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Here's Chapter 1. Sorry for the delay
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Chapter 1: You are here
Chapter 2: Nov. 16
"You can do this. You can do this. You can do this." Atty kept saying to herself as she marched forward, "You're just teaming up with the resistance who are fighting against the Eggman Empire who defeated Sonic, took over more than half of the world, and probably are gonna kill me too!" she added in a panic. She could feel her heart rapidly pounding in her chest just by thinking about it. A deep breath was what it took to calm her anxiety.
"But it's ok. They're gonna help protect you when I need it. But what if they don't like me? What if they think I look too weird? What if they don't want me to join? What if-?!" She stopped herself before she could say more to freak herself out.
"Don't say stuff like that, me. They're gonna like you. Just don't screw this up like last time." She said as she remembered what happened. It still frightens her. She still remembers his deep red eye. How could she? It matched hers so precisely that they were completely identical to each other. So identical to the point it looked like they were twins.
Atty's ears flicked upward when voices from a room close by.
"If we want the people to rally, we have to show them that strength doesn't just come from numbers." said one of the voices.
"Not everyone is terrified. Isn't a new recruit joining us today?" another asked. Atty know who they were talking about. She was the new recruit, and she was fearing for her life.
"Yes, a survivor from the city, right?"
"I'm accessing the file now." answered a female voice while Atty was debating whether to go inside or not. While she was lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice a red figure approach from behind.
"What are you doing?"
Atty jumped when she heard it and quickly turned around. A red echidna with pointed gloves glared at her. She ceased her heavy breathing for she knew who it is.
"Nothing. You're the commander here I presume? Knuckles, right?" Atty asked him. The echidna smiled at her.
"Correct. So, then means you're the new recruit."
"Yes. I'm Atty the khao manee." Atty answered as she shook his hand.
"Alright Atty, come with me." said Knuckles "I'll introduce you to everyone." He walked to the room where Atty heard the voices and the door opened.
“Knuckles! What’s the sitrep, Commander?” said one of the voices that Atty can now identify as a white hedgehog with yellow eyes and neon blue markings.
“Happy to see you’re all still alive.” Knuckles began, “Eggman’s forces have chewed through our defenses at Green Hill, and the resistance in the city is reporting is whatever it is that finished Sonic…” he paused for a moment. From what Atty gathered, all the people in the room has had quite the history with Sonic the fastest thing alive. “Sorry, I’m still not used to saying that. Whatever it is, it has got them running in fear.” The doors opened suddenly to reveal Atty there. She didn’t feel afraid, in fact she felt confident for the first time in what felt like forever. She paced towards the other mobians to join them. “Except for this brave kid, who survived the battle and made it here in one piece. Meet our newest recruit, Atty.” He said, and gave Atty a pat on the back so hard that she nearly fell over. When she got her bearings, she gestured a small wave to everyone in the room.
“Hi.” She said nervously. There goes her confidence again. A bee kid flew up to her and observed her.
“Hmm, doesn’t look like much.” The bee said at last.
“Neither do you Charmy,” Knuckles protested, “but I still found a use for your pointy butt!” Atty hid her snickers. Knuckles held out a gun-like machine to Atty. “Here kid. Take this. We’re depending on you.”
“Thanks, but no thanks. I got my own weapon.” She said as she gently pushed the gun back to Knuckles. The others stared at her.
“And what may this weapon be?” asked a purple chameleon.
“I’ll show you, just don’t freak out.” Atty answered as she walked over to some boxes in a corner of the room, leaving everyone curious to this weapon she supposedly has. She glanced at the two boxes that were a few feet away, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes. The gemstone on her head began to glow and she was surrounded by a blue aura. Blue crystals began to form and molded themselves into a bow and arrow. Her eyes flung open as she aimed and fired at the first box, smashing it into bits. The second was shot into the air, giving her enough time for the crystals to form into a sword, and ran what looked like as fast as Sonic towards the falling box and sliced in half. When she was done, the crystals and aura vanished. She stood up to look at everyone. They seemed impressed with her powers, Knuckles even gave a nod of approval.
“Okay then, let’s get going, everybody! The world’s not gonna save itself!” Knuckles said, and everyone agreed with him, Atty though was lost in thought. She still couldn’t remember why she wanted to join the rebellion. It was the last thing she remembers. Maybe it was to give her confidence? Perhaps she just wanted to make a difference in this harsh world she lives in. She stayed speechless for some time and was only able to break free from her own mind through the sudden excitement in Knuckle’s voice. She looked up to see what all the excitement is about to see that he just ended a call from an unknown mobian.
“I just received some increasable news!” Knuckles said, “Sonic is alive!” The whole room went silent. Eyes widened, and jaws dropped. The white hedgehog was the first to speak up.
“No way! That’s excellent!”
“What?” A pink hedgehog yelled, “Thank goodness! I knew it! I knew it!”
“Where is he?” Atty asked curiously.
“He’s captured in the orbiting prison. My spy there says he’s in a solitary confinement cell, and they’ve been torturing him for months.”
“Physically or mentally?” She continued.
“Both I think.”
“That’s horrible! We have to rescue him!” the pink hedgehog said.
“Plan’s already happening Amy. I’ve got a squad on the way to the Space Port in Chemical Planet to “borrow” a shuttle. ” Knuckles reassured, “C’mon guys. Who’s up for an old-school style jail break?”