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Chapter 3: To Catch A Queen Part 1
Queen Aleena: Queen Aleena here. My eldest children where wary of Harry at first with good reason. But eventually welcomed him with open , my youngest son was about to learn that in times of war, even our greatest heroes must sometimes commit the most unspeakable acts..
"Attention all SwatBot units." Sleet's voice came from the eavesdropper in the SU van. "I need a top priority Intercept on Robotnik Rd. Sector 5."
"Guy must be pretty important if Sleet's wantin' a top priority Intercept." Manic said as he listened in as Sonic drove while Harry was getting his and Manic's airboard's ready to fly.
"Right now, finding the perfect gift for my dear Bartylby is MY top priority." Sonia said with a smile as she looked through a catalog. An expensive catalog.
Harry had met Bartylby before he joined the Resistance when he met Robotnik for the first time. And in his opinion..."Guys a first class yutz." He muttered loud enough for Sonic and Manic to hear and snicker at.
Then Sleet dropped the big bomb. The guy's name was Argus. He was an elite captain of Queen Aleena's personal guard and on his way to a secret rendevouz point with Aleena herself. This got the siblings excited. He could lead them to their mother!
"SONIC! Stop this van RIGHT NOW!" Sonia ordered as the purple hedgehog threw the catalog down.
"What about Bartylby's gift?" Sonic mocked.
"Bartylby can wait." Sonia said as she drove her motorcycle out the back of the van. "But Mother can't!"
"Come on Sonic!" Harry said as he and Manic flew off at the same time. Hovering just a few feet above the ground waiting for their speedy sibling.
"Yeah, we're waaaiting." Manic took Sonic's tone for his own.
"Nice try kids, but that's MY line." Sonic said after demonstrating how eager he was to save Argus. He ran so fast he set the ground on fire and Manic and Sonia spun around like tops. Harry was smart enough to fly into the air after seeing Sonic prepare to rev.
Meanwhile, Argus himself was in the line of fire. Swatbot Batallion fire to be exact. And it did the trick. He was hit! He managed to take out three Swatbots with his landing though. As he escaped, Argus was shown to be a canine Mobusian with yellow fur and an eye patch from when he lost his right eye during the first strikes of Robotnik's takeover. He ran down an alley but he ran into Sleet and Dingo's vehicle! He tried to run but he was captured! Now you might be wondering how an Elite Guard was captured by two "Bumbling" bad guys. Well...there was this special tactic Sleet and Dingo had for catching runners.
"Sleet! He's getting away!" Dingo said as Argus ran back the way he came.
"Oh no he's not." The wolf said after opening the entrance hatch. Dingo popped up as well and Sleet pressed the morph button on his special remote. Dingo became a baby. Sleet threw him at Argus. "Oh no! Someone catch my baby!"
Argus saw a orange furred baby flying toward him and he caught him. "Don't worry little guy. I gotcha." He said bringing Dingo close to him.
Sleet sadly aimed the remote at Dingo and he became himself again. He had hoped Argus was smart enough to catch the trick. Apparently Aleena had not told him of Dingo's morphing abililty.
"Goo goo gah." Dingo said. "Loser."
Sleet threw cuffs at Dingo. "Cuff him Dingo. Heh, the old "Flying Baby Trick" works every time."
Soon after, the Royal Triplet's made it to Argus's ship. Harry was trying to follow his Dad and Uncle Dingo to wherever they where taking Argus.
"Sonic, search the ship for clues." Sonia suggested.
"Already did sis." Sonic boasted.
"And I supposed you did it at Light Speed and-" She gasped as her jaw dropped while Sonic held up the items she was about to ask for.
"His key's, dog tag's-" Manic took them.
"Argus. Elite Captain of Queen Aleena's Personal Guard." Manic read. "Excellent. Guy like that's bound to know where we can find mom."
"And one ancient photograph of-" Sonic said as Sonia took it from him. She gasped. "Aww. Wasn't I the cutest baby?"
