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“Best of Enemies – Part Threeâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Richard Elson
If Sonic doesn’t surrender the Master Sentinel will march down to the Emerald Village and destroy it, but the hedgehog isn’t going to give up without a fight. Grimer expresses his worries to Robotnik about the possibility of Sonic telling Ko-Door they already knew where the Chaos Emeralds were themselves but Robotnik tell him that by that time his plan will already be in play. Sonic manages to taken down the Master Sentinel while the Prosecutor escapes, but it turns out Ko-Door didn’t need him after all as Grimer betrays Robotnik and reveals the location of the Chaos Emeralds.
“Hunter and the Hunted – Part Threeâ€
Writer: Nigel Kitching
Artist: Nigel Dobbyn
Pyjamas’s mind link reawakens Super Sonic’s memories just as Biohazard manages to find them. Once he’s captured Pyjamas shouts that he could use his powers to stop Biohazard but Super Sonic tells her that since his powers give him the uncontrollable urge to destroy he never wants to tap into them again. Before Biohazard can send him back to the Special Stage he himself disappears, as the police have tracked Sidewinder down and are sending him and his gang back to prison. Pyjamas apologise to Super Sonic for trying to make him use his powers and Ebony decides to give him the job that he wanted.
“Tall Tailsâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Mick McMahon
Tails is shopping for a Christmas tree and worries about having to buy a hand-made one, as he doesn’t think it’s right to chop down trees. A biochemist shows him formula she’s been working on to re-grow trees, but a couple of Badniks are sent by Robotnik to get back the formula. During the fight Tails gets soaked by the formula and grows to become a giant, which causes a lot of problems. However, when some storm clouds gather they wash the formula off Tails, shrinking him down to normal size. After that he decides it’s safer to stick with hand-made Christmas trees.
“Multi-Maniaâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Roberto Corona
Robotnik has noticed how Amy and Tekno have become quite a threat to him and decides to send a group of Badniks to targets them, particularly Tekno as her genius mind is annoying him. While Amy fights them off Tekno goes to her underground workshop to fetch a device she’s been working on that creates multiple holograms of her. Since the Badniks are only after Tekno they start firing at the holograms and end up hitting each other. In a change of plan Robotnik orders Tekno to switch off the device and hand it over or Amy will suffer the consequences. Tekno decides she can’t risk Amy’s life and hands the device over. Robotnik plans to use the device to create multiple images of Badniks to force people to obey him, but it turns out it can only create images of Tekno and is useless to him.
“Face to Faceâ€
Writer: Lew Stringer
Artist: Mick McMahon
After defeating more Badniks a TV screen showing Robotnik tells Sonic that the conflict between them will continue unless they can reach an agreement. He tells Sonic to meet him on Sky High Peak tomorrow with no tricks and no weapons so they can have a peace talk. Sonic decides that although it may be a trap it would be worth the risk for a chance at peace. When they meet Robotnik offers to leave them in peace if he can have control over just one zone, but Sonic tells him that he wants to protect every zone so he won’t accept the deal. This is when Robotnik reveals himself to be a hologram and has implanted a plasma ray cannon on the peak that will blast it apart so fast not even Sonic would have a chance to escape. But after the explosion it turns out Sonic is also a hologram projected from Tekno’s workshop and the two come to a slate mate ending the transmission.
Cover Art: Steve Cook