SuperSonic Speed- Chapter 7: Project S.I.L.V.E.R
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Scrap Brain Zone
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"Robotnik, Sir, I've returned with the metal you've requested. Grade AAA ultra-thick silver 3-inch thick armor type sheets." Lieutenant Shady announced as he entered the engineering room. This event marked the Beginning of Project S.I.L.V.E.R, or, as it stands for "Superbly Intelligent Lifeform Vessembled by engineer Robotnik." Shady had come up with the acronym himself. (It was obvious he didn't know how to spell "assembled")
"Excellent Work, Lieutenant. This day will go down in the history books as the day I begin my long trip down the road to becoming the master of the universe!!! "Robotnik yelled. And with that, he laughed a very psychotic laugh.
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Early the next morning just outside Casino Night
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"According to the last visit to Casino Night," Juke started, "The Floating Island should be right over Mushroom Hill..."
"Okay... That's about a couple days east of here, right past Hill Top, right?"
"Right."
"But, how do we get up there?"
"We'll figure that out when we get there."
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Back at Scrap Brain
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Back at Scrap Brain, Robotnik was busy at his desk tweaking with the blueprints of all of the different ways he could assemble the Silver Hedgehog. None of them looked any good. A hedgehog on all fours, a six appendage hedgehog, even a hedgehog with no head, although, Robotnik realized, could be a bit of a problem when he went to fit the actual hedgehog into the metal.
"Shady, look at these! I can't work with any of these!" Robotnik yelled, obviously frustrated.
"Robotnik, sir. Why don't you just build the hedgehog upright like the real thing?" Shady suggested.
Robotnik sighed. "I don't know why I didn't think of that before, Shady! I like you, you've got a real technical mind. I should have booted my old Lieutenant long ago!"
Shady's lips curled into an evil grin. "Thank you Robotnik, sir. It is an honor to serve one of your greatness."
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One day later- Hill Top
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The golden sun shone brightly over the lush plains of the Hill Top Zone. Sonic rolled over and opened his eyes.
"Wow." Sonic thought aloud as he sat up. "I'ma have to get used to sleeping without a pillow."
Juke laughed. "I take it you didn't sleep to well, eh?"
"Uh-uh."
"You'll get used to that and a million other discomforts. I hear the Guardian is a rough, primitive guy."
"Great, just what I need. I mean, at least Tails gets a blanket!!!" Sonic pointed over to where Tails was still sleeping, tails over his body.
"Wha?" Tails asked as he began to awaken.
"Forget it," came Sonic's answer.
"Sonic," Juke began, "We should cover as much ground as we can today. You had to slow down yesterday just for my hoverboard to keep up. If we go full speed today, we can actually make it to the Floating Island tonight."
"Yeah, how we gonna do that?" Sonic asked.
"I got some rope in my pack. I'll tie one end to your waist, wrap part of it to me, and then lay down on the board." Juke explained as she took off her pack and pulled out a long rope.
Sonic eyed the rope with skepticism. "Ya sure that thing's long and strong enough? It looks old and ratty."
Juke shot the blue hedgehog an angry glare. "You kidding me? This is about the strongest rope there is!"
"Whatever you say."
"Are we gonna go already?" Tails asked, standing impatiently by Sonic.
"Whatever. Ready Juke?" Sonic asked. Robotnik's ex-Lieutenant nodded as she tied the rope around her waist and laid down on her hoverboard.
"Alright!" Sonic yelled as Tails grabbed onto the blue hedgehog's back. "It's time to juice!"
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Scrap Brain Zone
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"Uh, Robotnik, sir. I think you'll want to see this." Shady said, staring at a computer monitor.
"What is it, Lieutenant?" Robotnik asked.
"Look, check this out, your previous Lieutenant forgot to take off her comm unit. I'm tracing her right now!"
"Oh yes! Now I can track her and kill her for treason." Robotnik said as he realized the importance of this information.
"BUT... Check this. With her, is a blue hedgehog."
"A blue hedgehog?" Robotnik asked, scratching his head. "Who cares? There's millions of blue hedgehogs."
