Chapter 1: Remnants of his empire
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“no No NO!!!” Shouted Eggman as he saw the blue blur heading towards him, in what’s basically the couple of days the hedgehog took down Infinite, all the phantom illusions and took back the world from his hands
Eggman couldn’t do anything but clench his teeth as Sonic blasted through every illusion he created with the phantom Ruby until the hedgehog pierced through the machine and went through the pilot’s cabin, the doctor and the hedgehog looked at each other as the blue menace gave a smug smile only those with super reflexes could see before he went blasting through the other side of the death egg robot
and with that the machine started to explode, the illusional dimension he created started to crumble and his empire followed as the copies of old enemies of Sonic faded away
Eggman silently screamed as for some reason he couldn’t scream inside of his machinery as the phantom Ruby glowed with a Carmen glow, Infinie, the copies of Sonic past foes, the billions of Badniks following his command, the death egg, and literally recreating the Sun…
it was all for nothing
after the dust settled and they day was saved, Eggman Disappeared
Eggman woke up with the sensation of water drops falling on his nose, he quickly got up and noticed he was on a alley with his Egg mobile heavily damaged “where am I?” Was everything he could say before he tried to activate the egg mobile, the machine floated for a couple of seconds before it fell to the ground
“Damn that sanity forsaken hedgehog!” Eggman then hit the control panel of the egg mobile
Eggman pushed his vehicle behind some trash cans then closed it with a device he had at hand making a small energy shield surround his vehicle “I have to keep my guard low, I’m now the most wanted man in the planet after ruling it for months”
Eggman walked out of the alley and noticed something, this place was different from what he usually knew
There was no loops in the highways above, the streets had a design similar to the renaissance or Spagonia, but he clearly remember to haven’t been able to make any modifications to it during his conquest since he was too focused on “playing” with Sonic’s friends
he looked around and saw propaganda for marks he didn’t recognize and products he didn’t knew of, Dust till dawn? SDC? he was the richest man on the planet (through shell companies and selling illegal weapons to all counties) and he would be sure to know about competition that sold guns that seemingly transform like the one from the store he’s looking at
”excuse me” said a young woman to Eggman who jumped in surprise, he was too focused on the weapons to notice her, as he reached for the gun in his pocket he noticed something, that woman had hedgehog ears “would you be interested in a two for one offer? Buy a makeshift weapon and we give you a totally free one, It’s a limited time offer” said the girl offering him a pamphlet
”I’ll check on it” said Eggman as he took the pamphlet and ran from there, he was no biologist but he knew those ears were real, specially when he saw them twitch like normal flesh and blood animal ears as he picked the pamphlet
as he walked through the streets he saw posters for a movie starring a man fighting with a wolf like monster with white like armor, he would have seen it as fiction if it wasn’t for what he saw later
”in todays news, the Grimm attacks have augmented the last days after the attack on the latest cargo of dust from atlas’s as-“ as the reporter (Lisa or something like that) talked, the news showed images of people with those makeshift weapons fighting against the very same monsters he saw in the poster
as Eggman saw the report he kept seeing new concepts
white Fang some kind of terrorist organization, Grimm or that’s at least how the reporter called this species of monsters, and huntsman who were the ones in charge of exterminating the Grimm
he hasn’t been in every place in the world but he knows something weird could be happening, as he walked he noticed the sun started to set and as he looked above in the sky he saw something
the moon was broken… like usual, is not like he wasn’t the man who did it, but he noticed something, the space ark wasn’t there
And he noticed it he kept seeing differences between in how the moon was destroyed, as he calculated the impact by the way the rocks are shattered and the current possible rotations, the moon must have been destroyed from something in the planet and not from something outside of it like the eclipse cannon, plus this was more shattered than anything else while he put a massive hole
eggman rubber his chin as he let a chuckle escape from his mouth “this ain’t my world isn’t it?” As Eggman gazed upon a broken moon, the one who did it probably didn’t know what they were doing since they did a mediocre job “a lesser man would die in this situation” Eggman looked at the city around him as he grinned “I’ll be home by Christmas”
Chapter 2: Fitting in the dozen
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Eggman strode through the streets of vale into a place he knew he could get information, a library!
as Eggman walked into the library he took five books, world history so he knows what he’ll be up against, humans and Faunus so he knows if he has to take extra precautions, dust and guns so he can understand what dust even is, Grimm biology so he can find a way to exploit them and a biography of someone called “Arthur watts” a apparently well known names in the world’s robotic advancements
as he sat down with a grin in his face he p sure prepared to learn everything he could from this pitiful world
Eggman was going through a wide spectrum of emotions, rage, bafflement, happiness and overall disappointment
He learned there was four kingdoms for him to conquer, Vale, Mistral, Atlas and Vacuo. Vale was the most stable, Mistral was a rat filled kingdom in the metaphorical sense since it was filled with criminals, Atlas was a hyper capitalist society that did the most technological advancements to the point they even had a flying city which was a idea he would quickly steal for a flying Eggman-land, and Finally Vacuo was a place with barely any laws and almost no resources
Out of all of them only Atlas seemed like a threat since they were the only ones with a army, after he learned of the Grimm, monsters who seek negative emotions and want to destroy humanity, learning that some stupid king abolished most militaries because of a single war was idiotic! And more replacing them with huntsman’s
huntsman’s were basically freelance mercenaries who had no regulators once they went out of the kingdom which wouldn’t be a problem if only one of the three kingdoms wasn’t a decentralized mess, all kingdoms minus vale had villages far from the central city which means huntsman’s could go there and do whatever they want including forcing their services into people
but what baffled him the most was how society depended on such a weak power source as dust, it worked as a fuel but its inability of leaving the atmosphere and its relative weakness compared to normal guns and gunpowder which was relegated to fireworks since dust was much easier to turn into ammunition and the big dust producers (mainly the schnee dust company) basically bullied the small business into never using gunpowder while also doing all the propaganda possible to make gunpowder look weak in comparison to dust
when according to his calculations the best speed of a dust bullet is a quarter weaker than most bullets, as usual the dumb power hungry morons crush the genius below them for more profit, stagnating technological advancements for their own benefit
But how could this people survive against an endless amount of monsters like the Grimm with mediocre ammunition which only has the buff of an elemental effect? Aura, aura was a manifestation of the soul which has absolutely no scientific proof besides a man called Ozborn two hundred years ago saying aura is the manifestation of the soul because he saw it in a dream
And no one has refuted it because they have barley any way of experimenting with aura since most people consider experiments on aura to be inhumane
morals, pushing back scientific advancements like usual
Oh and Faunus, he’s honestly a bit disappointed, their only ability above humans is night vision which seems to be easily comparable to night vision googles, they don’t even get any buffs besides physical ones he could replicate and surpass with a machine
flight? Only winged Faunus and they are slower than most vehicles, claws? Eggman can give himself a giant drill gauntlet covered in electricity for extra damage, web slinging? Is just sticky ropes since they aren’t more durable than steel, a scorpion tail? Even his grandfather could make that while he was being executed, sharp teeth? He could literally give himself teeth of steel and do more damage, fish Faunus with fish tails? I’m a professional dive and unlike this specific type of Faunus I can be on land
And according to the world records of the last year, the fastest person in the record is not even a Faunus but a human woman who happens to be called Harriet Bree, like a hare and she even has two pieces of hair that resemble the ears, the Faunus got out-animaled by humans!
