Chapter 2 up!
Might be a little slow getting to good bits, but trust me, it'll be worth the wait.
Chapter 2.
Mystic Ruins, Tails' workshop...
Sonic's Uncle Chuck sat at his computer terminal, he checked his watch for the tenth time in so many minutes. He clicked on his in-coming E-Mails. Nothing. Chewing the inside of his cheek, he sat back in his chair and tapped a pencil on the top of the table.C'mon, Sonny-boy..
A distraction came in the form of Tails. The little cub was wearing his work goggles and carrying a large amount of wires in all sorts of colours . Before Chuck could ask, Tails darted under his work station next to his and quickly got to work connecting the wires to the mother-board. Tails popped up five minutes later, hopped into his chair and clacked the keyboard keys with skills of a pro. After checking the screen, Tails ripped off the glasses, put on his head-set and waved at the fuzzy picture of Knuckles as he came into view.
" It's all done, Knuckles. your com-link is now up-graded."
Knuckles pushed up the brim of his hat and grinned. " Nice job, kid."
" Thanks! Um..How are things your end?"
" Apart from freezing my arse off in the cargo-hold? Pretty good. I haven't been found out yet. Which is fine by me. Just heard from the pilot that White Haven-the resort near White Jungle- is only a few hours away."
" Keep your voice down!" Tails hissed.
" It's cool." Knuckles hissed back," I'll check in with you once we've landed, and are you sure this new up-grade will come in handy?"
Tails nodded, " I'm sure." He disconnected the line, sat back in his chair with a grin," Don't be a worry-wart,Knuckles, she will be.."
Chuck's computer binged, " You have E-Mail."
" ' Bout time, Sonny." He grabbed the pencil and a pad of paper," Now, lets see what we have here.." He clicked opened the file, scrolled down it a bit, then frowned, " Hm..."
" Something wrong, Chuck?"
Chuck tapped his chin with the pencil tip, " Get hold of Rouge and Shadow, Miles. Tell them there's a meeting here in the morning,about eleven o'clock. Sonic and Amy will need their rest before I spring this on them."
Tails was already clicking on his keys, " It's very bad, isn't it?"
He closed his eyes, " According to these files,yes it is." He tapped his own keys, sending an E-Mail back. " From their message, they've run into some kind of trouble. I'm providing them with an escape route, that should lead them to the city limits, and, allow Sonic to do his other small mission." He hit enter, " ."
" I hope they get it in time."
" So do I."
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Eggtopia...
Sonic stepped in front of Amy,shielding her from the in-coming Mechs who were pounding on the other side of the steel door. The alarms had stopped only a few seconds ago, which was bad, and meant Eggman knew someone was inside his Base. The console behind them pinged as Chuck's message arrived.
" You expecting an E-Mail?" Sonic looked over his shoulder at her. Amy shook her head, bemused. Sonic had a closer look at the address. " Amy... It's from Unc!"
"Huh? Chuck? Quick, what's it say?"
Sonic cracked his fingers and hit the keys, " Message reads: E-Mail with Robotnik's daily ops arrived safely. Tell Amy there's no A in Rodent. Programme on blank disc is a virus, use to disable all security in Base. To escape, use air-vent on right side to take you to second target and home. Cxx. That's all of it." He chuckled and turned to Amy, " You spelt rodent with an A?"
She stood there, counting the amount of letters in the word. She then blinked and blushed at the same time," I was in a rush! Don't you dare laugh!"
" No. Now's not the time for funnies. We need a plan," He looked around the room again and his eyes fell on the console. A big grin appeared on his face. " I got it!"
" You..Have?"
With a confident nod, Sonic jumped onto the terminal and pulled her up alongside him," How are your keyboard skills?" He asked.
" Not more files! Please, Sonic, I'll do anything. Just don't ask this of me, I'm rubbish!"
He groaned," Just follow my lead, OK? We'll up-load this sucker of a virus and scramble Eggman's main computer at the same time. Ready?"
" Nope."
With a grin, Sonic started hitting as many of the keys as he could. Amy shrugged next to him and followed suit,Sonic pushed the enter key to up-load the virus and then, to Amy's amazement..He started singing!!
" You put the petal to the metal
and baby I guarantee.
You'll be juicin', to the tenth decree."
Amy giggled and went," Oh, yeah!"
" Crank it to Super-Sonic,
you don't need any fuel.
'Cause the rocket's in my pocket,
and I'm way-hey-HEY
Past cool!"
He grabbed her hand and together they jumped, just before the virus took effect and cause the console to blow ducked behind him and peeked out of his quills as it fizzed and sparked.
" Whoa...What was on that disc?"
" I have no idea. Who knew we could make such good music together.." He stopped suddenly, going a nice pink. " Um.. That came out wrong.." Amy smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly." Uh..." He cringed as loud bangs and thumps sounded from outside. " The Mechs are down, the virus worked. C'mon, let's get outta here!" He grabbed the grill of the right air-vent and, grunting, pulled it open, " Ladies first."
She pecked him on the cheek, before climbing inside the small space. Sonic followed shortly afterwards, closing the grill behind them. They followed the twisting section of vent until they came to a part that smelt of rotting eggs . Amy put her hand over her mouth to stop her gagging and giving away their position, Sonic however, crawled to the grill and smiled. Reaching into the side pocket of his bag, he placed a tiny metal spider on the vent wall. He winked at Amy, who frowned.
" It's a bug." He quietly explained," This pipe runs right next to Lard-bellys' office. Unc is a genius! We'll be able to find out what he's up to and Eggman will be none the wiser. Cool, huh?"
" Oh, yeah," She said dryly, "Way past cool. Now, can we go? The smell is killing me." She coughed and waved a hand past her nose.
Sonic sniffed, then gagged," Yeah..We go home now. I think Eggman's just farted." He copied her, waving his hand. " Dude, he's lethal. Oh man, he stinks!" He pushed her along the tunnel," Let's get outta here!"
It seemed like hours had past when Sonic kicked open a grill and jumped onto grass. He was dirty, covered in grime and other things to horrible to describe. After checking the coast was clear, he helped Amy to her feet, who was just as dirty and quickly made a face.
" Phew-wee! You stink!"
She stabbed his chest, hard, " So do you! Ugh, I need a bath."
His ears pricked up," A bath? With extra bubbles?" He put his hands together, "Please! Please with extra bubbles. Please !"
" You're like a big kid. Oh, alright then. Extra bubbles." Sonic grinned and clapped his hands, " But..it depends how long it takes you to get home, take too long, no bubbles and you have to have a shower all on your lonesome." She gave him a teasing smile." How quick are you, Sonic?"
For her answer, Sonic grinned, scooped her up bridal style and revved up. " You haven't seen anything yet." With-out warning, he shot off down the dirt path at super-sonic speed, leaving a giant dust cloud in his wake and Amy's delightful giggles.
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Inside Main Lab...
The engines powered up to full a series of whirls and clicks, a large object rose and hovered in the air. It looked like a flying saucer, lights on its under-belly flickered in all the primary colours.
It floated to the only other thing in the room-- a large cluster of trees and bushes. It bleeped loudly and a hose-like cannon lowered from a hidden compartment. The cannon fired an intense beam of green energy and turned the mass of foliage into what could only be described as guacamole.
In the control room, Eggman sat back in his chair and clapped his hands with glee. " A perfect test-run! Just perfect!" He laughed madly watching another screen, where a monster of a tower was being constructed. " If only that pest of a rodent knew what was in store for him." He smiled, he really liked having a good day. " Oh.. Life is good!"
Sonic's song is from Sat-AM, not sure what episode though.
Please R and R. Pretty please...