Tails turned the plane toward the villain and busted out his ace in the hole: laser cannons powered by the same tech as his little blaster. He didn’t even know what the plan was now, but he couldn’t let this machine destroy the place that Sonic loved.

Choom-choom-choom-choom-choom!

The cannons rattled off shot after shot directly at the Egg Mech’s head. Maybe he’d gotten lucky!

Krang!

With a wave of its arm, the Giant Eggman Robot sliced straight through the Tornado’s other wing. Tails had to abandon the plane, jumping just in time to see it in a fireball on a hill outside town.

-Chapter 17