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## Mobius- 43 (Sonic Cinematic Universe)

Mobius-43 (SCU)
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Mobius- 43 is the Sonic Cinematic Universe, it's very similar to Mobius- 777, but the characters live very different lives than their counterparts. Sonic's (SCU) Mobius isn't focused much upon the story. Instead, it is focused in Greenhills, on Earth. Sonic uses rings to travel across Zones. Tails was originally from Mobius into meeting Sonic the hedgehog. Robotnik is from this version of Earth. Knuckles also comes from Mobius, after learning about Sonic using Master Emerald for his own selfish gains. He joins Robotnik's side to get back at Sonic.

## History of Mobius- 43 (Sonic Cinematic Universe)

### Sonic The Hedgehog (Movie)

On a distant planet, Sonic the Hedgehog, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who can run at supersonic speed, is chased by a tribe of echidnas. His guardian, Longclaw the Owl, gives him a bag of rings that open portals to other planets. She uses one to send him to Earth while she stays behind to hold off the echidnas.

Ten years later, Sonic enjoys a secret life near the town of Green Hills, Montana, but longs to make friends. He idolizes the local sheriff, Tom Wachowski, and his flexible veterinarian wife, Maddie, unaware the pair are to relocate to San Francisco as Tom plans to accept a position with the San Francisco Police Department. One night, Sonic grows upset over his loneliness while playing baseball alone and inadvertently triggers an electromagnetic pulse which causes a massive power outage across the Pacific Northwest while running at high speeds. This later alerts Tails' of Sonic's presence on Earth. The United States Department of Defence reluctantly enlists the services of eccentric roboticist and scientific genius, Robotnik, to determine the cause. Seeing he is being hunted, Sonic tries to leave Earth for a "mushroom planet". Tom discovers Sonic in his shed and accidentally shoots him with a tranquilizer dart, causing Sonic to drop his bag of rings into a portal to the Transamerica Pyramid's roof upon seeing a picture of said building.

Tom hesitantly agrees to help Sonic and the two flee when confronted by Robotnik, who falsely labels Tom a domestic terrorist. The two slowly bond, with Tom relating to Sonic's desire for friends. Sonic creates a bucket list and Tom helps him complete several entries along their journey. Meanwhile, Robotnik, discovering that one of Sonic's quills holds an almost limitless amount of electrical energy, plans to capture Sonic to use his powers for his machines. As he tracks them down, Sonic and Tom manage to fight off several mechanized pursuit drones sent by Robotnik, but Sonic is injured in the battle.

Arriving in San Francisco, Tom brings Sonic to Maddie, who treats him at her sister Rachel's home. Sonic receives a new pair of red sneakers to replace his ruined ones from Jojo, Maddie's niece. The group heads to the roof of the pyramid and recovers the rings as Robotnik arrives in an advanced attack hovercraft powered by the quill. Sonic fights off Robotnik's drones and uses one of his rings to send Tom and Maddie back to Green Hills to protect them, but Robotnik uses the quill's power to match Sonic's speed. **Sonic engages Robotnik in a chase across the world** before Robotnik subdues Sonic in Green Hills.

Tom and the townsfolk intervene, and Tom acknowledges Sonic as his friend, causing Sonic to regain his strength. Sonic takes back his quill's power from Robotnik, weakening Robotnik's hovercraft and making the quill useless. Using his powerful spin attack, Sonic then knocks Robotnik into a portal to the mushroom planet. Following the incident, Tom and Maddie decide to stay in Green Hills and let Sonic live with them. The government erases all evidence of the events, including records of Robotnik's existence. Three months later, Robotnik is still in possession of Sonic's quill and usable equipment salvaged from his ruined hovercraft. While shaving his head, and growing out his moustache, he swears to exact revenge against Sonic. Sometime later, Miles "Tails" Prower emerges from a ring portal on Earth to search for Sonic.

### Before the events of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Pre-quill comic)

Twelve hours earlier, Maddie leaves the house to go to the clinic. Before doing so, she tells Sonic to stay out of trouble until Tom and Wade returned from their trip. Sonic promises to do so and give himself some "me time". However, Sonic slowly begins to get restless and after seven minutes, he gets fed up. With this, he plots to sneak out of the house to socialize with the townspeople and asks Ozzie not to say anything or he will no longer give him the scraps off of his table. According to Sonic, the public "loves" interacting with him, even though the only people he is actually allowed to interact with are the ones he makes from inanimate objects. Some people believe that he is an escaped government experiment, while others consider him to be a hallucination. The current relationship is that Sonic stays out of sight, but the eateries offer an open-door policy for him. The hedgehog dashes around Green Hills, creating horror-based looking snowmen and takes a donut from the store to recreate "Sgt. Sprinkles". He talks to the donut about how he occasionally uses his powers to protect the townspeople from evil, even though he has only done this once.

"Sgt. Sprinkles" attempts to convince Sonic that he is a hero, to which Sonic is flattered by. However, the hedgehog wishes to be a real hero, with a tough-sounding name like "The Electric Hog." While "Sgt. Sprinkles" tells Sonic that the name sounds cool, Crazy Carl tells him that "Blue Devil" is still the best name for him. Sonic considers the name to be better than "Crazy Carl", to which the old man states that he is not as crazy as he looks. Feeling down, Sonic says that he thought coming out of hiding would be more exciting. "Sgt. Sprinkles" looks on the bright side, as he could have gone ice fishing with Tom and Wade in Walla Walla, which he would have found boring. Meanwhile in Walla Walla, a bank is taken over by a group of thugs and the people inside are taken hostage. However, the thugs claim that they are not after money. One of the thugs named Jason forces one of the hostages, Lindsey, to come with him to the vault. In the vault, Jason opens safety deposit box number 203 to find a fully functioning Robotnik Control Glove that belongs to Dr. Robotnik. Jason reveals that he and his crew were sent by a client to retrieve this glove but he decides to make use of it before returning it.

At the edge of town, Tom and Wade are busy fishing. Tom wonders if all the problems in life could be solved if one achieves one pure moment of tranquility while Wade talks about how awesome it would be if they asked the federal government to give them a police chopper. Tom states that he has had enough airborne action after falling off of a skyscraper. Wade resolves to just stick by the police scanner, believing he could one day heed the call to adventure. Suddenly, the pair hear an A.P.B. for any available units in Walla Walla to aid against an armed robbery at the first bank of Walla Walla. Wade gets excited over this call, prompting Tom to ask him to calm down as he did not wish to deal with another hyperactive daredevil. The pair get in their vehicle and drive down to aid the police. Back in Green Hills, Sonic hears about the hostage situation in Walla Walla from a news channel and resolves to run all the way there to handle the situation himself. At the bank, Jason is informed that the cops have the whole place surrounded and is asked by a crew member about the escape route that was promised to them. Jason tells him to relax as he is still figuring out how to work the glove. Nearby, Lindsey convinces herself that the situation will all be over in a few minutes. She is suddenly met by Sonic, who states it will be over much sooner. The startled Lindsey is told by the hedgehog that she has no need to be alarmed with the "Super Streak" in her presence.

