Author's notes

Well, I believe you readers are very eager to read what happens next. Sorry this was late again. I'm making a habit out of this and I need to stop. We had a revival and I've been busy with that, we had to visit my sister who was two states away, and my computer's battery has been screwing with me. I'll be ready to type until this thing dies on me suddenly… And the usual too, writer's block, distractions, even a little depression is getting to me.

shoutouts:

CaptainAwsum9999-AdSpace-sama: Very good riddance indeed. Hopefully they decided to get a life.

S.R.A.R: Hopefully I see the end of this too. Even that bonus I promise at the end will probably change or I might not even do it at all. There are things I have to put off so I could work on this. This is the first time I had so many people expect something from me like this. I could quit this anytime I like and move on to higher things, but I will not disappoint my readers.

Alright, the show must go on.

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Before anyone had any time to ponder of what just happened to Pinkie Pie, they heard a low and steady charging noise from the robot that stood behind the screen. Everyone instinctively dodged, and not a second after a red beam shot through them; missing but causing a market place behind them to instantly vaporize to a pile of black ashes. The robot took charged it's horn again, but this time aiming it right for the hospital where Celestia was kept.

Sonic's heart began skipping as he frantically zipped in front of it to intercept. The beam hit him head on, but with the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds, he easily absorbed the blast; didn't even feel a thing. As soon as he could see the floor, however; he saw the robot making a break for Rarity, with his horn lowered with another laser shot charging. The mare thought quickly and teleported as the shot rang out. It missed her by a mile, but the laser itself traveled and struck a nearby house. The blast was powerful enough to create a large hole, revealing two noble stallions knocked on the floor. As the terrified ponies were about to get up, the machine galloped right for them.

As it was about to close its distance with them, a lasso suddenly lashed out and caught it by the horn.

Applejack pulled with all of her might, making the machine almost fall as it was yanked to its side. It's head was turned awkwardly, and its site went straight to the farmer.

Applejack felt her heart skip when she saw those eyes. Pain can be seen just by looking directly at the stallion inside that suit. She saw him in a state of terror and pain that her imagination could only attempt to fabricate. As it stared at her with tears attempting to form, the machine charged straight for her.

Knuckles managed to catch it blindsided by a punch to the side as he charged in with a war cry. As powerful as that punch was, the machine was quick to recover. Applejack saw those same eyes dilate in sudden pain… She could have sworn that she heard a very faint scream from it.

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Robotnik watched with a wide smile on his face as the pointless fight raged on. He knew this fight was lost, his newest machine would never hope to last against Super Sonic… But that did not mean that the war was lost. When he robotized Shining Armor, he saw a small glimmer of hope that he could somehow finally win against them. Sonic may have won many fights against him, more times than he would like to recall. Ever since that fateful day at Green Hill, Robotnik has never won even one fight against that blasted hedgehog.

But he knew in his cold, calculating heart that as much as Sonic keeps winning, he could still keep fighting and hope that one day, Sonic would slip. He only needs one victory; one victory to overthrow the hedgehog and reign with no resistance. He has come close so many times, and even sacrifices was made on Sonic's part to snatch away his victories.

Just one slip… That would be all it would take… One slip. As long as he breathes and thinks, he can continue to mount pressure on Sonic until one day, he finally cracks.

A plan was already in motion when Shining Armor meets his demise. Taking Pinkie was surely unexpected, but only helped his cause. He could have the Elements of Harmony in his grasps just yet. Of course, he would have to look in how to harness that power, and they even claim that it's impossible to do without the six mares present. Well, that's what they said about the Emeralds only working for those who have been embedded with Chaos energy, and he managed to harvest that power. It would be a challenge to harness the six artifacts, but it's a challenge worthy of his intellect.

When he teleported Pinkie to one of his cells, Shining Armor is no longer any use for him. Sure, he could go ahead and blow up the city, but why risk the chance of killing the mares that bears the elements? It certainly would be easier to crack the code if they were still alive, although not impossible if they weren't... But blowing up the city also means blowing up Sonic's friends as well.

As tempting as it was, he held his patience. It may not be impossible to crack the cold of the Elements of Harmony, but it sure would be a lot harder with present holders dead. If the other elements were to die, then the Elements of Harmony for them would be useless. He can bet in his right mind that Sonic, seeing his closest friends die around him, along with his other friends, will haul butt after him under blood lust with powers that would make the gods tremble; Whether Pinkie is held hostage or not.

When Sonic can fly around this world at the speed of light, it won't take him long to find him.

When the captain finally meets his demise, he would hold Pinkie hostage until they give up the elements. Why even go through the trouble of robotizing her? With the equipment ejected by his unit still there, he could have her restrained and have sinister devices near her while asking for the Elements. He highly doubted that the mares would let the Sonic and the others sacrifice Shiny, but they would never sacrifice their closest friend… Especially with something seemly as so innocent as her.

This world may be his yet. He will not fail this time.

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Prison Hold

Keeping animals wasn't hard for the doctor; all was needed was a cage and a couple of mechanisms to tend to their needs, like food and water. What kind of good would it do him to have a dead animal? Keeping a large hoard of animals wasn't hard either. Robotnik had methods to keep thousands of furry creatures in a small room. It was almost like stacking boxes; he only had to make sure that the med bots could reach them.

He only assigned a couple of units to keep watch just in case any of them got loose. Nothing fancy, just a couple of out dated fighters that's been keeping watch for several years. They did their jobs, and they proved their worth.

Up until recently, several units, including one highly ranked fighter, has been assigned to watch one cage. No animal may escape, but this animal was especially assigned to be kept contained. It was a pink pony… A rather annoying pink pony.

"So where's the party?" She asked with excitement, "Eggman said there was going to be a party!"

The older units knew exactly what was going to happen to the specimen, but they all agreed to humor her. They could only imagine the shock on her face when Lord Robotnik gets a hold of her.

"Telling you would only compromise the surprise," One answered, briefly looking back with its thermal scanner, "Be assured that the surprise would be… Unexpected."

"Very unexpected." Another answered, adjusting a large laser gun that rest on its shoulder.

The pony sighed, "Oh, but it's taking so long!" She zipped to the bars and stuck her head through, "Can I get a hint?"

The older models glanced at each other for a second, "We'll give you this much. You'll be playing a stimulating activity with the rest of your friends."

