The Vigilants: Chapter 2
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Space Colony ARK. Three hours ago
Ivo Robotnik, the leader of Robo-Tek has decided to lift off a project that has been in suspended animation for about 50 years.
He figured that he can test the max the power Chaos, and to maximize his profits in selling some of that power to his most powerful buyers.
It had been three months since Subject-S-2 was released from a catatonic state to being locked in a metal contraption to hold him.
A group of scientists were running tests day and night on the subjects vials, blood, abnormal brain patterns, muscle tissue, and possible mental health or damage.
Ivo Robotnik, or commonly referred as, "Dr. Robotnik" was walking to one of the head scientists of the project. He walked in her office and said, "Greetings, Dr. Ober, I hope you have good news for me today" he said.
The lead scientist, Amelia Ober: a grey female wolf who is the lead scientist among the project that has Subject-S-2. She said, "Yes, Doctor, I do have good news today" she said as she showed Subject-S-2's paperwork, "Subject-S-2 has shown signs of active brain patterns that haven't decreased as of now" she said.
Dr. Robotnik looked at her and said, "The good news I hoped contained the wording: 'Yes, Doctor, the subject can be ready for reawakening' you see how disappointing that is? I'll ask it clearly: is the subject ready to be awakened?" he said in an inpatient tone
Dr. Ober told Dr. Robotnik, "Reawakening Subject-S-2 can be catastrophic beyond our imagining. What do you think?" She said with a sarcastic manner in the last bit.
Dr. Robotnik then said, "Well, you can say that I am getting impatient, and losing money by delaying his awakening. If we don't get results quickly, then we might as well abandon the project entirely. As a lead scientist, I figured that you understood that" he remarked.
Dr. Ober stood up from her desk, and said, "-And as the lead scientist, I know what is best for the Subject, and the last need happening is him waking up and destroying the ARK" said Dr. Ober. Almost getting irritated.
Dr. Robotnik looked at the floor, then looked up at Dr. Over with a grin on this face, saying, "What if we let him out? It would show us his potential to the outside world" he said.
Dr. Ober looked at Dr. Robotnik with a surprised look, then said, "Dr. Robotnik! You'd be condemning whoever would get in contact with him, or get in his way! And G.U.N or the Kingdom would trace this back to us... Take a lucky guess on whose ass is losing funding and charged for negligence" Dr. Ober said with her hands on her hips and looking back at the window.
Dr. Robotnik then rebuked by saying, "Amelia, it's nothing but a few million that can turn their heads all the way to Spagonia. Plus, I'm an influential man, and with that influence; I am almost untouchable" he said. As he saw Dr. Ober look away from him.
Then, he said, "Come on, Dr. Ober. I know I didn't hire you because you have outstanding morale. I hired you because you're smart enough to know that this is what needs to be done in the name of science and research" Dr. Robotnik stood up and continued, "At one point, the planet almost killed itself because they didn't understand what they were dealing with. This is the sort of stuff that we have to face. To find the unknown of the universe" he finally said.
Dr. Ober looked at him, then looked at the ground. She did this for a good minute. She looked back up and said, "Okay" said in a small voice, "I'll release the subject, and transfer him to Mobius" she said.
Dr. Robotnik then stood up, and walked over to the window Dr. Ober was looking out on.
The window was above the cell of Subject-S-2. With scientists and doctors testing on him while in bed. She looked at the cell inside, and said, "How do you think he'll interact. More specifically, with people?" She asked out if curiosity.
He answered by saying, "He's not some animal, per say. He's sentient. He's cognitive. He has thought, emotions, and a conscience. At least I hope for everyone's sake… He'll adapt to his situation at hand. It'll be confusing, and distressing for him, but I have a hunch that he'll manage" he replied.
Dr. Over then asked a final question, "How long till he'll be ready to transport? I doubt that it would be in a few minutes" she said.
Dr. Robotnik then answered, "From my estimates, it'll be around three hours. To account for the stabilization, removing the tubes and shots, having an available portable shuttle, and to escort him with security. Yes, three hours is a good enough time" he said with his hands behind his back.
The walked off to the door, before he did, he said to Dr. Ober, "Remember: we're doing this for the betterment of Mobius" he said before closing the door to Dr. Obers office.
She looked at the shut door, looked back to the window over Subject-S-2, and said quietly, "God help us all…"
Space Colony ARK. Now.
Dr. Robotnik was standing on the outer layer of the ARK. In front of him is a strong large window which showed the vast emptiness of space, and Mobius around it.
He looked below to see the pods which are used for transportation, and emergency evacuation. In this case, it's to launch Subject-S-2 to Mobius. He theorized that the Subject would survive the landfall, because of its own ability to slowly heal itself than any other lifeform on Mobius.
So, he didn't add anything extra to ensure his survival, as he know that the subject would use his instincts to live outside of the ARK, and pod. It was only a matter of what would happen later.
He saw the pod being prepared for launching. Dr. Robotnik then heard something from his earpiece- it was Dr. Ober ordering the deployment.
Dr. Over then said over the earpiece, "Are we ready, Doctor?" She asked.
Dr. Robotnik held the earpiece, and replied, "More than ready. Launch Subject-S-2" he said.
Then, he heard Dr. Ober tell one of the transport initiators to launch on countdown.
She said over the earpiece, "Launching in: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Go!" She announced.
Dr. Robotnik looked back on the pod that Subject-S-2 was one, and saw the pod's thrusters move forward. He saw the pod going at its max speed onto Mobius.
He looked again to make sure that nothing went incorrect, but as he expected, he saw the pod going as planned. He smiled to himself, turned of his earpiece as he said, "Now. We wait. We wait till we know what you are, S-2" he said.
