Then;
Sonic the Hedgehog had brought back the final Chaos Emerald that the human scientist Doctor Ivo Kintobor needed to rid Mobius of evil and dispose of it, by absorbing it. The Retro Orbital Chaos Compressor which contained the Emeralds, was ready to dispose of all the collected evil. After lunch. Kintobor retrieved the fridges single item, a rotten egg, and tripped somehow, accidentally caused the ROCC to go critical. That's where the internal cameras stopped recording.

After a massive explosion, a large, round human was seen exiting the underground laboratory. Before any of Sonics friends had a good look, he escaped to somewhere. Miles 'Tails' Prower, whom had known Sonic a scant few days, was first into the lab, his two tails twitching nervously, as Porker Lewis and Johnny Lightfoot kept everyone outside away.

Now;
Tails ran through an alley in the Metropolis Zone, his slightly-too-big grey trench coat and twin tails flapping behind him. His baggy jeans and t-shirt caught almost every bit of dirt and puddle that he kicked up. The meet was in fifteen minutes. Seven weeks of planning would not be wasted simply because he was running late.
"Darn Badniks..." he muttered, reaching the open road. He glanced around and ran across to a derelict building. He knocked on the door and a hatch opened, showing two eyes, which looked down at the orange fox.
"Live and learn." said a female voice.
"Hanging on the edge of tomorrow." Tails replied. The pass phrase. Each faction had a different one, in case they were captured.
The door opened and Tails entered the room. It was sparsely lit, grey walled, concrete floored and had dozens of cardboard boxes scattered around the floor. And it didn't smell too nice either. Too musty.

Then;
As Tails entered the lab and navigated his way through the smoke and debris, he saw a familiar shape lying next to an exploded console. The one who had found him wandering into the Swamp Zone. He might have fallen into a swamp if not for him. 'I might have thought two foxes had fallen in' he'd joked... Sonic. Tails crouched down near his hero and checked for a pulse. The blue hedgehog was growing cold...

Now;
Tails knew the person at the door. Her name was Saab. Leader of the all sheep cell, The Flock. They had been able to equip The Freedom Fighters, all those months ago. The Microputer, for instance, was a heaven send.
"Glad to see you made it, Miles..." Saab nodded to Tails.
"Badnik patrol in Marxio square..." Tails explained as he looked at the assembling resistance cells. "Kept me hiding for twenty minutes."
"You should have come via Greater Street." Saab said as she closed the door and locked it.
"Marxio's is a shortcut! Normally..." Tails said and smiled. "Where are the FF?"
Saab pointed towards the back of the room where Tails saw a light flash off of a metal cylinder. The fox nodded at Saab and walked over to the darker part of the room. The gang was all present. Johnny Lightfoot cleaning his metal Bo staff, Shorty Squirrel bouncing a ball off the wall, Amy Rose disassembling and reassembling her cross bow and Porker Lewis struggling against his strait jacket.

Then;
It had been two weeks since Sonic's funeral. Dr Kintobor still hadn't been found. Tails was at the hedgehog's home, in the Emerald Hill Zone, where he had been living since Sonic had brought him back. He was wondering when junk mail senders would begin to understand 'Addressee is deceased', when there was a knock at the door. The duel tailed fox went to and opened it.

Stood on the doorstep was a pink hedgehog, slightly older than Tails, wearing a yellow dress, red sandals and a green band holding her spike's up. She had her hands behind her back and frowned slightly when she saw Tails.
"Oh..." she said and raised an eyebrow. "Is Sonic not here?"
"No." Tails replied shortly. "You missed the funeral. By two weeks." He swallowed the pang of sorrow he felt, not wanting to burden this stranger with it.
The pink hedgehog stared at Tails with an open mouthed gaze. Suddenly she started crying and fell to her knees. Without a word, Tails took her elbow and led her into the house.

Her name was Amy Rose and she had come to give Sonic something to make him want to go out with her. Which turned out to be a grey Chaos Emerald! After she had calmed down, Tails explained what had happened to Sonic.
"And we thought the Chaos Emeralds had been destroyed." Tails finished.
"I found it in the Hill Top Zone when I went hiking with a group of friends." Amy said. "I got back today and hoped to give it to him."
"I need to make a call..." Tails said as he got up and picked up the phone. Porker was on Autodial 4, right after the Pizza Palace, Video's-4-Joo-2Vatch and Johnny Lightfoot.
Porker picked up the phone and sounded like he had run for it. "Hello?" he said.
"Porker, its Tails. I..." he started, but was interrupted by the exhausted pig.
"I was just about to call you!" he said excitedly. "You'll never guess what I found in my loft!"'
"A Chaos Emerald." Tails smiled.
"That's... How did you know?" Porker asked.
"Get over here. And bring Johnny."

