Quote for the day: "Let's get dangerous." --Darkwing Duck

This story is about Vixie Lamenta~. If youÕve never heard of her, check out 
"Vixen in the Labyrinth" and you'll get enough info there! your pal and 
confidant, Holly-B Vixie Kraft~

	"Sugar you know better than that!" said Bunnie.
	"Hey, I was just kidding!" said Rotor, playfully teasing Bunnie.
	"Oh, Rotor! I've got to go. Vixie's waitin' for me in her hut!"
	"What for?" asked Rotor politely.
	"She wanted to show me some things. Y'all wanna come with me? I'm sure 
Vix'll enjoy the company." invited Bunnie.
	"No thanks, I have to go work on the cruiser anyway. See ya later?" 
Rotor smiled cheerfully.
	"See ya later." she replied, heading for Vixie's hut.
	
	"Hello? Are y'all home, sugarfox?"
	"Hi Bunnie!" said Vixie running up and giving Bunnie a hug.
	Even though Vixie had her own hut, Bunnie always came to check on her. 
Since Vixie's mother was Roboticized, she acted as a fill-in mom and a 
full-time big sister.
	"So, whad ya wanna show me, sweetie?" Bunnie said, looking into the 
little vixen's deep brown eyes.
	"I just finished another comic!" she grinned, "This one has you, 
Sonic, Antoine, Sally, Rotor, Tails, Dulcy, Nina, me, and everyone else in 
Knothole in it! We get to kick Robuttnik's butt, but we don't win, since 
Robotnik never dies. I colored it with those colored pencils you gave me! 
They're wicked cool!"
	"I'm sure glad you liked 'em. This comic looks really good!" said 
Bunnie, holding it up so she could read it.
	"Plus, I'm working on my singing too! I can sing the whole Mobian 
Anthem from start to end." she said proudly.
	Bunnie laughed, "Wonderful, sugar."
	"Boy, I sure like it here in Knothole. It's so much better than 
Northbreeze." said Vixie.
	"Have you been practicing sixteen hands?" asked Bunnie, referring to 
Vixie's Kung-Fu lessons.
	"Yep." she replied.
	"That's good. Just think, one day you'll be able to use that against 
ol' Baldy."
	"Yeah! I'll kick him in the head! Ha-ha-ha-ha." said the fox, grinning 
sweetly.
	"So, how have your lessons with Sally been going?" asked Bunnie.
	"I'm doing okay. Sally is teaching us robotics, and it's not too easy. 
Not as easy as the stuff I did back in my old home." she said.
	"That's good." replied Bunnie, patting the little girl on the head.
	"Oh-oh-oh! Guess what?" blurted Vixie.
	"What, sugar?"
	"Sonic's gonna take me to Robo-town and let me in on some target 
practice!" she exclaimed gleefully.
	"Oh my stars! Vixie, that's dangerous! Are you sure Sonic's letting 
you go? With Sally's permission, of course." asked Bunnie.
	"Uh-huh. Everything's fine! Sonic and Sally said that they think I'm 
ready for the big-time. I'll be okay. After all, Sonic's comin'!" said 
Vixie calmly.
	"All-right. Just you be careful. You don't want your pretty lil' self 
to end up like me!" said Bunnie, uneasily.
	"I will, Bunnie."

	"So Vix, ya ready to just and bust some bot-heads?" asked Sonic.
	"Are you kiddin'? Of course!" replied Vixie, putting on her laser 
bracelet.
	"Okay! Here we go." said Sonic. He then put Vixie in his backpack and 
shot off.
	"Whee!" she giggled.
	Sonic glanced back at the vixen. She was such a cutie.
	As soon as they arrived in Robotropolis, Sonic took the fox to the 
Death Egg's perimeter.
	"Stay cool whiles I rustle up a few Swat-butts!" the hedgehog grinned 
as he shot off toward the bot patrol guarding the main entrance.
	"Go get 'em Sonic!" she said, and then began preparing for any ambush 
attacks that could be waiting.
	Soon, Sonic sped by with seven Swat-bots chasing him. Vixie took her 
aim and fired, hitting three out of the seven. With four left, the Swat-bots 
sent one over to catch Vixie.
	"Not gonna work, you geek! Can't catch me! Nyah-nyah!" she taunted.
	The bot raised his arm to fire and it fell off. Laser fire had shot by 
and severed the limb.
	"Told you so!" she laughed.
	Unfortunately, the little fox failed to notice a Swat-bot with a Mega 
Muck blaster aimed right for her. The Swat-bot fired and Vixie let out a 
yelp of surprise.
	"Hey! Get me outta here, bot-breath!" said Vixie as she struggled to 
get her left arm free to fire.
	"APPREHEND PERPETRATOR. DO NOT DESTROY. SEND TO ROBOTNIK FOR 
ROBOTICIZATION AND FURTHER ORDERS." it said monotonously.
	"No-o-o!" screamed Vixie as the bot lifted her out of the muck.
	Vixie kicked hopelessly in the air as the bot took her towards the 
door.
	She was about to yell "Sonic!", but the bot put a hand over her mouth. 
She tried to bite the hand that held her and got a painful reminder that 
this was a robot. Vixie tried to kick again but she only managed to lose her 
yellow moccasin.
	Sonic hadn't seen this whole fiasco, and was still losing the 
Swat-bots. When all of them were gone, he rushed back to where he had left 
Vixie.
	"Oh no. VIXIE! VIIIXIEEE!..." Sonic gasped, "they must've taken her!"

