Chapter 2 link: Chaos Soldier Sonic Chapter 2Link to chapter 1

It was all over the news, all over both the regular net and the Minos Undernet. It was all anyone could talk about for days on end. A Sumeragi Novatrooper, named after the government's most famed psychic back during the dark days of Adept/Minos 'equality', was kidnapped. Not only that, but the thing that kidnapped what were Sumeragi's de-facto troop commanders, and killed all 55 men under his command, was some weird little 3 foot tall robot that looked like someone stitched it together at the last minute. Needless to say, the public wanted justice, they wanted answers, and luckily for Sumeragi, they knew just how to dangle the keys in front of their sheep give them the answers they so seeked, and it all lied with everyone's favorite punching bag, the Minos.

One did not need to look far to see where the former dominant race of the planet 'lived'. Outside the splendor and beauty that were the modern Sumeragi metropolises were the ruins of the o



There once was a man called Dr. Ivo Robotnik.

He was a human, a rare species on Mobius, gifted with an incredible talent with machinery and electronics. He could make in one day what a group of technicians would take weeks to craft, and though his egg-like body shape made him stand out. He was soon lauded and revered for his technical prowess. He had many names: The Man of Tomorrow, The Mechanical Mastermind, and the Future of Humanity to name a few. There were very few who didn't like the sphere-shaped human, and for a while, the name Robotnik was synonymous with progress, change, and a brighter future for all who lived on Mobius.

And like many rising stars, his lack of hubris did him in. just two years into what the media would call 'Robotnikmania', the famous human was found using live animals to power his machines. He wasn't using their organs, nor was he using their skin or anything, but the whole, live animal as a power source, still conscious, still breathing, still able to comprehend the hell it was in. In an instant, everything was gone. The prestige, the love, the adoration, all of it went up in flames, and Dr. Ivo Robotnik, or 'The Eggman' as the media so derisively called him, was now a wanted criminal. With his genius rejected, his ideas mocked, the already mad scientist went even madder, and so began to plan. His ideas were genius, his intellect unparalleled! If they couldn't see it, he'd make them see it!

And on June 23, 1991, his genius was shown to the world. South Island, a landmass located in the Southern Sea, barely existed as far as the world was concerned. It wasn't some super secret island to hold inmates, nor some cursed, evil place, it was just a tiny piece of civilization so far away from the mainland that no one cared that it existed. This tiny island was where the monster known as the 'Eggman' made his move. There was plenty of natural, non-anthropomorphic animal life on the island, perfect for being the fuel for his Badnik army. Within three days, the entire island was overrun by these robots, it's Mobian population bought to heel, and the island's volcano turned into the first of what was to be many fortresses, Scrap was ready to strike out, to show his genius to the world, and prove that he was superior!

And then a fat, blue naked hedgehog ruined all of it three months later. With speed not seen before in a living creature, the blue rodent ran roughshod over Eggman's entire operation, from Green Hill to Scrap Brain. His speed? Unmatched. His durability? As strong as his strongest Badniks. There was very little Eggman could do to stop him, though it wasn't like he needed to. He already had a secondary base on an even more remote, no-name island. By the time the hedgehog smashed open the titanium doors of his office, He was long gone, ready to finish construction of the Death Egg and send it into orbit. This was when his failures truly began, and he soon learned to curse the names Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles Tails Prower.

That damned two-tailed freak was almost as bad as that blue pest! They liberated WestSide Island faster together than Sonic did alone! By the time they liberated the 23rd settlement, Eggman knew he was out of options. The Death Egg was nowhere near capable of breaking through the atmosphere, and his anti-Sonic weapon, Silver Sonic, couldn't handle the speeds it's organic counterpart could! There had to be something, anything he could use to stop that blue pest and his freak of a friend!

And that was when he remembered a specific passage in the ruins of South Island….about a certain planetoid that was destined to appear in just five days…

...He had a plan, and all he needed was to rush the upgrades to Silver Sonic.

