Pacific Ocean, Uncharted Island
What would have been a night of quiet mourning was interrupted by the booming air horn of a Chinese container ship, bringing Eggman to his senses. After all, as lovely as Eggman Island is, it isn't exactly equipped with the facilities needed for world domination.
"HEY! HEY! SOS! INNOCENT CASTAWAY NEEDS HELP!" he bellows, using his body to cast a shadow against his campfire, creating morse code. ••• -- •••
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The ship sounds the horn again, and speakers blast out a concerned announcement to the crew in a language Eggman is not familiar with. Either way, he sees one of the lifeboats being lowered into the water with a few personnel aboard.
Northern Kabul, Afghanistan
A few heavily equipped Diamond Dog mercenaries are dropped inside of a Soviet controlled garrison, their gunship taking heavy ground fire.
"This is Antares, I can't stay here, I'm getting torn apart! Exfiltrating now!" the pilot calls out, bringing the damaged chopper higher from the ground and retreating.
After this, the small crew receives a transmission from Mother Base. "We can't rely on stealth for this mission. You must fight your way through Soviet infantry, retrieve the prisoner and escape. Failure is not an option, they cannot be allowed access to this... thing." Snake says, cutting the broadcast.
Earlier at Mother Base...
"So, 'Tails', you said something about an... Eggmen? And some Sonic guy? We need to know who they are. And don't worry about that little incident earlier, that member of staff has been restricted any further contact with you. He's just a bit... off." Ocelot explains, with Snake standing beside him with a tape recorder.
Tails takes a deep breath. "I don't know if I can trust you... but I don't have any other choice. Eggman is... a bad man. I don't know how you guys don't know about him. You see, he has bases all over Mobius, and he's always sending his robots to attack cities and build his Eggman Empire."
Ocelot sighs. "What is this Mobius place?"
The fox tilts his head. "What do you mean? We're on the planet Mobius!"
"Kid, I don't know if you hit your head or something, but this planet is not, and never has been, called Mobius. Do you expect me to believe that you're from another planet?" Snake interrupts, walking closer to the fox and kneeling down. "I understand that it may be hard for someth... someone your age to give information. But it's important. You need to trust us, we are not the bad guys."
Tails takes another breath. "...okay... but I can't explain how... what... I'm sorry... a-anyway, about Sonic. He's like a brother to me. He's a blue hedgehog, runs fast, and always stops Eggman when he tries to take over the world."
"I'm gonna guess that this Sonic character is a product of the same genetic experimentation project." Ocelot assumes. "And now that I think about it, we managed to intercept Soviet communications with Moscow. Apparently, they have a guy with tremendous capabilities in captivity. That's actually why we had the Boss in Afghanistan before we found you on our conservation platform."
Tails spins his namesakes and hovers around the room. "Oh, it has to be Sonic! He's okay!"
"Jesus, I did not know you could do that!"
"Get down from there, kid!"
Present...
"Move! We gotta get this-"
Zip
"No problem, guys. Already took care of the bad guys!" says Sonic, scratching is nose with a cocky smirk.
The mercenaries stand still for a moment, before dogpiling the anthropomorphic hedgehog, caught by surprise, and squirming, scratching up the operatives.
"Damn it, Antares, get back here!"