Michelangelo stared at the robot a minute. "I'm thinking that you didn't build that thing by coincidence, Eggy," he said.

"Who asked you if it was sheer coincidence?!" Eggman yelled. "TM-NT004 is the latest in my line of robots."

"So, if this is number four, where are numbers one through three?"

"SHUT IT! TM-NT004, ATTACK!"

The robot stomped its foot on the ground, causing a massive shockwave that sent Sonic, Knuckles, and Michelangelo flying back. They all managed to land on their feet. The robot started firing lasers at the heroes, but with their skills were able to dodge them. Michelangelo jumped up into the air, nunchucks in his hands. He got ready to kick, but the robot caught his extended leg and threw him at the wall, the turtle falling to the ground, knocking him out. Sonic rolled into a ball and spin dashed toward the robotic menace. He aimed for his chest, but the robot used its hands to block him from reaching the chest and pushed him back to the floor, making Sonic create a crater. Knuckles, now more furious than ever, charged toward the robot, hoping to punch it through its ankles to make it defenseless. But instead, the robot kicked him, sending him flying into the wall. Knuckles fell to the floor, struggling to stay up.

Eggman laughed at the heroes' attempts. "You three couldn't beat him even if you tried!"

Michelangelo rubbed his temples, slowly getting up.

Aw, shell! the ninja turtle thought. How can we beat this thing? No matter what we tried to do, we get blown back. His eyes widened with glee. Wait a minute! That's it!

"How're we gonna beat that thing?" Knuckles asked. "It's really powerful..."

"Yo, Knux! I'm gonna throw you!" Michelangelo called.

"What did you say?!"

"I'm gonna throw you at the robot!" He looked over at the blue hedgehog. "And Sonic, you turn into a ball, and I'll kick you at that thing... that creepily looks like me."

"And what good would that do?"

"I think I found a flaw in the robot. We went at that thing one at a time, right?"

"Yeah, so what?"

"I figured that we need to work together! I'm gonna bet that thing can't hit multiple targets up close."

Sonic stood there a moment before flashing his trademark smile and gave the thumbs up of approval. "Sounds like a plan!"

TM-NT004 stood waiting for its targets to approach them, ready to finish them off. Michelangelo hurled Knuckles at the robot's head, then kicked the hedgehog ball at the robot's chest. Both flying, the robot took a swing hitting Sonic, but missing Knuckles. The angered echidna punched right through the robot's head. The robot sparked a bit, tumbling to the ground face first, and finally shutting down.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Eggman yelled. "I made it so it could destroy you, hedgehog, and your terrapin pal! Bokkun, get me out of here!"

The egghead tried to run for the door, but the enraged echidna blocked his path to freedom.

"Not so fast, Eggman!" Knuckles declared. "You're not leaving without telling me where the Master Emerald is hidden!"

The evil genius crossed his arms. "I refuse to speak without a lawyer present!"

As Knuckles was trying to intimidate Eggman, Michelangelo noticed a sea foam green glow coming from the robots destroyed head. He removed the debris and came across a giant emerald.

Man, this emerald is huge! Michelangelo thought. Hey, I wonder if this is...

"I'll tell ya for the last time... GIVE ME THE MASTER EMERALD!" Knuckles demanded.

"And I'll tell you for the last time... NEVER!" Eggman countered.

"Yo, Knux!" Michelangelo called. "Is this giant emerald the Master Emerald?"

Knuckles and Eggman looked over and indeed saw the Master Emerald, both their eyes wide with surprise the ninja turtle actually found it. Knuckles turned back to Eggman growling, his teeth bared, his eyes filled with a fiery fury that could not be extinguished.

"Now, now, Knuckles..." Eggman spoke, nervously laughing. "Calm down...!" Eggman quickly ran around Knuckles in fear and left the room.

"I'll deal with him later," Knuckles growled, then joined up with Michelangelo. "Nice job, Mike! Uh, sorry if I doubted ya."

"No prob," the ninja turtle replied. with a smile "Everyone makes mistakes."