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Sonic Satam X Ep 1: Chapter 7

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Chapter 7: A bittersweet aftermath

After seeing the robot totaled, his siblings ran up to him for a group hug.

"You did it, Sonic!" Sonia cheered while embracing him.

"Did you ever doubt me, sis?" Sonic replied boasting.

Before she could reply back, Manic commented, giving his brother a high five, "Man, that was way too close for comfort."

"Tell me about it…" Sonic remarked firmly. "But the point is, we beat him together." He then added after a small pause while looking at them intently, And for that, I couldn't be prouder to have you guys as my brother and sister."

Again, the three hedgehogs embraced each other tightly. It was a touching moment to say the least.

Seven seconds later into their embrace, Sonic and his siblings heard a familiar voice from a distance.

"Sonic, you guys ok?" Sally asked running up to them.

Soon all the Freedom Fighters joined them, except for Dulcy, who was still transferring the citizens out of Robotropolis.

"Did you guys beat em, Sonic?" Tails asked.

"We sure did, T2." The blue hedgehog answered, beaming with pride. "See for yourself."

The others quickly turned their heads, and there they saw the wrecked Swatbot too.

"Way to go, Sugarhogs!" Bunnie commented with a smile, congratulating them while holding her hands together in front of her face. "That was really something!"

Sally meanwhile walked up to Manic and Sonia and hugged them tightly, saying with gratitude, "Thanks for all your help, guys. We couldn't have pulled this off without you."

She then took Sonic aside and told him with a flirtatiously smile, while looking him in the eye "Once again, you never fail to deliver in the clutch. Here's a little token of my appreciation for your valiant efforts."

In one smooth swoop, Sally quickly put her arms around him and leaned in to kiss him passionately on the lips.

"Aw Sal, did ya have to do that in front of everyone?" Sonic asked, blushing

"Hey, if the reward fits…"

Ironically, Sonic wasn't the only one getting some affection for his efforts.

Sonia soon spotted Bartleby from the back of the group, where she then walked over to him and gave her fiancé a tight hug.

"I'm so glad you were able to make it out of there in one piece." Sonia commented, smiling at the upper class mink. "I was very worried about your safety after I left to help my brother."

Bartleby ironically did not hug her back with the same enthusiasm, making the female hedgehog look at him peculiarly after she let go.

"Is something wrong? Sonia inquired with arched eyebrows.

Bartleby then let out a heavy sigh, replying while shaking his head, "I don't know how to say it without upsetting you somewhat."

"Try me…" the female hedgehog told him firmly, crossing her arms together. "Just tell me what's on your mind and I'll try to understand."

While he stuttered and mumbled to try and explain his current feelings from a distance, Bunnie meanwhile gave Manic her own personal hug, commenting while looking him in the eye, "That was some real fancy flying I saw you doing back there against that nasty big bot, Sugarhog."

"Eh, it was nothing really…" Manic replied with a slight blush, shrugging his shoulders. "Just doing what I do best."

"So where are the civilians?" the blue hedgehog inquired.

"Back in Knothole. Dulcy's transferring the last ones back there now." Sally explained. Well, the ones that would go anyway…"

As it turned out, the only ones who didn't go was of course Bartleby, along with Vanilla and Cream.

It was then Sonic noticed Cream and Vanilla's sad faces while glancing to his left, making him ask the squirrel Princess, "Did something happen while we were away? How come they look so mondo sad?"

Sally replied shaking her head with a somber sigh, "Big still hasn't turned up yet. Bunnie and Cream searched the entire building, but found nothing."

Sonic was now in deep thought, as Sally added sullenly, "I won't deny it, but I'm very worried about him too. For him to disappear like without any trace… it can't be a good sign at all."

Not surprisingly, Sonic couldn't disagree with that assessment at all.

The blue hedgehog then asked after a long pause, "So where's my parents and Uncle Chuck now?"

"They're on the hilltop ahead." She told him. "After we escaped from the main building, we laid a clever trap when came after us again and then tied them down with chains."

