Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The White Hedgehog ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

I don't own Sonic and crew and hold no claim to them. But any characters
that are unknown to you are from my mind.

Chapter 5

By: Jenny Blue

The air was thick and hung around them. The stink of the pollutants in the air stung their noses. In the distance was the miss figured city that once was know as Mobotroplis. Was reduced to what loomed against the skyline, Robotroplis. Once all the Mobians of Knothole called this place home. Maybe one day it would be called home again. But till that day came, they would fight the oppressive power that tried to break their bodies and spirits. Trying to destroy their world.

Four mobians stood in the shadows of a large building. A cobalt hedgehog, a white (With hood and cape to cover her.) hedgehog, an orange two tail fox cub clinging to the white hedgehog, and a baby blue walrus. The cobalt hedgehog pointed to an opening and moved to it. As he went to pry it open, a gray/black robot resembling a hedgehog moved out of the shadows. The robot approached the cobalt hedgehog. The white one pushed the fox cud behind her and readied her self to fight.

"Sonic, you really should learn to wait till I get here." The robot said, helping the cobalt hedgehog.

"I know uncle Chuck, but we're in a hurry." Sonic told his uncle.

"Sonic, this robot knows you?" Kathryn asked. Not releasing the kitsun behind her.

The robot looked at her with surprise. "Katharine? Katharine is it you?" Sir Charles asked.

"No unc, that's her daughter, Kathryn." Sonic said, standing aside for Rotor to go in.

"I'm sorry miss. You look so much like your mother. You probably don't remember me." Sir Charles said softly, following Rotor in.

Tails was next, leaving Sonic and Kathryn alone.

"Can he be trusted?" she asked him.

"Yes, he's the one that got the blueprints of this building and the location. Come on, the longer we stand here. The longer we risk being caught. Come on." Sonic said, following Tails.

Kathryn was the last in and shut the panel behind her. She could hear the others crawling down the ducked. She quickly fallowed, catching up with them. At the end of the tunnel, Sir Charles opened and lowered the grating. Inside the large building was a machine making robots with the odd lasers attached to their arms. No one said anything. Rotor pulled out a map and looked at it. He looked around him. Then his gaze returned to the map.

"According to the map Nicole made. The power grid is over there." Rotor pointed away from them.

“Just be careful, Robotnik has guards posted everywhere in here. We only have a few minutes before the shift change ends.” Sir Charles warned. His red eyes scanning the room.

The small group moved through the shadows. Stealth was a must in this place. To be herd was to sentence your self to a fate worse then death. All this ran through Kathryn's mind. She watched as Tails clung to Sonic. He was shaking and scared. For a brief moment she bared her teeth. Then it happened. The darkness was coming. Panic rouse in her trying to stay with the world around her.

"Not now, please not now." She mumbled

"What?" Sonic asked, but Kathryn couldn't answer.

Crying, there was crying. All around her was crying. Why was there crying and who was crying. Then the fog cleared and Sally was bent over Tails. His still form was cradled in her arms and looking to Sonic.

"Why didn't you save him? You were supposed to keep him safe!" Sally yelled.

All Sonic did was drop to his knees. Kathryn moved to him. It felt like she was in a dream. There was blood on his hands. Her view of vision changed to Tails body. A hole was in his chest. A laser made that hole from what she could tell.

"Kathryn! What's wrong with you?" Sonic asked in a hushed voice, shaking her.

"Nothing, where's Tails?" She had seen enough to know what was to happen. It would be over her dead body before she let that happen.

"He went with the others to the power grid." He stated, his hold lightning. Sonic was studding her, worry in his eyes.

"No!" With a strength she didn't know she had, she pushed Sonic aside and run full force to the grid. She didn't bother to keep to the shadows and saw what the others didn't. Just above them was a robot and it was aiming at the small fox cub. With all her might she called out. "Look out!"

Everyone looked at her and wondered why she would call to them. Tails was the first to see the robot. When he cried out, the others looked to where he was pointing. Everything was a blur to her. Then slowed to almost a stand still. In her ears she could hear the crying and morning for the kitsun. This was not going to happen. With one last burst, she pushed past the slowness in her legs and lunged at Tails. Then it was a blur again as the laser's beam hit the ground where Tails was standing. The beam bounced off the mirror like metal floor. Hitting the power grid and blowing it up. To was a chain reaction in the plant. Explosions going off everywhere. Alarms sounding, robots trying to get in all at once.

With Tails held tightly in her arms, Kathryn ran for the air ducked. She could hear the others behind her. But didn't stop to look to see how far back they were. She knew someone helped her into the ducked with tails. Then pushed Tails to crawl has fast as he could. The others were close behind. When they made it outside. All was chaos, hover bots were everywhere. Trying to put out the fire. None noticed the fore mobians and robot slip pass them.

