DRAGON HEROES

Things are starting to get serious now! After being foiled twice, Dr. Eggman finally decides to unleash his ultimate secret weapon! Lots more Star Wars references and homages, and you'll soon see in this chapter! Let's get reading!


Eggs-pect the Unexpected!

Chapter 1 – The Second Death Egg

Inside his secret laboratory within the snow-covered mountains of Denali, Doctor Eggman paced back and forth, waiting impatiently for a report from his robots he deployed in space. Since he faked his destruction twenty years ago, he had started working on constructing his latest space station and orbital fortress. It was a long time of development, and he was hoping the super weapon was going to be complete now so that he can unleash terror upon the planet Earth and ultimately the galaxy.

"When will those slugs make their report?" he asked his robots.

"Patience, doctor," replied one egg pawn. "The team are still working around the clock on the construction of the Death Egg. Given how they've been building the battle station in the far reaches of space, it will take some time until it is completed."

"I should have gone to space myself and put them back on schedule so they could work harder and faster," grumbled Eggman. "This is taking forever, and with that meddling hedgehog on the loose, the Death Egg needs to be finished right away!"

"This would require dispatching more robots, which would only increase the delay as the current amount would have to wait for them," replied another egg pawn.

Doctor Eggman pondered as he sat in front of his computer. "Just how many robots would we need?" he asked. "And give me a rough estimation of how long it would take to complete the entire fleet."

The computer began making calculations. "Speeding up the completion of the Death Egg will require 276 egg drones, 395 egg pawns, and 147 egg flappers," it spoke. "Producing one robot will take approximately 10 to 15 hours, so completion of the fleet will reach to an estimation of at least a year and several months."

"Blast!" pouted Eggman. "Those dragons and that hedgehog would have found all the Chaos Emeralds by then and my plans for world domination will be ruined!"

"You might as well try to stall the hedgehog and his friends and then retrieve their emeralds in an ambush," said another robot.

"That could be possible," said Eggman. "But they're all in a big group together, and they might not easily fall for any of my devious traps."

"Hold on a second, doctor," said the computer. "There is a transmission for you from the far reaches of space."

"Well, it's about time!" exclaimed Eggman. "Those slowcoaches better have finished the Death Egg, or else I'll have to force them to double their efforts!"

The computer screen flickered for a brief moment, and soon it displayed a robot out in space, ready to deliver the report to the doctor.

"Has the Death Egg been completed now?" Eggman asked.

"Doctor, the Death Egg is still far from completed," replied the robot. "However, we have been working endlessly so that its arms will be active, ensuring that it will be operational. The advanced technology has allowed us to build a space station that is much bigger and more powerful than the previous one."

Eggman looked at his cohort with great scepticism. "I am yet to see the Death Egg in performance," he said. "Please, allow me to have a look at the progress that has been made."

The robot nodded and revealed that the construction of the second Death Egg was taking place nearby Jupiter. Eggman could see among the moons of the giant gaseous planet a large moon-sized orbital station that was at least half completed. The equatorial trench had a bulging hooked nose protruding with extensions from both ends that where shaped like a moustache just like Eggman's. Above the nose and moustache were two large concave dishes fitted in the northern hemisphere of the battle station. They were situated close to each other as if they were a pair of eyes. In spite of it being far from complete, its size and armaments made it intimidating enough to strike fear and terror upon the world.

"Excellent work," beamed Eggman. "I can see that you and your crew have done a lot over the years. Tell me, how much longer until the Death Egg is completed?"

"Surprisingly, at the current rate, there has been some rapid progress," said the robot. "It would probably take at least a couple of months or so until the construction is finished. Nevertheless, we have tested the firepower of the Death Egg, and its weapons are in perfect working order, including the Planet Destroyer beam, which would be used when it is needed."

"As long as the weapons are functioning, I believe we are good to go," said Eggman. "Complete or incomplete, the time has finally come for this miserable world to grovel at my feet! Set the course straight for Earth!"

"Affirmative, doctor," replied the robot. "The Death Egg shall arrive in a matter of hours. We'll also keep the legion stationed at Brazil notified so that they activate the shield generator to protect the battle station from potential enemy threat."

Eggman smiled wickedly as soon as the computer screen switched off at the end of the transmission. "At last, everything is going according to plan," he said to himself. "My robot troops in the jungles of Brazil better get ready for the arrival of the Death Egg so that the Anthro League will not be able to attack it, which means that there will be no one to stop me now! Not those dragons, not the Pyre Squad, and not even Sonic!"

Making his way to the hangar of his hideout, Eggman boarded on the cockpit of his Eggmobile, pressed a button to open the door leading outside, and then started up the hovercraft's engine. He knew what was his next move was now, and that was to unleash his army of robots in all nations of the world and have the populace under his thumb once he reveals the incomplete yet operational Death Egg.

They will have no other choice when they are greeted by their greatest surprise, he thought as he cackled nastily. Either the people will give in to my demands and become roboticised, or they will be forced to say goodbye to their precious little planet! And I shall finally obtain all seven Chaos Emeralds along with the Master Emerald so that I can be supreme ruler of the galaxy! The Eggman Empire shall rise again!


Author's Note: How do you like the pun in the title? But there's no time for laughs, cause the arc is picking up big time as Eggman sets off to terrorise the world!