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Not in My Data: Act II Ch. 6

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Diablo, pt.2

"Hey mom, look at this awesome toaster I found!"

Mwuahahahahaha!


King Elias of the Kingdom of Acorn rubbed his temples. He had just released to the public that the Destructix had escaped prison and the city was not quite pleased to hear about it. He did not tell them what they learned from Fiona on who had broken them out and why, though. He needed the people on his side right now. The Council of Acorn didn't seem to approve of his ties with Metal Sonic, Hamlin in particular. He was often openly vocalizing his objections to the prince's staying here as well as his ruling over the G.M.E. (to the Council as well as the rest of the city), as he believed most of it, if not all, should be annexed to the Kingdom of Acorn. He was becoming quite the problem, as he had convinced Rotor and the rest of the Council to overlook Metal Sonic's robotic body and its progress. Since the king was deemed to be a friend of the now-nanite lynx, Hamlin also had the Council to agree to forbid Elias to have access to the lab that stored it. The pig openly vented his opposition to every decision the king had made and he was beginning to show influence among the other Council Members.

The squirrel king looked over to his lynx companion, "Metal, has Mogul contacted you about this problem with the Destructix?"

He nodded, "The mammoth assured me they are for security purposes only. They had recently proved their worth and commitment to contracts by stopping an infiltration on the temporary government headquarters."

"Oh really? Was it Finitevus?"

The lynx smirked before giving his enthusiastic answer, "Actually the spies were confirmed members of the Royal Secret Service. Before you ask, yes, I know you were not the one behind this. Someone as experienced as you in these situations would have set a much better plan than merely sneaking in. I think we can agree that a certain pig was pulling the strings here."

Elias was shocked, embarrassed, and angry. How dare the Council issue such an order without his knowing! Before he could apologize, Metal Sonic flicked his kingly forehead, "Don't bother trying to take the blame here. Just think about mentioning to everyone next meeting. Your men will return to the city soon enough, I'm going over to the G.M.E. later today to see how things are going."

Rubbing the mark left by the lynx, Elias dismissed the situation, "Fine, we'll settle this your way. I still haven't found out any progress on your body. Rotor and Tails keep giving me the same answers…"

"Prower…"

"Sally tells me you and Tails have become quite good friends," the king went on as he went to a cupboard by the wall, "I think it's amazing how quick you're getting on everyone's good side here."

Metal Sonic smirked, "He is quite the engineer, if he wasn't so attached to the city I would take him to… to…"

Elias had turned around, revealing what he was retrieving from the cupboard:

A small bowl of chocolate pieces.

The squirrel followed his friend's gaze and looked back and forth between the bowl and the lynx. He chuckled and held the bowl up to him, "Would you like so—"

In an instant, his chocolates were swept out of his hands and into the blue lynx's mouth. His entire face was submerged into the bowl as he devoured the food like a starving animal. Elias took a step back in surprise of Metal Sonic's sudden change in demeanor. Usually he was so calm and kept, why this chaotic behavior over some chocolate?

The bowl dropped, and the lynx took little time in licking all the sugary goodness from his fingers and lips. Noticing the squirrel grimacing against the wall, he smiled innocently, "Thank you."

Elias returned a nervous nod, still unsure if everything was all right, "I… I didn't know you could eat with that body."

"Well," Metal Sonic sheepishly scratched his ear, "I cannot actually eat like you do. Nicole says I am not supposed to either…"

The Mobian tensed up, grimacing again, "W-W-Why not?"

The lynx opened his mouth to answer, but instead of words, pieces of chewed up chocolate erupted from the back of his throat. Time seemed to slow down as Elias watched the regurgitated food soar across the room towards him.


It was now the later after noon, almost nearing evening, and the red and blue duo had seen no trace of Diablo, the toaster from hell, in Furville. Though still a little dizzy from their last encounter, Knuckles had Sonic check every store in the city for the toaster, as it had stickers of flames on each side. The hedgehog dropped his woozy pal off at the nearest doctor's office to rest before setting out on his task. While he was gone doing that, Knuckles would rest and get some medication for his head. Having returned with nothing, both Mobians realized someone must have taken the kitchen appliance to their own home.

The echidna held his head in his hands, "We're too late. How are we supposed to find him now?"

"Google?" the blue speedster shrugged.

His friend glared back, "Sonic, try to be serious. You saw what he did to us back there. That was without any civilians, now he can use them to his advantage. He probably still hasn't shown us all he can do yet."

"All right, all right," he apologized, "We're finishing this before it gets dark. He could get away under the proper conditions. You think he's being used right now?"

"…Used?"

