"C'mon Wraith. The tunnel's over here." Jet spoke as he took the echidna's hand and helped him in.
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OOC: Sorry it's short. ^^;

OOC: I'm still alive! Just couldn't think of anything to post at the moment... ^^;

IC:

As soon as Kanal saw Jet help Wraith into the duct, she pushed her way past the surprised weasel and threw both her arms around him.

"Wraith, you're here!!" she cried, sobbing into his shoulder.

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OOC Edit: I thought I would have more to type here, but I guess not. So it'll just be short! ^^

(OOC: Dangitdangitdangitdangit sorry for the delay all >< )

Wraith put his arm around Kanal's shoulders as he climbed into the duct. He wasn't really very good in situations like this...he didn't know what to say or what to do, but he tried to think of something. "It'll take more than that to take me down, don't worry." he quipped with a slight wry smile on his face. Kanal's hugs touched the deep scars on his back, and he winced, making her look up at him with worry on her face, but he smiled at her to aleviate her fears. "It's okay...we're gonna get out of here. Don't worry." he murmured warmly.

He paused for a moment, allowing his smile to linger to hopefully help her confidence, then he crawled forward, making his way further into the duct to scan out the area while Jet helped the others into the passage. "Well, not quite a luxury hotel, but it'll do." he muttered, more to himself than anyone else, as he glanced around the cramped area. "Okay all, soon as everyone's in let's start moving. I don't wanna be caught napping while someone else comes into that torture room."

OOC: I'm still here folks. Just waiting for a good spot to update is all. Sorry for my absence.

OOC: Dont worry Wraith and Jet.

Mikey picked up Craig who was still sleeping and was helped by Jet to get inside the duct.
"Thanks Jet" says Mikey as he carryed Craig on his back after he got inside.

Bean headed for the duct as well, but he turned back to look at Bark, who was still carrying Ice.

"You comin', buddy?" he asked, motioning towards the others.

The polar bear looked over at the duct for a moment, back at Bean, and shook his head. "You take Ice," he said, handing over the unconscious echidna over to the surprised duck.

"Wh--why?!"

"It's too small for me... I'll find a way to meet up with you guys."

Bean stood his ground for a moment with Ice over his left shoulder, ready to protest Bark's decision, but he couldn't bring himself to do so. The bear was strong; he would be okay by himself, wouldn't he?

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OOC: I'll update with Kanal the next time I get a chance.

T.H heard what Bark said and saw he was right, he was for big to get in the duct, but still he got another idea that could help his plan greatly and get his brothers Teknolia Truck more easy, he took out a Teknolia collar with a leash.
*Put this on your neck please, it will make you look like my personal slave* says giving the collar to Bark.

"All right, then." Bark took the collar from TH and put it around his neck.

Bean still looked rather worried. "You sure you gonna be all right?"

"Don't worry about me," the polar bear said calmly. "Go on ahead to the duct."

Bean nodded, and headed over to the entrance, where he was helped in by Jet.

"I wonder if Sir Sellout's coming in here too?" he muttered sarcastically, thinking about Nack.

Kanal let go of Wraith and pounced on the green duck. "Bean!" she said excitedly.

Bean simply put his hand on the young echidna's head and gave her a slight grin. "Nice to see you're at least fine, kid," he said. "My back's killing me..."

OOC: Okay I will be updating this more frecuently now.

Mighty carefully got inside the duct with Jets help.
"Ow!, watch it Jet, my right leg is broken" said Mighty wincing in pain, when T.H saw that Wraith and his friends where inside the duct he turned to Bark.
*Now just act broken and stay silent, I will take care of everything* says T.H then glances back to Wraith and his friends inside the duct *I will get my brothers Teknolia Truck now, you all will soon taste freedom* says the short Teknian while he leaved with Bark the torture room.

"See you soon, pal," Bean called after the two of them as they headed out of the cell.

Bark looked back at the duck briefly and giving him a single nod before walking away.

When they were gone, Bean leaned back onto the side of the duct, looking straight at Nack. "Well, are you coming or not, weasel?" he snarled.

Nack looked back at him digustedly, but didn't say anything.

Kanal crawled out towards the duct opening and said sternly, but worriedly,"Come on, Nack, before we get into trouble!"

"You're wasting your time, kid," Bean told her. "If he doesn't want to listen, then we'll go on with out him. Simple as that. We don't need anyone who's going to get in our way."

"But you've got Ice, and he's unconscious," Kanal shot back.

The girl is right, Bean had to admit, but it would be pointless to drag him along if all he's gonna do is reveal our location to the enemy...

OOC: Sorry I disappeared. But I'm back with an IC. Hope this RP keeps going. ^^

OOC: Sorry for disappearing. I'll try to get an IC this weekend. ^^;

"Comeon guys." muttered an irritated sounding Wraith from somewhere up ahead in the duct. "Let's get moving before we're discovered."

"But Nack..." replaied Bean, but he was interrupted by the ehidna.

"...must make his own choice. He wants to stay, that's his problem." called Wraith over his shoulder. "No point in us forcing him. Now let's get moving."

