Nearly three weeks have passed since Eggman's defeat and Star's discovery of her Super Form. Eggman escaped from prison shortly after being captured, but the following day one of his biggest rivals, Pr. Baconwoman, kidnapped him and trapped him in her secret moon base. She strapped him to the wall and then left for a vacation in Jamaica, leaving her robots behind. Eggman, though trapped, reprogrammed her robots to listen to his commands.

Still strapped to the wall, Eggman has been trying to escape in any way possible. Some of the lesser servant robots have been feeding him, but none of them have the tools to un-strap him. So, he has also been ordering them to create a robot that could help him escape. However, soon enough he won't need any help.

"No, put the laser in the front, you idiot robot!" ordered Eggman. "It'll be no good otherwise. And where is that useless heap of junk that was supposed to bring me a sandwich! I'm waiting, Model 8879!"

Eggman was being especially bossy while ordering around the robots. It was the stress—how would you like being strapped to a wall for three weeks with mindless robot drones that couldn't even try to get you out and made horrible tasting food?

A moment later, someone dropped down the crater.

"Who is it?" asked a scared Eggman, as all of his cowardly servant robots wheeled away.

"Show yourself!" he exclaimed.

"No," replied the visitor, now only a few steps away from him, yet still hidden in the shadows. All Eggman could see from his point of view was that the visitor was a hedgehog… but not one he'd met before.

"What do you want? Anything, just tell me!"

"Where is the one known as Star Zenia Mystican?" he boomed.

A cowardly Eggman whispered, "Silver City! All right! She lives in Silver City. Her apartment number is room 419 at the Silver Apartments. She hangs out around a blue hedgehog, a two-tailed fox, and a pink hedgehog. Just please don't kill me!"

"Thank you for the information, Eggman. I am pleased with your cooperation. And for that, I will help you escape," said the mysterious hedgehog. He ran over to Eggman just fast enough so that he couldn't see him. He slashed right through the straps with his hands, hurried back into the shadows, and with a great leap, he jumped out of the crater.

"Where's my sandwich! I can't leave here on an empty stomach. I'm waiting!" Eggman wasn't any better than before. The servant robots sighed and prepared for lift off. Eggman was finally making his escape. After three long weeks, he was ready for world domination yet again.

One week later

Star sat quietly on the side of one of the mountains at the edge of the city limits. A tournament was going on between Sonic and his friends, just for fun, in a valley just in front of her. Despite her hard efforts, Shadow had defeated her. They had allowed her to use all of her magic, except for Super Form. Speaking of which, they were saving Super Forms for the last match, to make it more challenging. Shadow was in the finals—he had earned that title by beating Star. Now Sonic was battling Knuckles…

"Catch me if you can!" said Sonic, running around the field. Knuckles tried to follow him, but he was just too slow. He was tiring himself out!

"I'll pant get you pant Sonic!" yelled Knuckles. Although it seemed he was mistaken. A few seconds later, he fell to the ground. Sonic hurried to him with a Spin Dash and attacked him like crazy. Cream, the referee, yelled out from her post.

"Knuckles has been defeated. Sonic is the winner! This means that Shadow and Sonic will be battling in the finals… and since we have them, as we agreed, both will battle in Super Form!" Cream was yelling into her mike now, and Cheese was just as pumped up as the rest of them.

Knuckles got up and with a low humph ran to the bleachers carved out of the side of the mountain. He had to admit he was excited too—this battle would be interesting. Shadow and Sonic now faced each other in the center of the field, with the 7 Chaos Emeralds encircling them. Each had been given 50 Rings at the beginning of the battle, so that it would be fair.

Cream stared intensely and prepared to announce the finals. "Championship Battle, Sonic versus Shadow. Ready… Set… Go!"

Both hedgehogs transformed at the same time. They began battling with all their might.

"No one can defeat the Ultimate Lifeform," screamed Shadow.

"Try me!" said Sonic as he dashed toward Shadow. He used Chaos Control just as Sonic was about to hit him.

"Humph," said Shadow, appearing at the other end of the battlefield. "You're no match for me.

The battle went on for awhile. Everyone was cheering, some for Sonic, some for Shadow. As for Star, she just looked on quietly on the edge of her seat. Suddenly, a series of memories flashed in her head…

"We couldn't find Illusion. He's vanished."

"Hurry! Star don't give up hope!"

"I'll never make it!"

"Remember me, Star."

