Moments later both are on their way again, but are stopped by an explosion
in front of them, which sends them flying through the air (Sonic doing
some cool backward flips, Tails landing on his head). A giant robot
appears and Tails cries out horrified that this must be the mysterious
Brak-Eggman, who conquered EggmanLand. The robot confirms this and
congratulates the two for making it this far - to their grave. Tails
shivers in fear, putting his tails between his legs, but Sonic stays cool
and isn't impressed. He replies not to be interested in playing with the
robot, after which the robot tries to shoot them, but Sonic and Tails are
too fast for its aim. They hide behind an old bus, and Brak-Eggman calls
to them to come out from whereever they are. Sonic tells Tails that they
don't have time to bother with the robot, and again wants to know where
EggmanLand is. Tails checks his navigation device and then points toward
the highway.
Before they leave, Sonic and Tails decide to taunt Brak-Eggman and make
fun of him (Tails sticking out his tongue, Sonic showing his raised middle
finger etc)...
... and Sonic shouts to Brak-Eggman that he would never be able
to catch them because he is too slow. But the taunts soon get stuck in
their throats as the robot unfolds his giant wings and starts his turbo
booster, and our heroes have to flee. The robot tries to grab Tails out
of the air, but Sonic is faster and pulls the fox along. Then Brak-Eggman
launches missiles that destroy the bridge on which Sonic is running, and
only in the last second Sonic is able to stop his fast pace before falling
into the gap. Both Sonic and Tails drop exhausted onto the street,
Sonic's shoesoles smoking from the run.
When they look up, they see the robot looming above them, who then blasts
away the last piece of the road on which Sonic and Tails currently are.
The friends try to trick the robot by making noises as if they were
drowning in the water below, while holding onto a metal girder right under
the bridge. First the stratagem seems to work, but soon Brak-Eggman
appears again and notes that he isn't all that stupid, and starts shooting
- this time with something sticky that is unknown to Sonic. Tails gets
hit and is glued to a metal fence. He cries for Sonic, but Brak-Eggman
fires some kind of missiles at the hedgehog, and he has to run for it.
One of the following explosions is noticed by Knuckles, who was digging in
the ground outside the city, some distance away.
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