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| Sonic the Hedgehog: "From Falsehood to True Love" Made by: Josh Payne (aka GamemasterMZ) Editor: Hazzardous (Will add more later onward) Disclaimer: Characters within this fan-fictional story belong to Archie/Sega. I am not claiming anything as my own, other than the Hacker Siblings, though I did create the concept for Sophia. Nevertheless, the author note below will farther explains some thing. Author Note: Sophia Nimana Fox is not a fan-character, but a plot device in a sense. Sophia is actually Robo-Fiona in a different disguised, created differently because of the real Fiona’s past actions in the series. Also, Nimana is an obvious playing off the word “mana”, what is either a mysterious element or life energy, sometime both, used in RPG video games. It is used as a tribute to all RPG games that rocks, as well as it actually fit well for this mysterious character, and plus the fact that the name “Sophia Nimana Fox” actually has a nice sound to it. = Part Zero: Summary = The story takes place after the event of Enerjak defeated by Super Sonic (issue #184). The gang, after dealing with the aftermath of the events following the sacrificed of Locke, was trying to improve their city environments. Meanwhile, poor Tails was still hurting from past problems: ranging from the disappointment of the fake Fiona, (issue #28) to the betrayal of the real Fiona (issue #172). The focus of the story revolved on the robot duplicate Fiona, who Robotnik Prime (the original Robotnik) once used to lured Tails into a trap on a fake island. However, Tails escaped the trap and end up trying to dodge Robo-Fiona vicious attacks. The one-sided battle ended when Fiona was tossed into the water and started to rust from it. The situation resulting in a last act of love for the robot, when Tails saved her from being short-circuited by the water, and left to continue his quest to be recognized as a serious Freedom Fighter. = Part One: “Reviving from the Rust” = Sound of birds, dolphins, and wave of water outside was blurring inside the darkness. Voices were heard as the figure stand there like a statue. "Look at the craftsmanship made into this fine robot," said one voice. "That Robotnik for you, he may be evil, but he knows how to make fine robots," said the second voice. "I just wonder why this rusted robot was doing on the beach in front of the water like that," asked the first voice. The figure, trying to compute what was going on, but all it can find was errors. "Who know and who care...I don't even know why you are fixing that thing anyway," replied the second voice, now in an annoyed voice. "Ah, you know me Tom, when I see fine masterpiece, I can not ignore it. Beside, it is too damage to do any harm, anyway. I will just refine it enough and make a beautiful statue for my garden," stated the first voice. "Well Mac, I guess if you put it like that, I don't see a problem with it," reply Tom, who gave up the argument and went up a stair. Then, sounds of metal clicking and buzzing filled the sound receiver in the robot ear. It went on for what seem like hours, before it stops and the voice let out a sigh. "There, you're pretty again, I hope you like the new 'paint-job'," Mac said as he was walking away onto the stair. Quiet now, other than sound of water hitting something similar to some kind of woods. Within the darkness, light of data was flowing freely, forming information and programming. Then, a voice started to form in the darkness, though it wasn't out-loud. <"System rebooting...waiting...waiting...oh boy, more waiting...rebooting complete."> The figure eyes open up, but it stands still for a moment, as data pathway continued to flow. <"System check...scanning...system check complete. Found 43% of data corruption...recovering data...recovering...sigh...recovery complete...37% corrected, though 6% is still too damaged for repair. I guess that have to do...system are online."> The figure started to move and responded to the data flowing, though not smoothly. Rust is preventing the robot from moving correctly, though Mac managed to get rid of some of the rust. <"That 'Mac' seems to patch me up good, but my system is still not running correctly...need better maintenance when I get back to Lord Robotnik. ...Checking memory and reorganized task manager...mission: capture or terminated Freedom Fighters...mission: terminated Freedom Fighter's base of operation...mission: capture or terminate Freedom Fighter known as Tai...l...l...system error..."> The robot just stopped moving, twitching and creating electricity spark. When the robot came across that name, memories of a young two-tails fox began to come into focus. <"System error...system error...correcting error...correcting......correction failed."> More memories came into focus, as it tried to figure out the error. <"Correcting error...correction...again, correction failed. What is going on?"> Suddenly, memory of the two-tails fox pulling out a red female fox out of the ocean, and the sad expression in his eyes, came into clear view. The memory didn't have any sound, but it caused the robot to stop function altogether for a moment. <"System err...r...or. Wh...what is wrong with me? I...need to get repair...I will just turn off the task manager for right now and wait to get to land."> =============================================================== Meanwhile, Sonic was resting by a tree as he tried to make sense of the past. A lot of things have happen during a short time, memory so strong that caused the hyperactive hedgehog to think for a while. Many of these events were too depressing for Sonic to think for too long and some of the events were just plain annoying. Sally was standing some distance away, who was working with Rotor and Nicole on improving the nanotechnology in their new home, paused to look at Sonic with the same feeling of sadness. She decided to stop for a moment and walked up to Sonic, who just noticed that Sally standing in front of him. Rotor and Nicole look at her for a moment, but decided it was none of their business and returned to work. Looking upward with a curious look on his face, he asked to Sally,”Hey, Sal, what up?” She looks at Sonic’s face for a moment, then answered with a supportive smile, “I was just wondering how you are holding up.” “Heh, I’m fine…,” Sonic said with a grin on his face for a moment, then it slide down to a frown, “…Well, as fine as I can get right now.” “Listen Sonic, you did your best to help Knuckles…more than I ever did. It wasn’t your fault, the situation was out of hand and the truth is, Locke made the decision on his own. In the very least, your actions did open Locke’s heart to his son,” Sally said, putting her hand on Sonic’s shoulder in a sympathetic manner. “Heh, yeah I guess…but, I still feel sorry for poor Knux. And, to make thing worse, now we have to deal with Mogul and everyone that hate us now.” Sally couldn’t find anymore words to use to ease Sonic’s heart. And, the truth is, she don’t know if she can even ease her own, since she almost gave up on Knuckles out of fear. It just seems like nothing was going right anymore, she thought as she just stood there with a gloomy expression of her own. =============================================================== However, not everyone was depressed, as Bunnie and Antoine was happily working together, in a fashion that comes across as dancing. They were redesigning their little pad, which was coming along nicely. Tails was also enjoying the day, soaking up the nice refreshing sunlight. There was no device that he need fixing or nothing he need done, so he sigh a relief as he stared forward and listening to the birds singing. But, as Tails looked onward at the two love-bugs, it brings back old memories...painful memories. The betrayal of Fiona, the slap she gave to him, his fight with Sonic, and the past memories of the robot duplicate. He just felt alone right then, alone with memories he wished could just disappear, but to no avail. He got up and let out a more depress sigh, then decided a ride in the Tornado was better than thinking of bad memories. =============================================================== Scene returned to the boat as the two uploads the robot off the ship and onto a transport vehicle. They got into the transport vehicle and jet off toward New Mobotropolis. Inside the back of the vehicle, the false female fox planned on waiting for a chance to escape and used her enemies own devices to repair her, in addition to gather up any new information. As the vehicle came through the gate, she walked to the door and peaked outward. She has never seen this high-develop technology before and was giggly at how useful it would be for her to use in her mission. Then, she saw Nicole in her mobian form, who was still working with Rotor and Sally, bringing up holographic screen for them to see. She freaked out for a moment and went backward, trying to keep out of her view. Nicole might made thing worse for her repair and research mission, but that didn't made the robot surrender her missions, as she plotted her next move. She went back to the door and waited until she was at the perfect blind spot to jump outward without anyone seeing her, then dashed into a good hiding spot. She looks around; trying to find any computer ports or something she could used to repair herself. Luckily, she found one and hooks it into the port, though she was nervous about doing so with the possible detection from Nicole. Thinking for a moment, she decided to be somewhat clever and disguises the hacking process, using the same frequency as she scanned from Nicole. She looked into key information on the Freedom Fighters, including information on the new government council and known events, like the surprising defeat of her known Robotnik and the new version known as Dr. Eggman, and then she looks at the information of Tails. She studied it for a moment, as if she was hypnotized by the data, then slapped out of it while looking confused. Subsequently, at one point of the data, she noticed a portion on Fiona Fox. <"It seems that my double is causing a lot of issues with Tails and the Freedom Fighters. Hmmm...this may present some dilemma for me. I was just hoping to update my look to an older version, but that may not work now. I may need to update my body design entirely to get closer to Tails...with the help of these 'nano-bots'."> She took out the cord from the port and transformed her finger into a plug-like device. She inserted it into the port and draw out some nano-bots, though not too many to draw any attention to herself, and reprogrammed them to do her bidding, putting them in her robot body. <"Ahhh, I am finally starting to recover...now, let see about my redesign."> She paused for a moment, trying to think of a design that would be perfect for her to use to lured Tails and the rest of the Freedom Fighters. She looked into several different factors that she could used for her new disguise, including new information on Tails and concepts of the perfect formula of aspects, that will be able to bewitched Tails and get her closer to her menacing main goal. Finally, after getting the formula she wanted, she smiled evilly and got up, as she began to glow. It was impossible for someone to see the process, since she was at a good hiding spot, and with Nicole occupied as she was, she wouldn’t noticed a temporary spike of energy in the area that the robot's new nano-bots was giving off. She sat down as her new nano-bots reconfigured her old body to match the ideal disguise for her mission. <“Now, all I have to do is to wait.”> =============================================================== Time passed as Tails returned in a better mood as he was heading to his and Sonic's pad. It was night-time, slightly before midnight, as crickets were chirping like they normally would. Sonic was just about to entered into the door as Tails was about a block away from there. "That has to be my most impressive flying to date. Too bad that no one saw me, because it was great," said the excited fox, smiling with delight and ego. However, before he was able to get three feet from the door, he saw someone in the shadow. "Hello? Is anyone there," Tails asked, a little scared that it might be dangerous. Sudden, the shadow came into the light and Tails' eyes just become so hypnotized at what was before him. In front of him laid a mysterious pure white female fox with a beautiful tan-ish color for the secondary fur and a light blue-ish purple for marking patterns, which was on her arms, on her side of her body, and little batch on her beautiful face. She has a darker blue-ish purple for the gorgeous hair-like fur on her head and lovely dark purple pupils in her eye. Like Tails, she has two tails, though they were slightly longer and fluffier. In addition, there was some marking on the tails as well, closed to the end of the tail, just before it reaches the secondary fur. She has a dark blue pant with an orange mini-shirt attach to the pant. She was wearing fancy orange shoes with black marking on it. Moreover, she is about the same size and age as Tails was. "Heh, I am sorry if I have frightened you. I just came here some time ago today from far away and...well, sadly I got too caught up on how beautiful this place is. Because of this, I don't have a place to stay, yet. I know this may seem strange for you, coming from a girl like me...but, may I request, if I can, stay with you for tonight until I can get a place of my own," the mysterious fox asked in a polite tone. The question slapped Tails out somewhat and replied nervously, "ummm...sure you can...stay with me and Sonic for tonight, if Sonic doesn't mind." "Thank you, sweetie, you made my day," she said before she kissed him on the head, causing the love-sick fox to faint partly. Before she went inside, Tails recovered slightly and got up, then ask, "May I ask your name?" She smile and reply, "Oh, where is my head, sorry about that. My name is Sophia Nimana Fox, who may you be?" Tails rubbed his hand on his back of his head and reply, "Heh, my name is Miles Prower, but I rather prefer being called Tails." "Okay, then...thank you for helping me out, Tails." He blushed at the comment, as she walked inside. He was too shy to notice that she has an evil smile on her face, as she was laughing in her head. Sonic, who was about to fall asleep, decided to look up at the white fox. She saw him looking at her and made a quick switch in personality, smiling peacefully at Sonic. "I am sorry if I have woken you up, Mr. Hedgehog. I am new around here and kinda forgot to ask for a room of my own, when I got caught up by the sight. And, since you and Tails here are currently awake at the moment, can it be okay to stay here for tonight, until I can request a place of my own?" Sonic, who was puzzled by the brief expression she had on her face, just decided that he was imagining thing. "Ummm...sure, I guess. Name's Sonic...Sonic the Hedgehog." She looks at his face and reply, "Thank you, Sonic, and my name is Sophia." Tails prepared his bed for her to sleep in, but before he even got a chance to lie down on the couch, Sonic was already there sleeping. Sonic’s bed was tidy and prep for someone to sleep in, so Tails smiled as he took the hint and went to sleep in Sonic's bed. Sophia laid in Tails's and roll away from the two in view. The same evil smile pops up again without anyone seeing it. <"When the time is right, I'll capture the pesky Freedom Fighters for the new Robotnik...that is, if I don’t terminate them first!"> |
