In a flash, Robotnik converted his body into energy and then reconstituted himself behind Stone like a bit of binary code flickering one to zero and back again. Teleportation was just a parlor trick to him now.

“Check!” he called out as he undid Stone’s handcuffs without touching them.

“I can smell the electricity in your brain . . . a fine, robust meal for my new form,” he said to his underling before turning to his idiot adversary. “You smell like a snack plate.”

-Chapter 16