It was amazing how much time had passed since Tails last saw this place. What once was a tremendous, elaborate scientific base, succumbed to nothing but ruins. Even though Eggman was of course as bad as a person could get, Tails was still able to take the time to appreciate his scientific genius. Both Sonic and himself were if not the majority of their time carried away with what new schemes Eggman had rolled up his sleeves. This point in time was certainly no different. The heroic duo found themselves standing before one of Eggman's earliest bases of operation. Knowing full well what could await them once inside, Tails brought along some heavy duty work. Large mechanical legs clamped their way towards the massive doorway. The yellow fox sat comfortably on top, his tornado plane in its battle mode. Oh how proud Tails felt building such transformations for his airplane. It was handy and ready to use, and he didn't want Sonic necessarily worrying about him all the time. So bringing it along was his best option. The large door was closed, but with a bit of tinkering, he'd be able to open that sucker up no problem! The fox pulled out from under his seat a small device that projected a mini virtual screen. Pressing certain combos on the virtual keys, he chuckled a bit and turned his gaze toward Sonic. Now I know we're not sure whats inside waiting for us, but I feel like we still have the upper hand, don't we? He smiled brightly at his older brotherly figure, confident they'd have no issues traveling through the base to meet their set goal.
sonic looked at tails, grinning and closing his eyes as he raised up his hand and gave him a thumbs up of course buddy, we always have the upperhand as long as i'm here *sonic boastfully straightened his posture, huffing out his chest in pride. to think that tails was even worried about anything going wrong, concidering all the times he had beaten egghead regardless of anything in their way, true there was times when he was glad his friends had helped him along, as without them chances would of seemed slim, but he was pretty confident there wasn't anything that could pose a genuine threat from eggman, it was just his job has a hero to make sure he didn't bring harm to others, that was sonics main priority over anything.
sonic watched idly over tails doing his work, the sound of his foot tapping on metal eccoed rather loudly on the metal platform*
"...hey tails, ya done yet?"
The echoing taps caused the foxes' right ear to twitch, working at a continous swift pace. Almost got it! The code I'm entering should, if I calculated it right, open all securly locked doors within the vicinity. I would say its surprising how tightly Eggman locked this place down, but then again this /is/ Eggman we're talking about... Ah! There we go! Tails' eyes brightened up as an appealing noise sounded from his device. Their surroundings shook slightly as the doorway slowly began its ascend. He stared in awe as it rose, becoming only a bit intimidated, just a bit. Blinking several times, Tails reached back under his tornado's control panel, safely tucking away his device. His gaze tilted back up toward their set destination. It was dark inside, so dark it felt unsettling to even dare enter. He wouldn't allow this gut feeling to overcome him though, since Sonic was right. There wasn't anything to worry over with him by Tails' side. After all, the place was abandoned. How bad could it really be? The thought only just occuring to him, Tails' eyes widened and spoke the word 'oh wait' in his mind. He took a moment to activate a certain switch on his plane's control panel. Beacons of light shined off the front of his battle ready plane, allowing the duo to see at least some of what was headed their way. Okay, everything's a go. He spoke over to Sonic gripping the handling gears on his tornado firmly.
heh finally, sonic thought in his head as he lifted his right hand up and used his index finger to mess with his ear "about time, that felt like forever!" standing impatiently by the side of tails tornado, he watched as the entrance gradualy opened, a slight tinge of unceartanty hit sonics stomack, but he quickly shrugged it off, the darkness of the place made him feel a little on edge, no way was he going in there without some kind of light. turning to tails to see his reaction to their current position, when lights suddenly shone brightly out from the front of tails tornado, ah of course, how could he have forget... sonic didn't feel so uncomfortable now he had some means to light up his path, his only concern was more the speed of which he was going to stay at to keep the same distance as tails lights. but it didn't bother him all that much, so long as he got what he came for and dismantled whatever this thing was that eggman had been hiding
"come on tails, lets get moving"
sonic proceeded to walk forward infront of tails leading the way

Right! He chanted in reply, following along Sonic as they entered Eggman's husk of a base. Now that they were inside, it wasn't all /that/ bad. Sure there were cob webs as far as their eyes could see, but that was only threatening if they happened to be clean freaks. The yellow fox tilted his gaze to the right, then to his left eyes curiously following along pipes and engineered walls. One could only assume they purposefully lead to other rooms within the base. Otherwise it'd be way too easy to get lost in a place as big as this. Breaking away from his current train of thoughts, Tails placed a hand out near his tornado's  top panel, pushing a light green button. This button launched a virtual map of the base, taking account to each and every one of the rooms. It even marked down the smallest of storage spaces which popped up various times, in one room for that matter. Okay, so it looks like... Tails began, squinting his eyes as he analyzed his computerized map. We'll have to make our way towards the 4th floor. That seems to be the fastest way into Eggman's main control room. It should be a good place to start searching.
