Chapter 2: Toxic
Act 1: All Along The Chemical Plant
Sonic and Tails leave the Tornado-Alpha a mile away from a huge chemical plant. Tails takes the GPS and wraps it around his wrist.
Tails: Stay here. I'll go scout out the area. Maybe I'll even find the next lab.
Sonic: Do I have to just wait? I'm ready to scrap some metal!
Tails: Just, let me defend you this time. I can warn you about everything that's there if you just trust me. If you-
Sonic: Alright! You can go on ahead. Just, don't keep me waiting.
Tails: I'll be right back!
Tails flies off as Sonic waits and taps his foot. He stays there for exactly 3 minutes.
Sonic: I'm Outta Here!
He dashes off towards the chemical plant and he runs all around it until he finds Tails at the edge of a platform, looking at the water below.
Sonic: Left me hangin' there, Tails.
Tails: Sonic! I think I've found it.
Sonic: You “Think” you have?
Tails: Well, I double-checked Bunnie's work and triangulated the exact X, Y coordinates-
Sonic: In English, Tails.
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Tails: Well, the Emerald should be under the water down there. Looks like the tide is riding high this season.
Sonic: So, how do we get to it?
Tails: We swim.
Sonic: You'd better get going, then.
Tails: But, I'll need your strength to open the lab up.
Sonic: Well, that's toooo bad. I ain't touching that stuff.
Tails: The water?
Sonic: The whole stinking ocean! You don't know what's hiding down in the deep.
Tails: Wait. Can you not swim?
Sonic: 'Course I can! I just don't want to.
Tails: Come to think of it, I've never seen you swim.
Sonic: Just, Get Going Already!
Tails: You know, it really is easy. You just have to find the air-bubbles.
Sonic taps his foot.
Sonic: I'm waaaiiitiiing.
Tails: I'm going!
Tails flies towards the water as Sonic looks around. Before long, a worker robot finds him and they look at each-other for a moment.
Robot: … Move.
Sonic gets out of the way and the robot picks up a metal crate that was behind him. Sonic then looks around to see dozens of robots that are minding their own business.
Sonic: Hm. Something fishy's gotta be happening. But, I can't attack them first. Heroes end fights, not start them.
After a moment of nervously waiting, Tails flies out of the water with the aquamarine Chaos Emerald in his hand. He then holds it up to the sky.
Tails: I Got It!
All of the robots look his way.
Robots: Target Acquired.