Sonic the Robotic Crisis
Part Five
Tails had just gotten home with Sonic. Tails had been treating Sonic's wounds while he was unconscious. Tails was almost done when Sonic suddenly jumped in the air and yelled, "I'll destroy you Robotnik! You made me kill Knuckles! Now I'll kill you..." He took a quick look around, confusion on his face. "Whoa, where am I?"
Tails blinked. "Uh… you're in my lab Sonic. You took quite a beating in your last fight. Don't you remember?" Tails asked.
"Vaguely. I remember that we had to get a shard of the Time Stone. I remember parts of my fight with Robo Sonic. And I remember Eggman's spike cutting my side. That's it though," Sonic said.
"Ok, that's better than I thought. You should be able to resume your search for the time shards in a few hours," Tails replied.
"No! I don't have a few hours. We may have enough time shards to steady the time stream. But that's only temporary. If we want any chance of the time stream being repaired, we have to go now!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Alright, you can get going. It'll just take a little while to repair my communicator. It was damaged pretty badly on Angel Island," Tails stated.
"Ok, repair it quickly. I don't have time to wait," Sonic said.
"I will, and here's your bag, it has your shards and a map inside. The map points to where the next shard is, ok," Tails explained.
"Got it," Sonic replied.
Then Sonic dashed out of the house, heading toward the next shard. It was in a place called Decrepit Overpass. It had been one of the first areas to fall to Robotnik. The bridge was very unstable because it was built a mile above a rapidly moving river. It had many turrets and flying robots all around it. It was practically a death trap, with Sonic heading straight toward it.
When Sonic left Tails' house, he was running at eighty mph. Once he hit the grass, it only took a few seconds for him to accelerate to three hundred mph. His head started to drop, his feet started to blur. Then there was a large cracking noise as Sonic broke the sound barrier several seconds later. Each step left a fiery trail. Then he lowered his head, reaching his maximum speed. He was determined to reach his destination as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Robotnik was on Angel Island, running toward his battle ship. When he finally scrambled on, he yelled, "Prepare my submarine! And do it quickly!"
When the submarine was ready, Eggman ran into it. He deployed it and started to steer it downward. When he got to the ocean floor, he saw something. The object was blue and shiny. As Robotnik approached it, a large smile spread across his face. The object was what he was looking for. The object was Robo Sonic.
Eggman clicked a button that made the outside door in a double door chamber open. Then he clicked another button that activated a super magnet. Its magnetic pull yanked Robo Sonic in the chamber.
Once inside, the outside door was shut and the water was sucked out. It was then that Robotnik rushed into the room and grabbed Robo Sonic. With Robo in his right arm, he ran to the control room to steer the submarine to the surface.
Elsewhere, Sonic was anxiously approaching the Decrepit Overpass. He started to slow when he saw seven silhouettes up ahead. Once he got closer, he could make out their shape. They looked kind of like him. He slowed to a halt and yelled, "Hey imposters! Wanna play a game of tag? No? Well then, let's get this fight started!"
Sonic curled into a ball and spindashed toward these new robots. As Sonic was about to hit them, they all curled into a ball and spindashed as well. The attacks collided causing a massive shock wave to erupt. Sonic bounced back and jumped in the air. The robots saw this and did the same. That's exactly what Sonic wanted them to do. While in the air, Sonic started spinning. His spinning forced the air behind him. This caused him to fly into one of the robots. It exploded, sending Sonic flying into the air.
As the rest of the robots landed in one group, Sonic spindashed downward. He landed straight on them. The force of his attack crushed them. Before they could explode, Sonic had already resumed his dash toward the bridge.
When Sonic got within one mile of the bridge, turrets popped out of the ground and started firing. Sonic dodged blast after blast, all the while accelerating. He was about to break the sound barrier when one of the blasts hit his leg.
It sent him tumbling to the ground. Once he rolled to a stop, all the turrets aimed, and fired. Sonic laid flat on the ground so that only a few shots would hit him. Many shots went above him, but a few hit his arms, legs, and the side of his head. After taking all those hits, he could barely stand up, let alone run.
He thought about not moving, but then he realized, no matter how hard or tough this situation may be, he had to try. The whole universe depended on him. How could he let them down? He wouldn't! He couldn't! He forced himself to stand up and run. He forced himself to keep going.
Sonic's legs were being pushed to their limits. His head was pounding, his arms ached, and most of all, his legs felt like they had five-hundred pond weights attached to them. Through all that, he forced himself to run all the way to the bridge.
"Finally! I made it to some cover! I thought I'd never get out of there!" Sonic exclaimed.
Then Sonic looked at all the holes and robots on the bridge and said, "I think I'll wait a little before I move ahead. I'm in a pretty safe area here. No one can reach me,"
It was then that the bridge collapsed below him. He fell for a few hundred feet before he landed in a river. He was knocked unconscious and washed down the river.
When he finally woke up, he was leaning against a spiky metal wall. He started to climb up it to see where he was when he saw some writing. Written in bold was Hydro Base. It was then he realized where he was. He remembered seeing this place on his map. It was a few miles from the bridge.
