"The Freedom Fighters have the devils own luck. Thanks to them, everything we have left, 
fits in a phone-box. What's happening, Snively???" Robotnik shouted.
"I don't understand this, Sir. You have been the ruler for so long and here 
comes a group of Freedom Fighters...this cant be happening!"
"Maybe we must do something special this time!"
"I agree, Sir. I'll increase the production of SWAT-bots to maximum."
"BAH! Our famous SWAT-bots have done nothing so far! I'm sure that that damn hedgehog 
can get trough them, no matter how many they are! Snively..."
"Y-yes Sir?"
"I'll give you 24 hours. I want a plan. A good one!"
"But Sir, how do you expect me to...?"
"DO IT! Or I'll throw you into the robotiscizer!!"
"R-right away Sir! ...You big, fat toad..." Snively muttered.
"Excuse me...what was that??"
"Oh, I...I will turn on everything on the fastest...mode, Sir!"
"Get to work!"

"On your marks...get set...GO!!" Tails shouted. The race between Sonic and Mecha began. 
Which of them was the fastest? Sonic knew how to deal with robots and he had experience 
from the race he had with Mecha on the little planet some years earlier. The race was 
nail-biting. Mecha switched on the 
turbo on his back, and zoomed away to take the checker flag. Sonic had lost! He 
stopped, panting heavily.
"What happened, Sonic?" Tails asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I can't believe I lost! I could have done it better. I was not 
in shape..."
"I think you ate too many chili dogs yesterday," Sally said. "It won't speed you up."
This was embarrassing. He had lost it just in front of Sally's eyes. Her father, 
King Acorn stood there during the race too and he was very surprised over 
Sonic's defeat. Inhandra was not surprised.
"Don't worry, Sonic" she said. "I'm sure you're still in shape, I've just done 
some improvements with Mecha's turbo with a 500 cc engine, 6 Valve Organ Fusion. It's 
not easy to win over a machine like that!"
"Thanks for a good race" Mecha said. He shook his hand with Sonic.
"My pleasure..."

Everything seemed to be fine in Knothole Village. Sure, Robotnik was still in 
charge, but the Freedom Fighters were living very well for the moment. They had 
succeeded to get Sally's father out of the void, Tails had found his girlfriend, 
Catella Hamano and the Metal Force was supposedly stopped. Could anything be better? 
The Chaotix team had decided to stay in the village for a while. Knuckles had parked 
the island safely in the sea, and he had all the emeralds, in his glove. It was not 
difficult to have them there; Rotor had helped Knuckles earlier to decrease them.

The 24 hours had passed at last. Snively went over to the control room. Robotnik was 
sitting in his chair as usual. He folded his arms when he saw Snively.
"I...have a plan."
"Let me hear it."
"As you know, it seems hopeless to capture the Freedom Fighters. We don't know the 
location of Knothole and we don't know..."
"Get to the point!!"
"My idea is that...we produce a virus..."
"A virus? Is that all? Do you call that a plan? We have already tried that twice and 
we failed, both in 3224 and last year! The hedgehog stopped us last time, but what 
happened in 3224 is still a mystery...Continue!"
"The virus will be an artificial virus. We have just designed a virus that will 
destroy the lungs. The victim gets breathing problems and stifle to death."
"Hmm...not THAT bad...but how are we supposed to get the virus out in the Great Forest? 
Can we be sure the plan won't backfire?"
"My idea is that we turn the virus into gas form and put them in eggs. Well launch the 
eggs from Robotropolis in the rocket launcher we used once. The eggs will broke as they 
hit the ground and will cause great disaster!"
"That is not bad...that's VERY good indeed. But are you sure it won't backfire?"
"Absolutely Sir. The virus will only, well, pardon my expression, be active for 36 
hours, but that's enough to kill all others outside. We are safe in Robotropolis. 
The virus can't reach us through the massive buildings, specially not through this 
command center!"
"That sounds...excellent, Snively," Robotnik got an evil grin on his face and 
laughed. Snively felt a little proud over himself. Now he had shown who he was, that 
he wasn't a loser. Now, the Freedom Fighters are doomed, he thought.

