I can't believe how much trouble this chapter got me into. I had to retype the entire thing because the original script looked like crap.
Well, anyway, here is the new chapter. Like I promised, there will be "chaos". :)
Chapter 5: Chaos
As soon as Tails hacked into one satellite's systems, an alarm went off and surprised the fox.
"Oh no. The satellites had a different security system than the fortress, and I forgot to disable the alarm inside those satellites. I need to get shut them off before…"
The fox never finished the task, however. On the screen of his trusty handheld device appeared the frowning face of his nemesis, Dr Eggman. The doctor glared at Tails angrily, which scared the fox a little.
"So you've been sneaking around my magnificent fortress' blueprints and systems, hmm, fox boy." Eggman said as he forcibly ejected the said fox out of the Egg Citadel's mainframe and, true to Tails' fear, deleted everything Tails had managed to download in a matter of seconds.
"You're not getting away with this, Eggman." Tails yelled at the mad scientist at the top of his lung, "Sonic and Knuckles have escaped and they'll stop you."
Eggman glanced at another screen for a brief moment before turning back to look at Tails with a smirk on his face, one that Tails had never known the doctor to be capable of making.
"It seems so. Thanks to you, now I have to move things forward a little bit." Eggman said as he slammed his fist on a button. To Tails' horror, the countdown on top of the Egg Citadel instantly became zero as soon as the doctor's hand touched the button.
An alarm was heard in the background, and all sixteen destructive satellites were launched one after another a few seconds later.
On the ground, everybody could see the satellite leaving the menacing fortress heading for the atmosphere, ready to reduce the world to dust. A few seconds after the launch, an image of Tails appeared on the top of the fortress, shocking everyone below.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there's been a change of plan," Eggman growled angrily, "Thanks to the meddling two-tailed freak here, I've decided to launch the satellites earlier than scheduled. Now, prepare to be wiped out. When the destruction is over, I'll build my glorious Eggman Empire and create a world where I'll be the one and only ruler. The remaining population will be mine to command. Ho ho ho ho."
When Eggman's voice stopped, everybody around the world began to panic and ran for their lives. From the Tornado, Tails could see the people below trying helplessly to get away. They abandoned their houses, cars and possessions and flooded the streets, running in every direction and stirring up chaos everywhere.
The deployed Egg Pawns quickly subdued and captured everyone and trapped them inside some kind of force fields, leaving them to their fate. The police didn't even managed to put up a decent fight against the robots due to them being heavily outnumbered by sheer firepower and number.
Tails watched in horror as the chaos unfolded right before his very eyes, and it was caused because of his own carelessness in one hasty moment.
Turning back to Tails, the doctor hissed, "Look at all the chaos you've caused, fox boy. Everyone will die, and it'll be your fault."
"If those satellites open fire, you'll be destroyed along with us, Eggman." Tails retorted.
"Not quite. You really think I'm dumb enough to open fire weapons of mass destruction on myself. I have a very safe place to escape to, and I'll stay there while watching you scream in agony. Each and every one of you."
After that, Eggman laughed for a while before regaining his composure once more.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to prepare to welcome two more pests that I need to deal with before I make my escape. Enjoy the last moments of your miserable life, Tails."
With that, Eggman broke off the communication and prepared for the confrontation with Sonic and Knuckles inside the fortress.
Tails began to shake visibly in the cockpit of the Tornado. He watched in terror as the people below were being captured one by one by the Egg Pawns. Even more troubling, more Egg Pawns and other series jumped out from Eggman's battleships and headed for the cities around the world, ready to wreak havoc.
Tails knew he had to deal with those robots soon, but he currently had a much bigger problem on hand in the forms of sixteen deadly satellites that could possibly turn the entire planet into a wasteland.
"I've got to stop those satellites first!" Tails said as he piloted the Tornado at the closest target. Once Tails was in range, he locked on to the satellite and unloaded the biplane's arsenal of homing missiles. Needless to say, the missiles hit their target head-on, reducing the first satellite to dust.
"One down, fifteen more to go," Tails then stepped on it and made a beeline for another satellite.
However, Eggman's forces quickly intercepted and began to attack the Tornado with their heavy artillery. A large number of Egg Pawns equipped with jet packs and rocket launchers were deployed and they soon zoomed in on the biplane, trying to shoot it down.
