Back at the tennis court/running track, several military their major(named Bennington), and people in hazmat suits. A large black truck and a few SUVs pull up.
"What the?" Major Bennington whispered
The large truck pulled up, a side door open, and the one who was in the truck stepped out but not fully out of the truck just yet. He was a white Caucasian male in his 50s, black hair slicked to the side, he also had on a black suit, black pants, black shoes, and a back cape with inner red lining and some rare to the public type of sunglasses.
This was Dr. Ivo Robotnik. More commonly called Dr. Robotnik or just Robotnik. He stepped onto the ground from his large truck as Agent Stone, his assistant, got out of an SUV and followed Robotnik as he walked up to the Major. Robotnik took off his glasses and looked at the Major.
"Are you in charge here?" Robotnik asked
"Yes I a-" Major Bennington started
"NOPE!" Robotnik interrupted
"My name-" the Major started
"WRONG!" Robotnik interrupted again
"is Major-" Bennington tried to add
"I'M IN CHARGE!" Robotnik interrupted yet again
"Is Major-" the Major tried to say again
"NEIGH!!! I'm in charge." Robotnik interrupted again before Stone waked up and held a strange device. "You ever seen anything like this before? It says i'm the top banana. In a world FULL of hungry little monkeys."
Major Bennington rolled his eyes.
"Allow me to clarify. Tzzt. Tzzt." Robotnik added as he looked to his left, held up his left hand all while making robotic noises. "In a subcontinentally ranked hierarchy based on level of critical importance, the disparity is to vast to quantify." Robotnik added. "Agent Stone?"
"The doctor thinks you're basic." Stone explained in simple terms
"I'm initiating a sweep sequence. Ten miles in every direction should suffice." Robotnik said as he pushed a button combination on his left gloves as drones came out of the truck but not yet launched. "Is he still looking at e funny?"
"Yes he is." Stone answered
"Tell him to stop or i'll pull up his search history." Robotnik said
"If you don't stop looking at the doctor, he'll take a closer look at-" Stone started
"I'm not deaf." the Major intercepted
"And tell him his men report to me now, blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah." Robotnik said
"Listen, pal, i'm not sure you realize-" Major Bennington stared
"I'm sorry Major, what was your name?" Robotnik asked
"Benninng-" the Major started
"NOBODY CARES!!!" Robotnik interrupted
Major Bennington rolled his eyes.
"Nobody cares. Listen, Major, nobody cares. You know why nobody cares who you are?" Robotnik as he walked to the Major
"Cause nobody cares about your feeble accomplishments. Nobody cares how proud your mommy is that you're now reading at a third grade level." Robotnik added. "Have you finished Charlotte's Web yet? Spoiler alert: she dies in the end but she leaves a big creepy egg sack." Robotnik added as he looked at his drones having been launched and waiting for a command
The drones looked a little bit like eggs. Little did Robotnik know the nickname he would get later cause of this design choice.
"Oh, my babies." Robotnik said. "Look what came out of my egg sack." he added as he stepped in front of the Major. "You know what I love about machines? They do what they're told, they follow their programming! They don't need time off to get DRUNK and PUT THE BOAT IN THE WATER." Robotnik added as he pointed at the Major. "And YOU, do what you're told. Go over there and stand on the edge of your personal abyss....and watch my machines do your job."
The Major rolled his eyes as he walked off.
Stone walked towards the doctor as Robotnik started pushing a button combination on his gloves and the drones flew off.
"Can you feel it, Stone?" Robotnik asked as he kept pressing the needed button combination
"I can feel it, Doctor." Stone answered
"It's evolution Stone, IT'S EVOLUTION!!!" Robotnik said as he finished the button combo
The drones had one goal. Locate the source of the blackout and if it was a living being, trap it and bring it to their creator known only to them as Robotnik.
When exploring the forest around the field, one of the drones found a few footprints on a rock and began scanning it carefully, sending all results to Robotnik.
In his mobile lab, Robotnik was sitting in front of his computer typing away on his keyboard as an image picked up by one of his drones is on screen. Agent Stone then steps in.
"Agent Stone?" Dr. Robotnik asks
"Yes, Doctor?" Stone responds
"Do you see anything useful in this image?" Robotnik added to his question
Stone looked at the said image but saw nothing useful. He did not at all have the IQ level needed to figure out if anything useful was in the image.
"Nothing at all, Doctor." Stone answered
"Of course you don't. Your eyes weren't trained to spot tracks by the Native American shadow-wolves." Robotnik said as he switched to a clearer image of the footprint and just the footprint
Stone looked at the screen's picture of the footprint. He was amazed.
"That's extraordinary." Stone said
"No. What's extraordinary is I have managed to determine the exact weight, height, and spinal curvature of these creatures." Robotnik said as he stood up and waked over to Stone. "But my computer can't find a single match for them, ANYWHERE, in Earth's animal kingdom. This blackout was not a terrorist attack and that's no baby Bigfoot."
Robotnik walked over and leaned against his computer's keyboard.
"These things are something ELSE....entirely....." Robotnik stated
Stone decided to re-position Robotnik's rolling office chair.
"Divert all search units to the sight of the footprint." Robotnik said. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for me."
Stone nodded and left the mobile lab as Robotnik sat back down in his chair and resumed typing away on the computer.
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Sonic Underground: Reimagined
AdventureSonic, Manic, and Sonia must flee from Mobius to Earth when their home on the planet of Mobius is attacked by a tribe of echidnas. On Earth, they must hide and all they have left of their life on Mobius are three medallions and a few pictures. But...