Sonic to the X
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Chapter 4: The Battle with Eggman
As Tails leaves Eggman's spaceship to find Locke and get the Super Emeralds' password, Chucky admires his new outfit in a lake nearby. Irritated, Shadow orders Chucky to keep an eye on the Super Emeralds while he takes a nap inside the ship.
Meanwhile, Tikal carries on her own search for the Mobians to give them the password. She briefly stumbles across two dead bodies, and panics, believing them to be Tails and Chucky, but quickly sees that they are Decoe and Grounder.
While Chucky watches over the Super Emeralds, Captain Bokkun, still trapped in the Echidna Frog's body, appears and tries to sneak one gem away from Chucky, but gets stuck. Chucky notices Bokkun and chases him off. To Bokkun's chagrin, a female frog notices him and chases him as well.
Finally, Tails and Tikal meet up again and return to Chucky, who tells them Shadow is napping inside the ship. Tails suggests that they sneak the Super Emeralds away and summon the Chaos Force in order to avoid Shadow making his wish for immortality, and if Shadow does wake up, it will take him too long to reach them in time.
Elsewhere, Dmitri finally gives out in his fight with Eggman, but before Eggman can finish him, Dmitri reveals that their whole fight was merely a ploy to buy time for Tikal to give the Mobians the password for the Super Emeralds. Suddenly remembering passing Tikal outside Locke's house, Eggman flies off in a rage, leaving Dmitri to die. Eggman attempts to summon the Bokkun Squad, but they do not respond. To his fury, he realizes that they have all been defeated.
Meanwhile, Tikal, Tails and Chucky summon the Chidnai equivalent of the Chaos Force, which looks like a combination of it and an Echidna, the Super Force, and as previously stated by Dmitri, promises to grant them three wishes (in the Echidna language). Bokkun watches from afar with a bitter look.
With the Super Force now summoned, Tikal wishes for the Chaotix and Knuckles to be revived, but there is a problem: the Super Force has the ability to revive only one person at a time. King Lazaar relays the news to the fighters on his planet, and they immediately get into an argument as to which one of them should remain. Knuckles demands to speak to Chucky, but the others oppose this, believing Knuckles is merely demanding his payment from Chucky for saving him from E-123. However, Knuckles talks to Chucky and instructs him to wish him back first, since by doing this, Athair and the Chaos Emeralds will be restored and they can be used to revive the others. For the second wish, Knuckles demands to be teleported to Chidnai, desiring to fight Eggman in revenge for his fallen people, and to quickly use the third wish to revive Charmy. King Lazaar objects to this, but Knuckles refuses to listen, despite his earlier "promise" not to approach Eggman.
Meanwhile, Shadow suddenly wakes up from his nap upon sensing Eggman approaching. Hoping to lure Eggman away from Sonic, who is still recovering, Shadow attempts to join his allies outside, but sees that the sky has gone black but the horizon is still light. Realizing that Chucky and Tails have summoned the Super Force behind his back, Shadow furiously rushes towards them. Tails and Chucky sense him from afar, and quickly make the first two wishes. Unfortunately, the Super Force sends Knuckles to a random spot on Chidnai quite far away from the scenario. Before they are able to make the third wish though, Shadow appears, infuriated at his allies' betrayal. As he prepares to take his revenge, Chucky blurts out that there is still one wish left.
Eggman spots the Super Force from afar and races towards it as fast as he can. Shadow demands that Tikal wish immortal life for him. Tikal hesitates, and Shadow begins manhandling her in an attempt to coerce her into making the wish.
As the Super Force had said when Knuckles was asked to be transported to Chidnai from King Lazaar's planet, Knuckles is indeed there, but he has ended up far away. After Knuckles sees his home planet for the first time, he regains focus. Knuckles then tries sensing Chucky's Energy Level, but finds nothing on either side of him, and he realizes the Super Force merely sent him to a random spot on the planet. At an instant, he detects Eggman's Energy Level, but even then this does not stop the brave Echidna and he flies off to join his friends.
At the location where Shadow and the others, Tikal still refuses Shadow's request and the Super Force begins to run out of patience. Shadow explains that this wish is by now their only chance to stall Eggman long enough for Sonic to heal and join them. With Eggman fast approaching, Tails reluctantly orders Tikal to make the wish for Shadow's immortality. Tikal obeys and begins making the wish, but as Shadow begins to thrive, the Super Force suddenly disappears and the Super Emeralds turn to stone: Locke has died.
Tikal tearfully breaks the news to the Mobians, adding that Shadow is not immortal. Enraged at the loss of his immortality, Shadow prepares to kill Chucky and Tails when he stops short, frozen with fear: Eggman has arrived.
Eggman is impressed at the apparent demise of the Bokkun Squad, but at the same time greatly angered at the loss of his chance for immortality. Shadow stands up to Eggman, ready to fight him at last. Eggman begins to power up.
Meanwhile, Knuckles flies towards the battlefield, sensing Eggman's energy. Suddenly, he senses another dying power, and lands to investigate. He finds Dmitri, beaten and unable to move, but still barely alive. Dmitri sees and recognizes Knuckles, relieved that Eggman was too late to make his wishes. As Knuckles prepares to leave, Dmitri tells him that he will not be able to defeat Eggman, since he has seen Eggman's power and knows that he is unstoppable. Knuckles' only sure chance of defeating Eggman would be to unite with Athair, which is essentially impossible since Athair is on Mobius (and Knuckles does not desire to do so anyway, since he carries his father's dislike of Athair).
Dmitri then suggests that Knuckles unite with him instead, since it will increase Knuckles' power, giving him a better chance at beating Eggman, and at the same time save Dmitri's life. Knuckles is reluctant at first, but after sensing Eggman's growing power from afar, ultimately decides to go through with it, and fuses with Dmitri. Knuckles immediately feels his new power, and continues his journey to the battlefield.
Eggman finishes his power up and begins firing energy blasts at Shadow, who dodges them with ease. With Eggman's back turned, Tails and Chucky attack Eggman from behind, but he deflects their attacks effortlessly and almost kills them with a laser beam, but Shadow appears at the last second and deflects it. Eggman commends Shadow and the others for their bravery, but nonetheless tells them that they are all going to die then and there. Shadow counters Eggman by claiming that he and Chucky have both reached new levels, and Shadow himself has become a Super Hedgehog.