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| = Part Two: "Can Robot Love?" = It was morning time, as the birds decided to sing their song, chirping happily from the trees. The people of New Mobotropolis was preparing for the long day ahead, as everyone began their day in their own unique style. Sonic and Tails was finishing their breakfast while Sophia, unknown to them as Robo-Fiona, was cleaning up their room as a thank-you message. When everyone was done, Sonic and Tails took Sophia to Sally about asking for a private room for her. Nicole was with her at the time, trying to fix an error from yesterday that she discovered. "Sal, may I borrow you for a moment," asked Sonic, waving to Sally. "Huh? Ummm...sure, what you need Sonic," Sally asked as both she and Nicole stop what they was doing, looking at Sonic for a moment and then noticed a white fox girl standing beside him and Tails. "Well, this girl Sophia came here from a far and don't have any place to hang, so is there any room open for her to have," Sonic reply, ending with a question of his own. "Hmmm...let me check on that, but first thing first," she walked to Sophia and replied with a smile, "Nice to meet you, Sophia; I am Sally Acorn at your service. If you don't mind, come with me and I'll get you settle down." Sophia, who was listening to Sally, had her eyes on Nicole, and was shaking nervously. Sally and Nicole looked at her with a confused stared for a moment, but Sophia slapped out of it quickly and replied with a happy tone, "Thank you, Sally, I appreciate it!" Sonic was watching all this and starting to get an odd familiar feeling to this situation. He couldn't shake it off, but he decided that he might need some proof before he goes into the matter. Tails was looking at Sophia as she was walking away with Sally; he has the most lovesick looked in his eye. Sonic noticed and decided to speak to Tails on the matter, "Bro, if you’re interest in this foxy girl, go for it...but, promise me that you will be careful and don’t get your hope up. Remember, being too lovesick can caused a lot of heartache toward your way, if things don’t work out, bud.” Tails glared at Sonic for moment, a little irritated at him and a little confused for saying that. But, the fact that two girls have already betrayed him badly made him mellowed out a little toward Sonic and replied with a smile, "...Okay Sonic, I promise." Tails walked toward the direction where Sally, Nicole, and Sophia are going. Sonic, who was watching his buddy walking away from view, was still worried. He knew something was odd about Sophia, but he couldn't put his fingers on it. He let out a huge sigh and dashed off for his exercise run, hoping it would kept his mind off the subject. =============================================================== Sally and Nicole found a good private home for Sophia to stay at, while Tails taught up to them. "Thank you two, I really appreciate it. And, thank you Tails, for letting me stay with you guys last night," Sophia said, causing Tails to blushed and rubbed his head. Sally and Nicole, who was watching Tails reaction, started to giggle at the cute reaction. Nicole paused for a moment to glance at Sophia, who was looking back at Nicole with an unsetting expression and shaking nervously, realized that Nicole may noticed and decided to calm her down a little. "Are you okay," Nicole asks, patting her on the back, which cause her to almost jump out of her skin. "Ummm...heh, yeah...don’t take this to any offense, but it just that you are...well, a little too overwhelming for me, I guess." That got all of them looking at each other for a moment, and then Nicole replied with a smile, "Heh, now that you mention it, I guess I can be a little intimidated to other. Don't worry, you get used to it!" Nicole was rubbing the back of her head as she was still smiling, which made Sophia smile back, sighing a relieved in her head. Sally was looking at Tails for a moment, then smiled as she turn her head to faced Sophia and said, “Sophia, how you would like a proper tour of our city? I believe Tails has the free time to give you a tour if you want.” Tails in that instance just freak out for a moment and then went into a bashful motion, putting his hands on his back and rubbed his left foot in the dirt. “I would like that, if Tails don’t mind,” Sophia said, turning her head to look at Tails, making him blushed even farther. “I don’t mind at all, I have nothing plans for today anyway.” Sally looked at Tails and Sophia and cheerfully replied to Tails, “Then, everything is settled now! Tails, try your best to make Sophia feel welcome!” Tails gazed at Sophia, trying not to look nervous, and said, “Umm…heh, okay Sophia, let me show you some sites here at New Mobotropolis.” “Thank you, honey,” Sophia said as she and Tails walked off, his tail was twisted with nervousness, leaving Sally and Nicole to giggled some more. =============================================================== Tails walked to the first site, which is Uncle Chuck’s stand. It was a good size building, built with fine and polished material, like most of the city. “This here is where we go to eat. Uncle Chuck made the finest meals to exist ever, if he isn’t busy as a member of the Council of Acorn. Uncle Chuck is also Sonic’s uncle as well as one of the finest inventors we ever have,” Tails stated as Sophia listened with curiosity. Then, Sophia walked closed to Tails’s face and requested in a luring manner, “Do you think I can...sample some of this fine cooking, hun?” Tails backed up, blushing with a startled expression on his face, and walked around her and nervously replied, “Errr…sure, I guess.” They walked inside and gotten a meal, which was an exceptional Salisbury Steak with potato. “So, after this, you think I can see this Council of Acorn you speak of,” Sophia asked with a sly tone to her voice. “I’m afraid not, it resides in a restrict area not for normal civilians.” Sophia sighed, seeing that there was no way to get closed to spy on the council now. =============================================================== They walked outside after eating their lunch, holding some milkshakes in their hand, as Tails continued onward with the tour. The tour took them to the Tommy Foundation Hospital, where Tails explained about the bravery of Tommy and how he sacrificed himself to defeated A.D.A.M, which was why the building was named after him. Then, they journeyed around the town where Tails show Sophia the resident area, pointing out his friends’ homes. Lastly, he took Sophia to his new workshop, hoping to show off his inventions to her. Inside the workshop, Sophia was looking at all the devices and other materials around the area, her mouth was wide open with disbelieved and astonishment. “Heh, I’m sorry about the mess in here, I can never really organize this place very well,” embarrassedly stated Tails, rubbing the back of his head. “You made all these inventions,” replied the stunned female fox. Tails looked at Sophia and proudly replied, “Yeah, but some of them I have some helped with and a few aren’t my best invention.” “For example, that yellow air-board you see there is called an Extreme Gear and was very hard for me to make at first by scratch. I learned how to make one when we encounter the Babylon Rogue, who has large experience with Extreme Gear, and that left me with the challenge of trying to match their designing skill. Sonic, Knuckles, and I had to race them at their own game just to find out why Dr. Eggman hired them to destroy Knothole Village. We was able to accomplish this by somehow, after stopping their assault and managed to get ourselves stuck into a racing tournament, and then found out that he wanted to tricked us into unlocking a prized Babylon treasure for him …what happening to be a flying carpet, to both our and Dr. Eggman disappointment. The Babylon Rouge, however, was pleased that they found something from their ancestors’ history and took it with them.” Sophia was actually enjoying the story, amazed at how different this Tails was, compared to the younger Tails that she meet on the island as Fiona. “Wow, I can see why the Freedom Fighters respect you so much.” As Tails blushed, Sophia went in front of Tails and kisses him on the forehead, causing him to blush even more. “Hun, I thing it may be time to go to my dorm now, since it is getting close to being evening time, but before I go, I must thank you for the tour.” Tails was too freaked out about the kiss to say anything else, while in the computer mind of the female trickster, <”This is going too well to be true…though you may want to ease up a little on your acting...it starting to feels strange.”> Before she could leave, Sally burst through the door, coming in a rather worried manner. “Hey Tails, have you seen Sonic around? I can’t found him anywhere and he should have been here some time ago.” Tails nodded his head and reply, “No, I was giving Sophia a tour and I haven’t see Sonic all day.” Sally wasn’t please about that information and it was very clear in her eye that she was concerned. “You think Sonic may be in trouble,” Sophia asked in a caring tone, though secretly enjoying the thought. “Hmmm...I don’t know, but that is a strong possibility. I don’t see it unlikely that might happen, especially these days as of lately. I may need to investigate and find out myself, hopefully Sonic is still okay,” Sally mentioned, hoping that Sonic just only lost track of time and was getting here late. Unfortunately for her, that wasn’t the case as Bunnie run up to them, scared about something. "Bunnie, what going on," Sally asked, more worried than before. "Report is coming in that ‘Egg Creep’ has sent a robot to attack the city, but Sugah-hog got to it first. Ah’m not sure if he can handle it for too long, the robot seems to giving him quite a battle, if the report is accuracy." Everyone else was freaking out at hearing that, frozen in shock, until Sally opened her mouth to asked a question, “Bunnie, where is this taking place?!” Bunnie walked outside, among with Sally, Tails, and Sophia, and then pointed to the direction, where Sonic was believed to be last located. “Thank Bunnie, get everyone together you can and bring them to the location quickly, we going to need a lot of help on this one,” Sally stated, causing Bunnie to hurry off to fulfilled her order. Sally and Tails began to run off toward the location Bunnie pointed to, but got stopped by Sophia. "Can I do anything to help," offered Sophia, trying to put on a compassionate act, hoping this would give her the opportunity she has been waiting for. "Sorry, Sophia, but this might get very dangerous," Sally replied. "Please, I want to help...I can be very helpful and won't get in the way, plus I am very strong for a young girl," Sophia begged her, knowing that this would also give her a chance to study her enemies. Sally was about to replied with a final no, when Tails walked up to Sally and gave her a puppy-dog eye stared, causing Sally to sigh with a sweat drop. “...I may regret this, but I guess its okay, just promise me that you will be careful and don’t do anything reckless.” "Yes ma’am, I will try my best," replied Sophia with an excited look on her face, but in her head, an evil laughter echoed, <"But, don't count on it too much royal brat, heh heh heh!>" =============================================================== Scene now switched to Sonic and a gigantic mech, fighting each other in a fierce battle. It looked just like the same type of robot that Sonic fought on the Floating Island ages ago, the one that was designed to destroyed forest. However, this model was bigger, faster, and apparently equipped with mega-muck blaster and an energy-bladed ax. Sonic was dodging left and right with amazing speed, but no matter how much he tried, he can't seem to get an opening to launched an attack...and to made it worse, mega-muck around the area was making it harder to dodged freely. "This is way uncool...this rust-bucket is giving more trouble than the last time that I've seen it," Sonic said in frustration, as he dodged a blast of mega-muck. "And, since when did that Egg-dome decided to go back to his roots?!" The robot slugs his ax horizontally downward, leaving Sonic’s nose to be closed to the energy-blade, and leaving Sonic in surprised. He spins backward and launched off a tree to prevent another sliced toward him. However, the robot took Sonic by shocked again, when he stopped instantly from hitting the tree and swing back at Sonic, who was still in mid-air. Abruptly, a yellow figure came zooming in the air, toward Sonic direction. "SON-NIC," yelled Tails as he flew with blazing speed to grab Sonic, just preventing him from being sliced in half by the energy ax. "Whoa...thank buddy, didn't saw the ax flying toward me." Tails smiled for a moment, but that smile immediately disappeared when his tails got shot with the mega-muck, causing him to crash-land in a tree. "...Ouch," Tails stated in pain, "are you okay, Sonic?" Sonic has a silly impression on his face as his legs was between a tree branch, showing that he was greatly in pain, but he snapped out of it and jumped down the tree beside where Sally appeared to be standing by. Tails followed Sonic down the tree, to only realize that his tails was still glue together. Fortunately for him, Sophia caught him in her arms, without even showing any recoil. She sat Tails down gently, looking into Tails’s face with a smile. Tails smiled back and gracefully said, "Wow, you really are strong, Sophia! Thank for the help, you was amazing!" At that moment, she doesn’t know why it happened, but she was blushing for a minute when Tails said that, before she shocked it off. "Maybe you should thank me...after we deal with that," Sophia replied, pointing at the robot coming at them. "Ummm...ah’m thinkin' you may have something there, pumpkin," Bunnie stated nervously. The robot slings down its ax, causing everyone to jump out of the way. Crashing the ax to the ground so fast, caused a huge shockwave, sending almost everyone into either a tree or a pool of mega-muck, except for Sophia and Tails. “Darn mega-muck, I can’t move my feet,” Sonic said, who was regrettable enough to landed in the