Amy and Mina sat just behind a concealing pile of scrap metal. Around them raged a fierce battle, but they had been told their mission and it did not include getting caught up in a fight. The machine dominating the fight towered over battlefield, making Eggman's usual designs look simplistic and retarded. With a sharp crackling sound, its vibro-whip sliced through a broken down crane. Its target: Sonic the Hedgehog. The blue blur zipped around it twice before running off to a new hiding place. The Egg Render followed, just as planned. Amy and Mina rushed towards the building it had been guarding, leaving it behind to try and deal with Sonic.

Eggman saw it all. The building was empty, so he had no worries. He had learned that the Freedom Fighters were suspicious of anything he put a guard around, which had given him this brilliant idea. He looked to another screen, which displayed two other Freedom Fighters fighting for their lives. Sally and Antoine had fallen into the trap quicker than Amy and Mina. He was a little upset at the loss of his Egg Tearor, but was satisfied that it had served its purpose. Looking over the security screens again and again, he noticed something. It wasn't something new, nor was it something particularly bad… it was something missing. Realization dawned upon him.

"Where'd the mutant kid go?" He inspected the screens more. The two-tailed Fox was nowhere to be seen. "He must have been ordered somewhere else… but where? I only set two traps…" Alarmed, Eggman glanced at the door. He sighed in relief when he realized that no one was there. He glanced back to the screens and made a decision. "I guess I'll just have to ask them."

In moments, Eggman appeared in the building Antoine and Sally had infiltrated. He waved the attacking robots off the assault. The two Freedom Fighters glanced up at him.

Sally made some sort of growling sound, but it came out rather cute instead of threatening. "You're not getting away this time, Eggman."

The scientist shrugged. "It's my trap. Why should I have to get away?" Sally glanced around, suddenly realizing that she had fallen into a trap. She was about to try making a witty comeback when Eggman continued. "Anyway, I just dropped in to ask you a question. Then you can go back to fighting for your life. Where in the oily heck is the vulpine freak?"

It took Sally a few moments to determine that he meant Tails. She decided not to let him know their numbers were diminished. "He's headed for the core of your city. We ordered him to take out your reactor."

Eggman knew. He saw it in her eyes. She was lying. Two could play at that game. He pasted an insane grin on his face. "Too bad for him, then! Cause I moved the reactor and replaced it with a giant nuclear explosive that looks exactly the same!"

Sally didn't look worried. Eggman figured that Tails was either nowhere in the area or Sally had identified the falsification. Eggman almost burst out laughing when Sally replied smugly. "Yeah, but he's got an E.M.P. generator with him."

Eggman responded just as smugly, even though he had already determined that Tails was nowhere near the city. He wanted to know where the Fox was and why. "Yes, but the bomb has E.M.P. shielding and I programmed the sensors to detect E.M.P.'s and detonate the bomb when they got too close!"

"Wouldn't that kill us too?"

"It's a small E.M.P."

"What?"

"Err… I mean bomb."

"Right. There isn't a bomb, Eggman."

"There isn't a two-tailed Fox, Princess."

"Whatever. Now, shoo. We're fighting for our lives, remember?"

"Uh-uh. I wanna know where he is."

"Why?"

"Cause I'm snooping as usual."

Sally looked at the ground. "Alright, fine. He left the Freedom Fighters. You probably won't see him again. I don't know if I even will."

Eggman smiled, not entirely sure what to think of this information. "Okay. That's all I need to know. Bye." With that, he backed out of the building. Inside, he was beginning to get greatly disturbed.