SuperSonic Speed 16: Hydro and Seek
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Back with Knuckles
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The Guardian Echidna leaned forward on his hoverboard. "This ain't good. So far, half of the Chaotix are manning their anti-air guns, which aren't doing a dang thing against that monster. The other half is headed to Hydrocity water station, which is our main source of water. They're going to try and cut off the blaze. But until then, anything could happen."
"Where's them kids?" Juke asked.
"Uh... Trying to get as far away as they can from that thing I guess."
"you guess?"
"What? Do you have a better idea?"
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Robotropolis
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Robotnik sat in front of a large screen. On the screen was direct video feed from Flying Battery. It showed a small section of the island burning, "Excellent, Lieutenant, deploy the prototype into that water station I'm seeing here. Make it kill anything that moves inside, we may just anger the Guardian."
He leaned back in his chair. The fires were only an added bonus to the main event.
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Angel Island
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Sonic ran, he didn't bother looking back. He knew what was behind him, an ever-growing line of orange. He didn't want to see it, he was sick of destruction. It reminded him of Metropolis, he didn't want to be reminded of Metropolis, the thought of that day made him sick.
Knuckles' voice came through on his headset, "Sonic, keep going the way you are, you are headed east, about one hundred miles away is Hydrocity Water Station, get to there and you should be okay."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, 'should' be okay?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic, nothing is ever guaranteed, you may tire in the meantime, then the blaze catches up, and then..."
"NO!!!" Sonic yelled, "That ain't gonna happen!"
"It could, Sonic, it very well could."
"But it's not!!! I'll show you when I arrive at Hydrocity, it won't happen!"
Knuckles cut the transmission and smirked, that had been too easy.
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About Fifty Miles away from Sonic
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Lieutenant Shady stood in an elevator, a silver robot to his right. This elevator would lower the Lieutenant and the robot safely to the ground. The robot to his side stood about 4 feet tall, its down-powered eyes glowing a dull orange, its finger spikes retracted. This robot was the prototype of Project S.I.L.V.E.R, ordered to kill ANYTHING that moved. So the robot would have to be activated by remote control to prevent having the Lieutenant die a very horrible, bloody death.
The two sevents of Robotnik reached the floor and Shady pushed the prototype out. Quickly, he got up into the elevator, pushed the "up" button, and activated the bot. The dull orange eyes, turned a fiery bright orange and the Lieutenant punched in the robots destination coordinates as quickly as he could.
The prototype took off and was ready to kill, and kill, and kill.
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Twenty Five Minutes Later
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Sonic ran, the green trees in front of him disappearing behind him in a blur. He knew, that in a matter of minutes, the green he just passed would turn an evil orange. He could see the large building in the distance. "There it is Tails, Hydrocity, pretty big eh?"
"Wow Sonic! That thing is as big as a castle!"
"Er... Not quite, but it sure is huge!"
The blue hedgehog ran on, going as fast as he possibly could. The faster he made it to hydrocity, the better. With each passing second the building got bigger and bigger, until Sonic couldn't see the top and the words "HydroCity Water Plant" hung over the front door and filled his view.
Sonic raced to the front door and pulled it open, only to find himself lost in a maze of tubes, tanks and catwalks. He yelled "HEY!!!" Only to hear his voice bounce and echo off the walls, the hedgehog was truly alone, or so he thought...
"Tails, off my back." Sonic ordered, and felt instantly relieved when the fox jumped off.
"Sonic! Where's the chaotix?"
"Dunno pal, they should be around here somewhere. Knuckles should tell us in a few minutes, in the meantime, lets just take a look around."
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Floating Island
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"DANG IT!" Knuckles yelled as he raced toward Hydrocity on his hoverboard, "I should have told him not to go in yet!"
Juke was riding alongside him, "Relax, they'll be alright."
"Easy for you to say, all I know is that we need to get there, the sooner, the better."
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Fifteen Minutes Later
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Sonic and Tails had been walking through aisles and aisles of the tubing and had fund nothing.
"Man, maybe we got the wrong HydroCity," Sonic said, frustrated.
"More than one Hydrocity?"
"Naw, that can't be it. And why ain't Knuckles contacted us yet?"
"Maybe the generators are causing comlink interference?"
"That must be it, you're a genious Tails! We need to get outside as soon as we can."
