'Sally' pointed her laser finger at a dull gray brick wall as she ran. a blue laser leapt from her finger
and struck the wall, blasting it apart like rubble. rushing through, Sonic cried out and ducked as the Psudeo Sally's next blast soared over Sonic's head and exploded a scrap pile behind him.

Sally turned half way and fired another blast, forcing Sonic to duck yet another blast. Sonic snarled, revved up and took off after Sally.

Skidding into a abandoned parking garage, Sally pointed her right finger at the floor and sprayed out a familiar lumpy dark green sludge on the ground. The second she was finished, Sally raced behind a abandoned non functioning heater. Seconds later, Sonic came into the garage in persuit of the robot. "Woah!" Sonic cried as the dark green sludge clung to his red and white sneakers, holding him fast to the ground.

grunting, Sonic lifted his shoe as long strings of the lumpy dark green slime clung to his shoes.

"Mega Muck!" Sonic declaired, continuing to struggle in the lumpy dark green goo. the fake Sally jogged out from behind the abandoned heater and, smiling evilly, pointed her left finger at Sonic. "Say goodnight, hedgehog!" Sally growled, prepairing to fire.

Sonic merely bared his teeth and glared at the robot that had impersonated his Princess. "Eeeeyah!" a voice cried seconds before a beige rabbit slammed one robotic foot into the fake Sally.

"Hold on, Blue." Sonic looked behind him to see Tristina looping one arm around his chest while controlling her wheelchair joystick with the other. grunting, Tristina tightened her grip on Sonic as her wheelchair wheels squealed...then finally pulled Sonic free. "There ya go, sugar-hog." said Bunnie, smiling "I owe you one, Bunnie. you too, Tiff." Tristina merely smiled and nodded.

A sudden clattering of gravel reached the three anthros.

Tristina, Sonic, and Bunnie turned to see Sally getting to her feet and running back out the garage. "Gotta juice!" Sonic called, leaping from Tristina's lap and revving up his legs. Tristina turned her wheelchair around as Sonic took off after Sally, as did Bunnie. Sally fired her laser finger at him again, but Sonic merely pulled out his power ring.

leveling it infront of him, Sonic beared his teeth as the power ring glowed.

Finally, the ring sent out a beam of yellow energy that barely missed Sally. Also infused with energy from the power ring, Sonic surged forward and began to run circles around the robot. Sally pointed her finger at Sonic to fire. As her head turned in circles to try to keep track of the hedgehog, sparks began to fly from her neck.

Her eyes flashed a brilliant red, then Sally's chin fell to her chest and her fingered lowered as well.

"Wow, Robotnik is good." Commented Rotor as he, Bunnie and Tristina approached the deactivated robot. "She fooled everybody." Rotor added, mildly impressed. "Except Tails." said Sonic, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "But, if thats not Sally...where the heck is she?" asked Bunnie, worry for her best friend laced through her question.

"I dont know..." said Sonic, shaking his head "But I bet this robot can tell us." said Sonic, extending his palm to indicated the robot infront of them.

"Tiff, Rote, you'll have to work together to hack this 'bot." said Sonic, nodding to the walrus and hedgehog. Tristina and Rotor smiled to one another, nodded, then Tristina raised her hand and closed her eyes. Rotor approached the robot, grabbed its shoulders, and laid it down on the ground.

"Control hatch located in the middle of the robots back, Rotor." Tristina reported, her eyes now two pupiless orbs as Rotor opened the hatch and set to work.

Sally strained against the restraints that held her ankles and wrists to the roboticizers chair. "Well Princess." said Robotnik from a viewscreen behind Sally. "Since the hedgehog destroyed my robot, I'll make a new improved model." Robotnik growled as Sally swallowed a lump in her throat.

"-and the bot factory is guarded by twenty security bots and hover units." reported the Sally bot as she laid on the ground. "Hows it coming, Tiff?" asked Sonic, looking over to the disabled hedgehog.

"Co-oridinates of Knothole Village deleted, Sonic." Tristina reported. "Copying all information stored on hard drive, including information about 'Project: Sally.' Proceed to delete after copy?" Tristina asked, pausing from her report to let Sonic answer. "Yeah." said Sonic. "Afterwards, make sure you get rid of everything Tiff. Especially anything about Knothole."

Tristina gave a single nodd at this, said. "Crucial information about Knothole, deleted. Disconnecting." Tristina then bowed her head, lowered her hand, jerked slightly, and re-opened her eyes.