	"For the LAST time. PUT ME DOWN YOU FREAK!" she screamed at the top of 
her lungs. The Swat-bot was presenting it's master with it's new-claimed 
prize.
	Robotnik turned to face the little fox. "Hmmm...do I not know you from 
somewhere?" he rumbled.
	"Yeah, you do fatso, now get this hunk of bolts and scrap metal to put 
me DOWN!" Vixie replied with malice.
	"You heard the girl, put her down." he said, grinning.
	The Swat-bot proceeded to drop the sly little vixen on the floor. She 
landed with an 'oof' and proceeded to march over to Robotnik.
	"YOU Roboticized my parents. YOU Roboticized Zip and Annie's parents. 
And YOU Roboticized Sonic's Uncle Chuck. My life's turned worse since I've 
met you, and you know what? I'm sick of it!"
	"Oh...well, you won't have to deal with it any longer once I..heh-
heh...Roboticize you." chuckled the evil man.
	Vixie was not overly-impressed.
	"I give the dramatic pause a seven and the comeback a five for a 
grand total of six. Now what have you got to say for yourself?" she said, 
arms confidently crossed and eyes half-open.
	"Now...am I really all THAT bad? I mean, after all, I'm offering you a 
life without worry, cares, and free will. Surely I'm not that evil."
	"Wanna second opinion? Look, if you sit around here all day marveling 
at your wonderful speeches, pretending that your recipients are impressed, 
you've got another thing coming to you, lard-butt. Ya know, maybe you should 
just buy a dog, name it "Life", and then you'll have one!" said the vixen 
flatly.
	"I've had enough of you. Take her away...to the interrogation room." 
chuckled Robotnik.

	Sonic looked down at his feet and found a yellow shoe. It was Vixie's. 
He shot off towards the air vent that lay on the side of the building. 
Performing a Super Sonic Spin, he smashed through the vent and started on 
his way.