With this, Eggman flies into a rage and charges at them, but Shadow grabs both of Eggman's turrets and manages to hold him back. Shadow's power level sky rockets and Eggman's scouter breaks and now, much to Eggman's shock, they are equal. Eggman breaks off and acknowledges Shadow's increase in strength. Then, Shadow shocks the others by demanding that Eggman transform, claiming that he learned of Eggman's ability from Orbot. Eggman warns them that if he does so, he will become unstoppable, but Shadow takes no notice. Thus, Eggman pushes a button.
Eggman's Egg Mobile starts transforming, but it merely changes to a reddish color, which Shadow mocks. Before he can continue, Eggman implores Shadow to give up and join him again, but Shadow flatly refuses, claiming that he only ever obeyed him before so that he could find the perfect chance to destroy him one day. Eggman compares Shadow to his father, and reflects on the last night Planet Niku served him:
The Nikuhogs had been conquering planets for Eggman, but were taking longer than expected, which lead Black Doom to kill one of his own messengers in his frustration. This was partly due, of course, to the fact that Black Doom had agreed to hand his son, Shadow, to Eggman, a decision he was regretting constantly. Infuriating him even more was Eggman entering his throne room and sitting on his throne, reminding Black Doom of his promise to hand Shadow over.
Finally pushed over the edge, Black Doom later ignited a mutiny with his elite and they attacked Eggman's spaceship in a final attempt to save Shadow and put an end to Eggman. They reached Eggman in his quarters, but the elites froze with fear. Irritated, Black Doom attacked Eggman, but Eggman killed Black Doom with a single swing of his wrecking ball while Orbot and Cubot watched. Eggman proceeded to wipe out Black Doom's soldiers immediately afterward. Although Orbot believed that Black Doom's mutiny has ended, Eggman, believing the mutiny to be the mere beginning of a planet-wide rebellion, opted to destroy the Planet Shadow right then and there as well. With a single Mega Laser aimed at Planet Niku's core, Eggman wiped out the planet along with almost the entire Nikuhog race, among them Jules, the father of Sonic, the first one to be hit.
Back in the present, Shadow still refuses to back down, instead mocking Eggman for leaving the "strongest Nikuhog alive" (he is, of course, referring to Sonic, who Eggman does not know about yet). Eggman retaliates by undergoing his first true transformation (which seems quite disturbing to the average person), morphing his Egg Mobile to a larger size and a drill added to its backside protruding upwards, shocking Shadow, Tails, Chucky and Tikal, and causing a dinosaur stampede that almost kills Rouge. From afar, Knuckles senses Eggman's increase. Eggman then attempts to sneak attack Tails and Chucky by extending his wrecking ball's chain, burrowing it underground, and then shooting it out, but they evaded the attack, impressing Eggman, who noted that before then, no one saw the attack coming and survived. Eggman himself now claims to have his Energy Level over one million. Shadow remains skeptical, so Eggman demonstrates by causing a tsunami, forcing the fighters to stay in the air, although Tails ends up wounded in the process.
With his power now demonstrated, Eggman decides to end things there and then, viewing the timing of the day as a perfect time for one of his targets to die. Looking through his opponents, he chooses Tails and flies directly towards him. Tails barely manages to push Tikal aside as Eggman's drill impales his body.
Eggman begins toying with Tails' body until he loses consciousness. Chucky tries to attack Eggman, but Eggman simply swats him away with his wrecking ball. The Freedom Fighters on King Lazaar's planet are frustrated that there is nothing they can do to help them. King Lazaar reminisces that he told Sonic to stay away from Eggman and now they all are doomed. Finally, Eggman throws Tails into the water to die. Chucky flies down after him but is blocked by Eggman. Overcome with rage, Chucky unleashes a furious attack on a surprised Eggman, catching him off guard and pummeling him to the ground. Chucky then bombards Eggman with energy beams and ends it with a Demon Flash Bullet. The sudden increase in power astonishes even Shadow.
Tikal manages to retrieve a barely alive Tails from the water. The dust clears and reveals that Eggman was only slightly fazed by the attack. Irritated at being toppled by a young boy, Eggman attacks Chucky in return and smashes him to the ground. Shadow blasts Eggman from behind with a powerful Chaos Spear attack to save Chucky, but it does Eggman no harm. However, Eggman is still concentrated on Chucky, and promises to kill Shadow after he kills the boy. Chucky tries desperately to defend himself against the tyrant, but is no match for him and sent back down to the ground with a barrage of lasers. Eggman decides enough is enough and begins to blast Chucky to oblivion.
From afar, Knuckles senses Chucky's decreasing energy. He reflects on how he first met Chucky as a pampered little coward but eventually trained him into the fighter he is today, and ultimately gave his life to save him from E-123. Vowing to sacrifice himself again for Chucky if necessary, Knuckles flies as fast as he can towards the battlefield. Eggman continues to torture Chucky. Shadow is left at a loss for what to do.
In Eggman's spaceship, Sonic, still recovering, also senses Chucky's decreasing energy, and prepares to leave the Medical Pod altogether to go to his son's rescue despite struggling to even move his arm. However, just before Shadow can finally jump in, Tails suddenly reappears and fires an Energy Buzzsaw at Eggman. Eggman dodges, but the chain and wrecking ball are chopped off. Tails fires more buzz saws at Eggman, but he dodges them all and flies after Tails, who attempts to lure Eggman away from Chucky.
Tails leads Eggman into a maze-like rock in the middle of the sea. Eggman finally fishes Tails out, but before he can strike, Tails blinds Eggman with the Fist of the Sun and flies back to the battlefield (but not before Eggman manages to plant a tiny machine in Tails' body).
Meanwhile, Tikal sits beside the unconscious Chucky and uses a special technique to heal him, intriguing Shadow, who accuses Tails of keeping Tikal's power a secret, although Tails counters that they did not know and would have otherwise had Tikal heal Sonic. Tails flies back to see how Chucky is doing, and is relieved to see Chucky fully recovered. Chucky regroups with Tails and Shadow, with his power slightly increased. The three unleash a barrage of energy on Eggman, but he is unfazed. Chucky moves in to attack Eggman head-on when a new figure surrounded by light appears between them. The light clears, and the figure is revealed to be Knuckles, who has finally arrived.
Knuckles announces that he will take on Eggman alone. Shadow doubts his abilities, remembering Knuckles as the Echidna easily killed by E-123 on Mobius. Knuckles counters by challenging Shadow to a duel to the death after they beat Eggman. Eggman advises Knuckles to leave the battlefield and the planet while he still can, but Knuckles takes no notice and vows to defeat the tyrant and avenge the Echidna race.
