The next day, Robotnik's team has arrived at the Piston Pit. Two glaziers are replacing the broken window while Agent Stone interrogates the thug from earlier, who is wearing a neck brace
Agent Stone: (holding up a photo of Tom) Did he say where he was going?
The thug grabs the photo and takes a closer look
Roundhouse Thug: Maybe, maybe not. (handing it back) Like I'd ever tell you.
Robotnik pushes his colleague aside
Dr. Robotnik: Stand down, Agent Stone. This well-meaning citizen obviously doesn't understand the urgency of the matter.
The thug stands up
Roundhouse Thug: Really?
Robotnik smiles and flings him straight through the new window. Both he and Stone leave the restaurant
Dr. Robotnik: Now, that's what I call "good cop, bad cop".
Stone holds up his hand for an high five, only for Robotnik to punch him in the gut
Dr. Robotnik: Hoy!
Robotnik walks away as Stone gets back up
Dr. Robotnik: Left yourself open.
Every the loyal employee, Stone follows his boss to the truck
Dr. Robotnik: Judging by the quickest route to San Francisco, the approximate speed of the beasts, local weather conditions... (pushes buttons) They should be... right about... here.
We get a visual on the screen of the gang
Agent Stone: That's brilliant, sir.
Dr. Robotnik: Thanks. (under his breath) For nothing...
We cut back to the gang as they make it to California as Steven rides on manny next to sonic
Sonic: So, what's on your bucket list?
Steven: my bucket list?
Sonic: Yeah. Everyone has a bucket list, right?
Steven: well... I guess but your the one leaving earth aren't ya? I'm planning on dying or anything
Sonic: Oh-ho-ho, don't be so sure. Your best friend is a magnet for danger
Steven: and you volunteer to be my BFF?
Sonic: Mm-hmm
Steven: well, your in the regular friend zone, i mean, latias is by girlfriend and so technically my best friend
Sonic: how can a girlfriend be a best friend?
Steven: well you've known her a while and you grow close together and... well it's hard to explain past that
Sonic: Okay, let's just drop this increasingly humiliating topic of conversation. Bucket list, give it to me!
Steven: well, if I ever have a bucket list, I'd think About what my future holds for me. I saved the world form a three headed dragon, saved dinosaurs from being blown up on a volcano island, even made amends with god himself!.... so, I'm not so sure what the future holds for me
He looks over to Sonic, his face is frozen in disbelief at what he just heard
Steven: what? Wh-Why are ya looking at me like that?
Sonic: YOU ACTUALLY DID ALL THAT STUFF?!?!
Steven: here we go
Sonic: you must be the most popular kid on the planet! And (scoffs) you met god himself?!?! What's he really like?
Steven: trust me. You do NOT want to know
Sonic: yes I do! And how did you bring all dinosaurs from a volcano island here?!
Steven: my own rendition of Noah's ark
Sonic: WHAT!!!! My mind is literally blowing up inside my head right now! That is so awesome!
Steven: I guess. That's why me and my friends do this. We travel from place to place helping other animals in need
Sonic: like your helping me?
Steven: yeah. Like we're helping you
In Robotnik's mobile lab, the doctor raises his arms as several holographic images are turned on. The mastermind stands in the middle of them as the camera turns from upside down to rightside up. He looks at his screen, showing the view of a car on the road
Dr. Robotnik: Hmm... Eeny, meeny, miny... mayhem!
He selects his vehicle: a tank. After several other buttons are pushed, we cut back to the road the gang was walking on where this tank enters the frame. A red lens is at the top of it, giving Robotnik a view of the battlefield
Sonic: as the philosophy goes "no plan is the best plan" right?
Manny: out journey isn't a plan. Or a philosophy
Sonic: that doesn't make any sense
Manny: you don't make any sense
The tank is now straight behind the gang
Sid: uh guys, does that look like a problem to you?
They all look behind them to see robotniks tank coming directly toward them
Diego: a black and white tank heading directly towards us! Why would that be a problem?
[Robotnik presses another button. A pointy spear appears at the top of the mechanical monstrosity
Steven: RUN!!!
They all run as fast as they can as the spear fires right on manny's left tusk making Steven and sonic slip off. Manny trumpets and bellows to get the spear off his tusk but the tank was reeling him in like a fish on a hook
Dr. Robotnik: (raising his fist) Yeah!
Sonic starts to charge up
Sonic: don't worry manny! I'll get that out!
Sonic rushes to yank the spear out but accidentally rips his tusk clean off
Manny: ow!
Steven: I got it!
Steven spits on his hands and puts it on the break and manny's tusk heals back up
Sonic: I can't believe that actually happened!
Steven: uh sonic? Theirs lightning on your hair!
Sonic: Oh no, no, no, no! Not again!
Manny gets an idea. He grabs the hedgehog and tosses him at the direction of the tank. Sonic, as in a reflex, performs a spin dash into the pursuing vehicle, destroying it and flipping it onto its side.