Night had fallen over Mobius. All lights in Knothole were out, except in one of the 
guest huts, where Vector the crocodile and Mighty the armadillo were sleeping.
"EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT, EVERY WEEK, I SING LA LA LA LA LA, WHEN I´M IN LOVE 
WITH YOOOOOUUUUUUUU...." Vector sung.
"Shut, shut, shut, SHUT UP!" Mighty shouted. He threw away his pillow on Vector's 
face. 
"Can't you see I'm trying to sleep? I'm gonna toss our earphones to the Great Swamp 
if you won't stop!"
"Hey, don't tell me you don't like Brainpool! It's the best band on Mobius!"
"WAS! I don't care! I don't want to listen to your false voice! You should 
know that..."
"HELP! Help me anybody!"
"Who-who was that?" Vector asked surprised.
"Its...the princess!" Mighty replied. "She is in trouble!"

All freedom fighters had been waken up by Sally. Everybody was at her hut in less 
than a minute. She was sitting, beside his father's bed (he had moved into Sally's 
hut too, it was big enough for two to sleep in there). The King was breathing 
irregularly and he was coughing. He had done so before, but never so serious. His 
face was almost white. As Rotor saw him, he rushed out, and took a gas tube with oxygen 
from his closet. He got back in and put a mask on the King's mouth.
"What happened, Sally?" Sonic asked.
"I...I don't know..." Sally cried. "Everything seemed to be normal with him, but 
suddenly he began to cough like...I've never seen something like this before!"
"Could it be pneumonia?" Catella asked.
"Pneumonia? I don't think so! My father is a non-smoker, he is not THAT old, and he 
hasn't eaten anything bad!"
Knuckles looked suspicious on the king. "Could it be...nah. Forget it..." he said.
The King opened his eyes. It looked like as if he was suffering.
"I will guard him tonight. If I'll need more help, I'll shout," Sally said.
"Are you sure?" Sonic asked.
"Yes, absolutely."

The night passed. Next morning was a very foggy one. It wasn't normal fog, though. 
The fog was green and it looked dangerous someways. Bunnie got over to Sally's hut 
to see the King. Rotor was also inside. He had put a device on King Acorn's artery, s
o he could see the King's pulse on a screen. It was weak, but very fast. It could 
possible cause a state of shock for him, but Rotor didn't dare to move him. He 
was too sensitive.
"How is it going? Anything better?"
"He is unconscious. I don't know what to do!" Rotor said. "I've done everything 
I can."
Sally began to cry. Just then, Rotor took a look on the screen. The line, which 
showed the pulse, was totally straight and the beeping, which also indicated the 
pulse had stopped beeping. Rotor gulped.
"Oh no..."
"What...?"
Without any more word, Rotor took off his cap. A tear fell down his cheek. He closed 
his eyes.
"No..." Sally whispered.
"Yes..." Rotor said. "It's over..."

The King, who had ruled Mobius for so long, was dead. Nobody could realize what 
had happened. Sally wanted to bury her father as soon as possible, but Rotor 
objected. He wanted to find out why the King had died. It wasn't a natural death. 
The King was in shape and everything went too fast. It was something, and he was 
going to find out what!

The clock was 11:00 am in Robotropolis. The eggs had been launched 8 hours earlier 
and now were surely a lot of freedom fighters in great pain and some of them should 
be dead by now. He watched the Great Forest on the giant mintor in front of him. He 
noticed that the virus had blown closer to Robotropolis, which made him a little 
worried. But he knew that Snively was right this time, it was impossible for the 
virus to get inside Robotropolis and there were only 28 hours left to the complete 
destruction. Snively came up in front of him and looked on the screen.
"Are you satisfied, Sir?" he asked.
"I'm glad you can make some things correct at least," Robotnik said. "This is going 
very good. Look at the trees. They're dying too! You didn't tell me that."
"Surprise..."
"I like surprises. If they aren't from the hedgehog. I'm sure the hedgehog is dying 
right...now..." He laughed madly.

