Earth 597

Bygone Island

A sonic boom sounded off in the distance, gaining the attention of everyone playing volleyball on the beach. When they turned to the source of the boom, they saw a blue blur blitz right past them and come to a stop on a canopy bed with a coconut in his hand.

Sonic took a sip out of the straw in the coconut. "Sup guys?" He discarded the coconut as Alastor materialized to his left, still smiling, still creepy. He saw Charlie, Boom Amy, and Vaggie walking out of what he assumed was Amy's hut. When he saw Tails making his way to the group, he sped over and said, "Energy readers have been placed, bud."

"Great! Now we can trace the source of the energy spikes!"

"Which will hopefully lead us to the piece of the spear." Alastor commented. "The sooner we find it, the sooner we can leave this infernal place."

Charlie trudged up to the Radio Demon's side and nudged it in a friendly manner. "Awe, come on, Al. This place isn't so bad." She looked to the beachside and let out a wistful sigh, she truly was astonished by the land of the living.

"Let's agree to disagree, my dear. The sooner I can get back to Hell and start maiming and killing again, the better."

"You could've stayed behind, y'know." Vaggie reminded with a scowl. "You didn't have to come with us. You volunteered, remember?"

Alastor turned to the former Exorcist and squinted his eyes, still smiling, "And miss out the chance to show up that annoying picture box?" He laughed obnoxiously, wiping a fake tear from his eye. "That'll be the day."

Boom Amy, wanting to get back on track, cleared her throat and turned to Tails. "Let's get back to what's important. Ready to show us what's going on, Tails?"

"You bet! Let's head to my workshop!"

Boom Tails led both Team Sonic and The Guardians to his workshop, which also worked as a hanger for his bi-plane. Sonic couldn't help but compare it to Tails' workshop from his home dimension. It was less advanced than the one back home but it was impressive nonetheless.

The young fox pulled out his laptop and began typing on the keyboard. Charlie and Alastor peered over his shoulder, one in curiousness while the other was looking in disgust. "How is this miniature picture box supposed to help us find that Spear fragment?"

"Well, by tracing the various energy strands from the multiple dig sites, I'll be able to follow them to the source." Boom Tails explained.

"Which will lead us to the Spear fragment!" Charlie exclaimed happily, bouncing in place.

"Knew you'd be able to figure it out, buddy." Boom Sonic congratulated, rubbing his head affectionately.

Tails giggled in embarrassment before getting a ping on his laptop, "I think I've found it!" After typing in a few more commands, multiple images appeared on the screen, each showing a different dig site. The images then changed to a bird's eye view of the island and highlighted the energy strands and where they were converging. "According to these readings, the energy readings are originating from the heart of the village!"

"Which village?" Knuckles asked, completely lost as to what was going on.

"The village we defend on a daily basis." Sticks reminded the echidna with a deadpan tone.

"Oh."

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Boom Sonic asked, cracking his fingers. "Let's go get that Spear fragment before anyone else has the chance to."

"Love the way you think, other me." Modern Sonic agreed, giving his counterpart a fist bump.

A sudden tremor paused the energy and ruined the moment. Everyone looked around before Boom and Modern Sonic rushed out of the workshop and looked in the direction of the village, everyone else joining them outside. When they turned to see what the two hedgehogs were staring at, they saw smoke rising into the sky.

Right where the village was.

Meanwhile in Hedgehog Village

Modern Eggman couldn't help but grin, this was going very well. Looking to his left he saw The Vees surrounding various villagers while his Egg Gunners, his counterparts robots, and Metal Sonic were tearing apart the town searching for that fragment.

Meanwhile he was sitting in his Egg Pod aiming a laser cannon directly at the mayor of this backwater town. The mayor was shaking where he stood, completely frozen. How his counterpart had failed to take over this stupid island was beyond him. But no matter, he was here for one thing, and that was the Spear fragment.

Speaking of...

"I'm not hearing an answer, Mr. Mayor." Eggman hummed as he began charging up his laser cannon. "Where is the Spear of Destiny?"

