SuperSonic Speed: Chapter 9-- Green meets Green
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Two Months Later
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Sonic sat up in his bed of straw. Reaching over to his right, he picked up his journal and began to read his last entry.
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Just another day-- 7/30/4459
Every night I crawl into my straw bed, I feel like I'm gonna die, and every day I wake up sore from both the other day's work and the bruises. Knuckles works me way too hard. I rearranged my straw bed so that it's in the corner and I can see outside through my window. Knuckles says it's a dumb idea because the enemy can see in and pre-plan an attack, but that's just dumb because I can see them approaching first.
Knuckles told me about what I'm gonna learn each of these years. He said first year is mostly just learning how to fight and a little bit of survival. Second year is mostly survival and third year is half survival and half military technique, which is like using bombs and stuff. The cool stuff.
So far, I've learned enough so that Knuckles doesn't kill me with his first punch. I've got some punches and kicks down, but these counters suck. I just can't get them.
Knuckles says though that I'm good enough to take down an ordinary robot, and I guess that's all that matters.
I don't see much of Tails anymore, Knuckles has him on a completely different sleep schedrule. From what I hear though, he ain't doing as well as me. Knuckles says that for as bad as I was, he's never seen such an incredible fighter in so little time. He said that I could be the beginning of something great. Heh. Robotnik better watch out, because Sonic the Hedgehog is coming for him.
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A House in Casino Night
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Lieutenant Juke stepped out of her bedroom, now dressed for combat. Navy Blue Combat jacket, combat pants, and brown combat boots. She was ready to go after Robotnik, rip out the circuitry in all of his robots and then kill the madman himself.
She could see herself now, standing atop the quivering form of Robotnik, foot on his stomach, gun aimed at his head, the madman begging for mercy. He would see none. It was nighttime in Casino Night, possibly the only place in the world where there was no true night. The lights made sure of that. Her hoverboard whirred quietly, waiting for Juke to jump on.
The Lieutenant had been tipped off that Robotnik had built a new base located on the Floating Island in the ruins of the Sandopolis Pyramid. How the madman (or mad fool, she didn't know which) had gotten past Knuckles unnoticed, was a mystery to her, but what she did know, was that now was the perfect time to kill Robotnik, when he was expecting to have the entire island to himself.She jumped on her hoverboard and rode off into the "night".
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Back on the Floating Island-- 3 hours later
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A knock on his hut. Knuckles and a sweaty Tails were outside his hut door. Sonic pushed the door open.
"Whatcha need Knux?" Sonic asked.
"DO NOT call me that! Tou may refer to me as 'Knuckles' or as 'Guardian',"
Came The Guardian's irritated reply.
"Okay, Okay, Geez!"
"Come with me, there is something I would like to show you."
"Uh, sure, whatever."
"Hey Sonic! Knuckles says he has something really cool to show us! I bet he stole one of Robotnik's robots!" Tails said excitedly.
"Cool." Came Sonic's reply.
The trio arrived at Knuckles' hut. The red echidna pulled the door open. Directly in front was a computer, the monitor displaying video feed.
"This falls under the 'military technique' category, but this is important, so I thought I'd show you early."
"What is it?" Sonic asked.
"It is a recon computer. There is a group called the Chaotix that live on this Island in the Ice Cap mountains." Knuckles began.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a sec. I thought you were the only person living on the island?" Sonic asked, obviously confused.
"That is what you're supposed to think. They help keep the island safe where I am not able to see. They create technological devices which I use to keep the island safe. They deal in chaos and politics, which is why this Robotnik guy is of particular interest to them. Take a look at the screen."
Sonic and Tails looked at the screen. On it was a compound in the middle of the desert at night.
"This is a new base of Robotnik's unearthed by the system. We have no idea where it is or what kind of activites he is using the base for." Knuckles explained. "The Chaotix say they will call me immediately if they see anything important. You two can go now. There will be no training today, I need to check out this base."
Sonic and Tails turned to each other and smiled.
"Hey! Do not think you are getting off easy. Tomorrow you will do double the work." Knuckles announced. The announcement was met with groans.
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8 hours later
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Sonic, for once was dry and asleep at a decent hour. Well... He was until an extremely loud and rushed knocking at his door jolted him awake.
"Sonic! SONIC!" Knuckles frantically yelled. "Get dressed in your combat clothes and get to my hut double time!!!"
"I wonder what's so important?" Sonic thought. "And combat clothes? He said we wouldn't need these for two years! I can't stand the dirty black jacket and pants!"
Just that moment, Tails ran into Sonic's hut dressed completely in black clothes.
"Sonic! Hurry! We have to go to Knuckles' hut! He says it's an emergency!" Tails yelled.