Lindsey is not impressed with the name and wonders if this alludes to Sonic being naked. While stating that he is still workshopping it, Sonic tells Lindsey that he has enough experience to take care of the thugs. He is told by her that the leader is still in the vault. Sonic runs all around the vault looking for the leader, only to be shocked by a taser by Lindsey. She angrily tells Jason that not only did his time wasting blow her cover but it was also attracting people like Sonic to them; she demands him to hurry up with the glove configuration and get them extracted from the building. He tells her that he is almost done, leading Lindsey to make a call to their client. She updates him on how they are surrounded by cops and her cover has been blown. Additionally, she believes someone has sent some kind of "giant blue chipmunk" after them. The client states that a creature with that sort of description would be of interest to him and says that he is willing to pay extra if he is delivered to him in one piece. Lindsey says that she can do this but wants an extra half a million dollars in cryptocurrency to be sent to her wallet, along with an extraction plan. A dazed Sonic is soon locked within the vault.

Outside the bank, Tom and Wade arrive on the scene, with the latter noting that it reminds him of a movie. Tom tells Wade to become serious before they begin to interact with the situation. One of the police officers there talks about how there have been no demands or confirmation of the number of people involved; there has only been a total communications blackout, which greatly confuses her as to what the thugs were doing inside. Tom introduces himself and Wade to the police officer, with Wade asking for what kind of situation it is and noting that he would be up for helping with a bomb defusing. Just then, Jason manages to finally get the glove working and summons three Badniks his way. Tom, Wade, and the police officer see the Badniks fly overhead, prompting the officer to ask if they can take care of the drones. Recognizing the design of the drones, Tom notes that they have had experience against them. While Sonic struggles to open the vault door, the Badniks use grapples to hook onto the vault and drag the entire thing out of the building. Surprised at the revelation, Lindsey takes the glove wondering what else the it could do. Jason says that they should forget about their buyer and instead use the glove to make much more than what he was paying by stealing the vault and everything in it; Lindsey agrees.

Inside the vault, Sonic decides to run circles around the interior, forcing the vault and the Badniks and spin right around in place. This creates quite a great cyclone effect outside, forcing the others to take cover. Jason and Lindsey wonder what the drones were doing and soon find the vault to be dropped back into the building, unable to keep up the pressure. The dazed Sonic considers the struggle with the vault to be a draw. Jason asks if Sonic would last much longer in there, to which Lindsey states that he will not for long. Deciding that breaking out of a bank was much cooler than breaking into one, Sonic charges up and performs a spin attack to break out of the vault. He offers the thugs two ways to deal with the current situation; the easy way or the hard way, which is traveled only by "Hedgehog the Unkillable". As Jason does not find this name intimidating, Sonic asks if it is too "avenging vigilante". With this, Lindsey activates the glove. Outside, Wade notices that though the noise has died down, the Badniks were still out and about. Fed up with not getting to enjoy his vacation, Tom takes up his fishing rod and manages to destroy two Badniks by hooking onto one and pulling it into the second. He misses the third Badnik that flies back inside the bank.

As the thugs point their guns at Sonic, he asks if they would actually shoot what he is pretty sure is an endangered species. Not giving them a chance to answer, Sonic makes quick work of the group and pins down Jason to ask about where he got the glove from. He tells the hedgehog that he heard about it on the dark web. A Badnik flies by Lindsey's side and she orders it to attack Sonic. The Badnik instead uses its extended arm to grab a hold of the glove and carry Lindsey into the air as she struggles with it. Sonic states that the Badniks had only one master and he did not like to share. Sonic forces the thugs to walk out and get themselves arrested, while telling them and the hostages not to mention his presence. Tom enters the bank to force the thugs to surrender, only to be shocked that they are already in the process of surrendering themselves just as he walks in. Sonic returns to the site of the vault to see that Lindsey has lost the glove and is now falling. He catches her as he did not believe she deserved death. He says that if Lindsey was not so bad at crime, he would have suspected that she was actually distracting him to let the Badnik get away. However, while dropping her onto the floor, Sonic firmly believes that the day has been saved. Stating that Lindsey will face time for her actions, Sonic rebrands himself as "Blue Justice". Lindsey pleads with Sonic, saying that she will surrender if he stops talking.

The Badnik that got away returns to the client, who is revealed to be Agent Stone, and gives him Robotnik's glove. At the crime scene, Wade congratulates Tom on being a hero again and states that the next time a killer robot shows up, he will take it down with something like a blow dart or a boomerang. However, Tom is more concerned with the fact that there are still more of Robotnik's technology still around and wonders how many more of these incidents they would have to deal with. Because of this, Tom resolves not to tell Sonic about any of this, believing that there will be a bigger mess if the hedgehog attempted to track them down. The police officer from before notes that she could not follow the conversation properly but offers donuts to the duo for helping out. However, she finds that all of the donuts have been taken. It is revealed that Sonic took them as he runs back home.

### Sonic The Hedgehog 2

On the Mushroom Planet, dawn breaks. As a mushroom rises up in the sunshine, it sets off a mushroom-based, Rube Goldberg-esque mechanism that ends with a mushroom figurine of Sonic, along with other mushrooms, getting squeezed of their juices, which pour into a mushroom cup. Dr. Robotnik then shows up, picking up the cup as he documents his log of how he has been marooned on this planet for 243 days (which is about eight months) because of Sonic, managing to survive because of a breathable atmosphere and his own intellect (though his efforts to get something tasty from the mushrooms and fungi have all met with repeated, dismal, disgusting failure). Despite this, Robotnik sees a reason to be optimistic, as he has formulated a plan to get back to Earth and get revenge on Sonic. Having salvaged components from his Eggpod, Robotnik has constructed a beacon; he makes his final preparations, getting ready to hook Sonic's chaos energy-infused quill up to his masterpiece and see who will come to investigate his signal. However, the moment Robotnik connects the quill, an energy pulse flings him from the beacon and knocks him out, with the pulse extending far into space. After nightfall, Robotnik remains unconscious as a Ring portal appears, with three alien scavengers stepping out of it and slowly approaching him. As one of them reaches for the quill in Robotnik's hand to take it from him, Robotnik comes to, proceeding to activate different traps that he has set up and easily dispatching the scavengers. With the opposition gone, Robotnik runs toward the Ring portal, only for him to come to a halt as he sees a red echidna appear from the other side. As he approaches Robotnik, he aggressively asks where he acquired Sonic's quill, to which Robotnik explains that he got it from Sonic on Earth and that he will be happy to show him the way.

