Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

Is this the End?
[Scene: Sky Citadel, day.]
 * [Sonic finds himself surrounded by several Destruction Troops that fire at him. Sonic is knocked back by the impact and is buried under the rubble.]
 * Tails, Amy and Knuckles: Noooo!!!!
 * [Several rocks cover Sonic. Screen turns black.]

[Scene Change: Black screen.]
 * [A write text message saying "Yesterday" appears on the screen.]

[Scene Change: Lyric's Tomb, day.]
 * [Team Sonic is chasing Dr. Eggman, who is flying down a road through the forest in his Eggmobile.]
 * Dr. Eggman: What's the matter, Sonic? Can't keep up?!
 * Sonic: You were saying?
 * [Dr. Eggman finds Sonic running right beside him.]
 * Dr. Eggman: I didn't mean that literally. It was a taunt! It's Villainy 101!
 * [Dr. Eggman pounds a button on his Egg Mobile and takes off along the track at high speeds, almost falling off. He presses a button and fires missiles ahead of him, causing a pillar to crumble and obstruct the road.]
 * Sonic: Amy! Knuckles! Go left!
 * Knuckles: Gimme a sec. [tries to figure out his left and right] I'm on it!
 * [Knuckles and Amy take the left path while Sonic and Tails stay on the right, both pairs chasing after Eggman.]

Metal Ambush
[Scene: The forest around Lyric's Tomb, day]
 * [Sonic and Tails catch up and are right behind Eggman's trail.]
 * Dr. Eggman: All right, this is getting old. Let's jump ahead to the part where I ambush you. [strokes his mustache]
 * [Sonic looks behind him and sees Metal Sonic racing towards them and flies up to hover beside Dr. Eggman.]
 * Knuckles: Great. Metal Sonic has to show up right when Eggman is springing a surprise attack on us.
 * [Knuckles and Amy jump up to the main path with Sonic and Tails.]

Eggman's New Creations
[Scene: The forest around Lyric's Tomb, day,]
 * [Knuckles and Amy split off from the main path where Sonic and Tails are running on, who are still behind Eggman's trail.]
 * Dr. Eggman: [Notices Amy and Knuckles splitting off] Well, what're ya waiting for? After them!
 * [Eggman points at Amy and Knuckles. Metal Sonic flies after them. The Egg Mobile's interface signals the doctor.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Oh, Sonic! You know what's better than an ambush?
 * Tails: An ambush with ice-cream?
 * Dr. Eggman: That sounds delicious, but no. The post-ambush ambush!
 * [Eggman fires missiles which destroy the path in front of him. Sonic comes to a stop just in the nick of time, but Tails bumps into Sonic, knocking them both over the edge. Sonic and Tails discover several Destruction Troops who are poised to attack them.]
 * Dr. Eggman: So, I dug up these ancient robots, and it took me forever to figure out how to control them. And then I couldn't have all that effort to waste unless I'd sic them on you. Try to appreciate all the work I put into destroying you. Toodles!
 * [Dr. Eggman flies away. The Destruction Troops walk closer while Sonic and Tails prepare themselves to fight them.]

Path to the Forest
[Scene: The forest around Lyric's Tomb, day]
 * [Sonic charges towards a Swordsman Trooper and kicks at it, launching it towards a rocky wall. The impact of the collision breaks the Destruction Troop, leaving it non-functional.]
 * Sonic: A forest... this is more like it...
 * Tails: Quite peaceful.
 * [Sonic and Tails begin walking into the forest.]

