[WolfEx]

Samus's lab seemed empty and desolate without her around. Nobody was allowed access here besides Professor E. Gadd, it was still being repaired from the last assault when the Infected broke into the Life Sphere and suddenly attacked everyone. The Professor was taking a risk even allowing someone like Eggman in, if Samus was around she would flip with a guy like Robotnik lurking in her most precious of places. Luckily, all her secret technology and blueprints were well hidden away, almost as if she knew something bad would happen to her and she would dissappear for a while. E. Gadd pulled up a rolling chair for Eggman as the Professor himself sat promptly on a metal stool in front of a giant machine used for monitoring all of Life Sphere's security cameras.

"Please, sit. And let's get down to business, this place is much more private and suitable for personal chats. No offense, but you raise alot of unwanted attention when you make an appearence. So...your proposal?"

It seemed for the moment E. Gadd was seriously considering Eggman's offer of aid, there may be a few conditions the Professor might want to add though and that includes full participation from himself on the project so there's no unsupervised wishy washy going on. For now it was a stale mate until something in Eggman's offer tickled the intellect of the Professor, then they could probably come to an agreement.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Samus’s lab. A place that very few were able to get a glance into. Still though it barely felt like an honour to the doctor, her lab was hardly anything impressive. Primitive even, compared to the technology that his tower had to offer. Though he supposed that was the cost of being a Bounty Hunter primary. Dr. Robotnik was somewhat surprised when he had heard she was the one to build the refugee to begin with, she never seemed much like the technologist type to him, but then again all he had to go over for information was barely anything that went into detail of her personal life, just old data logs of her assignments.

The machine like man glanced at the chair as it was passed over to him. He idly looked away and took the seat anyway despite the fact he couldn’t really tire from standing. It was probably best to keep on the same eye level of the puny professor. He sat across from the inventor with a rather bland countenance as he listened to the man speak. When he finished though, Eggman leaned in. “Well, I wish we would’ve met in person, but as you said though I do raise a lot of unwanted attention. This war has made it a very difficult task to wander this great city myself, but my robots have become more convincing with each day. My hands are needed back at my tower anyway, but my mouth can do well enough on its own here.” The Eggman in front of E. Gadd had his mouth hidden underneath his collar well out of sight from the professor.

“My proposal is simple, I have the resources, I have the weapons to make our defences all the more powerful, and I’m already gaining a lot of followers. All I need is the political power and I can have this place be the Starvia’s worst nightmare within weeks. Besides we need more than just one mind running this place.”

[WolfEx]

As E. Gadd listened to Eggman he found his reasoning surprisingly simple and his plan very basic. The little old ghost hunting man found Eggman's lack of detail questioning at best, but perhaps in his mind, that's all that was necessary. Even so, E. Gadd wasn't going to say yes in a quick fashion, he wanted to lay down some terms, and they were indeed non-negotiable. If he was going to hand half the keys to the kingdom to a villainous mastermind E. Gadd was going to be stuck to him like ectoplasm on a vacuum; for lack of a better word. The Life Sphere was out of options, and E. Gadd certainly was not a fighter. He needed help, combat support, and intellectual conversation to help him fix the Life Sphere's defences. Eggman was the best of both worlds, brain and muscle, and it was the only choice in the current matter at hand. Without any further speculation, E. Gadd laid down the law.

"You offer simple terms my good man, but seeing as you spent nearly your entire career trying to kill a speedy hedgehog...who rightfully so...is a righteous jerk anyway, I must add some conditions."

Digging into his lab coat E. Gadd pulls out a small roll of parchment paper. He then unrolls it and within seconds it becomes a giant stretched out scroll which falls to the floor and rolls all the way out the lab door. The Professor smiles, knowing off the bat Eggman must not like contracts.

"Oh yes good sir, I am quite the formal man. This, in lamest terms, states that I have a say in everything you do, and in no way shape or form are you allowed to do anything without my involvment nor are you allowed to rebel, object, or violate any direct orders given to you by me or do harm to the Life Sphere and its residents in any way. Naturally so, if you violate any of these terms on the paper you will be removed from the Life Sphere indefinitely never to return by force. And that's just the fine print! I'll let you read the rest..."