mega-muck pool, trying to pull free from its grip, “I need to get loose or else we are all going to end up cut down like trees.” Tails, examining the situation before him, didn’t like what he was seeing. The robot was trying to pull its ax off the ground, yet it was having trouble, giving the more able Freedom Fighters a chanced to worry about what to do next. Regrettably, Sally, Antoine, and Bunnie were knock out cold from whacking into the trees or rocks by the shockwave, while Ray and Mighty were stuck in mega-muck like Sonic was, leaving the two foxes the only two able to fight back. “We need to do something fast, Sophia, before we will end up like slice woods.” She took a quick moment to think, using her computer mind to quickly strategize a plan, and then gotten an idea. She began to kneeled down, with her hands holding together as if she was about to do a volleyball-style spike, and stared at the confused Tails, who was wondering what Sophia was doing. “Haven’t you ever heard of catapulting…you’ll go the high road and I’ll take the low road,” stated Sophia in a mixture of slight irritated and slightly prideful tone. Tails, finally understanding, grinned as he leaped onto her hands. Sophia then launches Tails high above the robot, a lot higher than even Tails expected. The robot, which was looking up at Tails and preparing to strike him down, didn’t saw Sophia charging toward it. Sophia slammed her fist right through the robot’s lower section and pulls back out her hand, grabbing onto some wires in the process. That caused the robot to look down at Sophia, ready to attack her now for damaging it, unfortunately didn’t see Tails’s own attack until it was too late. Coming down, Tails hammered the robot hard on top of his head with his tied-up tails, causing the robot to short-circuit. It began to fell backward, ending up landing on its own ax, and lay completely still in that position in an offline state. Sophia, who was surveying the situation with great interest, finally had the freedom Fighters in her grasp. Tails was falling to his doom, while the other Freedom Fighters was either knocked out cold or trap by the mega-muck, easy for her to captured and bring them to Dr. Eggman. However, a strange feeling came over her as Tails began to screamed, as she watched him getting closer to the ground, triggering her to unconsciously leap to his rescue and catching him in the air, then landed gracefully on the ground. “You save me, Sophia…thank you very much,” Tails said gracefully as he smiled with a cheerful tone. “Um, sure…after all, I couldn’t just let you fall after launching you upward.” Tails laughed at that comment, but in Sophia’s head, <”Idiot! What made you do something as dumb as that…you HAD him…YOU HAD THEM ALL!!!> Tails looked around and realized the full consequence of the battle, staring at the fallen or stuck Freedom Fighters. Tails and Sophia grabbed Mighty out of the mega-muck together, since he was stuck in a more dense pool, and then Mighty and Sophia separately free Ray and Sonic from the mega-muck. Sonic was rubbing Sophia’s hair with a smile, thanking her for the save. Tails checked on the other to see if they were all right. Bunnie and Antoine were providential to just be in pain with a few brushes, but unluckily Sally got a broken left arm from her incident. After everyone was able to move again, they walked back to the city, hoping to relax for a while after a hard battle. =============================================================== Finally back to the city, few of them still have mega-muck covering them, while the other was still hurting from the shockwave. Sally was sent to Doctor Quack, who patched up her arm as careful as he could, though it didn’t help much as it was causing her immense pain and she barely was able to hold her painfully scream to keep her composure. After the seemingly endless torture, she went to the castle to get in a bath, making sure not to hurt her left arm again. Everyone else had the chance to clean and freshens up, after being either dirty or still have mega-muck on them. After Sally herself was finished getting clean, they decided to go to a little party at Uncle Chuck’s restaurant to express gratitude to Sophia for her help. There were pizzas and a big whipped cream September 11th, with cup of soft drinks on a large round table. “Way to go, girl,” Bunnie said, patting her on the back. Sophia was acting the best she could, to displayed a very cheerful expression, but inside she was crying at the loss of her true victory. “That was way past cool! You saved our neck from that bot-brain,” Sonic stated. Sally smile at Sonic with a sly stared and reply to Sophia, “Thank your fortune, Sophia; that is something rare coming from Mr. Cool.” Sonic look at Sally with both an annoyed look in his eyes and a sly smile, then replied to Sally, “Hah ha, very funny, Sal.” Everyone was laughing, even Sophia who was just trying to blended into the group without giving herself away. Everyone was cheering and partying, until they decided that it was time to quit and rested for the day. Sophia was about to leave as well, trying to think of the next perfect time to terminated them, when Tails walked up to her. “Hey hun, did you enjoy the party,” Sophia asked, trying to sound delightful. Tails replied with a smile, “Yeah that was…a great party. Did you enjoy it as well?” “Yeah, it was quite...exciting, but if you would mind, I will be heading back to my room now,” Sophia said to Tails, before she began to walk toward the door. Before she could reach the door, Tails ran up to her, and replied in a nervous and shy tone, “Ummm...wait a minute, please. Hey, I would like…to thank you for saving me twice,” Tails said, rubbing his head as he was unusually blushing. “Oh, you don’t have to tha-n-nk m-m-m…mmm,” she abruptly stopped talking when Tails slowly got up close to her face and kissed her on the lip. It was a simple innocent kiss, light and kid-like, but it still took her by surprise. Even if she was a robot, advance or not, she still has a sense of personal space, and normally should have gotten upset by Tails’s action. Yet, for some odd reason, she didn’t bother to even try pushing him away. She didn’t know what to think of it, and despite what her programming was trying to tell her, she was unable to apply to it. However, Tails himself slap out of it swiftly and disconnected from her lips, both panicking and surprised at his own action. “I’M SORRY…I SHOULDN’T HAVE DONE THAT…I’M SO SORRY, SOPHIA,” yelled Tails, freaking out that he did something he would normally never have done. He was running over in his mind to any reasons to why he did that, but nothing came to mind. But, Sophia was too stunned to even hear a word that he was saying. Tails noticed that Sophia was being strangely quiet with a bizarre look on her face, therefore causing Tails to asked in a depressed and concerned tone, “Ummm…Sophia…are you okay?” She still wasn’t saying anything at all; she was just standing there like a statue, with her face blushing heavily. Unexpectedly, she started to stumble in an unusual fashion as she was heading toward the door. She was ignoring everything her programming was telling her not to do, and exit the door, leaving Tails with a confused expression on his face. Outside, she continued onward with her odd walking pattern as some of the residents was watching, wondering what was up with the two-tails fox. Finally she entered into her room and just stood there for a moment with the same look on her, still blushing uncontrollably. Several minutes later, and she still stood there, not able to registered to what just happening to her. She sat down and put her two fingers on her lip, not sure what she was feeling. From what she knew about emotion from her database, the only thing that came to mind to what she feeling was pleasure. However, she was originally programmed to only simulate emotions and attitudes, so she shouldn’t have actually felt anything for real. Abruptly, her happiness raised more and more as thought of the kiss came from her memory. She fell down on her bed with a soft landing as she began to giggle in an infatuated fashion. She wasn’t even aware of what she was doing, as she was hugging the pillow from her bed, giggle harder now than before. This feeling was like something she has never truly experience before. Nonetheless, she finally slapped out of it with a surprise shock to her face. She gazed at the pillow in her arms, trying to put one and one together, to what just happen a moment ago. The feeling she had just earlier ago was quite familiar to the time on the boat, but a lot stronger, something that actually made her ignored her own programming. <”What on earth are you doing, Fiona?! Are you short-circuiting or something?!> She was looking at her programming, as to see if something terrible was happening. <”Maybe that error is coming back…but, I thought the nano-bots would be able to patch that up. Perhaps I should do another check on my status.”> She initiated to activate a program that will run both her error and virus scanner, waiting for any problem that she might fixed to solve this abnormal problem. However, when it was complete, it showed her to be equivalence to that of a healthy being. She just lied there, confused and puzzled, as she tried to find out what was going on. Then, the answer came to her in an old memory, the same memory that she saw long ago on the boat, which caused her to freak out. <”Th…that wasn’t an er-r-ror before, was it? But…it couldn’t be...what I think it is…it isn’t even possible for a robot…”> she paused for a moment, thinking long and hard about what was on her mind, <”…Isn’t it?!”> |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 11:13 AM) |
| ...Okay...where any respect in that C&C at all?! It wasn't helpful... |
| QUOTE (Lan a few minutes ago...) |
| ...Descriptively you alternate between too much and too little and the character dialouge seems forced and uninspired... |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 12:13 PM) |
| toward someone who has a 6th grade writing style (what is about average for people to be in these days) |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 02:13 PM) |
| ...Okay...where any respect in that C&C at all?! It wasn't helpful, it was harsh beyond words toward someone who has a 6th grade writing style (what is about average for people to be in these days), and it just made me greatly depressed. |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 03:13 PM) |
| ...Okay...where any respect in that C&C at all?! It wasn't helpful, it was harsh beyond words toward someone who has a 6th grade writing style (what is about average for people to be in these days), and it just made me greatly depressed. I took a long time to patch this up, check everything that doesn't make sense, and I even tried to follow the advices people gave me...just to get a 3/10 point from you. I can understand a 7/10, that was a more reasonable rating, but a 3/10. Did you rated this story so low, because you just loathe Sonic fanfics to point of cursing at each one that you come to, or are you just the type of person who hate everything that isn't near perfection?! |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 02:13 PM) |
| Did you rated this story so low, because you just loathe Sonic fanfics to point of cursing at each one that you come to, or are you just the type of person who hate everything that isn't near perfection?! |
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| ...Descriptively you alternate between too much and too little and the character dialouge seems forced and uninspired... |
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| You just gotta look a little harder. |
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| You're... 23... yet only have a sixth grade writing level? Yet you're wondering why people are critiquing so hard? I won't critique as I haven't read, but the subject itself I dislike. Learn to use your original characters instead of pre-made characters, it makes it look like you don't have an imagination or an ounce of creativity in you, also makes you look like a sixth grader. Which you may very well be for all I know, damn. |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 06:17 PM) | ||
Ehhh...I saw that in the first get-go, but I don't know if I can do anything more about that. I don't know...I shouldn't really got so offended, but it was something I have work really hard...I tried my best to patch the whole thing up as much as I can and tried to make thing feel right.
This information I got from an educated reading teacher. She said that most people in the USA has a writing skill of a 4th-6th grade writing, people who are a lot older than I am. Now, while I do have a 6th grade writing, which is just an average assessment, it was only because I am a slow at taking test (as well as writing) and end up not getting finish with my work like everyone else. As far as my true writing skill goes, it will swift with my memory, and sometime I can show a 8th grade writing skill and something my lack of memory will result in a 4th grade writing skill. I got a 490 score on a SAT Verbal, which is pretty high, and from what I know about my final test for High School, I got a high grade on grammar and writing. So, please don't misunderstand me when I said I had a 6th grade writing skill, that was an estimated guess to where I am at. Who know, you may also be in the same level I'm at and not know it. Also, you must also understand that I am a lot more creativity than this. Why this don't have much original characters, you ask? Because, I was actually trying to avoid addin new characters to this fanfic. This fanfic is posed to stick strictly by the comic...if I was a writer for a real comic company for example (not my goal in life, this is just an example), I am not allowed to write my own characters in, I had to created the characters they would want me to put in. True, I'm not writing for a comic company, this is for fun, but I am not going to break that general rule. I can be more creative if I wanted to be, with my own story, but when dealing with other person story, I want to have self-control and keep myself from going wild with characters. Only Sophia and the Hacker Siblings are the only two new character, and Sophia is technically somewhat new in a sense. I know...that reason still very strange, but heh, being strange is kinda what I'm known for. |
| QUOTE (Keeper Takura @ Jun 11 2008, 03:40 PM) |
| ... Brian Jacques... |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 05:17 PM) | ||
I saw that in the first get-go, but I don't know if I can do anything more about that. I don't know...I really shouldn't have gotten so offended, but it was something I have worked really hard on. I tried my best to patch the whole thing up as much as I could and tried to make thing feel right.