…..ACCESSING ARCHIVE #777 (FILE SIZE:555GB. FILES FOUND: 44)

DOWNLOADING NETWORK CODES

UPLOADING EGGBUG INTO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

UPLOADING EGGSTALK INTO SYSTEM32 FOLDER

ACCESSING CHATLOGS FROM 2/3/2200 TO 3/5/2345

LEAVING EGGCALLCARD IN DESIGNATED FOLDERS

"And finished." The chopshopped Sonic Killer, Metal Sonic took his shorter, thinner hand from the supercomputer's keyboard, eyeing the giant monstrosity in disgust. "How pathetic." It's processing speed and data storage capabilities were decades behind the machines they used for their daily activities. Then again, who was he to complain? This clunker was the only machine he could interface with. "Phase 1 is complete. Now for phase 2…." His head turned 360 degrees to the barely breathing, bleeding out soldiers behind him. In particular to his interests was the soldier in the purple long coat, the one that tried to use psionics to destabilize his inner frame. Head still backwards, he walked towards the suffering man and lifted him up off the ground by his chest armor, making sure the human heard the crack as his metal clawed fist pierced and crushed it. "You have impressive abilities for a human. Your camouflaging capabilities are on par with the R-Series Newtrons, and yet the machinery on your person does not allow for such a thing.

"W-wha-" The human let out a hacking, phlegm filled cough on the metal theme park mascot. "W-what are you even talking about?!"

"A human that can produce psychic energy on his own without any physical enhancements…" Metal turned to the other soldiers, slapping the hand of his hostage when he detected a rise in psionic energy. "There are multiple humans wearing variations of your armor. Is it safe to assume that there are more of your kind?"

"G-go to he-*HAAARCK!*"

Metal narrowed his digital pupils at the man's coughing, bloodied attempts to rebuke him. "I see…You won't talk, will you?"

"Y-you're goddamn right you-"The man began breathing heavily, his heart rate skyrocketing. Metal shook his head; did this human think that would work?"You-you wont age get anything from me you stupid AAAAGGHHH!"

Metal's palm smashed through the armor, so hard that the entire chest portion had shattered into tiny, hard to see pieces that fell through the floor. The force of the thrust sent a shockwave into the human's body, disabling his attempted suicide. "I advise you not to try that again. Now answer the question. No data on you or these troops could be found in this database. You are going to fill in the blanks."

"Y-you son of a bitch!" He was one of Sumeragi's elite, top of the class at Psionic Institute of Telekinesis! Multiple degrees, early field commander at age 19, and here he was, about to die to some...some...3 foot tall kid's toy that looked like it was barely holding together! "I-I won't tell you anything!" This thing may have stopped him from initiating a total shutdown of his body, but his mind was like a steel trap! There was no way it would get anything out of him!...and then the robot raised its hands. Needles dripping with liquid shot out of the ends of it's fingers. "What-are you going to do-" Another fit of coughing stopped him from saying anymore.

"I plan on making you talk of course."This was quite odd; humans back on Mobius usually wouldn't shut up when he or the Doctor interrogated them. It was usually the Mobians that were this defiant. With faster-than-eye movements, he shot the needles into the human's skin, piercing his armor like wet paper. The human didn't even feel it, thanks to the Doctor's mild trypanophobia influencing his functionality, nor did the human's body register the modified sodium pentothal entering his bloodstream. "Now then…" He sent a jolt of golden energy into the man and sent him flying to the roof. The energy kept the man's body stuck to the ceiling as Metal flew up to him, his needle nose touching the human's barely functioning helmet. "What are the 'Falcon Quills?'"

