld device and opened it, making a holographic version of the tower. Sally proceeded to point at the wall that was next to them "That's the spot, Sonic."
"Okay, Sonic reaches inside his backpack before pulling out a green ball that looked like a balloon in the shape of a grenade. "Get ready to jam!" he then revs up his hand before tossing the grenade-shaped ball to the wall. Once the ball hit its mark it exploded like an actual grenade. Green smoke from the explosive cleared out, revealing a wide hole made by the grenade explosion.
Everyone together entered the hole, ignoring Antoine worried whimpering. Favian aims his Luger Pistol at the hole behind them in case of any surprise attack to the back. Meanwhile, the others looked around the tower's inside, exploring the place.
"Do you know where to go, Sally?" asked Favian, still gripping his pistol. Sally pulls out her handheld device and opened up the holographic tower. In the hologram was an arrow pointing at a bullet point in the tower. The bullet point was their current position, which was still the first floor.
"We go that way!" Sally then points at a big open door that was close by. Everyone walked up to it, hiding behind its sides. Sonic peaks sideways to spot anything. He spotted two robots that were on what seems to be a control panel.
"Two badniks overheard." Sonic pointed out.
Favian proceeded to pull out a long, black cylindrical silencer before attaching it to his Luger. "Move out of the way, I'm going to take them out." He whispered, moving up to the cover. Sonic complied, moving aside for the gun-wielding dog.
Favian leans out of the cover and spotted the two badniks before pointing his gun at one of the robot's head and pulled the trigger. The gun didn't make any noises due to the silencer. The bullet from the pistol entered through one of the badnik's head, shredding the head's inside and then exited out through the other side.
The dog then aimed his gun and shot the other badnik, again no noise from the gun. The two robots collapse to the ground, revealing circuits from the back their metallic heads. "Good Job, kid." Complimented Sonic, patting Favian's shoulder. The dog just smirks.
"Alright, let's go." Commanded Sally, moving out of cover. Everyone followed suit, passing the disabled robots. They come across stairs that led upward to a platform that stretched from all the way from left to right.
Everyone looked around to see if any badniks were there. Luckily there weren't so they walked up the stairs as their steps echoed through the tower that had rocks for the first floor walls in the interior. They finally reached the top. They came across a manmade rocky hole that led somewhere. "You guys stay here, I'll go in" commanded Sonic, heading inside the hole before anyone could object.
Entering inside, the walls had wide long wires coming from the wall he was at and the wall at the end. The path towards the end of the room was a narrow floor with rails on the side like as it was giving the illusion that there was a bottomless pit below the floor.
Going forward, his eye's caught something in the walls. Two orange glowing robotic heads detached from the wall. Both heads were hovering with no help what so ever. The two heads laughed, sounding like the mad scientist, as they rush towards Sonic with aggressive intentions.
As they got close, Sonic leaps in between them, nearly dodging them but his bottom was stunned by them. He then realized that robots were electric, hence the orange-colored glow. Favian then saw Sonic boosting away from the robots.
Sonic looks behind him to see that the robots were getting closer and closer to him like as if they were almost faster than him. He looks forward and saw that he was getting close to a dead end, which was a metallic wall. Then a spark came in his brain.
He ran towards the wall at maximum speed as the heads got closer to him. Getting close to the wall, he leaps backward, back-flipping over the robots, his quills leaning forward. The heads didn't have time to stop as they crash into the wall, causing a loud explosion of black smoke and yellow flash within the smoke.
Sonic safely lands on his feet then looks at the dark smoke at the wall. Black markings engraved the wall from the explosion. He dusts off dirt from his fur before turning his head behind to see Favian with his eyes wide and clear.
"My, my, very impressive, Sonic. I have never seen anyone run so fast before." Favian proceeded to look around his surrounding, glaring at the interior walls with spite. "Come, let's head out, we have only had a couple of hours until those pods launch." Favian expression changed to a worried look similar to that of Sally Acorn. He started having flashbacks of his time in Europe during the Third Great War. The madness, the chaos, the brutality… He still hears the screams of burning children.
He gets out of his thoughts when Sonic called his name, prompting him to shake his head out of those horrible memories. "Oh, sorry about that. I was just ehhh… lost in my mind, eh, eh…" Favian stuttered, lying. He wasn't always the kind of guy to lie to friends or allies.
"Okay…? Come on, Sal must be really worried about me." Sonic and Favian then heard footsteps that came from near the cave's entrance. The two looked where the sound was coming from and saw Sally, along with the others behind her, walking up to the duo.
"Sonic, are you okay? Are you hurt?" Just from her voice, Sally was worried about Sonic. Who wouldn't? The last thing she wants is losing a member of the Freedom Fighters, especially the blue blur himself, the best of the group.
Sonic told her to calm down, assuring her that he's okay and no harm has been done to him, other than his bottom, where smoke was coming from by the shock. Sally sighed in relief. "What a relief. Come on, we are close to the core! We need to go upstairs!" stated Sally with glee.
"Alright! Come on, let's end all of this once and for all!" Sonic exclaimed with bravery. Everyone cheered in response like people in a rally after hearing a very brave speech.
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The group came across something interesting. A claw that was carrying a rusty pod hovered above a pit of lava. The pod's bottom shined by the lava. The claw dips the thing in, leaving it there for a few seconds before pulling it back up from it, revealing that the pod looked like it was in mint condition.
"So this is where they make these pods." Said Sonic, leaning forward from the railing. Favian also looked with awe. "Man, this Robotnik guy can make anything out of discarded material. Although, that explains why they are very easy to take down."
Sally pulled out her handheld device. "Switch to Comm mode, Nicole." She commanded. "Comm mode active. Scramble channel open."
"Squad Two, report!" Sally commanded, referring to Pollo and Dirk. No response. "Squad Three, report!" once again, no response. "No response, Sally." Responded Nicole, stating the obvious.
"This sure doesn't sound good." Said Bunnie Rabbot, sound almost afraid.
"Perhaps they have been captivated." Entered Antoine.
Sally didn't want to believe it, but it was true, her friends had been captured by Robotnik's SWATbots "I think you're right, Antoine. We're on our own."
"Wrong, Sal. I'm on my own." Added Sonic, looking very serious. "Sonic, you're no-!" Sally was about to protest but was interrupted by the blue blur. "Come on, Sal, the plan's blown. You gotta get out of here."
Sally knew that he was right. They lost two squads to Robotnik and they're all that's left. She sighed before responding. "Alright, Sonic. Please be careful. We're counting on you."
"We? Sorry, Sal, but I'm staying with Sonic." The red dog stepped out of the group and stopped next to the blue blur. "Favian, you too?" Sally added, concerned. Favian nodded, "Yes, I'm going to help him in case if anything goes wrong. Got it?"
Sally didn't know how to respond. She only introduced Favian today but he's acting like he's confident that he will destroy the tower with any means. "Alright, you two, we're all counting on you."
Sonic smirk, giving her a thumbs up while Favian saluted with a serious look. "You can count on us, Sal. Right, Favian?" Favian nodded, wielding his gun for defense. This war is going to end right here, right now.
(To Be Continued)
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