This is information I got from an educated reading teacher. She said that most people in the USA have a writing skill of 4th-6th grade, people who are a lot older than I am. Now, while I do have a 6th grade writing, which is just an average assessment, it was only because I am slow at taking tests (and I am also slow at writing) and end up not getting the work finished like everyone else. As far as my true writing skill goes, it will shift with my memory, and sometime I can show a 8th grade writing skill and sometimes my lack of memory will result in a 4th grade writing skill. I got a 490 score on a SAT Verbal, which is pretty high, and from what I know about my final test for High School; I got a high grade on grammar and writing. So, please don't misunderstand me when I said I had a 6th grade writing skill, that was an estimated guess to where I am at. Who knows, you may also be in the same level I'm at and not know it. Also, you must also understand that I am a lot more creative than this. Why doesn't this have more original characters, you ask? Because, I was actually trying to avoid adding new characters to this fanfic. This fanfic is supposed to stick strictly to the comic... if I was a writer for a real comic company for example (not my goal in life, this is just an example), I am not allowed to write my own characters in, I have created the characters they would want me to put in. True, I'm not writing for a comic company, this is for fun, but I am not going to break that general rule. I can be more creative if I wanted to be, with my own story, but when dealing with other person's story, I would like to have self-control and keep myself from going wild with characters. Sophia and the Hacker Siblings are the only two new characters, and Sophia is technically somewhat new in a sense. I know... that reason is very strange, but heh, being strange is kinda what I'm known for. |
| QUOTE (Gamemastermz @ Jun 11 2008, 02:17 PM) |
| This information I got from an educated reading teacher. She said that most people in the USA has a writing skill of a 4th-6th grade writing, people who are a lot older than I am. |
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| I shouldn't really got so offended, but it was something I have work really hard...I tried my best to patch the whole thing up as much as I can and tried to make thing feel right. |
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| Why this don't have much original characters, you ask? Because, I was actually trying to avoid addin new characters to this fanfic. |
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| Why doesn't this have many original characters, you ask? Because I was actually trying to avoid adding new characters into this fanfiction. |
| QUOTE (A relative of KB?) |
| Only Sophia and the Hacker Siblings are the only two new character, and Sophia is technically somewhat new in a sense. |
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| Also, understand that a large percentage of us on TFS are assholes... Yeah, that's a big part of it. |
| QUOTE (Iota @ Jun 11 2008, 04:43 PM) | ||
We're realists. |
| QUOTE (Irate and lulzy PM response to my comment) |
| First off, this was my first coupling fanfic (and maybe my only), so this is new area for me. Like I said before, I am used to more serious stories and I was interest in doing something like this. I have work hard on this story and I felt real good about it. The concept I gotten from this is my own, something I came up with myself. You want to know something, though...I'd never really gotten angry when someone hate something, as long as they have good reasons for it (ex. "I never really did like Sonic" or "I don't have any interest in video games"), since I know that we all have different taste. I'd never got angry when someone C&Cs me with good tips and comments, since I took it and used it properly. But, your comment was neither good or useful...it sound like it was coming from a combination of a jerk, a punk, and a butthole all put together. I have never heard an insult as terrible as this one. I knew in the beginning that I don't have good grammar and there may be some weak areas in my scripts that I might need to improved on, but that is not what I'm getting from you. What I'm getting is a pure hatred to couplings and a certain someone who has a good amount of knowledge in hand, but used it in the most moronic and hateful way possible. You really had no right to come here and start bashing my fanfic like that, just because you don't like something in it. In addition to that, you came here posting stuff like foul languages and four manners that really tick me off. Either with DA, here, or anywhere else, I don't like anything relatively dirty near my sight or hearing. If you really want to post any R-rated crap, find the appropriate sites and/or forum that would be perfect for you...however, this is not a place for such crap. I don't especially like being accuse of apparently having the same mind-set as you have! I'm not going to friendly this one up this time; or, apologized for what I will post, like I would normally do when I am just blowing off some steam. I'm now in the only true situation while I can let loose my temper and not feel bad about it. So, please don't take it too badly for what I'm about to say to you: STAY THE HECK OUTTA OF MY TOPIC FOR NOW ON, IF YOU HERE TO EITHER BASH OR DIRTY UP ANYTHING THAT I'VE POSTED!!!!! If you don't like something in here, that is based on good reasons, you can post C&Cs with a more proper manner than what I had read." |
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| = Part Three: “Truths and Hackers” = The morning sunrise arrived as Sophia was lying down on her bed, not sure what to think. She didn’t bother to go into sleep mode, even though she was a highly developed android, and never really needed to enter it. Sophia was still pondering what happen last night, scene of the light-hearted kiss giving by Tails. She never felt anything like that before and it actually scared her. Deciding that contemplating about it would do nothing but bewilder her even more, she got off the bed and prepared herself for the day ahead. She looks at the shining sunrise and sighed, wondering what action she must take next. Sophia wondered if it was even possible to carry through her missions anymore, knowing that she was developing feelings for the young fox she once try to destroy. Feeling...the very concept caused her to shiver with disbelief. She looked at her hand, wondering if the nano-bots could be responsible. However, she felt this before on the ship without any nano-bots inside her, so that theory was expelled. In fact, it may have even begun when she was trying to lure him into the trap, when Tails was younger. She just couldn’t figure out how it was possible to gain these feelings, since the same concept of being a robot keep running in her mind. She decided to get freshened up by using the nano-bots to reconfigure the clothes she made before, therefore showing clean pants. Then, she stared in a mirror for a while, sighing at the figure before her, and opened the door. She walked outside to go to Uncle Chuck's stand, noticing the same people who watched her last night, were staring at her right now. She ignored them as best as she could and walked onward to the stand. After ordering some eggs and bacon, she walked to a table and sat down. But, when she was finally able to eat, the thought of Tails just froze her for a moment. She tried to stop thinking about him by thinking of something else, but it was a losing battle as her feeling seemed to be drawing back those thought of Tails, causing the white fox to be very frustrated. <”Confound it, why am I having these thought?! Why?!! These thoughts should not be in my head at all! Darn that fox, why did he have to save me from the water long ago?! If I can’t even accomplish my missions at all, I am of no use to Dr. Robotnik.”> She looked at her food for a minute and then decided to eat it, so not to draw any unwanted attention than she had already drawn in. Unfortunately, Tails spotted her and slowly walk over to her. Sophia, being occupied by the food, just noticed Tails was standing in front of her and involuntarily blushed. Tails’s head was lowered down to the ground, with a sad and apologizing expression on his face. His tails was flat down to the ground and not moving much, showing the same expression as his face if that was possible. They looked at each other, unable to speak for a moment. “Ummm…Sophia…I would like to say sorry about yesterday. I don’t know what came over me...I should have never done that to you.” Tails said in a depressing tone, breaking the silence between them. Sophia just gawked at Tails, unable to respond to his apology, as she was too enchanted by Tails. “…Oh,…umm, it was okay. It was nothing to…worry about, Tails. It just…umm…kinda caught me off guard a little,” Sophia replied, shaking off her enchantment and shyly responding to his apology. “But, I just feel so bad about it,” Tails stated as he lower his head even more and began to cry. Sophia can’t helped but smiled, Sophia got up and put her right hand under Tails’s chin and pushed it upward, making their eyes meet. She froze again for a minute with Tails being left confused before she replied. “Don’t beat yourself up, silly. It was...an unusual time I had last night, but it wasn’t bad. How about you take me to your workshop and we can forget about that silly moment and have some fun, okay hun?” Sophia said, as Tails rubbed his eyes free of tears. “O-o-okay, I’ll…take you to my workshop, Sophia.” Tails responded, replying in a better mood. “Heh, that better...now, huh, let see who can reach the workshop first,” said Sophia, offering the challenge with a sly grin. “You sure about that, I can be very fast if I want to be,” Tails replied with his own grin. She prompted her leg and said, “Well, we see about that...ready, set...GO,” she yelled and both of the foxes ran outside, dashing at a fast pace to Tails’s workshop. =============================================================== At the workshop, there was a lot of racket as Tails and Sophia was chasing after a rogue extreme gear... “Catch it Tails, the gear is getting out of control!” Sophia said, dodging the incoming board with a side-way dodge. “Don’t worry, it is nearly out of power, anyway,” Tails replied, finally able to catch it. Unfortunately for Tails, that might have been an unwise move on his part, as he was carried across the lab. He panicked as Sophia tried to catch him, causing Tails to accidentally fall on Sophia in the process. “Ouch…oh, that wasn’t one of my better landings. You okay, Sophia,” Tails asked before he realize what he was sitting on and hop off quickly. Sophia was flat down on the ground in a funny position, as she looked dazed. She got up slowly and laughed, making Tails feel a little relieved. “I think we may have given that gear a little too much power, hun,” Sophia said with a big smile. “Heh, yeah, I guess it was a bad idea to put some fake Chaos Emerald pieces into the gear.” Tails replied as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. They were laughing as they cleaned up the lab, then grabbed each a pre-made gear and flew off. Tails was riding an upgraded version of his board, the Yellow Tail, made from a morphing metallic material. He let Sophia ride Knuckles’s upgraded Red Rock extreme gear, which was perfect for someone as strong as Sophia. They rode off into the forest, going as fast as they could and having the time of their life. “Heh, let's see how good you really are, hun,“ Sophia said as she surfed up a hill, performing a side-flip and bouncing off a tree, landing back on the ground. “Wow, you’re pretty good, Sophia!” Tails responded, making her blush. “Thanks, I guess these things come easy for me,” Sophia replied as the redness on her face faded. “Let me try that,” Tails said as he looked for another hill, then head toward it at a blazing pace. Wanting to perform Sophia's stunt, Tails decided to put a twist on it when he was upside down. He spun his tails and flew upward for a moment. Then, he bounced off a branch of another tree and did a mid-flip, landing on the ground. She stared at him with an impressed look in her eyes, her face was blushing more than the last time. They continued jetting onward, enjoying the ride down further into the forest. ============================================================== Meanwhile, at New Mobotropolis around the afternoon, Sonic and the gang were resting at a picnic table, tired from both the fight and last night's partying. Amy was with them as she gave everyone some sandwiches to eat. The temperature was ideal, and a nice cool breeze was blowing softly, making the picnic perfect for the group to enjoy. “I wonder where Tails is...” asked Amy before biting into her sandwich. “Last I saw him, he was riding with Sophia on some Extreme Gears into the forest,” replied Sonic, who was looking at his sandwich with his mouth watering. “Oh…hey, speaking of Tails and the new girl, you all will not believe what I heard,” Amy said to the group. “Which would be?” Sonic asked as he crammed his sandwich down fast, causing Sally to look a little green with disgust. “One of the residents said he saw Tails kissing the new girl,” Amy replies with a strong tone to her voice. That caused everyone to freak, especially Sonic who spit out his food in shock. Unfortunately, the mush food pieces went right on Sally face, causing her to leap backward off the seat of the bench and fall on her back. Sonic looked at Sally with an apologizing and embarrassed smile, which didn’t help Sally's mood as she looked fiercely at Sonic, growling. The look made him gulp and quickly hid behind Bunnie, hoping Sally would calm down and forget about it. Lucky for Sonic, Amy decided to continue onward with her story...