Ch 13: Origins III

"Hi Ovi!" A seven year old Sonic the Hedgehog squealed as he came from the entrance of the Wacky Workbench.

"Come right in, Sonic." The doctor smiled kindly. "I'm in the kitchen getting ready."

"So do we have everything to make the cookies?"

"I just need to get the eggs and then we are set." He said as he went to the refrigerator. The egg container was not there, but they did find an odd, futuristic looking box.

"Is it one of your inventions?" Sonic asked with his head cocked.

"Actually, I don't remember seeing this before," Ovi answered. He slowly opened it and the two were greeted by a horrid smell that made their hair stand on end.

"SPEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!" Sonic cringed as he held his nose.

"Would you look at that..." Ovi commented. He placed some rubber gloves on and careful removed whatever was in the box. It was a green rotten egg.

"Where did it come from?"

"I don't know. I'm sure I just did my grocery shopping just this morning. The extra good eggs should be here somewhere… but let's see what we can do with this egg."

"Yuck! You wanna keep it?" Sonic asked with his tongue out.

"A scientist never runs out of ideas my friend." Ovi smiled as he adjusted his glasses. "Perhaps I can use the egg as a brand new fragrance or something… say Sonic, can you look after my AngelTron 1000 while I see what to do with this egg and look for the other eggs?"

"Okay!"

Sonic zipped to the laboratory and pulled a chair up. He stood on the chair and ran a diagnostics test on the computer. He was pretty smart for his age, but he usually didn't show it. As he was checking the machine, he noticed something flutter past his face. He looked at it curiously as it landed on the keyboard.

"A… feather?" He blinked. Thinking that a birdie may have wandered into the lab, he hopped off the chair and began looking around. He heard a strange click from somewhere but he didn't know where. He got scared as he began to wonder if he was the only one in the lab.

"H-hello? Is s-s-someone here?"

Suddenly, he heard a noise that sounded like fire. He turned around swiftly and saw to his shock that the metal on the side of the computer had melted with flames erupting inside. Sonic looked horrified. How did this happen? He was only away from the AngelTron for a few seconds!

WARNING! WARNING! ANGELTRON 1000 HAS BEEN DAMAGED! DAMAGE CRITICAL BEYOND REPAIR!

Now really afraid, Sonic dashed back into the kitchen and tugged on Ovi's sleeve.

"OVI! OVI!"

"What is it, Sonic?"

"Your machine! Something's wrong with it!"

The two ran to the giant computer. Its screen was blinking red and it was making a weird alarm sound. Sonic glanced at the doctor. In his eyes, the hedgehog could see that he was sad. All that work for nothing…well, not with him around! He couldn't stand seeing his friend's great invention go to waste, so he immediately ran towards it, in hope that he could fix it.

"NO, SONIC! STOP!"

He couldn't he him; he was too busy wanting to help him. Suddenly, a wire tugged upward. Sonic tripped and made a few clumsy hops before stepping on a cord, pulling it out of place, and falling face first.

"SONIC! ARE YOU O-" the doctor didn't finish his statement as the alarm got louder.

He was too scared to move, so he laid there in fear. What did he do? Ovi ran towards the computer, but tripped on the mysterious wire as well.

It all happened in slow motion. Instinctively, he reached out for something, and his hand slammed down in the controls. Sonic could only scream as the computer exploded in huge flames. Smoke filled the room.

Slowly, Sonic crawled out of the rubble. He coughed as he looked around. "Ovi! (cough) Where are you? (cough) (cough)"

The next thing that happened made his blood run cold.

"I'm right here, Sonic."

Sonic swiftly turned around, frightened. No way was that Ovi! The voice was to dark and sinister to be his friend.

"… Ovi?"

Ovi slowly appeared from the smoke. But he wasn't sure if it really WAS his friend. Instead of his slim self, he was big, round, and shaped like an oval—just like the egg he had been carrying. But his grin was what made him really scared. He smiled so evilly and menacing.

"No…I'm not Ovi, anymore…" he laughed evilly. "I'm a new person, thanks to you, my boy."

Sonic took a step back in fear. "Wha-what do you mean?"

"I've thought about it, Sonic. And well…maybe I SHOULD keep my last name the same as it was…"

"Oh…o-okay…"

The doctor looked him straight in the eye and said, "…My name is now Ivo Robotnik!"