Knuckles and Eggman begin fighting furiously and appear to be roughly equal in power. Knuckles manages to land a few good hits, but Eggman retaliates by ramming Knuckles into a cliff and bombarding him with energy blasts. Knuckles, however, emerges from the rubble unharmed.
Fearful for his life, Shadow attempts to flee but Eggman catches up with him and smashes him back into the rocks below, rendering him temporarily incapacitated. Eggman resumes the battle against Knuckles, who manages to evade every attack Eggman throws at him. Knuckles taunts Eggman for this, and as Eggman grabs Knuckles, the Echidna reveals that he is also housing Dmitri, and with the two of them combined, Eggman has no chance of winning. Tikal, who had already begun to sense Dmitri within Knuckles, is relieved to discover Dmitri survived the fight with Eggman.
True to his word, Knuckles powers up to his maximum and unleashes a furious attack on Eggman. Enraged, Eggman launches a massive laser beam at Knuckles, who deflects it back, hitting Eggman square. Chucky, Tails and Shadow are astonished, believing Eggman is finished.
However, the dust clears and shows that Eggman blocked at the last minute. It seems that Knuckles and Dmitri combined are still not strong enough and Sonic is truly their last hope of winning.
Knuckles and Eggman continue their battle and Eggman briefly gets the upper hand. As a last resort, Knuckles removes his Inhibitor Rings and turns the tables against Eggman, dominating him completely. This time, Chucky, Tails, Shadow and Tikal believe Knuckles truly can win.
However, Eggman reveals a stunning secret: although he has already transformed, it was not his only one, and furthermore, he still has two remaining transformations. Still confident that he can beat Eggman, Knuckles foolishly allows Eggman to reach his third form and raise his Energy Level even further.
Once Eggman pushes another button and transforms, this form being known as Big Arms, the fight resumes, but this time, it quickly becomes evident that Eggman has severely outclassed Knuckles in strength and speed. Shadow notices Tikal on the ground and remembers how she healed Chucky, increasing his strength. This gives Shadow an idea.
Knuckles charges at Eggman but is dominated by the tyrant. Preferring to end things, Eggman begins bombarding Knuckles with a barrage of finger beams so fast that Knuckles cannot dodge. Finally, Chucky's rage erupts and he furiously charges towards Eggman. Tails is about to follow him when Shadow stops him, telling him to instead beat him up. Tails is left puzzled.
Chucky aims a kick at Eggman to save Knuckles, but Eggman dodges in the nick of time. Undeterred, Chucky unleashes a Full Power Demon Flash at Eggman, so powerful that even Eggman cannot push it back. Chucky almost achieves victory, but he loses too much strength at the last minute and Eggman pushes it back towards Chucky. Knuckles uses the last of his strength to block the blast and save Chucky's life.
Perplexed by Chucky's increasing strength, Eggman ponders as to whether or not Chucky could be a Nikuhog, as he remembers destroying the entire Nikuhog race except for Shadow, E-123 and E-101. Eggman surmises that Chucky may be E-101's son, given his resemblance to him. Attempting to convince himself he is not afraid of the Super Hedgehog of legend, Eggman decides to transform into his final form.
Meanwhile, Shadow explains to Tails his plan of having him beat him to within an inch of his life so that Tikal will heal him and increase his strength, and along with it, their chances of beating Eggman. After much reluctance, Tails fires an energy beam straight through Shadow's stomach, crippling him.
As Eggman begins transforming, Shadow limps to Tikal and demands that she heal him, but Tikal refuses to heal someone who caused her people so much suffering, and leaves Shadow to die while heading off to join the others. Tikal heals Knuckles, and they manage to convince her to heal Shadow, since with Sonic still recovering, it's their best chance to at least hold Eggman off until Sonic arrives. Unfortunately, Eggman notices Tikal heal Knuckles.
Tikal reluctantly heals Shadow, who kicks Tikal aside for stalling. Eggman finally finishes his transformation, and as the dust clears, the Freedom Fighters prepare for yet another round with the tyrant in his final form, the Death Egg Robot.
Having transformed into his final form, Eggman begins the next round by killing Tikal, ensuring that nobody will be healed anymore (He F*#%ED with the White Mage!). This act of cruelty greatly angers Tails, Chucky and Knuckles, and they all attack him at once with a Turtle Destruction Wave, Energy Barrage, and an Booming Demon Wave, but are unable to touch him. Eggman, with speed faster than light, fires a similar beam at Chucky, but Shadow jumps in at the last second and knocks Chucky over, saving his life yet again.
Shadow then surprises everyone by declaring that with his new strength, he will take on Eggman alone. To prove that he has finally become a Super Hedgehog, Shadow powers up to his maximum power and unleashes everything he has on Eggman. Although he cannot touch him (despite towering them all at two stories), he seems to have Eggman on the defense. Chucky and Tails cheer Shadow on, but Knuckles spoils the celebration by telling them Shadow is much stronger than before, but still no match for Eggman.
Indeed, as the fight takes off into the air, Eggman dodges an attack from Shadow, and Shadow cannot sense where Eggman is, despite Eggman not being too far away from him. Severely hit by the fact that he is not a Super Hedgehog after all, Shadow is stunned with fear.
Shadow recalls the attacks he launched on Eggman with no effect. In a rage, he fires a huge energy wave at Eggman, followed by several smaller waves, but none of them faze Eggman in the least. Determined not to give up, Shadow unleashes his most powerful blast on Eggman (Chaos Blast), but the tyrant merely hits it back towards Shadow. He dodges, but has used up all of his strength and loses the will to fight back, crying for the first time in his life.
Eggman goes on the assault and viciously beats Shadow around. Ultimately, after crippling him, Eggman grabs him by the neck with a built in whip, hangs him up and starts punching him constantly like a punching bag (with his large spiked hands). Knuckles, Chucky and Tails look on, unable to help Shadow.
Meanwhile, Sonic begins to sense Shadow's Energy Level decreasing rapidly. Then, he hears a beeping noise: he has finally healed. Sonic promptly breaks out of the Medical Pod and out of Eggman's spaceship itself, and begins looking around to pinpoint his friends' location and save Shadow before it is too late.
Eggman continues to pummel Shadow, while strangling him with his whip. Piccolo, Tails and Chucky know that they can no longer save Shadow and look on in horror. Finally, Eggman throws Shadow into a nearby wall and prepares to deliver the killing blow, promising the others that they will be next.
