Level 2: New Alliances

Witchcart and Dr. Cole were surprised when they saw quite a sight on their giant monitor. Out of nowhere Nicolas the Holo-Lynx appeared, and stopped the fighting between the two heroes. "What the?! Who is that?!" Dr. Cole said.

"Curse you Nicolas! How could you have possibly ruined our plan?!" Witchcart cried out.

"Wait… You know that Mobian?" Dr. Cole asked.

"Unfortunately yes. He's an Artificial Intelligence named Nicolas, he is the result of a scientist saving his son from death. Though he and his father have had issues since his sister couldn't be saved. Green practically goes everywhere with him but things should've been rewritten so he wouldn't interfere. And on top of it he's a genius in his own rights!" Witchcart explained.

"So he's like super smart?" Dr. Cole asked.

"Yes." Witchcart said.

"But not as smart as us right?" Dr. Cole.

"Unimaginably so!" Witchcart claimed. (I won't admit that Mobian turned A.I. is smarter than me.) Witchcart thought to herself.

Back at the movie studio Nicolas stood his ground, and made sure that the two heroes didn't move from their spots. "Now that I have your attention. I need to explain everything." Nicolas said.

"Nicolas. Where have you been? I left to film a movie with Prof. Oliver, and you took off when I needed my tablet." Green said with a bit of sarcasm.

Raptorman was confused by all of this, he then looked around and noticed that the doctor didn't move until now. "Okay… What's going on?" he asked.

"I should ask the same young man. Green and I were busy filming a movie where Dr. Eggman attacks a city, but then you come in… Are you an extra?" Prof. Oliver asked, as he flew his hover pod.

"I don't think the raptor teenager is an extra doc." Green said to Prof. Oliver.

"Wait… You mean that all of this is a movie being filmed?" Raptorman asked.

"Yeah. Oliver and I are actors. We've had some adventures here and there, but we make our living filming movies where Sonic takes on Dr. Ivo Eggman Robotnik." Green explained, he was a bit confused with Raptorman but he was hoping he could have his questions and curiosity all answered soon.

Nicolas then touched Green, the holographic body of the holo-lynx filled Green with information, Green was told everything important about the original reality and how the current worlds of Mobius Prime and Earth 20XX were altered by Dr. Julian Eggman aka Neo Dr. Eggman or Robo-Robotnik mk II. Raptorman then explained why he attacked Green and Prof. Oliver. The heroes were able to figure out that somehow old enemies from their worlds began to work together, and Green didn't like the fact that Metal Green ruined his reputation on another world. Green was willing to forgive and forget for the greater good, Raptorman was surprised with Green's understanding and the fact that he was willing to work with him. Green knew that with Nicolas it would be easy to travel between dimensions because of this little conversation. "By the way Nicolas… How did you open that portal?" Raptorman asked.

"After I escaped the initial Second Genesis Wave effects, I was overloaded with Genesis Energies. If I concentrate, I can open up a doorway between our two worlds and possibly another world parole to Mobius Prime." Nicolas explained.

"By the way… How did you escape the Wily Egg that you mentioned?" Green asked.

"I was able to sneak around using the spider legs on my handheld form. Once I moved around enough, I took scans of the Wily Egg and located six Chaos Emeralds. I used the Chaos Emeralds' powers in order to escape. And in the process I found five Crystal Rainbow Stones." Nicolas explained, as he used his holographic eyes as projectors for the video recording he was showing.

Green took a moment to look over the video carefully. Prof. Oliver then got a brilliant idea that could help the team, they took off. When they took off the Director of the movie they were in shouted out. "What the what?! D-D-Did… Yardley! Did you capture all of that footage?!" the Director said.

"You bet Mr. Flynn. I captured all of that." Cameraman Yardley said.

"Great! This will make a great plot twist in my next grand idea!" Mr. Flynn said with excitement as the heroes left.

Later at Oliver Labs, the heroes watched as Prof. Oliver used Nicolas in order to make a pair of special Warp Rings, which could allow them to travel between dimensions. "There we go! My finest work!" the tall yet fat scientist said with glee, as he smiled and held the Warp Rings. The light from the lamp above him reflected off of his glasses.

"So how do these Warp Rings work exactly?" Raptorman asked.

"Well after our visits to some islands, we discovered that Warp Rings take people to other Zones. Thanks to an old friend of mine by the name of Gazebo, we were able to create Warp Rings ourselves. The Warp Rings can transport a person anywhere, but it only works on three accounts. First you must know exactly where you want to go, second you usually have to have been at that place you wish to go to at least once before. And third, an outside source can make a Warp Ring powerful enough to go anywhere. If we had seven of the fourteen known Crystal Rainbow Stones, then we could enter into this Skull Egg Zone that Nicolas mentioned." Prof. Oliver explained as he showed a few video recordings for examples.

"Well we'd better…" Nicolas stopped for a moment, he then saw a small probe droid, and quickly attacked it. He then learned that Witchcart and Dr. Cole were spying on them, and explained this to his friends.

"That Dr. Cole… I shouldn't be surprised he's behind this." Raptorman said.

"I take it he's your nemesis?" Green asked.

"He's relentlessly harassed me and my family for years… And he once helped Dr. Wily…" Raptorman explained, as he took a moment to think.

Shortly after he said that, Green and Raptorman used the Warp Ring and returned to Raptorman's home. Green and Nicolas took a short amount of time to explain themselves, and in the conversations that took place Green learned that Raptorman is actually a cyborg and his real name is Red Diamond. After everything was explained, Jasper and Crystal agreed to let their son go and help save the world again. Crystal could hardly stand letting Red go and be a hero. Green assured Crystal, that he'd get her son home safe and sound when everything was over.