Now;
'How has he been, Johnny?" Tails asked the black clothed rabbit about Porker.
"Not too bad, for a change." he answered.
Tails walked over to Porker and put his hand on the pigs shoulder. "Hey, you holding up?" he asked, smiling.
"If I wasn't in this thing twenty four hours a day, I would hunky flipping dory." came Porker's snapped reply, before he resumed trying to get out of his restraints.
"You know why you're in that." Amy said, loading a bolt into her crossbow. "You can't be fully trusted since the accident..." she added as she subconsciously rubbed a scar on her right side.
"When's the last time you guys let me near anything sharp, huh?" Porker shouted, his eye twitching a few times.
Shorty had gotten up and was facing Porker, his fists clenched and the ball on the ground.
"What do you want?" Porker asked, narrowing his eyes at the camouflaged squirrel. Shorty didn't answer. He had been mute for nearly a year now. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? Oh wait... She did!" Porker said and started laughing.
Shorty took a step towards the laughing pig, but was stopped by Tails standing in his way.
"Stand down, Shorty..." the fox said, nodding to where the other Cell's were joining a circle. "You and Amy are with me for this. Johnny, keep an eye on Porker." he said and walked to the space left by the others for them, followed by Shorty and Amy.

The Mystic Cave Pirates wanted to use this meet to gather information on any shipments of valuable items. The walrus captain, Plunder, was the leader of this Cell.
"We be needin' this loot fer when the people are free!" he was arguing with Saab. "To rebuild their lives an' such..."
"Bets are we never see any of it again." Saab said, raising nods and murmurs of agreement from other Cells.
"Arr... To the deep with the lot of ye..." Plunder said as he relented unhappily.
"Now on to one of the main reasons for this meet..." the appointed chair-person Sally Acorn said, shaking her head slightly at Plunder's comment. "The Flight League would like the floor."
Everyone's gaze shifted towards the green canary that stood up. She was wearing a red and black striped top and a blue skirt with black tights. Her hair was combed to cover one eye. "Hello." she said, raising her hand slightly, signaling she was nervous. "Some of you know me, most don't... I'm Techno. Might as well get to the point... The FL feel that, with the Knothillians being captured, and several other Cells nearly getting caught as a result... We feel that we should lend our services out to you all."
A murmur rippled through the room at this news. The FL were normally very thick headed and stubborn when it came to even an information exchange, believing themselves superior and above the need for help.
"There will, of course, be a monetary gain for the FL, through this venture. One member, for two weeks, will cost seven hundred. One member per Cell." Techno said, causing whispers.
One person stood and asked "What's in it for the FL?".
"Well, if the member assigned to you goes on a spying run, then when they come back, we will get whatever knowledge you did. Plus the money, obviously." Techno said. "Now, if you'd all like to chat amongst yourselves, work it out between Cell members, we can take a break."

Then;
It took nearly a month, but the Chaos Emeralds had been tracked down. If Porker was right, Kintobor's research showed that the grey emerald was the control for all the untapped energy that they produced. And if they rebuilt the ROCC, they could ensure it didn't go wrong again, if they tried the experiment.

Porker had checked each of the seven Emeralds separately and found that they were safe. So Tails took the final two down to the laboratory. Porker was rebuilding the ROCC, to carry on Kintobor's work. The pig certainly knew a thing or two about technology. When he saw Tails enter with the Emeralds, he hopped down from the platform he was on and went with Tails, over to the rest of the Emeralds.

As soon as Tails put them down, they began to heat up and produce vibrations. As they began to glow and vibrate more, Porker shoved Tails out of the way, making him trip over a stool, and grabbed for a scanning device that was next to them. Suddenly they flashed and Tails felt the heat of radiation wash over him. He got up and the Chaos Emeralds had vanished. He looked around for Porker, who was on the floor, holding his face.
"Porker...? Are you okay?" Tails asked, moving slowly towards him.
Porker let go of his face and rose slowly. "Never better..." he said, looking at Tails. "Why? Did something happen?" he asked. Tails saw him twitch and stopped moving towards him. "What? Do I have something in my teeth?" Porker asked and leapt at Tails, aiming to sink his teeth into the two tailed fox.
Dodging quickly out of the way, Tails watched as the raged pig tripped over the stool and slammed his head against a lab bench, then slump to the floor. His shirt and jeans had been darkened at the front, by the radiation.
As Tails went over to the unconscious pig, he heard cries of alarm and weapons fire. A metallic voice boomed out "All shall bow before Lord Robotnik!"