"World-wide scan is complete, boss!" Cubot exclaimed, closely followed by his companion Orbot. Eggman, who was planning another design for robots he could mass produce, turned around his chair and swiped the tablet from creation. The mad doctor stroked his chin with his hand as he read the data that tablet contained.

"We can confirm that The End has been completely destroyed. We have been unable to detect the strange energy signatures that you sent us during your time on Ouranos Island," Orbot quickly summarized. Cubot let out a sigh of relief as he wiped his forehead with his yellow glove.

"And thank goodness for that! I kinda like staying alive," The cube-shaped robot commented. Eggman huffed as he read through Orbot report, letters and lines code reflecting off of his blue glasses.

"What are these readings?" Eggman asked. Orbot perked up as he took the tablet and looked at where Eggman pointed.

"Ah. We have no idea," Orbot said honestly. Eggman growled lightly as he drummed his fingers against the arm of his chair. "The best theory that we could come up with is that this is information from Cyber Space leaking out into the real world." Orbot floated to the console in the corner of the room and plugged in the tablet. After booting up, the large screen depicted a map of Sonic's world. Multiple pins were placed on the map, each one revealing the location of the readings received from the robots' scans.

"These are the Starfall Islands, and that one in the middle of the ocean seems to be Angel Island," Eggman grumbled, getting up to his feet and scrutinizing the map closely. "Every other location seems to coincide with where the Gaia Temples once stood before they were all sealed away in the center of the planet."

"What do you think this means? Are the ghosts of the Ancients going to come out of those distortions and get us for disturbing their afterlife!?" Cubot said in a panicked voice. Both Orbot and Eggman gave him a deadpanned look.

"Don't be ridiculous, brother," A young voice called out to them. Eggman smiled and turned around, watching as Sage and a slightly damaged Metal Sonic walked into the room.

"Ah! Sage, Metal, there you are! How's my favorite daughter and weapon of mass destruction?" Eggman clapped, walking towards the pair and wrapping them in his arms. The digital girl reciprocated the hug, while Metal had little to no reactions.

Speaking of Sage, Eggman had updated her appearance once they had returned from the Starfall Islands. She still wore a knee-length black dress, but the one she wore now looked more like Eggman's jacket, which included the white zipper running down the middle and the two rectangular gems on the front and back. In addition, she now had white leggings and black shoes. The glitches and code that had once covered her skin on the Starfall Islands are mostly gone, save for patches that still covered the right side of her face and in the insides of her clothes.

"We are well, father," Sage responded. Metal let out a metallic sound of agreement before pushing himself away from his creator. Sage floated back and raised her arm. After narrowing her eyes, the girl's hand transformed, transforming into an armored gauntlet that. "We sparred for a few minutes, as instructed, and predictably, brother had won most of our skirmishes." Metal Sonic walked to the corner of the room and leaned against the wall.

"I see. But you were to deflect some of his attacks, correct? Like his Spin Dashes and Homing Attacks?" Eggman asked. Sage nodded, looking at her steel-plated brother with mischievous eyes. Metal rolled his eyes and looked away.

"Yes. I've even managed to withstand his V. Maximum Overdrive for a brief moment," Sage said with a nod. She flicked her wrist, and the claws changed back to her normal hands. "The results have already been recorded to your personal computer for you to examine. Though, I have to ask: what is the purpose of those weapons you've been giving me? I would much rather want to assist you instead of fighting Sonic and his friends directly."

"I know, it's just precaution, Sage. I am aware that you forged a… connection with Sonic and his little band of cheerleaders on the Starfall Islands, but there's nothing wrong with having a surprise or two to defend yourself with! And besides, Sonic won't see it coming! It'll be a wonderful surprise for him!" Eggman explained with a smile. Orbot and Cubot looked at each other, causing the latter to tug on Eggman's sleeve.

"Does that mean we can get some cool weapons too?" Cubot asked. Eggman scowled and raised his hand to berate and slap around his lackey, but Sage crossed her arms and gave him a disapproving look. Eggman coughed into his fist.

Being a father figure is hard.