"Alright then, lets go!" sonic smirking as he ran forwards, heading to the 4th floor shortly followed by tails, keeping his momentum fast enough to keep in the path of his lights, he traversed past a lot of old unused equipment..  (hm.. I wonder what egghead was gonna do with all this junk) sonic thought to himself, as he turned his head back to look at tails Yo tails! we heading in the right direction, just seems like such a maze in here" *
He switched gears, following Sonic down what seemed to be a never ending hall. Piles of equipment lay scavenged throughout their surroundings, Tails' curiousity getting the better of him. He wondered if maybe it wouldn't be so bad to snitch a few spare parts here and there. Eggman had well already left this place, so it wouldn't hurt if Tails recalibrated and fixed them up to benefit his own current inventions. The thought of this caused Tails to become a bit excited, but would wait until after Sonic and himself found what they were /really/ here for. Sonic's voice caused Tails to stare over at him for a moment, then back toward the virtual map. He analyzed it carefully, making sure they truly weren't just running around in circles. At this point, it wouldn't have surprised him since this base as massive. Following the pipe lines seemed to be the only for sure way to nagivate this place properly. His eyes tilted back towards Sonic nodding confidently, the tornado's heavy mechanical steps echoing throughout the vast hallway. It should be! We've just gotta look out for... oh, an elevator! An elevator should be coming up on our right. We can use that and head straight up!
sonic kept running forward hearing what tails had to say, making a sharp turn round the corner at the end of the corridor, his shoes making a grinding noise as the skidded on the cold metal flooring, slight sparts emanating from the corners of his shoes, as he halted himself abruptly, gaining his stance back and waiting for tails to catch up, he shouted in the distance
hey tails? this is it right?... 
sonic stared at the rusted elevator  looking a little concerned. "it doesn't look very secure" sonic kicked the front part of the evevator slightly with the tip of his shoe, then stood there silently, watching for any movement from it, it certinatly didn't look like it would be able to hold both of them very well, let alone with tails tornado, if tails was intent on using this to get to the 4th floor, or if this was their only way to get there, he would have to leave behind the tornado, which made sonic a little uneasy, dispite how confident he was and how abandoned this place seemed
As Tails made his way toward Sonic's position, it was dualy noted the elevator looked... well its appearance certainly wasn't comforting. Sweat had formed on the side of Tails' face, that feeling of uncertainty hitting him again. Despite this, he took another long look at the map, his gaze peering from the map, back up at the elevator, then back down again. Mhm, this is it, but yeah I see what you mean. It honestly looks like it could collaspe inward at any moment. Geez, could Tails have been anymore blunt about it? He shuddered at the thought trying to shake off his negative impression. This is the fastest way though! I'm sure there's other ways to get up there, but it could take us a while, and like you said it already felt as if we were running around in circles. With that, the yellow fox squeezed out of his seat, hopping down by Sonic's side. With a small smile, he placed a hand on Sonic's shoulder staring back up at the troublesome elevator. But on the upside, if I leave the tornado here, there's no doubt it could hold our weight! This shouldn't take us too long, and I'm not all that worried since this place is abandoned. The tornado should be fine-- Leaving it here for maybe... 10 mins, tops? Tails spoke aloud, not only trying to reassure Sonic, but himself as well. His plane meant the world to him, and the thought of leaving it on its own pained him. Sure it was just a machine, but to Tails all of his creations meant more than that, vastly more than that.
