Somewhere out side of Station Square, late night…

The onyx hedgehog took off the welding mask and yawned. "I guess we're done for today, Tails." The orange kitsune looked up from his computer display. "Yeah, I don't need anybody getting suspicious of where I am this late…" "Agreed. Once we're done, this will really pay off…."

They both looked at their creation, an almost complete Metal Sonic. However, the purpose of this robot was not to be another of Eggman's cronies, rather, to show that robots can serve better purposes. However, not having the assembly line Eggman did made things much harder.

Tails: "I was hoping to figure out how we can control the Chaos energy to power it before tomorrow…"

Shadow: "Don't worry Tails, we'll get it soon enough, but you won't be able to figure out if you're too tired."

Tails: "It would be easier if we could let everyone know about this Shadow…"

Shadow: "I would, but none of them trust me. The minute word gets out I'm part of this, they'll all become suspicious of it, and maybe even of you…"

Tails: "Alright, We'll work on it tomorrow, I'll leave these Chaos Emeralds here."

As they shut the door and walked out, they did not notice the sliver and light blue emerald glowing more intensely...

Somewhere in the Sol dimension…

?: "We've pinpointed the location of 6 of the Sol emeralds, the seventh is usually kept by the guardian herself."

?: "Excellent, have my orders carried out immediately. We will need all 7 for the master plan."

?: "Very well, I will send the command to our awaiting troops."

Sol dimension, Royal Castle, late night…

The lilac feline tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She had recently hidden the Sol emeralds in different places, and kept one with herself, but the decision was not resting easy with her. She decided to go for a walk, and had just exited the room when Gordon came running to her, yelling "Your Highness, 3 people have broken into the castle! I have no doubt they are here for the Sol emeralds!"

"We'll see how they like dealing with the Guardian of the Emeralds!" Blaze said, as she rushes towards the area where the intruders were spotted.

As she rushed in, she sees the three intruders, a hedgehog with strange fur, and two other whom she was unable to identify. As she comes in, the hedgehog turns on her, and shouts to his accomplices "The Princess, take her!"

"You won't find it easy to take me!" shouts Blaze, before unleashing a barrage of fireballs at her assailants. Two of them were unable to get around the fireballs, but the hedgehog is not stopped. "Chaos Control!" That was the last thing Blaze heard before she went out cold…

Silver: "Blaze? Blaze, wake up!"

"Huh?" The Princess opened her eyes to find her best friend sitting in front of her, with concern on his face. "What happened Silver?"

Silver: "I came in just as you fainted, and they decided to flee, and they didn't get the Emerald either."

Blaze: "Then why are you so worried?"

Silver: "All the other emeralds were taken from their respective hiding places."

Blaze: "WHAAT?"

Silver: "I'm afraid so and I've been tracking the energy signals…"

Blaze: "Well, where did they go? Why didn't you follow them?!"

Silver: "They're gone to another dimension, actually the dimension that Sonic lives in."

Blaze: "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Silver: "Wait, Wha- Hold On! Wait for Me!"