The robot nodding its head says," I believe your friend will deal with the petty heroes, before our uncivil battle begins, I believe I at least owe my name, I am Optic, the prize of Eggman's robots, if I am not mistaken you are the rogue robot known as Shade correct." Lifting his fedora slightly he nods before saying," Indeed, I am Shade the Fox, I stand for the truths of the good, there is not a price on what is right no matter what the cost might be."

Optic nods his head before saying," True, a life is the most meaningful of possessions someone can obtain, I however lack such a vital importance now don't I? Now then I believe our fight is in order." Shade and Optic both crouch slightly prepared for the others move, taking the first strike Optic fires a ray beam from his hand, Shade easily avoiding counters with a telekinetic blast from his hand forcing Optic back.

Optic sending an electric wave disperses the energy and quickly encounters Shade head on, Shade striking first is able to knock him backwards, Optic however quickly spun around before kicking him in the side of the head, Shade taking the blow counters with a head-butt knocking Optic back, Optic however recoups as fast as Shade did and is once again fighting him.

Shade blocking the attacks tries to strike him with a downwards kick, Optic barely avoiding blasts another ray beam at Shade, who quickly blocks the attack before charging Optic, Optic defending as well knocks him back slightly before charging energy into his palm, shade noticing this quickly sends energy to his hand before launching another telekinetic blast at him, this one knocking him back into the hotel on the middle floor and stopping his attack.

The room however erupted in an electric field and blasted the hallway apart; pieces of the building began to fall as Optic stood back up. Optic's arm suddenly unraveled itself, after several different pieces extended out it shot back together in a form of a gun, aiming his eye suddenly appeared as a lock-on symbol as Shade prepared for the attack, taking aim he fired one round, Shade quickly fires out a telekinetic blast and knocks the bullet off course, sending it through several different buildings.

Flying up towards him, Optic waits for his opponent to recoup, Shade however was surprised at the wound in his left arm, the bullet managed to hit him even after he blasted it with telekinetic energy, the wound however began to heal and was soon as if it were never there. Optic slightly amused says," Well I honestly didn't expect you to regenerate your body like that… it is very impressive to say the least."

Shade smirks and says," you're not as bad as I thought you would be, most of Eggman's junk bots can't even touch me, let alone cause damage, this fight will be more interesting than I thought originally." Shade and Optic once again take off towards each other, Shade blasting several rounds of telekinetic energy before striking head on, Optic avoiding the energy with his own electrical barrier, the two collide had on sending a shockwave outwards destroying parts of the buildings around them, which smashed against the ground.

With Team Chaotix

Espio asks trying to keep Vector from trying another move," Before I release my friend here, I suppose I might as well introduce ourselves incase this battle means anything to you, I am Espio, this here is Vector and Charmy." The being nods and says," I see well then in that case I suppose it doesn't hurt to tell you my name, I am Galaxy, I will tell you one more time, you should back down before you get killed."

Espio shook his head before saying," We cannot do that, we have a mission to complete." Galaxy says," Then that leaves me with little option…" Galaxy ends a wave of darkness at Espio, releasing Vector he quickly hops away, Vector avoiding the cloud launches at his opponent, Galaxy however counters rather easily and sends him flying back.

Espio launched from the side of the building, his chameleon powers having somewhat help of disguising himself, Galaxy however being able to sense him through the air barely dodges the attack, however there small friend wrapped his arms around his head catching him off guard. Espio and Vector both rush out and strike Galaxy, letting go Charmy falls to the ground.

Galaxy standing almost immediately back up blasts a beam of darkness before charging straight into Vector, knocking him upward with the same dark energy. Espio tried to nail him in the head but for whatever reason his attack missed as galaxy was able to kick Espio across the stomach and sent him flying into Vector, he flipped in the air dodging Charmy before summersault kicking him in the head sending him into the ground.

Vector and Espio both rushed him infuriated, a slight smile crossed his face however as he delivered a deadly strike to each of their skulls, Vector and Espio both falling over and crashing to the ground. Landing he says," I didn't even have to get you into a position where I could take you out, you gave me that opportunity yourselves, I have to assist Shade his battle is much more intense than this one.

