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| - In the not too distant future, Sonic and Sally are out for a walk with their children, Sonia and Manik. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes the ground and Dr. Robotnik appears before them. In another flash of lightning, Robotnik disappears. Sally is worried, but Sonic assures her that there's no way Robotnik could ever come back. It turns out that a space ship high above the planet intercepted Robotnik and teleported him on board. Robotnik, still in shock from being "vaporized" by E.V.E., finds himself on a space station run by Robo-Robotnik. Robo-Robotnik tells Dr. Robotnik that they are they same person, just from alternate timelines. In his timeline, he roboticized himself to defeat Sonic. To save himself, he uploaded his core memory into his incomplete space station. Unfortunately for Robo-Robotnik, he had no way to return to his robotic body and has spent years simply operating the station, waiting for his systems to eventually fail. Robotnik gives Robo-Robotnik a motivational speech, inspiring him to not give up. Robo-Robotnik then sends Robotnik back to his own dimension. "The Return" - Part Two The Freedom Fighters are rummaging through Robotnik's cargo when Sally realizes things are going too smoothly. She wonders why Snively isn't keeping the empire moving, and Rotor suggests that Robotnik didn't trust Snively with enough information. Snively, watching from a monitor, pitches a fit due to his inability to take control of his uncle's resources. In his frustration he cries out: "To think that Sonic has finally won it all!", inadvertently activating Operation: Wasteland, a fail safe program Robotnik created in the event of his defeat. He programmed his robotic army to destroy everything it possibly can, making the planet entirely uninhabitable. "The Return" - Part Three A pair of SWATbots accost Snively. He tries to reason with them, but due to the Operation: Wasteland program the robots are determined to destroy him along with the rest of the planet. Suddenly, Robotnik is teleported into the room. He shoots the SWATbots for daring to target their master. Meanwhile, the Freedom Fighters are trying to ward off the SWATbot swarm, but there are too many robots for them to handle. Robotnik, realizing that letting the program continue would leave him without a world to conquer, aborts Operation: Wasteland. He sends the Freedom Fighters a message, telling them that he's the reason they're alive and that he has complete control over their "game". He then tells them to leave so they may fight again some other day.
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