Sonic Adventure 2: The Adaptation

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Chapter 3: The Plot Thickens

Robotnik was in a very rotten mood, more than usual, even for him! Things just hadn't gone his way since the move of his operations to Station Square. Then again, have they ever? Back on Mobius, his plots failed, and now here in Station Square they failed, and it was all because of that confounded blue hedgehog, whose name was not worth mentioning! It was him and his wretched accomplices that stood between himself, and the claiming of world domination. But why did he continue? After all, a lesser man than Robotnik probably would have given up by now, and left the blue hedgehog to be heralded as the "greatest hero of all time". There had been times when Ivo had those ideas cross his mind; why should he go through the trouble of making new, more powerful devices, weapons, and robots, when the hedgehog just ends up breaking them all? It was at this time that Ivo remembered some advice that his grandfather, his idol when he was a lad, told him:

"Even the best laid plans can go awry. However, when such a thing happens, you go back to the drawing board and adjust your plans until you find some thing that works! This is what determines who are the owners of the true scientific mind!"

Grandfather Gerald's words were those that kept Ivo going all this time, keeping his hope that one day, the blue hedgehog would slip up, and then victory would be his! However, the one problem that had been plaguing Robotnik for the last few days was not the blue hedgehog, but his own mind. Robotnik had reached a "scientific block", if such a thing existed, and was fresh out of ideas for a new scheme to take over the world.

"Curses! Nothing is good enough!" bellowed Eggman. "Here I am, the greatest scientific genius in the world, and I can't come up with a simple idea for world domination! What would Grandpa think?!"

It was at that time, he actually did get a small idea.

"Grandpa….he had a tenure with the military, that organization named "GUN". I'm sure if he must have created his share of powerful military weapons! If he did, I could use them for my own purposes!! Maybe I could even find out more about that supposed "Project Shadow" I heard about! Yes, Grandpa, your wisdom will help me out once again, just like for my science fair project when I was in 3rd grade! Only this time, the theme of my science project involves a little thing called 'the general slavery of mankind'! E-2 Series! Front in center!"

As if on-cue, the 5 robots he summoned came forth to attention. These robots used the basic mold that Gamma's generation used, but all of these had the same upgrades that E-101 Beta received close to the end of the Chaos Incident.

"We heed your command, Doctor Robotnik," the robots said monotonously.

"Ready yourselves, gentle-robots, we are taking a little field trip today! The destination: Prison Island!" said Robotnik as he could only laugh as his plan was made.

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Meanwhile, on a helicopter not to far from the coasts of Station Square, a treasure hunter was celebrating the encounter of the "Mother Load", and what a find it was! Not only were the legends about the "Floating Island" were true, but so were the legends surrounding the HUGE Emerald there! It was too tempting. She cared not about the consequences, but she knew the Emerald had to be hers. Thus, another jewel fell into the grasp of Rouge the Bat, one of the best Treasure Hunters to ever roam the Earth.

"This truly is the best break I ever had! I bet this baby would be worth more than the entire gold stock in Fort Knox!" she proclaimed. "But I'm not selling this one, hell will freeze over before that happens!"

She recounted the events over and over in her head. It was a small matter of timing, coordination, and a lot of luck, that enabled her to find the Floating Island. It was a simple matter to just land her helicopter on the Island, but it was even easier to take the gem. It was just laying there in the dilapidated altar, with not even a guard around. That kind of disappointed her, for she heard from those same legends that a formidable guardian was the keeper of the Emerald, and she was certainly up for a challenge.

"Oh, well, guess everything about legends can't be true," she concluded.

Now it was merely just a simple manner to get home, and relish in the victory of getting another priceless jewel, and adding it to her collection.

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Within a few hours, Robotnik had reached Prison Island in the Egg Carrier mk. 2. That was the easy part. Now came the task of bypassing security, and seeing what he could use in this base to his advantage.

"Alright, E-2 series, it's time to put you through your paces! I want you to go down to Prison Island, and give them a little wake-up call, if you know what I mean!" said Robotnik.

"Affirmative, sir," said the robots.

"What was that?! You address me as MASTER, you buckets of bolts!!!" shouted Robotnik.

"Affirmative, master," the robots corrected.

"Now get to work!" he shouted again.

Each robot went to its deploy chute, and then was shot into the skies above the island.

"Good, now I want you to go to the coordinates as part of the plan!" said Robotnik into the microphone.

The robots did so, each taking a fifth of the island for itself.

"Now, make sure you avoid the main building, now FIRE your lasers!" Robotnik commanded.

Within seconds, the robots took a few seconds to collect energies within their apparatuses. Then when they had collected enough, they fired, turning the island into a place of pyrotechnic carnage.

"Excellent! Draw all of the troops fire and keep them busy, I'll take of my objectives personally!"

E-200 Alpha rang in.

"Are you sure this is logical, sir? We can handle all of the objectives you give us."

"Yes, I'm sure, you idiot! You just go according to the guidelines I programmed into your circuitry! And last I checked, being my mother was not part of the plan!" Robotnik shouted back.

"As you wish, Master," Alpha replied.

With that, Robotnik got into his Egg-O-Matic, and prepared himself for his objective. He would sneak past the last of the defenses, and see what Gerald's legacy left for him.