"Yes," Another chimed in, "A stimulating activ-."

"ALL UNITS MAINTAIN RADIO SILENCE." The newer robot blurred out. His body was covered with red and white armor, with a portable cannon strapped across its back while holding a sword on its right side and a shield on the other, "RULE 18A STATES THAT NO UNITS INTERACTS WITH SUBJECTS."

The older units sighed in disappointment. It's a shame that these newer, fancier robots have absolutely no personality. Their boss use to fancy with giving his creation a unique personality and almost think like humans, but that's been taken away and favored for pure obedience. Even their designs were different from the decades. In the pass, Robotnik would create simple and animal like machines when he first discovered how to electronically convert consciousness. With his intellect every growing, he began designing more complex robots, armor, and weapons. Gone are the days of a simple metal oval with head, arms, and legs. Now we have to have over the top mechs with morphing abilities.

They miss the old Robotnik. Constant failure can do much to a ruler.

"Aw, common!" Pinkie moaned to the mech, "You're no fun!"

The armored Robot ignored her and continued to stare ahead, standing by.

"Just ignore him," One rusted robot stated, "He's just a stu-"

(BANG!)

The robot's voice was suddenly cut off as its head was shot off by a quick and deadly laser fire from the mech. The rest of the body crumbled to the ground with steam seeping from its body, with a small blue bird wiggling from its neck and flying of-

(BANG!)

Before disintegrating, creating a neat pile of ashes on the floor. The mech had it's sword stuck out with light smoke coming from the tip. It quickly resumed position, letting the light smoke emit from his sword to remind the others of what happen when robots disobey.

"STANDING BY."

Pinkie witnessed the entire event, and stood on her two back hooves and put her front hooves on her sides to confront it, "Now there's no need to blow up your friends, you meanie pants! They're right, you really are being a stuck up!"

The mech completely ignored her.

"Oh, the strong and silent type. Are you?" She huffed, "You may think you can hide your smile, but they always buckle under my hoof. Do you know what we should do?"

The mech continued to ignore her, staring ahead and tuning out everything she was saying... Until the pink pony suddenly popped in front of it with a wide smile.

"We should play a game! That should get the meanie out of you!"

The other robots blankly stared at her and at the suddenly empty cage.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"SUBJECT OUT OF CAGE!" the mech blurred, "INITIATING CONTAINMENT PROCEDURE."

The mech punch wildly at the escapee, but missed by a mile as the pony suddenly appeared on top of a distant cage.

"Oh! You want to play catch?" She asked, "I LOVE catch! That's like… My twentieth favorite game ever! Right before tag, pinthetaleonthepony, jumprope, pillowfight, copycat, snakesandescelators, who'swh-"

The mech pulled out its cannon and quickly set it to stun before firing a weak electric ball at her. She hopped off, letting the shot miss her and collide with a neatly tall stack of cages. The projectile gave just enough force to let them fall crashing to the ground.

"SUBJECT NOT IN CUSTODY, REQUESTING BACKUP."

The mech glanced back and found the other robots just staring at Pinkie and the cage she somehow escaped from.

"FOR GOD'S SAKE, OPEN FIRE!"

Every unit in the room began firing short blue lasers at the elusive pony, missing shot after shot as she randomly appeared behind crates and boxes. The mech would pull out it's cannon and fire at the next spot she would appear at, but only have her appear somewhere else and miss entirely. One unlucky cannon fire struck an electrical outlet and caused the light bulbs hanging above to suddenly burst at once. The room became significantly dimmer, obscuring view but not hindering the shooters as they switched to thermo view.

"HOLD FIRE." The mech shouted, realizing that destroying the room wasn't making catching her easier, "RECON THIS ROOM. SUBDATE SUBJECT WITH ELECTRIC CHARGE ON SIGHT."

At the sound of his voice, all six robots stopped firing and gathered together in a tight circle with their backs against each other with the mech in the middle. Slowly, they stepped forward, being sure to not leave a single blind spot as they spread out. An intense minute passed and the machines expect her to po-

"Peakaboo!"

Every unit in the room instantly shot an electric charge at the noise… Unfortunately, they only found a completely disabled robot in her place. One unit down, five remai-

"Peakaboo!"

(TZZZ!)

…Four remaining.

The four outdated robots were now becoming terrified. There was no way she could have escaped that completely sealed off cage, even their processors were still trying to figure out how she could have escaped.

"W-what is this?" One unit whimpered, "This is impossible!"

She appeared on top of a cage and waved her arms to get their attention. The mech and the remaining four units fired simultaneously, and of course missed as she simple appeared on the other end of the room. The outdated robots jumped in horror when they saw her.

"How is she doing this!?" One unit shouted, shaking in place, "It would take her at least fifteen seconds for a fully grown pony from where she was to there!"

"…Maybe she teleported by magic?" One suggested.

For a solid minute, everyone freeze while one outdated robot began using a special scanner in its compartment to search any magical properties. The mech searched the room intensely, looking for even the slightest hint of movement. When the robot was finished scanning, it began to tremble, so much that loose bolts shook from it.

"There's no traces of any outside force," It whimpered, "No magic, no chaos energy… Nothing!"

A pink mass suddenly appeared in front of it with a wide friendly grin, "Boo!"

Every robot screamed in terror and wildly fired towards her direction. She simply disappeared, letting every electric shot hone towards the lone robot that stood in their path. Thinking fast and with an extreme amount of luck, it threw itself backwards. The electric balls just skimmed its round stomach, letting it fly over it as it tumbled to the metal floor back first.

(BBZZZZZZ!)

…Before hitting the mech behind it.

As the lucky robot began to stumble back up, the other three watched in complete horror as one of Eggman's prototype units jerk wildly with yellow electric arks shoot wildly around it's body. The scene only lasted a second, but afterwards; it silently stood motionless in front of the four, with its red visors slowly diming off. It collasped to the floor, with its sword and cannon lightly tumble to the cold, metal floor in a series of clangs.

A long moment of silence pressed among the units, until one robot began hightailing it to the only exit.

"ABORT MISSION!" It shouted, "I REPEAT, ABORT MISSION!"

The rest of the robots after it, dropping their weapons and screaming for the only exit. As soon as three of the robots passed through, the leading unit immediately slammed its metal fist on the control, sending a massive steel door down with a loud slam. The three didn't dare look back, they ran as fast as they could aimlessly towards the hall that branches in many directions.

