SuperSonic Speed: Chapter 19- To the top
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Flying Battery
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Lieutenant Shady sat back in his chair reading the latest reports straight from Robotropolis. Appartantly, very soon, the city would have full resources at 100%
It was good news, but not very interesting news at that. He closed the file and let himself relax. The prototype was on board guarding corridors and scanning sectors, it was essentially the first time his life had been pretty much guaranteed.
Occasional Reports of "Sector Clear" and "No Unusual Activities Oberved" Flashed across the screen. Shady shut his eyes, at this rate, he could afford a nap, and he would tell Robotnik that too. Although inside, he'd never really have the backbone to tell Robotnik anything when the monster came out screaming.
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Ice Cap Mountains
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Knuckles carefully scaled the mountain, his eyes constantly scanning all directions. He had heard from the Chaotix tales of giant monsters in the other mountains, the one farthest away anyways. He doubted this was true, and even if it was, it would be impossible to cross over to this mountain.
Lieutenant Juke and Knuckles led the front row, followed by Sonic and Tails in the back. Two by Two, the four entered a cave.
"Okay," Knuckles started, "What's interesting about these mountains, is that they sharply slope for a bit, then level out and you'll go through a series of caves. You probably noticed it already, but I just wanted to point i out and let you know you weren't crazy.
They were about halfway up the mountain already, and the cold seemed to increase. Sonic had doubted it could get any worse, but here he was, curled up as he walked, shaking and shivering.
The four ended another slope and reached a cave. These caves were slightly tubular and glowed a frozen blue. Small rocks lay roughly dotted across the floor, but there were some bigger ones there two. They were about to carry on when Juke held Knuckles back and yelled "Whoa!" She quickly pulled out her pistol and carefully shot at the ceiling, a HUGE icicle fell to the cave floor, shattering into a million pieces. "That one was loose, another step, and it woulda landed on your head."
Knuckles muttered something about having always hated the place, "So. How did you know about those?"
"What? You think Robotnik would be dumb enough to send his, well, what WAS his top Lieutenent, out into the field without proper training? That jerk's alotta things, but dumb ain't one of 'em."
"Yea, and that's what makes everything harder." Knuckles coldly replied.
They continued on climbing the next slope, they were almost at the top...
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Robotropolis
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"Report in Lieutenant!" Robotnik announced through his headset. All Robotnik recieved was a good moment of silence. "Lieutenant? Are you there? Answer me!" Robtnik was MAD now, "LIEUTENANT! ANSWER ME NOW!!!"
Shady had figured the wost thing to wake up to in the world was a stereo on full blast, he now had a new chart topper. "Yesss sir?" He asked, still half-asleep.
"Have you been sleeping on the job Lieutenant?"
"Yes sir. I apologize for my actions, sir."
"Lieutenant, I had better not catch you sleeping again."
"Yes sir."
"Over and out."
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Ice Cap
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This was it, they were just about at the top. Knuckles looked down, "Long way down eh?" The sight made Sonic sick, so he nodded. Suddenly, a loud, enormous vibration was starting. "Flying Battery is nearing us, it'll be here in about 15 minutes." However, the vibration, grew louder, blocking out the noise.
Pieces of snow and ice began to fall. "What the?" Sonic asked, surprised, he didn't have much more time to react though, because Knuckles yelled "Avalanche!!!" And everyone was swept off their feet.
Sonic was helpless, he could do nothing except watch in horror as he and his friends were pulled down the mountain. He could feel he was almost at the bottom, the snow was catching up, the white blanket was almost upon him, and then, everything went dark.
Knuckles' head popped out of the snow first. Then Juke's and then Tails.
"Hey!" Tails yelled, "Where's Sonic?" The trio looked around, but Sonic was nowhere in sight. "Sonic! Where are you!" The calling helped noone.
"Okay, chances are, he's somewhere under there. We've got about five minutes until he's dead, so we need to work fast." The three started digging away at the snow, it was a race against time.
Snow was being thrown everywhere, adn Tails spotted a limp arm in the pile where they had tossed everything.
Knuckles pulled the hedgehog out and looked at him. He was freezing cold and the back of his head was stained purple with blood. Knuckles couldn't figure out what had happened. Then, he remembered the big rocks he had seen earlier and everything suddenly seemed clearer.
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Sonic felt big, muscular arms drag him from the snowy depths of hell and put him on a hard, cold, bed. He struggled to breathe deeply. He was cold, so cold, and the back of his head ached terribly too. The hedgehog wondered what would have caused such pain. He tried curling up, but the hands wouldn't allow him. Sonic painfully opened his eyes. Slowly coming into focus was Knuckles, Tails, and Juke. He was laying on Knuckles Hoverboard, the Echidna was holding him in place.
"You almost died!" Tails yelled.
"Huh? What? No way!" Sonic replied.
"Tails was right, you almost DID die." Knuckles commented dully. "So, once we get in a semi-warm place will you be able to walk?"
Sonic nodded, although he really just wanted to sleep. He kept his eyes open. Flying Battery hovered close to the mountains, orbiting the island, it was time to take back the floating island. THIS was it, do or die, win or lose, and he was ready... or at least he thought he was.