“Ummm…yeah, well it was a surprise for me, too. When I asked him more, he told me that Tail's apologized to the girl, but she just walked off like a zombie. I guess it really took her by surprise.” “Wow, that was quite unlike Tails…I hope he isn’t taking after Sonic,” said Sally. Sonic was about to complain, but decided it might be in his best health that he just let that one go. Suddenly, Rotor came charging toward them, looking very tired from his run. “What wrong with you Rotor,” asked Sonic, wondering what was going on. He was breathing hard for a moment before he was able to answer. “Emergency call…people in danger…five miles to the northwest of here…small army of Eggman’s robots…man, I need to exercise more…” Rotor said between gasps. “Mah gosh, the poor sugah is outta breath,” said Bunnie. “Well, what we waiting for? You heard the man, we got ourselves people to help,” said Sonic as he flip-spin onto his feet. “Listen Sonic, I want you to be a little more careful than normal. I can’t come with you this time, since my arm is broken,” Sally said worrying. “Sure thing, Sal, I will try my best,” Sonic said before he and the gang jetted off toward the Northwest side of the forest. Sally held her hands together and wished them luck, as she walks toward the castle to rest her arm. =============================================================== Meanwhile, Sonic and the gang arrived at the place where Rotor said to go, but there was nothing at all around the area. Sonic was scratching his head, trying to figure out what is up. “This is supposed to be the place, but I don’t see anyone or anything,” Sonic said. “Mon dieu, wat if zis is a trap?!” Antoine asked, as he shook nervously. “I don’t think so, Rotor and Nicole could have noticed if the call was a fake beforehand…but, it might be cool to stay alert anyway...just in case,” Sonic said, before he looked around the area. “Hey sugah-hog, I think I found something over here,” replied Bunnie, holding up a paper. Everyone ran to Bunnie as she read it: Dear Freedom Fighters, if you are reading this letter, it means that our little trick has completely fooled you all. We had a good time with this, so I will hope you liked it. Great regards, The Hacker Siblings. =P “So this is just some kind of prank! I don’t believe it!” Sonic growled. “Wait, there something else…" Bunnie said as she continued with the letter: PS: We needed some time for some fun at New Mobotropolis, so we left you all a present. We hope that you enjoy our… But before Bunnie could finish, a clicked sound was heard. "Oh dear…time-released booby trap!” That took everyone by surprise, just before laser bars surrounded the gang. “Oh, that was way past uncool…” Sonic said angrily. “Can you get us out Sonic?” asked Amy. “Afraid not, these bars would cook me like a chilly dog!” Sonic replied, looking at the glowing beams. “I wonder what the paper meant when they said that they going to have fun at New Mobotropolis,” asked Ray. “I don’t know, but my gut is telling me it isn’t good.” Sonic replied gloomily. =============================================================== It was now getting dark as evening was about to come around. Tails and Sophia were able to get back as they went into the workshop. Sophia sat down on a chair and laid her head down on a table. Her program was constantly telling her this was her chance, but she ignored it as she sighed sadly. “Are you okay Sophia,” Tails asked, “You haven’t been acting too well lately...” Sophia just sat still, like a statue, as Tails seemed more worried than before. Unexpectedly, Sophia looked at Tail's face with tears in her eyes. “I…I…I don’t think I can do this anymore,” Sophia said as tears began to wet her realistic fox fur. “W-what you mean?” Tails asked, puzzled by Sophia's words. “Tails, I can’t do this anymore,” she cried as she stood up and slammed down her hand, wreaking the table. “I don’t understand…don’t you like me anymore,” Tails replied, his eyes becoming glossy. “That's the problem, Tails…I'm not supposed to like you,” Sophia yelled as more tears fell. “You’re not supposed to...like me? ...What...what do that mean by that,” Tails asked, begging for answers in his eyes, which came closer to crying. “I CAN’T DO THIS,” Sophia cried loudly as she dash passed Tails and out the door. “Please, come back,” Tails pleaded, as he dashed after her, still not sure what was going on. However, Sophia didn’t get the chance to run far, as she grinded to a stop. Tails finally was able to catch up, wondering why she stopped all of a sudden. Then, the answer came in the form of Nicole, who was standing in front of Sophia. “P-please stand aside and let me pass, Nicole,” Sophia asked as she rubbed her eyes free of tears. Nicole didn’t respond to Sophia and just stood there, looking at both Sophia and Tails. Looking into Nicole's eyes, Sophia realized something wasn’t right about them. “Thank you for stopping her for me, Nicole,” Tails said as he came closer to Nicole. In the corner of Sophia’s eyes, she saw Nicole’s right hand slowly rise for a moment, like she was about to do something. “TAILS, WATCH OUT,” Sophia yelled as she tackled Tails away from the spot that was now covered with sharp metallic spikes. Both of them landed hard on the ground as the spikes lowered back into the ground. Tails slowly got up, rubbing the back of his head in pain. “Urrgh, what happen,” Tails asked, feeling a little dizzy. He looked at Sophia to see if she was okay as well. Unfortunately for Sophia, one of the spikes managed to get one of her legs really good, showing a large chuck of metal. Tails couldn’t believe his eyes at what he saw, looking at the metal wires and electricity. “Watch out Tails, something isn’t right about Nicole,” Sophia shouted, not even bothering to care about her left metal leg being exposed. Tails abruptly realize what just happened as he looked at Nicole, who was looking at them with a cold emotionless stare. “Nicole, what are you doing?! We are your friends,” Tails asked, but got no answer from Nicole. Then, two voices were heard behind her, laughing maniacally. Walking out from the shadow stood two mobian possums. One was a tall and thin female possum with red eyes and dark red hair, dressed up in a combination of green torn pants and a high-tech leather shirt with devices attached to it. The other possum was a blue-eyed, short and fat male possum, wearing a nice and styling set of black pants, white shirt, and black jacket. They were holding a small computer with a special plug that can be configured to hack into any computers, as well as a powerful black rifle in the other hand. “Oh, she ain’t your friend anymore, my darling fox. She is now our little pride and joy slave,” the female possum replied, as both she and her companion smiled evilly. As the female possum gloated, the sparks from Sophia's wounded leg attracted the attention of the male possum. “Well, well, well…what do we have here?! Ha, when that Egg fellow said there were unique technologies here, he wasn’t joshing,” the male possum said, his voice heavy with an accent. “EGGMAN!!! So, he is behind this,” Tails growled. “Well, to tell ya the truth, he ain’t really behind this totally. He just informed us about the Freedom Fighters little digital friend and we came like a moth to a flame...” said the female possum. “It was either that or we play hockey with his empire, if you catch the drift”. The two possums then opened their mouths in unison and began to sing: “We are the most incredible digital pirates you have ever witness! We steal the rarest treasure of parts and data that is known! We will hack into systems for the joy of it and destroy any programs like a virus. We are the infamous Hacker Siblings and we here to kick your butt!" |
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| = Part Four: “Verge of a New Life” = The two foxes were staring at the two weird possums with an annoyed expression on their faces. They was not sure to either laughed at the possums’ embarrassing acted or freaked out that they managed to hack their highly sophisticated friends, turning her against the two foxes. Sophia was the first one to said something, with a strong and angry tone, “Let her go, you idiots! You have no right to do this to her at all!” “Well duh...what part of ‘digital pirates’ did ya not understand, mah little pet,” the male possum said with a mischievous grin, causing Sophia to back up with a disgusted expression on her face. Tails walked in front of Sophia and growled at the male possum, “Don’t you dare go nowhere near her, you sad excuse of a freak!” “Ha-ha-ha, did ya hear that, Sis...a freak just called me a freak,” the male possum laughed out loud. “Yeah, it is kinda...what ya call it...oh yeah, ironic,” laughed the female possum. Now it was Sophia who growled, “If you don’t want me to make you uglier than you already are, then I suggest that you shut up, let Nicole go, and leave this city...NOW!” “Oh, look at this...the robotic pet is actually threatening us, Bro...the girl is so scaring me,” the possum girl teased, unaffected by Sophia’s words. The male possum pushed Tails back hard, causing Tails to land hard on his butt, and replied with a more serious tone to Sophia, “Girl, ya are not exactly in the position to make threats! We are holding all the cards, so if I was ya, I would just give up right now.” “Heh, I rather spit in your face instead, than surrender to some weirdo like you two,” Sophia said, grinning with a serious expression. “Oh, but ya really don’t have that choice...Nicole, can ya please do something about your two friends there, but leave the robot vixen there alive,” the girl possum said to Nicole, who began to walked toward them, with the same cold stare. Out of the blue, Sophia was laughing, shocking the Hacker Siblings among with Tails. “Holding all the cards...HA...you two are really a cocky bunches, you know that,” replied Sophia, who beginning to held up her right palm toward the three, mostly toward Nicole direction in general. A strange orb object appeared in the center of her hand, leaving the possums confused. Then, a blinding flash of light appeared from the orb, leaving the possum siblings screaming in agony, and Nicole to dissolved back into the city’s system in pain. Sophia, seeing that this might be a perfect opportunity, dashed off and picked up Tails in the confusion, then ran off toward the opposite direction. “Confound it...can you see those two freaks,” said the male possum, rubbing his aching eyes. “How can I see anything, you dope...the robotic blat blinded me badly with that fancy trick of her,” yelled the girl possum, angry at Sophia’s stunt. She held her hand and growl, “When I get my hands on that robotic pet, I will make sure she will pay a hundred folds for our humiliation!!!” =============================================================== At the castle, 15 minutes before the appearance of the Hacker Siblings... Sally was staring out of her room’s window, wondering about Sonic and the gang. “What is taking them so long...” said the worried princess, sighing with great discomforted that she was unable to attend the group, because of her stupid broken left arm. “Sigh...I shouldn’t worry too much, Sonic can take care of himself. He had gotten out of lot of dangerous traps before...I got to have faith in him. But...still...I can’t help to feel something isn’t right.” She sighed and looked behind her to order a command, “Hey Nicole, can you do something for me?” However, she didn’t appear at all, causing the princess’s worries to increase more. “Hey, Nicole...can you hear me,” Sally ordered, thinking she might just be busy, but still nothing from Nicole. Even if she was busy, Nicole could have still responded to Sally through voice-only communication. Sally was panicking now, definitely knowing something wasn’t right. Suddenly, blight light shined from a good distance, causing Sally’s swift reflexes to quickly block the light from her sight. When the light disappeared, Sally was already on her feet. “Okay, that right there just shred any doubts I had! Broken arm or not, here I come,” Sally stated as she opened the door and dash down the hall. ‘...I just hope Sonic is okay...!’ =============================================================== Meanwhile, Sonic and the gangs wasn’t too happy being contained, especially Sonic who was feeling very restraint. “Ant, my man...reminded me later to listen to you more, when you get those feeling of incoming doom,” Sonic said, tapping impatiently with his right foot and sighing. “Ah, but how art we getting outh here...tha Princess might be in trouble,” Antoine replied in a concern tone. “...Good question, Ant,” Sonic stopped tapping his foot and glanced around for the answer, “Come on, main hedgehog...used that noggin of your!” ‘...Maybe...I know that this move wasn’t meant for this...but, maybe there is a way out of here,’ Sonic thought as he prompt himself. “Everyone...I’m going to try something a little different...so, as a head up, you may want to back up a little,” Sonic warned, crouching down on the ground with his famous grin. Everyone did as they were told and back up as much as possible, all wondering what Sonic has on his mind. Sonic begun to spin-dash in place, getting faster with every second he spin, as he strived to not budge from that one position. Like magic, a blue energy was gathering around Sonic, causing everyone to awe at its beauty. As the blue light stopped heading toward Sonic, he went into a standing pose, a blue aura was surrounding him. “What on Mobius are you trying to do, sugah-hog,” Bunnie asked. However, Sonic didn’t respond back, as he set himself for a dash. Swiftly, in the form of blue light, the glowing Sonic launched himself in a wild dash. As the dash ended, he was on the other end of the laser bars, unharmed by the laser. Everyone just stared in complete disbelief and shocked, with their mouths wide open, not sure what just happen. “That, my friend, was my Light-Speed Dash. Spinning fast enough to draw in light, I was able to use ot to dash in a form of light itself,” Sonic explained with a proud voice. Mighty looked at Sonic with a smile, and relied, “I think I get it now...the laser didn’t hurt you, because light can’t really hurt itself.” “That my Sonic for you,” Amy replied, looking happy toward her hero. “Hey...don’t celebrated yet, guy...I still need to figured out how to get you all out...hey Ant, since you have a keen instinct, where you think they might hide the device that hold this cage together,” Sonic said, as he looked around the area. “Mai guess ees zat ze rat-scoundrel must have camouflaged it, so find anything out of ze norm,” Antoine suggested to Sonic. “I think you may be right, thank Ant! ...Hmmm...but, it isn’t going to be easy, though...find anything not typical, guys,” Sonic replied, still trying to find something out of the ordinary. “Hey, zat tree may be something...zits shadow zee suspicion,” Antoine said, pointing in the direction of the tree. Sonic walked over toward the tree and tried to put his right hand on it, only to have his hand went through it. “Hey, this tree is a hologram...way to go, Ant my man,” Sonic said, giving Antoine a thumb up. Sonic went into a spin-dash and hit at the tree, destroying a metallic machine hidden in it. The cage disappeared, causing everyone to cheer with Antoine being kissed by Bunnie, and everyone else patting him on the back. Antoine became happily bashful, still blushing from the kiss he received from his wife. =============================================================== Meanwhile, Sophia found a perfect hiding place, behind a building... Sophia sat down against the building, just after setting Tails down gently, feeling safe