Roleplay:The Fury Of The Elemental Gods/Episode 1

Part 1
Station Square - 10:21 AM

A charter bus nears the bus stop, the particular fox looking out the window, gazed in thought. For him, things have changed a lot since his mysterious desertion, but for him, it looks relatively unchanged.

The bus slows to a stop, the door hissing open. He adjusts his hoodie a bit as to keep himself concealed as he got off the bus along with other passengers. He gazed up at the sky, his visor goggles updating its HUD. "Station Square, huh? Man, I've been gone for too long... I can only hope I'd find a familiar face around." Razer spoke to himself, soon wandering the streets of Station Square, his goggles tracking as well, with the reticule moving in various directions, as if scanning for anything of interest. So far, there was none.

Along with the fox, three others were getting off of the bus - Schnee Ainekas, Alexia Wynter, and Terra Fauna. Schnee the Hedgehog wore a red longcoat and a black undershirt, along with black shades with golden lining. Alexia wore her casual frilly white-and-blue dress, and Terra donned her green vest with golden lining and yellow shorts. When they got out the bus, Schnee stretched.

"So, oh great rumor knower, where are we goin'?" Schnee said, giving a mocking bow to Terra (who rolled her eyes). "You were the one who said that she knew what she was doing."

"I said that because it's true," Terra said, reaching into her vest's pocket to pull out a map. "Now, if I'm reading this correctly, then..." You could practically hear the gears going off in Terra's head as she looked at the map in multiple angles, tilting her head and tilting the map.

Alexia leaned to Schnee and whispered, "It's probably a g-good thing that we came, or she'd be r-r-really lost," causing Schnee to snicker.

"Don't worry, Lex!" Schnee said, giving Alexia a thumbs up.

"...it's Alexia..." Alexia replied.

"Even though Terra might have some issues-"

"I HAVE NO-" Terra bit her tongue before calming down. "I have no issues, Schnee, and I shall lead us to the orbs with low difficulty."

"You say so, Guardian. And if things don't work out for you, the leader of Team Saturn is gonna help!" Schnee said, pumping her fist into the air.

"When did we ever announce you as leader again?" Alexia muttered, causing Terra to laugh and Schnee to sigh.

Amid the current conversation nearby, the young fox enters inside the café for him to take the seat available, and for him to get a view of the city from the window. He was given a menu by a waiter nearby as he looks around the selection. He glances out the window, pondering his thoughts.

"Hmm...seems this city hasn't changed much." He softly spoke to himself before looking back at the menu, browsing the selection.

Outside of the café, a female elk was walking, humming softly to herself, enjoying the pleasant weather. A small bird flew down, and she held out her hand for it to perch upon.

As he was enjoying a bagel and coffee that was served on the table after selecting them from the menu, his visor goggles pointed an arrow, facing a direction to the point of interest just outside.

"Wha..?" He faced the direction to see what appears to be a female elk. The reticule locks to her before looking back to his snack. "Huh... well I can't just dine and dash just now..." He spoke to himself.

All he could do was tap on the window, as to try and grab the elk's attention. Her ears perked up at the knocking sound, and she turned towards the window, confused.

"Hmm?"

The young fox motioned a hand to the elk, as if inviting her inside. He didn't want to leave the table yet, not without first paying of course. He was indeed curious, as this was the first time he's spotted her before, but it was due to his visor goggles that caught his attention.

Letting the bird fly away, she walked into the cafe and made her way towards Johnny.

"Hello," she said, smiling gently. "Did you need to ask me something...?"

He slowly nodded before sitting back. "Yes... you seem somewhat familiar, though it's because of this thing I have with me."

He switches it off for him to look at her. "Of course, I should introduce myself." He was indeed Johnny before, but once he pulled own his hoodie, he looks to be almost the same appearance-wise, but having drastically changed. His bandages were also shown around his head.

He turns away for a bit, as if unsure at first, but turns his attention to her afterwards. "I'm Razer. Who you might be?"

She crossed her arms, tilting her head to the side; she didn't appear to recognize him in the slightest.

"I see...well, I am called Mairwen," she said, nodding her head once. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Razer."

He nodded, before turning his attention to his meal; he resumed eating the last of the bagel and took a sip of coffee before they got cold. And all in one bite too. "Gah...! There we go..."

He turned his attention back to Mairwen. "So Mair... what-now?" Razer asked, not used to unfamiliar names like this.

Mairwen sat down on a nearby chair.

"Mairwen," she said. "Is...there a reason you wanted my attention...? You said that I seemed familiar to you."

He nodded, but pulled change from his pocket as to pay the waiter first, before turning his attention to her. "Yes. Though not here, at least." He said, wanting to give her explanation though sees that the city itself is too public for him to do so.

Mairwen nodded, getting up from her seat.

"Very well," she said. "We'll go somewhere more private to talk."

Schnee looked at Terra, who was now looking at her map upside-down. ''This is useless! I might as well just ask around,'' Schnee said before approaching Mairwen and Razer. "Excuse me, this is going to sound ridiculous and weird, but have you guys heard of some Elemental Gods?"

Mairwen seemed to be a bit startled by Schnee's choice of words, her ears pinning back slightly before regaining her composure.

"I...do believe there's a legend about beings such as that," she said, hands folded lightly in front of herself.

"Oh, that's cool. We've heard rumors, but if you're sure, then I'll try to milk all the info I can out of you- learn more about them from you," Schnee said. "For one - do you know any background lore about them?"

Mairwen cleared her throat a bit, frowning slightly.

"Well...I do know that they're said to be the progenitors of the ten primal Elements; you know, Fire, Ice, those ones."

"Oh, cool. So, they're gods of elements..." Wait, we already knew that, that doesn't help at all. "I mean, do you have any important information about them? Like, where they may reside, history about them, et cetera?"

He suddenly felt a brief but quick jolt in his head upon hearing the words Elemental Gods, wincing a bit before it subsides. Of course, he puts his hoodie back on. He listens the conversation throughout until Mairwen mentioned fire.

"Fire..." He spoke quietly, upon hearing this. Mairwen crossed her arms, feeling uneasy; she had no reason to trust Schnee...

"No one really knows where they live; they're probably all roamers, not staying on one place for long," she said. "They're said to be as old as time, or even older than that."

She looked over at Razer, a bit confused by his reaction.

"In other words... well, they're a secret." Razer spoke, adjusting his hoodie a bit. Mairwen nodded a bit.

"That's a good way of describing it, yes."

"Anyways, it's best we discuss this outside of the city. Last thing we want is becoming noticed by the public." He spoke, looking at the three with Mairwen next to him.

"You're welcome to join if you guys want."

"Oh, that's great!" Schnee said, giving the duo a grin before turning around. "Hey, Aqua, Terra, these people know about the gods and are going to bring us to a place so they can tell us more!" Terra lightly jumped before walking over, and Alexia did so cautiously.

