(Cue- Spaceport Zone: Sonic Forces)
The Recruit grappled his way into the Chemical Plant, also seemingly showing the same speed as Sonic.
"Espio here. My team is attacking the enemy in the orbital tunnel. I think we can hold them off for… no, wait! The masked one's here, the monster that took down Sonic!" Espo said.
"The guy was a total enigma. Nothing we had laid a scratch on him." Dan said.
"Avoid fighting him for now. Just focus on securing a path to the shuttle." David said.
"Hopefully, with a space ship, we can rescue Sonic and Hope from the Death Egg." Jexi said.
Meanwhile in another part of the world, Tails was working to try and repair E-123 Omega. "That's the best I can do for now. Sorry I couldn't do more. Guess I just wasn't smart enough." Tails said before something came up from the manhole behind him. "Chaos!" Chaos slowly made his way to Tails, who had nothing to defend himself with, and Omega was still decommissioned. "Sonic! Help me!"
It was at that moment that a dimensional rift opened up and out ran a smaller blue blur that knocked Chaos aside.
"Sonic, youre ali…! Wait a minute…" Tails said getting a better look. It was Sonic in a way, but smaller, and more rounded.
"Oh… You're that Sonic from the other dimension, aren't you?" Tails asked.
The Classic Sonic shook his head yes as he gave a thumbs up.
"Right, that makes sense, I think. Do you know how you get here?" Tais asked.
"I called him here." said a voice as Hovernyan came out from behind Classic Sonic.
"Hovernyan?" Tails asked. "You led the other Sonic here?"
"In this colossal battle, I knew one sonic wouldn't be enough! Yes, so i travelled into the past to 1991 and brought him here." Hovernyan said.
"Did Hope even know you did that? Before he.. Well, died?" Tails asked.
"I didn't tell anyone. This was a secret mission. And I doubt he would die too easily." Hovernyan said.
"Well dead or not, with this other Sonic here, we can do our part to save the world. That's why Hovernyan brought you here, to save the world, right?" Tails asked Classic Sonic, who nodded in response.
"As for those two...I don't think we have much room for worry. I'm certain they will be saved." Hovernyan said. "An unexpected force has already moved to save them."
Meanwhile, up in space in the Death Egg, Sonic and Hope were inside a cell being watched by Zavok.
"It won't be long before we banish the two of you into space." Zavok said.
"Cool. So you gonna decide to let us in on the fun? Oh that's right. You hate fun." Sonic said.
"I didn't think you would come back to support Flux, Zavok. Not after you betrayed him and Alice beat you within an inch of your life. What changed your mind?" Hope asked.
"This is merely an alliance to get rid of our hated enemies. And I have not forgotten how you tried to kill me when I was weak. I will consider this payback for that." Zavok said.
"For the record, I didn't try to kill you…" Hope said before an explosion erupted and the alarms blared. That's when Sonic and Hope's restraints released.
"The end, huh? Let's see you try something now that we're free." Sonic said.
Two robots came by before knives hit them, sending them spiraling to the ground.
"I take it you're these Sonic and Hope they've been talking about." said a voice revealing to be Maki.
"You're Maki Harukawa, right?" Hope said. "But how did…"
"I wouldn't have found you if not for that stranger." Maki said to a figure in the shadows.
"Geez, first the infinity stones, now prison. You sure you don't have an inner criminal...older brother?" a voice said as Jack stepped out.
"Jack? What're you doing here?" Hope asked.
"I was on my way to rob the Magic Universes' greatest treasures. But then I heard how you got yourself captured. So I came to rescue you so you'd owe me another one." Jack said.
"You're so predictable sometimes." Hope said flipping over Zavok and landing next to him.
"Least I haven't been caught yet." Jack said. "Seriously, bro. You can't do a thing without someone to bail you out."
"Yeah, it does seem that way a lot of the time." Hope said. "I'm useless on my own. I can't do a thing without help."
"In that case...how about we make this a good old fashioned family throwdown?" Jack asked.
"Whaddya mean?" Hope asked.
"I wanna take out some aggression on that red guy." Jack said.
"Just because those two are free from their bonds does not make them free." Zavok said as he jumped on top of a large bee robot.
"Great. They make Buzzbombers in XL size now?" Sonic asked.
Zavok pounded both of his fists before letting out a fierce roar.
"So this guy...I recognize him. Zavok, leader of the Deadly Six and Ouma's leader during the chain crisis right?" Jack asked.
"Got it in one." Sonic said.
"That just means he's dangerous. We'll have to take him out quickly." Maki said.
