Day three: Missing Member
At the sight of the robots, Vector smirked. While this technically wasn’t a case, they were hired to destroy the robots in this base, and Team Chaotix never turns down a case (especially against someone who didn’t pay them).
Letting out a shriek, the three charged, Vector smashing through the robots like they weren’t there to begin with, Charmy dodging attacks and retaliating with attacks of his own, and Espio’s invisibility allowing for many sneak attacks on the unsuspecting robots. Quickly all the robots in the area were destroyed, and they continued on, destroying all the robots they saw, until they ran into a problem. There was a laser grid that went up to the ceiling, and they couldn’t find an off switch on either side of the grid. And while Espio’s invisibility could get him through it, he couldn’t make Charmy or Vector invisible as well.
So, with no other options, Espio proposed a plan, “I’ll head on and try to find a way to turn this off. Then we can continue destroying these robots.”
Despite the fact that it was the only option, Vector objected to it, “Espio, we have no clue how far you would have to go to turn this off. For all we know we’d have to destroy the entire base to turn it off.”
Even though Vector objected, Espio turned invisible and went through the laser grid, and all Vector and Charmy could do was wait.
Vector sat down next to a wall, and knowing that Vector was a bit worried, Charmy then told Vector, “Espio’s really good at not getting caught. He’ll be fine, right?” Despite the attempt to be reassuring, he sounded as worried as Vector was. Despite that, Vector tried to calm himself down. Charmy was right, Espio was good at not getting caught, he’ll be fine.
But what if Eggman made it so that the robots past the laser grid weren’t affected by Espio’s invisibility. What if he only placed the laser grid here to separate them, so that Espio could be dealt with without any backup. What if he placed the really powerful robots there with them also not being affected by his invisibility. Oh no, oh no, why did they let Espio go by himself.
Immediately Vector shot up, panic clear on his face. And from the look on Charmy’s face, he was feeling the same fear.
“Charmy, try to help me destroy this laser grid. There might not be an off switch, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make one of our own!” Vector ordered Charmy. And Charmy immediately complied.
Powered by the fear of Espio being in danger, the two managed to break the laser gate enough that Vector and Charmy could get through. Racing through the base, they didn’t need to run long before Espio reappeared in front of them.
“Vector, Charmy, what are you two doing here?” Asked Espio.
Charmy then spoke up, “Well, we were worried that you were in trouble.”
And Espio, with a look of sheer bewilderment, just responded to that with, “I was gone for less than three minutes.”
Admittedly they had spiraled fast, and Vector just said, “Let’s just continue on.”
It turned out that Vector’s fears were completely unfounded, as none of the robots were ever able to detect Espio was there. But with a fair bit of embarrassment from Vector and Charmy, they destroyed the base.