Nack watched the rest of the group as Jet closed the grating over their hole and they all began to move off, his arms folded as he leaned back against the wall. Idiots. Escape was impossible. At least he could cash in on their stupidity though, allowing him to get out of all this rubbish.

He had been insulted when that jerk of a General had ignored his offer of assistance, but this time they'd have to listen to him! Escaped prisoners and a dissident in their own ranks! Wow, what a story he had to tell! He had already worked out his background for when they found him...the others were escaping, but he didn't want to see the great Teknian empire fall, so he had hidden while the others ran off, then waited for the first guard to come so he could turn them in. They'd surely recognise his potential after that!

He spent the next few moments memorising what TH had said the plan was, so he could give an accurate description of the route the escapees and trator would be taking to whichever guard found him...

T.H and Bark searched for K.H for a while untill they found him.
"Hi brother, Im going to the storing base to investigate the items we have taken from the slaves so im taking the Teknolia truck" says T.H to his brother.
"Okay go ahead brother" replied K.H then he noticed Bark "I see you decided to take the polar Bear as your personal slave" said the short Teknian.
"Yeah, since he has strong muscles I think it could be a waste to execute him and instead use him as a beast of burden in the storing base" said T.H draging Bark by the leash.
"very good brother, see you later" says K.H as his brother walked away with Bark.

Bark made sure he stayed slightly hunched over as he walked by K.H. At least that way it would seem he was indeed "broken."

The polar bear noticed the short Teknian look him in the eye as he was led away by his brother, but didn't seem to think anything of it.

"That seemed to work," Bark whispered softly to himself. "Hopefully, the others have gotten away from the torture cell by now."

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The group of escapees were already moving along the ducts in pretty much single file, with Wraith in the lead.

Kanal was third in line, behind Jet and in front of Mikey. Her mind was occupied with Bark; despite the fact that she didn't know him that well, she was worried for his safety.

What if something happens to him? Will he be okay?

The echidna shook her head. What am I worrying for? Bark's strong. He'll be all right, won't he?

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A Tekdroid soldier walked down the corridor, on patrol for potential disorder in the underground workshop. He took a glance in various cells lining the walls. Inside were all the slaves that had been fighting in that rebellion that took place just hours before. He spotted a hedgehog that he had wounded during the riot; he was dark blue in color with yellow eyes and couldn't have been older than 14 years old, but he put up quite a fight for a runt.

The hedgehog had a piece of tattered cloth tied to his head that was stained with blood from a head wound and leaned against the wall in the back of the cell along with an older red male echidna and older lavender female hedgehog who tended to his hurt ankle and other injuries.

"You, there!" the Tekdroid growled, pointing his weapon at the teenager. "Come with me at once!"

The younger hedgie looked up at him, slightly surprised. The older hedgehog, who must have been his mother, was horrified.

"Please, no!" she pleaded. "He's hurt!!"

The Tekdroid fired a shot over her head. "No one told you to speak, female!" he snapped, kicking the cell door open. "I was talking to the child!"

"But--" the mother started.

"Don't say anymore..." The dark blue hedgie shakily began to stand.

"Night, don't do this!" the older echidna (Eust be his father, the Tekdroid observed) called out.

The Tekdroid fired another shot into the cell. "Silence!" he ordered.

The mother desperately tried to stop the teenage hedgehog from getting to his feet by grabbing his arm, but he pulled away. She then sank to the ground, sobbing loudly. The father gave the Tekdroid an angry glare.

As Night limped over to the Tekdroid soldier, he was struck in the back by its weapon.

"Keep moving," the Tekdroid growled. "You're on your way to the torture room for your punishment, runt."

Night glared angrily at him, then took one last glance at his parents before he was hit in the back again and forced out of the cell by the Tekdroid soldier, who locked the door behind him.

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OOC: Hey, I'm back!! ^-^ And I decided to bring back that hedgehog boy that briefly appeared during the rebellion. He's no longer nameless either. He's an NPC named Night! Sure, it says he's a hedgehog, but as stated, his daddy's an echidna. Hope it's all right! ^ ^;

IC: As Jet followed Wraith he couldn't help but wonder about leaving Nack behind.
He just had a strange feeling that it wasn't a good idea. He had a thought that Nack may be up to something.

But what? What was that dishonest weasel up to?

Jet had no idea, so he just kept following behind Wraith. He was eager to get out. Jet wanted desperately to see Amanda and Tech again. He had been worried all day about them. This was a chance for him to find them!

T.H and Bark reaches the garage where the Teknolia Truck was parked, T.K opens the door behind the Truck.
*Get in the compartment Bark* Says T.H to the Polarbear.

OOC: Your post is okay Kaze very good character, you know that the Hedgehogs slaves get their back quills shaved of by the Tekdroids slavedrivers right?.

OOC: Okay, Alex, but Night doesn't have any back quills to begin with. He's part echidna, so he's got at least some natural strength. Other than that, he's normal... 😛 I actually meant to specify that more in my last post, but it's not that big of a deal.
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Bark nodded, and climbed into the back of the truck carefully. As he began to stand upright, his head almost hit the cieling.

