Chapter 4: To Catch A Queen Part 2

"Those where happier days indeed." The human part of Argus' mind smiled at the picture behind his metal shell. "Harry's father had just dropped him off for a month's visit after taking him to visit his own parents on his home planet."

"My real dad's not from Mobius?" Harry asked in confusion.

"Indeed. Though he was raised on Mobius. By a fox family in the desert area. He said he had been in battle on his home planet when a misfired weapon somehow de aged him and sent him here to Mobius. His adoptive family found him and took him in after discovering he had Mage abilities." Argus told his godson. When Harry was born, Aleena asked Argus to be his godfather. He had gladly accepted as the Oracle of Delphias was already the Triplets godfather.

"Mage abilities? What kind of-"

"I'll add a big ten four to that." Sonic said as he dashed onto the scene only hearing the part about "Those where happier times indeed." "Got any idea where we can find mom now?"

"I was on my way to our rendevouz point when I was captured so..." Argus said as he felt something starting to happen in his programming but fought it with every fiber of his being.

"So what are we waiting for?" Manic asked confidently.

"With any luck, she'll be in the underground drainage caverns near...URGH." He started shaking visibly as electricity sparked around him. He was roboticizing again. "Oh no. The medallions where only a temporary fix."

"Fight it Argus." Harry pleaded his godfather. "The Queen will be in the underground drainage caverns near? NEAR?"

"We should give him another burst. We need to get that programming out of him for good." Manic said, angry with Robotnik as they all where.

"We can't." Sonia said. "The medallions are drained. They need time to recharge." She told the youngest triplet as she held up her own piano shaped medallion.

"Only time we've got now is time to slam, jam and sram." Sonic said as he grabbed onto Sonia and Manic and ran off just after Sonia onto grabbed Harry who held out his hand to Argus who had become Argus Bot again.

On a screen in one of Robotnik's bases, Sleet and Dingo where going over footage by orders of their "boss" Robotnik.

"Fight it Argus." He saw Harry plead with his godfather. "The Queen will be in the underground drainage caverns near...NEAR?" So Argus was his son's godfather. That made him feel worse about Roboticizing him.

"The Queen?" Dingo said acting as if he was just the dumb fodder. "That's exactly what Robotnik was hoping for."

"Yes. And now that we know where she might be, perhaps we can give the children a helping hand." Sleet sneered as he watched the footage again.

Now they where sludging through the drainage caverns after performing a pleading song called "Have you got the 411?" to get information about them. This strange guy had given them the information. For the price of Sonia taking him out to dinner.

"Why would mom hang around with all this WATER?" Sonic asked with distaste as he looked around at it worriedly. "Yech."

"Some of us actually like water. For drinking, cleaning, that sort of thing." Sonia explained it to their oldest brother as if he was an over emotional toddler.

"Hey look! There's mom's scarf!" Harry said excitedly and they all raced toward it.

"Yeah but, where's mother?" Sonia asked as they all joined Sonic on the platform where the main mechanical parts are.

"Ya know, there's something fishy about this scarf."

"Could it be the tag on it?" Said the voice of Sleet.

"Property of Special Agent Sleet?!" Sonic read the tag. "Nice going bro. Your homie lead us into a trap!"

Then said homie appeared in the crowd of SWATbots. Sleet pointed the remote at him and he became Dingo.

"Thank's for dinner Sonia. It was great." He said with a cheeky grin.

"I took Dingo out for dinner?!" Sonia shouted with dismay. Then she roared with tears of hatred. She hated Dingo. He was always trying to get her in his arms.

Harry looked at his former guardians with fury. "Harry wait!" Sonic said as he ran at them and jumped in the air and prepared a full power punch. Sleet jumped back just before he hit the ground and a crater appeared where water rushed in.

"Woah." Manic said in shock as they all gasped. "Kid pack's a punch."

"I have got to learn that." Sonia said in awe.

"Nice try son. I know all your little tricks." Sleet reminded him.

"Your dead to me." Harry spat at Sleet. He then ran at him almost at Sonic's speed. He vanished and appeared in front of Sleet.

Woah. Cool speed. I thought only I could move that fast. I could barely see him. Sonic thought as he saw his enraged little brother breathing in rage.

"So fast." Sonia said in shock.

"That's new." Sleet whimpered before Harry sucker punched him in the gut sending him flying through a team of SWATbots.

"Looks like Uncle Dingo forgot to mention he had me on a weighted speed training regimine." Harry spat at the dizzy wolf.

"Oh that definitely cracked something." Sleet moaned. Impressive power. I had no idea he was capable of this. He thought as the Hedgehog's started climbing.

"Sorry guys. I wanted to show you what I could do on my own turf." Manic said as a bot fired at him and he held up his board to block it. "And it blew up in our faces."