Terra looked at Razer. "Well, if you're going to invite us so kindly, we should introduce ourselves. I am Terra Fauna the Ocelot, guardian of the Wild Wind Village."

Alexia did a curtsy. "I-I am Alexia Wyn-Wynter the Hedgehog, Terra's a-apprentice."

Schnee put her hand on her hip and used her free hand to push her shades up. "And I'm Schnee Ainekas the Hedgehog, engineer wannabe, leader of Team Saturn-"

"We never decided that," Terra interjected.

"-and cop-in-training! Nice to meet ya!" Schnee finished.

Razer simply smiled and crossed his arms, nodding at the trio. "I'm Razer. Now, let's go."

"You can call me Mairwen," said the elk, although her gentle smile had mostly vanished, replaced by a look of faint unease.

He soon leads the team out of the city as to avoid the large crowd noticing them. He gave a nod to Mairwen, as to assure her he's willing to stay by her side. Team Saturn followed Razer willingly, having a few conversations as they did so. Mairwen remained silent throughout the walk.

Part 2
Eggman Fleet - 10:54 AM

High above the skies are dominated by a large, heavily-guarded fleet, belonging none other than the mad genius Dr. Eggman. And inside the base, Eggman was already plotting a scheme for his next assault, though he was interrupted with both minions - Orbot and Cubot - having barged inside his domain.

"Eggman! We have very urgent news!" Cubot was the first to speak, whereas his other, dimwitted colleague also spoke out.

"Yeah! A super-duper-mega-big one, too!"

The doctor sighed a bit, looking over at his accomplices, a sour look on his face.

"This had better be urgent," he grumbled. "I'm a busy man, after all."

"Well you see, we have huge dis--" Cubot was quickly interrupted when he smacked the back of his head by Orbot. "Ow! Dude, what was that for?!"

Orbot shushed his dimwitted colleague, "Shush! For once, let me do the explanation to our leader, alright?!"

He cleared his throat before beginning to facing to his master.

"Eggman, while you were busy planning for your next attack, our databanks had suddenly picked up unusual traces that do not contain any traces of Chaos Emeralds, but rather, far more valuable than the Chaos Emeralds themselves. Watch."

Orbot activates a holographic image from both of his optical eyes, which displays a large map with various locations, but each dots represent different colors that also represent elements. They were last known locations before they went under the radar and the map disappears in front of his master after a good amount of seconds.

The doctor adjusted his spectacles slightly as he observed the holographic map that Orbot displayed for him, frowning and rubbing his chin.

"Are those...?"

Sitting upright, he promptly went to his computer, swiftly typing away at the keyboard, as if looking for something.

"Yes...yes, so they are...!"

A picture came up on the screen; ten spherical objects, each one seeming to be composed purely of a specific Element.

"The Elemental Orbs...!"

"Elemental... what?" Cubot ask in confusion before Orbot corrected him.

"Orbs. Elemental Orbs." he focused his attention to Eggman. "So far, these were the last traces before they disappeared, but it seems these Elemental Orbs you mentioned do exist."

He approached to the leader but ensured to keep a distance, with Cubot following behind his partner.

"So what do you suggest we do, Dr. Eggman?" Orbot asked, seeing that the Elemental Orbs has gotten him highly intrigued.

"Well, it's obvious, isn't it?" Eggman chuckled, a grin spreading across his face. " We get those Orbs...! If the legends are true, they'll help me bring this planet to its knees even faster than before!"

"Like finding buried treasure, only better!" Cubot expressed optimism, spinning himself around with his fists up in the air.

Orbot also expressed praise to Eggman's interest. "So it's settled, then. If you can drop us off to any nearby location where one of the Elemental Orbs were last seen from the map I have showed you, we might be able to locate them and retrieve them to you!"

"Excellent idea," said Eggman. "Orbot, which Orb on your map was the closest to our current location?"

"If memory serves me right, we are right above a location where land is dominated by mounds of earth-ly terrain, which is where that specific Elemental Orb originally came from." Orbot pointed out.

"Then start your search there," said Eggman, already looking giddy. "And take any Badniks with you if you need to. But hurry!"

Orbot had quickly saluted to Dr. Eggman, "You will not be disappointed, Dr. Eggman! We will start searching for that Orb post-haste!"

Orbot approaches to Cubot, "Come, Cubot! We have an Elemental Orb to search, if we're not to disappoint our great leader!"

"Oh boy oh boy oh boy!" Cubot jumped in joy before soon following Orbot, as the two had soon left Eggman's domain. Orbot was obviously the first to gather the Badniks.

"Come now, we have an extremely important mission to do, and we can't displease our leader! Follow my lead!" Orbot rallied the Badniks, but not before seeing Cubot aimlessly running into a wall.

"Ow! Why is the exit a solid wall?!"

Orbot, already expressing annoyance, floated up to the companion and shook his robotic body by grasping his arms to his shoulders, "Focus, Cubot! This mission is crucial! Unless you want to end up in a disassembling line, we must find and retrieve the Elemental Orbs!"

"Ohhhh! What are we waiting for, then?!" Cubot flailed his arms and jettisons the Fleet along with the Badniks, Orbot following suit afterwards, much to his obvious displeasure from his partner. With the Badniks having soon set course to the specific location as per Orbot's orders, they were set to seek and retrieve the first orb.

Deep within the home base of the Trolls, behind the hidden doors in the throne room, the black clad hedgehog dropped into a kneel, head lowered. Around him was the large hidden space known only to a handful of the generals and the shadowy leaders themselves, the combined library and training room known as the Sanctum.

"You sent for me, my lord?" he growled, his voice faintly raspy from recent wounds. He waited for a moment, and finally the deep voice rolled back in a response.

"Yes, Matthew. Please, stand. I find the old formalities time-consuming, and we have more important tasks at hand." As the young hedgehog stood, he caught sight of his liege, the ancient hedgehog known as Rageik, hunched over his desk as he examined a map.

"Recently, there was a shift in the forces of this world. Powers moving in ways that I have not seen since the ancient wars. At first, I had thought our enemies were stirring; but now, I have seen that things are not as they seem."

The elder hedgehog stabbed a finger towards the map, muttering an incantation under his breath. Within moments, the glowing map was projected into the air, slowly expanding to show small colored points.

"Every element has a source of extreme power, not unlike Chaos has it's Master Emerald. We view the elemental crystals and gemstones with great reverence, but these are more powerful than even those. Even your myths and legends would talk of the legendary Elemental Orbs, the hearts and power sources of gods."

Rageik shook his head, and turned his back on Reaper and the map alike to pace, still speaking as he moved.

"These beings have powers comparable to the Chaos Beasts, or monsters like Defaran. If the orbs are active, then there are bound to be other forces looking for them. I want you to find them, and claim them for me."