They couldn't hear the pleading cry of the last robot that was helplessly banging his hands against the door.

"Wait, open the door! You guys can't do this, you can't leave me with her! PLEASE!"

In a state of complete panic, he continued to desperately bang on the door while subconsciously sending SOS signals to every unit he can get in contact with. Something tapped on its shoulder and it made him jump five feet in the air as it turned around… Pinkie was staring dead at it with her charming smile.

"Looks like it's just you and me, unit 7A32F." She happily cheered while the poor robot nearly whelp when it heard its own name. She suddenly frowned, "It's just too bad that we don't have anyone else to play with."

It managed to muster its courage and suddenly sprint right; only to have Pinkie pop in front of it after five steps. Her smile was back, and she expressed her gratitude for her one playmate by laying her hooves on its shoulders. It still tried to process how she escaped her cage, how she disappears and appear on her own will, and how she keeps popping right in front of something without so much as a peep.

"Oh, I have a game we can play! I'll ask you a series of questions and you'll try to answer them!"

The robot frantically shook its head, too scared to even crawl away from her.

"Oh, it may not sound like fun," She continued, "But trust me, I ask fun questions," She pulled out a half glass of water somewhere and showed it to him, "Is this glass half empty or half full?"

The machine tried to process just where she pulled the glass from, and how she could have smuggled it in here when it detained her itself. At the same time, it began to process the question… The robot just blankly stared at her.

"Eh, that's an old one anyways," She threw the glass away and sat in front of it, "Here's another question. If you were under a lie detecting spell and say that you'll lie in the next sentence, would your next sentence still be considered a lie?"

The robot still didn't move while it processing the new question. Its visors spammed for a second.

"Oh, here's something I've been stomped on. Can Discord create something so chaotic that not even he can control it?" She pondered for a moment, "Or, wait. If Discord controlled something that was chaotic, then would that thing still be chaotic? I mean chaos is something that can't be controlled, right? If it can be controlled, then it means that it's not chaotic. But Discord is chaotic, so that would mean that chaos would be controlling chaos!" She looked at the buzzing robot with a huge smile, "Your thoughts?"

The robot was spamming and buzzing at this point, trying in vain to make logic of her questions.

"ERROR. ERROR. ERROR. ERROR. ERROR."

In its spark of insanity, it pulled its own gun out and slowly began to point it at its own head as its processors began to meltdown.

"… I always wondered if can get Twilight to make my nose grow every time I tell a lie," She mumbled, "Then I can say 'my nose will grow now', and see what would happen-"

(BANG!)

She yelped in surprise as the robot in front of her collapsed front first to the ground, with a large smoking bullet hole clearly visible on the side of its head.

"Welp, I can see that your already pooped out," She sighed, but quickly cheered with a smile as she began to skip away, "I better find Eggman; I wouldn't want to miss my party!"

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Sonic zipped through the main street of Canterlot as Shining Armor, controlled by a robotic suit designed by Eggman, Unleashed a powerful red bolt of lightning at a nearby house. He threw himself in front of the bolt, absorbing the shot with little pain. With Robotnik watching everything behind the control room, there was little Sonic and his team could do.

If only Shadow didn't have to stay behind and protect Ponyville against any further possible attacks. Sonic did think of summoning him, but the town of the six elements would be left completely exposed. If Shadow wasn't watching over the houses of the six mares, that would give Eggman a very wide window to sneak units in. Of course, Twilight was there in her library, but she could only do so much alone. He didn't want to run the risk of letting her get kidnapped, letting Pinkie get teleported away like that was bad enough.

Eggman, with all of his brilliance, managed to create a bargaining position with Sonic in possession of all seven of the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic and the rest of his friends were still thinking about how to handle this situation, even in the mist of the fight against Shining in a possessive suit of metal.

Of course, Sonic can intercept the machine's attack with little trouble… But how much longer will Eggman keep this up? He has Pinkie now; he could go ahead and blow up this city with a put of a button. There's no reason for him not to.

"Sonic!" Knuckles shouted from below as the hedgehog rammed the charging machine, preventing it from gorging a stray colt that was paralyzed from fear. The colt ran when he had a clearing, "Eggman's going up this side of the mountain when he gets bored of this fight! We have to sacrifice him, it's the only way!"

"No!" Sonic yelled, zipping in front of it and letting a massive fireball consume him. His golden body absorbed the fire, with flicks of flames spurring harmlessly around him, "There has to be another way! I'm not going to let him die like this!"

"At what cost!?" Knuckles shouted in anger, "One commander for four element bearers and the rest of us, not to mention everypony here and Princess Celestia!?"

"He's not going to throw away his cards that quickly, Knuckles!" Sonic tried to reason while zipping back to the air, staring down at the machine below him.

"I've seen him do crazi- oh crap!" The machine suddenly turned to him and began wildly shooting lasers from its horn. Sonic zipped in front of the echidna, letting the deadly beams of light harmlessly hit him. He quickly turned his head to glance at knuckles, and found him completely unharmed.

"Once the mares go," He said in a normal voice. The image of Rainbow Dash and all of his friends dying in a horrible explosion horrified him to his very core, but he can't let that thought get in the way of logic, "I'll go after him. He will no longer have the elements, Knuckles; his only chance of redemption will be gone," his tone became dark, "If he dares kill my friends, I'll make sure to take revenge… slowly. "

"Alright, Shadow," Knuckles huffed, "The rest of us don't like this as much as you do, but I pray to whatever God or gods there is that you know what you're doing."

"I do," Sonic clicked his radio on, zipping in front of the machine again as it turned to try to attack another building, "Tails? What's your six?"

"Coming in now!" He heard, "The Wonderbolts are now circling the city to contain the threat."

"Just make sure to tell Rainbow not to attack. We're dealing with a hostage here!"

"She knows, and she'll be regrouping with the other mares."

Suddenly, as Sonic began to intercept the machine again, it suddenly halted it's attack… In fact, as the hedgehog watched it after a solid minute, it stopped moving all together.

"What's going on?" Tails asked, noticing the sudden silence.

"… The machine stopped," He answered, awkwardly, "It's not even moving."

An intense pause too place, waiting for the machine to make any sudden moves. Suddenly, he heard a beep on his headset.