Dark Diamond Castle

Meanwhile the villains knew that they had to get everything ready. "We need to locate those two Crystal Rainbow Stones and fast!" Dr. Cole said as he sent out the robots he had.

"Indeed… And I know all too well that Green won't give up without a fight… So I'm going to have to call in a few favors." Witchcart said as she got the communications tower ready.

Dr. Cole had an idea of what she meant. "You're right! We must call in more forces into our armies, only then can we stand a chance against those two united!" Dr. Cole said as he began to put in a couple calls himself.

Witchcart quickly got ahold of Battle Lord Kukku XV, he was a very tall and powerful Mobian bird who leads the Battle Bird Armada. "Awe Wendy Witchcart. To what do I owe the pleasure of you calling me?" The Battle Lord asked.

"I'm assembling an army in order to take down Green. Is your army ready?" Witchcart said, over the video monitor.

"We and the Battle Fortress are always ready. Dr. Fukurokov has something new for my son Speedy to use in a fight." The Battle Lord said with a serious look on his face.

"Then you're all in?!" Witchcart asked.

"You can count us in! Especially if I can crush that annoying adopted uncle of Green's." The Battle Lord said as he ended the call. "Speedy! Get the crew ready! We're going to war!" the Battle Lord said with a deeply serious tone in his voice.

Then Dr. Cole called for a cyborg from his world named Vex. Vex was among a group of cyborgs who were either rejected by society or felt rejected. Vex was strong, she had powerful combat armor and laser cannons. And her crew could do all kinds of damage, and for reasons she refused to answered. She willingly joined up with Dr. Cole and his army.

Witchcart was able to use the power of the Crystal Rainbow Stones in order to open up gateways for the armies to use in order to enter Skull Egg Zone. Witchcart attempted to contact Team Hooligans, but failed. Dr. Cole also called in for help from a small gang a humans, whom Raptorman imprisoned a few times in the past.

Witchcart was glad because Metal Green gave her some more devices. "I found these deactivated, I'm sure they'll come in handy." Metal Green said as he showed Witchcart a couple old Metal Series robots.

"Oooooh! Witchcart like! This Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles look fierce. And nothing like the good old Mecha Sonic, and Mecha Knuckles. And three different Silver Sonic robots. The prototype, the one from the Death Egg and the Mk II that guarded that old base. Such lovely machines, you've done well Metal Green!" Witchcart said with excitement.

"And I found these ancient books. With some old friends of mine, whom I think you'd like to meet." Metal Green said as he held two ancient books.

"Perhaps another time dearie. These will certainly do against Green and his little friends. Plus we have my Witchcarters and Badniks. I'd say our armies are ready for a serious fight." Witchcart said with a wicked grin.

"I must admit I never expected to see an army like this." Dr. Cole said, as he saw all of the forces they had.

Meanwhile on Mobius Prime

Green was at Prof. Gazebo's home on his island, he asked the professor if his daughter Tiara could help him out. "What kind of help are you asking for my boy?" Dr. Gazebo asked.

"We need to locate two Crystal Rainbow Stones, and we may need her help in another one of my adventures." Green explained.

Prof. Gazebo took a moment, the Manx was a careful thinker. He also loved his daughter Tiara so much, she was all he had left of his time with his wife. But he was also informed that all of reality was at stake this time around, so with reluctance Prof. Gazebo agreed to have Tiara join up with Green and his friends. Tiara was excited to say the least, and later on Green got Cream & Cheese to come along as well. They also found Big the Cat & Froggy who were more than willing to help out.

"Looks like our team is stacking up nicely. But I don't think we have enough people." Raptorman said.

"I agree… I put out a call for my three uncles. They should accept the job since I'm paying them half of my life savings and then some for this job I'm offering them." Green said, as Nicolas made sure everyone was alright.

"Um… Pay?" Raptorman said.

"In short my adopted uncles Fang, Bark and Bean are bounty hunters. Their kind of like these detectives we know… Only they tend to get into more trouble and can be very dangerous… We'll need them if my theory of Witchcart having a massive army is correct." Green said as the team explored Mystic Cave Zone in order to locate a Crystal Rainbow Stone. Green knew that one just had to be in the Hidden Palace Zone of Westside Island.

Raptorman knew that he could count on Splash Woman and her friends to help out. He made calls out to them while Green made his calls out to his three adopted uncles, he was hoping he could figure out what Vex and her crew were up to, but he couldn't get in touch with them.

Green found a Crystal Rainbow Stone in the Hidden Palace Zone of Westside Island, and he was very excited about this. Only one was left, and Nicolas had reason to believe that the Babylon Rogues had the final stone. "Looks like I'll need to convince Jet to give us the stone….. And maybe get his crew's help." Green said, as he got ready to use the Warp Ring.

"What will we do?" Tiara asked.

Green looked at his friend Tiara the Manx for a while. "Go find Honey, see if she can help us out. Then we'll meet up with you guys at Mighty, Ray, Heavy & Bomb's place like we planned. I have a feeling that once we deal with Witchcart and Dr. Cole's armies that we'll need to help out Sonic, Mega Man and everyone else so we can save reality." Green said as he gave Tiara one of the Warp Rings.

"We won't let you down Mr. Green!" Cream said with a salute, as she and her friends got ready.

"Good luck guys." Green said as he and Raptorman left to negotiate with the Babylon Rogues.

Elsewhere

"That's right Green. Gather your friends, build your army. But in the end, I hold the ultimate trump card. If only Wendy didn't ignore my help. The power of a genie, a dark illusion and a scabbard of the underworld. With these powers and the World Rings and Order Rings, the power of corruption shall belong to me." A robotic being said to himself as he flew over the Skull Egg Zone.