SuperSonic Speed- Chapter 17: Silver and Lime
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Hydrocity Water Plant
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A smile crossed Sonic's face. He would actually get a painless death, one second of extreme pain at the most. Tails began to walk forward.
"HALT!!! One step, and I'll pull the trigger!" Shady warned; the fox stopped right in his tracks. "Good. Very good. You're a smart fox."
Tails grit his teeth, "You're not gonna get away with this!"
"I think I already have, stupid fox. Sonic, don't think you're getting off easy. Pfft. I don't want to shoot you, I want to torture you... like THIS!!!" and with that, Shady commanded to have Mecha begin to punch Sonic in his stomach. It did it once, twice, three times, it kept going. Shady's psychotic laughter poured into Sonic's ears, as if the physical torture wasn't enough. Sonic was held motionless by the robot's heavy hands. Tails ran forward in an attempt to knock the prototype off balance.
The prototype swung a kick out and kicked Tails back. "Uh-uh, You're not gonna save Sonic!!!" It kept hitting and hitting Sonic, the robot's "skin" feeling like a cold, metal bar. Sonic felt weak, his stomach felt sick, and he hopelessly tried to struggle against the prototype's iron grip.
The doors of HydroCity Water Plant swung open and shots rang out into the aisles.
A deep, male voice shouted "Go! Go! GO!!!" and a female voice shouted, "GET DOWN! GET DOWN!"
Two figures on hoverboards emerged into Sonic's view. "Juke and Knuckles? What the heck are they doing here?" he thought. The prototype threw Sonic and pulled it's pistol back out.
Juke jumped off her hoverboard, and threw herself into a forward somersault as she landed, effectively rolling behind a tank and safe from the prototype's shots. Knuckles jumped onto the hoverboard that Juke had jumped off of and he took off towards Sonic. The robot began in putsuit of Juke.
"Sonic are you okay?" Knuckles asked quietly.
"Yea... Yea... I'll be fine," Sonicd lied; it showed when he tried to sit up and gasped with pain.
"Just get on the hoverboard, you too Tails." The fox obeyed and Knuckles took off on the V220, speeding away toward the front door.
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Aisles of Hydrocity
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The lights went out, all but a few dim lights lit the aisles of Hydrocity. Juke was unprepared and underequipped. Normally, she would have had her nightvision goggles, a fragmentation grenade, and a concussion grenade, and that was the least she would take. She was only supposed to wait for Sonic's arrival in the flag trial, but it had somehow turned into a REAL survival trial, and now all she had was her pistol and her senses.
Juke pulled out her suppressor and carefully screwed it on. If this robot's hearing was like the rest, she could miss a few shots without getting the robot's attention.
She had her back against a tube. That robot, was somewhere in back of her. She listened to the thuds it's metallic feet made as it walked, scanning the aisles as a predator hunting for his prey. Her mind was racing, her hands sweating. Should she jump out and surprise him? Or should she quietly wait for him where she was? Her only advantage there was that the generators stopped the robot from scanning the area.
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Outside of Hydrocity
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"Chaotix, where are you?" Knuckles yelled into his headset.
Sonic could vaguely hear a voice on the other line say "Top Floor offices."
"Okay, we have a situation with a deadly robot on the first floor, whatever you do, GET THE HECK OUT OF THERE!"
Knuckles raced away from HydroCity on his hoverboard.
"Where are we going Knuckles?" Tails asked.
"Its a secret, the biggest secret on the island," He replied, racing away.
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Aisles of HydroCity
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Juke had made her decision. She jumped out, the robot had it's back to her and was moving slowly down the hallway, it wouldn't miss a chance at cathching it's prey. It was almost to the end.
She pulled up the pistol's ever useful scope. Clean shot, right to the head. Juke pulled the trigger, and watched the laser hit a second later. She looked through her scope. His head now featured a large hole and the robot was rapidly turning to face her. It wasn't mad, it was FURIOUS. Rapid shots begin to fire. Juke dove behind a tank for cover. Breathing heavily, her heart racing she tried thinking of what to do, shouldn't the robot have been dead?
Suddenly, she heard a motor whir.
"Forget this!!!" Juke thought, and bolted for the entrance. It was hard to see as there was no lighting at all in this area, she bumped into several tanks along the way.
The whirring behind her crescendoed.