"Yes?" Sonic asked, with Tails still on the line.

"Sonic, get yourself at the center of town," Amy said, "Eggman is proposing a new deal."

"Rodger," She clicked off, "Tails," Sonic said, "Have the Wonderbolts fly to my location and watch the machine. I don't want any surprises."

"You got it!" Tails complied, "I'm there right now; over and out."

Sonic clicked his headset off and immediately flew to the center of the capital. It only took him a half a second to arrive. With just a blink of an eye, he flew from the edge of town to the very center. When he stopped, he found Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash closely packed together; staring intensely at the small screen in front of them.

"Ah, Sonic!" Robotnik cheerfully greeted, "Just the hedgehog I needed to see! Why don't the rest of you filthy animals move aside so the leaders can talk."

"filthy?" Rarity protested, clearly offended, "I have you know that-"

She yelped when Applejack jabbed her on the side, yanking her away from the center as Sonic approached the screen. Rarity quietly protested, but went quite as Eggman began to speak.

"You should know to keep those unruly horses in line the next time there in my presence," He mused.

"What have you done with Pinkie!?" Sonic demanded.

"Now, I assure you that she's alright." Robotnik quickly answered, "A little cramped inside a nasty jail cell, but nothing an animal like yourself couldn't handle."

The doctor put on a charming smile, "You should count yourself lucky, Sonic. Because of the series of turning event, I'm willing to propose a new deal for you."

Sonic crossed his arms, staring at his nemesis with flames in his eyes. His golden fur pulsed in intensity just slightly, "Shoot it."

Robotnik sighed, letting his shoulders drop, "Listen Sonic. I don't care much about killing. Sure, it's a rather nasty job, but it's a job that must be done… Since I'm so generous, I'll make a deal with you," He decided to dramatically pause before continuing, "If you give me the Six elements of Harmony, laying them right in front of my screen so I can teleport them to my layer. In return, I'll set Pinkie free… And free Shining Armor from that suit. I can't guarantee that he won't be completely unhurt, but he'll be alive, nonetheless; nothing your unicorns can't handle."

Robotnik clipped his hands together, "So, what do you say? Give the elements, and no one dies."

The others behind him immediately whispered for him to huddle up. Everyone was in a tight circle, ready to talk among themselves about the new offer… It was already one sided.

"Sonic," Applejack quickly spoke, staring intensely at him, "Ah know too well that you won't sacrifice our friend. Shining Armor might of given' his life to protect the crown-"

"But this is Pinkie we're dealing with here!" Amy almost shouted, "We can't use the elements without her!"

"She won't come back the same by the time Eggman gets through with her," Knuckles added, "She has a heart of an innocent child, and this man is going to rip that right out of her."

Sonic nodded, "I know… We have no choice but to take this offer. It's better that this fight continues than have our friend being tortured until we give him the elements."

Rarity huffed, "And how should we know this isn't a trick? He could turn back on his word and just keep her prisoner after giving him the elements."

Sonic put a finger on his chin and floated back to the screen, "You're going to turn back on your word and just keep her as soon as the transmission is made."

Robotnik raised an eyebrow; suddenly smirking, "Good point. I'm going to prove that this isn't a trick, Sonic." He began to punch his fingers on the key board, pulling a hanging device and setting it in front of the screen.

"Let's test it, shall we?" He began, putting a piece of metal in front of the device. "I want you to find any object around you, like a rock or a pebble, and lay it in front of me. When I activate the device, both objects will the teleported simulta-"

"HELLO!"

Robotnik jumped back and shouted as a pink mammal suddenly popped in front of him. Sonic, even in his super form, fell backwards with a sudden fright as Pinkie suddenly appeared on screen. Thankfully, the mares and his friends were too astonish to see her free.

Unthankfully, Rainbow Dash was the only one who witnessed Sonic almost jumping out of his fur when Pinkie appeared.

"W-what in the blazes are you doing here!" Robotnik shouted, recovering from his shock, "How did you escape from your cage!?"

"I came for your party, silly!" Pinkie simply answered.

The scientist blankly stared at her for a couple of seconds, before growing angry and standing back to his feet, "No! This is no time to party, you filthy animal!" Robotnik clicked a device on his wrist, "Unit 21, report to sector 1 immediately! Immobilize intruder and utilize containment procedure!"

A small robot came speeding in from a large doorway behind them. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy immediately recognized it as the same robot they fought before arriving on this planet. They shuddered when the humble little machine began to shift into an undefined mass, with only a claw and a small dragon like head identified in the mess of moving and twisting metal.

"Oh, you brought a friend!" She happily cheered.

It sprinted towards her, with its claw beginning to spark electricity as it reached out for her.

"You like playing chase too?" Pinkie gasped in surprise, becoming excited, "Okidokie, You're it!"

The machine leaped with a ungodly screech, with electricity arcing from every tip of its claw. She bounced away, easily dodging as the robot grabbed an edge of a computer terminal. It tore off a hunk of metal as it faced her from the other side of the room, and charged towards her again. She easily dodged as she zipped to a nearby super computer, letting the robot punch the steel wall… And going cleanly through.

"Careful, you hunk of junk!" Robotnik shouted, drawing a gun from his pocket and pointing it at her, "I want this room intact when we catch this beast!"

Everyone on the other side of the screen watched in complete astonishment as Pinkie easily outmaneuvered the two; jumping, bouncing, and just appearing around the massive control room. She would zip behind Robotnik's contraptions and the machine would damage it trying to catch her. The doctor was firing stun rounds at her, but those puny little darts did nothing to help. She was too quick for the darts to meet their target… If the darts would even do anything to this hyper active pony, that is.

Sonic, staring at the screen in amazement and a hint of horror, just realized something.

He's not watching. He thought, looking back and seeing the completely still stallion sized pony suit. When he glanced around, he found the mares and his friends still looking at the screen with interest, but he could tell that something was on their mind. He saw them glancing back, looking at the inactive machine. They were thinking of the same thing.

Sonic zipped in front of the screen and faced them, hovering a bit from the ground, "This is our only chance! Tails, go and try to have that suit taken off of Shining Armor!"

The fox immediately sprinted towards it.

"Rainbow, get Twilight. The rest of you, gather every unicorn you can and have them on standby. One of you can visit Celestia and try to have Luna down here. I want to make sure Shining Armor lives through this!"