On Earth, in Seattle, the peacefulness of the city is disrupted when some bank robbers in a hijacked armored truck come driving through the streets with the police hot on their tail. As the bank robbers throw pipe bombs at the police, Sonic is shown standing on a building as he makes some preparations before going after the bank robbers' truck. Jumping into the truck, Sonic knocks out one of the robbers and pushes the other out of the truck before taking the wheel himself. Sonic proceeds to drive recklessly, causing the robbers in the back of the truck to drop their pipe bombs on the streets as they get knocked out. Sonic also ungags a male captive onboard the truck, the security guard assigned to guard the money, who asks who Sonic is. Sonic tries introducing himself as a superhero, but loses focus as he drives. To make matters worse, Sonic's driving sets off the remainder of the robbers' pipe bombs. The captive questions why Sonic is not slowing down, to which Sonic reveals that he cannot reach the brakes, which are blocked by an unconscious robber. Regardless, Sonic insists that heroes can handle this without the police, and so throws the pipe bombs into a garbage truck that they pass by, which blows it up and scatters its trash. However, the captive can still hear an ignited bomb. As Sonic looks for the bomb while not looking at the road, the captive criticizes his performance, then notices that the bomb is stuck in Sonic's back quills. Grabbing it, Sonic throws the bomb into a storm drain on the side of the road. Not long after, Sonic notices that the truck is heading for a public ice cream stand. Spotting some power tools in the truck, Sonic uses them to take it apart at super speed, leaving only its undercarriage to slide to a halt right in front of the ice cream stand, much to the shock of a young boy standing in its path. As the people recover from their stupor, the pipe bomb Sonic threw in the storm drain goes off, resulting in several water spouts emerging from the manholes. Meanwhile, the robbers recover as the Seattle Police Department appears to apprehend them. Standing on top of a building, Sonic declares loudly that no thanks are needed for "Blue Justice". While the captive calls him "a terrible hero", Sonic does not mind as he runs away through the destruction he has caused.

Running back to Green Hills, Montana, Sonic greets Wade at the speed trap behind the welcome billboard before hurrying up to a mountaintop and greeting Green Hills from afar. He then runs back to the Wachowski house and sneaks into his room, only to notice that he got some dirty banknotes stuck to his shoes after the events in Seattle. As he puts them away in a drawer to avoid raising suspicion, Sonic takes a look at the map of safe worlds that Longclaw gave him, with a feather from Longclaw falling out of it. Reminiscing on Longclaw, Sonic tells her that he misses her and that he is trying to make her proud. Putting the map and feather away in his pouch, Sonic attempts to get some sleep, but then Ozzie and Maddie come in, with Maddie reminding him that he is supposed to meet Tom. With Ozzie forcing him out of bed, Sonic has no other choice but to get up. Later, Sonic and Tom are out fishing on a lake. As Tom tries to have a nice conversation with Sonic, he notices that the hedgehog has fallen asleep. Soon after, Sonic falls into the water as the boat tilts and gravity does the rest. With Sonic unable to swim, Tom pulls him back into the boat. As he helps Sonic dry off and warm up, however, he points out that he discovered Sonic's absence last night by coming into his room and discovering his attempt to fake his presence with a shoddy dummy and a taped recording. Tom then shows Sonic a newspaper documenting the mayhem he created in Seattle and asks him how many times they are going to have this discussion about the hedgehog lying, sneaking out, and trying to be a superhero. Tom tries to tell Sonic that he is being irresponsible and reckless, but Sonic insists that the city was already a mess and that he was a hero back there. Tom, however, remarks that heroes do not put others in danger with their actions, to which Sonic asks Tom to be his friend and not his dad. He tries to insist that he can take care of himself, but Tom tells him that being a hero is about taking responsibility for other people and that he still has some growing up to do before he can be the hero he wants to be. He also adds that a moment will come where his powers are needed, but that the moment will choose *him.* Sonic is surprised by Tom's insight, and Tom explains it is a "Wachowski family special" that he got in the lake they are on from his father, who always tried to steer him in the right direction, like how he and Maddie are trying to do the same with him. This convinces Sonic to agree to being more responsible until his moment arrives. The two then high-five, and Sonic celebrates by using his speed to push their boat across the lake at high speed, much to Tom's dismay.

Later, back in the Wachowski house, Tom and Maddie are preparing to head to Hawaii for Rachel's wedding. As they enter their living room, they find Sonic and Ozzie playing the roles of flight attendants in front of a Ring portal leading to the couple's destination. After giving Tom and Maddie their send-off, Tom asks for a hug, but Sonic declines, seeing as he is going to be home alone for the first time and is therefore too mature for it. At Maddie's suggestion, they power-bump instead. Sonic then gives Tom a Ring that they can use to go home with, and the couple bids Sonic goodbye as the portal closes. Once they are gone, though, Sonic is determined to have fun with Ozzie for the next two days while he has the opportunity. Sonic proceeds to party it up, leaving the house in a mess along the way. Meanwhile, somewhere far away at a cliffside, Tails appears from a Ring portal. Consulting his Miles Electric, Tails proclaims that he has found "him" through the device's readings and hurries out to find that person before it is too late, taking flight with his twin-tails as he heads towards Green Hills.

As night falls on Green Hills, Tails arrives in town and decides to use a car to get around without being spotted, choosing Wade's police cruiser for the job. Meanwhile, Sonic is chilling when he notices that Tom is calling him on his phone via FaceTime. Cleaning up the house in a flash to avoid raising suspicion, Sonic answers Tom's call. While Sonic acts casual, Tom knows Sonic is up to something. Regardless, Sonic convinces him to just relax and enjoy his vacation, with Tom assured that Sonic can clean up his mess in good time. After then having a brief chat about Rachel's fiancé, Randall, Tom decides to introduce himself and hangs up on Sonic after encouraging him to stay out of trouble. When Tom tries to greet Randall however, he tells him with hostility that he should tear him apart for what he did to Rachel back in San Francisco. However, Randall quickly drops the façade and tells a relieved Tom that he is just kidding. The two proceed to talk about how Rachel is not fond of Tom, with Randall encouraging Tom to work things out with her. Rachel and Maddie come over, with Rachel seemingly happy about Tom's presence and insisting that they bury the hatchet. As they hug it out, however, Rachel quietly tells Tom that she will end him if he screws up her wedding, showing that she is still somewhat cross over the events in San Francisco, leaving Tom dreading what's to come if he gets on Rachel's bad side here.

