Section 11: Zero Hour
Matt rushed through the narrow corridor which would pitch black if it weren't for the hundreds of amber lights flashing on the ceiling "I know how to redirect the rip and the quake, but in doing that I need to sever the coolant gas and when the ripper sparks to left, things are sure going to get warm" Matt thought to himself as he ran eventually reaching the room where the machine was kept. The room and the machine were surprisingly small, the room being no bigger than a school classroom. Eggman's quake machine was against the wall and was connected directly into the ground with pipes and drills while the dimension machine was connected just behind it to complete the system. Matt ran to a computer console at the side of the room and logged on in preparation to alter the quakes heading "It's a shame nobody will ever know the potential of this machine. Right now and even when I went dark I always had the same urge to test it properly. If only there was somewhere else I could test" Matt searched through his memories until an idea lit in his head "I got it." He started typing into the console "I'm quite sure Eggman has no need for his old base. It has the architecture, the vegetation and some minor wildlife, mainly tropical and poisonous insects, nobody will mind if I wipe that monstrosity off the map" He hit the enter button "WARNING RELOCATION DURING ZERO HOUR WILL CAUSE OVERLOAD. RELOCATION CANCELLED. COOLANT INCREASED" read the screen "Damn, there's nothing here to break the coolant pipe" As he searched around the room he stopped and looked at his pack "One more shot for the road I guess. Hope there's enough left" He hit the button and once again the pack forced the needles into his body pumping in what was left inside. Matt did not change completely but felt a surge of energy, he walked over to the largest pipe in the room "WHEN I TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU DO IT" He smashed his arm down on the pipe breaking straight through and releasing a grey gas which flooded into the room. "DANGER OVERLOAD. RELOCATION PROCEDURE ACTIVATED. PROJECT:OBLIVION ACTIVATION T-MINUS 3 MINUTES" Matt walked back to the console and with his remaining time started to type furiously.
"SPACE RIP IN 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0. The machine sparked to life reacting with the gas and sending the room and everything inside it into a raging firestorm so fierce it illuminated the entire hanger beyond it through the small window in the door Matt had sealed.
One week later and Sonic, Tikal, Knuckles, Tails, Chris, Cream and Cheese finally completed their journey to reach the machine. As they walked through the final door nothing had been changed or cleaned up from how Matt left it apart from his body which had been taken away by Fury. Co for cold storage. The walls were charcoal black and the paint lay crisped on the floor. The structure had been weakened which had caused girders and pipes to bend and buckle and lights and monitors were smashed. "This must be the place" Tails said holding a small piece of paper in his hand "And that must be the console" "Log in" said Amy. Tails turned on the computer and with the details on the paper logged in to his brand new Fury. Co account "What! Corrupted!" he said horrified. "Can you fix it?" Asked Sonic as he watched Tails work to repair any damage. Knuckles and Tikal were stood behind them holding each others hand "Are you sure you want to read this Tikal? Knuckles asked "I'm sure" she said "After all I did promise didn't I". "I GOT IT!" Tails yelled with happiness, he stood up from his chair and pulled Tikal towards it. "I think you should have the front seat" he gestured for Tikal to take the seat "Thanks Tails" she softly smiled, took the seat and started to read.