I am going to update every couple of days from now on. Thank you for reading this story, I really tried to give the Grand Finale one of the most spectacular plots I could think of, and I apologize if i wasn't what you're looking for. As for the people who really enjoy the story, I give you the Third Chapter...

Cyrus walks into the main room of a new safe house that the Hedgehogs have located to, this time in the dead center of the city. The center of the room has a torn suede couch; holding a most royal of users, a healing Queen Aleena. Kneeling by her side are Sonic, Sonia, and Manic, all anticipating her recovery. Queen Aleena is looking better; Manic and Sonic dressed her wounds as best as they could, and Sonia cleaned her up and put a blanket over her. She's not wearing her dress, instead she wears a black tank top and tights, all tattered from her recent experiences, whatever they might have been. Cyrus's appearance is barely noticed.

Cyrus carries over a tray, holding a cup of juice, a bowl of water, and a first-aid kit. He sets it down next to the couch and dips a small cloth into the bowl of water; he wrings it out and lays it on top of Aleena's head, attempting to treat her head wound from hitting the doorknob. The concerned siblings finally decide to acknowledge Cyrus's presence.

"Cyrus, is she going to wake up soon?" Sonia questions.

"Yeah, and can you tell what happened to her?" asks Sonic.

Cyrus returns the rag the bowl of water and starts working on the wound with the first aid kit. As he provides the aid, he answers the questions.

"I don't know when she'll wake up, but I suggest letting her sleep for now, she looks like she's been through a lot." Cyrus finishes administering the bandages and returns the medical supplies to the case. "I won't be able to tell what happened to her until she's able to speak with us."

The entire time, Manic is speechless; he wants to speak, but just can't. They were searching so long to find her, but now that they have, they can't go right to being a family again; they still have to fight Robotnik, to stop him and his horrific schemes from taking total control over Mobius. Robotnik has robbed his family, from each other, from their peace, and even from their freedom. But even with so many things on his mind, Manic cannot help but feel happy; his mother is with them once again. He holds her hand lovingly and presses it against his muzzle, letting the tears spill freely from his face. As technically the youngest (born last), Manic lets his emotions run more freely than Sonic, who keeps it together solely for the sake of everyone else.

Unexpectedly, Queen Aleena starts stroking Manic's spines. She smiles at him and he looks back at her with wide eyes. She blinks herself awake and starts to focus on her surroundings, beginning to feel the pain from her injuries. She winces, but in just a couple seconds, she sits up and rubs her head to find that there's a bandage on it, and that three of her children and another child are all staring at her with anxious looks on their faces.

"Mom?" the triplets say in unison. Queen Aleena smiles at first but immediately begins panicking when she realizes that her flash drive is gone.

"Ah! The flash drive! Where is it?!" Queen Aleena stands up in frenzied panic; The siblings try to calm her down all at once, a little overwhelmed by the situation, but it is Cyrus who eases her back down, assuring her that the flash drive is sitting in his portable laboratory case, completely intact. Upon hearing the good news, Aleena lays back down on the couch, suddenly remembering that she's injured. Cyrus hands her the cup of juice from the tray, and she drinks eagerly; she sighs and chuckles a little bit, prompting even further confusion from her kids.

"Why are you laughing mom?" Sonic asks. She looks back to him and answers sweetly.

"Because the day has come for us to come together and defeat Robotnik; I'm sure of this now." She points to the laboratory with the hand that Manic is not holding. "The flash drive that you friend has contains a fateful mark of Robotnik's paranoia. This paranoia will be his undoing."

"What's in the flash drive mother?" Sonia asks, intrigued by Aleena's words.

"It holds the blueprints to Dr. Robotnik's Anti-Roboticizer." Aleena says, smiling proudly. Everyone is sent into shock at the words, but no one more than Cyrus, who starts questioning her more than her own kids have even begun to.

"An anti-roboticizer? How is that possible? And how did you get the blueprints for it?" Cyrus inquires in excitement. Aleena sits up to begin her tale but first she has a few requests.

"I will tell you, but first…" She spreads her arms out wide and her children immediately understand… she hasn't hugged her kids in almost fourteen years. They all throw themselves into her arms and hug her tightly. Aleena cries, but they are tears of happiness. Her little bundles of the joy, the ones that she had to part with in order to save the world, and to save their lives, were now so grown! In that moment, the children are overcome with so many emotions that even the steadfast blue hedgehog has a few stray tears running down his cheeks.

