Here's chapter 40. This chapter for the most part takes place at the same time as the previous two chapters, with only the final part being the only one that occurs after the events of the previous two chapters.
Shadow, Rouge, Honey, Morris, and Hugo are still at Eggman's base, from what they could hear the robots had separated into two groups. One group was looking for them while the other was trying unsuccessfully to fix the security cameras that, because of the way the black hedgehog and the white bat left them, would take hours to finish. Eggman would definitely be mad if he saw all that mess, although it would only be a matter of time before he showed up and saw all the damage, although usually he would always have a backup plan for this type of situation. As he sometimes presumed himself, no one could overcome him, although the opposite was always the case.
The group of agents, following Shadow and Rouge, continued walking through the corridors avoiding the robots, since if they were located at that moment their plan would be ruined. They kept walking from hall to hall until they saw an open door, they approached carefully and they could hear four voices in the room. Some were Decoe, Bocoe and Bokkun. They supposed that with the amount of corridors they were able to go around them and get to that room first than they did, since the last time they saw them they were going in the opposite direction. But the last voice, although it was not known by the agents, was known by the black hedgehog and the white bat, and it turned out to be the voice of their greatest enemy and with whom they worked at some point in the past: Eggman.
"How they have infiltrated the base! Where were you and why haven't they stopped you!" said the scientist's voice, which happened not to be at the base and was in an unknown place speaking through a screen.
"We are very sorry sir. We try to stop them" said the yellow robot.
"They destroyed the cameras and deactivated all the traps," said the gray robot.
"And so far we don't know what it could have been," said the flying robot.
"You three will see when I return, at least I was smart not to leave the chaos emeralds there. That is why I decided to bring them with me".
Shadow, Rouge and the agents listened carefully to that part. For the black hedgehog and the white bat it was not strange that Eggman had that kind of care, but the other agents did not expect it.
"And then, do you plan to return at any moment?" the smaller robot asked.
"Of course not, it is more I will remain, in solitary confinement for the moment so that it is difficult to trace me. I don't want our enemies to know where I am. So it's time to cut communication, and you better have the invaders out of my base in less than 5 minutes or I'll activate self-destruct mode from here with the three of you inside as well. "
After that the communication was cut off. That last part left everyone who heard that nervous.
"We better go, this is going to get bad" said Rouge.
"But what will we do with Eggman?" asked Hugo.
"We'll take care of him later, we better all get out of here right now. I will not allow one more innocent to die in my presence. Now everyone hold hands, I'll get you out of here with Chaos Control" said Shadow.
"Oh, I don't think you're going anywhere," said a shrill voice that happened to be Bokkun's.
When they turned around, they were Eggman's three robot helpers in the company of an army.
"I see that you two also reached this dimension" Decoe said.
"It took them a long time to show up around here," Bocoe said.
"Well, we had better things to do than visit old acquaintances," said Rouge.
"Maybe this is the only visit. To them" said Bokkun.
The robot army, began to shoot with laser beams that came out of their hands.
"You guys get out of here, we'll meet when we're done with this" Shadow told them.
"No way, the three of us are staying," Morris said, pointing to himself, Honey, and Hugo.
All three had a determined look in their eyes
Not wanting to argue at the time, Shadow agreed, while the three agents told the others to go ahead and go to the ships.
Rouge and Honey formed one team, while Shadow, Hugo, and Morris formed another team.
Both teams went on the attack and took down robot after robot in Shadow and Rouge's case using their special moves, while Honey, Hugo and Morris took their laser weapons that they had brought from the agency the day before before leaving.
This was the first time that the three of them went through a mission this dangerous, the one who used to go to that type of mission was Jack, and he had the scars that proved that no matter how risky the mission was, he would always return alive. . That was why he was admired and respected by everyone at the agency. Even certain female agents had fallen in love with him when they met him, but not wanting to take advantage of them, he always rejected them in a courteous way. The three of them would be honored to go on a mission with Agent Savage sometime.
Between one shot and another by the agents, the robots fell to the ground completely destroyed, then exploded and its pieces flying everywhere. While they saw how the battle was going against them; Decoe, Bocoe and Bokkun fell back, they knew they were not going to win, so they decided to leave before the battle ended, they did not plan to stay to see the result since they would be the next to be destroyed. And according to them, they still had a lot to do in their robotic lives to end up at their hands, and even more at Shadow's hands, since they knew how dangerous he could be.
While Shadow, Hugo and Morris ended up with a group of five robots, while Rouge and Honey with another group of five robots. In the end, it was not difficult for them to defeat them. For the black hedgehog and the white bat this was child's play, since in all the years they had defeated so many Eggman robots that they even lost count of how many they destroyed or how many times they faced them. Although it was sometimes a bit annoying, at least it helped them not to lose their combat skills, so it practically served as training, not only for themselves but also for Sonic, Amy, Tails, Knuckles and some other acquaintances from the planet Mobius.