"Sir, this isn't just ANY blue hedgehog. This hedgehog is running 250 miles per hour."
"Impossible!" Robotnik shouted. "He died in the eruption!"
"Apparently not. Like I said, he could bring you more trouble than you'd think."
"Argh!" Robotnik yelled, pounding his desk with both of his fists as hard as he could. "Lieutenant, follow him, take the best SWATbots and KILL HIM!!!"
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8 Hours later
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"Look! There it is, Sonic!" Tails exclaimed.
The Floating Island was HUGE! So huge, in fact, that Mushroom Hill was cast in darkness. Sonic rolled to a stop.
"How we 'spose to get up there?" Sonic asked.
"Stay connected. Sonic, grab my hands, I'll fly you up there!" Tails instructed.
"Wow! I forgot you could fly Tails."
"That kid can fly?" Juke asked.
"Yeah, with his Tails."
"Alright, Sonic! Away we go!" Tails yelled.
The trio began to ascend.
50 feet. Tails was rapidly ascending. Sonic was holding onto Tails' hands and Juke was hanging onto her hoverboard.
"Man, what did I get myself into this time?" Juke asked herself.
250 feet. Sonic's grip was beginning to loosen and Juke was beginning to get acrophobia.
350 feet. "What the heck?" Tails asked as he read a sign. "You must be good to have made it this high up. Step into the elevator and be taken up to the Floating Island."
And Tails obeyed. He flew high enough to ease Juke into the elevator, before moving into the elevator himself. Tails gasped for air. "I... Was... Begin... Ing... To... Lose... You... Son... Ic."
"You can say that again." Sonic replied.
The elevator doors slid open. Barely visible aways away was a Red echidna. He wasn't dresses in any fancy robes or anything to even represent a guardian. In fact, he wasn't dressed at all. However, Sonic had no time at all to take in his surroundings, as the Echidna gave a warcry of "intruders!!!" and charged at the blue hedgehog.
Sonic stepped out in front and smirked. Tails attempted to go and help Sonic, but was held back by Juke's right hand. Her left hand was on the blaster, firmly in place in it's holster.
"The kid'll be fine. If he ain't, I've got my blaster here." Juke tried to assure the shaking fox, but, in truth, she knew Sonic wouldn't be alright, well, totally alright anyways.
The red echidna charged at The blue hedgehog. Sonic braced for impact and watched as the echidna turned to his side in mid-run and rammed Sonic shoulder-first. Sonic flew through the air for several feet before landing with a loud thump.
Sonic sat up in pain and slightly dazed before quickly rolling away just in time before The Guardian lept and planted his fist into where Sonic's head would have been. Sonic noticed one distinct thing about the echidna (aside from his superior strength): His knuckles extended into long spikes. The hedgehog realized how badly one of those to anywhere would hurt.
Sonic charged at the recovering, off-guard guardian and attempted to punch him. The hedgehog's punch was much quicker than it had been back in Casino Night, but as quick as it was, the guardian launched into a short forward somersault, jumped up, grabbed Sonic's shoulder, and slammed the blue hedgehog to the ground.
Sonic was too sore and weakened to get up, or even move for that matter. He was surprised at not only the guardians speed and agility, but his techniques. He'd NEVER seen a move like the one that'd been used on him.
The Guardian turned his head to Juke and Tails and asked angrily, "What are you intruders looking at!" He turned his gaze back to the beaten hedgehog, whose consciousness was quickly slipping. "What are you intruders doing here?"
Sonic's eyes fell shut and he managed to whisper his last word, "Guardian."
The guardian stood up. "What are you intruders doing here?"
"These two kids wish to be trained to fight against Dr. Ivo Robotnik's invading forces."
The guardian looked back at the hedgehog. "He'll need much training. He is one of the worst fighters I have EVER faced. I can't believe he's serious."
"How long will it take to train him?" Juke asked.
"On the average, three years, give or take a couple months. It depends, really on how fast the two learn."
"Three YEARS!!!" Tails exclaimed. "That's like forever!"