Sonic pinpoints their location and appears at the battlefield just in time. After sharing a warm welcome with his friends, Sonic bravely walks up to Eggman and the two are finally acquainted. Eggman appears to recognize Sonic's face, and when he hears Shadow address him as "Olgilvie", he suddenly realizes that Sonic is another Nikuhog, the son of Jules, a Nikuhog who challenged him briefly after the death of Black Doom. Eggman killed Jules along with the rest of the Nikuhog race that same day.
Sonic claims not to care about his race or his father's demise, and challenges Eggman, to the shock of Eggman and Shadow. Eggman attacks, but Sonic easily dodges and kicks Eggman square in the jaw, effectively making him the first to harm Eggman in his final form. Eggman then fires a barrage of death beams which Sonic manages to deflect with little effort, stunning Eggman. Eggman manages to get his scouter working again to find Sonic's Energy Level is 3 million compared to his 1.2 million. Though beaten and battered, Shadow begins laughing at Eggman claiming that Sonic is a Super Hedgehog and will defeat him. Irate, Eggman fires a Death Beam directly through Shadow's heart, mortally wounding him.
Dying, Shadow begs Sonic not to be so merciful with Eggman as he was with him, E-123 and the Bokkun Squad, claiming that Eggman is not the type to be shown mercy. Sonic tries to deny Shadow's claims, stating that everyone deserves a chance to change their ways, even Eggman. However, Shadow then explains the true horrors of Eggman in flashback form: Shadow as a kid, along with his father Black Doom and his soldiers, are mercilessly attacking an alien race while protected with an Energy Shield. Black Doom then uses an Explosive Wave to destroy not only the planet they are on, but two neighboring planets. As Shadow (adult) and Black Doom chuckle about the occurrence, it then shifts to Eggman laughing as he "holds" Planet Niku as if it were a puppet. It then cuts to Eggman's killing of Black Doom, while looking on and coldly stating "Long live the king!" as Black Doom's pendent lands at his feet. As the flashback ends, Eggman starts cackling and priding himself on his destruction of Planet Niku and his Genocide of the Nikuhogs.
Despite Sonic's pleas to stop talking and save his strength, Shadow tearfully pours out his history to Sonic: Eggman extorted Black Doom and the Nikuhog race into working for him, and even took him away from his father when he was a little boy, threatening to kill Black Doom if he refused to obey him, but despite Shadow's obedience, Eggman still killed Black Doom along with Jules and the rest of the Nikuhog race. Sonic is touched by this, finally understanding the reason behind Shadow's hateful nature, while Chucky, Knuckles and Tails look on horrified upon learning of this.
With his final breaths, Shadow begs Sonic to destroy Eggman no matter what and not let him turn anymore innocent people into killing machines. Shadow finally dies, and Sonic buries him as a sign of respect after creating a burial grave with a brief flash of eyes, thanking him for saving Chucky, reviving Knuckles and buying time for him to heal. Fuelled with a desire for revenge for all the fallen, Sonic vows to destroy Eggman.
Filled with rage at the deaths of Shadow, Tikal , and countless others on Chidnai and across the galaxy, Sonic finally begins his long-awaited battle with Eggman and it seems that the two are evenly matched, with Eggman even admitting that he is the strongest Nikuhog by far. King Lazaar, having sensed Shadow's death from his own planet, sadly reminisces about the truth of Shadow's tragic history, much to the surprise of the Chaotix. King Lazaar reveals that Sonic might just have a chance and that if anyone could take down the evil tyrant, it would be Sonic.
Sonic continues to surprise Eggman with his ability to keep up with him with minimum effort. The battle starts to escalate, with parts of Chidnai being demolished by the energy blasts in the process.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Eggman match blow for blow (despite the obvious size difference), and Knuckles, Chucky and Tails have trouble just watching them. Once it becomes obvious to Eggman that he cannot defeat Sonic easily, he creates a lava crater in the planet's surface and submerges Sonic in a lava tsunami. Sonic protects himself by using his Power Shield's fire mode, but Eggman surprises him and hits him into the crater where he vanishes from sight. Knuckles confronts Eggman and prepares to fight him again when Sonic re-emerges, having just barely clung onto a ledge in the crater. The magma becomes unstable, erupting like a volcano, so Sonic uses his energy to force it back down and covers the surface with rocks to ensure it does not come back again.
Sonic demands that Eggman leave Chidnai out of their fight, but Eggman, while agreeing, quips that Sonic's compassion will be his downfall. Sonic scoffs this and prepares for the second round.
Back on Mobius, Sally is packing her bags ready to go on a newly created Pod Co spaceship to rescue Chucky from Chidnai, despite Maximillian and The Turtle Hermit's attempts to stop her. Making her only more determined to rescue Chucky is Big entering to inform them that Knuckles was successfully revived and sent to Chidnai, since Sally is unaware of Knuckles' reform. The Turtle Hermit reminds her that the ship is broken and she considers staying, but Rouge's Father enters and announces that the ship is fixed, to everyone's chagrin. Comically, Big tries to sneak out, but The Turtle Hermit forces him back inside to help them restrain Sally.
On Chidnai, Eggman finally understands that Sonic was the one who defeated the Bokkun Squad, not Shadow (ironically, Shadow is actually the one who killed every member of the Bokkun Squad, with the exception of Bokkun himself). When they continue fighting, Eggman manages to knock Sonic down into the water. Whilst down there, Sonic realizes that Eggman cannot sense where he is without a scouter (since it shut off after scanning Sonic). This gives Sonic an idea which involves him inventing the Twin Turtle Shot, blasting them at Eggman whilst sneaking from behind. The plan works and Sonic manages to kick Eggman's Death Egg Robot square in the face, sending him to the ground.
Eggman, however, emerges unscathed (his robot is still damaged though), though impressed at Sonic for causing him real pain apart from his "loving" parents. Continuing the battle, Eggman sends a large amount of rocks at Sonic. Sonic easily dodges the rocks and sends a blast that destroys them all. Eggman reacts to this by sending a much larger piece of rock flying towards Sonic. This is not as easily dealt with by Sonic, sending him crashing into another large piece of land. Sonic manages to escape though, only for Eggman to surprise Sonic and trap him in his Imprisonment Ball, a round cage of energy that can only be touched by Eggman, and which will explode if touched by anything else.
Eggman knocks Sonic around for a while until Sonic finally touches the ground, turning that part of land into sand dunes. Chucky and Tails start to doubt if Sonic survived the blast, but Knuckles realizes that Sonic was never in any danger, and indeed, Sonic emerges from the dust relatively unharmed. Sonic flies back towards Eggman and they prepare for the third round.