As Sonic looked on with a smile of relief, Sally added, "Although, we weren't able to capture Cyrus, his men or Bert Whoo."

"What about the virus?" the blue hedgehog inquired further.

Sally sighed and answered while shaking her head, "Sorry, Sonic. Your Uncle Chuck stopped me before I could activate it. He even almost ripped Nicole's wires out when dragging me out of the room."

Sonic was now in deep thought, as he soon said to her as a means of support, "It's cool, Sal. We'll get it right the next mission."

"I just hope Snively doesn't find it on the hard drive and then tries to neutralize its effects first." Sally commented after a brief pause. "If he finds out about that program on his main hard drive, who knows what he'll do with it?"

"I think you're giving old needle nose a little too much credit, Sal. Besides, he's toast in that hunk of junk over there."

He then put his arm around her, saying softly, C'mon, let's go home."

"Sonic, we can't leave without finding Big first." Sally objected heavily. "He means a lot to Vanilla and Cream."

The blue hedgehog immediately slightly slapped his forehead for that inconsiderate suggestion on his part, but replied nonetheless, "Yea, you're right… Still, we're in a dangerous spot now, being out in the open. We need to get most of our comrades and civilians out of the line of fire in case of another group of roboticized civilians try to ambush us again."

Sally sadly couldn't argue with that assessment. She then said to him after pondering it over deeply, "Well, how about you and your siblings look for Big while the rest of us take the shelter civilians to safety? Once they're safe in Knothole, we'll come give you a hand."

Sonic nodded his head in agreement at her suggestion, as he then went to towards Manic and Sonia to tell them about Sally's plan.

However, before he could say one word about it to them, everyone nearby heard commotion from within the Swatbot wreckage.

"What in Mobius was that?" Sonic inquired with arched eyebrows, turning his head back towards it.

Within moments, the rest of them did too, looking on deeply concerned.

Their facial expressions though quickly changed to shock and horror in less than five seconds. Right before their eyes, they saw Snively emerge from his destroyed machine, staggering out of it with a moderate limp.

As a result of the crash, he had even suffered several facial cuts, even many bruises to his body.

"I don't believe this," the blue hedgehog stated in deep disgust. "Doesn't he ever give up?"

Snively soon stopped after a half a dozen steps, where he then began to breathe heavily, looking his opponents in the eye with rage.

"You…. vile hedgehog!" he said in a raspy tone of voice, clinching both his fists tightly while at his sides. "I swear you'll pay for this!"

"It's over, Snurvley." Sonic declared to him boldly, pointing a finger at the small dictator "You're toast now without your mondo bot."

"Maybe so, but I'm not going down with a fight." Snively shot back.

"Why don't you take a hint, you maniac?" Sally argued, putting her hands at her sides. "Your plans are shot, and your main forces are incapacitated."

"Not for long they won't be! It won't be long before they're defrosted. If I were you, I'd get out of here before you feel my wrath."

"So, you're actually letting us go, eh Snobley? That's a first…"

"I'm not letting you go, blue boy," Snively countered. "I'm warning you to go before I sic them on your miserable hides!"

Sally though put her foot down, saying sharply, "We're not going anywhere until you tell us where Big is first!"

"Who?"

"The mondo purple cat you took prisoner during your raid of the shelter." Sonic reiterated, crossing his arms together. "Don't play dumb with us!"

"Oh him…?" Snively quickly furrowed his brow and replied with contempt in his voice, "I thought that dumb oaf escaped with the rest of the furballs who managed to flee from my clutches after she blasted my roboticizers!"

He had pointed to Bunnie when referring to the she part of his sentence.

Snively then added coldly to them, "If you don't know where he is, that's your problem, not mine."

"You better tell us where he is if you don't want me to triple spin your hide!" Sonic told him sharply.

At first, Snively looked at him in a bit of panic. He was clearly at a disadvantage without his Mega Swatbot.

