"Equestria," Eggman began, still in disbelief over what had just happened, "sounds like a very peculiar place."
"Boss," Orbot started, "what do you plan to do," he asked.
"What do you mean 'what do I plan to do'," Eggman asked back.
"I mean, what do you plan to do about Sonic. You forgot to set the portal to send him to the Snogroz err.. Zorgons to be eaten. He is more than likely still alive in the place where he has been sent."
"What's that I hear about sending stuff," Cubot asked out of the blue, "because I love sending stuff and receiving things too. I especially love getting packages and letters, but not as much as packages. OOH!! Remember that one time I sent you guys something in the mail which really wasn't necessary because we all live together but hey, who cares, right? Anyway.."
Cubot went on to ramble about sending items to others and skipping from one subject to the next, somehow the last thing he says of a topic connects with another subject of discussion. Eggman and Orbot just stared at him for a second, appalled, until they both face palmed themselves.
Orbot didn't mind his friend's incessant talking because he could just tune it out if he wanted to. Not Eggman though, he had to endure every word that came from the annoying little cube-shaped, yellow robot until he could not take anymore. Eggman felt a something snap in his head, afterwards he had no control of what came out of his mouth.
"Oh for crying out loud Cubot, SHUT! UP!!" Eggman said with the last words coming out in as a staccato.
"Then the bunnies..," Cubot stopped short of the rant he was on after he heard the words that exploded out of Eggman's mouth. He immediately shied away and didn't make another sound.
"That's better," Eggman said with relief in his tone, "now, onto the issue of Sonic. He probably still would be alive, but how would we know?" Eggman asked Orbot.
"I know," Cubot blurted, "why don't you check the description of the world with your thingy majigger there."
"That is actually not a bad idea Cubot," Eggman praised, "alright then. Let's see here," Eggman said as he scrolled through the names of the holographic projector screen, finally stopping on Equestria.
"Alrighty, aaahhh here it is, Equestria." Eggman began to read it out loud for his robots to hear, "Equestria is a world inhabited by talking colorful ponies. These ponies come in an array of four types of species: Earth, Unicorn, Pegasus, and Alicorn. They all live together in harmony, mostly. Some may fight with one another but the magic of friendship and the power of teamwork always keep them together." Eggman stopped reading for a moment to look away from the screen and pretend to gag on what he just read. "Should I still take over this world," he asked himself. After his moment of melodrama he began to read again. "There are six special artifacts that protect their world from all kinds of evil called the 'Elements of Harmony' wielded by six ponies, each one of them representing an element of harmony, the six elements are: Generosity, Honesty, Laughter, Kindness, Loyalty, and Magic." Eggman finished reading the description of the world and turned from his monitor. He bent over and fell to his knees in fake agony.
"I am not sure which is worse," Eggman started, "the Zorgons or, THAT place."
"Well boss, look at the bright side," Orbot said.
Eggman looked up to his robot and said, "which would be?"
"Well, Sonic isn't here."
"Yes, we have established this," Eggman said in a mocking, sarcastic tone.
"Which means he won't be bothersome."
"Just get to the point," Eggman commanded.
"Point being, instead of trying to take over Equestria now, why not focus on Mobius again. Sonic is out of our, I mean, your hai-," Orbot stopped after he noticed the coldest stare his creator ever gave him, "Oh, you know what I mean," Orbot said, trying to ignore the dark gaze from Eggman.
"Let me tell you why Orbot," Eggman said as he stood up, "because Sonic's other stupid animal friends would interfere and I would definitely be outmatched and outnumbered. If I went outside and so much as sneezed, they would be there on the spot with a handkerchief and a containment unit. But with Sonic in Equestria, he is cornered. The chaos emeralds most likely spread out again in Equestria because of chaos control. That won't matter though, he has probably already collected some of them trying to get back here. It seems like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, what to do, oh what to do," Eggman said as he closed his eyes and tilted his head forward while scratching his chin in contemplation.
Eggman became frustrated the more he thought about how Sonic was messing up his plans even though he wasn't there. Every second that thought went through his head, the angrier he became. Soon his anger got to extreme heights in his mental state. Then, all at once, it began to seep out slowly, like someone purposely cracked the container for an explosive device so it would come out slowly instead of building up and exploding.