Rainbow took to the skies and immediately bolted towards Ponyville, while the others scattered throughout the town, with Fluttershy flying towards the hospital.

"What would you be doing?" Amy shouted to him, running to a nearby house.

Sonic began to hover higher in the air, "I'm going to find Eggman and drag his mangled butt to the dungeon!"

Before Amy could ask him anything else, a loud and sudden boom ruptured as Sonic flew northeast from Canterlot. The ground shook slightly as he took off, even shaking some of the smaller buildings around her. When she recovered from her shock, she took off to a nearby house.

---

"All units, report to sector 1!" Robotnik shouted to the device on his wrist, "I repeat, all units report to sector 1 immediately!"

Unit 21 charged at the pink pony once more, putting all of its bundled energy it had and making a flying leap for her. Pinkie bounced over it with a happy squeal, sending the machine slamming to a large control panel. It burst through the front at ease, going through the key boards and slamming inside it. electrical wires loosely hung in front of it, with sparks shooting from the sides of the box.

Eggman saw the control panel his personal robot has crashed through and also saw the screen above it. Not only did he noticed Tails tinkering with the suit, trying to set Shining free, he also noticed Sonic missing… Which means he's looking for him.

"No!" He shouted in fury, pulling the button out of his pocket. "If I'm going down, that horse is going down with me!"

While staring at the screen, he mashed down with a satisfied and unsettling smile on his face. That smile became a deep chuckle as he watched the suit, waiting for it to explode… Until he finally noticed his finger mashing down on an open palm. He looked down and noticed that the button was missing.

"Wha-"

He turned around and saw Pinkie waving at him with the remote on the other hoof.

"Keep away!" She cheerfully shouted before ducking behind a generator.

Robotnik pulled out a gun from his pocket, setting it to stun, "I won't let this slip away from me!" He shouted in anger, taking aim with his finger on the trigger, "I've come too far to lose now!"

He waited for the pony to appear again as his favorite robot began scanning the room feverishly, jumping over tables and terminals in search of the pink pony. As she popped her head up from a massive screen in one corner of the room, Robotnik fired and the machine gave chase. She ducked, easily dodging as the projectile struck the screen, shattering it.

The charade continued on for several minutes, with Unit 21 trying desperately to even lock onto its target as Robotnik firing electric charges at her. The room itself was shot up, with dents and even shards of metal torn by the rage of the little robot. As Robotnik was about to take another shot at the elusive pony, several doors that branched throughout the entire downed space carrier shot open. Unit after Unit of robots swarmed in with weapons drawn. There was a large group of robots that were outdated, created long ago when their master tried to obtain the Master Emerald. While others, were high tech, produced just recently when the ship crashed onto this planet.

They came in all shapes and sizes, some were heavily armored and rounded, while others took on the form of animals and insects, like wasps that hovered above the massive crowd. Lining up by the hundreds in neat files by ranks, types, and age. Robotnik turned around and saw almost every unit looking towards his way, all saluting at once.

Thank goodness sector 1 was about the size of a football stadium.

"All units," Robotnik flatly commanded, not giving that pony the satisfaction of seeing him unnerved, "There is a pink pony in our mist. Your new command is to stabilize the subject under any means necessary. I don't care if half of this base gets blown to pieces, I want that pony captured alive!"

Every robot in the room either nodded, saluted, or simply beeped in acknowledgement. They all drew their weapons, setting them to stun as they began spreading about the massive ro-

"Hi!"

And a chaotic scene of gun fire erupted as Pinkie popped her head from behind the main frame. The screen that showed Canterlot was blown to oblivion, and the machines began to fire at will as the pink pony began to zip all across the room like it was hers.

---

Tails tried his very best to keep the unconscious body of Shining Armor untouched as his screw driver began to undo the last of his metallic body armor. It wasn't easy getting them off, there were so many parts and plating screwed together that kept the armor intact. His friends watched intensely, surrounding him and giving all the support they could give him. Unicorns surrounded them, using any knowledge of healing magic they know to direct it at Shining Armor. Twilight was among them, and her magic radiated stronger than every unicorn combined.

Luna was right in front of the captain, letting her horn touch his metal coated horn as she emitted a weak pulse of magic throughout his body.

"How is he?" Tails as the Princess as he set another plate of armor to the ground.

"He's still stable," Luna quietly answered, concentrating, "Though his actions aren't still his own. There's something still controlling him, and I can't pinpoint what."

Tails feared that, "Eggman must have implanted something in him to control his voluntary actions. I have a feeling that answer lies in that helmet."

Amy shook her head, "Don't tell me he planted a chip in his brain."

"That's the only conclusion," Tails said sorrowfully, "I hope this civilization knows how to perform brain surgery, right?"

"It's been done once or twice, yes," Luna answered, "But we know so little about the brain itself, and in those cases, it was under very special circumstances… I must ask though, what is a chip?"

"It's an electronic device use to control certain machines," Tails answered, "I'll spare the technical stuff, but it basically gives machines commands to perform tasks."

"including mammals?"

"No," He answered, carefully removing parts of the metallic helmet with his screw driver, "Just electronic devices… Eggman must have found a way to manipulate certain impulses that control muscles."

Luna also noticed while using her magic to do a diagnostic on the captain, he was under a kind of pain that even she could never imagine; every second was pure agony for him. She wasn't going to share that, though; especially with Twilight present.

"So Eggman isn't necessary controlling his mind," Luna continued, trying to get her mind off of what the captain was suffering through, "Just parts that sends signals to his body."

"Exactly, and with pin point accuracy at that," Tails answered, "it's different with nearly all of his other robots, though. The animals used to control his robots play just a small but important role for them to work properly. I did a little research back on my planet and discovered that the conscious of these animals was what made his units so effective in movement. A mammal's brain sends signals to control muscles, and Eggman's machines uses that impulse to make his machines move. After a few wiring and manipulative skills, he discovered a way to turn that impulse to electric signals to control the robot. It doesn't have to be a certain impulse either, just an impulse so the machine itself can converge it to whatever it needs to perform a task."

"Fascinating," Luna whispered, her mind just wrapping around what the fox just explained.

"But what Eggman did to Shining Armor is control his actions directly," Tails continued, Beginning to undo the cranium part of the helmet, "That armor plating is just armor; that chip inside is controlling his muscles."