"Hmm... perhaps it would be better if you sit," TH suggested. "It seems you are taller than I first thought."

"I guess," Bark said absentmindedly as he moved towards the back of the compartment and sat down.

The floor was cold and it wasn't the greatest comfort for the polar bear, but it would do for now. There was even enough room for the others when they would come, too.

TH seemed satisfied for the moment. "I'm going to close the compartment door now," he said. "Are you going to be all right, Bark?"

Bark nodded. "Sure, go ahead," he replied.

TH nodded as well, and pulled the door shut, leaving him alone in the darkness. It was nothing to Bark, but during all of this, he kept wondering about Nack. He was the only one who hadn't gone into the duct, which meant he was up to something no good... and it would probably jeopardize their attempt at escaping...

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When they reached the torture cell, the Tekdroid soldier opened the door and forced Night inside, pushing him to the floor with his weapon and kicking him hard in the stomach.

Night painfully rolled over to his side, coughing up a little blood.

By now, he was expecting to be whipped mercilessly like so many times before, but nothing happened.

As the hedgie turned his head to look up at the Tekdroid, he found the alien frozen with shock.

"What the--?" the Tekdroid stammered, his single eye darting about. "What is this?"

"Finally... it's about time someone showed up," piped up a sinister-sounding voice. "You won't believe what happened in here..."

Night shifted his gaze to see a purple weasel sitting in the corner of the messy room, sitting next to an open duct and the grating to it near his feet. He had a nasty grin on his face, made even worse by that enormous fang of his.

The Teknian guard raised his weapon at the weasel threateningly. "Speak, vermin," he demanded. "If you lie about anything, you shall perish."

"Relax," the weasel told him coolly. "There's no need for any of that. Besides, you should be pointing that thing at one of your own..."

Night clenched his teeth. He remembered who this weasel was, now...

(OOC: <<< what I think of life atm)

Wraith peered through the metal grating carefully, moving from side to side to see around the whole of the large garage. Nope, no sign of anyone, apart from the truck over in the corner. Good. He was ready to get out of here right now!

CLANG the grating suddenly rocketed across the large room, propelled solidly by a flying fist, landing with a clatter on the floor some way away. Wraith jumped out of the air duct and dropped to the floor...considerably further than the smaller torture room, but no problem for his echidna gliding abillities. He looked up as the others following him poked their heads out of the duct. "Yo, come on. I'll catch you." He called, beckoning them down the drop.

As the others positioned themselves ready to jump, TH came across the large room towards them. "Good to see you made it." he muttered, looking up at the duct. "We'd better hurry...I don't trust that weasel we left behind."

Wraith snorted at the comment, almost bursting out laughing. "You and me both man!" he exclaimed, shaking his head. "But seriously, what can the guy do? I mean, your superiors really gonna trust him?"

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"...and yeah, his name was TH." finished Nack, his arms folded, leaning casually against the wall with his trademark sly grin on his face. "You heard of him?"

The Tekdroid was staring at him silently, seemingly weighing up his story in it's mind. He extended his gun, pointing it squarely at Nack's head. "And just why would you be telling me this if you're one of them?"

Nack had expected something like this...scare tactics, trying to get him to slip up and prove that he wasn't to be trusted. He had prepared himself for it too. His expression didn't change as he calmly pushed the barrel of the gun up above his head with one finger. "Because I want to be on the winning side." he replied dryly, matching the Tekdroid's gaze with a cool stare.

Suddenly there was a shout from nearby, and the hedgehog that had been led in earlier lunged forward, arms aiming for Nack's neck! "You're selling them out!" he shouted in rage. "Shut up!!!"

The Tekdroid spun round, delivering a massive blow to Night's head that sent him sprawling against the wall again, barely consious, and Nack chuckled. "Perfect example of what I mean." he replied, shrugging his shoulders with a commical grin.

The Tekdroid turned back to him, it's gun still held ready to use, but not aiming directly at the weasel as before. "You're coming to my superiors!" it exclaimed coldly. "We'll see what they have to say about all this!" The droid moved over to Night and grabbed his wrist, yanking him to his feet roughly and pushing him towards the door...it wasn't prepared to leave another prisoner alone if security had been compromised!

Nack nodded as he sidled over to the door of the room. "Okay, fine, but let's be quick about it, hm? We don't want them all to escape now do we."

It was pretty hard for Night to see straight as he was forced down the corridors of the workshop. His head injury had been reopened, and blood was starting to cover the side of his face. He felt like he was going to pass out any minute now; he just didn't have the strength to even be standing.

He was still angry at that weasel... how could he sell out those others like that? And then act like it was nothing?
When he had heard Nack tell the story about some plan to the Tekdroid guard and then joke about it, he couldn't help but be furious at him... a traitor to the others... that's what he was!

Night cried in pain as the Tekdroid tightened its grip on his wrist.

"Keep moving, vermin!" it ordered gruffly, shoving him to the floor again.

"Heh, serves him right," Nack said as the teen struggled back to his feet once again. "I almost can't wait to see what happens to those slaves when they get caught, especially that idiotic maroon echidna."

