Hi again. Nothing new since my last chapter. They will currently be coming quite quickly. (Edit: Quicker then normal but not that quick. Animation is harder than I originally thought and is taking up a lot of time at night. It is for a class I am taking.)
Chapter 7
Base Infiltration
"Well I guess Espio will have to lead this part. He is our sneaky ninja after all. He is the one to get through here." Vector said.
Espio looked at his two colleagues and sighed. It was going to be an irritating job to have to do this alone. However he knew that his ego would not allow him to let them help and that they would not help even if he asked. He sighed again. "Fine. Fine. I will go."
He walked into the main hallway and saw lots of laser beams that were crossing the hallway. He first used his leaf swirl and ran through them and searched for a control panel to set them off. He knew that even though he could move through laser beams, Vector and Charmy could not. At first he could not find it. Then he started to look even closer on the walls. He started to use his skills and found that part of the wall was slightly further back then the rest of the wall. The wall was covered in squares of bolts but only that one square was different. He felt around the area and found that there was one bolt in that square that could be pushed in. He pushed it back and a computer screen came out. A screen with the word password turned on.
"Let's see. What would be the password?" He noticed there were 12 slots. "How about... EggmanRules?"
He put in the code and the computer analyzed the words through its central area. Processing... Correct. Password 1 of 36. Wait one minute to put in the next password. Espio just stood there mouth open for a while.
"Okay. I am not even trying to go through that many passwords. I need to find a different way to stop them."
Espio walked over to the laser beams and stared at them for awhile. He then smiled shrewdly and took out a mirror. He placed it between one of the laser beams. The laser beam was reflected back into the machine that it was being sent from. At first nothing seemed to happen. However the energy started to become stronger and stronger. Finally the wall started to glow red. Espio stopped what he was doing and flipped backwards and performed a leaf swirl. With a mighty explosion the machine was overcome by the energy.
Espio slowly brushed himself on and went out a leaf swirl mode. It did not even matter if he was in it or not. The explosion had turned his leaves into ash, had covered him in ash and had knocked him on his back. He slowly got up and looked at his fellow Chaotix comrades grinning broadly.
"How are you guys doing. Want to help a bit now? Or would you prefer no warning when big explosions occur?" Espio said still grinning. Vector just grumbled in his general direction. Charmy had more to say.
"THAT WAS AWESOME! You were like 'I am going to use this awesome mirror to go and help my teammates and then it started to work and the BOOM! It exploded! That was awesome just like when I was like trying to help find those secret disks and Shadow was like surrounded by all of these different people and then he started to glow red. And then BOOM! He like created an explosion and destroyed all of them. There was pieces of machines flying everywhere. It was also awesome. Or when we needed to get into the computer of Eggman and we could not manage it and then Shadow came in all cool like and karate chopped the computer and it worked and then"
At this point Charmy was finally silenced by, not Vector, but Espio. Espio just walked behind Charmy and hit him in the back of the neck. Charmy looked confused for a moment and his eyes started to roll around in his head. "We know what you are talking about. So please be quiet." Espio said quietly.
Charmy shook his head and looked at Espio sadly. "What was that for? I just wanted to talk for a moment."
"I understand Charmy but we are currently infiltrating a base. Even though Eggman is no doubt aware of where we are after that explosion, it is better to practice being quiet so that when we need to really be skillful in an enemy area where we need to be stealthy you know how to do it." Espio said calmly.
"Oh. I get it. Sorry Espio. Sorry Vector. I will try harder to be quieter. It is just kind of hard for me but I will practice." Charmy said looking at his companions. Meanwhile Vector just looked at the two of them.
"Well," he said turning to Espio. "I would not have been able to do that ever. I would have just hit him on the head really hard. And yet you managed to talk HIM out of talking. You should get a part time job as like a kids teacher." He grinned as he watched Espio cringe at the thought.
"Well Charmy. If you want to help us then check that air duct to see if there are any traps that might explode as we walk down the corridor or any attacking units. Okay? That good enough for you?" Vector asked. Charmy nodded.
