It has been five years from the last event Robotnik and the spirit had seen. The King has passed away and The Prince became the new King. Julian went about following his own dream which was supporting the new King the only way he knew best; mechanics.

Robotnik and the Spirit are now looking into a window of an old warehouse. Robotnik knew exactly where they were. His sadness has quickly turned too giddiness. He was excited because he saw the calendar and it read December 24th and it was closing time for the warehouse. This warehouse belongs to the royal engineer and chief of technology. Julian is older, bigger, and very busy. Everyone saw him as a promising young man with a heart of gold. But that was because his mentor was good ol' Sir' Charles Hedgehog, the royal Minister of Technological Enhancement. He had two apprentices which were Julian and his long lost cousin, from a distant green and blue planet, Jerald.

Jerald came from a vibrant and heavily populated planet that was in alliance with Mobius. He found out that there was more of his family on Mobius. He, too, was an orphan but grew up to be an intelligent young man like Julian. At the time Julian was just beginning his apprenticeship with Sir' Charles. Julius asked if he can work with them and he agreed.

After a long day of coming up with ideas and methods to further the technological growth of Mobius, instead of closing the shop, they set up for a big Christmas party for the warehouse workers, cooks, off duty guards, servers, and of course the apprentices. Plus a few special appearances were supposed to make it to the party.

"Who do you think will be coming, tonight Julian?" asked Jerald

"I don't know, but there are a few I had in mind."

"Like who?"

"Well,-"

"Enough chatter boys," said Sir' Charles. "We still need to get ready."

The time came and the musicians came in first and started playing dancing music. Everyone danced, ate, laughed, and joked. It was a huge success. Robotnik couldn't believe his eyes. He never thought he would relive that night.

There was a knock at the door. Everyone turned around to see who it was. Julian's heart began to race. Sir' Charles opened the door and it was the Prime Mistress of Mobius, Aleena Hedgehog, Sir' Charles' sister and the mother of Sonic. Everyone was surprised to see her. All except Julian. He had his hopes set for another. The musicians changed the song to a favorite of the hedgehog siblings. The two began to dance around in a circle. They quickly became the center of attention and the life of the party. Julian became fed up with the whole thing and started inching his way out of the warehouse. He accidentally bumped into a guard. "Excuse me" said the guard. Julian responded back but caught a quick glance at the guard. He looked again and noticed that it was the King dressed as a guard. Julius smiled and stood next to him.

"You haven't changed a bit, your majesty" smirked Julian.

"Some things never change, old friend."

The two went into the back to talk and play a good game of Combat Battalion, for old time's sake.

"Spirit, if it's not too much to ask, can you rewind that?" asked Robotnik still looking in trough the window.

"Julian, this is not a viewing put on for your enjoyment," said the spirit. "Time is short and I have a Kingdom to return to of my own."

"Right…of course," agreed Robotnik

Another flick of the wrist and time changes again. This time they went to a room in the palace. Robotnik was much older and dressed in a white commander's uniform. Thanks to him Mobotropolis was able to conquer the oppressors of the Great War. The King has asked him to attend a ceremony in recognition of the victory and Julian's accomplishments. Julian refused but the King would not take no for an answer. He wanted Julian to be Minister of Science. The King made it clear that he will see Julian at the ceremony. But Julian had other plans.

Over the years Julian discovered the true power of science and quantum mechanics thanks to his mentor, Sir' Charles, but Julian felt that they weren't harnessing the power to do more. They can use this power, this knowledge to rule the universe. But the King and Sir' Charles did not see it that way. Greed settled into Julian's heart. All he wanted was power. A friendship with the King did not matter any more. So for months he has been planning to dethrone the King and take over his Kingdom. Jerald had settled down with a family. He had two children, a boy and a girl. Jerald had gone back to the blue-green planet he came from leaving his boy with Julian. The boy's name was Snively and he loved spending time with Julian. But that was before he turned evil. Him and Snively built ships, robots, and many other machines that will be used for taking over the Kingdom. He saw power and control in machines. That is why he stole the roboticiser from Sir' Charles so he can roboticise everything.

"How could you, Julian?" questioned the Spirit. "You had a beautiful friendship with the King and you threw it all away."

"It serves them right, after all. I wanted to empower Mobius. They wanted to waste my talents by helping others. With a mentality like that they would surely see defeat in another Great War. If it wasn't for my craze for POWER, we would've lost."

The spirit took Robotnik by the arms and flew up. She increased speed every yard.

"You're a monster, Julian," she said still flying. "Instead of thinking for yourself you should think for others. That is what makes this world a better place. What would happen if no one thought of you? As if you were still a lonely orphan? Did you think about that?"

"Spirit! We're going, too high"

"Do you think someone will save you if you were to fall to the ground?"

"Spirit! No! You wouldn't."

"You should have never done what you've did."

As soon as she said that to Robotnik she released him and let him fall to the ground. Robotnik could not believe she let him go. He wondered if anyone would come to his rescue. But he knew that the spirit was right and that no one would come to his aide after how he acted towards them. As he got closer to the ground he quieted himself from his screaming and he closed his eyes.

"Here it is then, three…two…one….."

He opened his eyes to see that he was back in his chair.