Note: This is B. J. Williams, author of Sonic Extreme. Due to an accident involving trying to login with Facebook, I no longer have access to my original account. After thinking about the situation, I have decided that I will have to continue Sonic Extreme in this new account "Benjamin Dine".
I did send an email to the Support of about the situation. In the meantime, the story has to go on. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience on the readers.
So without further delay, here is the next chapter of Sonic Extreme: Season 7.

The Brutal Breakdown

It was in the RAS base that was on the East Side of Meterek Isle. A great tower was in the building phase in late October. Commander Brutus was in his meeting room, he was drumming his fingers. Then, a loyal member of the RAS came into the room.

"Commander." He stated. "We are getting close to the completion of your great weapon sir. We should have it up and running by the end of the week."

"That's. that's good. Well done." Brutus replied. Then, he turned away. "Everything is going as planned. Everything is going as planned."

"Uh... Commander?" The member asked. "Are you feeling okay?"

"OF COURSE, I'M OKAY!" Brutus snapped at him. "EVERYTHING IS FINE! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SOMETHINGS WRONG!?"

"Whoa, geez. Calm down." He answered, scared out of his wits. "Since you cancelled the rest of Operation Jungle Tamer, you have been getting more restless."

"I... I didn't need anymore land to build my weapon." Brutus replied.

"But you were so eager on conquering all of Meterek Isle." He replied. "Why stop at only a quarter of the way done?"

"That is strictly classified information." Brutus barked.

"Okay, but what exactly does this weapon do?" The member asked.

"Again, that two is classified." The commander snapped. "Now, leave."

"But..."

"I SAID, LEAVE!" Then, the member left expediently.

"Are you sure that is exactly what happened, my friend?" Nikolai asked the mobian.

"That is what I experienced." The mobian answered.

"We will need to get down to the bottom of this, then." Nikolai stated. "I can only figure that something is amiss. But there is no way I can get to anything that secret. I will need someone who could get in an get the information." Then, he noticed a figure around the corner. "Hey, you there. Stop." He ran to persue the figure around the corner. But when he went around the corner, he didn't find anyone. "Huh? Where'd he go?"

"I think you need to lay down." The mobian said. "You've been gettting a bit antsy yourself."

"You're probably right." Nikolai answered. "It feels like if I'm chasing a ghost." He decided to head back to his quarters. But he noticed that the door to the holding cells was cracked open. He decided to take a peak inside. The steel holding cells were sturdy and can withhold powerful blows. Very few people had the strength to break through them, but they were for the most part empty. He saw a blue pika mouse inside one of the holding cells; he walked up to it. "Hello?" The blue pika just looked up at him not saying a word. "I was wondering who you are." She just looked away. "Can you at least talk to me?"

"She's been silent since she has arrived here." A feminine voice said behind him.

"What?" Nikolai stated, turning around. He saw a tomato-colored female echidna standing before him."AHH!" He jumped back. "You, you were the figure I keep seeing around here."

"I notice that." She calmly, stated.

"Just who are you anyway?" Nikolai asked.

"I'm Tikal." She answered.

"Okay, Tikal." He stated. "How do you keep getting in here without setting off the alarms?"

"I've came with her." The echidna stated, pointing to the pika. "That pika mouse right there is Relic. She hasn't been her normal cheerful self since she came here."

"I would probably won't be happy myself if I was stuck in a cell." The red hedgehog stated. "But how did YOU get in here anyway?"

"I'm bound to the Master Emerald." Tikal stated. "Wherever it is, I go."

"So, you actually are a ghost. Well Tikal, can you tell me what has gotten the commander out of shape?" He asked.

"No, but I have been getting feelings of dread recently." Tikal stated.

"How so?" He asked curoiusly.

"I sense that something big is going to happen in the near future." She stated.

"Do you think it has to do with the weapon he is making?"

"It's a part of it, yes." Tikal answered.

"There is nothing I can do." Nikolai stated. "I don't even know what the thing does. I just wish that Commander Brutus would just tell the rest of us what's going on. He's kept us in the dark for so long. But if what you are telling me is true, then I can only fear it is for the worse." Nikolai replied.

"What do you intend to do?" Tikal asked him.

"I'll get to the bottom of this mess." He stated. "But how? I've tried everything."

"I can help you get in." The echidna stated.

"How? You're a ghost." Nikolai asked her. "Unless you can hijack a computer and have it spit out the information." She thought for a minute.

"I've never done that before." The echidna replied. "I'll try it."

"Thank you, Tikal." The red hedgehog stated. "I could at least know the truth." He noticed a console nearby and he logged into the computer. "Okay, you can get in." At that moment, the echidna entered into the computer.

Tikal was floating in a dark sea of binary code. She was swimming around among the information blocks. She came across something that had an odd label.

"Secret Weapon?" She thought to herself. She swam over to that particular block and tried to get it open. It sent a shock to her and she went backwards.

"Are you okay?" A voice stated.

"I'm fine." She replied. She looked again and saw that it required a passcode to enter. And there was a key needed to get before she could enter. There was another information block that was open. She swam into that one.

She entered an area that resembled an uncompleted level of a sixteen-bit video game.

"What in the world?" She thought to herself, seeing the bright colors and the green grass beneath her feet. She went around the area with purple walls. She noticed that there were deep pits she needed to jump over. She was able to leap over them with ease.

After jumping over several pits, she encountered some robots that started to shoot at her. She dodged out of the way.

"How am I going to get through this?" Tikal asked herself. She noticed that she was able to use spirit magic in here. She was able to do a spirit palm smash to beat the enemies. Tikal continued to dodge the shots.

