It's Christmas Day on Mobius, and in Tekno's Workshop, the canary is holding a Christmas party for her friends. As they enjoy their dinner (the exception being Shortfuse), Amy misses having Sonic around, since he's still stuck in the Special Zone, but Tails remains confident that the blue blur will be back soon, they'll be alright with Shorty backing them up, and even Dr Robotnik wouldn't cause trouble on Christmas. Shortfuse isn't so sure however, and his fears are proven true, as Robotnik is annoyed at the citizens of the Happy Valley Zone having fun without his permission. The dictator plans to put a stop to the peoples' enjoyment by using a heat ray-equipped satellite to melt all the snow in the Zone, flash-flooding everyone's homes. Before he can activate the satellite however, Father