"I-I don't know what you're talking about!"

Boom Eggman hovered forward in his Egg Mobile with a smile on his face. "Come on, Mayor, it's simple! You tell us what we want to know, and we won't blow this town to smithereens. It's that simple!"

Unfortunately, the Mayor had no idea what they were talking about.

How annoying.

Vox zapped over to the steps leading to the townhall and the Mayor, adjusting his tie and clearing his throat. "Mr. Mayor, allow me to introduce myself. I am Vox, founder of VoxTech and leader of The Vees. We mean no harm to your," he cleared his throat, "fair town, we just wish to take something of great importance to our cause. And it would be in your best interest to cooperate." He leaned forward and got in the Mayor's face, smirking deviously. "Otherwise my partner over there," he pointed behind him towards Valentino, "will have to get 'frisky' with you. And trust me, you don't want that. He's into some kinky shit, so, how about we cut the crap and get down to business. I'll give you five seconds to tell me where it is. In five.."

"I-I don't know!"

"Ooh, strike one. Too bad. In four..."

"Y-You can't do this! I-I'm in charge here!"

"Awe, it's cute how you think that. Three..."

"Y-You...!"

"COME ON, WRACK YOUR BRAIN!" Vox shouted as he advanced on the retreating Mayor Fink. "Maybe you can come up with some half brained excuse to go on living! In two...!"

Mayor Fink could only sit there and shake in fear as he looked from Val, who licked his lips evilly, to Eggman, who smiled as he charged up his laser cannon.

He was done for.

"ONE!" Vox shouted as his eye began to swirl, time to do things the hard way.

But he never got the chance as he was struck in the back, sending his screaming form right into the wall of the town hall. Both Eggmen turned around to see a blue curled up ball bounce off the top of a nearby Egg Gunner land right in front of Team Sonic and the Guardians.

Modern Sonic stood next to his Boom counterpart and smirked, "Yo, Eggman! How you been? Nice change of scenery, am I right? You tried the food here?"

Modern Eggman spun his Egg Pod around, "Oh, I have. They have really good clam chowder here, and I'm about to add a side of burnt hedgehog to the culinary arts of this island."

"Yeah, right."

A tendril of electricity shot from the townhall and landed right in front of the Eggmen. "You get one of those." Vox growled at the hedgehog that struck him. "One."

Alastor snickered as he eyed his nemesis, "You're looking a little worse for ware, old pal."

"And you're still living in the past, Alastor." Vox let a smirk come across his face as he placed his hand on his hip. "I'm honestly a little flattered you followed me all this way. And you say that I'm the one obsessed with you? That's funny."

"Aren't you the one with an Alastor body pillow?" Velvette smirked, knowing she caught him red handed.

Vox's eyes shrunk while everyone looked disturbed, even the Eggmen. That... was creepy. Even Alastor was freaked out, like wow. "Vel.... You're dead." Vox snarled as his cheeks burnt in embarrassment. "DON'T YOU JUDGE ME, YOU ASSES!"

Boom Eggman cleared his throat uncomfortably, "Sooo, we gonna stick to the routine, or what?" He directed his question to Team Sonic, who all nodded, wanting to forget what just transpired. "Great!" He clapped his hands before tapping his wrist communicator. A loud boom sounded off from the sky before a large figure landed behind Boom Eggman. Once the smoke cleared they see what landed.

It was a version of his mech that they fought during the Lyric incident, except it had a few additions. On its back were two tentacles with clawed hands on the end of them, and its arms had since been replaced by very large and very sharp drills.

Boom Eggman floated into his Drill Bot and landed in the cockpit, rubbing his hands. "Now, with that little, very uncomfortable conversation out of the way... Robots.... ATTACK!!!" He shouted as his Badniks charged forward.

Modern Eggman snarled at his most hated enemy as the glass slid over the cockpit. "Come and get me, rodent!" He took off at high speeds, making his way into the forest with Metal Sonic trailing right behind him.

"You wanna get fast, Eggman? Let's get fast!" He then took off racing after him and his metallic duplicate.