Cyrus, who looks on at the family happily, (yet still a little impatient), waits for them to finish their monumental group hug. After they are done, they all wipe the tears from their eyes and Aleena continues to make her requests.

"Second thing …" Aleena continues boldly. Cyrus opens his mouth to protest, but before he can say a single word, Aleena interrupts him with her laughably straightforward demand.

"I want a large chili dog with extra chili and make it extra spicy. Escaping from Robotnik can make a girl hungry you know!" The queen says, patting her flat stomach with a comical tongue sticking out of the side of her lips. Sonic can't help but turn to Cyrus and laugh, despite Cyrus's obvious annoyance. I guess some things you just can't get rid of through the generations! Cyrus, being the metaphorical "Mr. Serious" in the room full of jokes that he just was not getting, assures Aleena that she will receive her chili dog later.

"Ok, I promise I will get you the chili dog later, but for now, can you please tell us what happened? I'm positive that I'm not the only one in the room who wants to know…" And he would be right; her appearance has been in the backs of all of their minds ever since she just happened upon them. An explanation would not only shed light on the mystery of her recent excursion, but it will also ensure that less questions be asked in more critical moments in the future.

And just like that, Queen Aleena regales her children and Cyrus with the heart-pounding story of her arduous trek. The children all sit down in criss-cross positions and are completely captivated by Queen Alena's melodious voice. It all started with a chance encounter with the one and only Oracle of Delphius

It was a rather noisy night one week ago when I was sleeping in an abandoned building, when I was awoken by a loud crashing sound. The sound lasted for a moment, but when it faded, I immediately fell right back to sleep.

Sonia stirs a little bit, knowing that the crash she heard must have been a result of her and Knuckles's date, meaning that their mother was not far from them after all.

But a couple minutes later, the Oracle teleported into my room and informed me of something that I could not ignore. He told me that Robotnik's reign was close to coming to an end. I asked questions, but the Oracle simply replied with: "Answers will present themselves to you soon young Queen, but if you want the truth, you must seek it." You know, sometimes, I wish that guy would give me a straight answer.

The siblings laugh at this inquiry, yet Cyrus is awkwardly left in the dark about the obscure inside joke. Come to think of it, he is not entirely sure who the oracle is, he just heard about him from some short mentions by Sonic.

Anyway, deciding that I needed to do a little investigating, I hacked my way into Robotnik's smaller semi-computers; it was a difficult task, but once I analyzed floor plans, vent fixtures, and found breaks in Robotnik's security details, I decided to infiltrate his base to get to the main computer, where I suspected that most of his important files were being held.

"Wait," Sonia questions, "You went in all by yourself? That's suicide!"

"Yeah," Sonic agrees, "Robuttnik's got that place filled to the brim with his traps and Swats, why'd you risk it?" Sonic finishes; Aleena rubs her arms, being careful not to put pressure on the many scrapes and bruises that adorned her body like splattered paint.

"Yes, I realize now that that might not have been my wisest decision, but I had no other choice…" Queen Aleena suddenly fumbles her words, stumbling over a smile that came to her young face, "Did you just call him…*snicker* Robuttnik?" Aleena looks amusingly at Sonic, who blushes and grins nervously in return, realizing that his mother has never heard that joke before.

"Yeah, I screwed up talking once and it just kind of stuck, I guess." Queen Aleena pats him on the head and ruffles his spines; she loves the fact that her children are so clever. Shortly after, she continues her narration.

Anyway, when I infiltrated the base, I saw the files and began downloading them to the flash drive. I really did try just to download, not to look into the files, knowing that I would just look over them later, but one title caught my eye; the blueprints for the de-roboticizer. I just had to click and see what it was about….

"A de-roboticizer?" Aleena whispers while standing at the main computer with her hands on the keys. Don't do it Aleena, remember you've got to keep focused, I will read it later; Aleena thinks. The download is taking a while, and until it has been completed, Aleena can only stand anxious at the monitor. Surely, one little peek would do no harm…

She clicks open the file and begins to read, the first page is an excerpt from Robotnik's digital diary. It explains in detail the events of an accident that had occurred in the beginnings of his rule. As she read, the page behind flickered with the downloading screens.