Eggman, confident that he can defeat Sonic, offers to fight him without using his hands. The two resume their fight, and even with Eggman not using his hands, the two are still evenly matched. Meanwhile, on Mobius, Sally is desperate to get to Chidnai to retrieve Chucky, but Maximillian reminds her that the Pod Co spaceship is broken again. Then, Rouge's Father shows up and tells them that the ship has been fixed once more. She and several others begin packing to leave for Chidnai, among them a reluctant Big.
Back on Chidnai, Sonic and Eggman continue to battle furiously. Eggman begins to give Sonic a hard time with his whip, but Sonic turns the tables by grabbing Eggman's whip and using it against him.
Eggman wraps his whip around Sonic's neck to strangle him, but Sonic resorts to drastic measures and uses the Power Shield's lightning mode. With Eggman distracted by the pain of electrocution, Sonic pummels Eggman furiously until Eggman strikes back by punching Sonic back. Sonic gloats triumphantly for forcing Eggman to use his hands, while Eggman decides to stop playing around and fight properly.
Eggman offers Sonic one last chance to join him or die. Sonic understandably refuses, and Eggman reveals that he has been holding back, as Sonic has. Eggman then drops the bombshell by revealing that he has actually been using a mere 1% of his power the entire time. Foolishly believing Eggman to be bluffing, Sonic allows him to power up to 50% of his maximum power (60 million).
Meanwhile, on Mobius, Sally, The Turtle Hermit, Big, Nicole and Hamlin prepare to depart for Chidnai to retrieve Chucky, but the Pod Co spaceship malfunctions before taking off.
Eggman quickly finishes his powering up, and makes good on his word by turning the tables on Sonic and dominating him completely. King Lazaar and the Chaotix sense this from King Lazaar's planet. Espio remains confident that Sonic can win with the Warp attack, but King Lazaar spoils the surprise by telling them that Sonic has been using the Warp 10 the whole time.
Sonic continues to battle Eggman with no success whatsoever, being pummeled around by the tyrant. Finally, Eggman throws Sonic into a lake and stops him from resurfacing until Sonic finally loses consciousness from lack of oxygen. However, a vision of a destroyed Mobius and the deaths of all of his friends from Eggman's hands snaps him awake, and in his rage, he explodes out of the water. Declaring that he will not let Eggman win, Sonic furiously powers up Warp 20 (Energy Level 60 million) attack and topples Eggman's Death Egg Robot. He follows this up with a Warp 20 Turtle Destruction Wave which hits Eggman directly, but Eggman survives the blast, albeit with a singed palm.
Sonic's Warp Turtle Destruction Wave does nothing more than singe Eggman's palm and leave Sonic tired out. Chucky, Tails and Knuckles notice this from afar, and in dark glee, Knuckles remembers King Lazaar's advice to stay away from Eggman at all costs.
Eggman resumes his attack on Sonic and dominates the worn out Nikuhog completely. As Sonic begins to realize that he cannot defeat Eggman, he has another vision, this time of Shadow, who reminds Sonic of his promise to defeat Eggman and avenge the Nikuhogs he has killed. Black Doom and Jules also appear, and the three implore him one last time to stand up to the tyrant. Jules personally goes up to his son to tell him that he had a change of heart near the end of his life and wishes for Sonic to make him proud. After the vision fades, Sonic furiously fights back but is quickly struck back down. Eggman begins hitting Sonic with Death Beams. Sonic takes all this stubbornly, and eventually raises his arms to prepare a final attack, with Eggman ignorantly believing this to be a sign of surrender. Tails, Chucky and Knuckles, however, realize Sonic's intention, and see a Soul Blast growing in the sky.
Sonic continues to gather energy for the Soul Blast. Eggman watches on in curiosity, as do Knuckles, Chucky and Tails. Finally, Eggman begins to grow impatient and starts hitting Sonic to make him retaliate, but Sonic merely keeps his hands in the air, laughing at Eggman's ignorance.
Meanwhile, on King Lazaar's planet, King Lazaar, Vector, Espio and Charmy receive an unwelcome visit by the deceased Bokkun Squad members, Scratch, Decoe, Bocoe and Grounder. As they begin toying around with their fighting poses and testing their abilities by destroying King Lazaar's things, the Chaotix stand up to them. King Lazaar himself emerges and orders the Bokkun Squad to leave, but Scratch cheeks King Lazaar, who then challenges Scratch to a fight. Just then, King Lazaar senses that Sonic is using the Soul Blast.
Finally Eggman's patience with Sonic reaches its end and he begins attacking Sonic relentlessly. Desperate to help Sonic, Knuckles has Chucky and Tails transfer their remaining energy to him in order to hold Eggman off. As Eggman moves in to finish Sonic, he notices the Soul Blast's reflection in the sea and sees it in the sky, realizing what Sonic was up to. Eggman prepares to finish Sonic off with a missile directly between the eyes, but Knuckles jumps in at the last minute and lands a kick in Eggman's face, sending him plunging into the water. Eggman furiously rises back up and sets his eyes on Knuckles.
As Knuckles prepares to hold Eggman off, the Chaotix decide to fight the Bokkun Squad off of King Lazaar's Planet themselves.
Sonic continues gathering the energy for his Soul Blast as Knuckles valiantly attempts to stall Eggman. He attacks Eggman with a barrage of energy blasts, but Eggman is unharmed and brutally subdues Knuckles.
On King Lazaar's planet, Vector, Espio and Charmy begin fighting the Bokkun Squad, with Vector fighting Scratch, Espio fighting Decoe and Bocoe, and Charmy fighting Grounder. At first, it seems the Bokkun Squad has the upper hand, but the Chaotix soon realize that their training with King Lazaar has greatly increased their strength and they turn the tables on the deceased villains.
Knuckles quickly finds himself outmatched completely by Eggman and beaten to the point that he cannot stand up. Eggman prepares to finish Knuckles, but Chucky and Tails each fire an energy blast at Eggman, hitting him but not fazing him in the least. Impressed with his foes' courage yet irritated, Eggman prepares to use a Death Bomb to destroy Chidnai completely. Just then, Sonic finally completes the Soul Blast.
As Eggman rises to fire the Death Bomb, he accidentally moves directly into the Soul Blast's vicinity, giving Sonic the perfect opportunity to launch the Soul Blast. Eggman desperately tries to push the Soul Blast back, but is not strong enough and eventually sucked into the Bomb's center as it explodes. Sonic, Knuckles, Chucky and Tails are blown away in the blast. King Lazaar senses this on his planet, and relays the news to his pupils and the Bokkun Squad, who are delighted and skeptical, respectively.
