Chapter 51: One Doctor Left:

I am Dr. Eggman! The greatest scientist in all the world!

I'm still kinda' shocked that I actually died! And to think that I was

deceased for so long too! Boy am I grateful that those robots showed

up and saved me! I seriously didn't know that such technology even

existed! Anyways, now we're finally at the site where my best friend was

last seen! Let's hope that Sonic and his annoying allies haven't caught up

with him first!

Three days later, Dr. Eggman, his minions, and their counterparts from the Sol Dimension arrived in Mobius National Park. As soon as the old-timey red sports car pulled to a stop, all five of them got out, with the four robots giving a sigh of relief after their long journey.

"Alrighty! Now to search for Nega!" Hexbot stated, pulling out the radar.

"Great!" Eggman replied as he switched out his recreational shades with his normal ones and removed his biker jacket.

Everyone else followed.

Due to the large size of the park, it took several hours to find the remaining evil scientist. Around sunset, Eggman started to grow tired of trekking and began to wheeze.

"C'mon, Doctor! We're halfway there!" Hexbot encouraged him, pointing to the screen on his handheld radar, which was the group's only guide to finding the spot where Eggman Nega was last sighted.

"I know, I know! I'm just...so...out of...shape..." Eggman gasped, sitting below a tree, "...just...for a bit..."

Everyone else shrugged.

After dark, the group of five kept traveling across the park until they came across a line of CAUTION tape that separated the area they were in from an area that had suffered much damage (this was where the final battle with Eggman Nega had taken place).

Beyond this boundary were a few abandoned construction vehicles along with various orange lawn-flags dotting the area in order to mark damaged spots. The tree that had been burned previously was now doused, and a few charred leaves remained on its branches while the rest of its foliage had fallen to the ground in the form of a large pile of ash. What remained of Nega's Egg Mobile had been brought to the ground and could be seen sitting in the back of one of the parked vehicles.

As all of them started to examine the scenery, the radar started to beep, startling each and every one of them and prompting them all to hide behind the tree.

"Well it looks like we're at the right spot. Time to start our search." Hexbot said, turning off the sound before hearing a growling noise from behind him.

Eggman offered Orbot a boost so he could see through the tree's branches.

"Well it looks like they've got this area under tight guard." Orbot stated, "They've got dogs, and some giant metal structure that strangely looks like an owl."

"Well, I'm glad we came prepared." Tribot replied, pulling out a gun-like device.

"Wait-wait-wait, where were you keeping that?" Eggman asked.

"Oh, I don't know. How are the people here able to drive to work with a bunch of loops and corkscrews in the fucking road?!" Tribot countered.

"Both of you simmer down. We'll need to be quick and quiet here." Hexbot said.

"Right. So, who goes first?" Cubot asked.

"Why the one with the gun, of course!" Tribot said, carefully stepping over the caution tape before quickly ducking behind the tree, the unknown pistol cocked.

One of the ten large and aggressive rottweilers started to bark, alerting the others into sniffing around for anyone who could possibly be trespassing on the area that was closed for clean-up. Not only that, but the 'eyes' of the large, owl-like structure positioned behind the trees on the opposite side of the field lit up, revealing themselves to be searchlights as they started to pan around the field in an attempt to find what the dogs had found.

"Shit!" Tribot cursed quietly, before proceeding to fire a blast at the nearest dog, knocking him unconscious and thus stopping the barking.

The shot moved quickly and made no sound at all, even during impact. This caused the remaining rottweilers to resume patrol.

"Alright guys, let's start the search. But remember to stay out of the spotlights and if a dog comes anywhere near you, signal to me. Got it?" Tribot asked.

"Sure." Everyone else whispered in unison, before quietly stepping over the caution tape.

"Ugh, all this machinery and destruction of nature. Now I know how all those aliens on Planet Wisp felt." Eggman sighed, checking for signs of his counterpart.

"Oh please. You probably would have done the exact same thing to this place had you succeeded in beating Sonic." Orbot replied.

"What? Of course not! When I conquer this world, I'm actually planning to preserve this one piece of nature." Eggman countered, only to realize that their conversation had attracted the attention of two rottweilers, their barking and growling causing the spotlights to move closer and closer to the pair.

"Don't scream!" Tribot whispered from atop the tree, as he quickly knocked out those two dogs as well.

While he was at it, he fired a blast at the left eye of the robotic owl, causing it to overpower with electricity and explode, therefore lowering the machine's capabilities.

"That should make things easier for us." Tribot concluded, stepping down from the tree and quickly shooting another dog before it even had time to notice him.

On the opposite side of the perimeter of the construction area, Cubot and Hexbot were also searching for Eggman Nega. The radar in Hexbot's metallic hand started to vibrate, making a noise similar to a cell-phone vibrating on a table, which startled the remaining six dogs into running towards them, barking loudly and prompting the remaining searchlight to pan towards them as well.

