Sonic the Hedgehog 8: The Search Begins! ------------------------INVENTORY-------------------------- - 1. Sally's diary 2. Sonic's teddy bear 3. Tail's antibotic (from the Sonic X stabbing) 4. three power rings 5. Binx's lucky necklace ----------------------INVENTORY COMPLETE------------------- - "A.N.T I think we can get rid of number three." Tails said. He was checking up on the inventory because Sonic was on a date with Binx. "Sure Tails." ^&#%^%*&*(_)*(_&#$!@#*&)^%@#$^^&$*(#$!*&@~#@(^&(^@@#@^%*%#@ ^ DELETING FILE(S) LABELED: TAIL'S ANTIBOTIC (FROM THE SONIC X STABBING) ~!@#$%^&*()_)+_)(*&^%$#@!~@$#&^^*()*^)_&*&&@^%*&%&(_&(%##@! @ #^!$^&$&@(*%)*&(*)_*(^(*&%*&^$#$!#@$#&#^$*$*&$^&#o(&)*#$%$% # !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FILE DELETED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Thanks A.N.T. Here, could you put in the potion?" "Sure just put it into the slot." A.N.T had a small slot on the side of him for putting items into the computer and taking certain items out. Tails put the potion into the slot and closed it tight. He then typed in what the item was. ########################################################### # PLEASE CLASSIFY THE ITEM JUST PLACED AS: SECRET POTION ########################################################### # Tails pressed the enter key just as Sonic walked in carrying Binx. "Tails, what are you doing?" Sonic asked, placing Binx on her bed. "I just put the potion into the computer." "Tails, I never knew you knew how to work A.N.T." "I know. Every time you were working on him I watched you and I learned how to put stuff in and take stuff out." "Brillant." "I know, I know." "Look how old everyone is getting." Binx said. "Yep. Tails is 17, you are 23, and I am 25." Sonic said. "Sonic, you're getting so old!" Tails said, turning A.N.T off. "Oh please don't remind me. Pretty soon my career's gonna be over." "Sonic hunny, please. You can retire when Robotnik's dead." "BUT BINX! HE'S NEVER DEAD! HE KEEPS GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND GOING!" "Okay, you can retire when Sonette, or Queen Sonya, returns to the good side." "Okay, I will." "Sonic, you can't retire!" Tails said. "Tails, when you reach a certain age you just...fall apart. Look at me. In a couple of years I'm not going to be doing any spindashes." "Do I have to retire?" "No." "But Sonic, you're awesome. The best fighter that ever lived." "I can't fight when I'm 87 Tails." "I didn't say that." "Tails, everyone must stop at sometime. Look at Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. The best basketball players that ever lived. They retired. Tails, people get old and rusty. They don't do things as good as they used to." "I guess you're right." Tails said as Sally walked in. Binx excused herself saying that she was going to check up on the others. Sally ran into the room, sweat dripping off her face. "Sonic, I can't find any way to change Sonya's condition." "Sally, don't worry. Hey, why don't you check A.N.T to see if he has any information?" "Good idea Binx!" Sally said as she walked to the computer. She turned A.N.T on and waited for him to load up. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % A.N.T IS NOW RUNNING. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % "Hi A.N.T!" "Oh, hi Sally, I wasn't expecting you." "A.N.T, do you have any information on Queen Sonya?" "I think so. How should I check?" "Scan all files." ########################################################### # SCANNING FILES: HGASIUTEYIAOGBEJHVFEIUGFUYTAWFUYIGAWUYFGEWYU UYGAEWIUYGIQWGUHVGFUaFUTREWKIVFJROHRIUGUYGUYRYJGWYIA7 UITUYEIQWGIUYEGRUIQGERIOGHIBFHUGQGFUIFROGWQYUFOBQWOGFY LOFGBHIBKJAGHGFYWOGILUIHUIHGIU98746HJKGSIFLAGREWIOGUIOWGIGT IRYWGROIJHGSALKHGPUIORIPWYOYGIUHGAUJLGLHWUORGUPWHIUHIURHRIL IESJAL;IO;PISHRIUGHERIOHGWOUQOPIUOPRUHGIUHGUOPIORUPTOPIEUIO REWIOGRNGINEGJKLNGOGOIOPREUWIOPUYTIOP- !!!!!FILES FOUND!!!!! ########################################################### # "What is it A.N.T?" "It appears that the day after you left Sonette Robotnik took the chaos emeralds out of her head. He said he was- Binx, the next pieces of information are under a secret code." "Well, what is it?" "I believe I cannot tell you." "YOU HAVE TO TELL ME! YOU ARE SO WORTHLESS! WORTHLESS!" Sally stood up and raised her chair high above her head. "YOU BRING NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS