Gone astray (Sonic fanfic)

Rebuilding

Third person POV

Master Zik was the first one to awaken as the heat of the magma seemed to burn his very skin. He grabbed his staff and went towards the now rock like lava covering the path, examining the hardened rock. He carefully tapped his staff, checking for any signs of liquid heat. When the staff didn't burn, he aimed his stick, waving it in the air, preparing to strike the rock.

As soon as he brought it down, the rocks broke into many pieces, causing a loud sound. Zavok jolted awake, as did the others, staring at their master, then to the now broken obstacle.

"We are almost there. Time to get up and move." Master Zik said, as he continued down the trail.

The other Zetis eagerly followed their master, but Zavok caught a glimpse of movement near the rocks. He headed to the place to investigate, until Master Zik yelled "Zavok, don't fall behind!"

Zavok looked back at the spot, still not convinced that there was nothing there, but reluctantly ran up towards his comrades. As soon as Zavok left, a pair of wavy black, purple, and red horns slowly peeked out from behind a large rock formation, timidly scanning for any sign of the Deadly six.

When the coast was clear, Zaluna jumped out from their hiding spot, stretching her arms, while Zamanthia walked into the open. "Boy, I was beginning to think they'd never leave." Zaluna yawned deeply, stretching her legs.

Zamanthia walked up to her with an irritated expression "It's because of your carelessness that we were nearly caught." She scolded.

Zaluna waved her hands in a bored manner "Yeah, yeah but he didn't find us, so we're OK boss."

  "Next time, we won't be so lucky."

Zaluna shrugged, ignoring her comments, and walked towards the trail, her tail waving back in forth. "Are we gonna follow or what?"

Zamanthia rolled her eyes, but followed the devil like zeti.

Zavok's POV

  I do not know why haven't felt like this before, but I felt as if we were being followed. For the past 20 minutes of walking, every once and a while I'd turn around to make sure. A few times, Master Zik would tell me that it is just a figment of my imagination. But no matter what I did, the feeling kept nagging me, to the point when I kept checking was on instinct. Is this what they call paranoia?

Soon, the ruins of Eggman's former base of operations came into view, smoke rising from the ashes. I caught a glimpse of a small terminal, and picked it up from the wreckage, wiping away the dirt and grim from the screen. I pressed a small button on the side of it, and the screen lit up. It still works?

I diligently began to type, searching for a blueprint, and when I found it, it was time to build. Zazz collected any sort of welder, Zomom and Zor gathered large materials, Zeena had to find any source of power for the place, while me and Master Zik planned the layout of the building.

It took 2 and a half weeks to complete, and during that time period, I couldn't help but feel prideful and triumphant at the fact that as soon as we finish, we will be able to have the means of destroying our enemies.

Soon, the base was complete, and we all took shelter. The building looked similar to the old one, but we made a few minor changes to the inner structure. Instead of the whole place covered with technology, it was made to suite our needs. But of course, it had a stash of weapons that we salvaged from the wreckage.

The last thing to repair was the devastating weapon Eggman left behind; The life extractor. I remembered when we used it to try and destroy the Earth, even if the plan had failed, the extractor was the only thing that showed promising results.

All that is needed now was to add an engine, the switch, and the screen to show progress.

   It was midnight, and I was still up. I was making the finishing touches when Master Zik came up to me saying "Zavok, while I am proud at your plan for revenge, I must confess that I have my doubts. The planet Hex is peaceful ever since that battle, and I believe you should take the opportunity to replenish your energy. After all, you are the one with lack of sleep."

I paused and contemplated the thought. He was right, I barely had any shut eye for that past few days, and that can be a bad thing. "Alright, I'll shut the system off until dawn."

I placed the datapad on the table and headed for my room.

Zamanthia's POV

"Zaluna, be quiet!"

Zal gritted her teeth in aggravation, quietly mumbling certain words while stubbornly following my lead. The newly rebuilt base was a simple design, one where you couldn't get lost easily. The harder part is finding the control room without a map, and to not get caught. The only reassuring fact was that everyone was fast asleep.

I had to wait for Zavok to go to bed, which had it's complications, but he finally did. Now I snuck out of camp, trying to see something for myself. Trying being the key word. Zaluna caught me sneaking out and literally annoyed me to let her come. And I quote "You're going to break into their base without my help?! Take me with you!"

Quite ironic how she now regrets her decision. We then found a large door at the end of the hall. I hacked the code and the door opened without a sound. We both walked into the dimmly lit room, taking a few glances around until I spotted a small datapad on the table, I picked it up and turned it on, the screen glowing brightly as various files appeared on the screen.

A large box on the right caught my eye, and I pressed it. A blueprint of a strange machine appeared, making me nervous as I read the description. I gasped, my eyes wide with shock when it clicked. "Oh no."