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Author's Note:
To those of you who played the game,I suppose you're wondering why Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun are the ones in Glyphic Canyon and not Shadow. Well, since Shadow's so busy collecting the Chaos Emeralds, I decided to let Eggman's cohorts activate the spheres in those ruins. (If you have played the game, you'll know what I'm talking about, but if not, then, read on!) And, as always, any anime emotional "enhancements" will be in bold. So, let's get flyin'! (You'll see why.)

Chapter 2 - Raising the Ruins

Inside the living room of the Thorndyke mansion, the TV shows the various Black Arms destroying cars and buildings in downtown Station Square.

An unseen male newscaster reports, "Today's top story is the arrival of the black aliens in downtown Station Square."

The scene on the TV changes to Rouge and Topaz fighting off the Black Warriors.

"Thanks to the combined efforts of Rouge the Bat and the military..."

The scene then changes to Shadow the Hedgehog giving a Chaos Blast to the surrounding Black Warriors and Black Oaks.

"...with the assistance of Shadow the Hedgehog, downtown only received minimal damage."

Sonic, Chris, Maria, Cream, and Cheese sit on the couch with Sonic on an arm of the couch and Cheese on Cream's lap. Tails and Knuckles stand beside Sonic while Ella, Mr. Stewart, Tanaka, Sam (in his casual clothes), and Chuck stand behind the couch as Amy stands beside Cream and Cheese with Vanilla behind Amy. Everyone watches the TV with gasps of horror.

The male reporter continues, "Meanwhile, more of these aliens are wreaking havoc throughout the region."

Tanaka becomes concerned for Topaz.

"Topaz," Tanaka thinks. "Thank goodness you are alright."

Maria worriedly holds her hands and whispers, "Shadow."

Chris puts his arm around her to comfort her. Maria accepts the embrace.

The male reporter concludes, "The people are advised to stay indoors during the onslaught."

Knuckles becomes fed up with the Black Arms, exclaiming, "There's gotta be something we can do! We can't just sit here!"

"Knuckles is right!" Sonic agrees. "We should take action!"

Sam becomes excited and tells everyone, "And take action we shall! I'm always rarin' to race to the rescue!"

Chris stands up as he becomes determined.

"I'm going, too!" he announces. "Remember, Tanaka taught me martial arts, so, I can handle those aliens!"

Tanaka proudly bows his head at Chris. Maria stands up as she becomes determined.

"I wanna go, too!" she chimes in.

Everyone else gasps in shock at this.

"Maria?" Chris asks.

"It's too dangerous!" Chuck points out.

Knuckles agrees, "Yeah. There was a reason Shadow protected you way back then."

Maria argues, "I can't just sit by knowing that Shadow's fighting those aliens alone! I have to help him!"

Mr. Stewart smiles and nods at Maria, telling her, "Then, I'll join in, too. As your tutor, I'll be responsible for your safety."

Maria happily giggles as she looks at Mr. Stewart.

"Thanks, Mr. Stewart."

Sonic happily winks with a thumbs up, exclaiming, "Well, what're we waitin' for?! Let's go get 'em!"

Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Chris, Sam, Mr. Stewart, and Maria excitedly agree, "Yeah!"

Meanwhile, in a ruin-filled desert called Glyphic Canyon, Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun are making their way through the ruins while Decoe looks at a map.

"This should lead us straight to the doctor's base," Decoe explains.

Then, the three robots stop in confusion as Bocoe and Bokkun watch Decoe turn the map to its side as he wonders, "...I think."

Bocoe and Bokkun sigh in disappointment as Decoe sadly rolls up the map.

"I told you we should have stopped to ask for directions," Bocoe scolded Decoe.

Bokkun holds his head and wonders, "Why do I even bother with these two?"

A sweatdrop rolls down the side of his head.

Then, the three curiously look ahead.

Bocoe asks, "So, any idea where we are?"

"Not a clue," Decoe replies. "This place was not mentioned on the map."

"If you ask me, that map you got was outdated," Bokkun suggests.

Decoe gets annoyed at Bokkun's response, scolding him, "Well, we were not asking you!"

Suddenly, a bright green light shines through the cracks of the door of an ancient temple in front of the three robots. They gasp in shock upon seeing this.

"What is that light?" Bocoe asks.

"I am afraid to look," Decoe admits. Then, he and Bocoe look at Bokkun and instruct him, "Bokkun, go see what it is."

Bokkun looks at Bocoe and Decoe and protests "What? Why do I hafta go in that scary place?"

"You have a longer warranty than Decoe and I do," Bocoe explains.

Bocoe and Decoe start to push a frightened Bokkun toward the temple.

"We insist!" Decoe tells Bokkun.

Bokkun gets pushed in front of the temple's glowing entrance. He angrily shakes his fist at Bocoe and Decoe.