INTO THE CABIN!" Sonic saw her and ran over to try to grab the chair. He grabbed it, right before Sally hit A.N.T. "Sally, what is your problem?" "All these codes...we know none of them." Sonic tried to comfort her. "Sally, A.N.T is not a life saver. We have to learn to work problems out on our own." "You sound like my mom," Sally said, behind the tears. Sonic was about to reply when the door burst open. Chapter 2 Sally screamed, Tails was shocked, and Sonic backed into A.N.T. Sonic was the first to speak. "What are you doing here?" "I SAW ALL OF YOU, ONE YEAR AGO. I HEARD ALL OF YOU, ONE YEAR AGO. I MUST WARN YOU..." Sally finally got the urge to speak. "SONIC X! YOU'RE EVIL! LEAVE NOW!" "BUT YOU ALL MUST LISTEN TO ME. PLEASE, RIGHT NOW I AM BEING FRIENDLY, AS SOON I STEP OUT OF THIS CABIN I'LL BE MEAN. I NEED TO TELL YOU THIS RIDDLE." Sonic wasn't afraid. "Then tell us." "OKAY HERE IT GOES. ON THE FALL OF THE ALL MIGHTY ONE, THE SPARKLING LIVES WILL FALL INTO AN EVIL HAND. GOLDEN STREAMS OF GLISTENING LIGHT ARE PRODUCED WHEN THESE LIVES COME TOGETHER." "Can we have that on paper?" Sonic said. "HEDGEHOG, ALL I GOTTA SAY IS WATCH OUT." "Do you know what it means?" "MY PYSCHOLOGICAL STATE OF MIND RENDERS ME FOR RELEASING SECRET DOCUMENTS FROM EVIL." Sonic, Sally, and Tails stared at him with their mouths open. "I DON'T KNOW, OKAY?" Sonic let out a sigh of relief. "Sonic X, how's my mom?" Sally said. "SHE'S DOING FINE...WHERE'S BINX ANYWAY?" "Hi Sonic X." Binx called, leaning on the door. "CAN I TALK TO YOU?" "Go ahead." "ALONE." Binx pointed to the door. "Everyone, please leave." Sonic gave her a mysterious look then joined the others outside. Sonic X moved towards Binx. "Return with me to the castle my dear, where you and I shall rule the world." "Sonic X, what drug have you been taking?" "None my love. Please. Together we can kill Robotnik." "Are you coming on to me?" "How'd ya guess? Now all you need is that potion-" "NO! YOU ARE SO LAME! YOU TRIED TO GET ME TO BE ON YOUR SIDE SO YOU COULD GET THE POTION? LAME." "BUT BINX, I NEED THAT POTION. I NEED A NEW LIFE." "GOODBYE SONIC X. DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT." Sonic X walked to the door, opened it and mumbled to himself,"But Binx, I love you." "Herbie, you might become a Freedom Fighter!" Binx said, sitting on her bed. Her and Herbie were sitting with Sonic and Tails. The boys were playing "Go Fish". "I am so excited!" "You are the only person here I haven't had a fight with!" "How do I become a Freedom Fighter?" "Well, you'll know when it's time." "The suspense is killing me." "Oh be quiet." "Herbie, we got another bed in here so you can live in this cabin cause the other cabin is getting crowded." Sonic said, looking up from his cards. Herbie was about to say something when the ground began to shake. Binx tried to grab something for support but the ceiling caved in on everyone. The last thing everyone heard was a laugh coming from the woods. The cabin was a pile of rubble, trapping Sonic, Tails, Herbie, and Binx inside. "Cowacart, love the green sweater. It's so cool!" Sally said, walking home with Cowacart from the mall. "I was on sale at Sears." As they reached the cabins Sally gasped. Cowacart dropped her bags. They reacted at the same time, running towards the pile and digging into it. Sally didn't want to believe that there was anyone in there. "HELLO? PLEASE, IS ANYONE IN HERE?" Cowacart said digging as fast as she could. From the woods, Doink, Pebbles, Shanny, Knuckles, Bunny, and Antuone ran to the cabin to help Cowacart and Sally. Sally screamed and everyone turned to her. "I FOUND A BODY!" Sally uncovered the body a little more and recongized who it was."OH NO, OH, NO, NO, NO!" Cowacart ran to her and saw the body too. "Sonic..." She whispered. They uncovered him completely and turned him over. Luckly, he was breathing. "Sonic are you okay?" Shanny said. "Yeah, I grabbed Tails and hit the floor. A part of the ceiling hit the bed and missed us." Sonic pulled Tails out from under him. "Sonic you are heavy!" Tails said, standing up. Sonic looked around and didn't see Binx or Herbie. "Where are they?" he asked. "Start digging." Doink said. They dug until their nails began to bleed. As they finished, Herbie emerged from the other side of the pile. "Ow, what was that all about?" she said. "WHERE'S BINX?!" Sonic