"hmm well, if youre sure.." *sonic clearly wasn't, that elevator looked like bad news, tails was mentioning how it was their easiest way up, not something sonic wanted to hear but, a hero's gotta do what a heroes gotta do.
sonic pointed to the elevator door.*
so... who is going in first then?" he grinned sheepishly, maybe tails would offer to go first since he was the youngest and lightest, it might help sonics nerves on how stable the thing was, concidering he could also fly with his tails if anything where to happen, and sonic would be right there to help him at any moment, though he felt a little guilty making tails do his dirty work, a sigh emanated from sonics mouth as he waved his hand back at tails as if to step away
"i'll go first, you stay there tails," sonic casualy began walking forward to the elevator, carefully placing his foot in as to not show to tails how nervious we was about the situation he then continued to walk into it casually, and resting his elbow on the side of the elevator*
"heh, see nothing to worry about-"
sonic was shortly cut off as he felt a rumbling under his feet, and he noticed a jaint orange button with the words ON over to his right where his elbow was placed. sonic instantly knew that can't be a good thing. quickly shooting his gaze back to tails, gesturing him to get on TAILS HURRY, sonic said desperately as the elevator began to activate holding out his hand
Sonic offering to head in first caused the fox to near reach out to him, but he hesitated. Once Sonic's mind was set on something, it was rarely ever swayed. A small sigh of mixed relief and worry slipped from Tails' lips nodding in verbal reply to Sonic's words. He watched as Sonic cautiously stepped into the elevator shaft, Tails' eyes closing suddenly as anxiety was getting the better of him. After a few moments passed, the fox opened his right eye slightly, both opening while his expression became relaxed.   Ah, what relief. It was just as Tails predicted. Now it came time for Tails to follow up Sonic's actions. Just as Sonic sassed a small remark, the young foxes' ears stiffened, the abrupt, rumbling noise beneath their feet becoming louder as time passed. Surprised and bewildered grunts escaped from Tails' mouth, the rumbling causing him to fall back on his rear. He shook it off quickly and gasped seeing the elevator begin to shift upward. SONIC! Tails shouted his name trying to reach out for his brother's hand. Unfortunately the door had almost shut on the foxes' hand pulling it back just as fast. His ears tilted back, his gaze focused on the elevator as it moved upward. ... Oh boy.. Well... at least it works. Another sigh released from his mouth, relieved that Sonic would be alright in there. It was then his eyes brightened up, quickly running back towards the tornado. Tails climbed back into his seat, quickly pulling out a small device. He gently pushed a combination of buttons activating it post haste. Hopefully this communicator still worked. It was one of his older models, one that he kept handy, a back up plan of sorts if a situation like this were to pop up. Miles seemed to be prepared for just about anything. Sonic? Sonic can you hear me? The fox talked in a clear voice, hoping Sonic still had his set. It was awhile ago that Tails had given him it, so it'd be understandable if not-- Just, it would make things a bit more complicated.
the evevator shot up and wobbed around violently on it's accent. Sonic's expression quickly dropped and formed into one of concern as now tails was separated from him, it would be a lot harder to locate what they came here for, and since sonics knowledge on electronic things wasn't upto par, he wasn't sure how this was going to go, as much as he was hoping for an easy trip in and out, this clearly wasn't going to be one.
sonics ears twitched to the sound of something emanating from his quils,  of course! tails made  them comunicaters a if anything like this was to occur, lucky for him he remembered to bring it, hearing the foxes voice eased his conerns, he quickly took it out from his spines, and responded to tails imedatly
"Hey tails, Yea I can hear you.. this thing just shot up. you'll be okay down there right? i'll count on you to be able to make it up here on your own, but i'll try my best at finding anything suspicious, just keep me updated!"
sonic lowered his arm down as he looked directly upward wondering how far this elevator went, he was nerviously clinging onto one of the rusted rail bars, this ride was beginning to take it's toll on him
"when's this thing gonna stop-"
*sonic was roughly interrupted, as the whole elevator came to abrupt stop, violently throwing sonic forward with the sudden halt, eyes wide, he lifted his head up from where it had been thrown down.