However, his emotional state was soon composed, as he saw Cyrus and three of his guards coming towards them from the north, running to his aide.

"Ha! You'll have to get past them first if you'll want to do that!" the small dictator countered, pointing towards the roboticized lion and his comrades.

Soon, they too saw them coming towards them as well, making the blue hedgehog's eyes arch.

To make things even more complicated, Cyrus and his guards still had their weapons from the shelter in hand to help out their new leader.

"Ta ta, Freedom Fighters…" Snively mocked, waving his right hand.

And with that statement, the small dictator made a run for it.

"Oh no you don't!" Sonic shouted at him. "You're not getting away from us that easily!"

Sonic then blasted off towards him to take pin down his foe to the ground.

Unfortunately, he would not succeed.

Cyrus by this time was in perfect position, hitting him directly from the right side with a perfectly timed mega muck bomb.

"Sonic!" his comrades shouted in horror.

Thankfully, the bomb did not injure him upon impact, but instead trapped him from the waist down in the sticky substance.

As the blue hedgehog struggled mightily to get free of the mega muck, Snively laughed heartily at his current predicament, commenting with a chortle, "Ha! Looks like Cyrus is faster than you, hedgehog! See ya…!"

Snively again took off to leave, this time completely unhindered.

Sally during this time was angered by this new turn of events, as she was very tempted to tackle Snively to the ground herself.

However, with Cyrus and his guards now firing multiple lasers at the Freedom Fighters from their handheld guns in several different directions, that would not happen.

"Quick, we have to take them down at once!" Sally ordered her comrades.

"But what about Snively?" Sonia inquired. "We can't just let him get away!"

"I don't think we have a choice in the matter." The squirrel Princess replied firmly, ducking underneath several laser attacks "If we don't deal with Cyrus and his men first, Sonic and the civilians could get injured in the process by their attacks."

Sonia couldn't argue with that one logic bit, especially with her brother stuck in mega muck.

So, she took a deep breath, saying, "Very well then…"

Sonia then ran towards Sonic to help him get free.

As she did this, Sally told her comrades while running towards the roboticized soldiers, "C'mon, guys, we'll need to work together to pull this off."

Not surprisingly, Antoine immediately cringed at the thought of this, even biting his nails in fear.

However, with the others immediately complying with her orders, the French coyote knew he would be looked down upon if he didn't give a hand.

Sonia meanwhile during this time finally got close enough to her brother to help pull him out of the muck, evading any laser attacks that came her way in the process.

"Hang on, bro. I'm coming." She said as she ran.

Once she stood nearby him, the blue hedgehog stated in frustration, "About time you got here… it's all I can do to keep from getting hit by those mondo lasers."

Sonia then grabbed her brother by the shoulder and prepared to pull him out, that is until she glanced to her right and saw Cyrus coming for them, now with another mega muck bomb in hand.

Realizing she couldn't pull him out without risking herself getting trapped, Sonia quickly left her brother to deal with the roboticized lion.

"Hey, where ya going?" Sonic demanded with arched eyebrows.

"Sorry, Sonic…" Sonia replied, running toward Cyrus. "I have to take him down first before I can safely pull you out."

Sonia's timing turned out to be near letter perfect, as she was able to get his attention instead of her trapped brother.

As she drew closer towards him, Cyrus prepared to heave the mega muck bomb at her.

Nevertheless, the female hedgehog was ready with her counter measures. She would attack him high if he tossed it low near her legs and visa-versa.

Two seconds later, Cyrus attacked high, aiming for her chest.

Sonia however countered it with a perfectly timed baseball styled slide feet first, sliding directly beneath the attack.

Then, once she was within range, Sonia tripped up the roboticized lion with her right foot in one quick swoop on the ground back first.

After he was knocked to the ground, the female hedgehog quickly went for his gun to disarm him.

However, Cyrus wasn't about to let her get to it.

The second she tried to grab it, he quickly backhanded her away to the right side with his right metal hand.