What is this Place?
[Scene: Outside Lyric's Tomb, day.]
 * [Sonic and Tails meet up with Amy and Knuckles.]
 * Sonic: You made it!
 * Tails: What happened to Metal?
 * Knuckles: Let's just say he won't be bothering us again. Unless he comes back.
 * Amy: What is this place?
 * [Team Sonic glances at a large door leading to Lyric's Tomb. They move closer to it and Sonic glances at a lock on the door that seemingly fits his hand and proceeds to touch it but Amy stops him.]
 * Amy: Don't touch that! I've got a bad feeling about this place.
 * Knuckles: Guys! Check this out.
 * [Team Sonic looks at the portrait of the door depicting murals of Sonic and Tails carved on it.]
 * Amy: How is that possible? These ancient carvings look just like Sonic and Tails.
 * [Knuckles turns around and discovers more Destruction Troops heading towards them.]
 * Amy: What are the heck are those things?
 * Sonic: We fought some of them before.
 * Knuckles: Without us? But you know how much I like punching things.
 * Sonic: Be my guest.
 * [Knuckles proceeds to fight them while Amy follows him.]
 * Amy: Right behind you!
 * [Sonic and Tails glance at each other.]

Life or Death
[Scene: Outside Lyric's Tomb, day.]
 * Tails: That was awesome!
 * [Tails high-fives and bump fists with Knuckles. Sonic smiles at them from afar but suddenly, several Destruction Troops dropped into the scene and surrounded the heroes. Tails, Knuckles and Amy prepare to fight. Sonic tries to place his hand on the object on the door but Amy stops him again.]
 * Amy: Sonic! No! We can take these guys.
 * [Metal Sonic arrives flies into the scene and stomps on the ground. The impact knocks Tails, Knuckles and Amy. Metal Sonic then gives the signal for the Destruction Troops to move in for the attack as they stepped closer. Seeing no other option of escape, Sonic touches the object causing the door to open.]
 * Sonic: Guys! This way!
 * [The door begins to close while Metal Sonic and the Destruction Troop still try to get to Sonic. Sonic prepares to fight the but the door manages to close just before Metal Sonic could enter. Sonic turns away from the scene while outside, Metal Sonic attempts to open the door but without success. Dr. Eggman arrives afterwards.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Just as I thought.
 * [From a distance, Shadow is glancing at Dr. Eggman for a few moments before turning to leave.]

Lyric Rising
[Scene: Inside Lyric's Tomb.]
 * [Team Sonic enters a room surrounded by inactive Destruction Troops.]
 * Sonic: You see, guys. I told you I'd find the exit. No problem.
 * [The team then took notice of a statue of a giant snake in robot armor with a light shining at it. Tails slowly turns around and the door behind them slams shut.]
 * Tails: I don't think those doors were meant to keep us out... they were to keep that in.
 * Amy: Let's get out of here. Oh wait, I forgot. We can't.
 * [Amy angrily glares at Sonic.]
 * Knuckles: Not cool, Sonic. You locked us in.
 * Sonic: Locked us in?! I was saving you!
 * Knuckles: We didn't need saving.
 * Tails and Amy: Yeah!
 * [Sonic turns to look at the giant snake who is seemingly coming to life.]
 * Sonic: Umm... guys, can we put a pin in this for a second?
 * [The giant snake is now awakened and then glances at Sonic.]
 * Lyric: You!
 * [Sonic wonders if the snake was referring to him and points at himself.]
 * Lyric: You and I have unfinished business.
 * Sonic: I have no idea what're you talking about, but I'm pretty sure that's a bad thing.
 * [Lyric growls at Sonic with intimidation.]
 * Sonic: I'm convinced it's a bad thing.
 * [Sonic revs up a spin attack and charges at him. Lyric uses the round object he is holding to repel the attack, revealling four Enerbeams inside. While Sonic is knocked back from the impact and Tails and Amy catches him, Lyric surrounds Team Sonic with the Enerbeams that tie them around trapping them.]
 * Lyric: A thousand years later, and you're still predictable.
 * Tails: What's he talking about?
 * Sonic: He dodged my spin attack. Nobody's ever done that before.
 * Lyric: [Pressing the blue device on his armor] Rise, my warriors. We have a world to destroy!
 * [The Destruction Troops reawaken. Lyric projects an energy blast destroying a wall of the tomb.]
 * Lyric: Now. Let's see what a thousand years in prison will do to you!
 * [Lyric leaves with some of the Destruction Troops while the others stood guard at Team Sonic.]
 * Amy: Uh... what just happened?
 * Tails: Well, let's see. We discovered an ancient tomb, moved those mirror things around, and got steamrolled by a thousand-year-old reptile. Did I leave anything out?
 * Knuckles: Yeah, you forgot the part where it was all Sonic's fault!
 * Sonic: I was saving you!
 * Tails: Speaking of saving us, I almost have this thing figured out.
 * [Tails tinkers with the Enerbeams and they all dissipated, freeing the heroes. The Destruction Troops walked closer to the heroes.]