Charmy started to fly into the air duct then paused and flew back down. "Here Vector. Hold onto this." He gave Vector a flower. "If is starts to shake drop it. It is my way of saving myself."
Vector raised his eyebrows but Charmy had already flown up into the air duct. At first he was able to fly pretty far in. But suddenly a line of about twenty different robots started to come at him. He barely had a second to pull out a different flower and flew into it before a storm of bullets flew where he had previously been flying. He disappeared into the flower and flew into the flower Vector was holding.
Vector almost jumped into the ceiling as the flower started to shake crazily. He dropped it on the floor and it became huge. It unfurled and a finally quiet and breathless Charmy managed to pull himself out of it.
"Don't worry. I can still handle it." Charmy said as he saw Vector reading to crawl into the air duct himself.
"Please. Just be careful okay?" Vector asked quietly. "We would not be the Chaotix if you get hurt."
Charmy was stunned silent at Vector's slight showing of affection. Then he smiled. "I know just the thing to stop them." He flew part way into the air duct and watched as the drones got closer and closer to him. Once they were close enough to ready their own weapons, Charmy pulled his body back and shot a flurry of stingers at the robots. Being in such a confined space made it so that the drones could not escape the attack in any direction and they were all destroyed.
One of the drones managed to survive and flew out of the duct. It flew into the hallway and landed on the ground. It set off a series of land mines underneath the hallway that detonated spectacularly.
The Chaotix were wordless for a moment at the fiery display in front of them. Finally Vector looked at Espio. "Good thing we take lots of precautions wherever we go huh Espio. It would have been bad if we walked on them."
"Very true. Well let's forge ahead."
The group went into the next room where they found a large arena filled with 50 different robots. Twenty of them were simple Eggpawns with melee weapons such as axes, swords, and spears. Twenty of them were Eggpawns using ranged weapons such as cannons and guns. The last ten were some of Eggman's stronger robots.
"I guess Eggman is now trying quantity over quality." Vector said thoughtfully. "Oh well. That works in our favor." He turned to Espio. "Espio, you go and check to make sure that there are no more traps in this area. I don't want to be blown up while fighting these guys. That would be a sucky way to go."
Espio nodded, turned himself invisible, and jumped down into the arena checking for any hidden traps. Vector then turned to Charmy. "Charmy you will be staying here during this battle."
Charmy looked at Vector in surprise and then narrowed his eyes and flew in front of Vector's face. "What are you talking about?! You need me here. I need to help you fight these guys."
"No Charmy. You are staying here. That is an order from the leader of the Chaotix. Namely me!" Vector shouted.
Charmy floated surprised for a moment and then rallied himself. "I don't care whether you are ordering me or not! You could get really get hurt down there! You need someone to watch your back. I know you are super strong and can't take a good amount of damage but there are fifty of them. What would Vanilla say if she found out that you are trying to do something reckless like this!?" Charmy shouted.
Vector winced slightly at Vanilla's name. Why does he have to choose right now to become more mature. This is completely the wrong time. And am I really that obvious about Vanilla? That is so not good. What he actually said was different. "Charmy you are watching my back. You are here to make sure that if new reinforcements come that they can't attack me. If you fight with me down there then there will be no one to protect us. Also I can only focus on the fight when I am down there. If I have to lose concentration for even a second to make sure you are okay I could get really badly injured. It is for the good of the team that I am going down there alone. Can you understand that and stay up here Charmy?" Vector finished. Charmy stared at him for a moment trying to process all of the words and then nodded.
Vector smiled and jumped into the group of robots. Immediately one of the spear wielding robots tried to attack him. Vector dodged it. With a huge chomp Vector bit the robot in half. He then turned and spat it at one of the gun wielding robots. That robot was also destroyed. Getting a rhythm going he started destroying the robots one after another. After fifteen close range robots and ten gun wielding robots, (there were less destroyed because they learned that Vector has very bad spitting aim and started to avoid his attacks), were destroyed the robots changed tactics.