The Soul Blast's explosion leaves a giant crater on Chidnai's surface, and the only ones who climb out are Chucky and Tails, who are left wondering what has happened to Sonic, Knuckles and Eggman.
As Chucky and Tails are wondering if they are the only ones who survived the Soul Blast, Knuckles suddenly emerges from the water and climbs onto a nearby island with Sonic. Chucky and Tails fly over to their allies and they are reunited.
On King Lazaar's planet, King Lazaar relays the news to the Chaotix, and the Bokkun Squad are skeptical, but the Chaotix continue the battle against them and ultimately force them off the planet and into Hell. Enraged, they try to escape, but only succeed in bumping their heads on the clouds above. King Lazaar then inadvertently reveals that he invited the Bokkun Squad to his planet to give the Chaotix a test.
On Chidnai, Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and Chucky prepare to leave to find Rouge and go back to Mobius. Knuckles openly hopes that Locke and the rest of the Echidnas can now rest in peace. As Tails asks how Knuckles knows about Locke, he freezes upon looking at a nearby cliff. The other fighters look and are also shocked: Eggman is still alive, only with a damaged Death Egg Robot without a whip, and angrier than ever.
Eggman fires a Death Beam at Sonic, but Knuckles pushes him aside and takes the hit; he survives, but is barely alive. With this act, Knuckles' true loyalty is finally revealed: having sacrificed himself for Sonic, he no longer considers him his enemy. Bordering on the edge of his rage, Sonic orders Chucky and Tails to take Knuckles, find Rouge and leave Chidnai immediately. Chucky refuses, but Eggman cuts the argument short by revealing some shocking news, he placed a micro bomb into Tails' body. He pushes a button that renders Tails under his telekinetic control. In an act of retaliation for coming back and slicing his tail, Eggman launches Tails into the air, and despite Sonic's pleas to stop, Eggman detonates the bomb inside Tails, blowing him to smithereens. Then, Eggman snaps the final nerve by threatening Chucky next.
Upon hearing this and already angered by the death of Tails, who now cannot be revived with the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic's rage erupts and he undergoes a strange transformation, resulting in a golden aura, yellow fur, red eyes, and a more Griffisy voice. Sonic angrily orders Chucky to take Knuckles and leave Chidnai with Rouge, and this time, Chucky complies.
Sonic then sets his furious eyes on an astonished Eggman, determined to make him pay for his actions. Eggman trembles with fear.
Although shocked at Sonic's transformation, Eggman very nearly shoots Chucky and Knuckles out of the sky, but Sonic appears in front of him and begins to roughly squeeze the tyrant's hand (despite the difference in size). As Sonic lectures Eggman on his ruthless killing spree and how he can obviously only think about how to destroy him, Eggman groans in pain and struggles to free his hand from Sonic's rough grip. As Eggman struggles to free his hand, a purple-pink energy dome is formed surrounding both of them. Eggman finally wrenches free and scans him once more, only for the scouter to malfunction at 150 million. Eggman realizes that Sonic has become the Super Hedgehog he feared for so long.
On Mobius, as Rouge's Father repairs the ship, The Turtle Hermit senses Sonic's new power, and confides to Big that Sonic is currently battling his own mind in order not to succumb to his new power.
Still enraged about the death of Tails, Sonic attacks Eggman, easily pummeling him around. Frustrated, Eggman throws everything he can at Sonic. He fires a Death Beam straight into Sonic's chin but is unable to harm him, as Sonic dodges it and the others that follow effortlessly, only letting the most powerful one hit him to show off his new power. As Eggman asks Sonic what he has become, Sonic makes the compelling declaration:
"I am a Nikuhog who came from Mobius to exterminate you... I was rather peaceful by nature, but the anger has awakened someone else in me, a legendary warrior... I am Olgilvie Sonic, the Super Hedgehog!"
On a distant, Eggman-owned planet, several workers in the watchtower detect the two huge powers on Chidnai, and to their horror, notice that one of them is bigger than Eggman's. One soldier expresses his delight at the news, since Eggman destroyed his entire race, although he is killed on the orders of the boss, ironically the same race as the traitor. However, Sonic's power proves to be too high and the computers explode, killing everyone inside.
Meanwhile, on Chidnai, Chucky finally reaches Sonic's ship and lays Knuckles there. As he examines Knuckles' wound, a computer screen turns on and Sally and The Turtle Hermit appear on the other side, from the ship on Earth. Chucky relays the news that Eggman killed Tails and Sonic is fighting Eggman, and leaves to find Rouge.
Eggman reminisces about getting hit by the Soul Blast and is enraged even further. When Eggman realizes that he cannot defeat Super Sonic, he resorts to drastic measures and fires a Mega Missile straight into Chidnai's core and the planet disappears behind a blinding light.
King Lazaar detects this on his planet, and fears that Chidnai has been destroyed. However, from Mobius, he is contacted by Athair, who tells him that Sharha is currently searching for the Chaos Emeralds so that they may restore Vector and Espio. Then, King Lazaar realizes that Knuckles must still be alive if Athair is on Mobius. He searches again, and sees that Chidnai is actually still there.
Eggman irritably admits that he held back too much power. As Sonic mocks Eggman for his attempted suicide, Eggman counters by telling him that even if Chidnai explodes and they both survive, Sonic will die and he will not, as he can breathe in the vacuum of space thanks to his robot. Furthermore, he tells Sonic that Chidnai's core has been destroyed and the planet will explode in one hour. Sonic brushes it off, confident that he can beat Eggman within the time limit. Eggman declares his intention to reach his maximum Energy Level and win the fight, and the two charge towards each other to resume their fight.
Within the hour, Chidnai will be completely destroyed. Sonic and Eggman resume their fight, with Sonic dominating, until Eggman launches Sonic underground for a short while. Although Sonic appears again unharmed, Eggman tells him that he is now close to reaching 100% power, and takes advantage of Sonic's Nikuhog instincts to persuade him to let him transform.
As Eggman pushes one more button begins transforming, Chucky finally finds Rouge and gets her to Sonic's spaceship. Rouge is briefly frightened by Knuckles' presence, although he is unconscious, and suggests leaving Knuckles on Chidnai, to Chucky's frustration. Terrified at Chidnai's impending explosion, Rouge attempts to start the ship to leave, but Chucky, despite Sonic's orders to leave, refuses. Rouge grudgingly agrees to wait longer.
