WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog #36, by Evan Stanley and Reggie Graham on sale now.
After everything Sonic and the gang have gone through in thwarting the evil Dr. Starline, there's always a new danger around the corner. As Sonic confronts Dr. Starline in their latest battle, Tails comes to a troubling realization: he doesn't know who created Belle, the newest member of their team.
Picking up immediately where the previous issue left off, Sonic and Shadow race towards Dr. Starline atop a moving roller coaster. Tails and Rouge are both bound and immobile. Dr. Starline gives Sonic and Shadow a choice: save Tails and Rouge or their friends back at the chalet. Before Shadow can march up to give Dr. Starline the business, Rouge frees herself and Tails and launches an attack on Starline. Dr. Starline manages to escape leaving the heroes to collect themselves and figure out their next plan of action.
Back at the chalet, Amy finds herself growing weary while fighting the enormous robo bear that's attacked her and her friends. Even Gemerl, the robot fighter, is pushed to his limits. But right in the nick of time, Belle is able to help free the imprisoned Chao's; with their help, Amy is able to defeat the giant robo bear. Unknown to anyone in the chalet, Dr. Starline has executed a devious plan to cause more havoc: he created an avalanche! Sonic and Shadow build a wall of felled trees in a split-second effort to stop the avalanche, but it doesn't work.
Before even a handful of minutes can pass after their battle against the robo bear, Amy and company find themselves face to face with Dr. Starline himself. He has a simple request: he wants Tails. This request is met with Amy's hammer. Starline grabs Tails and is met with Belle's foot. Seconds later, Starline is met by his own avalanche as it crashes through the wall of the chalet -- allowing Tails and the rest to escape.
With the giant adventure over, the heroes find themselves relaxing at Tails' workshop. Cream's mother comes to pick her up and is filled in a bit too much by Cream with all of the events that had happened. Shadow parts ways with Sonic while Rouge makes a sneaky escape. Tails and Belle work together in their lab repairing E-123 Omega. Things seem to be going perfectly well until Tails becomes troubled as he realizes that Belle has been reading his blueprints with no problem. The entire reason he and Sonic were even in the base they saved Belle from was to find something to decode those blueprints. The only person who could decode them would be someone like Dr. Eggman. Belle becomes very sad and looks away, unable to bring herself to answer Tails' question.
Belle has proven herself time and time again as a dependable ally and a good friend to Tails and Sonic. She saved them during their initial break-out of Eggman's base and in their most recent battle against Dr. Starline. She is enthusiastic about helping Tails around the lab and loves fixing things. But her reluctance in telling who created her is a problem. If it wasn't Dr. Eggman, then who? If she possesses the ability to decode blueprints that not even Tails could crack what other secret skills does she have? Those skills could be useful but they could also be dangerous. Not knowing the answer to that question is what makes Tails so worried for her. With the likes of Dr. Eggman and Dr. Starline on the loose, as well as a slew of other devious villains, being as ready and prepared as possible is a must for the heroes. Hopefully, Belle finds the courage to reveal the secret of her creation with Tails before one of their many foes uses that secret against them.
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