Chapter 4! I don't own anything. Hope you enjoy and thanks for reading this far. :)
~A few days later~
It was early noon and the sun was heating up the earth below, making the temperatures in the mid-eighties. A breeze blew through the air and made the hot temperatures more bearable on the small island that Dr. Eggman's base was located on. The waves were barely lapping the sand on the edge of the beach.
Bokkun sat in the sand, making sand castles and getting filthy like Decoe and Bocoe had told him not to do. He stepped back and admired the finished sand castle that he had spent all morning making, it all seemed perfect except something was missing. He began to look carefully over the work to try and find out what exactly it was.
A smile spread across his face as he remembered what it was. He reached into his boot and pulled out a small device which he had put in there that morning. It was an explosive which he had built by himself when he was in the lab with the doctor. Since the day he had first been introduced to the explosion his interest in explosions had grown to the point where it was dangerous.
The only one that knew of his interest was the doctor who had told him he could play around with them as long as he didn't get careless or get himself hurt. Dr. Eggman was impressed with how skillful the boy was with making the explosives that he encouraged him to build them as long as he didn't tell Decoe or Bocoe.
He had just placed the explosive inside the castle when he was distracted by the familiar hum of the Egg Machine, Eggman's white flying device. Two doors opened up midways for the doctor to enter then closed behind him once he got inside. "I bet Eggman would like to see my castle." He told himself. He knew that Decoe and Bocoe would be too busy freaking out about how he had sand all over him to actually notice what he had done.
Bokkun enter the base, making sure to look around every corner and dart from room to room so that Decoe and Bocoe wouldn't find him. If he got spotted he would get some kind of lecture and then have to finish learning about how Abraham Lincoln landed on the moon or something.
He had managed to get to the landing room unnoticed and looked through the door only to find Decoe and Bocoe were already in the room with the doctor. 'Darn.' He thought. He was about to go back outside when he heard something that caught his attention.
"I'm not doing that!" He heard Decoe cry out. He looked back into the room to see that doctor talking to the robots.
"You'll do what I tell you to do." He growled. "Besides, you guys are so useless that Sonic wouldn't even bother trying to attack you."
"Why can't Bocoe do it?" Decoe whined. Bocoe frowned at his friend.
"There's no way you could get me to do that in a million years." He said and turned his back to them.
"Do what?" Bokkun asked. They all turned to see Bokkun standing in the doorway.
"It's nothing Bokkun, these two cowards are too scared to deliver a little message for me." Eggman replied. A grin spread across Bokkun's face, delivering a letter… that would be easy and it would make the doctor appreciate him even more… and he would get out of Decoe and Bocoe's classes.
"I'll do it!" Bokkun offered.
"No it's too dangerous-" Eggman quickly cut himself off when he felt Decoe and Bocoe's cold glares. He groaned a little as he stare at Bokkun who excitedly awaited his answer. He didn't want to disappoint the boy and if Bokkun did do it and end up successful he could rub it in Decoe and Bocoe's faces. "Alright, Bokkun." He said. He began heading for the door and Bokkun stepped out of the way so the doctor could get past him. "Follow me."
Bokkun followed him into the lab where the doctor began to dig through some of the cabinets until he found what he was looking for. The little robot nearly exploded from excitement, he couldn't wait! He was going to get an actual mission like the battle robots that Eggman created did.
Eggman pulled out a small grey oval shaped machine brought it over to the table. He took one of the screw drivers from its holder and began tampering with it. "What's that doctor?" Bokkun finally asked as he gave into the pressure of curiosity.
"Well it used to be an old thruster from one of my older inventions but I'm going fix it up so it can connect to your programing that way you can control it." Eggman explained and Bokkun tilted his head slightly.
"So what… It's going to be like a controllable missile?" Bokkun asked, a little confused. Eggman laughed and shook his head.
"No, you're too young for a weapon. I'm redesigning it to like a jetpack, to give you the ability to fly." Bokkun's eyes widened and he smiled brightly, that would be even more awesome than his exploding sand castle! Bokkun began to daydream about the ability to fly.
In a few minutes the doctor had finished the improvements of the rocket and strapped it onto Bokkun. It was surprisingly not as heavy as what he thought it would be. Eggman had fashioned a belt that held it on with a bright yellow M on the front of it. "What does that stand for?" Bokkun asked.
Eggman knelt in front of him. "Inside the M is the mechanics that connects it to your programming and it also stands for 'messenger'." He explained. That made sense. Eggman looked the little robot directly in the eyes. "Bokkun, I'm entrusting you with the responsibility of flight, don't abuse it." Bokkun nodded. "The jetpack is only to be worn when delivering messages. Understand?" Bokkun nodded again.
"Wait does that mean I get to deliver more than one?" Bokkun asked excitedly.
"We'll see." Eggman said smiling. "One more thing," His expression changed back to a more serious one before he continued, "If something happens, you need to come directly back here, don't worry about delivering the message."
"Why?"
"Because Sonic the Hedgehog is very dangerous and you're more important to me than any message could possibly ever be." Bokkun smiled at the doctor.
"Got it!" Bokkun acknowledged. Eggman pat him on the shoulder and stood up as he began to wonder if this was the best idea.
Bokkun followed behind the doctor along with Decoe and Bocoe who kept whispering and flashing nervous and uneasy glances at the little robot. They were concerned that he wasn't ready for the job and would be too small to protect himself if he needed to.
They went outside where the doctor confronted Bokkun again. "As soon as you're done, come directly back here." Eggman told him. Bokkun saluted him to show that he understood. Energy was building inside him from all the excitement and he felt like he could run laps around the entire island. "Alright now to get the jetpack going try focusing all your energy to the thruster." Eggman said.
Bokkun closed his eyes and began to try and focus his energy like the doctor had told him. "Now it might take some-" Fire burst out of the back of the rocket and lifted the light robot off the ground with ease. "time…" Eggman finished. Bokkun began laughing, it was amazing being airborne and now he was even taller than Decoe.
"Alright Bokkun, here is the satchel with the message in it. It is in the form of a TV, just give it to Sonic, press the button and get away from it because it will self-destruct." The doctor told him handing him a dark teal bag with the word EGG written in yellow on it. Bokkun took it and hung it on his shoulder. "And here are directions to the human's house where he's staying, remember he may not be there and if so just leave it for him."
"Alright doctor." Bokkun said and began to slowly lift himself higher, still trying to get used to it.
"Be careful Bokkun." Bocoe called after him. The three stood on the beach and watched as Bokkun began to get a little forward motion.
"Be back before dinner!" Decoe added and waved him goodbye. They watched as Bokkun struggled to not flip and Decoe turned to the doctor. "What if the rocket runs out of gas?" He asked worriedly.
"I redesigned it, it doesn't need gas, it runs off his own energy. So as long as he has eaten enough and isn't tired then he should be fine." Eggman explained. 'Well if it runs off that kid's energy it should last long enough to get him around the world… twice' Bocoe thought to himself.
Hope you liked it, I sould have the next one up by tomorrow.