War for Mobius
Act 1 Chapter 11

Laser fire rips apart the garage doors and entrance.  Stray bolts strike through the barred windows and the remains of the communications screen.  The Garage had been barren of pretty much any defensive cover so Rotor and Antoine had been forced to hide behind the sides of the garage opening.  However the lasers were starting to burn through forcing Antoine and Rotor back little by little.  With so many SWATbots firing in on them, they didn’t have much chance to return fire.  Occasionally an opportunity fire back was available but the SWATbots’ shields would dissipate the attack rendering it useless.  
No, Rotor and Antoine’s main focus was to keep Bunnie covered while she busted through the wall on the other side.  Which meant most of the time was spent acting as a distraction, running from one side to the other just shooting back and forth.  The SWATbots’ orders kept them from advancing, being forced to hold back and protect the Spiny Turrets and Buzz Bombers, so for the moment Rotor and Antoine’s plan was succeeding.  
However, Rotor knew he wasn’t going to be able to keep up this strategy for much longer.  Also it was only a matter of time before Snively caught word of what was going on and changed the SWATbots’ orders from protecting to attack.  If that happens Rotor and Antoine wouldn’t last more than a few moments.  
“How much longer Bunnie?” Rotor calls back to the cybernetic rabbit.
“Almost Rotor,” she shouts back, “This old wall can’t take too much more of this!”
A cry comes from Antoine, “We cannot be taking more of this either!”
Suddenly a Spider Grabber drops from the ceiling above trying to clamp down on Antoine.  Luckily Rotor reacts fast enough and is able to blast the ‘bot before it crushes his friend.  Antoine and Rotor then quickly turn their attention to the ceiling in case there are any more robots waiting above.  
Luckily for them there isn’t, but Rotor knows their luck isn’t good enough to hold on for much longer.  He could only hope Sonic and Sally were on their way to back them up, or at least taking care of Snively.  

Sonic smashes the a few Spider Grabbers around the corner.  Miles picks off the remaining one.  The kid has been keeping up with Sonic pretty well, surprisingly enough.  Sonic was actually impressed at the kid’s skills and determination.  
However as much as Sonic enjoyed his own ego, he can’t let the kid get one now, not while Sally was in danger.  So for now he’ll stay quiet, but when they get back to Knothole he’ll let the kid know how impressed he is.  
“Sonic,” Miles questions, “Shouldn’t we be going?”  
Sonic smiles, “Huh?  Oh right.  Sally’s counting on us.  Let’s move!”
“Right!” Miles nods enthusiastically.  Even though he was worried about Aunt Sally, he couldn’t help but enjoy himself.  He was with his Hero, saving the day.  Better still, his Hero actually wanted him there.  He had even saved Sonic’s life once.  Those kids would never laugh at him again!  Everything was going so very perfectly!  
But there is no such thing as a Perfect Mission.  No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.  No missions run one hundred percent smoothly.
Sonic and Miles round another corner and run up the next flight of stairs.  The Stairs rise up behind them, cutting off their way back.  Sonic looks around for a moment, “Miles buddy, this could be bad.”
Surrounding them completely is a large vat of Blue liquid.  Above them hovers Snively in his new battle pod.  Looking at it carefully, it appears to be originally fitted for working with chemicals; however it has been recently modified to for use in combat.  There are pumps and tubes for collecting chemicals and a large nozzle for launching the chemical like a projectile.  The Pod also has a reinforced front making it better resistant to frontal attacks.  
And Snively has Sally.  She’s unconscious, and Snively has her balanced on the wing of the pod.  Snively cackles proudly at his achievements.
“Well Hedgehog,” Snively chortles, “Ready to face me?”
“Let her go Snott-ly,” Sonic growls, “This is between you me!”
“Let her go?  Why should I?  She’s a traitor to Emperor Robotnik!” Snively Laughs louder.
“Big deal,” Sonic spits, “Robotnik made it illegal to be fun and good looking too.  You’re probably the only one safe based on that rule.”
“HOW DARE YOU!?” The overlander howls in rage.  Sonic could easily get under Snively’s skin.  However this time it worked a little too well.  Snively steers the pod over the chemicals to pump them through the tubes to the nozzle.  Unfortunately when he does so Sally slips off the wing.
“Oh no!  She’s going in!” Miles cries.
“SALLY!”  Sonic calls out to her.