The larger robots started to yell out code words that told the eggpawns to do different formations. They started to actually do some damage as their strategies kept changing. Vector noticed that they were actually communicating through voices and decided to mess with their plan. He jumped back from his attackers and breathed in deeply and filled up his massive chest with air. He then released a yell that was so loud that it destroyed all of the eggpawns around him and destroyed all of the other eggpawns voice receptors. The Eggpawns huddled in a group trying to understand what to do. They only stood there for a few moments before a large shadow covered them. They looked up just long enough to see a large green blur bearing down on them before they were trashed.
Vector looked up as he heard shots behind him. He turned around and saw Charmy holding back a group of Eggpawn reinforcements. He then turned to the remaining large robots. "It is now time for you to be destroyed." The robots looked at him and readied their weapons. They then were blown to bits as a huge trap underneath them was set off by a nearby chameleon. Vector stood still for a moment in total shock before shaking himself out of it. He then glared at Espio. "I could've handled them easily."
"I don't doubt that you could have. I just wanted the satisfaction of blowing them to little pieces. I never realized how fun it is to explode things." Espio said partially to Vector and partially to himself.
I really hope that Espio does not start getting a large amount of fun from blowing stuff up. That would not be good. Vector thought to himself as Charmy flew back to rejoin them. Vector turned around and high-fived Charmy. "Good job Charmy. Way to destroy the reinforcements!"
Charmy beamed with pleasure and flew in a couple circles. He was about to start on a long conversation about his battle when Vector decided to not let it begin. "So guys lets head to that security room." Vector said stopping the bee from speaking.
"Don't you mean the computer room Vector?" Espio asked smiling sweetly. The crocodile just gave him an irritated glare and left it at that.
The security room gave the group large amounts of trouble for a while. The computer had multiple passwords and none of Espio's hacking skills had any effect on the machine. For a while Espio and Vector continued to try to get it to turn off without any effect. Finally Charmy put out a good suggestion. "Why don't we use Shadow's way of hacking into computers?" Vector and Espio looked at each other and shrugged.
The group positioned themselves a couple feet away from the computer and charged into it. The computer started to malfunction for a minute and then a new message appeared on it. Security System offline.
The Chaotix celebrated for a minute until a new message appeared. Good job Chaotix. You have only one more enemy to defeat before you can leave this area. He isn't even a robot which should make things eve easier. Have fun.
The floor underneath them opened up and dropped them into a huge cavern. They heard huge footsteps slowly coming near them. A large red tail was seen. Deep quick breathing was heard. Four huge red legs pushed the giant body towards the group. The Chaotix craned there necks to stare at the huge being in front of them.
Finally the Biolizard pulled himself completely out of the shadows. Vector then realized where he had seen it before. "I know what that is guys. It is the Biolizard. It is the prototype of the Ultimate Lifeform, you know Shadow. Gerald Robotnik also made him but he was a failure because he needed a life support system to live and was uncontrollable. He is invincible and essentially immortal. Shadow fought him during the chaos on the ARK and managed to destroy his life support system and defeated him. However when they stopped the chaos emeralds the Biolizard merged himself with the ARK and tried to continue the ARK's descent. Super Shadow and Super Sonic were supposed to have then defeated it after they attacked the boils that appeared all over its body. I don't understand why it could be here."
Vector sensed that Espio and Charmy were giving him confused looks. "I looked at the files when we hacked into the ARK's computer." He explained.
"Why is it that you can remember all of that information but not our mission assignments?" Espio asked raising an eyebrow.
"He is a giant lizard! That is too awesome not to remember. And he was made from a small lizard. He is kinda related to me."
"Well your relative is ATTACKING!!" Charmy shouted as the Biolizard attacked them with his tail. The group rolled backwards to avoid it and ran further away.
"Do you remember anything about his attacks that could be used so we can actually fight him?" Espio asked.
"I think that he can only attack from close up so if we go and move to an area that is further away we should be safer then we are here." Vector answered as the group rolled backwards again.
"Okay! Let's go!" Charmy shouted as the group ran further back from the Biolizard. "Okay now we are ready!"
Charmy was cut off as a large energy orb was spat at them. They had to drop on the ground to avoid getting hit. Espio slowly turned to Vector. "He can only attack close up? Was that what you said?"