"Yes, my lord. My legion and I are at your command." Reaper nodded, though his eyes quickly fell onto the map.

"I must ask, though. Why not use all of the Trolls for a mission of such importance? Or go yourself?"

Rageik stopped his pacing and slumped. "If I leave here, then it will only make things worse because any faction that is not already certain of the value of these orbs will know about it. It would be a workout, but I do not feel like pushing that plan too far forward."

He shook his head slowly and sighed. "As for the run of the mill Trolls, they will likely deploy themselves to try to appease me, or my meddling wife will send them for such a purpose. They will also likely meddle with the orbs in ways that should not be done. No, I am asking you directly. Take your team and retrieve the orbs, I do not particularly care with which you start. Just ensure they are removed from the playing field, for the sake of the future peace for Mobius under my reign."

Matthew saluted in military fashion, turned on his heel and vanished with a faint puff of shadowy smoke. Rageik slowly shook his head and returned his attention to the map. It was out of his hands now, he just hoped he had made the right choice.

Outside of Station Square, the group arrives the outskirts of the city and into a more, grassy area, with forested areas not too far out of range. Razer glances to Team Saturn before turning around to face them.

"We're here. And in case you'd be curious about me, yes, I do possess pyrokinesis, though not what you'd expect. Watch this." After Razer explained to them, he opened up his hand, and soon began to focus.

Within seconds, a ball of fire had soon manifested in front of them before closing his hand, dissipating the flame altogether before resting his arm down.

"Hmm, not bad," said Mairwen, her arms still crossed.

"Wow... that's impressive," Terra said, scratching her chin. "I don't have any powers, but my physical capabilities are pretty high."

"I don't have any powers either, so that's really cool," Schnee replied. "I just use my tech."

"I-I have cryokinesis, but I'm sure no one cares..." muttered Alexia, assumed that it didn't matter. "Y-Your power is amazing, to b-b-be completely fr-frank..."

"Well, thank you guys. Although, my pyrokinesis is far from perfect. If any, my powers may be amazing, but I've a long way to go before I can fully master my pyrokinesis. And even then, I don't really qualify to be one of the Elemental Gods anyway." Razer responded to them.

"Alexia is pretty good with her ice and water powers," Schnee said, lightly slapping Alexia on the back. Alexia blushed and didn't say anything, looking at the ground.

Razer nodded. "Yeah. She'll have to put her power to good use if we're to face a future threat ahead. Of course, if there's a such thing called the 'Elemental Gods', then there might be other things we could find so this way, the bad guys can't get their hands around it."

Afterwards, he surveyed the environment, re-activating his visor goggles as its HUD was displayed as it scans the area in front of him.

THREAT LEVEL: NONE

CIVILIANS: 4

The arrow even points behind him, in which he soon turns himself around in front of him. "Well, least this area's safe for now."

"Mm, yes," Mairwen nodded; she had mostly been staying quiet during this whole thing.

"Oh, wow! What's that?" Schnee said, looking intently at his goggles. "What're those for?"

He looked at Schnee, before noticing his goggles, with the reticule focusing on her. Known both it and Razer, he simply smiled at her when she marveled at his unique feature. "Oh this? Well, this happens to be state-of-the-art visor goggles. It helps me seeing through night vision and thermal vision for when visibility is low. It even scans for any possible threats and even scans your names as well, including the environment as well."

He lets Schnee take a look at his goggles, the reticule still focused on her, even though the HUD displays their names, Schnee included, which was displayed on the left quarter of the lens.

Mairwen quietly sat down in the grass, cross-legged as she hummed and looked up at the sky. Another bird came, this time to perch upon one of her antlers. Then another. And another. She giggled a bit at the sight, reaching up to pet one. Alexia smiled, and Terra smirked. "Nature seems to love you," she said.

Schnee looked at the goggles. "That's nice! How does it recognize names? Does it tap into some sort of database?"

"Well, once they introduce themselves, they're recorded inside. Even has its own facial recognition as well, including my health status and whenever danger arrives." Razer responds to Schnee.

"What if they don't introduce themselves?" asked Schnee.

Mairwen chuckled softly.

"It does seem to just flock to me, doesn't it?"

"Yes, i-it really does... it's a-a-almost like you h-have some sort of connection w-with it," Alexia replied.

Mairwen's ear twitched briefly, and she frowned slightly.

"I...suppose you could say that," she said.

Terra cocked her head. "What do you mean by that?" she asked, intrigued. "Do you have animal-related powers?"

"Well, no," said Mairwen. "I do have floromancy, though."

"What's floromancy?" Terra asked. "Is it controlling plants with magic?"

Mairwen nodded.

"Yes, it is," she said, holding out a hand towards the ground; a root from the nearby tree promptly poked its way out of the earth at her command, before retreating.

"That's s-super cool," Aleia said. "B-But what's the difference between c-c-controlling nature with magic a-and controlling nature naturally?"

"...I'm not really sure," Mairwen admitted, shrugging. "I guess it has to do with how you control it...?"

Razer's visor goggles suddenly flashed an exclamation mark, but not from possible tampering. The arrow soon flashes the direction to a much, denser area inside the forest, indicating that a point of interest had come up. "Huh?" He turns his attention to the specific area the HUD directed him to.

"Hmm. Looks like there's something up inside the forest. I should check it out, you're welcome to join up if you wish." He told Schnee, and maybe the others should they wish to join him. Normally, his visor goggles could've been glitched, though it seems to be functioning normally.

Mairwen climbed up to her feet now.

"Well, I've got nothing better to do," she said, stretching a bit. "I say we go!"

"I'll join ya!" Schnee said, smiling.

"As will I," Terra added.

Alexia huffed and looked at the ground. "I-I suppose I'll come t-too..."

Razer nodded at the group. "Right. Let's go, then!" He soon runs towards the forestry area, where the arrow points him up ahead. Even though he's not a fast runner, it beats walking at least. The birds that had perched on Mairwen's antlers took flight once she started to run after Razer. Terra, with her speed, was able to burst forward in a yellow blur, while Schnee and Alexia, ran after Razer.

His visor goggles' HUD was soon automatically switched to a radar navigation map, displaying the layout of the map and the arrow pointing the direction ahead. A couple of faint, red dots appear just up ahead, with the 'THREAT' indication number changing from zero to a question mark. "Looks like we're getting close, though we better get ready. We may or may not encounter a threat or two so stay on your guard."

"We've been able to deal with a couple of threats just fine," Schnee said with a smirk. "I'm sure we'll be just fine." She slipped a silver bracelet off of her wrist, and it turned into a metal bo staff.

"We'll be sure not too get too overconfident, however," Terra said, baring her claws.

"I-Is fighting really necessary? I think it's p-possible we could sort this out p-p-peacefully," Alexia said quietly.

"Well, we'll have to find out just what it is we're dealing with first," said Mairwen, already starting to walk ahead of the others.