In spite of the big hit to her side of her head, Sonia quickly got up and charged towards the roboticized lion again.

Cyrus meanwhile aimed his laser gun at her while she ran towards him and tried to injure her further.

Shooting laser after laser at her in rapid succession, Sonia refused to back down, moving from left to right to evade the attacks.

Then, once she was close enough, Sonia faked him low to get him to aim for the ground. As soon as he bit, the female hedgehog jumped into the air, quickly assaulting him with a roundhouse kick underneath his chin.

Again, Cyrus hit the ground hard with a thud. Even his gun was knocked out of his hands.

Nevertheless, Cyrus would still not go down quietly.

When Sonia tried to grab his gun again, the roboticized lion tackled her from behind, as the two of them soon began to wrestle with each other to subdue the other.

While this was going on, Sally told her comrades as they ran, "Don't hurt them in anyway. Just keep them busy until Sonia has freed Sonic from the mega muck."

The Freedom Fighters did just, as they all soon surrounded the roboticized guards from all angles, trying to heavily confuse them.

Even Antoine got into the act for the sake of his reputation.

However, fifteen seconds into her plan, Sally then noticed Sonic was still not free from his mega muck. She soon found out why, as Sonia and Cyrus were in a heavy grappling match about ten feet away.

Seeing her in trouble, Sally quickly instructed to Bunnie, who was in the process of trying to manhandle the roboticized St. Doberman, "Sonia's going to need some your assistance at once. Cyrus is keeping her from freeing Sonic out of the mega muck."

Bunnie at first thought of arguing with her about it, especially since she was in a grappling match of her own. However, realizing time was not on their side, the cyborg rabbit quickly complied with her directives, as she used her metal elbow to stun Sgt. Doberman.

After he slightly recoiled from her attack, Bunnie grabbed him tightly by the right metal arm and swung him around.

Timing it down perfectly, she then flung towards the other two guards, causing the roboticized Doberman to crash heavily into them, where they all fell to the ground in a heap.

Once that was done, Bunnie ran towards Sonia, saying, "Keep an eye on them until I come back, y'all…"

Meanwhile, on the right side, Sonia and Cyrus continued to struggle, as the roboticized said to her in a monotone voice, "Resistance is futile, hedgehog. You cannot defeat me."

"We'll see about that, bozo!" the female hedgehog retorted.

Sadly, Cyrus would back up his words, as he soon got the upper hand, pushing her off of him and onto the ground, flat on her back.

Cyrus then grabbed his gun from the floor about five feet away and prepared to zap her with it intensely… that is he was blinded sided on the back of the head by a metal foot from behind.

Bunnie thankfully came in the nick of time to aid the female hedgehog before she could be injured further, as she sent Cyrus crashing to the ground chest first with a well-timed flying roundhouse kick.

The cyborg rabbit then ran towards Sonia, who thankfully was not hit by the roboticized lion's fall, and helped her onto her feet.

"Y'all all right, Sonia?" Bunnie inquired of her.

Sonia though didn't answer that question, replying, "Never mind me, go help Sonic. He's then one who needs your help the most now."

"Right…"

As she ran towards the blue hedgehog, Bunnie said to Sonia, "Keep Cyrus off my back in the meantime, ok?"

"Will do…"

Sonia quickly grabbed his gun and watched the roboticized lion closely.

Bunnie meanwhile ran towards Sonic, saying, "Sit tight, Sugarhog, you'll be out of there soon."

Sonic was tempted to make a comment in response to show his frustration, but didn't get the chance, as the cyborg rabbit strongly, but carefully pulled him out of the heavy sticky substance before he could.

Once he was on the ground, the blue hedgehog told her with a slight smile, "Thanks, Bunnie… looks I owe you one again."

"My pleasure, Sugar…" Bunnie replied with a giggle. "Now, let's go help out Sally girl and the others."

"You just read my mind." Sonic said with a firm expression on his face. "Let's slam and ram."

