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Um... kinda corrected: 11/24/11
Chapter 2: Pains of Poison
It is stupid to agree to an enemy's demands, yet Sonic had. He wasn't thinking of his life at that point but everyone elses and the poison that was already flowing through their veins. What could he say? Robotnik had really thought this one out.
"You will find no faults this time, you can only see this through and if you obey me, I won't have to use any extra force." Robotnik knew his adversary well, that he wouldn't dare do anything to put others in danger. This didn't stop Sonic from looking for loopholes though, as they always seemed so blunt when they came to the 'scientist', but he already brought up every point: hacking, stealing, all out beating the crap out of the evil genius and it was all for naught.
Ovi Robotnik wasn't letting anything about his plan slip.
It was smart to put the poison in the city's main water supply, people needed it to live. "My plan is flawless." And Robotnik needed to keep rubbing in the fact, that he had the first good idea in a long time. If he obeyed then Robotnik promised to reverse the effect.
"How about you tell me where you are keeping the antidote?" Robotnik wasn't going to tell, knowing the blue hedgehog would just run off to get it, he didn't plan on ruining this game.
Well even so, how did Sonic know he could trust the evil genius when 99 out of 100 times he was lying?
The smile rose on the other side of the large man's mustache "you have no other choice then to trust me, unless you want them to all die…"
Sonic scrunched up his snout "screw you Robotnik." It was a bit harsh coming from him.
Miles always left his door unlocked, he had that sort of trust and Sonic hated to betray it. He poked his head silently in feeling time drifting slowly as he crept inside. With the lack of action, and movement, he couldn't stop the terrible thoughts racking his mind. What if... the possibilities were endless in there terrible ways.
Hearing the soft snores he looked over to the couch where there was a familiar scene of twin tails wrapped lovingly around the young fox, he moved silently by. He knew where everything was, his friend always told him though he never appeared to be listening when he did, they all trusted him a little too easily with their life.
He came to the cabinets and drawn them open, moving his fingers carefully over the crisp stacks of paper and the elaborate ideas Tails slaved so sleeplessly over to perfect. Couldn't he lie to Robotnik and say he couldn't find them? He knew that wouldn't work.
If only he could tell his friends what was going on but he didn't want them to worry. He pulled his hands back searching for a pen or pencil to scribble with and finding what he was looking for, he glanced momentarily over his shoulder.
As long as he got everywhere fast Robotnik's robots wouldn't be able to keep up and watch him. He snatched up one of Tails' papers and began to write quicker then the device even wanted to scrape out ink.
His shoulders suddenly stiffened as a soft whine escaped his little brother in slumber, seeing he was still asleep Sonic calmly closed his eyes. There was a reason he ran, to escape worry and fear…
He took the stack of all the nearly flawless ideas up in his arms. He was glad he met Tails all those years ago and now he wanted to protect his friend even if it meant betraying him first. In a second Sonic was gone the wind brushing the fox's fur.
Tails lifted his head blinking at the dim light as the last of night sulked away. "Sonic?…" The hedgehog was already long gone. Tossing aside the tiny robot which snuck up onto the window sill in his wake.
If only his feet wouldn't betray him now, he wanted to run faster and hear only the wind whispering its secrets in his ears. The light streaked across the horizon casting streams of its golden glow through the dense trees, he swerved around struggling to keep the papers from flying away in his trail.
Sonic loved the feeling of running and never knowing where he was going till he got there, to see all the stunning scenery that most people would never get the chance to see. To whisk away the erratic beating of his heart and the thoughts trying to make it through his ears. All he wanted to do was live in the moment but now he couldn't because now he had to…
He skidded to a stop slipping beneath the opening, upon his heals. "I'm waiting!" Even now patience was dead for those too slow. The man emerged with his large robots looming up on each side of the hedgehog making his spikes curl in discomfort. "What do you plan to do with Tails' plans?"
"That's for me to know." Sonic pulled back the papers the second the doctor's fingers brushed them. Robotnik scratched his large nose in response, trying to appear thoughtful. "Listen Sonic by the evening of today the affects of the poison will start to kick in…"
He just scuffed turning his spikes to face the enemy "then I will give it to you then."
"If you wait to long they will d-" In a second he was before Robotnik, who struck a painful nerve with him.
"Don't tell me about waiting!" He dropped the papers at the man's feet and retreated to the far side of the room.
"Don't think about leaving." Ovi Robotnik was planning something more then he was currently letting on, a deeper plan then he ever pulled together before.
Sonic looked over to where the robots were stationed motionless, watching him. Was that all Robotnik was seriously doing to stop him? He expected something else that would keep him from doing what came natural, running.
Morning had greeted the girl with sunshine and warmth as she wiggled free of the covers. Last night had been wonderful it had been almost like a dream standing there under the moonlit night with the boy she loved.
She would see him again today only if he streaked by as nothing more then a blur. She planned on calling for him to stop, to come back, maybe he would today.
When Robotnik finished the reconfiguration of his robots he emerged only to find his previous ones scrapped, with bits of their heavy metal scattered across the floor. "SONIC!" He blew by once, twice, disappearing from sight again and again. "You aren't going to find what you are looking for, it isn't here."
He slid to a stop before him "where is it Robuttnik?"
The man stuck up his obnoxiously large nose "that's no way to get what you want hedgehog. Maybe you should beg."
"No way!" Sonic turned away not willing to damage his pride but Robotnik still destroyed it at the coming comment.
"Give me your shoes." Robotnik couldn't have the hedgehog running around like this, it would cause too much trouble.
"No way Robotnik! I've already had enough… I'm going to tell them all what your up to!" An accusing finger wasn't enough to make the man cringe.
"Alright Sonic go ahead but that means our deal is off. I will just have to let everyone die… It will make it easier to build my city from scratch." He gave it a moment to sink in but it took no more then a millisecond.
"I don't think you will."
"You really want to a stake a bet with others peoples' lifes as the pot? Is that really smart? what if I have a better hand then you? and I do seem to have the better hand."
Sonic scowled, this wasn't a game of poker, it wasn't a game at all!
Using poison…
He was going to say that what Robotnik was doing was wrong and a new kind of low but somewhere along the lines the words were lost beneath his breath as it pulled tight in his chest. Even though he hated water he drank it too, so how had the fact that he must have been affected as well, slip his mind?
His spikes felt heavy or maybe it was just his head, he staggered to the left fumbling over his usually balanced footing, feeling that nausea would engulf him. The hedgehog heaved and it sure wasn't pleasant to spill your guts in public. Distantly he heard Robotnik complain about him getting the floors dirty but it wasn't as if he could stop himself, poison was toxic and his body wanted to reject it.
He stumbled toward the exit picking fresh air over this sickening place because all he knew was his head still felt like it was spinning and he only wanted it to stop. "Where are you going Sonic?" Robotnik didn't really have to ask, the hedgehog dropped. Who knew poison was the answer all along to keep the annoyance still. Of course anyone was still when they were unconscious.
There was one problem with all this, it was barely morning and the poison shouldn't start working till the evening. If it was going to progress this fast it wouldn't be long before it surpassed its cure. Hopefully this was just a one case thing.
Last two stories I updated at least once everyday but this time, I think I will keep two or three days between each chapter. That way people get a better chance to read before more appears. I'll start my waiting inbetween after I post this chapter.
Next chapter: Could Be A Problem
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