"Yeah. Seems we're getting close." Razer said, slowing down upon nearing the points of interest. So far, the dots shown on the radar were stationary, but he took a cautious approach to one of them nearby.

Part 3
Meanwhile, two little cats were wandering around, simply exploring. The red-clad cat put his hands up over his eyes.

"Hmm...no sign of adventure yet," he said, continuing to walk, while his brother stayed close behind.

Up ahead, the Badniks were actively searching around for the Elemental Orb instructed by Orbot. Cubot, being the least-intelligent robot he is, was simply staring at a rather large rock in front of him. "Oh hey! You new around here?"

Orbot was searching nook and cranny within the earthy area, but it didn't took a second for him to realize that his robot colleague wasn't doing any work at all. Annoyed, he approached towards Cubot. "Excuse me, but we didn't come to this place to socialize with inanimate objects. We're here to look for the Elemental Orbs!"

Dumbfounded, Cubot snapped himself out of it. "Wha, who?! Aww, but I want to make friends with Rocky!"

Orbot simply facepalmed, in a much annoyed manner. "Cubot, we have a crucial mission to complete, now help me find us an Elemental Orb or end up in the scrap heap when master Eggman finds out we didn't retrieved the said Orb!"

"No! I don't wanna be scrapped for parts! Anything but that!" Cubot cried out.

"Then focus on your mission! And don't expect me to take all the credit along the way." Orbot merely shook his head as Cubot had soon resumed his search, with Orbot doing the same, although his expression was far less than impressed as a result of Cubot losing track.

The voices caught the attention of the two boys, with the older promptly grabbing his brother's arm and pulling him behind a tree.

"Shh...ya hear that, Micah?" he whispered, peeking out from behind the tree, now. "Sounds like there's people up ahead...!"

The younger, Micah, frowned a bit, also peeking out from behind the tree.

"Yeah..d'ya think they're enemies...?"

So far, they were unaware of the two bothers' presence as they were actively searching around with no success so far.

"Hey, Orbot! I found something!" Cubot shouted, which caught Orbot's attention.

He gleefully approached Cubot with a sudden mood change with excitement. "Ooohh! Is it the Elemental Orb you found?!"

"Ta-da!"

Cubot presented Orbot that is not an Elemental Orb, but a small mound of dirt in his hands instead.

"I found dirt!" Cubot drops them on the ground, with Orbot's mood having quickly shifted to a much more annoyed state, his half-eyelids evident of this.

Fed up with his repeated annoyance, Orbot had soon responded by pressing Cubot's button, resulting him to be temporarily shut off before turning around and resuming back to his search, slowly shaking his head over his companion's obvious incompetence. As for Cubot, he stood there lifelessly, but it was due to being shut down by Orbot, who's had enough of him for now.

"It looks like they're lookin' for somethin'," the older brother, Calvin, mused, continuing to watch the scene. Micah frowned.

"But what...?"

Calvin shrugged, giggling a bit at Cubot's stupidity.

"What an idiot," he grinned.

As Orbot continue to thoroughly search around, he spots one of the figures hiding behind the bushes. "Hmm? What's this, then?"

Micah squeaked and promptly hid behind his brother, while Calvin tilted his head to the side.

"What are you supposed t'be?"

Orbot jumped back in surprise, encountering the two brothers. He did regain composure and cleared his throat.

"I am Orbot, and we're currently searching for the Elemental Orb in order to retrieve and deliver to master Eggman."

Calvin scratched at his ear.

"Elemental Orb? Never heard'a it before...wait, isn't Eggman that fat guy who wants t'take over th'world?"

Orbot seemed aghast at Calvin's comment before responding. "N-No, well, maybe! He previously tried to until other, greater threats had come along and stole Eggman's thunder. You see, Eggman wanted to take over the world, but it seems that competition was getting fierce, much to our great leader's chagrin. So ever since, he's been a laughingstock by other bigger bad guys, per se."

"Well, that sucks for him, don't it?" Calvin snickered, putting his hands on his hips. Micah gulped a bit.

"C-Cal, maybe we shouldn't make this Orbot guy mad..."

Orbot merely crossed his arms, not exactly impressed with Calvin's remark, but he did had an idea. "Alright. I'll tell you what; if you can help me find an Elemental Orb, maybe Eggman will commend your efforts, unlike Cubot over here."

He motions his head to Cubot, who was still shut down and still in the process of rebooting. Calvin tilted his head to the side, seeming to consider this...

"Isn't Eggman a bad guy, though? Why would we wanna help him?"

"Because if the other bad guys win, then we all lose. And I know how much you hate losing, you two." Orbot responded to Calvin.

"And you've yet to introduce your names."

"How'd ya know I hate losin'?" Calvin huffed, crossing his arms. He frowned.

"So...what you're sayin' is that it'd be best if Eggman won?" he asked. "I'm Calvin, by th'way! And this is my brother Micah!"

Micah just shyly waved at Orbot.

Orbot simply waved back at Micah before looking back at Calvin. "Perhaps. Of course Eggman's just... well, himself really." He turns his head away slightly. "Though of course, he gets all the credit since he doesn't like getting his hands dirty..."

"What? If he's not doin' th'work, why's he gettin' th'credit for it?? That ain't fair!" Calvin cried, throwing his hands up.

"Now you know what it's like to be in my shoes, except I don't wear shoes..." Orbot seemed detested as Eggman usually takes all the glory instead of both him and Cubot.

"Why d'ya stick around that Eggman guy anyways, if he don't even treat ya right?" asked Calvin, now sitting down cross-legged in the grass.

"Because we were created by him, to do his bidding. And because searching for Elemental Orbs is a crucial mission for us, we have to do his bidding and fulfill his wishes or he'll decommission us and dump us into the scrap heap. Even though I'd love to see Cubot go first..." Orbot muttered to himself within the last sentences mentioning Cubot.

Calvin rubbed the back of his neck now.

"Ya can't just leave him, then?" he asked, tilting his head to the side. "I mean...if ya did try t'leave him, would he hunt ya down?"

"I'm afraid so. We've been specifically programmed to do his bidding, and by turning our backs against him means he can use a kill switch to deactivate us both permanently. We promised Eggman to retrieve the Elemental Orb and deliver it to him. Maybe more if he's this determined." Orbot told him, whereas Cubot reactivates himself after being shut down. The Badniks haven't gotten much luck either yet their search still continues.

"Wha...? What'd I miss? Was I dreaming of Eggman congratulating me?"

"Gosh...I feel really bad for 'em, Cal," Micah frowned, ears drooping slightly as he looked at Orbot. "They're practically slaves to this Eggman guy!"

"I feel bad too," Calvin agreed. "D'ya have any idea where this Elemental Orb thing is, anyways?"

Orbot merely shrugged. "We've been looking around and my scanners can't detect any hidden areas around."