Tails' New Invention
[Scene: Inside Lyric's Tomb.]
 * [Sonic kicks at a Swordsman Trooper.]
 * Sonic: We gotta stop that slithery psycho.
 * Knuckles: First, we gotta get out of here.
 * [Tails walks up to each of his friends and gives them each a shackle to attach on their wrists.]
 * Amy: Umm, Tails, friendship bracelets? Now?!
 * Tails: Not exactly. I recalibrated the shackles into sort of energy beams.
 * Sonic: Great work, buddy! Maybe we could use these things to find a way out.

Who is this Lyric Anyway?
[Scene: Cliff's Excavation Site, day.]
 * [Team Sonic walking towards Cliff while Q-N-C is conversing with some miners before heading over to them.]
 * Amy: Cliff! Thank goodness we found you.
 * Cliff: I didn't know what I was missin'.
 * Amy: What do you know about an ancient tomb with a giant snake in it?
 * Cliff: Can't say I know much. But I do know about an ancient prison with a giant snake in it.
 * Amy: Well, how 'bout you tell us about that one?
 * Cliff: The snake's name is Lyric, and he was locked away to prevent him from destroying all life in the world.
 * [Cliff grabs an ancient book and shows it to Team Sonic.]
 * Cliff: He's the last surviving member of a long-lost civilization called the Ancients. They harvested all the energy they needed from powerful crystals. Despite their advanced technology, the Ancients lived in perfect harmony with nature. Except for Lyric, who schemed to steal the Crystals and use them to power an army of machines. When the Ancients found out, they imprisoned him. He's an evil, ruthless, dangerous, pitiless, remorseless monster.
 * [Tails, Knuckles and Amy turn to look at Sonic.]
 * Cliff: Thank goodness he's locked up for all eternity.
 * Sonic: Yeaaaahhhh. Funny story... We might have accidentally unleashed him on the world.
 * [Cliff and Q-N-C drop their mouths open in shock.]
 * Cliff: Not cool, Sonic. But you might be still able to stop him. Lyric needs those Crystals to reboot his army. His first move will be to go after them. You gotta get 'em first.
 * Amy: How do we find them?
 * Cliff: If that prison is still functioning, there must be a Crystal nearby.. That's a good place to start. If you have any other questions, my buddy Q-N-C here can answer them.
 * Q-N-C: What if I have questions?

Save the Miners
[Scene: Mines.]
 * Sonic: Come on, guys, this way!
 * [Sonic and Tails go right while Amy and Knuckles notice Foremand Fred waving at them and go up to him.]
 * Foreman Fred: The mine collapsed! The miners are trapped! Can you help me save them! Please save them!
 * Knuckles: Okay there fella, calm down. We are heroes, so obviously we can, and will help. We're... a pretty big deal.
 * Foreman Fred: Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Trap Door
[Scene: Abandoned Research Facility.]
 * [Sonic and Tails go to the door Amy and Knuckles opened, but when they get close, a trap door opens up and they fall though it.]
 * Sonic and Tails: Ah!
 * Amy: Are you guys OK?
 * Sonic: Looks like we've fallen through a trap door!
 * Tails: We're trapped down here. We'll keep moving forward, and hopefully meet up with you ahead.
 * [Sonic and Tails look down a tunnel ahead and proceeds down it.]