And with that statement, the blue hedgehog ran off.

Sonia meanwhile during this time had Cyrus' gun in hand and did indeed keep a close eye on him.

However, while Bunnie helped pull Sonic out of the mega muck, the roboticized lion soon stood up and glared at them, saying in loud monotone voice, "Terminate, Freedom Fighters!"

Seeing the eerie red glow in his eyes while he said this, Sonia knew he was dead serious about his intentions.

So, thinking fast, she fired laser after laser at his metal body to try and stun him.

Sadly, the lasers had no effect on Cyrus, as they weren't strong enough to even put a scratch in his structure. What it did though however, was get his attention, where the roboticized lion now turned to attack Sonia again.

Fortunately for Sonia though, Cyrus wouldn't get the chance to even touch her, as Sonic finally came rushing in and blindsided him from the left side of his head, again abruptly knocking him to the ground in one swoop.

After Sonic landed on the ground, he told Bunnie, who by now had caught up, "Hold him down for me while I take care of the others."

The cyborg rabbit did indeed just that. Even Sonia gave her a hand to keep Cyrus pinned on the ground.

Back on the other side during this time, Sally's plan was sadly beginning to show its cracks. In spite of the fact Bunnie had knocked Cyrus' three guards to the ground earlier to buy her friends some time, they unfortunately soon adjusted to the Princess' strategy after standing up and instead began to target the Freedom Fighters, one at a time.

Multiple fire lasers soon began to zing around their heads in rapid succession, forcing them to take evasive action.

Even so, several of the Freedom Fighters were not able to keep their fur completely clean.

Tails, during his time in the air had his two tails singed by several oncoming lasers from below, almost making him lose control and fall to the ground.

Even Antoine, being near the back of the group, wouldn't be able to escape unscathed either, as several lasers also did a number on his toupee, putting several holes in it.

Not surprisingly, the French coyote screamed in horror at this turn of events, grasping his tarnished hair with his hand.

Ironically, Manic would end up getting the worst of it. Since his board was officially out of commission, he was not as agile on the ground, and it sadly showed.

Several lasers soon zapped him in the forehead, knocking him onto the ground.

"Manic!" Sally quickly ran to his aide, though she had a whale of a time trying to keep herself from getting hit in the process.

She then knelt down near him, asking him with concern, "You all right?"

Manic though didn't get a chance to answer, as the roboticized Sgt. Doberman soon broke through the ranks and pointed his gun at the two of them while towering over them from the side.

Rotor then tried to fend him off, jumping on his back to try and keep the metal Doberman distracted in order to help his friends escape.

Unfortunately, the purple walrus' valiant efforts would be in vain, as Sgt. Doberman shoved him off hard within two seconds with his right hand, knocking him flat on his back.

Once he hit the floor, Sgt. Doberman turned back to his prey to attack.

But again, he would not get the chance, as Sonic finally came onto the scene and did what he does best… be a hero.

The blue hedgehog knocked Sgt. Doberman to the ground with a strong spin dash in one swift swoop.

The second he hit the ground with a thud face first, Sonic told his comrades loudly, "Stand back, I'm going to spin these guys around to buy us some time."

His comrades instantly complied with his orders, as each one got out of harm's way.

Even so, Cyrus' remaining guards still tried hard to inflict more harm on them, continuing to shoot their lasers in rapid succession.

Thankfully, none of the laser attacks hit any of the Freedom Fighters or the civilians nearby while made a run for it.

Seconds later, Sonic was now the only one standing in the way of Cyrus' guards. He then told them firmly after the three of them glared at him intently, "You're going to have to go through me if you want them."

Not surprisingly, they took him up on his words, now reaching for some mega muck bombs.

In spite of the risk, Sonic's composure didn't waver in the least. He instead waited for them to get closer and attempt to heave their bombs.

Once he saw them trying to heave their mega muck bombs, Sonic instantly sprang into action, where he then ran circles around them to heavily confuse Snively's new guards.

