Chapter 6: Infiltration
It had now been two days since Miles had been kidnapped by Dr. Robotnik's robots, and Sonny was busy making preparations for breaking into the G. U. N. base. He knew Chuck would get suspicious if the red Chaos Emerald wasn't returned next week, and Sonny figured that the longer he waited the more likely Dr. Robotnik would go ahead and roboticize Amelia and Miles despite his promise. So he planned to break in Friday night and then bring the Chaos Emeralds to Dr. Robotnik's base the same day. In the meantime, Sonny practiced the Sonic Phase more vigorously than before while trying to figure out how to save the children Dr. Robotnik took as hostages, whom Sonny figured were being used to power the robots based on his previous encounters with them, but still not give up the Emeralds. Then after some introspection, Sonny decided to trust that his other self would find a way.
Once Friday night rolled around, Sonny took his backpack with the red, green, and bright-blue Chaos Emeralds inside and made the long dash to the southern part of the island where the G. U. N. base was located. Behind a thick wall of trees stood an electric fence with two sets of guards patrolling on both sides. The base itself was a huge building made of steel and concrete with no apparent entryways, and there were at least two watchtowers with searchlights sweeping over the surrounding area. When one searchlight came in Sonny's direction, he hid behind a large boulder and took out a flashlight to read Dr. Robotnik's instructions, which said:
Dear Sonic,
When you get to the G. U. N. base, make your way to the generator that powers the electric fence and shut it down. Then while the guards are distracted, jump over the fence and onto the roof of the building. Up there, you'll find an entrance to the air vents. Follow them till you come to a small laboratory and enter it. The Chaos Emeralds will be located inside a glass case, but you'll need to deactivate the alarm with the password 2001 before grabbing them. After that, make your way out of the air-vent, and then once you're on the roof move toward the back of the base. There should be a narrow gap between the building and the fence which you'll need to jump over to escape the base.
From there, bring the other Emeralds you've obtained and head to the volcano on the northern part of the island. There, you will find two robots guarding an entryway, and they will point their guns at you. However, once you show them the Chaos Emeralds they will lower their weapons and escort you inside. If you follow my instructions to the letter, you won't get caught. But if you try anything funny, there will be dire consequences.
Sincerely,
Dr. Robotnik
"He says I shouldn't do anything funny," Sonny said as he turned off the flashlight and stood up. "But—
A blue aura surrounded Sonny, though he wasn't afraid this time.
"He didn't say anything about me not being allowed to handle this situation my way." Sonic crumbled the letter up and threw it at the nearest guard's head.
The guard flinched and pointed his gun in Sonic's direction, but Sonic ran before he could fire. Afterwards, the other guard joined in and they both pursued the blue blur that appeared in front of them for a second, and then was gone as it hit them over the heads and flew over the electric fence. On the other side, the searchlights concentrated on Sonic while the guards stationed in the towers fired at him. But he was too fast and managed to roll his way up to the roof where he dashed all the way to the air vent entrance before the guards managed to scale the roof. Inside, Sonic crouched down and crawled his way through a maze of air vents till he found the laboratory Dr. Robotnik was referring to.
Through the filter, Sonic could see two men in lab-coats examining the yellow and silver Chaos Emeralds through microscopes, while a purple one sat perched in the glass case which was open for the time-being. Then some armed guards came in and told the men in lab-coats about an intruder. In response, they took the yellow and silver Chaos Emeralds, locked them in the case, and followed the armed guards out of the laboratory. Once they were gone, Sonic kicked the filter open, jumped down, and walked over to the glass case. He typed the password in the keypad next to the case, which opened it, and allowed him to take the three Chaos Emeralds without triggering the alarm. After he put them in his backpack, Sonic made his way back to the air-vent. But just as he got to the entrance, Sonic heard voices and feet shuffling.
"Do you think that thing will show up?" one guard said, standing in front of the air-vent entrance.
"I don't know. Keep your eyes peeled," replied another guard nearby. "That's what the Commander said."
After the other guard left, the one guard moved away from the air-vent, allowing Sonic to see the rest of the roof. There were armored guards standing everywhere, walking here and there with guns that had laser pointers attached to them. Sonic briefly waited till there was a clear lane between him and the edge of the roof before he jumped out of the air-vent entrance and ran. The guards immediately fired at him, though to them he was nothing more than a streak of neon-blue, but he managed to barely miss their bullets. As he picked up momentum, Sonic curled up into a ball and flew over the courtyard between the building and the main entrance. He managed to get on the other side, but Sonic didn't stop rolling until he was several miles away from the base before he collapsed onto the ground in exhaustion.
To be continued…