by neorenamon

This is my first fanfiction based on Sonic Boom. All right, properties and characters of the Sonic Franchise including Sonic Boom belong to SEGA and all other appropriate parties. Thank you.

Rated M for nudity, awkward situations and later sex scenes. Includes lesbian, bisexual and hetero relations as well as F/F, M/F and M/F/F sex. This is a strange story and you've been warned now. Thank you.

Chapter XI: Scrambled Eggman

"What is it about that cyborg that's so frustratingly familiar?" asked Doctor Eggman.

He was reviewing footage of his earlier encounter with Stones and his Giant Robot. Fortunately, he littered the island with cameras so her could watch his failings over and over... **cough** gather intelligence on his enemies whenever he felt like it.

He turned on additional input and overlaid that over the video feed. There was something off about the cyborg, and it had to do with a powerful energy source in her chest.

"That's funny," he mused aloud as he was want to do, "That looks like a Chaos Emerald, but... it can't be... I already have that one in my vault..." He scratched his chin thoughtfully before he added, "There can't be two of them, can there?"

"There can be if one of those Chaos Emeralds come from the future," mused someone behind him.

"The future, you say?" he answered. There was no point in looking because he already knew it was Shadow the Hedgehog. He was used to him breaking into his HQ on a whim.

"And the reason she seems so familiar is that she contains your devices," he continued.

"Who would do that? Clearly Sonic and his associates lack the skill to incorporate my tech. When did they steal from me in the first place?"

"Think about it. If she's from the future..." as his voice trailed off.

"Then they stole my tech in the future?"

"No, I think you modified her in the future. For some reason, Sonic stole her and sent her back in time to prevent you from doing something with Sticks. As far as I can tell, they've already accomplished that much."

"So the timeline has already changed, and it has something to do with that little badger?"

"Yes," he replied, "I think it does."

"So... It seems to have something to do with what happened after I captured Sticks. I suppose I captured Sonic and all his friends... but..."

"Why wouldn't they just escape from you? Why bother with time travel to undo such an event?"

"Yes, that would be the question..."

"I think the most logical explanation is one of them dies during the event, so time travel is about the only real way to undo such a thing."

"I suppose that makes sense," he replied, "and I modified her to use the power of a Chaos Emerald that I already possess..."

"So you're probably going to locate her unmodified form soon... and change her into a weapon that you can use to defeat Sonic. Or at least that's what you were thinking in the other timeline."

"Hmm... If she's out there right now as a cyborg, then I'm guessing she has to be Nocturne. Perhaps a relic left over from the war between the Nocturne and the Knuckles Clan?"

"Well, then perhaps you need to scout some of Nocturne's old battlefields and facilities, shouldn't you?"

"As long as you're here, could you sign..." he said as he turned about to see no one there, "That's... nothing surprising to me anymore."