Night came on Sumeragi City #5544 a beautiful full moon shining it's white light onto Japanese Metropolis below. Traffic was at a standstill, people coming to and from work left stranded by an accident three miles down the road. Some drunken idiot had used his Septima to melt the ground and turn it into water, and the police were trying to calm him down. The drunk was a 45 year old salaryman, rail thin, and his complexion that of a ghost. He was also in his underwear, singing the hit song of the world famous Falcon Idol.

"GAAAGOO MEEE SOO! GAGOOO ME SOOO!"

It wasn't a bad rendition of the song, but that was only because saying it was bad would be too much of a compliment. Tear gas, rubber bullets, nothing was phasing him, as his Septma just turned everything sent his way into some form of liquid or object, mainly bottles of sake that he could drink. This was just the way things were in this city. Men like him too drunk and depressed to think straight, cops whose powers were so weak that regular riot suppression gear was the best they could do, and not a single Falcon for miles. It wasn't any better the deeper you went into the city, where gangs of superpowered men and women, mostly teenagers, doing what they want, when they want. For the country of Sumeragi's origin, AKA the origin of this world's sole power, many of its cities outside of Falcon controlled areas were on their own, and many had to abide by a gentleman's rule of sorts to keep the peace. Still, it could be worse; they could be those filthy Minos, and no one wanted to be even related to those developmentally disabled freaks.

"DONCHA RUSH! DONCHA RUSH!"

While the people forced to suffer because of this idiot were debating on using their Septimas to shut him up, not like there were any Sumeragi soldiers or heaven forbid Falcons to do anything, the area around the drunk, the officers in the vicinity, and everywhere in a mile wide radius was reduced to ash by a large purple ball. Panic ensued seconds later, people rushing out of their car and trying to get away from whatever this thing was. Those with Septimas that gave them improved eyesight or immunity to bright lights or changes in illumination could see the source of the orb perfectly fine, and what they saw was...a kid's toy. A kid's toy that looked like it was given a crappy patch-up job.

"Mission accomplished doctor." Metal Sonic said with the now comatose soldier in hand. "The interrogation took three hours to complete, and in addition-"

{Oh, don't say anymore Metal!} Hooted the gleeful voice of his creator, Dr. Ivo Robotnik. {I can sense the energy all the way from here! What was the keyword?}

"It was Kamizono. The Time Stone activated within seconds of hearing that word."

{Kamizono, Kamizono…} Ughh, of course. He could never escape that family! {Whatever! Get back to base before the stone's energy runs out! We have a past to rule over.}

"Understood." Metal absorbed the energy produced by the Time Stone back into himself,channeling the same energy into an orb that surrounded him and his hostage. The rest of said energy was being outputted into the thrusters at the bottom of his feet, boosting him out of the atmosphere and closer to the Doctor's base. 'The doctor's dream is almost in his grasp.' Three stones down, four to go. They had the element of surprise. They had the resources. And best of all, that hedgehog and his fox friend were unaware of what was to come. Once all seven time stones were in hand, it didn't matter what Sonic the Hedgehog did with the Chaos Emeralds, it would be too late.

By the end of this month, both Little Planet and Mobius would be under the thumb of the Eggman.

Meanwhile, back on Mobius, a certain duo, hated by the scientist and robot, were in what was basically a giant roulette wheel. As in, the entire building was shaped like one. Each of the 38 pockets of the wheel was a room in of itself, with glass floors giving one a dizzying view of the city 300 miles below. It took Eggman five months to build, but Casino Night Zone might just be his greatest visual spectacle yet.

Which is why the doctor's absence confused Sonic and Tails. They just spent the last two weeks in the Aquatic Ruin Zone destroying every Badnik he had planted there so the indigineus people could safely return and resume their lives. The two of them assumed that the giant neon image of the doctor that could be seen from anywhere on the island was his base, but ole fatso was nowhere to be seen!

"You see anything little buddy?"