"There has to be a better way." She replied. She came to a great ledge; she leapt up and began to climb up the wall. Upon reaching the top, she found a key.

"Is this the key needed to get in to that other information block?" She thought as she grabbed it. She glided back down to the start of the level and left the game with the key.

She entered into the sea of binary code and swam back to the information block that shocked her and placed the key into the slot.

"I got it." She stated to herself. Then, a set of switches came out. He looked at them, puzzled. After flipping one of the switches, she heard what sounded like the moving of doors. Realizing this was a switch puzzle, she flipped switches until she got the right combination. She went around and saw the opening in the box.

Tikal went inside. And she found it, there were several files beside the file on the secret weapon.

"There is the information on the weapon." Tikal stated.

"Excellent, well done." Nikolai stated.

"But there are also some picture files as well." The echidna replied. "They appear to be drawings... that Brutus done?"

"Drawings Brutus done? Something is definately out of place." Nikolai stated. "He has never once said that we drew anything. Bring them out."

"Are you sure?" Tikal asked, hesitating on his request.

"I'm sure. Bring all the files out." The red hedgehog replied. Tikal drew all the files out. He saw the information on the new weapon. It was a cannon with the same effect of his Cthulu pistol except with a much longer range, wider blast area, and longer duration of the effects and much more potent. "I can't believe such a weapon is being built as we speak. This weapon could hit an entire city in one hit." He gazed upon the pictures and saw that they were progresively getting more haunting and deranged. "I can't take this anymore." He made a two copies of the information on the weapon on two flashdrives. He went to the computer and unlocked the holding cell door and freeing Relic. He handed the flashdrive to her. "Relic, I want you to leave this place and take this flashdrive with you. Make sure it gets to Sonic, or Tails, or someone. I'll make you a distraction to allow you to escape."

"What about you?" Tikal asked.

"We're dealing with a mad man, my friend." Nikolai replied. "I know too much. I wish you luck from here."

He left the room. Relic and Tikal hurried through the corridors as Nikolai went to the war supplies room and set fire to the ammunition and weapons before he fled himself.

Tikal and Relic were running down the hall. They heard the sounds of guards dashing from around the corner. The blue pika hid along the side of the wall; they didn't notice her.

"That was a close one." Relic stated.

"Yeah, we need to keep moving." Tikal replied to her as they continued on their way. They managed to get outside and saw that the robot sentries that were normally there were absent.

"Huh?" Relic asked. "Where are the sentries?"

"Do you want to get caught?" Tikal asked.

"No, this was just a surprise to me." The pika replied. They rushed across the courtyard to the gate; they saw they could easily get through. Relic went through the gate, but Tikal was pulled back.

"Relic, I can't go any further." Tikal stated.

"What?" Relic asked.

"Because of her bond to the master emerald, I can't go further away from the emerald than what I am now." The echidna explained. "I have gotten you this far, but you have to be careful. The rest you'll have to do on your own."

"I understand." Relic answered.

"Good luck." Tikal replied as the pika mouse headed away.

Relic hurried through the forests of Meterek Isle. She was trying to get as far away from the base as she possibly could. She raced to the border of East Meterek Isle to the unoccupied lands. Some noise stopped her for a moment. She stopped to take a look at what was going on. As she gazed, she was completely confused at the sight.

"What?" She thought. "Meterek Rebels and Egg Pawns fighting Brutus' swatbots... together?" She shook her head. "No... that's rubbish." She dismissed. "The idea of that is completely absurd."

The pika continued on her way. As she raced to the border, she bumped into someone.

"Ufph." She stated, dropping the flashdrive on the ground. She fell on the ground as well.

"Are you alright?" The meterek with blue leave-hair stated. Reaching out with her hand.

"Why thank you, miss." Relic stated, standing up and picking up the flashdrive.

"Who are you?" The meterek asked.

"I am Relic." The pika stated. "And you are...?"

"Galaxina." The meterek replied.

"I'm looking for a way off this island. I need to get this flashdrive to Team Tails." The pika explained.

"I'm a member of Team Tails. I'll get you out of here." She stated and the two left the island.

Some time later, Brutus was in the command room. All of the high command of the RAS was present.

"Commander Brutus." One of them stated. "It has come to our attention of the secret weapon that you are building. This is one of the most brutal weapons we have ever seen. We can not allow you to build this weapon any farther."

"WHAT!?" Brutus shouted.

"This weapon is too barbaric." Another stated. "We forbid the usage of this weapon. In addition, you have still refused to grant us explanations needed for the choices that you have made." Brutus had gotten more irritated.

"What is the meaning of stopping Operation Jungle Tamer?" A third asked.

"How come meterek rebels got a sudden tech boost?" A fourth brought up. Brutus remained silent.

"ANSWER THE QUESTIONS!" A fifth one answered. "You may be the military commander but you are NOT the one in charge of the main body of the RAS." Brutus was shocked and enraged.

"If you refuse to straighten up your act, we will demote you for good." A sixth proclaimed. "And we will find someone who will listen."

"NOOOOOOOOO!" Brutus roared. The high command didn't have time to react as the dog pulled out an M-16 assault rifle. He pulled the trigger and shot the entire high command; murdering every last one of them in one go.

Brutus stopped and looked around at what he had did. His eyes began to greatly twitch upon looking at the scene of carnage. He dropped the gun onto the floor.

"He." Brutus stated. "Hehe." He started to smirk. "Hehehe." He smiled. "Hehahahaha." He fell into his chair. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He continued to let out complete insane cackling.