Boom Sonic saw this and turned to his team, "I'm gonna go after other me and his Eggman. Hold off Baldy McNosehair for as long as you can!"

"We got this, Sonic!" Boom Amy assured her friend and leader, with the others giving him reassuring nods. It was just Eggman. They got this. With a thumbs up, Boom Sonic took off racing into the forest. He may not be as fast as his counterpart, but that didn't mean that he couldn't help out.

Boom Eggman let out a high pitched whine, "What am I? Chopped liver?" He waved his hand dismissively, "Whatever, now that the blue beaver is off to the races, I can destroy you lot! And then, once I take over the village, I'll have an evil ham to celebrate. Mombot is the best when it comes to making evil ham."

As Boom Eggman stomped closer to Team Sonic, Alastor, Charlie, and Vaggie were standing before The Vees. And Alastor, yeah he was not happy about that body pillow. His eyes had long since turned to radio dials and shadow tentacles had emerged from his back.

"Now, Alastor..." Vox warned before being seized around the waist by a shadow tentacle. "Aw, hell."

He was then tossed across town, with Alastor in hot pursuit, screeching demonically as he grew in size. Valentino spread his wings and took out his pistols, taking off into the air with Vaggie right on his trail, spear in hand. Meanwhile Charlie summoned her trident while Velvette scampered across the ground. "Woah, shit!" Charlie exclaimed. She really didn't want to fight, but she had to get them back to Hell, so she had no choice. She spread out her demonic wings, she was still getting used to that, and took off after Velvette.

With Modern Sonic

Modern Sonic dashed through the forests of Bygone Island, searching for any signs of either Metal or Dr. Eggman. His eyes darted left and right, looking in multiple directions for any attacks or surprises. Luckily he didn't have to wait long as a familiar chortle sounded off in the forest.

Behind the hedgehog hovered down the Egg Pod with Metal Sonic flying right beside it. "Mwahahaha!!! You're finished, rodent!" Taunted the egg shaped man as the laser cannon slowly emerged from the underbelly of the Egg Pod. "Let's see you dodge this!!!"

The Egg Pod charged up and fired a laser beam down right toward the Blue Blur. Fortunately Sonic side stepped just in time, letting the laser pass him. The laser beam ceased, but multiple miniature explosions went off where the laser impacted the ground.

Eggman fired again, and once more Sonic dodged the attack, making a sharp left to try and shake the mad doctor and his robotic companion.

"Where do you think you're going?" Dr. Eggman grinned as he made a sharp left, pursuing the hedgehog relentlessly. Multiple panels on the Egg Pod opened up, revealing miniature missiles and rockets. Eggman sped up to catch up to his long hated nemesis, launching the missiles and rockets.

Sonic had to sidestep, jump, bounce, and outmaneuver the projectiles before jumping forward and swinging on a stray vine, turning around and releasing his grip. He curled into a ball and struck the cockpit of the Egg Pod, bouncing off of it and landing on the ground. He rolled into a ball and spin dashed forward while Eggman recovered.

"Not bad." Eggman said before boosting forward and getting ahead of Sonic. He turned the Egg Pod around to face his enemy. "How about this?" He fired multiple projectiles at the hedgehog once more.

Sonic had to be careful here. He timed his movements and avoided most of the projectiles, but a few stray missiles went off around him, causing him to stagger and lose some of his rings. Metal saw this as an opportunity and boosted forward, unsheathing his claws.

The Blue Blur recovered and slid right under Metal Sonic, boosting forward to catch up to Eggman. Undeterred, Metal Sonic made a quick U-turn and chased after his loathsome copy. He managed to catch up and tackled him to the ground, the two rolling to a stop in the middle of the trail.

Sonic kicked Metal off of him and hit him in the chest with a Homing Attack. But Metal activated his Black Shield and deflected the strike, sending Sonic bouncing back. Metal Sonic would've laughed if he were capable as he hovered into the air and fired a chest blast at his copy.

The blast struck the ground and generated a massive explosion, an explosion that Sonic evaded as he ran around Metal, avoiding blast after blast. He curled into a ball and shot forward when he was behind the robot, sending him flying into a tree trunk.

