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Once done the roboticizer opened up and the smoke flew out. Still Tails unaware he was standing at console where the 'wall' was cleverly disguised one way mirror. Actually showed signs of being very pleased with himself at the moment, while the robot that was once Hope Kintobor's eyes deactivated leaving her eyes just black orbs. For those that were not in the know like Snively and Hope it would seem like Tails was proud what he had done. When in reality he only indirectly and unknowingly did this to her as what he was knowingly proud of happened to be something different. He was certain that he had disable a security systems that would allow Sonic and the others to get through carry out taking out of ironically enough a roboticizer assembly plant. Snively from the blind spot of room's camera had large smirk on his face as he had killed a number of birds with a single stone. The threat he felt Hope posed to outshining him in their father's eyes, getting his father and the others already on the edge about roboticization of mobians, and his standing with Robotnik for coming with this scheme. All three of the three he got from doing this to Hope just now.
Having achieved his goal what he wanted, he now appeared on the scene within the camera's view, showing off fake shock and horror over what has happened to his step sister. Showing off some rather nice acting skills in condemning Tails for what Snively was actually the mastermind of in the first place. Once this was done, Snively cleverly disabled the camera so that it did not record anymore. Allow him to relax and no longer have to act as he was no longer on camera anymore.
Later the next day….
"Snively have you seen, Hope" his father asked as noticed that no one has seen her and she was not asleep in her room like he and everyone else had thought.
At first he said nothing to his father but gave him the idea that he seem to know something…something that was clearly was not good news. Going on he did not say exactly what he already knew was reality and fact about the fate of his step sister. Building on the what had to the dredge of the unknown as knowing something was wrong but having no idea what it could possibly be. There were a number of things that could have happened as Hope had been gone for some time. Yet Snively was also certain that his dad would not have expected what he was about to see.
Coming up a room that he recognized as security room where the tapes could be viewed and reviewed. A place that only those with certain privileges were able to gain access too.
"Okay no bear with me now, father. What you are about to see might be very shocking among other things but it is reality" he told him.
Opening the door, he revealed his roboticized step sister standing there within the room still dressed in the clothes she had been wearing at the time of her roboticization. Staring at nothing as she was not aware of her surrounding or even activate at the moment as her eyes were just black orbs at the moment. Of course their father ran up too her grabbing her shoulders but then removing his hand like he had been shocked. The coolness of her now metallic skin that cooled down fully by now as the heat that would have remain from the post roboticization was gone now.
Getting over this Colin touch the robot that was one his daughter since she was not moving on her own. When he began shaking strangely enough thinking this was enough to 'wake her up' all this did was cause her head to roll around her arms to fail and ultimately her head struck him once from all the roll it was doing.
"How the hell did this happen to her" the older Kintobor yelled towards his son.
Snively wanted nothing more then smirk at this moment but managed to keep his poker face on at this moment. Motioning the rather large screen he pulled out a remote and hit play to show off the footage that recorded at the time of Hope was roboticized. Again this really play to how while Snively's acting skills was when came to betraying others. He with straight face lied his father about what he was seeing and fake the concern that was clearly showing on his father's face as Hope was being roboticized trying to get out the roboticizer. Not even showing true concern or even the remote sign of true caring as there was 'golden' footage he missed having watched this in person. After being fully roboticized there still appeared to be blood/oil dripping from her now metallic mouth, while the last tears she would possibly ever shed were still running down her metallic face.
Surely enough after seeing this getting his dad vowed that he would get his revenge on the savage mobian (son of the equally savage general he blinded in one eye) had done and all other mobians in general for what happened to Hope. Someone that had no ill will to them but still they roboticized her anyway leaving her nothing more then robotic doll. In the future when the two would cross path Tails would have no idea what Colin is talking about. Only further increase the man's rage and desire for revenge since he would think that roboticizing his step-daughter meant nothing to him.
Of course Snively told their father that he would do everything in his power to find some way to help his sister as they were family after all. Even if they were not related by blood they were related through him both called him father after all.
That however was just another one of Snively's lies and betrayal of his father's trust. Since he was the one that truly roboticized Hope after all. Tails only was the indirect cause as all the dual tail fox did was press a button and get set up to take the blame for something he never did willingly or knowingly.
What he really did with his robobticized step-sister was not try to activate her. As from the moment she been fully converted all she seem to be was just fancy metal doll. She looked the same as one would expect an Overlander in her state to look when lined up against robian. Yet for whatever reason she would never activate thus making just a large dummy as she was now. While she could not move herself, her body could be move and posed as she had full range of motion.
When this news came across to the others everyone include Snively's dad took it pretty hard. Hope was well known even her name was something they all could relate to. After all many thought her name was what it was because the hope they all had to live in world without mobians getting in the way. Lady Agnes took very hard as well since Hope was all she had left after all. Her daughter(Hope's mom) died while they were still in space. Later Lady Anges was found dead from what Snively claimed was the news that not only had Hope been turned into a robot but one that would never be activated was too much for her old heart to take. Mostly because it was originally designed only for mobians(rare truth they told as it was but not for the reason Robotnik used it). On the other hand though this news would not have killed her if her heart had been weaken incredibly by having Robians spike her food.
So with her unable to move on her own Hope was placed in her room to just stand there day and night. Nothing more as her father claim that her brother and uncle were working on finding a way to bring her back(her father at least) thus she left alone in her room.
This were she stood undisturbed for weeks until one day. Snively was annoyed by the other kids Hope's age and younger that would not leave him alone. Their parents were too busy helping Colin with his revenge for Hope by joining Robotnik's battle against the mobians and eventually other Overlanders. Mostly because Colin also blame them for what happened to Hope too. They planning on giving up the fight to the inferior race of animal that stand up and talk like them. Not realize Overlanders are pretty much the same way as they were mammals and mammals were consider animals.
Thus he told them to play with Hope saying that she might be robot but in her current state she was nothing more then life size doll that they could play with. At first the kids were a little worried about playing with Hope like a toy after all what would happen if they had broke her or something. That or get her father and their own parents pissed off at them. That when Snively inform them that it would okay as she was her big brother after all since her father was his father. Thus why would not he do anything that would cause harm to come to his little sister. The kids sallow up this lie like it was candy.
And so Mecha Hope became nothing more then the kid's play thing as they dressed her, posed her, even did thing like pretend she was pony by placing her on all four. Through out all Hope did not make a single move because she could after all.
Though thing would change soon as Colin was bothering his bother and son too much about Hope and the research they claimed they were doing to change her back to normal. Thus Robotnik(without Snively knowing) came up with a plan to simply make appear as if she had been destroyed and just her ship out to Cream's plant. There she would be out the way and if he played his cards right increase what his brother willing to do or agree to do for his empire.
The basic plan dealt with sending out rumors to upstart Freedom Fighter(while there was one main group there were others small group trying to copying them) that Hope had some kind of secret stored within her that spell the possible doom for Mobians. Thus counting on them want to be showy and stand out the group was allowed to sneak and steal Hope (kidnapping dealt with people not machine after). They then allowed to get to trash dump where they then able to toss Hope into trash compactor. However since they were too full of themselves to look to make sure. They did not see the robians that caught and toss her out just in time. So the crushing sound the heard was not Hope being crush to but the robians that caught her.
Of course these wannabe Freedom Fighter never got boost about what they had done because they were immediately caught soon after. Then Colin was allow to roboticize them himself and give them the same treatment he had all assumed Hope was given. None of the wiser that Mecha Hope was being shipped in pieces to Unit 935 who would then take them to Cream's plants.