With the Death Egg's main generator disabled, its
propulsion systems were now offline. Momentum kept it moving forwards for the
moment, but without anything keeping it in the air, it slowly began to plummet towards
the lake below. Alarms began to blare in Robotnik's control room, warning him
of the impending disaster.
"What's going on?!" the dictator bellowed,
pounding a fist on the control panel. "Don't tell me that hedgehog managed
to shut down the generator!"
"It looks like he removed the power source,"
said Snively.
Robotnik growled. "What is that prototype doing?!
There's no way it should have let Sonic through!" He quickly jabbed a
button on the control panel. "Attention, Metal Sonic Mk.I! Destroy that
hedgehog and retrieve the power source!"
***
As Sonic rushed out of the generator room, Sally
contacted him once again. "Looks like the generator's down," she
said. "Nice job, Sonic."
"Piece of cake," said Sonic. "Now to haul
haunch outta here before- UGH!"
Metal Sonic Mk.I slammed into Sonic just as he passed
through the doorway back into the corridors, knocking him backwards. A strange
object tumbled out of Sonic's hand: a bright green gem that he had found inside
the generator room. It appeared to have been the power source. No doubt the
machine had come to put it back, just as soon as it had disposed of him.
"What now?" asked Sally, in a tone of
resignation.
"Looks like that copy of me has come back for the
power source," said Sonic. "I'm gonna hafta fight my way past it this
time."
"I see," said Sally. "Well, good luck,
Sonic. I'm sure you can defeat it."
"Oh, don't you worry, Sal," said Sonic,
focusing his attention on the machine. "I got this."
The spines on the robot's back opened up, revealing
thrusters that suddenly propelled it towards the fallen power source. Sonic
quickly darted forward and just managed to snatch it up before the robot could
reach it, racing round it and heading off on his way. Unfazed, the machine
promptly turned round and dashed off through the corridors in pursuit.
"I see Robotnik managed to capture my best feature,
at least," Sonic remarked, glancing back at the robot as it pursued him. "Alright
then! Catch me if you can, ya heap o' junk!"
SWATbots and Badniks began to block Sonic's path, trying
to pen him in. Sonic effortlessly dodged a volley of laser fire from a group of
SWATbots ahead of him and barrelled straight through them with a Spin Dash, obliterating
them. Metal Sonic Mk.I continued onwards, straight through the smoke and debris
thrown up by the explosion, and kept going.
***
"Sir, our auxiliary
power supply is almost depleted," said Snively. "We have to leave
now, otherwise the escape pods will lose power. I hate to admit it, but… it
looks like the Death Egg is lost."
"Impossible!" roared Robotnik, slamming his
fists against the controller. "There's no way that hedgehog could
have-"
Robotnik cut himself off as the lights in the control
room suddenly flickered and died. There was no longer enough power left to run everything,
and the lights had the lowest priority. It was no use. Snively was right. He
had to abandon the station, for now at least. There was still the chance that Metal
Sonic Mk.I could retrieve the power source and put it back, but time was
running short. In only a few minutes, the station would strike the lake's
surface, and even if the impact didn't tear it apart, it would still sink
straight to the bottom and be lost. For now, he had no choice.
"Alright, fine!" said Robotnik. "Activate
the escape pods, and order all SWATbots to fire on Tails' plane! Even if he
somehow manages to defeat Metal Sonic Mk.I, there's no way he can make it off
this station without that plane!" Robotnik let out an evil laugh as he and
Snively made their way to the Death Egg's escape pods, hoping that Metal Sonic
would fulfil its design purpose and rid them of the real Sonic once and for
all.
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