A robot. Well I thought it'd be cool at the time. Things were pretty quiet after what happened on the Ark. Knux went back to the Floating Island to guard his emerald, Rouge returned to her job. I was busy in my workshop, repairing the damage to my Cyclone and Sonic, always impatient for action spent the days training. Sometimes it was lonely, hidden away in the secluded base unless I had something to work on.
Late one afternoon after a day's exploration in the forest, I discovered the remains of Robotnik's Egg Carrier Base. Just an empty shell now, but it looked ominous. I thought back to last year when Robotnik very nearly destroyed Station Square with a missile, and the damage that Chaos monster caused. With the Egg Carrier and that creature that healed itself and evolved with every Chaos Emerald it ate, Robotnik had seemed nearly impossible to defeat. Then later on the Ark when he nearly killed Sonic…our adversary became more powerful every time. Just we five might not be enough to stop him again. We'd need something more…maybe if I built something, something more powerful than any of Robotnik's robots. If we had a more powerful robot on our side then he wouldn't stand a chance against us!
At the time, it seemed like the perfect solution, to build a robot stronger, more intelligent, and faster than Robotnik's own. Convinced it was the right thing to do, I worked long hard hours, day and night. At first, parts were easy to build or find, or salvage from scrap. The one problem was finding a suitable fuel. To craft a robot better than Robotnik's I needed to outdo his solutions. This reminded me of the Ark again, where a yellow chaos emerald powered my Cyclone's main cannon, making it powerful enough to defeat Robotnik's Eggwalker. After our adventure on the space colony, Sonic and I were given the task of guarding all seven chaos emeralds. I could easily study the unique powers of each, to decide which was best for the robot. I still wanted the yellow emerald for the Cyclone, but I figured that with a little experimenting, a different emerald could still make my robot much stronger than Eggman's.
Soon, I found that the blue emerald, which was first discovered in a valley near the Mystic Ruins, gathered a slight electric charge when exposed to the wind. At first, I thought that it lost this when any other chaos emeralds were near, but more tests showed that only the light green emerald had this dampening effect. Somehow, I didn't understand what I could use this for, until much later. If I had, I might have realized how dangerous the robot could become. I was so determined to succeed that I hardly thought about what might go wrong. I couldn't wait to show my robot to Sonic, to show him what I could really do. I just wanted to impress him again, like when I made the fake chaos emerald. Sonic was really proud of me then, and I just blew it, letting Eggman trick me into telling him the emerald wasn't real. I was so ashamed; I just had to make it up to Sonic somehow. That's why nothing could stop me building the robot, especially when I was so close to finishing it. I soon found that the blue emerald retained its electrical charge if exposed to a constant breeze produced by an electric fan. Then I understood that all it needed was for the emerald to power the fan, and the robot could generate its own constant power supply. After that, I was so excited and anxious to get the robot finished; it didn't seem to take long at all.
All it needed now was a name, and I'd already thought of the perfect one. I would name it after my mother, she had a beautiful name.
I can't remember much about life with my parents before Robotnik's first attacks. They were terrified by reports they'd heard of Robotnik's fighting machines terrorizing the neighboring zones. My father had planned to take us in his plane to a forest on the other side of Mobius, where he hoped we'd be safe. Mom was afraid the robots would attack even as we prepared for the journey. She wrote the address we were traveling to, and our names on the back of a family photograph, and made me promise never to lose it, but to show it to an adult if we got separated. I was nearly five, and very scared by the stories the other kids told about the robots. I tucked the photo right into my shoe, where it couldn't possibly fall out, hugged my mom tight, and went to play with friends while my parents packed.
We were playing a game of hide and seek, when suddenly, flying robots that looked like giant wasps swarmed though the woods, firing guns in their tails. Frightened, we ran, crying and screaming among the trees and I soon lost sight of the others. I could still hear the massive metal insects buzzing behind me, so I flew up high above the trees, and out over the green fields beyond. I flew faster and further than I'd ever been before, driven by fear, until I was exhausted and lost in strange woodlands.
I wandered for a day, before more wasp robots chased me though hills and grasslands, where some super fast and blue streak smashed them into tiny pieces. Sonic! I had run from those robots for days, but he destroyed them in seconds. From that day on, he was my idol. He didn't know the forest my parents had fled to, but he promised to help me find them and that he would stop Robotnik. He protected and taught me, and soon I was smashing robots myself, and following my hero around the world, crushing Robotnik's Death Egg ship to dust and ceasing the awesome power of the seven Chaos Emeralds from his evil clutches.
Later, we built the Tornado, a plane just like the one my father built to fly his family to safety. On the search for my family, we were in for a surprise, and a terrible shock. We finally found the secret forest flying high in Mobius' skies, on the magnificent Floating Island. Imagine that; a miniature world, with its own terrain of mountains, valleys, seashores and rivers ending in giant waterfalls which cascaded down to the mainland. It thrilled and fascinated me. I was full of hope and excitement that I might see my family again. As we moved in to land, Sonic leapt from the plane, activated the Chaos Emeralds and skimmed past on the water as Super Sonic, showing off. He raced onto the island ahead of me, and then disaster struck. Knuckles the Echidna, tricked onto Robotnik's side attacked, stealing our chaos emeralds.
Robotnik's Death Egg hadn't been destroyed at all, but had crash landed on the same island. His robots littered the landscape, and in the forest there was no sign of my parents or any other creature except those enslaved in machines by Robotnik. We had to abandon the search and begin a desperate fight against Knuckles and our arch nemesis, and I never learned what became of my family. I still believe they are out there somewhere, hidden away safe from Robotnik, and that one day, we will be reunited.
My mother's name is Eleanor, and I named my robot after her in the hope that my creation could help us finally defeat Robotnik for good, and that every family separated by his tyranny could be reunited.
I guess I built it to be some like of champion. What it turned out to be was a savage animal. Using blueprints for the E-series robots, stolen from Robotnik's computers, I'd created my robot with enough intelligence to learn, but not to follow any master. I hate the way Robotnik's robots are nothing more than his slaves. I thought I could teach Eleanor. But the Chaos Emeralds and their power were all she wanted to know. I guess it was something about the chaos emerald inside of her, which drove her to furiously seek union with the other gems.
In the first instances after her activation, she leapt for the sack containing the Chaos Emeralds, less the one in my Cyclone, and the one powering her actions. I leapt after her, struggled against her surprising strength and grabbed the sack. Remembering the light green emerald, I pulled it out and held it aloft in front of her. At first, the green energy held her paralyzed, but she fought and struggled against it, managing to pull out of range. She pounced on the Cyclone, ripping and tearing at the metal, trying to find the yellow emerald inside. As I pursued her with the green chaos emerald, she whirled around, sensing my approach. She lashed out with speed and strength, her claw tipped arm collided with my chest, sweeping me across the room to crash into the far wall, where the room faded into darkness and pain. By the time I recovered, she was gone and I knew I had to warn Sonic.