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Sonic Origins

CHAPTER 7: Menaces and metal

Two brown blurs ran away from a green rampaging mutant. The smaller one then burst ahead into the distance. Sonic knew what he was doing. So did Flint. He just hoped that Flint could handle it. Three minutes later, Sonic burst into the Freedom Fighter village. People were blown away by the wind force. Sonic ran up as high as he could and burst straight into the highest tree cabin he could find. Behind a desk was Sally Acorn. She looked up, annoyed at the hedgehog.

"What do you want...?" asked Sally.

"We got trouble! Big trouble!" said Sonic, slightly out of breath.

"What? You?"

"No! Alligator!"

"Did you screw up?"

"No!"

"Do something useful and piss off."

Just then, a lookout ran into the room.

"Sally! A massive alligator has been sighted about three kilometres away from here!"

"What?" she exclaimed.

"Told you so." said Sonic.

"Shut up, I don't need you!" she replied, pushing him out of the way and jumped down to the ground. She then ran towards the main gate with Sonic and the lookout in hot pursuit. Sally took out a Power Ring, leaving the lookout in the dust. Sonic decided to run backwards and overtook Sally.

"You're too slow." he said, giving her the finger.

About two minutes later, Sally stopped and Sonic crashed into the alligator. Sonic gave it a sheepish laugh and backed off a little. Sally sent a barrage of energy spheres at it. It smiled and blew her away with a roar. Sonic barely had enough speed on his toes to stay ahead. As the roar subsided, he failed to slow down in time and landed straight in the mouth again. This time it was bigger. Sonic began to panic as the alligator began to swallow. He then felt a massive shake. The mouth was sealed shut and he felt as if he was rising.

"Triple spin time!" he said as he curled into a ball, jumped three times, each time rotating in a different way; first up, then left and finally forwards as he rammed through the teeth. He latched onto the upper jaw and flipped onto the head. He then saw what had happened. The beast's mouth had been muzzled shut, hoisted by a rope. The same had happened to the tail. Above him were a couple of helicopters holding the beast in midair. He saw a man slide down the rear rope. At first, he thought it was Robotnik, but the man was too slim and had too much hair on his head, and not under his nose. The man walked towards Sonic. Sonic walked towards the man. They met in the middle of the alligator. Sonic got a better look. He was tall, slim and had a small bit of jet black hair on his head. He had a curly moustache, making him look a classical movie villain. He wore a blue collared jacket and a red tie. Under the jacket was a white T-shirt.

"So...you are Sonic the hedgehog." he said, in a posh and slightly menacing voice.

"And who are you?" he replied, getting ready to leap into action any moment.

"I am the chief president of the Metropolis Council. I appreciate your efforts in stopping this thing, but no further assistance will be needed."

"Nice to know and thanks, chief."

"By any chance do you know where the freedom fighter village is?" he asked. Sonic tensed his muscles. This guy was getting personal. He then saw something on the man's wrist. A communicator. And its speaker was shaped like Robotnik's moustache!

"I don't know what you're pulling but one thing's for sure, you aren't on our side!"

"What do you mean?"

"Why else would you carry a Robotnik communicator?"

The shocked president took a step back, whilst Sonic stood with his arms folded, tapping the alligator's back.

"Security! Attack this insolent hedgehog!"

Several troops slid down the rope attaching the rear helicopter to the tail. Sonic ran in the opposite direction. He did a quick spin and cut the rope attaching the mouth muzzle to the front helicopter. The alligator fell down, taking the second helicopter with it. Sonic and the chief slid down the alligator along with many other men. Sonic tried to punch him, but he quickly avoided it and punched back. The anthropomorphic hedgehog flew back, yet rapidly dashed forward and did a spinning kick. His foot was grabbed and he was slammed into the floor. He jumped behind his foe and grabbed his shoulders, bringing him down to the floor thanks to his inferior height. His opponent took a jump backwards and took out a pistol. Sonic suddenly froze in place.

"Move and I'll blow your brains out!"

Sonic did an aerial somersault expecting him to fire as soon as he landed on the ground. As the chief pulled the trigger, Sonic accelerated to his top speed, quite close to breaking the sound barrier. He ran alongside the bullet and grabbed it. He then threw it right back at his opponent and chased after it. As the bullet weakly impacted his forehead, Sonic sent a mighty kick into his face. His opponent began to flee towards the first helicopter's rope. As soon as he had climbed up a considerable distance, Sonic began to climb in pursuit.

"Sayonara, hedgehog!" he laughed as he cut the rope with a Swiss army knife. "Never leave home without one."

Sonic grumbled as he untangled himself from the rest of the rope, before he did a spin dash and tore it to shreds. He saw Flint arrive besides him. At first, he thought Sayonara as in bye-bye-can't-catch-me-sucker but then he realized what he meant. Sayonara as in I'm-gonna-send-you-into-oblivion.

"Open fire!" he yelled. The helicopter sent out a missile barrage. Flint jumped onto one, dragging Sonic by the wrist. He then held the rear of the missile and used it as a rudder. Sonic was at the tip of the missile, looking at flaps containing technical info. One said SELF DESTRUCT TIMER. It was on 3 and counting down.

"Oh shi-!"

BOOM!

"Muahahaha! This is the perfect plan. It is flawless."

"Here he goes again." muttered the guard outside Robotnik's private quarters.

"How long do you think?" asked his companion.

Inside, Robotnik was walking around, taking something, leaving something else, pouring liquids and wielding metals. He then grabbed a red liquid and inserted it into what looked like a rifle. He then grabbed the rifle and fired. A reddish orange blast came out, blowing out a massive hole in the wall. Then, the rifle exploded.

"Unstable." he said, swiping a transparent liquid and poured it in, turning the liquid orange. He grabbed another rifle and fired. It left a decent crater, fizzing out electricity overriding several objects nearby. Robotnik smiled. He walked towards the robot and opened up one of its pinchers. He put his hands inside and inserted the rifle onto a hook at the end. He shut the pincher. The gun fit like a glove. Robotnik then grabbed a random animal and a large memory chip. He opened up a flap and inserted both things. He then inserted a PIN code and slammed the flap shut as the animal squealed. He took a step back and admired his red robot. It stood at one metre tall, with two massive pincers. It had four stainless steel legs, in a dull gray. They had sharp talons though. Its eyes were attached to thick retractable antennae. The flap Robotnik shut corresponded to a voice box. The robot then spoke.

"Hello Master Robotnik. How may I serve you?"

Robotnik laughed and inserted another liquid-filled rifle into its other pincer.

"You are Crabmeat 001, the first of the new Badnik series." yelled Robotnik. "Go down to the fabricating plant and give them these designs!"

"Understood." replied Crabmeat, holding the designs in its pincers as it walked towards the fabricating plant.

"This is an utter success! I'll have to give myself a promotion!"

What will be of Sonic and Flint? And what exactly is this project crabmeat? Concrit still appreciated.