In an attempt to stop the heroes, the space fortress uses its laser eyes to reactivate the volcano. Making their way though the Floating Island, Sonic and Tails arrive in Lava Reef Zone, the location of the Death Egg. Sonic seeing the Death Egg take off from Sky Sanctuary Zone. Robotnik from re-launching the Death Egg again, and discover the mystery of Hidden Palace Zone. Filled with questions, Sonic and Tails decide to set off to power the Super Emeralds, stop Dr. There, they see some pillars with the Master Emerald and some other stones, which use the power of their Chaos Emeralds to become inert Super Emeralds. Unable to quell their curiosity about what this ring could be, they touch it, causing them to be taken to Hidden Palace Zone, a giant solemn hall with a pristine altar. Taking a closer look inside the light, they see a Super Ring. Inside the hidden room, they are caught in an overflowing, dazzling light. Once sure that Knuckles is gone, Sonic and Tails emerge from their hiding place and open the door from where Knuckles came out of with a nearby Switch. After carefully examining the vicinity, Knuckles disappears into the forest. However, their quest is suddenly interrupted when they spot Knuckles appearing from a hidden door in the thicket. Aware of this, Sonic and Tails continue their mission to destroy the Death Egg. Meanwhile, the Death Egg lands in the Floating Island's volcano, still intact enough for Dr. Immediately after, Sonic and Tails fall to Mushroom Hill Zone. As Sonic and Tails defeat Robotnik once more, the battle has already taken its toll on the Death Egg during a critical point of its launch, and the space fortress plummets back to the Floating Island while Sonic and Tails watch from afar. There, Robotnik returns to defeat Sonic through excessive force with the Egg Rocket. In the end, the duo manages to jump onto a platform on the Death Egg just as it starts to take off.
Fortunately, local tremors causes him to lose his balance and fall down from the pillar he is on, allowing Sonic and Tails free passage. To reach the Death Egg, Sonic and Tails hitch a ride on a nearby Egg Mobile, though Knuckles keeps them from proceeding with it. At the end of this Zone, the Death Egg is ready to take off. Robotnik's base where he has almost finished re-building the Death Egg. Eventually, they arrive at Launch Base Zone, Dr. Robotnik, Sonic and Tails make their way across the island, dealing with Robotnik and Knuckles' attacks along the way. Now having to retrieve the Emeralds again and stop Dr. Knuckles proceeds to take the Chaos Emeralds before running off. Shortly after arriving on the island however, Knuckles pulls off a cheap shot on Sonic from below, causing him to lose his Super State and drop the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic and Tails meeting Knuckles for the first time.Īrriving with Tails at the Floating Island in the Tornado, Sonic uses the seven Chaos Emeralds he had acquired prior to turn into Super Sonic and begins exploring the island while Tails tries to follow. Eventually, Sonic and Tails head out to investigate the incident out at sea. As Tails ponders if this reaction has something to do with the tsunami that appeared days ago, Sonic finds a ring with ancient inscriptions on it that gives him a strong sense of nostalgia and prompts him to set out on another adventure. Meanwhile, Sonic is relaxing somewhere away from the Floating Island until his friend, Tails, detects a Chaos Emerald energy reaction out at sea with his Jewel Radar. Believing Robotnik, Knuckles teams up with him to stop Sonic. He also "warns" Knuckles about Sonic, who is an evil hedgehog that plans to steal the island's Master Emerald. Learning of Knuckles' position and duty, the doctor tells him that he is a scientist who has come to "investigate" the Death Egg. Robotnik meets Knuckles the Echidna, the guardian of the Floating Island. With this new plan in mind, the doctor starts to build a base on the Floating Island while catching the local Animals to turn them into Badniks. He also detects the energy of a giant Chaos Emerald on the island, which he can use to re-launch the Death Egg. Robotnik is aware that the Chaos Emeralds are somewhere on the Floating Island. Fortunately, the island does not sink into the sea instead, it stays slightly above the sea as if nothing has happened. Robotnik's Death Egg falls from orbit and impacts the Floating Island along the way, thus pushing the island into the ocean and creating a giant tsunami. See also: Sonic the Hedgehog 3#Plot and Sonic & Knuckles#Plot Storylinesįollowing the West Side Island incident, Dr.