{Not a thing, Sonic!}

The 10 year old hedgehog hero yelled in anger, putting down his omni-tool, a walkie-talkie looking device called the Miles Gadgetroid, and sliced a deep cut into the metal walls of the base in frustration. " . ?!" How did someone that fat move so fast?! "I'm turning this base into scrap." He should be able to do it without setting off a Speed Trap. "Come on Tails!"

{Are you crazy?} The hedgehog raised a -nonexistent- brow. {I'm still hacking Eggman's computer network!}

"Wait what?!" Sonic bought the walkie-talkie back to his ear. "I thought you were searching for any surprises he might have left us!"

{I am, genius!} Said the rarely sassy eight year old. {This was one of his biggest vanity projects after all!}

"Oh yeah…" Casino Night was the fat human's dedication to lording over everyone he could. Getting the poor, often primitive natives of the island to gamble their lives away for meager rewards while videos of him laughing his butt off at their misfortune played whenever someone lost big, and laughing even harder when he turned them into his Badniks."I'm coming over. What floor are you on?"

{I'm 40 floors below you, suite 3, room 5. Now don't bother me, I'm almost done!}

"Yeah yeah yeah…." Sonic cut the communication and shoved the walkie-talkie into his quills. Exiting the room, he looked down at the city through the glass floor. "Man that looks pretty." He had to hand it to Eggman, the human knew how to build a city. The buildings had slot machines built into the structures, roads and bridges were pinball railings, and the cars were literally in the shape of things you could find in a casino, like bingo balls or chips. It'd be so simple for him to just smash through the reinforced glass and take the 100 mile drop safely, but old egghead just loved his Speed Traps. The wackjob rounded up every civilian he could into the emergency shelters after he and Tails shut down the power to one of his facilities, and it must've been an important one if he was rounding them up like this. But why?

No use worrying about it now.' He just had to take it slow for their sake, and then he and Tails would find out what fatty was planning. Keeping the fate of thousands in his mind,he slowly walked to the elevator and got in. The door closed and soon the elevator was speeding down to the main building. 'Well, got a minute to kill.' Good thing he recharged his Game Gear's batteries. Maybe he could play some-

Help me.

….Altered Beast. "The heck was that?" No way was he hearing things, that plea was desperate and raw! He waited for a few minutes, but the voice didn't come back. "Grrrrr…" Every bit of him was telling him to not ignore the voice, not like he was going to anyway. "Come on, talk to me…" But again nothing came. The elevator door opened and he walked out into the blackjack themed foyer, still waiting for the voice to come back. "Hey! That's all you're going to say?" No response. "I don't have all day, I got a mad scientist to take out!" Still nothing. "Sheesh, your funeral." He began walking. "Guess I got no choice but-"

Help me.

"...Oh now you talk!" Sonic stopped. "And what am I supposed to help you with?"

STOP IT!

Sonic winced. "Oh…" He recognized that tone… "Oh boy." This wasn't good. He quickly got out the walkie-talkie. "Tails, tell me you found something! We need to get out of here, fast!"

{...Sonic? What's wrong?}

STOP IT!

STOP IT

STOP IT!

"Oh my head…" Now he was getting headaches too; great! "I got this weird voice in my head, some little girl asking for me to help her!" He heard typing on the other end. "Tails, buddy? I know you're a computer nerd, but I have a psychic invader in my head and she's not going-"

Hello?

"Hi! And it's like she's tip-tapping on my brain!"

Y-you can hear me? Was this one of Demerzel's jokes?!

"Yes I can hear you!"

{Sonic, who are you talking to?!}

"The girl! The girl that's been playing hacky-sack with my skull!"

{I'm tracking your signal and coming up there right now!}

"G-got it! URGGGHhhhhhh…." Sonic sat on the plush carpet, rubbing his head. "You happy now ghost? I'm probably gonna die from a splitting headache and it's all your fault!"

I-I'm so sorry! This..this wasn't an illusion. She was talking to someone, a real person! She didn't know what he was, but he was a person!

"If you were really sorry, then why don't you get out of my head!"