It was not difficult for Rotor to find out why the King had died. He found the answer 
less than ten minutes after his death. But a lot of things were still unclear. Where 
did the virus came from? What kind of virus could it be? Was it going to kill them 
all? The other Freedom Fighters had begun to have breathing problems too, but the 
strange thing was that Antoine, Tails, Inhandra and Catella didn't feel anything. It 
looked like as if they were immune. And how was that possible? He understood at least 
why the King had died first of them all. He wasn't any teenager any more and this virus 
was simply too much.

The situation got more and more critical hour by hour. Sonic had began to cough like mad 
and he was probably not going to survive if this continued too long. The situation was 
also very serious for Sally. She was very dizzy and had to fight to keep herself 
awake. The Chaotix team was suffering too, except for Vector and Mighty. Sure, they 
had some breathing problems too, but that was nothing serious. Knuckles had learned 
them everything he knew about first aid, so they were ready to act if anything would 
happened.

When it was 2:00 in the afternoon, in the village, all four foxes decided to have a 
private meeting in Antoine's house. First of all, none of them said anything, but 
then Inhandra began to speak.
"This is Robotnik's work."
"It must be," Tails replied. "But it's actually strange. Why are we immune against 
it?"
"We must do something!" Catella said. "We must save the village if we can!"
"Je suis de votre avis, "Antoine said. "But how are we going to do it? Must we...face 
Robotnik?"
"Why not?" Inhandra said. "I'm sure we can at least find out what is happening! I'm 
going at least. Will you join me?"
"Yes!" Tails said without hesitating.
"Count me in!" Catella said.
"Antoine?"
Antoine was shivering and it was not of cold!
"Well?"
"I...I...I don't know. Robotropolis is such as horrribllle place, n´est-ce pas? I 
remember what happened last time when I tried to capture Robotnik alone. I don't want 
to do it again! I want to live!"
"Antoine, we'll need you. Knothole is dying...INCLUDING SALLY!!"

"Rotor?"
"Yes?"
"Are the new oxygen tubes ready yet?"
"No, unfortunately not. I'm working on it. Making oxygen isn't as easy as you maybe 
think. I'll have next tube ready in 30 minutes."
"We don't have 30 minutes!"
Sonic's condition was getting a little better, but he was far from well. In the same 
moment he heard a strange sound from Sally's hut. He rushed over and found Sally lying 
in her bed. Sonic stroked her cheek.
"Sally?" No reply. He checked if she was breathing. She wasn't!! He couldn't feel her 
pulse! He ran out.
"KNUCKLES! VECTOR! MIGHTY!"
They all three came up to him in ten seconds.
"Sally isn't breathing any more!"
"OH GOD!" Mighty said.
They all four got in again.
"OK," Vector said, "I'll give her the kiss of life, while you give her some heart 
massage, Mighty!"
"Oh no! Your mouth is too big and your teeth might kill her! I'll do it, you take care 
of the massage!"
"STOP QUARRELLING! SAVE HER!" Sonic shouted.
"On four," Vector said. "One, two, three, four, blow! One, two, three, four, blow! 
One, two three, four..."
Meanwhile Mighty and Vector took care of her, Knuckles put some pillows under her 
calves.
"Why are you doing that?" Sonic asked.
"I'm preparing for a state of shock. We must keep her legs up!"
Mighty and Vector continued, and finally Vector said, "Be happy. We just brought her 
back to life!"
"You did?? Oh guys, how could I ever thank you??"
"A 'thank you' is enough," Vector said.
"It's cool," Mighty said. "That's why you have friends!"
"Hey, Sonic, can I have talk with you?"
Tails stood at the door opening, together with Catella and Inhandra.
"Private?"
"Not necessary. As you can see, I, Catella, Inhandra and Antoine are immune against 
the virus."
"Yes?"
"So our plan is to get to Robotropolis to see if we can find any cure or something 
else to stop the virus."
"No Tails, you're too young."
"Sonic, I'm a freedom fighter and I won't get hurt together with Inhandra and 
Catella. Besides, we'll bring Mecha with us, so it's cool!"
"But what about Antoine?"
"He is probably hiding under his bed. He wouldn't like to join us."
"I'm not surprised... but are you really sure you can do this??"
"Of course I can! Give me a chance!"
"Let us try, Sonic," Inhandra said. "We have nothing to lose. What can we do here?"
Sonic said nothing.
"Fine. Let's go."

