Hey folks, I'm back. Sorry it took me so long, I had relatives over. Good thing about it, though, is I got a new computer! With spell check on it, too! No more stupid spellings errors (at least, not as much). Also, we're now on Chapter 11. Oddly, not as many people are reviewing this. Not to sound desperate or anything, but that's a little depressing, compared to my recent stories. Am I doing something wrong with this? If you have a tip or anything, it will be appreciated. Thanks.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The gang laid low at the Silvergem Hotel until nightfall, remaining as quiet as they could. When they were absolutely sure the coast was clear, Eggman broke the silence.
"I'd say that now is the perfect time to head out," He said. "If we wait any longer, I fear that Zynth's patrol will end up finding us, or he'll figure out where we got to."
"He has cameras fixed all over the city," Mech explained. "If we go outside, we surely will be capture. It's impossible to shoot them as well, because the cameras are installed in with a cloaking device. Unless you have a way to turn invisible, then there's no way we can get out of here without being spotted."
"Well, isn't that just lovely?" Yume groaned. "So Eggman, how exactly are we going to this "Final Base" of yours?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Eggman asked. "We use Chaos Control!"
"But neither of us know where it is," Akumu pointed out. "I can't warp anywhere, unless I've been there before, and Yume can't even do that much half the time." The bat's sister glared at him for this remark, but the echidna just laughed.
"You may have never been there," He said, "But you are forgetting that Ghost can use Chaos Magic also. Chaos Control will be easy for him. Besides, he's been to my base." The twins were tempted to ask why Ghost had been there, but Eggman was already asking Akumu for his Chaos Emerald. The black thief complied, handing Ghost the purple Chaos Emerald.
"Gather around me," Ghost ordered flatly, walking to the center of the small room. His features were illuminated by the moonlight from a nearby window, making his expressionless face seem even blanker than normal, and his eyes slightly glowed bright red. The others formed a circle around him.
"I highly doubt that this will work," Mech said. "Zynth told me that all of your bases were already destroyed, Dr. Eggman. He made sure of it with the last one." Eggman smirked, his robotic eye also glowing in the darkness.
"Oh, that's what he thinks," The mad doctor exclaimed, looking completely insane. "You see, a good evil genius always comes with a Plan B. We just need to be warped to the site of the original base, and I can take it from there. Ghost, now." Ghost nodded on command, lifting up the emerald.
"Chaos Control," The dull hedgehog said, the emerald flashing as they were all swallowed in a flash of light.
"Wow, his Chaos Control is a lot different from ours," Yume thought to herself. "He must have had a lot of experience with it before." Suddenly, the white thief briefly saw a black and red figure before her, eyeing her before it vanished.
"Daddy?" Yume thought, not sure what she had just seen. As quickly as they had entered into it, the group was thrust out of Chaos Control, and into a massive pile of scrap-metal.
"This is it?" Akumu asked irritably. "This is your base? It's a pile of rubbish!"
"Oh, this is only what Zynth took out," Eggman explained, looking around for something. "Now, where was it…oh, here it is!" He bent down to the floor, lifting up a precariously placed secret entrance that le under the ground.
"You mean to tell us that you have an area of the base underground?" Mech asked.
"Not just an area of the base," Eggman replied happily, "but a whole extra base! After Sonic and Shadow destroyed my last base thirteen years ago, I decided that the one afterwards would be two bases in one, just incase someone tried to destroy it again! Come, we have work to do." Grabbing onto a ladder underneath the secret door, Eggman began to climb downward. Ghost immediately followed, with Mech muttering under his breath as he went a few seconds later. Only Akumu and Yume were left.
"Sis, is something up?" Akumu asked. "You seem like something's on your mind."
"When we were in Chaos Control, I think I saw Dad," She explained. "Do you think he could be close by?"
"Well, his note did say he was coming here, so it could be a possibility," Akumu agreed, looking around at the rubble. "For now, we should just focus on getting rid of Zynth. I bet you anything he knows what happened." Yume smiled, springing out of her seat.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Yume asked. "Let's get going."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay, there we go. In case you didn't know, I'm coming up with most of this as I go. I only have Act Three of this story in mind, but the rest is new to all of us. Could you tell? Either way, I hope to see you soon!