Cubot looked at the two. "Hey! What are they doing here?!"

His companion had grown weary of Cubot's antics, but still looked at him before responding, "These two siblings have offered us to help retrieve the Elemental Orb, and it seems your antics will do us no good if we fail our mission."

"You mean Eggman won't be giving us a five-star hotel?!"

Orbot merely facepalmed. "If Eggman were to give us luxury, he would've at least share some with us. But unfortunately, we still mustn't disappoint our glorious leader, even if he were to achieve glory for himself."

Calvin smiled as he stood up.

"Maybe we can use that Orb we find t'get ya guys away from Eggman, so he can't boss ya around anymore!" said Calvin.

Orbot looked to Calvin in surprise. "You... you'd do that?" Cubot was also surprised, but didn't said a word for obvious reasons. This could mean Orbot might have a chance to finally impress Eggman, though him getting away from Eggman would prove to be a fatal mistake. Eggman clearly detests his minions defying his orders, especially for those who were to betray him.

Calvin nodded, still smiling.

"Yeah! If we can get ya both away from Eggman, ya'd be free to live your lives however ya want, instead of having t'be servants!" he said. Micah smiled a bit.

"Yeah, that's true...!"

"Oh, marvelous!" Orbot jumped up with joy.

"Yay! We get to join the her--" Cubot's words were muffled by Orbot as he covers his hand to his mouth.

"You'll have to excuse Cubot here. He's got a few bugs in his system and tends to make mistakes."

Calvin giggled a bit.

"That's okay, I kinda figured he was an idiot if he thought a pile of dirt was some magic Orb," he said. "Well c'mon then, let's go find an Orb!"

"Hey, who're you calling a--" Cubot's voice was cut off by Orbot by covering his hand to his mouth again.

"Excellent! Now, let's see if you two can locate any secret entrances the Badniks were unable to locate." Orbot tells the two; even the Badniks had already given up on their search and were catching their breath, even though they obviously don't have lungs to go for.

"Sure thing!" Calvin smiled, stepping forward into the clearing where the Badniks had been searching, with Micah following him. Clearing his throat a bit, he started to concentrate, before his eyes took on a subtle reddish glow, and he started to look around. Micah did the same, except the subtle glow around his eyes was blueish.

Orbot watched Calvin's powers do the work, and the duo simply stood back and watched. "Ey, this kid's pretty good."

"For once, I agree with you, Cubot." Orbot nodded in agreement, even though Cubot tends to mess things up occasionally.

Tapping into their aurakinetic powers gave the brothers a brief boost in their eyesight, to hawklike levels. With that, they began to scour the area.

Orbot watches the two in amazement, before sitting back and watch the two brothers keep looking. Cubot asks, "So uh, what are we supposed to do, Orbot?"

"We just sit and wait, nothing else. We can't interrupt their work."

Eventually, however, Micah called out.

"I think I found somethin'...!"

Calvin ran over to him; it looked like Micah had found a small, well-concealed entrance, possibly to a cave.

Orbot and Cubot jumped up, excited with the news with Orbot being the first to speak. "Oh, wonderful! Do show us, young Calvin."

"I was th'one who found it," Micah huffed, but pushed some foliage out of the way to reveal the entrance.

"Yeah, cut him some slack, oh great rounded one." Cubot said sarcastically, in which he received a smack upside the head by Orbot. "Ow! Hey, what was that for?!"

"Let's just go." Orbot said, with an unamused tone. He looks at the revealed entrance before looking back to the Badniks.

"Do be on guard for us and deter any intruders that come by." Once Orbot gave them the instructions, the Badniks were back on track, this time guarding the specified area as he entered inside the entrance first, turning on the flashlights from his eyes.

He marveled at the sight. "Impressive..."

Calvin scooted over to the entrance and started to make his way inside, having to crouch a bit; Micah was close behind him.

"C'mon!"

Cubot followed Micah behind, but unlike Calvin, he didn't look where he was going and end up hitting his head along the way down. "Ow!"

Both brothers just ignored Cubot as they continued to head deeper into the ground with Orbot.

"Where d'ya think it leads?" asked Calvin.

"Hopefully it'll take us to the Elemental Orb." Orbot replied while following the pathway.

"What if it doesn't, though?" asked Calvin, frowning. "Whadda we do then?"

"Let's just hope our efforts don't lead up to a dead-end. We still have ways to go." Orbot simply replied. Calvin nodded, and continued to travel in silence.

After hours of trekking, they finally arrive, seeing a much familiar, spherical shape adorned at the shrine...Calvin blinked, and stared approaching the shrine.

"What's that...?"

"It looks to be..." Orbot scanned the object, which soon reveals to be an Earth Elemental Orb.

"It is! It's the Elemental Orb!"

"Wait, I thought I found the Elemental Orb earlier!" Cubot reiterated, even though he was obviously a fool to begin with.

In turn, however, upon closer inspection, Orbot realized that the Elemental Orb is actually a large Petramite gem and not the real thing. "Wait... this isn't the Elemental Orb. I could've sworn my scanners weren't glitched...!"

"Hah! Who's the fool now, ya umm... dome-head?!" Cubot mocked Orbot.

Shocked at first, he soon came to realization that the Orb itself is anything but easy to find. However, it would seem that the large gem may provide another clue. Ignoring Cubot's snarky comments, he retrieves the gem and stores it inside before regrouping with the others.

"Well gentlemen. It appears we haven't found the Elemental Orb. On the plus side, it seems we happen to find a clue to where the true Elemental Orb is. We'll have to head back to the surface and notify Eggman." Orbot explained to the brothers.

Calvin nodded.

"Good idea," he said. "But uh... how will that thing help us find th'actual Orb?"

Calvin didn't seem too bothered by the idea of them all heading back to rendezvous with Eggman; Micah, however, looked rather nervous, but he decided not to say anything about it.

"Only Eggman can decipher this piece of item I retrieved. Let's go back now." Orbot leads the trio back to the surface from the secret entrance they were.

"Well, alright then," said Calvin, following Orbot back up to the surface, with Micah close behind him.

Once they make it back to the surface, Orbot soon began to relay the signal as to contact Eggman. "Eggman. Come in, Eggman. Transport us to your Fleet. I may have retrieved something important."

Eggman soon ended up responding.

"I hope it's the Elemental Orb," he said. "Or at least a Chaos Emerald."

"Well, there's more to it if you can transport us there. And we have two Mobians that have chosen to side with us, Dr. Eggman." Orbot responded back.

"Really now?" Eggman mused. "Two more recruits for my Egg Army isn't a bad deal at all. I'm going to beam you four aboard now."

A beam of light shone down on the four, and Micah squeaked nervously.

Shortly after, the four were transported back to the Eggman Fleet, and inside Eggman's domain. The Badniks, however, were left behind, but it seems they were basically disposable anyway and they had soon left to wander around on their own.