"So I was wrong. Now we know better. My apologies Vector said to the irritated chameleon.
Suddenly the Biolizard opened up his mouth and instead of a high pitched shriek, it started to laugh. It laughed for a few minutes before looking down at the group. "Is that all you got you little creatures?" The Biolizard asked in an extremely deep guttural voice. The Chaotix started in surprise at the sound of the dark voice.
"You can talk?" Charmy asked in surprise.
"Yes I can little bee. That is not all I can do. I can also squash little insects like YOU!" He shouted and tried to crush them using his tail. Once again the group barely managed to escape.
"Okay guys. We have to form a plan. Group meeting! Now!" Espio shouted. The group came close together while constantly moving away from the large lizard's attacks. "What do we know about the enemy?"
"He has no life support system and yet no boils. I think it is safe to assume that any invulnerability he had has probably decreased because of this." Vector began. "It so far has only attacked us by trying to eat us, smash us with his tail, or hit us with energy balls. It used to be able to attack with eggs but it may have lost that ability."
The Biolizard looked surprised at the words and then smiled. "Impressive little crocodile. It is not that I have last the power, I just do not have the strength to use it right now. NOR DO I NEED IT!!" He shouted. He then spat out a large number of energy balls at the group again.
"Even if he does not have invulnerability, he is still a giant lizard." Espio said, continuing where Vector left off. "His skin may not have scales but it is probably extremely thick and it is extremely big. Any attacks we use probably won't do very much damage." They jumped over the sweeping tail again.
"He seems just intent on crushing us and does not seem to use any strategy. Not that he probably needs it." Charmy started to explain. "However we have dealt with big animals in zoos before so we should probably use the same strategies we used back then. Remember, when that large lion escaped?"
"Good plan Charmy. We need to have more big jobs like this. You tend to become more used to using your brain when we fight like this." Espio said looking at him. Charmy just stuck his tongue out at him. "And then you revert back to your age. Ah well. It was fun for a moment or two. Let's follow Charmy's plan!"
Charmy flew into the air and made some flowers appear. He then started to fly around the flowers until small thorns and pollen were flying around. He then flew at the Biolizard with the flower parts moving in his slipstream after him. He then started to corkscrew while divebombing and the thorns started to group spin and group together. "Thorn Tornado."
The Biolizard meanwhile had been charging an energy ball in his mouth and pointed it right at Charmy. Right before he spat it out Espio jumped up and punched him. The Biolizard winced slightly and his energy missed its target. His target then flew just out of his reach. However the flower bits smashed into him. The pollen flew into his nose and the small thorns, though not doing much damage, hurt a lot. He then opened his mouth really big to breath in since his nose was clogged and Vector made his move.
While the other two had been attacking Vector had been forcing tons of chewing gum into his mouth. After chewing for a bit he spat it at the Biolizard. The gum stuck on the Biolizard's chin spikes and the roof of his mouth and sealed his mouth shut.
The Biolizard started shaking his head back and forth trying to get the gum off when Charmy flew down and started to sting the Biolizard all over its feet. The Biolizard released a muffled scream and started to thrash back and forth in pain. However the stingers were stuck in tight.
Espio had been observing the Biolizard since his last attack. He watched the thrashing lizard and started to see where the main muscles and joints are. He then ran at full speed while throwing his shuriken at those areas. The shuriken hit their targets precisely and hit some major nerve bundles as well. The Biolizard let out another muffled shriek as his legs no longer would support him and he crashed to the ground.
"Yeah we defeated him. He can't move at all." Charmy shouted happily.
Suddenly a change came over the Biolizard. The pipes that usually replaced his eyes both popped as real eyes came out. The eyes were completely red except for a small black pupil in each. With a roar of pure rage he summoned a huge energy sphere that disintegrated the gum that was covering his mouth. He shrieked once again and started to scream. "PAIN. IT HURTS. DIE. DIE. DIE. DIE!!"
