Absolute Chaotix, Part Ten
Here They Come to Save the Day--But Who ARE They?!
By Mello Bumblebee
A gigantic, lumbering stone statue in a shape reminiscent of, but not exactly the same as, the Sphinx on Earth was clunking across the floor straight towards them. It had spikes sticking out of its "stomach" and the fronts of its paws. Fortunately, our four heroes were on a ledge high up on the wall, above the thing and in the shadows, so they were in no IMMEDIATE danger. Still, they would have a hard time getting out of here...
And then, Sharon spied something unusual on the floor, which was quite a ways down. A strange, spiky blue figure and a small orange fox cub with...TWO TAILS?! They were both leaping towards the sphinx frantically, evidently attacking it somehow by slamming into it with their bodies.
"Who are THEY?" wondered Mighty.
"I don't know," replied Charmy. "I've never seen them before. The blue one's a hedgehog; I knew a few when I lived down on Mobius, but I don't remember any as strange-looking as HIM."
"He's somehow hurting the statue by smacking into it with the spikes on ihis back," observed Sharon. "But HOW?"
"Never mind that, let's just keep quiet and hope he can get rid of that thing FOR us!" shushed Mighty. The three conscious animals shut up. Espio, of course, said nothing.
And then the blue hedgehog WHAMMED into the head of the Sphinx--and the stone flew apart momentarily, to reveal a control-panel--the stature was actually a robot!--and a round, fat Human with a HUGE red moustache inside! Charmy and Mighty exchanged an uneasy glance--Humans, or "Overlanders" as the Mobians called them, were never very good news. Sharon just gaped at the man. Up until this point, she had thought Humans didn't EXIST in this crazy universe!
However, this particular Human seemed to be having a bit of trouble with the hedgehog and fox, as the instant the control panel was exposed the little fox THREW himself at it, almost breaking the glass of the cockpit. The Sphinx then managed to move forwards again another step but right afterwards, the hedgehog and fox SMACKED it again, and after eight hits of this, the control cockpit's shield was broken and the fat Human peeled out of the broken Sphinx-bot and RAN FOR HIS LIFE!! Running at an incredible speed behind him, the hedgehog took off in chase. His fox buddy ran after him as best he could, his two tails spinning behind him like propeller blades--
--and then, with a bloodcurdling scream, they both disappeared down a trap door!
Cautiously, using the ring-tether and two trips, the two bees carried Espio and Mighty to the floor. Mighty walked over to inspect the wreckage of the giant Sphinx. "This is pretty advanced stuff, all right," he said thoughtfully. "The ability to make an ancient statue of this size controllable by modern robotic techniques is NOT something to sneeze at. Knuckles should hear about this."
"What about the hedgehog and fox?" asked Sharon.
Mighty shrugged. "Ah, they're intruders, and should not have even been on the Island in the first place. That trapdoor leads into the Lava Reef Zone--if IT doesn't get them, then Knuckles will. Come on. Let's get Espio to the Hidden Palace and patch him up."
"But shouldn't SOMEone go see if the hedgehog and fox are all right?" insisted Sharon. "After all, they DID help us out, in a way."
"Fine," Mighty sighed. "You want to split up, then you and Charmy can go explore the Reef while I carry Espio--he's way PAST light enough. But it's quite a distance to the Palace, and I still think we'd be safer in this pyramid if we stuck together."
Sharon considered.
CHOICES:
1. Sharon decides to keep the group together and go to the Hidden Palace to help Espio.
2. She decides to cut off with Charmy and search the Lava Reef Zone for the mysterious hedghog and fox.--OPEN.
3. SOMETHING ELSE!--OPEN.
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