E-123 Omega (WI02)

## E-123 Omega

**E-123 Omega** is a supporting character from *What If Emerl Survived?*, first appearing under the control of Gemerl in Part 2, he was freed from his forced fusion and became a comrade of Emerl from then on.

## Personality

E-123 Omega is bombastic and self-centered, prioritising his mission to obliterate all 'worthless' Eggman machinery above most other things. He arrogantly believes himself to be the greatest of Doctor Eggman's creations and places much importance on that sense of pride, flying into a rage after having been taken advantage of by Gemerl.

Outside of his mission, Omega shows a sense of camaraderie to allies who have proven their strength, such as Shadow the Hedgehog and Emerl. Though he still expresses his appreciation through a lens of violence, it is merely his own roundabout way of communicating.

## History

### Past

Omega's history prior to the events of *WI02*'s main story are identical to that of the original video game timeline. After Rouge the Bat returned from the future with Team Sonic, she sought out Omega and asked him to join Shadow- who had remained there - using his immortal body to go into a dormant state. He agreed to this, but unknowingly fell victim to Gemerl, who performed a deep scan of his systems and parasitically infested his body using his merge ability.

### Sonic 06 Arc

Omega appeared for the first time in Part 2, during Shadow and Emerl's battle against Mephiles the Dark 200 years in the future. After raining heavy gunfire on Mephiles from off-screen, he quickly turned his weapons against Emerl and was promptly called to cease by Shadow, who assumed Omega had mistaken Emerl for an Eggman robot. Omega expressed in a strained manner that he was suffering from a system intrusion and could not resist, leading to the reveal of Gemerl burrowed within his body and their collective transformation into the true form of Omegerl. As part of Omegerl, Omega had no control over his merged body's actions and was helpless as Gemerl commandeered his artillery to do as he liked.

When Emerl's recently-acquired abilities from Mephiles brought the conflict back to the present era, he was able to separate Omegerl's components by grabbing Gemerl's head crest and ripping him out of Omega's frame, causing the physical mutations induced by the merge to revert and restore Omega to his normal form. Enraged by having been controlled by a robot he deemed inferior, Omega opened fire on Gemerl, which prompted him to retreat. In the fallout of the battle, Omega questioned whether the 'bumblebee robot' was an enemy of Emerl's, who confirmed it to be true. Having immediately taken a liking to Emerl for his strength and shared hatred of Eggman's robots, Omega promised to 'annihilate him [Gemerl] extra' for Emerl when he got the chance.

#### End of the World

After Solaris began consuming reality, Omega was one of the gathered survivors who appeared atop the remains of Soleanna's ceremonial torch at the End of the World. He immediately attempted to engage Gemerl in combat upon realizing his presence, but relented only due to the severity of the situation at hand. When the plan to commandeer Emerl's body and use the Chaos Emeralds to revive Sonic the Hedgehog was put into place, Omega joined the battle against Ultimate Emerl, but the heroes were eventually overwhelmed. Their contributions allowed Gemerl to seize his chance to merge with Emerl, however, and Omega witnessed the birth of Masterl and his subsequent actions: Reviving Sonic, destroying Solaris and restoring the multiverse with the Ultimate Chaos Control.

Omega was present at the fields surrounding Soleanna after the Ultimate Chaos Control was performed, and was the only one unaffected by the paralyzing effect caused by Argus' arrival. He was unable to get close to the creature, however, due to its unseen defensive measures and was thus unable to stop Emerl and Gemerl from being taken back to the Twilight Cage.

## Powers and abilities

E-123 Omega's most notable abilities lie within his overwhelming arsenal, sporting rotary cannons, missiles and other kinds of deadly weapons designed by Doctor Eggman. His weaponized body also features a thruster, sharp claws and powerful legs, the latter two of which have been used by Emerl via his Copy Ability.

The second iteration of Ultimate Emerl, who sported Omega's claws and spiked wrist-cuff on one hand.Emerl transforming his legs into Omega's to help stop a speeding train in Part 3.Presumably also due to being a robot, Omega is immune to the mind-straining presence of Argus, but this does not account for the creature's actual attacks.

## Transformations

#### Omegerl

> *For more information, see: Gemerl (WI02)*
>
>

Omega is a component of Omegerl, a fusion created by Gemerl's mechanical merging ability. Due to Gemerl's invasive process being capable of taking over Omega's systems, he had no control of this form, and was more akin to a suit of armor used by Gemerl.

Omega's contributions to the form primarily laid in its destructive artillery, which Gemerl readily used with no regard for his surroundings, such as in the populated town square of Soleanna.

## Relationships

### Emerl

Omega respects Emerl for his potent battle capabilities, as well as the fact that he has a dislike of Doctor Eggman's machines. Omega's self-absorbed attitude makes the notion that he 'immediately took a liking' to Emerl all the more noteworthy, and the two seem to share a mutual bond.

### Gemerl

As per his self-given purpose to eradicate all other Eggman robots, Omega harbors a natural disdain for Gemerl, but despises him in particular for the fact that he - as an Eggman robot - was able to control his body. He immediately attempted to attack him at the End of the World, and once promised to annihilate him for Emerl's sake.