The two mechs started to flee into the woods along the path that Super Sonic had made through them a while ago, but they ended up cornered against a large oak tree by all of the dogs, the blinding searchlight making them all completely visible in the otherwise dark vicinity. Having spotted the intruders, the owl-like structure started to buzz loudly as if to warn the workers of the presence of trespassers. Luckily, the buzzing did not last for more than a few seconds as Tribot shot out the owl's second eye, silencing the machine.

"Uh, that's great, but what about these dogs?!" Hexbot demanded, only to realize that the remaining rottweilers had fled the scene just after dodging a blast from the tranquilizer.

Soon enough, they were all put down, and now it was completely safe to continue the search.

"Okay, so the radar says that Eggman Nega is somewhere around here," Hexbot started, before stopping at the mudbank right by the lake, "And apparently, he died in the lake for...some reason."

Without hesitation, Cubot cannonballed into the lake, only to realize that he couldn't swim. Orbot rolled his robotic eyes and pulled him out, before swimming down to the lake bed and coming back up with a skull in his hand, still attached to the rest of the skeleton and a small clump of gray hair. Tribot put his pistol away and helped him pull it up onto the mud.

"Well, looks like you found the right one," Hexbot said, "Care to do the honors?"

"You betcha!" Eggman replied, snatching the resurrection gun from him and firing a blast at the skeleton.

Instantly, the skeleton started to levitate off the ground, immediately shedding the mud and water that had gotten on it without any stains left behind. The process that had led to Eggman's resurrection began and ended in the same fashion, and within the next minute, Dr. Eggman Nega was revived.

"Ha ha ha! I'm alliiiiive!" He gloated, only to pause as he noticed a final fragment of his mustache reattaching itself.

"And it's good to see you!" Tribot replied, "Oh, and happy 50th by the way!"

"Alright, that gag's getting a little old." Orbot said.

"Agreed. Plus, if I remember correctly, his birthday is nine days after mine." Dr. Eggman added.

"Damn it." Eggman Nega groaned, "Anyways, how long was I conked out?"

"Hmmm..." Hexbot mumbled, staring at the resurrection gun, which was able to track various forms of data from people that it had been used on, "Just a little over a month, sir."

"That long?! Well then what took you two so long to find me?!" Eggman Nega asked, anger slowly building up inside of him.

"Well, you never contacted us (though that wasn't your fault), so we ended up waiting for a while until we got worried and came looking for you. We also had a radar that could lock onto any of those gadgets that you were carrying, so we didn't have much trouble." Hexbot replied.

"And we probably would've gotten here even sooner if Dr. Rofatnik over here didn't have to stop at every single 50s diner on the way here to try everything on the menu..." Orbot started.

"...Even though he has both types of diabetes!" Cubot pointed out.

"...And then take every waitress below the age of 50 into the meat-locker to have sex." Orbot finished.

"Q-Quiet, you two!" Eggman said, blushing as he roundhouse kicked both of his minions halfway across the field.

"No worries, my friend." Dr. Eggman Nega said, putting an arm around his embarrassed counterpart, "I would've totally done the same thing! Now let's hurry up and get ready to rule the world as a two-man monarchy!"

"Right. But first, we need to seek revenge on Sonic and Blaze." Orbot added, standing back up as he finished tightening a bolt that had been knocked loose after being kicked.

"...And I have just the idea! I'll explain it as we get out of here." Nega replied.

After three more days of traveling back towards Station Square (due to both Eggmen doing exactly what Eggman himself had done on the way there), the exhausted group of six pulled off to the side in their worn-out Chrysler.

"Man, that...was...epic!" Eggman Nega exclaimed, "...Though I think I may have contracted something from that one waitress of 42. You know who I'm talking about, right? The dark red hair? The New York accent with that sexy, gravelly voice to boot? And the large thighs and titties?"

"Honestly, I wasn't paying attention." Cubot replied.

"You don't even reme- Oh, who gives a damn in the long run, anyway? Least I got her number!" Nega replied, shrugging.

"Well, I think she's done for." Tribot said, commenting on the steam coming from under the hood.

"Well, regardless, I think this is the right place to set up our secret plan." Eggman Nega said, admiring the scenery.

It turned out that their car had broken down right by Emerald Coast. Dr. Eggman stood back up from bending over beneath the hood, only to get knocked to the asphault with a flying beach ball.

"Ow! Hey, what gives?!" He shouted, getting back up.

"Shhh!" Nega told him, "Everyone still thinks we're dead! Try to keep a low profile! Now. We should start looking for a suitable spot, so we can build a hideout with enough room for what we're going to do."

Everyone hopped out of the car, and after making sure that there were no signs of their identities left in the car, they hurried away to avoid capturing the attention of passers-by while beginning their search.