Galaxy walked away, however Vectors eyes immediately shot open, grasping Vector, who was also awake, he spun rapidly before launching him, Galaxy was sent flying forward as Espio kicked him straight in the back sending him into the hotel wall and crashing through it. Galaxy rose from the ground as he wiped his face, a small amount of blood present on his hand.

Turning around he looked to the three heroes back on their feet, Vector smirked as he said," What was that again, we couldn't hear you since we faked sleep?" Espio nods as he says," you shouldn't underestimate you opponent." Galaxy clutched his hands tightly as he says," I was trying to be the good guy, I always try to be the good guy, but you three just couldn't let well enough alone!"

He blasted another wave of darkness, Vector, Espio and Charmy all avoiding it, however Galaxy was gone in a flash, Galaxy appeared in front of Espio, socking him directly in his face he sent him hurdling to the ground, he rushed forward and struck Vector, however being more tough skinned, Vector spun around swiping him with his tail.

Galaxy rolled out of the way as he blasted himself up with darkness and drop kicked Vector in the head, this time however he spun a second time and kicked him again, Espio appeared behind him and rammed him in the back, the spike on his nose doing more damage than the direct hit, feeling the slight wound on his back Galaxy clutched his hand again, these heroes just wouldn't listen, charging the darkness in his hand he unleashed a mega blast of darkness, however time seemed to slow down as the three tried to dodge the dark attack, each one being kicked back where they were as the darkness blasted them all into the hotel wall knocking down most of the ceiling on top of them.

Landing in front of them Galaxy says," Alright then I need to get back now, listen next time and this wouldn't have been the outcome, and just to let you know, I have time manipulation powers at my disposal, don't think you had a chance of beating me when you wouldn't listen to reason, I tried to warn you what would happen, now come one, there is still a robot that needs to be taken down."

Grabbing his extended hand Espio stands up, helping his friends up he says," Your right, maybe we shouldn't have gotten involved, however G.U.N. needed us on this assignment to stop this robot and to see what he was doing." Nodding his head Galaxy says," I see so it was G.U.N. who sent you, I suppose that makes sense, come one let's get back to the front of the hotel that battle of there just might destroy the city if they overdo it."

Back with Shade and Optic

Optic drove his elbow into Shades back, who grabbed his extended arm and flung him over his head before stepping on his head, Optic blasting him with a laser beam quickly gets back up, Shade wiped his head as he charged energy, Optic seemed to do the same, Shade flew forward as Optic tried to attack, knocking him back Shade drove his attacks against his head repeatedly, spinning on his last attack he sent Optic spiraling down, Shade who was still really high up, dove down as he prepared to finish the battle.

Optic seeing him dive down growls slightly, the nodes around his eye began to light up in a spiral as each one got closer to his eye, finally the last nodes lit up and his entire eye became white, he fired a large beam like cannon from his eye intercepting Shade in his decent, Shades fur and skin began to burn away, his metallic underbody slowly being revealed, all his synthetic fur being completely destroyed he finally hits Optic.

A large electric wave blasts the entire area, Shade being hurled twenty feet before hitting the earth again, Galaxy and Team Chaotix appeared from atop the building, hopping down they each entered the smoke filled atmosphere of the street, Galaxy spotting Shade's robotic form rushed over to him, Shade slowly stands up as Galaxy appears.

Galaxy asks," So what happened with that robot?" Shade replies while his fur began to regenerate and grow back," He was definitely a strong one, probably the toughest I have faced so far, but in the end the outcome was the same as it always is." Shade pointed to the impact area, the robots body was actually intact, his head however was no longer there, hundreds of bits scattered the area where Shade crashed down on it.

Shade says," I think Eggman is going to have a heart attack after this one, too bad I was starting to like fighting that robot." Vector says," So why were you targeted by him anyway?" Shade shrugs and says," Eggman has been after me for a while, I destroy lots of his ships and bases, galaxy who are these guys anyway?"