As planned, their eyes soon began to spin in a heavy daze.

Sonic then ran towards them and grabbed one of the mega muck bombs from their hands, saying, "I'll take that, thank you…"

After it was securely in his pocket, the blue hedgehog immediately went to work, as he attempted a moderate sonic tornado attack on the three of them to stun Cyrus' guards even further.

Sure enough, they quickly began to spin violently around inside the tornado at blazing speeds, taking them even five feet into the air in the process, where they soon hit the ground with a loud thud.

Seeing the roboticized guards in a piled heap and in a heavy daze, Sonic dusted his hands together, commenting, "That takes care of them. Now to help Bunnie and Sonia…"

The blue hedgehog then turned to give them a hand, that is until he heard Sally shout at him from a distance, "Behind you!"

Sonic quickly turned around, and there he Cyrus charging towards him at full speed. As it turned out, the roboticized lion had surprisingly broke free of Sonia and Bunnie's grasp, even retrieving his laser gun in the process.

Sonic however held his ground, as he methodically grabbed the mega muck bomb from his pocket and prepared to heave it at Cyrus. Once he was within five feet of him, the blue hedgehog put his next plan into action.

Evading every laser shot that came his way, the blue hedgehog then ran towards him, where he quickly jumped high into the air when he was close enough.

Then, in another quick swoop, Sonic tossed the bomb at his feet from behind.

Thanks to another well-timed attack on his part, the bomb hit Cyrus directly on the back of his metal legs, trapping him in mega muck from the knees up.

In spite of this new setback, Cyrus still tried hard to get free and attack his prey, but was not able to.

Sonic then disarmed him again to render the roboticized lion completely useless, as he swiped the laser gun from his hand with another quick swoop.

"I'm sorry I had to do this to you." Sonic explained to Cyrus with a look of sadness on his face. "But I can't have you hurting my friends."

Not surprisingly, the roboticized lion growled fiercely at the blue hedgehog after his gun was taken from him. He even tried to take a couple of swipes with his metal claws.

Realizing time was running out, Sonic didn't waste any more time on him, as he immediately left to help out his remaining comrades on the battlefield.

After running over to Sonia and Bunnie, he asked them after seeing they were now on their feet again, "You gals all right?"

"We're fine, bro." Sonia told him softly, dusting herself off. "Don't worry about us."

"C'mon, Sugarhog." Bunnie added. "Let's go meet up with the others before Snively sics those nasty bots on us."

And with those words, the three of them ran for it.

Soon they arrived on the hilltop, where Sonic saw his roboticized family members struggling to get loose from their chains.

Seeing their condition soon made him sad again, as he said to them softly, "Don't worry guys; we'll find a way to get you back to normal." He soon added with deep doubt, "I hope…"

Moments later, Sally looked in her infrared binoculars from the hill, announcing, "Guys, Snively's just finished defrosting his army. They'll be coming for us any minute now."

Sonic then muttered under his breath while shaking his head, "Just perfect… "

"Are you sure you and your siblings alone can find Big among this large robot army?" the princess squirrel inquired.

"We've got to, Sal." Sonic replied. He then added while pointing at the two rabbits, "For their sake…"

"Very well then…" Sally said with a sigh. "I'll take another look around to try and see how many they are while you get your siblings together for the rescue mission."

Sonic soon met up with Manic, where he was still reeling from the laser burn to his forehead from earlier.

Seeing the pained look on his face, Sonic inquired of him, "Are you going to be able to help us out, Manic man?"

"Yea, I'll be fine…" Manic answered, still rubbing the sore spot on his head "Just an irritating burn is all…"

Sonic then motioned Sonia over and said, "Ok, guys, here's what we're going to do… I'll go first and clear us a path, keeping the main forces busy. Then you guys head east and west around the city to search around the area for Big. If things get too dicey, head back to the center of Robotropolis where I'll be and we'll work out another plan from there."