"Emergency? This can't be cool. Get onto my back so we can juice outta here!"
Tails obeyed and Sonic rushed out of the hut, running at supersonic speed.
In less than a minute, Sonic arrived at the Guardian's hut, inside the echidna was glued to the screen of his recon computer.
Tails jumped off of the hedgehog's back. "What did you need Knuckles?"
"Sonic, you know that base I showed you earlier?"
"Yeah? What about it?"
"That base is by the ruins of Sandopolis, about One-hundred miles away from here. AND it is on this island!"
"But that's impossible!" Sonic yelled.
"Nothing's impossible Sonic. That's what my mom said." Tails told Sonic.
"Tails is right, Sonic. Nothing is impossible. But... oh my gosh, take a look at the screen!" Knuckles yelled.
On the screen, barely recognizable except for her bright lime green head, was Lieutenant Juke.
"What she doin' there?" Sonic asked.
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Sandopolis Zone
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Lieutenant Juke crept through the outside of Robotnik's base, carefully hiding from SWATbot patrols. Light flooded down from above and illuminated the sandy ground, giving the base a ghostly feel. Gun in her left hand, the wall against her right, head down. The back of her head was covered in Dark navy blue, no one would be able to tell who or what she was from the back.
She kept quietly running, making sure to pick up her feet as she ran. A tactic Robotnik had taught her. She found it funny that the same tactics Robotnik had taught her, were now being used against him.
She needed to take a rest, she was becoming fatigued. Juke turned her back to the outside of the base and hugged against the wall, near the corner.
Turning her back to the enemy was normally an unwise move. But showing off her lime green face was just as risky. She holstered her gun, held her hands against the wall, and began to breathe.
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Inside Robotnik's Base
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"Robotnik sir. Swatbot patrol Eta has spotted a lime green female hedgehog out side the compound on their scanners." Lieutenant Shady announced.
"Hmm... Any pictures?" Robotnik asked.
"Yes sir, here." Lieutenant Shady replied, handing Robotnik the pictures.
"Hmm... Just as I thought. that is my ex-lieutenant Juke, the traitor."
"Initiate Code Delta, sir?" Shady asked.
"Yes, but take this video camera, I want to make sure I see this."
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Back with Lieutenant Juke
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Juke inhaled deeply. She was ready to go. She turned around, ready to turn the corner, but to her extreme surprise, a SWATbot blocked her path. She gasped and turned to run, but another SWATbot was blocking her exit. There were three more too. She was surrounded.
A shout came from the crowd. "Traitor! Throw down your weapon. Got down and your knees and put your hands behind your head!!!" The voice wasn't robotic in the least. A blue hedgehog with streaks of black in his spikes stepped out from behind the crowd. "Do it now!!!" the hedgehog yelled.
The terrified Juke hesistently obeyed. Robotnik had told her never to surrender, but Juke wasn't stupid. She wouldn't stand a chance now. Her gun was holstered and she was too nervous to think clearly. She had recognized the patch on the mysterious hedgehog's shoulder immediately.
"I see Robotnik's hired a new Lieutenant." Juke said dully.
"You're correct. I am Robotnik's new and LOYAL Lieutenant Shady. And I am here to personally oversee the capture of his traitor. Robotnik didn't let you in this. But, when he captures traitors, he gives them a special formula.
Trust me, you ain't gonna like this one bit. When I'm done with you, you'll see that Robotnik is quite the chemist. SWATbots, bind her!"
The robots obeyed and the leader pulled out his bindings. Another swatbot pulled Juke's arms behind her back and crossed them as far as they would go. She gasped in pain as the freedom of her arms was taken.
"Very good. Now hold her still." Shady commanded as he pulled out a syringe of bubbling green liquid. "Do you like shots Lieutenant? I hope not, because this one will be the most painful one of your life." Shady asked, laughing psychotically afterward.
Pulling back Juke's sleeve, Shady held the needle back, and then fiercely stabbed her. Juke yelled in pain as the green liquid infiltrated her insides.
"Release her!" Shady yelled. The robots obeyed and Shady watched the traitor's torture.
Juke had no idea what kind of poison Shady had used. All she knew was that it hurt like nothing she had ever felt and that she was growing increasingly tired. From the pain or the poison, she didn't know which.
Juke began to wobble as she fought to stay awake. Shady's laugh resonated throughout her head along with the incrdible pain. She wished Shady would just pull out his pistol and then that would be that. But she knew he wouldn't. He was watching her pain as if it were a personal hobby of his.
She couldn't think straight. The last thing she saw was Shady's Evil grin and then nothing as she fell forward and her head hit the ground like a rock.