"Y'know, like is someone putting bread inside of him to make toast," he chuckled, embarrassed at his own thoughts, "I wonder what would happen…"

*Meanwhile…*

"All right, the first piece of bread for my new toaster," a cheery, young, parrot boy grinned as he prepared for his snack. He hoped his new toaster cooked as well as it looked. When he found it lying on the side of the road, he couldn't believe his luck! It looked brand new, and it had those awesome flames! There was a small dent underneath the front, but other than that: flawless.

The young Mobian got the bread from the bag and placed it in a slot.

Perfect…mwuahahahaaha…Dammit, if only I had hands to fold evilly!

The parrot placed his feathered hand on the lever.

Almost there…come on already!

"Time for toast," he beamed as he pushed down the lever to activate the toaster.

*Back at the hospital*

Sonic and Knuckles could hear the explosions from where they were. They exchanged a quick glance, and then focused their attention towards the direction the panicking citizens of Furville were running from. Knuckles got up from his chair and put down the ice pack that was on his head. Ready to run with Sonic, his hand was caught by an older Mobian sheep, his nurse.

"Oh no you don't," she bleated, "You've got to rest! We still don't know if you have a concussion or not."

The echidna wrenched his arm free, "I've been through worse than this, believe me!"

"Knux," he heard the hedgehog calmly sigh, "…wait, I have an idea…"


Elias came out of the wash room dressed in fresh clothes. He had just survived a horrifying experience he hoped never to venture again. Despite what the maids said about the "nanite puke" coming off cleanly, he did not at all feel "lucky" about that! Straightening out his new clothes, he came back to the embarrassed lynx.

"I am sorry about that," he spoke with guilt in his voice, "But now you know why I'm not allowed to eat that…"

The king let out a short laugh, "Yes, you showed me rather colorfully, I'll give you that. But let's just forget the whole thing happened. I'm already trying to suppress it from my memories."

"Agreed."

The two continued to stand there in awkward silence until Sally came barging in, exasperated and out of breath. Her attention went straight to the blue lynx as she rushed towards him, "Metal, are you able to contact Nicole at all?"

He raised an eyebrow, "Only if I was integrated into her systems, but Nicole had told me the nanites she used to create this body were separated."

"Is there any way you could though?" the squirrel shook his shoulders, "I've been trying to find her for an hour now and I think something's happened! I even used her old handheld!"

A frantic look instantly formed across the prince's face. He asked for Sally to lead the way. When they arrived at her room, she gave him Nicole's old residence. Elias was not far behind.

Metal Sonic silently thanked Nicole for being able to transfer most of his abilities into his nanite body; sine a part of Nicole was inside the mobile device, he would be able to trace her signal and locate her whereabouts. The two Mobians watched as what looked like a thin line of electricity zapped out of the lynx's pointer finger and into the handheld. The blank screen suddenly shined a bright light before fading down to a black screen with a blinking white dot.

Sally peeked over Metal Sonic's shoulder, "What is that?"

"That is Nicole."

"What? She's in there?" the squirrel panicked.

"Don't be absurd," the lynx almost scolded, "Let me finish my work."

After a couple more quick shocks, the screen zoomed out into a map of the city. The blinking dot could be seen on the outskirts of New Mobotropolis, in fact outside of the city limits.

This time Elias moved forward and peered at the device, "Is that a secret tunnel of some sorts? Did Nicole build that?"

"Negative," came Metal Sonic's cold correction, "This area is outside the wall, and therefore was not created by nanites. It was Mobian made."

He turned around with the device and headed towards the door. The sibling Mobians' heads turned to each other in silence before scurrying over to follow. Sally tugged at the red eyed lynx's sleeve, "Where do you think you're going?"

"I am retrieving Nicole," he stated with no emotion.

"Hang on, we don't even know—"

"If you were really her friend you would be making a plan for her rescue right now," Metal Sonic interrupted.

The princess clenched her fist before shouting with authority, "Would you stop being so impatient! We don't know if this is a trap, or if Nicole is even in danger…I said stop! Don't make me hold you here by force Metal!"

Already at the exit of the castle, the prince turned around to give a dark grin, "Then try and stop me, princess."

And in almost an instant he took off running. The nanite body was nowhere comparable to his real body's speed, but he was twice, maybe three times faster, than a normal Mobian; Elias and Sally would be unable to catch up before he got to his lynx…and her soon to be dead captor.

Asking Elias to stay behind to keep things under the radar, Sally followed after the speeding blue figure. She knew she couldn't get to him, but she could still keep up to follow him to Nicole.

Sorry this is late, my dog has been really sick and I forgot to update ^^' She's better now though :D

This was supposed to be WAAAAY longer but I've decided to change up the story a bit :P
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