Sonic Apocalypse

Chapter 26 - Victory at Last

Eggman's secret hideout was just dead ahead and G.U.N. made quick progress to get inside as stealthy as possible, they obviously didn't want to get caught and have the entire operation foiled after all. The plan was quite simple enough, Zero's jackal squad would infiltrate the base on the left side, while Gadget's crew and Tails' would take the right. So essentially, they would be attacking from two different sides simultaneously. And everybody had hoped that this attack would put an end to another deadly war before it would get really ugly.

"Entrance to the base is right ahead." informed an anonymous member of Zero's squad, pointing at a dual sided door that was being guarded by two androids.

Zero then, without making a sound as he approached them, took out the two androids with ease and now him and his squad could advance into Eggman territory.

"Gadget, ya there?" asked Zero.

"Yep. We're in." confirmed Gadget confidently.

"Alright, good. Now just try to lay low and find Eggman, he's gotta be here somewhere." said Zero.

"Acknowledged." replied Gadget. "Okay guys, just remember that we're in unfamiliar territory, so just try to be careful." warned Gadget as he turned to his squad and Tails.

"Y'know, I may not know the technology of this facility, but I think I can hack into a computer of some sort to maybe uncover some sort of map." proposed Tails.

"Then I recommend you go do that." responded Gadget. "Take one of my comrades with you. You'll need the protection."

And with that, Tails and one of Gadget's soldiers dispatched from the group to try and find a map of the unfamiliar facility. The base was fairly small but it consisted of several small corridors which contained several different research facilities, scrap rooms and of course, the central control center where Sonic was being kept. The location of the Phantom Ruby's research site was actually not too far from where Sonic was, which could make their job a whole lot easier.

After a little bit of searching, Tails had finally hacked into one of the facility's computers and accessed the files within it. One of them, was a map of the location, detailing each room and what it's used for. Unfortunately, none of them are labeled as a "prison cell", so Tails and company were still unsure if Sonic were here or not.

"Gadget!" called Tails excitedly.

"Found the map?" asked Gadget.

"Sure did!" responded Tails. "There's a central control room, fittingly, in the center of the facility. And you're right in top of it! Eggman could be there!"

"Alright, that's great news." replied Gadget. "I'll notify Zero about your discovery."

Right at that very moment, Rough and Tumble appeared behind Tails and his partner and captured the two, similarly to the way they captured Sonic. Gadget could hear a slight struggle but couldn't quite make out exactly what it was.

"Tails? Tails are you there?" worried Gadget. "Tails? Shit! Alright, apparently Tails must've got captured just now, so let's just find that bastard Eggman already."

Only but a few moments later, Gadget and his team broke into a room that appeared to be the central control station. But they were surprised to find out that Eggman was not there, but an even bigger surprise came when they noticed a familiar blue creature lying on the ground inside of a prison-like capsule. It was Sonic the Hedgehog himself.

"Oh my God..." gasped Gadget as he looked upon the gravely injured hedgehog. "Sonic...is that you?"

Sonic just simply groaned in response and looked up at the worried wolf, whose expression was a mix between terrified and baffled.