The Day of Prophecy
Chapter Five
"You're joking right? I'm telling ya, Sonic, it'll never work." Knuckles said as he crossed his arms.
"Sure it will, as long as *you* stick to the plan." Sonic said.
"I'm telling ya, blue boy, it isn't going to work. No one's *that* stupid to fall for something like this. Not even eggbottom." Knuckles said.
"You do realize *who* we're talking about here, right?" Sonic asked.
There was silence for a minute, before Knuckles nodded his head.
"Scratch that, it'll be a piece of cake." Knuckles said as Sonic and the others laughed.
"Listen, Cyrus is a genius when it comes to these kind of things, Knuckles. If Cyrus says it'll work, it'll work." Sonia said.
"Alright Princess, but I still don't like it. What if something goes wrong?" Knuckles asked.
"Dude, don't sweat it! This is nothing compared to the stuff we've gone up against in the past." Manic said.
"Manic, this isn't exactly as easy as that. This is the final showdown with Robotnick. Just because Cyrus says the plan will work, doesn't mean there isn't a chance for problems." Sonia said.
"Sonia is right. You three must learn to expect the unexpected. But as long as you have each other, then you'll always have hope. Besides, there is one thing that you three have that Robotnick does not." Aleena said as the triplets all turned to look at her curiously.
"Brains?" Manic asked with a smirk.
"Good looks?" Sonic added, smirking with Manic. Sonia rolled her eyes.
"Friends, my darlings." Aleena said, looking at the group before here. Sonic, Sonia, and Manic smiled and nodded.
"Very true." Manic said with a laugh.
"Besides, who'd be crazy enough to be friends with Buttnick?" Sonic added.
"Enough joking, boys. We have a plan to set into motion." Aleena said.
"At last. The day that I have waited for after seventeen long years! Sleet! Dingo! Get in here!" Robotnick called as he stood infront of the vast palace window. Almost immediately, the two raced into the room.
"I want you two to fetch me the hedgehog. Bring her to the robotization chamber immediately. And remember, I want the guards ready and waiting in their stations. We can't be too careful. Go!" Robotnick said, turning his back. Immediately Sleet and Dingo disappeared as Scratch and Grounder entered the room.
"The chamber is up and running, your evilness. We're awaiting your orders." Scratch said.
"Good. I want you two to help guard the front entrance. If even *one* of those brats makes it in here, I'll scrap you so fast, it'll make your gears spin!" Robotnick promised. The two machines gulped, nodded, then left.
"By this time tomorrow, the Royal Hedgehog Family of Mobius will be nothing but a memory! And then.....King Maxillian Acorn will not be able to hide from me....he will suffer the same fate as the *good* Queen! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Robotnick cackled.
"Ok, Queenie, time to get moving." Sleet said, unlocking the cell. Aleena looked up from the back of the cell wall, and glared at the two.
"Ah, not even a hello, your highness? Isn't that just rude?" Dingo sneered as he grabbed Aleena's chin. She jerked her head out of his grasp but didn't say anything.
"Alright. Not very talkative today, huh? Well I don't blame you. Being robotized isn't any fun, I hear. But it's a lot of fun to watch." Sleet said with a laugh as he undid the chains from Aleena's wrists. He clamped another pair onto her wrists and led her out of the room.
"You two, come with us!" Dingo snapped. The two armored guards nodded, but said nothing as the group walked down the corridor.
All too soon, they reached the door to the dungeon. They entered, the door slamming shut behind them. They walked down several more hallways, until they came to another door. Sleet smirked evilly at Aleena, before opening the door.
"Not even your brats can save you now, hedgehog." Robotnick said as Aleena and the group came into the room.
He was seated in the corner, a huge metal chamber, the robotization chamber, set up in the middle of the floor. Behind it was a long panel with a keyboard and other buttons and knobs on it. Five partially robotized scientists were busing around behind the panel. Right behind them were seven tv sceens, each with different locations showing places around the palace. There were ten other guards positioned around the room.
"As you can see, I've gone out of my way to make sure no one interupts our little fun here, your highness, so don't even hope for a chance of escape. There's a reason no one leaves from here." Robotnick said with a sneer.
"You haven't won yet, Robotnick. You will never defeat the Council." Aleena declared as Robotnick's laughter roared around the room.
