Chapter 6: Preparing the "perfect weapon"
In a matter of hours, rouge, sonic and knucles were in the hospital, and as usual, the media was there, talking more about the strange "lookalike" rather than the injured ones, even for one of sonic's adventure, it was something unusual
but some two-tailed fox was more interested in knowing what happened
Tails: this doesnt make sense... he looks like a nice guy, but why was he on dr. eggman's side...
a few minutes later, he had to go out of the room, sonic, rouge and knucles were still asleep, and they were needing some more time to rest before being able to talk about what happened
Tails: i felt something about him... he seemed... good, i'm sure sonic felt that too!
meanwhile, G.U.N. had decided that it was too risky to have z-12 just there in that prison, due to that they resolved to use "their last resort", something they didnt do since proyect shadow's tragedy, that last resource was send the prisoner to an exile, the same way they did to dr gerald robotnik more than 50 years ago, this time they were sure nothing would happen, since they had the colony completely sealed since sonic had his battle with shadow in there, that was a huge mistake... the hedgehog they were sending to space the next day were going to cause a "cataclysm"...
somewhere in the desert, a scientist was dealing with the final arrangements for phase 3 of his plan, now he was finishing an "accesory" for his "perfect weapon"
Eggman: this armor is ready now... i just need to finish syntetizing the conduct virus in order to control my hedgehog at will, i'll finally conquer this world! and the best part of it, sonic wont be able to ruin it on time since they will complete by the time he recovers!
somewhere else in the base 4 robts were having a discussion
Clonix: no, no and no! i cant agree to allow the doctor to do that to the boss!
Decoe: we know how you feel... but we have no choice but to obey, on one way or another we will be able to help
Clonix: but how?
Bocoe: we can do the same thing the dr has done since he created us
Bokun: the same thing that always ruined dr's plans when he went too far and the one that prevents us from becoming plain junk?
Decoe: the very same
Clonix: but there's a problem... the boss is the only one that knows how to modify a techno-organic virus
Bocoe: we will have a lot to do... for the moment we can only obey the dr...
Clonix: you mean YOU will obey him, not me, i take orders from no one except the boss, and nothing eggman says will make me do otherwise...
meanwhile at the area 99, an injured hedgehog was being escorted to the hangar
Soldier: why so silent huh? are you just like sonic?
z-12: i'll thank you if you dont compare me... besides... you would also be silent if some fool tried to get some chat because his job is boring... -silly grin-
Soldier: why you...
in that right moment they arrived to some medical post near the hangar
Doctor: since you're a prisoner you have all the basic rights, including having those wounds treated before your sentence, now to examine you...
after some minutes, z-12 was still lying down in the hospital bed, still handcuffed and with 4 soldiers in position to attack in case he tried to escape
Soldier: so what's his status dr.?
Doctor: i have to say that in all my years as doctor, i never saw so many wounds, bruises and injuries together in just one body...
Soldier: can you cure him before the prisoner goes to his destination?
Doctor: it will be easy, but it will be painful for him
Soldier: i dont think this midget knows the meaning of the word pain... not after all the pain he caused...
once verything was done, z-12 was inside the rocket that would transport him to the supposely abandoned space colony ARK, despite having his wounds treated, something inside him hurt... unfortunately z-12 didnt know anything about emotions, so all he could do is get confused a lot with that pain on his chest...
but he had no time for that, he had other things to think about... things that never made him get this reflexive before...
as he was being transported into a capsule that would go inside the rocket, he just lied down there, and wishing to know...
z-12: ... i dont get it... my fate was to destroy sonic, but now... all the ones i met tell me that dr. eggman is evil... that he's just using me... no, it cant be, dr. eggman told me that what i'm doing is for the greater good...
z-12: or not? no... but if sonic and his friends are right... then... did i just waste my life?
z-12: ... it seems i'll have to wait... if this isnt my fate, then i want to know wich one is truly my fate...
somewhere in G.U.N.'s headquarters the Commander was having some discussion with the president about what was about to be done...
Commander: ...after all the analysis, we discovered that this "fake sonic" is indeed a clone...
President: i'm not surprised with this coming from dr eggman... but what do you mean with what you said about manipulating things?
Commander: allow me to explain mr president... this hedgehog is on a very delicate situation, in this situation we can either take him down or help him to our benefit
President: how can a dr. eggman's creation benefit us?
Commander: simple... the analysis of his DNA showed that his DNA is not normal, it was a mixed sample, we didnt just find sonic's DNA but also dr eggman's, there was a third sample... but we couldnt determine its origin... anyway, so he has to know a lot of things we can use to take eggman down for good
they kept talking on and on...
meanwhile, z-12 was already inside the capsule, some scientist arrived, they were going to interrogate him
Eggman: -trough his comunicator- you're there? respond!
z-12: what do you wish dr.?
Eggman: you're about to get interrogated, whatever you do, dont cooperate with them make sure they dont back down their decision to send you into space, once you're there in the space colony wait for more instructions
z-12: copy...
Scientist: well well, time to have some talk you... what's your name?
z-12: i'm the prototype number 12 of the clone hedgehog's Z series, just call me z-12...
Scientist: well, at least you got a short name, ok, now its time to know something very important from you, if you want some freedom of course...
z-12: what do you wish to know?
Scientist: we want to know if you could cooperate with us, in order to share all the info you got about dr eggman
z-12: what do you want to know about the scientist that created me? -with a grin-
Scientist: stop being so cocky... tell us everything you know! we need all that info in order to put a stop to him and send him to prison for good!
z-12: hmm... lemme see... oh yeah, i'm sorry, that's confidential information, and you will get nothing from me, and nothing you do will persuade me
after 2 exhaustive hours of negotiation, the scientists lost their patience and decided to do what eggman wanted them to do, send the clone to the ARK, without even knowing that they would be triggering the begining of the cataclysm...
to be continued...