"Got it." Sonia replied.

"Wait a sec…" Manic argued. "How am I going to fight? I don't have my board with me anymore."

Sonic soon realized this was true, but soon remembered the laser gun he had from Cyrus and reached out to hand it to him, saying, "Use this then. It should at the very least help you stun those Swat…"

Sonic though couldn't finish that sentence, as Sally gasped out loud in deep horror during her scouting with the infrared glasses, saying with a whimper, "Oh, no…"

The three hedgehogs, along with the others, soon turned around, with Sonic asking her in a bit of a panic, "What is it, Sal? What do you see…?"

Sally at first didn't answer, but soon did while her lower lip quivered, "We're too late…"

"What do you mean we're too late?" Sonia demanded, placing her hands at her hips.

Again, Sally didn't speak at first, replying after another brief pause, "Guys, I think we better go… There's nothing we can do now."

"Would you stop talking in riddles already?" Sonic said with disgust, placing his hands at his waists. "What did you see?"

Realizing there was only one way to explain it, Sally handed him the infrared goggles, and there he too saw what had horrified her.

He then said with a fierce hiss under his breath, "You dirty metal junkbots… When I get back on the battlefield, I'm going to…"

Cream by this time finally walked up to them, asking with an interruption, "What did you see? Why are you so quiet all of a sudden?"

Sally soon knelt at her eye level, saying with a tear in her eye, "Honey, I'm so sorry, but I'm afraid Snively beat us to him. He's…. now…"

Sally sadly couldn't finish her sentence, as it was killing her inside to try and say it.

Cream though persisted, as she grabbed the infrared binoculars from Sonic's hands and said with a furrowed brow, "What are you guys talking abou…?

Within a split second, she saw it too, making her abruptly drop the infrared binoculars, shell shocked…

"No… Big…" she whimpered with watershed eyes. "This can't be happening! Please someone tell me I didn't just see my big brother become a robot slave!"

Sadly, it was no joke. Big was now roboticized, walking towards the Freedom Fighters with the Swatbots. The dumb bots were right behind them, laughing heartily at what they had to done to large purple and white cat.

Even Vanilla couldn't believe her eyes either. She too was in tears over seeing Big's current fate.

Sally then grabbed Cream's right hand, saying softly, "Let's go, honey. We don't have a…"

Cream though wrenched away from her grasp, shouting at Sonic nearby her, "How could you let this happen to him? Aren't you supposed to be the hero of this planet?"

Sonic not surprisingly had no words to say in response. He instead looked away shaking his head.

Cream then turned to Bunnie, shouting at her still in the midst of a heaving cry, "And you… You lied to me! You said you destroyed those robotizing chambers, but that obviously wasn't the case because he's now a robot!"

"Honey, I swear to you I thought for sure they were destroyed." The cyborg rabbit explained. "If I thought for a second one of them was still operational, I would have…"

"I don't want to hear anymore of your lies!" Cream yelled, interrupting her. "Because of you, I lost my big brother!"

Instantly, Cream broke down on the spot and sobbed openly in front of them.

Realizing she was the only one that would let her soothe her daughter's emotional state, Vanilla picked her daughter up and placed her on her shoulder, and patted her gently on the back, trying to help her calm down.

At that moment, both Sonic and Sally, along with the other Freedom Fighters felt awful inside. To see Cream cry that hard broke their hearts.

In spite of this though, Sally picked up her infrared goggles and scouted the area again. By now, the Snively's army was less than fifty feet from the hill and closing fast.

She then said to her team, "We gotta move now, guys, or we'll be taken captive too."

Bunnie, Rotor, and Antoine then picked up Sonic's roboticized family members and bolted. Unfortunately, while they were carrying them. Uncle Chuck and Sonic's parents broke free of their chains, as well as out of their grasps.

"Oh no!" Sonic stated shocked.

"Detain Freedom Fighters!" the three of them declared loudly in a monotone voice.

