Author's note: Since "Red and Purple" will be much longer than this story, it only makes sense that I devote more attention to it. Can't ignore this story, though.
Chapter 6: Jeh Jeh Rocket
The inside of an inactive volcano was the perfect place for Dr. Eggman's secret base. It would be difficult to climb such a high volcano, and if the climb wouldn't scare you off, the heat certainly would.
Inside the base, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Cream were trapped in four separate holding cells, all made of the finest metals and sturdy enough to keep the wildest beast contained.
Rosebat, meanwhile, was trapped in a glass tube across the room. This tube served as the testing chamber, and even though it had a decent air supply, Rosebat was not happy with being inside it.
"Give her a scan," Dr. Eggman ordered the nearest robot, which rushed to a control panel and entered a special code. A ring of light passed over Rosebat, moving up and down as it encircled her body.
After a few minutes, a few sheets of paper were dumped out of the nearby printer. Dr. Eggman picked them up and looked over them. "Interesting," he said to himself at a few points.
When he was finished, Eggman put the papers down. "Amazing," he said out loud. "Rouge and Amy have been fused together so perfectly. I would expect some discomfort, but according to the analysis, there are apparently no such 'bugs' at all!"
Eggman then turned to face Rosebat. "How do you do it, lady? How do you control and live with your own fused body so naturally?"
Rosebat remained silent. Her teeth were gritted with anger and frustration, an expression which was a mix of Amy getting turned down by Sonic for the umpteenth time, and Rouge discovering that the jewel she'd been seeking for hours had been taken by someone else.
Fueled by her emotions, Rosebat brandished Amy's hammer and let loose a powerful swing, shattering the glass tube into pieces with the impact. Eggman jumped back immediately, and even Sonic and company flinched.
"GET HER!" Eggman ordered, and robots came pouring in from all sides of the base. Rosebat hammered some, karate-kicked others, and soon had herself surrounded with scrap metal.
About six minutes and twenty dozen robots later, Rosebat was beginning to tire out. She had not expected there to be so many robots around, and there were still fifty or so left. There was no question about it: she was in trouble.
Dr. Eggman laughed out loud. "Give up now! You're all out of tricks! Your skills are nothing more than the skills of Amy and Rouge shuffled together! You have nothing new at all! You are far too predictable to come out victorious!"
This remark infuriated Rosebat even more. With one swift motion, she opened her bat wings and whirled up into the air, hovering for a moment in the middle of the air as the robots looked on helplessly.
Then came the finisher. In one fell swoop, Rosebat held Amy's hammer straight out and went into a Drill Drive, slamming the ground feet-first as she spun. The added force supplied by the hammer knocked out the nearest few robots, and the rest followed quickly.
Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Cream all applauded from their cells. It was now Eggman's turn to be angry. His robots had all been wrecked, the test chamber was ruined, and the floor had been severely dented by that last attack (which Sonic later christened the "Hammer Drive").
"Blast!" the doctor groaned, pounding his fist on the control panel. "Why do these things always happen to me? Why can't something RIGHT happen for a change? The only thing I need now is for the volcano to erupt!"
As if prompted by a stage cue, the whole base suddenly started to shake and vibrate. "I hope that was my stomach," Eggman said to himself, even though he knew that couldn't be it.
It turned out that the last blow to the ground had caused a pipe to rupture, creating a chain reaction that had sent explosions down into the volcano and reactivated the thing. It was now about to blow its top, and the base would go with it!
Eggman picked up an intercom speaker. "Attention all robots! Emergency evacuation! Evacuate the base immediately! Attempt to salvage nothing! I repeat, evacuate the base immediately! Attempt to salvage nothing!"
Those words said, Eggman leaped into his hovercraft and sped off, leaving Rosebat standing in the middle of the room. Her attention quickly fell on a key ring that hung on the wall opposite the cells. She immediately nabbed it and looked through the keys.
Quickly locating the key that opened the cells, Rosebat rushed over and undid the locks one by one. "Come on!" Sonic yelled once everyone was free. "Let's blow this joint before it blows itself!"
I'm not gonna go through the details of how Sonic and co. escape from the base. That tactic practically ruined "A Boundary Crossed.
At the same time, though, I'm a little disappointed with the length of this chapter. Maybe I'll go back and see if I can't lengthen it a little. Nah, I almost never do that.