Chapter Seven:

The Eggmen Plan a New Strategy

In the mechanized halls of Eggman's maniacal lair, each and every member of the sinister Eggman Alliance had assembled in the doctor's lab, ready for a meeting to discuss their next stratagem against their number one nemesis known as Sonic The Hedgehog.

Doctor Eggman sat at the front with Mama Robotnik, the feared mother of AoSTH Robotnik, who was seated next to his near-identical Fleetway universe counterpart alongside all of the others.

Classic Eggman sat next to Eggman Nega at the front of the other variants, facing the main Eggman and the sinister female Eggman variant.

No delay, it was time to plan.

"Eggmen of the past and the future, Robotniks from other universes..." Mama Robotnik growled, "We're all here, for one reason only..."

"...to plan our next move against that meddlesome rodent Sonic!" Eggman said.

"I WAS TALKING!" Mama Robotnik was red in the face with fury.

"And I'm talking too." Eggman whimpered, "I'm the leader of this alliance and I should be the one talking as well since, y'know, we both run the meeting!"

"NOT WHEN I'M THE ONE STARTING THE MEETING, YOU BUFFOON WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRIME VERSION OF DOCTOR IVO ROBOTNIK AND, DIFFERENT UNIVERSE OR NOT, YOU ARE STILL MY SON AND YOU SHOULD HAVE MANNERS, EVEN THOUGH I RAISED YOU TO BE EVIL AND ALWAYS LIE!"

"Er, can we plan?" Classic Eggman asked, raising a hand.

Mama Robotnik and Eggman turned to face the younger Eggman, then they looked up in realization and recollection of why they were together. They sat straight, nodded and returned the focus of the meeting.

"The last plan went south, mostly because of how fast the hedgehog moved, despite being clearly surrounded and outmatched twelve to one." Eggman said, "But, we can still succeed, even with the hedgehog being a formidable foe.

"Firstly, what we need is more numbers and strength. We can't just encircle and attack him ourselves from his right, left, front and back..."

"And his friends are trouble too." Mama Robotnik chimed in, "We need to cut off every potential route of escape and PROPERLY FORMULATE OUR ATTACK STRATEGY!

"Plus, what we need to do and keep his friends from aiding that spiky muskrat while we deal with him. We need more firepower, more strength and numbers. He may have taken down our Badniks over the years, but our robots are efficient too, including our battle mechs."

"Can we send in Metal Sonic?" Boom Eggman asked, "He's given Sonic a run for his money plenty of times..."

"No, duh!" Classic Eggman quipped, "Of course we need him."

"I can bring in a legion of Swatbots." Sat AM Robotnik purred, "Yes, the Swatbots, I may have lost a good many of them over the years, but we can upgrade them and mold them into something stronger..."

"Or we can borrow advanced units from another universe similar to yours, Doctor." Boom Eggman commented.

Eggmandorf raised his hand, "On my world, robots aren't necessary for my army. With my magic, I can summon monsters to terrorize the innocent, even my predecessor has experience in that field.

"Just think of what you and our robots can accomplish with a horde of monsters, isn't that right, frighteningly handsome Demon King Doom?"

"I couldn't agree more, sinister and threatening Dark Lord Eggmandorf." Doom rumbled, "And I could help, using my darkest of powers to help subdue that blasted rodent and ensure we land a successfully swift strike."

Lord Eggman snapped his fingers. "Might I suggest we launch a full-out attack on key regions across the world, attack globally and lure in Sonic's friends by any means necessary.

"Then, once we have one of Sonic's friends, we can send out our advanced units and box in every single one of them. Meanwhile, Sonic will be helpless as we overwhelm him with brute force and large numbers."

"Goodness me, Bro-Lord!" Morpho exclaimed, "That plan could work!"

"I have a suggestion…" Underground Robotnik purred, "Send me, that cartoonish cone-head and our dictator friend to a urban sector with a massive army of robots and one of your best minions. I will lead the attack and I have a pair of... friends, who can assist, friends who are... useful in some ways."

"My, my…" Eggman remarked, "It seems we've been planning what sounds like the most brilliant stratagem of all, which could use a few tweaks, but who are these friends of yours, Doctor?"

"He's talking about us."

All eyes turned to the nearest corner of the room as two figures stepped out of the shadows, smirking in a sinister manner.

One individual was a dog-looking humanoid in a cape and armor with a remote at his side, he even had a goatee. His associate was a large orange-colored muscular brute with green glasses, a shirtless appearance and torn shorts with sandals.

"Doctors and warlords…" Underground Robotnik declared, "Meet Dingo and Sleet."

"We've been serving the doctor for some time..." Sleet said, "He pays us extra handsomely whenever we're tasked with hunting down that pesky blue hedgehog prince and his siblings along with their precious mother, the queen herself.

"We may be dumb, but make no mistake, we are ruthless and will do anything to aid the rightful dictator of the planet."

"Oh, please..." A snide voice growled as the door suddenly opened, "Don't tell me I'm late to the party just as those two dog-heads are pitching in."

A light brightened and all eyes were on a short cartoonish man with blue-colored eyes, bald head, except for a few strands of hair, and a pointy nose wearing lime-green pants and a dark-green sweater.

"Snively..." Sat AM Robotnik purred with glee, "How delightful to see that you're here to join us in something... delightfully evil."

"Hmph, why wouldn't I be here?" Snively quipped, "I serve the oval one at his every whim and the doctor collaborating with others to defeat the hedgehog and rule the world unopposed.

"I am one of his most valued servants and I've been loyal to him since the coup. And, as his second-in-command, his Swatbots also answer to me. And I wish he was dead."

"CARE TO REPHRASE THAT LAST PART, SNIVELY!" The dictator screamed furiously.

"Er, I said, 'and I think you look good in red', sir." Snively said quickly.

"I'm getting the feeling he's plotting against us." Eggmandorf whispered in Sat AM Robotnik's ear, "Does that sound like someone else we know in this group?"

"Yes, yes, it does." Sat AM Robotnik whispered back, "Hopefully, his presence won't cause... complications."

"FOCUS!" Mama Robotnik roared.

"It's best not to get sidetracked…" Eggman agreed, all eyes turned back to him, "Especially since we have our stratagem planned out... and this will be delicious.

"That attack on the village was the beginning, WE WILL ATTACK EVERYWHERE, SPREAD THAT HEDGEHOG'S TEAM THIN AND BOX THE HEDGEHOG INTO THE INESCAPABLE CORNER. THEN, WE WILL RULE VICTORIOUSLY!"

"WE'RE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY!" Boom Eggman laughed.

"VICTORY FOR ALL CONQUERORS!" Lord Eggman agreed.

"CRUSH THE HEDGEHOG!" AoSTH Robotnik shouted, "DIVIDE HIS FRIENDS!"

Every variant of the doctor broke out into fits of maniacal laughter with Eggman laughing as well until Mama Robotnik had joined in, in seconds, evil laughter once again filled the halls of the doctor's sinister lair before everyone made their final preparations to their newly-forged plan in progress...