Mobotropolis Park

Sonic we relaxing on the branch on a tree. However, he was awoken by the smell of a troll.

"So the reason Sleuth attacked the bank yesterday was for a Chaos Emerald hidden in the vaults?" Naugus said, walking with his apprentice, Geoffrey St. John.

"Yes sir," St. John said.

"Go over there and tell them that by order of Royal Wizard, I need it for my spells!" Naugus chuckled. St. John ran off. Sonic jumped down.

"What kind of spells?" Sonic asked.

"None of your business!" Naugus hissed.

"For all I know, you could be up to your old tricks!" Sonic said.

"Even if I was, you can't do anything about it as long as I'm the royal wizard!" Naugus laughed.

"But Sally can," Sonic said, smugly.

"Yes, you're girlfriend can do the dirty work, I'm sure of it!" Naugus said. "Was it not her that got rid of Kodos?"

"At least Kodos attacked head on and didn't lure his opponent." Sonic laughed.

"Laugh it up, Hedgehog," Naugus said. "Be detracted, you never know when Robotnik may attack again!"

"Please, I defeated the old fool back at Mt. Mobius!" Sonic said. "He hasn't been seen since! Everyone agreed that he's dead!"

"They couldn't find him or his body…" Naugus said. "For all we know, he could be camping out at one of his Egg Bosses' fortresses! How else do you think the Egg Army lasted this long!"

"Because Eggman isn't in charge anymore!" Sonic said, jokely.

"Is this just all a game to you! You think this funny?" Naugus yelled. "People have died it this war at the hands of Robotnik!"

"People have died at your hands, and we forgave you…" Sonic said, walking away. "...for some reason…"

Castle Acorn

King Acorn and his son, Elias, were looking over Mobotropolis. King Acorn sat, drinking his tea.

"Father, how long must this war continue?" Elias asked.

"It's hard to tell, son…" the King said. "It's possible it may never end as long as someone supports Robotnik's beliefs…"

Royal Wizard's Room

Naugus was throwing powder into a cauldron.

"No respect around!" Naugus snarled. "Bloody Freedom Fighters onto me… And I get throw in this dark, dusty medieval room!" Suddenly, a mini explosion came from the top of the cauldron, with smoke and foam coming out of the top. The smoke became the shape of Mammoth Mogul wearing a robe with the hood up, hiding his face.

"Ah, Mogul! Perfect timing!" Nauges chuckled.

"Is that anyway to speak to your master, apprentice?" Mogul questioned.

"You're hardly part of the Order of Ixis now!" Naugus said. "I am the only real member left!"

"I created the Order." Mogul explained. "I created the rules… I created the Ixis Magicks… I created everything… I choosed who became an Ixian and to take my side as my apprentice… the others failed… but you…"

"Yes, anyways…" Naugus said. "I was going to get my own apprentice!"

"Is that so?" Mogul said. "An apprentice cannot have an apprentice…"

"I'm no longer your apprentice, Mogul!" Naugus yelled. "You have taught me everything there is to know about the Order! I am a Ixis Master now, and I'll get my own apprentice."

"If only it worked that way!" Mogul said. "Are you forgetting the rule of two? There may only be two Ixians. A Master and apprentice!"

"Then leave the Order already!" Naugus yelled. "You've clearly shown no interest in staying here!"

"Foolish Walter…" Mogul said. "The only way to leave the Order… is leave life as well! And you are too weak to kill me! I shall live on, to make sure my mistake of creating the Order does not affect anyone, negatively…" The smoke disappeared, along with Mogul. St. John walked in.

"Naugus sir, I have it!" He said, holding up a red Chaos Emerald. Naugus grabbed it off him.

"The one from the bank…" Naugus laughed. "With this… I shall gain the people's trust!"

Sky Patrol

Sonic walked into the Sky Patrol ship and into the main room where Sally and Nicole were speaking to Rouge on the commutation system.

"Hey, Sal," Sonic said, walking in.

"Hey, Sonic," Sally said. "We have great news. GUN managed to get a list of locations where there are currently Egg Army Bases!"

"Great!" Sonic said. "How?"

"One of the member leaked some info!" Rouge said. "Some guy posted a picture of his work station on social media. Take a look."

Nicole put the picture on screen. The picture was of a 3 monitors, surrounded by snacks. Behind the monitors was map of Mobius, with the Egg Army Logo (which was just Eggman's face) over some areas, meaning there was a base there. The picture was captioned "I got a promotion. Check out my new desk. Lolz #HailRobotnik."

"Are they even taking this war seriously?" Sonic laughed.

"My guess is that even they don't know who's in charge!" Nicole said.

"Both Snively and Dimitri escaped Prison Island." Rouge said. "It could be either one of them."

"So where are these bases?" Sonic asked.

"We already knew Avalon, Efrika, Northamer and Yurashia." Nicole said.

"And according to see, new ones are Soumerca, Artika, Midesta and the Northen Ocean." Sally said. "Us and the other will attack Midesta first. Care to join us, Rouge?"

"I would love to." Rouge said. "But GUN is sending me and Team Dark to hunt the Battle Birds."