"GRRRAA," Eggman growled as he began to stomp his foot on the ground in anger, "even when that blue menace isn't in this dimension he somehow finds a way to screw everything up. If only I could find another way to travel between dimensions, I could go there and take care of Sonic myself. I could download a map of the land into my Egg Mobile and hunt Sonic down, he would be trapped like the rat he is. If only...," Eggman trailed off and looked to Cubot, who had found interest in something apparently only he could see on the wall. Eggman thought about if for a second and then cracked a small smile. "Ooohh Cubot," Eggman called.
Cubot looked to his creator who was motioning to come to him. Cubot hopped over to his master, stood in a salute and said, "Yessir."
"You seem to be an idea guy, tell me, do you know how we could try traveling across other dimensions without needing chaos control."
"Uuuumm," Cubot ponered as he scratched his chin, "how about you try reading that description on your thingy majigger there."
Eggman's hope for a good idea was flattened like a pillow when it was sat on, also resulting in losing his smile. Eggman soon became angry with his robot and began to seethe and shake in rage. Eggman's entire face and the top of his head became bloodshot red. Eggman began to speak after he calmed himself the most he could, which wasn't very much.
"NO YOU USELESS PILE OF BOLTS, WHY WOULD I DO THAT AGAIN. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME, NOT SPITE ME!!" Cubot had never seen Eggman this mad before. He had to dodge of the way when Eggman tried to kick him, resulting in Eggman falling flat on his back. Cubot quickly hopped away and hid behind another machine in the lab.
Orbot floated over to his delirious creator who was groaning from the pain he just experienced and from having the wind knocked out of him. Orbot chuckled a bit a this, just as Eggman was coming to mentally.
"Oh, so you think this is funny," Eggman asked with an obvious hateful tone to his voice. Orbot immediately stopped chuckling and cleared his throat, which was still non-existent.
"Well," Orbot started, "it is kind of ironic in a way. But anyway, are you alright sir," Orbot asked with genuine concern in his voice.
Eggman groaned as he sat up looking toward the machine Cubot was hiding behind, just in time for him to notice Cubot to duck behind it. I will as soon as I disassemble that idiot piece-by-piece." Eggman said this loud enough so Cubot could hear it. Orbot shuddered at the angry threat but was quick to try and defend his friend.
"Maybe he was onto something sir." Orbot knew this response would probably not help in the slightest because he couldn't think of a way in which Cubot was onto something. He was mainly just trying to buy some time for his startled friend cowering behind the machine. Orbot readied himself for the yelling he expected from Eggman for siding with his friend, so he closed his eyes and waited. When the yelling did not come, he opened his eyes and looked to Eggman, a look of confusion was adorned to his face.
"Maybe," Eggman whispered to himself, "just maybe." Eggman quickly got up and power walked back over to the monitor. He began reading the description of Equestria again, making gagging sounds as he read the parts that mentioned friendship and other cute things that made evil-doers like him sick.
While Eggman was a grown man and an evil genius mastermind, he was still immature and acted like a child from time to time. Whenever he didn't get his way he would just whine and complain about it to Orbot and Cubot, then get depressed and just mope around, but not for long because soon after that phase of his childish act was done he would begin planning out another scheme and put it into action, all just for it to come crashing down again because of Sonic. While Eggman did act like a kid, he never gave up. Whether it was a last resort move or he had to think of a new plan after the last resort on one plan failed, he never gave up. Cubot even complimented him on it, saying that he gets an 'A for Effort.' (More like F for Effort.) That is what made Eggman powerful in his own way, his head-strong attitude and will to accomplish his goals at any means necessary, even if they do mostly end in failure. While everything we try either ends in success or failure, it is in the attempt itself where we find the true meaning.
Anyway, getting back to the monitor, Eggman speed read the description of Equestria. Cubot came out from hiding behind the weird lab machine and watched Eggman read from the holographic screen along with Orbot. Orbot noticed Cubot was still a little shook up from what Eggman said and did and had said again. He pat Cubot on the back and whispered, "it is alright buddy, he didn't mean any of that stuff he said, and look, he isn't mad anymore and is doing the idea you suggested again, isn't that great, " Orbot asked in an attempt to calm his friend.
Cubot look at Orbot, then to Eggman, then back to Orbot and said, "yeah, that is pretty great." Cubot immediately stopped shaking and began to calm down, finally relaxing. Cubot wasn't sure how, but his best friend Orbot always knew how to make him calm down, he guessed it was just a special talent that Eggman uniquely installed into Orbot.
Back at the holographic computer screen, Eggman found the part of the description he was looking for and read it over and over again to himself. "Six special artifacts... wielded by six ponies... the six elements... the six elements... six elements... the six."