he stood there for a few minutes checking his suroundings out, and making sure the elevator was secure enough to vacate it. sonic just decided it was safter to leave it as quick as he could, and made a lightening speed dash out of there, stopping at a mangled sign, which had the room and floor numbers marked... it was hard for sonic to read what with it all being so mucky and teared.
sonic tried to put his hand across the teared segmanets, flattending them out to try and make out what floor he had been brought too, it was a little difficult to see but, it seemed like the last floor was the 4th floor, and he had been brought to it safely, though sonic still couldn't make sense of the room numbers at the least.
picking up his hand where the communicator rested, and bringing it upto his face, he began to explain the situation to tails.*
"tails, tails? can you hear me, so, I think I made it to the 4th floor, but the map is so damaged I can't makeout what room i'm suppost to be heading for, I need your help, less time wasted the better"
Oh, awesome! Sonic did have it afterall! A rather relieved sigh slide from his lips, Tails' expression beginning to relax. He listened carefully as Sonic spoke, rather surprised that the elevator had up sped off like that. The darn thing looked as if it were about to collaspe, let alone having the stability to move for that matter. It wasn't a bit deal though. What mattered was Sonic safely made it to the top, and Tails was more than capable of handling this his trek up on his own. This also meant he wouldn't have to leave his tornado alone at all! A stupidly happy grin slipped over his face, gently hugging his plane. It was a tad silly to hold a machine with such high reguard, but again his inventions meant more to Tails than simply calling them 'meaningless machines'. Mhm! I'm fine, and will do! I'm real glad to hear you're okay too. Finding another way up will be easy! It shouldn't delay us too much, I mean, one of the tornado's specialties is to find the clearest, quickest route while navigating through a moleculer spa--... Tails cut himself short as this wasn't really the time nor place to boast over what his plane was capable of. His ears twitched and chuckled a bit embarrassed at his tangent. A-Aah, right! I'll keep you posted! And with that, the young fox took it upon himself to activate the tornado once more, shifting gears while making a hard u-turn. Its mechanical legs stomped across the ground, taking a moment to scan his surroundings. When he found an opening, one that lead upward or to a higher point within the base, he took it without a second thought. Although this route was an option for Sonic and Tails, it was a much longer and tedious trek, one that Tails had hoped to avoid. The fox sighed, his body twitching slightly at the sound of Sonic's voice. Holding the device to his mouth, he gripped the shift gear on the tornado to have it hover over a large gap between the floors, continuing on route toward the fourth floor. A damaged map? Hmm, well from what I see each of these rooms are marked with the number of the floor their on, and depending on each floor there's... mn.. ah! There's at least 40-80 rooms on each floor. On the fourth floor... 64, there's 64 rooms all together. Knowing Eggman he'd want his control room smack dab in the middle-- So, if the map's no good, try checking rooms from 25-35. I know its a rough estimate, but its better than having to check every room individually.
"so.. I just gotta check those rooms huh? shouldn't be a problem with my speed!" sonic rubbed his nose huffing proudly, and then re scanned the damaged map with his eyes..(hmm room 25.. ) lost in thought, sonic placed one of his hands on his chin as he inspected the map closely
"yea, I think I found where rooms 25 to 30 are, should be off to the left from here, i'm gonna check it out!" speaking aloud to himself,
* then up looking at the dull led light iluimiating the map, sonic decided it was a good idea to try and take it with him if possible since it was hard to make anything out in the dark. he reached his hand forward grabbing the long light bar, and pulled it as hard as he could, his eyes cleached shut, he was pulling back with so much force that when the light broke off  sonic fell down on his backside, hitting the rough cold metal flooring with an "oof!".
