Chapter 6: Attack of the Egg Worms
(At the Station Square train station)
The train from the Mystic Ruins just arrived in the station and out came Mario, Tails, and Knuckles. When Mario got outside, he saw an amazing sunset from the beach across the road from the train station.
Mario- You know, maybe being stuck in this world isn't so bad. I'm starting to realize this world is a lot nicer than I thought.
Tails- I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. I don't know of any pasta joints, but I know of a burger restaurant nearby. Will that do?
Mario- Sure.
(Underground beneath Station Square)
Dr. Eggman was tunneling underground while driving a giant robotic worm. From the cockpit, Dr. Eggman stoped the robotic worm and called these two robots on a video phone. One robot was black with the top part of its head painted red and the other was yellow with literally a square head.
Dr. Eggman- Do we have them on radar?
Orbot- Yes, Dr. Eggman. They are back in Station Square and are directly above you.
Dr. Eggman grined a little.
Dr. Eggman- Perfect. Let's see how they do against my Egg Worm without Sonic! I'll finally be able to build the Eggman Empire!
Cubot- But Eggman, what about the guy who replaced Sonic?
Dr. Eggman- I've see how he fights already. The Egg Worm was designed for this. Now…to the surface!
(Above ground in Station Square)
The people were all walking along, minding their everyday lives. Mario, Tails, and Knuckles were also walking along the area. Suddenly, the ground began to shake like crazy.
Tails- Hey! What's going on?! Is this an earthquake!
Then the Egg Worm burst out of the ground. The Egg Worm stopped in front of Mario, Tails, and Knuckles, and the cockpit opened up. Eggman steped outside and bowed.
Random civilian- Oh no! It's Dr. Eggman!
As the people began running, Dr. Eggman chuckled a bit.
Dr. Eggman- So nice to see you again, Tails and Knuckles, but since this guy is new to Mobius, let me introduce myself. I am Dr. Eggman, super evil genius and future ruler of the planet.
Knuckles- What do you want, Eggman?
Dr. Eggman- To destroy Station Square. With Sonic gone, no one can stop me now.
Mario- Think again, dumbass! Since Sonic is probably fighting Bowser and rescuing Princess Peach in the Mushroom Kingdom and keeping my world safe, I should do the same and make sure Sonic still has a home to come back to.
Dr. Eggman- You're not going back, because my Egg Worm will have you for lunch! And there's no way Sonic will ever come back home. I'll see to that once I've dealt with you. But first, let me turn on my background music generator.
Dr. Eggman pulled out some kind of remote control, pushed a button, and the boss battle music for the Japanese version of Sonic CD was playing in the background. Then Eggman went back inside the cockpit of the Egg Worm and began to attack. The Egg Worm charged for Mario, Tails, and Knuckles, but they got out of the way in time, and Mario pulled out a fire flower.
Mario- I guess this counts as an emergency to use one of my fire flowers.
Mario ate the fire flower and turned into Fire Mario.
Fire Mario- You like hot and spicy? Try this!
Fire Mario shot a fully charged fireball at the Egg Worm and the Egg Worm almost fell apart.
Dr. Eggman- What's happening! Those fireballs shouldn't be doing that! I told Cubot to apply the fire proof wax to the Egg Worm.
Then the video phone turned on and Eggman saw Orbot and Cubot on the other end. And Eggman saw Cubot holding an actual worm
Cubot- Oh, you meant the Egg Worm when you said wax the worm with the fire proof wax.
Dr. Eggman- Cubot! If I lose this battle, I swear I'll dismantle you in the most painful way I can!
Orbot- Well…I'm gonna go hide now. See you, Cubot!
Cubot- Wait, Orbot. Where are you going?
Dr. Eggman hung up the video phone and put his palm to his face.
Dr. Eggman- Why did I ever invent those two sorry excuses for robots in the first place? Fine, if I can't attack him directly without the fireballs damaging the Egg Worm, I'll just tunnel under the ground and sink Station Square into the ground!
Then the Egg Worm tunneled back into the ground. Fire Mario thought for a moment and saw how big Knuckles' fists were.
Fire Mario- Knuckles, are you good at digging?
Knuckles- Yeah! Echidnas are natural born diggers and that's why you punch so hard!
Fire Mario- Well, I need you to tunnel after Eggman and try to get him back to the surface so I can finish his machine off.
Knuckles- Say no more! I'll take care of everything!
Knuckles cracked his knuckles (no pun intended), jumped into the air, and spun his body as his spinning fists drilled their way into the ground. Suddenly, the ground began to shake a little as Fire Mario and Tails heard the sound of something scraping metal from the hole Knuckles just dug. Suddenly, Knuckles and the Egg Worm came out of the ground and Knuckles knocked the Egg Worm into the air with an uppercut. Then Mario shot another fully charged fireball at the Egg Worm and it exploded. After the Egg Worm blew up, Dr. Eggman was seen clinging to what was left of the Egg Worm as he was blasting off into the distance.
Dr. Eggman- I'll be back! Just you wait!
After Eggman finished that sentence, he was completely gone from sight.
Fire Mario- Wow, he's ego is as big as Bowser's.
Knuckles- Mario, you and I made a good team out there.
Fire Mario- Thanks, Knuckles.
Tails- Now that Eggman is out of the way, let's find the burger place. First round's on me.
Fire Mario's stomach was growling as Mario was checking how many fire flowers he had left and it turns out he now has four remaining.
Fire Mario- Yeah, I'm starving. Haven't eaten anything all day.
As they left that area, there was a black hedgehog watching from the rooftops above.
Shadow- How interesting…