Then he thought how long have I been asleep? That river moves so slowly…have I been out for hours?
When he finally rose above the surface, Robotnik said, "Commence lifting maneuver!"
A large claw came out of Eggman's ship and lifted the submarine in the air. The submarine slowly rose into the gigantic air ship. Once safely inside, the submarine's door opened. Robotnik charged out with Robo Sonic saying, "Yes! I found him! All I have to do now is fix him and send him after Sonic. Sonic's fate is sealed. Hahahahahahaha!"
Eggman ran into a dark room and set Robo Sonic on it. He pulled out some tools and began repairing.
In about one hour, Robo Sonic was fixed. His aura was once again glowing bright. Robotnik saw this and was pleased. Then he thought, Wait. I should make him better. Yes, I should give him upgrades. I'll use the super energy he got from the Crystal Generator to power some weapon systems. I'll make him invincible!
Elsewhere, Sonic was about to reach the top of the spiky wall when he heard something. It was barely audible due to the sound of the river. It was then he realized the sound was coming from his communicator watch. He turned up the volume and heard, "Sonic! Sonic! Please answer! I've had the communicator fixed for twenty minutes now! I haven't been able to get a word from you!"
"I'm all right Tails! I was just knocked in a river,"
"Thank goodness you're alive Sonic! My time shard locator says your shards are at Hydro Base. But are you?"
"Yeah Tails. The bridge broke beneath me and I fell into a river. I was knocked unconscious and carried here by the river. How long would you say I've probably been out?"
"Assuming that you woke up the second you hit Hydro Base… Probably an hour and a half."
"Ok, there are cliffs on either side of me. How do I get back to the bridge?"
"In Hydro Base, there should be an access tunnel that leads up to the surface. It's the quickest way."
"Alright Tails, how do I get in this place?"
"There should be a hole that takes in the river water to the right of you. It should be big enough for you to fit in."
"Ok. I'll find it. Call me in a few minutes Tails."
"Got it!"
Sonic dropped in the water and allowed the water to carry him to the hole. It was about three feet across and four feet tall. The water current almost completely filled it. Sonic struggled to hold his head above the water while he was swept away into the tunnel.
The tunnel carried him for around two minutes. At the end, he was dropped into a large container. There was a platform that hung from the wall about one foot over the water. Behind it was a large metal door. Sonic grabbed the platform and scrambled atop it. When he finally got on it, he looked down at the water.
After a few seconds, a hole opened up at the bottom of the tank. The water started to spiral downward into the hole until the tank was empty. Then the hole shut and the water from the outside started to pour in again.
Sonic tried to open the door, but found that it was locked. He sat down, with legs dangling off the platform, waiting for Tails to call him.
He didn't have to wait long. Tails called after a few seconds. He said, "Sonic. Do you read me?"
"No, but I do hear you."
Tails laughed for few seconds before he spoke again. He said, "Sonic, you are in Hydro Base. Right?"
"Yes, and I don't know where to go next. I have a locked door behind me. It looks pretty tough."
"Look to your right. There should be a key pad."
"I see it, what's the code?"
"Hold on Sonic. It'll just take a few seconds to hack into their data base."
"Just try to hurry up."
Sonic waited for about twenty seconds. He was looking at the water tank below to occupy his time. He was about to ask Tails how much longer it would take when he said, "Sonic, I'm done. The code is 5754329. Repeat, 574329."
"Good, I was getting bored."
He typed in the code and turned the door handle. Sonic had to push with all of his might to move the large metal door. Once the door was opened two feet, he slipped through. The room he entered had a large number of catwalks suspended five-hundred feet above a pool of water.
There were five holes on the walls. Those holes had large turbines in front of them that spun when the water came out of the holes. When Sonic saw this, he realized what this place was. It was a power plant.
He looked at the map again, and saw that this place was located where five rivers intersected. Then he folded the map and put it in his bag.
After the map was safely put away, Sonic walked to the first catwalk. While he was walking, he pressed a button on his communicator and asked, "Where do I go from here Tails? I'm on the catwalk directly in front of the door."
"Just keep walking. There will be three doors. Go through the one on the far right. From there, walk down the hall until you hit a right turn. You take it and follow it to a door. Walk in it and up some stairs. At the top, you'll find the access tunnel you've been looking for."
"Ok, I think I can remember all that."
"Good, call me when you get there."
Then Sonic ran across the catwalk and stopped at the three doors. He waited for a few seconds, trying to remember which door Tails told him to. Finally, he got bored and ran through the middle one.
The room he entered was large and dimly lit. When he walked a few more steps in, he noticed that this wasn't the place he needed to go. So he ran out of the room and stopped at the three doors again.
After a few seconds, he ran into the third one. Once inside, a loud speaker said, "Warning! Warning! Unidentified creature in authorized personnel only area. Intruder will be terminated if he does not represent identification."