and they even suffer discrimination which, he finds stupid, they’re just humans with glued in animal parts, not even the animals in his world suffer discrimination (mostly because they have saved the world from humans more times than not and a war would end in the animals winning since 95% of humanity’s power is on Eggman and his empire, GUN dreams they could have something like silver freaking sonic on their side)
and finally Arthur watts, one of the main designers in most atlas automatized weaponry, aka robots
he’s been studying the work of his team and… its disappointing, the knight’s do have some nice capabilities like the sword and guns, and are threatening but lack variety in units, even the ancients and GUN had more than two robot types which have similar colors
It reminds him of the egg gunners but without the ability to flying at Mach speeds, and even when he thinks that series of robots was a bit bland, he at least made more than the same robot but with a slightly different design
the difference between the 130, 135 and 140 are the fact 135 has a shield and 140 has a giant A on the chest that barely looks like a A, “I expected better from a fellow engineer of war with a mustache, Arthur” the fact the man’s real name was literally Watts wasn’t lost to him, after all he’s a Robotnik
now Eggman knew enough about the world to conquer it, but he didn’t have the resources needed to conquer it, he could easily go from one robot to two the three then many many more
But he didn’t even have a working egg mobile, so he needed to do something drastic, get a job
As Eggman walked he accidentally clashed with a woman, her purse falling to the floor “I’m so sorry Miss, here, let me help you” said Eggman as he helped the girl take her things back
however while he did it, he took her scroll while she didn’t notice, he’s a feminist which means he’ll pay the same respect to both man and woman, which is none
Eggman quickly hacked the scroll as it wasn’t very different from a phone, if actually had worse signal than most devices because of the mediocre design of the cross continental transmission towers
All world communications could be destroyed if one of the single towers got damaged, a blackout or a single missiles would be able to cause a world wide cataclysm in the blink of an eye
and he’s definitely not going to take advantage from this
he quickly made a curriculum and hacked into the the police records remotely, seeing the names of the most dangerous and biggest gangs in vale, and that’s why he choose the ones at the bottom
he needed a someone who could give him enough resources to start his plan but pathetic enough for Eggman to easily control with limit resources
And Eggman had found someone who fits the description perfectly
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The Xiong family, in the past they were known THE most dangerous mafia in all of vale, leaded by Hei Xiong Sir, however that changed when he died and the mafia was given to his son
Hei Junior Xiong
The son of the previous guy, if you couldn’t notice, Junior was a good bar owner and a decent mobster at best, that plus the fact brand new criminals have entered vale like that Torchwick guy, and the fact his father’s death caused a massive power vacuum
The Xiong family went from one of the most feared mafias to one of the bunch, how pathetic can you be if a single guy can have a bigger criminal empire than you?!
luckily for Eggman, such second rate mafia boss is exactly what he needed to start his rise to power, and thanks to a amazing curriculum and gigantic intellect, this would be a piece of cake
”hey egg head! Give me another drink!” Said Roman Torchwick
that dim witted Buffon of a mobster saw his curriculum and made him into a bartender, A BARTENDER!!! Eggman now perfectly understands why the Xiong family fell off, they (or at least junior) don’t know how to see a golden opportunity, if they want someone to make Austrian goat milk lattes for them then they should get some sycophant to do it instead of the smartest man on the planet!
”I said give me another drink, or does everything I say just bounce in that round skull of yours” said Roman as Eggman clenched his teeth’s, even in other worlds he can’t escape from smart asses who do everything to get on his nerves
Eggman served Torchwick his drink, he made a mental note to personally crush this orange clockwork wannabe the next time he has the chance
“anyway, once all robberies are properly done I’ll give you a part of the money once all work is done, of course that’s if your men don't screw anything up” said Torchwick as he took his drink
”why would you need my men anyway? Isn’t SHE enough to do all this work?” Asked Junior, they’re talking about Roman’s lackey, there’s barely any information about her besides working for him since he started doing business in Vale
”let’s just say she’s kinda busy doing some extra work my employer asked for, and I just couldn’t say no to them… literally” said Roman as he finished his drink m
”fine, but I better get them back, you know how the situation has been since the white fang arrived and started causing some problems at the edge of the kingdom” said Junior as he and Roman sealed the deal
”anyway, gotta roll and work, and tell your barista to cut off that rat off his face, I think I have some of his nose hair in my drink” said Roman as he walked away, if Eggman didn’t have any self control he would have jumped to grab that Torch-weak by that ridiculous hair and smash his head against the floor until there was nothing left of his ugly mug so all his mugshots would have to be drawn by hand
but then Eggman noticed something, a blonde girl who seemed around 18 because if she wasn’t 18 then whoever let her dress up like that failed as a father in one too many departments
the girl asked for a “strawberry sunrise” with one and quote “one of those little umbrellas” and as the responsible adult Eggman is:
”identification, please” asked Eggman
“What?” Asked yang
”I’ll won’t give a drink to a kid, identification” said Eggman
”I mean, just look at me! I’m enough to be identification and-“ but Eggman stopped her mid sentence “don’t care, I’ve seen teen who are bigger than me and can break through solid metal, now identification or buzz off Goldilocks”
”alright what’s happening here?” Said Junior as he entered the discussion “oh, you must be Junior” said Yang as she turned to look at the mob boss
”yes I am, mind if I ask what this ruckus is all about?” Asked Junior, “you see this girl refused to-“ “shushala you” said yang shutting Eggman’s lips with a finger “you annoying brat!” Eggman choose to let his boss speak with the girl and-
oh dear eggs, as someone called Eggman he knows perfectly well you don’t touch a man’s egg sack, specially like that, after the aggression all of Junior’s men pointed their guns at Yang and Eggman realized he might as well do the same, pulling out a black gun designed and crafted by him previous to his fall into this world
She even had the gal to ask for information about someone, showing a photo of a woman similar to her (most be a familar), after she let go of his “eggs” Junior choose to walk away, if Eggman was in his place he would have commanded everyone in the room to kill her
She then asked for a kiss, and Eggman doesn’t know what’s dumber, the fact she thought it could work or the fact it worked (a idiot is a genius next to someone dumber) and she took the chance punch him in the face which started a bar fight, with the girl opening fire on a public area
The girl proceeded to defeat every grunt Junior had at hand
First his men who got kicked away so easily one could confuse them with cannon fodder, then the DJ who didn’t took long, then the two bratty body guards (Militia and Melanie malachite who shared last name with a big gangster in mistral) the last two were the only ones to give some fight to yang, while that happen Eggman searched for the perfect moment to shoot his gun, the weapon was able to level buildings with a shoot so a single shot would be enough to get blonder off the dance floor
But he couldn’t afford to shoot someone on his first day of work, so he waited as the girl kicked the twins away, Eggman thought he had the perfect shot but his boss choose to appear with a rocket launcher to try his luck, would have found it admirable if he didn’t forfeit a few minutes ago when she crushed his balls
he started shooting making her dodge the missiles and giving Eggman a harder chance to shoot, he had to get off his hiding spot and get on a perfect position to shot or otherwise Junior would get his rockets rocked, on another note, Yang was rocking Junior’s rockets by shooting explosive bullets at his rockets
Eggman saw the mobster going for melee combat, and the girl in answer covered herself in fire and easily pushed Junior away, however when the girl saw the man pulled some hairs off by accident, she literally exploded, its now of never
”here’s your strawberry sunrise!!!” Said Eggman as he shot a potent laser beam at the girl, shooting her out of the bar through the window and into the street, he swears he heard someone with a high pitched voice shout “Yang!” Not long after
eggman crossed his arms and chuckled with a wide smile as he got rid of the girl, he then turned to look at his boss who looked at him with wide eyes
”you, what’s your name?” Asked Junior
”names Doctor Ivo Robotnik, but everyone calls me Eggman” said Eggman putting his gun back into his pocket
”that thing has a power similar to the biggest cannons Atlas has and it fits in the palm of your hand, where did you get it?” Asked the mafia boss
”hand made with my own hands and brilliant mind, no blue prints” said the doctor with a proud smile
”wait, if you’re able to make that why are you the bartender?” Asked Junior and Eggman gave him a deadpanned look “you tell me, you hired me!”
Junior rubbed the back of his head as he looked around his hurt men, “everyone get up, and tell the janitors to start cleaning this up” he then turned to Eggman “how about we talk in a more private area?” Asked Junior Making Eggman slightly grin
The two walked to the VIP section as Junior offered a cup of wine to the doctor which rejected it, Junior served some plain alcohol to himself “as you should know, the Xiaong family has a lot of competition, between Torchwick and the other families we are very low on the hierarchy of vale’s underworld”
”and you want me and my tools to change that” said Eggman confidently
”is that obvious?” asked junior
”I saw that girl crush your eggs to make the world’s worst omelette, is not hard to see you need help” said Eggman
“And what do you need to give me that help?” Asked Junior
”first off, half of the Jobs’s I’ll do will be solely to get resources for my personal use” said Eggman, Junior thought about it
”okey, what’s next?”
”second, I want full creative control over everything I make” said Eggman, “only if you accept to upgrade my men’s weaponry”
”deal, and last I want to stop being the god forsaken bartender, is humiliating!” Said Eggman
”deal”
the two stroke a deal and smiled, but somehow the man called Eggman had the most sinister smile of the two
Notes:
I originally made Eggman say “Get a load of this” before he shot the laser, but I thought making a callback to yangs infamous sunrise would be more fitting for someone as petty as Eggman
Chapter 4: Crack for some cash
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“Is it done yet?” asked Junior, impatient as Eggman repaired the Egg mobile
”I’ll be done when it’s done” said Eggman as he finished fixing his vehicle which started hovering
”well you better hurry up, between how costly it was paying for the pieces and the fact Roman hasn’t returned with the men I gave him, we are in need for money” answered Junior, Eggman rolled his eyes under his glasses, Eggman didn’t knew why it was a problem if his, Junior is the one who should have been dealing with that Torchwick
”calm down already!, I’ll get the money back, now get your men here because we’re off on five!” Said Eggman as he jumped into the Egg mobile
the egg mobile flied through the night sky of vale, it was designed to carry heavy machinery but the cockpit wasn’t designed for a lot of people which became noticeable as Eggman struggled with the five men accompanying him
”what is this?” Said a man reaching to grab the dream cast in his vehicle “don’t touch my stuff!”