The group turn around and head back to the destroyed machine
Steven: sonic?! SONIC!
Sonic curls out of his ball form. He's a little dizzy, but is able to get back up on his feet
Sonic: (grunting) Guess I had a bonus life...
He then sees the tank he wrecked and becomes excited again
Sonic: Oh yeah, baby! Sonic, one! (doing the floss) Big tank, zero! I'm sorry, did we get that on camera?!
Ash: that was awesome!
Clement: but how did you even survive that impact?!
Sonic: I have no idea! (swaying back and forth) Do you see me dancing?!
Steven: yeah! We see ya dancing! We see ya dancing!
Sonic: (to the tank) Is that all you got?!
Dr. Robotnik: No, but thank you for asking.
Robotnik presses the holographic image several times and swipes the tank away, revealing a small, spider-like vehicle underneath it. The wheels of the tank are retracting, the camera shrinks in size
Sonic: Uh-oh
Manny: run!
Sonic: You go! I'll catch up!
As the gang make their escape, Sonic runs after them. The second phase is started: the spider truck speeds after them
Sonic: I think that tank just had a baby...
A hatch on top of the mechanical spider opens up. Several rotating discs are aimed at the car and fired towards it, skidding over the asphalt
Sonic: Incoming!
Sorrel: lucario! Aura sphere!
Cross: lycinrock! Rock edge!
The two use their individual moves on the disks but more come. A disc flies over to the group in front of them. We briefly look inside. A dad is driving, while the mother does her make up and their two kids are fighting over what seems to be a tablet
Son: It's my turn!
Daughter: You just had one! It's mine!
Dad: Hey, stop fighting or I'm taking that thing away!
Daughter: Yeah, right, Dad...
The disc latches itself against the underside of the car and shorts it, causing the car to spin and its passengers to scream. When the spinning stops and Tom passes them, the boy holds out the tablet. Sonic, meanwhile is on manny's back
Sonic: just keep running! I'll take care of this. (climbing onto his rear) And if I don't make it, go on without me! And remember my sacrifice
The spider fires more discs. Sonic runs over to them, grabs a disc, throws it at another one, uses two as skates while grabbed the remaining one. He lands on top of the robot and looks into the lens, his face appears on Robotnik's screen
Sonic: Hey, everyone! Welcome back to my livestream! Today, we're destroying robots! Step one...
Smack! He slaps the disc against the top of the spider. It shuts down and flies off the road and goes up in flames as Sonic gets back into the car
Sonic: Yes, we did it!
Not out of the woods yet, bruv. One of the wheels follows the car, controlled by a red-eyed device at the top of it
Sonic: We did not do it. Who is this guy?
Dr. Robotnik: Ever wonder where your tax dollars are going?
Diego: my turn!
Diego rushes at the machine and lunges at it. He claws at it and tears it to pieces. It then blows up as Diego leaps back to the group
Diego: whoo! My paws are burning baby! Their burning! I gotta tiptoe! Tippy toe tippy toe
Dr. Robotnik: OHHH! (storming away) GIVE ME A BIG... FAT... (turning around) BREAK!
A tiny drone emerges from the camera hole of the destroyed robot and flies after the animals
It catches up rather quickly and hovers outside Sonic. Said hedgehog takes note of the drone
Sonic: Aw, this one is cute. (pointing) Let's keep 'em
However, the drone proves to be anything but cute, as it begins to blast lasers at the group
Sid: ahh! Laser! I hate lasers! Come on granny!
Gladys: don't you hurry me! I've been hit by lasers more times-
She gets hit with a laser killing her
Sid: ahh! Granny!
He rushes back but another laser hits her reviving her
Gladys: -than you've hat hot breakfast!
Now the drone flies back over to Sonic, who grabs it
Sonic: Buzz off.
He snaps the drone in half, only to find the base attached to his gloved hand. It starts to beep and blink rhythmically
Sonic: That doesn't sound good.
Manny: not good at all! It's a bomb! Get rid of it!
Sonic: I'm trying!
Sonic wildly waves his hand about to shake the bomb loose
Sonic: I can't get it off!
They stop right outside a forest. Sonic dashes out of the car and desperately attempts to detach the bomb from his hand, even biting it. It is now attached to his head
Sonic: Did I get it?
Steven: nope!
He rips it off with his Dino claws and throws it out of sight
Sonic: It's going, it's going...
steven raises his arms. We see that the bomb is now attached to Steven's hand
Sonic: It's still here.
He tries to shake it off, but Sonic grabs it, effectively getting it stuck on him again. The hedgehog attempts to use a screwdriver to pry it loose
Sonic: Get off me!
At last, he gets the bomb to stick to the screwdriver and lays it on a nearby rock. Sonic turns back to The gang
Sonic: Ha ha! (holding up his hand) Nailed it!
The bomb explodes, and the force knocks everyone to the ground. When the dust clears, the gang regain their consciousness. They looks over to Sonic, lying motionless in the dirt. Steven gets up
Steven: SONIC!