Hearing this made Night's blood boil. He was about to lunge again at the weasel, but the Tekdroid had already reaffirmed its painful grip on his arm.

"Bastard!" he yelled at Nack instead, making sure he was especially loud. "You won't get away with this!"

"I've had just about enough out of you, BRAT!" The Tekdroid slammed Night hard against the wall and pointed the barrel of its weapon at his head. "One more outburst out of you and you'll be executed right here on the spot!"

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Kanal looked down at the room. It sure seemed like a long way down... it was a bit scary...

"Go on ahead," Jet told her. "Since you're the smallest, you should go first."

"All right." Closing her eyes, Kanal took a leap forward. In what seemed like less than a second later, she found herself in Wraith's arms, and was helped to the ground. It was then that she opened her eyes again, and gazed back up at the duct, seeing who was going to be next.

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OOC Edit: Finished here now. Added more and fixed a grammatical error.

Mikey felt Craig starting to wake up on his back.
*Huh, whats happening?* said Craig a bit confused.
*Good to see you awake friend, we are going to escape, try to wake up completely before you jump* said Mikey taking the young cat from his back then looks down at Wraith waving his right arm so he knows he was next then jumps down. Meanwhile the Tekdroid Corp with Nack and Night gets in the Teknian Generals Headquarters in the Teknian base.
*Teknian General, the slaves that where going to be tortured to death arent in the cells, the only one inside the cell was the Weasel, he knows what happened* says the Tekdroid Corp pushing Nack forward.
*How could that happen? tell me what you know Weasel!* ordered the Teknian General.

(OOC: No IC from me just now I'm afraid, got a lot on with family weddings/annaversaries/etc, but I'll put in a post soon as I can^^)

OOC: No prob. Push come to shove, I'll just go on the the Teknian General dude from Night's POV. XP

"How could that happen? tell me what you know Weasel!"

Nack bowed in over-the-top politeness, removing his hat as he did so. "With pleasure, you honor." he drawled, his voice dripping with sweetness and slyness as he grinned. "I'm afraid they were assisted by a traitor in your own ranks, a certain TH, who was assigned to look after them. He assisted them to escape through the air ducts, all except those too big to do so, which he took through the corridors pretending he was his personal slave. If you check any security cameras or anything you'll probably see him when he took the big bear."

"Indeed." retorted the General gruffly. "And their plans...where were they headed? Speak!"

I heard something about a truck." continued Nack, fists on his hips and tail twitching slightly. "Apparently they're going to a garage or something, where this TH fella will meet them in a truck that they plan to make an escape in. I'd recommend you check any garages near to the torture room immeadeately..."

"I did not ask for your oppinion, weasel!" spat the General, cutting him off. Nack stiffened slightly, noticing the mistake.

"My appologies sir, I am only as anxious to see these criminals caught as you are. Please forgive my egarness."

Night could feel his temper rising out of control as he heard this weasel speak to the Teknian General as though he were doing him a favor. He would have gladly tackled the scoundrel by now, but not only did he lack the strength at the moment, the Tekdroid still had a firm grip on his arm. There was nothing he could do...

The Teknian General shifted in his seat, seemingly pondering about the information he had just recieved. He looked back at the Tekdroid, then at the teenage hedgehog he was restraining.

"What about that slave there?" he asked gruffly.

"He was to be tortured for his involvement in the rebellion, sir. I couldn't leave the whelp alone while taking the weasel to you."

"Very well then. Leave the slave with me. Take the weasel with you along with KH and any other forces. I want all the escapees brought back to me by whatever means neccessary... just keep them alive..."

OOC: Dont worry Im back, I was just thinking what to post

Mighty was the last one remaining to jump down.
"Unnghh!" grunted Mighty in pain as he carefully curled up embracing his knees with his arms to protect his broken right leg then let himself fall down from the duct, gritting his teeth as he landed safelly in Wraiths arms.
"Thank you" said gratefully the black Armadilo. K.H runned to the group of Tekdroid Corps with Nack.
"You called?" said K.H bowing down with respect to the Tekdroid Corps then notices Nack, "Hey! why is this slave with you?" asked K.H looking angry at the purple Weasel.

"Orders from the Teknian General, boss," the Tekdroid replied. "We are to capture several escaping slaves who seem to be aided by Lord TH. We are to gather forces neccessary for their capture. This weasel here knows of their plans."

KH gave Nack a fierce glare. "Tell me what you know," he said in a low, threatening voice.

Nack gave the short Teknian a nasty grin. "I'd be glad to..."

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"Okay, everyone's here now," Wraith said to TH, helping Mighty to solid ground.

TH nodded. "You can get on the truck now," he said to them. Bark will open the doors for you.

The group moved to the rear of the vehicle, where, sure enough, the doors were ajar. Kanal, seeing Bark, climbed on at once and ran towards the polar bear, nearly slipping on the cold floor.

"Bark!" she exclaimed, throwing both arms around his neck.

"Hey there," Bark said, smiling warmly. "Now's not the time to be celebrating yet. We've still got to get out of here."