"Pesky robots," said Tails angrily. He didn't have time to mess around with simple-minded buckets of bolts. He needed to stop the weapons of mass destruction to prevent a global catastrophe, one that was caused by his oversight.
However, Tails could not concentrate on shooting down the satellites with the Egg Pawns hot on his tails, so he had no choice but to turn the plane around and started shooting. Compared to the robots' marksmanship, Tails' skills were on a whole different league all together. Every missile, every bullet that left the Tornado's weaponry hit and destroyed their target instantly.
After swiftly taking out about a dozen of his mechanical chasers, Tails quickly turned the plane around again and locked on to the second satellite. A few seconds later, another missile was shot out from the biplane, and the end result was the destruction of another weapon. Two satellites had been taken care of, but Tails knew he was far from done. There were still a whooping fourteen weapons left, and they were still enough to help Eggman achieve his goal.
Not wasting a single precious second, Tails accelerated and made his way toward the next target, shooting down any robots that dared to enter his field of vision or the Tornado's scanner.
Tails clearly demonstrated his superb skills as a pilot and a marksman in this battle. The earnest young flyer skillfully maneuvered the plane in response to anything the Egg Pawns threw at him. He flew in complicated and never-before-seen patterns and took out his pursuers with relative ease. However, he wasn't trying to show off his skills; he was trying his best to reach the third satellite, a feat that was getting increasingly difficult due to the amount of pestering and interference he was getting from the Egg Pawns.
"Stupid robots. I really don;t have time for them," yelled Tails furiously. The stress was really getting to him, and for good reason. The fate of the world depended on his success, and he wasn't about to let everyone down.
Quickly passing through a horde of Egg Pawns, Tails used the Tornado's machine guns to clear his path and shot another missile at his third target. Like the other two before it, the third satellite exploded immediately upon impact.
"I'm never going to make it in time," said Tails as he darted his eyes around and saw that the remaining satellites were already heading for the atmosphere.
Not giving up hope just yet, Tails sped up and made a beeline for the next target. However, he was quickly surrounded in every direction by a battalion of Eggman's forces, each armed with powerful weapons capable of taking him out easily.
Before they could pull the triggers, Tails made the Tornado spun around and drilled through the robots in front of him, all the while shooting in every direction with every weapon system the plane had.
His attacks managed to temporarily shake off the pesky robots, but he soon realized that the wasted time was more than enough for the satellites to escape his reach. Even though the weapons still had a long way before they reached the atmosphere, there was no way Tails alone would be able to take out thirteen targets so far apart from each other.
However, that didn't discourage the young flyer from trying. Quickly, Tails made his way for the satellite that was currently the closest to his position and pressed the button to shoot another missile at it.
To Tails' horror, nothing came out of the Tornado when he pressed the button, and he soon knew why.
"What? NO, out of ammo?" yelled the fox angrily as he tried a variety of weapons, but with the same result from all of them.
"How am I supposed to destroy those things now?" muttered Tails in despair as his target eluded him.
Seizing the opportunity, the Egg Pawns quickly surrounded the Tornado once more, and pointed their weapons at the plane. Without ammo, Tails was completely vulnerable to the robots' assaults.
The only thing Tails could do at the moment was trying to escape the robots with all he had left, but that proved to be a difficult task when the Egg Pawns opened fire on him. Some shots managed to hit the Tornado, but Tails managed to avoid most and continued to fly away from the robots.
The fox looked at the remaining satellites and began to feel despair.
"I have to figure out a way to take those things down...I need to...I...I...can...I...just...can't..." said Tails as he began to tear up, realizing that there was nothing he could use or do to accomplish such a feat in such a short time.
At this point, his eyes were already filled up with tears and he hung his head in despair.
"What should I do...Sonic? I need a miracle to stop this..." muttered Tails quietly as the torrent of tears continued to fall freely down his muzzle.
Behind the Tornado, the persistent Egg Pawns continued to give chase. Far above, the satellites continued to make their way toward to atmosphere to carry out their programming. On the ground, everyone fought desperately against the invading robots, only to be outnumbered severely by them.
Tails directed his teary gaze at the satellites once again, and once again, the young kid wished for a miracle to happen, knowing how slim the chances of that happening.
My my my. That was stressful. Like I said earlier I had to type this chap from scratch, which took quite a while. I do hope you enjoyed the action, though. Try guessing what will happen next if you have time.
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