It was now or never. Sonic stood up, stomped to the back of the missile, and shot them both straight at the Egg Mech.

“Return to sender, Ro-Butt-Nik!” he cried, and jumped off at the last moment. Sonic spun into a ball of crackling blue light and skidded to a halt on the street. In a heartbeat—Sha-Boom!—the missile struck the bot’s left leg and blew it to pieces.

“Yes!” Sonic called as the mech tumbled. “Who wants an omelet? Because I am cracking eggs!”

But with a set of screeching metal tendrils, the leg reattached itself before the body even hit the dirt. Sonic hadn’t stopped the doctor. He’d barely slowed him down. The Master Emerald really would let Robotnik do anything. So what could one kid—no matter how fast—do against it?

-Chapter 18