"You're chances are getting slimmer and slimmer, your *magesty*. In case you haven't already figured it out, I *want* your brats here. What a perfect way to destroy them if not to first see their beloved mother, whom they've been searching for, for so long, be robotized before their very eyes. But, if they don't get here in time, there's alway replay." Robotnick said, gesturing to the monitor focused on the chamber.
"After all, we want all of Mobius to see this. Bwahahahahahahaha! Turn it on!" Robotnick shouted at the nearest scientist.
"Ladies and Gentleman of Robotropolis, and all of Mobius! Hear me! I have for your viewing pleasure, my long awaited victory over her elusive highness, Queen Aleena!" Robotnick said, as the monitor focused on Aleena as Sleet and Dingo dragged her to the awaiting chamber.
"As you can see, she is about to be robotized. As for you three hedgehogs, 'cause I *know* you're watching.....you will soon follow in her footsteps, and suffer the same fate as *Mommy dearest*! This pathetic resistance of yours is over! I have won! Bwahahahahahaha! Through her in!" Robotnick cried.
"No!" Aleena cried as the door slid closed behind her and the machine whirled to life.
The chamber whirled to life as smoke swept across the floor, circling around the chamber in an upward motion, until the entire machine was surrounded by it. The lights in the room flickered repeatedly, but struggled to stay on. Robotnick laughed the entire time, estastic to no end.
After a good several minutes, the chamber quieted down and the smoke started to clear.
"Open it." Robotnick said.
The chamber door slid open, the smoke from inside spilling out.
"And now, for all of you out there, I give you, the final product. Come out hedgehog. I order you!" Robotnick said.
There was silence for a minute as Robotnick started to grow impatient.
"Hedgehog!" Robotnick cried.
"Ah ah ah, 'Buttnick. You didn't say please." Sonic said as he stepped out of the smoke.
"What in the....you?! But how?!" Robotnick cried in shock.
"A true magician *never* reveals his secrets, Eggbottom." Sonic said as he wagged his finger at Robotnick.
"Where is she?! How did you get in here?!" Robotnick cried furiously as he jumped to his feet. Sonic smirked.
"That's for me to know and you to drive yourself crazy figuring out!" Sonic said as he raced around the room.
"Seize him! Find the Queen! I want them both robots in fifteen seconds, or I'll destory you all myself!" Robotnick roared.
Sonic wizzed around the room, knocking over the scientists, half the guards and Sleet and Dingo in the process. Robotnick whirled around to face the two guards that had been guarding Aleena all night.
"I told you what would happen if Aleena escapes! Now capture him or *you* two will take their place!" Robotnick cried as the two jumped on top of Sonic as he passed by them.
"Good. Now bring him to the chamber. Sleet, Dingo, FIND ALEENA!" Robotnick roared as the two guards dragged a struggling Sonic to the door of the chamber.
"You will make an excellent addition to my army, Prince Sonic. I think I shall make you my general. Then you'll hunt down that brother and sister of yours." Robotnick said.
Suddenly, the two guards stopped.
"What are you doing?! I gave you an order! Through him in!" Robotnick cried.
"Since when do *we* take orders from you, Eggbelly?" Manic asked as he and Sonia threw off the armor.
"Now!" Sonia cried.
Instantly Amy, Tails, and Rotor dropped from the rafters. Bunnie, Knuckles, and Niro threw off their armor as they changed out of their guard uniforms.
"About time! It's hot in that armor, dude!" Knuckles said as he raced over to the triplets as Sally and Aleena came around from behind the robotization chamber.
"I told you Cyrus's plan would work, Knuckles." Sonia said.
"My apologies Princess. It'll never happen again." Knuckles said.
"No! I was so close!" Robotnick cried as the group backed him into the corner.
"Don't flatter yourself, Robotnick. You never stood a chance. We've known all along." Sally said.
"But.....impossible! She was in the chamber! It robotized her! I saw it!" Robotnick said.
"Not exactly. Sally and Amy tinkered with it to make it look like it would work, but that's it. It was all part of the show, 'Buttnick." Sonic said.
"We could have rescued Mother last night, but we decided enough was enough. It's over Robotnick. *We* have won, and *you* have lost." Sonia said.
"No!" Robotnick cried as Sonic and Knuckles raced around him, wrapping him securely in chains and locks.
"As I told you before, Robotnick. You will never defeat the Council of Four. Your reign over my kingdom is over. Mobius is finally free!" Aleena said.
