Chapter 5: Eggman Strikes Again
Walking through the forest of Angel Island, Knuckles is leading everyone to the Master Emerald Shrine. Baby Sonic is still on top of Knuckles' head since he refuses to get off. They all walk through the forest until they see the altar of the MasterEmerald. On a large alter with a staircase is the large glowing bright green diamond known as the Master Emerald.
Little Sonic happily says, "Bwa Bwa Aba."
"Yes Sonic, that's the Master Emerald, and I hope it will cure you," Sally says.
Then she reaches her hands to him, "Now, I think it's time to get of Knuckles' head."
"But Baby sonic shakes his head in reply.
Julie-Su giggles, "I don't think Sonic wants to get off of your head that easily Knuckles."
"Yeah. It's bad enough when my baby brother does it," Knuckles mutters.
"So how do we get him off?" Mighty asks.
Then Sonic says," Bwa bwa bwa bwa."
"I think Sonic's hungry," Amy says.
Amy then opens the bag and brings out a bottle.
"Alright Sonic, if you want your bottle, you'll have to come down from Knuckles' head," Amy says.
Amy then picks up Sonic and holds him in her arms. Then Amy feeds Sonic the bottle of milk.
Charmy and Saffron fly over Sonic with smiles on their faces.
"Aww, he is so adorable. Are you sure we can't let him be like this a little longer?" Charmy asks.
"Yeah. I want to play with Baby Sonic some more. He's fun to play with as a baby," Saffron says.
"Sorry guys, as much as having Baby Sonic is fun, but he needs to get back to his original age. Plus, he'll stand a better chance against Eggman if he's his normal age again," Sally says.
"She's right. If the Master Emerald doesn't change Sonic back, then we'll need to come with a machine that could. However, Nicole said it will take some time," Blaze says.
Saffron and Charmy say a little disappointed, "Awwww!"
"Aw well, it was fun while it lasted," Saffron says.
Amy then puts the bottle down to see Sonic has finished drinking the milk from it. Amy then patts him on the back softly and Baby Sonic lets out a burp. Everyone laughs to hear it.
Sally then picks up Sonic, "Alright, now to see if it will actually work."
"Follow me," Knuckles says.
Knuckles and Sally walk on the bridge to the other side where the Master Emerald is sitting on an altar on a small island. They walk up the stairs and Sally has Soic presented in front of the Master Emerald. Baby Sonic looks at the Master Emerald and sees his reflection.
"Ooooh! Aba Aba," Sonic replies happily. Then he giggles to see his reflection.
Baby Sonic then reaches out his hands and about to touch the Master Emerald. Suddenly, a mechanical hand grabs Baby Sonic snatches him out of Sally's hand.
"Sonic!" Sally screams.
"Oh no!" Knuckles shouts.
Everyone quickly turns and gasps in shock to see a mechanical hand and arm is taking Sonic away. Baby Sonic begins to cry as he tries to reach out towards Sally.
Amy screams, "Sonic!"
Everyon then begin to hurry to save Sonic. They look up to see the mechanical arm is leading towards a large hovercraft with two side crafts. Eggman is in the middle with Snively sitting on the right side and an, Lien-Da, Grandmaster of the Echidna Chapter of the Dark Egg Legion is on the left.
Eggman maniacally laughs, "Hello friends, it's great to see you. However, I'm only here for Sonic."
The mechanical arm lifts Sonic to the craft and passes him to Lien-Da. Baby Sonic cries in Lien-Da's grasp and the poor baby is trying to reach out to his friends from below.
"Abba Aabbee!" Sonic cries.
"Sonic!" Tails screams flying in the air.
Knuckles, Charmy, Saffron, Ray, Silver and Blaze chase after them as they fly or glide in the air.
"Let Sonic go Eggman, before we scramble you," Knuckles says.
"Oh no, I have annoying flies chasing after me," Eggman sarcastically says.
He presses a button with a smirk, "The only way to get rid of flies is to swat them."
Just then, a large net flies down to them and it's admitting electricity. Blaze uses her fire to burn the next, but it doesn't have any effect.
"What?" Blaze says in shock.
Soon, all the Mobians in the air are caught in the net and electrocuted at the same time. They all fell until they hit the grassy ground of the island.
"Oh no, this is terrible," Antoien says in concern.
Bunnie flies in the air. I'll get him."
"I'll do it too, "Amy says.
Bunnie then blast her blaster while Amy throws her hammer with the attacks is about to hut Eggman's hovercraft. However, Eggman creates a forcefield that repel the attack.
"Nothing's working on that thing," Rotor says.
"Eggman must have done some improvements on his Egg-mobile," Vectorn comments.
"We can't let him take Sonic," Mighty says.
Espio demands, "What are you planning on doing to him, Eggman?!"
"And what did you do to Sonic that made him a baby?" Sally adds.
"To be honest, I never intended for Sonic to be a baby. I was going to use the Sol Emeralds to have access to space and time. It's fortunate that things turn out better then what is to be expected. Now that Sonic is a baby he defenceless against me," Eggman says.