"Hmm..." The Guardian thought. "This could be tough."
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Scrap Brain Zone
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"Robotnik, Sir, I've returned with the metal you've requested. Grade AAA ultra-thick silver 3-inch thick armor type sheets." Lieutenant Shady announced as he entered the engineering room. This event marked the Beginning of Project S.I.L.V.E.R, or, as it stands for "Superbly Intelligent Lifeform Vessembled by engineer Robotnik." Shady had come up with the acronym himself. (It was obvious he didn't know how to spell "assembled")
"Excellent Work, Lieutenant. This day will go down in the history books as the day I begin my long trip down the road to becoming the master of the universe!!! "Robotnik yelled. And with that, he laughed a very psychotic laugh.
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Early the next morning just outside Casino Night
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"According to the last visit to Casino Night," Juke started, "The Floating Island should be right over Mushroom Hill..."
"Okay... That's about a couple days east of here, right past Hill Top, right?"
"Right."
"But, how do we get up there?"
"We'll figure that out when we get there."
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Back at Scrap Brain
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Back at Scrap Brain, Robotnik was busy at his desk tweaking with the blueprints of all of the different ways he could assemble the Silver Hedgehog. None of them looked any good. A hedgehog on all fours, a six appendage hedgehog, even a hedgehog with no head, although, Robotnik realized, could be a bit of a problem when he went to fit the actual hedgehog into the metal.
"Shady, look at these! I can't work with any of these!" Robotnik yelled, obviously frustrated.
"Robotnik, sir. Why don't you just build the hedgehog upright like the real thing?" Shady suggested.
Robotnik sighed. "I don't know why I didn't think of that before, Shady! I like you, you've got a real technical mind. I should have booted my old Lieutenant long ago!"
Shady's lips curled into an evil grin. "Thank you Robotnik, sir. It is an honor to serve one of your greatness."
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One day later- Hill Top
---
The golden sun shone brightly over the lush plains of the Hill Top Zone. Sonic rolled over and opened his eyes.
"Wow." Sonic thought aloud as he sat up. "I'ma have to get used to sleeping without a pillow."
Juke laughed. "I take it you didn't sleep to well, eh?"
"Uh-uh."
"You'll get used to that and a million other discomforts. I hear the Guardian is a rough, primitive guy."
"Great, just what I need. I mean, at least Tails gets a blanket!!!" Sonic pointed over to where Tails was still sleeping, tails over his body.
"Wha?" Tails asked as he began to awaken.
"Forget it," came Sonic's answer.
"Sonic," Juke began, "We should cover as much ground as we can today. You had to slow down yesterday just for my hoverboard to keep up. If we go full speed today, we can actually make it to the Floating Island tonight."
"Yeah, how we gonna do that?" Sonic asked.
"I got some rope in my pack. I'll tie one end to your waist, wrap part of it to me, and then lay down on the board." Juke explained as she took off her pack and pulled out a long rope.
Sonic eyed the rope with skepticism. "Ya sure that thing's long and strong enough? It looks old and ratty."
Juke shot the blue hedgehog an angry glare. "You kidding me? This is about the strongest rope there is!"
"Whatever you say."
"Are we gonna go already?" Tails asked, standing impatiently by Sonic.
"Whatever. Ready Juke?" Sonic asked. Robotnik's ex-Lieutenant nodded as she tied the rope around her waist and laid down on her hoverboard.
"Alright!" Sonic yelled as Tails grabbed onto the blue hedgehog's back. "It's time to juice!"
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Scrap Brain Zone
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"Uh, Robotnik, sir. I think you'll want to see this." Shady said, staring at a computer monitor.
"What is it, Lieutenant?" Robotnik asked.
"Look, check this out, your previous Lieutenant forgot to take off her comm unit. I'm tracing her right now!"
"Oh yes! Now I can track her and kill her for treason." Robotnik said as he realized the importance of this information.
"BUT... Check this. With her, is a blue hedgehog."
"A blue hedgehog?" Robotnik asked, scratching his head. "Who cares? There's millions of blue hedgehogs."
