[h1]Egg Carrier[/h1]

As The Egg Carrier continued to move away from the combat zone, they saw the green flashes appear and then the message send out. Eggman stared at the hologram with a big grin across his face. "Sir, should we respond?" Thunderbolt asked.

"Not yet. They'll give us a minute to deliberate. I want to give the Special Zone Engines as much time as possible to spool up." At that point, Sonia's voice came over the speaker

"We are NOT giving into him." Eggman looked at the speaker.

"Of course not, sticking around is pointless, he has confirmed to us that Manic isn't here. Manic has access to all of my old designs." He then sighed "Also, i have seen the look in that Overlander's eyes many times. That is the look of a man who is going to kill anything and everything he can't control. I should know, i've seen it in the mirror on MANY occassions."

"Alright, preparing to launch!" Came Oglivie's voice over the comm.

"Don't bother. Look at the size of those ships. Far more new than even those ones that we faced last time. No, we're not going to win this by fighting. We need to escape, put as much distance between us and this whole damn sector as possible."

"So, what the hell do we do?" Oglivie asked.

"Sally, respond to him, get him talking and KEEP him talking." Eggman replied. "If he's as much like me as i hope, then he LOVE's the sound of his own voice." He then cut the comm. "TB, prepare one of the Egg-Robo's. If they are as "Intrigued" As i believe, then that might mean that they don't know how to track our machines very well. If we can get one aboard one of those ships, he might be able to learn something." He grinned. Luckily, the planets atmosphere was full of debris from several previous Republic raids, as well as the orbitting Raxus Prime that was a Junk Moon. The EggRobo took its little blaster in hand and walked out of the ship, jumping towards the closest of the green ships, whilst not activating its jet-pack. Looking to the side, it watched the new Imperial ships easily tearing their way through the Seperatist fleet.

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Aboard Tarkin's ship, a hologram of Sonia appeared on the comm-device. She bowed. "Greetings, Admiral. I am Sonia Acorn, Princess of Mobius, Second Child of King Sonic and Queen Sally, Guardian of the Realm and Protector of the Chaos Emeralds." She paused for a second, she knew that she needed to try and buy as much time as possible. "We are prepared to surrender to you, Overlanders, but before we do so, certain assurances MUST be made. As per tradition, we will meet on neutral ground. I am willing to meet with you on the orbiting moon, we each bring our champion to ensure our safety. I can see that you are a wise and powerful leader who knows to respect anothers culture when they submit to your superiority in a situation." She said in her most verbotious and regal voice. She knew that she needed to stroke his ego if she was going to get anywhere. With ANY luck, it would give them the time they needed to get the Special Zone Engines powered up and ready to go... And if she could meet with him to discuss things in person, that would improve their position in this area of space.