I'm so sorry for the delay but here is chapter 9, I uploaded it as soon as I finished it. I hope you enjoy. I own nothing!
~Several Days Later~
It was early one morning and the sun hadn't even risen over the distant oceans that was in sight of the base. Decoe knew that he should charge a little longer but he unplugged himself anyways, he had a mission and a promise to fulfill. He got out of his bed, a hard metal shelf that hung on the wall and quietly walked to the door.
He looked back to make sure that he had not awoken anyone. He shared a room with Bocoe and a few other of Eggman's top battle robots. The battle robots weren't programed with as much personality as he and Bocoe had been and only awoke when the doctor needed them which made them nice, quiet room mates.
When seeing that no one had heard him he slipped out the door and began to follow the halls to the familiar control room. He opened the door and looked in to see the doctor kicked back in his chair. He usually slept in there so he could keep an eye out for infiltrators and watch for chaos emeralds.
Decoe carefully approached the doctor and stood there staring at him for a second. He sat there and had his heals kicked up on the control board and his hands folded on his stomach. With his dark glasses it was hard to tell if he was awake or not.
Decoe hesitated for a moment but he knew he didn't come all this way for nothing. He nudged the doctor's shoulder. "I'll get you, you blast hedgehog!" Eggman yelled and planted his feet on the ground. Decoe quickly pulled himself away in alarm. Eggman looked at him and realized he was just dreaming. He frowned. "There had better be a good reason for this." He growled and leaned back in his chair. Decoe began tapping his index fingers together nervously.
"W-well..." He stammered. "I was just thinking that since Bokkun is a new member of the team and all I thought that he should have an appropriate room..." He explained. Eggman stare at him, he never, ever had actually decorated a room before because he never really slept in his room and he could really care less about his robots having their own individual decorated rooms. But Bokkun was special to the doctor and he designed him as a child which meant that he thought and acted like so.
"Hmm." Eggman said as he thought. He looked at Decoe who nearly jumped. "That's a good idea." He said and Decoe smiled and sighed in relief.
"I'm glad you like it." Decoe said cheerfully.
"There's only one problem... I know nothing about decorating." He said with a shrug. His robot waved it off.
"You don't have to worry, I'll help you." He volunteered. Another uncharacteristic smile spread across the doctor's face.
"We'll get started as soon as he wakes up." Eggman said and grabbed a piece of paper, a pencil and began to sketch plans.
"No!" Decoe cried and the doctor frowned up at him. "Um... I mean, I think it should be a surprise..." He said and laughed nervously. The doctor looked down at his paper again.
"And how do you suppose we do that, you know how curious Bokkun is in nature. He'll eventually find out before we finish."
"Well we could have him deliver Sonic another message so he's out of the house for a while." Decoe said.
"No!" Eggman answered quickly. "It's too dangerous, I'm not going to risk losing him." Decoe and Eggman stare at each other for countless seconds before Decoe spoke what was on the doctor's mind.
"You can't hold onto him forever... Like you said, he's curious. If you don't give him room to explore or trust him he's eventually going to find a way to get into the real world by himself, without you." Eggman dropped his pencil and pinched the bridge of his nose. He sat there quietly and Decoe waited. Finally Eggman released a sigh of defeat.
"Very well then..." He said. "After your and Bocoe's lesson I will send him off."
"Yes sir!" Decoe said excitedly. Eggman turned to him and stare him right in the eyes.
"Just remember, if something happens, it will be your fault." He warned the robot. Decoe nodded and left the room. That went exceptionally well, now he just had to tell Bokkun the real plan.
Bokkun sat at the kitchen table staring blankly at the chalkboard that Bocoe was displaying mathematics on. His eyes were half closed and he wasn't even trying to pay attention to the lesson. It had been a few days since he had delivered that message to Sonic and it seemed like it had happened decades ago. But the one thing that was still fresh in his mind was the face of his rescuer. She had beautiful big eyes and such cute features. He smiled at the thought of her.
He opened his eyes and looked at Decoe who was walking towards the hallway door. He turned back and gestured for Bokkun to follow him quietly. Bokkun looked back at Bocoe who was still going on about addition. He slipped off his chair and followed Decoe out of the room.
Decoe closed the door behind Bokkun when he was outside, careful not to make a sound. Bokkun stare at him curiously. "What?" He asked, not that he wasn't grateful that he rescued him from class.
Decoe checked the time then looked at the robot. "In approximately thirty minutes the doctor will be here and give you the task of delivering a letter to Sonic." Bokkun felt a nudge of excitement and fear hit him. It had been a while and he really wanted to go back to the city but he was also frightened that the same thing would happen again only this time no one would be around to save him.
"Um… The doctor is letting me go out again?" Bokkun wasn't sure what else to say.
"I persuaded him." Decoe said pride fully. Decoe leaned in closely. "Now you can go see your girl." Bokkun blushed deeply and Decoe laughed. "I put something in your mail bag, give it to her."
"B-but what if she doesn't like me!?" Bokkun asked as he broke into panic. Decoe shushed him and looked around to make sure no one was around.
"Don't worry, I'm sure she will. After all you're pretty cute until you get to know you." Decoe joked and the boy frowned at him. "I was just kidding. But why else would she rescue you?" He didn't let Bokkun answer and continued. "Just be calm and patient, and I wouldn't recommend letting the TV blow up in Sonic's face or she may be upset." Bokkun nodded, his nerves and fear were becoming visible in his eyes and expressions.
Bocoe threw open the door causing both of them to jump. He crossed his arms and frowned at them. "What are you two doing?" He asked.
"Just… chatting." Decoe answered.
"Yeah, just chatting. We weren't planning-" Bokkun stopped when he noticed Decoe's glare at him. The poor child was acting like the thief that had just robbed a bank and went to a pastry store full of police officers.
Decoe stared at them for a while and with each second it felt like the tension in the air would ignite and blow them up. "Okay…" Bocoe finally said. "Well this is no time to chat, we have a lesson to complete." Decoe and Bokkun followed him back into the room to finish the lesson.
When the lesson was over they walked out of the room where Eggman was waiting for them. Bocoe was the only one who was a little surprised since he wasn't aware of what was going on. "Bokkun, I have decided to let you deliver anther message." He said. Bokkun began to feel like he was going to pass out, he didn't know if it was from excitement or fear but he nodded in response.
Eggman brought him outside alone and handed him his jetpack and his bag. "Now make sure you're back before sunset!" He demanded.
"You don't have to worry about it, boss." He said as he clipped on his jet pack. Bokkun lifted himself in the air and began to head in the direction that he had went last time.
"Be careful…" Eggman said as he stared after his creation. He watched Bokkun disappear into the sunset and walked back into the base. Decoe had filled Bocoe in on the redecorating so Eggman didn't have to explain. "Alright, let's get to work." He said clapping his hands together.
Bocoe immediately went to power on the heavy lifting robots but Decoe stayed with the doctor. "So what letter did you send to Sonic?" Decoe asked.
"Oh, I just wanted him to enjoy his Sunday, it's going to be a blast." The doctor began laughing and Decoe sighed, at least it worked out for Bokkun.
There was chapter 9, hopefully I'll have the next one up soon. I hope you read the next chapter. :)