"We all where sis." Manic pointed out. "I don't really remember her from back then but...that must be mom." He pointed out the Queen int he picture to Argus's right. Argus himself was holding a human baby with messy black hair in his arms as the infant slept while the triplet's played around the adult..
"Then that baby must be Harry. Oh he was adorable! He still has that messy hair I can't do anytihng with though." Much to Harry's dismay, Sonia had several times tried to "Style" it to a fashionable point. Resulting in several blackmail material photo's taken by Manic.
"I am sorry about this Argus." Sleet said as he sat in the cell Robotnik had installed on their ship. "Aleena appreciate's all loyalty and you will be remembered as one of the greatest heroe's of the war."
"Don't worry about it. I knew my time was coming." Argus said as he gloomily hung his head. "I'm just glad your on our side."
"Yes. But we have to make it seem otherwise so..."
"But why can't I come question Argus at the Robo Center with you Sleet?" Dingo protested after being kicked out of their craft. Sonic had heard them coming and grabbed Sonia and Manic to hide.
"Because I need a fly on the wall in case the children come back to look for clues." Sleet pressed the button and Dingo morphed into a fly. "Capiche?"
"What I capiche is, you want all the credit for catching Argus." Dingo said in a smaller voice yet still deep for a fly.
"I can't believe those creeps raised our brother." Sonia muttered from the shadows.
"I'll be back later. Partner." Sleet said as their aircraft took off.
"Hey, those guys couldn't have been too bad. Look how he turned out." Manic pointed out.
"True. But we're missing something here." Sonic noticed their little brother was missing He ran off in a flash of fire. Heading for Robotnik's Roboticizing Center.
Harry had followed his father's aircraft to the Robotocization Center in the center of town. He krept up on the roof to peer in to Argus's interrogation.
Argus stood in the glowing green light of what Harry could guess was a Robotocizer. He had been morbidly fascinated by them ever since his dad told him about them. He had wanted to study them. How do they replace all bio organic matter in the body with mechanical parts? Where do all the parts come from? What happens to the person after they've been robotocized that makes them servants to Robotnik? There where several in the Resistance studying the Robotocizers to try and reverse the process but there was no luck so far He saw his dad next to Robotnik.
"If you know where to find Queen Aleena, tell kind, sweet Dr. Robotnik." The wolf said to his fellow canine as Argus glared at him. "And he will reward you with rank, privelage and power."
"Forget it." Argus growled at him. "I'll never rat on the Queen."
"Then say goodbye to rank and privelage. And say hello to power." Robotnik said to Argus as Sleet nodded and walked over to the controls. "The power of my Roboticizer that is." He laughed evill as Harry's eyes widened as he saw his own adopted father Roboticize Argus. The chamber closed and rotated. Green light's dancing all around it as one circular light moved up it.
How could he do it? How could he betray me? Harry asked himself as he heard a familiar zip sound. "Sonic." He said with teary eyes. "Dad. He just." Sonic pulled him into a hug as he saw what he was talking about. They where too late. Argus was roboticized.
"Bummer Mahores." The blue hedgehog said as he saw the Robot Argus leave the chamber with Robotnik. "We're too late." He said as Sonia and Manic joined them. "Argus is gone."
"What's wrong with Harry?" Sonia asked seeing the blank look in his eyes.
"He just saw his first Roboticising." Sonic explained. "And Sleet pulled it off."
Sonia gasped and pulled Harry into a hug herself. She knew even though they all thought Sleet was a bad guy, he was Harry's personal hero. Manic looked furious.
"Wait a second." Manic said. "Don't all high level robots get indicted at a special shindig at Botnik Hall?" He asked mentioning the building which used to be the City Hall of Mobius City. The capital of planet Mobius.
"Hey yeah, maybe this isn't a lost cause after all." Sonic said punching his fist into his palm. "Hang on mom. We'll find you yet."
Harry glared back at the skylight as they where leaveing, finally out of his trance.
