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Location: South Island, Unknown City

Time of Date: 20:21

Six months after the events of the last story...

Somewhere in a city that was never seen before on Earth, a group of animals were looking around to see where they had ended up. These guys were none other than Mobians. They didn't know what just happened, but they swore that there was an unknown burst of light that caused a chain reaction that brough them here into this strange world. What they do remember was that months ago, they were hanging out on Mobius until they saw something coming right towards them and didn't have enough time to react. Before they could get away in time, the light engulfed them and they thought that they were going to die. However, it turns out that the light actually brought them all here, including the entirety of South Island.

As of now, they were trying to figure out how they got here into this strange world, while also having a part of Mobius being merged with this world in the first place. While they do enjoy still living their lives like normal, they were beginning to think that there was something strange going on and they believed that their hero, Sonic the Hedgehog, along with his friends, were out there somewhere. But if they were to go out there and try to find their hero now that they ended up here, they didn't want to get caught by the nefarious Dr. Eggman and his cronies. The only thing they could do right now is to wait until Sonic and his friends come over to check up on them now that they got here.

Location: United Federation, Station Square

Time of Date: 20:28

At the streets of Station Square, the people were busy around the city like usual. However, only one thing had crossed their minds that made them think, and that was the fact that both Earth and Mobius had been merged into one whole planet after the Chaos Control. The news about that spread throughout the whole country and everyone was being very concerned about what would happen if Eggman would use this to his advantage to conquer the whole world, or both worlds in this case. Despite that, however, they had high hopes that Sonic and all of their friends, both human and Mobian, were still out there to stop the evil scientist by any means necessary. Not to mention that they had quickly met with other Mobians and were surprised to see that there were more of them. Luckily, Sonic and his pals helped them out to make sure that they live in peaceful coexistence. While there were some of them who were not that well with the change, there were others trying to get used to it. However, as the humans and Mobians were walking around the city, there was a mysterious voice nobody could hear.

"The servers are the seven Chaos...

Chaos is power...

Power enriched by the heart.

The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos.

Within our hearts...comes great power...

If our hearts turn dark, so does the power...

The light shall shine upon this world and protect it from the forces of evil."

To everyone, they never heard the voice, but one could say that it was a strong message about something truly powerful that would fight against something really strong that would do anything to destroy without any form of remorse. But that was only a secret that nobody could think about right now. The only one who would be able to find those secrets and solve mysteries together were Sonic, Chris, and the rest of our beloved heroes.

Location: Far Away from Angel Island

Time of Date: 20:30

Eggman's POV

Well well well... Seems like after my research I have done about what has happened, it would appear that this world and a part of Mobius have been merged, and my further inspections are correct now that we are on our way to Angel Island. Oh ho ho ho ho ho! I'm just DYING to begin a new plan to get my revenge on that blasted hedgehog and his foolish little friends after what they did to me months ago! Even though I am glad to be away from the megalomaniac creation of mine, I'm still annoyed that that blue hedgehog managed to defeat me thanks to the seven Chaos Emeralds he and his buddies stole from me! But now that I have gotten enough information about both Earth and Mobius being merged into one whole planet, I'll use this advantage to begin my new plans to get rid of that foolish hedgehog once and for all and rule the world!

Oh, and by the way, I'm in my brand new ship that I created after the Egg Fort II, or E-99 Eggsterminator afterwards, was destroyed. I call it the Egg Carrier. This baby is made of new parts that I have salvaged from the Egg Fort II, along with creating new parts to get us out of the area we got ourselves stranded on after Chaos Control happened. Which is why we are using it to get us straight to Angel Island because of a discovery I have searched up after Earth and Mobius were merged. Legends say that there is an ancient creature hiding within the Master Emerald, and I will soon get that creature to obey me so that it can help me destroy everything in its path. And once I get rid of that blue hedgehog and his foolish friends, everyone will bow to their new leader and feel nothing but pain and agony! I WILL CONQUER THE GLOBE AND MAKE THE EGGMAN EMPIRE RISE UP!!!! NYAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!

Location: Angel Island, Altar of Emerald

Time of Date: 20:34

Knuckles' POV

*sigh* Man... Can't believe that Chaos Control happened and I thought we were going to be sent back home to Mobius were we belong. However, that was proven to be false when I heard the news that both Earth AND Mobius were combined into one whole planet. Something tells me that this means that both humans AND Mobians are going to live in coexistence because of that, but I also have a strong feeling that there's going to be something else extremely terrible that I am not quite certain about just yet. But that's not important right now. What is important is that I am now back on Angel Island, ready to go back to my usual duties in guarding the Master Emerald like I always do. But, you know, this gives me a flashback about the first time I got tricked by Eggman many years ago when he crashed his Death Egg on the island.

Begin flashback

Location: Hidden Palace

Time of Date: 22:05

Normal POV

Some time before the events of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

It was late at night and the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik was infuriated after his most recent defeat thanks to Sonic the Hedgehog. The Death Egg he invented had gone out of order thanks to the destroyed Death Egg Robot Sonic took down. After the Death Egg crash landed into Angel Island, Robotnik didn't know what area he ended up, since he was still stuck in the Death Egg Robot's head. After a few struggles, he finally broke free from the head and got out of it, feeling very exhausted and furious about how Sonic was able to defeat him.

"Nrrgh! WHY DOES SONIC ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING?!" he bellowed. "I HATE HIM!!! I HATE HIM!!! I HATE HIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Now Robotnik didn't know what to do now that his beloved Death Egg was destroyed. He pulled his mustache, slammed his fists on the ground, and felt like he wanted to cry. But when he looked to the left to see where he ended up, something caught his eye. There was a shiny huge gem in the middle of an altar, and that made the scientist's eyes pop wide with amazement. "Ooooooohhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! I've never seen an Emerald that big before!" he gasped. "Maybe if I can use its power, I'll destroy that hedgehog once and for all!" He soon got up from his feet and slowly approached the gem. But before he was about to get it, he felt someone touching his shoulder.

"Hey! What do you think your doing?!" said a voice and Robotnik turned around to see a small red echidna with boxing gloves that have spikes on them. From the looks of him, he didn't seem to be very friendly with the scientist after he saw him trying to take the gem.

"Oh! U-Uh... W-Who are you?" Robotnik reluctantly asked.

"I'm Knuckles, the guardian of Angel Island," the echidna introduced himself, "and you are trying to get your hands on the Master Emerald!"

"Master...Emerald...?" Robotnik wondered.

"The Master Emerald is the only thing I need to protect from trespassers like you if they dare to try and take it from the Altar of Emerald!" Knuckles continued before pounding his fists together. "So if you think you're going to take the Master Emerald away from me, you've got another thing coming, buddy! So beat it!" He slowly approached Robotnik as if he was about to punch him. This made the Doctor worried and didn't know what to do to get away with it. ... ... ...But then, he remembered the loss he had thanks to Sonic and Miles "Tails" Prower. And since Knuckles had his duty to protect the Master Emerald from trespassers, then Robotnik could use this to his advantage. So with that, he got to his knees and begged for mercy.

"No! Please! Don't hurt me! I need your help!" he sobbed and Knuckles stopped for a moment after hearing Robotnik say that.

"Oh, really?" he asked. "And how can you tell that you need help with something after I saw you trying to take the Master Emerald out of the altar?" Eggman secretly smiled that the trick was starting to work, and it was time for him to pull out his next move. With that, he waved his arms up high in the air and looked at Knuckles again.

"I just wanted to help you keep that Master Emerald safe! There are two trespassers on their way to take it!" he explained, even though he was lying. "Those two trespassers are a blue hedgehog named Sonic and a yellow fox named Tails! They had stolen the seven Chaos Emeralds away from me and now they are going to use their power to get stronger! If they get to the Master Emerald, they'll be unstoppable and all of the little animals I have been trying to protect will be in danger!" Knuckles didn't know what to think about more trespassers coming by to take the Master Emerald, and the fact that the Doctor was telling him that he was only trying to protect it from an "evil" blue hedgehog and his two-tailed "henchman". But since he heard the fact that they were going to use the Master Emerald to make them grow stronger, he had one thing in his mind.

If whatever he's telling me is true, then that means that they will have Angel Island fall to the ocean if the Master Emerald gets stolen by them so that they could use its power to grow stronger for their own selfish needs, he thought. Guess this leaves me with no other option. With that, he looked at Robotnik again and took his hand out for the Doctor to shake it. "Alright, I'll make sure to take the Chaos Emeralds from those trespassers and prevent them from taking the Master Emerald," he told him. "Do we have a deal?" Robotnik was surprised to hear that his lie actually worked, and now that he tricked Knuckles into helping him, he could take this chance to turn his back on him later on. With that, he shook Knuckles' hand to make the deal.

"Oh, thank you, Knuckles. I promise you that we will make sure that those rodents won't be getting their hands on that Master Emerald," he said.

"You have my word... Erm... What's your name, actually?" Knuckles asked.

"Oh, how rude of me for not introducing myself," said Robotnik. "I'm Dr. Ivo Robotnik."

"Well, Robotnik, you have my word in protecting this palace from those trespassers. Once they step foot here, I'll take those Chaos Emeralds and make sure that they won't get the chance to take them back!" Knuckles continued. "They are going to pay for what they did to you." Robotnik was thrilled to hear that Knuckles was going to take the seven Chaos Emeralds away from Sonic and Tails so that they would be useless without them. His first step of his plan was already set to motion. With that, he stood up and put his hands together.

Excellent. With Knuckles on my side, that pathetic blue rodent and his fox friend are going to lose their chance in defeating me, he chuckled in thought. Once I turn my back on that echidna, I'll be sure to steal the Master Emerald and use its power to rule all of Mobius! Sonic won't be able stop me this time! NYAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

End flashback

Location: Altar of Emerald

Time of Date: 20:37

Knuckles' POV

Now...

Yep... That's the first time I was tricked by Eggman and I never noticed it until the day he stole the Master Emerald from the Altar of Emerald in Hidden Palace. After that, I had no other choice but to have Sonic and Tails help me get it back. After I was able to get the Master Emerald back from Eggman, we prevented Angel Island from falling into the ocean as it was getting closer and closer to land down on Mobius, while also destroying the Death Egg one more time. Since then, I had both Sonic and Tails as my new friends, and they also introduced me to Amy. *sigh* It was such a good time I had with the two after they were willing to help me get the Master Emerald back from the Doctor. But, you know, sometimes I keep thinking to myself about how long I've been living here on Angel Island. And, honestly, it can be a bit lonely at times whenever Sonic or Tails or anybody else are not around here.

"*sigh* While I may be the last echidna left to guard the Master Emerald here in this dark island, it's hard to believe that I'm the only one here without having the others come by. Guess it's the reason why I'm destined to be here forever," I sigh. "Hmm... Maybe I can collect some unusual rocks or draw stick figure war on the dirt. That will past the time whenever I need to take a break from guarding the Master Emerald." But just before I'm about to do that, I suddenly feel a strange rumble coming from behind me. That gets me to stand up on my feet and I look behind me to see what was the cause of the shake. Then, i gasp at what I saw. A strange unusual aquatic creature just appeared from the Master Emerald. "What the heck?! Who are you?!" I ask but the creature doesn't seem to reply. However, when I look closer behind the strange creature, I notice something very very wrong. "*gasp* The Master Emerald! It's in pieces!" I gasp before looking at the creature in anger. "Did you do this to the Master Emerald?! You're going to pay for that!" With that, I immediately charge at the creature an try to punch it, but that thing just jumps up high to dodge my attack. Then, it stomps down to push me down the stairs. I land on the ground with a loud crash. "Ouch! Hey! That wasn't fair!" I grunt before getting back up on my feet and run up the stairs to fight again. But before I can get the chance, the creature then starts to sink into the ground like a puddle before disappearing. "Hey! Don't run away from me, you coward! Come back and fight me!" I yell out, but there is no reply. However, things start to take a turn for the worse when I suddenly feel a quake coming from around the island. "Oh, no! I was afraid this was going to happen like the last two times in the past!" I exclaim. "Without the Master Emerald to power the island and keep it steady, the whole place is going to fall into the ocean!"

Location: Angel Island

Normal POV

Sure enough, after the whole battle between Knuckles and the strange creature, something happened to Angel Island. It was starting to plummet down into the ocean at high speeds. During which, a small bright light came out of the broken Master Emerald and flew away from the whole island as far as it could. Once it disappeared, Angel Island continued to fall down down down, right into the ocean. A loud splash shook the whole area Angel Island landed in, creating a big wave that sent water flying everywhere. Without the Master Emerald, Angel Island was stuck in the ocean.

Location: Mystic Ruins

Time of Date: 20:38

Some time before Angel Island fell into the ocean...

Somewhere deep within a dark forest of Mystic Ruins slept a big Mobian holding a fishing rod. This big guy was known as Big the Cat, who was previously on Mobius and saw the Chaos Control happened at some point in time. However, due to the fact that he wasn't aware about the circumstances of the other Mobians being transported to Earth, he was one of the many others to be left behind at Mobius. Well, that was until today when both Earth and Mobius were combined into one whole planet. Throughout his days, he always spent his time going fishing in places where he would find peace and quiet, such as Mystic Ruins where he lives, for example. The place was nice and quiet, and it had a big pond for Big to go fishing in. Sometimes, he would spend his days sleeping whenever he needed to take a nice little shuteye.

As of now, he had no idea that he and most of the Mobian civilians were transported to this world after Chaos Control merged both planets into one. As he continued to sleep, a sudden quake shook the whole area, and one little guy woke up first to the quake. That was his little best friend, Froggy. Froggy is a little frog who had a tendency to go around Mobius whenever he wanted to hop around and explore. He had been through many places until he came across Big the Cat, who once asked him where he was going. When the little frog only croaked, Big decided to keep him as his best friend, and gave him the name "Froggy". Speaking of which, the little frog hopped off of Big's belly to see where the noise was coming from, and that made the big guy wake up as well.

"*yawn* Huh? Froggy?" Big yawned as he struggled to get up on his feet. When he saw his best friend hopping away, Big ran after him. "Froggy! Wait up!" he called and followed Froggy to where he was going. Froggy kept hopping and hopping until he saw something that surprised him. What he saw was a big rockslide that was blocking the way, and he didn't know what would be the cause of that. Then, he turned around to see his best friend, Big, coming to him and wanted to tell him what had happened.

"Ribbit! Ribbit!" he croaked as he hopped up and down. Big saw the rockslide and was just as surprised as Froggy was. He had never seen a rockslide this big before, especially since it was even bigger him.

"Oh, dear. It looked like a lightning hit here," he said, but that wasn't the only thing Froggy saw. The little guy kept hopping until he showed his friend what he also saw amongst the rockslide. He placed his head down on where one of the rocks was and then looked at Big again.

"Ribbit!" he croaked and Big look to see what Froggy was showing him. Turns out Froggy also found a yellow Chaos Emerald. Big had never seen a Chaos Emerald before, and he thought that it was a sparkly shiny rock that looked very unusual.

"That's a strange sparkly thing you found, Froggy," he said before picking up the Chaos Emerald. "It looks really pretty. Maybe I can keep it and have it as my lucky charm. I always love having lucky charms." Froggy couldn't agree with his best friend more and hopped in agreement. That made Big smile happily. He was glad to have someone like Froggy to keep him company and go anywhere to find some great treasures together. But, unbeknownst to then, however, a strange puddle of water slithered its way through the rockslide and approached right behind Froggy. When Froggy suddenly heard the sound of the strange puddle coming closer to him, he hopped to look behind him. But just as he saw the strange water, the puddle then lunged at him at high speeds.

"RIBB-" Froggy cried but was soon interrupted when the strange puddle flew right into his mouth. After that, Froggy swallowed the water with one big gulp. Big heard Froggy and looked to see what had happened.

"Froggy? Are you okay?" he asked. Froggy didn't answer and instead started to shake. Big took a closer look and saw something very strange happening. Froggy started to grow a tail, and that made Big very confused, because frogs were not supposed to have tails. "Uh, Froggy? How did you grow a tail?" he asked, but Froggy still didn't reply. Instead he hopped to turn around to face Big and then jumped up really high. Before Big could react, Froggy grabbed the Chaos Emerald from his hand and hopped away. Big was confused. He had never seen Froggy acting this strange before, and why would he steal something he helped him find to make it his lucky charm? He needed to get answers. With that, he got up from his feet and quickly hurried along the path to catch up to his best friend. "Froggy! Where are you going?! Come back!" he huffed, trying to catch up to the runaway frog.

Location: United Federation, G.U.N. Headquarters

Time of Date: 08:14

The next morning, everywhere around G.U.N. HQ was busy as usual. However, there was one major change that happened. The military had recently been studying about what had happened after the Chaos Control was unleashed and discovered that part of Mobius had other animals arriving to this world. But not just any animals. Those types of animals were the same species of Sonic and his friends—Mobians. Luckily, G.U.N. only wanted to inspect on the animals WITHOUT putting them into Area 99 like they did to Cream and Cheese. They had also discovered that there were other Mobians who were quite the powerful combat soldiers and police cops from their world they came from, and they decided to have them recruited in their respected groups—the Mobian soldiers with the military and the Mobian police cops with the Station Square Police Department.

As of now, Commander Tower had been getting more soldiers than ever before to help them out in figuring out what was happening around here in this world, and the fact that they also needed to find Eggman again, since he had disappeared without a trace after the Chaos Control happened. Not only that, but he also had a meeting with President Michael about the news of G.U.N.'s discovery that had encountered, and that was the fact that many of Mobius' citizens had made it to the United Federation that surprised many humans everywhere. But due to the fact that they were happy to have Sonic and his friends be a part of their world, they wanted to give the Mobians a chance to see what their world is like compared to Mobius.

Hmm... Something tells me that between those animals and us humans alike, there is a strange case of déjà vu about something I am quite unfamiliar about, he thought. If only there was something I can do to think more into this than I previously thought. As he continued to think about what to do, a door opened up to reveal two solders: a human and a Mobian wolf. They both let out their salutes to let the supreme commander know that they were here.

"Sir, we have received intel that you are wanted at the White House to speak with the President," said the human soldier. "He said that this is urgent and it has to do with Earth and Mobius being merged into one whole planet."

"I'll be there right away," Tower replied. "Is there anything else you would like to add?"

"Well, according to our data, we have discovered that Angel Island has mysteriously landed into the ocean near Mystic Ruins, Commander. We have a feeling that Dr. Eggman might be up to no good again after he stole the Master Emerald not too long ago," said the Mobian wolf soldier. "But I suggest that we wait on that until after the meeting."

"Copy that," said Tower. "Gather up our men and head over to the White House immediately! We have to get to the meeting right away."

"Yes, sir!" replied the two soldiers before they left to gather up the other troops to head out to the White House so that they could meet up with the President to begin their meeting. After the left, Tower looked back at the soldiers to see that they were still busy with work. But while he was watching, he began to think that what had happened months ago made him think that there was something familiar about this, like he had seen something like this before, and not only the time Sonic first met Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances. The fact that there was something quite odd about this made him think more about finding out the truth behind both Earth and Mobius.

I will get to the bottom of this soon enough. While we be getting more soldiers, and the fact that the Station Square Police Department got more cops, there has to be more to this than I thought, he thought. I'll have to worry about that later, however. Right now I need to get going to the meeting and listen to what the President has to tell us. With that, he walked away to meet up with the other troops that were going to go to the White House to have the meeting with President Michael.

Location: The White House

Time of Date: 08:22

Rouge's POV

Hmm... Now this is new. After the Chaos Control happened, instead of sending me and the others back home to Mobius, both Earth AND Mobius get merged into one whole planet. Abe explained to us that a piece of Mobius got merged to Earth and from the looks of it, other Mobians were brought here in the process. If that's true, then the same thing could go to the Mobini that are everywhere around Mobius. Just to clear it up, Mobini are little animals Eggman captures to make them his fuel source for his Badnik army. What's even more surprising as that some of the Mobians have also ended up coexisting with the humans in the process after they were wondering how they ended up here. Most of them have also joined G.U.N. and the Station Square Police Department, which is proven by the fact that Abe brought a few of Mobian G.U.N. troops to listen to the meeting with the President.

"So, we all know that it has been six months ever since the Chaos Control happened," says the President. "However, you're saying that you're still unsure about how the phenomenon happened afterwards?"

"That is correct, Mr. President. While we know for a fact that this was due to Chaos Control, we're still unsure about how it ended up like this in the first place," Abe replies. "What we discovered is that a piece of the planet Mobius ended up merged into our world, and a few of their residents ended up here in the process."

"Which means that both humans and Mobians are starting to coexist here in the United Federation," says a man. "Some of the Mobians have been joining forces with G.U.N. and the SSPD when they mentioned their skills in combat and police training."

"And that's just the tip of the iceberg," Vivian adds. "While some of the folks are taking this situation in, there are others who don't seem quite used to it like what happened to Sonic and his friends. One area, known as Mystic Ruins, has been a tourist destination after a huge island mysteriously dropped to the ocean last night." A huge island, huh? And it "mysteriously dropped to the ocean"? Something tells me that there's a problem happening, and I have a bad feeling that it can't be good at all.

"If I may add, Mr. President, Mystic Ruins is a part of Mobius that once once with Angel Island not too long ago," says a cat soldier. "If I remember its history, it was about 3,000 years ago when a terrible cataclysm caused a huge impact around the island, and it would eventually be rose up to the sky as we know today. The Master Emerald is the key to hold it steady so that it can stay up in the sky, and if something were to happen to it, like get stolen or anything else like that, then the whole island plummets to the ocean, as what we have discovered."

"How do you know about that?" Topaz asks.

"An echidna named Knuckles told me about that once as he was visiting Mobius whenever he wanted," the cat soldier replies. "He doesn't usually go out due to his duties guarding the Master Emerald, but he only does that whenever he has the time to take a break." The Master Emerald, huh? I have heard stories about how powerful it is and how it can make the Chaos Emeralds turn into Super Emeralds if they were to get to the Altar of Emerald. While I do still have my habits in stealing gems like the kleptomaniac I am, it would be best of me to hold them off right now, since I need to know more about its power than how much I can keep it for myself.

"Hmm... While all of you do make up points about how us humans are coexisting with the Mobians out there, there are still quite a few of us that are not getting used to this peacefulness," says the President. "Not to mention that you have also said something about an island, called Angel Island, mysteriously dropping into the ocean last night."

"Another problem is about Dr. Eggman whereabouts, but we have already gotten many of G.U.N.'s troops under control of searching for him after that incident under Commander Tower's orders," says the Director of Central Intelligence. "The intelligence agency is also helping out, along with the SSPD."

"Well, since we still haven't found Eggman just yet, I think that something like that must put all the pieces together," I add. "After all, him gone without a trace... Earth and Mobius merged to one whole planet... Angel Island plummeting to the ocean... All of that must have something in common, right?" Huh, I don't think I have ever spoke out like that before. However, I'm also the one who would look around for anything suspicious, since a treasure hunter like me always checks out anything if something seems off.

"What are you talking about?" asks Topaz.

"Well, what I'm saying is that Eggman could be anywhere, but due to all of the catastrophes that are happening, it's best that we should not rush to conclusions and wait until something comes up so that we might get something that can be a huge step to catch him," I reply.

"Rouge does have a point. If Eggman isn't anywhere we know about, this could mean that he's hiding somewhere planning his next move we are not sure about," agrees the President. "Plus, knowing about Angel Island falling down to the ocean last night might be our first clue about what's going on."

"So, what can we do about this now that we know that Eggman is hiding?" asks another soldier.

"Well, one thing's for certain is that he's been awfully quiet over the past six months and then Angel Island suddenly fell down to the ocean. This could mean that he's planning something we don't know about," I reply before turning to the President. "If we can look for more clues about what's happening, then maybe we can figure out what Eggman's new plan is and then stop him."

"I see..." says the President, who looks away to think about what I explained to him.

"The only problem is that we need more time to look out for him. Once we find him, we'll have him under arrest," says the Director of Central Intelligence.

"That won't work," Abe suddenly points out, which causes us to look at him. "We can't find him like this if we keep looking around in the day. I propose that we keep a low profile and have only the SSPD search for more clues at nighttime. That way, if they spot something unusual, they'll let us know about what Eggman's plans are and then we'll have him under arrest before he could get started with his plan in the first place." From what I can tell, some of the others seem concerned about this idea, but I only let out a smile. Having an undercover recon mission might give us a chance to catch Eggman so that we can stop him before he can begin his new plan he has in store for us. This might be a good opportunity to even put an end to his ways once and for all. Thought I have high doubts of that happening, it's just going to be a start, to say the least.

"Well, if you think that what you have is going to work, then I trust you with that plan, Commander," says the President, turning away from us. "Make sure that you have SSPD on night patrol so that we can catch Eggman by any means necessary."

"Yes, Mr. President," Abe replies. "I'll be sure to give the SSPD a call right away." With that, he leaves the White House to contact the Station Square Police Department about what they need to for their recon mission tonight. His soldiers follow him to escort him out of the White House safely. Then, the President turns back to us.

"By the way, on the behalf of Sonic's other friends, how are they handling this change?" he asks to Chalkboard Charlie, to which Chris and his friends call him Mr. Stewart. The teacher walks up to the President to tell him about how they are doing.

"They've been handling it very well, Mr. President," he says while taking out couple of pictures. From what I can tell, they seem to be about Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream, and Cheese all hanging out with Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances. They seem to be having a great time for the past six months, and Sonic and his buddies were willing to show the human kids the other Mobians and how they live their lives like these kids do. Guess they really do get to enjoy the change very well without even a second thought. It's what makes them good people from the looks of it. "All of them had grown accustomed to the change and living in coexistence with both humans and Mobians for the past six months after both worlds were merged," Chalkboard Charlie continues. "They are doing just fine."

Location: Station Square, Thorndyke Mansion

Time of Date: 08:29

Normal POV

What Mr. Stewart was saying was true. Chris was having a good breakfast with Chuck, Cream, and Cheese, with Ella and Mr. Tanaka making sure that there wasn't going to be a mess. The others were busy in the morning since they already had their breakfast not too long ago. Tails was busy making something new at his workshop he set up at Mystic Ruins, which was where he parked is X-Tornado at, Sonic was running around during his usual morning routines, and Amy was busy cleaning the plates, glasses, and silverware so that they were nice and clean after the others finished their breakfast. The young hedgehog enjoyed washing the tableware, since she liked having things nice and clean like Ella would. That, and she was also quite skilled in the kitchen when it comes to cooking with Ella. Then, Chuck turned to see that Chris was smiling.

"You seem quite happy today, Chris," he said. "What's up?"

"My friends told me yesterday that they are coming over to hang with me again after school!" Chris replied. "Ever since we defeated Eggman six months ago, we've been hanging out with each other for quite some time." But then he started to remember what had happened after they defeated Eggman. "However, I thought that the Chaos Control would send Sonic and the others back home, but it actually connected a piece of Mobius to Earth, and now both of our worlds are merged into one." Cream and Cheese knew about what had happened, but at the same time, though, they believed that since it brought other Mobians here, it would be a good time to find Vanilla and Chocola.

"Don't worry about that, Mr. Chris. Maybe this might be a good thing," said Cream.

"Why is that?" asked Chris.

"Since that light brought a part of Mobius to your world, this could mean that Mother and Chocola are out there somewhere! I just know it!" Cream replied. "Since there are other Mobians and Mobini out there, there is a chance for us to find them!"

"Chao chao! Chao chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement. Chris was a bit unsure about how they were going to find Vanilla and Chocola, since they could be anywhere, but seeing Cream and Cheese looking determined to find them anyway, it made him feel better. After all, he heard the news that humans and Mobians were starting to coexist with each other after both words were merged into one. There were some of them who were trying to get used to it, but there were others, like him and his friends, being alright with the change. They had been through with that over the past six months, and Sonic and his friends were more than happy to introduced their human friends to the other Mobians and little Mobini.

"Well, I really hope that we can find Vanilla and Chocola very soon, Cream. I'm sure we'll get to that very soon," said Chris. "We'll have to do that once the city gets less crowded." Cream and Cheese nodded at that idea, since they knew for a fact that Station Square, along with the entirety of the United Federation, being packed with so many residents, both humans and Mobians. With that in mind, they decided to go back to eating their breakfast. Chuck was even more into the food he was given once he took another bite of his dish.

"Mmm... This omelet is always delicious as the way Amy and Ella cook it together," he sighed.

"Why, thank you, Mr. Thorndyke," Ella replied kindly. "I'm glad that you're enjoying our food we prepared together." Then, Mr. Tanaka came over to cream with a two slices of bread on his plate.

"Ms. Cream, would you like another slice of bread?" he asked.

"Yes, please!" Cream replied politely before turning to her Chao friend. "Would you like one as well, Cheese?" But once Cheese finished drinking his orange juice, he turned to look at Cream before putting a hand over his stomach, indicating that of course wanted another slice, as he was still hungry. Mr. Tanaka took that as his answer and offered him a slice of bread.

"Chao!" Cheese chirped as a way of saying "thank you" before taking a bite out of the bread. Chris laughed to see that Cream and Cheese were still doing alright with their breakfast, and he couldn't wait to spend time with Helen, Danny, and Frances as well after school.

"By the way, Chris, what time are your friends coming over to the mansion after school?" asked Chuck.

"They asked their parents earlier if they can come over with me to the mansion at the same time, and they said yes," Chris replied. "Which means that they're coming over at the same time I'll be heading over back here. But why do you ask?"

"You can invite them over to Mystic Ruins and come with me there. There is a new aircraft I promised to help Tails with at his new built workshop today," Chuck offered. "That is unless you have any homework to do first." While that would be a good time for Chris and his friends to hang out and explore the workshop Tails set up, he unfortunately had other plans.

"Yeah, sorry to say this, but I promised my friends that we would be together here in the mansion to help ourselves with homework. After that, we're planning a sleepover for the rest of the night," Chris replied before turning over to the little rabbit girl. "Isn't that right, Cream?"

"That's right, Mr. Chris," Cream replied before turning to Chuck. "Chris made a promise to his friends and we all know that he never breaks his promises, just like Sonic."

"Well, sounds like you and your friends are going to have a good time together, Chris, so make sure that you help them out with their homework," said Chuck. "And make sure that you don't go all lovey-dovey with your girlfriend like you always do." Cream and Cheese giggled at that and Chris only turned away with a faint blush on his cheeks.

"C-Come on, Grandpa. We've already talked about this..." he stuttered before taking another sip of his tea and then placed the teacup back on the saucer. "Alright, I'm done." He then got up from his chair to wash his hands before getting ready to pack up his things he needed for school today.

"Do take care of yourself, Master Chris," said Mr. Tanaka.

"Say hello to your friends for me," added Ella.

"I'll do that!" Chris replied as he head to the sink and washed his hands. Amy was near him putting the tableware into the cupboards without breaking them. She was always very careful when it comes to putting things away to their proper place. She turned to look at Chris, who was using the sink to wash his hands.

"I've already packed up your belongings in your bag for you, including your lunch. It should be in your room," she told him.

"Thanks, Amy," replied Chris before turning off the sink and then grab a napkin to dry his hands. Once he was done, he threw it in the trash can before rushing upstairs to his room to get his backpack so that he was ready for school. Amy was surprised to see Chris in such a hurry and in good spirits for the past six months. In fact, ever since Earth and Mobius were merged into one whole planet, things were starting to change. Chris' big relationship with his own friends, big news of certain events happening, and much much more.

"Gotta say, I've never seen Chris this excited before. He's been like this for six months now," she said.

"He must be really happy to spend more time with his friends ever since they decided to hang out with him a lot more than before," agreed Cream. "Kind of reminds us of someone else we know."

