Hey everyone! Welcome back to the story. New chapter posted much quicker than the last, right? Well…*puts on sunglasses*…that's how I do it.
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On with the story…
*With Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, back at HQ, real time*
After the doctors had cleared their pink friend, saying that aside from minor cuts, bruises, and the fact that a deadly poison was coursing through her veins she'd be fine, Sonic and his two friends brought Amy back to their home and set her down on a table in Tails' lab.
The room was painted white, but behind the thin walls of plaster were reinforced titanium walls, which forbade explosions and inventions-gone-wrong from escaping the room. Tools, trinkets, inventions and chemicals lined the shelves, cabinets and tables of the lab, with hover-chairs and a robot servant roaming around the floor area.
"Welcome back, Master Tails," The robot stated. "What can I do for you?"
"Bring out the medical equipment and hook it up to Amy here," The fox ordered, and the droid hurried off.
Knuckles sighed. "Should we call in the others?"
"Blaze and Silver are in a different dimension and Shadow and Rouge are off the grid on an espionage mission. How do you suggest we reach them?" Miles Prower asked, raising an eyebrow.
The echidna scowled. "Whatever. Just a question."
"So, are you sure there're no cures for this thing?" Sonic asked, looking at the unconscious girl.
"Absolutely not. Unless some wise man in the insert-name-here mountain range in the dimension-name world has the cure, we got nothing…" The fox sighed.
The three looked around with misery for a few minutes before Tails' face lit up.
"…But what if we make one!" The young genius cheered.
"Yeah! Sure! How're we gonna do that?" Knuckles scoffed.
"HURRY UP WITH THAT EQUIPMENT, HELP BOT!" The young hero shouted over his shoulder, and then turned back to the two. "If I analyze the substance inside Amy, and compare it to similar combinations of poisons and toxins, I'll be able to put together a mosh-posh of cure ingredients that should kill the poison!"
"That doesn't seem one-hundred percent guaranteed to work," The Blue Blur replied. "I need this to absolutely kill this thing with no room for failure."
"I'll be honest, it's not fully guaranteed to stop it, but right now it's the only shot of saving Amy we got," Tails responded.
Sonic looked at Amy again and clenched his fists.
The Fastest Thing Alive nodded. "Fine. Let's see what these ingredients are."
"HELP BOT!" The fox yelled, storming after the android. "WHAT'S THE HOLD UP?"
*Eggman's lair, ten minutes later*
The two monsters walked into the cave and let their eyes adjust to the dark.
"Well? Is Sonic dead?" Eggman asked, strolling up to his monsters. "Were you successful?"
"Crushed by tree," The Plague stated, handing the evil doctor the blue hedgehog's shoe. "Souvenir."
The villain began to form the biggest smile he's ever had, falling to his knees and cradling the footwear.
"HAHAHAHA! YES!" Robotnik cackled. "After all these years, Sonic is finally dead! By my own creations, no less! I've dreamed of this day for so long!"
Eggman stood up and walked around the cave.
"Years of being beaten and taunted by that speedy pain, but no longer! Hahaha! If only I was there to see that myself!"
"Master…" Toxic hissed, and removed a giant mallet from its slimy torso. "Another souvenir. The weapon of the pink hedgehog."
"His girl is dead too?" Eggman exclaimed, turning to his green minion. "Wonderful! An added bonus! Ha! Soon, all of Sonic's team will be wiped out, and then I'll begin to rebuild my robot army!"
Both creations narrowed their eyes and nodded.
"I'm going to go out into the town and gather more food. Since everyone is busy with the death of Sonic and his girlfriend, they'll never pay attention to me!" The villain cheered, dawning a trench coat and fedora he stole a while back. "I'll be back soon!"
*With Sonic and the others, back at the HQ*
"Analyses complete. Similar toxins identified. Names: Detack, Rivin, Wovulum, Ajax, and Remacon B," The computer stated, finished surveying Amy's entire internal organ system, from the outside of course.
"Those are all deadly chemicals. Whatever this stuff is made out of, it's extremely lethal," Tails said aloud. "I'm gonna compile a list of main ingredients found in each cure as well as locations in which to find those pieces."
"What's her life expectancy?" Knuckles asked.
"Computer, what's Amy Rose's lifeline for this toxin?" The fox asked, pressing a button on the keypad.
"Analyzing once more…Calculating…Processing…Life expectancy: three days, eight hours and fifty-three minutes."
Sonic blinked a few times. "That soon?"
"It's worse than we thought," The young genius stated. "I'll need to double my work speed, double my help-bot count and start drinking coffee."
Thirty minutes later, the fox stumbled out from his private workplace with a sheet of paper and a silver canister.
"These are the ingredients you need to find for the cure; not in their final state, but if you get the original form of these, I can transform them into what we need. Once you get them, just shove them in this canister and be on your way to the next location. I'll be monitoring your progress from here while Knuckles begins a manhunt for Eggman."
"How'd you know about Eggman?" Sonic asked.
"Knuckles told me your statement of the events and…well…it seems like the typical revenge plot he'd come up with."
"Yeah? Well, this isn't typical. He's starting to create actual monsters and living beings; no longer just robots," The Blue Blur responded, lowering his eyebrows. "After I find the cure, I'm taking him down."
After receiving an earpiece from the fox, the hedgehog turned to see Knuckles walking towards him.
"Get to it, pal," The echidna stated, slapping Sonic on the back. "You've got a cross-world trip ahead of you."
The blue hero nodded and sped out of the headquarters, heading for his first stop.
The arctic tundra.
*With Eggman, in Mobiocity*
The evil doctor strolled down the sidewalk of main street with a spring in his step. Humming his favorite tune, he breathed in the fresh air and took advantage of being in civilization once more. Ever since he had gone into exile to keep from being caught, he'd fallen out of touch with how good it was to have common goods and services.
Pickpocketing a few dollars from an unsuspecting pedestrian, the doctor purchased a few hot dogs, a magazine and a pack of gum, then continued on his way to the store. On his way, he stopped by a store window that had TVs set up with the local news on.
"…have declined an interview with us. In other news, renowned criminal Backlash escaped from prison today. Officials have not released information as to how the convict escaped, but do confirm that he is unarmed for now. Our top story today is the attack that occurred in the Mobiocity park, where Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose fought against two mysterious new enemies, and seemed to had lost. After a barrage of gunfire from the military, the threats fled the scene, leaving a poisoned Amy Rose and badly damaged, but alive Sonic behind. Whereabouts of these creatures are unknown, but Sonic his stated that this was the work of Doctor Eggman, who had disappeared after the Darkspine attack a year and a half ago. Police and the military have agreed to begin a hunt for the elusive crook, and won't stop until he is found. Restoration of…"
Eggman felt fury begin to boil inside of him, making his face grow red. Crushing the hot dog he had in his hand, he chucked it into the trash and stormed in the direction for his hideout.
When I'm done with those two failures of monsters, they're gonna wish that they were not unkillable, The villain thought.
And that's the chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it. Easter egg for the future is hidden in this chapter. Can you find it?
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