"Maybe. Eventually. If I have some spare part around or something," Eggman grumbled. "Anyways!"

Eggman turned around and looked back at the screen, trying his best to make sense of the readings and locations. "Sage, could you take these readings and interpret them for me? They seem to be connected to the Starfall Islands and the Chaos Emeralds, but that's about what I could decipher." Orbot sighed as Sage nodded and took the tablet from the console.

Sage hummed as she downloaded the data from the tablet and began analyzing the information, cross referencing it with the information she obtained from Cyber Space.

"So, this is the place?" Sonic the Hedgehog muttered as Tails set him down on the floor of Sky Sanctuary. In front of them, Knuckles nodded and reared his fist back. He threw a powerful haymaker, destroying the large boulder and revealing the entrance to an empty room. Knuckles led them inside, arms crossed as the three heroes approached the Cyber Space Throne.

"Yup. This is how I first got to the Starfall Islands in the first place," Knuckles explained. The Cyber Space Throne glowed an ominous red, not too dissimilar to the other Thrones scattered around the Islands had. "When we got back, I blocked it off so that none of the Chao could accidentally stumble inside. I know that you already destroyed The End and everything, but I'm not taking any chances. I don't want another doomsday happening anytime soon."

"Wow. Way to think ahead for once, Chuckles," Sonic joked. Knuckles turned around and growled, and Sonic responded by leaning forwards and giving him a cocky smirk. Before a fight could break out, Tails snapped his fingers, getting the two spiky mammalians' attentions.

"Knuckles, how long has the portal been glowing for?" Tails asked, taking out his Miles Electric to get a few readings.

"When I first put in the Portal Gear. After that, I was brought to Ares, and then Sage trapped me in one of those prisons," Knuckles recalled. "It's the same type of glow it had when Sonic activated the Thrones on Starfall, right?"

"Looks like it," Sonic confirmed, walking towards the Throne. He placed one hand on the stone armrest before jumping onto the seat. "How come it took you to Ares, though? I couldn't fast travel between portals until I activated all of them on a single island. Not that I needed it, though."

"Maybe the Ancients used this one as an emergency teleporter? You said that the Master Emerald drew in the Chaos Emeralds, which caused the Ancients to crash landed on our planet. Maybe, when The End came back to finish the job, the Ancients that fled the Islands used the Master Emerald's energy signal to teleport them here," Tails theorized. His tablet began beeping, and the yellow fox glanced at the screen with narrowed eyes. "Oh boy…" The other two boys saw his reaction, and Knuckles let out a loud groan.

"I swear, if you didn't take out The End for good this time…!" Knuckles began.

"No, it's not that. The End's gone for good. Something else caught my eye, and it's something big…" Tails interrupted before Sonic and Knuckles could argue. "Here, take out a look," Tails walked between the two and showed the screen to his teammates. Sonic and Knuckles both skimmed through the screen, then looked at each, and then glanced back at Tails.

"Tails, I'd like to think we're pretty smart, but we're not 'reprogramming supercomputers with dish soap' smart. Those graphs just look like funny colors," Sonic mentioned. Tails blinked and let out a sheepishly laugh.

"Sorry about that! What I wanted to show is that Throne is not just emitting information from Cyber Space; it also seems to be the center of some sort of space-time distortion," Tails muttered.

"Space-time distortion!? My Island's not going to implode, is it!?" Knuckles started to panic, but Tails immediately waved off his fears.

"Relax. Most of the distortions are unstable and only last a few seconds, so they probably won't do a lot of harm to our world," Tails reassured him. Knuckles huffed and crossed his over her chest, glaring at the Throne.

"If you say so…" The echidna grumbled, walking away from the Throne and eyeing it careful. Sonic snorted as his actions walked closer to the gear in the center of the throne.

"Sonic, I wouldn't do that if I were you," Tails warned him. Sonic just scoffed as he turned around.

"What? I've been in Cyber Space multiples times and came just fine! Chances are I'll just go through another familiar local and pop back out like nothing ever happened!" Sonic said.