What Tails just began to notice, as he began to step away so a small group of medics can carry him on a stretcher, was his unblinking eyes. Even his metallic armor and everything else off, his eyes continued to scan its surroundings on its own… Lifeless, almost like a zombie.

Those eyes locked on directly at Twilight, and didn't leave.

"Something I should mention, though," Tails went on, noticing that Luna was listening very closely to his scientific mind. "That chip is only controlling his muscles… Eggman wasn't lying, he was fully aware and conscious when he attacked."

The fox saw from the corner, while watching Shining being carefully levitated and lay on his side, Luna's sympathy. Her eyes were distant, trying to fabricate and imagine just what this stallion went through. To helplessly attack the ponies he was sworn to protect… Helplessly Attack his own friends he held dear.

"You should note to the doctors that there's still more foreign objects in his body as well," Tails said to her, "I did all I could to his armor plating. They may also need my help getting the rest of the junk out from inside of him."

He saw her space out, just staring at the captain as they began to carry him away. Every unicorn, including Twilight, followed; keeping their spells on him to ensure that he stays alive.

"Luna?" Tails politely asked.

The princess quickly shook her head and nodded, "I'll teleport you when we need you… I can only imagine what Twilight is feeling about this right now."

The fox looked ahead and found her deeply focused on her casting, with her eyes closed tight as she continuously pumping stabilizing spells on her brother.

"She's brave," Tails answered her with a small smile, "Even if her heart quivers, she always find a will to stand."

Luna could only smile at that. The two began to catch up with the rest as they began to roll Shining to the hospital.

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It was nearly thirty minutes since the massive chase began. The remaining robots, who haven't been accidently shot by their own, spread out in search of the Pink Pony. She sped off from the room, realizing that the 'party' wasn't limited to just that room.

Eggman almost exploded in anger when he saw some units fleeing when they saw her.

"All units will initiate containment! This is do or die!" Eggman shouted over the intercom, watching a massive holo screen showing dozens of rooms that weren't sealed off, "I don't care how it's done; just have her captured!"

He watched the holographic screen intensely in search of the pony. He was monitoring the most vital rooms, like the generator that powers the entire downed ship, and the weapons facility, but every room has at least two motion detecting cameras. If Pinkie appears, those cameras will surely catch it and show the action on screen.

Not a minute later, his screen immediately flickered to the manufacturing plant. He saw eight sphere like drones float in with Tasers sticking out from their fronts. They weren't his most impressive robots to be certain, but they are capable of incredible speeds and are excellent capturing animals in the wild, clocking at ninety miles an hour on a two second sprint.

They charged her, but missed as she flipped over one in a cheerful bliss, landing on her four hooves and zipped in a pink flash to a conveyer belt. The machine wasn't running, but she was standing right in front of a large gaping hole that lead to a process where robotic parts are welded together with immensely powerful blow torches. Three of those robots quickly zipped in front of her, spreading out to keep her from slipping away. As the three drones began to close in on her, coming within just a feet of the pony, she simply bounced up. Robotnik watched as three of his drone units get brutally cooked. The drones were still looking around the room, trying to find the pink pony.

Suddenly, Robotnik heard an alarm, with every screen suddenly showing the power storage. He saw four elite robots frantically scanning the area.

"Another intruder!?" Robotnik shouted, "I swear, I'll have to build a freakin wall to keep this place se-"

And froze as he saw Pinkie popping in front of his units.

"… What?"

He immediately flipped the screens back to the manufacturing plant. The remaining droids were rapidly scanning the room for Pinkie; finding no traces of her. He flipped the screen back to the power storage, and found her bouncing from crate to crate as his elite units open fire at her.

Robotnik could only shake his head in disbelief.

"That's impossible," He almost gasped.

Not a second after he said that, his screens flickered to another location on the ship. This time, she appeared at the radio tower sitting down on a chair, pushing random buttons on a control pad like a keyboard. There were absolutely no robot present.

"Units near the radio tower," He called, "Report to the radio tower! I repeat, report to the radio tower!"

He didn't receive any answer of confirmation, so he flipped the screens to the rooms that were nearby her location. They were several drones and outdated robots just standing at their pose, doing absolutely nothing but being on standby.

"Did you not hear me!?" Robotnik screamed, "REPORT TO THE FREAKIN RADIO TOWER OR I'LL HAVE YOU RECYCLED!"

Nothing. The robots still stood where they were. Robotnik glanced down at the device at his wrist and tried contacting the other robots, only to receive no answer.

"That blasted pony is disrupting communications!" He shouted in anger.

As he glanced at the screen, he suddenly found her gone. Almost immediately, the screens in front of him flickered to another room. This time, he saw one of his larger units, wearing very thick armor plating with a wide shield in front of him, approaching the pink pony with a long electric baton drawn high in the air.

"How is she doing that!? The breaker room is in the other side of this ship!"

The robot brought the baton down, but the pony easily zipped away as the instrument of pain slammed down with a mighty thud, leaving a large dent. It raised it's baton back up and saw Pinkie standing right behind her, laughing innocently while waving her hooves at it. The robot wildly swung it's weapon, spinning around and tried to strike the pony behind him with absolutely no success.

It saw Pinkie standing in front of a wall when it readied its weapon once more. It charged while making loud hard clanks on the floor, rearing its weapon back to try to strike her yet again.

Robotnik just began to notice that Pinkie was standing in front of break switches as it began to swing.

"No, wait!"

As Pinkie bounced out of the way and letting the baton strike, the downed ship instantly became dark. The lights, computer screens, and mechanical devices that were once in full power died in that instant. Robotnik found himself standing in complete darkness for a moment before emergency generators began to kick in. Only half of the lights above him was on, making the room rather dim. Thankfully, the computer monitors were still operational, and only took a second to reboot.

Or maybe it was better if the monitors didn't turn back on at all. As soon as the screens resumed, Pinkie was nowhere to be found.

Suddenly, as he was about to curse his own luck to the top of his lungs, sirens began to go off. It almost made the overload jump out of his jacket.

"Now what!?"

A radar appeared on the top half of the screen while data appeared below. The ship was detecting a massive collection of energy several hundred miles south-east of his location, and it was closing in… Fast. That could only mean one thing.

Sonic was coming for him.