Back in the Wachowski house, Sonic is watching TV with Ozzie when a blackout suddenly hits. Although thrilled at first, Sonic notices something is wrong when the TV turns on by itself and the lights start to flicker. As he nervously heads for the front door to investigate, the doorknob gets cut off, leaving the door to open and reveal Robotnik. Sonic is initially shocked by this development, but steels himself and tells Robotnik that while he is not sure how he returned, he still made a mistake coming here. Robotnik, however, retorts back and threatens to have his revenge on him and the Wachowskis. Enraged by these declarations, Sonic jumps at Robotnik, intent on hitting him with a chaos energy-charged punch, only for the doctor to playfully step aside and reveal Knuckles, who punches Sonic through a wall and the TV. As Robotnik introduces Knuckles, Sonic picks up his pouch and tries charging at Knuckles, only to get punched through another wall and into the backyard by the echidna, who demands to know where "it" is. Taking it as a challenge, Sonic charges at Knuckles again with a spin attack, only for Knuckles-- who has deemed the hedgehog an inexperienced and "unworthy" foe-- to stop it with one hand and knock Sonic down. As he pins Sonic against a tree, Knuckles proclaims his intended destiny to restore the "ultimate power" to the home of his people. While Sonic insists that he has no idea of what he is talking about, Robotnik, who has been watching the fight from the sidelines, takes an interest in Knuckles' mention of "ultimate power." After labeling Sonic an "apprentice of Longclaw", Knuckles proceeds to elaborate that her people and his people, the echidnas, were sworn enemies, and that he will now kill Sonic for being an associate of the opposing side. Suddenly, though, Tails appears in Wade's police cruiser, with the emergency lights blazing, which he rams Knuckles with. With Tails saying he is on his side and Knuckles recovering, Sonic jumps into Tails' car, which Tails uses his gadgets to drive. After shaking off Robotnik when he jumps onto the hood, the two drive away, with Knuckles hot on their heels. After an amazed Tails has introduced himself, Sonic demands an explanation for everything. Tails proceeds to tell him about Knuckles, the last of the echidnas, who is the most dangerous warrior in the galaxy and obsessed with finding the Master Emerald. Sonic dismisses the Emerald as a bedtime story, but Tails tells him that Knuckles believes otherwise and that Sonic is the key to its discovery. As Sonic takes the wheel, Knuckles quickly catches up to them and begins tearing the car apart. Tails, however, has them drive over a cliff. To Sonic's surprise, Tails is able to haul them to safety by using his twin-tails as helicopter blades. Meanwhile, Knuckles manages to get off the car and latch onto the cliff, leaving the car to explode when it hits the ground below, totally demolished.

As Sonic and Tails fly away, Robotnik catches up in a riding mower and watches. In order to proceed with his plans, Robotnik uses his Robotnik Control Glove to call Agent Stone, who has become the owner of the Mean Bean Coffee Café in Green Hills. As a sad Stone wonders where Robotnik is, he gets his message on his smartwatch. Closing his café and making it look like it failed a health inspection to avoid prying eyes, Stone uses the shop's advanced systems to send a pod located in orbit to Robotnik, all while Stone joyfully proclaims Robotnik's return. Following his pod's arrival, Robotnik arms himself with new clothes, a tune-up, equipment, and Badniks. Meanwhile, Knuckles is climbing up the cliff until Robotnik intrudes from above, asking him about the Master Emerald. Knuckles insists that it does not concern him and that their deal is over now that he has gotten him off the Mushroom Planet. In response, Robotnik helps Knuckles back up with his Badniks and insists that he needs him to navigate Earth. Furthermore, Robotnik offers to help him find the Master Emerald, which Knuckles can then use to destroy Sonic. With Knuckles seeing that Robotnik is suggesting an alliance, the two shake hands on the deal, with Knuckles crushing Robotnik's hand due to his own brute strength. With Knuckles convinced of his commitment, Robotnik calls in his Egg Mobile from the pod.

Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails have gone to Wade for help, but keep it a secret about the fate of his patrol cruiser. As they get acquainted with Wade's garage, Sonic and Tails try to figure out why Knuckles thinks Sonic is the key to finding the Master Emerald. When Tails mentions a connection, Sonic recalls that Longclaw's map shows the image of an emerald, which he was previously unable to figure out. After Sonic pulls the map from his pouch, it starts to glow. He drops it, and a magical projection of Longclaw appears to deliver a message to Sonic, saying that it was made in case something happened to her. She also reveals that Earth was chosen as Sonic's new home planet for a reason, as it is the secret hiding place of the Master Emerald, a relic that has the power to turn thoughts into reality and can threaten all life in the universe if it ends up in the wrong hands. She passes her duty of watching the Emerald over to Sonic, who sees this as his moment. Longclaw then tells Sonic to follow the map to the Master Emerald and keep it safe before ending her message with her recognition of Sonic's special heart and a loving goodbye, leaving Sonic both saddened and determined not to let her down. Following an awkward remark from Wade in which he believes Longclaw is Tails' dad, Sonic sees that the map has changed to show that there is a compass in Siberia that will lead to the Master Emerald. Tails then adds that with Knuckles also on-planet, it will be a race for the Emerald. After another goofy remark from Wade about having known a kid named Knuckles from middle school (and worrying if he and the Knuckles Sonic and Tails are dealing with are the same person), Sonic voices his certainty that despite these odds, he and Tails will find the compass first, opening a Ring portal to Siberia. Tails, however, is hesitant to come along, insisting that he only came to Earth to warn Sonic and is not a "field guy". Sonic, however, convinces Tails to come along by promising to protect him, a promise of which they seal with a power-bump.

Back in the Mean Bean Coffee Café, Stone, now wearing his suit from his original service to Robotnik, has prepared a latte for Robotnik, who soon after arrives in the café. While Stone is surprised by Robotnik's different appearance, he nonetheless expresses his loyalty with Robotnik's favorite latte. Tasting it, Robotnik notes that it could use some mushroom, referencing his dismal attempts with the fungi back on the Mushroom Planet. Knuckles arrives and takes offense to Stone when he calls him a porcupine. Regardless, Stone welcomes him upon hearing of his pride in his heritage and his resolve to fulfill his goal, which they mark with a handshake that crushes Stone's hand. Robotnik decides that they should renovate the café, and Stone transforms it into their high-tech headquarters with a simple code phrase (which is Robotnik's aforementioned favorite latte).

On Hawaii, Tom is having a rough volleyball match against Randall and his team. Despite this, the two of them remain on good terms. As they get talking, Randall notes that his team is more than that: they are his life-long squad. Afterward, the two of them promise to hang out some more with extreme activities, although Tom regrets it after he leaves. He then meets Jojo and Maddie, with Jojo revealing her duty as ringbearer for Rachel's wedding. At first, it seems that Jojo has lost one of the rings, but Tom soon reveals that he is just playing with her by giving her back the lost wedding ring. As Tom and Maddie get reacquainted, Tom looks at Randall's team and wishes that Sonic had friends like that. Maddie, however, tells him to relax and not worry about Sonic, sure that he will find his way.

Meanwhile, in Siberia, Sonic and Tails are caught in a snowstorm, with Sonic ranting about how they cannot find their way. Unable to get a reading on the compass in this storm, Tails suggests turning back. Sonic, however, spots a public restaurant nearby and says that they should take shelter in there. Tails is worried, but Sonic assures him that humans are very welcoming. Putting on some disguises made from winter clothing near the door, Sonic and Tails enter the restaurant, only to get an icy and threatening reception from the patrons. After getting a table and ordering a pair of beef stews using the translator on his Miles Electric, Sonic inquires Tails about his gadgets. Tails reveals that he made them himself and remarks that he found Sonic thanks to them. He proceeds to explain that he first detected Sonic due to the energy blast that occurred when Sonic had his emotional breakdown on Green Hills' baseball field reaching his home planet; taking interest, he later saw Sonic save the town from Robotnik, much to his amazement. With Sonic equally amazed by how much Tails knows about him, the fox cub reveals that when he learned that Knuckles was after Sonic, he had to do something and left to warn him. Immediately after, Sonic gets a text message from Tom, prompting Sonic to write one back.