he got up from the floor rubbing his lower back his face holding a disgruntled look, composing himself, he glanced off to the left from where he was standing, turning round and sprinting forward. most of sonics actions where a blur as he went back and forth between rooms, luminating up the doorways with the light he aquired, to check the room numbers,  noticing a lot of junk particulary in one room, halting to a stop infront of the entrance, (hmm this looks like it could be it) sonic thought,
walking in gradually he looked around, stopping and lifting his communication device to his mouth
Tails, I think I found it, ya managed to get up here yet?... awkwardly rubbing the back of his head as he spoke
I kinda don't really know what to look for, a little help would be usefull"
Sonic's boasting confidence was more than enough to reassure Tails'. He nodded verbally to himself at the hero's reply while a small sigh released from his nose, the loud clanking of his plane's mechanical legs echoing under his breath. It wouldn't be long before Tails would also reach the fourth floor, the map indicating he was a fair distance from Sonic's location. While continuing his trek, Miles' expression changed upon hearing Sonic's voice again. He listened carefully, blinking a few times at Sonic's request. Aah, well-- I think it'd be best if you waited til I get up there, Sonic. Even though this place looks utterly abandoned, who knows what Eggman could have hiding here. We can never be too careful when it comes to him! He knew Sonic wouldn't be all that enthusiastic about the idea of having to wait a little longer, or that Tails was so on edge about this place. The life throughout this place was toast, but that's what made the fox feel so conflicted. The idea of being in Eggman's base was a nasty thought in general, but what he feeling felt different. Ah well, it wasn't something he felt was necessary to think too much into right now. Getting to Sonic was of the utmost importance, what his thought process should be channeling towards. After putting forth much effort, finally Tails had managed to reach the fourth floor. Now it was only in a matter of moments he'd reach to where Sonic was. A relieved sigh escaped his mouth, shifting his tornado's gears, launching it forward. Full speed ahead! He spoke aloud, his voice florushing with energy. Sonic, I'm headed your way. I'll be there in a jiffy!
leaning aganst the wall sonic waited as patently as he could, getting agrovated by having to stand there and not touch anything, he began to walk around the room a little, seeing if he could pick up on anything suspicious in the process, afterall he may not have any idea what it was they where looking for or be knowlegable about mechanical equipment but he knew when he saw something that looked particulary malicious. (maybe I could find it before tails made it up here, heh yeah he thought, huffing proudly and grinning, daydreaming about the praise he would receive* 
maybe a little look wouldn't hurt, he began to pick up some of the equipment lying around, eyeing the thing up and down, looking unimpressed by whatever it was, just looked like a jumbled bunch of nuts and bolts. "pfft junk"  he tossed it behind him with little care, turning round suddenly at the rather loud crash it made, he saw a looming tower of robot parts begin to stir and wobble "oh crap!" *sonics eyes widened in shock as the whole stack of them came plummeting down, quickly zipping out the way as they crashed on the metal floor, a loud clanging noise of metal colliding filled the large room and hallway.
sonic stood there for a few seconds staring at the mess on the floor with a sheepish grin plastered on his face* "erm ops?"
Approaching the room Sonic was in, the tornado made small clicking sounds. Tails slowly powered it back down, allowing it to maintain a sort of sleep mode. Triumphantly, he hopped out of his seat sliding down the plane's side toward the ground. With both the map and communicator still in hand, Tails paced himself inside the room. See! I made it here in great ti--?! The foxes' eyes widened and flinched back a bit as a rather large stack of robot parts smacked into the metal floor. It was a habit of his, but in order to protect himself Miles had his tails curled in front of his face, making it sort of a shield to his eyes. Peeking through his fluffed tails once the sound had passed, he blinked multiple times. What... what just happened? As this thought passed through his mind, the yellow fox retracted his tails and stared over toward his right. A rather unimpressed look plastered itself over Tails' face, staring at an oh so familiar hedgehog who looked guilty as ever. His 'oops' statement kinda was a dead give away. Tails sighed while shaking his head. A small humored smile began to form all the while. And this is why I can't build you nice things, because your curiousity gets the better of you! He laughed a bit at his own comment, gently brushing some of the robot parts out of their way. The last thing they needed was to step on anything of slight value. Even if most of it was junk, who knows? A hidden gold mine of valued parts could be found here! Not to sound so nerdy, but jimminy Eggman left behind so much cool stuff! It was difficult for Tails to leave behind a bolt or loose screw, let alone awesome robotic parts like these! The foxes' eyes began to glow and swoon over the oh so many possibilities with these lovely gadgets and gizmos. This is... t-this is so... wooow...!