"Okay. I'm back." Tristina said, turning to Sonic. "Cool." said Sonic, looking to the Sally bot. "What about the Princess?" he asked. "She is now being roboticized." came the robotic reply.

"What!?" Sonic asked, raising one leg. "I'm Juicin'..." "Sonic, wait a sec!" Rotor called. Sonic paused to look back at them. Rotor, meanwhile, took out his wrench and turned a bolt in the back of the Sally bot.

Satisified, Rotor then closed the back hatch and pointed one finger of the hand holding the wrench at Sonic.

"Surprise for iron lips." said Rotor with a grim smile. "Cool. you guys do the factory. Tiff and I'll get Sal." said Sonic holding out his fist. Bunnie, Rotor, Tristina then proceeded to bump thier fists, hook thier index fingers, touch thier pinkies, and finally give eachother thumbs ups. "Catch ya later." said Sonic.

Bunnie and Rotor then took off for the outskirts of the Swatbot factory.

Tristina wheeled over to the Sally bot, grabbed one arm and pulled the bot onto her lap. "Lets do it to it, blue." said, Tristina, adjusting the Sally bot on her lap. Sonic gave a single nodd, then revved up and took off.

Tristina revved up her wheelchair wheels then took off with Sonic, trailing only slightly behind him.

Keeping her head level, Sally looked up with her eyes and let out a gasp as the glass chamber slowly began to reach down to her. Suddenly, the glass chamber shuddered to a stop. "Oh, now what?" Robotnik growled, looking around as the lights flashed on and off.

Tristina scowled and Sonic bared his teeth in determination as the two wheeled and ran towards Robotnik's citadel. The bluish gray buildings towered over the two hedgehogs as if flaunting Robotniks might. turning a corner into a seemingly abandoned alley, Tristina glanced behind her as Sonic tugged on a metal grate that covered a bluish gray pipe.

"Allow me, blue." said, Tristina, raising her hand as her bluish silver eyes faded to a flat white. "Project: Sally. raise upper body to ninety degrees." Tristina ordered in a monotone voice. with series of beeps and a whirring noise, the robot slowly sat up on Tristina's lap. "Project: Sally, turn head ninety degrees to the right. focus on Freedom Fighter Priority One. Codename: Sonic." Tristina ordered.

the joints in the bots neck whirred as Sally turned her head to the hedgehog and looked at him. Sonic walked over to the robot and, adjusting the robots index finger, pointed to the grate with his own finger and said "Torch it." Immidately, a light blue beam leapt from the 'Princess's finger and attacked the grate, slicing through the thick metal like butter.

As Sonic, Psudo Sally, and Tristina prepaired to infiltrate Robotniks headquarters, Rotor and Bunnie followed thier orders from Sonic. While the hover barges above them continued to deliver truckloads of scrap metal to the swatbot factory, Bunnie and Rotor waited for the hourly patrol of the swatbot hovercrafts.

His tounge sticking slightly out of his mouth, Rotor hurled a rock against a wall on the far side of the street. The first hovercraft passed by, having missed the disturbance. the second, however, stopped and landed. after a few minutes, the bluish black form of a swatbot stepped out of the hovercraft and began to approach the rock.

In the scrap heap, Bunnie swung a graphling hook above her head like a lasso. releasing the graphling hook, the rope sailed through the air with arrow like precision. encircling the robots legs, Bunnie gave a mighty yank and the swatbot toppled. rushing across the street, Bunnie and Rotor clambored into the late swatbots hovercraft.

"Lets do it sugar." said Bunnie with a wink to Rotor as the walrus expertly began flipping switches. fifteen minutes after it had landed, the hijacked hovercraft took off on its new mission.

Sally kept a firm grip on her nerves, although she was sorely tempted to break down in tears. It was as if fate was toying with her; bringing the guillotine's swift blade closer and closer to her neck, then stopping and starting the horrid process over again.

"Ready Doctor Robotnik" Snivleys nasally drone reported. Sally's ears flicked in response to a slight metallic hissing behind her. perhaps the doctor was taking a deep breath? "Activate" Robotnik said, savoring every syllable in the word.

there was a slight squeak and a strange ticking behind Sally, but Robotnik didnt seem to notice it. "Bye Bye Princess" Robotnik whispered, a grin in his voice as Sally let out a gulp and the glass dome began to lower once again.