Upon hearing this, Sonic dashed out of the room and into the only door he hadn't tried. He entered and ran down the hall. His footsteps were ripping the tile floor apart. Alarms were echoing through the structure. As he ran, he wished he had paid more attention to what Tails had told him to do.
Meanwhile, Robotnik was changing various parts of Robo Sonic's body in ways that would allow him to use his super energy in more efficient ways.
For example, he placed a compact beam in Robo Sonic's arm that draws off the power he absorbed when he was knocked into the Crystal Generator.
After Eggman finished with all of the upgrades, he screamed, "Finally! It is done! Robo Sonic is practically invincible! All I have to do now, is reactivate him. Then, he will kill Sonic! Hahahahahahaha!"
Elsewhere, Sonic was sprinting toward a large flight of stairs. Red lights were flashing all around him. His body became a blue blur as he neared the stairs.
As he grew closer, he started slow down. He hit the stairs running at one hundred miles per hour. He was moving too fast. He tripped over the first stair and flew up twenty steps. He quickly recovered and resumed his dash toward the top of the stairs.
A few turrets that were placed on the wall started to fire, but Sonic dodged the blasts and kept running. At the top of the stairs, a few more turrets fired at Sonic. He accelerated to dodge the blasts.
The stairs entered into a large metal tunnel that had no lighting. Sonic stumbled on a few rocks on his way though the tunnel. The tunnel slanted upward and had many twists and turns.
Sonic smashed into the wall at the first turn. The experience compelled him to run with his hand toughing one wall. That way he wouldn't run straight into a curve.
When Sonic exited the tunnel, he yelled, "Finally! I'm out of that place. I should call Tails."
Sonic walked to a nearby rock and pressed a button on his communicator. Then he said, "Tails, I'm out of the tunnel and standing a few feet from the river cliff. How far do I have to run to get to the bridge now?"
"Around ten miles."
"Ok, not too bad. I can get there in a minute or two."
"Ok Sonic. Just be careful."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Danger is my middle name."
Tails chuckled, then he said, "Whatever you say."
Then Sonic dashed off, leaving a trail of torn grass behind.
As he ran faster, he lowered his head. Then his feet started to blur, he was approaching the sound barrier. Then there was an ear-splitting noise as he broke the sound barrier.
After that, it wasn't long at all before the bridge was in sight. When he reached it, he slid to a stop. He was on the exiting side of the bridge, instead of the entering one he started out on. First, he looked around for traps, then dashed onto the bridge.
At first the bridge was stable, and there weren't any robots to be seen. However, about one-thousand feet onto the bridge, robots started to appear.
There were twenty robots and they were all Egg Robos. Sonic broke through all twenty of the robots with a single spindash. Then he came out of his spin and kept running.
He was running along the bridge, being careful not step on spots that had cracks. When another Egg Robo appeared and shot the ground in front of him. The blast made a hole that Sonic fell in.
He was rapidly plummeting toward a large rock in river below him. He thought he had no chance. To his surprise, he it a large metal beam that had partially broken off. He grabbed it and climbed up it.
It led to a small hole in the bridge that he crawled through.
Once he crawled through, he ran down the bridge toward the shard.
On his way, a few Egg Robos attacked him. They were quickly met by a spindash which destroyed them.
Sonic kept running until he saw the shard. He slowed to a jog and approached it. Once he got within fifteen-feet of it, gravity became stronger (Due to reality altering affects of the shard.)
The intensified gravity grew stronger and stronger as Sonic walked toward it. At ten feet, the gravity Sonic forced to walk. At five feet, he had to crawl.
Sonic was within grabbing distance to the shard, when gravity suddenly shifted upward.
He flew through the air for ten feet before gravity shifted downward again. Sonic fell flat on his head and dropped to his stomach.
Then he crawled another inch and grabbed the time shard. With the shard in his right hand, he stuck his left hand in his bag to grab the shards he had.
All of his shards had morphed into one piece on contact. This one, however, wouldn't. When he pressed it against his chunk, it would not merge with it. Therefore, he pressed his communicator and said, "Tails. Tails. I have the shard, but it won't morph with the others. What do I do?"
"Try pressing against yours in multiple locations. I think the shards are like puzzle pieces; you have to find the place where they fit."
"Ok, I'll try it. Oh! By the way, do you have the location of the next shard?"
"Yes, but you'll have to come here to know where it is. It's to complicated to tell you via communicator."
"Ok, I'll be there once I figure out where this shard fits."
"Good, I'll be waiting."
It took Sonic forty seconds to place the shard where it need to be and get off the bridge. From there, it only took Sonic a few minutes to get to Tails' house.
Sonic dashed in the door and asked, "Where is it Tails?"
Tails walked to Sonic and drew a line and dot on his map. Then said, it's right there. Just follow the line."
"Got it Tails. I'll get there in no time."
"Ok Sonic, bye."
Sonic dashed out the door and toward his destination, running at sonic speeds.
Meanwhile, Robotnik was recharging Robo Sonic. When the charging was done, Robotnik flipped a switch and said, "Now you shall awaken. It's time for you to kill Sonic!"