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement and Amy only smiled. Truth be told, she was starting to think that Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances were just like her, Sonic, Tails, Cream, Cheese, and possibly Knuckles at the same time. Given that they were a big group of friends who love to hang out a lot whenever they got the chance to do so. It just made her think that there was a connection between the human group and the heroic Mobian friends. But once she was done putting away the dishes in their places, she frowned. Cream could see that and walked up to her best friend, and Cheese fluttered to her to see what was wrong with the pink hedgehog.

"What's wrong, Ms. Amy?" she asked.

"Chao?" added Cheese. Amy turned to see that her two friends were worried about her. She didn't want to say it, but she felt like she needed to come clean. With that, she let out a deep breath in and out before telling Cream and Cheese about what was going on.

"Recently, I rented an apartment where I can live, since I still want to be independent like how I was back on Mobius," she explained. "I'll be moving over there once all of you are done with breakfast. I wanted Sonic to come with me, but he said that he couldn't because he wanted to find rings and then take his usual rests anywhere. He promised that he'll visit me sometime, but...it's just not the same without having him nearby at times..." Cream and Cheese felt bad for Amy, since they too felt the same way when they were away from Vanilla and Chocola for quite a long time. However, they still had high hopes that they were out there somewhere due to the fact that Earth and Mobius were merged into one. Not only that, but Cream was always the kind of girl to make her friends happy, and Amy was one of them. With that, she tugged Amy's dress to get her attention.

"Don't be sad that you might not be able to see Sonic that much, especially since he'll be able to visit you from time to time. He always does that back on Mobius many times," said the young rabbit girl. "Just remember that it's always important to be independent so that you can take care of yourself. You know that while I'm worried about Mother and Chocola, I always have Cheese with me wherever I go. You're brave, strong, and kind like the rest of our friends! So don't worry to much about Sonic. He'll be fine. I just know it!"

"Chao! Chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement. Amy was glad to hear this from her faithful friends, especially when they always knew how to cheer her up. Not to mention that she knew that Cream was right. She had been learning how to be independent ever since Sonic rescued him from Eggman and Metal Sonic back at Little Planet, and would always learn a lot to be a good fighter and ally to the Blue Blur himself. Which was why he was very helpful to Sonic whenever he needed her, and she would always spend her time alone outside.

"You two are always right with everything," she said and that made Cream and Cheese giggle. "But seriously, you're right. I have been learning to be independent back at Mobius, but doing it here on Earth is a bit different, especially when you're in a world filled with so many humans. Not to mention that I don't always have to rely on Sonic for anything, and I have do handle things myself. So, thank you. Thanks for giving me encouragement for stuff like this." That made Cream and Cheese very happy and they both hugged their best friend, to which Amy replied by wrapping her arms around them. After a few seconds, Cream and Cheese went back to eating their breakfast while Amy went back to the table to pick up the other tableware so that she could wash them before drying them and then put them into their cupboards. All the while, she had the advice from Cream and Cheese kept in her head.

Location: Chris' Room

Time of Date: 08:34

Chris' POV

Once I made it to my room, I immediately notice that my backpack is indeed already packed up thanks to Amy. It's still quite a shame that she won't be staying here for quite some time due to her renting an apartment so that she could be independent. She told me about it not too long ago and today is the day that she'll be moving over to that apartment once she's done helping Ella out in washing the tableware after breakfast. I'm not too sad about that because she told me that she'll come over to the mansion and visit me every now and then. Not to mention that Helen and Frances told her that they would be glad to visit her every now and then so that they could talk about anything they would like to talk about. *sigh* You know, having all of this going on after Earth and Mobius were merged into one whole planet is not going to be so bad as some people might think about. Then again, Eggman is still out there somewhere, but we'll get to that in just a matter of moments.

Getting back to where I was earlier, I pick up my backpack and was just about to leave my room until I suddenly hear my communicator go off. Yes, Tails was kind enough to build new communicators for me, Helen, Danny, and Frances after Eggman and Team Metal previously destroyed them when we were captured in his Egg Fort II thanks to the Doctor tricking us. Anyway, I pull out my communicator and look to see that it's my girlfriend, Helen, calling me. With that, I tap on the icon to answer the call.

"Yeah, Helen?" I ask.

"Hey, Chris. I'm just making sure that our communicators are still working," Helen replies. "I've already done this with Danny and Frances, and they said that their communicators are working. How about yours?"

"Mine is working well. I'm glad that we got new communicators," I tell her.

"Me too," Helen agrees with a smile and that makes me smile too. You know, I just can't believe that we've been dating over the past few months, even after Earth and Mobius got merged into one whole planet. It's like we've been getting even closer as time goes on. Even though we kept getting teased by our friends because of that, we don't mind that at all, since we were getting used to it. Not to mention that me and Helen have been teasing Danny and Frances about them being in love with each other after what had happened back at the castle, and we never fail to get them flustered about that.

"So, is there anything else you want to talk about before I get going to meet you at school?" I ask, breaking the silence.

"Well, there is one thing I would like to talk about during lunchtime," Helen replies. "I've seen something on the news about what happened last night, and I was hoping that you would come outside to see me during lunch so that we can talk about it. I've already asked Danny and Frances, and they said that they'll be with me."

"Don't worry, Helen, I'll be outside at our usual spot we've been at before," I tell her. "We'll talk about what you saw on the news there without having anybody else hear us."

"Sounds good to me," says Helen. "I'll see you at school. Don't be late.~" After letting out a wink, she hangs up and I only let out a blush on my cheeks. *sigh* She always gets her way to flirt with me, kind of like what Amy does to Sonic. But then I quickly shake my head to get the thoughts out of me so that I won't be late for school. After I put away my communicator, I quickly head out of my room, down the stairs, and out the mansion to be on my way to see my friends at school. As I was on my way, I'm still quite curious about what Helen has to say to us during lunchtime about what she saw on the news today. Guess we'll have to find out soon enough. Not only that, but I'm also wondering how Sonic is doing on his daily run.

Location: Unknown Mountains

Time of Date: 08:39

Sonic's POV

*whistle* Now THIS is what I call a view! I've been running around the now merged planet of both Earth and Mobius, and from the looks of it, I'm right here up above these tall mountains. Along the way, I've been collecting a ton of rings to help me fuel up my Boost energy so that it wouldn't burnout. While I'm up here, I've been thinking about what has happened after both of our worlds have been merged six months ago thanks to Chaos Control. What's even more surprising is the fact that other Mobians and Mobini ended up here after that. Some of them were still on South Island while there are others confused about how they ended up in Station Square. Luckily, me and my friends were able to get everyone to come together without there being any problems.

Anyway, getting back to where I was, I'm letting out nice and long whistles to hear the echoes coming back to me. They are just music to my ears. Heh heh! While I do know for a fact that my friends are really busy out there doing their own thing, I am also having my own things to do as well. While I do enjoy running around the world, sometimes I'd get to visit my friends in different places they are all at right now. Speaking of which, I wonder how they are doing with their business.

Location: Station Square, Amy's Apartment Room

Time of Date: 09:02

Amy's POV

*sigh* It's been about 30 minutes ever since I moved here to this apartment after I finished helping out at the mansion in washing the tableware once everyone was done with their breakfast. While I do appreciate in keeping myself independent, it can be a bit lonely sometimes whenever my friends are not around. However, I do remember Helen and Frances telling me to visit me whenever they get the chance, and I really hope that it will come by really soon. Not to mention that Cream and Cheese told me that I shouldn't think about Sonic too much, since he is always careful whenever he's busy on his daily runs. Not to mention that he always looks for rings whenever he needs to fuel up his Boost energy. While I do appreciate my best friends giving me advices, it's kind of hard not to stop thinking about my blue hero who saved me from Eggman and Metal Sonic at Little Planet all those years ago.

Getting to where I am right now, I'm watching the latest headline on SSTV News, which was talking about the battle between Sonic and Eggman that happened six months ago at the dock, while also drinking a cup of tea. Even after all of that, the event of that story is still the only thing going on right now, and I'm more than certain that everyone is watching this as well. Well, all except for my friends, who are still busy with their time around here. That also includes Chris and his friends, since they are at school.

"This is Scarlet Garcia from SSTV News coming to you live at the dock where the battle between Eggman's giant robot and Sonic the Hedgehog that took place six months ago," says Frances' mom, Scarlet Garcia. "Unfortunately, all of G.U.N.'s troops who were called by their leader, Commander Abraham Tower, didn't make it out of there alive, as the giant robot ruthlessly murdered them without a set of remorse. Police reports estimate that about 32 pilots and soldiers were killed during the battle before the Chaos Control happened." I really do feel bad for those soldiers who were brave to stand up against Eggman's giant robot, but they ended up getting themselves killed in the end. They're just like Sonic, since he would do anything to protect us and even put his own life on the line whenever he needs to handle things alone.

"Eggman really made something that would become a monster... It's no wonder why would never learn to change and do anything to complete his goal in global domination..." I sigh with sympathy. "He even almost got Sonic and Chris killed because of what was going on with the Chaos Emeralds that not only made the giant robot so powerful to almost outright murder Sonic, but also the fact that Chris had to take the Chaos Emeralds out that brought his own life at risk." Not gonna lie, but remembering those terrible things that happened during that battle six months ago is just making me traumatized. While I deeply admire Chris' bravery in putting his life on the line to get the Chaos Emeralds, it was still very risky of him to do that because one: He doesn't have Chaos energy to handle the sheer power of the Chaos Emeralds due to just being a human. And two: The Chaos Emerald's energy was too strong for him to contain, and they would've killed him if Super Sonic didn't use his power to heal him back up. As I drink another sip of my tea to calm myself down, I hear something else on the news that gets my attention.

"On other news, a giant floating island sank into the ocean right next to Mystic Ruins last night," Scarlet continues. "Reports indicate that this island is known as Angel Island, and it has been floating up high in Mobius until it arrived here six months ago. However, witnesses reported that they spotted Angel Island near Mystic Ruins after it mysteriously landed in the ocean. Police are still investigating the source of the problem until they go on night patrol around Station Square, under the orders of Commander Abraham Tower." This is getting serious! If Angel Island landed in the ocean, this would mean that something happened to the Master Emerald. It either got stolen by Eggman again like last time or something else that's worse than that. Either way, something like that means serious trouble.

"I really hope that Knuckles is doing alright over there," I say to myself before turning off the TV after believing that I heard enough from the SSTV News. Then, I put my teacup down on the saucer before looking out the window. "Hmm... Something about Station Square reminds me of a small city I know back on South Island. If I remember correctly, due to the fact that a piece of Mobius ended up here, and the fact that Mystic Ruins is near Angel Island, it could mean that South Island is out there somewhere," I continue talking to myself. "So that means that maybe there are others out there who might be lost, like Vanilla and Chocola. If we can find them and bring them to the Thorndyke Mansion to safety, Cream and Cheese will be happy to see them again. But...where could they be?" Well, one thing's for certain is that we'll just have to find them later. With that, I close the window and then turn on the TV again to see what else is new.

"While we are still trying to figure out what had happened to that giant island, we're still unsure of where Eggman and the others are located after they disappeared," says Scarlet. "G.U.N. suggests that they wait until they can search around for anything unusual at nighttime so that they could try and catch Eggman." Come to think of it, where is Eggman right now? He's been gone missing ever since the Chaos Control happened that merged Earth and Mobius together. Well, wherever he is, he's probably stuck somewhere we don't know about.

Location: Inside the Egg Carrier, Eggman's Office

Time of Date: 10:33

Eggman's POV

Heh heh heh... Everything is all going according to plan. After witnessing the creature come out of its prison, the Master Emerald, I currently have my minions working on a new E-Series of robots to search for a strange source that was released from a part of the creature. If you are wondering about the creature I was studying, he's known as Chaos, the God of Destruction. I've seen history documents about how he was responsible for wiping out an entire clan of echidnas on Angel Island by using the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds to eliminate them in one full strike. However, he would've destroyed the whole world if it wasn't for someone interfering and sealing him up in the Master Emerald.

But now that Chaos has broken free from the Master Emerald, all that is left for me to do is to find the seven Chaos Emeralds and give it to him so that he will grow stronger. And in the process, I'll have my new E-Series robots search for the strange source I need to bring to Chaos. Once Chaos gets enough power of the Emeralds and the missing source, I'll bring nothing but destruction to the whole world, and once everyone begs for mercy to surrender, I'll rule the whole world with Chaos by my side! HAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! *ahem* Anyway, while my robots are busy building my new E-Series of robots, I need Team Metal to help me gather some Mobini so that we can use them for my new Badniks I have created for the past six months. Just before I was about to call them though, Orbot and Cubot come into the room.

"Status report on the new E-Series robots!" I order.

"Your new E-Series robots are almost ready, boss. We just need to make a few more adjustments and then we'll test them out to see if they can work well," Orbot replies.

"And what about the new Badniks? Are they almost ready?" I ask.

"They're almost ready to go, boss! All that is left is to put in the finishing touches," says Cubot. "The only things they need once they're done are the Mobini. Metal Sonic showed us that there are some out there after Earth and Mobius merged into one whole planet thanks to Chaos Control." Excellent. This is just like I planned. Now with everything under control, all that is left to do is to go outside and find the Mobini and bring them back here to the Egg Carrier. It's a good thing this baby is kept buried in a secluded spot where no one will find us. Not even those foolish G.U.N. idiots will catch us here. I'll also need to find the Mobini on the quiet while also keep a low profile so that nobody will find us. Once we collect enough, we'll head back here to put them in a safe place. And by that I mean we'll put them in the robots.

"Anything else?" I ask.

"No, that is all, boss," says Orbot.

"Do you want us to make lunch? We can give you a sandwich," Cubot offers. *sigh* He's just as stupid as ever. We're not even close to lunch yet! But because I don't have time to waste in hitting those idiots, I only point my finger to the door.

"Get out," I coldly order them and that gets the two robots to panic before scrambling away. *sigh* That's better. Now with no more distractions, I can get back to my plan to search around for some Mobini to capture and then bring them back here. But, of course, I'm going to need help from my most trusted Badniks. With that, I press a button to turn on the microphone. "Team Metal, report to my office immediately. Your assistance is required!" I speak through the mic. "Repeat; Team Metal, report to my office immediately. Your assistance is required!" After that, I turn off the microphone and wait for my minions to come by. It shouldn't take that long.

A few seconds later...

Eventually, Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles all arrive at my office before letting out salutes to report for duty. You know, I'm quite surprised that Metal Sonic is still following my orders ever after disobeying me from what happened six months ago. Hmm... I'll have to keep an eye out for him in case he does something stupid again that would get things out of control. Otherwise, there would be more trouble around the corner. However, I am still thinking about making him stronger so that he can eliminate that pathetic blue hedgehog and his friends. But that's going to be used at a later time. Right now, though, we only have one important mission at hand.

"Alright, listen up, you three! We're going outside to collect some Mobini and bring them back here for our new robots!" I explain. "What we need to do is to keep a low profile so that nobody knows what we are doing. Make sure that we don't get spotted or else we'll never get our captured animals back here to the Egg Carrier, understand?" Team Metal only nod and that gets me the answer to my question. "Good, now let's get moving!" I get out of my chair and then lead the way out of my office with Team Metal following behind me. Now that I've got everything under control, what we need to do right now is to find Mobini and bring them back here to the Egg Carrier without making any slip-ups. As long as we keep a low profile we should be fine.

Location: Unknown Vault

Time of Date: 10:36

Normal POV

However, while Dr. Eggman and Team Metal were going outside to find some Mobini, and while Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, and Cubot were busy finishing up the new Badniks and the new E-Series robots, an incomplete model of another robot doppelganger of Sonic was kept hidden in a glass container within a very strange vault. This robot was known as Mecha Sonic Mk. III. But unlike the previous model of Mecha Sonic, this one didn't appear to be fully blue or even getting close to having the same attire as the original hedgehog. Instead, he was almost similar to Silver Sonic, with him having wheels on his heels and being taller than Sonic just like the first model. At first, Eggman created him to become a new weapon, but would eventually scrap the idea and still rely on Metal Sonic, along with his allies, before throwing Mecha Sonic Mk. III here into the vault after putting him in the glass container. This would give Mecha Sonic Mk. III a sense of betrayal for being disowned by his own creator. With a bright glow of his orange eyes, the newly rouge Sonic robot broke open the container by punching through the glass and then busted the door to let himself free. Once that was done, he flew away from the Egg Carrier to escape from his prison and keep himself a low profile to find and kill his creator, while also trying to think of a plan of its own to annihilate everything and control the whole world under his own order.

"Must research world. Must research world." he muttered.

Location: Station Square Elementary School

Time of Date: 12:07

Meanwhile at Station Square Elementary School, Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances were having lunch at their secluded spot they had been at before during their talk about not having Sonic around here on Earth anymore, which wasn't the case at this point, considering that a piece of Mobius ended up here and merged with Earth. As they were eating their food, they all kept thinking about the change that was going on, including the part where humans and Mobians were staring to live in coexistence with each other. Almost as similar as how Chris and his friends were able to let Sonic and his friends be a part of their world way before Earth and Mobius were merged.

"Can't you believe that it's been six months ever since our world was merged with Sonic's world, Mobius?" asked Danny. "It's like time has been flying so fast at this point."

"You can say that again," agreed Chris.

"Really? I thought you were going to mention the fact that you and your girlfriend have been getting closer over the past six months," Frances teased and that brought a huge blush of red on the young couple's faces. While they didn't mind the teasing, that still didn't change the fact that they couldn't help themselves from getting themselves flustered. However, Helen decided to give them a counterattack. She let out a smirk on Danny and Frances, which made the former two confused.

"And here I thought we have our two friends falling in love with each other," she teased and now it was Danny and Frances' turn to be flustered. Their cheeks blushed even redder than Chris and Helen's, and they even pouted while turning their hands into fists.

"HELEN!!!" they yelled as Chris only laughed at them, with Helen joining in with giggles. Danny and Frances only turned away with their arms crossed and pouting faces. But when they slightly look at each other, they each let out small smiles at each other before joining the laughter with Chris and Helen. After the laughter died down for a few seconds, Chris looked at Danny and Frances with a serious look on his face.

"*ahem* Well, now that we are here, Helen has something to tell us," he said. "I'm pretty sure that we all know why she wants us to be here in this secluded spot." Danny and Frances knew what Chris was talking about, since Helen told them about what she needed to tell her friends via their communicators. With nods, Chris, Danny, and Frances all looked at Helen, who nodded at her friends to let them know that they were all on the same subject. With a deep breath in and out, she looked at her friends to begin the topic.

"So, it's about what I saw on the SSTV News this morning. Scarlet Garcia was talking about what had happened back at the dock during the battle between Super Sonic and Dr. Eggman six months ago," she explained. "However, as I was about to turn off the TV to not hear the same story again, there was something else I noticed that brought my attention back to the news."

"What was it?" asked Frances.

"Was it about the Chaos Emeralds after they were separated thanks to Chaos Control that brought Earth and Mobius to one whole planet?" added Danny.

"Well... Not exactly..." Helen replied. "They mentioned about a mysterious island, known as Angel Island, falling into the ocean near Mystic Ruins last night. What I do remember is that Tails told us about Angel Island being powered up by the Master Emerald. And since the island has fallen into the ocean near Mystic Ruins, that means that there's trouble." Now Chris, Danny, and Frances were worried about this. After all, they too remembered Tails telling them about Angel Island and how it was powered up by the Master Emerald. But since it had fallen into the ocean, they were starting to get suspicious about who would be behind something like this.

"Wouldn't it be possible that Eggman might have something to do with this?" asked Chris. "After all, Sonic did tell us that he stole the Master Emerald once."

"That's the problem, Chris. The news didn't specify the situation on how Angel Island fell into the ocean, which means that we're not sure if this was Eggman's doing," Helen replied. "The news didn't specify how this happened and the police are out there investigating the source of the problem."

"So I guess this means that we either have Eggman out of the picture or not," said Frances.

"Looks like there's something fishy about this situation," added Danny. "If Eggman wasn't around at the time as the news somewhat described, how are we going to figure out the mystery of who would cause Angel Island to fall into the ocean? I mean, of course we already know that it has to do with the Master Emerald, but clearly there's got to be something else about it." The young quartet all had a lot to think about now that they had a bad feeling about what was going on. Not to mention that a lot of people around Station Square were still trying to get used to the big change, including the part where there were a lot of Mobians coexisting with the humans.

"Well, one thing's for certain is that we need to think carefully about what to do about this," said Chris. "While it would be best of us to tell Sonic about this right now, I think we should wait until later. I have a feeling that he's still running around like usual."

"Not to mention that we can't tell our friends about this right away, because we still need more clues about who would be the cause of plummeting Angel Island straight down to the ocean," added Helen. "But because it's too far from Station Square, we don't have enough time to go over there to investigate. Not to mention that the police are busy over there at this time, and it's not like they will allow us to go there through Mystic Ruins anyway."

"So, what can we do about it?" asked Danny. The quartet thought carefully about what to do since they were all in a pickle at the moment. Angel Island mysteriously plummeting down to the ocean, Eggman not showing up there to be the one responsible, which meant that it wasn't the case, and the fact that the police were still investigating around the island to check out what happened brought the kids in confusion. They wanted to do something that would solve the case, but they got nothing in the minds at the moment. Despite that, they still believed that they wanted to solver the mystery behind the problem that was happening around here. Not to mention that there was something else behind all of this, which not only included the coexistence of humans and Mobians together, but also the many secrets that lie within the world. Or, in their case, both worlds.

"I think we should talk more about this after we are done with our homework. After all, Chris invited us to his mansion to come over and have us work together on our homework," said Helen. "We'll also have our sleepover and maybe when we wake up the next morning, we can search around for clues to see what we can find."

"That's not a bad idea! I'm sure we'll be able to look for clues tomorrow, since it's going to be a Saturday," agreed Frances. "But we better make sure that the others don't know about this yet unless we get something that will be a big clue to help us figure out the mystery behind this." Chris, Helen, and Danny all nodded in agreement about that idea. Now that they got something to have them work together to find clues tomorrow, they wanted to get ready for that day. Just then, the school bell rang, and Danny was the first one to get back up on his feet.

"Last one back to the classroom is a rotten egg!" he said before rushing to the school as fast as he could.

"Hey! Get back here!" Frances yelled before running after Danny while laughing. Chris and Helen chuckled at the sight before turning to look at each other.

"So, do you think we can try to look for clues tomorrow?" asked Chris.

"It's the only thing we can do right now, and we'll also need all the help we can get from our friends," Helen replied.

"You can say that again," agreed Chris. "We'll talk more about that later. But right now, let's get back inside to begin our next class. The others are waiting for us." Helen nodded and Chris helped her get back on her wheelchair. Helen always deeply admired Chris' helpfulness for his girlfriend and that would being a smile to the young girl's face, along with a small kiss on the boy's cheek. While Chris always loved Helen very much, he just couldn't help but blush on the girl's ways to make him feel flustered. But once he shook his head to get the blush out of his face, making Helen giggle again, Chris pushed the wheelchair to help his girlfriend go back into the schoolhouse to meet up with the others to begin their next class.

However, the two young humans didn't know that someone was watching them. Up on the rooftop, Mecha Sonic Mk. III was watching the human children going into the schoolhouse, scanning their potential life force. After he managed to escape from the Egg Carrier, he wanted to study the aspects of this strange world along with how a part of Mobius was merged into it in the first place. The only reason why he didn't know that he was due to Chaos Control was because he wasn't built at that time it happened. Despite that, however, he wasn't going to give up on his research before going back to his original task to put this world into his own order so that he could show his former creator that he was the most powerful robot in the world.

"Research must continue. Data not erased," he stated. "New programming not yet established. Must continue research." With that, he zoomed away from the schoolhouse as fast as he could to find Dr. Eggman. He wanted to get back at him for abandoning him inside the Egg Carrier and show him how he was meant to be his newly invented machine. But if the Doctor were able abandon him again, Mecha Sonic Mk. III would show him what he was made of and teach him a lesson.

Location: Inside the Egg Carrier

Time of Date: 12:28

Eggman's POV

Finally! It took long enough until me and Team Metal eventually found enough Mobini we need to power up my new Badniks and my new E-Series robots to search for the source of Chaos and then bring it back to me. Now all I have to do is to bring them to my office where I will keep them under my own supervision. It's a good thing we got them trapped in these capsules so that they wouldn't give themselves a chance of escaping. *sigh* This gives me memories about all the times I made these capsules to capture as many Mobini as I can so that I could use them to power up my Badniks. I would continue using my power cells, but that would be too simple. Sometimes it's always best to go back to the original roots, and that is to turn bunnies to Badniks. And BOOM! Instant army! Plain and simple. Once I release my Badniks across the globe, I'll be sure to put the capsules in different areas where Sonic won't find them, just like old times.

"Alright, Team Metal, set the capsules down there," I order my loyal minions and we soon brought the capsules near the Badnik Room. We'll make sure to have Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, and Cubot put them into the Badniks so that they will be ready to go and attack under my orders. I can hear the little guys cry and weep, just the way I remembered. It's always fun to see them squirm in fear as they desperately hope that they wish to get out, which will not be the case unless Sonic finds these capsules. I'll be sure to put them in different hiding places where he would never find them. While we're at it, we'll make sure to find Chaos and see how he is doing at the moment. But not now. It's best to wait until nightfall.

"Boss! Boss!" I hear a voice and I turn to see my loyal servants coming over to me in alarm. Looks like something happened here in the Egg Carrier while I was gone. ... ... ...Hey, wait a minute! If something did happen in here, then why didn't they just call me to let me know to come back here immediately? Before I could ask them what was going on here, Decoe and Bocoe accidentally tripped and landed right on top of me. Infuriated, I push the two buffoons to get them off.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, IDIOTS?!" I yell at them with anger.

"Doctor, we've got terrible news!" says Decoe. "A robot just went rogue and escaped from your own personal vault!" Wait WHAT?! If that was true, then how come there wasn't any alarms going off and then telling me to go back to the Egg Carrier quickly.

"We couldn't hear the alarms go off because that robot jammed the signals to stop them before leaving the Egg Carrier," says Bocoe, which clearly answers my question. "We reviewed the security footage and we notice that the robot that escaped from the vault was one of your robots you scrapped not too long ago."

"Mecha Sonic Mk. III?" I ask.

"Yes, boss! That guy was the one who escaped from the vault!" Cubot replies. "I think it's still gone now that it already escaped."

"Then take me over to the vault and show me what happened!" I order. "I need to see it NOW!!!" This causes my servants to scramble as they hurry to the direction of my personal vault. *sigh* Honestly, it's like these guys are overreacting to something that might be not as important as one would think. After all, I remember working on making Mecha Sonic Mk. III after Earth and Mobius merged into one whole planet, but then I eventually decided to scrap the idea after I realize that my most loyal servants, Team Metal, especially Metal Sonic, have been really helpful in every way. Since then, I decided to leave my unfinished creation into my personal vault after putting him in a special capsule where he would be left to shut down completely. But something tells me that he must've found a way to escape, and I can already tell that what my other servants are going to show me is what will be the answer to explain how he escaped. With that, I make my way to my personal vault with Team Metal following behind me.

Location: Eggman's Vault

Time of Date: 12:31

Normal POV

Bokkun was already at the vault waiting for the others to arrive here soon. He was just as worried when he heard the news about Mecha Sonic Mk. III escaping and didn't know what to say to his boss. Sure enough, Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, Eggman, and Team Metal all arrived at the scene of the disaster. When Eggman approached closer to the vault, he saw something that really shocked him. The door was knocked down as if someone had escaped. And when he peaked inside to see what happened before the door broke was busted, he noticed the glass of the capsule was shattered thanks to the rogue robot his henchmen talked about earlier. Knowing about his history of creating so much robots, he knew for a fact that Mecha Sonic Mk. III was the one responsible for this mess. However, the shattered glass capsule wasn't the only thing that mattered within the vault. It turns out that the scrapped robot also unleashed a very devastating rampage around the whole vault and nearly destroyed almost all of Eggman's belongings. This made Eggman very frustrated indeed.

"Nrrgh! I had to go through the trouble in finding the Mobini for my bionic animatronics, and now I have a rogue robot out there for some trouble!" he growled. "This is much worse than the last time I had to lose my second model of Mecha Sonic!"

"What are you going to do about this now, boss?" asked Bokkun. "Should we go after that robot and bring him back here before shutting him down again?" Normally when it comes to situations like this, Eggman would trying to stop any rogue robots from going on a certain rampage that would eventually try to steal his spotlight in destroying Sonic the Hedgehog. However, he remembered something that made him feel that he shouldn't go after Mecha Sonic Mk. III in the first place.

"No, we shouldn't," he said and that makes his robot henchmen gasp in shock, as if Eggman was going crazy with what he just said. The only ones who were not surprised were Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles, since they had a big feeling as what their boss was going to explain to the others.

"B-But, boss, if you don't do anything to stop that robot, you'll never be able to prove that you're superior!" stuttered Cubot. "Maybe you should plan ahead and-" But before he was about to continue, Eggman smacked him on the forehead, causing him to spin around in place until he was dizzy.

"SHUT UP ALREADY, YOU BLUBBERING IDIOT! I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I AM DOING!" Eggman yelled before letting out a sigh. "*sigh* What none of you idiots know is that Mecha Sonic Mk. III is an incomplete new creation of mine that I was close to finishing. However, I eventually decided to scrap the whole creation after realizing that Metal Sonic is the only Sonic robot that could be able to keep up with Sonic and his lackies." He then turned around to face his henchmen. "Which is why I am not going after that pathetic creation to shut him down, because due to the fact that it's incomplete, it doesn't have a full programming on what it wants to do next. So don't worry a single thing about it wanting to destroy anything, because without a programming to think about destruction, he has to learn it for himself." This made Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, and Bokkun calm themselves down that that they heard what their boss said. Since Mecha Sonic Mk. III didn't have an actual programming just yet, it couldn't think about destroying anything, since it was only trying to observe the world first.

"Well, since Mecha Sonic Mk. III is out there with no way of thinking about destroying the world, what do you suppose we should do in the meantime, boss?" asked Orbot.

"What we need to do right now is to make sure that my new Badnik models get themselves together so that they are ready for deployment," Eggman instructed. "I need you to go and take the capsules with the Mobini inside and put the little creatures into the Badniks until they are ready. Once you are done, bring them back to me and Team Metal so that we can scatter them all around the world where Sonic and his idiotic friends will never find them."

"And what about that creature you told us about, Doctor?" asked Decoe.

"I will get to that tonight," Eggman replied. "Now get going to the Badnik Room where the capsules are near the door! Time is of the essence!"

"Yes, boss!" replied his henchmen before they hurried over to the Badnik Room to get to work in putting the Mobini into the Badniks. Eggman then turned his attention back to the busted door and the nearly destroyed vault. There was a huge mess and a lot of cleaning that needed to be done. And since his henchmen were already busy in putting the Mobini into the Badniks, there was only one loyal team who could be useful for the job. With that, he turned his attention to Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Mecha Knuckles, who were all waiting for their orders.

"As for you, Team Metal, I have a job for you," he said. "You three get to work in cleaning up this mess and fix the door. When you are done, report back to my office and we'll think about what to do to find Chaos to see how he is doing. Remember: We're going to go tonight and find him." Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles all gave out their salute in reply before getting to work in cleaning up the mess Mecha Sonic Mk. III made. While they were busy, Eggman made his way back to his office to think about his next move. The only thing that he needed to do at the moment was to figure out where to place the capsules with the Mobini trapped inside, and he also needed to make sure that they were in places where Sonic and his friends wouldn't find them. With a sinister smile and a chuckle, he continued on his way to his office with a new plan in his mind.

