Sonic DL In-Depth Story

This page details the complete story of Sonic DL.
==Introduction==
Sonic and Tails have destroyed the Death Egg and Knuckles has liberated Angel Island from Dr. Eggman's robotic forces. Suffering from such an overwhelming loss, Eggman goes into hiding in a piddly little underground bunker, hoping to gradually rebuild his forces. During this time, the world is free from Dr. Eggman's schemes and enjoys a brief period of relative peace. Sonic and Tails mop up what remains of Eggman's army and bases, but soon weeks or even months pass by without a major incident. With nothing better to do, Sonic and Tails agree to meet up at Never Lake to witness the materialization of Little Planet, a fantastical miniature planetoid that travels through time and is only present above said lake one month out of the year.
Meanwhile, Eggman has been stewing in his juices, pondering what to do next. He thinks back to his failures; The destruction of his factories on South Island, his loss of Little Planet and its flow over time, and his repeated setbacks with the Death Egg. All of these failures have a single thing in common: The meddling of Sonic the Hedgehog. Now livid with rage, Eggman redoubles on his latest plans and sets to work in a maniac frenzy. His goal now is not global domination, but simply the complete and utter destruction of his enemy Sonic. In no time, Eggman has begun replenishing his robotic forces, largely pulled from his older and preexisting models.
==Episode I==
Sonic arrives at Never Lake, waiting for his buddy Tails to arrive. As Sonic is exploring the shores of the lake, he is suddenly assaulted by a horde of old Badniks. Sonic makes quick work of them but notices many small animals fleeing from the nearby forest. Thinking that something must be rotten there, Sonic zooms into the forest and discovers that it is positively lousy with Badniks. Sonic isn't sure whether or not Eggman is involved or he's simply discovered an intact clutch of old robots, but his suspicions are confirmed for the worst when the doctor himself confronts Sonic himself in one of his old creations. This time, Eggman seems to be out for blood; his attacks are reckless but unleashed with a fury the likes of which Sonic has never seen. Regardless, Eggman is defeated and he retreats to a nearby resort, cursing Sonic's name the entire time. Somewhat bemused and relieved to finally have something exciting to do again, Sonic gives chase.
Sonic defeats Eggman at the resort. Shortly afterwards, a nearby manhole cover flips into the air, launched by geyser of water. The geyser soon stops and a sheepish-looking Burrobot briefly emerges before retreating back underground. Sonic shrugs and jumps into the open sewer after it. Soon Sonic finds himself in a series of beautiful subterranean ruins, but it looks like Eggman is also present here, leading some sort of a mining operation. Sonic braves the water and darkness to find Eggman looking at a screen, studying some sort of weird pulsating orb. Eggman eventually notices Sonic and quickly flees up a shaft. Sonic eventually catches up with Eggman and defeats him once again. Eggman retreats upwards and Sonic discovers a crusty-looking pipe dripping discolored liquid into the water. Sonic decides to spin up the pipe, figuring that Eggman's operations have to be nearby.
Sonic bursts out of a steam vent and finds himself in the middle of a factory constructing all sorts of Badniks. Sonic is soon detected and Eggman actives all of his traps, including a massive wall of excavators that destroy a large portion of his factory in his efforts to defeat Sonic. Sonic confronts and defeats Eggman yet again and finds himself looking outside into Eggman's newest fortress / industrial complex, with a large tower under construction in the far distance. Sonic decides to investigate, using Eggman's network of high-speed locomotives to quickly travel to the tower. One more Eggman busting later and Sonic is free to enter the the tower.
Sonic travels up each floor of the tower, defeating hastily-repaired boss machines piloted by Eggrobos along the way. At the top floor, Sonic discovers that he's now at the edge of space and that the tower is in actuality a space elevator. In the distance, Sonic can see a large floating metallic ring. Before he can gawk any further, Eggman jumps down from the ceiling in his new-and-improved Death Egg Robot II. As Sonic dishes damage to Eggman's newest old creation, the doctor's attacks become more frenzied and unpredictable. As the Death Egg Robot II is about to fall to pieces, Eggman rams down into the floor of the space elevator, hoping to collapse it and take Sonic with him. Luckily, Sonic is able to put the robot out of commission before it can do any more damage. As the mighty machine lay broken before him, Sonic sees Little Planet materialize in the middle of the giant ring, which quickly generates a force field around the worldlet. Right before Little Planet is completely enveloped, Sonic sees seven points of light that escape and fall down around Never Lake (these are the Time Stones, which escaped Little Planet before they were trapped there by the force field). 