Back in Green Hills, Robotnik and Stone have intercepted Sonic and Tom's text messages. As Knuckles displays his limited understanding of technology, Stone quietly asks Robotnik why they are working with an "imbecile" like him. Robotnik explains that the Master Emerald he seeks can power his wildest designs and both get his genius recognized across the galaxy and let him command unimaginable power. Reading further into Sonic's lie of enjoying the night at home, Knuckles believes Sonic has returned there. Robotnik corrects him, though, having pinpointed his location in Siberia with his technology. After fiddling with a hologram of Sonic, Robotnik and Knuckles head out. Knuckles, however, asks what to do about Stone, to which Robotnik insists that they ditch him for now. Knuckles is not pleased with this decision, labeling it a "dishonor", but Robotnik notes that it is how he rolls.

In Siberia, Sonic and Tails get the wrong dishes. Tails tries to correct the waitress, but his translator glitches and turns his question into an insult. Sonic attempts to calm the mob down, but again, Tails' translator turns it into an offensive remark, prompting the patrons to tear off their disguises for everyone to see. Branded as monsters, Sonic and Tails are grabbed by the patrons, who prepare to throw them into the fireplace. Fortunately, Tails finds a Siberian custom on his Miles Electric at the last moment and declares "Pivonka", which stops the patrons in surprise. Soon after, everyone's attention turns to a single man in the restaurant, who accepts the Pivonka challenge. As Sonic asks what "Pivonka" is, Tails explains that it is a Siberian custom for settling disputes; if they win, they let them go, but if they lose, they get thrown in the fire. As room is made for the challenge, Sonic suggests taking the map and leaving, but Tails notices that he left the map on the table, which the waitress puts away. The Pivonka challenger then steps forward and begins dancing to local music, which makes Sonic realize that "Pivonka" is a dance-off. In an attempt to get the map, Sonic and Tails try to dance, but cannot get the rhythm right. Meanwhile, the map ends up stuck to the Pivonka challenger's shoe. Sonic tries to get it, but the Pivonka challenger gets it first and dares Sonic to come and get it. Meanwhile, Tails starts to lose his nerve as everyone begins calling them "freaks". Despite this, Sonic is unintimidated and insists that he needs his help, but Tails is too nervous, not used to being out and about like this and knowing the situation is his fault. Sonic then gets an idea. Hooking his phone up to the speakers, Sonic has him and Tails dance to their own music in their own way, which is much more successful. Additionally, with Tails supplementing their choreography with holograms of themselves using his Miles Electric, Sonic and Tails are able to beat the Pivonka challenger and get back the map, leading the impressed patrons to hail them as the winners, lift them in the air, and cheer for them.

In the aftermath, Sonic and Tails are resting, with Tails expressing amazement at Sonic's ability to win the Pivonka. Sonic then tells Tails, as his friend, to stick with him if he wants to know more about Earth. Surprised, Tails asks Sonic if he really means that he is his friend, which Sonic insists, prompting a hug from Tails. Tails then explains that he never had any friends growing up because people in his village thought his twin-tails were weird. However, he noticed that Sonic became a legend despite being weird himself and was both inspired by him and spurred to help him because of that. With Sonic relating to Tails' past, he tells the fox that he is happy to have him around, a sentiment Tails agrees with. Getting tired, Tails falls asleep next to the fireplace while Sonic's back is turned. Tucking Tails in, Sonic goes to sleep too, with Tails' twin-tails covering him in return. The next morning, however, Sonic wakes up to find one of the patrons hugging him in her sleep, much to his uneasiness.

Not long after, Sonic is being carried through the mountains by Tails, who has pinpointed the coordinates on the map now that the blizzard has cleared up. There, they find an ancient temple inside a hole in a mountain. Heading into the temple, the pair finds a wall with ancient inscriptions. Upon Sonic's inquiry, Tails begins translating it, revealing that ages ago, the fearsome warriors of the echidna tribe forged the seven Chaos Emeralds into the most unstoppable weapon ever created: the Master Emerald. With its power, a single warrior could defeat entire armies. Believing that no one should have such power, an ancient order of heroes, the owls, recovered the Emerald and swore to protect it from evil, thereby sparking a centuries-long conflict between the two orders. Heading deeper into the temple, Sonic and Tails find a giant owl statue with inscribed slots on it. Recognizing the symbols on the slots from Longclaw's map, Sonic aligns the symbols as displayed on the map. This triggers a mystical mechanism that reveals the compass leading to the Master Emerald, which Sonic grabs.

Unfortunately, Robotnik and Knuckles arrive in the Egg Mobile immediately after with Badniks, who destroy the door out of the temple. The two thank them for doing all the hard work and seek to take the compass off their hands. After some banter, Robotnik fires a missile that Sonic redirects into the owl statue, causing the temple to start caving in and open a way for them. Heading for the exit, Sonic snatches a panel from a Badnik that he destroys, before he and Tails reach a steep drop off a mountainside. After telling Tails to take the high route, Sonic heads down the mountain on the panel like a snowboard. However, the Badniks pursue and open fire on him, with Tails unable to get close due to the fire and Robotnik. Knuckles, who got stuck in the temple, escapes and imitates Sonic's makeshift snowboard maneuver to pursue him. Meanwhile, Sonic uses snowballs at high speed to throw off the Badniks, only to run into another swarm of them. However, Sonic manages to dodge them all at super speed before using a Buzz Bomber to destroy the others.

As Sonic continues his trip, Knuckles soon catches up to him, much to Sonic's annoyance. The two fight while they slide down the mountain with Knuckles eventually managing to knock Sonic off-balance, causing him to land on the edge of a cliff; all of his Rings fall out of his pouch in the process, leaving him with no means to escape. Climbing back up to see Knuckles in front of him, Sonic mocks his opponent's temper, to which Knuckles replies that he knows nothing about him. Sonic bitterly retorts that he knows echidnas have a habit of ruining his life, but Knuckles tells Sonic that he lost everything because of him. He explains that years ago, his tribe was on the verge of its greatest victory. Having located Longclaw, the last of the owl warriors, the tribe were heading out to get her Emerald secrets. A young Knuckles wanted to join them, but his father kept him from coming along, insisting that his moment to honor their tribe would come, but that this was not the moment. However, he never saw his father or his tribe again after they left. Sonic sympathizes with Knuckles' story, recalling his last moments with Longclaw and sadly admitting that they *both* lost everything that day. Hearing this, Knuckles begins to soften up, only to be trapped by Tails' electric bindings. This causes Knuckles to believe Sonic was deceiving him as he breaks free of the restraints, with the hedgehog attempting to explain that what he said was genuine and not lies to get Knuckles to lower his guard. Sonic tries passing the compass over to Tails, but Robotnik swoops in and snatches the compass before firing some missiles behind him, the explosions of which knock Tails out cold. Immediately concerned for his new friend, Sonic runs over to help, begging him to wake up. Knuckles hitches a ride with Robotnik, noting that Sonic chose Tails over the compass; Robotnik simply writes off this friendship as a weakness, much to Knuckles' suspicion. Immediately after, an avalanche occurs, forcing Sonic to take Tails and try snowboarding away as Robotnik and Knuckles escape. With no other choice, he tries calling Tom on his phone.

