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"Bah! This is getting ridiculous!" Done-It snapped.
"If we just sucked the juice out of those varmints then, we wouldn't even be in this mess!"
"Can't you just relax? I mean, we're stuck together and floating around in a void. I'm sure that if we focus our chakras and-" Deep began.
"I don't care for your yogurt, Deep!"
"It's yoga! And this is not yoga, it's centering your inner chakra!" he snapped.
Don't scoffed. "If you all won't stop bickering, then I will force you to shut up-"
"Enough! All of you!" Eggman yelled.
Done-It huffed. "Why did we even decide to work together in the first place?"
"Because we are amazing together? We're famous, right? Why can't we indulge in it?" Don't said.
"Because we're stuck in the void right now thanks to those hamsters!"
"Hedgehogs!" Deep said.
"Rabbits!"
"Hedgehogs!"
Babble yelled, trying to get say that this conversation was getting them no where, and that they needed to focus on the now.
"The baby is right. We have to get out of these chains they wrapped our mechs up in first." Don't muttered.
"Argh, if only those furballs didn't mess everything up!" Done-It struggled to pry the prismatic chains away.
"I get it, I hate them too. But we're stuck in the void, with no where to go."
"Then let's think, there has to be some sort of plan here." Eggman said.
"Fine. Whoever comes up with a plan is leader for the next hour." Deep said.
"Hey! You can't do that!"
"Oh, I totally can!"
"If I weren't stuck in my mech, I'd be shaking you now!"
Past
Green Hill... Such disgusting nature. Eggman hated it. He stared at the green world, wishing for it to go away.
He got into his shuttle and lifted off, flying back to the human mainland away from Green Hill island. He landed behind his house, getting out of his shuttle and heading down the streets.
"So, got anything sonny?" Done-It questioned.
"Ugh, you don't have to nag me old man." Eggman huffed.
"I'll tell you to respect your elders! I raised you when your family left you behind in that orphanage! You should be thankful I took care of you!"
"With my superior intellect? I could've handled myself."
"You're generation is just afraid to work, that's all."
"Hello, my brothers. Namaste." a figure with cyan hair greeted.
Eggman stopped, crossing his arms. "And you are... What? A hippie?"
The man gasped, looking offended at the remark. "No, I'm a japanese millennial."
"So a hippie."
"No!"
"Okay, fine. Whatever. What do you want?"
"Straight to the point: Sir, I've seen your online forums and your dreams to take over the world hidden in your works. Let me help you."
"Bah, he'll just be lazy like all the others!" Done-It said.
"I'll have you know that I exercise and do yoga on the regular." the cyan haired man said.
"I don't care about your yogurt!"
"It's yoga, old man!"
"Respect your elders, sonny!"
"Stop. Both of you." Eggman pushed both of them aside before the argument spiraled out of control.
He sighed, turning to the cyan haired man. "Alright... Fine. What's your name?"
"Deep. I'm just Deep, and that name totally fits my spiritual chakra."
"... I hate him already." Done-It grumbled.
"Okay, come on. I'm sure we'll figure out what to do just nicely." Eggman said.
"Wait! Shouldn't we save the children?" Deep pointed out.
"What? Why?"
"They might be powerful geniuses like us!"
"You youngins only care about your stupid yogurt and kids!" Done-It said.
"It's yoga!" Deep snapped.
"Fine, we'll visit an orphanage. Happy?" Eggman said.
"Happy. Now let's go. There's no time to waste."
Deep jogged ahead of the other two, with Eggman and Done-It following unwillingly to the other's request.
Deep pushed open the doors, casually greeting the young lady at the counter before being led back inside.
"Oh, and this one is... Well... He's not exactly the friendly type." she explained, pointing to the lonesome teenager playing a video game.
Deep glanced around, noticing some other children playing around... Except for him. He walked up to the teen, kneeling down.
"Why are you here?" he asked.
"Hello, my name is Deep. Is that...?"
"My console? Built it myself."
"That's cool. How long did it take?"
"Few weeks."
"With what?"
"Junkyard scraps."
"Hm... Resourceful, huh? Say, have you ever had an IQ test before?"
"Why are you asking?"
"Just curious."
The kid scoffed. "276, pretty worthless to a weak minded fossil like you-"
"285." Deep smirked. The teen paused, staring at Deep for a moment.
"Can you tell me about the spectral frequencies of gear locking mechanisms?"
"Those frequencies are required to be interlocked and functioning properly or else they'll jam if something is stuck within the gears, making them unable to move."
"What's the most powerful gem in existence?"
"The fragmented Ruby, a crystal spoken of untold power. Do you... Wanna get it?"
The kid scoffed, getting off his bed and standing beside Deep. He put his hands in his pockets, looking up at him as he stood back up.
"Whatevs. Let's go."
"Good. I'll just fill out the papers. What's your name, by the way?"
"Don't."
"Cool." Deep headed out with Deep, only to see Eggman and Done-It looking over a baby crib in particular.
"Oh ho ho! This one is a keeper, isn't he? He looks to be a great leader!" Eggman held up the baby.
Done-It face palmed. "What is wrong with you youngins? You all put too much faith in kids!"
"Why is gramps here?" Don't remarked.
