Egg Crawler
Location unknown
8:30 AM

Today had not been a total waste. Although Eggman had failed at his attack on the G.U.N compound, he had managed to pick up something that could prove useful. It had been quite the morning.

Outside G.U.N Maximum Security Prison
Location unknown
7:40 AM

Eggman had been itching to test out his latest weapon and, since he had intercepted documents stating that there was a new weapon being developed at this particular G.U.N base, it only followed that he should attack here.

The Egg Crawler was an entirely new kind of base. It was, essentially, a giant dome with a tail-like appendage, forming a teardrop shape from above. It didn't run on wheels, rather it used a series of spinning discs covering the underside of the dome. These discs had hover pads in the center of them, enabling the Crawler to move in any direction easily and quickly. The tail had jets all along its sides, used when the Crawler had to turn quickly or move faster.

The body of the Crawler was a fully armed exterior for the veritable city of a base inside. It had thousands of different weapons, ranging from small chain guns to the massive frontal laser cannon, all of which could be retracted into the hull of the Crawler, making it completely impervious to nearly any kind of attack.

The crawler came up over the horizon towards the Compound. Eggman, sitting behind the controls, opened fire upon the prison. He continued on towards the compound, ignoring the security turrets as they fired at his creation. One by one, the entire staff of soldiers began pouring out of the building, fully armed and ready. Eggman ignored them and continued firing upon the well-armored facility as the men began firing all manner of weapons upon him. They might as well have been tossing stones. Security robots followed after and began firing armor-piercing rounds. These managed to scratch the outside of the Crawler when they ricocheted off. Eggman, in turn, was having just as much luck with the prison walls. He switched to one of his proton cannons and fired at the front of the building, obliterating a good chunk of the building. His attention was drawn for a moment to his long-range sensors. There was a large number of G.U.N Tankbusters, machines designed to break through tough armor. They were calling in the cavalry.

Eggman didn't want to go toe to toe with G.U.N, he decided it was time to finish this. He forwarded power to the frontal laser cannon and began firing preparations. Just as he was about to fire, a G.U.N soldier fired a weapon, launching a strange, capsule-like projectile at the cannon. Eggman ignored it. The cannon could handle explosives. When the power levels had reached firing capabilities, he pressed the button.

Suddenly, electrical discharge spread across the Crawler's hull. Luckily for Eggman, he had built in electrical absorption devices. But this was wrong. The only thing that could create that amount of power was a bolt of lightning, and it wasn't even cloudy out. Eggman paused. There was something else. His cannon. He ran a check of the cannon and found something troubling. The cannon was gone. Eggman didn't have time to find out why as the Tankbusters were nearing. Retreat was his only option now. But he wasn't going to leave empty-handed. He turned towards the destroyed section of the facility and headed towards it. If his schematics were right, these were the labs. Perhaps something could be salvaged. He opened a hatch and drove into the building, causing the entire laboratories to be driven inside said hatch. When he had reached the end of the labs, he shut the hatch and fled, having stolen part of the compound.

Egg Crawler
Location unknown
8:31 AM

Eggman had managed to get far enough away in the last thirty minutes to avoid detection and now was inspecting the remains of his stolen laboratories. He hadn't found anything of real value yet, just chemicals and some scrap metal for him. He looked around the ruined room and ordered the robots that had been searching the place (A task no future ruler of the world would do himself) to search under a pile of debris. After a few minutes of lifting away the debris, Eggman caught sight of something he didn't expect. There was a body underneath the pile. Alive but unconscious. Further examination revealed two more bodies. He expected bodies of doctors or scientists, but not a pangolin, a ram, and a flying lizard. He ordered his robots to take the three away. He smiled to himself as he began hatching another one of his plans.

Egg crawler
Location unknown
9:03 AM

Arra opened his eyes and looked around him. He swore under his breath. This was the second time today he woke up inside a stasis tube. He looked to his left and right and saw his still sleeping companions inside the neighboring tubes. For a second he thought that their escape had all been a dream. But he didn't dream. He looked around the room. It looked like they had been tossed into a storage facility filled with tubes. A great deal of them contained various different androids, the rest were empty save for theirs. These were standard-issue. They couldn't hold him. He was about to roll into a ball when a jolt of electricity rippled across his skin. He grunted in pain as the door to the room slid open and a very odd-shaped man entered.

The man walked up to Arra's tube and said "Trying to escape, eh? Don't waste your energy…" He pressed a button on the wall and the same shock rippled through all three tubes, painfully waking the others. "Now pay attention…"

The strange man continued "Take a good look at this." He took a yellow crystal out from inside his coat and showed it to the captives.

Arra, Crack, and Glide looked at one another and said, or rather would have said if they could "A Chaos Emerald…"

"A Chaos Emerald! A gem with unlimited power! And there are six others just like it!" The man announced. "And you three… are going to get them for me!"

The three captives looked back at one another and then to the man. And even though they couldn't talk and could barely move, their response was a definite no.

The man smiled "Not very keen on serving me, eh? Well then, I suppose there's nothing I could do to change your mind…" he said as he began walking away. He then turned around and grinned maliciously as he pressed a button on the same wall panel.

Arra, Crack, and Glide doubled over in pain. But this pain didn't come from the same place as the previous pain. This came from seemingly everywhere inside them all at once. The three looked to one another, wincing in pain until the man repressed the same button as before and the pain stopped.

"Behold my latest invention! The Nano-eggs! There is one inside each of you. A press of this button will do that. But a press of this button…" He motioned towards a black button underneath the one he had pressed before. "This button will cut off your brain functions to the rest of your bodies, killing you all instantly."

Eggman smiled as his newest servants reluctantly were forced into his service. He turned to the wall panel and input the command to open the tubes. The three stepped out of their respective stasis tubes and turned towards their new master. He pointed towards the open door. "Now go, get me the emeralds!"

Arra looked at the man "Where do we go?"

Eggman ushered them out the door and out into a hallway. "That is none of my concern…" and he shut the door.

Arra, Crack, and Glide were left alone in the hallway. A door at the far end opened and the light of day poured in. The three looked at one another, smiled, and raced out of the door. Things were back to normal.