“You have a video game?” Asked another grunt grabbing the games Eggman had, the doctor quickly took it away his copies of Nights and Eggman adventure of the criminal’s hands, “are you deaf or just stupid?” Asked Eggman as he finally landed in near the port unnoticed
Eggman started to hack into the system with a simple scroll, with the cameras being under his control in second, putting the cameras in a perfect loop to trick the guard “it’s time”
Junior’s men jumped off the Eggmobile and ran to the back without being noticed as they carried a bag, ”there’s a man at the corner, prepare the silencer” said Eggman, The runts did exactly that as they aimed and shoot without excitation, killing the men as one pulled the corpse away
they cut proceeded to cut through a wire fence and the five men rushed in, picking a lock to enter and then picking another lock of a balcony to enter, they proceeded to open many crates and started filling the bags
”go to the right, there’s a guard incoming” said the doctor and Junior’s men followed except for one that tripped and rushed to the next room, the guard noticed the feet of a man suspiciously slipping into the next room
“who’s there?” Asked the guard as he activated his aura and pulled out a gun, Eggman wrinkled his face in frustration because of their incompetence
”one of you, stay there, the rest try to go through the door at the left, prepare a wire to leave no witnesses” said Eggman, Junior’s men did a quick play of rock paper scissors and the only one who plays scissors stayed
”stay still” said the guard as he cornered the runt, “don’t shoot!” Said the criminal as he raised his hands in the air
before the guard could reach for the radio, another runt came from behind and strangled the guard till he stopped breathing, they then hide the corpse inside of one of the empty crates
the started looting the area as they filled bags with dust and other goods, then they rushed into the server room and strangled the guard looking at the cameras “we have the server and the-“ the men looked around the room and found a- “-safe”
”good, now pull out the camera” said Eggman
”what camera?”
“You were supposed to bring a camera with the rest of the other stuff gadgets” said Eggman trying to hold back his rage
”oh, I think Jim has it” said The goon
”You mean the one who’s not supposed to enter the building?!” Asked Eggman dumbfounded, when he didn’t get a answer he proceeded to hit the control panel before she composed himself “no matter, pull out your scroll”
the men did just that and saw how Eggman’s symbol covered the screen as it completely changed into a red color “you have luck I’m the greatest mind to ever exist, now take a photo of the safe” and the goon did just that
Eggman used his technological glasses to scan the image, seeing the finger prints on the buttons and then he calculated the age of each finger print
”the password is 12346” said Eggman, the criminal quickly put the password in and put all the money in the bag, the men proceeded into the main room looting all the loot until they found pieces of Atlesian knight’s that were being exported from Atlas into Vale in pieces to be assembled here (Eggman theorized it was because of the recent attacks done to SDC cargos, the mega corporation needed more soldiers)
”take those pieces” commanded Eggman
”no way, this things are twice as heavy as everything e-“ “if you don’t take those pieces I’ll rip your hearts off and swallow them while I keep you alive” the runt was able to hear Eggman cocking his gun, they remembered how strong that thing was when it kicked that blonde out of the bar
So they complied
the four inside of the building discreetly threw the bags out of the balcony to Jim below to catch
“what the hell is inside of this bags?! Did you put our the crates in here or what?!” Asked Jim whispering the hardest he could
”if you have any complains bring them to the doctor” said one of his partners as they threw another bag at Jim who grabbed all the bags they kept throwing and hide them in a empty garbage container
after a solid minute of Eggman commanding them, warning them of upcoming guards and throwing things off a balcony, they finally finished lotting but that didn’t mean the work was over
“Now go downstairs and immediately start pouring the liquid into the electric box” said Eggman, before all of this he prepared a almost undetectable highly flammable mixture, and now all men’s were perfectly positioned to pour the mixture on the electric box and some of the outlets and start the fire at the same time to make it look like a short circuit
”done” said one of the criminals
”okey, at the count of three” said Eggman, one two three, and the place was burning to the ground
Before the four men could run out of the building they put the corpse of the guard from before in place so it looks like the fire is what killed him, now back on the egg mobile and flied away while the building was being evacuated because of the fire
it only took a minute after the fire died down for a couple more of Junior’s men on a garbage truck to pass by and take the Trash container with them, and with that the money, dust and weapons were theirs
Back at the bar some of the men who worked that day were drinking as the malachites sat near Junior and the doctor
”I can’t believe you pulled it off so flawlessly” said Junior as he took a sip of his drink
”It would have been more flawless if it wasn’t for your men tripping over and not being able to use basic logic like certain someone!” Said Eggman as he looked back
”I was I was sorry!” Said Jim
”anyway, despite that I can’t help but notice they also took pieces of Atlesian Knight’s” said Junior
”those are for me, it’ll take it has a tip for saving the operation with my amazing improvisation” said Eggman twirling his mustache with a smile
”you do know the risks of doing that, right?” Asked Junior, of course he did! But Eggman knew he could deal with some bootleg G.U.N.
”Don’t you worry, just drink and celebrate a successful heist” said Eggman as he walked out of the bar “by the way, when is the next heist?” Asked Eggman
“a dust heist on the shopping district, multiple targets who didn’t pay the protection racket, make a ruckus this time” said Junior
“Understood, by the way, be sending the pieces and other stuff I asked you for to my apartment” said Eggman as he walked out of the VIP and out of the bar
As Eggman looked at the broken moon he smiled, things were starting to go just as planned
Chapter 5: Fight for the torch
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Eggman yawned as he woke up in his egg mobile inside of the small apartment he bought not long after getting hired by Junior
he checked on the machines he’s been making with the pieces of the Atlesian knights before he cracked his knuckles and went to make a coffee and a simple Egg sandwich for breakfast, he would have made waffles but he didn’t have enough resources for it, after a second he went to took a shower and finally went out to work
As Eggman landed on the rooftop of the bar and went downstairs he was welcomed by Junior and his men
”alright did you read the messages I sent you?” Asked Junior as his men sat around him
”yeah yeah, the target is five dust shops on the same area who didn’t give you the payment yet” said Eggman as he clapped his hands and commanded the men’s to get going to the vehicles behind the bar, because unlike last time there’s too many men to fit in the egg mobile
”by the way, have you gotten any news from Torchwick concerning your men?” Asked Eggman
”No, but why do you care?” Asked Junior
”no reason” in reality Eggman hoped he could have a excuse to go after that red haired jerk with more make up than manners
”then just go already, I want this job to be done before before the 2 AM” said Junior as he Eggman walked to the roof top and went back into the Egg mobile, flying towards the business district with the cars trying to catch up to the Eggmobile which even at its slowest was able to surpass all of them, after all it was designed to catch up to Sonic
as Eggman hovered above the shopping district he sighed as he noticed Junior’s henchmen weren’t able to catch up and that he might have to wait a while, it was weird for him to do so much business with humans without a animal in sight (as the ones back home and not Faunus since they barely look any different from a human)
working with Junior felt like working with a Ant who thought he could boss him around, the reason he always spent all his team away from people is because they weren’t a challenge to him
GUN robots could be beaten down easily by a single and simple mech of his, the soldiers had soon become jokes to him since even his slowest Badniks could run a mile around them before finishing them off, no human on the planet had a IQ able to rival his, it just wasn’t fun
and you might think the challenges he’d faced in remnant so far could be considered fun as well, but they aren’t, because he’s not able to fight with all his strength
analyzing the records of the top huntsman and other aura users of the world made him realize if anyone here went through the same things Sonic has, they would have been dead long before reaching Eggman’s base
the Egg dragoon, Metal Sonic, The egg fleet, and the Death egg would have been too much for anyone in this planet, and as such he didn’t feel the same sensation as he did fighting sonic
a game isn’t fun if you have to actively limit yourself to win, and his constant interactions with Sonic may imply otherwise but he doesn’t like being mocked, specially by low level crooks who could only dream to do the kind of evil he’s done
then Eggman hears glass shattering as he looks below, he at first thought it could have been Junior’s henchmen but the fact the cars weren’t here implied otherwise, he took a closer look and noticed it was actually a bunch of Faunus in white uniforms doing the robbery
The white fang, if he wasn’t wrong, he didn’t go in depth about the political situation in remnant but when he turned the news on to be sound while he worked on his Eggmobile, he was unable go ignore the news of the white fang’s presence and how they disrupted a peaceful protest not long before
eggman in any other case would leave and let them continue their crimes, but they were taking what was supposed to be his, so instead he activated the turret at the side of the Eggmobile and dropped his iconic Wrecking ball
“Get your hands off my prize!” Said Eggman as he made the Eggmobile do a flip and the wrecking ball crushed a White fang member, as the other members started pulling out their guns Eggman made the Eggmobile do a spin and ther wrecking ball slapped all the Faunus away
”get the Hu-“ but before the white fang member could talk he shot several hand crafted tracking missiles at the white fang which was sent flying away
Eggman laughed at this but felt something hit the back of his egg mobile, he turned around and saw a red projectile (which did the sound of a fire work) flying towards him but he quickly dodged it (fighting with sonic gives you very good reflexes)
”well well, if it isn’t baldy Mcnosehair” said Roman as he blows the smoke coming from the end of his gun walking stick “why are you here and not serving drinks like a good bar tender?”
