Chapter 3: Working with Sonic
When Silver, Vector, Espio, and Saura arrived back to the Resistance HQ with Sonic, everyone greeted the blue hedgehog back like a long-lost friend, especially Amy who had hugged him tightly. Saura, however, backed away from the group to give them space to see Sonic. Yes, she is happy to see the legendary blue hedgehog, but she doesn't feel as close as the others do. Besides, she still feels like she doesn't fit in with everyone.
"Sonic, finding you alive is the best news we've had in months," Knuckles says to the blue hedgehog with a smile. But then, he frowns. "And here's the bad news; our intel indicates Eggman's got a weapon's factory in Green Hill, pumping out munitions for his war effort," he says to Sonic and the rest of the group.
Silver looks surprised. "A factory? We can't take out Eggman's home base in Metropolis if he's got a factory supplying him," he says while clenching his fists a bit.
"No kidding," Knuckles said to Silver. He then turns to Sonic. "Look Sonic, I know you just got back, but we're spread thin. Can you take care of this?" he asks. When Sonic nods, Knuckles nods back. "We need that factory destroyed," he says to Sonic on what the mission is. He looks around until his eyes laid on Saura. The echidna walks up to the wolf and places his hand on her shoulder. "Take the rookie with you," he says now adding Saura to the involvement.
When Saura feels Knuckles's hand on her shoulder and talks about her going with Sonic to the factory, she flinches and shivers a bit. Vector noticed her reaction and looks unsure. "You sure about this?" he questions. "The girl was shaking like a leaf the whole time we were at the Death Egg," he mentions.
"Looks like someone was watching you. What will you do about that?"
When she heard Vector mention the Death Egg along with that voice just now, Saura looks down in shame with a frown. "That's because it's cold in space. The factory is nice and warm," Charmy says to Vector with a confused look.
Knuckles nods to Charmy as he looks to the bee. "It will be when it's burnt to the ground," the echidna reassures the bee. He turned to Sonic. "Sonic, you take the lead," he says to the blue hedgehog. Once Sonic nods, Knuckles turns to Saura. "Rookie, just make sure you take good notes," he says to the blond wolf as he shoves her to Sonic.
Saura wobbles a bit when Knuckles pushed her to Sonic. Once she manages to stand straight, she notices everyone still staring at her and shivers a little. Sonic, not paying attention to Saura's timid behavior, smirks as he stretches a bit. "I've got six months of payback I'm just dying to spend. This sounds like a great start," he says with excitement. Once finished stretching, he grabs Saura's arm. "Come on, let's go trash a factory," he said to Saura as he runs off with her as the wolf yelps a bit.
Thanks to Sonic's speed, he and Saura arrived at Green Hill in less than twenty minutes. Sonic lets go of the blond wolf as he looks around. There he sees a pyramid and it looks well-guarded. "So, that must be the factory," he states. He looks to Saura who nods. Sonic scratches his head a bit at the silent treatment. "Then, let's go," he says as he starts running to the factory with Saura behind him.
As they try to get to the factory, more robots began to attack Sonic and Saura. Being held captive for six months had taken its toll on him especially when he and the wolf would be surrounded. "The enemy's factory is inside the pyramid," Knuckles explains through Saura's communicator. "I can send in reinforcements if you don't think you can handle it," he offers.
Sonic thinks about Knuckles's offer as he and Saura were once again surrounded. Before he speaks, Saura activates her wispon and uses its lightning whip to take out all the enemies around them in one swing. He was surprised, and then smiles. This girl may not be a talker, but she's definitely a fighter. "No need! The two of us are more than enough," he reassures to Knuckles through Saura's communicator. "We'll blitz the place and open up a path for the resistance," he added. He then looks to Saura. "Right, partner?" he asks Saura.
Saura looks to Sonic with surprise. The legendary, blue hedgehog actually believes she can help him through this mission? Not only that, he called her partner! The thought of this makes the wolf nervous. What is she fails? What will happen if she messes up? When she noticed she had yet to reply, she nods to Sonic rapidly.
Sonic, unfortunately, caught on to the wolf's nervous behavior and pats her shoulder. "Hey, don't be scared," he says to Saura. "I know we can do this when we work together," he added. He then let's go and noticed a huge army of robots. They need to get in the pyramid quickly. Remembering Saura's skills with the wispon, Sonic came up with an idea! "Hey, grab on to my hand," he announces as he held his hand out to Saura. "And when I say go, I want you to use that weapon you have to take out enemies in front of us," he explains while still waiting. Saura looked confused, but she took his hand with her free one regardless.
Sonic watches the robots come closer to him and Saura. He takes a deep breath as he closes his eyes for a moment. Once he opens them back up, he glares at the robots. "Go," he shouts as he speeds towards the robots! Saura, while hanging on to Sonic tight, starts to use her Lightning Wispon's lightning trail to help destroying enemies in front of them.
The attack kept going the more Sonic kept on running. After a few minutes which felt like forever to Saura, Sonic found a way into the pyramid through a vent once the robots were defeated. When they got in, Saura stops her attack while deep breathing a bit. Sonic looks to Saura as he gives her a thumbs up. "Great work," he says to the wolf with a smile. Saura gives the hedgehog a smile as a response while deep breathing. Sonic took a hold of Saura's communicator, so he can bring out the good news. "We found a way in through the vent," he announces to the resistance and hands the communicator back to Saura.