"This ice… this protection… thank you Sola."

"Prophecies shall unfold. There is no stopping it."

All of her memories… they were from so long ago back in Atlantis. Suddenly, more came.

"It's a time storm!"

"Maybe my powers, and those of the Chaos Emeralds…"

"Don't leave me Sola!"

"Goodbye, Star. Never forget me…"

"No!"

The memories… of Illusion, and of Sola… where were they coming from?

Shaking her head, she turned her attention to the battlefield.

"Chaos Control!" she heard Shadow say. He had intended to teleport to behind Sonic and blast him with all his might, but Sonic took a step backwards. Shadow teleported right where Sonic was. In the next moment, they were thrown in different directions from the energy formed when their Super Forms merged together.

"He's trapped in the Chaos Emeralds!"

"Some people have the ability to activate certain powers using the Chaos Emeralds, unlocking power from the positive and negative energies of Chaos."

"If such energies were to merge together, somehow existing at once, the results could be catastrophic. It has never been tested before."

Sola… the emeralds… the glowing Chaos Energy…

Suddenly, the merged Super Forms began to take on a new shape. It was fox, with four tails trailing behind him. His fur was like a burning flame, and his golden eyes stared down at her. Star knew who it was… Sola had returned!

"Sola!" she yelled. She jumped toward him.

But just as she was about to reach him, swirling energy engulfed him. She heard a voice just above her say, "Seven emeralds… Super Forms for three anyone?"

She recognized the voice. It was Illusion, her brother. Star looked up at him—he was an orange hedgehog with messy, unkempt quills and piercing green eyes. He gripped a gemstone in his yellow gloves, and his strange, midnight blue sneakers pointed down to the ground.

"Hurry sis! We're running out of time. Get up here!"

She began rising up toward her brother and Sola.

"Telekinesis always comes in handy," said Sola as he brought Star up to them. "So what's the rush for the reunion, Illusion?"

"That," he solemnly replied, pointing up to the sky. A huge comet was hurling toward the Earth, threatening all of its citizens.

As Star and Sola looked at it in fear, Illusion went into greater detail.

"It's the Viginti Comet. It usually only passes Earth every twenty years or so, but this time it's a little early. Someone or something threw it off course. Our Super Forms simply won't be enough to stop it. According to prophecy, we need our Hyper Forms, activated by the Chaos Alexandrites, Rubies and Diamonds. I saved myself many years ago by trapping myself in a Chaos Alexandrite—" he held a small green gem out in front of him.

"And Star has a Chaos Ruby with her. The fire gem Sola gave her. It's a Chaos Ruby."

Star pulled out a small gem from her quills. Just before Sola had become part of the Chaos Emeralds, he had handed it to her…

"We don't have time for flashbacks, Star!" yelled Illusion. She handed it to Sola. Then he pulled out a small gem from his pockets.

"This is a Chaos Diamond, Star. I found it in the ruins of Atlantis, just after I woke up from my slumber in the gem. Here—" he handed it to her.

"Now we all have one of our Chaos Gems—using it we can track the rest. The comet makes impact with Earth in 10 minutes. That won't be enough time. But if we use the Chaos Emeralds--"

Sola used telekinesis to spin them up to the center of them.

"And use Chaos Control to go backwards in time, we will have enough time. We must choose a time just before Star escaped—she was the first of us to do so—so we don't accidentally bump into ourselves. Think about it…"

Sola used his telepathy to make sure they all thought of one moment. "Now!" he yelled.

In unison, they said, "Chaos Control!"

And then they were gone with the Chaos Emeralds.

Cream looked at the battlefield. Both Sonic and Shadow had the wind knocked out of them, so neither could continue to battle. Plus, there was the whole Viginti Comet thing that everybody had just overheard…

"I guess that's a tie. We have to stop that comet if it's the last thing we do!" screamed Cream, flying over to the bleachers.

Everyone stared at her.

"Okay…" she said. "Yeah. I don't know how were gonna pull this one off."

Suddenly, a battleship flew to the valley. A voice boomed out of a speaker.

"Come on, everyone!" said Eggman. "We have to stop that comet. If it destroys the Earth, I'll have no world to take over! Bring Sonic and Shadow. We've got a planet to save, and I've got the tools to hold off the comet for a little." He muttered under his breath, "I've really been softening up lately, haven't I?" as the boarding ramp lowered down and everyone entered the ship.