"I MUST OBTAIN THAT BLASTED EMERALD FOR MY NEXT MOVE!"
Robotnik was angry. It had been one week since Sonic foiled his attempt to drill through West Island and he STILL couldn't find the Chaos Emerald. Ever since he first found Mobius on June 23, 2091, he wanted to roboticize the whole planet into the ultimate weapon. And... you already know that, don't you? If you read Chapter 1, which you most likely have, you'd already know his intentions.
Robotnik wiped his dark glasses with his red shirt and noticed one of his robots nearby. It was completely engulfed in darkness, but its red, sinister eyes could be seen. Upon seeing it, Robotnik very quickly cheered up and said:
"On a lighter note, my newest creation is near complete!"
Robotnik hopped out of his chair and walked over to the robot.
"Oh, Metal... you're my crowning achievement! Of all the robotic minions I've created, you are the strongest, smartest, most agile, faste- no, wait. That part isn't complete. But once it is, that blue hedgehog will be BEGGING FOR MERCY!"
Then, another one of Robotnik's minions, Scratch (who was a robot chicken), came up behind Robotnik and blurted directly into his ear:
"DOCTOR RO*CLUCK*NIK! I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU!"
Yeah... Scratch wasn't constructed right. Not only did he speak in probably the most annoying voice you could imagine, but unlike Robotnik's other robots, who are mindless, ruthless warriors, Scratch was a complete idiot who had only 1% of combat experience. The reason he's not 0% is because he, along with a Grounder (a mole-based robot with a drill for a nose), constantly set up traps to catch Sonic (most of the time when they're instructed not to), and 100% of the time fail.
Robotnik spun like a top around to face Scratch and yelled:
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO SNEAK UP ON ME A MILLION TIMES! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!"
Scratch stumbled backwards and said:
"WELL... WE HAVEN'T FOUND THE CHAOS EMERALD..."
Scratch instantly saw Robotnik's face turn from grumpy to super grumpy. He continued:
"BUT... WE'VE FOUND A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE: THE TIME STONES!"
Robotnik suddenly gained an expression of fascination. He scratched his chin and said:
"Time Stones? Please keep going."
Scratch explained:
"LITTLE PLANET APPEARS TO BE OVER NEVER LAKE THIS NOVEMBER! THE TIME STONES ARE SAID TO RESIDE ON IT. IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON EVEN JUST ONE OF THEM, YOU COULD CONTROL TIME!"
Robotnik was completely intrigued.
"Never Lake... huh. I never thought you would actually give me a decent idea! Great work, Scratch!"
Robotnik then ran straight to the control room and searched Never Lake. He then set the ships coordinates to Central Island. He said:
"Oh, boy! With these 'Time Stones', I'll finally take over Mobius! Then I will go and conquer Earth, then the ENTIRE GALAXY! WA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA..."
While Robotnik was laughing like a madman, that Grounder I mentioned earlier came in and accidentally poked Robotnik in his left leg.
"HA HA- OW!"
Robotnik fell to the floor in pain. He shouted:
"GROUNDER! UGH! Just get out of here! You too, Scratch!"
Both of them left. Then, Robotnik got back up and continued his maniacal laughter.
"WA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
She was hopefully 3/8 of the way there (and had gone a whole week without a shower), but Rosy was still driving Breeze through the plains of the islands. Yeah, these islands are GIGANTIC!
Rosy looked down at her car as it cruised down the meadow at 20 mph. She still remembered the day she first saw it...
[[[[Six year old Rosy had just arrived home from a playdate. It was a rainy day on Mobius. The skies were grey and the grass was less bright green than when the sun was out. The atmosphere was full of moist as it usually was on a cloudy/rainy day. As Rosy approached the door of her house, she walked past the sign just outside the door, saying "The House of the Rose Family".
Rosy's mother was out of the house at the moment. Like usual, she was at work. She couldn't remember where her mom worked. Twinkle Park, maybe? She wasn't sure.
After she took off her raincoat, exposing her blue shirt and black skirt, Rosy noticed the door to the basement was wide open. Was her father down there? Rosy walked through the doorway and down the stairs through the grey, unpainted walls. When she reached the basement, she saw her dad, Jason Rose, working on something.
Jason, at age 38 at the time, was wearing an orange jumpsuit, which appeared to have gotten ridiculously dirty from all the work he had been doing. He also wore a yellow hard hat on his head. The thing he seemed to be working on looked like some sort of car. Only about 1/4 of the blue surface had be put on, leaving the rest of it mostly represented by framework. He appeared to be putting in a lightbulb in the light socket.
Jason eventually noticed his daughter on the stairs and exclaimed:
'Oh! Hey, Rosy! Back from Betty's house?'
'Yeah. What are you working on, Dad?'
'Oh, this? I call her The Breeze. She's gonna be yours when you get older!'
Rosy's eyes widened.
'Really?'
'Yeah! You'll be able to travel places without having to walk all the way! Once she's complete, I show you how to use it, and you'll get used to it in no time!'
Rosy smiled, then ran over to hug her father.
'Thanks, Daddy! I love you!'
'Love you too, sweetie.']]]]
Rosy nearly teared up upon remembering that moment. It had only been several months since her parents were captured by Robotnik, but it seemed like years. She truly missed them.
She missed them so much that she failed to notice the giant robot coming from the sky.
Said robot landed right in front of the car out of nowhere, making Rosy jump. She didn't have time to get a good look at the robot before it brought down its arm and slammed against Breeze's hood, sending it upwards into the air flipping like a ferris wheel. Rosy tried to scream, but no sound came out as she dove out of the car whilst in midair and fell straight into the grass. Unfortunately, she landed on her head, which instantly made her feel a pain in her skull. It wasn't cracked, but she felt nauseous from it. She barely managed to look up and see the robot, holding Breeze in its left hand high in the air.
Once the dizziness wore off, Rosy was able to make out the robot's details much better. It was HUGE, probably three times the size of Robotnik. It was skinner than Robotnik, however, and was overall shaped like a black, humanoid figure. It had, strangely enough, a fan on the top of its head and had extremely thick arms. As mentioned, its left hand held the car, but its right hand was nonexistent. Instead, it was replaced with some sort of plier-looking gadget with electricity flashing from it. Rosy could swear she heard a deep, mechanical growl:
"MMOOOOOOooo..."
Rosy had no idea which poor saps were roboticized to make that thing, but she knew it was definitely one of Robotnik's most dangerous machines.
Within a split second, the robot squeezed its left hand, crushing the Breeze so hard it split in half. All the glass that was present on the car shattered into a million pieces. Both halves fell to the ground, completely dented and mangled. The robot then just stared at Rosy, with its red, mechanical eyes staring directing at her.
Rosy had no time to mourn the loss of one of the few memories of her parents she had left. She quickly scurried to her feet and ran as fast as she could away from the machine. She pushed her legs as hard as she could to get them to go, but no matter how hard she tried her speed topped out at 5 mph.
Unfortunately, the robot could move just as fast if not faster. It had built in rockets that allowed it to fly through the air after Rosy (a normal human on Earth would compare this to Iron Man). On top of the fan on its head providing even more speed, it could catch up with Rosy VERY quickly.
Rosy frantically looked around, trying to see anywhere to take cover. She eventually saw a village in the distance. She ran with all her stamina towards the village, with the robot right behind her.