With the transformation process now complete, both in the physical and mental aspects, the tube slide back down into the stand just as fast as it had come up. This caused the smoke that had been contained within to billow from all sides and eventually just dissipate into the surrounding air.

The newly-made robian child, who was still turned so that she saw Mecha Vanilla, held no emotion in her face at all as she looked upon the older designed robian with new eyes. The roboticized Cream felt nothing as she observed her equally-roboticized mother. The distressing feelings of sadness and abandonment were no longer present within her. All she saw now was another robian, one who was no different then herself except in size. Feeling, Mother, Daughter, Age, Girl, Boy, all these words and terms no longer had any real meaning to her. She still understood what the words meant, but they meant no more to her now than the machine that she was currently standing on.

To Cream, Mecha Vanilla was not even that old. Rather than seeing a roboticized mobian that was in her late 20's to early 30's, what the robian Cream saw, when she looked at her former mother, was a robian that was not yet an hour old. She, herself, had just recently been created, and thus was not even five minutes old. While age did not have any meaning to her in the traditional sense, she now calculated it by a robian's creation date, the time that a particular mobian or creature was roboticized. In fact, looking around her, the 'oldest' robian she spotted was the male one that had caught her, coming in at roughly four years old.

Mecha Cream had all of these 'thoughts', if they could still be called that, as her brain was now just a CPU unit that happened to be housed inside her head. All of these thoughts had come in the instant that she turned her head to face forward and took her first step off of the stand that had been used to create her. Now she looked at herself for the first time as a robian.

As she was now, Cream could no longer live up to her namesake, since her fur was no longer cream. Her fur, and the skin underneath, or more like her outer metal shell, was now a dark blue that shone in the afternoon sun that was currently at its peak. The roboticized Cream lowered her now red eyes within black irises down towards the clothes she was still wearing.

To those simply watching her, this action would make it look as if she were taking in her new form, or that this was the last hint of her mobian self shining through her new programming. This assumption would be wrong, as the young robian could not have cared less about how she looked. She was simply scanning over her body to make sure everything was in perfect working order.

'A robian must be in top condition and form at all times to perform its duty.' Mecha Cream 'thought' as the orders from her programming took center stage in her CPU's processing order, which was all that remained of what had once been her thought processes.

As she performed the required scanning of her new form, Mecha Cream came across something that prevented her from following through on this mandate. Strangely enough, unlike other mobians that either have their clothing fuse to their bodies or simply vanish into thin air, Mecha Cream still wore her clothes in the exact same state as they had been in more than three minutes earlier. This abnormality made for a rather strange sight, as the robian Cream had become was still wearing the clothes of the mobian she had once been. Taking one metal hand, she grabbed at her prized orange dress that had been handmade by Vanilla, and she ripped it off without a second thought. The gloves covering her hands were thrown to the ground, and the shoes on her feet were kicked off. These articles covering her body served no purpose to her, for they could not possibly help her go about her duty. Thus, their removal was required before they could possibly interrupt her duties.

Once this was done, she looked over her shoulder as if expecting something to be there, yet she found nothing but air.

'Detecting another abnormality. Searching for the cause now.' Robo Cream's thought signal was sent out, and a flashing blip appeared on the small data screen that had popped up before her eyes. This was a screen that only she could see, as the image was one produced by her CPU.

The young roboticized rabbit then walked over to the kangaroo robian where the Chao were being held, and she spoke for the first time since the transformation. Her mouth was not a box with a line that vibrated when she spoke, nor was it simply a cosmetic feature on her face that did not move. It was exactly the same as it had been before her roboticization, and when she spoke in the same monotone, robotic language that one would expect to hear from a robian, her mouth moved the same as it once had.

"Unit 3855195, come forth," she ordered.

Shoving the other Chao out of the way, a dark blue metallic Chao, looking like it had been carved from a sapphire, made its way to the front of the pouch-like cage of the kangaroo robian. The previously blue eyes were now red, like a pair of rubies, and the dot that usually hovers above a Chao's head was now connected to it by a short metal rod. This thin metal bar bridged the gap that would have normally been visible between the dot and the top of a Chao's head.

Placing her hands on the tube, the compartment opened enough so that she could pull the roboticized creature out while keeping the others trapped inside with her free hand.

This Chao, who had been told apart from the other Chao by a small red bow before his inexplicable transformation, was none other then Cheese. Upon taking the transformed Cheese into one hand, the equally-transformed Cream ripped off the necktie that she had given her best friend, back when they had first begun as such. She took one look at the article before tossing it aside like garbage. Once this was done, she let go of Mecha Cheese. It immediately began flying beside her, aided by small twin jetpacks on its back in place of the usual butterfly wings.

