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[h1]Egg Carrier - Meeting Room.[/h1]

"-So, with a few adjustments and with a sufficient enough power source, i am positive that i can adapt my designs that i have used for interdimensional travel, in order to take us home." Eggman concluded. He looked around at Sonia, Oglivie and Thunderbolt. 

"But where are we going to get a large enough power source?" Sonia asked. "The Emerald we do have is powerful, but not enough."

"If you ask me, we should probably leave it for now. Manic is going to be laying low for a while. His forces defeated and the few he has loyal to him are gone. He's not a pressing concern. Now, if what they have said is true about this Anubis guy, then we are in some SERIOUSLY hot water. He could come for Mobius next. He might be a greater threat than Manic." Oglivie butted in. "Sonia, i'm going to have to request the Chaos Emerald for my suit. Because right now, i'm the best chance we've got at stopping him."

"Right now, the best chance we've got is not confronting him." Eggman replied. "Angry gods fought by Eggman? 3. Angry gods fought by everyone else in this room?" He asked.

"Angry gods raised and lost control of by Eggman, 3." Retorted Sonia.

"Goes to my credentials." Eggman smiled sinisterly. "Point is, when i fought Chaos, i threw my brand new battleship at it, he took it out in one shot. When i fought Iblis, i threw my brand new battleship at it, he took it out in one shot. When i fought Dark Gaia, i threw my brand new battleship at it, he took it out in one shot. Am i the only person here noticing a pattern developing?" He asked.

"We see your point. But notice how in every one of these instants, it was Super Sonic that saved the day?" Oglivie asked.

"EXACTLY!!!" Eggman slammed his hands on the table. "WE CANNOT JUST THROW OURSELVES AT HIM HEAD ON!!!" Eggman looked noticeably shaken. It had been 2 days and the scientist was clearly scared out of his mind. Every time he had been in this situation, he had always secretly had Sonic to fall back on, because Sonic wasn't the kind of person to kill him. He could take the loss and escape with his life. For once, he had been completely deprived of any kind of back-up plan. "I'm..." Eggman sat back down in his seat. "I've been at this for 2 days and every time i come close to an idea..." He pressed a button and the pictures of Iblis, Chaos and Dark Gaia appeared. "I get a gut-punch of a reminder of when it didn't work last time..." Oglivie put a hand on the old man's shoulder.

"We... We can think around this." He reassured. "We can come up with something... You worked with Manic on his Fake Chaos and Sol Emeralds. Any chance of cooking up some more?" He asked.

"Manic kept his cards pretty close to his chest on those ones. I helped him with part of the formula, but the rest would take me years to even formulate. And if anyone says, "i bet Tails could figure it out" i will flush myself out the nearest airlock and save you the bother..." He sighed, before slamming his head on the desk.

"Let's change subject. How's that Factory Ship coming along?" Oglivie asked. Eggman rolled his head to the side.

"What factory ship? The idiot scientist onboard that "Daedelus" thing won't let me just start building with it. I tried to argue and the bounty hunter threatened to shoot me." He sighed. He then looked at Sonia "He's DEFINITELY friends with his version your father, i'll bet you 100 rings on it." At that point, Thunderbolt marched across the table and grabbed Eggman by his mustache, pulling his head to meet hers.

"BOSS! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" She screamed at him. "YOU ARE THE GREAT DOCTOR EGGMAN, THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC GENIUS THIS WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN AND THE SMARTEST TO EVER RULE IT!!!" She slapped him hard across the face. "YOU ARE NOT SOME WORN OUT OLD HAS-BEEN THAT IS GONNA TAKE CRAP FROM A WALKING BOTTLE OF DELSYM, AND A GUY THAT THINKS THE ABILITY TO CLIMB STAIRS IS HYPER ADVANCED FOR A ROBOT!!!" She roared at him. "NOW PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO NEED THAT BIG BRAIN OF YOURS WORKING OVERTIME!!! WE'VE BEEN THROUGH WORSE!!! THE METALLIX, THE DARK BROTHERHOOD, THE ZOMBOT INVASION, DOCTOR WILY!!! GET A GRIP!!!!!" At that point, a hand shot around Thunderbolt's neck. "Good grip..." She wheezed.

"YOU'RE RIGHT!!!" Eggman yelled. At that point a call came in. "PUT IT THROUGH!!!" He yelled, before remembering that he currently was holding the jugular of the one responsible for committing the order. He let go and she staggered over to the console and pushed a button, before falling off the table, unconscious.

[i]"Daedelus calling Egg Carrier. Our captain wishes to send an engineer to potentially help with upgrades to your ship."[/i] Eggman was about to raise his fist and tell them exactly where to shove their engineer. His ship was perfect, there was no way some two-bit overlander from some backwater "Earth" planet, as they called it, was going to upgrade anything aboard. He then had an epiphany.

"We would be delighted to receive any assistance you can render." Sonia replied. Eggman's face went from nuclear-anger to bright and cheerful as he put on his best gameface.

"And in return, i, the great Doctor Eggman, will be delighted to do the same." He smiled. "I am positive that i am going to be able to upgrade your craft in ways you couldn't possibly imagine."