As they began their walk to Robotropolis, Tails asked...
"Inhandra?"
"Yeah?"
"What is it? You're thinking."
"Well, it's strange the king died. He is a fox too but he died. I can't find it 
logical."
"We are kitsunes," Catella said. "But you aren't, are you?"
"No, I'm not. And Antoine isn't."
"No, he was born tail-less."
"Mecha, do you have any information about foxes and viruses?"
"I don't know much about viruses. The only knowledge I have about viruses is about 
computer viruses... but viruses like this... no."
"What about foxes?"
"The only special virus connected to foxes, let's see... It can't be fox scabies... 
No, I can't find anything in my memory."
"Do you have any plan, Miles?" Catella asked.
"No, I haven't... honestly, I don't know what to do. We must simply find out where 
the virus comes from and stop the production of it, if it's still produced."
"Look in the sky!" Inhandra said. "The virus clouds are getting closer to Robotropolis!"
Tails looked up. "It doesn't matter," he said. "I'm sure Robotnik will be safe 
in Robotropolis. He has failed with many missions before, but he wouldn't do something 
like this if there was a risk for his own life."
"We're almost there," Mecha said. "I just wonder how we should get in... We need a 
plan."
"The clouds have reached Robotropolis now. IF, just IF something will go wrong for 
Robotnik..." Inhandra said.
"You mean...?" Tails asked.
"Not impossible. If there could be some kind of a ventilation system he has forgotten 
to close, the clouds could possibly get inside Robotropolis, and even into the Command 
Center if we are lucky."

The clock was now 3:00 in the afternoon. It was 12 hours after the launch of the 
virus eggs. 24 hours to go. Robotnik was still sitting in his chair, enjoying 
what was happening. Just suddenly he felt a foul smell.
"Hmpf! What is this? Snively??"
"Y-yes Sir?"
"What's this smell?"
"Eehhhhmmm... it... it could be..." Snively faltered.
"COULD BE WHAT???"
"The...the virus..."
"The virus? Impossible! You said it was going to be safe!"
"I just noticed that a ventilation system was on, but I've sealed it now. No more of 
the gas can get in here!"
"I certainly hope not, Snively. If it does, you'll pay dearly for this..." 
He coughed.

"No, this looks impossible! We can't get in!" Catella said.
"Ah-ah-ah, Catella, you just broke the Freedom Fighters first rule: Never surrender 
and don't give up!"
"Oh, sorry. I'll remember that."
"Going through the main door would be suicide, and as far as I can remember, I don't 
think there are any back door. I guess we must fly in. Catella, can you fly in this 
dimension?"
"I haven't tried yet... I could always try."
She began to swing around her nine tails and after a short while, she began to fly. 
She landed carefully again.
"Good, then I know how to get in. Inhandra, if you get into Mecha's arms, he can 
fly you in. We can fly in too."
"But what about the radar system?"
"Should be hijack a hovercraft?" Mecha suggested.
"Yeah, drive us to the Command Center, or you'll feel the power of the Freedom 
Fighters," Catella said.
"It's not a bad idea," Inhandra said, "but how should we do it?"
"Aunt Bunnie has thought me a lot of SWAT-bots," Tails said. "She told me when she 
hijacked a hover-craft. She threw a rock in front of a hover-craft, the SWAT-bot 
inside went out to check and then she destroyed it from behind."
"Do you think they will fall for the same trick again?" Inhandra asked.
"Why not? They are robots, not humans!"

A hover-craft was coming. It was heading to the main gate. Tails picked up a stone 
and tossed it. The old plan worked again! The SWAT-bot went out.
"It's time to use my Kung-Fu skills again," Tails said with an evil smile.
"Be careful!" Inhandra said.
Tails rushed against it, and made a round kick, which hit in the SWAT-bot´s back. 
It broke. He waved to the others to come. They all went in.
"Can you drive this?" Catella asked.
"No, I can't."
"But I can!" Inhandra said. "Buckle up, we're going to Robotnik!"
"ALLRIGHT!"