Just what was the cause for this transformation, as Cheese had not been in the tube with Cream while she was roboticized? Why was the Mecha version of her best friend flying beside her now? The answer lay in the connection that Cream and Cheese shared through their close friendship. Though neither Cream nor Vanilla had been aware of this at the time, Cheese had always spent much more time around Cream than any of the other Chao in their Chao Garden. The bond that the two of them had was so deeply rooted that, once Cream had been roboticized, Cheese had suffered the same fate as well, all because of the connection the two of them shared.

After this, all the robians and robots just stood there, motionless, while the apparent leader of the group, the male robian that had captured Cream, began typing on the console located on his forearm.

"This is Unit 935 reporting in, Lord Robotnik," the robian said after the holographic image of the tyrant appeared via a projector in his forearm console.

"What is the status of taking the power source that was detected in the area?" the Overlander asked as he looked around the area. The projector provided live video footage so that Robotnik could both see and hear what was going on.

"Power source acquired. It was detected within the lake right in front of this household. Two organic life forms were in the area, and both have been roboticized." the commander reported, while Mecha Cream and Vanilla stepped forward to be seen by their master.

"Unit 22114912121/3185113 awaiting assignment." both of them said at exactly the same time.

Robotnik had a sinister smile on his face at this sight. He could not believe what had just happened. Before his roboticization, Unit 935 had actually prevented the dictator from capturing these two several years ago. As a mobian, Unit 935 had caused him quite a bit of trouble before finally getting captured and roboticized. Now here he was, presenting the very ladies that he had risked his life to save as the latest robian minions.

"Did you record every moment of their roboticization as you were ordered to?" Robotnik asked.

"Of course, Master. Every moment of the creation process for Unit 22114912121/3185113 has been recorded and is ready for your inspection. Unit 935 personally carried out the creation process of Unit 22114912121. Unit 22114912121 carried out the process for Unit 3185113." the male robian answered.

At this, Robotnik let out a hearty laugh and ordered him, along with Mecha Cream and Vanilla, to stand before the full body mirror that he had shipped there as well. Once they had done so, Robotnik could not stop laughing at the scene before him, as it was rather ironic and would serve as fitting payback. Payback for the trouble that Unit 935 had caused him as a Mobian.

It was while they were all standing together that the dictator noticed something strange hovering beside Mecha Cream.

"What is that beside you, Unit 3185113?" Robotnik asked.

"This is Unit 3855195, Personal Accessory to this unit, Lord Robotnik." she told her master.

Mecha Cream was then asked about the power output that Chao produced, as well as the power capacities of Mecha Cheese. All of this information was something that Cream had vaguely known prior to her roboticization. Somehow, she had always known that the power they received from the Chao supplied energy to their house. After all, there were no power lines, generators, or other pieces of equipment that could provide a house in the middle of nowhere with enough electricity to fully power it. As for how Cream could give exact numbers, this was thanks to her brain being turned into a computer that made her capable of doing all the calculations and number crunching necessary to provide such answers.

Stroking his mustache, Robotnik realized what he was dealing with here, as it was possible that this new discovery could serve as the means to solve or, at the very least, help him deal with the energy problem he was facing at the moment.

"Unit 3185113, what is the power output of your Personal Accessory compared to those Chao over there?" he asked.

Mecha Cream stood there for a second before responding with the desired results her master wanted from her. As for why she was able to answer so accurately, this was because, for the most part, one of her major chores as a mobian- though she hadn't really seen it as such- was to make sure that the Chao were happy. She'd noticed that whenever the Chao were down or felt bored, it seemed like many average appliances in the house did not work as well. However, when she played with them on a regular basis, everything worked just fine. Cream had never known number values for this information before, because she'd obviously had no need to worry about that type of thing. Her current form, though now robian, still remembered information that she had known as an ordinary kid. The only real difference was that she could now assign number values to her knowledge from before.

Robotnik was very interested with the numbers he was getting from her, and he felt rather amazed that she knew so much. While it was true that she now had a computer for a brain, Unit 3185113 was still nothing more than a roboticized six-year-old. How could she really have any knowledge of this stuff, as it seemed far beyond what someone her age would need to know.

His interest was piqued for the first time in quite a while, as he had never really been this curious about a robian before, since they were nothing more than slaves and workers. Though it was a risk, he decided that he was personally going to have to examine all the robians that he had gained today. Of course, it was dangerous to leave the Chao Garden alone for awhile. This could lead to it getting discovered by others. However, the Overlander needed to make the most of this discovery. All knowledge of the Garden, and what Units 3855195 and 22114912121 held in their memory banks, could prove to be very valuable.