"Its my turf too Manic. I was on the streets for a few years before...HE took me in." Harry said as he climbed up with them. Sleet had recovered and was about to climb after them.

"No way. I should have never cut down on you." Sonic said to their two youngest. "Its gotta have something to do...with...ALl this WATER!" He said in a realization tone as they continued to climb up. A Bot's laser struck one of the tanks but thanks to Harry's assaults most of the tanks where below half full.

"Don't worry guys. Everyone makes mistakes." Sonia assured her younger brothers as Manic climbed up. "Even me." She told Harry before ushering him up ahead of her.

"Gee sis, your all heart." Harry teased as they climbed.

"Give up your useless search brats. Queen Aleena would never degrade herself by hiding in an underground swamp." Sleet shouted up at them.

"Oh yes she would." Sonic shot back down at him. "If she knew it would get rid of ol' Butnik once and for all.."

"Yeah." Harry said as they climbed one more ladder. "Once all five of us are together again Butnik won't stand a chance even with you two TRAITORS." He spat out the last part in rage.

It pained Sleet to hear his son call him a traitor. If only he knew the real truth. Aleena was looking into a way to de roboticize by magic. If it comes to fruition then the war is nearly over. "But just in case she does turn out to be here." He said tapping Dingo on the shoulder. Dingo turned and Sleet pressed the button and turned him into a almost perfect copy of Argus. Except with his small specs. "It'll be YOUR job. To make sure she comes out with US." He then procedeed to kick Dingo off the platform by his rear end and he bounced into the water below.

Dingo spat out the water in a arc from his mouth and growled. "Someday Sleet, its gonna be YOUR butt wearing MY footprint." He then ran off to find Aleena to pass on Sleet's message about Harry being in the Resistance and safe.

Harry and his triplet siblings managed to get Argus back again.

"Since this won't last long kids, I'll talk fast." Argus said from beneath them. "The rendevouz point, is THERE." He pointed across the small lake of water to an area of the cavern where there was an exit and a hallway of sorts.

"There's mom." Harry said excitedly pointing to Aleena's real scarf.

"And there's Argus." Manic said in confusion.

"It can't be. Argus is over there." Sonic pointed out to where the Roboticized Argus was.

"That means its Uncle Dingo in disguise." Harry told his siblings in realization.

"MOTHER LOOK OUT!" Sonia shouted.

Manic and Harry both tried to fly over to save her but couldn't. Both had been fired at and had used their boards as shields. "Our boards are blasted!" Harry realized.

"Sonic!" Manic shouted to their brother and pointed over to their mother.

"You expect me to jump over that? But its WATER!" Sonic protested. His aquaphobia coming in.

"And that's OUR mother!" Sonia, Harry and Manic all shouted at once.

"Come on Sonic, we're waaaiting." Harry mocked him. Sonic glared lightly at his youngest brother.

"How many times do I have to tell you that's my line?" Sonic demanded as he prepared to jump.

"Harry's safe and with the Resistance." Dingo said behind the back of his disguised hand. "Though he hate's me and Sleet right now, he'll understand once this is all over.":

"Thank you Dingo." Aleena said before acting her part.

"Goodbye Uncle Argus." Harry called over to Argus as he waved goodbye to the hedgehogs and human.

"We'll be back for you." Manic added.

They didn't get to reunite with their mother, but they saved her from being captured by Sonicbraving the small lake to jump over it and haveing the exit collapse just after she leaves. Sonic manages to handcuff Dingo to a pipe.

"Don't worry. He's not gonna come after us cause he ain't got the juice." Sonic teased the thick headed mutt who was breathing like an angry bull just next to Sonic's head.

"I'll show ya juice." Dingo said in anger as he started pulling the pipe apart.

"Dingo!" Sleet said as he and a crew of SWATbots appeared running across the pipe Argus cut off so Manic, Sonia and Harry could join Sonic. "NO!" But he said this too late as Dingo pulled the pipe apart and they where blasted with water.

"I guess he had the juice after all." Sonic teased and they all had a good laugh.

"Take care." Sonia said past the wall of rocks after their mother.

"Next time Ma. Next time." Manic said confidently.

"Bye Momma." Harry said in his young way. He may be a Freedom Fighter, but he was still a child. "We'll see you again."

Suddenly a laser blast went over their heads.

"After them." Sleet ordered to keep up appearances. "AFTER THEM!" He rode on top of Dingo.

"Now let's juice." Sonic suggested and he and his siblings all sped off one after the other with Harry being last.

Dingo tripped over a rock and Sleet toppled into the water. "IMBICILE." He snapped. "CRETIN! MUFFINBRAIN!" He slapped him outside the head in frustration.

END OF TO CATCH A QUEEN

To Be Continued...

Jame's origin on Mobius will be explained shortly.

How was Harry's reaction to Sleet and Dingo being there? Was it what you expected?

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