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Two Months Later
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Sonic sat up in his bed of straw. Reaching over to his right, he picked up his journal and began to read his last entry.
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Just another day-- 7/30/4459
Every night I crawl into my straw bed, I feel like I'm gonna die, and every day I wake up sore from both the other day's work and the bruises. Knuckles works me way too hard. I rearranged my straw bed so that it's in the corner and I can see outside through my window. Knuckles says it's a dumb idea because the enemy can see in and pre-plan an attack, but that's just dumb because I can see them approaching first.
Knuckles told me about what I'm gonna learn each of these years. He said first year is mostly just learning how to fight and a little bit of survival. Second year is mostly survival and third year is half survival and half military technique, which is like using bombs and stuff. The cool stuff.
So far, I've learned enough so that Knuckles doesn't kill me with his first punch. I've got some punches and kicks down, but these counters suck. I just can't get them.
Knuckles says though that I'm good enough to take down an ordinary robot, and I guess that's all that matters.
I don't see much of Tails anymore, Knuckles has him on a completely different sleep schedrule. From what I hear though, he ain't doing as well as me. Knuckles says that for as bad as I was, he's never seen such an incredible fighter in so little time. He said that I could be the beginning of something great. Heh. Robotnik better watch out, because Sonic the Hedgehog is coming for him.
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A House in Casino Night
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Lieutenant Juke stepped out of her bedroom, now dressed for combat. Navy Blue Combat jacket, combat pants, and brown combat boots. She was ready to go after Robotnik, rip out the circuitry in all of his robots and then kill the madman himself.
She could see herself now, standing atop the quivering form of Robotnik, foot on his stomach, gun aimed at his head, the madman begging for mercy. He would see none. It was nighttime in Casino Night, possibly the only place in the world where there was no true night. The lights made sure of that. Her hoverboard whirred quietly, waiting for Juke to jump on.
The Lieutenant had been tipped off that Robotnik had built a new base located on the Floating Island in the ruins of the Sandopolis Pyramid. How the madman (or mad fool, she didn't know which) had gotten past Knuckles unnoticed, was a mystery to her, but what she did know, was that now was the perfect time to kill Robotnik, when he was expecting to have the entire island to himself.She jumped on her hoverboard and rode off into the "night".
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Back on the Floating Island-- 3 hours later
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A knock on his hut. Knuckles and a sweaty Tails were outside his hut door. Sonic pushed the door open.
"Whatcha need Knux?" Sonic asked.
"DO NOT call me that! Tou may refer to me as 'Knuckles' or as 'Guardian',"
Came The Guardian's irritated reply.
"Okay, Okay, Geez!"
"Come with me, there is something I would like to show you."
"Uh, sure, whatever."
"Hey Sonic! Knuckles says he has something really cool to show us! I bet he stole one of Robotnik's robots!" Tails said excitedly.
"Cool." Came Sonic's reply.
The trio arrived at Knuckles' hut. The red echidna pulled the door open. Directly in front was a computer, the monitor displaying video feed.
"This falls under the 'military technique' category, but this is important, so I thought I'd show you early."
"What is it?" Sonic asked.
"It is a recon computer. There is a group called the Chaotix that live on this Island in the Ice Cap mountains." Knuckles began.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a sec. I thought you were the only person living on the island?" Sonic asked, obviously confused.
"That is what you're supposed to think. They help keep the island safe where I am not able to see. They create technological devices which I use to keep the island safe. They deal in chaos and politics, which is why this Robotnik guy is of particular interest to them. Take a look at the screen."
Sonic and Tails looked at the screen. On it was a compound in the middle of the desert at night.
"This is a new base of Robotnik's unearthed by the system. We have no idea where it is or what kind of activites he is using the base for." Knuckles explained. "The Chaotix say they will call me immediately if they see anything important. You two can go now. There will be no training today, I need to check out this base."
Sonic and Tails turned to each other and smiled.
"Hey! Do not think you are getting off easy. Tomorrow you will do double the work." Knuckles announced. The announcement was met with groans.
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8 hours later
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Sonic, for once was dry and asleep at a decent hour. Well... He was until an extremely loud and rushed knocking at his door jolted him awake.
"Sonic! SONIC!" Knuckles frantically yelled. "Get dressed in your combat clothes and get to my hut double time!!!"
"I wonder what's so important?" Sonic thought. "And combat clothes? He said we wouldn't need these for two years! I can't stand the dirty black jacket and pants!"
Just that moment, Tails ran into Sonic's hut dressed completely in black clothes.
"Sonic! Hurry! We have to go to Knuckles' hut! He says it's an emergency!" Tails yelled.