Sonic began to walk, Tails following behind. He went snaking around the aisles, unable to find an exit.
"What the heck are we gonna do?" Sonic asked.
"I was about to ask you," Tails replied.
Sonic was exhausted, he had been running five hours straight in the trial, and then from the fire, and now through this water plant. His feet were blistered and aching and the muscles in his legs felt like leathery shoestring.
He put his arm against a tank and leaned against it. Suddenly, with a low-pitched hum, a laser bolt hit the tank he was leaning on about two inches away, scorching the tank's surface.
"What the?" Sonic turned around, at the far end of the hall was a metal robot.
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Flying Battery
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Shady laughed evilly, from the Central Control room he could override the robots preset orders and command the prototype to do anything he wanted. He could make it go after a certain target, choose the weapon of choice, or even talk and make the voice sound robotic. Shady was in control now, and the only one that could stop him was the master himself, Robotnik.
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Hydrocity
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Sonic couldn't run fast now, but he could run. "TAILS! You go left, I'll go right! Just try and find a way out!" The hedgehog started down his path, he heard a laser bolt shoot towards where Tails was heading and heard the fox shriek. Sonic turned up the speed to as far as his limited stregth would allow him and hoped his friend was alright. He would have to run around the tanks and back to Tails, it was too dangerous running towards the robot.
The blue hedgehog ran around the tank and saw Tails, he was alright, just shaken and running towards him. Suddenly, the robot decided to kick into high gear. Sonic was fast, the robot was faster. Sonic felt cold, thick, metal hands, one wrapped itself around his neck, the other, around his waist, short claws digging it, making Sonic's eyes bulge. He tried to gasp out, but he couldn't, the robot's hands were too thick.
Sonic looked on in horror as the robot extracted his hand from inside of Sonic's side. The blue hedgehog shut his eyes, he didn't want to see the creatures clawed hands, covered in his blood, he didn't want to feel anything either. He knew, that anytime, teh robot would pull out it's claws on the hands around his neck and it would all be over, he would die a bloody, painful death.
Sonic felt the barrel of a pistol press against the side of his head, perhaps his death wouldn't be so bad.
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Back with Knuckles
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The Guardian Echidna leaned forward on his hoverboard. "This ain't good. So far, half of the Chaotix are manning their anti-air guns, which aren't doing a dang thing against that monster. The other half is headed to Hydrocity water station, which is our main source of water. They're going to try and cut off the blaze. But until then, anything could happen."
"Where's them kids?" Juke asked.
"Uh... Trying to get as far away as they can from that thing I guess."
"you guess?"
"What? Do you have a better idea?"
---
Robotropolis
---
Robotnik sat in front of a large screen. On the screen was direct video feed from Flying Battery. It showed a small section of the island burning, "Excellent, Lieutenant, deploy the prototype into that water station I'm seeing here. Make it kill anything that moves inside, we may just anger the Guardian."
He leaned back in his chair. The fires were only an added bonus to the main event.
---
Angel Island
---
Sonic ran, he didn't bother looking back. He knew what was behind him, an ever-growing line of orange. He didn't want to see it, he was sick of destruction. It reminded him of Metropolis, he didn't want to be reminded of Metropolis, the thought of that day made him sick.
Knuckles' voice came through on his headset, "Sonic, keep going the way you are, you are headed east, about one hundred miles away is Hydrocity Water Station, get to there and you should be okay."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, 'should' be okay?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic, nothing is ever guaranteed, you may tire in the meantime, then the blaze catches up, and then..."
"NO!!!" Sonic yelled, "That ain't gonna happen!"
"It could, Sonic, it very well could."
"But it's not!!! I'll show you when I arrive at Hydrocity, it won't happen!"
Knuckles cut the transmission and smirked, that had been too easy.
---
About Fifty Miles away from Sonic
---
Lieutenant Shady stood in an elevator, a silver robot to his right. This elevator would lower the Lieutenant and the robot safely to the ground. The robot to his side stood about 4 feet tall, its down-powered eyes glowing a dull orange, its finger spikes retracted. This robot was the prototype of Project S.I.L.V.E.R, ordered to kill ANYTHING that moved. So the robot would have to be activated by remote control to prevent having the Lieutenant die a very horrible, bloody death.
