In a distant dimension, Doctor Robotnik is utterly depressed. Years of defeats by Sonic the Hedgehog and his Freedom Fighters has left him empty and he no longer wishes to fight. Grimer is even having trouble getting him to eat. Dismayed, Grimer decides he has to do something. In the Emerald Hill Zone, it's just another sleepy day for most of its residents, getting back to life after Mobius almost fell apart. In the Control Centre, Sonic is convinced that Robotnik is finally dead after the cave-in of his secret base. Porker Lewis is also here, informing Sonic that scans of the rockfall show no trace of Robotnik's body. Amy Rose also notes how mentally unstable the former dictator has become and that Mobius is in deadly danger. Sonic laughs them all off, wanting to celebrate a great victory