Outskirts of New Mobotropolis. Now.
Speedster, Wielder, and Breakmaster rounded the knocked out smugglers from their semi's, as they were being tied up, and escorted to the X-Tornado.
Speedster then commented, "Fine work today, gang. How many smugglers have we caught this month?" He asked.
Breakmaster then replied, "Too much to count. More than there should be. Probably apart of the crime trend around New Mobotropolis" he said.
Wielder then said, "Agreed. Wonder where all these guns were going to?" She said.
Golden Mech chimed in, saying, "Gang rivalry I'd reckon. I mean, that amount of guns would either be for the Iron Clan, or G.U.N, but G.U.N has higher security…" he said.
Breakmaster the said, "Iron Clan? Chaos. The last thing we need is another gang over some turf" he complained.
Wielder the said, "If it's another gang. Then we'll just do what we do and take them out" she said with confidence.
Breakmaster then said, "Wielder, we're not immortal. They have guns, while we have fists…" he said.
Wielder rebuked, "-And my mallet, Gold's smarts, Speedsters - well, speed, and our spirit!" she said with a bright smile on her face.
Both Breakmaster and Golden Mech chuckled.
While that was happening, Speedster noticed something in the sky that seemed off. He saw what seemed to be a shooting star, but it was awfully close to them.
He turned around to his teammates and said, "Hey! Look up in the sky, and tell me that what I'm seeing isn't an asteroid" he said with all of them looking up at Speedsters direction.
They saw it too. They saw what was being shot out from the sky, and to Mobius' atmosphere.
Breakmaster was astonished, and said, "Whoa! Is that a shooting star?!" He asked.
Wielder then said, "Shooting star? This year? No way, but it's pretty though" she said with a sparkle in her eyes.
Speedster then said, "I doubt it's a shooting star. It must totally be an asteroid" he commented.
Golden Mech then said, "It's neither" they all looked at him, "It's not a shooting star or asteroid. From the Tornado's readings, it's some sort of space pod. Possibly the ones from Robo-Tek" he explained.
He continued on, "If it's from Robo-Tek, then something must have happened. Can't tell if it's good or bad, cause I don't have any clearance or updates on any pods" he said.
After Golden Mech said that, a loud thud can be heard in the distance. They no longer saw the pod, but its smoke trailing leading to the distance.
Speedster then said, "Okay, we have to check this out. We have to help any survivors on board that pod. Let's move!" He said to both Wielder, and Breakmaster.
They hopped into the X-Tornado, and flew to the smoke trail to the pod.
It took about 20 minutes till they reached the land site of the pod. It was like a asteroid crashed, because the pod made a giant hole of sorts. The pod was was somewhat large. It was the size of three large poles, and had the Robo-Tek insignia on the side, with a hatch door on its side.
Speedster, Wielder, and Breakmaster jumped out of the Tornado to investigate what the hell just landed on Mobius. They figured that there was a survivor in there.
Speedster said, "Okay, let's get whoever is on there out" he said as the rest followed.
Before they could do that, they heard Golden Mech say, "Stop!" He lightly shouted, "Tornado, engage autopilot" he said over the device on their wrists.
The team then saw the window of the Tornado open up like a convertible car, and hop out of the Tornado.
He then landed on the ground with his feet. The light from the Tornado showed the Golden Mech; who wore a orange-yellow jacket with black stripes on the arms to the back, yellow and black leggings and with goggles that glowed, because of the tech that was in the goggles themselves.
Breakmaster then said, "Why the hell we stop?" He asked.
Golden Mech said, "We don't even know what the hell is in there. It most probably a person, but we don't know what this person is" he said.
Speedster then said to Golden Mech, "Guess there's only one to find out" he said as he approached slowly to the pod. The others followed.
As they approached the pod, they soon heard a noise. They heard the pod door open up vertical. The steam from the inside was shooting out in both directions. The team stepped back as they had no idea what would come out.
After a minute, they walked forward slowly. Speedster walked much forward then the rest. They all saw a small glimpse of fur. Black fur most specifically.
Speedster peaked his head to what was inside to see what or who was inside.
What he saw was a hedgehog; not a normal one, but a very unique one. This hedgehog had black fur with red stripes on both his hands and quills.
He seemed to be knocked out completely. The rest came forth and observed the comatose hedgehog.
Golden Mech then said, "Probably on some form of Anesthesia. No normal being could sleep through that" he said as he referred to the crash.
Wielder asked, "What do we do with him now? It's not like we can take him to hospital while dressed like this" she said as she pointed to their and her costume.
Breakmaster mentioned, "Y'know" he started, "We could take him to the hideout. Assuming that a hospital is out of the question, that is" he said.
They looked at him, and at the knocked out hedgehog. Speedster then said, "Eh, I kinda agree with Break here. If we can't take him to the hospital then we might as well take him to our hideout. I mean, it's that or leave him here, but I'm not in favor of that and I know y'all aren't either" said Speedster
Breakmaster and Speedster carried the mysterious hedgehog by the arms. While Golden Mech hopped back in the Tornado to open the back hatchet of the ship, and Wielder made sure that the criminals didn't escape with the back hatchet opening.
Once the two brang the hedgehog on board the ship, they zoomed to the police station in New Mobotropolis, and was the its kind: New Mobotropolis Police Department, or the NMPD for short.
Once they deliver the criminals to the police station, they headed off to the hideout that was their headquarters, or base of operations more a less.
Author's Notes: Yay! Second chapter. Starting to see a good start hopefully. Sorry if the chapter seems too short, but I wanted to introduce a new character to the mix, as I'm planning to do later on of this series continues good enough.
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