Sonic was having fun at the party Amy had put together for Nova's anniversary, but it was getting kind of boring. It wasn't that he didn't enjoy being with his family, but he just wasn't used to not fighting Eggman. He looked over to Shadow, who was also getting bored, "Hey, you got any ideas on how to have some fun?"

Shadow rolled his eyes and scoffed, "If I did, don't you think I would have told you by now? Your Light-speed Movement could easily get us out of here, but Amy and Rouge would never let us hear the end of it if we ditched the party to spar."

"He's right you know!" Rouge called out glaring at them and twitching her ears, "I'm a bat, remember?"

Shadow cringed as his wife gave them her ice cold glare, "As much as I hate having nothing to do, it does feel good to have some peace and quiet. It's not often Rouge and I get a break from G.U.N. so I would like to spend some time with Silver, but he doesn't seem to be interested in training. I'm starting to wonder if the version of Silver who helped us beat Solaris is the same person as my son."

Sonic yawned, but suddenly his ears perked as he heard something, "Hey, do you hear that?"

Shadow adjusted his ears and smirked, "Well, at least Amy and Rouge can't blame us for this."

The two of them jumped away from the wall as Eggman's Egg Mobile crashed through it. Eggman laughed, but started hacking as the dust from the wall being smashed into, "Well Sonic, I suppose you know why I'm here, so I'll skip the introductions and get straight to the fun part."

Sonic shrugged unenthusiastically saying, "Really Egghead? You're just gonna burst in here and skip all the fun of making empty threats that I retaliate in a mocking way? If you're not gonna put in the commitment, why even try? There's no sport in it this way."

Eggman stuttered as Sonic turned his back on him, before making out a full sentence "All right! This time, I'm going to robotize not you, but your wives! With your love of them, you wouldn't dare hurt them!"

Sonic growled as he turned to face Eggman, "Alright, you wanna mess with a man's family, I'll show you just how much stronger I've gotten since we beat Dark Oak!"

Amy sighed dreamily, "I love it when he gets this way."

Sonic spun around in a twister, and in a minute, he was out of his suit and taunted Eggman, "Why don't we take this outside, unless you want the repair bill to this place bigger than it already is."

Eggman looked behind himself at the damage he'd already done to the hotel's ballroom and growled, "Fine! But it's not because I don't want to pay expenses! I want us to have a much more epic battlefield!"

Sonic smirked and said as he ran outside, "Wouldn't have it any other way Egghead!" As Eggman and Sonic met up on the top of a building, Sonic chuckled, "It's been way too long since we've done this dance Egghead, but just because you haven't caused any trouble doesn't mean I've been taking it easy. You already know about my Super state, but I've found even more strength beyond that."

Eggman laughed, "Nice try Sonic! I know everything about your Super state! There's no chance you could surpass that level of strength!"

When Shadow arrived via Chaos Control, he sighed, "Honestly Eggman, you never learn do you? Sonic and I are always getting stronger, constantly evolving. Head on or strategy, you're never going to win against us. As much as I hate to admit it, Sonic has surpassed my new level of strength. But that doesn't mean I'm sitting out of this fight."

Sonic smirked as Shadow arrived, "Why don't we show him together? What your seeing now are our normal forms." As powered up into their Super States, he continued, "This is Super Sonic and Super Shadow."

Shadow took over with the next part of the explanation, "And this-" as the two powered up again, their quills growing longer, and their aura crackling with electricity, "This is what is known as an Ascended Super State. I guess you could just call us Super Sonic 2, and Super Shadow 2 though."

Eggman's eyes widened, and he tried to hide his worry, "Well, this is certainly an unforeseen variable, but I'm still not worried in the slightest."

Sonic smirked, "But remember what Shadow said? I've found a way to surpass an Ascended Super State. And this is to go even further beyond!" he took in a deep breath and continued to raise his Chaos energy. It took a while, and as he completed the power up, his quills reached down to his feet. He smiled as Eggman's shock showed itself and told him, "Sorry that one took so much longer than the others, but I haven't had much opportunity to practice this one. This is what I call Super Sonic 3."

Eggman was sweating so much, he looked like an egg being hardboiled, and stuttered before working out, "That's not fair! You can't just go Super like that without letting me make my own move first! I knew I should have stayed on vacation... Whatever! Mecha Sonic can still take you down!"

Mecha Sonic was released in its ball-like form before unfurling into its full height. Its eyes lit up as it scanned Sonic and Shadow, "Calculating the odds of success." As its eyes dimmed down, Mecha Sonic was silent for a moment before beeping, "Self-destruct sequence activated." and shortly exploding.

Eggman gulped and looked at Sonic and Shadow before fleeing, "You're going to pay for this!"

As they went back to the ground, Sonic chuckled and asked Shadow, "Do you think we should have started out small? We might have scared him a bit too much."

Shadow shrugged, "You know him, he never gives up, even if he knows its futile."

Amy ran up to and hugged Sonic, kissing him, "My hero! I knew Eggman was low, but that was a new low even for him! Threatening Rouge and I like that, the nerve!"

Rouge walked up to Shadow and kissed him as well, "Good job sweetheart, you didn't even need to lift a finger to scare him off."

Shadow smiled, and was even happier when Silver stared in awe, "That was awesome dad! Do you think if I train I can get as strong as you and Sonic?"

Shadow ruffled his son's quills telling him, "Of course son."

Meanwhile, Tikal had seemed to have overestimated how long it would take to get to Mobius. She smiled nervously at Chaos, "Eh... Lord Chaos, it seems I made a tiny miscalculation on the distance. The Mobius in sector 257 of North Galaxy appears to be the wrong Mobius. We're halfway to the wrong planet, and it looks like the correct Mobius is in sector 37,993 of Galaxy 66,950. From our current position, it'll take three days to get there."

Chaos sighed, "I honestly don't know why so many planets have the same name. Fine, just get it moving."

And so, it seems that by accident, Chaos's arrival on Mobius has been delayed. Sonic and Shadow have shown their new level of strength to Eggman, who showed absolute fear. But will this power be enough to face Chaos...?