Location: Mystic Ruins

Time of Date: 12:48

Knuckles' POV

*sigh* I don't even know what is going on right now. First I saw a creature come out of the Master Emerald before it shatters to pieces, then the pieces mysteriously vanished out of thin air right after the entirety of Angel Island fell into the ocean, and now I just saw a bunch of cops from the city coming here to begin their investigation about what just happened to my island! It's a good thing that I was able to get away from the island without them seeing me. Even though me, Sonic, and the rest of us are used to being around the humans here in this world, I'm still keeping my guard up in case they try to do something stupid. After all, unlike Sonic, I don't chuckle and do something crazy and stupid that gets me in trouble. But that's now what's important right now.

The only thing that matters right now is the fact that the Master Emerald Shards have scattered to the four winds. In other words, they could be anywhere, and I need to find all of the Shards and then bring them back to the Altar of Emerald so that I can put the Master Emerald back together and send Angel Island back to the sky again. If I remember correctly, there should be a train that could take me to Station Square. It shouldn't be that far from Mystic Ruins. Once I get in that train and have it take me to Station Square, I'll start my search in finding the Master Emerald Shards.

"Whatever that creature I saw was, it did seem hostile from when it tried to attack me," I say to myself. "Best to stay on my guard and then I'll get started in searching for the Master Emerald Shards. It may take a long time for me to search for them, but I really hope I can find them." However, there is no point in searching for the Master Emerald Shards right now. It would be best to wait until the police leaves the altar first so that I can make sure that nothing else gets ruined or damaged. After all, while guarding the Master Emerald is my duty, that doesn't mean that I want to make sure that Angel Island is still in safe hands. And also the fact that I don't want tresspassers around my island. With that, I decided to go back to Angel Island so that I could wait until the cops leave. After that, I'll head out tomorrow morning to find the Shards.

Location: Angel Island

Time of Date: 12:54

Normal POV

Meanwhile on Angel Island, the SSPD was investigating the area to figure out how this island mysteriously dropped into the ocean. By the orders of Commander Abraham Tower, they were instructed to see how much information they could obtain and then return back to the police station to send it to G.U.N. later on. And once they were done, they would get back to work at nightfall in patrolling Station Square to see if they could find something unusual that might be a lead to solve the mystery behind this incident and why Eggman wasn't mentioned about the story that happened yesterday night.

"Have you found anything yet?" asked Officer Albright through a walkie talkie.

"We're still trying to find more about what happened to this island, sir," replied a human cop through his end. "What we have found so far is the empty area in the middle of this altar. We suspect that it has something to do with the island that fell to the ocean last night."

"That could be something we can tell to Commander Tower later when we get back," said Officer Albright. "Keep looking around the island until we get enough proof about this island."

"We're doing our best, sir," said another one, except it was a Mobian bird. "As long as we all split up in different groups and search around different areas around Angel Island, we'll be able to get enough information to bring back to Commander Tower."

"10-4. Let's keep looking," agreed Officer Albright before turning off the walkie talkie and then get back to work in searching around Angel Island to see what they could find that would be very unusual to tell Commander Tower later. If they were going to get enough information, they needed to hurry.

Location: Mystic Ruins

Time of Date: 12:57

Big's POV

*huff* *huff* *puff* *puff* Oh, dear... I've been running around these ruins to find Froggy all day, but I can't find him anywhere. It's like he disappeared after he took away the sparkly rock away from me. You know, it is really strange to see Froggy with a tail he grew out. Froggies don't grow tails. They only grow long legs. Hmm... I wonder what made Froggy grow a tail... Maybe he swallowed something and then hopped away with the sparkly rock. After all, I did hear him croak before he suddenly stopped saying anything else, which would mean that he must've ate something that caused him to grow a tail. Maybe that could be the clue to figure out why he hopped away. But...where do I go to find him? Hmm... ... ... Just before I can think of anything, I see something falling from the sky. It's a piece of paper. I quickly grab it and look into it.

"Maybe this piece of paper can tell me where Froggy is," I say to myself before reading the paper. When I look closer at the paper, I see a picture of big buildings, like a city. Maybe if I go to that city, that could be where Froggy ended up after he hopped away from me. But then, I let out a big yawn. "*yawn* I'm really sleeping after all the running," I sigh. "I need some shuteye before I go find Froggy. I'll find a place to rest, and then I'll go ahead tomorrow morning." With slow walking, I go to find a tree for me to sleep in for the rest of the day. Once I wake up tomorrow morning, I'll go to the city to find Froggy. I sure hope that he's okay. I don't want him to get lost.

Normal POV

However, Big was unaware of the fact that someone was watching him. That someone was none other than Mecha Sonic Mk. III. Turns out he was observing what was going on around both Angel Island and Mystic Ruins, and was also scanning the information about what Knuckles and Big were up to. Plus, he had also seen the SSPD investigating Angel Island to figure out how it ended up in the ocean in the first place. Mecha Sonic Mk. III had been searching around this world for hours now and was starting to learn more about it so that he could begin his new plans. The only problem was that due to the fact that he doesn't have a proper programming to begin his plans, he needed more information so that he could start his destruction around the world, and prove his former creator that he was strong. To do that, he needed more information.

"Must continue research. Programming must be established," he muttered. "Plans must be executed. Creator and blue hedgehog must be terminated once research is completed." With that, he zoomed away out of Mystic Ruins to continue his research around the world until he would get everything he needed to create his own programming so that he could begin his plans to conquer the world on his own. Unfortunately, it was going to take a lot longer than he previously thought.

Location: Tails' Workshop

Time of Date: 15:05

Tails' POV

Phew! Who would've known that working here in this new workshop I built could be so tiring. But I don't mind that at all. With this new workshop, I can begin to use all sorts of things, and it is also the reason why I moved the X-Tornado here. I have lots of space for this puppy to rest in and Sonic tends to come here every now and then to visit me. Let's just say that all those cans of chili and packages of hot dogs aren't for me. As you know, chili dogs are his favorite food. He just never stops loving them so much. Heh. Just thinking about that makes me laugh. Anyway, Chuck should be here in just a matter of minutes to test out a new prototype I have created not too long ago. This prototype is what will soon become the Tornado-1, a brand new version of the Tornado that will have new features the other models don't have. The only thing I need to do now is to give it the finishing touches and then I'll give it a test run tomorrow. Just then, I hear footsteps coming over to my direction and I turn to see that it's none other than Chuck.

"Hey, Tails. I'm glad to see that your new workshop is looking nice," he says.

"Thanks, Chuck. I'm really glad that I was able to have this built over the past six months," I reply. "This reminds me of the other workshop I have back on Mobius."

"That reminds me, how long have you been inventing a lot of gadgets over the years?" Chuck asks. Huh... I don't think I remember him asking that question before. What I do remember is that I've been making a lot of things back on Mobius for years long before I met Sonic. Maybe it's best if I start my story from the very beginning.

"Well, ever since I was born, I've had a very high IQ, which almost rivals to Eggman's, and even learned to take care of myself thanks to my intelligence of creating so many different things," I explain. "There were lots of gadgets I invented over the years even before I met Sonic after I was picked on by a duo of fox bullies just because I was born with two tails. His rescue made me realize that there are a lot of things I can do with or without him, whenever I feel like I can face the impossible! That's why I always help him on his adventures whenever he needs me, and my inventions always come in handy. However, there were also two adventures I had where I fought against other foes by myself, and I always had my gadgets with me to right."

"Sounds like you had a lot of adventures in the past thanks to your gadgets you made," says Chuck and I nod in reply. "What kind of inventions do you have back at Mobius or you still have here?"

"A lot of stuff, really. My Arm Cannon, my Magic Hand, bombs, communicators, you name it!" I reply. "Before you ask, yes, I do also use bombs, but only for emergencies, especially when I go on adventures alone." That pretty much answers a question I believe Chuck was about to ask and he nods that proves me right.

"That explains a lot," he says. "Now, how about that new aircraft you told me about? Do you know where it is?"

"Oh, right! It's outside in front of the garage," I tell him. "Here, let me show you." I make my way out of the workshop and Chuck follows me to the garage. We've been working so hard together on this new workshop for the past six months and once we were finished, I decided to handle the rest of the stuff by myself, such as moving the X-Tornado to its new home, creating new communicators for my friends, and much much more. Soon we make it to the garage and I proudly present my new biplane invention. "♪ Ta-da!" I sing in fanfare. "May I present to you my prototype of what will soon become the newly modeled Tornado-1!"

"Another Tornado?! Tails, you have lots of models of airplanes!" Chuck gaps in amazement and I let out a chuckle while rubbing my head.

"Heh heh... Thanks, Chuck. Now, since you're here, I need you to help me put on the finishing touches so that I can get started with its flight test tomorrow," I say. "Think you can help me with that?"

"Sure thing, Tails. I'm more than happy to help," says Chuck. "In fact, I even brought my toolbox with me to help you." He takes out his toolbox to show it to me, which makes me believe that our work will be twice as fast, since I too have my own set of tools. Good thing I always put my toolbox in my garage where it's safe. With that, I hurry into the garage to fetch my toolbox before coming out with it in my hands. Once we take out the tools, we both get to work in putting the finishing touches on the prototype. Sure hope that I can get this thing working so that it will be ready for its test flight tomorrow. But while we're busy, I can't help myself but think about what I saw on the news this morning, especially when I heard the loud splash near here, Mystic Ruins. Maybe I should talk to Chuck about this.

"Hey, Chuck," I tell him to get his attention.

"What is it, Tails?" asks Chuck.

"Have you heard about the news of Angel Island falling down near Mystic Ruins that happened last night? I heard a loud splash and when I looked outside, I saw Angel Island that seems to be a bit father away from here," I explain. "When the news came up about what had happed last night, I was shocked. They also said that the SSPD, or the Station Square Police Department, are already investigating Angel Island to see what has happened. Is that true?" I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one who heard about the news lately. I can tell because Chuck appears to be really serious about it.

"From what you're saying, I have seen that on the news this morning before I was about to go and eat breakfast with you guys," he replies. "It does sound like Angel Island is indeed in trouble. And yes, the SSPD are already busy investigating the island, under the orders of Commander Tower. Once they are done with their investigation, they are going to patrol for the rest of the night to see if there is something else unusual." Unusual, huh? Sounds like things have been getting awfully strange lately. Well, looks like I'll have to dive deeper into this later, because right now, we need to get back to work in finishing up the prototype so that it will be ready for its test flight tomorrow.

"I'll try to talk to my friends about this tomorrow before my test flight. Maybe we'll try to find some clues to see what's going on," I suggest.

"That's a good idea, Tails. I'm sure my grandson and his friends, along with your friends, will work together to solve this case. I know you all can do it!" says Chuck and that brings a smile to my face. Boy, I sure hope that we'll get going to search for clues tomorrow. As long as I test this puppy out with the Chaos Emerald I collected not too long ago, I should be good to go. Just gotta hope that Eggman isn't around to cause a lot of trouble around here. But, knowing him, there is a low chance of that happening.

Location: Streets of Station Square

Time of Date: 17:38

Sonic's POV

Phew! That sure was a good run I had ever done all day! I've been exploring more of this world to see what was going on around here, and I have to say, I'm quite surprised to see that there are Mobians coexisting with the humans around here in Station Square. Come to think of it, I did listen to the news earlier about what happened to Angel Island last night, which after Earth and Mobius were merged into one whole planet six months ago. Since then, lots of Mobians have come around here to this place and began to coexist with the other people around here. I get the feeling that the more the humans are getting used to us being here, the more welcome the Mobians are feeling. Hmm... For some reason, this takes me back to how me and my friends make it to Earth the first time and eventually became a part of it. But now that a piece of Mobius is literally a part of Earth, we've got a lot of new discoveries around here to check out. But before I was about to leave, I hear two people talking to each other, a human man and a Mobian dog.

"So, tell me more about what happened on Mobius," says the man.

"Well, we were all living peacefully on South Island after Sonic, his friends, and even the evil Dr. Eggman vanished months ago," the Mobian dog explained. "But suddenly, a piece of Mobius brought us here to this world, along with the entirety of South Island. When we arrived, we realized that our city within South Island was close to this city. That's why we decided to explore on what this city is about."

"So, it sounds like you guys were living peacefully without Eggman around. However, that was until your world suddenly got merged to here thanks to Chaos Control," said the man.

"I guess that's how we got here, huh?" asked the Mobian dog.

"Indeed," replied the man.

"By the way, have you heard the news about what happened to Angel Island last night?" asked the Mobian dog.

"I think I may know what you are talking about," replied the man. "It has to do with the island mysteriously falling to the ocean. I saw that the SSPD are already investigating Angel Island to see if there is any proof they can find. After that, they are going to head back here to Station Square to patrol around at night to find anything unusual."

"Sounds serious," the Mobian dog agrees. "I just hope that everything is alright. And if things go wrong, I know that Sonic will be there to save the day!" Heh heh. You know, even though I've been gone from Mobius before it was merged to Earth, these guys still know a lot about me and my friends. But mostly me, because I've been protecting Mobius for years. You know, come to think of it, I have also seen other Mobians working with the SSPD and even G.U.N. as their new recruits. However, they are not really rookies because they know a lot about their own set of weaponry and survival skills. And I have to hand it to their big amount of spunk.

"I wonder if I'll tell Chris and his buddies about this," I wonder. "Maybe I might tell Chris about this first and then to his buddies, we can go scouting at night while the cops are busy. This can give me a huge lead on what happened to Angel Island. I better hurry." With that, I jump off the rooftop and land on another one to move on my way to the mansion. While it would be faster to tell them via the communicators, I think it would be better to speak to them in person. Let's hope that we'll figure out this mystery soon or else we'll never get anything. However, I need to collect some rings first before I get back to the mansion to tell Chris about what I heard.

Location: Thorndyke Mansion, Living Room

Time of Date: 21:02

Normal POV

Meanwhile at the Thorndyke Mansion, Chris, Helen, Danny and Frances were getting ready for their sleepover. They had just finished working on their homework together and decided to spend the rest of the day together, even giving themselves the chance to eat dinner together. After that, they were going to have their sleepover right now. Helen, Danny, and Frances all had their stuff ready for their sleepover, including their pajamas, blankets, and pillows. They decided that it would be best to enjoy having a good sleepover right on the couch. After all, it wasn't the first time they shared the couch together, since they had done it more than six months ago. All the others were asleep too, but nobody had any idea that the SSPD were outside patrolling around the city to find anything unusual.

"Thanks for inviting us to the sleepover, Chris. It sure was fun enjoying our time with you, including helping ourselves with homework," said Helen.

"No problem, Helen. I'm just really happy that we get to spend it together," replied Chris. "You know, I can't even remember when was the last time we spend our time together on something like this."

"Honestly, me neither," agreed Frances. "Maybe it's because we have been doing this for the past six months and it's hard to keep track of them all."

"You can say that again," said Danny. "*yawn* But you know, after everything that we've been doing so far, wouldn't it be nice to enjoy a goodnight's sleep together?" Chris, Helen, and Frances were about to respond until they all yawned, too.

"*yawn* I think we can all agree to that," said Chris and Helen and Frances only nodded in agreement. With that, they all decided that it would be best of them to take a nice long sleep. Chris and Helen snuggled together while Danny and Frances do the same. Despite the fact that the latter two were not quite a couple, they still enjoyed their company together like the former couple. After that, they started to let out light snores and began to fall asleep

However, as they snore to sleep for the rest of the night, someone was watching them through the window. That someone was Mecha Sonic Mk. III. He had been searching around the world for hours until he came across the Thorndyke Mansion and scanned it. But when he came across the window the leads to the living room, he heard about the four human children having their sleepover. He could also hear them sleeping and that made him confused.

"Human feelings... Unable to cooperate with them..." he stated quietly. "Data unmatched of my current objectives..." The reason why Mecha Sonic Mk. III was unsure about what he was experience was due to the fact that he still didn't have a proper programming just yet. He still wanted to gain enough information about this world so that he could obtain a programming for dealing destruction to this world and prove his former creator that he was a powerful machine. Not to mention that the information he collected here was useless and he decided to delete them. "Useless information deleted. Access for unnecessary data denied," he stated. "Must continue research. Must obtain programming." With that, he flew away from the mansion to continue his research of this world by all means without waking up the young quartet.

But after he left, a bright flash of blue blur arrived at the mansion in just a couple of seconds. It was none other than Sonic the Hedgehog in the flesh. He just finished collecting about 49 rings during his last run and had 83 rings in his disposal. Now that he was here, he wanted to tell his friends about what was going on, and he also needed their help for his investigation he was going to get ready for this night. With that, he quickly entered through the window after opening up as quietly as he could. But once he landed his feet on the ground and then closed the window, it was so dark in the living room that he didn't know where he was going. Suddenly, he tripped on Helen's backpack and flew towards the ground headfirst, causing him to lose five rings. Now he only had 78 left in his disposal.

"Ow...!" he groaned upon holding a hand on his head. After that, he slowly got back up to his feet and tried to find the light switch. "Ugh... Where's the switch in this room?" But while he was trying to find the light switch, Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances all started to wake up after they heard Sonic's accident.

"W-What was that?" groaned Frances.

"I don't know...but I think somebody must've tripped on something..." Chris replied. But just before they were about to make any guesses, something flashed brightly and they had to cover their eyes due to the bright lights. When they looked around to see who turned on the lights, they saw that it was Sonic, who was holding his hand on his head after he tripped on Helen's backpack.

"Oh, hey, fellas," he chuckled sheepishly.

"S-Sonic...? What are...you doing here?" asked Danny tiredly. "You do know that you woke us up, right?"

"Sorry, I couldn't see anything in here when it was dark after I just got back from my runs," Sonic replied. "But there's something I need to tell you about."

"Can't it just wait until tomorrow?" asked Helen. "We're trying to have a sleepover."

"Well, this is more important than spending your time on your sleepover, and you can still enjoy it after I tell you this," Sonic explained. "I heard that the SSPD is currently investigating around the city and this could be our chance to look for clues to figure out what happened to Angel Island!" Once Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances heard what Sonic just said, they all got up sat up on the couch with nothing but shock on their faces.

"Wait! What did you say?!" gasped Chris.

"Yep, you heard me, buddy! If we go outside and see what the SSPD are up to, they can lead us to figure out what happened to Angel Island," Sonic continued. "If we can follow where the cops are going, we'll be able to see what's going on and then we'll catch the suspect behind all of this besides Eggman."

"But where do we start first?" asked Frances.

"Yeah, it's not like those cops will let us go around the place by ourselves since they are outside patrolling the city," added Danny.

"Oh, don't you worry!" replied Sonic. "I have an even better idea!" He let out a wink which made the kids confused. However, what they were about to experience next was going to be a new adventure for themselves to go through.

Location: Streets of Station Square

Time of Date: 21:09

Helen's POV

Whoa ho ho ho hoooaaa! This is really amazing! I never thought that Sonic would give us a ride so fast like this! Of course I'm still on my wheelchair, but Sonic is of course using his speed to push me really fast, just like how he did when Chris and I were on our date together. As for Chris, Danny, and Frances, they were holding on tightly to Sonic as he goes really REALLY fast across the city! And do you know what's the best part? He's even making us run on the buildings and help us jump from one building to another! This must be how he feels whenever he goes really fast during his runs and even how he jumps really fast to go from one part to another! This is so much fun! Eventually, we stop at one building and look at the scenery right in front of us.

"Wow! That was amazing, Sonic! You sure did give us a wild ride!" exclaims Frances.

"Well, what can I say? I am the fastest thing alive!" Sonic replies with a chuckle and that gets us to laugh, too. It's true. Sonic really is fast and will always be that way no matter what. But now that we are here in the city, what we need to do is to figure out where to look for clues so that we could solve the mystery about Angel Island falling into the ocean.

"So, where do we go first?" asks Danny.

"Maybe we should start looking around and see if we can find anything unusual from up here," Chris suggests. "It could possible lead us to something." I think that's a great idea, and my friends think so, too. We start by looking around the city to see if we can find clues that will lead us to where we can find something to help us solve this mystery. But then, we suddenly hear something from down below and I look down to see where the sound was coming from. When I did, I notice that there's a group of police cars doing to the right.

"Look! There are some police cars going that way to the right!" I exclaim.

"Hmm... Sounds like something's up," says Sonic. "They sure are in a hurry with all those flashing lights and loud sirens."

"Maybe that could be a lead as to what's going on that way," says Chris. "We better hurry and see for ourselves." We all nod in agreement and as I hold on tight to my wheelchair, while Chris, Danny, and Frances hold onto Sonic, the Blue Blur jumps off from the building and then hurries on his way to where the cops are heading to. I sure hope that nothing bad is happening over there. Because if it is, we'll have Sonic handle this like always. And if Sonic is in trouble, we have our communicators to give him the items he needs to fight.

Normal POV

Meanwhile, the SSPD stopped at a building where they parked their cars and then got out of them. Lots of policemen and Mobian cops all had their guns out and prepared themselves to fire at the target they spotted thanks to Commander Tower giving them the location on where he found it. However, it wasn't going to be easy, but Officer Albright, who was in the front, was determined to put the suspect under arrest. And if they dare to resist they would have to use force. Little did they know that Sonic, Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances also arrived at the scene and saw what the police were up to right now. They hid behind one of the police cars and hoped that nobody would hear them.

"Looks like the police are all around here, both humans and Mobians by the looks of it," Frances whispered.

"But what are they doing here in the middle of the night? Wouldn't it be rather odd to see them patrol here and then just show up right in front of this building?" asked Danny.

"I dunno, Danny, but I guess we are about to find out," Chris replied. But then, Sonic and Helen noticed something, or someone, on top of the building. It was a blue watery kind of creature that had green glowing eyes and a weird brain you can see through its head. What nobody realized was that this was the same creature Eggman released from the Master Emerald, Chaos. But in this form, he was known as Chaos 0.

"Wait a second. What's that?" asked Helen, pointing at the creature. When the others looked up to see the strange creature, Chaos 0 jumped down from the building and landed above the entrance of it. He wasn't on the ground just yet and only saw the cops with their guns out.

"Freeze! We have you right where we want you!" yelled Officer Albright.

"You are completely surrounded! Surrender yourself!" yelled one of the other cops. But Chaos 0 didn't respond and instead jumped down from the building again before landing on the ground, right in front of the cops.

"It's coming closer, sir! What do we do?" asked a Mobian bear.

"Lock on target, men! We have to push him back in any way we can!" replied Officer Albright and the cops all nodded at the idea. With that, they pointed their guns directly at Chaos 0 and aimed carefully. They wanted to make sure that they were directly at Chaos 0 and not at anybody else nearby. "Ready? FIRE!!!" The cops all shoot with as many bullets as they could right through the target. Sonic, Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances watched in shock as Chaos 0 was getting hit by multiple bullets. But, to their surprise, the creature didn't get hurt by the bullets at all. Instead, he absorbed the attacks before letting the bullets out of his body.

"What the heck?!" gasped Sonic.

"That thing just absorbed the bullets!" exclaimed Chris. The cops noticed this too and they were very worried.

"Officer, our weapons our useless!" exclaimed a human cop. "That thing just absorbed them like they were nothing!"

"What do we do now?!" asked a Mobian wolf with worry. Officer Albright knew that there was nothing they could do to fight back. The only choice they had left right now was to retreat. With that, he looked to his fellow cop allies and gave them the orders.

"Retreat! All personnel, fall back! Tell Commander Tower and the rest of G.U.N. that we failed them!" he said and all of the cops got their orders. With that, they all scrambled back into their cars and turned on their engines so that they would get away as quickly as they could. But before they were about to leave, Sonic jumped on one of the cars and saw Chaos 0 right in front of him.

"Sounds like you guys need my help for this! This could be fun!" he chuckled.

"Sonic! What are you doing?!" exclaimed Helen.

"Don't you worry, kids, just leave this to me! I'll handle this!" Sonic replied before getting off of the police car and land right in front of Chaos 0. He was ready for action and fighting the creature in front of him was going to give him the battle he needed.

"Be careful, Sonic! You might not know what the thing is up to," Danny warned and Sonic took note of that and prepared to fight against Chaos 0. Chaos 0 started the battle by walking towards Sonic very slowly. Sonic thought that this was all it could do and believed that it would be easy. Unfortunately, he was wrong when Chaos 0 suddenly stretched one of his arms right towards the blue hedgehog to hit him. Luckily, Sonic dodged out of the way and Chaos 0 missed his target. Then, Sonic did a Homing Attack to hit him, causing Chaos 0 to sink into the ground like water.

"Hah! Is that all you got?!" the Blue Blur taunted, but that only made Chaos 0 growl in anger. Before Sonic could say anything, Chaos 0 charged at the blue hedgehog with his arms growling longer, getting ready to strike at his target. Just then, he started spinning around with his arms failing around to try and hit Sonic with powerful blows.

"Watch out, Sonic!" Frances yelled and Sonic saw this before jumping out of the way to avoid getting hit. However, after he landed, Chaos 0 disappeared after sinking into the floor again. Sonic tried to find him, but Chaos 0 soon quickly came up from the floor and then punched Sonic, causing him to lose ten rings.

"Ouch!" he cried.

"Sonic, you okay?!" Danny asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine! Just getting warmed up with this guy!" Sonic replied before getting back up to his feet. But when he got back up, Sonic saw Chaos 0 charging at him again with his arms flailing like crazy. But before he could land a hit on him, Sonic did a backwards flip before landing a Homing Attack again, causing Chaos 0 to sink back into the floor again.

"Good hit, Sonic!" Helen cheered.

"But the battle isn't over yet! Keep your guard up!" Frances warned and Sonic could see that Chaos 0 wasn't going to give up just yet. He slowly rose back up from the floor and then jumped on top of of poll. Sonic saw that Chaos 0 was charging up his fists and then, the creature struck one of his fists right towards Sonic. Luckily, Sonic dodged to get away from the attack, but Chaos 0 was still not going to lose. He kept punching and punching the ground, but Sonic kept dodging and dodging. Eventually, Chaos 0 thought that it was time to put an end to this battle and quickly grabbed Sonic.

"Uh-oh!" Sonic gasped until he was suddenly thrown towards the wall of the building, causing him to lose 20 rings upon impact.

"SONIC!!!" the young quartet cried upon seeing their hero crash on the wall. This meant that Sonic needed their help now, especially when they saw Chaos 0 slowly approaching the blue hedgehog to finish him off. When the four human children looked at each other and nodded, they took out their communicators and quickly scrolled to look for the items they needed. Soon, they found the item boxes they were looking for and tapped on them.

"Deploying item boxes..." said the communicators simultaneously before four item boxes containing 10 rings each spawned out of them. Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances all caught the item boxes and were ready to toss them to Sonic. However, Chaos 0 heard what the kids were doing and charged at them, ready to attack. The kids gasped in fright before looking at Sonic quickly.

"Sonic, catch!" they called out before tossing the item boxes to Sonic as fast as they could. When Sonic saw the item boxes, he smiled before performing a Homing Attack to destroy all four of the item boxes and them collect his rings in the process. Now he was feeling the energy flowing within his body and got himself ready to end the battle. Chaos 0 saw that and didn't like this. He tried to attack Sonic with his arms flailing, but Sonic only dodged really fast. It wasn't until Chaos 0 was all out of puff.

"Alright, tough guy! Time to show you my true power!" said Sonic before doing a Spin Dash and charged at Chaos 0 with all his might. With another Homing Attack combined with the energy of the rings within his body, Sonic gave Chaos 0 the final hit that knocked him down in defeat, growling and groaning in pain. Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances cheered for their hero winning the battle.

"Woohoo! Way to go, Sonic!" cheered Chris.

"You did it!" said Helen.

"That was amazing!" exclaimed Danny.

"You knocked that guy down real good there, Blue Blur!" cheered Frances and Sonic was happy to hear that he won the battle. But he couldn't have done it without his friends. With that, he let out a wink and a thumbs up a them, and the human quartet replied with their own. But then, they looked to see that Chaos, who was still on the floor, was starting to run away.

"Hey! Come back here, ya big drip! Don't run away from me!" Sonic yelled as he rushed to catch up to Chaos. Unfortunately, Chaos was able to make his escape by going down a sewer drain to get away. Sonic couldn't catch up to him in time and Chaos eventually disappeared into the sewer. Once it was gone, Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances all rushed to Sonic to see the sewer drain where Chaos entered.

"He's gone!" gasped Helen.

"He must've went into that sewer drain to get away from us after he lost the fight," said Chris.

"*sigh* Well that's just great! We had a perfect lead to help us solve the mystery of what was going on back on Angel Island and now we lost it!" sighed Frances. "What are we going to do now?"

"I think we should tell our friends about this, but it's too late for that right now. We should hurry back home and get a good sleep before we can get going to tell our friends in the morning about this," Danny suggested. "If we can get our friends to help us solve this case, we might also be able to catch that thing as well if we find him again." Chris, Helen, and Frances all nodded in agreement, but Sonic still looked at the sewer drain where Chaos escaped. After a few more seconds, he looked at his friends and nodded.

"Come on, you four. Let's get you back to the mansion. We need to get up bright and early if we're going to go around and tell our friends about this," he said and Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances couldn't agree with him more. With that, Sonic held onto Helen's wheelchair handlebars, while Chris, Danny, and Frances held onto Sonic, before the blue hedgehog sped out of the area at high speeds. The police were also shocked about how the blue hedgehog handled the fight against Chaos and needed to tell Commander Tower about this first thing tomorrow morning. With that, they drove their police cars and turned on their sirens to hurry back to the police station as fast as they could. However, nobody noticed that a certain evil scientist was watching them.

Eggman's POV

Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh... HAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! This is BRILLIANT!!! That pathetic hedgehog and his little foolish friends know nothing about Chaos, the God of Destruction! Now that we have seen how strong he is right now, all that I need to do is to find the seven Chaos Emeralds and then bring them to him so that he would be unstoppable. Now, if you are wondering how I got here this late at night, I decided to bring Team Metal with me quietly while the others were sleeping so that it would be a good chance for me to hide here and watch how well Chaos fought against that foolish little hedgehog, and it worked out perfectly. Now that we've seen enough, all that is left is to find the Chaos Emeralds.

"Come along, Team Metal! Let us report back to the Egg Carrier and plan out our next move!" I order to my loyal servants and Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles all nod and salute before we all hurry back to the Egg Carrier as fast as we can. As long as there are no idiots wandering around to see us, we are in the clear. This time, I will destroy that hedgehog and his little friends for good! It won't be long until everyone in this world will bow down before their new ruler once the Eggman Empire takes control of the whole world! Everything WILL BE MINE!!! ALL MINE!!! NYAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! *cough* *cough* *cough* Oh, dear... Sometimes I go too far with my gloating to make me pull a muscle...

Normal POV

Unfortunately for Eggman, Mecha Sonic Mk. III was also hiding in the shadows and also saw the whole battle between Sonic and Chaos. Now he was gathering enough information about fighting tactics and how powerful Sonic was during that battle. It made him think that fighting Sonic right away was going to make him lose, and he needed to get himself together before he could gain enough power to eventually put the blue hedgehog to rest for good. Once he gained enough power to stomp Sonic into a blue jelly, he would prove his creator that he was the superior robot he created and shouldn't have left him in the vault to be scrapped.

"Blue hedgehog strong. Fighting tactics understood. Data access granted," he stated. "Starting to obtain new programming. Must research more to fully obtain programming." With that, he flew away to get back to doing more research of this world as much as he could. If he was going to get enough power to fight Sonic very soon, he needed to continue his research until he felt like his programming was complete. Because as of right now, it wasn't quite done yet. Despite that, however, he really hoped to gain enough power to destroy Sonic and prove his creator that he was superior. He just needed more time.