"Uh-Oh," Juke thought, "I've got company."
She turned around and shot at the robot, she didn't know whether or not it hit, it would at least be an attempt to slow the robot. Juke ran as fast as she could, hands out in front of her and occasionly shooting, the laser would temporarely light her path. She turned and shot at him again, while it was aways away from her, it was beginning to turn on the speed.
Aha! She saw it! Knuckles' hoverboard and the front door by it! The hoverboard glowed a dim red, she hadn't seen it because a tank had obstructed her view. She jumped on and rode out, turning around to shoot at the robotic hedgehog, who was turning up the speed and catching up with Juke.
"Knuckles! Where are you! We have a robot on the loose outside of Hydrocity!!!" Juke yelled into her headset.
"You're a little late Juke, the robots are EVERYWHERE! We have buzzbombers and SWATbots PLUS that fire is rapidly spreading!" The guardian replied.
"What are we gonna do?"
"Head straight east until you reach a lone palm tree, get off your hoverboard, find the large red rock and stomp on it. I'll see you there, until then, there's nothing I can do for you."
Juke fired about ten rapid shots at the robot. "Great! And until then, I get to be this robot's lunch!"
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Back with Knuckles
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Knuckles stomped on the rock and watched as a passage way opened up. "Be careful going down." he said, and with that, slid down, holding Sonic in one hand. Tails followed after him.
The three landed, Tails a little rougher than Knuckles. Ther landing spot was impressive. A huge marble chamber, two doors, one on either side, they were both sealed, no intruders would ever get in.
Knuckles laid Sonic on the ground. "Feeling okay?" Knuckles asked.
"Not really," came Sonic's weak reply.
Knuckles went to a wall, typed in a passcode and watched as some gauze popped out. He walked over to Sonic, "Everything is either passcoded or sealed to prevent the enemy from using it." The guardian began to wrap Sonic's bruised stomach and bloody side. "Wow, what the heck did that robot do to you?"
"I'd like to try and forget." Came Sonic's answer.
"I see. Okay, there we go, try and sit up."
Sonic obeyed, gasping with every inch he moved. "Oh man, that guy did me but good."
"It'll hurt for a while, obviously, just lay there until we're ready to go."
Sonic shut his eyes and obeyed.
"Is Sonic okay?" Tails asked.
"He will be fine for the moment."
Juke slid down onto the marble floor. "Geez! You never told me to watch my step!"
"That's not important, grab your V220 and put Sonic on it, we need to be on our way.
"Wha? Sonic asked.
"Just lay there Sonic. Let's go." Knuckles replied as he walked to the sealed door on the right and typed in the password, the door opened and the door they had entered through closed. "Welcome to Hidden Palace."
Sonic sat up and looked around him. "Wow..." was all he could mutter.
Seven tiny emeralds and Seven larger emeralds were stationed around a much larger, green emerald.
"This is the heart of the island what makes it run. The smallest emeralds are the Chaos Emeralds, the slightly larger ones are Super Emeralds, and the big one is the Master Emerald, which is so powerful that it can cancel the effects of the chaos and supers. Without the Master Emerald in place, this island would sink.
If Robotnik ever got his hands on any of these, ESPECIALLY an entire sey of either Chaos or Supers, or worse, both, he could use it to power ANYTHING. If he wanted to destroy the planet, he could do it, easily." Knuckles explained.
"But how would we stop him from getting it then?" Juke asked.
"Like this," Knuckles replied, entering a passcode that revealed a red switch. He punched his fist against the button and watched one by one, in a spiral motion, as holes opened below the emeralds and they fell through.
"The eject button will make Robotnik have to look harder. He could still get
the Master, but he'd have to find this place here first. Now, follow me."
Juke and Tails followed as Knuckles opened up the door to a long spiral staircase that went down several floors.
The three (plus Sonic on the hoverboard) began to descend. It seemed to take ages for them to reach the bottom. When they did, all that was there was a door.
"Congratulations on your 2,000 foot descent, but this is it, Robotnik has won this time, he now has the island in his control. Tails, grab everyone's hands and be ready to fly. Tails obeyed and with Knuckles' free hand, typed in 0134 on the keypad, the door flew open, revealing Hilltop Zone below.
"JUMP TAILS! GO GO GO!" Knuckles yelled. Tails jumped, and Knuckles looked at the inside of his Hidden Palace, he had failed as guardian.