But he didn't have time to think about his next move as he was suddenly sent flying through the air by a laser blast. Sonic bounced to a stop as Eggman stood up in his Egg Pod, the glass sliding back to revealing his smiling form. "Allow me to give you one genius piece of advice." He shook his head as he stroked his elegant moustache. "Don't run. It'll only hurt more if you do."

Sonic grunted as he got back to his feet, "You should know me by now, Egghead. I never stop running!" He clenched his fist and suddenly shot it forward, "SONIC WIND!!!" He sent forth a blue tornado that grew in size and enveloped the Egg Pod.

Eggman's eyes widened before he sat down, the glass sliding over him, before he was being spun around in a tornado. "YOU LITTLE...!" He tried to regain control but couldn't due to the sheer power of the tornado. "You'll pay for this!!!"

"If you can't beat 'em, blind 'em." Sonic shrugged before gasping, unable to react as Metal seized him by the throat. He was then thrown through multiple trees by the robotic menace before rolling to a stop. He slowly got up and dashed away, with Metal Sonic in hot pursuit.

The two hedgehogs bounced off one another as they ran, or flew in Metal's case, side by side. Neither one of them could gain the advantage over the other. They were evenly matched. After one final collision, Metal flew forward and hovered ahead of Sonic.

The hedgehog gritted his teeth, but noticed something in his peripheral vision. There, atop the cliffside, was Boom Sonic. He was running along the cliffside before he made a sharp turn and leapt off of it. He then delivered a nasty kick to the side of Metal Sonic's head, sending the robot down and crashing into a stone boulder, seemingly taking him out of the fight.

As the two Sonic's shared a fist bump, Sonic's tornado dissipated, allowing Eggman to regain control and continue pursuing his arch enemy. As he flew right past Metal Sonic, the robot slowly got to his feet and was about to rejoin the fight.

But he stopped.

He noticed something.

He looked up to the sky and zoomed in.

What was that?

After enhancing his vision, he saw that it was a flying city.

Fascinating.

And most curious.

Igniting his jet engine, Metal Sonic took off into the sky to investigate this flying city.

Back with the two Sonic's, they ran alongside one another as Eggman flew right past them. "You both think you're so clever, don't you?"

"I don't know, I mean, you're the supposed genius who constantly loses to me." Sonic quipped.

Boom Sonic laughed, "You tell us, McNosehair!"

"Smart Alec." Eggman snarled before launching multiple missiles at the two hedgehogs.

The two Sonic's smirked to one another before parting ways to avoid the projectiles. Boom Sonic jumped into the trees and propelled himself downward and struck the Egg Pod from the left. He then rebounded off the trees and hit it again and again and again, hitting it from the left, right, front, back, from every direction. The strikes came at a quicker pace each time, giving Eggman no time to react.

His console began to spark as the damage inflicted on the Egg Pod began to take its toll.

With a final strike to the glass covering the cockpit, Boom Sonic backed off and landed to the left while his Modern counterpart stood in the middle of the trail, tapping his foot on the ground impatiently.

The Egg Pod was severely damaged, it wouldn't hold out much longer. Eggman was shaking with rage as he leaned forward to glare at the hedgehog standing ahead of him. "Oh, now you've done it!"

"Guess what Egghead?" Sonic smirked as he crouched down. "You ain't getting that fragment! Hope you enjoyed your stay here, cause I'm kicking you out!" With that declaration, Sonic shot forward at high speeds.

Eggman, not one to give up, shot forward inside the Egg Pod, ready to meet Sonic head on.

The two blurs were on a crash course for one another.

And Sonic came out on top.

Once his curled form hit the Egg Pod, the sheer force of his strike disconnected the wings and shattered not only the armor on the Egg Pod, but the glass covering Eggman, revealing his screaming form for all to see. With a high pitched scream, Eggman was sent flying out of the forest and into the sky while the Egg Pod exploded in a blaze of glory.