Back in Hawaii, Rachel and Randall's wedding ceremony is underway, with a biplane arranged by Randall flying by and carrying a banner attributing the couple. However, Tom's ringtone disturbs the ceremony. He tries to put his phone away, but Sonic calls again, much to Rachel's angry annoyance. This time, Tom sees from a text message from Sonic that it is an emergency, walking away from the ceremony to answer the call. Although angry at first, Tom notices that Sonic is out snowboarding, with Sonic telling him to use the Ring he gave him to open a portal for him to escape the avalanche through. Tom proceeds to throw the Ring, but nothing happens. Taking a closer took, Tom realizes he got the Ring mixed up with Rachel's wedding ring when he was teasing Jojo, and that Randall is currently putting it on Rachel. With Sonic urging him to hurry, Tom disrupts the wedding ceremony and is forced to punch Randall to get the Ring back. Tom then opens the Ring portal in front of the wedding reception; Sonic and Tails blast through it, followed by a wave of snow that buries everyone.

As everyone recovers, Tom is notably upset at Sonic while Maddie wants an explanation. Sonic gives a quick rundown of what has happened since yesterday before turning his attention to Tails, who is still unconscious. However, he is soon after hit by a taser net and knocked out as every one of Randall's guests draw taser pistols at the Wachowskis, much to Rachel's confusion. Commander Walters then shows up and reveals that he and his associates are federal agents, including Randall. Realizing that her wedding was a setup as a part of Walters' "Operation: Catfish" and that nearly everyone involved is an agent, Rachel loses her temper and tries to attack Randall, who tries to apologize, but is restrained. Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails are hauled away in cages. Concerned, Tom begins to punch the agents doing so in order to stop them but is held back by Randall and taken away along with them. Maddie tries telling Walters that Sonic is no threat, but Walters insists otherwise and declares that their days of aiding and abetting him are over before ordering for Sonic, Tails, and Tom to be secured in the hotel for now. Rachel, however, still wants an explanation for everything. Walters explains that following the incident in San Francisco, a global taskforce named Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.) was created to protect the Earth from alien threats, which includes Sonic. Maddie, however, insists that Robotnik is a threat, too. Walters rebuts that Robotnik is dead, but Maddie tells him otherwise and mentions that he is taking away the only ones that can stop him, prompting Walters to call in aid to find him before taking his leave. Jojo then brings Maddie Tails' backpack with gadgets, which inspires Maddie to go save Sonic, Tails, and Tom. Rachel, wanting a word with Randall, is in on it.

While Tom, Sonic and Tails are taken into the hotel, Sonic's only concern is Tails' wellbeing, desperately begging for the agents to get him some help. Meanwhile, Maddie and Rachel scope out the hotel, which is infested with G.U.N. agents. Maddie then decides to go after Tom and Sonic while an emotionally unstable Rachel wants to get even with Randall. Arming themselves with Tails' gadgets, the two head for the hotel. Upon encountering their first agent, Rachel throws a gadget that sends the agent flying high into the sky, allowing them to proceed. Eventually finding the place where Sonic, Tails, and Tom are being held, Maddie and Rachel split up to find their respective targets. Just as Maddie enters the hotel, however, she is surrounded by G.U.N. agents. Fortunately, Rachel comes to her rescue with a flying homing gadget from Tails that knocks the agents out, allowing Maddie to continue. Meanwhile, Randall, remorseful over what he did to Rachel, tries to have a toast with Walters, only for the agent that was lifted into the sky to come back down and warn them of Maddie and Rachel's attack. Immediately after, a furious Rachel arrives in a golf cart, crashing into the ceremony's set pieces while amazing Randall with her passion. As Randall tries explaining himself to an understandably upset Rachel, Walters threatens her with a taser pistol. When Rachel refuses to back down, Walters fires, only for Randall to take the shot for her. Walters expresses his disappointment with Randall, but nonetheless takes aim at Rachel again. Rachel, however, takes out a ray gun made by Tails and blows her wedding cake to pieces with it, showing she has the better firepower and causing Walters to surrender. Rachel then confronts Randall, asking if their love was ever real. Randall then admits that while he did not think he could love others, he still ended up falling in love with her. With that, they both kiss.

Back inside the hotel, Maddie finds and frees Sonic, Tails, and Tom from their restraints. Meanwhile, Robotnik, Knuckles, and some Badniks arrive at an island not too far away via a Ring. Using his control glove's scanner, Robotnik locates a pedestal in the sand which Knuckles inserts the compass into. Soon after, a mystical mechanism is activated, and the sea in front of them split apart to reveal an ancient temple in the middle of it. Back on Hawaii, Maddie is tending to the still-unconscious Tails when she, Sonic, Tom, and a bound and gagged Walters notice storm clouds and a green pillar of energy on the horizon. Sonic recognizes it as a sign that Robotnik and Knuckles have found the Master Emerald. Tom suggests that they make a plan together, but Sonic refuses, saying that there is no time for a plan and that he is the only one fast enough to stop things before they worsen. Tom and Maddie disagree with his course of action, but Sonic, after expressing his sorrow over allowing someone who idolizes him to nearly get killed on his watch and blowing his chance to be a hero, declares that he is not letting anyone else get hurt in his attempt to make things right and runs off. Tails wakes up immediately after and tries to follow Sonic, but is too injured to keep up. Tom and Maddie try to tell him to rest, but Tails grimly informs them that they have no idea what Sonic is up against. Tom and Maddie then turn to Walters, with Tom asking if he believes them *now;* humbled, Walters can only nod his head. Meanwhile, back in Green Hills, Wade heads to the Mean Bean Coffee Café as he patrols the town (on scooter, since his cruiser was destroyed), only to discover that the café is closed. Suspicious, Wade takes a peek inside, only to see Stone fiddling with the equipment as he designs a new look for Robotnik. Intruding on Stone, Wade holds him at gunpoint while having him show that his control gloves are not dangerous with outlandish demands.

Back in Hawaii, Sonic is at the coastline. Despite his dislike of water, Sonic pulls himself together and charges up his chaos energy before running at full speed across the sea. However, the waves worsen as he gets further away from the shore, making it hard for him to navigate, and he eventually wipes out. Fortunately, he wakes up soon after, having washed up on the island's shore, and finds the temple. Inside said temple, Robotnik, Knuckles, and some Badniks are making their way through a labyrinth of traps, barely managing to stay one step ahead of them. Along the way, Robotnik's accompanying Badniks are destroyed by the traps. After just barely avoiding getting crushed by a spiked ball and swinging axe, Robotnik decides that they should approach the labyrinth more scientifically and so deploys a miniature Badnik from his glove that scans the labyrinth ahead of them, which Robotnik uses to form a holographic map with his control glove for them to follow. Elsewhere, Sonic enters the labyrinth via water slide and decides to run through it at high speed in hopes of reaching the center, either moving too fast for the traps or barely dodging them along the way. Meanwhile, Robotnik and Knuckles reach the center of the temple after Knuckles punches down a wall. Seeing the Master Emerald's pedestal ahead of them, Knuckles proclaims that order will be restored thanks to their collaboration. Robotnik, however, declares Knuckles useless now and prepares to backstab him with his control glove's taser, but the action is interrupted when the two hear Sonic speed through the labyrinth before crashing through the roof and landing in front of them. Furious, Knuckles asks Sonic why he keeps interfering with his destiny, to which Sonic replies that he is doing it to protect his friends and family, and that if he wants the Master Emerald, he has to get through him. Sonic then speeds toward the Master Emerald, but Knuckles intercepts him, and the two engage in an intense fight-- one Sonic says aloud that he does not want to have with Knuckles, but the echidna is not leaving him much choice.