"M-hm." Kanal nodded. "Okay..."

K.H was almost going to beat the crap out of Nack after hearing him say that his brother is a traitor, but remembers that the Teknian General needs him alive since he has important imformation.
"Ok, lets hurry up, but I dont belive my brother betrayed us" says K.H to Nack, his unatural blue eyes shining brighter in anger for a moment. The Teknian general looks at Night.
"I notice you have a deep hatred toward that Weasel, do you know something about him?" the Teknian General asked the young Hedgehog slave. Before closing the doors of the truck T.H gives Wraith a Teknolia comunicator.
"Keep this, you will be able to maintain comunication with me" says T.H then closes the doors, he then climbs into the Teknolia truck and sat on the driver seat.
"Ok now we are getting out of here" said T.H trough the comunicator Wraith has, the garage door opens then T.H drives out the truck outside the slave workshop and into the warm plains of Mobius.

Night glared at the Teknian General with all the contempt he could muster. He was still upset about that Nack guy and worried for his parents...

"Answer me, SLAVE!" the General bellowed impatiently. "What do you know about the weasel?!"

"Nothing," came Night's reply. "I don't know anything..."

It was the truth. Besides the fact Nack was sabatoging his allies' plans to escape, the hedgehog knew nothing...

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In the back of the truck, it was almost too dark to see anything, with the exception of the faint glow of chaos energy coming from Kanal's hands as she tried to heal Wraith's wounds.

"We're finally getting away from that awful place," Bean remarked, sitting in the corner closest to the doors. "Too bad I couldn't use any of my bombs back there."

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The landscape of Mobius wasn't the same as when the Teknians had first invaded. It had lost some of its beauty, but it was still just was wild as it always had been.

TH observed all this as he steered the Teknolia truck along, and smiled a bit in awe.

Taking a glance at the side mirror on the vehicle, however, his happy expression turned to a look of concern.

A Tekeye...

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OOC: It's silent in here!! POST, I SAY! j/k :p

The Teknian General thinks for a moment what Night told him.
"Very well" says the Teknian General then turns his atention to the Tekdroid Corp holding Night, "Take the slave to the torture room and tell the Tekdroids slavedrivers to give him a beating apart from the whiping" ordered the Teknian General.
"Afirmative Teknian General" said the Tekdroid Corp then roughly pulled Nights arm to make him walk.

IC:

Jet was sitting off in a corner deep in thought. Being that he was a weasel and nocturnal for the most part, the darkness of the truck didn't impair his vision. He was excited to finally be out of that place. As he looked around the inside of the truck he could tell everyone else was anxious as well. But would it last? Would they really escape for good?

Jet was still worried about leaving Nack behind. He had a strange suspicion that weasel was up to something. The more he thought about it the less excited he became. If he only KNEW why Nack stayed behind.

Not wanting to think about it anymore Jet tried to get as comfortable as the hard flooring would allow and decided to get some sleep while he had the chance. All he could do now was hope nothing happens.

(OOC: Uuuuuuuuuurgh dangit I'm sorry all >< I shall now commit ritual suicide to atone for my sins...

Seriously though, I've been really ill of late and simply not been able to find the motivation to post here Plus the fact that this seemed to be slowing down, and I figured I wouldn't really be needed, but reading though the posts now I'm beginning to worry I was.

Is this still going, or has it died? If it's still going I'll see if I can come up with an IC right away, but if it has indeed died then I appologise profusely if it was my fault.)

T.H saw the Tekeye catch up with the Teknolia Truck and reach were he was, the Tekeye made some computer noises.
"What do you mean?, the only slave inside the truck is the Bear" says T.H sounding surprised, the Tekeye continued to question T.H and asked to check inside the Truck, T.H dont wanting to risk Wraith and his friends being discovered he violently swings the steering wheel making the Truck hit the Tekeye. Bright blue sparks came out of the Tekeye after getting hit and falled on the ground rolling a bit, it was damaged but not destroyed. T.H quikly comunicates with Wraith.
"Is everyone okay, sorry for that rough movement but I did that to disable a Tekeye, it seems that the Weasel has told the Teknian General that you and your friends are missing in the slave workshop" says T.H from the comunicator Wraith is holding.

OOC: No worries, it's just been really slow around here is all. I just happened to disappear myself and didn't have access to a computer all weekend. Don't count me out so easily! XP

IC:

Night felt like his arm was going to be ripped out as he was tugged along back to the torture room.

He couldn't do this anymore... getting beaten day in and day out and all that digging...

"Mom... Dad," he mumbled softly.

When they got in the torture room, Night gets hanged by his wrists, the Tekdroid Corp got in front of the young Hedgehog.
"You will wish you didnt joined in that rebellion after the Tekdroids slavedrivers are done with your torture slave" said the Tekdroid Corp then gets of the way so the Tekdroids slavedrivers can start torturing Night.

Wraith was sat in silence, seemingly deep in thought, as the noise of the truck's engine filled the dark hiding place. As Kanal started to heal his wounds, he started, as thought coming out of a revere, but he relaxed when he saw who and what it was. He gave the other echidna a slight smile, although in the darkness it was pretty much pointless.

