The sounds Amy's charge rang out through the streets of Spiral Hill. Sonic and friends were hiding out in one of the village houses, biding their time. Wait for just the right opening for them to move through. As hordes of Zeti controlled Badniks ran past, responding to the massive sudden offensive conducted by Restoration. Soon there was a perfect opening. Sonic gestured to the rest of the team before running in. With Shadow, Omega, Rouge and Tails following close behind.
As the heroes made their way to the center of the city, destroying rouge robots that stand in their way. Soon they reached the centre of the village where they found the mercenaries. Caught off guard the armed private military began to open fire on the heroes. Despite their efforts Sonic and friends were too fast and skilled to be hit by the heroes. As the heroes made work of the mercs the sounds of the battlefield ahead rang out though the streets. Shadow looked at his wristband. It was a message transceiver , specially designed to send in unencrypt messages.
Pressing on it for a few times he sent the message for the southern distraction to retreat. He worryingly, but predictably received no reply. Walking up to the terrified populace they freed the civilians and made their way guided the group to the several transport ships that landed on the edge of the village. Everything was going to plan minus the highly possible death of every one who joined the Southern charge, everything was seemingly going well. Until all of a sudden a thundering crackle echoed through the sky. The familiar sound of comedically large rocket thrusters and very much not natural air worthy space ships flying towards them.
It was Eggman in one of his warships, where he found the time to build one was beyond the hedgehog's compression, but that wasn't important, they needed to get the civilians out of there and fast.
" How are we going to get them to the ships fast enough?" Tails asked." I'll try and distract the doctor! It's not everyday he gets the chance to deal with me! You guys get them to the ships!" Sonic said before running towards one of the village houses. Jumping on the wall at his usual mind boggling speeds he makes his way up to the roof.
Reaching the tiled roof he's immediately greeted by a gigantic shell fired from the warship. Barely dodging the projectile, it's speed sending a shockwave through his body. Getting back to his feet he spin dashs his way up the roof. Flinging towards the ship he slams through the side, denting the side of the ship. Looking behind he could see the remains of the civilians boarding the transport ships. Looking forward again he begins his climbs up the side of the ship. Making his way up the side of the warship he noticed that the sky up above was incredibly cloudy despite there being no signs of possible rain.
Disregarding the odd weather changes he found an opening on the side of the ship. Climbing towards he makes his way inside. Looking around the interior there wasn't much going on. it's halls are skinny and filled to the brim with unhidden wires and open maintenance panels. It was clear that the ship was built in a rush as it seemed like it was barely chugging along. Sonic smirked, this was not going to be a hard ship to take down and while Eggman probably wasn't on it, it would definitely be a worthwhile investment.
Making his way through the ship and towards the control room, destroying robots in his wake he once again thought about everything that's happened so far. The battlefield that Spiral Hill has become, the brave fighters who still haven't responded to Shadow's retreat message, Tangle and Whisper are still stuck in the middle. He still wonders how Starline built such a powerful robot force. It probably had to do with Sonic and friends not paying much attention to any other for what they had. What kept bugging him was how unorganized Eggman's plan was, it seemed like it was just a series of random attacks with almost no reason. It just didn't seem right.
Reaching the control room it was, to no one's surprise, empty. Other than a few Egg-pawns patrolling the room it was completely devoid of any to talk to. There was one thing that caught his interest. A massive TV screen mounted on the wall. It gave him all to many of the day Vanilla died, the pure anger it made him feel knowing that he was far, far too far away to help them. He pushed those memories down and quickly turned the TV on.
Suddenly the face of the person who caused all of this was right in front of him.
"Eggman." Sonic said in a more serious tone than he normally would." Sonic!" Eggman replied much to the shock of the blue blur.
" This isn't a recorded message like the last time I did this. What would be the need?" Eggman said ominously.
" Where are you?" Sonic asked looking around the room for a quick escape route in case he needs to save any of his far away friends.
" Where am I? Oh I'm in the orbit of this sad, sad planet. Far away from any possible dangers you will have to face!" Eggman said, letting out a loud, obnoxious laugh.
" Enough games! What's going on?" The hedgehog questioned looking for any possible explanation of what was happening. Eggman turned his back on the camera that was filming him. Sitting down on a chair behind him the mad doctor finally explained his plan to the confused hedgehog.
" While you were busy falling for my distractions. I was building several amazing facilities. Facilities with the power to bend weather to my will." Eggman said staring directly at sonic.
" I knew you were up to something!"
" Yes you were, sadly it's too late for you to do anything about it. The facilities have already activated and are affecting the world around you as we speak."
" That ship you're on was made specially for you! It's a trap! There's no way you're getting out of there!" The doctor said his ego inflated with each word of his master plan.
" facilities that can control the weather?" Sonic asked completely ignoring Eggman's words about not being able to escape." Yes. Several have been built across the world and they are all controlled by a single Ai mind that I have designed. Nicknamed MotherWeather!" Eggman said standing up from his chair again.
"As we say, MotherWeather is creating several hundred hurricanes, thunder storms, tornadoes, you name it!"
Sonic heard the ever growing sound of thunder and lightning crackling around the ship. His worries only grow with every tremble the ship made." That ship you're on right now is going to have a nice first taste of what MotherWeather can do. Good luck!" Eggman said before cutting off the transmission. The ship went from trembling to tumbling as it was thrown by a tornado.
