You’re soaring above Mirage Saloon Zone when you’re suddenly struck down by something huge. When you wake up, you see a massive female Caterkiller Badnik looming over you, holding your aircraft between her finger and thumb, being gentle enough to not crush it into scrap metal.

Caterkiller: “Sorry, hon, but this is an Eggman-owned airspace. Your little thing is being confiscated until further notice. If you want it back…”

She dangles it in front of you, swaying it from side to side… before tossing it into her mouth and swallowing it into her internal storage.

Caterkiller: “Then you can cry about it, because it’s mine now.”