Suddenly, Eggman ejects out of the Death Egg Robot II's wreckage and smashes out of a nearby observation window. The Death Egg Robot II sudden starts exploding and Sonic hightails it out of there before the robot can fully self-destruct. Sonic makes it out of the space elevator before it is destroyed by a mighty blast. As Sonic is plummeting to the ground, Tails suddenly shows up in the Tornado, catching Sonic on the plane's wings. Grateful to be alive, Sonic directs Tails towards the ensnared Little Planet and the two change course to their next adventure.
==Episode Metal==
Metal Sonic's metallic body is left broken but intact in Little Planet's Stardust Speedway. The happy, colorful future that surrounds him suddenly turns dark and foreboding as an Eggrobo arrives. A projection of Eggman emerging from the Eggrobo's head instructs it to shock Metal Sonic with a powerful discharge of electricity. The Eggrobo does so, with seemingly no effect. Eggman orders another round of electroshock therapy, and this causes Metal Sonic to revive and slowly get back up onto its feet. Eggman instructs Metal Sonic to find a clearing and launch itself back to Earth as quickly as possible. Metal Sonic affirms this, but is sure to destroy the unfortunate Eggrobo beforehand. After meandering in Stardust Speedway's newly-bad future, Metal Sonic finds a bit of sky free of obstructions and returns back to Earth.
Back at Eggman's robot factory, Eggman instructs Metal Sonic to get into a special machine that seemingly requires all of the factory's energies to operate. Out of the other end emerges a fully-repaired Metal Sonic. As Metal Sonic returns to his boss, Eggman backs away, pointing at a threatening Shellcracker with weird, discolored magenta eyes. Metal Sonic makes short work of the rogue robot and Eggman orders him to sweep through the rest of the factory, taking out any other disobedient robots. Unfortunately for Eggman, it turns out that the vast majority of his robots are being unruly.
After Metal Sonic makes it through the factory, another Eggrobo finds him. Metal Sonic takes on a threatening stance while the Eggrobo backs off and Eggman's projection suddenly reappears. Eggman instructs Metal Sonic to travel down into the ancient ruins beneath the factory, where they have discovered a powerful relic to assist Metal. Metal Sonic immediately bursts into a nearby drainage pipe and makes his way down into the ruins. Meanwhile, the Eggrobo looks relieved to be alive, but a small fiery wisp implants itself inside the Eggrobo as its eyes turn a shade of magenta.
Metal Sonic makes its way through the ruins, encountering more possessed Badniks and making sure to avoid water at all costs, lest he short-circuits. On the far side of the ruins, Metal Sonic encounters a stone golem holding an orb of incandescent magenta energy. A wisp separates from the orb and implants itself into Metal Sonic, although Metal Sonic shrugs it off after a brief struggle. Metal Sonic begins trying to absorb the orb to add its power to its own, but immediately the golem activates, attacking Metal. Metal Sonic manages to defeat it by directly attacking the orb, but as Metal's about to claim its prize, a smaller section of the golem breaks away and flies off with the orb. Infuriated, Metal Sonic quickly gives chase.
Metal Sonic searches for the golem in a casino resort but it cannot be found anywhere. At the end of the level, however, yet another Eggrobo appears and Eggman's holographic visage informs Metal Sonic that the golem has been tracked to the shores of Never Lake. Metal Sonic soon arrives and finds the once-pristine Splash Hill Zone polluted, dirty, and mechanized due to Eggman's influence. Braving more Badniks and waves of polluted water, Metal Sonic finally finds the golem with the orb at the far end of the coast. As Metal is about to strike, the orb flashes and boulders lifted from the ground add to the golem's mass, becoming a hulking giant that towers over it. Unfortunately for the golem, Metal finds ways to climb on top of its floating appendages and strike the orb. After so many hits, the golem cannot hold itself together and collapses. The orb, finally unprotected, is absorbed by Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic is shown standing triumphantly and brimming with a magenta aura while still loyal to Dr. Eggman. In the distance, Metal sees Sonic and Tails flying towards Little Planet. Eager to test his newfound powers, Metal quickly flies into the sky and pursues his eternal rival.
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