Back in Knothole, Sally had woken up again, but she had to use a oxygen mask to 
stay alive. It was impossible for her to breath without it. Antoine was still in 
shape, Bunnie felt still pretty well, but the situation was worse for Sonic and 
Rotor. Rotor had worked to make more tubes with oxygen, but since he got weaker, 
he couldn't produce as much as he normally should have been able to. Knuckles began 
to feel pain in his lungs and so did it for Espio and Charmy too. Mighty and Vector 
was however, almost OK. They both wanted to help Rotor, but none of them had 
skills and knowledge to help him.

"We'll go in three groups now," Tails said. " Inhandra, Mecha, you go together, I'll 
go alone, and so will you, Catella."
"Alone? I want to go with you!!"
"There's no time for argumenting," Tails said. "Take this radio. Contact us if you 
get in trouble."
"'Argumenting' isn't a real word!" Inhandra giggled.
"Whatever."
He handed over a radio to Inhandra and was just going to give one to Mecha.
"I don't need any. I'm a robot, and a robot without a form of a radio is trash!"
"Sorry, I forgot. Now, we'll set our watches. We'll meet here in 30 minutes."
"I don't have a watch!" Catella said.
"Oh, Catella! You just broke rule number two: Freedom Fighters always wear a watch!"
"That's a good one!"
"It won't be any problem. I can handle time," Mecha said.
Inhandra handed over her watch to Catella.
"Good luck! Be careful!"

The clouds had surrounded Robotropolis totally by now. It was quite difficult to 
see. Where could the virus come from? Mecha and Inhandra wandered around for a while 
and after a while, they saw the launcher.
"Mecha?"
"I'm ready!"
Inhandra told Mecha to start transmitting messages to the others.
"Tails? Catella? Do you hear me?"
"Yes!"
"Loud and clear!"
"Inhandra and I have found a rocket launcher here! Maybe Robotnik tried to send away 
the virus with them!"
"It must be! I think you have found what we're searching for!"
"YAAA-HOOO!" Catella shouted with great joy.
"AOO! My ear! Catella, rule number three: Freedom Fighters never scream "YAAA-HOOO" in 
a radio!"

After some guiding from Mecha, Tails and Catella found them at last. They began to 
search the area, and suddenly Catella shouted.
"Hey! Look what I found!"
"Maps?? How is it possible they are lying here? They should be locked in somewhere! 
Robotnik should keep stuff like this secret!" Inhandra said.
"Maybe he couldn't keep it secret. He is maybe..."
"Mmmhhmm... I understand what you mean."

In the same moment ten SWAT-bots came up in front of them.
"That's not good..." Tails said with a calm voice.
They tried to ran away, but then twenty SWAT-bots came up in front of them again.
"...And that's worse!" Tails said, still with his calm voice.
"I'll quit!" Catella shouted. "I'll back out of this mission!"
"Too late now! We're surrounded, so there's only one way left to go. Up!"
Mecha picked up Inhandra and they all flew up. The SWAT-bots shot at the place, 
where they just had been standing. The lasers hit the other SWAT-bots on the 
other sides.
"No time to lose! We'd better go to the command center! I'm sure we can find the 
answer there!"
"Somebody should stay at the rocket launcher!" Catella said. "We didn't examined 
it enough."
"Yes, that's true. Oh well, Catella, good luck! Don't forget to write a post card if 
you have some time over!" Tails said with a smile.
"I'll do it...for your sake," She embraced him and gave him a hug. She went slowly 
back to the launcher.
"Don't worry about her! She can do anything!"
"I hope so! Mecha, can you feel if any SWAT-bots is here in the distance?"
"I don't think so. I can't feel any other robot contact..."
"Great! That's exactly what I wanted to hear!"

Catella continued to search the area and she found more information. She found more 
maps and one map caught her eyes totally. It was a detailed plan over the virus. 
There was everything about the eggs. This was hot news! She had to tell that to 
Tails and Inhandra. When she switched on the radio, she heard nothing in it, only 
static. 
"Bah! Not even AM radio works. Trash!" 
She tossed the radio, picked up all maps and plans and hurried back after Tails, 
Inhandra and Mecha.

