Chapter 3: Megalith

Omega Corps Crisis Center Nuclear Detonation +0:45

Robert glanced at Mary, "I'll go get him." He said before jogging up to Tyber.

Before he could speak Tyber cut him off, "Save it, you know what I'm planning."

Robert nodded, "True, but I'm not about to let you go get yourself killed."

"Then what do you propose I do!?" Tyber nearly screamed in anger.

Robert sighed and shook his head, "Just wait until we can up with a plan. Please."

Tyber looked away from his father and closed his eyes, "Fine."

Omega Corps Command and Control Center Nuclear Detonation +2:30

Tyber glanced around the room; it was filled with dozens of screens and nearly as many people. The screens provided information about pretty much anything a Top Secret government Special Forces group would need. Tyber's thoughts were interrupted by G.U.N. Commander.

"We can't waste valuable resources hitting this thing with anything less than our entire force!" G.U.N. Commander stated with an elevated tone.

Robert shook his head, "It's too heavily defended as a result our forces would only be slaughtered."

Mary sighed, "Then what can we do?"

Tyber was less than thrilled, over an hour had passed, and no one had any idea how to strike Megalith. On paper it was invincible, over thirty feet of rebar reinforced concrete in the thinnest areas, nearly two hundred SAM launchers, and its own nuclear defense system. He glanced at the bunkers design again. It was untouchable, from the outside. "What if we could get someone inside?"

The three Commanders looked at him with varying degrees of confusion.

Robert was the first to speak, "What do you mean?"

Tyber motioned to the designs, "It was meant to be a last resort weapon, so it's immune to large scale assaults, but a small force could get by relatively untouched."

G.U.N. Commander shook his head, "That wouldn't work, anyone we send would be killed by Twilight."

Mary's eyes brightened slightly, "Not everyone would be killed, I highly doubt Shadow would be killed, and with his recently acquired, power Tyber would live."

Tyber nodded, "I've beaten Twilight before, and I can do it again."

The Commander sighed, "He'll have gotten stronger over the past year. You know this."

Tyber shrugged, "He isn't the only one who's gotten stronger. I should be more than a match."

"Tyber, are you sure you want to go through with this, more than likely you'll have to kill Twilight." Robert said.

Tyber closed his eyes and bowed his head, "I have no qualms about annihilating him, because he attacked the two of you." He raised his head, opened his eyes and motioned to his parents, "And he nearly killed me, I'm going to teach him to always finish what you start."

Mary tilted her head, "How do you plan on getting there?"

Tyber smiled, "I was thinking Nemesis."

Robert nodded approvingly, "Sounds good; it's stealthy, fast, armed to the teeth and can hold you and your team."

Tyber blinked a few times, "Who's my team?"

Robert smirked, "Team Dark."

Pacific Ocean Thirty Miles away from Megalith: Nuclear Detonation +4:30

"Explain the plan to me again."

Tyber sighed, "Rouge, I've explained the plan three times already."

"I AGREE WITH GENERAL TYBER, HE DOES NOT NEED TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN." E-123 Omega said as well.

Rouge shrugged, "Making sure I understand it."

Tyber growled lightly, "Fine, last time though." Tyber motioned to a holographic map in the center of the transports cargo hold, "We go in through the commander's entrance, it's the least guarded and easiest to access. We then go and disable the missile launch systems and missile production systems simultaneously. And finally we go and neutralize Twilight."

"And that last bit is what I'm worried about, how do we know we can beat him?"

Shadow huffed, "I'm more than powerful enough to defeat him, to be honest, bringing Tyber and the rest of you along, for the most part, in reality it's really just overkill."

Tyber smirked, "Says the one who hasn't won a sparring match in months."

Shadow scowled, "It's only because of that stupid, what did you call it, Nova."

Tyber smirk grew into a smile, "So you admit I'm stronger than you?"

Shadow rolled his eyes and shook his head, "The only reason you beat me, the only reason, is because of that power increase Nova gave you."

Tyber started chuckling, "I say it again. I beat you because I was stronger?"