As Sonic and Knuckles clash, the tide of their battle constantly shifting, Robotnik closes in on the Master Emerald. As Knuckles gets Sonic pinned down, Sonic notices this and points it out to him. Knuckles, though unconvinced at first, eventually notices as well and calls out Robotnik for breaking their deal and supposed friendship, but Robotnik laughs at and mocks him for his lack of intelligence, gullibility, and valuing of friendship before grabbing the Master Emerald. As an energy surge is unleashed, Robotnik absorbs the Master Emerald as he warps away in a flash that causes the temple to crumble. With water flooding in, Sonic starts to flee. However, he then notices that Knuckles has been pinned down by a pillar, unable to get free on his own and losing consciousness in the rising water. Forced to brave his fear once again, Sonic gets down to Knuckles using a falling boulder and tries moving the pillar. Knuckles comes around, and they work together to lift the pillar long enough for Knuckles to escape to the surface. Sonic, however, cannot swim up to follow him and almost drowns, but he is saved at the last moment by Knuckles, who gets them back to the island. There, Sonic tries asking Knuckles about why he saved him. Knuckles expresses that he is in no mood to talk, but Sonic provokes him into answering by throwing sand balls at him. Knuckles reveals that he was repaying Sonic for saving him, despite not understanding his tactics for doing so. Sonic replies, however, that he could not just let him die, which confuses Knuckles further, given that he has been trying to destroy him ever since they met. Sonic proceeds to recite Tom's advice about how being a hero means taking responsibility for others, which Knuckles recognizes the wisdom in. Soon after, Tails arrives at the island in the Tornado, much to Sonic's happiness. Sonic then tries convincing Knuckles to come with them and stop Robotnik. Knuckles asks Sonic how he can be so hopeful and free despite having lost everything like himself and his numerous failures, to which Sonic explains that he found a new family and friends to help him through it. After Sonic informs Knuckles that he no longer has to be alone, the two seal their newfound friendship with a handshake that crushes Sonic's hand, much to the hedgehog's annoyance and disbelief.

Back in the Mean Bean Coffee Café, Wade has tied up Stone and is trying to interrogate him. However, his attempts at playing good cop/bad cop in order to get answers have proven fruitless. Immediately after, Robotnik teleports into the café in an Master Emerald-empowered state. Feeling an elevated sense of self, Robotnik adjusts himself to his new powers as he teleports around, quickly forcing Wade to surrender while freeing Stone. Stone then reveals to Robotnik that the café is surrounded with armed personnel and military vehicles from G.U.N., but Robotnik tells him that he has a solution to this. Outside, Walters arrives in a helicopter with Tom and Maddie where an agent informs him of Robotnik and Stone's presence in the café with a hostage, which Tom and Maddie recognize as Wade when said agent mentions his incompetence as sheriff for the weekend. Robotnik soon after comes out, and both him and Tom have some banter until Walters tells Robotnik that he is finished, as the U.S. government has seized all his assets. In response, Robotnik uses his new powers to tear apart G.U.N.'s vehicles and all other forms of technology in the vicinity and pulling it into a tornado, including Stone upon his request to come with the doctor. Tom and Maddie quickly realize that Robotnik is building something using the pieces.

Meanwhile, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles emerge from a Ring outside of town in the Tornado. After the trio spot Robotnik's tornado and discuss the threat created by his continued usage of the Master Emerald's power, Tails voices his uncertainty over bringing Knuckles with them. Sonic, however, insists that Knuckles is not evil, just "mixed up", which Knuckles vehemently denies. After Knuckles and Tails then come to a sort of understanding, the trio head towards the tornado, inside of which a machine is forming, which Robotnik boards with an impressed Stone inside a secondary command center in it. The tornado then dissipates, and the Giant Eggman Robot is revealed-- a towering mech sporting the doctor's likeness. With the robot responding to Robotnik's movements, he has it begin trampling into Green Hills while playing music. While G.U.N. falls back, unable to fight it without their heavy armor or weapons, Sonic and his crew move in in the Tornado. Before Sonic can formulate a plan, though, Knuckles jumps off the Tornado, leaving Sonic and Tails to face the Giant Eggman Robot without one. As Sonic taunts Robotnik, the doctor decides to fire missiles at him. However, Stone has yet to figure out how to operate the Giant Eggman Robot, so Robotnik does it himself, shocking Stone with his energies as he operates the control panel. As a missile barrage is fired from the Giant Eggman Robot, Tails manages to steer the Tornado through the barrage unharmed. Just as Sonic relaxes, he is knocked away by a missile hitting him. Meanwhile, down on the ground, Knuckles approaches the Giant Eggman Robot head-on, branding Robotnik a "deceiver". In response, Robotnik tries to crush him with his robot's hand. Ultimately, Knuckles hits the hand with his best attack, but it does no harm. Back in the air, Tails shoots the Giant Eggman Robot with machinegun gadgets equipped to the Tornado, but they also make no difference. Furthermore, the Tornado's wings get crushed by the Giant Eggman Robot's flappable mustache, which Stone figured out how to use after reading the Giant Eggman Robot's manual. The Tornado subsequently crashes into the ground and is destroyed, but Tails gets out of it in the last moment. Back to Sonic, he has managed to take control of the missile that hit him and redirects it into the Giant Eggman Robot's knee, shaking the machine enough to knock Stone out and leaving Robotnik on his own (though he is more concerned about a hostile workplace report).

As Sonic, Tails and Knuckles reconvene on the main street, Knuckles and Tails are at loss at what to do. Sonic notes that they will only be met with failure if they each attack alone, but also suggests that if they pool their strength, speed, and smarts together as a team, they will stand a chance. With everyone in agreement, Sonic declares that this is *their* moment. Back in the Giant Eggman Robot, Robotnik sends his infantry of chaos energy-enhanced Badniks after the trio. As the heroes engage the Badniks, Sonic asks Tails for ideas, to which Tails notes that they need to find the Giant Eggman Robot's weak spot. Knuckles suggests the groin as a traditional weak spot, but a mortified Sonic rejects that suggestion. As the Giant Eggman Robot opens fire at them with lasers and they continue to demolish the Badniks, Sonic realizes that *he* is Robotnik's weak spot, noting that he "[lives] rent-free in this dude's head"; he reasons that if he can rile Robotnik up and get his attention, he will leave the Giant Eggman Robot open to a flanking maneuver from Tails and Knuckles. With the plan agreed upon, the trio splits up, with Sonic running up to the Giant Eggman Robot and taunting Robotnik into pursuing him. As Robotnik has the Giant Eggman Robot follow Sonic out of Green Hills, Tails carries Knuckles onto the backside of the giant robot. At the same time, Tom and Maddie are helping evacuate civilians. Upon stopping a local and his truck, however, Tom and Maddie decide to go get Sonic-- their "kid", as Maddie puts it. They borrow the truck from the local and head out in it.