King Lazaar telepathically contacts Sonic and implores him to destroy Eggman before he can reach 100%, but Sonic, longing to fight Eggman at his best, refuses, and allows Eggman to complete his transformation, Kyodai Mode. However, King Lazaar appears to have been right when Eggman attacks Sonic and dominates him completely.
As Sonic and Eggman carry on fighting, Sonic finally manages to grab Eggman's fists, mocking him. Eggman breaks free and knees Sonic hard in the stomach, but Sonic quickly recovers and drops the bombshell: he was holding back to see what Eggman was capable of and is now ready to fight back.
Sonic and Eggman continue to fight on Chidnai, with Sonic beginning to get the hang of Eggman's power and fight back, as Chidnai's destruction draws closer.
Meanwhile, on Mobius, Sharha finally gathers all of the Chaos Emeralds and Athair contacts King Lazaar, offering to restore Vector and Espio. However, King Lazaar comes up with an alternate plan: use the Earth's Chaos Emeralds to restore everyone who was murdered by Eggman and his soldiers, which will revive Grand Elder Locke, who actually died of a broken heart due to the pain he felt from Eggman murdering his children, and with him, the Super Emeralds, which someone can then use to wish everyone on Chidnai to Mobius except for Eggman, who will be left to die in the explosion. However, this will require Vector and Espio to stay an extra year with King Lazaar.
As Sonic slowly begins to get the upper hand against Eggman, Eggman becomes enraged to the point that he begins flying towards Sonic at maximum speed. Sonic fires a Turtle Destruction Wave at Eggman as Sharha summons the Chaos Force.
Eggman flies straight into Sonic's Turtle Destruction Wave and a struggle ensues. Overcome by rage, Eggman pushes against the Turtle Destruction Wave as hard as he can, and Sonic powers it up several times to keep Eggman at bay. On Mobius, Sharha makes the wish to revive everyone that has been killed by Eggman and his soldiers, and the Chaos Force grants it, albeit with a bit of difficulty.
Finally, Eggman suddenly flies away from the Turtle Destruction Wave and straight into a distracted Sonic, burying him in a hole hundreds of feet underground, which then explodes with lava. From afar, Chucky feels Sonic's energy signal vanish completely, as if Sonic has died. Rouge implores Chucky to flee Chidnai with her if Sonic has been defeated, but Chucky instead flies off to confront Eggman alone, confident that he may be able to beat the worn out tyrant.
Meanwhile, everyone killed by Eggman and his henchmen wakes up, among them Tikal, Shadow, and Grand Elder Locke but not Tails, and with Locke's revival, the Super Force returns, as he had not yet granted the third wish.
Chucky reaches Eggman as the tyrant prepares to leave Chidnai. In his confidence, Eggman goes back to the Death Egg Robot's normal state and takes Chucky on, easily dominating the young Nikuhog. Finally, Eggman insults Sonic and declares him dead, enraging Chucky. Realizing that Sonic may very well be gone, Chucky attempts to flee, but Eggman intercepts him, having found out that Chucky was trying to delay him so that he would die in Chidnai's explosion. Then, Chucky begins to feel Sonic's energy signal from below. With newfound confidence, Chucky attacks Eggman with multiple punches and launches an Ultimate Demon Flash at him, but it fails to damage Eggman. Impressed, Eggman powers up to Kyodai mode again and prepares to kill Chucky.
However, just then, Sonic emerges from the sea: although he had been injured by Eggman's sneak attack, he hid his energy signal and stayed below long enough to recover his strength. Ordering Chucky to leave Chidnai, and telling him the planet will explode in 30 minutes, Sonic prepares to face Eggman again.
Sonic and Eggman resume their fight, and this time, Sonic has the upper hand, easily scoring a direct hit on the tyrant. With all of Eggman's victims on Chidnai now revived, King Lazaar telepathically contacts Grand Elder Locke and tells him of their plan to use the Super Force's final wish to send everyone on Chidnai to Earth except for Eggman, but Sonic overhears them and interrupts, requesting King Lazaar and Locke that they have the Super Force leave both him and Eggman behind so that Sonic may ensure Eggman's defeat. Although unwilling to see Sonic die, King Lazaar and Guru accept Sonic's request with great reluctance.
Locke telepathically contacts Tikal and instructs her to fly towards the Super Force and make the wish. At the same time, Shadow observes his surroundings and briefly believes he is dreaming, and punches himself in order to convince himself: it hurts. To Shadow's further delight, he sees Sonic and Eggman battling it out furiously, and flies towards them to aid Sonic.
Eggman spots the Super Force from afar and realizes that it still may not be too late to wish for immortality. Eggman flies towards the Super Force and Sonic gives chase, briefly battling the tyrant. Tikal reaches the Super Force first, but Eggman hits Sonic aside and tries to wish for eternal life from the Super Force. However, in his ignorance, he makes the mistake of not making his wish in Echidna language. Tikal makes Locke and King Lazaar's wish in Echidna, which the Super Force agrees to grant. Enraged, Eggman attempts to kill Tikal, but she is sent to Mobius in time. Shadow arrives and briefly sees Sonic as a Super Hedgehog before he too is sent to Mobius along with everyone else on Chidnai, save Sonic and Eggman. Eggman openly wonders as to how Tikal and Shadow can be alive, and Sonic reveals the plan he made with King Lazaar and Locke, irritating Eggman greatly.
As everyone rejoices on Mobius, Eggman tells Sonic that Chidnai will be exploding in a matter of minutes now and berates him for his suicidal decision to stay on Chidnai. Sonic, however, counters that this way he feels much better, now that he can fight Eggman without having to worry about his friends. The two foes descend to the ground to begin the final round of their epic duel.
Sonic and Eggman continue their battle on Chidnai, with only 15 minutes before the explosion. In the Special Zone, King Lazaar explains to Team Chaotix how Eggman damaged Chidnai in a last attempt to kill Sonic.
On Mobius, Grand Elder Locke explains to everyone that they were all wished to Mobius in order to escape from Chidnai's explosion, but Sonic chose to remain on Chidnai in order to ensure Eggman's defeat. Knuckles is shocked and saddened at the news, but touched by Sonic's bravery. He begins reflecting on their past history, starting from when Sonic defeated King Knuckles, which led him to produce the egg from which Knuckles would hatch; their eventual, climactic battle at the World Battle Royale, where despite Knuckles' advantages, Sonic still won, leading Knuckles to believe Sonic was different from the others; their battle against E-101, where Knuckles finally fulfilled his dream of killing Sonic along with E-101, but did not feel as satisfied as he thought he would thanks to Sonic's bravery; and how Sonic's power has now far surpassed Knuckles', but still does not desire more.
