Chapter 134 - Robot Rampage

Sally, Tails, Rotor, Julie-Su, Bunnie… all replaced by robots. Sonic raced away, trying to decide what to do next. “I’ve gotta hook up with the others…if there is anyone.” He said to himself. “Yo, heavy metal-heads! Gotta Juice!” He sped up, leaving the robotic Freedom Fighters in the dust.

“Sonic” Charged at Ekyt, who leapt aside, grabbing a beam on the ceiling. Not a good place for a kid who could never do pull-ups. He scrambled up onto it, trying to get his breath. “Sonic” cut through the beam, forcing Ekyt to jump down, where Sonic was waiting. Without thinking, Ekyt swung the back of his foot around into “Sonic’s” face. Linda-Su would be safe with Tiffany (Shadowthe_Hedgehog), so he could concentrate on his own battle. As his foot connected, “Sonic” swung out his fist, catching Ekyt in his other leg. His bad leg. Ekyt hit the ground with a curse and rolled under the bed, upending it into the robot. He searched frantically for a weapon. Anything.

Sonic raced to the Chaos Chamber. Knuckles was sitting eerily still. With red eyes. “Oh man!” Sonic groaned, burning rubber to get away as Knuckles glided into the wall where Sonic had been. Sonic beat feet to the hospital, hoping to find everyone in one piece.

Ekyt swung the tray of food. It made a smart crack on “Sonic’s” head, but didn’t faze him. Sonic’s hand flashed out and hooked Ekyt’s ankle. He gave it a torque. “Shame I can’t break it, Master Robotnik needs you.” Ekyt kicked with his free foot, trying to get away. In a haze, he saw the fire box. If it was cracked, water would rain down. Maybe it would rust this imitation… Ekyt reached for the hammer to break the glass. He grabbed it just as Sonic gave a particularly nasty twist on his hurt ankle. Ekyt’s hand flashed out and cracked the glass. Using the tiny hammer, he beat on “Sonic’s” knuckles, forcing the metallic hedgehog to let go.

Sonic ran into the room and saw… himself. Fighting Ekyt, who was obviously in pain. Sonic jumped up and spun into the robot, which broke in two under the powerful spindash. Sonic helped Ekyt up. “No red eyes.” They said at the same time. “Tiffany and Linda-Su are okay, they’re going to look for Julie-Su.” Ekyt explained. “The freedom fighters too.” Sonic said. “Robotnik?” Ekyt asked, gingerly putting weight on his leg. It hurt, but held up. “Must be.” Sonic answered. “He’s gotten to all of them. We’ve got to rescue them before they get roboticized.” Ekyt nodded, but his face held a trace of doubt. “I’ll help Sonic. But they’ll make me regret it.” Ekyt said sadly. “Whadda ya mean? Oh, wait…” Sonic remembered how King Acorn treated Ekyt. “Don’t worry bud, we’ll rescue them, that’ll convince the King.”

Tiffany and Linda-Su ran full speed across the lush jungles. “We’ve got to get to Robotropolis.” Tiffany said suddenly. Linda-Su shot her a glance. “Tif, that’s suicide!” “No. If I know Sonic and your crazy boyfriend…” “Then they’re on the way.” Linda-Su finished. She smiled ruefully. “I should’ve thought of that.” “You’ve got a lot on your mind.” Tiffany told her. “And don’t worry, we’ll save your sister and everyone else.” Linda-Su nodded her agreement. “But, let’s go armed. You can do those chaos tricks, but I can’t. Not yet anyway.” Linda-Su added. “Lead the way. Using Chaos Control would probably bring every robot to us.”

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