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"You're joking right? I'm telling ya, Sonic, it'll never work." Knuckles said as he crossed his arms.
"Sure it will, as long as *you* stick to the plan." Sonic said.
"I'm telling ya, blue boy, it isn't going to work. No one's *that* stupid to fall for something like this. Not even eggbottom." Knuckles said.
"You do realize *who* we're talking about here, right?" Sonic asked.
There was silence for a minute, before Knuckles nodded his head.
"Scratch that, it'll be a piece of cake." Knuckles said as Sonic and the others laughed.
"Listen, Cyrus is a genius when it comes to these kind of things, Knuckles. If Cyrus says it'll work, it'll work." Sonia said.
"Alright Princess, but I still don't like it. What if something goes wrong?" Knuckles asked.
"Dude, don't sweat it! This is nothing compared to the stuff we've gone up against in the past." Manic said.
"Manic, this isn't exactly as easy as that. This is the final showdown with Robotnick. Just because Cyrus says the plan will work, doesn't mean there isn't a chance for problems." Sonia said.
"Sonia is right. You three must learn to expect the unexpected. But as long as you have each other, then you'll always have hope. Besides, there is one thing that you three have that Robotnick does not." Aleena said as the triplets all turned to look at her curiously.
"Brains?" Manic asked with a smirk.
"Good looks?" Sonic added, smirking with Manic. Sonia rolled her eyes.
"Friends, my darlings." Aleena said, looking at the group before here. Sonic, Sonia, and Manic smiled and nodded.
"Very true." Manic said with a laugh.
"Besides, who'd be crazy enough to be friends with Buttnick?" Sonic added.
"Enough joking, boys. We have a plan to set into motion." Aleena said.
"At last. The day that I have waited for after seventeen long years! Sleet! Dingo! Get in here!" Robotnick called as he stood infront of the vast palace window. Almost immediately, the two raced into the room.
"I want you two to fetch me the hedgehog. Bring her to the robotization chamber immediately. And remember, I want the guards ready and waiting in their stations. We can't be too careful. Go!" Robotnick said, turning his back. Immediately Sleet and Dingo disappeared as Scratch and Grounder entered the room.
"The chamber is up and running, your evilness. We're awaiting your orders." Scratch said.
"Good. I want you two to help guard the front entrance. If even *one* of those brats makes it in here, I'll scrap you so fast, it'll make your gears spin!" Robotnick promised. The two machines gulped, nodded, then left.
"By this time tomorrow, the Royal Hedgehog Family of Mobius will be nothing but a memory! And then.....King Maxillian Acorn will not be able to hide from me....he will suffer the same fate as the *good* Queen! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Robotnick cackled.
"Ok, Queenie, time to get moving." Sleet said, unlocking the cell. Aleena looked up from the back of the cell wall, and glared at the two.
"Ah, not even a hello, your highness? Isn't that just rude?" Dingo sneered as he grabbed Aleena's chin. She jerked her head out of his grasp but didn't say anything.
"Alright. Not very talkative today, huh? Well I don't blame you. Being robotized isn't any fun, I hear. But it's a lot of fun to watch." Sleet said with a laugh as he undid the chains from Aleena's wrists. He clamped another pair onto her wrists and led her out of the room.
"You two, come with us!" Dingo snapped. The two armored guards nodded, but said nothing as the group walked down the corridor.
All too soon, they reached the door to the dungeon. They entered, the door slamming shut behind them. They walked down several more hallways, until they came to another door. Sleet smirked evilly at Aleena, before opening the door.
"Not even your brats can save you now, hedgehog." Robotnick said as Aleena and the group came into the room.
He was seated in the corner, a huge metal chamber, the robotization chamber, set up in the middle of the floor. Behind it was a long panel with a keyboard and other buttons and knobs on it. Five partially robotized scientists were busing around behind the panel. Right behind them were seven tv sceens, each with different locations showing places around the palace. There were ten other guards positioned around the room.
"As you can see, I've gone out of my way to make sure no one interupts our little fun here, your highness, so don't even hope for a chance of escape. There's a reason no one leaves from here." Robotnick said with a sneer.
"You haven't won yet, Robotnick. You will never defeat the Council." Aleena declared as Robotnick's laughter roared around the room.