Looking for Sonic
[Scene: Abandoned Research Facility, day.]
 * [Amy and Knuckles are walking through the facility. Amy is talking to Knuckles.]
 * Amy: No, basically it's a leap up onto the beam. Then a triple toe spin, and then down, and boom. That's how we do it.
 * [MAIA rise up from recess in front of Amy and Knuckles. Amy and Knuckles rise their guards as MAIA scans them.]
 * MAIA: Scanning life forms.
 * [Amy and Knuckles relax as MAIA finishes her scanning.]
 * MAIA: Negative for blue hedgehog.
 * Knuckles: But positive for red echidna.
 * MAIA: Red echidna irrelevant.
 * Knuckles: [Disappointed] Aww.
 * Amy: [Suspicious ] What do you want with the blue hedgehog?
 * MAIA: Information classified.
 * Amy: Come on!
 * MAIA: Peer pressure acknowledged. Acquiescing in 3... 2... Blue hedgehog is necessary to stop Lyric. Disclose hedgehog location immediately.
 * Knuckles: How can we know we can trust you enough to tell you that Sonic and Tails are a few levels down?
 * [MAIA beeps and flies away. Amy punches Knuckles in the arm.]
 * Knuckles: What?

MAIA's Past Present
[Scene: Lower levels of Abandoned Research Facility.]
 * [Sonic and Tails arrive in a trashed laboratory.]
 * Tails: This place gives me the creeps.
 * Sonic: Relax. It's not like anything's gonna jump out at you.
 * [MAIA pops down in front of Tails. Tails gets scared.]
 * Tails: Aaaah!
 * Sonic: I really didn't see that coming.
 * [MAIA scans Sonic and Tails]
 * MAIA: Scanning life forms... Hedgehog and fox confirmed. It is agreeable to see you both once again!
 * Sonic: [Whispers to Tails] Why does everybody keep saying that? [Faces MAIA] Who are you?
 * MAIA: I am MAIA. Long ago, I rebelled against my creator, Lyric, and helped imprison him. Now, a thousand years later, he has returned.
 * Sonic: We know that. We're looking for the Crystals to stop him.
 * MAIA: Processing... There is a map that reveals the location of all the Crystals.
 * Sonic: Where is it?
 * MAIA: Not where. When. It disappeared long ago. But this machine can transport you to a time before it vanished.
 * [A ring-shaped time machine is shown in the background.]
 * Sonic: Let's go.
 * MAIA: Facility power is nonfunctional. Generator requires reactivation. Location is -- up there.
 * [MAIA gestures up to a hole in the ceiling. Sonic and Tails look up to see Amy and Knuckles standing above he at the edge of the hole. Amy waves.]
 * Sonic: Amy! MAIA is going to help us with the Crystals. But we need the generator up and running.
 * Amy: We're on it. [Walks away]
 * Knuckles: Me too. [Walks away]

Cutscene 14
[Scene: Laboratory in the Abandoned Research Facility.]
 * [Sonic and Tails look around in awe alongside MAIA as the laboratory powers up. MAIA then flies up and inserts herself into the time machine.]
 * MAIA: Portal activating. Setting coordinates. Upon completion I will send you through.
 * [Sonic nods, but is then surprised by a voice.]
 * Shadow: Not so fast, Sonic.
 * [Shadow is shown.]
 * Tails: Shadow! What are you doing here?
 * Sonic: Not a great time, Shadow. I'm a little busy saving the world.
 * Shadow: Saving the world? You? Don't make me laugh. You're weak. And you know what makes you weak? Your loyalty to your pathetic friends.
 * [Sonic glares at Shadow and clenches his fist.]
 * Shadow: You're not going through that portal... I'm gonna show you just how weak you are!

Cutscene 14
[Scene: Lower levels of Abandoned Research Facility.]
 * [Shadow kicks Sonic away, Sonic recovers and takes Shadow with him through a time portal. Recomposing himself, Tails follows Sonic into the portal.]

Cutscene 15
[Scene: Ice Age.]
 * [Shadow kicks Tails into a time portal and jumps in after him. Sonic follows them through the time portal.]

Cutscene 16
[Scene: Prehistoric times.]
 * [Shadow stumbles around as a time portal appears behind him. Sonic kicks Shadow into the time portal.]
 * MAIA: Portal is ready.
 * Sonic: What happened to Shadow?
 * MAIA: Calculating... he appears to have landed in the near future. Not yours -- mine. Now go! Before the portal closes!
 * [Sonic and Tails enter the time portal before it closes.]