"You should be able to get in to the factory through there," Amy says through the communicator. Sonic nods as he starts crawling through the vent with Saura. When they got to an exit that leads them inside, Sonic sees a bunch of robots guarding a door. "Remember to stay alert," Saura heard Amy's voice added through the communicator. Sonic, however, didn't get the message as he opens the hatch and jumps down to take out all the enemies blocking the door.
Saura tries to stop Sonic by reaching out to him, but he was too fast for her to stop. She watches Sonic take out the robots and comes down herself once the coast is clear. Unfortunately, she sees a robot right behind Sonic! Without even thinking, the wolf uses her grabbling hook to attach it onto the robot and pulls herself towards it. With a big jump and stomping as hard as she could, Saura destroyed the robot.
Sonic hears a crash and turns. He sees Saura standing there surrounded by broken robot parts until she falls to a sit position due to her clumsiness. He chuckles a bit as he helps thee wolf up. "Thanks for the cover," he says to Saura with a smile. Once Saura nods, Sonic walks in to the factory with the wolf. As soon as he gets a good look of the factory along with being in a good hiding spot, Sonic sees a bunch of robots working on machines that look war-related. He notices Saura looking at this as well and looks around more. "So, they're building weapons here, huh?" he asks the wolf, but mostly to himself. After all, she won't speak to him; but, it's still nice to have someone to talk to. "Making everyone work like robots," he mumbles as he grips his hands a bit. "Well, it will be Eggman's turn to get pushed around when I get a hold of him," he says a little louder.
Saura looks to Sonic as he spoke and back to the factory. There must be a way to destroy this area. Saura then noticed huge missile like bullets that are being built. As she looks at those missiles, the wolf began to shiver. Missiles like those can cause explosions when near fire or anything that can cause one. Explosions… That's it! With an idea, Saura gently tugs Sonic's arm to get his attention.
Sonic feels someone tugging his arm a bit and looks to see it was Saura. "What's up?" he asks the wolf. Hopefully, this girl will speak to him, right? Nope, Saura instead starts pointing to a different direction. He looks and sees huge bullet missile like bullets being created. Sonic flinches a bit, as he looks to Saura with a confused look. He then sees Saura having her hands together for a bit and soon moves them away from each other quickly and doing the same process for about five times. It's almost like they- "Explode the bullets?" he asks Saura. When the wolf nods in agreement, he looks back to the bullets for a minute to think on Saura's plan. Sonic takes another look around the factory and noticed bombs being made as well. He looks to Saura and smirks. "You know, that could work," he says with a smirk. "Let's tell Knuckles and the others about our plan," he said to Saura as he held his hand out for the communicator. When Saura hands Sonic the device, he switches it over just to have him speak through it without any other noise. "Hey Knux, we've got a plan to take out the factory, but we'll need you to get everyone away from here," he says through the communicator.
"Alright Sonic. But, I'm curious, what is your plan?" Knuckles asks through the communicator.
"We're gonna use Eggman's new weapons against him! With them, we'll be able to blow up this factory with ease," Sonic explains with determination as a smirk appears on his face.
"What?" Amy's voice shouted through the communicator. Both, Sonic and Saura, flinched a bit. "That's too dangerous! The explosions will destroy you as well Sonic," she added with worry!
Sonic stretches a bit and continues to smirk. "Well then, it's a good thing I'm the fastest hedgehog," he says to Amy. He looks to Saura. "Come on partner, let's blow up this old egg factory," said Sonic as he runs to the factory with the wolf.
Sonic and Saura's first objective is to grab a bomb! Apparently, the robots appear to be very protective of them. When they spot Sonic and Saura, the robots quickly start shipping the bombs to a secured room. But Sonic was too quick. He managed to grab one of them when it was suddenly starting to count down from thirty seconds! Quickly, the blue hedgehog throws the bomb close to the room filled with huge missiles. Sonic then grabs Saura's arm and runs out of the factory and pyramid. By the time he and Saura got out of the pyramid and at a good distance away, the pyramid was soon blown up! They feel the explosions pressure pass by them and it made Saura shiver. If it weren't for Sonic's speed, they both would have been done for. "That was a cake walk," Sonic says through the communicator.
Amy let out a sigh through the communicator. "I don't even know why I was even worried," she says with an annoyed voice through the communicator.
Sonic smirks a bit and turns to Saura. "Let's head back. Our work here is done," he announces. Without giving Saura a warning, he grabs a hold of her arm again and back to the resistance as the wolf yelps a bit.
Author's Note:
Hello Everyone! I have two announcements to make involving this fanfic. First, I have finally finished the cover for it. Finally, I want to give a huge thank you to Bajy for helping me come up with some ideas on a title for this fanfic. There are lots of amazing titles and I don't know which one to choose. That is why, I am having you guys choose! In my profile, there is a poll about what the title should be for this fanfic. I would really appreciate it if you all would vote for your favorite and which ever is voted the most is the winner! The voting will end at: March 10th! So please, come check out the poll and vote for your favorite! :) Once the title has been chosen, I will put it on the cover and upload it and maybe another update. ;)
To the Fanfic: Hooray, Eggman no longer has a weapon factory! Unfortunately, Saura is still not comfortable with talking to Sonic, sorry Guest. We shall see what happens next! (p.s. Be ready to see our little... "friend" in the next chapter :P)
One more note!... Thanks for reading! :D