(I set this in the “timeline/world/universe” in which the Sonic OVA takes place, to a certain degree. I admit I’m deviating from the plot of the OVA, somewhat, at least, but I may be able to whip up a better story that way.)
South Island’s president had been robbed of his daughter by one “Dr. Robotnik”. He had kidnapped her from The Land of the Sky, and taken her to his empire on Planet Freedom’s surface, Robotropolis. She hated him. He was a fiend. A liar. A selfish, despicable man who was obsessed with power. He wasn’t very attractive physically, either. Sara (that’s what her name is, according to Wikipedia, not Sera, though it could be wrong, I guess) was repulsed by this man, this fat, raving lunatic.

And now, aboard a hideous monstrosity of a machine, he still attempted to force himself upon her. He spoke like a gentleman, but she knew better.

“So, my lady. Here, the circuitry that controls the left arm of the machine gets very complex, and I had a difficult time attempting to wire it correctly to ensure maximum control…”
Sara tuned his words out. It was just boring technobable anyway. Or his plans to destroy Sonic the Hedgehog. And now, he was asking her if she would like an palace in ice. Wait, what?

“A palace in ice? What are you talking about?” she asked.

“It’s a simple question, Sara. Would you like a palace carved in beautiful ice, taken from the polar caps of the planet?”

“Wha-why?” Why would he ask that? She looked him in the eyes, and saw that in them, there was no trace of an ulterior motive. Robotnik’s look was sincere. It was a sincere look of love…

No. She wouldn’t let herself be fooled. Whatever it was that Robotnik wanted, she told herself, it wasn’t anything outside of his selfish nature.

“YOU PIG!” she shrieked, suddenly. He jerked back, and she stood there, glaring at him with the coldest look she could muster. “I don’t know why you’ve been treating me so nicely this whole time since you KIDNAPPED ME, I don’t know why you’ve been holding doors open for me, having me eat with you rather than eat in my prison cell, and even then, not sitting down until I do, I don’t know what cruel, twisted manipulation you’re trying to wreak on me, but whatever it is, STOP IT! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!” she stopped, and panted. Her rant had left her out of breath. She looked him directly in the eyes, and thought she saw a look of shock on it. A look of shock, and of sadness…she had hurt him.
“Good”, she thought to herself, “I’m glad I finally caused that heartless monster some pain. “

But if he was really heartless monster, why did he look so downtrodden? If he really had an ulterior motive, why was he sad that she had rebuffed him, rather than angry she had seen through his plans? Why did-
No. She could not allow herself to think like that. Robotnik was an enemy to all of Planet Freedom.

“Very well.” Robotnik spoke, at long last. Then, he silently turned back to the controls of his battle machine, and, just then, Sonic showed up outside it.
Fighting began. Sara was rooting for Sonic the whole time, and for his friend, Tails. However, she began to get concerned when the battle they were fighting against Robotnik did indeed turn in their favor, as the mech they were in was taking serious damage. Sparks began flying up from the control panel, and, eventually, full blown electrical bolts.

“IT’S GOING TO EXPLODE!!!” Eggman cried.

Sara threw up her arms to protect herself, but if, in fact, the panel did explode, she would be burned rather severely…

The panel did, indeed, explode. Sara screamed out, or she would have. A split second before the panel exploded, she felt a body press up against hers, wrap its arms around her, as if to shield her from the explosion. The entire cockpit was blown open, but she felt no pain. She did, however, hear Robotnik cry out in pain. When the smoke cleared, she saw that, in fact, Robotnik had shielded her body with his. When Robotnik turned around to face Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, Sara noticed that his back had rather nasty-looking burn marks on it. She winced, then thought.

“Did he just risk his welfare for mine?”
That question repeated itself over and over in her mind. So much, in fact, that she paid no attention to the banter between Robotnik, Sonic and Tails.
Nor did she protest when Robotnik’s escape pod lifted the two of them away, and didn’t hear Sonic’s promise to rescue her. Still, she was thinking of what Robotnik had done for her. She heard him groan in pain, and couldn’t help but look at his wounds. They were hideous. They had to be painful. And he had gotten them…protecting her. Why?

“Robotnik…why did you protect me from the explosion like that?”

Robotnik immediately tensed up. His cheeks slowly turned red. He stuttered, and Sara had seen enough. Whatever answer he was going to say, she thought she knew the answer to her inquiry.
Without giving herself time to think it over, she puckered, pressed her lips against his cheek, and quickly withdrew them. As Robotnik’s forehead, too, turned red, and as he turned toward her and gaped, she gave him a cute smile.

“Thank you.”, she said.

Sure, Robotnik was power-hungry. Sure, he was a fiend. Sure, it was vital that he was stopped.

But he wasn’t heartless.

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There you go, Spoony. I hope you liked it.

Wow Vidit, that was excellently written! *Resisting urge to say 'eggcellent'*

I espicially liked the way you did the end, and I hope you'll write some more!

Why, thank you, Irony. As for writing more...we'll see. I may make these little romance stories birthday presents featuring the favored Sonic couple of the recipient. Or for anyone who knows the various video and/or computer game references I may make from time to time. :D

Hmmm, handled quite nicely. Sera's not all bratty, selfish, or flirty like she is in the anime, but despite all that, this was very nicely done! XD I love it, man! You did an excellent job! I'm impressed that you were able to get that to work in such a short story! And since AGoI didn't do it, I feel compelled to... that was eggcelent! XD

Technically, it's right, but so is Sera. It can be Sara, Sera, Sarah, or even Seira. Though if you really want to be correct, it's actually セーラ.