If that is what you wish….I thank you for not banishing me like so many others, and I thank you for your patience. More pain...she was going to hurt someone again. 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' were what Demerzel told her during his moments of lucidity to justify her purpose, and now she was going to live up to that saying! Hold on.

"Yeah sure, do that…" Sonic's head pulsed, his heartbeat racing as he realized what she just said. "Wait, I could've got you out of my head at anytAAAGGGGGGHHH!" Pain rushed through him, his vision blackening as he saw what looked to be a blonde human standing over him. Then a green haired girl..then a white haired one.

Imsorryimsorryimsorryimsorry! I'm so sorry!

Through the pain, through the agony as every bit of him felt like it was on fire, he managed to get out one strangled, barely coherent sentence:

"Y-you S-s-sucuucuck!"

"One, two...where's the other two at?!"

Looking at his collection of powerful gems, Dr. Eggman nearly lost it as he realized that he was missing one Chaos Emerald and one time stone. Metal Sonic stood at his side, awaiting his orders. "The two from Labyrinth, three from Aquatic Ruin, and the one I stole from the rodent when he was sleeping….where's the one from Casino Night?!"

"You probably left it there." Metal suggested. "It's probably where you left the other Time stone as well."

"..." He rushed his upgrades to Metal Sonic, he rushed his escape from Casino Night. Karma wasn't very kind to him. "New plan! Send out an Egg Boss! Get that rodent and the fox and assume they have the Time Stone and the Emerald!"

"Understood. Also I'm afraid to report that my Time Stone is acting up as well. It feels as though it's pulling in energy."

Eggman restrained his yell as the robot leftl. Using the Time Stone to get Metal and the Subject Psychic01 back to Mobius? What was he thinking?! 'Oh I knew what I was thinking; I'd get it done quick and easy, just like that naked blue pest!' The Time Stones really didn't like being used in the way he was using them, and the writings back on South Island warned him of such things, as well as dilly dallying with your usage of them. 'Just what did they send to interfere with my plans?' It would have to be from the destination he was aiming to go to, so he would be at a disadvantage once he got to the past. 'Wait a minute!' How did he know that? 'I checked the ruins, learned about the Time Stones…' But how? How did he learn about them? The ruins said nothing on them at all, and he was too busy coordinating his forces to try to barbecue that hog!

Eggman clenched his fists as Metal Sonic reported back. "Did you send it?" He asked without looking at his 2nd in command.

"Yes. R-22 Gravitas is heading towards WestSide Island. It will be there in the hour."

"Gooooood…" Eggman turned to Metal, madder than the robot had ever seen his creator. "Prepare the medbay and the restraints, Code Orange."

Metal blinked. "Subject Psychic01's abilities are pacified doctor, there is no need to-"

"I don't mean him you idiot, I mean me! Someone's hacked into my mind, and I need to find out who before we proceed any further!" The Time Stones, the Kamizono family, G.U.N., it didn't matter! He swore that no one would ever make any member of the Robotnik line a pawn ever again! Whoever set him on this path had his utmost thanks...and it was with that gratitude that he would make their deaths as painless as possible.

When Sonic came to, he found himself in someone's room. The bed he was on was a waterbed, the ceiling fan themed after a roulette table. The dresser was shaped like a die, the wallpaper was Eggman's stupid logo, and a neon sign was above the door with the words 'This way to fun!' and a downwards arrow shining brightly. It'd be a pretty nice looking room to chill in if it didn't look like someone hated the decor and smashed, slashed, and...were those burn marks? Those were probably burn marks. This room was thrashed, utterly thrashed.

"What happened?" He rubbed his head instinctually, but found no pain. In fact, he felt better than ever before! "Tails?" He yelled out loud. He heard his buddy shout 'coming Sonic!' and then his feet rushing to the room...more than two sets of feet actually. 'Is someone with him?' He got his answer when his fox friend opened the door, looking strangely nervous for some reason. "Hey little buddy, thanks for-" He blinked. "Whose the human and why does she look like she'd blend into a snowstorm just by standing in one?"