"Third month: fifth day, 12 years ago. In the event of an accidental self-roboticization, these plans are of the utter importance. When I was roboticizing subjects, a standard practice at that point, one psychotic yellow fox woman attempted to shove me into the machine, and as it would have it, her suicidal fox husband joined in and I fell forward. My imbecile robots nearly stole my humanity away when they flicked on the machine; it was only because of Sleet and Dingo that I came out intact. I made sure that the two animals never again saw the light of day. But still, their impact gripped me with what can be considered fear, and even as I type this, my hands are shaking violently; I have decided to reverse engineer and modify the plans of a standard roboticizer to create a machine that would consequently have the adverse effects. The de-roboticization process, unlike the traditional roboticization, will be quick and painless, in fact, I am the only one would use it if it ever came to that."

When she finishes reading, the download has already been completed, but by now the damage has been done. As soon as the files transferred, a silent alarm alerted all the robots to the control tower, and before long, Aleena hears them coming. Aleena yanks the drive from the socket and starts for the air vent, but is taken aback when she hears a faint beeping sound resonating from the computer. By the time she deciphers what it may be, her body is hurled to one side of the room by the massive explosion. She lands against a flat wall, and miraculously, she sustains only minor burns and bruises. Not wasting time now, she heads for one of the doors of the right side of the room, only to be met by menacing Swatbots.

She uses incredible energetic ability (paired with rushing adrenaline), rather than excessive force to escape her enemies. Like Manic, she has no physical superpowers, so using resourcefulness is a crucial survival skill. Careful not to lose the small piece of hardware, she sticks it deep in her sock before going off to fight the robots and pursue the exit. A row of five robots await her in the hallway. As one robot lunges forward, she swiftly grabs its arm and pulls it to her side, using its own body weight against it. As two other robots went to shoot her, she ducks quickly and runs through their legs; the robots accidentally flip themselves over when following her with their straightforward gaze. With the next robot, she takes a ponytail from her wrist and flicks it straight into the robots' stare, the harmless projectile was fast enough to trigger a response from the robot, and Aleena was easily able to sprint past. The last and final robot is what made Aleena's mission harder from that point.

The robot swings its massive arm and it hits Aleena square in the temple. She stumbles back with blood dripping into her hair, and the robot aims its turrets straight at the downed Queen. Aleena dodges right to avoid the turrets, but is latched onto by the robots' massive other arm. In a fit of panic, she swings all her body weight to the side, causing the robot to shoot out all around him. The bullets consequently, made the side wall weak, and when Aleena and the robot lost their balance, she was sent through the wall, plummeting stories to the floor of the city.

Aleena separates herself from the robot and attempts to use her cloak to steady her descent; FWOOSH! The cape springs open and Aleena falls away from the tower. The robot, which was not so lucky, bursts onto the ground into a spray of scrap metal. Aleena keeps her glide going for a moment, but the cape, not designed for flight, tears where she held it, causing the cape to twist and for her to plummet into what appears to be a residential area.

"Whoa!" Clotheslines and awnings decorate balconies and the square, and Aleena heads straight for them. She first hits an awning, but she slips off and falls against a clothesline, which snaps easily and she hits another, which doesn't snap, but she falls off because of balance issues. A continuum of these various mishaps continues until she falls straight through one man's awning on the first floor, landing on his assortment of wooden crates and baskets. The man is completely surprised and starts scolding Aleena to get off of his merchandise.

"Did someone get the number of that bus..?" Aleena stands up, obviously dizzy from the head spinning event, and shakes her head to clear her thoughts.

"Oh bother, my clothes are filthy!" Aleena says, dusting off the dirt from her shirt and bottom; she hates getting dirty. She reaches down to pull the flash drive out of her sock; the device is undamaged, unlike her. She has more wounds on her body than she would care to count, made painfully clear by the throbbing in her head. Just as Aleena brushes the hair from her face, the shopkeeper recognizes her and bows down.

"Why, my Queen! I am sorry for my tone earlier. Are you ok, your majesty?" Other residents watch in interest, but the sheepish Aleena smiles nervously, holding her hands up to try to get him to stop. She certainly doesn't feel very majestic, and is somewhat ashamed to have her loyal citizen bowing down to her while she is in such a sorry state.

"Thank you, but really, I must be going…" Just then, robots begin to speed over the buildings and down into the street where Aleena landed. Aleena looks up and sees the descending robots; she then waves to her subject and hightails it down the road. The Swatbots barrel past the streets, but Queen Aleena sneaks in between alleyways and buildings to evade the robots. Her legs start aching, and her lungs start burning from the strenuous task. But no matter how long she tries, the police-borgs continue to tail her, unwavering in their efforts. Aleena soon recognizes that she needs to change her tactics before she exhausts all her energy. She runs for thirty blocks, muscles sore and aching, and when she gets enough of a head-start, she knocks on the door of a somewhat inconspicuous house to ask for refuge.