"Thanks."

Suddenly the truck swerved, and everyone in the back was bowled head over heels! Fortunately it seemed none of them were seriously injured, and as the group righted themselves, the communicator TH had given them crackled into life. "Is everyone okay, sorry for that rough movement but I did that to disable a Tekeye, it seems that the Weasel has told the Teknian General that you and your friends are missing in the slave workshop"

Kanal gasped at the news, and Mighty muttered something about tearing Nack's head off, but surprisingly enough Wraith seemed largely unfazed! "We're okay, TH, thanks. Let's just get as far away from the camps as we can, then we should probably ditch the truck." There was an affirmative reply on the other end, then the radio went quiet again.

"You seem calm." muttered Bark somewhat irritatedly as he stared at Wraith. "Didn't you hear, they're after us!"

"I expected as much from Nack." replied Wraith with a shrug.

Bark narrowed his eyes. "Well then why didn't you bring him with us??? You want us to get caught???"

"He would have been more trouble than he was worth." Wraith said, calmly returning Bark's gaze. "Besides, it makes no difference. We have a big enough head start to allow us to dissapear before they find us. We're outside the camp now, remember? We're on our home turf! Inside, they had the upper hand, but out here, we have the advantage over them!" He leaned back against the side of the truck, folding his arms. "We know all the hiding places, so we can dissapear where they won't find us and start planning our next move."

"Next move?" questioned Mighty. "What othr moves do we have if we're out?"

"The move of liberation, Mighty." replied Wraith, raising an eyebrow, a slight smile creeping onto his face. "I would have thought you of all Mobians wouldn't be happy to let the Teknians continue to enslave us! No, we fought Robotnik, and now that we're out, we can start fighting them too! We won't stop until Mobius is free again!"

IC: Jet was asleep until the truck swerved violently throwing him into the other side of the truckbed.

Jet was awake now. And wasn't pleased at what he heard next.

"Is everyone okay, sorry for that rough movement but I did that to disable a Tekeye, it seems that the Weasel has told the Teknian General that you and your friends are missing in the slave workshop"

" So that creep of a weasel told. I knew he was up to something!" Jet thought to himself.

"Next move?" questioned Mighty. "What othr moves do we have if we're out?"

Jet had been wondering this himself. What WAS the plan after they escaped? He was a bit suprised by Wraith's answer too.

"The move of liberation, Mighty." replied Wraith, raising an eyebrow, a slight smile creeping onto his face. "I would have thought you of all Mobians wouldn't be happy to let the Teknians continue to enslave us! No, we fought Robotnik, and now that we're out, we can start fighting them too! We won't stop until Mobius is free again!"

" Yup. That's Wraith!"he thought as he listened quietly to the echidna. As he listened though, he couldn't help but wonder about something else too. It had been only one day for Jet at that workshop, but were his friends still safe?

He knew they weren't as long as the teknians ran the planet.

Once Wraith finished all Jet could think about was helping his friends.

"Well Wraith, if you want to free Mobius you can count me in." he said quietly.

It was the only way to help his friends. Not just Amanda and Tech but everyone he cared about. They had to drive out the teknians if he ever wanted his friends to be safe again.

To free Mobius...

Kanal's mind began to drift back to the happier times... before the Teknians invaded her home...

Knuckles... and everyone else... wherever they are, they'll be in danger...

"Well Wraith, if you want to free Mobius you can count me in," the child heard Jet say, interrupting her thoughts.

"Don't leave me out of all the fun," Bean chimed in. "After all, you'll be needing someone to do a little demolition here and there. What about you, Bark? We're gonna need plenty of muscle."

The polar bear simply nodded silently. To Kanal it seemed as if he were a bit nervous...

"I... I don't want anyone to get hurt anymore," she finally spoke. "I want to help, too."

OOC: Just wondering, What hapened to Eggpire?

Mikey had heard what Wraith said about liberating Mobius and decides to join the fight for freedom.
"Count me in as well Wraith, I will do my best effort in helping you in the fight for freedom" said the dark green Echidna.
"You will need another strong guy, Im with you pal" said Mighty.
"Count me in too" Said Ray.

Wraith's grin had extended right across his face by now. "That's the spirit." he replied with a chuckle. "Soon as we stop we'll make ourselves scarce in case of anybody chasing us, and find somewhere to hole up while we get some plans nailed down. We can do this!"

*CRACK!*

Night clenched his teeth in pain as he felt the Teknolia whip lash across his back over and over again.

He was slowly losing consciousness again... he'd lost way too much blood between the rebellion and now... he didn't think he could take this punishment any longer.

Just as he was about to pass out, though, he was startled when he heard someone gasp.

Looking up weakly, one side of his face stained crimson from the reopened wound on his head, the saw his mother and father standing in the doorway of the torture room, accompanied by several slavedrivers and a Tekdroid Corp.

"What... what have you monsters done to my son?!" the teenage's mother cried out, breaking down in tears.