Indeed, this 10ish looking human girl was pale...abnormally so, almost snow white. from her skin to her hair. He almost thought she was an albino if it wasn't for the golden eyes staring at him guiltily. Her hair was long, especially for a human her age, reaching down to her hips, a round silver bell and a red ribbon tied to the side. She wore a red Eggcloth™ t-shirt and pants combo with white highlights, frilled at the ends of the sleeves, and red Eggcloth™ shoes. Now how on earth she even got into those confused Sonic, because 1, the girl was completely transparent, half her body phasing through Tails. The other….well it was those giant holographic wings. The left wing, that was phasing through the doorframe, was blue and shaped like a butterfly wing, while the right, phasing through the other side of the frame and out the wall, was a bright orange and shaped like a bird's. "Just what the heck am I looking at?"

"I wish I knew myself." Tails answered. "She refused to answer until you woke up."

"It wouldn't be fair if you weren't awake when I explained my actions." The girl said with a bow. "Your friend was most generous in giving me something other than those disgusting clothes I was forced into."

"Yeah, Tails is pretty good with the manners stuff." Tails blushed at the compliment. "So snowflake, what's your name?"

"My name….it is, or rather was, Mytyl Kamizono." She gave him a bow. "I apologize for intruding on your person as I did. Hard as it is to believe, I was quite comfortable there...being in a brain that is." The two stared at her. "It is not something that I can easily explain, but it was something I've gotten quite used to."

Sonic and Tails just stared at her. "Ooookaaay…" Sonic said with a nod. "So you mind telling me what you're doing here?"

"I don't know. I remember a lot of pain...lots of pain." She shuddered, taking a second to collect herself. "And then, nothing. It's like a part of me was left behind when your conscience made a connection to mine. The most important thing I remember is being a brain for some reason?"

"Uh-huh…" Sonic turned to Tails. "So what am I sensing there? A Chaos Emerald and some other thing?"

"Yeah…" The fox looked around the room nervously. "I also found something else, but when I gave it to you….y-you're not going to flip again if I show it to you right?" Sonic stared at him. "I showed you the Chaos Emerald, you were fine, but I showed you another stone and you did all this to the room!"

Sonic looked at the room and yep, this was his handiwork. The burn areas must've been where he tried to Spin Dash. "Well I'm fine now, so lay it on me!"

"Ok…" He nervously took the stone out of his lower tail, a hexagonal red gem. "Here it is."

"I think it's what helped me connect to you." Mytyl added. "From what little of my memories that remain, it's energy freed me from my prison and brought me here."

Tails, seeing that Sonic wasn't reacting to the stone, tossed it to him, the hedgehog catching it in midair. "It's power is on par with the Chaos Emeralds, but it's energy type is completely separate from them."

"I see what you mean there buddy! It's so calm and soothing!" You hold a Chaos Emerald without preparing yourself mentally, and you get the braining of your life, but he felt so at ease when holding this, balanced, if he could put it into words. "So, when're we leaving?"

"I have the data on the Miles Gadgetroid's USB drive and we can go at any time."

Mytyl stared at the little fox confused. "Why must we go? This place is so fantastical, you'd be foolish to leave!" This place was like a playground the likes of which she'd ever seen! Her brother and Nor- "Nnnnghhh..m-my brother...my brother…" She fell through the floor, only half her body visible as she clutched her head in pain. "B-brother brother, m-my brother…"

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She couldn't move her legs or her arms. Electric currents caused both throughout and around her body, and there was no telling how horrible she must have looked if she had access to a mirror. Try as she might, her screams couldn't escape her lips.. The ability to speak had long eluded her, and given what this man did to Nori, she probably wouldn't be speaking ever again!