E. Gadd takes out a fine pointed ink pen with a plastic bobblehead of Luigi on it and hands it to Eggman.

"That is for when you are ready. Just sign at the bottom when finished please. And oh yes..."

E. Gadd fumbles his thumbs for a moment in thought but does recall one other problem that Eggman needs to address immediately.

"If those reptiles Bowser and K. Rool are not dealt with by you immediately and these gang wars do not end, that is also violating the contract, so I do hope you have a quick solution Eggman, for I do believe they also wanted a piece of the Life Sphere Power Pie if I am not mistaken. But I've made my decision, so now you clean up their mess. When we seal the deal, we need a battle plan for those foes. Once their out of the way and we rid ourselves of evil distractions, then, and only then can we advance to rescue Samus and the others."

E. Gadd was very straight forward and certainly not in the mood to dilly dally. He has made an executive decision based on what was best for everyone, Eggman didn't know, however, that E. Gadd had a backup plan if the hedgehog hating scientist decided to go rogue, and it was going to require alot of sacrifice. He held on to the hope that he would never have to use Plan B. Life Sphere's days were numbered, and this motion for support was long overdue.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

The Egg-bot listened intently to the terms that E Gadd laid out, nodding along to assert his conformation to what he was saying. He took the pen with ease, though didn’t start writing just yet. He would prefer to read the entirety of the paper himself before signing away. Being one that has been on both the receiving and distributing end of shady business deals he knew better than to trust the scientist’s word alone. Not that he didn’t trust the meekly professor, he barely knew anything about him to begin with.

“Simple terms, yes. We both know that this situation we’ve found ourselves in is far above any of our past experiences. To choose to fight against our only mode of resistance would be foolish. I would prefer that at any cost we take down this new threat. In that case, I feel a few sentry guns protecting our perimeters would create a much better safe haven for us all.”

The model of Eggman bounced his fingers off of the area where his mouth would be as he finally reached the end of the contract. “Hmph, sounds like a reasonable deal to me. I would need more than just myself working on these upgrades I have in store, so I assure you if there was anything I could use to my advantage it would probably be clear as day to a well-trained engineer. Although, throwing me out of the Life Sphere would probably do more damage than locking me up in the prison. Just looking out for a common interest since the Starvia could do wonders with a mind like mine.”

Eggman’s head rose once more as the professor slipped mention of the gang wars. “Oh yes, them. That war should be coming to a conclusion soon. I can feel it. K Rool’s base of operations has been massacred by Bowser’s troops, so that silly saurian can be dealt with easily. Bowser may be the more difficult foe to quiet down, to which I must ask you for some assistance. I must deal with that overgrown turtle personally, so I require as much spare parts as I can acquire. He will be a tricky one to put down, so I’ll need a decent amount of state of the art equipment. I can assure you once I’m done with them they will be recycled and put toward our defenses. My loyalty and defense systems in return for the best equipment you have, how about it hm?”

[WolfEx]

The Professor was thrown somewhat off guard by Eggman's mention of bringing in his troops to rally with him in the Life Sphere, the hesitance could be felt and added to the tension in the room from E. Gadd at such thoughts. What would the people of Life Sphere think seeing the place be decorated with Eggman and his soldiers? It was a scene that would not easily be accepted. And to give a mad scientist the means and the parts to create such powerful weapons was also quite nerve racking. E. Gadd was almost biting his tongue as he selected his next words carefully.

"So then....if we allow your troops to parade around the Life Sphere in the plenty....and I give you the power you need to succeed.....you can promise me this gang nonsense will end, and our safety in the Life Sphere is guaranteed?"

Sweat began to trickle from E.Gadd's white bushy brow and the lenses of his glasses began to fog up as if he had been in a sauna for hours. One of his hands was resting with a twitch underneath one of the control consoles in the lab hovering over a button Eggman could not see. E.Gadd was going to be ready to press it for emergency defense procedures if Eggman was going to do anything shady. E.Gadd kept talking to finalize the deal.

"This decision I am about to agree with is very big you must understand.....the world....the world will change forever and it will end...with us."