	Vixie sat in a small chair with her hands banded to it's arms. She sat 
under a large light as well. She was tired of waiting so she took a nap. 
Snively came into the room without warning.
	"Ahem." he said, clearing his throat.
	Vixie opened her eyes a bit, noticed Snively, and straightened up.
	"Could you try to hurry up? I've got an appointment to get my hair 
done in a half-hour."
	"Ha-ha-ha. Cute." said the little man, dryly.
	"Hey, some girls got it, some girls don't." Vixie said a la Dot-style.
	Snively began to hook up a small machine with a monitor. As soon as it 
was connected, the monitor came to life.
	"This monitor will ask you questions. If you answer correctly, you go 
to the next question, if not, this machine will...how should I say it? shock 
you." Snively began to laugh and choke.
	"So? I can take anything! And by the way...I don't talk to 
STRANGE-ers."
	Snively pushed a button on the machine and Vixie began to scream as 
she was shocked.
	"Are we ready?" asked Snively.
	All Vixie did was glare. She was terrified but did her best not to 
show it.
	"Good." he replied and pushed another button. Suddenly the machine 
began to talk.
	"First question. What do you do to construct a perpendicular bisector 
on a line?" it said.
	"Place a compass on one of the points of the line and create arcs on 
the top and bottom. Do the same for the opposite point and make sure the 
arcs intersect. Then take a ruler and place it between the newly created 
points made by the arcs, make sure it's straight and draw the line. Ha." she 
said.
	"Correct." it mumbled, "Next question. Define cellular respiration."
	"The process by which the energy stored in food is released for use in 
the cell."
	"What color is opposite yellow?"
	"Purple."
	"Can snakes blink their eyes?"
	"No."
	"Explain block format when writing a letter."
	"There is no indenting when you start a new paragraph, and it is 
aligned on the left."
	"Approximately how many molecules of air are there on Mobius?"
	"A billion trillion."
	"About how many blades of grass are there on Mobius?"
	"A trillion."
	"Where is the location of Knothole?"
	"The- HEY! That's a trick question and I don't have to answer it." 
shouted Vixie at the machine.
	"You're right my dear girl, you don't. But I suggest you do." sneered 
Snively.
	"Never, shrimpboat."
	Vixie knew she was going to be shocked again, and she was. This time 
with a higher voltage. She was still conscious, yet she pretended to be out 
cold.
	Snively noticed she was unresponsive to cognitive perception and had 
the Swat-bots take her to her cell and revive her for another interrogation.
	After she awoke, she sat up. Her wrists were burnt from all the 
electricity that had surged through her.
	"I hope this'll buy Sonic time." she whispered to herself.
	Little did she know, Sonic was right above her cell in the air duct.
	"Psst. Hey Vix, up here." he whispered.
	She gasped and looked up.
	"In the vent!" he continued.
	Vixie focused on the vent and was just able to make out some blue 
quills.
	"SONIC!" she laughed.
	The hedgehog opened the vent and hopped down to the floor.
	"Yeah!" he said, slapping her a high-four.
	"You better leave Sonic. Snively will be back any minute!" she 
whispered hurriedly.
	"No way! I've got to find a way to get you out of here!" he said.
	"It's okay. They're just interrogating me!" Vixie insisted.
	"For now. Look, I've got a plan. Not the kind Sal makes, but it rocks 
my boat. Here's the deal. When Snerdly comes back to get you, pretend you 
can't talk and act like somethin's wrong. He'll think you're sick and take 
you to Robotnik. I'm gonna try to get through to the control center through 
these vents. When I see you, you know what's gonna happen. Got it?"
	"Yeah. I guess so..." she sighed.
	It was then when Sonic noticed Vixie's wrists.
	"What are those from, VL?" he asked.
	"Oh...shock therapy, I guess you could say."
	Sonic's brows furrowed deeper than usual.
	"Aw man...is Robotnik ever gonna go down. No one hurts my friends and 
gets away with it. Not anymore." he said.
	"Sonic! Go!" persisted Vixie.
	"Later." he said as he climbed back into the vent from which he came. 
He replaced the door and the only thing Vixie could hear was total silence.
	She ruffled up the tuft of fur she had on the top of her head so that 
she would look like she was sick. She then lay on the platform provided in 
the cell and sprawled out. The only thing left to do was wait. Wait.
	Less than fifteen minutes from taking her position, the door opened. 
Vixie acted as though she were on her deathbed. Snively took it into account 
and ordered the guards to take her down the corridor. The little vixen hung 
her head low as they carried her down the hall, and she waited, not knowing 
what would happen next. Soon they arrived at a door. When it opened inside 
Vixie saw the one thing she hated more than anything. The Roboticizer.
	Suddenly she perked her head up.
	"Wait..." she groaned.
	Snively lifted an eyebrow.
	"I will tell you everything...just...take me to the Butterball." she 
continued in a whisper.
	"Good. Very, very, good. I'm glad youÕre starting to think clearly. In 
fact, maybe if you're lucky, I'll ask that the big round guy not Roboticize 
you. Then, I can have an assistant to boss...er..uh...help me."
	"We'll just see about that Snerdly." she moaned softly.
	"Yes...we will...won't we?" he chuckled.
	The parade led itself outside the Roboticization Room and into the 
main command center. Robotnik was not happy.
	"Snively!...What is..SHE doing here?" he snarled as his anger level 
rose.
	"Sir, you see I-"
	"I gave you direct orders and you didn't follow them! You know what 
this means, Snively."
	"But sir, she's agreed to talk!" gasped Snively.
	"Oh? Is that so?" he turned his gaze towards Vixie, "Speak, child. 
Tell me everything I want or need to know."
	"One thing. Snively wants me for his assistant in hopes that you won't 
Roboticize me." said Vixie, gasping for her words.
	"She's extremely intelligent sir. She's scored perfect on the tests I 
gave her. She answered all but the last, which got her to the state she's 
in now." he continued for her.
	"I'll think about it Snively...I really don't think you deserve an 
apprentice. As for you, my dear vixen," Robotnik looked at her again, "There 
is much I want to know." he laughed evilly.
	"Too bad youÕre not gonna learn anything Buttnik! The hedgehog's back 
in town!" said a familiar voice as it came crashing out of the air vent 
above to the floor below.
	"It's that pesky rodent! GET HIM!" screamed Robotnik.
	"Too late, Bullethead, we've got you good!" said Vixie, apparently 
much better off, since she was holding her laser bracelet directly at 
Robotnik's brow. "And another thing Snively. I would rather blow cookies 
rather than be your servant! You disgust me!" yelled the little nine-year-
old.
	"C'mon Vix. Let's hit the ol' road!" grinned Sonic.
	Vixie backed away, arm still aimed at Robotnik. She climbed into 
Sonic's pack and continued to hold her aim.
	"Jelly-and-jam time!" hooted Sonic, and they shot off.

	"Vixie, you were very brave today! I'm proud of you." said Sally.
	"Yeah, standin' up to Robuttnik isn't exactly kid's stuff." continued 
Bunnie.
	"Believe me, I can tell you it wasn't." smiled the little girl.
	"Remember Vixie, we're your family now and we worry about you like you 
were our own little sister! In fact, I think I speak for everyone in saying 
you ARE everyone's little sister!" said a proud Rotor.
	"Gosh, guys...that's wicked nice of you...I've said it once, and by 
golly I'll say it again, I'm happier than I've ever been in my whole life." 
Vixie cried happily.

THE END~