Round 2

	"Do you think you yokels can stop me? ME?!? I am authorized by the United States government to eliminate any and all threats to my investigation, and a much higher power authorizes me to replace each and every one of you with botnik magnificence!"
	Zzzzaaaak!
	A blue blur crossed Robtonik's face and left him spinning. Sonic the Hedgehog, Tom's friend, was back at full speed and ready to run this creep down.
	"You think you got it all figured out, but you played yourself," Sonic said with a jeer as he sped from spot to spot, just ahead of the egg-pod's busted cannons. "You thought you could steal a bit of my chaos energy and use it to bend the world to your will. But it doesn't work like that. Chaos doesn't get controlled, and neither do I, Ro-Butt-Nik!"
	"Stop! Saying! That! Name!"
	Sonic's quills were charging faster and faster, and his body radiated blue light. Each time Sonic spun around Robotnik, it almost seemed like his body was morphing into a hot, bright yellow flame. Through the  blaze of energy, Tom spotted the X factor for the battle across the field and ran to it.
	"Chaos doesn't have to mean destruction," Sonic said, dodging from side to side. "I know how it works now. I know what I'm here for. Introduce a little mayhem into life, and the random ride can bring people closer. That's how you make friends-by sticking together. Right, Donut Lord?"
	Tom spun around, the prize in his hand. Sonic had known what he was up to the whole time. The hedgehog could see the big picture after all. Maybe better than he did. "You got it, pal!" Tom called out, and threw the ring sack back towards him friend.
	"We'll see how much your friends can offer when I dissect you in my lab!" Robotnik called, though there was fear in his eyes now.
	"Yeah, that's gonna be a hard pass from me," Sonic said. "Here's my counteroffer."
	The hedgehog caught the bag, pulled out his last ring and sped into an electric tornado. From inside, a golden circle rose in the air, revealing in its center a distant planet populated with mushrooms. Sonic burst out of his whirlwind, supercharged and with eyes like daggers. He clapped his hands together and-
	Kracka-THOOOOOM!
	A final chaotic burst threw the ring right a Robotnik, eating up the scientist and his cruel machine. A shockwave of blue lightning dissipated in the air, and when the sound of thunder died down, Sonic stood alone in a burned circle of dirt. The hedgehog collapsed.

- Chapter 15