Chapter Text

Location: Egg Carrier, Badnik Room

Time of Date: 08:24

Within the Badnik Room inside the Egg Carrier, Dr. Eggman was busy putting the finishing touches on his new Badnik before it was ready to be activated. Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, Metal Knuckles, Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, and Bokkun were also inside making sure that the systems were all online so that the new Badnik was ready and fully operational. They had already done so with the other robots, and now this one was the next one on the list. Also, they placed the Mobini Eggman and Team Metal captured into the Badniks so that they were ready to be set out to find and destroy their target: Sonic the Hedgehog. But making sure that the robots were fully operational took a lot of time, and Eggman was doing just that so that there were not any bugs or glitches that could potentially make his own robots turn against him, just like what had happened to Mecha Sonic Mk. III after he was left incomplete. Soon, Eggman was finished checking on his new robot and stepped back.

"Alright, wake him up!" he said. "All systems, full power!"

"Yes, sir!" Decoe replied before pressing a button to turn on the new robot. With a little shake, the robot turned his eyes on and slowly but surely stood up to see his surroundings. He looked to the left and then to the right before facing who was right in front of him. Then he looked down to see the Doctor himself feeling proud that his new creation was fully operational. Even Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles were impressed to see their master's new robot working just fine.

"Wow! That thing is working nicely!" gasped Bokkun. "It's just like the other ones we activated not too long ago."

"You can say that again," agreed Decoe. "Now, let's see how this goes." The others nodded before turning to see Eggman still watching his new robot with a grin on his face. He couldn't wait to test the robot out and see if he was ready to face off against the Blue Blur himself.

"Well, welcome to the land of living! I am your creator, Dr. Ivo Robotnik! But you can just simply call me Dr. Eggman!" Eggman introduced himself to the robot. "And you are the second of my E-100 Series of my Badnik army!"

"You are known as E-102! Code name: Gamma," added Decoe. The robot named E-102 Gamma then looked to see that everyone was agreeing with the name he was given and placed that in his programming. His memory made sure that he remembered who he was so that he wouldn't forget about it.

"I am... E-102 Gamma..." he stated.

"That is correct, Gamma! And now that you are here, your will is to obey me and me alone!" said Eggman.

"Obey...Dr. Eggman. Loyalty...confirmed..." stated Gamma, declaring his loyalty to his creator. Now Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles thought that Gamma, along with presumably the rest of the E-100 Series robots were going to be very powerful in taking down Sonic. But the only one who wasn't thinking that much about that was Metal Sonic, because he still heard that Mecha Sonic Mk. III was still out there and hiding without any programming. He believed that if Gamma were to take down Sonic, then that inferior robot doppelganger would try to usurp his position as Eggman's most powerful and ultimate killing machine. But since that robot was hiding away from plain sight, he had to wait until he could find him again.

"So, what do we do about this now, boss?" asked Orbot. "Should we test him out to see if he is powerful to stop Sonic?"

"Or we could just send him out already so that he can test out his weapons on Sonic right now," Cubot suggested, but that only gets him a slap in the face thanks to Metal Sonic, causing the small robot to spin around in place.

"No, we're not going to send Gamma out already, you idiot! We need to test his weapons first, as what Orbot suggested," said Eggman. "And I know just the perfect way how."

"And what would that be, Doctor?" asked Bocoe.

"Come with me this way and I'll show you," Eggman replied before making his way to a door, with his robots following him. Once they made it to the door, Eggman turned around to look at E-102 Gamma. "Now, Gamma, to make sure that your weapons are useful to stop that hedgehog called Sonic, along with his pathetic loyal friends, you will need to go through the shooting range that is just through this door. There is a portal that will take you to my base, from which I call the Final Egg, and then you will arrive at the shooting range where you will begin your test," he explained. "Your big brother, E-101 Beta, is over there practicing with his weapons."

"So, if you're going to beat Sonic, you'll have to go over to the shooting range to test out your weapons," said Bokkun. "When you are done, you'll be ready to go outside along with the others!"

"Understood," Gamma replied.

"Then go to the shooting range immediately, Gamma. While you may not be as advanced like Beta, your weapons still still do just fine," Eggman ordered.

"Yes, Doctor," Gamma replied before going through the door that opened up to take him to the shooting range where E-101 Beta was. Once Gamma went through the door, the door closed back up. After that, Eggman turned his attention to his robotic henchmen.

"So, now that he's on his way to the shooting range, what are we going to do next?" asked Bocoe.

"Now, we shall see how strong E-102 Gamma is with his weapons. He'll have a one-on-one combat training with his brother at the shooting range after they tested out their weapons," Eggman replied. "Come with me to the computer and we'll watch together." With that, he walked over to the computer to see Gamma make his way towards the shooting range to meet up with Beta there. The evil scientist and his minions watched and waited to see how this would turn out to be. Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles only looked at each other about how strong E-102 Gamma would become once he had his training with E-101 Beta and a one-on-one combat training with him. Eggman had high hopes that his new robot would be very strong to take down his arch-nemesis for good.

Location: Final Egg, Shooting Range

At the shooting range of the Final Egg, E-102 Gamma saw a lot of dolls of Tails and Knuckles as if they were his targets for his practice run. In fact, there were a ton of them up ahead popping up and going away, which meant that this practice run was a target shootout to see if Gamma's weapons were strong enough to destroy a lot of enemies in his path. Gamma looked at the dolls and was wondering if they were his targets to shoot for his practice run. Luckily, Dr. Eggman and his henchmen were watching him from the computer and the cameras were connected to it, so that they could see what Gamma was going to do for his practice run. Eggman spoke out first.

"Gamma, to test out your weapons, you'll destroy those dolls of Tails and Knuckles I made as your targets. The last one is a Sonic doll that you need to destroy, and then we'll check the results of how many targets you destroyed," he explained. "Remember: Destroy all of the dolls as much as you can and then destroy the Sonic doll so that we can check how well you did with your practice run. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Doctor. Must destroy all targets!" Gamma replied.

"Good, now start shooting...NOW!!!" said Eggman and Gamma soon got to work in destroying as many targets as possible. He fired homing missiles to destroy the dolls as much as he could, punch the dolls with his fists to tear them apart, and even collected some rings to help him fuel his energy source so that he could remain stable. There were so many targets for Gamma to destroy and he was doing really well in getting rid of them one by one with his weapons and combat skills. He really hoped that Eggman would be impressed about his hard work.

Location: Egg Carrier, Badnik Room

Meanwhile in the Badnick Room, Eggman watched on the computer and saw his robot doing really well with Gamma's practice run. His robotic henchmen were also surprised to see how well Gamma was doing. They saw Gamma destroy so many dolls of Eggman's enemies and thought that he was going to be really strong in taking down Sonic and his friends.

"Wow, Doctor! Looks like Gamma is doing very well with his practice run!" exclaimed Decoe.

"He really is, but this is only the beginning part of his test," Eggman replied.

"What makes you say that, boss?" asked Cubot and Eggman only grumbled of his stupidity before smacking him in the face.

"Did you forget about what I just said, you idiot?! He will have a one-on-one combat training with his brother, E-101 Beta," he said. "Now, let's get back to watch how Gamma is doing with his training." The others only nodded at that before they continued to watch Gamma destroy more dolls as much as he could. During which, Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles all thought that E-102 Gamma was very strong in going through his practice run, but they also wondered how strong he would be during combat, and that he would prove it by facing against his brother, E-101 Beta. With nothing else to say (obviously), they decided to watch the rest of the practice run continue as Gamma destroyed more dolls.

Location: Final Egg, Shooting Range

Back at the shooting range, E-102 Gamma was getting closer to his last target. He had destroyed just about all of the dolls and was now approaching the last room just in front of him. With no time to waste, he rushed into the last room to find the last few targets for him to destroy so that he could complete his practice run. There he spotted the doll Eggman told him about: the Sonic doll. He saw that it was moving back and fourth as a way of how Sonic would move back and fourth, and when E-102 Gamma shot a missile to destroy it, it wasn't that hart to take down as an arm only got removed.

"Target not easy to destroy. Must not give up! Must impress my master!" he said before trying his hardest to take down the Sonic doll. He fired another missile at the doll and the other arm soon came off. However, the doll was still not easy to destroy as it kept going back and fourth, making it difficult for Gamma to target it properly. This time, instead of watching its movements, Gamma decided to wait on the target until it was ready for a line of sight. He waited at one spot until the doll moved to there for Gamma to get a lock on it. "Target locked on! Firing!" he said before launching one more missile at the Sonic doll, destroying it completely. Gamma was so proud that he fired a missile from his own gun in victory. "Mission complete!" he said and then hear heard laughing coming from the speakers.

"HOO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO!!! Well done, Gamma! I am impressed of how well you destroyed the targets," said Eggman. "Now head over to that portal on the right. It will lead you back to the Egg Carrier were we'll be waiting for you." Gamma turned to the right and saw the portal to take him back to the Egg Carrier. With nothing left to lose, the robot walked over to the portal and entered it to go right back to the Egg Carrier to meet up with the Doctor and his henchmen to give him the results of how well he did during his practice run. He really hoped that he did well that would make his master proud of him.

Location: Egg Carrier, Badnik Room

Eventually, E-102 Gamma arrived back at the Badnik Room where Eggman and the others were waiting for him. The Doctor himself was looking at his creation with a smile on his face, which told Gamma that his master was proud of his practice run with his weapons. However, he wasn't sure about what was next for his test and decided to wait for further instructions.

"Boy, Gamma really did a lot of work during his practice run," said Bokkun. "He must've destroyed a lot of targets."

"You can say that again," agreed Decoe. "But will he be able to complete his one-on-one combat training against Beta?"

"I guess we'll find out," replied Orbot. "Let see what the boss has to say about that." The others nodded at that idea before turning their attention to their creator, who was now approaching to Gamma to tell him about the news from all the hard work the robot had done throughout the whole practice run back at the shooting range.

"From what I have examined on the results of your practice run, you did really well in how quickly you did in destroying the targets," he said. "And when you used your own tactic to destroy that Sonic doll, I believed that you are going to be useful with those weapons while me and Team Metal handle the rest of the work. Now, do you think you are prepared for your next part of the test?" Gamma thought carefully about what he heard from his master and believed that what he had done really did impress him. So, he hoped that he would do more and show the Doctor that he was even more useful than he already proved earlier. With that, he let out a nod.

"Affirmative, Doctor. I am ready for the next phase," he said and Eggman nodded.

"That's a good robot," he chuckled. "Now, why don't you come with us downstairs. I have something to show you." With that, he walked down the stairs to show Gamma something while also signaling his henchmen to follow him. Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, Metal Knuckles, Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, and Bokkun all followed their creator down the stairs so that they could help him show Gamma something. Gamma was curious about what the Doctor was planning and decided to follow him and the others down the stairs. But just before he was about to do that, he spotted something on the computer. It looked to be a file about something and that made him even more curious. With that, he carefully tapped the file on the screen and it revealed to be a journal entry created by none other than Dr. Eggman.

Journal Entry #1

I have already started getting everything ready to activate my new E-100 Series robots so that they will be useful in getting rid of that blasted hedgehog and his annoying little friends this time! Recently, I and Team Metal captured a few Mobini and brought them back here to put them in the robots just like I always do back on Mobius. However, when I got back to my Egg Carrier, my henchmen suddenly told me about what had happened while we were away. Turns out that a rogue robot escaped from his glass container without even setting off the security system, which was due to his powers he used to block all systems in the first place. What I do remember is that that robot was none other than my scrapped Mecha Sonic Mk. III. I originally created it to be a foil on that hedgehog, but then I realized that I already have Metal Sonic and his two teammates with him, and they have already proven themselves to keep up with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all at once. I guess he must've started to gain his own agency after he realized what I did. However, there is only one flaw coming from him: He doesn't have a proper programming just yet. As long as he's still trying to figure out what to do on his own, I'll let him struggle all he wants. He won't last long in this world once I take over everything! - Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik

After the journal entry ended there, Gamma was even more curious about what he just read. The entry mentioned about the E-100 Series using animals as their power source, and that made him think if he was using an animal as a power source. Despite that, however, he also noticed about a robot named Mecha Sonic Mk. III and wondered about what he would be doing without a programming after he was left incomplete and placed into a glass container until he broke free. Nevertheless, he shouldn't focus on that right now and go back to listening to Eggman's orders. With that, he decided to leave the computer as it was before going downstairs to meet up with Eggman. While he was leaving the computer, the journal entry automatically closed as if nobody touched it.

Eggman's POV

Rrrrgghh! What is taking that bucket of bolts so long?! He should be here by now! *sigh* Why is it that whatever robots I create don't always follow my orders properly?! The first time that happened was when I sent out E-51 Intelligente to teach the kids to follow my orders, but instead, he only taught the kids everything at that rotten school! After that, he was able to fully disobey my orders which only got him killed in the end. Serves that idiot right for turning against his creator! The other and most recent time was when E-99 Eggsterminator gained a mind of his own and was even willing to turn against me after I gave him the power of the Chaos Emeralds! My robots are always supposed to follow my orders and obey me, not turn against me! While I should mention that Mecha Sonic Mk. III went rogue and escaped and should also be another one my robots not obeying me, he doesn't have a certain programming yet, so that doesn't count. Not to mention that I left him incomplete and put him in that glass container to be scrapped until he broke free from it.

All that is left now is to hope that my new E-100 Series robots don't disobey my orders and make sure that they will do whatever it takes to complete my goals in conquering the world and use Chaos to destroy everything around here! Once I find the seven Chaos Emeralds and bring them to Chaos, he will be invincible! And once he obtains his ultimate form, nobody in the world will be able to destroy him! Not even that pathetic blue rodent and his annoying friends! NYAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA- *cough* *cough* *cough* Oh... Excuse me... Anyway, after we wait for about a few more seconds, we turn around to see E-102 Gamma coming over.

"What took you so long?! You're late!" I growl at him.

"Apologies, master," Gamma replies. Luckily, what matters is that he is still obedient to me, since he wasn't planning to escape like what happened to Mecha Sonic Mk. III. Now, I think it's time to help him get started on the next part of his training.

"No matter, let's get back on track," I tell him. "You made it through your shooting range practice run for your weapons, so now it is time to begin your test."

"Your test is going to be a one-on-one combat training, since you have already proved your weapons to be handled well," Orbot cuts in. "The boss told us that he has a very special surprised for you." While I would be mad at this fool for interrupting me, I really appreciate him staying on track. After all, I do indeed have this test planned for Gamma, and this will truly make sure that he will follow my orders to the letter. With that, I look at Gamma again.

"What my little henchman is saying is true. If you want to stay on board the Egg Carrier, you must learn the basics of what is there to come, so pay attention!" I continued before walking around to tell him about what the Egg Carrier is. "In case you haven't realized, the almighty Egg Carrier is a flying fortress that is in need of a crew. As you can tell, Team Metal, Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, and even Bokkun have already been working hard to make sure that you and your brethren are in working order to get rid of that blue hedgehog, Sonic!" My loyal henchmen all nod and salute in response about what I just said about them. After that, I stop walking and face Gamma again. "So, in order for you to prove your loyalty, you must prove your worth! Come fourth, Beta!" Just then, E-101 Beta comes down from the ceiling and stomps on the floor with a mighty clank as Team Metal, Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, and Bokkun move out of the way to prevent themselves from getting hurt. After that, E-101 Beta looks at me.

"What is your command, Doctor?" he asks me.

"Beta, let me introduce you to your younger brother, Gamma. You are going to teach him how to fight in my very special one-on-one combat training test," I explain to Beta before turning to Gamma. "Gamma, meet your older brother, E-101. But you can call him Beta."

"Beta... Brother..." says Gamma.

"That's right. And now that you have met your brother, you are going to begin your test in a one-on-one combat training against each other," I reply. "The winner will serve on my ship with Team Metal saying by my side."

"Yikes! The boss really does sound serious about that!" exclaims Cubot.

"Well, he is putting two of those robots on a one-on-one combat training against each other," says Decoe. "But I wonder who's going to win?"

"I think Beta will win this fight. According to the records I have seen from his part of the shooting range, he was able to destroy the Sonic doll much faster than Gamma due to his brute strength!" says Bocoe.

"Well, I think that Gamma will win this one! He's really fast and cunning with his skills!" says Bokkun.

"Only one way to find out," says Orbot. Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles only silent nod about who will win this fight. Now, with these two robots ready to begin their combat training, it's time to see which one will be reliable enough to come to my office with Team Metal by my side. And as for my other lackies, they'll be busy making sure that the Badniks are all set and ready while putting in Mobini to power them on. Once the combat training is over, we'll be ready for takeoff!

"Alright, let us begin this one-on-one combat training!" I declare before raising an arm up and then put it down. "FIGHT!!!" E-101 Beta starts the battle by firing a missile at Gamma, only for Gamma to stop it by firing a missile of his own to destroy it. Hmm... Not bad for a new robot that's been really good on his training. Guess how well he did back at the shooting range is certainly making things like this even better than I originally thought. Now, let's see how well they can handle against each other even more.

"Target not yet defeated. Must prove my superiority!" says Beta.

"Must impress master. Must not lose!" says Gamma as the two robots continue to battle each other. Color me impressed as they start to fight each other even more with their punches and weaponry. These two are just trying to get to see who will be the one to be near me and my most loyal robots. You know, seeing them fight reminds me of the time I first sent out Metal Sonic to see how strong he was against Sonic back at Little Planet. He did prove himself to be powerful, but Sonic was still able to defeat him and rescued little Rosy in the process. And since he proved himself to be the most powerful Sonic robot I have ever invented to even stand out above the others, I decided to have him my most loyal robot ever, which was the main reason why I decided to have him my second-in-command of the Eggman Empire. Anyway, getting back to the battle, Gamma and Beta are still going at it.

"Time to finish this!" says Beta before pushing Gamma down and then point his weapon at him. But just before he was about to deal the finishing blow, Gamma sweep Beta's legs and then grab him before tossing him to the side. Oh ho ho! Now THIS  is what I call incredible strength. As Beta tries to get himself back on his feet, Gamma finishes the battle quickly by firing a missile to put him down, making him the winner of the battle. With that, he fires a missile from his gun to declare his victory.

"Beta defeated! Battle victorious!" he says.

"Wow! Gamma won the battle!" exclaims Cubot.

"Well, guess this means that he'll be going with the boss and Team Metal once we take off from here," says Orbot.

"In just a matter of moments, Orbot," I reply to him before turning to Gamma. "As for you, Gamma, I am quite surprised of how well you defeated Beta. There was something telling me that you are something more interesting than any of my other robots, and it seems that you have showed it to me. All of my other henchmen are impressed with you as well." I look at my loyal servants and see them nodding to show Gamma that I am telling the truth.

"Thank you, Doctor," says Gamma and I nod in reply. Then I turn my attention to Beta, who is still recovering from his injuries after the battle. It's a good thing that he, like the rest of his brethren, have an auto repair function to get them back into good working order after they end up losing a fight. It's a simple mechanic I add on them in case things start to go south on their end.

"As for you, Beta, you have done a great job in giving Gamma the training he needed. Now he is ready to join us along with the rest of his brethren," I tell him.

"Appreciated, Doctor. Glad to be of assistance," says Beta.

"So, does that mean that he's going to go with you and Team Metal to be on the front of the Egg Carrier?" asks Decoe.

"That is correct," I reply. "I hereby grant Gamma permission to serve on board the Egg Carrier with me, Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles." The other robots all clap and cheer about the news, feeling very proud of Gamma. And it looks like Gamma is happy to have this position now that he is one of us. But just before we are about to leave, Beta comes up next to me.

"Doctor, I have something else to tell you," he says.

"And what would that be, Beta?" I ask him.

"Permission to have the others climb on board the Egg Carrier? My brethren, your henchmen, and all of the Badniks must be in check before we are ready to go," he suggests. Hmm... He does have a point. After all, all of my henchmen have been really helpful over the past few months I've been here in this world before it got merged with Mobius, so the least I can do is bring them with me like always. I'll also make sure to leave the Final Egg intact with Badniks in case an intruder comes by. And if they do, I'll be sure to get ready for that. With that, I look at Beta again.

"Permission granted. I'll of course allow all of my robots to come on board," I reply before turning to my henchmen. "Get everyone ready for takeoff! We need to get going immediately! It's time to go searching for the Chaos Emeralds and see where Chaos ended up!"

"Yes, Doctor!" my robots reply before leaving to make sure that all of our Badniks in check. Then I turn my attention back to E-102 Gamma and E-101 Beta. Since these two have proven themselves to be worthy in being good loyal servants, all that is left for them to do is to have their brethren come on by to see if everything is all good and ready. Once we have everyone in check we will be clear for takeoff! I'll be sure to get that hedgehog once more and find the Chaos Emeralds to give Chaos the power he needs to destroy everything! Those pathetic fools won't be able to stop me this time! AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE MINE! ALL MINE!!! NYAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Location: Meeting Room

Time of Date: 08:52

Normal POV

Soon, Eggman and his minions arrived at the meeting room so that the Doctor himself could check and be sure that his E-Series robots were all present. Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, and Bokkun each had a tablet that had the identification of which E-Series robot they were looking at. As of now, Eggman, Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles all looked in front of them to see five different robots of the E-100 Series that were all present for the meeting. Team Metal then put their hands out in a way of saying "All rise!" so that the robots in front of them would stand up straight. The five robots did just than and gave out salutes to confirm that they were present. Then, Team Metal gave the five robots a signal to put their arms down, and the latter did just than but still remained standing up. After that, Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot, and Bokkun each stood in front of the robots to identify who they were and have them know that they were present.

"Alright, you lot, tell me if everyone is present for takeoff!" Eggman ordered and his henchmen nodded in affirmation so that they knew what they should do now. They then looked at the robots again to confirm their identities and let them know that they were present.

"E-101 Beta?" said Decoe and Beta raised his arm.

"Affirmative," he replied before putting his arm down.

"E-102 Gamma?" said Bocoe and Gamma raised his arm.

"Present," he replied before putting his hand down.

"E-103 Delta?" said Orbot and the blue robot with a similar design as Beta and Gamma, known as E-103 Delta, raised his arm.

"Here," he replied before putting his arm down.

"E-104 Epsilon?" said Cubot and the orange robot with a similar design as the rest of his brethren, known as E-104 Epsilon, raised his arm.

"Ready," he replied before putting his arm down.

"And E-105 Zeta?" said Bokkun and the purple robot with a similar design as the rest of his brethren, known as E-105 Zeta, raised his arm.

"Online," he replied before putting his arm down. Eggman was thrilled to hear that all of his robots were present. Now, everyone was ready to go.

"Heh heh heh... Perfect! Everyone is here! It's time to go and pay a visit to Station Square once more!" he declared before pointing an arm up. "Prepare the Egg Carrier for takeoff immediately! Set a course to Station Square right now!" The others nodded and they got to work in getting ready to go to Station Square once again. Eggman couldn't wait to have his new robots ready to begin their new mission to find the Chaos Emeralds and bring them to him so that they could get started in destroying Sonic and his friends once and for all. With a sinister smile, he left to get ready to have full control over the Egg Carrier, with Team Metal following behind him. Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles all believed that their new robot allies will be a huge help in getting rid of Sonic and his friends once more, but they also had a feeling that they needed to find and destroy Mecha Sonic Mk. III if they were to find him again. However, because they were already getting started with their mission, the only thing they needed to think right now is to find Sonic and his friends and destroy them.

Location: Outside of the Egg Carrier

Time of Date: 09:06

Outside, a loud rumbling noise was heard. Turns out that the Egg Carrier was buried under the earth and was ready for takeoff. Eggman had already finished his preparations to begin his new mission with his newly activated E-100 Series robots and were ready to go. In no time at all, the Egg Carrier was lifted off from the earth and ready to take the skies straight back to Station Square. The evil Dr. Eggman had high hopes that Sonic and his friends were going to be history now that he had new robots ready to come out and destroy. In order for that to happen, he planned to send out Badniks to eliminate the hedgehog and his friends in different places. The only issue was that he needed to make sure that they were all organized in different areas so that they wouldn't get themselves in trouble. In no time at all, the Egg Carrier soon left its destination and was on its way to Station Square.

However, while Eggman and his minions were leaving their base, they failed to realize that someone was watching them. That someone was none other than Mecha Sonic Mk. III, who had been hiding within the area the Egg Carrier took off before it left. Turns out he was listening and watching what Eggman and his minions were up to and heard that Eggman was using the E-100 Series as his new loyal robots, which made him feel even more betrayed because he thought that as the newer Sonic robot, he would've been a perfect loyal minion to him. But, unfortunately for him, he ended up being incomplete thanks to Eggman scrapping the idea, and would eventually rely on the E-100 Series instead. This made his inner circuits boil with anger.

"Former master abandoned me for useless walking trash heaps. Must claim vengeance once programming is complete!" he stated. "Must also look for blue hedgehog and allies. Need to fulfil my own directive!" With that, he flew away to either follow Eggman or search for Sonic and his friends so that he could complete is own directive. At the same time, though, he also needed to continue his research of his world so that he would complete his programming and have his own free will.

Location: United Federation, G.U.N. Headquarters

Time of Date: 09:14

Meanwhile at G.U.N. HQ, Commander Tower was talking to Officer Albright about what he and his crew discovered yesterday at Angel Island after it fell into the ocean near Mystic Ruins. They also talked about the strange creature, Chaos, they found back at Station Square at night during their patrol, and Tower was surprised to hear that this creature withstood the police's weapons due to his whole body being completely nothing but water. But the cops were not the only ones who saw Chaos. They saw Sonic, Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances just as well, with the blue hedgehog fighting the creature and the young human quartet helping him via giving him rings. But after they were able to defeat Chaos, the creature escaped via a sewar drain. Now Tower was more surprised than ever. He couldn't believe that the blue hedgehog and the four human children were there at the time of the scene.

"And that's all that happened, sir. We've lost sight of the creature after it escaped," Albright concluded.

"This is getting serious," said Topaz. "First that island landed in the ocean and now there is a strange creature roaming around the city."

"You got that right," agreed Tower. "If that thing continues to cause more trouble around Station Square, this could mean that there is something we are not too sure about." But then, Rouge suddenly had a thought that came to her mind.

"You know, about the police discovering something on Angel Island, maybe what they saw could mean something about this creature that the cops, Sonic, and his buddies saw last night," she said, and that made everyone look at her with curiosity.

"What makes you say that?" asked Topaz.

"What I'm getting is that what the police found on Angel Island might give us clues about the origins of this strange creature," Rouge explained. "Perhaps it would be best to ask them and see if they found something that might be relatable to the creature they found back at the city." Tower thought that it would be worth a shot to see if what the police discovered back on Angel Island could mean something that might be relatable to Chaos they saw back at Station Square. With a nod to Rouge, he looked back at the SSPD again.

"Can you tell us more about what you discovered back on that island?" he asked. Since Officer Albright had already done his explanation of the discovery, and also the fact that he and his crew saw Chaos within Station Square, the other cops decided to fill in the details of what they found throughout Angel Island.

"Well, sir, during our investigation around Angel Island, we discovered that there are lots of flying creatures everywhere around the premise of a place called Sky Sanctuary," said a male human cop. "Our photographer entered a strange machine that brought him there and then radioed us about those creatures flying around, and it would appear that there was a hidden palace somewhere within that island. After that, he was able to return the same way by using that same portal. Here, he took these pictures to show us." He then took out something from his pocket and it appeared to be lots of photographs the police photographer took during the investigation. Tower looked at the photographs the see that they were indeed the flying creatures the photographer caught around Angel Island. When the cop put away the photographs, a male Mobian bird cop came up to explain more about the photos.

"Um, if I may interrupt, sir, but when we were able to see those photographs, us Mobians are able to recognize those creatures as the Chao," he explained. "Legends say that those creatures are very mysterious and are everywhere around Mobius. Sometimes, they can even be in other hidden places that only a few people can even find them at."

"Chao, huh?" Tower wondered. "What else do you know about these creatures?"

"They always like to be in clean environments and enjoy lost of fruits wherever they find them," said a female Mobian bunny cop. "They are also very playful and friendly to those who are kind to them, just like the blue hero himself, Sonic. He's been very helpful to those little guys and even the Mobini he rescued from the evil Dr. Eggman many times in the past. While we are not entirely sure about the Chao's origins, we highly suspect that the might have something to do with that...thing...we found last night."

"I see..." said Tower.

"So, what can we do about these flying creatures the SSPD found?" asked Commander Eastwood. "Should we bring one to us to inspect it?" Unfortunately, Tower was not thinking of that idea. He remembered the last time they brought in someone unusual, which were Cream and Cheese after they mysteriously arrived to Earth via Chaos Control, and Sonic and his friends had to bail them out because they didn't want to see them in danger. Tower didn't want to let the Chao go through the same way Cream and Cheese did back at Area 99, so he raised a hand as a way of dropping the idea.

"Negative. The last time we had done that caused major casualties around Area 99," he said before putting his hand down. "I suggest that we should let Sonic and his friends handle the situation themselves."

"Going to let the blue hero and his buddies do all the work, eh, Abe?" Rouge teased and Tower only looked at her with a serious look on his face.

"Easy there, Rouge. I'm only saying that they might have a better idea on what's going on about this mysterious creature that just appeared on Station Square," he said. "That being said, if we're going to have a lead about this creature that came out of nowhere and arrived at Station Square, it would be wise to let them handle this." Then he turned his attention to the police. "As for you, I need you to stand down and keep yourselves on guard. If anything worst happens around the city, make sure you do whatever it takes to keep the people safe. And don't forget that the Speed Team are with you. Got it?"

"Yes, sir!" replied Officer Albright and his team with salutes.

"Good, then you are all dismissed," said Tower and the cops nodded before heading out to return back to the police department to rest and let Sonic and his friends handle the mission themselves. Then Tower turned his attention to Rouge, Topaz, and Commander Eastwood.

"Is there anything you want us to do, sir?" asked Topaz.

"I hope it's something special for us to investigate," said Rouge.

"Now now, Rouge. You mustn't be hasty with such overconfidence," Tower warned before giving her orders. "I need you to search around the city for more clues. Commander Eastwood and Agent Topaz will be up high in the sky watching from above. If you see anything unusual, make sure you return here with information. Am I clear?"

"Yes, sir!" replied Rouge, Topaz, and Eastwood simultaneously with salutes.

"Good, now get to it. Don't come back until you give me the details of what you discovered next," said Tower and the trio nodded before leaving the office to get ready for their mission in their search around Station Square for more clues. Once they were gone, Tower looked back through the windows to his his soldiers still busy with work as usual. All the while, he kept thinking about what will happen next now that our heroes and a few others were going to be busy with their new missions. He really hoped that they would be alright and also stop Eggman if they were to catch wind of him again. After all, he knew for a fact that he might be still out there somewhere, and with the heroes on their missions, they would find him soon.

Location: Mystic Ruins, Tails' Workshop

Time of Date: 10:21

Tails' POV

Alright, that should be the final touches I need to put on this prototype before getting ready for its test flight. To be honest, this is the first time I'm going to test out a prototype until I can get it ready for the final product. Now, all that is left is to put in the Chaos Emerald that I have with me. I go to one of my drawers and open it to reveal the purple Chaos Emerald I found not too long ago. To give you a brief explanation, after Earth and Mobius merged into one whole planet, the Chaos Emeralds mysteriously vanished into thin air, scattering around the world. One of them landed in this area where I was about to build my own workshop in Mystic Ruins and I decided to keep it safely within this workshop once it was fully built. As of now, this Chaos Emerald is still safe within my hands and now it's the only thing I need to give this prototype airplane a good test flight to see if this baby can withstand the power of the Chaos Emerald. With that, I place the Chaos Emerald in its own slot so that it won't slip off, hoping that it will be stable for the prototype.