He runs towards his animal buddy and pulls him up. Sonic's still completely motionless
Steven: No, no, no, no, no...
Steven presses his ear against Sonic's chest to find a heartbeat. He looks around
Steven: come on! Don't die on me sonic! Please don't die!
Robotnik leans onto his desk, heavily breathing in and out
Agent Stone: Did we get 'em? (beat) Oh... No, there they are. They're real survivors, those beasts.
Robotnik turns to face Stone in utter frustration
Dr. Robotnik: Can we have a moment?
Robotnik and Stone walk away from the monitor
Dr. Robotnik: (to Stone) Pin yourself to the wall.
Stone does so. Robotnik leans into Stone's private space, almost touching noses
Dr. Robotnik: Do you know why I won't miss you when you're gone? Human beings are unreliable and stupid, and I care very little about them! But my machines are diligent, relentless... They're everything to me!
Robotnik then notices something in Stone's interior coat pocket
Dr. Robotnik: Hmm?
He reaches into the pocket to discover that Stone had been holding onto the quill from Tom's house the whole time, just like Robotnik asked. It is lighting up again. He pulls it out and examines it
Dr. Robotnik: 面白い。
Editor's note: It's spoken as "omoshiroi", which is Japanese for "interesting", which is shown in text below this scene
Robotnik looks at it for a few more seconds, then tries tasting the quill, only for it to shock him. He then offers Agent Stone a taste of the quill, which he abruptly declines. The gang then arrives at a house in San Francisco, as to be observed through the appearance of the Golden Gate Bridge. The gang get sonic and take him somewhere to heal up. They see a foreign Pokemon center and make a beeline for it
Steven: hang in their buddy, you'll be okay
In the mobile lab, we see that Robotnik puts some headphones on. He scrolls through his playlists. "Robotnik Rhythms," "Everybody Wants To Rule The World," "Crush 40," and picks "Tunes Of Anarchy." The song "Where Evil Grows" by The Poppy Family starts playing. Robotnik spins around in his chair, clearly enjoying himself. At his workplace, a mechanical claw is holding the quill. The doctor grabs it, pushes some buttons on a nearby computer to prepare a power tube, before grabbing a pair of jumper cables and attaching them to the blue thing. It shorts the lab. The doctor comes back into frame, holding a lighter and searches for the fuses. He opens a metal box on the wall. "Self Destruct," "Badniks..." "Evil Lab." He reactivates the lights, closes the lighter and starts the music back up. The doctor starts to dance as the quill is put into the tube by the mechanical arm. "Sample Detected." Robotnik goes all-in, activating a holographic display behind him. The image of a snowy hill is displayed and he pretends to ski down from it. "Measuring Quill Energy." The image has now made room for a T-Rex, which "chases" after the doctor. He pretends to run, before throws his headphones off. He turns around and lowers his head, it looks just like if the dino had bitten it off. Lights start to flicker and the dance continues. The doctor turns again and spreads his coat. At the next lyric, he sways back and forth. "Finalizing Energy Measurement." As Robotnik does the Robot, Stone appears behind him, trying to a catch a groove as well. The doctor yells when he sees his associate
Agent Stone: (holding out cups of coffee) I just thought you might like a latte with steamed Austrian goat milk.
Dr. Robotnik: What do I look like, an imbecile? Of course I want a latte. (grabs a cup) I LOVE THE WAY YOU MAKE THEM!
A few beeps are heard. Robotnik and Stone run over to the power tube. "Power Analysis: Unlimited" is displayed above it
Dr. Robotnik: Ready the prototype...
We zoom in on the flying machine from the opening
Dr. Robotnik (vo): With this kind of power, my machines can finally reach their full potential...
We cut back to Sonic, lying on a hospital bed
Nurse joy: he'll be okay. Just needs one last thing. Audino?
Audino: of course!
Nurse audino comes up to sonic
Steven: so what's the you doing here?
Nurse joy: well with everything that's been going on, some people on the poke islands had the idea to expand here. This is the first step, to help injured non Pokémon like your friend here
Audino puts her hands together and uses healing aura on the hedgehog. The hedgehog's eyes flicker open. He gets back up
Sonic: Gotta go fast!
[He aimlessly speeds through the room, until he stops at the nurse desk, looking back at the group
Sonic: Where am I? What year is it? Is The Rock President?
Editor's note: The Rock is Dwayne Johnson's wrestling name
Steven: your okay sonic! Nurse joy and audino healed you back up!
Latias: and while you were passed out, I took the time to her you these
She gets out a pair of brand new red-and-white shoes
Latias: to help not hurt your feet
She hands them over to her friend. Sonic is flattered and a little bit emotional
Sonic: No one's ever given me a gift before. I gotta check that off my bucket list.
The hedgehog puts his new footwear. He does a stationary run for a bit, as well as a little dance
Sonic: Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! All right, looking good!
Steven: nice!
Sonic: I know right?!
Steven: now let's get to the Transamerican Building and get your rings back!