”why you little-“ Eggman stopped himself as he regained his composure “well Roman, I always knew you were a donkey, but didn’t knew you were enough of a donkey to be allowed into the white fang”
”oh no, is just a little business partnership, one you are ruining” said Roman as he shot another dust round at Eggman which quickly activated the Dome of the Eggmobile, and just as that happen Junior’s men arrived
”then I guess Junior might not be getting his men back?” Said Eggman as he aimed his turret at Roman
and just like that, all hell broke loose, Junior’s crooks and the white fang men fought clashing swords and shooting at each other
however the only noticeable members of the fight were Roman and Eggman, Roman paired a katana as he did a spin and hit the grunt in the stomach with his walking stick as he kicked the man on the knee and then hit him like he was playing baseball towards the rest of Junior’s men
Eggman meanwhile was having no mercy, he did a flip which made the wrecking ball hit the floor so hard the white fang goons were sent flying through the air which Eggman used to shot several guided missiles, exploding them in the air as if they were fire works
Eggman then changed his attention to focus on Roman, flipping the Eggmobile once more but Roman dodged the attack and started running in the chain towards the Eggmobile, jumping to hit the vehicle with his weapon once, twice, and before he could do it a third time, Eggman put down the dome and grabbed Roman’s weapon, surprising the crook long enough for Eggman to hit him with a sucker punch direct to the face
Roman fell back to the floor and rolled to the side of the remaining white fang members, he started to get up as the white fang members looked at him “what are you doing?! Kill him already!” However before they could do that, the doctor slapped them away with the wrecking ball, with Roman quickly ducking out of the way
“where was that all bravado from before, Candlewick?” he then opened fire on Roman, and Roman quickly blocked every shot coming at him
”that’s all you got baldy?” Asked Roman before noticing Junior’s men around them, “you haven’t seen a fraction of it, and by the way, the name is not Baldy Mcnosehair” Eggman then flipped the Eggmobile again and the shockwave of the attack pushed Roman away
”It’s Doctor Eggman!” As Eggman prepared to open fire, Roman quickly threw a piece of explosive dust to the floor and shoot at it before making a run for it
”run, run little candle, soon enough your flame will die out if you don’t do it” said Eggman as he cackled before turning on the men below “half of you start tying up all white fang members you can and put them in the back of the cars, the rest start looting the shops that haven’t been attacked before police arrives” said Eggman as he put the wrecking ball and turret inside of the Eggmobile
”and leave proof our Faunus friends were here”
the next morning Eggman was at the bar looking at the news
”breaking news, the white fang has broken into the shopping district last night” said Lisa lavander as she showed images of the destruction from last night
“They somehow shut all cameras off, activated dozens of explosives and looted all of the dust shops in it as they left a large graffiti of their symbol in the floor of the district, the authorities are baffled singed there is no sign of any of this shops or its owners having ever done anything to the Faunus or even been preventing them to enter their business, but after this events that may change”
”that rat bastard, my men probably aren’t coming back if he already found a new source of men power” said Junior as he clenched his fist
”not surprising if you ask me, the real question is who could employ a civil rights movement that has gained the reputation of hating humanity and make them work with a with a known HUMAN criminal” said Eggman as he walked in circles
”whoever they are, we’ll get the answers out of them” said Junior
”about that, can you lend me a couple of those, I want to see if I can get some information out of them” said Eggman, junior raised a eyebrow at that “you?”
”yes, me, I’ll have you know I can be very… persuasive when it comes to getting knowledge out of people” said Eggman with a wicked smile
”sure why not” said Junior as he gave Eggman a address of where he sent the white fang members to be interrogated “just tell Jim I allowed this and he’ll give you a couple of your choice to interrogate”
and just like that, Junior sealed the fate of those two Faunus
Chapter 6: Better off death than with the egg
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Eggman sighed as he carried the heavy machinery out of the Eggmobile, Junior gave him some time off the stealing and trafficking business while he “interrogated” the white fang members
And luckily for Eggman he was generous enough to give him what he asked for, a aura transfusion capsule
the aura transfusion machines were designed by Doctor Polendina, someone Eggman found rather interesting, while Pietro had a focus on robotic that didn’t mean he wasn’t knowledgeable about other sciences like biology and Aura
according to Polendina the Aura and semblances seem to be connected to the brain, most specifically the frontal lobe since that part seemed to generate constant electrical while semblances were activated
with the aura (which seems to start covering the body with a electrical pulse from the brain) preventing this overcharge to damage the brain, Polendina theorized that’s why Aura is consumed by using Semblances since the damaged caused by semblances activation and usage on the body is taken by the aura
why this phenomenon happens is unknown but thanks to recent studies is theorized Aura activation is naturally generated by great amounts of emotions like trauma
Eggman also saw there’s a chant to unlock aura and theorizes the chant is made as a way to stimulate oneself’s aura in a way similar to using a semblance but in such a way the energy just courses through the body without much purpose, however this can cause the aura of the person interacting with a person with their aura locked to activate which does take some aura away from the first person
Pietro using this information made two creations, first the aura counter which was made mostly for the academy’s and tournaments (although it usually turns Red far earlier than it should since it’s supposed to turn red when the aura flickers but usually does this when the aura still has a couple of hits left before it flickers) and he later found a way to transfuse aura through brain trauma caused by electrocuting the individual with Lightning dust and the electricity worked as a conduct to move the aura from one person to another
However even with all of this development, Pietro was never able to do two things Eggman aimed to do
Completely absorbing the aura without killing the individual, apparently the process was extremely painful to the person getting their aura extracted and to the person getting the transfusion, so Pietro never did a full transfusion pass the red bar on the aura counters but those who did realized emptying the aura meant the death of the user
and store the collected aura in a container, apparently aura needs to be inside a living being for it to not simply dissipate like smoke
at that moment most agreed they peaked in Aura advancements, Eggman disagreed
the reason most shared that sentiment is because agreed they would have to do very unethical things for it to work, Eggman agreed
“Wakey wakey” said Eggman to the two White fang goons, tied up to the tables in his apartment
they tried to scream and get free but the ropes were too tight and they were gagged with a piece of cloth
”Egg Atlesian 1-A and 1-B” said Eggman which activated two of several robots in the room, they seemed like a mix of a Egg Robo (the colors and chest looking like classic Eggman clothes), a Egg gunner (the jet pack on their backs), a egg pawn (the face being a simple smile and two round eyes illuminated by neon lights) and a Atlesian knight 130 as the base
”Start setting up the machinery while I do some preparation” said Eggman as he pulled out a clipboard
”subject number one is a mid aged Faunus woman with bat ears, subject will be given the nickname Rouge” said Eggman as he poked the ear of the Faunus with a pencil
”subject number two is a Faunus man that probably passes the fifty years of age, Faunus trait unknown” said Eggman as he got close to the man, the men’s skin quickly changed to white and grey, with the eyes becoming white like snow “scratch that, Faunus trait is a skin similar to the one of a chameleon, subject will be given the nickname Espio”
during the next 12 hours Eggman did several experiments as the Egg Atlesian’s set up the capsule of the aura extractor
first trying to use other dusts as a conduct for the Aura for the transfusion which was crudely done to Rouge, apparently that made the transfusion more painful but he didn’t care about that as long as it worked
fire dust seemed to work but caused both subjects to suffer light burns, rouge more since she was taking the fire infused aura
Ice, earth and plant dust didn’t seem to work
Air dust seemed to do it and less painfully but was much slower than lightning dust
Water dust did it so slowly he wouldn’t even count it as working, however he noticed the water dust liquid nature when used did make the aura get absorbed quicker than others but the aura is very slowly passed to the other subject
gravity dust did the most interesting result, since both Aura’s violently shakes, he could compare it to how 3D movies are seen without the 3D glasses since the aura seemed to create two different colored images, with yellow and one purple
