A few minutes later, Sonic and the figure began to approach something that was spinning in the air. As they got closer, the object stopped spinning and began to glow. Sonic realized that the object was a warp ring. He had no clue where it would lead, but the figure who was kidnapping him seemed to know.

The figure flew through the ring without any hesitation. After the initial bright light that came with going through a warp ring, Sonic opened his eyes to get a good view of the place he had been dragged to. The sky was a light purple, and lightning would flash occasionally. Below him were two mechanical blue roads that seemed to stretch on forever. There was no ground besides the roads, and a giant silhouette of Eggman could be seen in the distance.

Sonic was dropped from above the road, and once he landed on one of the roads, he wasted no time running along it. The figure descended onto the road beside him and sped along it. Without their feet touching the ground, the figure was easily keeping up with Sonic.

"It appears my trap has been sprung successfully!" A familiar voice sounded in the distance.

Sonic could recognize that voice easily. "Eggman, what's going on?" He shouted.

"I simply brought you here for a little race." Eggman said with a sense of false innocence in his voice. Sonic looked around trying to find the source of the madman's voice, and quickly noticed the speakers placed at regular intervals. He thought it must have taken Eggman a long time to place those, so Sonic made it a point to kick each one that he passed.

"Here are the terms of this race." Eggman began.

"Who said that I've even agreed to race?" Sonic said with a smirk.

"If you don't race, there will be big problems coming towards your friends." Sonic continued to smirk as if he wasn't worried, but he couldn't let Eggman go anywhere near his friends.

"Alright, I'll race, but no dirty tricks!" A maniacal laugh could then be heard. Cages sprung up around Sonic's path, blocking any attempt of escape. The hairs on the back of Sonic's neck stood on edge, showing him that the cages were electrified. He looked to his left at the other road and could tell that the figure didn't have to deal with cages.

Sonic then began to run even faster. Glancing to the side, he could see the figure keeping up easily. It wasn't easy to find someone who could keep up with Sonic, near impossible in fact, but Sonic didn't have time for shock. He had a race to win, and he had no clue what Eggman would do if he lost.

So with much acceleration by both racers, the race went on. After a while, Sonic seemed to have slightly more speed than the figure and was slowly beginning to gain ground. Both he and the figure noticed the difference and reacted to it in different ways. Sonic smirked at his opponent, while the figure began to rise into the air. It was then that its hands began to glow with some kind of energy.

Sonic barely had a second to register this fact before a ball of energy was thrown at the cage, causing it to explode. The figure then flew through the hole and began to chase Sonic, charging more of the energy balls. With the rest of the road still surrounded by the cages, there wasn't much room to dodge around. And the only known exit was located behind the murderous figure. This was the perfect time for improvisation.

When the next energy ball was thrown, Sonic was ready. He spun around so he was facing the figure and attempted to kick the ball of energy. To his surprise, the ball was actually knocked back towards the figure. The figure hadn't been expecting this either, and didn't react to the reflected energy ball. Once it was hit by the ball, there was a flash of lightning and Sonic was finally able to see what his opponent looked like. The appearence of the figure left him slightly shocked.

"That's... a robot version of me." Sonic said with disbelief. The figure had silver metalic skin, with metal spikes on the back of the head painted blue. The rest of the features were robotic versions of the blue hero. The scariest part of the robot was its eyes. Two glowing red eyes that showed only anger.

Sonic shook his head to regain his composure just in time to kick another energy ball back at his robot version. It was then that Sonic got an idea. When the next ball of energy was thrown at him, Sonic kicked it into the cage and quickly jumped over to the other road before the robot could catch him.

Without any of the restraints the cages brought him, Sonic was able to dodge the energy balls with more ease. And then, the road behind the two began to break apart, and it was clear that the rest would fall soon. Sonic looked as far down the road as he could, and he could barely see something shiny out in the distance. At first, Sonic couldn't discern what it was, but after a second, he could tell that it was another warp ring.

With a grin, Sonic began to increase his speed. His feet were going so fast that they became a blur, and the robot was getting left behind. Sonic made it to the warp ring quickly, and was just about to jump through when he got a chill spread throughout his body. Thinking nothing of it, Sonic jumped through the ring and vanished from sight.

With a metallic voice, the robot said, "Scan complete." When the robot said that, Eggman broke into a fit of laughter, overjoyed with the success of his latest plan.