Another Spider Grabber drops from the ceiling above Bunnie.  Once again she forces it out of her mind and keeps pounding the wall.  Just like before Rotor fires upon the robot again destroying it.  The hot pieces fall around her, but she keeps on pounding.  If she fails here, none of them were getting out of here alive.  She couldn’t allow that.  
There was only one problem.  The Walls on this side were thicker than the walls by the door so it was taking a lot longer than originally assumed.  Worse still, a problem she kept to herself, her arm was beginning to break apart.  She was not only on a race against the ‘bots, but a race against her own strength.  If she can’t break through the wall soon, they may not get through ever.
She slams her fist against the wall again.  The wall shutters but doesn’t give through.  She looks down to her legs.  There was a chance she could kick through the wall as well.  Why didn’t she think of it before?  Her legs were much stronger than her arm anyways.  She kicks the wall hard.  Again and again she smashes her foot against the wall.  The wall groans loudly.  Bunnie smiles to herself.  This would work.  She keeps up the brutal barrage against the wall, smashing it over and over, not slowing down.  
Almost there.  Just a little more.
Suddenly the wall gives way.  It tears away crashing to the ground with a loud crash.
“I did it,” Bunnie pants, “Guys, we’re through!”
“Finally,” Antoine cheers, “Let’s begin tracking away!”
“You mean let’s make tracks,” Rotor corrects, “Move out!”
The trio turns and runs for the newly opened exit.  The group manages to get out just before the SWATbots swarm into the garage.  They open fire upon the fleeing Freedom Fighters, but the shots fall short.  
“Alright guys,” Rotor pants, bringing up the rear, “We need to find Sonic, Miles, and Sally before things get any worse.”

How can today get any worse!?  First Sonic brings Miles on a mission way to dangerous, which turns out to be a trap.  To make matters worse, Sonic himself gave Snively the upper hand and now Sally is the one paying for it.  Sonic can do nothing as he watches Sally sink into the blue goop.  She didn’t even wake up when she landed in the stuff.  
“Sonic,” Miles turns to Sonic, “Why don’t you just go get her?”
“What do you mean?” Sonic question the kid.
“Can’t you just pull her out before she sinks?” Miles asks.
“Miles,” Sonic nervously smiles, “I can’t swim.”
An awkward silence follows.  Nobody moves.  It’s so quiet that the wind seems to be the loudest noise there.  The quiet is shattered by Snively’s laughter, “You can’t swim!?  This is too much!  I can’t believe it!”
“Miles, I’m going to have to fight him,” Sonic growls, “I need you to-.” Sonic only then notices Miles has disappeared.  He looks around in panic, hoping to find the fox kid before something bad happens to him.  He spots the two-tailed fox flying above the blue liquid.  
Wait a second, Flying!?  Miles is spinning his two tails like helicopter blades.  Miraculously this action has carried the fox over to where Sally is.  Sally just barely slips under before Miles reaches down and grabs her hand; he spins around turning back to Sonic, “I got her Sonic!  You take out baldy!”
“Baldy!?  I destroy you, you little brat!” Snively roars at the fox boy.  Snively aims the nozzle to fire at Miles, but Sonic isn’t letting him get away with it.  The speedy blue hedgehog jumps up and smashes his foot down on the nozzle forcing the overlander’s aim off.  
Unfortunately it causes the spray to fly right into Sally as Miles pulls her out.
“Sonic you’re not helping!” Miles can’t believe he’s yelling that to his hero.  
“Sorry,” the older boy shouts back, “You get her to safety.  I’ll take care of ugly here.”
“Get off!” Snively attempts to roll his pod, but the pod wasn’t meant to rotate like that.  It causes Snively to lose control.  When he tries to regain control Sonic takes the opportunity to smash into the pilot’s window.  Luckily for the overlander, the reinforced windows cause the blue hedgehog to bounce right off.  Sonic only barely manages to avoid falling into the drink (not that anyone would want to drink that stuff).

