[Space Colony ARK (1975)]
Professer Gerald Robotnik ponders in his personal lab up on the Space Colony ARK. His work into creating the Ultimate Lifeform and subsequently curing Maria was failing. Every creature ever created during the project had failed, the Biolizard incident was catastrophic. There seemed to be no way in producing a mentally stable specimen who could also be biologically immortal.
Yet SHIELD would not stop persisting in their demands for weapons and if not satisfied would eventually pull funding from the project and then there would be no chance in curing Maria.
"There has to be something," Gerald pondered, "A variable that was missing. Prehaps the ratio of Chaos Drives to organ tissue?", he curls his hands into fists, "There has to be something!" he slams his hands onto the desk. The sound echos across the empty room.
"Grandfather?"
A quiet voice calls from the front of the room, Gerald turns to see his beloved grandaughter Maria wheel herself into the room from her wheelchair her pale and sickly frame contradicting her bright and cheery personality which still seems to shine through.
"Maria what are you doing here? You know you shouldn't be pushing yourself especially after yesterdays events." Maria sheepishly looks at her grandfather. "I just wanted to check on you, I know you thought Scaley (Biolizard) was going to be the Ultimate Lifeform."
"Maria...", Gerald started but Maria interruptes."But I believe in you Grandfather I believe that you can cure me."
"I have to go now, I promised Abraham I would play with him but good luck Grandfather, I believe in you." Maria then wheels herself out and as she does Gerald sighs and sits back into his seat re-energised but clueless on where to start.
'What do I do?' As he says this a comet looking creature flys into the room and shows a hologram to the professer of a tall legless, black creature with three orange eyes, with three fingered hands, wearing a brown robe appears from it holding a small oval shaped orange gem. It then begins to speak.
"Hello Gerald Robotnik, I have a propisition for you."