Sonic Chronicles: Steel Resolve

(All respective sonic characters are owned by SEGA and Ken Penders. OCs to appear in the story belong to me.)

Chapter 1: Out of Options

"No... No... Tried that... that one too." Dr. Ivo Robotnik sits groggily in front of a massive screen, rapidly clicking away at a keyboard. He has been running his mind over the past 16 years since his crowning achievement, "The Coup". He has been on a nonstop search for days now and it's beginning to show on the doctor. His dark circles and worn expression tell the heavy toll this task has been taking on him. After his latest defeat at the hands of his long time enemy, thorn in his side, and living monument to all his failures; Sonic. Though embarrassed and beaten, he has been far from idle. The good doctor has been looking over every plan, every scheme, every attack to find the solution to the one problem he could never rid himself of, ending Sonic.

"Doctor, you have to at least eat something." Snivley, his nephew said while entering the room carrying a tray "you've been it this one room for at least four days, I won't be responsible for you starving yourself to death and . . ." He ducked just in time to avoid a wrench. Robotnik shot a look combining fatigue, frustration, and a rage that has yet been given a proper description.

"WHAT IS THE ONE THING I TO YOU NOT TO DO!" Robotnik roared.

"But sir ..."

"GET THE HELL OUT!" Snively quickly disappears around the door's edge leaving the tray

X.x.x 2 Days Later x.x.X

"Boss, I'm just checking to see if you're still alive." Lein-Da, Grand Master of the Dark Legion, pokes her head around the door. The young echidna was expecting to have to dodge some heavy object thrown at her, to her relief nothing happened. The room is shrouded in complete darkness, aside from the blue glow from the monitor. The once cluttered room is now in complete shambles. Books, files, and data disc lay torn and scattered throughout the room. As her eyes adjust to the dark, see spots a massive heap sitting in the center of the floor; it is Dr. Robotnik, rocking in the fetal position.

"Impossible... impossible... impossi..."

She fully enters the darkened room and speaks to the man "what are you babbling about now?" Dr. Robotnik finally looked up with unhinged fury.

"In 16 YEARS of conquest, I have used EVERY tactic imaginable and poured ALL my intellect, time, and patience into EVERY plan and I still don't have an answer on how to destroy that DAMNED hedgehog!" Suddenly, he grabs a book beside him and launches it into the screen, blackening the room. Lein-Da shakes her laughing to herself head and finally says.

"Why don't you hire someone whose only job is just to fight sonic, if he such a problem to all your plans, get someone to be his problem?"

Robotnik resist the urge to yell and with the calmest voice he could muster says "I've done that more times than I'd like to remember. How do you think your plan with do any better?"

"Well Snivley has been making preparations on finding someone ..."

"And they will arrive at 6pm tomorrow. Take the time to make yourself and this base look presentable." Snivley appears in the wrecked room and looks his uncle with a sneer. "You are looking, acting, and now smelling like petulant toddler who can't have his way."

Eggman begins to fluster a threat but Snivley leaves before he can even start. Lein-Da also leaves a stunned and furious Eggman and catches up to the young man.

"I hope you know what you're doing. Pissing of the doctor might come back to bite you in the ass if this all goes south." Snivley finally sighs and looks at the echidna.

"Honestly I don't care anymore if he throws another one of his tantrums, I just want him to either finish this little campaign or give up already. I don't have my whole life to wait for him to get it right. I have been searching all of Mobius for the right person to complete this task and I think I have found one you can fit the bill."

"You think it really will work?"

"We won't know until tomorrow at six if I made the right choice, like it or not, I'll deal with my choices then...

This chapter was done from my phone. I apologies if the spacing in the story is poor. Please rate and review to see more.