Shade looked each over with distrust as Galaxy," they are what kept me from fighting that robot you destroyed, they are a couple heroes sent from G.U.N. to deal with the robot." Shade says turning and walking away," Well consider him dealt with then, I was only here to find a bounty hunter who attacked an associate of mine in the wilderness, something about Sonic I despise those who hurt others for no reason, it is a cruel and unjust act."

Galaxy follows after Shade as the two leave, suddenly something moves under his feet, looking down shade notices pieces of metal beginning to move, his eyes widen slowly as he turns around, the body of the robot was now standing, a metal skeleton already being created as the metal began to reform into Optic's head, shaking his head after all the metal was reconnected he slowly walks forward.

Shade stands ready for battle again, Optic extended his hand as he said," you are very talented Shade the Fox, I believe we have more in common than you think, I do not like Eggman as much as it may seem, I find his methods and destruction outrageous as well, If you were thinking of stopping him I would like to assist you."

Shade nods his head and says," From what I have seen you're pretty skilled, plus our sparring matches will help both of us train, alright come on we have a bounty hunter to catch." Espio says," She is already gone, she went after Sonic again, our friend Shadow captured her and I found out she was in the command of a blank figure, he is of no use to you, if you want revenge for your friend, you had better get the mastermind behind the attack."

Shade slightly annoyed says," I suppose you have an idea of what we are to expect of this strange mystery figure, and it's only this bounty hunter I'm after, she harmed my friend and I intend to make her pay for that." "Pitiful…." Shade and the others looked above them to see two sparkling blue eyes within a dark shadow sitting above them on the roof top.

Shade asks angrily," what, how is that pitiful, I must look out for those in danger, those who are attacked for no reason, how is that pitiful!?" the being chuckled before saying," that dear boy, is just a Childs thing to worry about, life and death is such a misused judgment of the way people understand other, there is no reason to fight for this pathetic weakling you call a friend, if they are a nuisance and are weakening your defenses then you should allow them to be eliminated, my hunter attacked your friend true, but all that was said was that your friends are weak, and you are better off without them."

Galaxy says," you would insult those who we call friends, you would insult us, how can you think of such dark things, you truly are demented and must have been lost to a dark being before you." The beings eyes flashed as he replies," Ah but I am not the one holding onto such mortal feelings as love and friendship, happiness and sadness, anger or any other feeling, without these things, I have grown to a better understanding of why I must take this world as my own, your friend was obviously destined to die, just like fate would have it that I run into you while searching for my bounty hunter."

Shade growled as he says," So it was you, your responsible for hurting my friend, you shouldn't have shown yourself to us." Galaxy nodded his head to Shade as time slowed down, taking off into the air he swung out and kicked the being, time began to speed up, but Galaxy was completely surprised by the figure, who was now only made of water, the cloak he had been wearing no longer visible.

His eyes flashed again as he looked down, he says with a chuckle," As you can see, I was in my water form when you came at me, I watched your little fiasco with the three imbecile over there, I know about your little time powers, but truly, to an elemental it really doesn't matter." Turning solid almost immediately he kicked Galaxy back down, Galaxy landed on his feet before looking back up.

The being was similar to Chaos, however his head was more of a squids, his arms were a bit longer and had ice like claws within the water, his feet similarly claw like, in his chest was a very odd orb like contraption, his head had a strange plate of metal where his eyes rested near, looking to the orb he says," Ah this thing, you see this thing allows me to absorb the souls of those who I kill, my body takes a bigger and better form every time I encounter several souls."

Vector growled before shouting," that is the worst thing I have ever heard, how can you use souls as if they were merely powerful objects, there is nothing as important as a soul to those who live!" The being chuckles before saying," Which is why I have them as power, what more power intensifying then the soul of the living creatures, but that is a small goal, soon this world will bow to me." Espio asks," What kind of freak are you, who are you?" The being replied," I am the greatest freak you shall ever meet, I am the raging water that destroys, I am the destruction of civilizations, I am Typhoon, and all will bow to me!"