Boom Sonic sped over to Modern Sonic and dapped him up before the latter performed a break dance while the former did a backflip. Modern Sonic finished in a relaxed position while Boom Sonic landed on his feet and folded his arms with a smirk on his face.

"Too easy!" Modern declared.

"Bring your A-game next time, Eggbreath!" Boom taunted with a laugh.

With both Modern Eggman and Metal Sonic taken care off, the two hedgehogs shot off back to the village to assist in taking down Boom Eggman and The Vees.

Back in Hedgehog Village

Sticks let out a battle cry as she threw her boomerang at Drill Bot, the projectile bouncing off of Boom Eggman's head, causing him to cry out in pain before snarling. "You jerk! You'll pay for that!" He sent forth a mechanical tentacle and slammed it right into the badger's side, sending her flying through the air.

As she landed, Boom Knuckles and Boom Amy charged forward, fists and hammer at the ready. Boom Eggman slammed both drills into the ground, causing the ground to shake and for trenches to be created that were headed right towards the two heroes.

Boom Knuckles grabbed Amy and launched her into the air, saving her while he took on the brunt of the attack. Boom Amy let out a battle cry of her own as she slammed her hammer into one of the tentacles on Drill Bots back, severing it from the mech.

"Hey! Do you know how long it took to connect that tentacle?!" Boom Eggman complained before whacking the pink hedgehog off of him with the other tentacle. As he stomped forward to continue fighting, Boom Tails slammed his wrench onto the head of a Crab Bot, dismantling it, before hurling it at an incoming Bee Bot.

He let out a yell as he flew away from the bullets fired from a couple of Egg Gunners, narrowly avoiding death.

Meanwhile Alastor and Vox were going at it, slamming into multiple buildings trying to tear one another apart. Shadow tendrils and cables wrapped around one another as the two got in each other's faces, delivering punches, bites, and shocks while flying through the village.

Up in the air Vaggie was evading the entourage of bullets being fired from Valentino and deflecting some with her spear, using precise movements to time her strikes to hit the projectiles. Val let out an annoyed groan, "Come on, Chica~ I just want to put some holes into you. And the possibly fill those holes~"

"Gross." Vaggie shivered before flying forward to meet the demon head on.

On the ground below, Charlie was dealing with multiple Badniks while also dealing with a scampering Velvette. Her trident demolished the Crab Bots and the Bee Bots, so there was no trouble there. No, what she was struggling with was avoiding the missiles and bullets from the much tougher Egg Gunners.

As she struggled to fly, she flew over Boom Eggman, who had Boom Knuckles wrapped up in his remaining tentacle. He let out a laugh before tossing him into a nearby stall. He looked to his left to see Boom Amy, Sticks, and Boom Tails charging over toward him.

With a grin, he pressed a button in his Egg Mobile and the tentacle aimed in on the group before firing a laser, impacting the ground beneath them and sending them sprawling out on their backs. He turned his Drill Bot and began stomping over to them.

But he never got the chance as two curled up blue blurs struck the mech in the back, causing it to stagger and fall on the floor. Boom Eggman growled as he slowly got back up to face both Modern and Boom Sonic.

"Have a nice trip, Egghead?" Boom joked while Modern laughed.

"Grr! Laugh it up, Sonic!" Boom Eggman growled as Drill Bot got back onto its feet. "In fact, stand still and keep laughing while I destroy you!" He fired another laser beam from the remaining tentacle, causing both hedgehogs to spread out and run literal circles around him.

They were moving so fast that he couldn't keep up with their movements.

And before he could do anything, Drill Bot was suddenly struck in the chest and both he and his mech were sent flying into a building, the roof collapsing on top of him. Boom Sonic whistled proudly while Modern looked around and noticed something... off.

His Badniks, compared to the Egg Gunners, were practically harmless. They had no strength, no fighting capabilities, and were practically made of paper. Heck, they were totaled by a boomerang for crying out loud. He also noticed another thing, the Badniks weren't going for kill shots.

They would strike the ground with laser blasts, but not aim at Team Sonic or any civilians.