"Uh... Don't, meet Done-It and Eggman. They're with us."
Don't grumbled, going back to playing his video games. Deep sighed, finishing signing off the adoption papers.
"How much for this one?" Eggman asked, bringing the baby with goggles over to the lady.
"Well, he's a menace. But we're offering ten thousand dollars." she said.
Eggman placed down the necessary wads of cash for both.
"Thank you, and goodbye." he said, leaving the area.
"So... Do we need to potty train the kid?" Deep asked.
"No, he can figure it out himself." Eggman said.
The baby yelled, pointing at Eggman and tugging at his mustache.
"Argh! Oh come on, you wanna do that now?" he yelled.
The baby babbled, slamming his hands down and pointing to the distance.
"He's cranky." Don't said.
"How do you know? Do you speak baby?" Deep asked. Don't shot him a look.
"His name is Babble, apparently."
"All of you youngins aren't the sharpest tool in the sheds, huh?" Done-It said.
Eggman sighed. "I have an idea. But we need a name."
"Name? For what exactly?" Deep asked.
"Electric Boogaloos?" Don't said.
Babble babbled at them.
"No, Electric Wires." Don't reiterated.
"Council. We need a name of a unifying force." Eggman cut in.
"Team Egg." Done-It said.
"Ministry of Technology." Deep said.
"Don't we already have that?" Don't pointed out.
"He's right, we need something better. Virtual Council." Eggman said.
"Egg Domination."
"Domination Squad."
"Stop stealing my ideas!"
"Stop stealing mine!"
"Chaos Bunch."
"Egg Forcers."
"Egg Gang."
"Gang Egg."
Babble yelled, getting their attention. He babbled, trying to explain a much better name to them.
"The... Chaos Council?" Eggman said.
"I'll admit... It has a good ring to it." Deep said.
"Fine then. We're the Chaos Council. Now, off to the junkyard! We need some supplies to get our new Empire full operational!"
Now
Eggman finally broke through the prismatic chains, throwing himself and the rest of the Chaos Council back into The Grim.
Their mechs crashed onto the ground, everyone finally climbing out to see the entire place desolate. No one was at the location. He huffed, brushing himself off.
"Everyone, back to the Mothership. We're rerouting the last power we have left to get back to the void." he ordered.
Everyone got back into their mechs, flying up to the landing platform on the Mothership. The moment they were set back down, everyone rushed to the control panel. Deep quickly got the Mothership to generate a portal, with Don't steering everyone inside.
They returned back to the void, letting the ship drift around in silence.
"Hm? Why's the spectral frequencies acting up?" Done-It remarked, looking at the scanners.
"It's not acting up. It's detecting something, or someone. Don't, pull up communications and intercept the signal." Eggman ordered.
"Whatevs." Don't rolled his eyes, typing up the communication panel. They pulled up the screen, with an oddly familiar man yelling at two robots, one circular red and the other square yellow, to get back to work. He huffed.
"I can't get any work done here without those buffoons messing me up..." He grumbled.
"Ah, Prime Eggman. Pleased to meet you after so long." Deep said.
"Uh huh, who are you?" Prime asked.
"We are the Chaos Council. And we'd like you, Prime, to join. We'll conquer the Shatterverse together! And those pests won't stand in your way ever again!" Eggman said.
Prime hummed, pushing up his glasses. "Tempting, but how do I know you've managed to capture that blue rodent?"
"That hamster? We have the footage right here!" Done-It said.
There was a moment of silence before he snapped again.
"Someone send over the video files!"
"Okay, okay. Sheesh." Deep pulled up the video files before sending them over.
Prime paused, looking over the footage carefully. He began to chuckle, then laugh, then cackle maniacally.
"Oh, these are incredible! How did you do it? Do you have any more plans for the blue buffoon?"
"Lots, if you were willing to join us. Then we'll quash that rodent together." Eggman smirked.
"It's a deal, then." the transmission shut off.
"We need to fix the communication system." Don't mumbled.
"It's picking up something else. That way." Eggman directed on the map.
They carefully directed the Mothership, finding a glint in the distance as a floating crystal drifted around. It shined a pristine yellowish white, with a mechanical claw reaching out and grabbing it.
It was pulled back into the Mothership, with Eggman taking it and holding up.
"So... What's it called?" Don't asked.
"Ultra Titan."
"That's not right." Deep said.
"It's clearly a new rock. So we need a new name."
"Good idea." Eggman stared at the rock closely.
"Argh! You kids just can't name things, don't you? I'll do it!" Done-It took the crystal, holding it up.
"Ultrucite."
"That... Actually sounds decent." Deep took the rock from him then.
"Fine, we're calling it Ultrucite. Now, let's place it into the Shatterstorm and see if it works." Eggman took the rock from Deep, carrying it up to the generator.
The moment it was placed inside, the entire Mothership became powered up intensely with energy.
A shatterquake erupted, shaking the entire Shatterverse. The doctors stumbled, some quickly catching themselves and others not so much.
"Hm... Maybe this thing is like the shards." Eggman typed up on the computer, charging up the Ultrucite before a power beam was blasted into the distance.
Another shatterquake shook the area as a brand new gateway sprouted in the far off distance. The other doctors stared in awe at the sight.
"Finally... We can make our Empire bloom."