"So what are you going to do with him?" Julie-Su asks.
"Easy, I'm going to make Sonic a special addition to my Dark Egg Legion. With Sonic by my side, I'll be able to create the Eggman Empire," Eggman says.
"We'll never let that happen," Bunnie angrily says.
"But I'm already going to let it happen. As much as I like to mock you some more, but I have plans elsewhere," Eggman says.
He presses the button and his hovercraft launches small black balls. When they hit the ground, smoke comes out of them and cover the whole area. Everyone cough and cover their mouths as doing so.
Eggman drives the covercraft to leave, "Hasta la bye bye suckers!"
"Abba! Aabbee!" Baby Sonic cries.
Eggman snickers, "Don't worry Sonic, you will become a spectacular addition to the Eggman Empire. Once we legionize you and probably wait a few years, you'll be fit in with my cybergenetics and become a part of my legion.
Baby sonic continues to cry as he moves his arms and legs around, but Lien-Da is not going to allow the little hedgehog to escape.
Back at the altar, everyone continues to cough as the smoke clears away in a short amount of time. When the smoke clears, everyone stop coughing and notice that Eggman is long gone.
Sally becomes stunned, "No. Eggman took Sonic."
"How could Egman do this?!" Amy shouts in anger, holding her hammer and slams it to the ground.
"We gotta get Sonic back!" Tails adds.
"But how, we don't know where Eggman could have taken him," Silver replies, helping everyone get out of the net.
Sally says, "I don't know how long it will take. We need to save Sonic and revert him back to normal.
"But how?" Charmy asks.
"Alright, I think we should split into trouble. A few of us will head to Freedom Fighter HQ to start building the machine, in case the plan with the emerald doesn't work. Some of us need to stay here and make sure the Master Emerald doesn't go anywhere. We need it to try out Sally's plan. The rest of us will go after Sonic and crush Eggman," Amy says.
Then turns to Sally, "Sounds about right?"
"Yes. I think it's a good idea," Sally says.
Knuckles says, "Alright, Julie-Su, Saffron, The Chaotix, Ray and myself will watch the Emerald to make sure it stays here."
"Rotor, Antoine, Bunnie, and myself will head back to Freedom Fighters HQ and get started on making the machine," Nicole says.
"Then the rest of us will go after Sonic," Sally says.
Rotor turns to Blaze, "Blaze, do you mind if we borrow one of your Sol Emeralds, it will help give us a better idea about building the machine."
"It's probably for the best," Blaze says.
She then brings out the blue Sol Emerald and gives it to Rotor, "Be sure it stays with you the whole time and not let anyone take it."
"I promise," Rotor says.
"Alright, Eggman has taken Sonic and we need to get him back," Sally says.
"You're right. We need to get him back before Eggman tries to legionize him," Tails says.
Amy worriedly says, "I don't even want to think about it."
"Then let's hurry. The long we wait here the farther Eggman will be," Blaze says.
"Alright. Let's go get our friend back," Sally says.
The group split up to go on their mission to save Sonic, build the machine, and watch over the Master Emerald so they can use it. They hope that Sonic can be rescued and changed back before Eggman does anything to him.
At Eggman Secret Base, Dr. Eggman laughs at his triumph. He has captured Baby Sonic and has plans to make him part of his Dark Egg Legion. Baby Sonic continues to whimper as he is being held by Lien-Da.
"So Doctor, what shall we do with the small hedgehog?" Snively asks.
"Simple, we're going to teach little Sonic everything about being part of my legion. That way, he'll be on our side," Eggman says.
"It's a strange and yet a devious idea," Lien-Da says with a smirk.
"Glad you think so. I like you to meet my Nanny bot that I have just created," Eggman says.
The robot rolls over. It has one wheel on the bottom and has robotic arms with white gloved hands on it. The robot is wearing a pink nurse outfit with a matching hat with the medical symbol on it.
"Are you sure a robot is necessary for child care?" Snively asks.
"Well sort of, which is why Lien-Da is going to take care of Sonic," Eggman's says.
"What?!" Lien-Da asks in shock while Snively hides a smirk on his face.
"Since you're the grand master of the Echidna Dark Egg Legion, you'll be the one to watch over him and uh, show him the ropes. Nanny bot will also be assisting you," Eggman says.
Lein-Da bluntly says, "Dr Eggman, not that I'm doubting your judgement, but I don't really know much about raising children."
"That is why the Nanny bot is here. I program it for child care and will help take care of Sonic," Eggman says.
He then passes a small one piece black baby pajama, "Here you go, this is for Sonic to wear."
Lien-Da then takes the pajama and mutters, "Fine."
She then wakes baby Sonic out of the control room with the Nanny bot following after her. Snively still smirks to see that he doesn't have to take care of Sonic, but Lien-Da is. Eggman continues to laugh as he is setting a new plan into motion with Sonic as the key to his success.