Now they where taking great personal risk. Not that that didn't happen on a daily basis. They where impersonating Sound Bots setting up for Argus Bot's initiation ceremony.
"Put it over there." Sonia ordered the human. Harry pushed with all his strength and. pushed it to the right. "No no. How about the center." He pushed again. gasping as he stopped. He may pack a super strong punch, but this was different. "Nope. It looks better to the right." Harry sighed and p[ushed it back. "Although it does look good where it started-"
"You know what?" Harry asked in his costume as he crossed his arms and tapped his foot irritably. He walked over to his older sister, picked her up, and plopped her down next to the heavy machine. "Why don't you do it yourself?" He asked in irritation."
"Fine." Sonia said with a smile as she picked it up with her super strength as Harry gasped. "All you had to do was ask." She smirked. Harry gave her an annoyed look.
He moved over to his part of the sound station and saw a few things he and Manic could use. Since he moved in with his siblings he found a new passion of his. Engineering. "Ooo. I could use one of these." The young human said as he put the part in his pocket. "And this one too!" His past as a thief when he was five came back. "And this one could go in that new toy I'm making-and Manic's low on these." He was like a kid in a candy store.
Sonic saw their youngest sibling liberating parts from his sound station. "Yo little man. We're here risking our lives impersonating Sound Bots to rescue Argus. "Not to mess with the sound stations."
"I know, I know. Sorry bro I got a little carried away." Harry said with a shrug of his shoulders.
Meanwhile, the aristocrats in the crowd where not suspecting a thing."
"I'm very excited." A female avian Mobusian said in a box seat with Sleet and Dingo. "This is my first Robot Induction Ceremony."
Harry, Sonia, Manic and Sonic started playing terrible off key music in accordance with Sound Bot playing as smoke appeared and so did Argus Bot and Robotnik.
"Is everyone having a good time?" Robotnik asked. The aristocrats wisely said nothing. "Good. Because that would be against the law. We're here tonight to bring in a very important new member of our cause. Argus Bot." Argus Bot stepped forward. "This used to be Argus. An Elite Captain of Queen Aleena's personal guard. Captured by Special Agent Sleet."
Sleet smirked in his performance face as Dingo landed on his nose. "Dingo. Did I forget about you?" He pointed his remote at his nose. "Get off me you idiot."
Unfortunately, Dingo was still on him. "Sorry Sleet." Dingo said as they toppled over."
" Argus Bot. Your duty is now to take liberties, squash freedom, and arrest all enemies of the state." Robotnik said proudly.
"That's my cue." Sonic said as he revved up.
They used the powers of their medallions to their summoned his guitar and aimed up. "And a one." He fired at a chandilier like object and crushed several swatbots.
Sonia summoned her keyboard. "And a two." She created a cloud of purple smoke with her keyboard to hide them.
"Three." Manic said summoning his drumset and creating an earth quake that shattered sevral more.
"And a one two three four." Harry said as he summoned his own guitar from his new spot in the abandoned sky box. He took out SwatBots with his laser arrows. Several at once in fact. When he pulled back the strings and about ten arrows appeared aimed at appropriate targets.
"Yo Argus Bot. What up Butnik throws a mean party huh?" Sonic asked.
"Priority Hedgehog." Argus Bot said in his robotic voice. "You are under arrest."
"Sonia, Manic, Harry, I'm waaaiting." He said as he sat behind Argus Bot's head.
"Ready Medallions." Sonia ordered as the four siblings gathered around the robot that once was Argus. Their medallion's glowed with light. Blue, green, purple and black.
Their Medallions had another power. They could temporarily give a Roboticized robot their free will back. Argus was happy to see them all grown up, but they had to escape.
They got away with Sonic's buzz saw technique which sliced the stage. He buzzed in a circle and they tipped over.
"Catch ya on the flip side." He laughed as the stage floor flipped over.
To Be Continued...
I'm making these two parters. Hope no one minds. I'm not used to long chapters.