Cutscene 17
[Scene: Lyric's Weapon Facility.]
 * [Sonic looks around in amazement when he notices Tails banging on the other side of a glass frame with a burning conveyor belt.]
 * Tails: Whoa! Sonic, help!
 * Sonic: I guess MAIA's accuracy needs some work!
 * Tails: Get me out of here!

Cutscene 18
[Scene: Laboratory in Lyric's Weapon Facility.]
 * [MAIA is overviewing the room when Sonic and Tails arrive and greet her.]
 * Sonic: MAIA! It's great to see you.
 * [MAIA makes a confused gesture and scans Sonic and Tails.]
 * MAIA: Life forms not recognized.
 * Sonic: You sent us here from 1000 years in the future.
 * MAIA: Processing... processing... processing... [twitches] Whoa, cool!"
 * Tails: Future you, said that past you...
 * Sonic: ...which is actually current you...
 * Tails: ...would show us the location of the map here in the past, so that we can use it to stop Lyric in the future.
 * MAIA: Processing... that makes sense.
 * Sonic: Really?
 * MAIA: Lyric is building an army of robots to destroy all organic life forms. There is only one weapon powerful enough to stop him. I require you to clear the path to it. Complete this task and I will get you to the map room.

Somebody Needs a Hug
[Scene: Sentinel construction room in Lyric's Weapon Facility.]
 * [Sonic and Tails enter the construction room and notice the Sentinel being built. Lyric and Q-N-C are flying around the Sentinel. Sonic and Tails hide behind a crate.]
 * Lyric: The Ancients will rue the day they dared to hide my Crystals from me. Now that I've found their map, those Crystals will be mine once again. And then I will annihilate them and everything they hold dear.
 * Q-N-C: Just spit-ballin' here, boss, but can we just let 'em off with a warning this time?
 * Lyric: Did they warn m that working to unlock the power of the Crystals would make me sick? Did they warn me that their feeble organic medicines would never be able to heal me? No, they didn't! I had to make this to keep myself alive. Technology is the only thing you can trust. Which is why I'm going to rid this world of all organic life forms -- and rebuild it, piece by robotic piece.
 * [Lyric and Q-N-C flies away.]
 * Tails: Somebody needs a hug.
 * Sonic: More like a beatdown. Let's do this.

MAIA Gets Big
[Scene: Sentinel construction room in Lyric's Weapon Facility.]
 * [Sonic and Tails are standing on top of the Sentinel. MAIA appears before the duo.]
 * MAIA: Activating gratitude... Thank you. You have saved my world.
 * Sonic: And now we have to save ours. Get us to that map room! [Gestures towards the map room]
 * [MAIA flies behind the Sentinel's head.]
 * Tails: How will we know she she's ready?
 * [The Sentinel starts up.]
 * MAIA: I'm ready!
 * Sonic: She's ready.
 * [The MAIA-controlled Sentinel moves its hand up to its head. Sonic and Tails jump onto the hand which carries them to a door.]
 * MAIA: Follow this to the map room.
 * [Sonic and Tails jump off the hand.]

See You in a Thousand Years
[Scene: Map room in Lyric's Weapon Facility.]
 * [The facility shakes while Lyric looks around.]
 * Lyric: What's happening?
 * Q-N-C: Sir, it appears one of the MAIA units has gone rogue and taken control of the Sentinel.
 * Lyric: What? How?
 * Sonic: Lyric.
 * [Lyric turns around and looks at Sonic.]
 * Lyric: Who are you?
 * Sonic: You and I have unfinished business.
 * [After Tails walks away, Sonic revs up a spin attack and launches it repeatedly into a surprised Lyric. Meanwhile, Tails downloads the map before the system shuts down. Sonic and Tails then run away while Lyric follows them. Sonic, however, closest the map room off with a transparent door after he passes the treshold. Lyric stares at Sonic while banging the glass.]
 * Sonic: See you in a thousand years.
 * [Sonic walks away with Tails while Lyric bangs on the glass.]