Out in the forest, Robotnik takes a break to catch his breath, all while Sonic taunts the doctor about his supposed future plans. In response, Robotnik declares his intention to enslave humanity and conquer the entire multiverse before starting to shoot eye lasers at Sonic, who barely manages to dodge them. As he runs across the bridge that leads into Green Hills, Sonic starts to run out of energy and slow down, allowing the Giant Eggman Robot to catch up and fire a nose beam that destroys the bridge and sends Sonic plummeting down into the ravine below. As Robotnik gloats about his superiority to the grounded Sonic, he notices Tails break into the Giant Eggman Robot's cockpit and proceed to use holographic images of himself to swarm him. Declaring that he cannot outsmart him, Robotnik blasts away the holograms, leaving Tails at Robotnik's mercy. It is then that Tails reveals that he is just a distraction. Robotnik then notices Knuckles on the other side of the cockpit and sneers at the echidna switching teams, after which Knuckles repurposes Robotnik's "This is how I roll" phrase from earlier, jumps at him, and literally punches the Master Emerald out of him. With Robotnik stunned and back to normal, the Giant Eggman Robot shuts down and falls over, causing Tails and Knuckles to slide out of it with the Master Emerald and land outside, completely knocked out.

Recovering, a frustrated and panicking Robotnik uses his control glove to activate the Giant Eggman Robot's auxiliary power, causing the robot to start powering up again. Meanwhile, an exhausted and injured Sonic comes back to his senses and spots the now-cracked Master Emerald nearby. As Sonic limps his way towards it, Robotnik manages to get the Giant Eggman Robot back on its feet and walk towards Sonic. In the process, he fails to notice Tom and Maddie arriving from behind in the truck. Then, just before the Giant Eggman Robot can step on Sonic, he picks up the Master Emerald and is himself picked up by Maddie as she and Tom drive by in the truck. Robotnik has his robot punch the ground just behind the truck, causing it to topple and crash from the shockwave. Crawling out of the wreck, Sonic, Tom, and Maddie spot the Giant Eggman Robot approaching to finish the job. With the Master Emerald in his hands, Sonic believes that they can still defeat Robotnik. As he tries to figure out how it works, though, the Master Emerald's brilliant green fades to gray, and it crumbles to pieces in a panicking Sonic's hands, releasing the seven Chaos Emeralds from it. Robotnik proceeds to use the Giant Eggman Robot's flamethrower to trap the trio inside a ring of fire. Sonic tells Tom and Maddie to save themselves, but the two of them refuse to leave Sonic behind, insisting that they are family. Declaring their love for each other, Sonic and his foster family accept their fate and prepare to die together as the Giant Eggman Robot brings its foot down upon them. However, just before this, the Chaos Emeralds respond to Sonic's emotions, and he inadvertently absorbs them.

Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik believe Sonic and the Wachowskis to be dead, but the Giant Eggman Robot suddenly jerks up, concerning Robotnik after he had briefly celebrated his long-awaited victory. Sonic, now transformed into the golden Super Sonic, is lifting it with incredible power while the others-- including the Wachowskis, who are still alive and well thanks to his intervention-- watch in awe. After blasting through the Giant Eggman Robot's foot, Super Sonic cuts its head off and coldly tells Robotnik that his plot is over with a furious glare. Robotnik tries talking Super Sonic into a truce, but it is just a distraction as he uses his control glove to have the Giant Eggman Robot take punches at him. Super Sonic, however, effortlessly stops and blows the robot's arms to pieces before piercing it several times at super speed and toppling it over with a tap of his foot, leaving Robotnik to fall with his collapsing robot to what appears to be his death in an attempt to prevent the remorseless doctor from ever returning again to wreak more havoc and endanger everyone.

As Super Sonic comes back down, the Wachowskis run towards him to congratulate him. Knuckles stops them, however, insisting that Sonic has been corrupted by the power of the Chaos Emeralds and is no longer the hedgehog they knew. Super Sonic proceeds to summon a thunderstorm that focuses into his hand. However, it is then revealed that Sonic was only creating a celebratory chili dog for himself before summoning another one for Knuckles that lands and splatters on his face, causing him to bluntly remark that Sonic *is* still himself. Super Sonic subsequently relinquishes the Chaos Emeralds-- which disappear to parts unknown-- and reverts back to normal. After Sonic gets hugs from Tom and Maddie, Tails asks why he gave up all that power, to which Sonic explains that he "still has some growing up to do" and that he is fine just being a kid for now. Meanwhile, Knuckles takes the pieces of the Master Emerald and reassembles it. However, now that they finally have the Master Emerald, Knuckles questions what they will do next. As Tails reminds them that both the echidnas and owls wanted to protect the Master Emerald from the forces of evil, Sonic suggests that they start a new order to guard the Master Emerald, starting with the three of them. Knuckles insists that their task is not to be taken lightly, and they must take a vow upon their new tribe's duty, so Tails suggests a power-bump together to mark their oath, which they do.

Some time later, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Tom, Maddie, and Ozzie are at Green Hills' baseball field, trying to have some fun with a baseball game. Knuckles, however, has trouble understanding the purpose of the game. Encouraged by Tom and Maddie to just have fun, Knuckles tries it out. When the time comes to hit the baseball, however, Knuckles hits it with a power-bump instead of his bat, sending it flying through the scoreboard. Regardless, Knuckles jubilantly runs around the baseball field, celebrating his perceived win as Tails complains that the hit should not count. With their only ball gone now, Maddie suggests they go for ice cream, which everyone agrees upon. Meanwhile, Tom and Maddie are happy on behalf of Sonic, who has found his own squad to grow up with (Maddie is particularly fond of Knuckles, who "cracks [her] up"). As Tom congratulates Sonic for his newfound friends, Sonic admits that he has found way more than that, calling him "Dad". As the group proceeds to drive away in the truck, they almost leave the Master Emerald behind in the cooler until Sonic comes back for it.

In a mid-credits scene, G.U.N.'s forces have arrived at the site where the Giant Eggman Robot was destroyed. At the site, Walters is informed by his agent that they have been unable to find Robotnik. While Walters is sure that Robotnik could not have survived and bids him "good riddance", he does not notice Stone, who has disguised himself as a G.U.N. soldier, having survived himself to sneak away undetected. Walters is then informed by his agent that as they were removing Robotnik from their databases, they found a file dating back to over fifty years ago. This file contains coordinates to a well-hidden black site, and Walters realizes, much to his dread, that it concerns "Project Shadow". Meanwhile, in a remote research facility, a capsule slips out, inside of which a black hedgehog awakens, his eyes crackling with chaos energy.

## Sources

* *The Official Movie Pre-Quil | SNNW*
* *Sonic The Hedgehog 2 | SNNW*