"Sir, this isn't just ANY blue hedgehog. This hedgehog is running 250 miles per hour."
"Impossible!" Robotnik shouted. "He died in the eruption!"
"Apparently not. Like I said, he could bring you more trouble than you'd think."
"Argh!" Robotnik yelled, pounding his desk with both of his fists as hard as he could. "Lieutenant, follow him, take the best SWATbots and KILL HIM!!!"
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8 Hours later
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"Look! There it is, Sonic!" Tails exclaimed.
The Floating Island was HUGE! So huge, in fact, that Mushroom Hill was cast in darkness. Sonic rolled to a stop.
"How we 'spose to get up there?" Sonic asked.
"Stay connected. Sonic, grab my hands, I'll fly you up there!" Tails instructed.
"Wow! I forgot you could fly Tails."
"That kid can fly?" Juke asked.
"Yeah, with his Tails."
"Alright, Sonic! Away we go!" Tails yelled.
The trio began to ascend.
50 feet. Tails was rapidly ascending. Sonic was holding onto Tails' hands and Juke was hanging onto her hoverboard.
"Man, what did I get myself into this time?" Juke asked herself.
250 feet. Sonic's grip was beginning to loosen and Juke was beginning to get acrophobia.
350 feet. "What the heck?" Tails asked as he read a sign. "You must be good to have made it this high up. Step into the elevator and be taken up to the Floating Island."
And Tails obeyed. He flew high enough to ease Juke into the elevator, before moving into the elevator himself. Tails gasped for air. "I... Was... Begin... Ing... To... Lose... You... Son... Ic."
"You can say that again." Sonic replied.
The elevator doors slid open. Barely visible aways away was a Red echidna. He wasn't dresses in any fancy robes or anything to even represent a guardian. In fact, he wasn't dressed at all. However, Sonic had no time at all to take in his surroundings, as the Echidna gave a warcry of "intruders!!!" and charged at the blue hedgehog.
Sonic stepped out in front and smirked. Tails attempted to go and help Sonic, but was held back by Juke's right hand. Her left hand was on the blaster, firmly in place in it's holster.
"The kid'll be fine. If he ain't, I've got my blaster here." Juke tried to assure the shaking fox, but, in truth, she knew Sonic wouldn't be alright, well, totally alright anyways.
The red echidna charged at The blue hedgehog. Sonic braced for impact and watched as the echidna turned to his side in mid-run and rammed Sonic shoulder-first. Sonic flew through the air for several feet before landing with a loud thump.
Sonic sat up in pain and slightly dazed before quickly rolling away just in time before The Guardian lept and planted his fist into where Sonic's head would have been. Sonic noticed one distinct thing about the echidna (aside from his superior strength): His knuckles extended into long spikes. The hedgehog realized how badly one of those to anywhere would hurt.
Sonic charged at the recovering, off-guard guardian and attempted to punch him. The hedgehog's punch was much quicker than it had been back in Casino Night, but as quick as it was, the guardian launched into a short forward somersault, jumped up, grabbed Sonic's shoulder, and slammed the blue hedgehog to the ground.
Sonic was too sore and weakened to get up, or even move for that matter. He was surprised at not only the guardians speed and agility, but his techniques. He'd NEVER seen a move like the one that'd been used on him.
The Guardian turned his head to Juke and Tails and asked angrily, "What are you intruders looking at!" He turned his gaze back to the beaten hedgehog, whose consciousness was quickly slipping. "What are you intruders doing here?"
Sonic's eyes fell shut and he managed to whisper his last word, "Guardian."
The guardian stood up. "What are you intruders doing here?"
"These two kids wish to be trained to fight against Dr. Ivo Robotnik's invading forces."
The guardian looked back at the hedgehog. "He'll need much training. He is one of the worst fighters I have EVER faced. I can't believe he's serious."
"How long will it take to train him?" Juke asked.
"On the average, three years, give or take a couple months. It depends, really on how fast the two learn."
"Three YEARS!!!" Tails exclaimed. "That's like forever!"
"Hmm..." The Guardian thought. "This could be tough."