Chapter Four

Eggman walked towards the control room where Eggwonna was waiting for him, with some ice-cream. The door slid open and he walked in to see

cartons of ice-cream lying about.

"Eggwonna, what is the meaning of this?" Eggman asked as he neared the mess.

Eggwonna stepped out from behind a mountain of cartons and responded. "Oh, sir, I was just mixing some ice-cream to see what flavor was the best!"

Eggman raised an eyebrow. "Really? And what is the best flavor?"

Eggwonna pondered for a moment. "Well, when I mixed the vanilla with the chocolate it made a creamy chocolate that tastes like chocolate milk, so I think that

tastes the best."

"I see." Eggman said as he tried to go through the mess of boxes to reach his chair at the front, knocking down a couple cartons as he went. "Bring me some of that

ice-cream."

"Yes sir!" She hurried off into a direction then came back a few minutes later carrying two cartons of chocolate milk ice-cream.

Eggman took one and began eating it.

"We haven't seen Sylvia for a while." He said after a while. "I wonder where she could be."

"Yes sir." Eggwonna replied eating her own carton of chocolate milk ice-cream.

"I wonder if Sylvia survived the bomb that I put in that one laboratory in the capital of D.C.? She was suppose to retrieve that Chaos Emerald…" Eggman pondered.

"Well it has been a week since you sent her out, sir." Eggwonna replied with a mouthful of the delicious ice-cream.

"Yes, you're right about that, well at least we don't have to—" He peered out the window into the forest below. "Hey, is that Sylvia right there?"

Eggwonna looked down into the forest to see a small black raven trudging around. "Seems to be, sir."

"Hm." Eggman pulled out his speaker phone and called into it. "Sylvia!"

The raven froze in her tracks and looked up at the Eggship that was looming before her. "Who's there?"

"It's Eggman, why don't you come in so you can tell me about your mission, hm?" He pressed a button and a claw came out of the ship and landed in front of her.

"Climb on and I'll take you up."

Sylvia narrowed her eye; she looked at the claw curiously then slowly climbed onto it. Eggman raised it into the ship and soon Sylvia was staring at all the cartons of

ice-cream lying about. "What the…?"

"Would you like some ice-cream, ma'am?" Eggwonna asked handing her a carton.

"No."

"Sylvia, my girl!" Eggman said standing up and walking towards her, knocking more cartons down. "Where's your mask?"

Sylvia looked at the egg-shaped man. "What mask?"

"Why the mask that you always wear to cover up that hideous face of yours." He replied.

The raven narrowed her eye again and hissed. "It wasn't my fault my face is ugly now, it used to be beautiful before Silver ruined it!"

"Yes, yes," Eggman replied, waving her off. "I've heard it before."

Sylvia looked at Eggman. "Really? How?"

"You've told me before." He said. "By the way, have you grown younger since I last saw you?"

"No, and for your information, I don't even know who you are." She said.

"Really?" Eggman looked at Sylvia questioningly. "Ah, yes, you must be the present Sylvia, then."

The raven raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"

"I mean, my dear feather face, that I have met your future self."

"How?"

"I don't know! I just figured you time warped yourself." He turned around and headed towards the front.

Sylvia followed him. "Did you help my future self?"

"Yes."

"Will you help me?"

"Depends."

"If you help me, I will help you." A smile spread across her once beautiful face.

"That's what I wanted to hear." Eggman grinned. "But first, go get a mask for that face of yours."