The plot thickens…..
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Sonic just stood at the doorway slack jawed not knowing what to think. Luckily, Knuckles and Vector hoisted him up onto their shoulders and began singing "He's a Jolly Good Fellow" so flat that even pancakes would be jealous. Sonic looked around, wow everyone was here, Shadow, Rouge, heck even Big and Froggy were hear. Knuckles and Vector sat sonic down in a chair facing towards a giant birthday cake. "I tried to get rouge to jump out of it but she said you weren't her type." Knuckles said jokingly. Everyone Sat down and sang "Happy Birthday" to sonic as he blew his candles out. Shortly after the cake was devoured it was present time.
Knuckles got him boxing gloves teasing that now sonic wouldn't break a nail while sparring. Vector got him an iPod loaded with 90's rock. Espio got him a wooden katana that he had carved himself. Charmy got him a box of honey nut cheerios and said that he could share if he wanted. Shadow handed him a smoking gun and said "if the police ask it's yours…" Rouge got him diamonds she said she would steal from him later. Tails gave him shoes that could hover above water. Omega got him a nuclear war head that he stated "was a last minute gift." Big got him a fishing pole which he said Froggy picked out and as usual Eggman got him a bomb. Sonic disposed of it quickly and came back inside thanking everyone for the gifts. After everybody had gone home sonic approached tails. "I have the disk Tails what do you thinks on it?" Sonic said real low as if someone was listening. "Disk?" Tails said looking confused "I made that up to get you out of the house everyone knows that there aren't any disk in thee subzero room." Tails said looking at sonic with a worried look. "Well then what's this!" sonic said throwing the disk on the table. Tails just stared at the disk in disbelief "Wow Eggmans predictable…."
"You mean to tell me that you sent me on a wild goose chase that could have got me killed just so you could throw me a party!" Sonic ranted. Tails looked up searching Sonic's face. Sonic's face morphed from angry to a smile. "Thanks little buddy." Tails sighed and looked down analyzing the disk. "It seems it is some sort of video diary." Tails said putting it into the computer."I was only able to salvage the first part of the video." Tails said as the screen flickered to life. Suddenly seven sets of schematics flashed across the screen. "Wait a second pause that." Sonic said as the video paused. "That's the thing that chased me at Eggmans base." Sonic said staring at the picture on the screen. It looked like a metal echidna because of the dreadlocks that ran down the back of its head. It had a large ion cannon on its left hand which had many hoses and chords that hooked from the cannon to its back.
"It appears to be a metal shell having no inner robotics." Tails said observing the schematics closely. "So it's a mobian in a robotic shell?" Sonic said as he looked at the screen then at Tails. "Afraid so…" Tails said sadly. The video started showing a room full of mobians, some dead others bloody but still breathing. Sonic's stomach turned and he heaved birthday cake. After regaining his composure sonic said " Eggman has some explaining to do and he owes me a birthday cake…."
