The Fall of the Bee Colony

We were now back on South Island, but this is what was happening during the Purge. Most of the habitats were destroyed, but something I recognized as Bee architecture still stood, resisting the Robotnik Fleet's attacks. Eventually, R-robots were deployed onto the ground to fight their way inside as missile batteries revealed themselves to shoot down approaching Airships. About twenty-five minutes passed before the scene changed to inside the hive. Inside a part of the hive that resembled a monarch's chamber, a young drone and a queen were talking to each other.

Eventually a worker dressed in combat gear came in any said, "Milady Susanna, the robot forces of the Katubor fool will find us soon."

"That's alright. Zolt, my son, this will be our final goodbye. The fiend Lucian Katubor has destroyed the rest of South Island's habitats. You alone must live, for while you live, the colony lives. I along with the remaining people will distract and hold off the robot forces. In three minutes I will load you into a specially-made escape pod. Once your pod launches, I will manually activate the hive's self-destruct mechanism so that the robots cannot track you down." the queen said to the young drone.

"Understood, Mother." the obviously younger Zolt said to the queen.

We were back outside of the hive only two minutes later as it launched a pod out towards the horizon. As the pod disappeared, different parts of the hive started exploding. As the other areas of the hive were destroying themselves, one part opened what looked like a hidden entrance, but Argentum saw that it wasn't an entryway.

"This is not going to end well." he said to us quietly.

As if on cue, a massive missile emerged from the new opening and flew off into the sky. After the missile disappeared, the final part of the hive exploded in a massive non-nuclear mushroom cloud. When it cleared, a third of the Robotnik Fleet that had purged the rest of South Island was destroyed.