The two sevents of Robotnik reached the floor and Shady pushed the prototype out. Quickly, he got up into the elevator, pushed the "up" button, and activated the bot. The dull orange eyes, turned a fiery bright orange and the Lieutenant punched in the robots destination coordinates as quickly as he could.
The prototype took off and was ready to kill, and kill, and kill.
---
Twenty Five Minutes Later
---
Sonic ran, the green trees in front of him disappearing behind him in a blur. He knew, that in a matter of minutes, the green he just passed would turn an evil orange. He could see the large building in the distance. "There it is Tails, Hydrocity, pretty big eh?"
"Wow Sonic! That thing is as big as a castle!"
"Er... Not quite, but it sure is huge!"
The blue hedgehog ran on, going as fast as he possibly could. The faster he made it to hydrocity, the better. With each passing second the building got bigger and bigger, until Sonic couldn't see the top and the words "HydroCity Water Plant" hung over the front door and filled his view.
Sonic raced to the front door and pulled it open, only to find himself lost in a maze of tubes, tanks and catwalks. He yelled "HEY!!!" Only to hear his voice bounce and echo off the walls, the hedgehog was truly alone, or so he thought...
"Tails, off my back." Sonic ordered, and felt instantly relieved when the fox jumped off.
"Sonic! Where's the chaotix?"
"Dunno pal, they should be around here somewhere. Knuckles should tell us in a few minutes, in the meantime, lets just take a look around."
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Floating Island
---
"DANG IT!" Knuckles yelled as he raced toward Hydrocity on his hoverboard, "I should have told him not to go in yet!"
Juke was riding alongside him, "Relax, they'll be alright."
"Easy for you to say, all I know is that we need to get there, the sooner, the better."
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Fifteen Minutes Later
---
Sonic and Tails had been walking through aisles and aisles of the tubing and had fund nothing.
"Man, maybe we got the wrong HydroCity," Sonic said, frustrated.
"More than one Hydrocity?"
"Naw, that can't be it. And why ain't Knuckles contacted us yet?"
"Maybe the generators are causing comlink interference?"
"That must be it, you're a genious Tails! We need to get outside as soon as we can."
Sonic began to walk, Tails following behind. He went snaking around the aisles, unable to find an exit.
"What the heck are we gonna do?" Sonic asked.
"I was about to ask you," Tails replied.
Sonic was exhausted, he had been running five hours straight in the trial, and then from the fire, and now through this water plant. His feet were blistered and aching and the muscles in his legs felt like leathery shoestring.
He put his arm against a tank and leaned against it. Suddenly, with a low-pitched hum, a laser bolt hit the tank he was leaning on about two inches away, scorching the tank's surface.
"What the?" Sonic turned around, at the far end of the hall was a metal robot.
---
Flying Battery
---
Shady laughed evilly, from the Central Control room he could override the robots preset orders and command the prototype to do anything he wanted. He could make it go after a certain target, choose the weapon of choice, or even talk and make the voice sound robotic. Shady was in control now, and the only one that could stop him was the master himself, Robotnik.
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Hydrocity
---
Sonic couldn't run fast now, but he could run. "TAILS! You go left, I'll go right! Just try and find a way out!" The hedgehog started down his path, he heard a laser bolt shoot towards where Tails was heading and heard the fox shriek. Sonic turned up the speed to as far as his limited stregth would allow him and hoped his friend was alright. He would have to run around the tanks and back to Tails, it was too dangerous running towards the robot.
The blue hedgehog ran around the tank and saw Tails, he was alright, just shaken and running towards him. Suddenly, the robot decided to kick into high gear. Sonic was fast, the robot was faster. Sonic felt cold, thick, metal hands, one wrapped itself around his neck, the other, around his waist, short claws digging it, making Sonic's eyes bulge. He tried to gasp out, but he couldn't, the robot's hands were too thick.
Sonic looked on in horror as the robot extracted his hand from inside of Sonic's side. The blue hedgehog shut his eyes, he didn't want to see the creatures clawed hands, covered in his blood, he didn't want to feel anything either. He knew, that anytime, teh robot would pull out it's claws on the hands around his neck and it would all be over, he would die a bloody, painful death.
Sonic felt the barrel of a pistol press against the side of his head, perhaps his death wouldn't be so bad.