After the latest experiment Espio was too tired for the abuse done to his aura, Eggman could continue but choose otherwise, not because he cared if the Faunus survived but because he would have liked to see how the Faunus reacted to the experiments
Eggman twirled his mustache as he eat his lunch and pulled out a recorder “note to self, while each dust type seemed to have a very unique and distinctive way of interacting with the aura, particularly the gravity dust seemed to rip the Aura apart, next session I’ll start experimenting to transferring their aura to the Badniks”
as Eggman eat his giant sandwich for lunch, he heard his own notes on bucle while thinking about his experiments, and a she finished he kicked the door back into his lab in the back of his apartment
”ready for round two?!” Shouted Eggman, both Faunus screamed muffled cries of pain, which helped him realize the Faunus were awake
Rouge was put (tied up) in a corner while one of the Egg Atlesians was connected to the cables, ready for the transfusion, and it surprisingly worked, the aura was easily put in the Badniks but it was time to see if it worked
”open fire on him” said Eggman, the Egg Atlesian opened fire on his fellow badnik, Eggman could notice the Badnik tanked a few bullets but noticed it only weakened the impact of the attach instead of the aura absorbing it, and to add salt to the wound the aura was quickly drained by the attack
Eggman then thought about the results of each experiment involving Aura, then it clicked
Eggman used Water dust to do a transfusion into the Badnik, and while the process was long, slow and much more, it worked to some extent
the Water seemed to help the Aura cover the body on a more natural way which then Eggman put to the test and it worked, the Machine now had a aura, although it worked very slowly
Eggman then tested if the absorbed aura could work to power a badnik and, ir worked perfectly now all he needed was to- oops, Espio was dead
”ugh, why did you give up on me now? Egg Atlesian 1-B, Get rid of him and bring that bat here!” Said Eggman, Commanding the Egg Atlesian to put Rouge into the pod while he connected a uncharged egg Atlasian to the receiving end of the machine
After a small test he proved Aura could work as a battery, he’ll have to do some internal modifications for the battery to properly store up aura as a battery so the damage the robot takes won’t decrease it, now all he needed was a way to store the energy
Eggman wondered why a Badnik without a mind of its own besides the built in Loyalty for him and the cruelty to all animals he gave them was able to have a aura, then it hit him, a mind even if it can’t have its own rational thoughts was still a mind and a such the aura sticked to it
after a quick trip to the store, Eggman came back with a robot vacuum cleaner and after some modifications that made it able to recognize him and its environment, he then turned it into a simple capsule he then connected to the aura transfuser
and as he through, it worked perfectly, he chuckled as he on a couple of days was able to surpass years of development made by Polendina on aura, he has far surpassed Watt’s mechanical abilities even before stepping on remnant but once he gets enough resources he will make everything watts made for Atlas look like baby toys
However there still was one thing that made Eggman curious, the effects of the gravity dust
“Robotnik” said Junior as he knocked on the door of the doctor’s apartment, Junior seemed to be on a rush but was smart enough to be accompanied by the malachite twins “we need to talk”
after a second the door was opened by a Atlesian knight, however it was redesigned with red and yellow colors plus a very different face design that was illuminated blue instead of red
[Associates detected, state your current business with my master] said the egg Atlesian
“He’s been interrogating those Faunus for weeks, but I haven’t heard anything about him since” said Junior
the robot seemed to analyze this as it stepped aside [please feel welcome to the latest hideout of my master]
as the three walked into the apartment they noticed many oddities
the white rug had seemingly been redesigned by hand to have the doctors face plastered crudely with red ink
”good colors” said Militia
”awful design” ended Melanie
On one side of the room there was a TV roughly put in top of a cannon, and next to that cannon there was a lot of car parts and overall machinery ripped apart like a wild animal would do to a corpse
And on the other side there was a workbench that doubled as a desk, there was several empty bags of dust, piles of guns ripped apart in a similar manner to the machinery, and a Photo of Eggman next to a blue robot with red eyes
”what’s that buzzing thing?” Said Militia as she noticed a buzz coming from a room that should have been the dorm, but the mattress on the floor with a blanket that also had the doctor’s face implied it stopped being the dorm a long while ago
on the wall there was a dartboard with several darts already thrown at it, at the right corner of the dartboard was torchwick’s mugshot, but at the center there was a blue creature Melanie didn’t recognize
as Melanie looked around Junior and Militia got close to the dorm door as they could see a light flickering under the door
Melanie opened the fridge and saw piles and piles of egg cartons, a bottle of water, and a canned ham with the words “evil ham” roughly written at top of it “what even is this?” Asked Melanie
as the lights of the room flickered Junior was about to open the door, until Eggman did it first “just in time, your information is right here” said Eggman as he stepped aside for Junior to walk in
the bat Faunus was tied up to the table as several of the robots stood around her “I’m sorry for taking so long, the two of them were very hard to make talk” Eggman lied through his teeth as he pulled the gag out of the bat’s mouth
”what happen to the other?” Asked Junior, Eggman just festered to a garbage bag behind him
”now, will you talk?” Asked Eggman
”yes, please! Just stop, JUST STOP, I’ll tell you everything just please-“ “shhhhh, good to know, now tell us everything you know about the white fang in vale” said Eggman
the woman went on to talk about some meeting points (random places in vale, although the information about the mark was good to have)
possible hideouts (she brought ideas between the territory of Eggman to Mountain Glenn, Junior bets for the former while Eggman bets for the latter)
their leaders (Adam Taurus and Banesaw, only Junior knew a bit about Adam and it was clear Banesaw was just there to keep people in line, somehow closer to a egg robo in the hierarchy than Metal Sonic)
and their other human Allies (no names, Junior mentioned Eggman had a partner Eggman hasn’t seen yet, but the vague descriptions of the other three humans, green hair and red eyes, a guy with grey hair and a woman with black hair and amber eyes)
“this would have been useful a long time ago, most of the other Faunus already said the same, although the other three humans was something they didn’t tell us about” said Junior
”and since this is at best a low grunt, it means those three humans presence is somewhat common knowledge in the white fang cell in vale, which means they kept information from you” Said Eggman with a increasingly big grin in his face
”where are you going with this? And why are you so happy about it?” Asked Junior
”you see this Badniks next to me?” Said Eggman gesturing at the Egg atlesian’s
”if you mean the atlas knights, then yes” answered Junior, Eggman didn’t seem very happy he dismissed the name of his robotic army but he quickly shrugged it off
”they’re powered through aura” said Eggman as he put the gag back in the mouth of the bat Faunus, put her back in the pod while she tried to struggle and connected a discharged badnik to the receiving end
With the press of a button the aura was drained from the Faunus (as a screen next to the transfusion pod showed) and put into the Badnik which quickly got up
Junior saw the faces of Junior and his body guards, they were shocked and Junior seemed to be a bit disgusted “I know I’m asking a bit too much, but what if I’m allowed to use the Faunus to power my machines and weapons” said Eggman sitting on a small chair next to the pod
Junior didn’t know what to say, he was a criminal and murder was something casual to him, but this is a straight up war crime
”now, I know it’s a bit too inhumane-“
”a bit?” Asked Junior
”BUT and hear me out on this one, imagine we steal a bank, then imagine how much dust was used while we did that” said Eggman as he pulled out a scroll and showed graphics to Junior
“First is the dust used for the guns, then the dust for the vehicles, then the dust used for the scrolls and then the dust used to power your bar” said Eggman as the graphics keep pilling up more and more piles of dust “now here’s the amount of dust we gained on the robbery” the graphic showed Eggman’s Eggmobile dropping piles of dust next to the piles of dust Junior would have the use, Eggman’s pile being far bigger
“now imagine if all that dust and money wouldn’t have to be used and instead you could sell it, imagine the profits, the power, the Legacy you could have” said Eggman, the last part ringing in Junior’s ear
The graphic then showed the two dust piles fusing into one giant pile of dust with Junior at the top “Imagine, the Xiong at the top of vale’s underworld- no, the world’s underworld!” Claimed Eggman as he got up in his seat and threw his arms into the air to exaggerate with his dramatics
”and all the cost, will be life of some terrorists who probably killed your men, I mean, if you haven’t gotten them back then Torchwick probably sent the white fang to kill them” said Eggman with a fake apologetic smile
Junior stood there for a second, thinking about the chance of putting his family name at the top of the world once again, to surpass his father and get revenge on Torchwick
