Chapter 87 - Issue 87: ...Must Come Down

Eventually, Linda got back to doing her job. Not that she didn't have her share of problems. Eventually, after about three weeks, she was stressed. Her supervisor called her into his office.

“Linda, you need a rest. I want you to go home, and take it easy for a while.” “Are you sure, Dylan? I mean…” “Linda, we won't fall apart without you for a week. Go home and relax.” “Well, okay.”

She did. It was kind of nice. But soon she got restless.

Ekyt, sweat dripping off his forehead, had been incredibly busy. Despite the whole near-death thing, he was feeling pretty good. There. “Okay, Amy, there's the refrigerator. He and Tails had been moving Amy's refrigerator. She had been driving them nuts, changing her mind every 3 seconds. Ekyt would've laughed, but he was tired.

“Thanks so much! I owe ya!” she hugged him and kissed Tails. He walked out the door, only to meet Sonic. “Glad I ran into ya! Listen, we've got some trouble.” Ekyt narrowed his eyes. “What kind of trouble?” “The fat kind. Robotnik's at it again. He's got a new roboticizer. It moves. Fast.” “Since speed is your area of expertise, what do you suggest to gum up the works?” Ekyt asked. “I'm thinking you distract it while Amy, Violet, me, and Shadow demolish that thing!” “Okay, But why Amy and Violet (Violet_Rose)?” “They have hammers.” “Ah.”

Linda-Su decided to drop in to see her sister. Julie-Su was pretty happy to see her. “So, this guy is for real?” she said, as the two sisters sat near the mountain they used to play by. “Yeah. Definitely. You've probably heard the whole “proposing story” Julie coughed, violently from shock. “Huh? When did that happen?” She asked. Linda laughed. “Ummm, just before they were going to hang him.” Julie-Su' eyes widened. “The Dark Legion? I thought they were out of commission.” “Nope. And that rotten sister of ours, Lien-Da, and Kragok are back in charge.” Julie punched a tree nearby. “I hate those people! I can't believe you and I were ever with them!” “Me either. But we got straightened out.” “Yeah. It took me a while. Glad you and Knuckles were there to bring me around.”

Ekyt stood directly in the machines path. Snively spotted him on the monitor. “Master, there's that human!” Robotnik looked at the monitor. “Cure him! Get the machine on him.”

Ekyt heard the wheels grinding and grabbed onto a tree branch and pulled himself up into the leaves. Okay. So far so good. Now to take my shot… Ekyt took out the flare gun he had in his pocket, took aim at the machines sensors.

The machine itself was a weird design. It had tank-like treads, a long, metallic, refrigerator-looking thing for a body, and a TV for a head.

Snively saw the incoming flare. The machine's sensors were clogged. Then over the speakers came a pounding sound, followed by a shriek of hedgehog's meeting metal.

The sensors came back online, revealing the severly damaging machine collapsing. “Snively, activate the self destruct!” Snively did, and the machine started explode.

Ekyt and Sonic saw this, and went into action. Shadow was already gone, with Violet, but Amy was still there. Sonic streaked toward Amy and grabbed her as the machine toppled. Ekyt tossed his coat over her to shield her eyes and they sped away.

The machine exploded.

Aside from some trees getting cut down, little damage was done. That infuriated Robotnik, who pounded his control panel.

Ekyt, who had been in the open, got knocked over by the blast. He got up, unharmed.

Linda was back at the house when Ekyt walked in. “How was your day?” he asked her. “I'm on vacation. Boring. How was your- Oh God, Not Again!” She pointed at his leg. Ekyt noticed blood coming off his leg. Linda got down and looked at the wound. “Good Lord, how did you manage to get metal in your leg? Get in the bathroom and get the scissors. And tweezers.” He did as he was told. It hadn't really hurt.

She cut of his the lower part of his pant leg, then pulled the metal out with the tweezers. He gave no indication that he felt it other than his muscles tightened. She cleaned it and stuck a bandage over it, then wrapped that with medical tape.

He looked down at her while she worked on his leg. I can't believe this! I've really got to learn to be careful. Nah. That's not my job. My job is to guard. He looked down at her head again. Guard…

She patched his leg up, then went to her room. She changed her shirt. It figured she had been wearing white when he comes in with the busted leg. As she did, she thought about him. How do you not notice something like that? When I got shot, I felt it, but good! He's got a good head on his shoulders. But he always winds up getting hurt protecting others. Why does he get it and not the others? She answered her own question. Probably the same reason he keeps to himself, that whole Sonic can run, Knuckles can glide, Shadow can…do whatever he wants. Maybe he feels left out without a “super power” Whatever. I'm gonna figure out what's bugging him and get it out of him.

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