"Emergency? This can't be cool. Get onto my back so we can juice outta here!"
Tails obeyed and Sonic rushed out of the hut, running at supersonic speed.
In less than a minute, Sonic arrived at the Guardian's hut, inside the echidna was glued to the screen of his recon computer.
Tails jumped off of the hedgehog's back. "What did you need Knuckles?"
"Sonic, you know that base I showed you earlier?"
"Yeah? What about it?"
"That base is by the ruins of Sandopolis, about One-hundred miles away from here. AND it is on this island!"
"But that's impossible!" Sonic yelled.
"Nothing's impossible Sonic. That's what my mom said." Tails told Sonic.
"Tails is right, Sonic. Nothing is impossible. But... oh my gosh, take a look at the screen!" Knuckles yelled.
On the screen, barely recognizable except for her bright lime green head, was Lieutenant Juke.
"What she doin' there?" Sonic asked.
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Sandopolis Zone
---
Lieutenant Juke crept through the outside of Robotnik's base, carefully hiding from SWATbot patrols. Light flooded down from above and illuminated the sandy ground, giving the base a ghostly feel. Gun in her left hand, the wall against her right, head down. The back of her head was covered in Dark navy blue, no one would be able to tell who or what she was from the back.
She kept quietly running, making sure to pick up her feet as she ran. A tactic Robotnik had taught her. She found it funny that the same tactics Robotnik had taught her, were now being used against him.
She needed to take a rest, she was becoming fatigued. Juke turned her back to the outside of the base and hugged against the wall, near the corner.
Turning her back to the enemy was normally an unwise move. But showing off her lime green face was just as risky. She holstered her gun, held her hands against the wall, and began to breathe.
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Inside Robotnik's Base
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"Robotnik sir. Swatbot patrol Eta has spotted a lime green female hedgehog out side the compound on their scanners." Lieutenant Shady announced.
"Hmm... Any pictures?" Robotnik asked.
"Yes sir, here." Lieutenant Shady replied, handing Robotnik the pictures.
"Hmm... Just as I thought. that is my ex-lieutenant Juke, the traitor."
"Initiate Code Delta, sir?" Shady asked.
"Yes, but take this video camera, I want to make sure I see this."
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Back with Lieutenant Juke
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Juke inhaled deeply. She was ready to go. She turned around, ready to turn the corner, but to her extreme surprise, a SWATbot blocked her path. She gasped and turned to run, but another SWATbot was blocking her exit. There were three more too. She was surrounded.
A shout came from the crowd. "Traitor! Throw down your weapon. Got down and your knees and put your hands behind your head!!!" The voice wasn't robotic in the least. A blue hedgehog with streaks of black in his spikes stepped out from behind the crowd. "Do it now!!!" the hedgehog yelled.
The terrified Juke hesistently obeyed. Robotnik had told her never to surrender, but Juke wasn't stupid. She wouldn't stand a chance now. Her gun was holstered and she was too nervous to think clearly. She had recognized the patch on the mysterious hedgehog's shoulder immediately.
"I see Robotnik's hired a new Lieutenant." Juke said dully.
"You're correct. I am Robotnik's new and LOYAL Lieutenant Shady. And I am here to personally oversee the capture of his traitor. Robotnik didn't let you in this. But, when he captures traitors, he gives them a special formula.
Trust me, you ain't gonna like this one bit. When I'm done with you, you'll see that Robotnik is quite the chemist. SWATbots, bind her!"
The robots obeyed and the leader pulled out his bindings. Another swatbot pulled Juke's arms behind her back and crossed them as far as they would go. She gasped in pain as the freedom of her arms was taken.
"Very good. Now hold her still." Shady commanded as he pulled out a syringe of bubbling green liquid. "Do you like shots Lieutenant? I hope not, because this one will be the most painful one of your life." Shady asked, laughing psychotically afterward.
Pulling back Juke's sleeve, Shady held the needle back, and then fiercely stabbed her. Juke yelled in pain as the green liquid infiltrated her insides.
"Release her!" Shady yelled. The robots obeyed and Shady watched the traitor's torture.
Juke had no idea what kind of poison Shady had used. All she knew was that it hurt like nothing she had ever felt and that she was growing increasingly tired. From the pain or the poison, she didn't know which.
Juke began to wobble as she fought to stay awake. Shady's laugh resonated throughout her head along with the incrdible pain. She wished Shady would just pull out his pistol and then that would be that. But she knew he wouldn't. He was watching her pain as if it were a personal hobby of his.
She couldn't think straight. The last thing she saw was Shady's Evil grin and then nothing as she fell forward and her head hit the ground like a rock.