The Biolizard jumped about five feet off the ground and then landed forcing the stingers out he then flexed all of its muscles to remove the shuriken. To the surprise of the Chaotix, he then warped behind them. Before they had time to avoid it, they were smashed by the huge tail and smashed against a wall. Reeling from the blow they could not prepare a defense for themselves as the Biolizard came even closer.
With another shriek the Biolizard started to create a humongous energy orb in his mouth, twice as big as his normal ones. The group braced themselves for the attack when the Biolizard. With a look of pure confusion his back right leg. In his confusion the energy orb dispersed back into him. He went to bite the group when he started losing feeling in his mouth and neck. Finally he again collapsed onto the steel floor.
"Phew. I thought our plan was not going to work for a moment there." Vector said. "He was getting way to close. I guess that last warping pushed his body to its limits. Oh well, good for us."
The Biolizard just glared at the group in anger and confusion. "You probably want to understand why you can't move." Espio said looking at their collapsed foe. We put sleeping drugs in each of our attacks. We put it in the bubble gum, Charmy's stingers, and in my shuriken. However, you are truly amazing. We put enough drugs into each of our attacks to bring down an elephant in as little as a minute. But you lasted so long and were still able to attack. It is probably because of the fact that you are a prototype of the ultimate lifeform." He then turned to Vector and Charmy. "Well now we know that blow darts and sleeping drug tipped attacks probably will not work against Shadow."
"Well they might work. One of the main reasons of why the Biolizard was able to hold off for so long was because he is so huge. Maybe if it was used on Shadow it would have more effect since he is so much smaller." Charmy said thoughtfully.
The group stopped talking as they heard clapping behind them. A young human in a blue robe walked towards them. "Congratulations on defeating him. That was an impressive and effective way of stopping him. You have my praise."
"Who are you?" Vector asked.
"My name is not necessary at this moment." The man walked towards the Biolizard. The Biolizard just followed him with his eyes until the man was extremely close. He put one hand on the Biolizard and, before the Chaotix could stop him, he snapped his fingers. The Biolizard opened his mouth, let out one last shriek, and then disappeared.
"What did you do? Who are you?" Vector shouted.
"Again. My name is not necessary. To answer the first question, I just warped him away. As a reward for defeating him, I will answer some more of your questions. The Biolizard, along with Shadow, was saved by Dr. Eggman. He obtained the ability to think and speak while recover these past years. The main reason he was always so chaotic was because most of the time he was in stasis and each time he was released, he was not given nearly enough time to get used to living before he was stuffed back in stasis for more tests. The stasis made him crazy, but now he is starting to learn how to think. However, he is still not at one hundred percent. Eggman did not know how to heal him safely without being injured so he was left in his injured state to heal himself. But now he is mine so that will change." The man explained.
"So you only wanted to capture him? What are you going to do about us? Nothing?" Espio asked.
"Oh I am going to do something. Normally the spy would attack you with blowdarts to put you to sleep but you probably have antidotes so your own drugs can be counteracted. So I will have to do this another way." He then disappeared.
The groups eyes widened and they looked around. Suddenly he appeared before them and socked Espio in the stomach and karate chopped Charmy in the neck. Both of their eyes widened, rolled back, and they collapsed.
Vector then jumped forward and slashed the man on the cheek with one of his hands. "Even more impressive. You injured me. However I am sorry to say that I have to do this." The man said a small smile on his face. He then grabbed Vector on the shoulder and made the air around him extremely cold. The cold-blooded reptile slowly fell into unconsciousness while muttering, "first failure ever."
"Wrong. You did exactly what your job was to do. Now sleep until it is time for your second offensive." The man said and warped away just as another group of Eggpawns came to transport the sleeping Chaotix.
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Finally finished. That took way to long. It also ended up much longer than I expected. That keeps happening for some reason. Oh well. Next will be an Ancients chapter and then the robots have there time to shine. That one will be much shorter than normal because I really don't have much to work with nor the drive to do a lot of stuff with Omega and Metal Sonic. It will mostly star Emerl since he was really downplayed in this story in general. (Course after I finish the 3 stories I am currently working on, he will get his own but that is still a long ways off.) :-D
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