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Hydrocity Water Plant
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A smile crossed Sonic's face. He would actually get a painless death, one second of extreme pain at the most. Tails began to walk forward.
"HALT!!! One step, and I'll pull the trigger!" Shady warned; the fox stopped right in his tracks. "Good. Very good. You're a smart fox."
Tails grit his teeth, "You're not gonna get away with this!"
"I think I already have, stupid fox. Sonic, don't think you're getting off easy. Pfft. I don't want to shoot you, I want to torture you... like THIS!!!" and with that, Shady commanded to have Mecha begin to punch Sonic in his stomach. It did it once, twice, three times, it kept going. Shady's psychotic laughter poured into Sonic's ears, as if the physical torture wasn't enough. Sonic was held motionless by the robot's heavy hands. Tails ran forward in an attempt to knock the prototype off balance.
The prototype swung a kick out and kicked Tails back. "Uh-uh, You're not gonna save Sonic!!!" It kept hitting and hitting Sonic, the robot's "skin" feeling like a cold, metal bar. Sonic felt weak, his stomach felt sick, and he hopelessly tried to struggle against the prototype's iron grip.
The doors of HydroCity Water Plant swung open and shots rang out into the aisles.
A deep, male voice shouted "Go! Go! GO!!!" and a female voice shouted, "GET DOWN! GET DOWN!"
Two figures on hoverboards emerged into Sonic's view. "Juke and Knuckles? What the heck are they doing here?" he thought. The prototype threw Sonic and pulled it's pistol back out.
Juke jumped off her hoverboard, and threw herself into a forward somersault as she landed, effectively rolling behind a tank and safe from the prototype's shots. Knuckles jumped onto the hoverboard that Juke had jumped off of and he took off towards Sonic. The robot began in putsuit of Juke.
"Sonic are you okay?" Knuckles asked quietly.
"Yea... Yea... I'll be fine," Sonicd lied; it showed when he tried to sit up and gasped with pain.
"Just get on the hoverboard, you too Tails." The fox obeyed and Knuckles took off on the V220, speeding away toward the front door.
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Aisles of Hydrocity
---
The lights went out, all but a few dim lights lit the aisles of Hydrocity. Juke was unprepared and underequipped. Normally, she would have had her nightvision goggles, a fragmentation grenade, and a concussion grenade, and that was the least she would take. She was only supposed to wait for Sonic's arrival in the flag trial, but it had somehow turned into a REAL survival trial, and now all she had was her pistol and her senses.
Juke pulled out her suppressor and carefully screwed it on. If this robot's hearing was like the rest, she could miss a few shots without getting the robot's attention.
She had her back against a tube. That robot, was somewhere in back of her. She listened to the thuds it's metallic feet made as it walked, scanning the aisles as a predator hunting for his prey. Her mind was racing, her hands sweating. Should she jump out and surprise him? Or should she quietly wait for him where she was? Her only advantage there was that the generators stopped the robot from scanning the area.
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Outside of Hydrocity
---
"Chaotix, where are you?" Knuckles yelled into his headset.
Sonic could vaguely hear a voice on the other line say "Top Floor offices."
"Okay, we have a situation with a deadly robot on the first floor, whatever you do, GET THE HECK OUT OF THERE!"
Knuckles raced away from HydroCity on his hoverboard.
"Where are we going Knuckles?" Tails asked.
"Its a secret, the biggest secret on the island," He replied, racing away.
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Aisles of HydroCity
---
Juke had made her decision. She jumped out, the robot had it's back to her and was moving slowly down the hallway, it wouldn't miss a chance at cathching it's prey. It was almost to the end.
She pulled up the pistol's ever useful scope. Clean shot, right to the head. Juke pulled the trigger, and watched the laser hit a second later. She looked through her scope. His head now featured a large hole and the robot was rapidly turning to face her. It wasn't mad, it was FURIOUS. Rapid shots begin to fire. Juke dove behind a tank for cover. Breathing heavily, her heart racing she tried thinking of what to do, shouldn't the robot have been dead?
Suddenly, she heard a motor whir.
"Forget this!!!" Juke thought, and bolted for the entrance. It was hard to see as there was no lighting at all in this area, she bumped into several tanks along the way.
The whirring behind her crescendoed.
"Uh-Oh," Juke thought, "I've got company."