They ran as fast at they could. Once again keeping to the shadows. Every so often they would stop. Ears straining to hear the slightest sound. Soon they came to a trash heap. Standing close together. One of them moved a metal plate aside. Pressing something, a hatch opened. Letting everyone inside. Closing swiftly, but quietly behind them.

Inside, Kathryn placed a shaken Tails on an old beat up couch. Sitting next to him. She wrapped her arms around him. Holding him close to her. Looking around her. Her eyes fell onto the blue hedgehog for a moment. Then letting them slide to the metal one sitting at a large computer screen. She watched has he press some buttons. Then the man who haunted her nightmares appeared on the screen. He was screaming into a mike.

“What is going on? Someone report now! Snively, report back to me now or I'll put YOU into the rodotizer!” The fat man on the screen yelled.

Soon a whiny voice came back from a small speaker.

“S-s-s-sir, the l-lazar factory has b-b-b-blown up. It's all o-on f-f-fire.”

“WHAT!!! How could this have happened? You get back here at once. I want a full report on it. NOW!!!!” Then the screen went blank.

Kathryn stared; her heart was in her throat. What if they had been seen? What if they were on their way right now to capture them? She couldn't help it. Her body betrayed her and she started to shake as well.

“How did you do that?” She asked in a meek voice.

“His chicken, when ever it needs repairs. I'm the one to do it. It's his way of getting back at me I guess. I put a camera in it the last time it needed a tune up.” Sir Charles said, pressing more buttons.

Soon they were looking at the city in different angels. It stopped on the part with the burning building. Then it started to rewind back to before it all began. Slowly it showed the building exploding. Then it showed the robots coming to try and put out the fires. Finely it showed four mobians and a robot running from said building.

The world stopped for Kathryn. They had been caught. It was only a mater of time before they were found out. It took everything she had not to cry. She could feel Tails in her arms still shaking. She knew she had to control herself or he would never calm down. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breathe. She willed herself to calm. To only think about calming the fox kit next to her. Opening them, she saw the same thing play again on the screen. But it stopped just before they would appear on the screen.

“Ok folks, now you see us. Now you don't. That should fix things. Nothing like editing to make your day. It'll take him weeks to figger out what happen. It'll give me enough time to find the plans in the computers and delete them. That should stop it for now.” Said the robot, turning to face the mobians. “Now we just sit tight and wait for the excitement we created to die down.”

“So we are ok now?” Kathryn asked.

“Ya, unc here can watch everything from here.” Sonic said, sitting down in a chair.

“Yes, most of what Julian uses was made by me. Right down to the programs. I can slip in and out with out him knowing.” Charles said leaning back in his chair.

By this time Rotor had sat down at the other end of the couch. Settling down for a nap. It would be a long wait before they could leave. Kathryn sighed and leaned back too. Taking Tails with her. He snuggled into her, still whimpering. She gently moved him to her lap. Cradling him in her arms. Feeling him rest his head on her shoulder. She softly sang to him. Everyone listened as she song. Lulling her listeners to sleep. Even Sonic's head started to lower with each sweet note that left her. When all were asleep, she stopped singing.

“Your mother had a beautiful voice too. How is she?” Sir Charles asked.

“She dyed not long ago. An to your remark earlier. Yes I remember you Sir Charles.” Kathryn said, slowly moving so Tails head rested on the armrest. “How could I ever forget you? You were my fathers best friend.”

“Yes, I saw him you know. But he's just a mindless robot now. But at lease he's still in one piece. I try to repair as many as I can. Some after I'm done. Can remember who they were before this all began. We are slowly building and army under Julian's nose.”

“I could have stopped it then. I had seen it, but I was afraid. I wish I could go back and undo what I had done. I did tell my mother, but it was so hard for her then.”

“So, it passed onto you then. Don't blame your self for what happened. We should have listened when we had had the chance. You should try to rest. It'll be close to dawn before everything dies down. I'll contacted Sally and let her know what's going on.”

“Sir Charles, please don't telling anyone what I've told you. I don't want them to know.”

He looked at her for a long moment. His eyes dimming as if her was sad, “I won't tell anyone, but you do have to tell them at some point.”

Turning around, he started hailing Knothole. Kathryn leaned her head back. Letting her eyes close. She never saw the blue hedgehog across from her look at her through partly closed eyes. Then they too closed and sleep claimed them all.

When everything calmed. Sir Charles woke them. Silently they left his home and made their way to the edge of the city. When they were a safe distends away, Sonic said a quick goodbye to his uncle and ushered the others to hurry. When they stood on the edge of the forest. Everyone looked back at the city. One day it would be home again.

To Be Continued

It's taking more time then I thought to redo parts and update this stuff. But I do hope you like it. Please do R&R.

P.S.

I'm finely on cable net again. So it should be a little faster.

Till then:

Those with wings,

Fly to your dreams.