Eggman was in the same room, and he frowned down at the small group.

"Why did you bring me children of all things?" he grumbled, arms crossed. Micah promptly hid behind his brother.

"Because we're babysi--" Cubot was interrupted by Orbot, who had soon temporarily shut himself down again to avoid getting Eggman's mood going south.

"Well, you see, these two children have unique abilities like no other. But, I figured we cut to the chase and allow me to present you something." Orbot opened up his hatch and presents a large gem to Eggman.

"It's not exactly the Elemental Orb or the Chaos Emerald intended, but! This particular object may provide a clue on searching that specific Elemental Orb."

"Unique abilities? Huh; sounds like every other Mobian on this planet," Eggman scoffed, but he did kneel down to inspect the large Petramite gem.

"Hmm...interesting," he muttered, taking the mineral from Orbot. "Well, seems like I'll have to examine this gem pretty thoroughly, then."

Orbot nodded and lets Eggman retrieve the mineral. "Most certainly, master Eggman. Do let us know when you finish with your research. In the meantime, I'll be giving these two a tour of our Fleet. And rest assured, they'll be carefully monitored by our guards along the way."

"Very well," said Eggman, standing up and starting to walk away. "Make sure those two brats don't mess with anything, understand?"

"Hey, we're no-"

Micah quickly clamped his hands over Calvin's mouth, shushing him. This got a slight chuckle from Eggman, but he simply continued to walk away. Orbot nodded to Eggman, also taking Cubot with him as he led the duo within the Fleet. The guards also closely followed the two brothers while Eggman began his conductive research on the Petramite gem.

Part 4
As Razer took a careful look, the HUD suddenly displays to:

WARNING!

Before he could react, vines shoot up and entangle around his arms, restricting any of his movements!

"Gah! What the--?! I can't move!" Razer yelled out, trying to resist but only causes the vines' grip to tighten and begin to pull him as he struggles to free himself. He could try his pyrokinesis, but it seems he doesn't want to risk igniting the forest, but at the same time, he's currently at the mercy from the possessed vines. Terra reacted quickly and attempted to cut the vines with her claws and Schnee and Alexia looked around.

Mairwen, meanwhile, seemed to be quite shocked by what was going on, and she ran over to Razer, as well.

"What is this...??" she cried.

The vines were cut away, but they quickly regenerate and snag him again, soon another pair of vines begin to bind his legs, preventing him from trying to escape.

"Ack! Something's... happening to... this forest...!" Razer spoke, trying to break free from their vice-like grip. He was still reluctant to use pyrokinesis, but it seems not using them was a big mistake as the vines soon began to pull him while trying his best to try and break himself free, though his movements were completely restricted altogether.

Terra continued trying to cut the vines, grunting. "Use your fire to burn it! I'm wasting energy doing this!"

Frowning, Mairwen grabbed onto one of the vines that had attacked Razer and began to speak under her breath, as if muttering an incantation of sorts.

As Razer thought he had no other choice, it seems the incantation had worked, allowing the vines to let go of him and retreat back. He lets out a sigh of relief, trying to ease up the pain from its grips. "Wow... looks like that worked. But I may have a feeling there's more to it up ahead..."

"Something's affected these vines," said Mairwen. "It's like they're possessed almost..."

"I don't think your naturemancy is gonna help us for too long," Schnee said as Terra sighed and looked deeper into the forest.

"We need to find the source of this and defeat them. Or else, this is going to be one annoying trip," she said. "If only someone like the God of Nature was here."

"Hey, wasn't th-there a God of Nature i-in that rumor you told us a-a-about?" Alexia piped up, interested. "Maybe th-they're challenging us to s-s-see if we're worthy... or s-something."

As Razer's visor goggles scans for any possible injuries he's received, it soon detects even more threat up ahead, and approaching towards them. The text displays from the visor:

CAUTION!

EXTREME THREAT DETECTED!

Razer's eyes widen, leaving no tend to tend himself and alerts the others. "It looks like Mairwen is right, and I don't think those vines are the only issue here!"

Indeed, various plants, all seemingly mutated and also possessed, dangerously approaches the gang in fairly large numbers as well, with some of the flowers even emitting spores around them as well!

"What sort of monstrosities are these...??" Mairwen cried, her eyes wide with shock and disgust. She could tell that these weren't natural mutations; some outside force had to have twisted and transform these plants.

"Everyone, gather around me!" Schnee said, putting on a metal gauntlet as Terra and Alexia ran to her. Mairwen did as well, although she looked more apprehensive about it.

Razer regrouped as well, soon glancing to Mairwen. "Mairwen, I understand nature means much to you, and lay harm on them too. So if you have something that can control them and return them back to normal, now's the time before this situation gets out of control..!"

Suddenly, a blue orb flashed around the group before turning clear, and Schnee smirked. "Unless those things attack us and y'all are slow, this should protect us for a bit."

"This...I don't think this is any magic at work," Mairwen frowned, watching the mutated plants. "I think something more artificial created these..."

Razer frowned as well, before soon giving out a suggestion. An ideas was hatched after a quick thinking.

"We'll have to find the source of this. Any clues would lead us to some nature-hater that made these things go crazy."

He turns to Schnee and the others. "Guys, we'll have to find what's the actual cause for these plants to go out of control. We'll need to find clues around here. I know we hate to cut through them... but it seems we'll have no choice, because we know these things will regenerate and continue to become more dangerous if we were to just stand and watch even for a second."

"...why though?" asked Schnee. "In this bubble, we can actually talk and plan. But if you're so impatient, I can let you out. You could probably set this whole forest ablaze-"

"Though you wouldn't, because that's bad for the environment," interrupted Terra, elbowing Schnee in the arm.

"Just a suggestion is all... but if you can try and get us afloat, we'll be able to go over them while I can scan around. And no... I'm not setting them on fire. Even if I could, there's no guarantee my pyrokinesis would be of any effect anyway." Razer corrected himself.

Mairwen didn't say anything; she kept her gaze focused on the plants, as if she were trying to figure them out.

"We can move, bud, but flying isn't an option," Schnee replied to Razer.

He gave a nod. "Good idea. Let's move while we're still inside."

Razer tapped on his goggles, soon switching to scan mode to seek the source of this ongoing situation. Schnee put on some goggles of her own, allowing her to see energy signatures flowing in the air. "Let's be careful, now," said Terra.

Despite the attacks by the ravaging plants, the bubble shield seems to be holding its own. Razer himself detects a faint aura that was controlling plants.

"It's faint, but it looks like we're not far. So long as this thing holds us, we might be able to find that perpetrator who made this forest into a living nightmare." Razer said, before turning to Mairwen.

"No offense. I didn't want to risk harming nature at all. I just didn't expect this to happen out of nowhere."

"I'm not offended at all," said Mairwen. "I understand you don't want to burn down the forest; I wouldn't want you to, either. But I wish I knew what was causing this mess...!"