Reunion
[Scene: Cliff's Excavation Site, day.]
 * [Sonic and Tails meet up with Amy and Knuckles.]
 * Tails: We got the map!
 * Sonic: Time travel rules!
 * Amy: We got a Crystal!
 * Knuckles: [Scratches his head] I'm so confused.

Evil Forces Unite
[Scene: Abandoned Research Facility, day]
 * [Lyric looks around in confusion.]
 * Lyric: Where is it?! WHERE IS IT?!
 * [Eggman drops down on the Eggmobile.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Loose something?
 * Lyric: Who are you?
 * [A squadron of Swordsman Troops join Eggman.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Dr. Eggman. But you can call me Dr. 'the guy who set you free so you can give me the secrets of your technology so I can be even more powerful than I already...' you know what? Just call me 'boss.'
 * [Deadpanning, Lyric presses the button on his chest. To Eggman's surprise, the robots suddenly join Lyric.]
 * Lyric: Who do you think made these robots and left them for you to find, you pathetic waste of carbon!"
 * Dr. Eggman: Did I say I was the boss? I meant we were equal partners. [Notices the Swordsman Troops threatening him] Okay, 60-40. You drive a hard bargin! I accept.
 * Lyric: Silence! You're even more infuriating than that hedgehog.
 * Dr. Eggman: [Takes interest] 'Hedgehog' Is he giving you trouble?
 * Lyric: He trapped me on the eve of my triumph. Because of him, the Ancients were able to put me in that prison. And now, I suspect he has my map. If you can get it back for me, I'll let you live.
 * Dr. Eggman: [Ponders] We have ourselves a deal. Shake.
 * [Eggman tries to take Lyric's hand, but then notices his clawed tail tip and is frightened.]
 * Dr. Eggman: On second thought, your word is good enough for me.

Eggman Wins?!
[Scene: River Rush, day.]
 * [Team Sonic sails towards a waterfall in the Riptide. Eggman follows them in the Eggmobile.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Ha! Got you now! [Notices Team Sonic's course] Wait, no, no, NO, NOOOO!
 * [Team Sonic sails over the waterfall in the Riptide and plummets down. Watching Team Sonic disappear, Eggman bites his nails in fear and flies away.]

Lyric's Little Pets
[Scene: Abandoned Research Facility, day]
 * [Eggman approaches Lyric from behind.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Excuse me, your Scaliness? I've got good news, and bad news.
 * Lyric: You don't seem to be holding a map.
 * Dr. Eggman: And now that we've gotten the bad news out of the way... the good news is, I killed our mortal enemy, Sonic. And his stupid friends.
 * Lyric: [Turns away] I expected you to fail. Doesn't matter.
 * [Lyric presses the button on his armor. A computer screen appears.]
 * Lyric: My driller worms are hard a work, searching for Crystals. We'll have the first one soon.

Fork in the Road
[Scene: Edge of the Pit, day.]
 * [Team Sonic runs up the edge of a ridge.]
 * Knuckles: What is all this stuff?
 * [A view of the mining area is shown.]
 * Amy: Tails and I will go left, up along the ridge.
 * [Amy and Tails high-fives and run away.]
 * Sonic: You really think you can keep up with me?
 * Knuckles: Been doing it all day...
 * Sonic: If you can't keep up, just go with them. [Walks away]
 * Knuckles: One of these days, I am going to knock you out... really. [Walks away]

Bringing the Thunder
[Scene: Crab Excavator boss arena in the Pit, day.]
 * Sonic: We did it!
 * Knuckles: Who brought the thunder? [Points at himself] This guy! [Looks at Sonic with surprise] You said, we... I heard it!
 * Sonic: Nah, you have too much dirt in your ears... [Walks away]
 * Knuckles: But you did say it. I am proud of you... that is what a good teammate would say. [Walks away]