"come on tails- we don't have all day to mess with this stuff" sonic stated, his foot tapping as impatent as ever, his eyes rolled back, settling down to one spot in the corner of the room where he could of sworn he saw something glisten, walking over to the specified area only to find it was one of his robots dismantled heads, booting it with his foot, his hands rested on the sides of his hips, his left hand still balled into a fist and still cluching onto the light
"eh.. it's nothing important..." turning his head round and staring behind him at tails "ya managed to find anything that suggests world domination?..."
Tails meanwhile sat oogling over particular parts unable to help himself. Hearing Sonic's question though, the fox's body stiffens up and shakes his head rapidly. A-Aah, well-- nothing too out of the ordinary yet. All I've managed to find so far are scraped robot parts, old gears, screws, bolts, for some reason an... old newspaper with socks wrapped inside it.. uagh.. His body shuddered at the sight of it, placing it far to his left so the stench wouldn't have to waft in their direction. Erm... dead batteries, half functional batteries, and... oh hey... hello there-- what's that? Miles asked aloud, something catching his eye deep within the scrap pile. Without hesitation, he stood up, wiggled his hands a bit to prep himself, then a small grunt emitted from the back of his throat diving into the large summet of robotic pieces.
sonic stood there staring at tails, leaning against the wall and holding a hand upon his hip, "hmm something tells me maybe egghead was either bluffing or he hid whatever it was better than we thought he would" walking over to where tails was rummaging and holding the led light over the heap of robotic scrap, sonic looked in confusion at tails and tried to peer over his shoulder more to see if he could spot anything of interest
The yellow fox rummaged through the pile, inching closer to what it was that catch his eye. Eventually and small ding sound was made as his hand touched the abnormal object. Bingo! He chimed aloud, Tails' upper body popping back out of the trashed pile. Welp, this looks like plenty bad news to me! Whatcha think Sonic? Tails asked the blue hero as he held a severely sensitive object in his hands. The properties and similar features of this object lead Tails to believe this could be in fact what Eggman was searching for. At least, what he was looking for at this base inparticular. Sonic and Tails knew very little thus far as to what Eggman was scheming up, but a device that was able to harness the power of the chaos emeralds was definantly not an idea to be played with. Having a device like that was a very powerful thing, and in the wrong hands could mean a lot of trouble. The young fox took a small breath and started at the device carefully. Hm... You know, even though I'm glad we've found something, didn't it seem a little /too/ easy to find? His ears twitched and connected his gaze with Sonic's.
sonic eyed up the machine tails was now holding, it did indeed look suspicious, this must have been the item eggman was talking about, it definatly looked new, and somewhat powerfull. the other day when sonic intercepted eggmans attack on the city he seemed to boast about some kind of machine that had the power to take over the world and help create that eggmanland of his, of course sonic was certain this was a bluff but, just to be sure, he thought it was safer to go check it out, and waddya know, he seemed to be telling the truth for once, tails was right, something seemed off with how easy this was to find. sonic suddenly tensed up his whole body, as he heard rumbling and crashing noises from throughout the base, looking down at where tails had taken the object, he saw a cable broke and imedatly suspected there was some trap behind it, though sonic knew eggman well enough to know it wouldn't be a walk in the park. 
