The impossible had finally happened: Eggman had all the Chaos Emeralds. How he did it, nobody quite knew, but that made no real difference to the predicament. With the untapped power that lay within those legendary gems, he could conquer the world with relative ease. No one person alone could attempt to challenge him in this state.
However, one was courageous enough to try and stop Eggman as he was: Sonic the Hedgehog, Eggman's eternal rival. The quick blue hedgehog was the one who had always conquered Eggman whenever it was physically possible, and he hoped to do that once again, figuring that he had a chance to do it.
Confronting Eggman in the central chamber of his base (a large room filled with computers, encapsulated within a thick metal shell with one window high up on the wall), Sonic confidently yelled, "Eggman, you're going down!"
The egg-shaped doctor simply laughed at Sonic, knowing how powerful the emeralds had made him. In his Egg Walker robot, the genius of a man beckoned his blue adversary to challenge him in a fight, knowing full well that if he got Sonic out of the way, the greatest threat to his plans would finally have been taken care of for the first time since encountering the confident hero.
Charging quickly, Sonic jumped and executed a perfect strike of his homing attack right at Eggman himself, attempting the strike from above. Though Eggman took the hit Sonic aimed at him, he simply shook his head and grinned, knowing the attack hadn't done any damage worthy of note.
In retaliation to Sonic's attempt of an attack, Eggman fired a blast from his Vulcan Cannon and locked on to Sonic's position within a few seconds. Knowing he had been targeted, Sonic ran left and right, figuring his superior speed would confuse the sensors attempting to track him. When Eggman hadn't fired a shot at him, Sonic again attempted a homing attack, figuring that he had given up on the sensors. However, midway through his attack, Eggman fired one of his green lock-on missiles.
In an attempt to save his life, Sonic shifted his position slightly in midair and was able to avoid taking direct damage from Eggman's powerful weapon. Instead, Sonic had practically no use of his left arm, the one part of himself that he had not been able to avoid taking damage from the blast.
Seeing Sonic grip his left arm and grit his teeth, still ready to attempt an attack, Eggman snickered and charged after the blue Hedgehog. Again, Eggman aimed for Sonic and fired a lock-on missile, but this time he also fired a stream of homing rockets aimed for Sonic. Seeing Sonic run out of the way of the rockets and lock-on missile, Eggman prepared his most powerful weapon.
Just as Sonic thought he might have another chance in the battle, Eggman unleashed his dreaded plasma canon, covering the general area in a glowing white light of great destructive force. Though he was extremely fast, Sonic could not avoid this strike and collapsed, defeated, in a heap on the floor of Eggman's cold chamber.
Finally having done what he had never done, Eggman celebrated for a moment, praising himself for finally defeating Sonic the Hedgehog. However, the cocky attitude of Dr. Eggman left him with his back to Sonic for a short while. Though he was never one to admit defeat, Sonic, though immensely weak, took this chance to escape from Eggman's base, quickly escaping through a window, eventually collapsing in a somewhat nearby forest.
Turning around, Eggman realized that Sonic was no longer around and cursed to himself, vowing revenge on the hedgehog that had eternally been a thorn in his side. Commanding his forces to search for and capture Sonic, Eggman readied to commence his master plan. He finally believed that he could overcome the threat that Sonic posed to him. He felt that absolutely nothing in the world could stop him at that time.
Eggman definitely was a serious threat to destroy the world at that time. With Sonic momentarily unable to do battle, it almost seemed as if nothing would be able to stop him while he had all of the Chaos Emeralds.
Lying in the forest, injured beyond any time in his life with a few broken ribs, a shattered arm and a seriously damaged leg, Sonic for the first time in his life felt truly helpless. He knew that Eggman hadn't been bluffing about having all seven Chaos Emeralds, like he figured the doctor had been, and that idea made him quiver with fear.
Suddenly, Sonic heard a rustling noise in the leaves of a nearby bush, Sonic's eyes opened wide, wondering what it was that lay in wait for him. He couldn't quite make out the form through the gaps in the leaves, but he nonetheless was worried as to what it could be.