"And what'll you do if you pop out in a completely separate location? Like another planet, or maybe even an alternate reality entirely, with no Cyber Space Throne to bail you out?" Tails challenged, raising a brow and leaning on his Miles Electric. Sonic raised his hand to argue, but nothing came out of his mouth.

"Alright, fair enough," Sonic shrugged. "Still, just sitting here and taking readings and other junk won't help us find out what's causing these distortions. We'll be able to figure it out once we actually go in there and see what's causing Cyber Space to go all out whack."

"You're right about that, but we need to find a way to stabilize the distortions so that I can study them more thoroughly…" Tails said before his voice trailed. He turned around and looked at Knuckles with a knowing glance. The echidna at first raised an eyebrow, but after a while, his eyes widened.

"Heck no! You're getting that Throne anywhere near the Master Emerald! Why don't you go try and find a Chaos Emerald instead?!" Knuckles immediately shouted.

"Well, first of all, the Master Emerald is already the closest source of powers, and we could spend who knows how many days looking for the Chaos Emeralds," Tails began.

"Plus, just leaving the Throne here might be more trouble than it's worth. If it starts going haywire, then we'll probably need the Master Emerald to stop it. The Ancient's tech was built with the Emeralds in mind, so you can probably use it to turn the Throne on and off whenever you want," Sonic stated. Knuckles stared at the two. He looked like he wanted to argue, but after a moment he just covered his face with his hand and sighed.

"Alright, fine! You guys are making some good points…" Knuckles relented. The hedgehog and fox looked at each other triumphantly and bumped fists. "I'll get the Master Emerald from the altar and bring it here."

"You need some help with that? I doubt getting the Master Emerald from the altar all the way to Sky Sanctuary won't be that easy," Sonic asked. Knuckles shrugged.

"Eh, sure, why not?" Knuckles grunted.

"In that case, I'll go back home and get some extra tools," Tails mentioned.

"Sounds like a plan!" Sonic said.

Eggman frowned as he looked down at the remains of his theme park, Eggmanland.

He was so close to winning that time; he even managed to build the park this time! But alas, Sonic and that annoying chinchilla-fairy blasted right through his defense, destroyed his Egg Dragoon, and foiled his plan yet again. As he reminisced about old times, Eggman slouched on his seat and crossed his arms, drumming his fingers along his arm.

"Father, are you well?" Sage asked. Eggman yelped as the AI girl turned off her cloaking device and suddenly appeared behind him. "Your heart seems to be accelerating drastically. Are you having medical problems right now? I did warn you about your consumption of sweets and other unhealthy foods."

"It's nothing, Sage, just a little surprised, is all…" Eggman muttered. "Can you at least warn me when you suddenly pop out of nowhere? You almost gave me a heart attack!"

"Ah, that's why you were surprised…" Sage muttered to herself. "If it makes you feel better, I once suddenly appeared next to Miles Prower, which caused a similar reaction to yours."

"You're right, that does make me feel better," Eggman smiled at her. "Are Orbot and Cubot still following us?"

"Yes, however, their transport has been delayed because a flock of birds suddenly landed on their ship to rest, and Cubot doesn't have the heart to shoo them away," She said.

Eggman clicked his tongue in annoyance. "That's fine. As long as none of the instruments on board aren't damaged, I don't care how long it takes for them to arrive."

Eggman and Sage silently flew through the ruins of his Eggmanland. The forest that he burned down to build it was slowly growing back; vines were slowly climbing the chain link fences, and small shrubs and other plants were starting to cover the remains of any robots that had been stationed here.

The two reached a hole near the center of the park and descended. Once they reached the end of the gorge, Eggman leapt out of his Egg Mobile and walked towards where the Gaia Temple once stood. He adjusted his glasses and began scanning the area, looking for distortions. "Sage, see if you can connect to Cyber Space from here."

"Understood." The girl nodded and disappeared from sight, leaving behind a cloud of dark red mist. Soon after, Eggman heard the roar of another ship's engines from above him. Orbot and Cubot's transport had landed next to his Egg Mobile. The bay doors opened, and Metal Sonic stepped out, followed by a small group of Egg Pawns carrying heavy machinery.

