WI04 Part 1

Art by SegaSteven

**What If E-102 Gamma Survived? Part 1** is the first episode of the *What If E-102 Gamma Survived?* series, and the fifth overall episode of *Sonic: What If?*. It debuts the story of E-102 Gamma Mk.II and adapts the story of *Sonic Adventure*.

## Description

*The short life of an obedient Eggman Badnik changed the day he encountered a pink hedgehog and a small blue bird. Through the unseen intervention of the imprisoned flicky inside of him, E-102γ (Gamma) of the “E-Series” broke free of his programming - deleting Robotnik's master-registration, and setting out on a mission to free the captured animals trapped inside his kin.*

*In a final battle with his upgraded older Brother, E-101β (Beta) Mark II, Gamma's existence quietly came to an end.. and with his passing, a tiny family was reunited.*

*But what if “Mr. Robot” had survived? What if his encounter with Beta had gone differently? A new path is slowly opening for Gamma, but the price of his survival may be worse to him than having never survived at all.*

## Cast

* E-102 Gamma (WI04) (first appearance)
	+ Ko the Flicky (first appearance)
	+ Mi & Fu the Flickies (first appearance)
* E-101 Beta Mk.II (WI04) (first appearance, death)
* Amy Rose (WI04) (first appearance)
* E-100 Alpha / ZERO (WI04) (first appearance)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (WI04) (first appearance)
* Miles "Tails" Prower (WI04) (first appearance)
* Knuckles the Echidna (WI04) (first appearance)
* Doctor Eggman (WI04) (first appearance)
* Chaos (WI04) (first appearance)
* Tikal the Echidna (WI04) (first appearance)

## Major Events

* The Egg Carrier's crash into the ocean is more violent than in the original timeline, causing E-101 Beta to be disconnected from the network connecting the E-100 Series together. This prompts Gamma to declare his mission complete early, and self-terminate.
* The pink Flicky that powered him is released and attempts to reason with E-101 Beta upon its delayed arrival, but is critically injured and retreats back into Gamma's frame for safety, establishing a symbiotic relationship in which it is no longer able to survive without his life battery system.
* Gamma kills E-101 Beta and sets free the white Flicky, as well as killing ZERO upon its arrival.
* Sonic & Tails meet and befriend Gamma, the latter of whom diagnoses Gamma's state and reveals the existence of his symbiosis with the pink Flicky.
* Angel Island falls, leading to an adaptation of *Sonic Adventure's* Last Story.
	+ Eggman finds that Gamma is alive, but also that he has defected. He swears revenge.
	+ Chaos attains their Perfect form, destroying Station Square and the Egg Carrier 2.
	+ Gamma is present at the site of the final battle where Super Sonic soothes Perfect Chaos' rage, giving Gamma a better understanding of what it means to be 'good' to others.
* Amy Rose spends several days teaching Gamma further how to be 'good', and shows him the photo in the blue Flicky's locket. This triggers a surge of unknown memories within Gamma, and he declares a new mission - 'return home'.

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## Trivia

* This is the first *Sonic: What If?* episode to adapt events from *Sonic Adventure*, though it only adapts the ending parts of Amy and Gamma's stories, as well as the Last Story.