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Flying Battery
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Lieutenant Shady sat back in his chair reading the latest reports straight from Robotropolis. Appartantly, very soon, the city would have full resources at 100%
It was good news, but not very interesting news at that. He closed the file and let himself relax. The prototype was on board guarding corridors and scanning sectors, it was essentially the first time his life had been pretty much guaranteed.
Occasional Reports of "Sector Clear" and "No Unusual Activities Oberved" Flashed across the screen. Shady shut his eyes, at this rate, he could afford a nap, and he would tell Robotnik that too. Although inside, he'd never really have the backbone to tell Robotnik anything when the monster came out screaming.
---
Ice Cap Mountains
---
Knuckles carefully scaled the mountain, his eyes constantly scanning all directions. He had heard from the Chaotix tales of giant monsters in the other mountains, the one farthest away anyways. He doubted this was true, and even if it was, it would be impossible to cross over to this mountain.
Lieutenant Juke and Knuckles led the front row, followed by Sonic and Tails in the back. Two by Two, the four entered a cave.
"Okay," Knuckles started, "What's interesting about these mountains, is that they sharply slope for a bit, then level out and you'll go through a series of caves. You probably noticed it already, but I just wanted to point i out and let you know you weren't crazy.
They were about halfway up the mountain already, and the cold seemed to increase. Sonic had doubted it could get any worse, but here he was, curled up as he walked, shaking and shivering.
The four ended another slope and reached a cave. These caves were slightly tubular and glowed a frozen blue. Small rocks lay roughly dotted across the floor, but there were some bigger ones there two. They were about to carry on when Juke held Knuckles back and yelled "Whoa!" She quickly pulled out her pistol and carefully shot at the ceiling, a HUGE icicle fell to the cave floor, shattering into a million pieces. "That one was loose, another step, and it woulda landed on your head."
Knuckles muttered something about having always hated the place, "So. How did you know about those?"
"What? You think Robotnik would be dumb enough to send his, well, what WAS his top Lieutenent, out into the field without proper training? That jerk's alotta things, but dumb ain't one of 'em."
"Yea, and that's what makes everything harder." Knuckles coldly replied.
They continued on climbing the next slope, they were almost at the top...
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Robotropolis
---
"Report in Lieutenant!" Robotnik announced through his headset. All Robotnik recieved was a good moment of silence. "Lieutenant? Are you there? Answer me!" Robtnik was MAD now, "LIEUTENANT! ANSWER ME NOW!!!"
Shady had figured the wost thing to wake up to in the world was a stereo on full blast, he now had a new chart topper. "Yesss sir?" He asked, still half-asleep.
"Have you been sleeping on the job Lieutenant?"
"Yes sir. I apologize for my actions, sir."
"Lieutenant, I had better not catch you sleeping again."
"Yes sir."
"Over and out."
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Ice Cap
---
This was it, they were just about at the top. Knuckles looked down, "Long way down eh?" The sight made Sonic sick, so he nodded. Suddenly, a loud, enormous vibration was starting. "Flying Battery is nearing us, it'll be here in about 15 minutes." However, the vibration, grew louder, blocking out the noise.
Pieces of snow and ice began to fall. "What the?" Sonic asked, surprised, he didn't have much more time to react though, because Knuckles yelled "Avalanche!!!" And everyone was swept off their feet.
Sonic was helpless, he could do nothing except watch in horror as he and his friends were pulled down the mountain. He could feel he was almost at the bottom, the snow was catching up, the white blanket was almost upon him, and then, everything went dark.
Knuckles' head popped out of the snow first. Then Juke's and then Tails.
"Hey!" Tails yelled, "Where's Sonic?" The trio looked around, but Sonic was nowhere in sight. "Sonic! Where are you!" The calling helped noone.
"Okay, chances are, he's somewhere under there. We've got about five minutes until he's dead, so we need to work fast." The three started digging away at the snow, it was a race against time.
Snow was being thrown everywhere, adn Tails spotted a limp arm in the pile where they had tossed everything.
Knuckles pulled the hedgehog out and looked at him. He was freezing cold and the back of his head was stained purple with blood. Knuckles couldn't figure out what had happened. Then, he remembered the big rocks he had seen earlier and everything suddenly seemed clearer.
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Sonic felt big, muscular arms drag him from the snowy depths of hell and put him on a hard, cold, bed. He struggled to breathe deeply. He was cold, so cold, and the back of his head ached terribly too. The hedgehog wondered what would have caused such pain. He tried curling up, but the hands wouldn't allow him. Sonic painfully opened his eyes. Slowly coming into focus was Knuckles, Tails, and Juke. He was laying on Knuckles Hoverboard, the Echidna was holding him in place.
"You almost died!" Tails yelled.
"Huh? What? No way!" Sonic replied.
"Tails was right, you almost DID die." Knuckles commented dully. "So, once we get in a semi-warm place will you be able to walk?"
Sonic nodded, although he really just wanted to sleep. He kept his eyes open. Flying Battery hovered close to the mountains, orbiting the island, it was time to take back the floating island. THIS was it, do or die, win or lose, and he was ready... or at least he thought he was.