"Grab them, guys!" Sally ordered

Antoine and Rotor then tried to restrain Sonic's parents, but were unable to, as they were too elusive and too strong.

Bunnie though was able to restrain Uncle Chuck since she could extend her metal arm and securely grab him, slowly but methodically taking the roboticized hedgehog away.

Seconds later however, Jules and Bernadette headed towards Sonia and Manic saying, "Detain Freedom Fighters!"

"Mom, Dad, It's us!" they pleaded, trying to reason with them. "Please try to fight through it."

Sadly, their words were useless. Snively's transmitter had them completely under his control.

Then without warning, Snively's Swatbots finally arrived on the hilltop.

"You are under arrest!" they declared.

"Run for it, guys!" Sally shouted, taking off.

"But what about my parents?" Sonic asked, still holding his ground.

"I'm afraid we're going to have to leave them." Sally replied, coming to a stop now.

"NO! We can't!" The blue hedgehog protested. "We can't let Snively use them again for his evil purposes!"

"Sonic, we don't have a choice." Sally argued back. "I'm sorry, but there's too many to fight."

As the Swatbots began shooting their lasers at them, most of the Freedom Fighters had fled for the secret exit, as well as the civilians. The only ones left now were Sally, Sonic and his two siblings.

"I'll take care of the Swatbots." Sonic said to others, "You grab Mom and Dad."

"Right." Manic said.

Sonic then took off and kept the Swatbots busy, avoiding their lasers that came near his head and knocking several to the ground with another triple spin attack.

Manic and Sonia meanwhile tried hard to restrain their parents, but it was futile, they were too fast and strong for them. So much in fact, that the Jules and Bernadette soon restrained them instead.

"You are now prisoners of Snively the great." Jules said, in a monotone voice.

"Oh no!" Sonic gasped, turning his head. "I gotta save them!"

The blue hedgehog quickly ran back and knocked his parents down as lightly as possible, freeing his siblings from their clutches.

"Thanks, bro." Manic said relieved.

"Grab them, and let's vamoose!" Sonic ordered.

Unfortunately, the entire Swatbot army now came swarming in on the three Freedom Fighters, making that move next to impossible.

"Run for it, sibs!" Sonic shouted to them.

Manic and Sonia at first didn't want to, but they realized they had no choice.

While they escaped, the blue hedgehog bought them some extra time, knocking several down with a spin attack. Then he did another whirlwind attack to send some more Swatbots flying into the air and crash with a thud.

But again they were too many to fight alone, and Sonic knew it.

"We have to go now, Sonic!" Sally told him from a distance.

"I can't… do it." He said with a whimper. Even now, he couldn't let his parents go for now.

"Would you rather end up in the roboticizer?" she argued sharply.

Hearing that quickly snapped him to attention, saying with a heavy sigh, "You're right, Sal." He then added while revving his legs, "Outta here!

And with that statement, he blasted off.

Once he arrived at the exit, he saw Manic and Sonia standing near it

"What are you guys still doing here?" he inquired.

"Waiting for you." Sonia answered. "We didn't want to escape without making sure you did too…"

"Oh, never mind. Quick, into this tree stump." Sonic said, opening it up.

The three hedgehogs then jumped inside the hole, with Sonic sealing the entrance before Snively and the Swatbots arrived on the scene.

"BLAST IT! They've escaped." Snively shouted after realizing he had lost them. "But no matter, they'll be back. After all, I still have Sonic's parents as my slaves!"

Seeing there was nothing more he could, Snively and his robotic army headed back to the city.

On the way back, Scratch chuckled to himself, We sure showed that pathetic hedgehog! He may have escaped and defeated the boss' big robot, but we got the final laugh in the end! One of his new friends lost a dear family member to the roboticizer!

Even Grounder and Coconuts had a big smile on their face. It warmed the goggles of their metal hearts to drive Cream to tears.

To be continued...
Chapter 7 is up.

Hope you like it.

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Leebo4's avatar
Too bad for big