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| - The relaunch of Doctor Robotnik's new Death Egg has gone wrong. The spaceship has fallen out of orbit and has plummeted down onto the mystical Floating Island and crashed in the Icecap Zone. Guardian Knuckles the Echidna investigates, following a remote camera to the trapped body of Robotnik, who warns him that his foe, Sonic the Hedgehog, wants to steal his Chaos Emeralds. News reaches Mobius of the Death Egg's plight, but only the Freedom Fighters contemplate that it could have landed on the Floating Island. Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails fly up and find the island, landing on the Marble Garden Zone. A series of local traps, as well as the appearance of a Badnik, confirms that Robotnik is up to something. When the dictator makes an appearance, the heroes soon learn that he is protected by the island's guardian, who he has tricked into thinking Sonic is the villain. A large scrap erupts between Sonic and Knuckles, with Tails preparing his plane. The fight winds down and Tails reappears, flying over Robotnik and capturing him in a net. Tails takes Robotnik back to Kintobor's Laboratory for questioning, but Porker Lewis is less than successful when asking Robotnik about new Badnik models. From within his cell, Robotnik is eventually rescued by Knuckles digging through the ground and grabs Porker from behind bars. In exchange for Porker's safety, Robotnik demands Sonic's Chaos Emeralds and reveals that Knuckles followed him here thanks to an implant in his brain tuned to a tracking device in Robotnik's teeth. Robotnik and Knuckles head back to the Floating Island in an Egg-o-Matic, but the biplane is in hot pursuit, Sonic forcing them to crash-land with a Spin Attack. Another fight begins between Sonic and Knuckles, but the echidna distracts him by summoning giant stone hands. Knuckles and Robotnik are free to enter the Temple of Chaos, where Robotnik combines the twelve Emeralds and absorbs their power. Robotnik uses his new abilities to turn Tails into glass, but Knuckles removes his energy by using the hidden Grey Emerald. Now knowing where Sonic's base is, Robotnik returns in a Squeeze Tag Machine, accompanied by drilling Badniks. The Freedom Fighters begin to evacuate, but Robotnik arrives before Porker can return the Kintobor Computer to its Power Ring. Sonic and Johnny Lightfoot buy him some time, but the doctor has soon sealed off all the exits. An angered Robotnik contacts Grimer, who reveals that Knuckles broke into the Launch Base Zone but has now been killed. In reality, Knuckles has ordered Grimer to say this. Robotnik then breaks into the control room. The situation looks bleak until Knuckles bursts through the roof and helps Sonic break the mecha. The heroes now have to fight the horde of Badniks while Robotnik escapes. Knuckles later returns home while the Freedom Fighters begin life as Bob Beaky's Travelling Circus.
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