Section 4: Conflict 1
The ocean had a solid look about it. Not a single wave or ripple was visible and the horizon was perfectly smooth everywhere you looked. Not even the engines of the three spaceships that hovered above it made an impact on the tranquillity of the seascape. They were in a staggered formation with the 'Rapture' leading the pack. The largest of the three, its twin engines located on each side, flat streamlined look and numerous weapons including the revolutionary link cannon, which consisted of three separate guns located on the top and each side, made it the most recognisable and most feared ship in the Fury. Co arsenal. Following was the 'Icarus' consisting of four separate engines stemming like branches from struts at the rear of the ship. It was much longer than the 'Rapture' and was designed to get stuck into any action. Its agility and massive variety of firepower and weapons in testing meant it was able it was able to clear entire battalions of troops in minutes. Finally bringing up the rear of the convoy was the 'Virus'. With only two engines limited weapons and heavy shielding it was never designed for combat. Instead lying in wait inside its bulky structure was hundreds of drop ships carrying troops, heavy weapons and vehicles to descend upon the battlefield like an infection on a wound.
Inside everything was silent. Troops dressed in black and orange armour and equipped with black weapons with orange stripes and the Fury. Co logo printed on them, waited in the drop ships waiting for the attack signal to light up orange, machinery was motionless and everyone prepared their stations. A silent running order had been given as they approached Dr. Eggmans' base. Matt, Shadow, Knuckles and Tikal starred out the bridge window at their destination. Matt whispered in Shadow's ear "You think were close enough for you to transport yet?" "I think so" he replied "I'll see you on the other side" "Good luck Shadow" said Knuckles who also gave him an assuring pat on the back. Shadow nodded and then disappeared in a flash of light. "What's that green glow on the horizon?" Tikal wondered. "That's the force field" said Matt "But don't worry, we are more than prepared for that". Knuckles and Tikal both shuddered a little as the saw a dark smirk slowly make its way across Matt's face. "We are in position" confirmed a bridge crew member. "OK then Rapture..." he paused "LETS SHOW HIM TRUE POWER!" Matt smashed down on a button on the console in front of him and with a rumble everyone could feel the three ships come to life. All the exterior lights flared up and the speed increased. But the most nerve-wracking sound was the sound of the three cannons powering up. Tikal grabbed Knuckles who was closest in fear of the noise, but the view she saw was even more terrifying. All three cannons met in front of the ship to form a single laser beam before finally firing at the shield with devastating force. The massive laser punched through the shield effortlessly causing a huge flash of light and even had enough energy left to continue on the destroy a couple of turrets on the island. Finally following were hundreds of drop ships all swarming towards the island. The attack had begun.
The island rumbled and shook so much that entire sheets of metal fell off Eggman's base and robots shattered from the inside. "What the..." Eggman was woken from his afternoon sleep as his chair was sent falling backwards and a can of coke splashed all over him, practically ruining his blood red and black suit and sticking onto the green lenses on his grey goggles making them difficult to see through. He climbed back to his feet "What was that? I haven't even managed to send a threat to anyone yet. Computer, show me what's going on." The screen in front of him showed drop ships landing on the beachhead unloading troops and vehicles storming towards the base. "Hmmm, it seems the president has sent in his new cavalry, well, he's going to literally shake with fear soon enough, just when I have finished with these toy soldiers" Eggman grinned as he frantically pressed various buttons on his desk, "Here you go, play with these toys". Down on the beach, robots and turrets rose from the ground out of hidden trap doors. The first few of the frontline troops froze with fright as the machines took dead aim at them, but as soon as the robots had appeared a large shadow had loomed over them. The troops let out a mighty cheer as the Icarus swept over the complex bringing down a hailstorm of laser fire, bombs and flamethrowers, wiping clean the beach for the attack to proceed. "Very impressive" smiled Eggman "Not like those G.U.N amateurs at all, but unfortunately for you those were only my weakest drones HAAAHAHAHA". By this time the beach was clear and the troops were attempting to break into the base.
Meanwhile in the sub levels of the structure, a lone figure was gliding through the corridors. "This is Shadow, I'm inside the base and I'm on my way to find the quake machine". He quietly walked though the basement, scanning for where the machine might be, but eventually reached a dead end. He looked at the wall and closed his eyes shut. "Chaos control". He opened his eyes again on the other side of the wall to see the quake machine before him. However he also saw a squad of Eggman's robots with their guns all pointed at his head. Just as they opened fire Shadow jumped high into the air and unleashed several chaos spears at the robots, slicing them all into bits. He then casually walked up to the machine and places a number of small packs on it, a couple on each side. "Tikal, Knuckles, I've planted the sensors, now it's all up to you". Tikal and Knuckles were down in the Raptures' hanger with the master emerald, which in turn was connected up to a machine consisting of four pillars surrounding a large pad, and a box outside of it with hundreds of wires scattered in and around it with a satellite dish upon it. "We're ready" acknowledged Knuckles "Let us know if anything goes wrong though, this is the first time it has been used and neither of us know how the master emerald will react to a machine", "Just do it already" said Shadow. "Are you ready Tikal?" asked Knuckles. She nodded her head. They both started to chant to the master emerald "The servers are the seven chaos, the controller serves to unify the chaos, master emerald give us the energy we need to defeat Eggman" The emerald glowed bright florescent green and started to shake, and Knuckles started to see a crack form on Tikal's side which looked set to explode "Tikal look out!" He yelled. She looked up to see the crack grow and then shatter sending out a green beam of pure chaos which knocked her clean off her feet and hurtling backwards. Knuckles ran out and caught her back. Knuckles slammed hard against of the hanger door before they gracefully fell to the floor. "Knuckles are you ok" said Tikal who was almost about to form a tear in her eye. "Don't worry, I'll be fine" Knuckles gave her a thumbs up and she hugged him in gratitude. The entire hanger now glowed with energy. They looked up to see the machine buzz to life. Sparks shot across the pad from one pillar to another and lights flickered. Down with Shadow the quake machine started to distort and dissolve. Everyone watched as the quake machine then slowly appeared on a pad, fading in like television static and white noise. Eventually it left Shadow and came to existence on the pad. Tikal looked on in awe and walked nervously towards it. Hesitantly she reached out and touched the machine. An astonished smile hit her as she reached for her radio "Matt, we did it, we got the quake machine, wow we actually got it" a pause on the radio was followed by Matt screaming with happiness "YEEEES! Oh my god, WE DID IT! Amazing job all of you, we have nearly got this all sown up" He the physically kissed the radio "Did I mention that I love you Tikal?" She smiled at the comment as shadow then came through on the radio "Everyone, I think the troops have broken in, I'm going to assist them" "Affirmative Shadow" Knuckles replied.
"NOOOO! They stole my machine, but how? HOW?" Eggman's confidence was rapidly dispersing. The troops were wiping out Eggman's elite squads as easily as his drones and the sheer numbers meant not all of them could even get safely into the base. Eggman ran for his escape pod but Shadow flashed in front of it "Why doctor, are you leaving so soon" "Shadow! My friend, surely you won't let them catch me will you?, after everything we've been through" "Maybe I won't, but it's a bit late for either of us to do anything now, I've already pushed this button" Eggman stood back "And what does that do?". The moment he finished his sentence, the door to the control room blasted open and the troops swarmed into the room covering every piece of floor until they had Eggman surrounded. "Freeze Eggman, you are now under high status arrest. You will be heavily escorted to a secret prison complex for containment". Eggman slowly lifted his hands above his head feeling more embarrassed than scared or concerned. "Will I get satellite TV?"