said. "We haven't found her yet Sonic." Tails said. Sonic dropped to his knees and started digging like the others. The digging was interupted by a scream. They all turned to Herbie and saw her holding a note smeared with blood from her nails. "BBBBBBIIIIINNNNNXXXXX!" Herbie screamed. "A NOTE! I FOUND A NOTE!" Sonic ran to her and grabbed the bloody piece of paper out of her hand. He read it carefully, making sure not to miss one word. Sonic the Fetchhog, I've got Binx. You want her, you gotta fight me first. Oh by the way, did you get my riddle? Good luck, you're gonna need it. Enjoy the explosion? More are on the way. Robotnik Sonic couldn't believe his eyes. My Binx is gone, once again, he thought. Herbie knew this was her chance to become a real fighter. "Sonic, let me have the potion." she said. "Tails put it in A.N.T." Tails stepped forward and gave Sonic the bottle. "Here Son, I saved it right before the cabin collasped." Tails said. "Thanks Tails. What do you want it for?" "This time everyone will help find Binx. I will transform into Binx's White Tiger, until we find her." "Good, Herbie. Let's start the search!" "WHITE TIGER!" Herbie yelled. "LION!" Sonic screamed. "CHEETAH!" Knuckles said. "FALCON!" Tails hollered. "LEOPARD!" Sally said, tears in her eyes. "JACK RABBIT!" Bunny said quickly. "POLAR BEAR!" Antuone yelled. They all morphed into their animals and sped into the woods. Chapter 3 "Binx, poor, innocent Binx. Once again I have you on my side. You are so easy to catch." Robotnik said, staring at Binx chained on the wall. "Don't think you can get away with this." Binx said. Then she thought of a plan. If I morph, she thought, then I can get out of here. "Oh you scare me Binx." "WHITE TIGER!" "Ha ha ha ha ha aha ha ha ha!" Robotnik laughed. Binx was not transforming. She stayed herself. "But I don't understand." "HERBIE'S YOUR PRECIOUS TIGER! YOU CAN'T BOTH BE THE SAME ANIMAL!" "How could Herbie do this to me! It's my morph, not hers! I'll never get out of here...alive!" "Sonic, maybe she's in that ditch." Herbie said. "What are you talking about?" Sonic asked her. "Remember a few years ago you fell in a ditch and Tails had to kill everyone blah blah blah." "OH YEAH! GOOD THINKING!" Sonic said. Hew looked over at Tails who seemed worried. "Sonic, I'm morphing back. I need more energy." "Here, try a power ring." Sonic said, handing him a power ring. As Tails held on to the ring, his falcon morph returned. "Hey thanks a lot." Herbie was the first to reach the ditch. "She's not here. Tails, look over head while me and Sonic stay here." "Sure thing Herbie." Tails soared into the air,seaching for his friend. "Herbie, I'll look over here." Sonic said to her, pointing to the right to him. "Okay Sonic," Herbie said, looking into the woods,"Hey look over there." She pointed at people staring at them in the woods. "Who's there? Herbie, stay back. This could be dangerous." All of the sudden the morphed Knuckles, Antuone, Sally, and Bunny stepped out. Sally looked around. "We didn't find anything. Hey, where's Tails?" "Going airborn." Sonic said laughing. "Ha ha ha! Funny. We should check the castle." Sally suggested. "But if Binx is there, we could have a repeat of last year. You know, the whole I'm not leaving bit." Sonic complained. "Hey, I'm going. Anyone with me?" Herbie said. "ME!" everyone said at the exact same time. Everyone but Sonic. "I still don't think it's such a hot idea." "Sonic it's your girlfriend." "Okay. Let's go!" "Hold on!" Bunny called, "Here comes Tails." "Hey guys I heard the whole conversation. Let's go!" Tails said. "IT'S TIME FOR A CLASS IN ROBOTNIK 101!" Sonic said. The Freedom Fighter and Herbie were fighting for a friend...and any information on the missing chaos emeralds. Sonic X and Robotnik ran into the clearing. "They were here Robotnik! I heard them talking about Binx a few minutes ago." "Sonic X, are you positive?" "As positive as I can be." "Where could they have gone?" "Idiot, they're at the castle by now." "Excuse me?" "Oh, I said I did it, they're at the castle." "Sure, you said that. It makes no sense." "Why wouldn't they be at the castle?" "THE IDIOT PART, IDIOT!" "Oh yeah." "They're probably at the castle by now. Good thing you chose Rotor to watch Binx." "I DID?!" "Yeah...I told you to pick someone. Rotor is the only logical person that could do that." "Whoops." "WHAT