"Father, I found the source of the distortions in the area," Sage announced. She reappeared in front of Eggman and pointed towards the large crater on the far end of the room. The mad doctor snapped his fingers, and the Egg Pawns marched towards the crater.

With Sage's instructions, a small lab of sorts was constructed in the center of the crater; presumably, it was the pedestal in which Sonic had placed the Emerald inside of to restore its power. Orbot and Cubot came out of their ship and began assisting Sage and Eggman with energy readings and data analysis, while Metal Sonic stood off to the side with the rest of the Egg Pawns and acted as a sort of bodyguard.

Hours passed as the Eggman and the rest analyzed and compared data. At some point, Eggman had grown frustrated with the lack of success, and went back to his Egg Mobile to rest. The slept for another few hours, until he heard somebody knocking on the side of his vehicle. Eggman let out a yawn and scratched his head. He turned around and let out a tired "Whaddya want?" to Orbot.

"Boss, unfortunately, we have not discovered the cause of the distortions yet," The spherical lackey said. Eggman growled in annoyance, but before he could say anything, Orbot interrupted. "However, what we did find is something much more extraordinary!"

"What is it? If it's another eldritch abomination, I'm scrapping this entire project," Eggman groused. After the situation with The End, he'd much rather avoid doomsday scenarios.

"We found life on other planets!" Cubot exclaimed as Eggman walked towards their make-shift lab.

"Life on other planets found us. The Ancients, the Babylonians, the Black Arms–" Eggman began saying, however, he was interrupted again by Sage.

"What Brother is trying to say is that this isn't merely life on other planets, but from other dimensions entirely," She elaborated. "I know you've had experiences with alternate realities already, but these dimensions are entirely different." She floated back and showed a screen filled with multiple different planets. "From what we've been able to analyze, these realities are entirely divorced from the balance of the Sol and Chaos Emeralds. In addition, they seem to be mostly populated by humans, rather than humans and Islanders."

"Interesting…" Eggman said slowly. He leaned forward and examined the many planets displayed on the screen. According to the readings, none of the planets had any ounce of Chaos Energy within them. "If they are divorced from that balance, how come you've been able to connect to them with Cyber Space?"

"Of that, I am currently unaware," Sage said. "While multiple of these dimensions have relics are energies capable of altering space-time to a degree, I'm unsure as to why that would allow me to connect to them through Cyber Space."

"Our running theory is that some great multiversal event, alongside Super Sonic II's unstable power levels, has somehow made a hole in the gap between dimensions which allowed realities to spill into each other, thus connecting them to Cyber Space and allowing Sage to make connections to those alternate dimensions," Orbot elaborated. Eggman nodded and smiled at the screen.

"So what you're saying is that I have a chance to now take over the entire multiverse?" Eggman said excitedly, rubbing his hands together like a kid on Christmas Day. Sage, Orbot and Cubot all glanced at each, and then back at Eggman.

"I mean… technically?" Cubot supposed. "I guess it's true that not all of these planets have the best defense systems. Some of them have magic, tech, and sorts of things in between to fight stuff. But most of that stuff is only for a few individuals instead of the entire world, for the most part."

"Which means that they won't be able to deal with my genius, or my armies!" Eggman chortled. "What's the weakest planet with the strongest reality warping relic?"

"That would be this planet," Sage explained. She turned around, and immediately, images began to appear on the screen, depicting a world almost completely covered in ice. Eggman grunted as he approached consoles.

"That's it? It's just a dead, frozen world! If there was a reality-warping instrument on it, there should be at least one major civilization for me to conquer and rule over!" Eggman complained.

"Boss, these are only images of the planet's surface. Since this world seems to be in an ice age, it is possible to assume that people have retreated underground for survival," Orbot noted.

Eggman crossed his arms for a moment. A smile quickly grew on his face as he rubbed his hands together. "Or, perhaps the previous civilization had died out, leaving that reality-warping object ripe for the taking! Bring out the scouts!"