Remembering the newly-roboticized Chao, and wanting to try out a thought that had just occurred to him, Robotnik had Mecha Vanilla approach the remaining mobian Chao and try to take one from the containment unit they were being kept in. The moment she stuck her hand inside, the Chao all scooted back as far as they could get, trying their best to avoid getting touched by the scary metal monster. When she did manage to grab one, it fought against her all the way over to the roboticizer, where it was placed on the stage. Moments later, Mecha Cheese was not the only robotic Chao around, as there was now another that had joined him. However, unlike Cheese, this Chao did nothing but stand in place, remaining absolutely motionless.

Orders had no effect on it, since it just continued to stand there, as still as a statue. Robotnik then realized that roboticization had the same effect on this Chao as it did on most Overlanders and humans, leaving what he thought was nothing more than a paperweight.

That is, until Mecha Cream had spoken up and started dictating the differences in power between a Chao in its organic state and one that was robotic. The mechanical six-year-old had even known just how much power could be taken from a robian Chao before it would need to recharge.

Intrigued by this strange robian child, Robotnik ordered her to get the next Chao to be roboticized. Unlike what had occurred with Mecha Vanilla, the Chao did not become scared when Mecha Cream's metal hand reached into the containment unit of the robian Kangaroo's pouch. It wasn't until her hands were firmly grasped around a Chao and it was dropped onto the roboticizing stand that it even realized that something was wrong. By then it was too late, and this little creature joined Mecha Cheese and the other Robian Chao that now sat on the control panel. In a moment of inspiration, Robotnik had the clear cage of the containment unit blacked out so that the Chao inside could not see what was going on. One by one, Robo Cream took each Chao out, and they all remained completely calm until they were dropped onto the roboticizer stand, joining the ever-growing collection of roboticized Chao on the control panel.

By now, the panel looked similar to a decorated dining room table, what with all of the variously jeweled Chao robians standing on it, while Mecha Cream ticked off the difference in power between their organic and robian states. She continued this process until a string of orders caused her head to droop down, her red eyes now dull without irises. Mecha Vanilla shared a similar fate as she stood at attention beside Unit 935.

Having seen enough, it was time to pack things up for now and begin the real experiments. This would require everything that he had acquired today to be brought within his grasp, since there was some information he could not gain simply by seeing it from the live feed he had with this holographic projection.

"Unit 935, disassemble Unit 3185113 and store her parts in the containment unit, along with the all of the other roboticized Chao." Robotnik ordered.

Walking over to the deactivated child, the male robian began taking Mecha Cream apart piece by piece, stashing everything inside the Kangaroo robian's cage, while packing the jeweled Chao around and under her various parts. The deactivated Mecha Cheese held her head, which was just a round globe with a face, her ears resting on top of one of the other deactivated Chao robians in front of them.

Mecha Vanilla was next, and she was swiftly taken apart and stored within a second Kangaroo robian that had been sent for this purpose by Robotnik.

Just how it was possible to disassemble both the roboticized Cream and Vanilla? Well, the roboticizer was originally made to help the sick, old, and even dying mobians to live longer. Though it never ended up being used for this purpose, the original creator, Sir Charles Hedgehog often talked about the other things that his invention could be used for. One possible use was to roboticize someone who could no longer use their arms or legs, then replace their old limbs with new ones. Once this was done, he could use the next creation he had already planned on making, a de-roboticizer, to change them back to flesh and blood with brand new working limbs. Another use was switching out old, faulty organs, or even bad blood, with new ones while the patients were roboticized. Robots did not have to worry about such things as organ rejections or blood types. However, the roboticizer was never used for this when it came into Robotnik's hands. He simply took the robians apart to make it easier to ship them from place to place.

In this case, the roboticized mother/daughter combo was disassembled and stored within the containment units of the Kangaroo robians, because of the marsupials' special abilities. As a mobian, a kangaroo's pouch was used to hold their young infants and kids, so, as robians, they often carried things of importance to Robotnik. Their special ability was that they could prevent whatever was within their mechanical pouches from being discovered, thus making it easy to travel undetected and/or unharmed. While that blasted hedgehog and his group might have no problem destroying Robotnik's machines and factories, they seemed to refrain from destroying robians whenever possible, perhaps because the annoying rebels held onto the sickening hope that, one day, they could restore their enslaved comrades and families.

Author's Note

the number sytem I used to make up the robot designation system is just a mobian's name converted into numbers.

Thus:
Cream- Unit 3185113
Cheese-Unit 3855195
Vanilla-Unit 22114912121

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