"For a clan of warriors your tactics could use some work!" the evil Doctor Eggman laughed out from his Egg Mobile floating above the Yurashia countryside as he watched his Badnik horde tear through the 'so called mighty' (his words, not mine) Raiju Clan "I mean some of you are trying to stab my robots, you do realize how ridiculous that is right!?" The doctor leaned back in his seat as the ninjas continued their assault "Well fine, I'll take an easy, Sonic free-" he quickly knocked on the bit of wood in the seat "-conquest any day."

"Although I'm already stretching the Empire a bit thin." Eggman noted as he stroked his chin in thought "I may need another Egg Boss to control this region, but who?"

Before he could ponder this thought any longer, a loud explosion drew Eggman's attention just in time for the bulbous doctor to watch a group of Badniks being torn about by a Mobian Lynx wearing a purple gi with a straw conical hat.

"Interesting." Eggman noted with a smile as he drove his Egg Mobile over to the Lynx.

As the doctor approached, the Lynx quickly took note of him "Raiju retreat!" she commanded before glaring down Eggman and growling out "I'll cut this army's head off myself."

"Oh, you must be the leader of the Raiju Clan." Eggman stated with an eager grin "Conquering Storm."

"You are correct," Conquering Storm confirmed as she approached the Egg Mobile, yanking her Bo Staff out of a Badnik along the way, "but you forgot one thing."

"And what's that?" Eggman asked.

Kicking her Bo Staff into position, the Lynx warrior glared down her target "I am also your doom."

As she finished her claim, the Lynx leaped towards Eggman only to quickly be knocked back down by a blue blur. Recovering quickly, Conquering Storm looked up to see a blue robotic hedgehog standing protectively in front of the doctor "Oh Stormy, let me introduce you to your doom," Eggman said with a sadistic smile "Metal Sonic!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Conquering Storm leaped back towards Metal Sonic swinging her Bo Staff at the Super Badnik.

Metal naturally caught and ripped the staff out of the Lynx's hands, before using it to knock her out of the air (causing the staff to break like a cheap toothpick.)

Conquering Storm managed to turn her stumbling into a roll and quickly recover, swiftly dodging as Metal rammed into the ground in an attempt to crush her. Before the Badnik could recover, Storm sent a sweeping kick to Metal's legs.

As he fell, Metal activated his jet engine ramming himself into Conquering Storm so he could hold her against the ground as he rocketed across the field. After a few seconds of pain for the Lynx, Metal let Conquering Storm go and she tumbled back until her momentum ran out and she laid still. Confident the Lynx was no longer a threat to his creator, Metal landed next to Storm to finish her off, only to be caught off guard by the Lynx warrior suddenly leaping at him.

Catching Metal's wrists, Conquering Storm held them tightly as she declared "I will not lose to a fake hedgehog!" and with that, unknowingly sealing her doom as anger shot through the robotic hedgehog's CPU.

In a flash, Metal's claw flew across the Conquering Storm's face and her eyes could only stare in blank shock as the claw pierced the left one.

"AHHHUUGGG!" Conquering Storm cried out in pain as Metal ripped his claw out and threw the Lynx to the ground.

"Oh look, now you made him mad." Eggman mockingly said as he watched the Lynx warrior pull herself back up, clutching her face in pain as she felt blood pour down her cheeks.

As Eggman's laugh echoed through her ears, Conquering Storm glared down at Metal Sonic, hate rapidly building in the Lynx warrior as she gritted her teeth "I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!" she screamed out, lunging at her metal adversary like a wild beast without any care for her safety.

Rather predictably, Metal was easily able to easily intercept Conquering Storm's attack, in the blink of an eye impaling the Lynx's chest with his claw. Just as quickly, Metal retracted his claw, letting the fatally injured Lynx stumble back in pain as she desperately clutched her chest to try to stem the blood flow, a vain effort as the ground was quickly stained with Conquering Storm's blood.

"Oh what happened to all the fight you had?" Eggman mockingly asked, "I guess you're too busy painting the floor now!"

Lifting her head up one more time, Conquering Storm glared down at the laughing doctor and, with the last of her breath, muttered out an unheard curse before falling down as her vision filled with darkness.

Conquering Storm woke with a start quickly sitting up in the bed, and clutching her chest in pain, the Lynx looked around to see that she was in a hospital ward with Eggman Empire logos plastered on the walls. Taking a glance at herself, Storm saw her gi had been replaced with a hospital gown and underneath it she saw bandages had been wrapped against her chest. Seeking answers, the Lynx pulled herself out of bed, clenching her fist as pain shot through her body; however, before she could leave a voice

"Ah, your finally awake." Conquering Storm turned to see Eggman walking over to her, with him keeping one hand behind his back.

"Explain." the Lynx harshly demanded.

"What, you don't believe I've chosen to save you out of the goodness of my heart?" Eggman asked, only earning a blank stare from Conquering Storm, before he let out a small chuckle "Good, you're not that stupid." The doctor orbited around the Lynx as he continued "I'm not one to throw away things that still have use, and you my dear lynx can still be of use to me."

Conquering Storm scoffed at the words "Don't fool yourself into thinking I belong to you."

Eggman let out another laugh as he declared "Oh, but there's no need to fool myself when it's true." the doctor finally brought his hand out from behind his back to hold a hand mirror in front of Conquering Storm's face as he asked "I mean, aren't you wondering why you still have depth perception?"

The Lynx's eyes widened as she gazed into the mirror and while the right one was the same as it had been for her whole life it was the left eye that caused this reaction. In her left socket was a metallic black orb, with a softly glowing orange light in the center mimicking a pupil, and just like its still organic counterpart only rage reflected back at the Lynx before quickly being redirected towards the cause of this change.

"What's wrong?" Eggman asked with a mock concerned tone "Oh, let me guess I've damaged your honor by replacing you eye with an artificial one."

"You dare..." Conquering Storm seethed "You attack and mock my people, mutilate my body, and send me to death's embrace, only to drag me back and claim me as your own... Why?"

Eggman looked down upon the confused Lynx with a smile "I have a deal for you." he began "You want to retain control over your region of Yurashia and I need an Egg Boss to watch over my operations there." the doctor plainly explained, "So I'll supply and let you retain leadership of the Raiju Clan while answering to me."

"So I am to be your puppet." Conquering Storm spat out, receiving a nod from the grinning doctor, "And what if I refuse?"

Eggman let out a snorting laugh as he responded "Why you'll be publicly executed as an example to your people of course?"

Conquering Storm clenched her fists with barely contained anger "So, I don't have one then." she hissed out "But do know that I wouldn't allow you to control the Raiju Clan forever." the Lynx warned as she held out her hand.

Eggman simply grinned as he shook the Lynx's hand "Oh I know." he chuckled "And I'm eager to see you try."