"There, that oughta do it," I say to myself. "Now all I have to do is to begin its test flight and then look back at the readings to see how well it worked out. But before that, I better call my friends to let them know about the news Chuck and I talked about yesterday." Even though I have a pretty strong feeling that the others might know about what happened to Angel Island, it's better to double check that we are all on the same boat. With that, I take out my communicator and select the icon of Sonic so that I can start with him. After that, I wait patiently for Sonic to pick up the call. However, instead of hearing Sonic's voice, I get a message.

"We're sorry, but your call could not be received. Please leave your message for Sonic the Hedgehog." *BEEP!*

Instead of leaving a message, however, I instead hang up the call. I have a feeling that he might be busy on his daily runs or even relaxing somewhere and doesn't want any interruptions. I know Sonic too well to understand what he likes to do best: Run around the world and enjoy his free lifestyle no matter what. And because Sonic could not receive the call, I have a feeling that the same thing might happen to the others as well. After all, if they are really busy what what they want to do, it's best not to interrupt them.

"Hmm... Guess Sonic couldn't reach my call, and that would also do the same to the others, which means that they might be busy," I say to myself. "Oh well, guess I'll just get to work in beginning my test flight with this prototype." With no time to waste, I hope into the prototype and start its engine. The propeller starts and then the plane begins to take off into the sky. Looks like this test is going well so far, so now all that is left is to see if this puppy can handle the high skies. As long as the Chaos Emerald gives it a good steady condition, then I'll see the results afterwards. But if something goes wrong, I'll try to think of something else to make the soon to be made Tornado-1 function well after the prototype's test.

Normal POV

However, after Tails flew away with his prototype plane, he never noticed Mecha Sonic Mk. III hiding right near the workshop. Turns out he was still doing his research around the world and ended up right near the workshop located in Mystic Ruins. It was until he suddenly discovered the Chaos Emerald the young Mobian fox had. When he got a glimpse of the Chaos Emerald Tails obtained, he felt a sudden tingle within his body. That tingle was nothing but pure Chaos energy flowing within his system. It just made him feel even powerful than he thought of before, and if he were to get his hands on that Chaos Emerald, he would try to take it away so that he could use its power for himself. The only problem was that he needed to catch him first.

"Strong energy source detected! Must obtain power to grow stronger!" he stated. "New target also spotted! Must eliminate target to obtain energy source!" With that, he flew right towards Tails to chase after him so that he could try to take the Chaos Emerald for himself and obtain its powers. Tails was unaware of the fact that Mecha Sonic Mk. III was coming right behind him at high speeds, but the only thing was that he was too far away to catch up to him, and that there wasn't any alert about that yet. Little did he know that it was going to happen sooner or later than he would expect.

Location: Station Square, Thorndyke Mansion

Time of Date: 10:22

At the same time during Tails' departure from his workshop...

Meanwhile at the Thorndyke Mansion, Sonic, Chris, Cream, Cheese, Helen, Danny, and Frances were all in the living room to talk about what the blue hedgehog and the young human quartet discovered last night while the police was involved. Even Chuck, Ella, and Mr. Tanaka were brought into the room to listen to what had happened last night and what the heroes discovered when they were out on Station Square late at night. While Chuck would've be worried about his grandson's, along with his friends', parents feeling disgruntled at the thought going outside so late at night, he knew that there was a reason they had to do it after they heard the news about what had happened to Angel Island the night before the last. With that, he, Cream, Cheese, Ella, and Mr. Tanaka all listened carefully about what had happened, which mostly involved tracking down the SSPD and discovering a strange water like creature named Chaos, though they did not know about the name just yet. To say that Cream, Cheese, Chuck, Ella, and Mr. Tanaka were surprised to hear the story would be an understatement.

"Are you sure that that's what you saw last night?" asked Chuck.

"Mmm-hmm..." Helen replied with a nod. "But after Sonic took down that strange creature, it managed to get away through a sewar drain. We don't know where it ended up after that, but one thing's for certain is that it got away from us after he lost the battle."

"That sounds like this creature isn't friendly..." Cream shivered.

"Chao..." Cheese chirped in agreement.

"We can only assume that this strange creature might be our clue to figure out how Angel Island ended up landing in the ocean near Mystic Ruins," said Frances. "But the only problem is that it could be anywhere now that it escaped through the sewars."

"Doesn't it sound dangerous of how strong the creature is?" asked Mr. Tanaka, feeling concerned about Chris and his friends' safety.

"Not unless I come around to kick its butt," Sonic replied. "But, when you put it that way, he didn't seem to be that strong when I first fought it."

"The only thing he can't be hit was the bullets from the police's guns, and since the SSPD can't do anything about this, it seems like we're the only ones who can track down that creature ourselves," said Chris. "But the only problem is that we can't find that thing if we all go in one place at the same time."

"Chris is right. If we're going to find that creature and figure out the mystery behind Angel Island, we're going to have to split up into groups," said Danny and Sonic, Chris, Helen, and Frances all nodded in agreement, knowing that they were going to go through with the idea they brought up together. Now the others were even more surprised to hear the plan. But the only one who was not sure about the idea was Mr. Tanaka, who was still concerned about Chris and his friends' safety if they were to go on their own and split up into groups.

"Master Chris, while I am not highly against the idea you are proposing, it doesn't seem safe for you and your friends to go out by yourselves," he said. "I know that all of you have done so much, but we can't let there be any casualties after our world has been merged with Sonic's home planet." The others only looked at him after they heard on what he just said. But after that, Frances stood up from the couch and looked at Mr. Tanaka with a serious look on her face.

"Mr. Tanaka, I know that you really appreciate our safety, especially after all that had happened to us when Eggman was involved with his usual shenanigans, but this is something else that not even the police could handle after they failed to take down that strange creature," she said. "Take us, for instance. When we ended up kidnapped by Eggman and his robots, Bokkun secretly wanted to help us out and gave us everything we needed to survive. Oh, and do you know what else? We even fought against Team Metal with the supplies we kept in our backpacks! This means that there are a lot of things nobody can handle except us! You may say that we should stay here for our safety and let Sonic and his pals handle this alone, but we've been helping Sonic and the others for months now! Call me out on this, but I'm going to go with Chris, Sonic, and the others to solve this mystery of this strange creature coming out of nowhere and Angel Island falling to the ocean!" Chuck, Ella, and Mr. Tanaka were shocked to hear what Frances just said, with the latter really surprised to see how determined the young tomboy girl was in going out on this adventure. Danny, who also saw the determination within Frances, also stood up from the couch and looked at Mr. Tanaka with a serious look on his face.

"Frances is right! We've been through so much trouble in our adventures and we're still here to this day! Look at us! We've been sticking with Chris for months now and none of us even dared to turn his back on him because he's been doing everything to protect us, and we were willing to do the same when we saw his life on the line!" he said. "Ever since we went on our first adventure to rescue Cream and Cheese from Area 99, we had always thought that Sonic was great in being a inspiration to help him out with his many battles against Dr. Eggman. Chris even wanted us to go with him and never once tried to even do anything to abandon us, which is what makes him a kind and caring person to us! You can tell us all you want to stay here, but I'm not going to stay behind while we need to get a lead to solve this mystery! And if things go south, we'll always have Sonic to protect us like he always does!" Mr. Tanaka was even more surprised to see that Danny was also willing to go on this adventure, even if it involved getting split up into groups to try and track down the creature. Then, it was Helen's turn to speak as she moved her wheelchair forward and looked at Mr. Tanaka with a serious look on her face. However, she was a little less serious and more calm than Danny and Frances.

"Mr. Tanaka, we appreciate your concern for our safety, and we know that it is dangerous for us to handle ourselves, but even if we split up into groups, we have a plan that will help us get a lead to find that strange creature we discovered last night. While our plan of splitting up into groups might also getting me separated by my boyfriend, I know that he'll be alright once we explain it," she said. "Ever since Chris and the others were able to help me confront my fears of that horrendous event back at that castle, as well as Chris and I confessing to our love for each other, we both made a promise to each other that we would stick together no matter what. That also includes have our friends together, since we all work together, even if we have our plan to split up into groups. Not to mention that we all have our communicators to contact one another in case we find something unusual. I know that this plan has to work well once we get a good lead to find the creature! We have to do this if we're going to solve this mystery together!" Sonic and Chris looked at their friends and smiled to see that they were sticking with the plan no matter what the others were thinking. Specifically, what Mr. Tanaka was thinking.

"You see, Mr. Tanaka? All of my friends are agreeing with the plan to find that strange creature we saw last night," said Chris. "I'm sure that once we split up into groups, we'll be able to find a good lead to where the creature might end up! Please, Mr. Tanaka! It's our only chance to find him!" Mr. Tanaka was still not sure about the idea. Thinking that he needed more than that, Sonic decided to speak up.

"Y'know, buddy, these guys do bring up a really good point about their idea. Plus, you know that I've also got my friends to back me up whenever I need their help," he said. "I'm sure Cream and Cheese are more than willing to help us out, since they were a huge help during our search for the Chaos Emeralds. That, and ever since I first rescued them from Eggman back at Leaf Forest, they were determined to rescue Vanilla. Right, guys?" He looked at the young rabbit and her Chao friend with a wink, and the latter two nodded to confirm that their hedgehog friend was right. Then, they turned their attention to Mr. Tanaka.

"Mr. Sonic is right, Mr. Tanaka. After he saved me, me and Cheese both wanted to help him on his adventure to rescue my mother," she explained. "We may be really young, but when we both work together, we can stand up to anybody we come across, just like how we stood up to Eggman's evil robots! In fact, we both want to go with Mr. Sonic, Mr. Chris, and all the others on their adventure, too! Please, Mr. Tanaka! If our friends need our help, we have to help them! We can't let them down!"

"Chao chao! Chao chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement, being with his best friend's side by flying closer to her. After that, the little rabbit girl and Chao went over to their friends and stood next to them with serious looks on their faces, staying put with their decision in going with them on their mission and sticking with their plan in splitting to groups. Mr. Tanaka was more shocked than ever to hear that everyone was going through with the plan without even giving a second thought. As for Ella and Chuck, they both smiled to see that everyone was more than willing to work together on their big adventure, even if it involves splitting up into different groups. Then, Ella turned to Mr. Tanaka.

"Tanaka, I think it would be better to let them go on their quest," she suggested. "We know how well they worked together as a team, and since they have their communicators, they can still keep in contact with each other. I know that you really care about their safety, but there is nothing you can do to talk them out of it. Give them a chance. After all, our world needs its heroes." Mr. Tanaka could see that Ella was being quite sincere with her words, especially since she was more than willing to let the heroes go on their quest to search for the creature, Chaos. With no other way to talk them out of it, he decided to have them go through with their decision. Taking a deep breath in and out, he looked at the heroes in front of him.

"Master Chris, Master Sonic, if you both must go on your adventure and take your friends with you, please be careful. I'm counting on both of you to have your safety as your top priority," he said. "Also, please be on the lookout for Dr. Eggman. There is a high chance that he might appear somewhere, so it would be wise of you to keep your guard up for him and his minions."

"Can do!" Sonic replied with a thumbs up and a wink, as Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances all give their thumbs up as well. Cream and Cheese only nodded, knowing that they too needed to be careful for any signs of danger if they dare to come across them.

"So, now that you are all agreeing with your plan, what will be your groups? Also, is there anything I can do to help?" asked Chuck.

"Well, since we also have Cream and Cheese with us, we have already planned ahead on how we are going to split up into groups," Chris explained. "Me, Sonic and Danny will be in one group, Helen and Amy will be with one group, and Frances, Cream, and Cheese will be one group."

"And speaking of Amy, we also need your help as well," Helen cut in. "Mr. Thorndyke, we need you to take us to different locations so that we can get started on our search for the creature."

"And what would those locations be?" Chuck asked again.

"Sonic, Chris, and Danny suggested that they should be dropped off at Emerald Coast as their starting point, while Helen should be dropped off at Amy's apartment so that she could fill her in the details of what's going on," Frances replied. "As for me, Cream, and Cheese, we'll simply go walking around the city to find something else there." Before continuing, she took out her backpack and opened it up to reveal lots of snacks she packed for the occasion. "Don't worry, I packed up snacks in case we get hungry along the way." Chris, Danny, and Helen also took out their backpacks and opened them up to reveal that they too had packed up snacks as well.

"So did we!" they said simultaneously.

"I say, you kids sure do come prepared!" said Mr. Tanaka surprised.

"You know what they say: You should always be prepared!" Frances chuckled and that made her friends laugh, too. Then, Chuck stood up from the other couch and looked at the heroes.

"Well, what are we waiting for? I'll go and get the car ready," he said before rushing out of the mansion to get his car ready to take the heroes out on their new adventure. Sonic, Chris, Helen, Danny, Frances, Cream, and Cheese all looked at each other with shrug smiles before shaking their heads. They believed that their new adventure had already just started.

Time of Date: 10:26

Frances' POV

A few minutes later...

Once we made it outside, Mr. Thorndyke got his car ready for Sonic, Chris, Helen, and Danny to go to their designated places so that they can get started in their search for that strange creature we discovered last night. As for me, Cream, and Cheese, we're going to walk around the streets of Station Square to see if we can find any clues as to where the creature ended up. It's a good thing we also have our communicators so that we can keep in contact with each other. Just to be sure that we are sticking with the plan, I take out my communicator and switch to the icon I'm looking for. Once I tap on Chris' icon, I wait for the ringing on Chris' end, to which he did hear and then answer the call.

"Yeah, Frances?" he asks.

"Just making sure that our communicators are working well, Chris," I reply. "You guys got everything under control?"

"We sure do. As long as we have our communicators, we'll keep in touch on what we got so far," Chris replies and then looks at me with a wink, to which I reply with my own before hanging up the call, with Chris doing the same. Then, me, Cream, Cheese, Ella and Mr. Tanaka all wave at our friends to see them leave as Chuck drives the car out of the mansion.

"Do take care of yourselves out there! Come back in one piece!" says Ella.

"We will!" Chris, Helen, and Danny all reply at once.

"I'll make sure to get them to their destinations in two honks of a horn!" says Mr. Thorndyke.

"As long as I'm with my buddies, there's no way the Egghead will stand a chance!" Sonic adds with his signature triumphant smirk, and that gets Chris, Helen, and Danny laughing until they all disappear from the mansion and head on to the direction to where Amy's apartment is, which is the first destination to drop off Helen. Once they drop off Helen, Mr. Thorndyke will take Sonic, Chris, and Danny to begin their search for clues to figure out what's behind the mystery of Angel Island falling into the ocean. Which leaves me, Cream, and Cheese to search around the streets of Station Square to find anything unusual. As long as we have snacks to keep our energy in check, including the item boxes that can be spawned from the communicator, we've got nothing to lose. We then turn to face Ella and Mr. Tanaka.

"Mr. Tanaka, thanks for giving us a chance to let us go on our quest. Don't worry, I've got my supplies right here in my backpack in case we have an emergency," I tell Mr. Tanaka. "I'm pretty sure that Chris, Helen, and Danny all have their supplies in the backpacks as well."

"Care to tell us what the supplies are?" asked Mr. Tanaka.

"Oh, just a few simple things: Snacks, a frying pan, water, you name it!" I reply. "What I do remember is that Helen has baked apple pies, Danny has his own baseball bat, and Chris has a few supplies of his own he kept in his backpack. Although I may have forgotten about what he has, I'm more than certain that they'll be helpful during our quest."

"Sounds like you are all prepared for your adventure," says Ella. "And I'm really glad that Helen was kind enough to save those leftover apple pies for emergencies, just like how she used them to face off against Team Metal six months ago." I let out a smile to hear that, since we recently told everyone how well we fought against those robots six months ago. The news about that spread like wildfire, and everyone was surprised about our bravery in standing up against Eggman's robots and using our utilities to fight them. Mr. Tanaka then looked at us again.

"Honestly, I may have somewhat forgotten about your bravery in facing against Dr. Eggman's robots, so for that, I deeply apologize for my concern of your safety, when you do indeed have your utilities needed to protect yourselves," he says before giving me, Cream, and Cheese a bow. "I wish all of you the best of luck on your quest. You lot are going to need it." Me, Cream, and Cheese all let out smiles before all three of us bow as well.

"Don't worry, Mr. Tanaka, we'll be alright," says Cream before turning to her Chao friend. "As long as we have Frances with us, we'll be in safe hands, right, Cheese?"

"Chao!" Cheese chirps in a way of saying "yes".

"Well, we better be off then! We'll see you both on the other side!" I call to Ella and Mr. Tanaka before running towards the gate to get outside and start my new journey, as Cream and Cheese follow behind me while waving to Ella and Mr. Tanaka.

"Bye, Ms. Ella! Bye, Mr. Tanaka! We'll be back soon!" Cream calls out.

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirps in until we all make it to the gate and leave the mansion. Now it's time to for us to begin our part in searching for that strange creature. If we do find anything unusual, we'll be sure to give our friends a call and let them know about what's going on. And if we somehow find Eggman and his cronies up to no good again, we'll be sure to give them a call about what to do with them. As long as we keep ourselves in contact with each other while we are in our groups, everything will be A-OK!

Normal POV

Once Frances, Cream, and Cheese all left the mansion, Ella let out a big smile. She was very happy to see that Chris and his friends were more than willing to help out Sonic and his friends on their new adventure to solve the mystery of Angel Island and also find the strange creature, Chaos, they talked about. But she was more proud of Chris due to the fact that he was learning to have his friends by his side, just like how he promised to do that after Sonic presumably left Earth, which was later false, and the young human boy had been keeping that promise ever since. Mr. Tanaka, on the other hand, only looked with a small frown on his face. While he was impressed on how determined Sonic, Chris, and all of their friends were to solve the Angel Island mystery, and also find Chaos if they got the chance to do so, he was still worried about the young human quartet. Truth be told, he still remembered his promise to keep Chris safe, along with his friends on other occasions, but knowing that he let them go on their own had someone put him on edge. Despite that, he knew how well Chris and his friends were very supportive to Sonic and the others, and he believed that the young human quartet were going to be okay.

Master Chris, please be careful out there. I still fear for your safety, even though you have the necessary utilities you have to survive and fight back, he thought. We're all counting on you to fix this problem and prevent Dr. Eggman from causing any more trouble. If your parents were here to see how much you and your friends have grown, they would be so proud of you.

Location: Above the Streets of Station Square

Time of Date: 10:28

Some time during the heroes' departure for their quest...

Meanwhile, Tails was flying high in the sky above Station Square on his prototype biplane. Everything was going well thanks to the Chaos Emerald giving it the power source it needed. Tails hoped that his prototype will run well until it was ready to be recreated as the Tornado-1. Even though he already had the X-Tornado with him, he still wanted to invent some extra Tornados in case of emergencies. After all, he was always prepared for anything, even when it comes to helping Sonic out on his adventures in defeating Dr. Eggman.

"Looks like everything's under control!" he exclaimed happily. "Now all I have to do is to give this a landing spot and then I'll think on what to do next before recreating this baby into the Tornado-1." However, while he was busy testing out the prototype, he had no idea that Mecha Sonic Mk. III was following behind him. The energy source of the Chaos Emerald was drawing closer to the robot, and he wanted to take the Chaos Emerald away from Tails so that he could see how much power it had. Unfortunately, he wasn't anywhere close near the Mobian fox and his biplane, so he needed to find a way to get closer if he was going to take the Chaos Emerald.

"Target spotted! Energy source detected! Initiating system jammer impulses!" he stated before activating something within his systems. Turns out he was sending out magnetic waves that would jam any system that were connected to any power source, and unfortunately for Tails, that power source for the prototype biplane was none other than the Chaos Emerald he had within the plane. Suddenly, the prototype biplane started to shudder and shake. Tails saw what was going on and was getting worried.

"W-What the?! What's happening?!" he gasped as he looked around to see what was causing the problem. The only one he couldn't see was Mecha Sonic Mk. III, who was still too far away from getting closer to the Mobian fox and the Chaos Emerald.

"Energy source getting stronger! Must get closer to obtain energy source!" he stated as he zoomed closer and closer to get to the prototype biplane to steal the Chaos Emerald. However, due to the electrical impulses he sent out that were too much for the Chaos Emerald to handle, Tails was starting to lose control of the biplane. Before Mecha Sonic Mk. III could get close enough to get what he was looking for, the prototype biplane started to fall.

"Oh, no! No no no no no no no!" he cried before the front of the biplane started to billow black smoke. Before Tails could find a way to regain control, the biplane prototype suddenly went upwards and then straight towards the city. "AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tails screamed as he flew faster and faster towards the city. The human and Mobian citizens of the area gasped when they heard a scream and saw the biplane coming down right towards them.

"INCOMING!!!" yelled a man, pointing at the biplane, and the people scrambled to move out the way just before Tails found a way to pull himself up, preventing the citizens from getting hurt.

"SORRY! I CAN'T CONTROL THIS THING!!!" he cried as the biplane continued to fly out of control, this time going in circles. It wasn't until Tails eventually made a turn to send him out of the city and heading straight towards the path of Emerald Coast, and his crash landing spot was going to be somewhere at the emerald sea. "MAYDAY! MAYDAY! I'M GOING TO CRASH!!! LOOK OUT BELOW!!!" he yelled and was soon out of sight from Station Square. Mecha Sonic Mk. III watched as his chance of getting the Chaos Emerald was gone in an instant.

"Energy source lost. Must follow target to obtain energy source," he said, but just before he was about to do that, he suddenly heard a beeping coming from his head. He checked his systems to see what was the matter and found out about the problem. "Warning: Battery running low. Must find a place to hide to recharge battery," he said. "Original task not yet completed. Must continue with my mission after recharge is complete." With that, he hurried towards the opposite direction of where Tails ended up to find a place to rest and where nobody would find him. If he was going to get what he wanted, he would have to wait until his battery was fully charged. And once he was ready to go, he would continue with his objective to obtain a full programming and use it to prove his former master that he was the most powerful Sonic robot he had ever invented. He would just have to get the right time to do so.

Location: Outside of Amy's Apartment

Helen's POV

Some time before Tails' prototype problem...

Alright, it looks like we made it to Amy's apartment, which is my stop. Now all I have to do is to tell Amy about our plan and maybe, she'll be able to help us out on what we need to do. And if she asks about where Cream and Cheese are at, I'll tell her that Frances is with him and taking good care of them. Luckily, we have our communicators so that we can keep ourselves in contact in case something happens on our end. Getting back to where I was, once Mr. Thorndyke stops the car, Chris and Sonic help me out in taking out my wheelchair and then carry me onto it so that I can be safe. I'm really glad that I still have my friends to help me, even when it comes to doing things you can't really do. That also includes my one and only boyfriend.

"You sure you're going to be okay handling this on your own?" Chris asks me.

"Of course, Chris. But just remember that I'm also going to have Amy helping me as our group," I reply. "As long as we have our communicators to keep in touch, I'm sure that everything will be alright." I also give Chris a small peck on the lips, which gets him to blush a bit. "That's for good luck on your part," I add.

"Heh. Lovebirds," Danny teases and that gives me a small shade of pink on my cheeks. I swear, he and Frances will never give up teasing us about how close we are. However, Chris only smirks and looks at Danny with a mischievous look on his face.

"You know, I could say the same about you and a certain ginger haired tomboy with freckles you've been close to for the past six months," he says and now it's Danny's turn to blush. After hearing the fact about him and Frances getting closer for the past six months, he looks away in embarrassment, which gets me to giggle at the sight.

"Don't embarrass me, Chris!" he snorts.

"Alright, that's enough, boys," I tell them. "You two better get going to Emerald Coast. I've got to fetch Amy from her apartment so that I can tell her all that's been going on." But before I was about to leave to enter the mansion, I suddenly feel someone gripping the handlebars and turn to see that it's Sonic.

"Shall I lend you a hand to bring you up the stairs?" he asks me, but I only let out a small smile. While I would be glad to see that he's willing to help me to get myself up the stairs like how he does in the past, I think it's best to show him and the others something new Tails gave me for my wheelchair.

"That's nice of you, Sonic, but I think I should show you something that can help me go up the stairs," I reply. "Stand back for a moment. I don't want you to get hurt." Sonic looks at me feeling confused about what I just said, but then decides to go through with it. With that, he carefully takes a few steps back until he's far enough to not get himself hurt. After that, I take out the remote that was once used to use the upgrade to help my wheelchair go faster. "Okay, now watch this!" I tell him and then press a button that has an icon of a robot leg. Just then, four robot legs come out of the wheels and then I move the controller to make my wheelchair climb up the stairs that leads to the front door of the apartment. Sonic, Chris, Danny, and Mr. Thorndyke look at what I did with amazement.

"Whoa! That was cool!" exclaims Danny.

"I've never seen that wheelchair spring out legs from its wheels before!" Chris adds.

"Well, I'll be! That's quite the upgrade!" says Mr. Thorndyke and I smile at them from hearing their compliments.

"Thanks, and can you guess who was kind enough to give me the upgrade?" I reply to them.

"Let me guess, it was none other than my little bro, Tails, right?" says Sonic and I nod.

"You got it!" I reply to him. "I recently asked him to help me out with a few more upgrades to help me go anywhere, even in places where I could get stuck, like the stairs." Then I show my friends the remote. "This remote gives me access to many different forms my wheelchair can transform into, such as these legs to help me climb up the stairs." After that, I put away the remote. "While I would show you guys a few more, we don't have much time to do that, since you guys need to get going to Emerald Coast."

"She's right! Come on, Sonic, we have hurry over there if we're going to catch that creature again!" Chris cuts in.

"You got it, little bro!" Sonic replies and with that, the two of them head back into the car as Mr. Thorndyke starts the engine again. Sonic, Chris, and Danny wave at me and I do the same thing in reply.

"See you later, boys! Take care of yourselves!" I tell them.

"You too, Helen!" Chris calls back to me and I let out a big smile until the car drives away out of my sight. *sigh* Oh, Chris... You always care about me so much. Heh, just like how much I care about you. Even though we're going to be in different groups, I know for a fact that Sonic will be there to protect you and Danny, and I'm more than certain that Frances will feel the same way about Danny. After all, Chris did teas him about him and Frances getting closer, which is actually true. Ever since we've been getting closer six months ago, me and Chris started to notice that Danny and Frances have been getting closer and start having feelings for each other. Anyway, enough of that! I need to hurry inside and tell Amy about what's going on. With no time to waste, I press the button with the wheelchair icon and the legs retract back to their position before entering the door. Knowing this apartment, there's got to be an elevator somewhere.

Location: Emerald Coast

Sonic's POV

Some time during Tails' prototype problem...

Well, looks like me, Chris, and Danny made it to our last stop: Emerald Coast. Chuck decided to drop us off near an apartment building so that we can begin our search there, which is a good start, to say the least. Now everyone is already getting themselves started on their parts thanks to their groups. Helen is going to be with Amy, especially with the help of those new upgrades she got on her wheelchair thanks to Tails, and Frances is walking with Cream and Cheese around the city to look for any other clues on their part so that they can give us a lead on what to do. All that is left is for me, Chris, and Danny to begin our search by starting off with Emerald Coast, and what better way to start it off is this apartment right here. If there's nothing else here, we'll just head out towards the beach. I wonder if there's any changes to it now that Earth and Mobius have been merged.

"Thanks for the ride, Grandpa!" Chris calls out to Chuck.

"No problem, Chris. You just take care of yourselves along with your friends," Chuck replies before driving the car out of this place so that he could return home again. Once he was gone, I look towards my two buddies.

"So, where should we start?" I ask.

"Maybe we can start near the pool of this apartment," Chris suggests. "After all, that creature we saw is filled with water, so maybe we can start from there and then work our way through the rest of the beach."

"It's worth a shot," says Danny. "And since everyone around here knows about our good deeds in defeating Eggman, I'm more than certain that the receptionist will let us through." Me and Chris couldn't agree with him more, since we already know that this has been going on for quite a few months now, especially during the past six when both Earth and Mobius have been merged into one whole planet. With no time to waste, we immediately hurry inside so that we can head to the pool to find any clues.

Location: The Apartment, The Pool

Chris' POV

Once we made it to the apartment, me, Danny, and Sonic all start searching for anything unusual or a clue as to where that strange creature we saw last night could be at. Unfortunately, during our search near the pool, we don't seem to find anything new around here, not even a trace of that strange liquid the creature could drop. The only water here is the pool in the middle, which means that there's nothing new happening hear after the creature left from the city after Sonic defeated it last night.

"Have you found anything?" I ask to Danny.

"Not yet," Danny replies. "Let's keep looking."

"How about you, Sonic?" I ask to Chris, but I don't hear a reply coming back to him. Instead, I look at one of the chairs to see Sonic resting on it, and that gives me a facepalm. *sigh* Seriously? How can he be relaxing at a time like this?! With that, I angrily walk up to Sonic and he starts to wake up and looks at me once he sees my shadow over him.

"Oh, hey, Chris," he says nonchalantly.

"Sonic, this is serious! You're supposed to help us find clues to where that creature ended up!" I scold at him.

"Aw, come on, buddy. Don't you want to relax every now and then and enjoy life around here like I do?" Sonic replies. "After all, this place is only a start of where that big drip ended up. There should be more places to go instead of here, right?" Well, he does have a point. Since Danny and I can't seem to find anything around here, maybe that strange creature might've end up somewhere else instead. But then, we suddenly hear a strange sound coming from somewhere.

"Hey, did you hear something?" I ask.

"It sounds like an airplane," Sonic replies. "But it couldn't be the X-Tornado, because it was already been that way thanks to Tails and Chuck upgraded it from being the Tornado 2." I nod and me and Sonic look around to see where the sound was coming from, until Danny suddenly points up at the sky.

"Guys, look!" he yells and me and Sonic quickly look to see where Danny was pointing at. Once we saw what it was, it looks like to be a silver looking biplane, and it looks like smoke is coming from the front of it, causing the plane to go out of control. Not only that, we also hear a familiar voice that sounds like he's in trouble.

"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! I'M GOING TO CRASH!!! LOOK OUT BELOW!!!" he yells, which was none other than Tails!

"Tails?!" I gasp.

"Tails, be careful!" Sonic yells, but Tails doesn't hear him because he's too far away. Before we knew it, we suddenly hear a loud crash, which means that Tails might've hurt himself after losing a lot of control from that plane.

"Uh-oh! That didn't sound good," says Danny. "We better hurry over there and see where Tails ended up!"

"I agree!" I add.

"Oh, Tails..." Sonic sighs upon hearing what had happened to his best friend. "This isn't how he's supposed to fly a plane. I better investigate to see if he's okay." But just before he was about to run over to the direction on where Tails crash landed, I stopped him by grabbing his arm.

"Wait, Sonic, you can't go without us!" I tell him. "We're supposed to stick together as a group, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember," Sonic replies.

"Then how come you want to go on ahead without us to follow you?" Danny asks.

"Well, the thing is that none of you guys are able to catch up to me because of how fast I run," Sonic explains. "Plus, if you were to go really fast, you would have your own set of tools for transportation, like a bike or a skateboard. And since you don't have them, you can't keep up with me." However after Sonic explained to us about the reason why he didn't want us to go with him, me and Danny only look at one another with smiles before turning to the blue hedgehog.

"Oh, really?" I snicker. "Well, how about we show you something new?" We then pull out our communicators before scrolling for the icons we are looking for. I found an icon of my roller skates while Danny found an icon of his skateboard. After that, we tap the icons together.

"Summoning roller skates..."

"Summoning skateboard..."

Suddenly, the communicators then spawn out our set of tools we need for transportation. For me, I have my roller skates, pads, and helmet I need to go anywhere safely. For Danny, he has his skateboard, pads, and helmet he needs to go anywhere safely. After that, they immediately strap onto us, as if they were doing them by themselves without any problems. Sonic looks at us with amazement of what we just did and me and Danny give each other a fist bump before putting away our communicators.