"You're chances are getting slimmer and slimmer, your *magesty*. In case you haven't already figured it out, I *want* your brats here. What a perfect way to destroy them if not to first see their beloved mother, whom they've been searching for, for so long, be robotized before their very eyes. But, if they don't get here in time, there's alway replay." Robotnick said, gesturing to the monitor focused on the chamber.
"After all, we want all of Mobius to see this. Bwahahahahahahaha! Turn it on!" Robotnick shouted at the nearest scientist.
"Ladies and Gentleman of Robotropolis, and all of Mobius! Hear me! I have for your viewing pleasure, my long awaited victory over her elusive highness, Queen Aleena!" Robotnick said, as the monitor focused on Aleena as Sleet and Dingo dragged her to the awaiting chamber.
"As you can see, she is about to be robotized. As for you three hedgehogs, 'cause I *know* you're watching.....you will soon follow in her footsteps, and suffer the same fate as *Mommy dearest*! This pathetic resistance of yours is over! I have won! Bwahahahahahaha! Through her in!" Robotnick cried.
"No!" Aleena cried as the door slid closed behind her and the machine whirled to life.
The chamber whirled to life as smoke swept across the floor, circling around the chamber in an upward motion, until the entire machine was surrounded by it. The lights in the room flickered repeatedly, but struggled to stay on. Robotnick laughed the entire time, estastic to no end.
After a good several minutes, the chamber quieted down and the smoke started to clear.
"Open it." Robotnick said.
The chamber door slid open, the smoke from inside spilling out.
"And now, for all of you out there, I give you, the final product. Come out hedgehog. I order you!" Robotnick said.
There was silence for a minute as Robotnick started to grow impatient.
"Hedgehog!" Robotnick cried.
"Ah ah ah, 'Buttnick. You didn't say please." Sonic said as he stepped out of the smoke.
"What in the....you?! But how?!" Robotnick cried in shock.
"A true magician *never* reveals his secrets, Eggbottom." Sonic said as he wagged his finger at Robotnick.
"Where is she?! How did you get in here?!" Robotnick cried furiously as he jumped to his feet. Sonic smirked.
"That's for me to know and you to drive yourself crazy figuring out!" Sonic said as he raced around the room.
"Seize him! Find the Queen! I want them both robots in fifteen seconds, or I'll destory you all myself!" Robotnick roared.
Sonic wizzed around the room, knocking over the scientists, half the guards and Sleet and Dingo in the process. Robotnick whirled around to face the two guards that had been guarding Aleena all night.
"I told you what would happen if Aleena escapes! Now capture him or *you* two will take their place!" Robotnick cried as the two jumped on top of Sonic as he passed by them.
"Good. Now bring him to the chamber. Sleet, Dingo, FIND ALEENA!" Robotnick roared as the two guards dragged a struggling Sonic to the door of the chamber.
"You will make an excellent addition to my army, Prince Sonic. I think I shall make you my general. Then you'll hunt down that brother and sister of yours." Robotnick said.
Suddenly, the two guards stopped.
"What are you doing?! I gave you an order! Through him in!" Robotnick cried.
"Since when do *we* take orders from you, Eggbelly?" Manic asked as he and Sonia threw off the armor.
"Now!" Sonia cried.
Instantly Amy, Tails, and Rotor dropped from the rafters. Bunnie, Knuckles, and Niro threw off their armor as they changed out of their guard uniforms.
"About time! It's hot in that armor, dude!" Knuckles said as he raced over to the triplets as Sally and Aleena came around from behind the robotization chamber.
"I told you Cyrus's plan would work, Knuckles." Sonia said.
"My apologies Princess. It'll never happen again." Knuckles said.
"No! I was so close!" Robotnick cried as the group backed him into the corner.
"Don't flatter yourself, Robotnick. You never stood a chance. We've known all along." Sally said.
"But.....impossible! She was in the chamber! It robotized her! I saw it!" Robotnick said.
"Not exactly. Sally and Amy tinkered with it to make it look like it would work, but that's it. It was all part of the show, 'Buttnick." Sonic said.
"We could have rescued Mother last night, but we decided enough was enough. It's over Robotnick. *We* have won, and *you* have lost." Sonia said.
"No!" Robotnick cried as Sonic and Knuckles raced around him, wrapping him securely in chains and locks.
"As I told you before, Robotnick. You will never defeat the Council of Four. Your reign over my kingdom is over. Mobius is finally free!" Aleena said.
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