Hotaru Robotnik was bored. She hated it to stay at home, while her daddy was out again, trying to take over the world. And the only company she had were robots of various intelligence... dumb or even dumber. The only interesting dialog partner was Metal Sonic, only he wasn't exactly a nice guy.
Besides, he wasn't here either...
And while Hotaru could be a good girl, she rarely was patient. A trait she inherited from her father...
And so, she got out of her room and decided to leave for a walk.
Some Eggpawns were guarding the main entrance to the Final Egg. They blocked Hotaru's way with their spears. "Passing here is prohibited," they said in their monotone voices.
Hotaru groaned. Then she thought of something. Smirking, she put her hands on her hips. "Do you know who I AM? I am the daughter of your creator! Therefore, I am a Robotnik as well! And I COMMAND you to let me pass!"
The two Eggpawns looked at each other while their simple computer minds tried to process this information.
"Primary directive... Robotnik is our master! Every command he gives has to be followed. Please, master... go on through!"
Hotaru giggled. That was too easy. "Thank you!" she simply said as she walked outside.
The base was situated deep in the jungle, but the local wildlife was pretty tame around here. Maybe it was because they are afraid of Eggman's machines.
Hotaru followed the muddy path that was leading through the jungle. She remembered when her father came here for the first time and decided to build a base. His robots constructed the hideout in less than two days at the bottom of the deep canyon and connected it to the upper cliff with a bridge that lead to the base's central tower. In there, an elevator would allow every person to descend to the main entrance. From there on, only the doctor and his very few followers would be allowed to proceed. Everyone else would be attacked by the guard robots.
By now Hotaru had reached the river. There was no bridge, but the river itself was very small and shallow. She could easily cross it by using several stepstones.
Suddenly, something big and green jumped out of the water and sat down on a rock. It was a frog, but it was the strangest frog Hotaru had ever seen. It was as big as a cat, and the strangest thing was: It had a tail! The frog looked directly at her.
Hotaru smiled. "Hey there, little guy! How are you? My name's Hotaru! Wanna be friends?"
The frog didn't even croak a response. He just turned around and jumped to the other side of the river. Afterwards, he hopped further into the jungle.
"Wait," Hotaru shouted and hopped over the river herself. Then, she ran in the direction the green amphibian had taken. "Where did you go?" she shouted and looked around. She heard a croak and followed it.
Finally, she entered a clearing. There was nothing here, except for many leaves that have fallen from the trees. The frog was sitting on the ground next to a big pile of leaves.
Hotaru smirked. "Gotcha!" And she jumped towards him, trying to catch him by his tail.
But he jumped away in time and vanished into the jungle. Hotaru fell onto the ground, right into the middle of the leaf pile. The leaves were flying everywhere and covered Hotaru's head and back. She spit some out that entered her mouth. "Well, that was stupid, Hotaru..."
Then her hands grasped something solid underneath the leaves. It felt hard and heavy. She grabbed it and pulled it out.
It was a big, shiny gem, as green as the leaves themselves.
Hotaru smiled. "Pretty!" And she stuffed the green Chaos Emerald into her pocket.
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The frog watched her from the bushes. It's croaking somehow resembled a sinister snicker. The tail couldn't get back to its master on its own, so it simply merged with that green creature. The Chaos Emerald contained the powers of its master, so it had to take it along as well. But its host body was far too weak to carry it. So why not use that girl to carry it?
For a tail, it was pretty smart...
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Somewhere else, another big creature was searching for something.
"Yoohoo," it called. "Froggy! Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
Big the Cat was tired and sat down on the stairs of the Station Square train station. "Oh man, where could my polliwog pal be, anyway?"
"Excuse me, sir, but have you lost something?" a sweet voice asked.
Big turned around his head. A young rabbit girl was glancing up at him, a smile on her face. Around her head, a small blue... something was circling.
"I'm trying to find my lil' buddy," Big said in his slow voice. "But he's gone! How I miss my Froggy..."
"If you like, I'll help searching," the little girl replied. "My name is Cream, and this is Cheese! And you are...?"
"Um... the name's Big! I'm a cat!"
Cream smiled. "Very nice to meet you, Mr. Big!"
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