She turned around and shot at the robot, she didn't know whether or not it hit, it would at least be an attempt to slow the robot. Juke ran as fast as she could, hands out in front of her and occasionly shooting, the laser would temporarely light her path. She turned and shot at him again, while it was aways away from her, it was beginning to turn on the speed.
Aha! She saw it! Knuckles' hoverboard and the front door by it! The hoverboard glowed a dim red, she hadn't seen it because a tank had obstructed her view. She jumped on and rode out, turning around to shoot at the robotic hedgehog, who was turning up the speed and catching up with Juke.
"Knuckles! Where are you! We have a robot on the loose outside of Hydrocity!!!" Juke yelled into her headset.
"You're a little late Juke, the robots are EVERYWHERE! We have buzzbombers and SWATbots PLUS that fire is rapidly spreading!" The guardian replied.
"What are we gonna do?"
"Head straight east until you reach a lone palm tree, get off your hoverboard, find the large red rock and stomp on it. I'll see you there, until then, there's nothing I can do for you."
Juke fired about ten rapid shots at the robot. "Great! And until then, I get to be this robot's lunch!"
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Back with Knuckles
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Knuckles stomped on the rock and watched as a passage way opened up. "Be careful going down." he said, and with that, slid down, holding Sonic in one hand. Tails followed after him.
The three landed, Tails a little rougher than Knuckles. Ther landing spot was impressive. A huge marble chamber, two doors, one on either side, they were both sealed, no intruders would ever get in.
Knuckles laid Sonic on the ground. "Feeling okay?" Knuckles asked.
"Not really," came Sonic's weak reply.
Knuckles went to a wall, typed in a passcode and watched as some gauze popped out. He walked over to Sonic, "Everything is either passcoded or sealed to prevent the enemy from using it." The guardian began to wrap Sonic's bruised stomach and bloody side. "Wow, what the heck did that robot do to you?"
"I'd like to try and forget." Came Sonic's answer.
"I see. Okay, there we go, try and sit up."
Sonic obeyed, gasping with every inch he moved. "Oh man, that guy did me but good."
"It'll hurt for a while, obviously, just lay there until we're ready to go."
Sonic shut his eyes and obeyed.
"Is Sonic okay?" Tails asked.
"He will be fine for the moment."
Juke slid down onto the marble floor. "Geez! You never told me to watch my step!"
"That's not important, grab your V220 and put Sonic on it, we need to be on our way.
"Wha? Sonic asked.
"Just lay there Sonic. Let's go." Knuckles replied as he walked to the sealed door on the right and typed in the password, the door opened and the door they had entered through closed. "Welcome to Hidden Palace."
Sonic sat up and looked around him. "Wow..." was all he could mutter.
Seven tiny emeralds and Seven larger emeralds were stationed around a much larger, green emerald.
"This is the heart of the island what makes it run. The smallest emeralds are the Chaos Emeralds, the slightly larger ones are Super Emeralds, and the big one is the Master Emerald, which is so powerful that it can cancel the effects of the chaos and supers. Without the Master Emerald in place, this island would sink.
If Robotnik ever got his hands on any of these, ESPECIALLY an entire sey of either Chaos or Supers, or worse, both, he could use it to power ANYTHING. If he wanted to destroy the planet, he could do it, easily." Knuckles explained.
"But how would we stop him from getting it then?" Juke asked.
"Like this," Knuckles replied, entering a passcode that revealed a red switch. He punched his fist against the button and watched one by one, in a spiral motion, as holes opened below the emeralds and they fell through.
"The eject button will make Robotnik have to look harder. He could still get
the Master, but he'd have to find this place here first. Now, follow me."
Juke and Tails followed as Knuckles opened up the door to a long spiral staircase that went down several floors.
The three (plus Sonic on the hoverboard) began to descend. It seemed to take ages for them to reach the bottom. When they did, all that was there was a door.
"Congratulations on your 2,000 foot descent, but this is it, Robotnik has won this time, he now has the island in his control. Tails, grab everyone's hands and be ready to fly. Tails obeyed and with Knuckles' free hand, typed in 0134 on the keypad, the door flew open, revealing Hilltop Zone below.
"JUMP TAILS! GO GO GO!" Knuckles yelled. Tails jumped, and Knuckles looked at the inside of his Hidden Palace, he had failed as guardian.