Chapter Seven

Omega opened his communications channel, making contact with Robotnik on the Egg Carrier, as he flew over the Mystic Ruins and searched for the fleeing frog.

"DOCTOR ROBOTNIK, THE TARGET HAS ESCAPED!" Omega buzzed, "INITIATING PURSUIT!"

"That frog is very important, Omega." Robotnik said, "It holds Chaos' tail and that is vital to my plan. Do not let that frog evade your reach, you know what may be at stake here if the target escapes and you fail to capture the frog. Now go, capture that frog at any and all costs necessary!"

"UNDERSTOOD, ALL WHO OPPOSE THE WILL OF ROBOTNIK WILL BE EXTERMINATED!"

He deactivated his communications channel and began his scan of the surrounding area, scanning for signs of the frog on the ground below. All that Omega could see was a large landmass, which he instantly identified as Angel Island, a workshop, more trees, a train station, a cabin and nearly nothing else.

The robot's tracker beeped, his radar coming online in full-time, and Omega's systems buzzed as he began tracking a heat signature. The signature gave off an energy spike and the target was moving, target detected.

"DETECTED, MOVING TO INTERCEPT!" Omega blared.

Brimming with more determination to fulfill his master's mission, he flew over the ocean, following what appeared to be the frog. His destination: Station Square.

Daylight shone upon the world, covering the sky blue as the sea, and illuminating the bustling metropolis. Nobody paid attention to the clear sky as the red-black metal mass came in for landing, red eyes glinting as the jet boosters powered down.

E-123 Omega landed atop the roof of a building and gazed out over the city, looking for his intended target.

He scanned left and right, his targeting computer working full time. He would not rest, not until he had achieved his objective.

"SCANNING... SCANNING..." Omega buzzed, "COMMENCE AERIAL SURVEILLANCE..."

Omega fired up his jetpack again and took off, the activation of his thrusters scorching the roof he'd stood upon a minute prior. He soared over Station Square, scanning an establishment known as Twinkle Park, then he scanned the area around city hall, spotting several cops and a blockade in the area.

Something must have happened there. In a heartbeat, his computer detected a heat signature and looked down, spotting a red mass punching through the barricade and heading towards City Hall. The red echidna must have recovered, Knuckles was... looking for something.

Knuckles didn't even look up, Omega continued to observe from a distance, undetected by anybody else.

He watched as the red echidna went inside the building, then Omega turned around and hovered away, continuing to scan Station Square for any signs of the frog. He flew downward, hovering through the streets and startled a pedestrian, which also led to a dog barking.

Omega flew up into the air, but not before he heard someone calling out to someone. That voice, it sounded like...

"Froggy, where are you?"

He retreated to a higher surface, taking up a safer position atop the roof behind a billboard as he observed the speaker. The big purple cat from Mystic Ruins was here in the city, looking under cars and talking with people as he walked.

He had to be looking for the frog that Omega was after, if anybody got to "Froggy" first, it would be Omega.

Omega looked at everyone in the open, deciding to talk with someone in hopes that the frog was seen around here.

The robot flew down into the city square and hovered up to a man in a business suit. "EXCUSE ME." Omega buzzed, "HAVE YOU SEEN A GREEN FROG WITH A TAIL? I REPEAT, THE FROG IS GREEN WITH A TAIL! HAVE YOU SEEN THE FROG!"

"Frog? Not that I know of." The man asked.

"I think I saw something green hop out of the ocean at dawn and jump past the train station while croaking." A kid with a baseball hat said.

"YOU HAVE DESCRIBED A FROG. DID IT HAVE A TAIL?"

"That's funny, frogs don't usually have tails, but this one did."

"INITIATING PURSUIT, FROG WILL BE INTERCEPTED! FROG WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF!"

Omega floated away, leaving the kid and the businessman confused, wondering what was going on. One woman with a floppy hat snapped a photo with her camera and exclaimed, "That looks like one of Robotnik's robots!"

'So much for stealth.' Omega thought, 'Unimportant, capture frog!'

"Whaddaya think you're looking for, ya big hunk of metal!"

Omega landed and turned, spotting a blue hedgehog with a twin-tailed fox by the train station, all glaring at him. The fox looked nervous, but the hedgehog looked determined. Omega scanned the two, his computer registering their identities at once.

"IDENTIFIED!" Omega declared, "YOU ARE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG AND MILES TAILS PROWER, ENEMIES OF DOCTOR ROBOTNIK, I HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS 1-123 OMEGA AND ALL WHO OPPOSE DOCTOR ROBOTNIK WILL BE DESTROYED! MOVING TO ENGAGE IN BATTLE!"

"Aha!" Sonic cried, "I knew Eggman would be sending out a new toy for me to trash. Looks like it's time to smash some robots again, Tails. Let's do it to it!"

Tails put on a confident face. "Right behind you, Sonic." He said, picking up a wrench.

"SONIC AND TAILS IN SIGHT! PREPARING TO ENGAGE! WEAPONS ACTIVE!" Omega buzzed, "LOCKED, LOADED, FIRE! TARGET ACQUIRED! DESTROY SONIC, DESTROY SONIC, DESTROY ALL ENEMIES OF THE DOCTOR!"