"come on tails! I think we better go. whatever that is doesn't sound good"
There wasn't much of a response on Sonic's end, but could tell he was lost in deep thought. The yellow foxed stared at him for a few moments, then took a moment to stare back at the device. Too easy to find... an uneasy feeling began rising within Tails, and as far as his gut feeling goes, they were usually on point. He squinted his eyes attempting to note any minor details or inner workings he could make out from its exterior. Hmm... unfortunately the young fox would only be able to make out a fraction of what makes the device tick, at least for now. They'd have to wait until the two of them made it back to Tails' workshop. It was only then Tails' ears twitched once more, his eyes widening as a distant rumbling was heard. He gasped softly turning his head slightly in a confused manner. What-- What in chaos was that noise-- wait no, noises!? Not only that, but the entire fourth floor shook as if it was nearing to collaspe within itself. A-Aah-- ah! Tails stumbled a bit keeping a firm grip of the device, thankfully able to recompose his footing. Calling for Tails' attention, Sonic urged the two of them get out of here now before things start to get out of control. Still though, what was going on? Did this have to do with the device they'd found? A heaved sigh escaped the foxes' lips. Of course-- Of course he had to jynx their situation. He wasn't complaining this was too easy, more so trying to stay on his toes. Despite that, still Tails was surprised. You'd think he'd learn by now? Without another thought crossing through his mind, the fox nodded at Sonic his expression showing both confidence and determination. Right! The fox followed behind Sonic, running up to his plane post-haste. Okay, judging by how quickly the repetition of those sounds are, I'd say we'd have about 12 seconds before whatever it is crosses our path! He told Sonic hopping up into his plane's seat. Carefully he placed the device under his plane's seat, only having so many options of as to where he could put it. It was a fragile thing, but that would have to do!
"well we better get moving then!" *sonic said with a uncomfortable smirk on his face, the excitement of the challenge approaching whatever it was, got his blood boiling, even if he knew things could take a turn for the worst, sonic was determend as ever to escape there, he wasn't just going to let egghead get away with any future plans he had, even though this was obviously a trap.
sonic headed off running at a fast speed, still trying to maintain a good distance between tails and him, so neither of them got too far ahead of each other, tails following him shortly behind him,
Sonic's began to yell back at tails, throwing the light that was in his hand roughly to the ground as, tails's lights made a jaint flicker and bursted out infront of them.*
"SO WHERE DO WE GET OUT OF THIS PLACE!? YOU MADE IT UP HERE WITHOUT THE LIFT"
The foxes' near photographic memory would help their situation out immensely. The tornado's large mechanical legs clanked and echoed throughout the hall as Tails followed up behind Sonic. He took a moment to glance their surroundings, a small gasp slipping from his lips. There! His index finger pointed towards a large opening only a short distance ahead of them. This was one of several openings that allowed passage to each of the bases' floors. I was able to find another elevator shaft. This one for sure no longer works, but the plus is there's plenty of platforms to maneuver through it with ease. Tails replied to the blue hero as they approached said opening. Without much time inbetween the tornado entering inside, sparks emitted near Tails' head causing him to shriek. Startled, his arms covered over his face for a moment. A-AH! W-What the-- ...! He tilted his gaze towards said direction, Tails' eyes slowly widening. A massive flood of robots swarmed towards their direction, firing in rapid succession. Luckily Tails wouldn't let something like this get the better of him again, leaning over to grip Sonic's arm. Sonic, hang on! Miles tilted the tornado's controls to his left, shifting the plane inside the elevator shaft with one swift movement. Just as he'd done so, a cluster of robots zoomed past the elevator's opening, their bodies looking as if they'd formed a wall sealing the enterance over. A few sweat drops formed on Tails' brow, his tornado sationary for the moment at least. It sat upon two ellongated metal objects that poked in through the elevator shaft. Phew... Geez they nearly trampled us! He released a small sigh in relief, but knew full well they weren't anywhere in the clear just yet. I guess Eggman really did think ahead this time around. Are you okay Sonic? Tails asked in a concerned tone, releasing Sonic's arm from his grip
sonic was sat on the front part of the tornado, turning round to face tails as he let go of his arm "yea, i'm fine." standing upright and looking down the elevator shaft "woo, this thing is long, think we could make it down in one go, I can hear more robots at the bottom, suddenly sonics eyes sparked up as that cocky grin sneaked it's way onto his muzzle, looking back at tails over his shoulder "do ya think this thing can survive that drop? if we do we could take out some of the mechs, what do ya think?" *sonics eyes glistened in excitement if tails wasn't up for this manuvour sonic was gonna take care of them himself he could already hear metal scraping and clanking getting closer, along with various mechanical noises that accompanied the robots.
sonic began to crouch and get into a action stance his spines bristiling, it has been a while since he had this much excitement,* "if you aren't up for it tails, theres no need to worry, i'll take them out myself!"