"Doesn't sound like much of a problem for the Ultimate Assassin, but just to be sure…" Jack said as he touched Hope. "Let's make it interesting." he said as his hand glowed with aura.
"Attack!" Zavok ordered as smaller buzzbombers flew right at them.
Both Maki and Jack easily countered the incoming robots as Sonic zoomed past them and rammed into Zavok at high speed.
"Urgh! But how is this possible? He's using the blue ones moves?" Zavok asked.
"That's his ability at work." Hope said. "The Law…"
"Of Thievery!" Hope and Jack said as Jack jumped at Zavok and sucker punched him.
Sonic intercepted and dealt Zavok some punches of his own. "Maki, wrap this up!"
Maki responded and dealt Zavok a powerful X-slash. Zavok feel to the floor as a weird sound was heard before he disappeared.
"That was weird. Was that really Zavok?" Hope asked.
"I can't say for sure." Maki said. "Either way...about time we left."
"Couldn't agree more." Jack said.
The four left and made their way through the prison.
"I saw the final segments of the last trial. It must be hard knowing you're not a real assassin, or knowing you weren't raised in an orphanage. I just wanna say I'm sorry for…" Hope said.
"Bro, do you ever pay attention to what's coming out of your mouth?" Jack asked.
"It's alright. But it doesn't matter either way. David gave me a chance at a new life." Maki said.
"That's all I needed to hear." Sonic said. "As long as you live free, it doesn't really matter what your story is."
"Heh. Never thought I would be taking words of wisdom from a rat." Maki said.
"Hey, I'm no rat. I'm a hedgehog." Sonic said. "Anyway, it's time we kiss this yawnfest good-bye!"
The four continued running until running into the rest of the thieves and the recruit.
"Jack!" Joker said.
"Guys, get ready. We're leaving." Jack said.
"On it." Mona said as he transformed into a ship.
"Whoa!" Hope said.
"You think a van's the only thing Mona could turn into? How do ya think we've been travelling the universes?" Jack said.
"Maki, you and the rookie still in one piece?" David asked on the comm.
"Oh sure. Don't bother asking how we are." Sonic commented.
"Sonic! Thank goodness. Nice to hear your voice after so long." Knuckles said.
"Likewise. Thanks for coming to get us." Hope said.
"Anything for a friend. Thanks for helping us out, Jack." Sonic said.
"Oh we aren't done yet. Eggman interfered with my plans to steal. I'm helping until this is over. Then I'm gonna rob the Magic Universe blind." Jack said.
"The Magic Universe? What's so valuable that you set your sights there?" David asked.
"A lot of things. Treasures, gifts….golden zodiac keys." Jack said.
"You mean mine?! You're not taking my keys!" Lucy said.
"Oh, I wasn't referring to you. I was referring to the key of Aquarius...the Water Bearer." Jack said.
"Dunno why you'd want a broken key, but whatever suits you." Sonic said.
"You don't know? When a golden key is sacrificed...it takes a year for it to reform. A year's already passed in Fiore. Meaning its been reborn on it and ripe for finders keepers." Jack said.
"Aquarius was inherited to Lucy from her mother. I don't think she'll let you have it without a fight either way." Hope said.
"Can we talk about this later? The Death Egg is on high alert!" Mona said.
"Oh, sorry. Everybody in the cat ship!" Knuckles said.
"I'm not a cat!" Mona shouted as everyone got inside.
"Skull, punch it!" Jack said.
"Got it!" Skull said as the ship took off right into space and headed back to Sonic's world.
Meanwhile…
"Blast! I knew that we should've just killed those two blue annoyances." Eggman said.
"You wanted to torture them. I said we should have just blasted them off into space." Flux said.
"No matter. We still have our weapon to destroy all those heroes. The Universal Villains don't perish so easily." Eggman said.
"That statement is highly agreeable, Dr. Eggman." Said a distorted voice as entered the being that defeated Sonic.
"Infinite. Right on time. We have a new mission. The prototypes in the lab in Mystic Jungle. We need them destroyed." Flux said.
"Fine. Now that I have the final version of the Phantom Ruby, keeping the prototypes around is unnecessary." Infinite said.
"Just be sure you destroy all of them. We can't risk a single one being left in good condition." Flux said.
"Understood, fearless leader." Infinite said floating away.
"For a genetically altered mobian mercenary, he's really obedient." Eggman said.
"Of course. We altered him when we made him compatible with the Phantom Ruby. His will to become stronger has destroyed any sort of resistance inside. But there's nothing wrong with it. All we need is a loyal guard dog." Flux said.