”fine, they’re yours”
”EGGCELLENT” said Eggman with a laugh accompanying his smile
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“Come in, move it!” Said Eggman as Junior’s henchmen kept moving the Aura transfusion machines into the warehouse they kept the white fang members
None of the men really knew what the machines did or why Eggman was now in charge, but what they did know is that Junior ordered it and that Eggman had a surprise for them
as they finished the job, Eggman rounded them up and clapped his hands “alright everyone, thanks to the operations that will be taking place in this warehouse, I’ve been able to develop these!” Eggman grabbed a crowbar and opened a crate that was filled by weapons he recently created, he then grabbed two and threw them at at the crowd
“Those are Dust free guns, and this warehouse will be redesigned into a Factory for them” said Eggman as one of Junior’s men pointed the gun at the wall and opened fire, scourching the wall with a single shoot
Taka and Scorch were two members of the white fang specially focused in espionage and collecting information for the fang, the former a lion while the latter a chameleon
they’ve been doing this since Sienna took over the fang, ever since they’ve have a decent position in the white gang above other members like Ilia but below members like Adam, and talking about Adam
he recently asked Sienna to “borrow” them, for a mission Sienna deemed important enough for her to allow Adam to use their services
”Taka, Scorch” said Adam as he walked into the tent, both Faunus nodded their heads although Scorch had a calm smile on his face
”you might be wondering why I took the time and resources to get the two of you here all way from Mistral” said Adam as he gave them a folder
”this are the photos of most of the members who have disappeared as of recently since our first fight with the Xiong family” as Adam gave them the folder they realized there was around three dozen of them, none of them were of the same Faunus twice “every other agent we’ve sent hasn’t come back or reported to us in a long while”
”I heard about them, they used to be big deals in Vale but were quickly kicked down after the death of Hei Xiong senior and his son took over” said Taka
”and that’s why I want you two, not only to find the lost members but discover how the hell is this second rate mafia taking over Vale’s underworld all of the sudden” said Adam as gave them another file filled with informs about the Xiong Family
”give us a month and you’ll have those Faunus on a silver plate” said Scorch while Taka already prepared a Hotel room at the edge of Junior’s territory
what made Scorch be above Ilia in the White fang hierarchy was a simple thing, he had a amazing control of his emotions
which was clear when he was surrounded by Junior’s henchmenmen’s who were armed to the teeth and he was able to hide his Faunus trait, his color changing skin
“sorry about the extra security but thanks to some recent events the people above forced us to put more security” said the interviewer
”what events?” Asked Scorch
”we’ve just been raising our standards, we can’t let anyone here anymore” said the interviewer
As the interview went on, Scorch did a decent job hiding the fact h spent half of the interview side eyeing the guns the gangsters had
The weird guns that had a weird symbol at the front resembling a cartoony face with a mustache, probably the logo of the company that made it but he wasn’t able to recognize what company made it
”well, everything looks good, we’ll give you a call” and a day later he was welcomed to the Xiong family
his first job was to work at the protection racket to take the payment, as he got into the car with four of Junior’s men he noticed a sixth passenger
”what’s that?” Asked Scorch as he pointed at the machine sat at the back of the car
”that’s our bodyguard” said one of the other men before the car took off, and after ten minutes they arrived to the first stop, dust till dawn
”hey old man” said one of them man as they walked in with the machine following behind “we’ve prolonged your payment long enough”
”you bastards tried to rob my shop a while ago with that Torchwick jerk” said the old man
”that was us trying to get the payment but as you knew we couldn’t get the money because of that girls intervention, and since those men never came back we came back with more muscle” said one of Junior’s men as the robot marched in front of the counter
”show him who’s the boss” said one of the criminals
”this is the boss” said the robot as he pointed at a symbol in his chest, the symbol was the same the guns had, it seem whoever made the guns got robbed hard by junior or works with him
“no, I meant you should hurt him to show him not to mess with us” said the criminal
”oh” said the robot before grabbing the old man by the back of his head and smashing his head against the glass counter, breaking the glass and throwing the man back as he fell knocked out into the floor
“Gods!” Said one of the men as he jumped at the robot casual attack
”good enough for me, let’s take the money and leave” said another one of Junior’s men and stole money from behind the counter
Taka was following after a car Junior’s henchmen going out of their territory, he and Scorch had been very precise on separating to gather all information possible, with Taka being the one in charge of seeing any activity of the group outside of their territory
Taka took a pair of Binoculars and watched as seven of Junior’s men followed by ten robot walked out of the car and into a alley in which a small gang had taken the territory some months ago, this was clear thanks to the way they painted their symbol (a simple skull with guns behind it resembling horns) painted over the alleys of this and other three streets
Junior’s men seemed to offer something that was inside of a briefcase, probably money or a gun, but after the gang members raised their guns on them (apparently they wanted to kill them and take their stuff instead of accepting the deal) it only took a second for the fight to break out
Junior’s men weren’t anything special but those robots, they seemed like redesigned Atlesian Knights-130 (which for some reason were wearing black hats and red glasses like the rest of Junior’s men), the robots quickly turned the tide of the fight on Junior’s favor as they quickly shredded the aura of the gang members
the ones who lied down where taken, while those who tried to run or keep fighting got killed by gunfire
to end one of the robots took a spray can on the floor and painted a red symbol on the wall in top of the symbol of the gang
the next day Taka and Scorch talked about their advancements, this logo seems to be more than a weapon’s manufacturer for the Xiong but they don’t have enough information to know what it truly is
leaving Scorch to go back to “work”
the job today was quite different, instead of being part of the protection racket he was part of the weapons exportation
now he was in a large truck which went from the edge of Junior’s territory to a warehouse that had the symbol graffitied in the entrance, and from that entrance a man who was the spitting image of the symbol appeared followed by a dozen of those robots, each carrying a crate
Scorch looked at the man wearing a weird jacket over a black jumpsuit with zippers on his legs, with his hands covered with white gloves
but his head was literally the same of the symbol, pointy nose, round glasses on his face and a couple of goggles in his bald head, but the most noticeable part is his wild unkept mustache
he was surely the one behind the weapons and robots, but what is his connection to Junior and how could he gain so much power?
as the robots opened the crates and gave a thumbs up to the man, he smiled in a manner that mimicked the symbol (or maybe it was the other way around) and commanded them to get back into the ware house
it seems that whatever is inside that warehouse is the thing that made the Xiong slowly go back to its former glory
But the real question was, how can he get in? However when he came back to the club he and several other men were given new orders directly by Junior
Taka has stayed in the territory of that skull gang, although that may not last for long because two dozens of Junior’s men arrived in car in the middle of the night to fight against the remaining gang members
However what should have been a brutal fight ended up being a child’s play for the gangsters as they were backed up thirty of those robots which flied through the air in jet packs
despite the fact it only took eleven minutes for the fight to end, the damage was noticeable with the bullet holes in some walls, blood of the gang members (and only the gang members) and the robots getting rid of all the logos the gang had
showing this territory had a new owner, and it probably wasn’t Junior
next day the news talked about it and titled it the seven minutes gang war, the police chief had this to say “we won’t stop until we find the perpetrators of this destruction and is brought to justice”
”he’s talking bullshit” said Scorch
”how would you know that?” Asked Taka
“because Mr.chief right there didn’t seem to have any problem with getting some few dozen drinks from Junior’s bar the night prior, I should know, I was there” said Scorch as he eat his breakfast
“talking about you being there, any way I we could sneak into that warehouse?” Asked Taka
”well, as far as I’m aware no one but that guy and his robots can get in” said Scorch still eating his breakfast
”who’s that guy anyway? And why does he look like the symbol covering all the machines?” Asked Taka
“is actually the other way around” said Scorch as he drank the milk of his cereal bowl
”what?”