Suddenly, as if fate was determined to have the last laugh, the room began to tremble. distant explosions caused dust to part from some of the pipes and rain down around them.

"No..." Robotnik whispered, looking around him in confusion.

Sally looked around from her ducked position as dust continued to rain down upon the cursed stand and the small man controling it.

"No..." Robotnik whispered again, pressing a button that rewound the survaillence footage of the swatbot factory. pressing play, Robotnik glared up at the screen as a single swatbot vehicle hovered over one of the barges loading into the factory.

Robotnik gritted his teeth as a teal blue walrus holding a small can leaned out of the window, dropped the can, then leaned back in. Pausing the video, Robotnik activated his com link in his chair. "Infiltration detected! All units attack!"

Sally blinked as she tried to comprehend what she was seeing. a light blue blur in a wheelchair grabbed hold of one of the exaust pipes of the roboticizer and severed it.

as exaust began to flow from the disconnected pipe, Sally quietly watched as the light blue blur backed up into the shadows. turning, Snivley began to tend to the disconnected pipe, his hearing temporarily impared due to the loud hissing from the pipe.

This cant be real! I have to be dreaming! Sally thought as two wavy figures approached the roboticizer. a pair of gloved fingers reached under the roboticizers dome and pushed it further into the ceiling. Sally let out a sigh of relief as Sonic began to undo the restraints on her wrists and ankles. "How ya doin' Sal?" Sonic asked, holding the Princess' hands as he pulled her away from her 48 hour prision.

"Fine, thanks to you and Tiff." said Sally, her gratitude seeping out in every word she spoke.
Sonic smiled, then pulled Sally aside as Tristina (who had already switched to spider mode) approached the roboticizer with the fake Sally in her arms. placing the robot in the roboticizer's seat, Tristina closed the restraints around the Psudeo Sallys wrists and ankles. "All set." said Tristina, pressing a button on her wheelchair.

as Tristina's wheelchair reverted to ground mode, Sonic glanced over Sallys shoulder to see the smoke coming from the disconnected pipe was thinning. "Lets cruise." said Sonic, glaring around him. "I dont like the company here." Sally smiled as Sonic and Tristina ran and wheeled at a jogging pace so Sally could keep up.

Once outside, Sally raced up beside the garage like door they had just exited and pressed a button on the wall. as the brownish green door rattled to a close, Sally and Sonic shared a high five. "Past cool." Sonic congragulated, smiling. "Lets juice." "Hold up, blue." said Tristina, smiling to a small ground level camera survailing the city. "Lets give bolt butt a update first."

Robotnik was not having a good day. A spy orb backed away from a swatbot factory spewing flames and smoke, then panned to a lone green and black hovercraft being chased by two other green and black hovercrafts. "No, this cant be..." Robotnik growled, as if uttering those four words would correct the mounting sea of problems he was facing.

switching to ground level survailence, Robotnik gritted his teeth as two sickeningly familar blue blurs raced up to the camera. "You were close Robuttnik," said his anthropormorphic rival, grinning. "but close only counts in horseshoes." "Have a dreadful day." chimed in the Princess, waving to him as the hedgehog pulled out a golden power ring.

holding it up, the two took off and left a single, light blue hedgehog in thier wake. "Hey tubs, I left a gift for ya in the roboticizer." Robotnik scowled at the hedgehog. "Consider it payback for my legs." Tristina finished, giving him a thumbs up and a wink. the hedgehog then grabbed hold of her wheelchair wheels and took off.

Robotnik looked over to his small arm chair command screen as his nephews face slowly faded into view. "The Princess is roboticized sir," Snivley reported before looking over his shoulder at a figure in the background. the figure stepped forward, revealing that it was the fake Sally.

"But there seem to be some gliches" finished Snivley as the robot pointed her finger at the command screen. "you fool!" Robotnik cried. "Get that out of-" Robotnik was cut off as a single laser shot destroyed the command screen. as Snivley scrambled for cover, the Sally bot continued to shoot and various items before looking at the roboticizer.

looking to Robotnik on the last working monitor, Sally turned to the monitor and her eyes faded to a bluish gray. she then shakily folded her fingers and raised her thumb in a gesture at Robotnik, and finally batted one eye. "Tristina..." Robotnik growled as the Sally bot relaxed before pointing her laser finger at the last screen in the room and firing.

"No..." Robotnik hissed shortly before the screen shattered into millions of pieces.