IS 'WHOOPS' SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" "I picked Sonette." "YOU WHAT?!" "I didn't know." "Sonette's the nicest one there! Plus she's Sally mom! Well, let's go. I'll deal with you later." "Hi, are you Sally's friend?" "Yes. Binx. Remember?" "Don't get an attitude." "Sorry Sonette. Can you get those keys and unlock me?" "Don't make me laugh." Binx had an idea. She dropped her scrunchie on the ground. "Sonette, can you pick that up for me?" "Sure." As Sonette bent down Binx saw the top of her head. The emeralds, she thought, they're missing. Sonette handed her the scrunchie. "You saw?" "Yes Sonette." "Robotnik took them. I couldn't do anything. He shut me down." "What is he going to do with the two emeralds?" "I don't know. Did you get a peom?" "Yes. Sonic X delivered it to us." "Do you understand it?" "No." "well this is what it means-" "BINX! WE'VE COME TO RESCUE YOU!" Sonic and the others burst into the room, their morphs completely worn off. Binx looked at Sonette and saw her eyes turn red. It made her blood run cold. "MOMMY!" Sally ran to her mom. "GET OFF ME YOU PIECE OF SCUM!" Sonette screamed. "HUH?" Sally said. "I AIN'T YOUR MOM! YOU'RE CRAZY!" Chapter 4 Robotnik and Sonic X walked into the room. "WHAT THE-" Robotnik screamed. Sally backed up and stood behind Sonic. "Sonix, protect me. The emeralds, I saw them. They're gone." she whispered. "Just don't say word." he whispered back. "ROBOTNIK, LOOK AT THE LITTLE GIRLIE GIRL. POOR SALLY, YOUR MOM REJECTING YOU?" Sonic X laughed. Sonette shook her head, trying to get rid of her bad self. "Sally, he's taken over my mind. Don't listen to HIM!! Or me for that matter!" "SONETTE, PLEASE LEAVE." Robotnik snared. "But-" "LEAVE!" "Yes master." Sonette did as she was told and left. Sonic walked over to Binx. He told Sally to stay in the corner. As he reached her, Sonic jumped on the chains and tried to rip them off. "STOP RIGHT THERE, HEDGEHOG." Robotnik siad. Sonic turned to look at him. His eyes fell on the laser pointed at him. "SEE THE CHAMBER NEXT TO BINX? GET OVER THERE NOW!" Sonic walked silently over to the chamber where Sonic X chained him up. "What is Sonic doing?" Tails whispered to Knuckles. "This isn't how the plan was supposed to go." he replied. "HUH? You mean this wasn't supposed to happen? Sonic was supposed to get captured?" "Afraid so Tails. He was just going to rip the chains off." Sally and the others just stared in disbelief. Sonic looked at them, and whispered, "Looks like my career's going to end a little early." "NOOOOO! Sonic!" Sally said. Robotnik pointed the gun at Sally. "Move to the next one." Sally ran to the window. "OVER MY DEAD BODY!" Tails ran towards the window. "SALLY! DON'T JUMP!" But it was too late, Sally jumped out of the window. And to make matters worse...so did Tails. Chapter 5 Bunny, Antuone, Knuckles and Herbie ran to the window. Herbie screamed. "IT'S ALL MY FAULT! WE'RE DEAD! THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS ARE NO MORE!" "HOLD UP, HERBIE. WILL GIVE YOU BINX BACK." "YES!" "BUT..." "OH NO." "WE KEEP THE HEDGEHOG." "NOOOOOO!" "Yes Binx. Let him do it." Sonic said. "I can't Sonic." "You must." Herbie walked over to Robotnik. "LET HER OUT." "OH YES AND ONE MORE THING...SONIC WILL BE ROBOTISIZED." Herbie looked over at Sonic who nodded his head yes. "Yes Robotnik. Yes." Robotnik unlocked the chains and Binx ran over to the others. "NOW LEAVE SO I CAN ROBOTISIZED HIM!" Binx looked at Sonic. "Can we please watch?" "THEN YOU LEAVE." "Fine." Just as Robotnik was going to begin, Tails flew up with Sally. Knuckles told her about the situation. "SONIC, I'LL MISS YOU." Tails said. "Hey man, take care." Sonic said. "I love you." "Tails, always remember, the Freedom Fighters will live forever." "Forever." Robotnik, Sonic X, Clucky, and Sonette moved the robotisizer to Sonic. Rotor then came in to start it up. "Goodbye Rotor. In a couple of second will be team mates." "That's good, that's good." Robotnik raised his hands and began to chant. THE FORCES OF EVIL, WILL COME OVER YOU, JOIN MY FIGHT. I HERBY CALL SONIC AS AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EVIL SIDE. AS THE EVIL PASSES THROUGH YOU, YOUR GOODNESS IS MINIMIZED, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, YOU ARE NOW... ROBOTISIZED. Stay tuned for: Sonic The Hedgehog 9: One less Freedom Fighter.