Just as the fight started, so too ended. All the robots were defeated and they would not be a problem.
"Well we're done here," said Rouge.
"But where are the other three robots?" Morris asked.
"Those cowards should have fled, even more so I think they are no longer at the base" answered Shadow.
Just then a red light went on across the base as an alarm began to sound.
"It looks like Eggman activated self-destruct mode!" Honey said in terror.
"Well, it's our signal to leave" said Rouge gesturing for everyone to shake hands. When they all did, she looked at her husband.
"Chaos Control!" Shadow said.
After that the five disappeared from inside the base.
They appeared outside near the ships, they did not know how long it would take to explode but they had to leave as quickly as possible, since they did not know how much the shock wave would be from the explosion. As they approached the ship they could see how a small capsule came out of the base and inside it could be seen Decoe, Bocoe and Bokkun escaping and disappearing among the clouds of the sky. If it weren't for the current situation, they would have gone after the three robots, but that would be something they would have to deal with later. Finally the five reached the ship in which he had arrived and got on. After taking seats they informed the other ships to take off.
Once in the air, they began to move away from the base with the maximum speed of the ships while the safe perimeter was calculated so as not to be hit by the shock wave. It was not long before they reached a distance when the explosion from the base was finally heard. A large cloud of smoke expanded, as several waves formed around it and the small island where the base was located ended up sinking into the ocean.
At first everyone was silent, from what they saw. Although there were no victims of any of the agents, in part they felt that the mission was not completed, since although they located Eggman's base, it had ceased to exist, and they did not know where he would be and where his three assistant robots had gone.
"I think we should call the boss and tell them about this," Honey suggested.
"Yeah, maybe you must be wondering how everything went," Hugo said.
As the other two called for their boss, Morris watched Shadow and Rouge.
"I assume that if Eggman's base was destroyed, the apparatus that brought them to this dimension also ceased to exist. Will they stay here permanently?" asked the polar bear.
"I do not believe it. Eggman is not so stupid to destroy the base of it if something as important as that device were to be found there" replied the white bat.
"There would be two options. Or he would destroy it from him so that we would think we would be trapped here permanently and actually build another identical one. Or that device has it hidden elsewhere" said the black hedgehog.
"Any idea where it might be right now," Morris asked.
"No, he can be unpredictable sometimes," Rouge said.
"At the moment we just have to wait for his next plan to appear and begin" said Shadow.
Thus all the ships were returning to the agents' starting point in Japan, where they would stay while the ships would later return to the agency automatically.
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At a hotel in Tokyo, Jack had just received a call from his boss, who informed him of the outcome of the mission to Eggman's base. At that time his concern that Nick's mother and Judy's parents grew more, since if Eggman was not at their base, who could make sure that he could have kidnapped them when they left the apartment wherever they went and for that they did not answer their phones. After thanking him for the information, and making sure the children would not listen, Jack told Nick, Judy, and Finnick what had happened. Although trying to encourage them to think that Eggman was not responsible for the event that he was worrying them about.
"So what can we do at the moment?" asked Finnick.
"Nothing at the moment. Shadow and Rouge have no idea where Eggman's robots went when they escaped from the base. So they can be anywhere in the world. Whether on this continent or another. We don't even know if there is Zootopia right now" replied Jack.
"We can't just stand by with our arms crossed, something has to be done," Judy said.
"I agree, we can't stay here without doing anything," Nick said.
"I understand the concerns of all of you and I feel the same as you, since as you know I lost my parents when I was 10 years old. But you have to think about Nicole and Jerry" said Jack and then he and the other three adults watched them momentarily.
Then the striped rabbit continued: "Nicole and Jerry went through a lot on the weekend. We might as well go find Nick's mother and Judy's parents, while we leave them in the care of Sonic and the others, but think for a second. If we leave and they find out why we left, they will think that we will not return and they will be orphans. I say this from experience, being without both parents is one of the worst things a child can experience."
Finnick heard what Jack said and it was true, he did not want his honorary nephews to be left without Nick, Judy and Jack if something happened to them, since he like Jack was left without his parents, but in Finnick's case since baby. Nick and Judy also heard Jack's words realizing that he was right. The four of them were the closest people to Nicole and Jerry. They couldn't abandon them for who knows how long. Although he did not take away their concerns for their respective parents, he knew that the right decision was to stay with their children.
"For now, let's just focus on making sure the kids don't know that Eggman can be anywhere so they don't think their grandmothers and grandfather were captured by him. It is understood?" asked the striped rabbit.
The fox, the gray rabbit, and the fennec fox nodded.
Well, so far the chapter. I hope you liked it.