Robotnik felt something hit the very bottom of his black heart. It was a sensation he hasn't felt in a long time, almost alien to him. Sweat began to pour from his head, his already racing heart began to sprint like mad.

"This can't be happening."

Before his eyes, his plans, his dreams, everything he has worked so hard for began to crumble apart. His voice was trembling; a sensation of total defeat and anxiety possessed him like a raging demon. He shook his head, his voice becoming dry as he began to back away towards the door.

"By gods, this can't be happening!"

Robotnik spun around and raced for the door like a coward. The word 'coward' has beat against his mind, knowing that the hidden bunker would be his safest haven against Super Sonic. As every soul that's willing to destroy and deceive to gain power and only to fall flat and face the just, that soul will realize what it truly is… A coward. Robotnik would sooner kill himself with a dull knife than let his tongue speak that.

Just before he could pass the sliding armored door, he heard the screens behind him flicker. For just a second, he glanced back to see what his cameras has picked up.

He immediately regrets it.

The screen showed the ammo storage, with a smiling Pinkie standing right in front of a large pile of explosives and ammo that can supply his robots for life. Eight outdated units were pointing their guns right at her.

Robotnik only had time to gasp before those robots pulled the trigger.

"OH, FU-"

(BOOM!)

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Sonic decided to take one more sweep across the dense forest. He was several hundred miles away from Equestia, flying over a blanket of tall trees that completely covered the floor below.

Suddenly, he heard an deafening explosion… A very close explosion. Light flash in front of him as the explosion set off, and when Sonic looked up, he saw traces of smoke emitting from a certain location.

His heart skipped a beat when a large series of explosions took place in front of him. Fire lighted the dimmed sky like shredded blood in a chaotic frenzy as rockets randomly shot upward. Each explosion shook the ground as the rockets erupted randomly, with some striking the ground and causing trees and rocks to fly upwards from the force of these explosions. Sonic could only see white and red during the entire eruption. When he regained his sight, he saw the forest around that area turn into a sea of flames.

Sonic never saw a more eerie but beautiful sight of destruction in all of his life, and the sight absolutely terrified him.

He immediately zipped to the source of the flames, flying into right in the middle of the forest floor and beheld the madness that was now taking place all round him. There wasn't a single gap within the trees that weren't colored by some tint of red, and burning limbs rained above him as the fire continued to spread across the treetops. There were scraps of heated metal lying on the ground, most likely from the rockets.

As he flew deeper in the burning forest, with the flames growing more intense by the minute, he saw a large square building that stuck up fifty feet from the ground, just short enough for the trees to cover it. When he flew around it, he immediately came across a very familiar sight… Robotnik's spaceship

He didn't even care to go through the door, he bolted through the thick metal wall like water. At the speed of sound, he began to fly through the destroyed carrier, looking for any signs of Robotnik, or more or less hopefully, Pinkie Pie. To be honest with himself, there was no way for the two to survive the explosions if they were on the ground floor. From the looks of it, the explosions nearly took everything inside. Robotic parts could be seen laying around him, like fallen soldiers from a great war.

With the ground and buildings searched, he casted his eyes down and began to dig, well; drill really through the ground. After just a couple of seconds of searching, he came across a sight he would never forget.

He found himself in a circular room far larger than any other room he came across; so large that he could barely see the other side. There was a large powerful generator in the middle of this room with a walkway stretching from one side of the room to the center. There were several support structures surrounding the huge machine, with cables holding it in its place.

Robotnik was holding on to one of those cables for dear life, just a hop away from the walk way. His whole body was covered in bruises and burns; half of his clothes were scorched off with one of his eye glasses cracked. Sonic was mortally shocked to see this man actually cry out in fear as his arms and legs wrap around the wire. One could only imagine how he managed to jump several feet from the catwalk to the support beams.

Pinkie was standing on the very edge of the catwalk, standing right in front of Robotnik… Completely unharmed.

When she reached out for him, he screamed in pure terror and almost lost his grip as he tried to get away from her.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" He screamed, with his exposed eye dilating into pupils.

Sonic could only see the back of Pinkie's head, but just from her body language, she remained as cheerful as ever.

"You can't jump back over here, silly!" She simply cheered, but her voice became a more depressing tone as her ears flopped, "Why are you running from me? You're hurt; it's amazing that explosion didn't kill you. Let me help you, I just wanted to be friends."

"NO!" He answered while shaking his head profusely, "STAY AWAY!"

"I don't bite," She answered with her smile returning, "There's no reason to run. You lost; fair and square you meanie pants!"

"Why aren't you dead!?" Robotnik screamed, "You in that explosion! I saw you engulfed in flames!"

"Because evil never wins, dodo!" She simply answered with her cheerful smile, "After all these years of trying to conquer Sonic's world, there hasn't been a single time you've won even one battle against Sonic! I thought for sure you would have figured something out!"

"No, I saw you in that bloody explosion!" Robotnik shouted again, "You shouldn't be here! It's impossible!"

"If you only knew the power of friendship!"

Sonic was slowly and fearfully hovering away from her.

"Why even bother, Robotnik" Pinkie continued, with her smile remaining, "Think of all the times you tried to win, every method you've used to try to gain an upper hand. In that big brain of yours, you would know for sure that you have finally defeated Sonic… But every time, no matter how better you may be, you always lose; you will always lose." She shook her head, "It's a curse, a terrible curse that no soul should bear. Good always triumphs in the very end; it was how it made to be. Life isn't meant to be lived in misery. It was meant to be filled with joy!"

"You speak nonsense!" Robotnik shouted, "Only the strongest can determine fate, you stupid animal! There is no good or evil! There is no right and wrong! The world is what it is, a fight for survival! It's been like that since the beginning of time! You don't show mercy in a merciless world!"

"Oh? Then who has always been at the losing end, Sonic or you?" She began to giggle, "You're so silly, Dr. Robotnik! After for countless of years of fighting, you think you would figure something out in that big, gifted brain of yours!" She tilt her head, "What about that time you tried to conquer your planet with robotic animals? When Sonic defeated you then, you tried using the Chaos Emeralds to win instead, but that didn't work. Then you tricked knuckles to fighting Sonic so you can steal the Master Emerald, but that didn't work either!"

Sonic only shook his head in confusion. He never told anypony about the Master Emerald.