"Catella! Do you hear me??"
"It's no use, Tails. The battery is dead! But, Mecha can send a message for you."
Mecha sent a message, but no response was received.
"Oh great! I really hope she is alright."
"You told me she was going to be!"
"Maybe I did..."
They reached the Command Center at last. The tower was enormous.
"Hmmm... no SWAT-bots... it must be our lucky day!"
"That's of course good, but..."
"But what?"
"Mecha, are any SWAT-bots or any other robots in the distance?"
"There are but... they're not activated!"
"Not activated??"
"What do you mean, Mecha?"
"Well, I don't know, that's what I can feel. If they were activated I should feel it, 
and I don't."
They continued up in the tower. Mecha was right. There were several robots, but they 
were all lying on the ground.
"I don't understand how this is possible!" Tails said.
"I do. If the robots are activated, somebody must have them under control. Robotnik 
would never let his robots just lie here and get rusty."
"So you mean, he is not controlling them anymore??"
"In short, no."
They looked around. The virus cloud had found its way through the tower wall. They 
continued up and were soon at the control room. Robotnik's chair was turned in the 
direction to the monitors so Tails, Inhandra and Mecha walked slowly forward, since 
they only could see the back of the chair. As 
they were right behind it.
Tails whispered, "Ready?"
"I was born ready," Inhandra replied.
"I'm ready!" Mecha said.
They rushed around the chair. There he was, Robotnik. He was sitting in his chair with 
his eyes closed. Snively laid in front of him.
"They ARE dead!"
Inhandra checked his breath. He was still breathing.
"Not yet* But in a few minutes, he will be*"
"Then can I kill him?"
"I guess so, but that's not necessary. As I said, he'll be dead any minute..."
"Oh, never mind..."

Catella came up in the control room ten minutes later.
"Hi! I just found some stuff that could be interesting to read! Where is Robotnik?"
"Wait, how did you find us?"
"I searched for you in my mind, Miles. We are kitsunes and searching for another 
kitsune in such a small area like this was no problem for me."
"It looks like I have more to learn... Robotnik is dead."
"Dead??"
"The virus killed him," Tails said with a sigh. "And it killed Snively too. It's 
over. Mobius is now a free planet."
"Mission one completed!" Catella shouted. "Let's get back to Knothole!"
"No, we cant. We can't just get back. We must find a cure to save Sally and the other 
Freedom Fighters," Inhandra said.
"We'd better get back after all," Mecha said. "I just scanned the maps while you 
talked," he said. "Now, I know everything about his plans. The clock is 6:15 in the 
evening, so it will be over in 20 hours and 45 minutes."
"Then we CAN get back home!"
"No, we still can't! I wasn't the only prisoner in Robotropolis. I had some friends too."
"Really? But what happened with them?"
"Robotnik saw that I was the only one he could take advantage of. The others were 
useless. He was probably going to robotiscize them."
"Did he do it?"
"I don't know. I know where the cells are, I think I know, at least. I think they are in 
sector 110. If they aren't roboticsized, we can save them at once. I'm sure the virus 
hasn't killed them! Come on, I know the way!"

They were soon down in sector 110. There they were! Most of them were still there and 
they were NOT roboticsized, but those that weren't foxes strangely weren't there*
"INHANDRA!!" one of them shouted. "Your back!! What happened to you?? 
 How did you escape??"
"Well... I've been busy... And, I'll explain later!" she said with a smile.
"How are we supposed to open the cells?"
"If we can crack this computer, the bars will vanish."
"It looks complicated," Catella said.
"Not for me," Inhandra said. "Just give me a minute or two..."
The bars vanished. The foxes were free! It was about 25 of them. Now there was nothing 
else to do than getting back to Knothole and to save Sally and the rest of the Freedom 
Fighters!

Sally's condition was much worse when they had returned. She was not only unconscious 
now, she was in a deep coma. The oxygen mask was on.
"Is Sally going to die?" Tails asked.
"No, she won't. She is a deep coma, but she is not brain-dead. She might wake up 
sometime in the future, but...I don't know when." Rotor replied. 
"It's not much I can do. I think she must wake up by herself. I can't 
wake her."

One day passed. The rest of the virus clouds were gone. The Freedom Fighters 
recovered very fast, but Sally was still in coma.