"♪ Ta-da!" we sing in fanfare.

"*whistle* That was cool!" Sonic whistles. "You guys really know how to put on a show."

"Thank you!" I reply.

"Just to give you an explanation on what happened, Tails gave our new communicators an upgrade to allow us to summon our tools we need to help us go anywhere very fast," Danny explains. "And if we don't need them anymore for quite some time, we can just simply press the icons again to return them back to where they go."

"Heh heh. Tails sure has his smarts for anything useful," Sonic chuckles and me and Danny join in. "Now, what do ya say we head out to see where my little bro ended up?" Me and Danny only nod in agreement before we head out of the apartment to go straight to the beach. I sure hope that Tails is okay and not too far on where we are right now. If he needs some help, we better get over there quickly to check and see if he's alright.

Location: The Beach

Time of Date: 10:30

Normal POV

When the group arrived at the beach, they were surprised to see that everything had completely changed the last time they visited here. While there were usual people enjoying their lives and spending a lot of time around the beach, the major difference was that there were Mobians also enjoying their time at the beach as well. To say that our heroes were surprised to see this would be an understatement. Just then, a beach ball suddenly appeared right in front of them and then came a young Mobian cat girl, who was playing with other human kids nearby.

"Sorry about that," she said to them.

"No biggie. You were just having fun with your pals," Sonic replied and the Mobian cat girl gasped when she saw the Blue Blur himself.

"Oh, Sonic! I didn't expect you to be here!" she gasped. "And who are your friends?"

"I'm Chris," Chris introduced himself. "Though my real name is Christopher Thorndyke, my friends just call me Chris."

"And I'm Danny, one of Chris' friends," Danny introduced himself. "We're both with Sonic to go on a quest to find a strange creature that appeared at Station Square last night."

"It's nice to meet you both," replied the Mobian cat girl.

"So, how's life going now that Mobius has been merged with this world we all ended up in?" Sonic asked her.

"It was a bit unusual when we first noticed that Mobius got merged with this world, but as time went on, the people around here became friendly with us and allowed us to live in coexistence," the Mobian cat girl replied. "I'm guessing that your friends also happened to do the same with you and the others, right?"

"You betcha! They've been with me since I first got here, along with Tails, Amy, Cream, Cheese, heh, even Knucklehead," said Sonic with a thumbs up. "Speaking of which, have you seen a biplane that had Tails inside? We heard him screaming as if he was in trouble until he suddenly crashed." The Mobian cat girl nodded before pointing at the direction of where Tails ended up.

"Last I checked, he was heading that way across the emerald sea, and I have a feeling he landed on an island that's just right over there," she explained. "If you're going to go that way, you have to be careful."

"Why?" asked Chris.

"Well, while I was busy playing with my new friends, I saw a bunch of robots appearing out of nowhere and looking around as if they were trying to find something, or someone," explained the Mobian cat girl. "However, those robots looked different the last time we remembered them. A few of them that we remembered were the ones that looked like monkeys, which were happened to be the Kikis, while others were green tanks that looked like rhinos." Sonic thought carefully about the robots the Mobian cat girl mentioned. There was only one person he knew that could only make robots out of anything, especially animals.

"Looks like Eggman sent out Badniks to find me," he said. "This means that I'll have to smash them all up!"

"Just like you always do!" added Danny.

"But what about you guys?" asked the Mobian cat girl, pointing at Chris and Danny. "You two don't even have the power or strength to fight like Sonic." But Chris only smiled.

"Don't worry, we have our supplies packed up in our backpacks in case of emergencies, or whenever Sonic needs our help," he explained. "Plus, we also have our communicators to give him the items he needs to fight against Eggman's robots. We'll back him up in any way we can." Sonic and Danny both nodded in agreement, knowing that Chris was right. This made the Mobian cat girl feel like those three were a great team in working together and let out a smile of her own.

"You two are so brave. I hope you can do it," she said.

"Hey! Come back with that beach ball!" called a human girl. "We still got a game to finish." The Mobian cat girl knew that she needed to get back to the game and looked back towards the heroes.

"Sorry, I have to go! I can't keep my friends waiting while we still have our game to play!" she said before running to the direction of where her friends are waiting. "Good luck to you, Sonic! Take care of yourself and your friends!"

"You can count on it!" Sonic replied with a wave as Chris and Danny did the same. Once the Mobian cat girl returned to her friends and got back to the game they were playing, Sonic turned his attention to Chris and Danny. "Alright, boys, let's go rescue Tails and bust down some Badniks!" he said with one fist in his arm and Chris and Danny replied with nods and their fists in their hands as well. With no time to waste, the heroes hurried along the beach to find Tails and rescue him. Along the way, Sonic saw some rings and collected them so that he wouldn't lose his energy. After that, he saw a Badnik, known as a Rhinotank, before destroying it with a Homing Attack. When the Badnik was destroyed, a little Flicky came out and was happy to be free.

"Hey, isn't that one of the Mobinis you've been talking about lately?" Chris asked.

"Sure looks like it," Sonic replied. "Eggman must've been busy yesterday finding them to have them as his new energy source for his robots now that Mobius got merged with your world."

"Well, let's keep going and find more of them along the way!" added Danny. "If we can destroy as much as we can, we'll rescued more of those Mobinis." Sonic and Chris nodded in agreement and then they saw the Flicky pointing at where there were more Badniks ahead. With no time to lose, the heroes hurried along the beach to continue their mission. As Sonic collected more rings, Chris spotted another Rhinotank coming right towards them.

"Here comes another one!" he called out.

"And here comes another rescue from Sonic!" Sonic replied before performing a Homing Attack to destroy the Rhinotank, freeing a Pecky from it. The Pecky was happy to be free and Sonic, Chris, and Danny all smiled at it before heading out to continue with their mission. Just then, after Sonic destroyed a Kiki, to rescue a Wocky from it, who was happy to be free like the others, the heroes stopped when they saw something very unusual.

"Is it just me or does this area look a lot different than the last time we were here?" asked Danny.

"It looks like this place just got a little more...action-y," said Chris. "I think what I saw in front of us are springs, and the bridge looks like it leads us to some kind of loop."

"Hey, wait a minute! I recognize those springs and that 360 degree loop!" Sonic exclaimed, realizing what he saw in front of him. "Those look just like the ones back on Mobius, which means that maybe after our words were merged, some of our stuff from my world ended up here!"

"Well, how are we going to get across?" asked Chris and Sonic had an idea.

"Grab onto me. I got this," he said and Chris and Danny grabbed both of his hands before the blue hedgehog jumped on one of the springs. Then, the trio bounced towards another one, then another, and another, and another, all while Sonic collected more rings along the way. Dolphins splashed around them as the trio went onwards.

"Woohoo!!!!" yelled the two human boys wildly as they had never had a ride like that before. Once the trio bounced on the last spring, they landed on their feet and Sonic let go of the two human boys. He then looked at them with his signature triumphant smirk.

"So, what did you think?" he asked.

"That was a wild ride!" Danny replied. "We should do that again."

"Maybe at another time if we come across more springs," said Chris. "But right now, we need to focus on the task at hand." Sonic and Danny knew that Chris was right, and together, the trio continued onwards to find Tails across the emerald sea. They zoomed across the bridge while Sonic collected more rings he saw in front of him. While Chris and Danny took the bridge, Sonic found another spring and bounced on it to be right in front of the boys again. Just then, the trio suddenly saw the loop along with dash panels.

"Watch out, boys! This is gonna be fast!" Sonic warned and Chris and Danny braced themselves for the impact. Once the trio got right through the dash panels, they zoomed through the loop in a gigantic circle, with Chris and Danny yelling wildly. Sonic chuckled to see that his friends were having a great time enjoying something he experience before back on Mobius. Just then, they came across another group of dash panels, causing them to fly up high in the air. The human and Mobian citizens looked up to see the trio in the air, and the heroes looked at them while styling different poses, and that made the people cheer for their trick. After that, the trio landed back on the beach before continuing onwards.

"Hah! You never told me you enjoyed this much fun!" exclaimed Chris.

"What can I say? I'm an adventurer!" Sonic replied. "Now come on! Step it up! There's plenty more where those came from!" Chris and Danny laughed excitedly as they followed Sonic across the way, while Sonic collected more rings. Just then, the trio approached another dash panel that looked like a ramp. Sonic knew that he had to have his friends stay close to him if they were going to get across the huge gap where the emerald sea goes towards the island up ahead. "Grab onto my hands, boys! This is going to be a long jump!" he said and Chris and Danny quickly caught up to Sonic before grabbing his hands. As Sonic speed up with his Boost, the dash panel whooshed them up high in the air.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chris and Danny yelled wildly before doing poses, with Sonic doing a pose of his own. After that, the trio landed on the island and continued onwards. They zoomed right through another dash panel and then another, making them climb up a steep hill really fast. Chris and Danny never thought that they would climb up something like that if they were to go that fast, and Sonic only told them that they were going to have a lot more fun if they were going to see them more often. Just then, they came across another entryway that showed the heroes another path that acted like a raceway.

"Hope you boys are ready for more fun, because this one gives out a whole lotta speed!" said Sonic before performing a Spin Dash and zoomed right across the path, while collecting more rings in front of him. Chris and Danny looked at each other and nodded before getting themselves ready for their moves.

"Ready or not, here we come!" they said simultaneously before zooming down through the path with their roller skates and skateboard to catch up to Sonic as fast as they could. When the trio came down the hill faster and faster through more dash panels, they came across another loop and then another dash panel ramp. Their high speeds made them fly up high in the air once more. Not only that, but while they were doing more tricks, they saw a huge orca splashing from the emerald sea. After that, the trio landed on a pad where they saw the bridge moving up and down due to the splashing water.

"Hope you boys are ready for more action, because this one is gonna be bumpy!" said Sonic.

"We're ready for anything!" said Chris and Danny together.

"Okay, let's go!" said Sonic before performing a Boost as Chris and Danny hurried along the bouncy bridge. Turns out the water was splashing thanks to the orca creating them, but the trio didn't mind and were having lots of fun going across the bridge. Just then, they soon came across more dash panels and used them to go even faster. Suddenly, Chris and Danny heard something coming behind them really quickly and turned to see the orca coming towards them really fast.

"Uh-oh! That orca is coming really fast, and it's destroying the bridge!" gasped Danny.

"We better hurry and make it across!" added Chris.

"Hah! Let's have some fun!" Sonic laughed as he continued running along the bridge, with Chris and Danny following behind him, faster and faster. But the orca was also swimming and splashing across the emerald sea faster and faster, trying to catch up to its meal. Luckily, the heroes were able to get across thanks to the dash panels and another dash panel ramp to help them fly across towards another bridge, all while Sonic collected the rings along the way to keep his energy stable. However, the orca was still not giving up as it followed the heroes even faster. Unfortunately for the killer whale, the heroes saw the end of the bridge in the form of another dash panel ramp, which they used to get to another beach safely. They then turned to look behind them to see that the orca gave up and swam away.

"See ya later, killer whale!" Chris laughed and the orca replied by letting out a cry before swimming away from the heroes.

"Now let's keep looking for Tails," Sonic added and Chris and Danny nodded in agreement. As they continued onwards, they spotted a huge spike on a log coming up and down. Luckily Sonic jumped over it, while Chris and Danny slid under very smoothly. Then the trio came across more springs and Sonic was the first to use them via Homing Attacks. As for Chris and Danny, they used the springs to help them go up by bouncing on them one by one. Once they made it to the top, they came across through bridge gaps before heading around a light house and through a grassy path.

"Maybe this way will take us to Tails," said Danny. "I sure hope he's okay."

"Only one way to find out," said Chris. "Sonic, let's head through the path and hopefully, we'll find Tails along the way."

"You got it, little bro!" Sonic replied as he took the lead through the grassy path, while Chris and Danny followed him. Just then, Sonic grabbed the two human kids and ran across the rocky wall and Chris and Danny were surprised to see how well he was doing with his tricks. They then entered through a tunnel which brought them to a dash panel and a lot more springs, from which they used to help them go across the way towards another tunnel and a dash panel that made them go even faster. Then the heroes ended up at another loop, which also had more dash panels for them to go faster, and got through it in big circles. After that, they went on a dash panel ramp to send them flying towards another beach.

"I think we're almost there! I just know it!" said Chris.

"Let's keep our eyes peeled and find Tails soon. He's got to be around here somewhere," added Danny.

"Don't worry, boys, we'll find my little bro sooner than you think," Sonic replied. "Now let's kick things up a notch!" Chris and Danny nodded before Sonic performed a Spin Dash to go faster through more dash panels to help him go up, while Chris and Danny do the same with their roller skates and skate board. But while, Sonic was rushing along the path, he didn't notice a Kiki holding a bomb ready to throw at the him.

"Watch out, Sonic!" Chris called, but it was too late. Sonic got hit by the bomb that sent him flying backwards, causing him to lose ten rings.

"Oof! That's gotta hurt!" he groaned upon getting hit.

"Don't worry, Sonic, I got you covered," said Danny before taking out his communicator and scrolling through the icons until he found what he was looking for. He tapped on the ring icon and suddenly, out came an item box filled with rings. Sonic quickly did a Homing Attack to break it, allowing him to receive his ten rings.

"Thanks, Danny!" he said to his friend before performing another Homing Attack to destroy the Kiki, allowing a Pocky to be set free, who was happy to see its hero. Sonic smiled before giving a thumbs up to Chris and Danny, to which they replied with their own. After that, they continued onwards to continue their search for Tails, as the Pocky waved at his rescuers. Along the way, Sonic collected more rings to help him recover even more after that last hit he got, and also to help him refuel his Boost energy whenever he needed it again. After that, the trio soon came down the hill and went faster with the dash panels before bouncing on a spring and noticed a strange panel on the ground.

"Hmm... I don't think I've seen a panel like that before," said Sonic.

"Why don't we jump on it and see what happens?" asked Chris. "After all, we won't know what happens unless we try it out."

"It's worth a shot," agreed Danny and Sonic thought that it was a good idea. With that, he took out his hands for Chris and Danny to hold into and the trio soon jumped on panel 1. Then when they made another jump, it took them to panel 2, then another jump to panel 3, then another to panel 4, and then the last one panel 5 really fast. After that, they landed back on the ground, with Sonic letting go of them.

"Woo! That sure was a fast one!" gasped Chris.

"Yep, but we're not done just yet!" said Sonic. "Let's hurry across those spike obstacles and hopefully, we'll reach Tails in no time!" Chris and Danny nodded in agreement before continuing onwards towards the raising and lowing spikes. Once they made it safely, Sonic and Chris passed through a Kiki, who was about to throw a bomb at them. However, Danny saw it before it was about to make its move.

"Oh no, you don't!" he said before grabbing the Kiki in his hands, causing it to weep and cry in a way of telling him to put it down. But then, it started to scream as Sonic, Chris, and Danny went fast and faster down the hill through dash panels, then through the loop, and then across the path really quickly all the way to another dash panel ramp that sent the heroes and the Kiki flying up high in the air. When they were about to land on the beach, Danny threw the Kiki down really hard, causing it to explode and letting out the trapped Ricky, who was happy to be free. Sonic looked at Danny with a smile.

"Wow! You're a natural at busting Badniks with that move!" he said with a thumbs up.

"Thank you," Danny replied with a bow.

"Now let's keep going! I'm sure we'll get to Tails by now!" said Chris and the other two nodded in agreement. With they hurried along the beach to continue on their way to find Tails, while the Ricky waved at its saviors. Just then, Chris noticed something. There was the destroyed prototype biplane along with Tails. Not only that, but there was also a strange capsule right in front of them.

"Hey, look! There's Tails!" he gasped, pointing at Tails next to the destroyed biplane. Then Danny turned his attention to the capsule.

"There's also a very strange looking capsule," he added.

"That must be one of the capsules Eggman used to capture those poor Mobini," said Sonic. "Don't worry, I got this!" With a jump, he quickly landed on his feet right on the button of the capsule. Once the capsule opened up, lots of Flickies and Pockies came out of it and hopped and flew in happiness to see their lovable blue hero. Then they saw the two human boys and were also happy to see that they were the ones who helped Sonic rescued them. Chris and Danny laughed to see that the little Mobini were happy to be free. Sonic was happy to see that his two friends were having a fun time with the Mobini. Then he turned his attention to Tails, who was on the ground after his little accident. He jumped down from the capsule and walked right to the young fox before offering him a hand. When Chris and Danny saw Tails, they hurried up to him to check if he was okay. Tails had a lot of explaining to do after what had happened.

Location: The Apartment, The Pool

Time of Date: 10:42

Sonic's POV

Man, what a trip I just had with my two buddies. After we helped Tails get back up on his feet, we were lucky to get a ride back here to the apartment thanks to a boat that was just passing by not too long ago. Along the way, Chris and Danny returned their tools they had so that they would use them another time. You know, I'm still quite surprised that there were lots of Mobini, springs, dash panels, and loops that I've seen back on Mobius. Maybe this must be due to the fact that both of our words were merged to cause a big reaction that changes everything, including adding new things that were from our world and not theirs. Something tells me that there's something strange going on over here, and we'll get to the bottom of it soon enough.

"Phew! Thanks for helping me out, guys. Sorry about worrying you about that crash," says Tails.

"No worries, little bro. We're just glad that you're okay," Sonic replies.

"Yeah, when we saw you flying out of control with that plane, we had to hurry over there and see where you were," says Danny. "By the way, thanks for the updates you put on those communicators. They were really helpful in giving us some other useful supplies when we need them."

"I agree. We can summon them and return them back at anytime, which is great for catching up to Sonic and enjoying those thrillful springs and dash panels!" Chris adds.

"No problem," Tails replies. "I'm also surprised that there are obstacles around here in this world just like the ones back on Mobius. I guess it could be due to the effect of Earth and Mobius merging with each other six months ago."

"That's what we thought, too," agrees Chris.

"But what happened while you were out of control with that plane?" asks Danny.

"Yeah, I know that you're a really good pilot. Seeing you crash like that is not really your forte," I cut in.

"Well, I was testing a prototype of what will eventually become the new Tornado-1, but then a strange force suddenly appeared out of nowhere that was causing the plane to go haywire once it suddenly felt magnetic waves," Tails explains. "I think there's a few bugs to iron out once I make another one, so I'll get to that later once I get back to my workshop."

"Magnetic waves?" Chris wonders. "What would be causing something like that to make that prototype go out of control?"

"Also, don't you think it would be better to just stick with the X-Tornado?" Danny adds. "You can finish up that prototype another time."

"That's nice, but I think it would be best of you to see what I found as my power supply I used for that prototype," Tails replies before taking something out that caused me, Chris, and Danny to let out gasps in surprise. That's a Chaos Emerald! A purple one to be exact! Tails must've found it somewhere while we were busy!

"Whoa! A Chaos Emerald!" I gasp.

"Where did you find that?" asks Danny.

"I found it near the area at Mystic Ruins where I was about to build my new workshop," Tails explains. "When it started picking up the magnetic waves, the Emerald caused the prototype to go haywire and eventually ended up at that island where you found me."

"That's awesome! Looks like we've already found a Chaos Emerald already!" exclaims Chris. "We better tell our friends about this!"

"Let's give them a call and tell them the good news!" Danny adds before taking out his communicator. But just before he was about to do that, Tails stops him.

"Wait! Before you do that, there's something I want to show you at my workshop," he says. "We can take the train to Mystic Ruins and then I'll show you what I've got in store for you guys." Hmm... Tails has something new for us to see, huh? That sounds like fun!

"Okay! We'll get going to your workshop right now and see what you've got!" I reply and Chris and Danny nod in agreement. With no time to lose, we immediately race out of the apartment to go and catch the train to take us to Mystic Ruins. Looks like things are starting to get even better for us today. I'm really wondering how Helen and Frances are doing with their groups. Maybe they might find more clues than what we got right now. Since we've already gotten one of the seven Chaos Emeralds, we better keep it good hands so that that Egghead doesn't take it. Not only that, but we also need to keep a look out for that big drip if he dares to show up again.

Normal POV

But after the heroes left to catch the train to Mystic Ruins, a bright floating light watched them leave and felt that they were some of the ones who would put an end to the upcoming threat that was about to cause nothing but anger and destruction around the world. She hoped that they would continue to look for more clues and even find the Chaos Emeralds while also keeping them in safe hands so that they would get caught by the most evil scientist ever existed, since she knew for a fact that there was one person, or creature, she knew that would be wanting the Chaos Emeralds with nothing but hopeless anger. If those heroes were indeed the ones that were going to prevent all the destruction and chaos around the world, she hoped that they would do it fast, because time was of the essence.

"This world needs our heroes. You are our hope to protect it," she said. "Do whatever it takes to unify the chaos." With that, she slowly flew away to keep a watchful eye on the others in case they were going to have their parts in helping their friends to continue searching for clues and also find the rest of the Chaos Emeralds. Little did she know that one evil scientist and his henchmen had big plans coming up for them. Not only that, but one rogue Sonic robot was also hiding to get ready for his mission to continue his research once his battery is fully charged.

Chapter Text

Location: SS Central Station, In an Alley near the Entrance

Time of Date: 10:51

Deep in a dark alley next to the Station Square Train Station, Mecha Sonic Mk. III was sleeping, waiting to get his battery fully charged after he nearly ran out of energy from chasing after Tails in his prototype biplane not too long ago. It had been a few minutes ever since he failed to complete his task in eliminating Tails to get the Chaos Emerald, and now he was in this alley where no one would be able to find him. As he rested, a couple of footsteps were heard and Mecha Sonic Mk. III couldn't tell on what he was hearing. But, his system unconsciously started to record something and then voices were barely audible from afar near the train station. Turns out those footsteps were coming from none other than Sonic, Tails, Chris, and Danny, who were already arriving at the train station to head over to Mystic Ruins where they would meet up at Tails' workshop for something he wanted to show to his friends.

"So, what exactly do you have to show us?" asked Chris. "Well, besides the first Chaos Emerald you found."

"You're going to be amazed on what I have in my workshop!" Tails replied. "We just gotta make sure that Eggman doesn't know where we are going. That way, it will be easier for us to keep searching for clues about this creature you told me about."

"I sure hope so. We wouldn't want someone like Eggman following us, now would we?" said Danny.

"Nope, and knowing him, he'll just try to catch us and make us talk about what we know," said Sonic. "But we all know that it ain't gonna happen when we're always ready to kick his butt!" He did many kicking poses and his friends laughed at that. Just then, they hear the train station's loudspeakers.

"Attention passengers! The train to Mystic Ruins will be departing shortly," it said. "Please head over to the station immediately!"

"Oh, we gotta go! The train is going to leave us if we don't get there quickly!" gasped Chris.

"Then let's hurry! Time is of the essence!" Tails added and his friends all nodded in agreement. With that, they immediately entered the station to get on the train that will take them to Mystic Ruins where Tails will bring his friends over to his workshop to show him something new. After that, the sounds of a train leaving the station was heard and then Mecha Sonic's Mk. III recording soon turned off. Before long, his eyes suddenly started to activate and he slowly stood up on his feet. He made sure to do that quietly in order for nobody to hear him within the alley.

"Battery charge complete. All systems online at 100%," he stated. "Must continue with primary objective." But before he was about to leave, he suddenly received red lights coming from within his screen. That was when he discovered something that was wrong. "Error. Unable to confirm the target's primary location," he stated. "Must figure out a way to relocate target." But just before he was about to figure out where to start, he suddenly hear something beeping within his system. That was when the recording that finished picking up uploaded within Mecha Sonic Mk. III, and was now ready to begin a playback message. With nothing else to lose, the robot put a hand on his ear. "Prerecorded message received. Begin playback message," he stated as the message soon started.

"So, what exactly do you have to show us?" asked Chris. "Well, besides the first Chaos Emerald you found."

"You're going to be amazed on what I have in my workshop!" Tails replied. "We just gotta make sure that Eggman doesn't know where we are going. That way, it will be easier for us to keep searching for clues about this creature you told me about."

When Mecha Sonic Mk. III soon immediately got the exact location on where the heroic group were heading, he stopped the playback message and removed his hand from his ear. Then, he opened up a map of the world before zooming in Mystic Ruins and eventually found Tails' workshop located within the ruins. Once he was able to catch the location on the map, Mecha Sonic Mk. III then uploaded the location to his memory so that he would be able to find a quick and undetectable route so that he would go incognito without anybody spotting him in the first place.

"Target's new primary location detected. Must head over to new location immediately to obtain mysterious power source," he stated. "Must also obtain new directive to overpower former master. Original mission still incomplete." With that in mind, Mecha Sonic Mk. III flew away from the alley and then looked at the map on his screen to follow the route he created to tail down Sonic and his friends that were currently on their way to Tails' workshop in Mystic Ruins. He really hoped that he would finally get what he wanted and put Dr. Eggman down with everything he got. All he had to do was to follow the heroes quietly before giving him a chance to strike and obtain the Chaos Emerald Tails found for himself. However, that would be easier said than done.

Location: SS Central Station Entrance

Time of Date: 10:54

Big's POV

That was a good ride in the train. Once the train made it to its stop, I get out of it and head to the station before exiting from it. Now that I'm here in this big city, all I have to do now is to look for Froggy. I really need to find him and bring him back home safely before he gets in trouble. I'm worried about him. What's really strange is that he suddenly grew a tail after swallowing something. I did see something that looked like water before Froggy swallowed it in one big gulp. After that, he stole the sparkly thing away from my hand before hopping away from me. That paper I got that showed me the picture of this town should be a clue as to where Froggy ended up. But, where should I start?

"Froggy! Froggy! Where are you?" I call out to try and get his attention to me. However, I never hear a "ribbit" from him because he's nowhere to be seen or heard. Guess I'll have to try again. "Froggy! Come out, come out, wherever you are!" However, I still don't here him anywhere, which means that he must be somewhere else. The only problem is that this town is so big, and not in the way of my name, which means that Froggy could be anywhere! "Oh dear... Where could my lost best friend be?" I sigh. Well, if I can't figure out where he might end up, I'll just have to ask someone in case they have seen Froggy. With that, I walk around the station to see if I can find anybody who knows where my best friend is. Hmm... That's strange... It seems like there are many of us around here, and they're talking two...other people? I... don't think I recognize those people like they're from our world, but they remind me of a man with a big belly, almost as big as mine. Except, they are...smaller...

"Um, excuse me," I hear a voice calling to me and I look to see two little kids: One from our world and another that's not. The one from our world was the one who spoke out first, who is a young cat, just like me. "Are you perhaps Big the Cat I've heard from a few of my friends when they went on their fishing trips?" Oh! I didn't know there were others who know who I am! Guess I'll have to introduce myself and let them know that I am who they are talking about.

"Hello, little boys. I am Big, because I'm big," I reply. "Do you two perhaps know where Froggy is?"

"You mean that fast frog that we suddenly saw pass through the streets that had a really long tail?" asks the boy from this strange world.

"That's Froggy!" I reply. "Where is he?"

"Well, me and my friend have been walking around the streets to buy some groceries, but then we both saw something going really fast and hopping through the streets," explains the young cat boy. "What was really strange is that it somehow grew a tail, which is strange because frogs don't grow tails unless they are tadpoles. We couldn't tell where it was going, but we both know that it should be going further into the city if you go that way." He points to where there is a big street in the town that might be where Froggy went.

"If you think that your friend, Froggy, could be heading in that direction, maybe you can try going that way first," says the boy from this world. "But you better be quick about it, because that frog is really fast." Well, I do remember Froggy hopping away from me really fast after taking that sparkly thing away from my hand, so if I'm going to try to catch him, I need to try to run. With that, I look at the two boys again.

"Thanks for giving me directions where Froggy is. I better hurry now!" I tell them before running away as fast as I can to try to catch Froggy. I look behind me to see the two boys waving at me and I do the same. However, I wasn't paying attention and I accidentally hit myself on a big pole. After I fell to the ground on my back, I take out a hand a give a thumbs up. "I'm okay!" I say. Looks like this chase to find Froggy isn't going to be as easy as I thought. I'll have to be careful and pay attention if I'm going to try to catch Froggy without hurting myself. With no time to waste, I quickly get back up on my feet (with a little bit of struggle) before hurrying along the street to where Froggy might end up. Oh, I really hope that he's not in a bad shape just like I'm already feeling right now. I need him to be safe and sound as well as getting the sparkly thing for safe keeping. If he drops it, I'll never be able to find it again.

Location: Streets of Station Square

Time of Date: 11:59

Frances' POV

Me, Cream, and Cheese are out and about through the streets to find clues as to where that strange creature could've ended up. Come to think of it, why didn't he attack Sonic as much as Eggman's robots would? Maybe it must be due to the form it is in right now, or maybe there must be something else about him that we're not too sure about. Actually, who or what even IS that thing in the first place? Ugh! My head is just full of questions that seem almost impossible to answer! Well, the only thing we need to do right now is to search for clues to figure out where that strange creature ended up. Once we get as much as we can, we'll be able to find that creature and show him who's boss! And maybe, we'll find the Chaos Emeralds so that they don't fall into the wrong hands. As we continue walking, Cream and Cheese look at me to see that I'm really stressed out due to all the questions flowing around in my head.

"Are you alright, Ms. Frances?" Cream asks.

"Chao?" Cheese chirps in.

"Oh, sorry. I'm just feeling a little stressed out from all the questions I've been thinking in my head lately," I reply after shaking my head. "Also, I'm a little worried about our friends, since we're all in separate groups from each other. I know that we've been through so much for the past few months, but this is something completely different." Truth be told, I've never been split into groups before, since the best thing we've ever done is sticking together to commit many heroic deeds. But now that we've split up into different groups, I'm...actually legit a bit nervous about it. But before I can get even more nervous, I feel someone patting my shoulder and I look to see that it's Cheese. Just then, I stop when I notice that Cream is right in front of me.

"Ms. Frances, I know that you're nervous about being in different groups—I am too—but I know that we can still do this! Mother always told me that if you are nervous of being alone, you should always stay positive and remember that your friends are with you no matter where you go," she tells me, which surprises me to see how determined she really is. "While I do miss my mother, almost as much as Mr. Chris and Ms. Helen miss their parents because of how busy they are, I know that she wants me to be brave. Don't you want to be brave, too? Your mother would want that. So would Mr. Danny's father, Mr. Chris' parents, and Ms. Helen's parents! They all want you and your friends to be brave and determined no matter what!"

"Chao chao! Chao chao!" Cheese chirps in determination. W-Wow... I... I never really thought of that! Maybe this is what Chris and Helen were feeling whenever they felt like things weren't going the way they wanted it to go. And if that's true, they would always have us to cheer them up. Seeing Cream and Cheese wanting to cheer me up and not be nervous about being in separate groups really warms my heart. Heh... No wonder why Chris told us that he wanted friends like us to be by his side, because we always do whatever it takes to keep ourselves happy and determined to do anything. With that, I let out a smile before patting both Cream and Cheese's heads with my hands.

"Heh heh... Thanks, you two. You really know how to make me feel better," I tell them. "You know, maybe you're right. Even though we're in separate groups, what's really important is that we are still working together to find more clues to figure out where that strange creature ended up." I can see Cream and Cheese feeling very happy that they were willing to help me feel better, and I couldn't have felt happier to see their smiles.

"We're glad to see you feel better and not nervous anymore," says Cream before turning to her Chao friend. "Don't you agree, Cheese?"

"Chao!" Cheese chirps in reply.

"That reminds me..." I say. "We should continue looking for more clues around this city. Maybe if we find something, we'll tell our friends with our communicators."

"That's a good idea, Ms. Frances. Let's do it!" says Cream.

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirps in agreement and that brings yet another smile to my face. With that, we start walking again through the streets to see if we can still look for more clues. But then, as we were walking through the streets, I suddenly hear something from behind that makes me stop walking.