E.Gadd was trying to stop his whole body from shaking as it was filled with a mix of fearful excitement and maniacal intrigue now. Fate is on the table, trust is in the wings, the choice of a lifetime is in waiting.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

The eyes of the decoy Eggman shimmered in the light as it continued to listen to relay the information to the real egghead. He could easily detect E Gadd’s uncertainty of the situation and felt that perhaps his offer was taken differently than he had originally anticipated. The machine fiddled with the Luigi themed pen for a moment as it slightly grazed the dotted line where his signature was supposed to go.

“As much as I would love to be the law enforcement of this city, I will need to dedicate my work and my troops to the borders. I am well aware of the reputation I lead and I would much rather that my role in things stay… subtle. I know too many that would much rather see me fail than anything else, so I’ll leave as little influence around as possible. My goal is a strong defense, one that’ll make the last invasion a near impossibility to recreate and with that it’ll take time.”

His hand finally steadied on the page as an ink blotch began to bubble at the end point of the pen. “The Gang Wars is an attempt at power, once I have claimed the position the others will have already failed. One last strike against them will cause them to crumble and fall. I can’t promise you that I can contain the end result, but I can guarantee you that I have a master plan. It’ll all be over once Bowser makes his final push against K Rool. I will make my own advancements to assure that both their armies are put out of commission.”

The doctor’s cold eyes flashed at E Gadd once more as he finally scribbled his signature on the appropriate area. “The world will change, but I assure you, Doctor Ivo Robotnik will not let it end so easily. There’s a reason we’ve all been placed on this planet, perhaps it is redemption or something more. I will see to it that we’ll live long enough to at least find out why.”

The doctor retracted his hand at last, folding the contact and handing both it and the pen back to his fellow mad scientist. “That is a promise.”

[WolfEx]

As soon as Eggman signed his soul away to E.Gadd and the betterment of the Life Sphere, the professor nearly had a seisure as his eyes bulged and almost broke through his glasses and the sweat jumped from his skin. He let out a strange and nearly over excited bellow at Eggman's decision as E.Gadd spun around in his chair taking his hand off the button nearby and rejoicing.

"Ah ha...AH HAHAHA! Ooooohhhh mmmmm yes! So exciting! Eggman, it is an honor to have you on the good guys team for once!"

E.Gadd began to clap his hands like an odd ball seal. He was simply thrilled.

"I shall give you the key to the hidden armory beneath the Life Sphere. Just go into the Police Headquarters and head to the basement. Behind the book shelf there is a door where we keep our most prized resources, for only an idiot would keep it here in this lab in the middle of everything."

E.Gadd pulls out a small silver Mushroom shaped key and hands it to Eggman. He smiles with glee as his big round eyes gaze upon the large figure in front of him.

"All your parts you need should be there. Wonderful, this is wonderful! Oh I must make preparations straight away!"

E.Gadd giggles and jumps off of his rolling chair heading to the lab's door and leaves the lab hoping Eggman would politely follow behind.

-End Presence-

[Mr. Game & Watch]

The Eggbot nodded along with the professor as he made such radical advancements from his chair. For such an old man he did seem rather spry. Not that it mattered all too much.

E Gadd’s statement though, ‘the good guys team’, it seemed like a label not fitting for him regardless of the certainty he held for his previous actions. It was like a loose fitting suit, though he supposed he could adjust to it. It wasn’t often that someone welcomed him in such a way with open arms. Then again, he wasn’t too sure of how much E Gadd knew of his life before the Life Sphere and all this mess. Regardless, he was in this deep already might as well reach in a bit further.

The machine took the key and placed it into its chest compartment as Eggman continued to think on his own for a bit, following after E Gadd not too long afterward. Perhaps this planet Li would be the start of a new chapter after all. It all depends on the outcome and reaction of a certain group of hedgehogs. It mattered not what the word of the old man was until the blue annoyance came back, to which Robotnik held a slight hope that he never did. Given how many times he foiled his plans in the past, having him being on the enemy side did not bode well for him or the Life Sphere at all.

The android clanked its feet against the ground as it moved forth, looking back at the lab before exiting the lab completely. “The pleasure is all mine” he returned gently as he closed the door behind him, following the much shorter scientist.