"Or that time you used Perfect Chaos? That big meanie only destroyed your ship and went on a rampage. Oh! What about that time you kidnapped that princess? That didn't work, did it?… Well, you might have caused Sonic to kiss royalty, but that's a long stretch from conquering anything!"

Now Sonic's skin turned white.

"Now you tried to conquer this planet, but that got you nowhere," Pinkie's hair deflated slightly as her tone became more serious, "Look where you are now, hanging on a wire for dear life. What a sad life you must have had, all because of that big, thick skull of yours."

"What are you trying to prove!?" Robotnik shouted in fury, "You know nothing!"

"We're not a bad race, Robotnik," Pinkie continued, ignoring his question, "We believe that any heart can change with a little bit of love. You ever thought for one moment of what life would be like without trying to take vengeance on the world? Just simply relax and simply be happy? Although, you did some terrible things to us, and we're going to make sure that you pay for it for the rest of your life."

Even though Sonic was hundreds of feet from her, he could feel Pinkie's aurora. He sensed pity; a weeping heart that wanted to make what was in front of her better.

"But I believe what you have done could never be undone, no matter how many years you spend in the dudgeon. That place will never change you for who you are… You will spend the rest of your life in a cell, taking all of that anger and hate to your grave. I don't know about you, but I don't want to see that happen to anyone."

She stretched out a hoof, making Robotnik flinch away from her. Sonic could clearly see Robotnik's face, but it was hard to read him.

"Let me show you what peace is," Pinkie continued, "You can spend your days with me and know what life could be like. You no longer have to fight; I can hide you from them. Don't you ever wondered what happiness is, not having to worry about world domination, revenge, or any of that nonsense? I can show you if you would just let me."

Sonic felt his mouth drop from shock.

What is she doing!?

Robotnik only shook his head as he tried to lean even further away from her. No one could tell what he was exactly feeling; it was like fear, anxiety, weariness, anger, and bitter defeat etched on his face at once. He only stared at her hoof, with his exposed eye struggling to stay open as exhaustion began to set in.

Pinkie could only watch as his head tint up, with his exposed eye staring dead at her with such emptiness that even she felt it. It was like no life could be seen through his exposed eye; his very soul gone completely hollow and empty. The pony actually flinched when he stared at her… That image of him will never fade from her memory.

Suddenly, as untold amount of time has pass, he broke eye contact and began to straighten his poster; giving himself more support as he adjusted himself. He managed to balance one foot of a very tiny railing that was beneath him, and holding on to the beam with one hand. Pinkie felt herself lifted high in spirits, knowing that she will be able to, hopefully; save this man from what he has become.

As Robotnik looked up, she immediately recoiled. His exposed eye glared dead at her, with his free hand clutched in a shaking fist. Never in her life has she seen so much hate; it was like someone slammed her face with a brick. She felt her heart stop as her breath suddenly caught in her lungs.

As he held his gaze, he mumbled something under his breath. She couldn't hear him, or did Sonic hear him as he watched the spectacle unfold before him. Robotnik's body became limp; letting go of the wire that supported him.

And fell.

Pinkie had no time to react as the man free fall as he simply disappeared from view when his body passed the beam. He didn't scream, didn't even gasp when he let go.

Just silence.

Robotnik saw his whole infrastructure above him shrinking away. The beam above him becoming nothing but a speck as his body continued to endlessly drop down the massive power cell. He felt the wind embracing him as the walls beside him passed faster and faster. He felt death opening his arms, and the doctor closed his eyes and inhaled. The pain of failure will be no more and his soul will finally be at rest; no more fighting, no more losing, no more pain, but best of all, no more Sonic. It's a coward's escape, but he didn't care. It was all going to end…

…Until something caught him.

His eyes shot open from the touch; his speed of falling was quickly slowing down and he suddenly found himself floating. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two crystal red eyes glaring back at him.

Robotnik only gulped when he saw Super Sonic giving him a sadistic grin.

---

It didn't seem to take long for Sonic to return to Canterlot. It surely surprised his friends, they were expecting the search to take at least an hour. Sonic only smiled to see the look on their faces.

"You're already back!?" Dash called in amazement.

"Expecting anything less?" Sonic chuckled loudly.

As he began to cruise to the center of town, his friends below could see something black and red being cradled in his arms. He touched down, plumping the massive, fat, stiff, unconscious body on the concrete floor. Every pony and else jumped back in surprise, some even shouted in horror.

"Heavens!" Amy squealed, "Is that Eggman?"

Sonic only nodded with a toothy grin as he playfully kicked the unconscious body.

"I know this man deserves death more than any villain I've met," Tails said while staring at the body in horror, "Did… Did you kill him?"

"Of course not," Sonic simply answered, still grinning from ear to ear and crossing his arms, "He'll be out of it for a couple of days, I can ensure you."

The mares grew increasingly curious as they cautiously approached the unconscious Eggman. Applejack trot up right between his legs and gave his groin a good kick… the stiff body didn't even flinch.

"Then whacha do to him?" Applejack asked.

Sonic just shrugged, "Turns out the human body can't withstand 2Gs."

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Author's notes

I can only ask that you readers forgive me for this being so late… I got caught up and became so busy with other crap. The thing's battery keeps dying on me every time I get some privacy time with it. I'm going to try my best to not let it happen again.

Deadline: I'm hoping two weeks… I miss the times when I can get this thing done on that schedule.

This may disappoint some of you, but the action scenes are over. I have one more ark left for this story though; so stick around for that.

God speed everyone. I'll be praying for my readers, and I'll be praying that my readers pray for me.

Harry

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Interesting fact about the bible… Did you know that the bible knew that the world was round before it was discovered?

" It is He who sits upon the circle of the Earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grass hoppers; Who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell."

Isaiah 40: 22

"It is He who sits upon the circle of the earth."

Now, this was WAY back before explorers even thought about setting across the major oceans… If a professor or teacher says that the bible is nothing but hog wash, then feel free to point out this scripture. The word knew way before Columbus proved it. Crap, it was said before Pythagoras (6th century BC) even theorized it! Isaiah spoke these words in 712 B.C.

One more verse to look into is Job 26: 7

"He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the Earth upon nothing."

Back in those days, people always thought that the earth itself was being supported by a mystic being (differs in every religion. Hindu says that the earth is supported by elephants).