Shadow growled, "I find it interesting that the son of Mary, an experiment to make a female version of me. And Robert, who is a Psionic and one of G.U.N.'s best strategists, is this immature."

Tyber mock-pouted, "I'm mature; I just don't act like it sometimes."

Rouge started laughing, "Tyber, really?"

Tyber smiled and shrugged, "I think throwing people off like that is fun."

"FUN IS REALATIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THAT DESTROYING EGGMAN'S ROBOTS IS MOST ENJOYABLE." Omega said in his usual monotone voice.

The three other passengers gave him strange looks.

The awkward silence was broken by the aircraft's intercom, "Tyber, Team Dark, we're approaching Megalith, starting radar evasion flight now."

Tyber glanced out the window at the structure, "Whoa, that's what Twilight's hiding in?" The structure was the size of a normal military base, but it was nothing like them in terms of looks. It looked like a large concrete structure, with two "arms" going straight ahead of the structure. "I'll bet those arms are where they store and launch the missiles."

Shadow nodded, "More than likely."

The intercom buzzed again, "Sirs, and Ma'am, we're starting out landing."

Megalith Commander's landing pad: Nuclear Detonation +4:45

The group exited the ship; the systems visible to them were quite advanced for the time period it was built in.

Rouge glanced around, "Definitely a facility ahead of its time."

"Like Space Colony ARK." Shadow said monotonously, his voice betraying little emotion.

Tyber made a mental note to talk to Shadow about the ARK one of these days.

They continued walking until they hit a junction, "Now what?" Rouge asked.

"Now we split up." Tyber said while turning to face the others, "Shadow, you and Rouge go and disable missile production. Omega and I will take care of the launch systems." The other three nodded in understanding, "Lastly we all meet back here in an hour and a half, regardless of mission status. Are we clear?"

Rouge nodded, "Crystal."

Shadow remained still, but said, "Understood."

"CONFIRMED, UNIT IS WAITING FOR ORDERS COMMANDER TYBER." Omega replied.

Tyber nodded once, "Then let's get to it."

Megalith Missile production: Nuclear Detonation +5:15

"Where's that damn off button?" Shadow said in a cross between anger and annoyance.

Rouge shrugged, "You thought it would be that simple?"

Shadow shook his head, "No, but I was hoping." His voice was still laced with anger.

Rouge sighed, "Figured, let's just destroy it."

Shadow smirked, "I like the way you think bat-girl."

Megalith Fire Control Center: Same time

"Finished, this system should fire on itself if they try to fire it again." Tyber said as he stopped typing into a computer console.

Omega nodded, "THEN LET US GO MEET WITH THE OTHERS, TIME IS ALMOST UP."

Tyber nodded, "Agreed, let's go."

Rendezvous point: Nuclear detonation +5:45

Tyber glanced at his watch, "They're late."

"IT IS POSSIBLE THEY TOOK LONGER IN THEIR TASK THEN WE DID."

Tyber sighed, "True enough, but still."

"Don't count us out yet kid."

Tyber glanced at the source of the voice; it was Rouge, and Shadow was right behind her, "What happened to you two?"

Her clothes were spotted with soot. She shrugged, "Some of the guard robots didn't appreciate us trying to take out the factories."

Tyber chuckled, "I could understand that."

Shadow interrupted, "Then there's only one thing left to do, neutralize Twilight."

Tyber sighed, "Yeah, let's go."

Megalith Command Center Nuclear detonation: +5:55

"So, you've finally come for me Tyber? I'm flattered." A black hedgehog said with a slight smile.

"Do you want me to take care of them sir?"

Twilight glanced at a white hedgehog, "No Cryon, I will deal with them myself."

Cryon bowed his head, "As you wish."

Twilight glanced back at the screen, "Ah Tyber, so naïve and foolish. Did you really think that I wouldn't have planned for this?"

Megalith Command Center entrance Nuclear detonation: +6:00

Tyber glanced at the others, "Let's do this." He opened the door to reveal a being he didn't know, and one he hated with all his existence, "Twilight." He growled.