for a while. Tails looked at Sophia with a smile and spoke to her in a delighted tone, “Thank you, Sophia...your quick thinking save our neck.” Sophia began to blushed, smiling with her eyes shut, rubbing the back of her head. “So...are you okay,” Tails asked, looking at Sophia’s leg, which was shooting out more sparks than before. Sophia glanced at her left leg, causing her to become greatly disheartened, as she replied in a sad tone, “...Yeah, it isn’t damage too badly...” Sophia, her head hang down in shame for a moment, looked at Tails and said in a sadder tone than before, “...Errrr...listen, Tails...I think it time I come clean with who I really am. ...Errrgh...I’m a...a...ohhh...I’m a robot made by Robotnik Prime...!” She paused for a moment to stare at the shocked Tails, her head went down again in shame, as she continued onward with a question, “...Ummm...do you remember a robot duplicate of a young Fiona Fox?” “Ummm...yeah, but what that...has to do with you, Sophia,” Tails replied in a sad unsettling tone. “...After you...rescue me from the water long ago, I was still...functioning, but since I was badly rusted and was unable to do anything, I had to go into a hibernation mode.” Tails looked at Sophia with a surprise expression on his face, unable to respond at all to this new information, but Sophia continued again, slowly beginning to gather some tears in her eyes now. “...After some unexpected help from two scavengers, I came to New Mobotropolis to...continue my mission to...to...oh, you know. I gain access to some important info...and...umm...took some nano-bots and reconstructed myself, to adjust both your new age and...well, because of the real Fiona’s past exploits. I did so...to...get closer to you...and...fulfilled my missions for the new Robotnik.” Sophia set there for a moment, her head still lower in shame, as tears rolling down her muzzle now. Abruptly, Sophia let out a sad laugh, though not in any sense of humor, freaking out Tails in the process. “It doesn’t really matter anyway...even before I had left the boat...I had already failed the mission set for myself by Lord Robotnik.” Tails was confused by that and asked Sophia, “What...do you mean...by that?!” “Think about Tails for a moment, I was programmed to...capture or terminated you and the other Freedom Fighters. But...how can I be able to carry out my mission...if I don’t have the...heart...to even hurt you anymore!” Tails for a moment didn’t understand what she meant by that, then his past memories with her finally began to make sense to Tails, leaving him blushing. “...I am...worthless to my master now...my only purpose is now gone from my reach. I am posed to be a cold robot...designed only to simulated emotions...I...I am not...used to these real emotions! How is it even possible for a robot...to...love someone,” Sophia finished, too shaken to speak anymore. Tails was blushing harder now, putting his hand on her shoulder, smiling as he answered her question, “...Maybe...maybe you are just evolving beyond your programming...kinda in the same way that Nicole is evolving.” Sophia quickly looked at Tails’s face, puzzled by his answer, “I am...evolving beyond my programming?!” “Yeah, that would make sense, if you think about it,” Tails said, still trying to comfort Sophia. Sophia held up her right hand and touched her lip, thinking of the time Tails kissed her, as well as the happiness that follow. “...I think...I finally get it now...” Sophia calmly said to Tails. Suddenly, Sophia felt something odd in her programming, and began to moan a little. Tails looked onward with confusion, when Sophia’s hands quickly grabbed onto his neck, putting a soft pressure on it. “GAH...Sop...phia...what are...you...” Tails only managed to say, before the tight grip began to block the air from entering his lungs. Sophia tried to fight for control, looking at Tails with a sad apologetic look in her eyes, “I...I’m not doing this...something is wrong...with my body...I can’t control myself!” Laughing was getting louder as two figures walked around the corner, who was none other than the Hacker Siblings. “Oh, how sad...his little pet is hurting her boyfriend,” the male possum said, laughing at his twisted enjoyment. “YOU...you two are doing this to me,” Sophia said, managing to let go of Tails’s throat finally, causing Tails to drop to the ground. “Give the winning lady a prize, Sis,” he said, looking at the girl possum. She tossed down a dagger, smiling evilly at the two foxes, delighted at seeing them in pain. “...How...how did you...” Sophia asked slowly, but was unable to finish as the female possum interrupted her. “Honey, we are not the Hacker Sibling for nothing. We don’t need to plug into ya physically to play with ya...after all, having ya ever heard of wireless connection before!” “...So, that how you got into my systems, through the air,” Sophia growled, standing still like a doll, unable to move. “Bingo, my friend...now pick up the knife for your ‘daddy’ now, my slave,” the male possum order Sophia, causing Sophia to reluctantly follow his instruction as she picked it with her right hand, growling at them the whole time. “Now, stabbed your boyfriend in the heart...after all, we don’t want any witnesses...and this is getting fun to boot,” he order again with an evil grin on his face. Sophia went white like a ghost as she heard that, turning toward the weaken Tails, who was still lying on the ground. She picked Tails up by the shoulder to stand him upright and position her right arm to set herself to thrust the dagger through his heart. Sophia fought like a tiger, her eyes full with tears, as she hesitated pushing forward with the knife. “NO...I...won’t do it...you can’t make me,” Sophia said, still fighting for control. “Ah, a touching moment, but ah’m afraid you can’t ignore your programming, sweetie,” the female possum replied, taking every moment to enjoy her revenge. Sophia’s right hand began to slowly move toward Tails’s chest, Tails closed his eyes in terror. As her battle for control was slipping, Sophia memories drafted back to their conversation a while ago: “...Maybe...maybe you are just evolving beyond your programming...kinda in the same way that Nicole is evolving.” “I am...evolving beyond my programming?!” “Yeah, that would make sense, if you think about it.” The dagger was about touching Tails’s chest, she tried to pull back the knife, but that only last for a short time. Memories of far distance memories began to fill her mind now: from the battle with the Ax Robot, to the kiss and the emotion followed afterward, to their ride together on the Extreme Gears, to her saving Tails from being puncture by metal spike, to finally telling Tails the truth and how well he took the news. Sophia suddenly stopped completely, the dagger was right on the chest area as she begun to laugh. Tails opened his eyes as both he and the possum siblings were staring at her with a confused look in their eyes. She pulled back the danger slowly, turned around to stared at the two possums with a grin on her face, as she said with a strong engaging tone, “Can’t ignore my programming...ha...I’ve been ignoring my programming fully these past two days!” “What are you talking about?! You are nothing, but a computer pet for us to play with,” the female possum growled. Sophia smiled as she suddenly tossed the dagger toward the female possum, causing her to freak and ducked, the blade was barely touching the very top of her forehead. “Not anymore, you punks...I won’t let you hurt Tails,” Sophia growled as she set Tails down gently. “Okay, if that how it goes...Nicole, come here to show your friends some manner” the male possum said, grinning at the thought of what she will do to them. However, as he stood there waiting, nothing was happening, causing him to get angry. “NICOLE, COME HERE RIGHT NOW!!!” Sophia walked up to him and mention to him with a grin on her face, “I’m afraid she isn’t coming...you remember that light trick I did? Well, that was actually a diversion, when I shot one of my nano-bot toward Nicole...right now, it is restoring her back to normal.” The male possum began to stomped his right foot in a blind rage now, until she continued onward, “Not as happy as before...heh...so, how does it feel, to have a robot to actually hacked back!” The male possum stood still, his eyes displayed a cold stared, full with evil and anger. Then, he pull up his black rifle that was attached to a belt and pointed at Sophia’s chest, then replied, “Probably bout the same, I guess, if I shot ya with this baby...and ah willing to bet your metal shell won’t protect ya from it either!” Sophia’s cocky attitude went right into a panicking motion, her eyes filled with shocked, as the possum began to pull the trigger. Out of nowhere, something pushed Sophia sideway as the rifle fired toward its destination. A scream was heard throughout the whole city, as Sophia regained balance from the push, her teary eyes stared on in horror. The yellow figure in front of her was falling backward in pain, landing first on his butt, then collapse on his back. A bullet wound appeared in the figure’s right shoulder. “TAILS,” Sophia screamed, dashing toward him and crouch downward, looking at his semi-conscience face. “Tails, speak to me...please don’t die on me...come on, speak to me,” requested the panicking fox, bursting into tears. “...Are...you...okay, Sophia,” Tails managed to say, causing Sophia to stopped crying for a moment. “...Yeah...but...you got hurt because of me...I don’t want you to die, because of me...” Sophia hugged Tails, crying completely again. Laughter was heard over the commotion as the two possums were laughing at their misery. “Well ah be a monkey uncle...lover boy went and gone all heroic to save his worthless little pet...he really was a freak after all,” said the male possum, shutting his eyes and laughing hard. Sophia slowly got up, her hands went into fist as it begun to tighten very firmly, and then turned her head to revealed a very ticked off female fox, the pupil of her eyes was completely red in a destructive manner. Her arms’ fur began to dissolve up to her shoulder, showing off her metallic arms. As she turned around to faced their direction, her arms seemed to slowly begun to morph, reconfiguring and reshaping into something else. The female possum was the first to notice this bizarre action and was completely panicking. “Ummm...Bro...I don’t think...that a good idea...” The male possum was laughing too hard to hear his sister. Once her arms, it was now transformed into two set of large arm cannon, based on Bunnie’s own arm cannon that she once used against Eggman, during his first assault on New Mobotropolis. Now, the female possum was shaking her brother in a more crazy panicking state, too shocked to speak anymore. The brother, now getting annoyed at his sister, faced her and growled, “What the matter with you, Sis?! What got into you?!” She pointed and her brother turned his head toward the direction of her finger, turning white with fright as he saw a fully enraged Sophia was slowly walking toward them, staring at them as if she was going to killed them. The two possums began to back up slowly, as the male possum began to shudder to her, “...Now...gulp...now...let be...reasonable about this. I...was...just joking...heh...and your...boyfriend is still alive...so...there isn’t any reason...to...gulp...take this personally.” She began to raise both cannons up at them, as energy was building up inside the barrel. ‘OH, FOR THE LOVE OF OUR LIVES, RUN FOR IT,” screamed the girl possum, as she turned around and made a wild dash away from Sophia, with her brother following her. Sophia lowered her cannons, its energy vanished as it began to transformed back into her regular arms, and then looked back at Tails with a deep sadness. She dashed back to Tails and carefully picked him up, making sure not to put him into shock, and replied to the now unconscious male fox, “Please, stay with me, Tails...don’t die on me now.” Nicole appeared in front of Sophia, holding her head as if she had a headache, then look in horror at Tails’s condition, “What is going on here?!” She run up to her and beg in a panicking tone, her eyes was filled with tears, “Nicole...can you please contact Doctor Quack of our arrival...and hurry as fast as you can!” Nicole, startled by Sophia’s tone, replied quickly, “...Okay, I’ll be there in a few milliseconds,” then disappeared into the city’s mainframe. Sophia made a wild dash toward the hospital, hoping to make it there in time. “Come on, Tails, stay with me...don’t die on me now,” Sophia yelled, as she hurried onward, tears flying in the air. =============================================================== The possum siblings got far from their run, slowing down and breathing hard, tired from their brush with Sophia. “Is that psychotic robotic vixen after us, Mayan,” asked the male possum, still short on breathe. “She isn’t following us, Jack...confound it! We almost had pilfered our greatest treasure, too,” Mayan growl and let out a long sigh, still exhausted. Jack let out a sigh as well and replied with a same disappointing tone as his sister, “Tell me about it, that Nicole would made a wonderful pet slave for us!” “I swear, when we returned, we are going to be more vicious toward those two-tails freaks...and next time we will be packing more power,” Mayan said, with an angry and evil tone. “Yeah...ah mean, did ya see how ballistic that psycho girl went, when we were laughing at that freak of nature, pushing that robot vixen out of my rifle range and got shot himself. Heh, it was still funny, though...That ‘Tails’ must be a real sucker for that little pet of...ARGH,” Jack didn’t get the chance to finish, as a blue boot pressed right onto his face, launching him hard into a tree. “BRO...grrr...why ya stinking...oh crap...” Mayan gulped as the brown figure was staring fiercely at her, heard everything that they said and was actually growling, something Princess Sally wasn’t really known to do. Sally leaped into the air, her right legs was at its highest peak, as she slammed it down hard on the head of Mayan. Mayan had a wacky expression on her face as she smashed into the ground, head first, and losing a lot of her teeth in the process. Sally stood above them, growling and look very ticked off, “Grrr...no one does that to my friends and just get away with it! You guys are the lowest of the low...even below that of Dr. Eggman and Mogul own standard!” =============================================================== Sophia was sitting in the waiting room, lending down and crying. Memories of moment ago came to her mind... She finally got to the hospital to find Dr. Quack waiting on her arrival, he was completely shocked at Tails’s condition, and called out for some