“You want to see how big of a man I can be?” Robotnik laughed. He had them exactly where he wanted them.

Reaching out his fingertips and shooting energy into the air, Robotnik handily dismantled a G.U.N. tank. The soldiers inside fell through the air as its pieces swirled around Robotnik like perfectly balanced electrons orbiting an atom’s nucleus.

“My god . . .” Walters gawked from below.

“Correct!” Robotnik cheered. “I AM your god!”

“Open fire! Light him up!” the commander called.

But it was too late. The soldiers’ guns came apart in their hands, their metal components floating into the sphere around Robotnik.

The sphere grew larger and more impressive. The little people below were horrified to see what he was becoming. An egg-like cranium. Arms of steel. Bone-crunching boots. And a body of pure robotic might. The Master Emerald let Robotnik be anything and everything, and what he wanted to be most in the world was an all-domineering Giant Eggman Robot.

“Stone!” the doctor called to his henchman through the electronic ether. “If you want a chance of living through my impending re-creation of all existence, I demand you load up my World Domination playlist into my mech’s earpiece this instant! I’m vibing!”

-Chapter 16