"Silently screaming, knowing what terrible fate awaits you...to think you Kamizonos could look so normal." Her captor let out a cruel laugh. Through the tears in her eyes, Mytyl was able to see his eyes behind the blue visor. "You're going to pay for your father's sins, you and the rest of your worthless kind. Take her away and put her in with the Muse. the Diva Project is going to undergo a very dark reboot…"

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Her eyes were wice, her pupils dilated as her breathing became labored. "Brother...Joule...Brother...Joule..BrotherbrotherbrotherbrotherbrotheBROTHERBROTHER!"

"Heyheyhey!" Sonic rushed to Mytyl, rubbing her forehead.. A great benefit of having super speed; he was a fast reader! So it didn't take him long to vibrate his hands at a frequency in which his body could interact with hers."Don't push yourself! Something took those memories away, so it wouldn't be a good idea to try to think about them if they aren't all there."

"Ok…." Mytyl took a deep breath and took the one-eyed man's suggestion. Lock it up...lock it up...lock it up and keep the key… "I'm calm...for now.." She took another deep breath. "As I was saying, why must we leave?"

Sonic held up a finger."One, because this place is owned by a psychotic monster who likes to imprison us and use our people as batteries for his stupid robots."

"And two." Tails said. "It's pretty obvious he forgot these gems. We need to book it to a place where Sonic can let loose before one of Eggman's robots comes and beats us to a pulp!"

Mytyl understood a few of those words and very little of the context, but understood the danger they were in. "Alright then, I'll trust you." She could sense darkness in these two, darkness that contrasted their cute appearances, but it was tempered, even. For the first time in who knows how long, Mytyl Kamizono felt hope, and if she went with them, maybe she could feel more of it.

{Gravitas, report}

" BIO SIGNATURES MATCHING THE DNA IN THE DATABASE ARE LEAVING CASINO NIGHT AT A SPEED OF 55MPH."

{Escaping by BingoCar to bypass my Speed Traps eh? Clever clever hedgehog. Follow them Gravitas, and keep your distance! I don't want to chance that hedgehog using another one of his tricks with the Emerald}

"AFFIRMATIVE." Two minutes later the robot's scanners picked up something else. "ALERT. ALERT. AN ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE HAS BEEN DETECTED WITH THE TARGETS. SOURCE, UNKNOWN. TYPE: CHAOS ENERGY. OUTPUT ON PAR WITH 4 CHAOS EMERALDS."

And there it was! {Upload the data to my computer, now!} He had a feeling in his gut that he knew what this was.

"AFFIRMATIVE."

{Uh-huh I see…} Eggman's eyes widened. {Septimal Energy….}

"DOCTOR?"

{Gravitas, get the Time Stone and the Emerald, get the source of that energy, and hightail it out of there!}

"UNDERSTOOD. PERMISSION TO USE LETHAL FORCE?"

{Denied, do not use your full strength! I can't have my future subjects being killed by you. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a medical exam to get to.}

Eggman cut the communication, leaving the robot to focus on its mission. "TARGETS APPROACHING WESTSIDE ROUTE 45 TO HILL TOP. ACTIVATE PROTOCOL 'HEDGEHOG EXTERMINATION'."

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Speed Traps

Implemented during Sonic the Hedgehog's climb up towards Scrap Brain, Speed Traps force the hedgehog to weaken his power. Explosives, gunfire, anything can work, as long as it's tied to a well made speedometer and there are civilians in the area. Should the hedgehog go past the set speed limit in the area, the trap will activate, killing the hostages.

Getting him to this point is ill advised, and it is not recommended that one push their luck when it comes to taunting him with these traps. Should the danger presented outweigh the potential lives that could be saved, there's a tiny chance that the hedgehog would prioritize the threat over the innocent lives, purposefully triggering the trap. No one can be a hero 24/7, and at his young age, forcing him to make such a decision could set him down a dark path that could spell the end for the Eggman Empire.