And compared to his Eggman, this version of the doc seemed a lot less competent, heck his robots weren't even threatening, they were more comedic. And he noticed the banter between the two rivals, they seemed friendly with one another.

It was weird, but, in Sonic's eyes, Boom Eggman didn't seem to be totally evil like Modern Eggman.

No.

Granted, he nearly caused the end of the world, but his main goal was to make a video game to better his reputation.

Huh.

Maybe Boom Eggman isn't really that evil?

Maybe...

That's when he began approaching the beaten doctor, who was climbing out of the wreckage and dusting himself off. "Well, that was fun." He said before looking to Boom Sonic, "Same time tomorrow?"

Modern folded his arms, eyeing the doctor curiously. "I've noticed something about you, Egghead."

"Yeah? What's that?"

"You're not really a bad guy."

Did they hear him right? Did Team Sonic and the townspeople hear that correctly? Did the other Sonic just say that Eggman, of all people, wasn't really a bad guy?

Even Boom Eggman was shocked, he looked like he had just been slapped in the face. "What? 'Not a bad guy?' Do you not see the attack I'm conducting at this moment? Did you hit your head? Are you stupid?"

"Not stupid. Observant." Modern Sonic responded before elaborating. "You had multiple opportunities to kill Team other me over there. But you didn't. You weren't going for kill shots."

"Well, of course not! Why would I?"

"My Eggman would." Sonic revealed, causing the doctor to pause. "My Eggman threatened to blow up the planet if he didn't get what he wanted. He then literally broke the planet apart to build an amusement park and harness the power of a dark entity that was sleeping in the core of Mobius. He took over the world for six months and during that time, tortured me day in and day out. He created a virus that turned people into robot zombies. That's the lengths my Eggman is willing to go to to win. The worst thing you've done, from what I've been told, is almost accidentally cause the end of the world because you manipulated Shadow to help record a moveset for your own video game." He smiled knowingly at the goofy doctor. "And you did that because you wanted to better your reputation. In fact, when you're not busy trying to attack the village, you're actually a pretty chill guy, according to other me."

Boom Eggman looked away, not wanting to hear any of this.

"Are you lonely, Eggman?"

His head snapped to the blue rodent, his eyes wide.

"Is that why you do this? Because you're lonely?"

"L-Lonely?! D-Don't be ridiculous! How absurd! How... How..."

"True?"

Team Sonic couldn't believe their eyes, Eggman was stammering. Modern Sonic was doing what none of them ever thought to do. Talk to Eggman. And he was making good points as well. When Boom Sonic and Tails were waiting for Cowbot to attack Eggman's lair, they roasted marshmallows and talked about guy stuff. They even let Eggman stay over when he lied about his base blowing up. Heck, they even got Eggman to stop being depressed so they could get Sonic to stop annoying them.

And let's not forget the Buddy Buddy Temple.

Was it true?

Was Boom Eggman just lonely, and needed a friend?

Modern seemed to think so as he reached out his hand for Boom Eggman to take. "You don't have to be the bad guy, Eggman. You can start over, use your tech for good. Like a friend told me, it's never too late to let friendship into your heart." Thanks Twilight. "You don't need to be alone. We don't have to fight each other. Let me help you."

But before he could get an answer, Modern Sonic was sent flying back by an energy blast, rolling across the grass. He propped himself up onto one elbow and saw Modern Eggman hovering above him, having fired a shot from his Egg Mobile.

"You're getting slow, rodent!" Eggman taunted before turning to his Boom counterpart, "Nice job getting him to stand still."

"Heh, y-yeah! That was totally my plan!" It wasn't, but he didn't need to know that.

Modern Eggman looked around and saw that the battle was lost. His Egg Gunners had since been dealt with, and the Badniks, well, yeah they were trashed. And The Vees weren't fairing much better either. Vaggie was standing over Valentino, spear pressed against his throat, Vox and Alastor were at a standstill, and Velvette was glaring daggers at Charlie, who spun her trident around in her fingers before planting it on top of the head of a destroyed Egg Gunner.