The Egg Pawns all saluted and went back into the transport. They dragged out a large cylindrical object and opened, revealing a multiple of heavily armored Spinners inside. One by one, the Spinners activated and flew out of their recharge stations. Eggman smiled to himself, and turned to Sage. With a snap of her fingers, multiple digital portals appeared in front of the Spinners, each one leading to the snowy planet. Eggman watched with glee as the scouts flew into the portal.

"Yes! By the time I'm done with that planet, I'll expand my empire's reach, and conquer that entire dimension! He he he he he… HA HA HA HA HA!"

The Master Emerald was placed in the center of the room and was slotted inside of a machine with multiple wires that connected it to the Cyber Space Throne. Off to the side, Tails had set up a small station to work out. Knuckles stood in front of the Emerald, ready to disconnect it from the machine at a moment's notice.

And lastly, Sonic was standing in front of the drone, dressed in a modified hazmat suit with multiple gadgets and knick knacks attached to his sleeves and pants. As he hefted a large backpack onto his shoulders, the hedgehog turned around and crossed his arms.

"Tails, I get that you want to be safe, but isn't this a bit overkill?" Sonic asked. "I can survive the vacuum of space! I'm pretty sure I can survive whatever's out there when I go through. Plus, all this heavy equipment is kinda slowing me down."

"I know that you've survived a lot of stuff, but this is all just a precaution. We have no idea where you'll pop out! For all we know, you'd be in the center of a nuclear wasteland, or in the middle of a volcano," Tails explained. "And the rest of the tools you have are to help us understand what's going on. You'll be taking lots of samples of the ground and atmosphere; really, anything you can get your hands on so that we can get to the bottom of these distortions."

"Alright, if you say so," Sonic shrugged. He slid the helmet over his head and adjusted his gas mask so that he could breathe more comfortably.

"Knuckles, you ready?" Tails asked. The echidna grunted and walked towards the Master Emerald, and placed his hand on it. He started chanting under his breath, reciting the prayer that his ancestors had taught him. When he finished, the red glow that covered the circuits of the Throne had turned into a light shade of green.

"Alright… What happened?" Knuckles scratched his head as he pulled away from the Emerald. Tails went back to his console and examined the readings he received.

"The distortions seem to have stabilized, for now," Tails reported. "Sonic, I'm letting you go in and run around for roughly two hours. Once that time is up, I'll have Knuckles bring you back with the Master Emerald, and then I'll analyze the information I got from the suit." Sonic nodded and jumped onto the Throne.

"Alright, then!" Sonic said excitedly. He adjusted his gas mask one last time before placing his hand on the gear in the center of Throne. A green light enveloped his body, and Sonic felt his body beginning to digitize, his physical form changing and transforming into information.

When he regained consciousness, all Sonic could see was white.

"What the…?" Sonic muttered, taking a step forward, his foot crunching the snow underneath him. Somehow, he found himself in the middle of a snowstorm. "Where the heck did I end up?" Behind him, a digital portal opened up and spat out an armored spinner. However, because of the howling winds and constant barrage of snow, it went unnoticed by the heroic hedgehog. It immediately flew away, searching for any sign of civilization or ancient artifacts.

"So, do any of these instruments do anything right now?" He asked no one, inspecting the instruments on his arm. He paused when he heard a buzzing sound, and reached up to grab his ear. A small antenna popped out of the side of his helmet, and it seemed to be doing… something? He's not exactly sure. A bunch of stuff appeared on his visor, from graphs and pie charts all the way to a bunch of other smart things that Sonic couldn't even name or begin to comprehend.

"Okay, so, is there a way to turn all that stuff off?" Sonic asked the suit. Immediately, all of the smart things and graphs turned off, leaving only a small timer at the very top. The hedgehog smiled to himself. He was getting a hang of wearing clothes. "Show me a to-do list from Tails!" On the side of the visor, a list of chores appeared that ranged from collecting samples to interacting with locals.

"I don't think I'll be talking to anyone soon, not with this blizzard," Sonic muttered to himself. "Well, all this busywork isn't going to finish itself!" He said. With a smirk hidden beneath his mask, Sonic ducked low to the ground and ran. A sonic boom rocked the empty plains he was standing, the force of his speed pushing away the snow in his path, blazing a trail for him to follow.