helps that was ready for the fox. “Quickly, put him on a stretcher, he is in critical condition and need immediately care,” Doctor Quack ordered swiftly, as the other medical officials ran out with a stretcher. Sophia put him on the stretcher and watched him go inside. She just stood there like a statue, looking greatly depressed as she watched them push the stretcher inside in a fast pace. As she drafted back to reality, Nicole appeared in front of Sophia, feeling awful about the whole situation. Sophia looked up and smiled, though her eyes still show sadness in them, then asked, “...Heh...so, how are you...holding up, Nicole?” Sophia explained the whole thing to Nicole, while she was waiting a while back in the waiting room. Nicole didn’t responded, her head hung down in shame, but she managed to replied, trying to sound more cheerful, “...I am feeling much better now. Thank you for freeing me from those hackers...though, I am still shock that they actually get pass my firewall...even Rotor couldn’t get pass my firewall and he is the smartest person I know.” “Ah, don’t let that get you down...those rotten possums was apparently more gifted with hacking than anyone here in New Mobotropolis. You didn’t know what you was doing...those...grrr...those two monsters was the true villain in all this,” Sophia was growling when those two began to come into her computer mind. “Well, you don’t have to be concerned about them...it seems that you frightened them right into Sally and her boots, you can easily tell as one of the possums had a boot imprinted on his face.” Sophia mood was lifted by that comment and began to laughed, Nicole following behind with a soft laugh of her own. But, that didn’t last long as thought of Tails filled her mind again, causing her to stared sadly at the door, which lead to the emergency room where the medical staffs are taking care of Tails. “Don’t worry...Tails will make it through this,” Nicole said, putting her left arm around Sophia, hugging her to cheer her up. Sophia glanced up at Nicole and asked something to Nicole, “Did you explain Sally everything...ummm...including who I really am...like I requested before?” Nicole sighed and said in a low tone, “...Yeah I did...you do know what will occur to you, if the council members learn that one of Robotnik’s robot are roaming around in the city...do you?” “...I...actually don’t care anymore...about that. I...am no longer useful to Robotnik...and...well, the truth is...I don’t care about my...missions any longer. Tails’s friends need to know the truth...and I’ll be happy to face the consequence...just as long as I can do so with Tails beside me,” Sophia stated, her eyes was watery. “Hey, Nicole...where is Sally right now, anyway?” Nicole sat down beside her and replied with a higher tone than before, “Oh, she said she going to find Sonic and the other that went with him. She might be worry that they are in trouble.” “Oh...heh...I guess love can make you worry a lot,” replied Sophia, smiling a little bit at that comment. Nicole put her right hand on Sophia’s left shoulder and said in a gentle tone, “Yeah...but, worrying too much isn’t a good thing...you got to have faith as well.” =============================================================== Sonic ran as fast as he could, ahead of the group, heading back to New Mobotropolis. As he dashed, he saw Sally running toward his direction on the horizon and began to slow down quickly, leaving a large cloud of dust and grand mark on the ground. Sally stopped and realized that Sonic was in front of her now, walking toward her now. “Hey Sal, what up...did you see some way past uncool pranksters around here, calling them the Hacker Sibling?” Sally, who was standing still for a moment with tears forming in her, then dash over to Sonic and hugged him. “Ummm...Sal, it was nothing to worry about...a little annoying and time consuming, but everyone is okay.” Sally pulled slowly away, though she was still hugging him, and replied in a gloomy tone, “...Sonic...I’m so sorry...Tails is in the hospital...he was shot in the shoulder, trying to save Sophia in the process, and...now in critical condition.” The news nailed Sonic like a lightning bolt, his usually cheerful mood just went into a deep spiral of depression. “Come with me...I’ll explain what have happened, from what I gather so far,” Sally said to the unsettled hedgehog, both walking slowly in a depress state. =============================================================== Sonic and Sally finally reached the Tommy Foundation Hospital and enter into the waiting room, to find Sophia sitting in a chair alone, she was lending her chin on the right leg of her chair, staring at the door leading to the ER. She looked miserable and in some way very tired, probably because a good amount of energy has leaked out from her metal leg, leaving her with 31% of energy left. She was too troubled about Tails, to even realize that the two walked up in front of her, Sophia let out a sighed with a concerned expression on her face. “...Hey, Sophia...ummm...how you holding up,” Sally asked to the white fox robot. However, Sophia didn’t hear her, from both being so tired and so focus on the door. Sonic walked up to her and tapped her on the right shoulder, causing her to freaked and turned her head, to noticed both Sally and Sonic staring at her. She looked at them from a moment, her eyes was showing both tired and sorrow in it, then turned her head back at the door. Her head was slightly wobbling, trying to keep still, and then she rested her head on the chair’s leg again. “What wrong with her...she seems like she about to collapse. “Sonic...I think I know...take a look at her left leg,” Sally answer, pointing toward the metal wound, still shooting off sparks. “She must be running low on power, but Nicole told me she have been here the entire time, waiting on any news of Tails’s condition. Normally, the nano-bots she had should have repaired that wound up, but she isn’t focus on healing herself at all...her mind has been set on Tails and only Tails...the poor girl,” Sally continued onward, then let out a sad sigh. Sonic stared at the door, the same one that Sophia was looking at, and said in a sad tone, “...Can’t really blame her...I am in the same mindset right now.” Suddenly, Dr. Quack walked out, causing Sophia to spring up quickly, which was a bad idea as it wreaked some havoc on her balance. Sonic, in his quickness, caught her quickly when she about to fall forward, then stared at the doctor for the news. “So, Dr. Quack, how Tails doing,” Sally said, worried as much as Sonic and Sophia. “Well...the good news is, he is going to make it...somehow the bullet didn’t any fatal organ or anything,” Dr. Quack replied in a cold, but understanding, tone. “That great...but, why am I getting a bad feeling about the bad news,” Sally remarked with a sigh. “I am afraid you are as accuracy as always, Princess. Tails’s wound may not been a fatal, but unfortunately damage his muscle in his shoulder severely to the point it is unusable...and I afraid that he might have to have his right arm...ummm...amputated.” Everyone just stared at disbelief and horror, unable to register what he just said. “...My...bud...going to have...his arm...CUT OFF,” Sonic yelled as he fell on his butt, shaking in completed shocked. “No...it can’t be...it can’t...” Sally said, her voice was shuddering, and then burst into tears. Sophia was looking at the door with a shocked expression, feeling terrible that this was because of her, but then she looked at her hands, thinking of the nano-bots in her body. Sophia’s face went serious, she knew what must be done as she got up slowly, so that she won’t lose her balance, and then ran pass the doctor. “Hey, no guest is allowed to see the patience yet,” Doctor Quack said fiercely. “Huh, what that about,” Sonic asked, wondering about Sophia’s action. Sally was wondering the same question, not sure what to think. “I don’t know, but maybe we should stop her...I want to keep an open-mind on her, but she is one of Robotnik’s replica robot...since you’re the faster, see if you can stop her, just in either cases,” Sally ordered. “Okay Sal, I will see what I can do...I still amazed that she is dashing at that speed with her energy so low,” Sonic replied as he dashed off toward her. As he ran, he began to think, ‘...I really don’t think she would harm him, not with all she had to go through...plus, the fact that she isn’t giving me that same feeling, like I had before. Please, let me be correct on this...for my best bud sake!’ =============================================================== “Hey, stop her...she is not pose to be here,” said a male figure, watching at the white fox dashing past him. Two big figures ahead were blocking the path, one of them spoke, “Honey, you’re not allowed in here, now don’t mak...!” He never got the chance to finish as the girl slammed into them, launching them aside as if they were pushover. She raised her finger, as it began to transform slowly, realizing she was going to run out of energy soon. She ran passed a door, to realize that she just pass Tails’s room, then went back to the door, and unfortunately ran into Sonic. Sonic looked at Sophia’s finger, which transformed into a strange needle, then stared at her now. He didn’t say anything for a moment, just stared into her purple eyes as he tried to figure something out, and then finally broke his silent, “Sophia...I don’t know what you planning with that needle...but...I can’t let you in.” Sophia growled as she went into a battle position, but Sonic just stood still, not even entering in a dash position, leaving the white fox confused. “...Like I said...I can’t let you in...at least, consciously.” That confused the robot even more, as she exited the battle position and asked, “What...do you mean...by that, Sonic?!” “Heh...if you want in...you got to punch me as hard as you can in the face...and hurry,” Sonic said with a serious tone. “W-what...but...I... don’t understand...I could seriously hurt you,” Sophia replied in a nervous tone. Sonic let out a laughed and responded back, “Don’t worry, it isn’t like this is the first time I got punch in the face by a robot, so I’ll be okay. But, you must punch me hard enough to be knock me out cold, and trust me, that going to take a large order of pain to KO little ol’ me...” Sophia hesitated for a minute as she wasn’t sure about it, but then reluctantly dash toward Sonic, her fist swing as fast as it could toward his face. “Sonic...please...forgive me for this,” Sophia said with her eyes closed as her fist slammed right into Sonic’s face absolutely hard, causing him to fly toward a wall, and a smile appeared on the hedgehog’s face before the impact. Sonic hit the wall hard, leaving a huge crater in the wall, then slid down and lay right flat on the ground on his back. Sophia ran inside the room, finding Tails on an operating bed, sleeping deeply with a large scar on his right shoulder. Sophia wobble over to him, her energy was down to 10 percent now. “Please...let this...work,” Sophia said as she stabbed the scar very gently. “Got to give my nano-bots...as much energy as I can give them,” said the drowsy fox, draining her energy into the nano-bots in her finger, and then just before she collapsed to the ground, she somehow managed to stay active enough to insert the nano-bots into his system. =============================================================== It was morning now, as the sun began to rose, giving off a beautiful orange and purple sunrise. However, no one was enjoying it, as news of past events was circling around now, about a robot of old Robotnik being inside New Mobotropolis. Of course, everyone who heard that Sophia was associative with Robotnik Prime was shouting to the Freedom Fighter to destroy it, especially Rosemary and Amadeus, who find a great hatred for the robot threat to their son. However, Sally convinced Elias to have the counsel to vote, though he mentioned it was a waste of time. He said that voting would just lead into the same decision as the people’s own wishes. Outside, beside the new Ring of Lake, Sonic and Sally was sitting down, Sonic showing no signs of wound on him, mostly because of his rings reservoir. Sonic wasn’t in the mood to talk, though, as his head hanged down in a disheartened state. Sally patted him on the back and was the first one to break the silent, “I know you’re thinking of Tails...I am too. But...I...have been talking...about giving him a bionic arm. However...it is going...to take a while for everyone to...get used to the idea.” Sonic picked up his head and turned it toward Sally, then replied, “Yeah...I guess. So Sal, what is the news on Sophia?” Sally looked down into the water and answer with a sad tone, “I don’t know...the doctors didn’t mind anything wrong with Tails, after her stunt. I thought she really had changed, but I guess not.” Sonic sighed and replied with a slight more cheerful mood, “Heh...the truth is, Sal...I still haven’t lost my faith in her yet.” Sally looked at him with a confused expression, when Doctor Quack ran up to them. They stared up at him, who was breathing hard, trying to get air back into his lungs. “Dr. Quack, what wrong...please don’t tell us there more bad news,” Sally said in a depressed tone. However, when he let out a big sigh and looked at them, he was giving the widest smile on his face, something he hadn’t gave in a long while, and replied, “Far from it...in fact, it is excellent news! One of our nurses was checking on Tails, during his normal routine, when he saw something amazing...Tails was actually moving his right arm!” Sonic and Sally looked at him with complete shocked, and then Sally replied, “I thought you said that Tails’s right arm was unusable.” “I did...at first I thought the nurse was imagining things, but after witnessing it for myself, you can’t even imagined the expression I had on my face.” Sonic jumped up from his sitting position, very cheerful at the news, and replied as he thought about Sophia, “So, do you know how he was able to move it?” That question took him by surprise, but he answered with a gentle voice, “Well...when we examined the right shoulder again, we apparently discovered that some nano-bots was repairing the nerves, muscles, and everything else within that area of the wound.” Sonic just stood there for a moment, and then a large smile appeared on his face, as he said to himself in a low voice, “Heh...way to go, girl!” Sally, who was the closest to Sonic, heard his comment and gazed at him with a puzzling look in her eyes. Then, her eyes open wide and got up, and replied to Sonic, “...You let her punch you in the face, didn’t you?!” Sonic turned to face Sally and gave a sly grin, “I did stopped her like you told me...it just you never told me I had to