All Freedom Fighters, including the foxes had gathered outside Sally's hut. Sonic had 
found King Acorn's last will and testament and he began to read it.

"8th May, 3223"

"I, King Acorn, has decided, in full possession of all my senses that 
everything I have and own will be inherited by my daughter, princess Sarah 
Sally Alicia Acorn. She will be the next ruler of Mobius. If she will die 
before me or if she can't, of any reason, be the next ruler, I want that a 
fox will rule. if the situation will be like that, there will be a general 
election. The elected fox will be the ruler of Mobius.


             King Acorn

Witnesses: Lieutenant Decker
                       Commander Julian"

"Julian?" somebody asked.
"So that's why Robotnik wanted Sally! He wanted the Acorn family dead!"
"But he wasn't a fox! And nobody would elect him!"
"This is as weird as it gets!"
"I'll contact the wolfpack. I want to know if they survived and if they did, I want 
them to be in the election too."

Sonic tried for several hours to contact them by radio, but all they could hear was 
loud crackling and hissing. He understood what had happened. The wolfpack must 
not have survived. Sonic began to walk out the door, when a faint voice came over 
the radio. "We read you loud and clear, Sonic Hedgehog,"  Lupee replied.
"We thought you were dead!" Sonic replied.
"Most of us are, but there is still plenty enough that we can still be called a 
pack!"
"So can you make it to an election for the next ruler of Mobius?"
"Holy Cow! Is THAT what you are doing over there?!"
"Yes it is. King Acorn is dead and Sally is in a coma. She might not live," Sonic 
said with a tear rolling down his face.
"I'm really sorry. We just can't make it. We don't have time for things like that. We 
must take care of the others, so I'm afraid we can't come..."
"Oh well, thanks anyway."
"Best wishes for Sally. Wolfpack out."

The election was three days later. It would be much easier with a verbal election. 
All foxes voted on Inhandra and the result was:

Inhandra  	  - 26 votes
Tails         - 11 votes
Antoine       - 0 votes
Catella       - 1 vote

Inhandra was supposed to say some words. She got up on the stage and she began to 
speak...
"Well, I want to thank all of you for voting me as the new ruler of Mobius. I'm 
honored. But... I don't really... like it. I love to work with computers and 
machines and... well, I made Mecha. Ehm... anyway, I'll get to the point immediately. 
I... will not accept to be next ruler of Mobius..."
"WHAT??"
"Yes, I don't want to do it. It's not my style. I want Tails to be the ruler 
instead. The was second in the election and I think he is suitable for the job, so 
I want him to do it. Please, step up, Tails."
Tails stepped up on the stage.
"Tails, do you want to be the next ruler of Mobius? I won't force you, but this is 
your great chance!"
"I think I... accept!"
The applauds and cheering for Tails were ear-splittering. He had won the election. Now, 
he was the next ruler of Mobius!

Tails' first will was to turn back Robotropolis to Mobotropolis as it where before 
Julian took over. All the freedom fighters accepted that and with all machines in 
Robotropolis, it could be done if they changed everything in it. That should be a 
job for Inhandra. She was going to be his advisor.

One week later, when Tails was sitting in Robotnik's old chair, Sonic came up to him.
"Well, well Tails. I can't believe you're the ruler now."
"Don't take it too serious. I don't care too much about power. But I must admit that 
I love my position."
"I bet. I'm glad I don't have to bow!" he said with a smile.
"Of course not."
"But I want you to know one thing Tails. IF we success to wake up Sally again, you 
must leave the throne to her!"
"Of course, that's nothing to discuss. I will... IF we success."
"Rotor told me that we will success one day, but it can take months, years, I don't 
know... but I want you to be prepared."
"I am."
"Good. Catella wants to see you."
"Well, bring her in," Tails said playfully.
Catella went up to him. She was dressed like a bride!
"CATELLA?"
"Miles, we have known each other for over 990 years, and we got engaged when we 
were 30. Do you want to marry me??"
The wedding was two days later.

Robotnik was dead and so was Snively. Tails was in charge, with Catella as his 
queen and Inhandra as his advisor. But what would happened when the princess was 
going to wake up? When was she supposed to wake up? How would life be from now on?

That was a question for the future...