A/N: Two chapters in one day? Yes, sir. But this chapter is short. Oh well, the fourth one should make up for this...hopefully.
CHAPTER 3: Project EVO
Ivo Robotnik was in an abandoned research lab, or at least it seemed that way. Ever since the ARK incident, he had told himself that you can't be too careful. He shot at random objects with his Volkan Cannon, seeing if anything was there, but it was just scrap.
Nothing dangerous.
He shot at a security camera, and it exploded.
"Strange that they would leave a precious military secret unguarded," Eggman thought. According to his great-great-grandfather's diary that he found, he had been forced to make Project EVO here. Shadow had failed; hopefully this would work. But why would GUN leave such a secret unguarded? Did they think everyone would overlook this tiny island?
He heard a clang and looked around. He walked further, and an army of GUN robots leaped out, just like he had expected.
Eggman hovered in the air and spun his Lock-On laser a full 360 degrees, then shot.
Within seconds, all of the 30 robots were reduced to rubble.
"Pathetic things," Eggman muttered. "Even my Crabmeat model could beat them in a fight...no, even that useless Moto Bug could!"
At the end of the path, there were several cells with plaques near them. He looked around, seeing which one he was looking for. He found a faded and rusted plaque that said:
JULIAN ROBOTNIK 1842 - 1917
This was the one. Eggman blew away the lock and stepped inside. According to the diary, there was a secret passage to his lab somewhere in this cell.
Eggman's eye caught an area of the wall that didn't match with the other areas.
This was it. He blew away the secret door and walked into the passage. No one was here.
Perfect. He could steal Project EVO and run away without being noticed, then annihilate that pesky hedgehog!
"Mwahahahaha!" Eggman yelled in triumph.
Eggman shouldn't have done that, because a noise alarm was then triggered by his shout. Lights started flashing red.
"Drat!" Eggman said, and cursed under his breath.
A giant GUN robot came down from the ceiling and started shooting at Eggman. Eggman wasn't worried. He had taken on GUN before, and he could do it again. He aimed his Lock-On laser for the robot's control panel, and a Homing Missile fired into it. Sparks flew out of the robot and it then exploded.
"That was easy," Eggman declared, and headed on into the EVO lab. A computer was there. When Eggman accessed it, a password screen appeared.
"C-H-A-O-S-C-H-A-O" Eggman typed in.
"Access granted," the computer said in a mechanized voice.
An options screen appeared, in which Eggman selected "RELEASE PROJECT EVO".
"Please wait," the computer said.
"The world is about to be in my grasp," Eggman declared. "The era of the Eggman Empire will soon begin! Mwaha-" Eggman's maniacal villian laugh was interuppted by a sound of gears turning. A small capsule was raised to Eggman's reach. Inside was an egg.
Eggman opened the capsule, and waited for the egg to hatch. If this was what he thought it was, this would be all for nothing. He would have wasted a week of his time which could be devoted to other world-conquering plans.
The egg wiggled. A crack opened. Then more. Then the egg split open. It was...a Chao. But not a regular one.
This Chao had a black aura surrounding it. It had horns like a devil's and a life support ball made of fire. It was also red, and its wings were like those of a bat's.
Eggman wasn't sure. Was this truly Project EVO?
"Who are you?" Eggman asked the Chao.
"I am the work of Julian Robotnik, the military's weapon. I am Evo."
"You will be my helper in conquering the world."
"Why?"
"You can be a ruler." A secondary one, Eggman thought. More of a servant.
"Of where? A box?"
Eggman indicated a circle with his hand. "The whole world," he said.
Evo seemed to consider this for a bit.
"I will join you," he finally said in a toneless voice.
"Show me your power." Eggman demanded.
Evo said nothing. He looked at the capsule. His eyes glowed red, and the capsule was destroyed.
Eggman was speechless with joy. With this thing on his side, he was unstoppable!
And the legacy of the Eggman Empire would finally begin!
"Mwahahahahahaha!" he said aloud. "Good, very good. Let's go to my hidden base."
And the two new allies departed the room.
A small robot had been on the ceiling the whole time listening.
"Has he taken Project Evo?" a voice said to the robot.
"Affirmative," the robot said.