"Yeah... though it seems we're getting close. Looks to be a figure too; once we get through those plants, we'll see if that figure happens to be the one responsible." Razer spoke, the radar picking close while the bubble continues to withstand an ongoing barrage by mutated plants.

"I c-can distract it," said Alexia. "It'd be smart to u-use me as b-b-bait."

"Are you sure that's a wise decision?" asked Mairwen, frowning.

"Sounds rather suicidal, especially with how incredibly dangerous these plants are. You sure you want to do this?" Razer also asked.

Part 5
Eggman, meanwhile, seemed to have made great strides in his research of the Petramite gem, given his good mood. He chuckled as he pored over his research.

"I should've realized this before...this gem should have the same energy signature as the Stone Orb, if on a weaker scale! Yes, yes, this will make it much easier to find!"

He rubbed at his chin, thinking.

"Perhaps this can be applied to other minerals with Elemental energy signatures, yes?"

Meanwhile, Orbot and Cubot had just finished giving the two brothers a tour, guiding them to a prison cell. Unlike most prison cells, however, this particular cell has two, separate beds, a TV, even a shower room to ensure they give a bit of luxury so they wouldn't cause any trouble.

"Here we are! I hope you two can be accommodated while our master does his important research." Orbot spoke to them.

Cubot was, however, displeased. "Aww c'mon! How come THEY get to have nice things?!"

Orbot gave his dimwitted partner a stern look. "Because we want what's best for the two so they wouldn't be causing mischief. Do you honestly think we get nice things from Dr. Eggman himself? No he doesn't! At least I was surely honest enough with them."

"At least I don't mop up the floor for hours on end because you happened to tamper with Eggman's important files two weeks ago!" Cubot bickered, as if trying to counter this.

"I beg your pardon?! It was your idea in the first place by playing truth or dare with me, so you should consdier ourselves lucky Eggman didn't dump us in the assembly like like all of his other minions!" Orbot immediately reiterated.

"Oh yeah?! Well, at least I could've told Eggman about the Elemental thingamajig if you weren't taking all the glory!" Cubot bickered against his partner again.

"Only because I know how much of a total nutcase you can be at times just to displease our master, pun intended!" Orbot soon butted heads against Cubot after chiding, Cubot doing the same thing.

And as the two continue to argue at each other, Cubot was the first to smack Orbot's cheek with a hand.

"Hah! Not so tough now, are ya, dome-head?!" Cubot retorted, much to Orbot's extreme annoyance.

"Oh... it's on now..." Orbot soon lunged at Cubot. "Come here!"

Soon enough, Orbot and Cubot began to scuffle against each other over disagreements, with the two guards looking at each other in confusion as they watch the lackeys fight each other.

Micah seemed a bit uneasy that him and his brother would have to stay in a prison cell of all things; how long would they be forced to stay here, anyways? What if they couldn't leave? At least there were beds and a television...

Calvin, meanwhile, was thoroughly enjoying watching Orbot and Cubot go at it, even pumping his fist up into the air.

"Go Orbot! Go!" he cheered, while Micah frowned and tugged on his brother's sleeve.

"Maybe you shouldn't encourage 'em," he said, looking a bit worried as he watched the two bots tussle. Calvin chuckled a bit.

"I doubt they're going t'seriously hurt each other," he said, still watching and grinning. "But uh... why d'we gotta stay in a jail cell, anyways?"

"I guess it's so we don't get into trouble...? I dunno, I'm kinda unsure about all this, Cal..."

Calvin patted his brother on the shoulder reassuringly.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, Micah; besides, we got each other, yeah?"

The younger brother smiled softly, and nodded in agreement.

"Yeah...!"

The two guard robots started to grow weary of both Orbot and Cubot squabbling at each other and finally decided to separate the two and take them outside of the room. They also left Calvin and Micah unattended while trying to break up the fight by taking them elsewhere.

At this, Calvin got a mischievous expression.

"Hey...they left us alone," he whispered to Micah. "We should explore!"

Micah bit his lip, backing away a bit.

"B-But what if we get in trouble...??"

At this point, the guards have completely forgotten all about the duo, they were entirely focused on getting Orbot and Cubot to separate solitary confinement rooms in order to keep themselves from Eggman's work interrupted.

"C'mon, let's go!" Calvin giggled, grabbing his brother's hand and starting to tug him out of the room. Micah just squeaked.

"C-Cal, wait...!" he cried.

Surprisingly, the prison cell also offered a mini fridge, with a seemingly large variety of food to choose from. Meanwhile, both Orbot and Cubot were already shut down throughout the whole day by the two guards until these two were ready to cooperate with one another again.

"Wow, there's even a fridge in here! It's kinda like they're expecting us t'live here," Calvin mused as he examined the prison cell. Micah frowned.

"Please don't say that, I don't wanna live here," he mumbled, fidgeting nervously.

Even with security cameras all over the Fleet, including one spying at the two brothers, it seems Eggman was all too focused on his research that he's seemingly lost interest with the two brothers, knowing that they've yet to cause any trouble. At least for now.

Calvin yawned a bit and walked away from the cell, heading towards the door that would lead out into the rest of the Fleet.

"C'mon, let's go explore!" he called to Micah, who sighed quietly and followed his brother.

"If we get inta trouble for this, I ain't talkin' t'ya for th'rest of th'day!"

Calvin just giggled and patted Micah on the back.

"Fair enough; let's go!"

Part 6
"I'm definitely sure!" yelled Alexia. "I-I'll help you guys, no matter h-h-how small. It's not like I'm slow on my feet..."

Razer simply nodded to Alexia. "Alright. Do be careful then. The target can't be far away."

Alexia nodded and went out of the shield, running in front of them and looking scared. "M-Man, I'm lost... will anyone c-come to save me? I just wanna go h-h-home..."

There didn't seem to be anyone around...the only sign that there had been someone here was the presence of some odd items laying in the grass.

They emerge from the infested forest while safe inside the bubble, seeing strange items being left behind.

"Huh...looks like we found the main culprit, only except the actual culprit is gone but it seems someone's been using these things to make plants become monstrous..." Razer said, upon discovering them. Mairwen frowned as she knelt down and picked up one of the objects; it resembled a syringe of sorts.

"I was right; this was an artificial cause," she mumbled.

Razer exited the bubble looking at the syringes. "Yeah... maybe if there are some things that haven't been used, there should be a way to reverse its effects."

"Do you have a lab?" asked Schnee. "Mine is way far out at Trikon City, so there's no way that we're gonna be able to get access to mine. Hoever, you seem like a pretty scientific guy, and with those goggles, I'm positive you have some sort of test area... right? I'm willing to help repair it if it's broken, or anything. But if this will help us get to the bottom of this mystery, I'll sell my soul!"

"Hopefully, not literally," said Terra. "Your soul is useful."

