Charmy drove the truck, a huge grin on his face. "Yay!"
The echidna, sitting in the back of the covered truck, whacked the bee's head. "Don't make a fool of yourself, kid." He turned back around to face Amy and Wave, who had provided the idea for the mission. "Ok, I still don't understand. What the heck are we doing?"
"We're gonna hijack Eggman's communication equipment. Most everyone has communication equipment, but he has the best of the broadcast stuff. If you can't pin someone's frequency, you can't send them a message unless you send out a total broadcast message." The bird said, not bothering to look away from the outside of the truck. She wanted to be on her board, but that would reveal them as more than just a supply truck.
Amy smiled at Knuckles, her eyes red. The caffeine had worn off. "We want to send out a message to all the people not under Eggman's control. Maybe if we can get one giant resistance together instead of the many scattered ones, we might be able to defeat Eggman."
"Might?"
"There is no guarantee in anything." Amy sighed, leaning back. "I learned that the hard way."
[Dark Future
Two figures moved through the base, moving carefully so they wouldn't activate any traps. The cat moved gracefully with the armadillo following her clumsily. "Hey, slow down. I can only go so fast."
"I told you to wait outside. I can get through myself."
"You don't know how to activate him."
"Good point."
They traveled in silence for a few more minutes. Luckily, the armadillo didn't trigger any traps. As he put in a code and the door slid open, he cursed at the sight of another hallway.
"I just thought of something." The cat said, her face lighting up. "We have the communicators in case Ray had information for us. Why don't I go on ahead to turn off the systems? You could tell me what to do without us worrying about triggering an alarm."
The armadillo frowned. "Why didn't we think of this four hallways ago?"
[Dark Future
The Manx sighed as she sat at the computer. She had food backed up for months, but now she was alone. She couldn't risk leaving the compound unless something came up. "I want to be around people again!"
[Dark Future
Shadow sat down at the computer terminal, a towel wrapped around his shoulders as the bird and chameleon sparred behind him. "Let's see what's going on now." He pulled up a video screen window and watched as a supply truck drove past the camera they had set up near Eggman's base. On another screen, a hedgehog and a weasel ran past, heading straight for the base. He pressed a few keys, then pulled a communicator piece down to his mouth. "Tiara, there's someone passing near your sector. Two someone's. Both appear to be fast and one has a gun. Go armed, but don't intercept. Just see what they're up to."
"Alright!"
He cringed as the loud clunking came through the headset, but tried to stay focus on the screen. He looked back at the truck and got a glimpse of the license plate. "That's Amy's…Maybe I'll let it go through."
[Dark Future
"Ok…" The cat stood in the hallway, standing still for a moment as she looked around. "You're not going ta like this, Mighty."
"What is it?" The armadillo sighed from the other side of the communicator.
The cat looked around and sat down. "I'm lost. Absolutely no idea where to go."
The red figure groaned.
[Dark Future
"Why am I here?" The echidna said as they sat outside of Eggman's base.
"Do you never retain any information, you dunderheaded insect eater?" Wave called at him, not turning away from the machine she was working on.
"Huh?"
The pink hedgehog sighed. "We're here to make sure that Wave and Charmy aren't attacked while they send out the broadcast."
"Um…won't Eggman pick up the signal if you send out a broadcast to all frequencies?" Charmy said, working to set up on the wall.
"Yes, but we figure that he will be too busy to pay attention to it. Besides, we're disguising it as a video of Sonic's first victory. I'm sure that he would rather not see that." Amy said, smiling.
"Smart…but that doesn't answer why I am here." The echidna said, bringing the sunglasses down so he could scan for anything being cloaked. "I could be looking for the chaos emeralds."
"Who would use them? Sonic's dead, we don't know where Shadow is, we're not sure when Silver is supposed to be born, and I have no clue whether I can handle the power."
"Right." Knuckles sighed. A few minutes passed by and nothing happened. "Why am I here again?"
All three of his companions sighed, and got back to working.
[Dark Future
The hedgehog looked around the corner and calmly strode in beside his partner. The ring around his wrist glowed red with the energy it was supposed to be able to release. The one on his other wrist was purple, occasionally a jolt of electricity jumped off of it towards the floor. His partner held a handgun, and a rifle was strapped on his back. He held the handgun as if he had always had it, though they could never know. Neither of them had memories before the master had revived them. They walked through the halls of the fortress with confidence, knowing nothing could stop them. They had a mission and they could not disappoint the master.
[Dark Future
The cat stood up and straightened her red dress, looking around. Pouting would do nothing for her, after all. She carefully took a step over another laser, but as she put her foot down, she gasped as it lit up. More lights started to come on all around her, and the nearly invisible laser grid disappeared. She heard Mighty gasp over the communicator. "What did you do?"
Honey looked around as the lights started to come on all around her. "I proved something…by mistake."
"What did you do?" He repeated, irritation carrying in his voice.
"Found out none of the traps are currently working. Luck is on our side."
[Dark Future
Tiara walked quietly near the fortress. She had seen the two go into the fortress, but she wouldn't dare try to get in herself. So she was scoping out the area around to see if anything else noteworthy was going on. She didn't want to go back to the safe house just yet. Then she saw a supply truck and four people nearby. Allies of the men, maybe? She thought, sneaking closer. A hedgehog and echidna seemed to be arguing while a bee and bird working on a machine by a wall. The echidna did not seem to be armed, but the hedgehog had a large hammer strapped to her back, and she was wearing a jacket that could have easily hidden several weapons. She had to be careful if they were enemies.
[Dark Future
"Connected!" The bee shouted, picking up a camera attached to the machine. "Let's begin!"
Amy turned around to watch as Wave recorded the message.
"Message Title: Sonic the Hedgehog's first victory against Dr. Robotnik."
[Dark Future
A window appeared on the hedgehog's screen. It had only been twenty minutes since he had seen Amy's truck pass his secret camera. "Sonic's first victory? Why would this be circulating now?" He clicked the accept, and saw a bird appear on the screen. "What the heck?"
"The Station Square Resistance is sending out a call to all resistances against Dr. Robotnik. We-"
[Dark Future
Honey was still lost in the halls and Mighty was cursing about the traps and trying to find her when Ray's voice broke the silence over the communicators. "Mighty, Honey, listen to this."
"-Dr. Robotnik. We are asking that anyone capable of transport to the Babylon Rouge in Station Square-"
[Dark Future
"-for a meeting of all the resistances to try and put a final end-" A skunk watched the footage, a smile on his face. The bird was a technological genius. He'd go just for the opportunity to meet her.
[Dark Future
The robot smiled. "-to the doctors plans. This signal is not secure, so we are ending it now before an undesirable picks it up." He had been expecting footage of his creators first defeat, but this was even better. He started to laugh. If the doctor refused to join him, he would just let this resistance movement finish him off, then he would crush them in the final moments.