”his name is Ivo Robotnik but he calls himself Eggman” said Scorch as he washed the empty bowl
”that’s so dumb” said Taka
”yeah but he’s apparently a genius with those guns of his, whatever he’s been doing in that warehouse made Junior give him almost total control over almost all operations” said Scorch as he jumped into the couch of the apartment they were on
”but what makes this guns so dangerous? Yes they seem much faster than most other guns but I don’t think that’s enough to just replace all old guns he had” said Taka as he noticed none of Junior’s men had guns that weren’t made by this Eggman, the only exception were their katanas or axes, everything else seemed to been made by this Eggman
”they apparently don’t work with dust, same for the robots” said Scorch
“wait, how do you know that? Did that Eggman give you a speech or…?” Asked Taka
”Nop, is a hypothesis, the guns work by battery’s made specifically for them and as far as I’m aware all the crates that enter his warehouse are machine parts for his creations or food, probably for him, so dust probably has little to nothing to do in that place” said Scorch
”well, I could hide in one of the crates” said Taka
”probably but most crates usually remain under heavy robot surveillance for a day, although that’s only for the stolen goods” said Scorch as he side eyed Taka
”which implies there more parts than stolen goods, like bought goods” said Taka as a smile grew on his face
”correct, tomorrow sunset they’ll do a be taking a large cargo of machine parts, and whatever he’s doing with them is something big, big enough they might not notice someone jumping inside one of the crates and big enough for them to quickly move them to the warehouse since they don’t have enough space to keep them in surveillance before moving them to Eggman’s warehouse” said Scorch
”sounds like a decent plan to me” said Taka
”sure, but give all the information we have to Adam before we go, we don’t want to make him think we disappeared like the other agents he sent, talking about them, what did happen to them?” Asked Scorch
”probably connected to the warehouse, forced labor, interrogation, just a being prisoners, could be many things. but whatever it is, it’ll won’t matter once the job is done” said Taka as he started writhing down the information, ready to send it to Adam tomorrow morning
the mental image they had beforehand didn’t live up to what it ended up being, dozen’s of trucks, five bullheads, and Junior’s forces which seemed to be more of Eggman’s since his robots were orbiting the entire scene, however Eggman was nowhere in sight and instead Junior and his two henchmen (the malachite sisters) were at the front giving the money to some shady man, “tell hi to mom for us” said one of the malachite sisters but they couldn’t tell which said it, at least that gave them a idea of who was Junior’s benefactor
After everything was done the smugglers started to leave with Junior and his men taking all the resources to the doctor, however while the men were moving the crates from the bullhead to trucks, Scorch was able to open a crate and allow Taka to enter while putting a small hole for the Faunus to breath and see through it
the plan was simple, open the crate once we’re sure there’s no one looking, take photos, hide on a crate that’ll be taken by Junior’s men and Taka will “accidentally” throw the crate away so Taka can leave and go back to their Hotel room
And Taka did just that, as a Robot put his crate at the back of the warehouse he waited a second and quickly opened the crate before closing it and hiding in the shadows
the warehouse was much bigger from the inside than he expected
assembly lines operated by robotic arms that built the guns with the guns falling in crates (his exit once he’s done taking photos)
At a corner he could see the modified robots fixing and modifying even more Atlesian Knight’s, as some cleaned a weird round machine that seemed like some kind of ship
at the opposite side of the room there was several tents with strange lights coming from them, next to the tents there was a massive pile of garbage bags that had a sign with a fire symbol behind them (probably waste) but he does need to check what’s in those tents, they’re too suspicious
however his attention was taken by what’s at the end of the room, it seemed like a stage with a small part of it being solely for a chair in which Eggman sat surrounded by screens, but behind him in the stage there was a massive mech with two giant arms that resembled Gatling guns and giant spikes on the shoulders
”the recreation of the Ultra Hyper prototype-0 is soon to be finished, although it’s taking more resources and time than I expected, but it’s sure to be finished once we hijack that upcoming dust shipment” said Eggman as he recorded himself monologuing
Taka knew of that shipment, and if he knew the fang he knew the two will clash again and unless Adam is present he doesn’t see the Fang winning without heavy casualties
Then as Eggman turned around to look at his mech, Taka took the chance to run into the tents to take a photo of the last thing of imp- “dear god”
Faunus and Humans tied up to modified Aura transfusion machines with Eggman’s logo, the weirdest part was how the receiving end of the transfusion machines directed to containers with what seemed to be robotic eyes but Taka didn’t notice this as he focused on the people put inside of the machines, he saw many of them wearing white fang uniforms while the rest were the gang members he saw Eggman’s forces kidnap some days ago
And then it clicked, that man somehow found a way to use aura (souls) as fuel for his creations
”like what you see?” As Taka turned he saw Eggman who was backed up by all the robots in the ware house as shadows covered his face and all he could see was his glosses and his sinister smile
”because it’ll be the last thing you’ll ever see”
Scorch yawned as he took his keys and prepared the open the door for the hotel room, tomorrow morning he’ll go first hour at work and get Taka out of his escape crate, they even planned a signal with Morse code to make it clear which crate he’s hiding
As Scorch opens the door of the room he freezes at what he sees
”why, hellos there you’re earlier from what we expected” said Eggman as he sat at the table with Junior and the malachite sisters while several of his men and robots stood behind them
Scorch tried to run but he saw Eggman’s forces already surrounded him and blocked all exits
”you’ll pay for betraying me” said Junior as the criminals pushed Scorch to the ground
”don’t worry Junior, I’ll make the two of them pay” said Eggman as the keys of the hotel room were hanging on his finger, the keys Taka had
Notes:
I originally planned to call this chapter “ Deviled Eggman” but the focus became about outsiders looking in to the criminal empire Eggman is making so I’ll put the name here and maybe use it on a later chapter
And yes, Taka is a references to Scar (not the version of Mufasa, to the old prequel books made by Disney long before that movie)
I wanted to find two names that related to dark colors to accentuate the spy aspect of the characters, so Scorch isn’t a reference to Scourge from the Archie comics or Surge from the IDW comics
Chapter 8: Destruction ready
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“It looks like if a toy, a movie animatronic and a car crash had a baby” started Melanie
”and the baby grew up and had a baby with a cartoon robot from those shows he watched as a child” said Miltiades
”was there cartoons in the Stone Age?” Asked Melanie mockingly, the two sisters laughed silently
“You two be quiet” said Eggman as he turned to look at Junior who was looking at the Ultra Hyper prototype-0 in Eggman’s warehouse turned into makeshift factory
”if it can do what you told me then it’s very impressive but I don’t get why you’re showing it to me if it’s not ready” said Junior to Eggman, he knew about this thing already since Eggman likes to brag about his creations but he’s never showed them unfinished before this, and Junior personally never wants to step into this hellish place as he knows what the lights under the tents are
”Is to justify why I’ll ask for all of your men for this plan” said Eggman throwing Junior off and making him raise his voice “WHAT?!”
“don’t worry, is just a robbery, we might not even fight anyone” said Eggman, Junior crossing his arms and sighing before looking at Eggman, and the doctor took this as a invitation to explain himself
”you see, as you should know there’s a big dust shipment coming to vale and the wave of crime we and the white fang have started has made drained most small business of dust while also making the authorities more present, I even heard rumors of the huntsman academy getting in our way” said Eggman which scared Junior, huntsman are dangerous but they are too focused on hunting grill and their own personal business to mess with vale, however the exception was the academy, (and thanks to recent news from his men in the police department) he discovered they did get involved with the dust till dawn robbery, the robbery that involved Roman and his now dead henchmen
”this machine won’t be finished if we can’t get that shipment for ourselves, and if Roman gets to it first then we might lose this war” said Eggman as he dropped his smile, with his mustache covering his mouth as he talked
”fine, but in exchange I want new weapons for my henchmen, is about time we change those swords” said Eggman as he started to walk out of the warehouse, with the sisters following him
meanwhile Eggman smiled as he prepared everything, his robotic troops, the weaponry, and most importantly his egg mobile
as Eggman’s small army mobilized through the streets of vale without anyone noticing, he prepared everything as he had his hand over the button to release the wrecking ball, suspecting Roman would be there
as he arrived he frowned as he saw a bullhead landing (he may need one of those later) and from it several white fang members came out of it, with Roman following not long after
”Hey! What's the holdup!?” Said Roman was he smugly walked out of the bullhead “We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace? we might not be the most wanted right now but that doesn’t mean you can slack off”
as Roman bossed the white fang around, Eggman waited for the right moment to command his forces to attack and… he didn’t expect what happen next
a Cat Faunus held Roman by the neck with her blade, which took all the attention of the white fang members are more white fang members arrived in even more bullheads, this distraction was enough for Roman to shoot at the floor and get out of the cat Faunus grasp
Eggman almost thought the fang was trying to betray Roman but when a Monkey Faunus arrived and started fight both Roman and the most uniformed white fang soldiers, he understood this was just a third force
and Eggman will use this to his advantage
as Roman flawlessly blocked all bullets shoot by the monkey Faunus nunchucks(?), Eggman sent his Badniks to fly in and take the shipment while Junior’s henchmen put the cargo into the trucks and cars, using every free space to put the dust on
But then the attention of both Roman and Eggman were taken by a girl with a red hooded cape and a giant scythe, Eggman used his glasses binocular function to notice that was one of those transforming weapons since he could clearly see the trigger and other parts of the gun perfectly fused with the scythe part. Eggman was intrigued for a second… then the girl got shot away by Roman, disappointing
as Eggman was ready to leave as Roman seemed to gain advantage with his reinforcements and is soon to notice him stealing from them while he’s distracted
Someone else appeared, this girl was far less interesting than the red hooded girl but then she jumped out of the roof, destroying the ground she jumped from, as swords in strings moved around her as she cleaned through the white fang forces like it was child’s play
as she dashed back and charged a attack he choose to scan her from far away… “finally, something has surprised me” said Eggman as he realized that girl with the bow was a machine
As the girl cut the bullheads of the white fang in half, and Eggman’s forces cleaned the shipment of dust, Roman was able of escape but this didn’t matter to Eggman
whoever this kids were, they helped the Eggman empire far more than most people so far, which is something they didn’t even know about but he’s sure to “repay them” once the time comes
and that girl, that robotic girl, she’s a record he’s ready to surpass and he has to thank her for that
As He returned to the club he basically zoned out Junior as he wondered how everything so smoothly, but knowing Roman and the White fang took all the blame of the robbery (and the huntsman are most likely to ignore them to focus on Roman) is enough to calm him down
as Junior seemed to be somewhat happy by this hit, he actually gave a free drink to each one of his men and after Eggman took his he reminded Junior to send him the pieces to finish the ultra hyper prototype-0
Then Eggman drove to his warehouse to leave most of his Badniks and then went directly to his work bench
he twirled his mustache as he thought about that girl, about making something better, but to make something better he has to know how good is the original
Eggman first put the design of the Egg fighter’s sword but changed its color to red so he could get Junior’s out of the way so he could focus on his newest project, he made a small drone design, small enough to be mistaken for a bug
however the bug was far more than a drone, it was a USB drive that contained a powerful virus
Roman walks into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. He goes over to a table and places down a case of mysterious contents, sighing in tiredness
“How very disappointing, Roman, truly disappointing” said a woman with black hair and golden glowing eyes, Cinder fall
Turns around suddenly when he hears the voice of his current boss “Whoa! Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon...