"Quiet!" one of the slavedrivers snapped, slapping the female hedgehog. "You are not allowed to speak!"

"Sera!!" called out her husband, reaching his hand out for her.

Seeing this reignited the rage that Night had felt before when he heard that despicable weasel Nack sell out the others who were escaping. This was way out of line... no one ever harmed his family and got away with it...

"YOU BASTARDS!!" Night yelled out, his anger the only thing driving him on now. "YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!!"

"Silence you little slave, or your parents will be tortured as well!" Treated one of the Tekdroid slavedrivers. T.H desides to park the Teknolia Truck inside a cave he found after driving at the rocky area with some cliffs, noticing they were far away from the slave workshop and safe he comunicates with Wraith.
"We are safe for now, were are going to stay inside this cave for a while, so I can treat your wounds and give you food" Says T.H trough the Teknolia comunicator Wraith has, T.H gets of the Teknolia Truck and Opens the door behind it.
"Ok who wants to get treated first?" asked T.H while his Teknolia right arm transformed again into the medical arm with spider like legs with medical tools on each apendage.

"Silence you little slave, or your parents will be tortured as well!"

The words stabbed Night like a knife. There was no way he'd let those Teknian goons harm his family, but he needed to get lose from his restraints.

Sera reached out to him, sobbing and crying.

"Please, let him go! He's my only son!"

The slavedriver turned to her. "Well, in that case, you can watch us torture him until he passes out, then it's your turn!!"

The Tekdroid Corp walked up to the Tekdroid slavedriver.
"I think you have enough fun torturing the young Hedgehog for now, it will be a waste if you kill him by accident, take him and his parents back to the cells" ordered the Tekdroid Corp.
"Afirmative, but arent we going to torture his parents as well?" said one of the Tekdroid slavedrivers.
"They are already tortured in their minds by watching their whipped son, that will show them to be more obedient" said another of the Tekdroids slavedrivers.
"Ok you can take them back then" said the Tekdroid slavedriver who asked the Tekdroid Corp.

Sera turned and cried on her husband's shoulder, throwing her arms around him as Night was released from his restraints.

"Kouji," she sobbed. "My little boy..."

"It's over now," the echidna told her, returning the embrace.

Night felt too weak to stand or even move. His whole body ached, and his breathing was started to become ragged and irregular.

He was barely listening to anything that was going on, though he did feel himself being lifted up by a slavedriver or two, he didn't really know.

"Get going!" a third slavedriver demanded of Sera and Kouji, forcing them out of the torture room. "You won't be recieving any rations for the rest of the day, either. Maybe you'll learn not to stand against us."

Kouji said nothing, but looked back briefly to his son. The adolescent didn't seem to be moving... hopefully he was still alive...

He had to get his family away from this place... Once and for all.

(OOC: Sorry for the delay, wasn't sure what to post, but I've come up with a little something now, even if it's a bit short.)

"Ok who wants to get treated first?" asked T.H while his Teknolia right arm transformed again into the medical arm with spider like legs with medical tools on each apendage.

Wraith jumped down from the truck immeadeately, jerking a thumb up at the others. "Them first." he replied curtly, stepping away from the truck and looking round the cave. He walked stiffly, and winced slightly as he moved, but it was obvious he was trying to conceal it.

"Yeah, this could work as a hideout for now." he muttered, looking round. "Just so long as there aren't any tiretracks from the truck leading them here." He paused a moment then turned back towards TH. "Say, that truck have a homing device or anything inside it? If so we'd better get rid of it right away..."

OCC: and here enters my Sonic character partner Barby Koala =)

"Yeah, we Teknians can detect our own kind and machinery but dont worry we are in a safe distance so they cant detect me to easily, especialy if im lowering my Teknolia energy just like now, but the truck has more Teknolia energy making it more easy to find so I will get it away from here. For now just eat and rest Wraith, you really need it" says T.H then starts unloading boxes with food and medical kits "I secretly collected this stuff from stores when we explored around your planet to get more slaves" says T.H after finishing unloading the Teknolia truck. The Tekdroid slavedrivers push Night and his parents back into the cell with the other slaves, a female Koala who was covering her scarred and dirty body with a tattered sheet notices the tortured young Hedgehog and gets nearer where his parents are.
"Let me help your child" says the Koala concerned and puts her tattered sheet over Nights body. the Tekdroid Corps, K.H and Nack went to a garage with Teknolia bikes, the Tekdroid Corps got on their bikes and signaled K.H and Nack to get on, T.H climbs and holds the Tekdroid Corp by the waist then turns his head to Nack.
"Hurry up Weasel!"

"Th-thank you so much," Sera sobbed, becoming emotional again. "How can we ever repay you, um...?"

"Barby. Barby Koala... I don't need anything in return, ma'am," the koala said to the hedgehog. "Your son looked like he needed that more than me."

"You have our gratitude," Sera repeated. "My name is Sera, and this is my husband, Kouji."

The dark gray echidna simply nodded his head, deep in thought.

Sera stared at him for a moment before speaking again.