SONIC
Destruction / Wind

Faction: Team Sonic
Character Introduction: A free-spirited hedgehog that hails from South Island. He travels all over the world to keep his arch-nemesis, the evil Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, from taking it over.
VA: Roger Craig Smith (Sonic's current voice actor).

HP - 766
ATK - 344
DEF - 423
SPD - ? ? ?

BASIC ATK - Sonic Combo [Single Target]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 50% of Sonic's ATK to a single target.

SKILL - Homing Attack + Air Trick [Quick-Time Event (QTE)]: First deals Wind DMG equal to 75% of Sonic's ATK to a single enemy, which launches Sonic into the air and allows him to enter Trick Mode. This attack does not consume SP. While Sonic is in Trick Mode, flick the left stick / swipe the screen in any direction. Once the left stick has been flicked / screen has been swiped 3 times, Sonic will perform another attack based on the inputs:

Up Draft [Up x3]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 75% of Sonic's ATK to a single enemy.
Sonic Eagle [Down x3]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 50% of Sonic's ATK to target and adjacent enemies.
Sonic Flare [Down + Up + Down]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 120% of Sonic's ATK to a single enemy and consumes an extra Skill Point.
Sonic Boom [Up + Right + Left]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 15% of Sonic's ATK to a single enemy 9-17 times.
Wild Rush [Left + Right + Left / Right + Left + Right]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 45% of Sonic's ATK to adjacent enemies, then deals Wing DMG equal to 95% of Sonic's ATK to target.
Loop Kick [Up + Down + (Left / Right)]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 75% of Sonic's ATK to a single enemy. Has a 15% chance of inflicting the enemy of stunning the enemy for one turn. This chance increases the lower the enemies' Toughness Meter is (stunned enemies cannot perform an action on their next turn.)
Spin Slash [Any combination not listed]: Deals Wind DMG equal to 80% of Sonic's ATK to target and adjacent enemies.

If Sonic does not perform any of these actions, his turn will end.

ULTIMATE - Cyclone Kick + Frantic Tricks [QTE]: First deals Wind DMG equal to 160% of Sonic's ATK to a single enemy, which launches Sonic into the air and allows him to enter Trick Mode. While in the Trick Mode, flick the left stick / swipe the screen up to 15 to allow Sonic to perform up to 5 additional attacks based on inputs. Each of these attacks have their DMG increased by 35%. If Sonic does perform any of these actions, he will deal Wind DMG equal to 120% of his ATK to all enemies. Sonic's Boost Gauge immediately progresses to the next level.

TALENT - Phantom Rush [Enhance]: When Sonic uses a Basic ATK or Skill, consumes energy from the Boost Gauge. Sonic can refill the Boost Gauge by performing tricks using his Skill, gaining a Speed Buff, or by defeating an enemy. Also, Sonic loses energy from the Boost Gauge if he is inflicted by a Speed Debuff or takes damage. Sonic can perform an action based on how much the Boost Gauge has been filled at the beginning of his turn:

Empty: Sonic performs an action once every 7 turns. Boost Gauge increases at 14% its normal rate.
Red: Sonic performs an action once every 5 turns.
Orange: Sonic performs an action once every 3 turns.
Blue: Sonic performs an action once every 2 turns. Boost Gauge decreases at 9% its normal rate.
MAX: Sonic performs 2 actions every other turn. Boost Gauge decreases at 27% it's normal rate (Sonic will not gain another action if the Boost Gauge enters MAX in the middle of his turn).

TECHNIQUE - Spin Dash [Enhance]: Hold the Technique button to allow Sonic to curl up into a Spin Ball and begin charging. Sonic can be aimed with the control stick. Release the Technique button to launch Sonic in that direction, increasing Sonic's movement SPD by 95%. Immediately enters battle when Sonic makes contact with an enemy, and immediately places him in Trick Mode to attack the enemy in the center or with a Wind Weakness. Spin Dash can be canceled by pressing the left stick / tapping the screen twice.