“We were expecting... something from you” said Cinder as she slowly walked towards Roman with a frown in her face
Roman tried to laugh through the nervousness but Cinder’s angry expression made him stop mid chuckle “Hey! You were the ones who made me work with those stupid mutts from the White Fang” said Roman as he tried to step back from Cinder’s way but found himself hitting a table
Cinder snorted coldly, more angry than amused “And you will continue to do so” she summons a fireball in her hand and steps out of the darkness with her two companions, a gray-haired man called Mercury black and mint-haired, tanned woman named Emerald Sustrai “We have big plans for this pace, Roman. Yet you’ve done nothing but disappoint us”
”wouldn’t say I had high hopes on him in the first place” said Mercury as Emerald rolled her eyes
Meanwhile Cinder gave him a cold shoulder while Roman frowned at him with all his strength “But I did, and I’ll show you why you should always live Ho to my expectations” said Cinder as she walked towards Torchwick
Roman’s eyes widened as he hit a table behind him “h-hey, let’s not make any sudden decision, I’m not the one to blame for this mess and this isn’t me blaming it on the do-“ but Roman stood silent mid sentence as from her fire she summoned a glass Scimitar which she put in Roman’s
”don’t worry, you won’t die… even if you’ll want to” said Cinder as the warehouse was illuminated in flames as Roman’s creams echoed through the night until all that could be heard was steps of three people walking away and heavy breathing of a injured man
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Eggman flied through the night sky into beacon’s territory, and he knows he didn’t went unnoticed since he could see one of the teacher approaching. But that didn’t matter, all that mattered was do like any good parent and dropping off “his kid” at his newest school
the small drone he made quickly flew through the night sky as it flied into the communications room, the drone made a small hole in the outside walls of the tower and flied into the cable system, connecting itself to it like a parasite
he then checked on the holographic screen of the Eggmobile, showing a image of his symbol getting connected to the CCT tower “come on, come on!” Said Eggman, tapping his foot on the floor of his vehicle, rushing for the drone to finish what it’s doing before the teacher gets there
And sure enough, it worked, Eggman stepped on the gas (metaphorically) and flied back to the city in the blink of an eye before the professor Glynda Goodwitch arrived
Glynda at the sight of nothing in the night sky sighed and called the headmaster“false alarm, it was either a missing Nevermore or a large bird”
”good to know, with Vale’s current situation we can’t allow the CCT tower to be damaged” said the headmaster, Ozpin “now, you should go to bed Glynda, tomorrow we have a lot of work. Including but not limited to James visiting us” he then turned off the call and Glynda sighed
she’s never been a fan of the Vytal festival for the amount of work it gives but having to deal with Qrow and Ironwood butting heads in top of the Vytal festival will be a nightmare for her
At least those two might help with Vale’s current situation
Next morning Eggman woke up on his apartment, made one of his Badniks make him a coffee and breakfast, and then he went to “his” scroll to check on the information
thanks to his recent hacking of the CCT tower he was now able to enter to any and all scrolls in the kingdom although that only applied to those near vale but that’ll be enough for now as he plans to upgrade the virus once he extends his plans to the other kingdoms
But today, he’ll focus on his newest project. He entered Beacon’s data base to see if the machine was registered as a student and she was registered, but not as a beacon student but a student of Atlas academy (the academy named after the flying city named after the kingdom, that’s sure not getting confusing in the future) and she’s registered as a participant of the Vytal tournament (a tournament made to celebrate the day the great way ended on a peace treaty in Vytal island)
and as he checked her database he noticed she wasn’t registered as a machine but as a human, whoever put her in there was hiding the fact she’s a machine and that was fine by him
As he watched the archives of beacon students he discovered those Faunus who attacked Roman were also huntsman students, what were students doing at the docks dealing with terrorists? No idea, probably had the “hedgehog” syndrome that made them mess in adult business-
“belladonna” said Eggman out loud, he remembers seeing that name somewhere, he made a quick search and just remember why that name sounded familiar. ”Ghira Belladona, now chief of menagerie, was the founder and now former leader of the white fang” Eggman read out loud the first result, as he kept reading about the white fang he did a small investigation and found a single picture that was very interesting
Blake belladonna wearing a uniform of the current white fang, it was a bit hard to see since she was very behind on the image next to a boy with red hair, but it didn’t matter as he upscaled the image and he could see it, that had to be her
that girl hide in plain view using the name of the white fang founder to hide on beacon academy, you can’t be more obvious even if you-
then Eggman spited out his coffee “uh, you can be more obvious” he said outloud as he went back to check the name of the machine, Penny Polendina.
Daughter of Pietro Polendina
one of atlas most known and influential engineers and creator of the aura transfusion machine…
Now his wish to make a better, faster, strong and overall superior version of this machine was even bigger, so he smiled and started working
He started making the body, simple humanoid form to resemble her current attire, made the limbs extendable and made the eyes a visor
he at the end he choose to add a V shaped hole in the face to resemble a mouth, and added many neon parts and red claw
and finally the blades “do I make them hold by string? Nah, it has the possibility of them being easily cut, wait I got it!” And he settle up for four tentacles, each ending with a blade
Eggman at the sight of his creation almost finished started walking around it in circles ”Let’s see, how do I call you?” Said Eggman as he twirled his mustache
”Mecha penny? The mecha series is mostly about brute force and destruction, except for no.29”
”Metal Penny? Nop, I have high hopes but this doesn’t look or feels like a Metal series robot”
”Silver penny? Eh, sure why not, the design does resemble that other one”
as Eggman prepared to activate silver penny he stopped as he was about to connect the aura battery, he went to the store and bought magnet and a red bow, then he came back to his apartment and glued those two together before putting it in Silver Penny’s head “now you’re armed and ready” said Eggman with a smile
he then connected her to the battery and in a minute she came to “life” doing several beeping noises as she looked at her surroundings before giving a marine salute to Eggman
”Excellent! Now is time to do some testing” said Eggman with a smile
everything started so suddenly and quickly
the wall of the hideout exploded and a weird machine with tentacles jumped in top of two white fang members, we tried to shoot her but she extended her tentacles and pulled herself away from the bullets before using them to push herself towards us
Then she spinned in the air with her bladed tentacles around her, hitting several members until she landed and then grabbed two white fang members approaching her. She then bashed their skulls together and threw them at another group of Faunus
we shot her with a rocket launcher but she jumped out of the way, grabbed to the ceiling with her tentacles and started shooting lasers from the tip of her blades
we shot at her again with the rocket launcher and as she fell to the floor the lasers started shooting again and for some reason she started spinning like a ball of electricity and death, knocking several members cold
including me, as the machine kept ravaging on the remaining members I was able to hear a voice
”Success, a brilliant success, although why would I expect anything less from myself?”
then I saw a machine similar to a Atlesian knight 130 grab me by the throat before carrying me by the neck, then everything went dark
Notes:
The original title was going to be “Wildfire calling the match” but I changed it to the current one since this episode was supposed to be a talk between villains about Eggman but I’ll leave that for later
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