As destiny would have it, the voice behind the door was that of her own child, and now, she is where she is today.

After she finishes her tale, the children shower her with well-deserved compliments, and the Queen is humbled with the praise, she was only doing what her heart told her was right, and apparently, it worked to astounding results. Sonic, Cyrus, and Sonia all try to ask questions; Manic though, is still silent. Aleena hushes down the other kids and scoots herself closer to Manic, who is staring down at his hands. With a little work, Aleena stands herself up and walks over to Manic, who distanced himself from the others.

"What's wrong Manic?" Aleena asks, concerned for her son. Manic clenches his hands into fists and shuts his eyes tight. Tears start coming down his muzzle and Aleena hugs him; Manic clasps his arms around her body and starts to cry out why he is so distraught.

"You could have been killed mom! *sniff* If that happened, I don't know what we would have done! We waited so long to find you, and you're here…*sniff* you're here and now…*sniff* now we can't just be a family again… *whimper* We still have to wait…. All Because Of Robotnik! Wahh!" Aleena strokes his hair calmly, soothing him with her kind touch. It's true, they can't relax, not before they defeat Robotnik, and they still don't know how to do that yet. But even so, Aleena finds the positive in the situation, staying strong for the sake of her children.

"My son… yes, Robotnik still has to be defeated, but that is in the future." Aleena leans down and kisses Manic on the head, and Manic looks up at herwith his watery eyes. "But today, we are together once again. And now, we will use our combined might to trump him once and for all. We have to. Do not cry my son, for there are brighter days ahead. I love you Manic." Aleena says with her motherly wisdom.

"I love you too Mom." Manic says. Sonic and Sonia look at the duo, knowing that Manic was probably the most affected by reuniting with their mother. As Sonic and Sonia look at their brother sympathetically, Cyrus realizes that he's intruding on a sensitive family moment and steps into the other room, the one with his portable laboratory. Retrieving the laptop from his bag, he is both excited and anxious to see what it says on the flash drive; even though he is aware of other material on the memory device, he is most interested about the prospect of the Anti-Roboticizer. He starts up his computer and wastes no time placing in the device, the files flood the screen. Robotnik's diary entries, supply lines, Swatbot blueprints, and of course, the Anti-Roboticizer plans.

But one thing catches his eye. Among the other files, it is almost completely indiscernible, but it's the name of the file that makes Cyrus stop his click for the Anti-Roboticizer file. Cyrus's face contorts into a look of utter shock when he reads the file name.

"Roboticization records?" Cyrus says horrified.

"What was that Cyrus?" Sonic says as he speeds into the smaller room. Following him are the rest of the Hedgehogs, who have just finished their family moment. Cyrus is reluctant to say, because the very thought of it makes him want to cringe.

"Oh, it's nothing…"

"Come on Cyrus, tell the truth." Sonia says, giving Cyrus a playfully skeptical glance. If only she knew. Cyrus sighs and clicks on the file, scrolling through the extensive list of names that cover the list. There must be hundreds.

"Robotnik documented all the names of the people who have been Roboticized so far." He could hardly believe it, to Robotnik, these people, whose free will he completely stripped away, are only letters on a computer to him, categorized by time and date. Everyone has sullen looks on their faces, but Cyrus attempts to look at the brighter side.

"Don't worry guys, we'll figure out a way to turn all those people back, I promise." Cyrus scrolls back up to the top of the page to lower the screen when a notification pops up for new entries in the list. The computer asks him to refresh, and to get the window out of the way, he clicks the refresh button. Once it's out of the way, Cyrus scrolls his cursor over the minimize button.

"STOP!" Sonia yells, scaring the wits out of everyone in the room. Cyrus is startled out of his chair and quickly turns around, only to find that Sonia has thrown herself at the laptop, causing Cyrus to be shoved out of the way. She stands trembling at the screen; her eyes wide open with terror.

"Sonia!" Sonic runs over to the laptop and follows Sonia's numb gaze. When his eyes cautiously follow, he steps back in disbelieve as the words "ECHIDNA, KNUCKLES" are pasted in lifeless black print on the blinding white screen.