"Quit shovin' already, I'm goin'!" complains Bokkun.

A red vein sticks out of his forehead.

He slowly walks toward the door, a bit scared. He stands by the door and putting his hand over his eyes, he taps on the door. Suddenly, the door raises up slowly. Bokkun slowly removes his hand from his eyes and watches this in curiosity. Bocoe and Decoe watch this, too. The door stops as soon as its opened wide. Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun notice a big glowing green sphere inside the open doorway, surrounded by two wooden rings, interlapping with each other. Bokkun becomes frightend again as he gulps. Then, he slowly walks toward the sphere. More curious than nervous, Bokkun reaches toward the sphere, entranced by its bright light. Bocoe and Decoe approach Bokkun and stand behind him. Soon, Bokkun touches the sphere. Suddenly, The rings around the sphere start to spin as the room starts to shake. Bokkun quicky pulls his hand away as he, Bocoe, and Decoe gasp in shock at this.

"What is going on?" asks Decoe.

"Perhaps Bokkun broke the temple," wonders Bocoe.

Bokkun denies, "I didn't mean it!"

Just then, a piece of rubble from the temple falls beside them with a thud. They scream in horror upon noticing this.

"Let us get out of here!" instructs Decoe.

He and Bocoe run past the sphere, screaming. Bokkun notices Bocoe and Decoe leaving the temple and panics.

"Hey!" Bokkun cries out as he follows Bocoe and Decoe. "Don't leave me here! Oh!"

He, Bocoe, and Decoe rush out of the temple. They stand near a pedestal and try to catch their breath. (Robots can breathe?)

"That was a close one," said Decoe.

"We were almost metal pancakes," Bocoe agrees.

"What was that all about?" Bokkun wonders.

Just then, Decoe touches a sphere on the pedestal, similar to the one in the temple. He pulls his hand away as he, Bocoe, and Bokkun notice the sphere, curiously.

Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun all wonder, "Huh?"

The wooden rings around that sphere start to spin just like that other sphere.

"What's with this place?" exclaims Bokkun.

"I am not sure," Decoe admits as Bocoe backs away, "but the doctor is not going to be pleased with us."

Suddenly, Bocoe touches another sphere. He quickly faces it in fright as this sphere's rings spin, too. Decoe and Bokkun notice this with gasps of horror.

"What did you do?" Decoe asks Bocoe.

Bocoe angrily points at Bokkun and explains, "Well, Bokkun started it!"

Bokkun angrily protests, "It's not my fault!"

A red vein sticks out of his forehead.

Meanwhile, in the blackness of Space, Black Doom appears to be pleased.

"Excellent. They are starting to awaken our mighty battleship," he muses. "I transported this brilliant flying fortress to this planet over two-thousand years ago. It's magnificent, ready to impose terror in unimaginable ways."

Meanwhile, back at Glyphic Canyon, Doom's Eye overlooks the scene.

"Now, go!" he instructs. "Make sure those fools continue the awakening."

Meanwhile, Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun watch the spheres in horror as their wooden rings spin faster. Bocoe then looks at the ground beside him and gasps in shock.

"I believe we have company," he tells his comrades.

Decoe and Bokkun look at the ground where Bocoe looks and gasp in shock. Red squid-like aliens, the Death Leeches, crawl toward the robots.

Bocoe, Decoe, and Bokkun run from the leeches, shouting, "Run away!"

They keep running, but then, screech to a stop as they notice a Black Oak walking toward them. They slowly back away as he comes closer, unknowingly going up some ancient stairs.

"This guy has muscles on his muscles!" Decoe points out.

"I certainly hope he does not use us as dumbbells," Bocoe hopes.

"Well, you two certainly fit the part," responds Bokkun.

Suddenly, their backs touch yet another sphere. They notice, thinking it was a wall, and get quickly their backs off the sphere and look at it as its rings start to spin. They scream in fright as they run down the stairs, away from the Black Oak and the sphere. Some Black Hawks shoot at them as if to keep them on a steady path. They look at the Black Hawks flying over them.

"Where are all of these black aliens coming from?" Decoe wonders.

"Good question," Bocoe replies.

Just then, he, Decoe, and Bokkun run into one final sphere, knocking them unconcious. They slip down to the ground and the sphere's rings spin. With all five spheres activated, the ground around them starts to rise, forming a floating battleship. Then, a Black Oak picks up the robots and tosses them off into the trees below as the "ship" goes higher into the sky. Bocoe, Deoce, and Bokkun look around in disappointment.

"I think that was their way of making us walk the plank," Bocoe explains.

"Maybe, we should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque," Decoe admits.

"Gee, ya think?" Bokkun sarcastically asks.

A/N:
Uh-oh. The robots just aided the Black Arms in their invasion. Eggman's not gonna be happy about this. But that's for us to know and for him to speculate. In the meantime, read and review.