"Ribbit! Ribbit!"

That's funny. I don't remember hearing any frogs around here in Station Square. I look around to see where the sound was coming from as if anybody was carrying a pet or anything. However, I don't see anything yet and as I continue looking, Cream and Cheese both stop and turn to look at me to see what's going on.

"Are you okay, Ms. Frances? Why did you stop?" Cream asks me.

"I could've sworn I heard something, but I don't see it anywhere," I reply, but then I suddenly hear that strange sound again.

"Ribbit! Ribbit!"

This time, Cream and Cheese gasp when they too heard the sound at the same time as me.

"Hey! I heard that too!" says Cream.

"Chao!" Cheese chirps in and we soon start looking around again to see if we can figure out where it was coming from. Then me and Cream suddenly hear Cheese calling to us and then point at something the both of us didn't see. Once we turned to look at what Cheese was pointing at, me and Cream see that it's a frog. However, this frog looks very strange. From what I can tell, it seems to be growing a tail, which is strange because frogs don't grow tails unless they were once tadpoles. Seeing that this little guy doesn't mean any harm, I carefully pick up the frog in both of my hands. As like any other frogs, this frog does feel a little slimy, but I don't mind that. As I look closer at this particular frog, the looks of this guy doesn't seem to match the ones I know too well from our zoology classes back at school.

"Huh... That's a very strange frog... I don't think I've seen this little fella somewhere around here before," I say while continuing to inspect this strange frog.

"Maybe it's lost after it got here," Cream suggests. "We should find its home before it gets into more trouble." Now that she mentions it, this frog does seem like it wounded up lost here in this city for some reason. But, seeing that this frog doesn't look like the ones I know around here, this could mean that it might be from the other world Sonic and his friends came from. But if that's the case, then how come it's been hopping around here through Station Square in the first place?

"Froggy! Where are you?!" we suddenly hear someone call from behind us and when we turned around, something big and purple comes rushing right towards us. But since he's going much too fast, he's not paying attention to notice us right in front of us. Before we knew it, that big guy accidentally hit us and we all fall down on our butts, causing me to let go of that frog I was holding. When I turned around to try to catch that little guy again, it suddenly starts hopping away.

"Hey! Come back here!" I yell at the frog, but it has done no good. Before long, I soon lose track of where that frog went now that it's gone. *sigh* Bother... Why didn't I try to catch that frog quicker when I had the chance? Oh well... Guess I'll have to find it again later. Right now, though, I need to check on the others to see if they are okay. With that, I slowly but surely stand back up on my feet and survey the accident that happened here. First, I walk up to Cream and help her get back on her feet, while Cheese helps me out in making sure Cream is okay.

"Thank you," she tells us.

"Are you alright, Cream?" I ask her. "That fall might've hurt you."

"Don't worry, I'm okay," Cream replies. "But I don't know if that guy feels the same. We should check on him to see if he's okay."

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirps and I only nod in agreement. With no time to waste, the three of us hurry to check on that guy to see if he was hurt. Luckily, he didn't seem to be in pain in any way and appeared to be fine. Just to be safe, me, Cream, and Cheese help get this guy back on his feet in no time.

"Sorry... I didn't see you there..." he apologizes to us.

"It's okay, the important thing here is that you're not hurt," I reply to him. "By the way, who are you? Also, what are you doing here running around in Station Square?" Come to think of it, I don't think I've seem someone so big like this guy before. Don't get me wrong; I have seen giant things before in my life, such as that humongous ghost, King Boom Boo, and being stuck inside the huge Egg Fort II that would eventually transform into a giant robot. But looking at this big guy right here is something else. I mean, he seems to be from Mobius, since he clearly is a Mobian like the Sonic and the rest of his friends. That also includes the other Mobians I've seen while walking around the town, so it's no surprise that we have another one right here.

"My name is Big the Cat, because I'm big. I came here to this town to find Froggy," the big guy introduces himself as Big. Huh, didn't think that this guy would think of his own name that way. Then again, I can't really argue with him about that because once he says his name, that's the name we're going to go for. Well, guess it's our turn to introduce ourselves now that Big had already done that.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Big. My name is Frances, and these two I have with me are Cream the Rabbit and her best friend, Cheese the Chao," I introduce myself while also introducing my two friends.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Big," says Cream while bowing, showing her politeness to Big.

"Chao," Cheese chirps. Big smiles at us to see how kind we are, which means that he must be friendly, too. After all, while he may be big, heh, he seems to have such a kind heart. I'm guessing that his own lifestyle of being calm must be how he obtain such a nature like this. Speaking of which, I think he mentioned someone by the name of "Froggy". Could it mean that he's talking about that frog that just hopped away from us? I'll ask Big about that to see if its true.

"Hey, Big, I have a question," I start.

"Yes?" Big responds.

"When you mentioned about Froggy, from which I assume would happen to be a frog, can you explain as to who he is so that we can help you find him?" I ask. Big thinks for a while about how he was going to tell us about his friend for a few seconds. After that, he begins his explanation.

"Well, Froggy is my best friend. He's a frog and loves to hop next to me," he starts. "One day, Froggy found a sparkly thing and showed it to me, and I decided to keep the sparkly thing as my treasure. But after I kept the sparkly thing, Froggy swallowed something that made him grow a tail. Before I knew it, Froggy took the sparkly thing and I couldn't find him again after that. That's why I came to this town to look for him, until I accidentally bumped into you." So it looks like my instincts were telling the truth. That frog that had a strange tail must be the same frog Big was looking for. But...hold the phone! Did he just mentioned something else?

"Wait, did you just say a 'sparkly thing'?" I ask. "Can you tell us what it looks like?"

"Uh... It has a flat part on the top, a pointy part on the bottom, and it's really really shiny," Big explains and that alone makes my eyes pop wide with wonder. Could this mean that he's talking about... a Chaos Emerald?! I then hear Cream gasp as well, which tells me that she's thinking the same thing as I am.

"That frog must have taken a Chaos Emerald Big found before hopping away from him in a hurry!" she says.

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirps in agreement. Hmm... It looks like we might be able to find a lead that will help us find more clues about that strange creature. And since Froggy got a tail due to swallowing something, that could be a really big clue about the whereabouts of that creature that's still hiding around here somewhere. I guess our best bet is to track down where Froggy might've ended up and catch him before taking the Chaos Emerald and them have him and Big reunited. We'll also need to make sure that Froggy doesn't get out of our sights so that he doesn't get into trouble. With that, I think for a moment about what to do before an idea flies out of my head.

"Okay, guys, listen up! Since Big told us about what Froggy has gotten and what is going on with him, we need to follow him and make sure that he's back with Big safe and sound," I explain. "I propose that we find Froggy, bring him back to Big, and hopefully find more clues about that strange creature so that we can get a good lead on what to do. Who's with me?" I raise my hand to start and wait for the others to tell me if they are going to be a part of this plan as well. After a few seconds, Cream and Cheese raise their hands.

"I'm with you! We're going to find that frog and bring him to safety!" says Cream.

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirps in agreement.

"That's what I like to hear!" I reply before facing to Big. "How about you, Big?"

"I would love to be with Froggy again and bring him to safety," says Big. "But how we going to find him now that we've already lost him?" Oh, he has no idea that I've already got something perfectly planned for this case. Instead of telling him, I think that it would be better to show him my plan. With that, I take out my communicator.

"How about I show you what idea I have in mind?" I say before turning on my communicator. I then scroll to find the icon I'm looking for and found one that looks like a radar. Once I tap it, I then enter the name on the keypad: F-R-O-G-G-Y. It took only a few seconds until I get a reading. From the looks of it, that sneaky frog is heading towards the city hall, which is not too far from here according to the directions the route is telling me. Maybe while we're going to catch Froggy, we may need to keep a lookout for that strange creature again if we look very carefully of where he might be hiding. At the same time, we also need to get that Chaos Emerald from Froggy so that we can keep it with us without letting it fall into the wrong hands.

"What is it, Ms. Frances?" Cream asks me.

"According to the radar, Froggy is located somewhere at the city hall," I explain. "Fortunately for us, it's not too far from here and just so happens to be right around the corner over there." I point at a corner of the street to tell Cream, Cheese, and Big that the city hall is that way. But after that, I look back at my friends with a frown. "The only problem is that we're not fast enough to catch up to that frog since it's hopping so quickly away from us."

"So, how are we going to catch up to Froggy?" Cream asks.

"Chao?" Cheese chirps in. I take a long time to think about what to do. While I would be fast enough to catch up to Froggy with my scooter once I summon it here, I don't think it will be strong enough for it to carry Big, considering his size. Not to mention that Cream and Cheese won't be able to fly fast enough to catch up to me without getting tired. After all, like Tails, they can't fly forever due to their limited stamina. So I've got nothing in my mind to catch up to Froggy. But then...

"I know!" I hear Big call out to us, which brings our attention to him. Before I was about to ask what idea he had, he takes out something. From the looks of it, it's a fishing rod. You know, I remember going fishing a few times with my dad. *sigh* I really miss him ever since he passed away when I was a little younger. But I still have my mom with me, and I can't be sad about my dad, of course. "I can use my fishing rod to swing us across the city to catch up to Froggy," Big explains which gets me really surprised.

"I didn't know you used a fishing rod to swing!" I exclaim.

"I mostly use it for fishing, but whenever I want to go on adventures with Froggy, I use my rod to swing on trees to find other good places to relax and also find other fishing spots," Big replies. "I can show you if you want." Oh ho ho! Now he's really got my attention! If Sonic and his friends can show us a lot of tricks, I bet Big can do the same!

"We would love to have you show us what you can do, Mr. Big!" says Cream.

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirps in.

"So, what do we have to do to have us swing with you when you only have one rod?" I ask.

"Climb onto me and I'll swing all of us across," says Big and with no time to waste, me, Cream, and Cheese all climb up on Big. You know, for someone so, well, big, this guy really does feel soft so that we don't slip off from him.

"Okay, we're ready!" I call out to Big once we all finished climbing on him. After we feel secure as to make sure that we don't lose our grip, Big draws back his rod before casting the line right towards one of the lamp posts. Then he holds onto the rod as tightly as he can.

"Hang on tight!" he says before jumping up and then he starts swinging from the lamp post. WHOA!!!! This is AMAZING!!! I remember seeing something like this from trapeze acts in a circus, or when I go swinging at the park with my friends, but this one is way more fun!

"WHEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!" me, Cream, and Cheese all yell out in excitement. Once Big makes it to the other side of the lamp post, he quickly reels in the fishing line and then continues to do the same by casting the line onto the next lamp post and we swing over to the other side. I haven't had this much fun since forever! While I do remember going on the X-Tornado the first time we went to space to stop Eggman's giant robot, I've never had such a swing like this before! If I get the chance to see Chris, Sonic, and the rest of our friends again, I can't wait to tell them all about this! Maybe Big can show this to them so that they can have the time of their lives like how Sonic does for Chris and Helen. We've been swinging for quite a few minutes until we suddenly stop and land back on our feet.

"*whistle* That was amazing, Big! I didn't know you were an acrobat!" I whistle in astonishment. But then Big looks at me confused.

"Acrobat?" he wonders.

"An acrobat is someone who performs a lot of acts like swinging," Cream explains. Have to admit, for someone so young, she is really smart. Probably because her mom taught her so many things to be polite and learn many different definitions around our world. I'm also willing to bet that Mobius also has schools just like we do here.

"Oh, okay," Big responds to Cream after understanding what she was talking about. Just then, we suddenly hear something.

"Ribbit! Ribbit!"

When we turn around to see where that noise was coming from, we see a green frog with orange stripes and a long tail. Yeah, no doubt about it that it's Froggy. However, just when we were about to get closer to catch up to him, Froggy suddenly starts hopping away.

"Hey! That's Froggy!" Big exclaims.

"Hurry! He's getting away!" I call to my friends and we all rush over to the direction on where Froggy is going. However, when we eventually got closer to where Froggy was going, we soon find out that he suddenly disappeared.

"Hey! Where did he go?" Cream asks.

"I don't know," I reply. "Let's try to look for him." With nods, we all look around the area to try and find Froggy. However, we got nothing as we found out that he got away without us knowing after we got close to where he was going. But then, we suddenly hear Big say something.

"Hey! I think I know where he went!" he says and that brings me, Cream, and Cheese to where Big was looking at. From what I can tell, he seems to be looking down under the car. When we look to where Big was looking at, I gasp when I realize that it's a sewer tunnel.

"Froggy must've went down that sewer tunnel!" I exclaim. "Good eye, Big."

"But how are we going to get under that tunnel?" asks Cream. "That car is in the way."

"Chao," Cheese chirps in.

"I'll handle this," says Big and before we could even say anything, Big suddenly lifts the car up like it's light to him. That gets me, Cream, and Cheese to let out loud gasps. I've never seen someone so strong like that before. Well, besides knowing the fact about how strong Knuckles is, but geez! Big is so strong to carry such a heavy car without even struggling a single bit. Looks like we've got someone with athletic skills and super strength on our side to go through with a lot of trouble along the way. Once Big moves over to place down the car, he carefully lowers it down next to the sewer tunnel without damaging it a bit.

"Wow, Mr. Big! You're so strong!" says Cream.

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirps in agreement.

"Thank you," Big replies.

"Now we can enter the sewer tunnel and catch Froggy," I add. "Maybe while we're at it, we can also catch that strange creature along the way, since he might be hiding somewhere within the sewers." That gets Big to look at us in confusion again.

"A strange creature?" he wonders.

"Don't worry, I'll fill you in on the details along the way," I reply. "Now, come on! Time is of the essence!" Cream, Cheese, and Big only nod in agreement and I head down into the sewer tunnel first by climbing down the ladder, with Cream following me, then Cheese, and then Big. We make sure that we don't accidentally go down too quickly because that will result in getting ourselves hurt, and we wouldn't want that to happen, of course. Just gotta hope that we can find Froggy before he gets himself into trouble in the sewers. And if that creature is still around, we need to make sure that Froggy stays away from that thing. Who knows what will happen to him if that creature gets closer to the poor little frog?

Location: The Sewers

Time of Date: 12:07

Normal POV

The group of four continued to climb down the ladder to bring them down safely to the sewers. And while Frances, Cream, and Big were the ones climbing down, Cheese was the only one to not climb down the ladder thanks to his wings to help him fly safely without losing his stamina. Cream would be doing the same thing, but if she were to flap her ears for a while, she would only have a limited amount of stamina to fly before losing her breath. So that's why she decided to go down the ladder with Frances and Big. Once they were getting closer to the bottom, Frances jumped down from the ladder first. Then she waited for Cream to come down next and helped her land on her feet. Cheese came out next and hovered right next to his best friend. After that, the trio took a few steps back to allow Big to come down last. Luckily, he made sure to come down slowly and carefully before landing on his two feet without causing a big splash of sewer water. He then looked to his friends and gave them a thumbs up, to which the others replied with smiles and nods.

"Okay, now that we're here in the sewers, let me just pull out my radar to track down Froggy again," said Frances before taking out her communicator again to open up the radar. Once she found the icon she was looking for, she was glad to see that it was still keeping track on Froggy. Looking at the route, she could see that it was going on the direction that was further down the sewers. "According to the radar, Froggy shouldn't have gone from from here," she said before pointing at the direction of where Froggy might be going. "The route says that we need to go this way." Then she turn back to her friends. "All of you follow my lead. We can't let ourselves get separated or else we'll never get a good route on where Froggy might end up at."

"We'll be right behind you, Ms. Frances," said Cream.

"Chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement.

"I really hope Froggy is safe and hasn't gone far," sighed Big. "I really need him to come back to me, and maybe we can get the sparkly thing again."

"Don't you worry, Big, as long as we make sure that Froggy doesn't get himself into trouble, he should be fine," Frances replied. "Now, come on. We have to hurry if we're going to catch him quickly." The others only nodded in agreement and our heroes followed the route that Frances' communicator was telling them to go. Frances made sure that she was taking the lead so that the others would follow her. Truth be told, she never thought that she would be taking charge just like Sonic would. Then again, just like the rest of her friends, she was always willing to make sure that everyone was present and accounted for, as well as making sure that nobody got lost. Just as long as her group was stuck together, nobody was ever going to get left behind under her watch. Along the way, Cream wanted to talk to Big so that she could get to know him more.

"Tell me more about you, Mr. Big," she said. "What do you like to do whenever you are with Froggy?"

"Well, I always love to go fishing everywhere," Big explained. "But whenever I see Froggy in danger, I would always keep him safe with my own skills. That's why I take my fishing rod wherever I go, so that I can go fishing anywhere and use it to protect Froggy from danger. After all, you saw how I was able to swing around the town while carrying you with me."

"You sound like a good protector for your friend, Mr. Big," said Cream amazed. "In fact, you remind me a lot like myself." That made Big very surprised.

"Really? Why is that?" he asked.

"Whenever I need a lot of help, I always have Mr. Sonic and all of his friends to support me. However, I also have my best friend, Cheese, to help me out on many tough situations we ever faced," Cream explained. "The last time we fought against Eggman together was when he was attacking Mr. Sonic, and me, Cheese, Mr. Tails, and Ms. Amy all helped him to defeat so many Badniks Eggman summoned to help him out in stopping us."

"'Eggman?' I never heard of a funny name like that," said Big.

"Trust me, Big. The name many sound a little silly, but Dr. Eggman is no laughing matter," said Frances, budding in to their conversation. "He's an evil sadistic scientist who creates his inventions for his master plan of world domination. The most recent one was six months ago when he activated his Egg Fort II to transform into the might E-99 Eggsterminator, which would've almost killed Sonic if he hadn't used the seven Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic. To make things worse, he also kidnapped me, Chris, Helen, and Danny to keep us as his hostages so that we would watch in horror of what he was doing. This means that he's nothing more than an remorseless scumbag who only cares about himself and no one else. That also includes most of his fellow minions, with the exception of Metal Sonic, his 'finest creation' as he would call him. Sonic told us about that one time."

"That Eggman guy sounds really mean," said Big, feeling concerned about Eggman's feelings of others. "And I don't like mean people."

"Neither do we," agreed Cream. "That's why we work together to defeat Eggman many times and prevent him from hurting so many innocents!"

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement.

"That also means we need to keep a lookout for any Badniks if they're hiding somewhere around the town. I have a feeling that Eggman might me around here somewhere and sent out his minions to slow us down," said Frances. "By the way, Big, was there anything else that happened before Sonic and the others came here to our world?" Big thought long and hard about what Frances asked him. He remembered something back on Mobius months ago and saw a flash of white light before everything faded.

"I was busy fishing at night and relaxing with Froggy. But then I suddenly heard loud sirens in the distance," he explained. "A few minutes later, I saw a strange white light coming right to me and Froggy and everything faded to white. When I woke up, I realized that me and Froggy were still in our same exact spot. But after a few months later, the white light soon came back again and this time, we felt a huge earthquake and it seemed like our world was brought to yours."

"Guess this means that you must've saw the Chaos Control and witnessed how it happened, huh?" Frances asked and Big nodded to confirm. "Looks like you'll be a big to help to us once we find Froggy safely. Now, let's just get back to our work and- WHOA!!!" Immediately after she almost told her friends to keep moving along the path, she forgot to watch where he was going and ended up stepping on a gap that dropped her down with a splash, nearly right in front of a huge crate. She also accidentally dropped her communicator in the process. Cream and Cheese hurried to check to see if Frances was alright.

"Ms. Frances, are you okay?" asked Cream worried.

"Chao?" Cheese chirped in.

"*spits* Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little wet, that's all," said Frances while spitting out some of the sewer water that accidentally got into her mouth. Her clothes were soaked in sewer water, but she didn't seemed to bothered by that at all. She then picked up her communicator and was glad to see that it was still working in good condition, due to the fact that it was waterproof. "Phew! Good to see that nothing went wrong with this thing since it's waterproof," she sighed. Then she turned her attention to the crate that was in the way. "*sigh* Great! A dead end! How are we going to catch Froggy now?" However, Big, being the tallest of the group, saw that this wasn't a dead end. Up above the crate, there was a door that had an "EXIT" sign above it. Then he pointed at the door.

"Hey! I think I see a door up there! Maybe that's where Froggy went!" he said and that brough the attention to Frances, Cream, and Cheese, who all looked up to see where Big was pointing to. Sure enough, they too saw the door and realized that it was way up high.

"We need to go through that door and see where it will take us!" said Cream.

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement.

"But how are we going to get up there?" asked Frances. "This crate is blocking the way." But Big had an idea.

"I can jump on the crate and then I'll carry all of you guys up with me," he explained. "Then we can all go through the door together." Frances, Cream, and Cheese thought that was a good idea. With no time to waste, Big jumped onto the crate and carefully climbed up to his feet. Then, he reached down with his fishing rod to allow Frances to grab onto before pulling her up and then bring her down to her feet next to him on the crate. Then Big lowered his fishing rod to Cream to let the young rabbit girl to grab onto before pulling her up and then bring her down to her feet next to Frances on the crate. As for Cheese, he had no problem to fly to his friends and hovered safely to them.

"That was great, Big," said Frances. "You sure are strong."

"Thank you," Big replied kindly. "Now let's go through that door and see where it will take us." With nods, the group hurried over to the door and when they got closer to it, they noticed that it was actually automatic double doors that opened up by themselves. And when they entered through the doors, they noticed that they were in an elevator.

"Hey! It's an elevator!" said Frances. "We can use it to go up and see where we might end up next. Let's hope that it brings us one step closer to where Froggy is." The others nodded in agreement as Frances pressed the up arrow on the elevator. Once the doors closed back up again, the elevator started to go up again. As they were going up, Cream asked Big to tell more about himself and Big was more than happy to oblige. As Big continued to explain about himself, Frances looked at the Mobians with a smile on her face.

Seeing them talk reminds me of the conversations I had with my friends, she thought. Once we find all seven of the Chaos Emeralds again, we'll be sure to get ready for new things coming up very soon. Chris, Helen, Danny, Sonic, Tails, Amy, hope you guys are doing alright on your end. Also, I wonder how G.U.N. is doing right now...

Location: G.U.N. Headquarters

Time of Date: 12:11

Meanwhile at G.U.N. HQ, Commander Tower was still in his office watching his soldiers busy with work as usual. However, that wasn't the thing in his mind right now. He still remembered about the strange creature, Chaos, the cops told him not too long ago. Just in case things were slightly going south, he recently ordered his troops to release a few Mono Beetles to search around Station Square in case there was something unusual going on. So, the soldiers were busy with work to see if there was anything going on around the city, but as of right now, no new casualties were mentioned to warn the Commander about. Since then, Tower continued to watch his troops being busy with work while having the strange creature, Chaos, still stuck in his head. He know for sure that Sonic and his friends would do their best to solve the mysteries while keeping a close eye out for Dr. Eggman and his Badnik army. But as he kept watching his troops, he still couldn't help himself but think of a memory that reminded him of the friendship Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances shared together. Similar to him with a certain girl from far away...

Begin flashback

Location: Outer Space, Unknown

Year of Date: Unknown

About fifty years ago...

A young Abraham Tower was being dragged by a girl really quickly. The girl wanted to show the boy something special and Tower thought that the girl was being a little too fast about what she wanted to show him. But he didn't mind. All he could think about was what the girl was going to show him. It could be anything, really. But what was really surprising was that the girl was taking Tower to one of the windows of the flying fortress in outer space.

"Come on, Abe! You have to hurry if you're going to see what I'm about to show you!" the girl chuckled.

"*pant* *pant* It would be easier if you could just slow down a little!" Tower panted as he was trying to catch up to the girl's running. Before long, the two kids soon stopped running and made it to the windows. Once the girl pointed at direction of what she wanted to show Tower, the young boy gasped at the sight in front of him. What he saw was the planet Earth far below, and it looked beautiful. Tower couldn't believe his eyes and the girl next to him smiled to see his reaction.

"What do you think? Doesn't it look beautiful?" she asked.

"It...does..." Tower gasped. "It's like...looking at the river and land from up high. I... I love this view!" The girl smiled to hear that Tower loved the view of the planet. In fact, she couldn't help herself but give Tower a big hug, causing the young boy to gasp and blush a bit. Truth be told, the two had such a good relationship with each other that they shared a brother-sister bond that never got separated. Despite that, however, Tower was not used to such surprise hugs coming from the girl.

"Gah! Maria! We've been over surprise hugs, remember?" said Tower.

"Hehe! Sorry, Abe. It's just that you're so cute when you smile your happy smile," Maria replied and that made Tower blush even redder when he after hearing the girl call him "cute". Despite getting teased by Maria a few times, he still really liked having her company, especially whenever they got the chance to have fun and play all sorts of games with each other. In fact, having Maria as a sister figure to him was something he really liked in his life. Neither the boy and the girl had other families with him, so they were the only humans they viewed each other as a family of one another. Well, as long as you also include Maria's grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik. Speaking of which...

"Hey, Maria, can I ask you something?" said Tower.

"Of course, Abe!" Maria replied. "You can ask me anything!" Tower took a little bit of time to explain, especially since he witnessed something that the professor was creating alongside a strange alien he saw, who called itself "Black Doom". With a sigh, he decided to take the question out of his chest and ask it to the girl next to him.

"I saw your grandpa talking to someone, or...something, in that room, about creating a lifeform that would be helpful to him," Tower explained. "I'm not sure if I should trust them because I've got a bad feeling about this..." Then he turned to look at Maria. "Maria, if that creature gets finished in a few days, I don't know what will happen to the both of us. Do you think...we'll be alright...?" Maria could see that Tower was shivering a little bit, knowing that he was scared. However, she still had a positive feeling that Gerald was always willing to do his best to have everything under control, especially since all he had ever done was to make sure that her illness would be treated properly. Time and time again, he kept trying to find the perfect solution that would hopefully figure out a way to get Maria fully cured so that they, along with Tower, could safely return to Earth. With that, she knelt down and placed her hands on Tower's shoulders.

"Abe, I know that you're scared, but Grandfather is doing his best to make me feel better. I know that he had done so many things that ended up badly, but I have high hopes that he's going to make the perfect creation to have us go home to Earth," she told Tower. "Just remember that if anything goes wrong, never forget about me. I'll always be by your side even if we get separated. We're like siblings, and siblings should always look out for each other no matter what, right?" Tower was surprised to see the hopefulness within Maria, and that made him believe that her words were telling the truth. While he still wasn't sure about what the professor and the strange alien were making, he still wanted to believe in Maria's words and hope for the best. Even though he would eventually be a little scared about what the final creation would look like once it's completed, he still wanted to be near Maria so that he would feel safe and happy. With that, he let out a smile.

"Yeah...you're right... In fact, no matter where we go or what happens next, of course I'll always remember you," he sighed happily while placing a hand on Maria's arm. "And if we don't go back to Earth at some point, we'll always keep remembering our times together here forever and ever. But if we do go back to Earth, we can be happy together and create new memories we will never forget. It's what we both want, right?" This made Maria very happy to see Tower smiling.

"Of course we can make new memories," she said until an idea flew out of her head. "Hey, I know! Why don't we look at our photo album of all the memories we had together here? Maybe that will pass the time and you don't have to worry about anything." Tower thought that that was a good idea. In fact, he also had a very sneaky idea to make this a fun game.

"Race you to your room to get it first!" he said before running away from Maria to get to her room first.

"Hey! No head start!" Maria pouted before laughing and chased after Tower to have their race to get the photo album. Tower was happy to have someone like Maria be a good sister figure to him. And even though there would be more trouble happening at some point in the future, he would always have the good side kept within him as long as he still had someone like Maria to keep him company. That being said, he couldn't wait to make new memories with her in the future.

End flashback

Location: G.U.N. Headquarters

Time of Date: 12:14

Now...

Tower sighed at the memory of his time with the girl named Maria. Truth be told, he still remembered the words she told him about to stay positive and not suffer though so much negativity. It was one of the many reasons why he wasn't cold that much to his fellow troops, and that also included a certain blue hedgehog and his Mobian friends. In fact, seeing the friendship they shared reminded so much of his friendship/brother-sister relationship with Maria many years ago. Speaking of which, there was one person in particular that reminded him of Maria. He took a stack of newspapers that was printed months ago when Sonic and his friends were somewhat new to this world. It showed the Blue Blur himself with a smile and a wink. Turns out that this newspaper was made after the destruction of Dr. Eggman's base at Southern Sea.

DR. EGGMAN'S BASE DESTROYED!

However, that newspaper wasn't the one Tower was going to look at. Instead, he took out another one underneath the first one and saw a picture of Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances waving to the crowd of their victory before their pictures were taken for the paper. When Tower took a good look at the picture, there was only one person that reminded Tower of Maria: Helen. Tower had no idea why, but Helen reminded him too much of Maria. He closed his eyes and remembered the similar details both Helen and Maria possibly shared.

That girl... It's like she looks identical to Maria... he thought. Those eyes... That hair... And...even that wheelchair... I remember seeing Maria in one with an IV bag to treat her illness. It couldn't be a coincidence, could it? ... ... ...That can't be possible... ... ... I'll have to figure that out some time soon, but not right now... As soon as he placed the newspaper stack back to where he took them, he heard footsteps coming towards him and it was revealed to be a soldier.

"Report!" ordered Tower.

"Commander, we've got a reading coming from Twinkle Park!" said the soldier with a salute. "Reports estimate that an army of Badniks have been deployed by Dr. Eggman and are causing a huge rampage around the premise!" Tower was shocked to hear this. However, even though he knew that Eggman was already going one step ahead to slow Sonic and his friends down, he believed that there was something else to what the soldier was telling him.

"Are there any others around there during the chaos?" he asked.

"Well, our Mono Beetle also detected civilians—both human and Mobian—evacuating as much as possible, but they were not the only ones within the premise," explained the soldier and Tower grew even more curious about what he just said. "We have also found out that a little girl, a small rabbit, a little Chao, and a big purple cat were already there. We suspect that they are also going to be in danger amongst the destruction the robots are causing. Requesting permission to send our soldiers to escort them to safety." Tower thought long and hard about this and remembered how well the human quartet and the Mobian friends worked hard to fight against the Badniks, even though the former group were not as strong as the latter group. Not to mention that he saw footage from one of the Mono Beetles about Sonic, Chris, and Danny going on their adventure and defeating many Badniks while trying to rescue Tails. With that, he made his decision.

"No, it's best not to go, because I've already witnessed how strong the animals and those kids are," he explained. "I suggest you keep the Mono Beetle in check to witness what will happen next. If anything else goes wrong, send out the other battle mechs to aid them, got it?"

"Yes, sir! Will do, sir!" replied the soldier with another salute.

"Good, is there anything else you would like to report?" Tower asked.

"No, sir, that is all," the soldier replied.

"Then you are dismissed," said Tower. "Just make sure you remember the plan and don't leave any trace behind." The soldier nodded before walking away to go through with the plan. Once he was gone, Tower decided to take the newspaper again and looked at the picture of Chris, Helen, Danny, and Frances one more time. He still had strong feelings that Helen looked very familiar to his old friend, Maria. He really wanted to figure out more about this, but decided to wait until the time is right. "If you kids really are heroes to fight with everything you've got, then you better be careful," he said to himself. "I don't want you four to end up like what happened to... ... ...her... ... ..."

Location: The Transparent Tunnel of Twinkle Park

Time of Date: 12:12

Frances' POV

Some time before the incident...

It's a good thing this elevator ride didn't take very long and only a few minutes. Once the doors open up, what we see next after we exit the elevator is a transparent tunnel. ...Hey, wait a minute! I recognize this tunnel! This is the same tunnel whenever I want to enjoy the sights of the city with my friends whenever we go to Twinkle Park. Twinkle Park is the most popular amusement park ever built in Station Square, which means that we must be in Twinkle Park right now! Maybe this could be where Froggy might end up, and hopefully we'll also look for clues as to where that strange creature could be. Right now, though, Froggy is our main concern, since we don't want him to be wandering around the city all by his lonesome, which would eventually get him to trouble. That is something we do not want right now, especially Big.