Saving Sonic
[Scene: Tunnel in the Pit, day.]
 * [Knuckles punches through a wall. Sonic looks at Knuckles, clearly impressed, but shrugs it off.]
 * Sonic: Big deal. Maybe I loosened it. [Walks up next to Knuckles]
 * Knuckles: Yeah. You keep thinking that...
 * [Knuckles pats Sonic on the back, causing Sonic to fall over and a Ring to pop out of him.]
 * Sonic: Whoa... Help!
 * Knuckles: I got you!
 * [Knuckles grabs Sonic as he loses the grip of the edge of the cliff.]
 * Sonic: I'm slipping!
 * Knuckles: I got you!
 * Sonic: I can't hold on for much longer!
 * Knuckles: This is NOT, how it ends for you...
 * [Both Sonic and Knuckles notice that Sonic is just a few inches above a platform. Knuckles drops Sonic down on the platform and joins him.]
 * Sonic: Eh, thanks...
 * [Sonic and Knuckles look over the central area of the Pit from the platform.]

Tunnel Waves
[Scene: The Pit, day.]
 * [Sonic and Knuckles reunite with Tails and Amy inside a structure.]
 * Tails: Finally, what took you guys so long?
 * [Team Sonic gather on a platform that starts sinking as they step on it.]
 * Sonic: Seriously?
 * Amy: Isn't this place AWESOME!
 * Tails: Our mine car ride was so cool... and the views...
 * Amy: [Hyperactively] Oh gosh, yes, forgot about that. I am pretty sure this place is a dig site for Lyric, but we haven't seen any of his bots. I mean, we almost did, but heard the sirens and off they went before they saw up WHIP BY!!!
 * [Tails looks around the group.]
 * Tails: [Worryingly] Ahhh, Guys??? Where... are... we...
 * [A giant fan in front of Team Sonic starts blowing, pushing the team backwards.]
 * Sonic: Whoah... hang on.
 * [Team Sonic is blown into a chute.]

Hole in the Mountain
[Scene: The Pit, day.]
 * [Team Sonic exit the chute and land on a long road next to a mountain. As they run along the road, a large Driller Worm break through the mountain and emerges from it.]
 * Sonic: [Slow motion] Oh, shhhoooooottttt...

Not an Easy One at All
[Scene: Driller Worm boss area in The Pit, evening.]
 * [Team Sonic reach the end of the pit and leap from the broken end of the road.]
 * Team Sonic: Woah!
 * [Team Sonic land on a circular structure where they recover from the rough landing and find the Flame Crystal.]
 * Amy: The Crystal!
 * Tails: Finally! An easy one!
 * [Team Sonic nod to each other then run over to obtain the crystal. As they are running, the ground shakes and the Driller Worm emerges from underneath. The Driller Worm then swallows the Flame Crystal as Team Sonic watch in surprise.]
 * Amy: You just had to say something, didn't you?

Glitch in Lyric's Plan
[Scene: Driller Worm boss area in The Pit, evening.]
 * [Eggman and Lyric arrive at the end of the pit to a broken Driller Worm boss.]
 * Eggman: Well, there is good news.
 * [Lyric, visibly annoyed, hisses.]
 * Eggman: Yes, the good news is, Sonic still has the map.
 * [Lyric floats away as Eggman follows worriedly.]

Our Next Stop
[Scene: Slowpoke Isle, day.]
 * [Team Sonic are flying atop the Tornado while Cliff pilots, above the lakes of Slowpoke Isle.]
 * Sonic: This is your stop... everyone off!
 * Cliff: You might want to jump now!
 * [Sonic nods to Cliff as Team Sonic prepare and jump off the tornado onto Bygone Island.]

Taking Responsibility
[Scene: Slowpoke Isle, mid-day.]
 * [Team Sonic sport Lyric and Eggman after obtaining the Radiant Crystal at Crater Lake.]
 * Sonic: This is my fault, they're here because of me. I need to draw them away.
 * Tails: We're in this together. We need to draw them away.
 * [Sonic nods, turns to Lyric and Eggman.]
 * Sonic: Hey! Egghead! And you too, snake-breath! Come and get it!
 * [Team Sonic run away as Eggman and Lyric chase them.]