"Night is my only child," she explained. "He's quite stubborn and brash like his father, but he tries to protect anyone he cares about. Those monsters..." She began to cry again. "Those monsters tortured him!"

"We'd better get those wounds treated," Barby remarked, looking over Night. "He may not survive if we don't get some help."

"But, we can't..."

"Yes we can," Kouji spoke up. "We need to help the boy and get out of here."

Sera looked horrified. "No!" she gasped. "We'll be killed!"

"Did that maroon echidna think about that when he defied the slavedrivers during the riot, Sera? Did we think about dying while we fought for our freedom?"

"No... but I don't want anyone's life at risk..."

"However, Night put his life on the line, didn't he? From what I've heard, even a small girl years younger than our son was in the middle of the fray!

"The Teknians are just scaring us, is all, with their weapons and through abuse. They were taken aback when we rose against them the first time. What if... what if we tried again, and didn't rest until we were out of here? I may not be as young as I used to, but, it's worth another try..."

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OOC: So, one of the slaves left behind becomes inspired to make a difference for reasons personal to him among other things. Kouji Echidna, estimated age in his forties, thinking about starting another uprising... will they be successful this time?

(OOC: I'm really really sorry to everyone for once again holding up this RP. It seems just when I thought I might be able to get back into RPing around here life lept up to kick me again, and now I've found out I'm going away with family for a time on thursday as well! I don't have time for an update right now, but if I can I'll try to put one in tomorrow, and then continue on sunday or monday when I return. Hopefully life will go easy on me after that...we'll have to see. Once again, sorry for any problems caused.

EDIT: Okay, found out I'm NOT going on holiday after all, so I have time to post this here now. I've been thinking, if nobody minds, I might bring in another of my characters too^^ Let me know if there's a problem.)

IC: "For now just eat and rest Wraith, you really need it"

Wraith sighed as he sat back on a rock, one hand on his back and the other running though his long dreadlocks thoughtfully. "Yeah, you're right." he murmured. "Not too long, but for a bit at least." His head turned to the Teknian when the cases had been unpacked and he smiled slightly. "We can't thank you enough for your help, man. It's good to see that not all of your race are as brutal as some."

There was a pause while TH got to work healing some of the others who needed attention. While they were buisy, Wraith was still sat silently on the rock, staring seemingly blankly at the truck parked in the cave before them. His eyes narrowed as he seemingly thought of something, and he opened his mouth again. "Hey TH, you know Station Square?"

TH looked up from his ministrations with his arm. "What?"

"Station Square...large city not too far from here...should beeeee...south, I think."

TH looked thoughtful. Yeah there's a city to the south...abandoned now. We...they took everyone from there to the mines."

Again a slight smile was forming on Wraith's lips. "When you go to hide that thing," he pointed to the truck, "you think you could head there? I have a bit of a mission for you as you go."

"Mission?"

"Yeah...in the downtown area near the river I need you to leave a message. Just toss it out onto the road as you drive past, maybe attached to a rock or something. I'll write it now if you have any paper."

"A message to who?" asked the Teknian, confused. "Like I said the city's deserted. We left nobody..."

"Oh I'm sure she'll be there." interrupted Wraith as he hopped off the rock again. "She's an expert in stealth, I doubt even your forces would have been able to pick her up!"

"Wraith, if there was someone outside who knew everyone had been captured, why would they not come get us?" called Jet from across the cave. "Surely they'd be planning some kind of resistance, right? Doesn't the fact that they didn't break us out mean there's nobody there?"

Wraith chuckled, shaking his head. "Nope...not her. She's a loner, she wouldn't start a rescue mission. We'll have a job getting her to join us, let alone start up a resistance herself, but we need all the help we can get." He looked round at Jet with a gleam in his eye. "Jet, you remember Ianthe don't you?"

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"Okay, okay, I'm coming." grunted Nack as he perched precariously on the back of the bike. Why couldn't he get a bike of his own? He was at risk of falling off here! He was tempted to say as much to the Teknians before him, but decided not to push his luck. Not until the escapees were in custody at any rate.

He held on for dear life as the bikes took off after the missing truck, hoping to goodness that the driver didn't execute any sharp turns or fast breaking...in his precarious position he would probably be thrown off!

T.H finishes bandaging with a splint Mightys broken right leg then walks to Wraith.
"Its your turn to get your wounds treated" says T.H then pulls with his left hand a small paper and a pencil from his pocket "There you go" Says T.H then proceds to treat Wraiths wounds

"Okay." muttered Wraith as he sat down, leaning forward and exposing his badly scarred back. He took the paper and began scribbling on it quickly. He was done within a minute, and laid the paper down beside him on a nearby rock. "All done. When you go I'll give you more specific instructions on where to drop it. And hey, by the way, did you say you had our clothes and equipment with you in the truck? I'd love to get back into my old armour again..."

(OOC: Did the group get their equipment yet or not? I remember it being mentioned earlier that TH had it with him, but I've re-read some of the posts further back and I can't find anywhere where it was actually handed out yet, so I'm assuming it's in those boxes that they unloaded off the truck. Let me know if I'm wrong here.)