fight back, though.” Sally stared at him with an upset expression, “Do you realized that she might have kill Tails?!” “True...but, I had a feeling she wasn’t...beside, you would have done the same thing that I’ve done.” Sally looked fiercely at Sonic for a moment, but she expression slowly changed as she sighed, then replied with a smile, “Ah...who am I kidding...I probably would have, too.” Then, suddenly Sally’s expression went into horror as something came to her mind, “OH MY GOSH...Sonic, we need to stop the Acorn Counsel fast...they going to vote to scrap Sophia if we don’t hurry!” That got Sonic attention quickly as he replied, “Crap, I have forgotten all about that...get the gang fast and have them to help, while I run ahead to stop them!” “Okay, I will,” Sally said as she dashed as fast as she could, as Sonic rocket to the council, hoping to get there in time. Doctor Quack was left behind, as he said to them, “...Good luck, I will be wishing you all success in your goal,” and then walked onward to the hospital. =============================================================== At the Acorn Council, the meeting had been in progress for a while now, as the council members was having a recess break, trying to vote on the final verdict. Normally, the meetings are usually held by members only, but Elias felt the people of New Mobotropolis should be here, to ease their anger. In the middle of the room laid a deactivated Sophia, lying on the ground for everyone to see. They stared at her with disgusted and anger, some even went so far as tossing their drinks on her. Suddenly, the seven members of the Acorn Council came out from one of the hallway. As they walked to their chosen chairs, Rosemary Prower just stared at the deactivated Sophia with an angry expression on her face. As they seated, everyone was ready to finish the meeting finally, hoping they get back to their lives. King Elias was still standing, waiting for everyone to settle down and quiet, then said loud and clear, “People of New Mobotropolis, we of the member of the Council of Acorn, have finally reached a verdict. In a unanimous decision, we have voted that the Robotnik’s robot known as Sophia will be dispo...!” Elias was interrupted as a blue spiraling ball come flying in the building, landing down in front of the robot girl. Sonic the Hedgehog, in a crouching pose with his right hand on the ground, he raised his head at the council with his typical grin. “Sonic, what the meaning of interrupting the meeting,” Elias said, a little annoyed at the hedgehog’s rudeness. Sonic got up and stared at the king, “Sorry about that, your highness...but, I already knew what you were going to say. That is why I’m here...!” Sonic started to say in his usually tone, then went into a battle pose, and continue with a fiercer tone, “...You see, your highness, I’m here to make sure no one get even three feet near Sophia! If anyone does...well, let just say that I will give them a free trip to the infirmary!” “Sonic, what do you think you are doing,” Uncle Chuck said with an upset voice. “Protecting a friend, that what I’m doing,” Sonic said with a grin on his face. “Sonic, that monster is one of Robotnik’s robot, it should be destroy before it does any harm,” Rosemary said. Sonic turned his head toward Rosemary, looking at her with an angry expression, and replied to her, “That so-called ‘monster’ saved your son twice...maybe even more, for all I know. In addition to that, just to let you know, that ‘monster’ also prevented Tails from having his right arm amputated. So...do you really sure that you want to destroy the ‘monster’ now, Mrs. Prower?!” Rosemary was staring at Sonic with a shocked expression on her face, trying to formed words in her mouth, but nothing came out and she lowered her head in shame. King Elias, now tired of this madness, said in a strong tone, “I’m sorry Sonic, but you left me no choice but have you removed from this meeting. Guards, get this troublesome hedgehog out of here!” Out of both doorways, huge mobian gorillas were beginning to enter into the building. However, as one walked a few feet from the doorway, a figure jumped and slammed her blue boot on the guard’s face, launching him into a few other guards behind him. Landing on the ground, crossing her arms together with a smiling grin on her face, stood none other than Sally Acorn. “Don’t think being bigger than me means that you’re better,” Sally said. “Sis, not you too,” Elisa said with a surprised tone. “Sorry, brother...but, I’m with Sonic on this point.” In the right hallway, Geoffrey St. John was watching with a confused look on his face. “What is the princess doing?! I need to talk some sense to my pri...g-gah,” Geoffrey said before a sword’s blade got closed to his neck. A figure lend closer to him, to reveal it was Antoine, as he said to the upset stunk, “I got nothing against you, my friend, but I can’t let you pass.” Behind Antoine, there was Bunnie who had her arm cannon pointing at the frighten guards in front of her, “Ya heard what mah lovely husband said...none of ya will be passing us!” In the left side of the hallway, Amy and Mighty was standing on top of a pile of unconscious guards, with Ray standing in the doorway in case. In the center hallway, Nicole created a thick wall, so thick that even the strongest guard couldn’t get through it fast enough. Back at the center, Sally walked up beside Sonic to face Elias with him. “...Okay, you have my full attention now...what is it that you demand of us,” Elias asked in a low flat and disheartening tone. Sonic left his battle pose and walked up closer, replying with a calmer voice now, “Listen, I know I might be asking too much from you all, but could it be possible for me to recommend a new alternative for the council to consider over.” Elisa, surprised at the unexpected vocabularies coming from Sonic’s mouth and the politeness in his tone, replied with a calmer tone, “...I guess...that seem like a fair request...what this new alternative you want us to consider?” “To simply have Sophia reprogram, and make her a citizen of New Mobotropolis, that all we ask from you. Please don’t scrap Sophia...she isn’t like normal robot, she has feeling and a soul.” The pig member stared at Sonic and replied with skepticism, “Sonic, she is just a robot, how can it even be possible for a robot to feel anything!” “It’s strange...Sophia asked me almost the same thing as well,” said a voice, causing everyone to wonder who said that, while Sonic and the Prowers knew that voice anywhere. Walking past Amy, Mighty, and Ray, who just watched in shocked as the yellow figure walked by them, without even a cast on his arm, was Tails as he headed to Sonic. “Bud, what are you doing here...you should be in the hospital,” Sonic said in a worried tone. Tails rotated his right arm, then rubbing it with his left hand, then replied with a smile, “Oh, it okay, Sophia’s nano-bots did wonder for my arm...though, I’ll thing right now that the doctors are panicking to where I went. Oh, and Sonic...heh, thank you for helping Sophia!” “You’re welcome, bud, but how did you know we were here,” Sonic asked. “You can thank Nicole there for that,” Tails pointed to her, who was waving with a smile on her face. Tails turned around, his contented expression quickly changed into an enraged snarl, as he glared at the council with a fierce look in his eye. “Now, may I ask particular why you all was about to vote for Sophia to be destroy,” he asked with an annoy tone, showing the same expression as before. “Honey, she isn’t what you...” Rosemary started to say, until she noticed that Tails turned his toward her, his eyes was fiercer than before as he was growling at her. She back up into her chair, completely startled by his growl, for she had never seen him done that to her ever before. Tails saw his mother’s reaction and let out a sigh, then replied in a flat tone, showing a less angry expression than before, “Mom...I’ve already have known...Sophia was the one who told me everything, just after she got me safe away enough from the Hacker Siblings for a brief time.” Tails walked back to the center, his angry expression was dissolved now, replaced with a depressed expression, “...You all must understand something...Sophia is evolving beyond her own programming, beyond even her own understanding. True, she did tried to captured me as the duplicate Fiona Fox...and Sophia told me that she had the same intention from the beginning of coming here, but found that she just couldn’t do it. If anything, this is all my fault that she is like this...my last act of...fondness for the Fiona robot long ago, must have triggered an unforeseen evolution in her, something that made her go against her own programming, and developed emotions she don’t quite understand. Poor Sophia, she was torn between her mission for Robotnik and her newfound love for me. However, as those...grrr...Hacker Siblings tried to manipulation her body and tried to have her killed me, she ended up breaking free from their control and saving me in the process, and shown me how much she really cared about me, more than her mission!” The council was silent, both interested in Tails’s story and feeling a little ashamed of themselves. “So, could you...reconsider your verdict...p-p-please,” Tails begged in a low drawn-out tone, his eyes filled with sorrow. Elias looked to the right side, looking at the council member there, to see what they think. They nodded their head with Rosemary being the first to do so, got the same response when he looked toward the other side, and then finally looked back at Sonic and Tails. “After...hearing this new information...we of the council will agreed to Sonic’s suggestion. The robot known as Sophia will be reprogrammed and given citizenship, though you all are going to be responsible for her potential deeds from this point onward, that is the least you can do,” said Elias with a smile. “Heh, that no big...and seriously, I’m sorry for all this, we just want to have faith in our new friend,” Sonic said politely with his famous grin. Tails, feeling a great weight lifted off his back, leap toward Sonic and gave him a victory hug. Antoine took his sword away from Geoffrey’s neck, bowed with a polite position, and said to the skunk, “I must apology as well, I meant no disrespect to you, my old friend.” “Yeah, we are just trying to help our new friend, hun,” Bunnie said as she transform her cannon back into a hand. “Hmph...hmmm...I guess so...heh, the truth is, that was the most excitement I had, ever since returning back from that stinking casino!” =============================================================== It was evening now at New Mobotropolis, with everyone finally settle down now, from the excitement of the meeting and the resolution that followed. Sonic and Sally, as well as the two Prowers, was walking together. “So Sal, how is Sophia holding up? I hasn’t seen her all day, or Tails for that matter,” Sonic asked. “Sophia was doing great, she was more cheerful now, and she really like the new programming that Nicole done on her. As for Tails...where else would he be...he had been with Sophia and still is. Right now, Nicole said they are Tails’s workshop, that where we are heading right now to check on them.” “I know I shouldn’t be feeling like this, with all that had been said and happen today, but I still feel uncomfortable with Sophia around my son,” Rosemary mentioned in a worried tone. “You just haven’t gotten used to Sophia yet, that all! Give her a chance and let her feel like a part of this place. The poor girl is still trying to get used to her new life as well,” Sally replied. “Okay, okay...I will try, but I can’t help but feel that way, but I guess it might just be a mother anxiety at work.” “Hmph, well then, what shall her role be in New Mobotropolis,” Amadeus said with a flat tone. “What do you mean,” Sonic asked, looking confused among with Sally and Rosemary. “Well, I am referring to something like a job, if she is going to be a citizen of this city,” Amadeus said in a same tone. “Oh, I think she choose to be a biologist as well as a psychiatrist, from what I heard from Nicole,” Sally replied. “So, she interesting in looking at the mind and body, huh? I don’t know, that seems a little suspicious for my taste,” Amadeus remarked. “It isn’t strange that she is looking into those two, she just wanted to understand what she going through a little better,” Sally said, looking annoyed at the fox General. ‘Man, talk about two overprotective parents,’ Sonic thought as he walked onward, getting closer to the workshop, as Rosemary spoke to her husband, “Come on, honey...they asked us to give her a chance, so we should try us best.” Amadeus growled to no one particularly and replied, when they got in front of the workshop’s main door, “I just don’t trust one of Robotnik’s robots, there is nothing bu...!” As Sonic opened the door, the atmosphere just went quiet, as everyone eyes was wide open with a shocked expression. There, sitting in the same chair and laying their head on a desk, the two foxes were sleeping with their heads together. As they stared onward, the two foxes were rubbing their head together with lovesick smiles on their faces, though neither was clearly even conscious. Sonic slowly walked backward, with the three following his movement, as he closed the door quietly. After completely closing the door and walking away, the silent continued on for a short while. Finally, Sonic broke the silent and replied to Amadeus, still unsettled at what he saw, “Ummm...what was you saying again, Mr. Prower?” “...Well...errr...nothing really important,” Amadeus said and let out a slight nervous laugh. Sally and Rosemary was walking together, then stopped walking and looked at each other, leaving the two male mobians to wonder what was up. Suddenly, holding their hands closed together, they burst out a loud statement at the same time, “That has to be the...CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN,” which freaked out Sonic and Amadeus, looking at the two females with twitching right eyes. =============================================================== Back at the workshop, Sophia raised her head to look at the door. ‘That odd, I thought I heard the door opening...oh well,’ she thought in a happy tone. She turned her head toward Tails and suddenly blush blight red, and said quietly to Tails, making sure not to wake him up, “Heh, if it wasn’t for you, as well as your friends, I wouldn’t be here. Thank you for caring about me so much, I promise I’ll give you the same in return, my adorable Chosen One!” She lowered her head to kiss him on the cheek, then laid her head beside his once again, and went back into sleep mode with a blissful grin on her face. |
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