Miles lands just a little ways away from the giant vat.  The fox turns back to go help his hero but suddenly his leg is grabbed.  
“Hang on Miles,” Sally groans, her head pounding, as she holds him back, “Sonic will be okay, we need to take out the facility!”
“But,” Miles starts, but Sally shakes her head.
“Freedom Fighters don’t leave a man behind,” Sally informs, “However sometimes we have to be willing to take risks.  Right now Sonic is fighting so we can have a chance.  We should take the opportunity it has given us to destroy the facility.”
“I understand,” Miles lies, but he figures Sally would know better than he does, “So what do we do?”
“You were flying right?  How’d you do that?” Sally questions.
“Oh,” Miles sighs, “It was just something I figured out I could do.  I figured spinning my tails would make me run faster like Sonic.  Well one day I discovered spinning my tail fast enough, it would lift me into the air.  The other kids thought it was freaking and made fun of me.”
Sally shakes her head, “Well I find it an impressive technique.  In fact, I think it’s just what we need to pull this off.”

Sonic smashes against the windshield again.  As before the windshield doesn’t give.  Sonic lands back on his feet.  Snively fires the sludge he’s collected again.  Unlike before, when Snively had his Sally by mistake, the overlander had kicked it into full power.  The Spray was now fast and hard enough to cut the metal flooring Sonic had been attacking him from.  Sonic dodges to the left as the spray cuts through the metal floor where he had just been standing.  Another spray follows but the hedgehog keeps moving, not giving Snively a chance to aim.  All he had to do was avoid the spray till Robotnik’s nephew had to reload.  
There was only one problem.  The metal floor.  How much more spray could it take before it gave way?  Sonic would have to break through the windshield before that happens or it was all over.  How much longer could he keep this up?

Miles flies above a vat of Red liquid.  He drops one of the bombs Sally had handed him.  He then makes his way for the next one.  He had already dropped one in the yellow and purple vats.  Now there was only a green and the blue ones left.
He wipes his brow.  He’s never had to fly for this long before, and the fox boy was getting really tired.  This mission was more than he expected.  A normal child probably would have quit, but for the first time in his life, Miles didn’t feel like a freak or a loser.  He felt like he was actually making a difference with these guys.  It wasn’t just a chance to hang out with his hero anymore.  This was his chance to be a hero.  This was Miles day to shine.  
The Flying fox finds himself above the green vat.  He drops another bomb in the vat.  

Sonic bounces off the windshield again.  When he lands the platform it groans.  It isn’t going to be able take much more.  
Suddenly the whole thing begins shaking.  A loud explosion echoes through the facility.
“What the heck was that?!” The overlander cries from in his hover pod.  
Sonic looks over his shoulder to see another vat burning, the whole thing was going to explode.  If the whole vat explodes the whole facility would go up in smoke.  
“Wait,” Sonic ponders aloud, “Could that be the plan?”
“What are you doing to my beautiful chemical plant!?” Snively hollers.  He isn’t paying attention to the hedgehog anymore.  And Sonic notices.
The blue speed demon crashes into the windshield again.  This time large cracks appear on it.  Sonic doesn’t let up, he keeps pounding.  Soon the windshield is full of enough cracks to shatter.  
“Wait, stop!  Desist! NO!”  Snively cries.  He pulls a lever on his dashboard ejecting the pod’s cockpit only seconds before Sonic smashes into the pod again.  The explosion causes Snively and Sonic to both go flying.  

Miles spots an explosion go off above the blue vat.  Something was flying from it.  Right towards him.  As it nears Miles is able to recognize who it is.  
“Hang on Sonic!” Miles calls out to his friend.  Using all the energy and speed he has left, Miles flies towards his hero.  He barely manages to catch the hedgehog as he passes by.  
“Nice flying little bro,” Sonic smiles, “How’s Sally?”
“I’ll take you to her.  Then we gotta find the others and go!”  

Since they’ve escaped, the SWATbots had been on Rotor and company’s tail.  However suddenly they just stop.  They’re falling back.  Retreating, but why?
“It could be a trick,” Rotor warns his companions, “Don’t let your guard down.”
Another explosion shakes the ground around them.
“I don’t think so,” Bunnie steadies herself; “I think Sonic and Sal might be causing a ruckus.”
“My Princess has saved the day again,” Antoine Cheers aloud.  
“Let’s head for the meeting place,” Rotor suggests, “And then we can put this mission to rest.”