Modern Sonic got to his feet and said, "Looks like you lose again, Eggman. Face it, you're never getting that spear!"

Snarling in absolute fury, Modern Eggman decided it was time to call it. "Everyone fall back!" He shouted. Seizing the opportunity, Val kicked Vaggie off of him and took off over to Velvette and picked her up. Vox, while furious beyond belief, retreated into a nearby television. Boom Eggman looked down uncertainly before hopping in his Egg Mobile and taking off. Modern Eggman glared down at Sonic, "This isn't over, Sonic. Not by a long shot. I swear that the Spear of Destiny will be mine!" With those parting words, he took off into the sky, presumably back to his counterpart's lair.

Modern Sonic placed his hands on his hips and shook his head, Eggman will never learn. He turned around and saw the approaching Team Sonic and the trio of Hazbins, offering them a smile. He clapped his hands, "Well, that was fun! Now, how about we get what we came for?"

Boom Amy smirked and turned to Boom Knuckles. "Knuckles, dig."

"Dig where?" The confused echidna asked cluelessly.

"Dig here." She exasperated, annoyed as she pointed to the ground where she wanted him to dig. "Weren't you paying attention?"

"You know I get distracted when other people are talking." He responded.

"Just dig." Amy rubbed between her eyes in annoyance while the rest of Team Sonic chuckled at the echidna's antics.

Alastor snarled as his eyes turned to radio dials, the air around him distorting and becoming static. "Dig or I swear I will tear your soul apart and broadcast your screams for everyone to hear."

Safe to say that Knuckles got to digging.

Meanwhile at Boom Eggman's lair

The team of villains entered the base as the doors slid open, Boom Eggman leading them in as he walked in a slumped posture. He was greeted by both Orbot and Cubot, "Welcome back, boss!" The former greeted while the latter waved. "I assume you lost once again?"

"Shut up." Boom Eggman groaned as he took a seat on the couch, Vox slumping right next to him while massaging his forehead.

"How the hell did everything go so wrong?" The Tv Demon asked himself, really wishing he had a glass of scotch in his hand right now.

"Thawne ain't gonna be happy." Velvette commented offhandedly.

"Gee, ya think?" Val snarked.

Modern Eggman was livid, he wanted to break something, anything really. He was about to go on a full on rant when the doors leading into the base slid open. He turned around to see Metal Sonic walking in. "And just where have you been?" He tapped his foot on the floor and scolded the robot. "Could've used your help back there, where did you go anyway?"

Metal's optics shined a bright red before they projected a holographic image of a floating, red city in the sky. Upon seeing this, Boom Eggman shot to his feet and walked over, leaning down to inspect the image. "Hey, wait a second... That's Roboken!"

"Roboken?" Vox repeated, unsure of what the buffoon was talking about.

"It's a floating. robot city in the clouds that hangs right above Bygone Island." He explained to the members of the Legion of Doom. "I once teamed up with a robot named Hypno-Bot to try and take it over. That plan didn't go well, let me tell ya."

While The Vees looked to one another with smirks, Modern Eggman's spectacles shined as he chuckled menacingly. He looked to his Boom counterpart and grinned evilly. "Tell me more about this... Roboken."

Author's Note

Chemo fucking sucks.

Seriously, I am so sorry for the long wait, but luckily I'm kicking cancer's arse, so there's that. The chemo is doing it's job.

Don't know when I'll be working on the next chapter, because I start Round 2 of chemo tomorrow and I'll feel like absolute shit for the next week and a half, but I assure you I'll get on it whenever I am able.

Anyways, looks like the Legion isn't done yet, as they have their sights set on Roboken. And the team are close to claiming the spear fragment. But next chapter, oh, next chapter. Remember when I said there would be character deaths?

Yeah, some side characters are gonna bite it.

And one character from the main cast are gonna bite it.

Theorize who it could be and whoever gets it right will receive a credit in the next author's notes in the next chapter.

Anyways, I'll see you lot in the next chapter, where we will say goodbye to the world of Sonic Boom.

Eggman Mech - TenebrisD90