"Whoa! I've never seen a tunnel this big before," Big exclaims.

"I can see the view from here," says Cream.

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirps.

"Well, everyone, I would like to welcome you to the transparent tunnel of Twinkle Park," I introduce my friends to the tunnel. "Way back when I was very little, I remember going with my friends to this amusement park many times whenever we want to hang out together, play games, and enjoy so many rides."

"You guys must have had a lot of fun together in this amusement park," says Cream.

"We sure did. In fact, this place must be where Froggy might end up," I reply. "I bet if we hurry across this tunnel and enter Twinkle Park, we might also find a lead to find more clues as to where that strange creature is. But let's focus on getting Froggy first. And we better hurry, because we can't lose track of him!" Sure enough, I look at my radar to see that the pinpoint of Froggy's location is still moving, which means that Froggy is going deeper and deeper into the amusement park.

"Froggy is getting away! Let's hurry!" says Big and we all waste no time and hurry along through the tunnel until we eventually see double doors that lead us to the entrance of Twinkle Park. Just like what happened back at the elevator, the doors open up automatically and we let ourselves in.

"Welcome to Twinkle Park!" says the speakers within the entrance area. After that, I turn to look at my friends.

"Alright, team. Let's go through the entrance and hopefully find Froggy there quickly," I tell them. "Let's hurry inside and get Froggy out of there before he gets into trouble." They all nod in agreement before we make our way to the next set of double doors. But as we were getting closer and closer to the doors, we suddenly hear loud crashes and screaming coming from the other side of the doors.

"What's that sound?" asks Big.

"That doesn't sound very good," says Cream. "It sounds like there's trouble in there."

"Chao..." Cheese chirps while shivering. Hmm... I can't really tell on what's going on through those doors, but I'm willing to bet that there's trouble going on in there. I have a pretty bad feeling that whenever I hear screams and crashes going on in there, that means that Eggman's robot army, the Badniks, are up to no good again. Looks like we're either going to be heading into a middle of a chaotic destruction within Twinkle Park or Froggy is in serious trouble with all those Badniks roaming around. Either way, if it's one of those two or both at the same time, then we have to head inside carefully and bravely if we're going to stop those Badniks. That's what Sonic would do along with his friends. With that, I look at my group again.

"Okay, here's the plan. Since we're hearing so much chaos going on in there, we'll have to take a look and see what's happening," I tell them. "Let's make sure that if there are any civilians that are in danger, we have to escort them through these doors safely. And if Froggy is also in trouble within the amusement park, we need to keep him away from danger, got it?"

"Got it!" Cream and Big reply simultaneously.

"Chao!" Cheese chirps in.

"Alright, then let's hurry inside and see what's going on," I tell my friends and we all nod at the same time in agreement. Once we are ready to face the inevitable, we slowly and carefully approach the doors until they open up automatically. And when we got through the doors, we see something we did not expect to see, and we all let out gasps in horror!

Location: Twinkle Park, Pleasure Castle

Normal POV

When our heroes entered Twinkle Park, they saw what was happening at Pleasure Castle. Lots and lots of Badniks were everywhere causing mass amount of chaos! Moto Bugs scrambled around the premise chasing after so many civilians to try and run them over, Crabmeats scuttled around and fired rockets to knock down lots of bricks that tumbled to the ground that brough the citizens in a panic as they were nearly getting themselves crushed, and Newtrons climbed around the walls of the area and fired lasers from the mouths to eliminate their targets. Some of them even transformed into rockets to chase after the civilians in an attempt to annihilate them. Frances, Cream, Cheese, and Big were in deep shock of what they were witnessing.

"There are Badniks everywhere!" Cream gasped.

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirped with worry. Frances only growl crossly upon realizing who was responsible for this mess.

"Grr! Eggman must've sent out a lot of Badniks in different areas to try and slow Sonic down, and he must've summoned them here to cause a lot of chaos!" she snarled. "He must be willing to try and eliminate many people as possible if they don't surrender to become his servants. That lowlife scumbag!"

"Froggy must also be in danger, too!" said Big with worry and that made Frances, Cream, and Cheese more worried than ever. But just before they were about to make their move, they heard footsteps coming closer to them and saw that it was a human family of a mother and father, along with their son and daughter. They were looking very scared of what was going on.

"What's happening here?" Cream asked, hoping to get answers.

"We were all spending time together here in Twinkle Park, but then those robots suddenly appeared and started attacking everyone here in Pleasure Castle!" explained the mother frantically. "We don't know how they got here in the first place, but what is happening now is that they are causing a huge amount of destruction that are trying to kill us all!"

"Usually, Sonic would be here to put a stop to them, but we don't know where he is at the moment!" added the father. "Without Sonic to get rid of those evil robots, we'll never be able to survive long enough!'

"Where is Sonic?! He wouldn't leave us like this!" sobbed the girl.

"I don't want those evil robots to continue attacking us like this! We need Sonic to be here and save us!" cried the boy.

"Oh, whatever are we going to do about this?" wondered the mother of the two children. The heroic group were very worried about the civilians' lives being put in danger. However, when Frances took a look at Cream, Cheese, and Big, they only let out looks of determination, which told the young human girl that they wanted to help the poor civilians and protect them from the Badnik infestation. With a nod, she turned to look at the frantic family in front of her.

"Don't worry, we'll protect you from those Badniks and get you out of here," she said which brought the whole family to look at her with surprise looks on their faces. They couldn't believe that Frances told them that she and her friends were willing to help and protect them, along with the rest of the civilians, from the Badniks while also escorting them from the area to get them to safety.

"Y-You will?!" exclaimed the mother.

"But, how are you going to handle all of those Badniks without Sonic?" asked the boy. "He's always strong and willing to fight the Badniks really quickly." But Frances, Cream, Cheese, and Big only look at each other with smiles of determination. They were willing to handle the Badniks even without Sonic's help, since they were already in separate groups to search for clues as to where the strange creature, Chaos, might've ended up. Frances then turned her attention back to the family in front of her.

"It is true that Sonic is strong to fight against the Badniks in his life, but he also has help from us," she explained. "We've been through thick and thin almost everyday with Sonic by our side, and he was more than willing to let us help him with everything, including fighting against Eggman and his evil army of Badniks. Not only that, but me and my friends have also proven ourselves to be brave allies to fight ourselves, as we have done against Team Metal six months ago. We don't go down without a fight, so that's why we are going to help you get you out of here while taking care of the Badniks!"

"Ms. Frances is right! I've been brave to help Mr. Sonic after he saved me and Cheese from Eggman at Leaf Forest," Cream joined in. "After that, I've been learning to be a good ally to him and his friends, and eventually became a good fighter alongside Cheese. We've been by their side and never once felt scared about what was going on. Although we have been scared about this place when we first came to this world months ago, but when Sonic and the others came to rescue us, we became brave once more. That's why we are going to help you get to safety away from the Badniks as we work together to take them out in the process! You can count on us!"

"Chao chao! Chao Chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement.

"It's not nice of that mean doctor to hurt others," said Big. "Those robots are going to pay for this!" The family was very surprised to see how brave and determined this group of heroes were to help out the civilians in getting away from danger while also dealing with the Badniks causing all of this destruction. In fact, they believed that Sonic would always have his friends to help him out whenever there was trouble around the corner. This meant that our heroes would do whatever they could to protect those poor civilians and destroy the Badniks. With that, the family looked at them with smiles on their faces.

"If Sonic would take down those bad robots and protect us, you can do it, too!" said the girl.

"We have faith in you that you can protect us with everything you've got! Sonic would want that!" agreed the boy.

"But, if you are going to destroy all of those robots, how are you going to handle them while getting us out of here?" asked the mother and Frances only smiled. She then took out her communicator and scrolled to find the icon of her scooter. Once she found it, she tapped on it.

"Summoning scooter..." said the communicator and suddenly, it spawned out the scooter along with pads and a helmet for Frances to wear for safety. The helmet and pads immediately strapped onto Frances by themselves. Once that was done, Frances hopped onto her scooter and did a flashy pose.

"♪ Ta-da!" she sang in fanfare. Cream, Cheese, Big, and the human family were shocked and amazed of what they just witnessed. They had never seen something like that before, as if it was extraordinary for a device to summon different supplies like Frances' scooter.

"Whoa! That was so cool!" exclaimed the boy.

"How did you do that?" asked the father.

"Let's just say I had a little help from a certain genius fox for giving me and my friends special upgrades on our communicators to summon special supplies we need," Frances replied before turning her attention to Cream, Cheese, and Big. "Alright, guys, listen up! We've got a big mission to do. Cream, Cheese, Big, you guys will go further into the castle and take out as many Badniks as you can! I'll make sure that the civilians get rallied up so that they can all exit this place safely!"

"Got it!" Cream, Cheese, and Big replied simultaneously.

"And, Big? Let's also keep a lookout for Froggy. If you see him, catch him with that fishing rod of yours. I bet he'll never be able to get away once he catches your bait," said Frances.

"I'll do that," said Big.

"Okay, let's do this, everyone! CHARGE!!!" Frances ordered and Cream, Cheese, and Big all head straight to the castle to defeat as many Badniks as they could. Frances then turned her attention to the family in front of her. "As for you, get to the exit as fast as you can! I'll go ahead and tell the other civilians to escape as they follow me."

"We'll do that right away!" said the father.

"Please take care of yourself along with your friends," said the mother. "We really appreciate all you are doing for us and deeply care about your safety."

"Don't worry, ma'am! We've got everything under control!" Frances replied with a thumbs up. "Now hurry! You guys don't have much time!" The family nodded and quickly made their way to the exit. With no time to waste, Frances scooted into the castle to catch up to her friends to help the civilians escape from the destructive chaos happening around here. She hoped that they would get this done quickly before there would be any more casualties. While she also had their current mission in finding Froggy and searching for clues about Chaos, saving the civilians here in this amusement park was her only primary goal at the moment, so their other mission would have to wait until they rescued the people and destroy the Badniks as soon as possible.

Cream's POV

Me and Cheese split up from Big so that we can take care of one group of Badniks while Big takes care of another group. While I would be a little worried about Big, I remember how well he was able to use his fishing rod to swing us around across the city. So I think he'll be able to handle the Badniks he sees while me and Cheese handle the other ones here. Speaking of which, we both see a group of Moto Bugs preparing to charge at a group of people ready to attack them. We're not going to let that happen!

"Hey! You leave those poor civilians alone!" I yell at them which brings their attention to us. Me and Cheese get ready as we prepare for the upcoming attack.

"Please! Help us!" a female Mobian bird cries out to us just as the Moto Bugs charge at us at high speeds. Now it's time to show them why we are the dynamic duo in defeating robots like them. I quickly turn my attention to Cheese.

"Cheese, let's show those robots our Step Attack!" I tell him.

"Chao!" Cheese chirps in reply and before the Moto Bugs knew it, I start running and activate my Boost. Before you guys ask, yes, Mr. Sonic and the rest of my friends share the same move together. We can all do Boost whenever we have rings with us to fuel our energy. It's all thanks to the Chaos energy we have within our bodies thanks to the Chaos Emeralds we have collected in the past. Not to mention that when I first took a Chaos Emerald from my first adventure with Mr. Sonic, I felt the energy going in my body, allowing me to go really fast like the others. That is why I can now use the Boost whenever possible. While I have my Boost activated, I make sure that the Moto Bugs follow me and Cheese to allow the others to escape safely. Frances soon came by to pick them up.

"Come on, you guys. Let's move!" she tells them and the civilians quickly get up and hurry to the exit Frances shows them by pointing at it.

"Thank you!" a human woman calls out to us and we all let out smiles. Then Frances turns to look at me.

"Cream, use your attack! I'll distract the Moto Bugs!" she tells me. "Once I turn around at your direction, jump over me and take them down with one blow!"

"Got it!" I reply and run over to her direction so that the Moto Bugs can follow Frances instead. Once I pass Frances, the Moto Bugs quickly turn their attention to her instead.

"Hey, slowpokes! Think you can catch me?!" Frances calls out to them before blowing a raspberry and then scoots away. The Moto Bugs angrily chase after her and this gives me the opportunity to start my attack. With that, I quickly stop before looking at Cheese again.

"Okay, Cheese. All we have to do is to run towards Frances once she turns around. After that, we'll jump over her and do our Step Attack," I tell him. "That will get rid of all the Moto Bugs at the same time."

"Chao!" Cheese chirps in a way of saying that he likes the sound of the plan. I let out a smile and a nod before activating my Boost again to charge at where the Moto Bugs were chasing Frances at high speeds. Just like Frances planned out, she swiftly turns around and comes right towards us. The Moto Bugs are still chasing after her, not wanting to let her out of their sights.

"I still got the Moto Bugs on my tail! Now's your chance, Cream!" she calls out to me before we get closer and closer. "Jump! Jump! Jump!" In a quick thinking, I perform a Spin Jump to jump over Frances and then see the Moto Bugs once I land back on my two feet. Now it's time to begin our Step Attack.

"Okay, Cheese, Step Attack!" I order and Cheese starts spinning around me to create a shield to protect me. The Moto Bugs look at us in fright before Cheese hits them all at the same time to destroy them in the process. Once they were destroyed, three Flickies appear out of them, which means that we freed them. I eventually stop running to turn off my Boost and Cheese chirps and cheers with excitement. I let out a laugh before hugging my best friend. Just then, we see Frances coming up to us.

"That was great teamwork you both did," she tells us.

"Thank you, Ms. Frances," I reply with a bow. "Mr. Sonic showed us how to perform a lot of moves after he rescued us. Since then, we've been learning a lot of moves together just like what you saw right now."

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirps in.

"Well, you guys really do make the dynamic duo," says Frances. "Now, come on. I bet Big needs our help with the Badniks on his end, and we also need to look for civilians and possibly Froggy." Me and Cheese only nod in agreement and with no time to waste, we follow her to where Big is so that we can help him with the other Badniks he might have trouble with. We also hear the Flickies chirping behind us and we turn around to see them happy, and we all wave at them to tell them that we were more than happy to rescue them from their robot shells. After that, we look forward again to continue our path to find Big. I also hope that Froggy is okay so that he doesn't end up in danger with all of those robots roaming around. But if Big does find Froggy, then we need to get him quickly before he hops away. Either way, we need to rescue all the people around here first before we get back to our original mission.

Big's POV

At the same time during Cream and Cheese's rescue...

I've been running to my part of where I see a few of those robots attacking so many people around this area. Those mean robots are trying to hurt those people, and I'm not going to let that happen. I also need to find Froggy if he's somewhere around here, which also means that he must be in danger from all this chaos. I really need to make sure that he's safe and sound. Just then, I hear screaming coming from afar and I hurry at the direction to see lots of lizard looking robots getting closer and closer to those people getting ready to attack them. Pretty sure that that Eggman person is so mean that he would do anything to attack poor civilians with no mercy. Well, I'm not going to let that happen! Once I see one of them getting ready to fire a laser from its mouth, I quickly draw my fishing rod back and then cast the line to catch that lizard robot by the tail. The lizard turns around to face me.

"It's not nice to attack someone like that," I tell it before throwing it to the wall to break it apart. I then see a little Picky coming out of the robot's remains, oinking happily to be free from it. I let out a smile to hear that little Mobini feeling very happy to be free. But then, I suddenly hear robots moving and turn to see the lizards looking at me with angry look on their faces. Looks like they don't seem too happy about what I did to one of them.

"Be careful! Those guys are no joke!" says a male Mobian rabbit and it looks like I've got a fight on my hands. However, I remember my adventures I had with Froggy whenever we get ourselves in trouble, and I also showed my new friends how well I use my fishing rod. With that, I look at those robot before getting myself in a fighting stance.

"Let's do this!" I tell them before drawing my fishing rod back again to let out a little bit of the line. Just then, three of the blue lizard robots turn into rockets and fly right towards me. Seeing one of them in front of the other two, I cast my fishing line towards that lizard to catch it. Then I twirl my rod around to make the line act like a lasso before swinging it around to hit the other two lizards to destroy them, letting out two Pockies out from their shells. They are very happy to be free. However, my fight has only just begun. I turn to see three green lizard robots ready to attack, but before I can make my move, they suddenly disappear, making it hard for me to see where they are going.

"Hey! Where did they go?" I ask before turning around to find where they are hiding. However, I end getting too distracted and eventually fail to realize that those three lizard robots are different directions and getting ready to fire. But before they are about to begin their attack on me, I suddenly hear a voice from afar.

"Big! Get out of there!" they call out and that gets me to look around to see the green lizard robots getting ready to fire. I quickly jump out of the way right before those lizards fired their lasers to attack me and completely missed. Just then, I see Cream and Cheese running towards where the green lizard robots art.

"Okay, Cheese, let's do our Chao Chain Attack!" she tells her Chao friend.

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirps and I watch to see the two preparing their special attack. Cream orders Cheese to attack all of the green lizard robots at the same time and Cheese does exactly that. He charges at the three robots with all his might before hitting all of them in a chain attack that destroyed them all at once. A Rocky, a Ricky, and a Pecky come out of the destroyed robots and are very happy to be free. I'm glad that those two know how to fight just as well as I do. However, our fight is not done yet. Our victory is short lived when we hear more of those lizard robots coming closer to us, and it looks like they are only focusing on us rather than the people they were trying to deal with. Luckily, Frances is able to bring their attention to her before the robots could do anything else.

"You guys get to the exit over there! We'll handle those Badniks and prevent them from following you!" she tells them.

"Okay, good luck and be careful," replies a male human before he and the rest of the civilians run away to get to the exit. Now all that are left for us to take care of are these lizard robots we need to destroy in order to rescue those poor Mobini that are stuck in. If that's the case, then that means that that mean Eggman guy is the one responsible for putting those poor little animals in those robots without even giving them a chance to be free! Well, we're not going to let that continue.

"Alright, team! Let's take care of these robots and prevent them from escaping and going after the other civilians," says Frances.

"Just remember that the green Newtrons turn invisible while the blue ones turn into rockets to try to attack us," Cream reminds us and now I know the names of those lizard robots, Newtrons.

"Okay," I reply.

"Let's do this! ATTACK!!!" Frances orders and we all charge to attack the Newtrons, while the blue Newtrons turn into rockets to charge into us and the green Newtrons turn invisible to disappear so that they can attack us without even giving us a chance to see them. Luckily, I cast my fishing line to swing it around and catch the green ones that try to hide with their invisibility. And every time I catch one, I take it off from its spot and then swing my rod around to cast the line everywhere to hit the other Newtrons. Cream and Cheese do their duo attacks to destroy as many Newtrons as they can, which is why they are truly the dynamic duo. And as for Frances, she is surprisingly fast and powerful with her scooter. From what I see what she's doing, she's performing so many tricks to run over as many Newtrons as she can to hit the other ones to destroy them. We all work together to destroy the Newtrons and rescue a lot of Mobini in the process, and the Mobini are very happy to be free from the robots they were trapped in. Phew! That certainly was a lot of fun, but I have a feeling that we're not done just yet.

"We got them all!" says Cream.

"Chao chao! Chao Chao!" Cheese chirps in agreement.

"Nice work, team! Looks like we're almost done, because we still got a few Badniks left and civilians to save," says Frances. "Not only that, but we also need to find Froggy because he's still close by." She proves her point by pulling up her communicator and showing us the radar, which also shows us the pinpoint of Froggy's location. I sure hope that he's okay, because I don't want him to be in danger.

"Let's get going! We need to destroy more robots, rescue more civilians, and hopefully find Froggy," I tell my friends and they all nod in agreement. With no time to waste, we hurry off to find the last remaining Badniks so that we can stop them from causing more trouble. Not only that, but we have to keep looking for Froggy so that he doesn't end up getting himself in danger. Let's hope that things don't get worse once we get to where the last remaining robots are.

Normal POV

Soon, our heroes arrived at another section and saw something very frightening. A whole army of Badniks were surrounding a group of civilians, all with their weapons and powers ready to take them all down. Frances, Cream, Cheese, and Big were horrified to see that the civilians were about to get ruthless murdered by the Badniks, and they were not going to let that happen. Frances, being the braver one to stand up against the evil robots, took a step forward and pointed at the robots.

"HEY! YOU LEAVE THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE ALONE!!!" she shouted and that brought the Badnik's attention straight to her and her friends. The civilians saw that the Badniks were about to attack our heroes instead of them.

"Be careful! Those robots are going to hurt you!" warned a young Mobian rabbit boy.

"Don't worry about us, we'll handle this!" Frances replied. "Just get over to the exit that way quickly! We'll make sure that the Badniks don't chase after you."

"O-Okay!" replied a young human girl before she and the other civilians hurry over to the exit as fast as they could. Then Frances turned her attention to her friends.

"Alright, guys. We're going to handle a lot of Badniks this time. So we need to work together as a team if we're going to handle them all," she explained. "Cream, Cheese, Big, let's split up and defeat the Badniks one by one. Don't hold back and show those guys we mean business!"

"Got it!" Cream and Big replied.

"Chao chao!" Cheese chirped in.

"Alright then. CHARGE!!!" Frances ordered and the whole group charged at the Badniks in front of them. Frances rode on her scooter as fast as she could, Cream activated her Boost to begin the Step Attack with Cheese circling around as a shield, and Big took out his fishing rod to use it as a weapon. The Badniks saw the heroes going after them and moved towards them to attack them with everything they got. The Moto Bugs went after Frances in an attempt to knock her out of her scooter, while the Crabmeats fired their missiles to shoot her down. But Frances was too fast for them and ended up going straight towards the Crabmeats. When he looked behind her, she saw the Moto Bugs struggling to slow down. Unfortunately, they were too fast to slow down in time and ended up crashing towarsd the Crabmeats, blowing themselves up in the process. Flickies and Cuckies came out of them, feeling happy that they were free, and that made Frances smile.

Cream and Cheese were able to use their Step Attack to boost their way through the Moto Bugs. However, when she was about to attack the green Newtrons, they suddenly disappear in an instant, meaning that they were planning to hide and eventually get ready to attack without Cream noticing. But Cream had her plan. She slowed down and came to a stop, as Cream stopped spinning just as well. The duo then looked around to see if they could find the Newtrons anywhere. Before long, the Newtrons appeared and Cheese was the first to see them.

"Chao chao chao!" he warned. Cream soon saw the Newtrons as well and prepared herself. Once the Newtrons opened fire, Cream quickly grabbed Cheese and then jumped out of the way to avoid enemy laser fire. Then, she gave Cheese her orders.

"Alright, Cheese. Let's defeat them with our Chain Chao Attack!" she said and Cheese nodded before he and Cream charged at the Newtrons. Cream then performed a Spin Attack as Cheese bounced on her to begin the Chain Chao Attack. Cream them perform a Homing Attack to hit the Newtrons as Cheese bounce on the Newtrons to hit them. Their attacks destroy the Newtrons one by one until they were all completely annihilated. Rickies and Rockies appeared out of them, feeling very happy that they were free. Cream and Cheese were happy to defeat the Badniks and rescue the Mobini, and they both give each other a hi-five and a hug for their victory.

Big was busy dealing with the blue Newtrons. Some of them had transformed into their rocket forms to attack Big and eliminate him. However, Big already had his ideas to destroy them. He drew back his fishing rod and then casted the line on one of the newtrons, tangling it in the line. Then, he swung it around to hit the other remaining Newtrons. When he turned around to see another Newtron coming up behind him, he jumped and performed a body slam on the Newtron to destroy it. With the last Newtron still on his fishing line, Big swung it straight towards a wall to destroy it. All of the Newtrons were completely annihilated, and Peckies, Flickies, and Pockies all came out of the destroyed robots, feeling very happy to be free.

"You're welcome," Big replied kindly to the Mobini before heading back to Frances, Cream, and Cheese to their meeting spot to see how they were doing.

Once the heroes had successfully defeated the Badniks, they all met up back in the middle of the castle to see how everything went with each other. They were tired, but triumphant now that they had defeated the Badniks completely. However, their celebration was short lived when they suddenly heard motor sounds. They look to see a swarm of Moto Bugs had them surrounded and were ready run them over completely as revenge for eliminating the other Badniks.

"Uh-oh! We're surrounded!" Cream shivered.

"Chao..." Cheese chirped in worry.

"I think we're in big trouble..." said Big, feeling a little scared.

"Don't panic, everyone! We can still win this!" said Frances before turning to face Big. "Big, do you still have your fishing rod?"

"Yes, I do," Big replied before showing him the fishing rod he still held in his hand.

"Then here's my plan: I'll hold onto the fishing rod while you swing me around," she explained. Then she turned to face Cream and Cheese. "Do you two think you can carry Big while he swings me around with his fishing rod?" Cream and Cheese nodded in determination.

"We can do it! We're really strong!" said Cream.

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirped in.

"Okay, then let's get this plan started!" said Frances. With that, Big drew back his fishing rod before casting the line for Frances to catch. Once Frances caught it, Cream and Cheese carried Big with all of their might. Big was surprised to see that for a little girl and Chao, they were surprisingly strong.

"Wow! You as strong as I am!" he said in amazement.

"Thank you, Mr. Big. We learned a lot from Mr. Sonic," Cream replied.

"Chao!" Cheese chirped in. The Moto Bugs were soon ready to charge straight towards Frances, thinking that she would be an easy target to destroy. Unfortunately, they had no idea of the plan she had in mind that was just about to be executed. Once Frances saw the Moto Bugs charging directly towards her at high speeds, she gave Cream and Cheese the signal.

"Okay, you two, let 'er rip!" she said and Cream and Cheese spun around in a circle to let Big swing his fishing line as hard as he could. Frances felt her scooter moving as she started to move in a gigantic circle. As she was lifted up high in the air, she moved her scooter to hit the Moto Bugs with huge amount of force, pushing them backwards. The Moto Bugs still continued to ram at Frances, hoping that she would get tired and fall out of her scooter. However, Cream and Cheese were spinning so fast, and Frances was holding onto Big's fishing line with a tight grip, the Moto Bugs kept getting pushed backwards, getting destroyed on the walls one by one. Eventually, all of the Moto Bugs were completely annihilated, and Cream and Cheese stopped spinning before letting Big go gently by putting him on the ground and he landed on his feet. Frances then let go of Big's fishing line, allowing Big to retract the line with his rod. They all looked at the Moto Bugs and saw more Mobini coming out of them, feeling happy that they were free. All of the Mobini were so happy that they nuzzled the heroes joyously, and the heroes laughed to see the Mobini happy.

"They're so happy to be free after we rescued them," said Cream.

"Chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement. But then, Big noticed something. He saw what appeared to be a frog standing on top of a huge capsule. He suddenly gasped when he recognized that frog.

"FROGGY!!!" he yelled before hurrying straight to the capsule to try and catch Froggy. But when he casted his fishing line to try and catch Froggy by the tail, he missed and the frog hopped away in a hurry, leaving Big completely devastated. "Aw, man... He got away again..." he sighed. Frances, Cream, and Cheese saw the commotion and went over to see what happened.

"Was that Froggy you just mentioned, Big? Did you get him?" asked Frances.

"No, I tried to catch him with my rod, but before I could get him by the tail, he hopped away again," Big sighed. "This means we'll have to keep looking for him again." Frances nodded solemnly, feeling very bad for Big now that they've lost track of his froggy friend again. But then, she turned her attention to the capsule in front of her and her friends.

"This is a very strange capsule," she thought. "It looks...humongous." Then Cream gasped when she recognized that capsule.

"I know this capsule! This capsule is used by Eggman to kidnap the poor Mobini. We have to get them out of there!" she said.

"Chao chao! Chao chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement. Frances took a good look at the capsule and then noticed the button on top of it. Then she turned her attention back to Cream.

"Cream, do you think you can fly up to that button and press it?" she asked.

"I sure can!" Cream replied before flying up to the top of the capsule and then landed on the button. Once the button was pressed, the capsule popped open and out came lots of Mobini, feeling very happy to finally be free from their prison. Frances, Cream, Cheese, and Big were very pleased to see the Mobini free from their capsule trap. Just then, they hear another voice.

"Aw, they're so cute!" said a female voice and the heroes turned to see that all of the civilians had returned after they saw that our heroes had defeated all of the Badniks together. The group then met up with the civilians and the people were very happy to see them.

"Thank you so much for rescuing us. You were very brave in taking down those robots," said the human mother of her family.

"That was awesome! You were like amazing superheroes in taking down the bad guys!" said the human boy of the family. Frances, Cream, Cheese, and Big all smiled happily that they were such a big help in taking down the Badniks. The were wonder about what Sonic and the others would say if they were to find out about this.

"It was nothing. We're just glad that all of you are safe," said Frances before looking around at the remains of Twinkle Park's Pleasure Castle. "I wish I could say the same about this amusement park, though..." Then she looked back at the people in front of her. "I think all of you should leave here now. I have a feeling that this section of the amusement park is going to be off limits for quite some time. Don't worry, I'm willing to bet that help will come to get started in making repairs. In the meantime, why don't you enjoy other rides and games here?" The other people looked at each other and thought that it was a good idea to do just that, since this part of Twinkle Park was going to need repairs.

"Okay, we'll get going now. Again, thank you for rescuing us from those robots," said a human man and he, along with the rest of the civilians all head out from Pleasure Castle to see if there were any other rides and games available while this section of the amusement park was going to get fixed. As for the Mobini, they left Twinkle Park to find other places to be now that they were free. After that, Frances took out her communicator and pressed the icon of her scooter again to return her tools back to her house so that she could use them at another time. Then, she then tapped on the radar icon to see where Froggy had went now that they lost sight of him again. Eventually, she got a pinpoint of his location.

"Where did Froggy go now?" asked Big.

"He went downstairs to the bottom entrance of Twinkle Park. He must be leaving in a hurry," Frances replied.

"Then we better hurry and follow him before he gets away again!" said Cream.

"Chao chao chao!" Cheese chirped in agreement.

"Then let's get going! Time is of the essence!" said Frances and when she and her friends all nodded at the same time, they all hurried out of the castle to head downstairs where they would eventually try to catch up to Froggy. But despite that, Frances had something in her mind. Who would be organizing those Badniks to attack in different groups? Could this mean that whoever summoned those Moto Bugs to attack us is helping out Eggman without us knowing? she thought. We better be careful if we're going to find more answers about this.

But what she didn't know was that someone was watching her and her friends leave. It was Metal Sonic. Turns out he was the one who sent out the Badniks to attack the civilians at Twinkle Park while hiding in the shadows to keep a low profile while giving the robots their orders to eliminate everything they see in order to slow Sonic down. Unfortunately, because of the fact that Sonic's little band of friends had been able to eliminate his robotic soldiers completely, this left him no other choice but to retreat and tell his creator about what had happened. With a shake of his head, he flew away from the castle to head back to Dr. Eggman's Egg Carrier to give his creator the bad news.

However, as soon as he left, he failed to realize that a Mono Beetle from G.U.N. had been observing everything, from Frances and her group defeating the Badniks to noticing that Metal Sonic was the one responsible in organizing the attack in the first place under Dr. Eggman's orders. It was able to record everything it saw. Once Metal Sonic left the area, it turned off its recording and then uploaded the video straight towards G.U.N. HQ.

"Uploading complete. Returning back to the base," it stated before flying away to have G.U.N. now about what had happened here. Little did our heroic group, Metal Sonic, and even G.U.N. would know that the SSPD would soon be on its way, alongside the Speed Team, to arrive here at Twinkle Park to investigate what had happened while also asking a few witnesses about what caused this whole disaster to begin with.