"Considering since someone had immediately left their equipment behind... let's see what this baby can do." Razer spoke, his goggles scanning around possible items and potions that were used to turn plants into mutated monsters, even displaying a possible way to reverse the effects.

"Perfect." Razer muttered to himself, soon beginning to brew up a potion intended on reverting the mutated plants back to normal. Although, this required time, especially with thorough examination especially with the effects instructed by his visor goggles. Mairwen waked up to Razer now, watching him with curiosity.

"Potion-brewing? I didn't know you were an apothecary; do you need ingredients?"

"Well, my visor goggles are guiding me through it. State-of-the-art too." Razer chuckled quietly, mixing the potions together, with the HUD showing the percentage of the progress being made; the display being shown at least 75% done.

"Hmm, fascinating," Mairwen said, nodding as she let Razer go about his work.

"Do you have a lab?" asked Schnee. "Mine is way far out at Trikon City, so there's no way that we're gonna be able to get access to mine. However, you seem like a pretty scientific guy, and with those goggles, I'm positive you have some sort of test area... right? I'm willing to help repair it if it's broken, or anything. But if this will help us get to the bottom of this mystery, I'll sell my soul!"

"Hopefully, not literally," said Terra. "Your soul is useful."

"Mine's a pretty classified area I'm not allowed to tell anyone about it. I'm halfway done anyway..." Razer spoke as he continued with his work, the percentage shown on his goggles being at 75% as he continues to brew up a potion that can help referse the effects of the mutated plants.

"Now, I'm no scientist; my visor goggles are pretty much state-of-the-art, as it usually guides me around through possible odds and ends."

Mairwen looked around the area a bit, frowning; who would do something like this to the plants here...?

"Yes! I've done it! Ohohohoho!"

Eggman chuckled gleefully to himself as he put the finishing touches on his latest invention; a device capable of taking the energy signatures of any energy-containing object (such as a Chaos Emerald or, in this case, the Petramite gem) and using it to seek out sources of the same energy signatures. This should prove very helpful in locating the Stone Orb...

"I don't know why I haven't thought of something like this sooner," Eggman huffed to himself, gingerly lifting up the device. "No matter...that Stone Orb should be mine, soon...! Orbot, Cubot! Get in here!"

The two robots had been reactivated and soon enter the room as to meet up with Eggman in his domain. They probably forgot all about Calvin and Micah altogether.

"Something you need, Dr. Eggman?" Orbot asked, intrigued of Eggman's good news. Eggman nodded.

"Yes, I've finally built the means for you two to find the Elemental Orbs much more easily," he said, handing the device to Orbot.

Orbot grabs the device, with Cubot looking at it curiously, "Oooohh. What's that shiny thing?" Cubot asked.

"Be careful with that now," said Eggman, frowning. "That 'shiny thing' is a piece of the Petramite gem I chipped off; that device will let you tap into the natural energy signature of the piece of gemstone and lead you to sources of the same energy signature."

Orbot kept a hand to Cubot's face as to keep him at bay from getting his hands on the device, "Now this comes in real handy, oh glorious leader! This will make our search much easier than anticipated!"

Back with Razer and company, it seems he has finished brewing up an antidote that can reverse the effects of the mutated plants growing out of control, his mouth curled to a confident grin, "Got it!"

He grabs onto the antidote gun, amid the forest growing worse by the second before taking aim at the plants and firing it. It explodes into a green-colored spore, and it soon begins to revert themselves back to their normal state. It took plentiful of minutes for them to change back to normal, but still enough to make the plants change back to their original selves.

"That seems to have done it," Mairwen hummed, watching as the plants shrank back down to normal, no longer mutated and violent. "Good job, Razer."

"So, there's not as much of a chance that the plants'll take revenge on vegans everywhere and eat us?" asked Schnee. Mairwen chuckled a bit.

"That's a start, yes. But it also means we won't be menaced by these plants anymore."

"Good to kn-know," Alexia said.

Razer gave a nod. "Yeah. Now we can find out who has done something like this. Or, we can just continue on, up to you guys."

"I'd like to know who was behind this heinous act," Mairwen frowned.

"What about you three? Wanna search for whoever did this?" Razer asked the trio.

"You know it!" said Schnee with a thumbs-up.

"I'd like to investigate also," said Alexia.

"Right." Razer said before turning around, activating his visor goggles as to switch to infrared to scan the footprints. The footprints show heat signature, indicating that an unknown perpetrator had made a run for it.

"Hmm... seems these are still fresh. Follow me, guys." He said, following the footprints from his view due to his goggles showing infrared view to it.

Meanwhile, Calvin and Micah continued to explore the Egg Carrier Mk. III, unnoticed by any of Eggman's robots.

They soon arrive at the cafeteria; even though there are Eggman's robots, there were also Mobians, likely Egg Soldiers, who served under Eggman's rule. And seeing as how only a few Eggman's robots weren't deployed besides the two, obvious lackeys, perhaps a quick bite would suffice to the brothers?

"Man, I'm gettin' hungry," Calvin mumbled, looking towards the cafeteria. "How 'bout it, Micah? Lunch?"

"Uhh... well, okay," Micah agreed. "I hope we don't get in trouble, though..."

The two brothers walked into the cafeteria.

One of Eggman's robots informed the two, "Oi, if yer gonna grab a bite to eat, make it quick. Eggman ain't gonna wait around for the Elemental Orb to be acquired."

"Can we get cheeseburgers?" asked Calvin. "Oh, and fries and soda, too!"

It turns around to inform the chef, "Oi! Two cheeseburgers, with fries and soda, pronto!"

"Coming right up!" The Egg Chef responded, and was soon preparing a lunch for the brothers. The robot led the two to the table for them to take a seat, "'ere, 'ave a seat and wait 'til they're ready."

"Okay!"

Calvin and Micah allowed themselves to be led to the table, where they sat down and waited patiently. Calvin couldn't help but look around the cafeteria.

"This place is really cool...!"

"If you two help us out in retreivin' the Elemental Orb, yer welcome to stay so long as ya don' cause any ruckus." The Egg robot responded. One of the Egg Soldiers waved at the two brothers, presumably an unnamed, female raccoon, also sitting at the table.

"Take it from me! I had to do clean up with inside the whole facility without any breaks. I learned that the hard way when I accidentally broke one of Eggman's trophies."

"All we gotta do is help that guy find th'Orb? That's easy!" Calvin laughed. He looked over at Micah.

"Then we'd be able t'help Orbot and Cubot out," he whispered. "So they don't get abused anymore."

Micah nodded, smiling.

The Egg Chef carries trays containing pairs of cheeseburgers, fries and sodas, serving them on the table in front of Calvin and Micah. "Here you go, enjoy!"

"Wow! Thanks!" Calvin chirped, grabbing his tray and sliding the other closer to Micah. "These look tasty!"