"R-Robotnik…?"

"Yes," The doctor ginned again. "As I have already told you before, everyone in my family line were great scientists, but now that I think of it, they were never acknowledged for their achievements. In fact, they were treated like animals; the government threw them away and executed them without even letting them say their part of the story! Sonic…I have to thank you…"

Sonic blinked a couple times. "Really?"

Ivo nodded. "Yes. I have to thank you for RUINING MY LIFE!"

Sonic coward back, but he stepped forward, menacingly.

"You ruined my machine by tripping over some cord, you klutz! You were the one I tripped over that made me become this! And most of all… YOU FILLED ME WITH EVIL! And the worst part about it is… it feels so right!!!"

The now-mad scientist cackled evilly. The laugh shook the young hedgehog to the bone as the shadow loomed over him. In a split second, Sonic raced out of the ruined laboratory. All of that could not prepare him for what happened next when he arrived home. He saw his house cover in flames.

"UNCLE CHUCK!"

"You'll never find him in there!"

Sonic turned around to see his ex-friend in his soon to be infamous hovercraft. There in the seat beside him was his uncle, bound and gagged. He was too hurt to speak and Ivo laughed at his sadness.

"Now I can get payback at you for doing this to me! Now you shall feel the pain as I feel now!" He taunted as he floated away.

"NO! UNCLE CHUCK!"

He tried to chase after them, but his sadness in his heart was like a great weight and he just sat there, wondering what he had done.

When he finally managed to pull himself together, he found out that Robotnik had taken over Mobotropolis and made a beeline there to rescue his uncle. When he reached Castle Oblivion, he felt an odd sense of dajavu. Shaking it off, he slowly snuck on to the roof and onto a glass top. He saw everything.

"Ovi, this is madness!" Uncle Chuck said as he bound to a strange capsule. "Snap out of it! You don't want to do this!"

"I wouldn't have even thought of doing it if it weren't for your nephew!"

"Sonic? What does he have to do with this?"

"It's because of him that I am like this now! He made me do all of this! And now, you will have the honor of becoming my first slave!" Eggman pressed a pulled a switch next to the capsule, it closed shut and it began to hum as blots of blue energy leaked out. After twelve seconds, it stopped and opened up. Out of the fumes came out a blue robotic hedgehog with a metal mustache and red glowing eyes. "I live to serve you, Robotnik!"

"NO…!" Sonic nearly screamed out.

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho!! Excellent!" Robotnik laughed gleefully. "My new robotosizer machine is a success! Now I can robotosize everyone on Mobius and they will all become my slaves!" He gasped and heaved to catch his breath. "Now, get me a glass of eggnog! It's going to be a long night!" The now robotosized Chuck saluted and walked off.

Robotnik turned to the camera and cleared his throat as he activated it. "Greetings people of Mobius! You may not know me now, but you soon will! I am Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the greatest genus on the planet… no, in the universe! I know this may seem a bit sudden but I have decided to take over the world! I must advise you that all attempts to resist are futile, for I have taken captive… your former leader!" He turned his and the camera's attention to an elderly squirrel wearing royal clothing trapped in a glass cell. "So King Maximillian Acorn, on behalf of the Egg Empire, I here by banish you to the Zone of Silence! Any final words?"

"You won't get away with this!" The king shouted. "The Counsel of Four will stop you!"

"The Counsel of Four?" Robotnik laughed. "What are they, some kind of super heroes?" The doctor did some cheap karate moves with those Bruce Lee howls, as if to mock him. "Whatever they are, they won't give me any trouble. Farewell, Your Majesty!" He pressed a button, which caused the wall behind Maximillian to open up into a purple void. He tried to grab hold to the floor, but the gravity was too strong.

"You'll pay for this Robotnik…!" The king swore as he was sucked in. The void closed instantly.

Sonic leaped of the roof and found himself wandering behind the castle when he decided that he had seen enough. Tears slowly poured out of his eyes as he dragged himself.

'My fault. All my fault.'

Who would have thought that a clumsy accident would turn his life upside-down? Sonic defiantly didn't. But now he has to pay for what he did. He didn't know for how long, but he has to. He pressed his back against a tree, slumped down, and cried himself to sleep….