Shadow interrupts, claiming Sonic only remained on Chidnai to fulfill his desire for combat. Though he is upset that Sonic will die, he hides it by appearing happy that Sonic will be killed and removed from his life forever. He begins provoking Chucky into fighting with him by insulting Sonic and threatening to bring everyone under his control by wishing for immortality with the Chaos Emeralds, but Knuckles cuts him short, telling him that the Chaos Emeralds, which were used to revive him, have now turned to stone (although for only a year). Shadow is irritated.
Sonic and Eggman's battle escalates to the final phase. During the battle Eggman unleashes his Death Bomb now at full power in attempt to destroy Sonic, but Sonic pushes the Death Bomb out of Chidnai and it explodes. Eggman angrily screams out that only one of them will leave Chidnai alive.
As Chidnai's destruction approaches, Sonic and Eggman battle furiously, each desperate to win, yet neither seems able to beat the other, despite each landing a few good hits. Meanwhile, King Lazaar explains to the Chaotix that most of the hour to Chidnai's explosion is over.
On Mobius, Rouge tries to cheer herself up by predicting Sonic's fate with fortune telling leaves: she draws a circle in the ground and places three leaves inside it, planning to burn them. If they all burn, it means Sonic will return safely. Tikal sets fire to them, but the wind blows them away before they can burn completely. Chucky scoffs at it, confident that Sonic will survive.
After a long, tiring battle, Sonic finally manages to land a final, decisive blow to Eggman's stomach, symbolically ending his reign of terror. Undeterred, Eggman refuses to give up and continues his assault, each time hindered by Sonic. Eventually, Sonic calls off the battle, claiming that since Eggman has slowly been losing his power due to the strain his robot's ultimate form has put on his body, he is now so weakened that he is no longer a threat to him, and thus no longer worth the trouble of fighting. Sonic bids farewell and flies off after advising Eggman never to do wrong again.
Enraged at being defeated and then spared by a Nikuhog, Eggman launches a Homing Energy Buzzsaw at Sonic. The disk grazes Sonic on the cheek as he notices it coming. Furious, Sonic powers back up to his Super Hedgehog form. He then flies around in order to evade the disk, and as a last resort, begins flying towards Eggman.
Sonic draws Eggman's Homing Energy Buzzsaw towards him and flies up at the last second, but Eggman directs the disk to follow Sonic and succeeds in slicing him across the mid-section. However, it turns out to be an afterimage. Irate at being fooled and then being called "weak" by Sonic, Eggman creates a second energy buzzsaw and launches the two at Sonic, who takes off again.
Meanwhile, on Mobius, Shadow is devastated that Sonic is going to die along with Eggman, but hides it by pretending to be ecstatic that his two obstacles in becoming the strongest in the universe will now be removed from his path. He reflects on how he was forced to work for Eggman along with E-123 and E-101 as mercenaries, particularly one assignment where they conquered the a planet in three days, but were greeted with insult and ridicule by Eggman, Orbot and Cubot. Once outside, E-101 revealed to Shadow that Eggman murdered Black Doom and destroyed their home planet (which Shadow actually claimed to already know) and angrily demanded to know how Shadow could continue to work as a cold-hearted mercenary for Eggman. Shadow responded that he cared nothing for his past, but only wished to continue so that he would one day become strong enough to overthrow Eggman and rule the universe himself. E-123 interrupted their conversation at that point though, saying he wanted to go to Dairy Queen.
Shadow proudly declares that the day has arrived, but Chucky, in angry tears, exclaims that Shadow is wrong and Sonic will come back and finish Shadow once and for all.
Back on Chidnai, Sonic tries flying towards Eggman again, only this time, he fires an energy blast directly in front of Eggman's feet, successfully losing the energy disks for good. Sonic resumes his attack on Eggman, pummeling him. As Eggman prepares to retaliate, he is sliced in half by one of the disks from behind, losing his Death Egg Robot's legs and his left arm, despite Sonic's attempts to warn him. King Lazaar senses this from his planet and is shocked at such an outcome for the battle.
As Eggman lies with his robot dying, Sonic prepares to leave Chidnai, but Eggman abandons his pride and begs Sonic for mercy. Sonic initially refuses, on the basis that Eggman has killed countless people who were in his position in the past, and angrily questions why he should show mercy when Eggman has shown nothing but terror, but Sonic ultimately cannot find it in his heart to leave his enemy to die so pathetically, and thus gives him some of his own energy to help him survive, despite King Lazaar insisting otherwise.
Eggman, now with his robot recovered following Sonic's giving him energy to survive being cut by the disk, rises up and cheekily asks Sonic what he should do with it, but Sonic retaliates by telling Eggman to leave and contemplate his humiliating defeat.
On Mobius, Locke realizes that it is now time for him to die again, this time of natural causes. The Echidnas gather around Locke to pay him their final respects (and, to their fury, realize that no one from the Green Super Emerald village is present, since they were murdered by Shadow and not Eggman, and thus not brought back). Locke passes the power of the Super Emeralds to the second eldest Echidna, Pachacamac, and disappears after bidding his children farewell. Chucky reflects on how Locke unlocked his hidden potential to help him do battle with the Bokkun Squad. Chucky, Tikal and Knuckles promise not to let Locke down, and regret how Tails could not see this. Tikal then tells them that Tails can be revived with the Super Emeralds, since the Super Force can revive someone more than once as long as the death was not natural. Chucky is delighted with the news, and even happier since this will apply to Charmy as well.
On Chidnai, Eggman continues to taunt Sonic about how he won the battle so heroically, yet he will be the one to die while Eggman will live on. Sonic ignores him and flies off to find a way off Chidnai. Just then, Eggman is riddled with memories of how he first met Sonic, toyed with him, allowed him to unlock his potential and was defeated by him. Blinded by rage, Eggman uses the last of his strength to fire an energy beam at Sonic from behind, but Sonic sees it at the last minute. Finally deciding to not spare the space tyrant, a furious Sonic fires his own beam back at Eggman, which hits him fair and square, apparently obliterates the evil tyrant and avenging billions of people across the universe.
After defeating Eggman, Sonic flies desperately through planet Chidnai, searching for a way off the dying planet. Meanwhile, King Lazaar relays the news to the Chaotix that Sonic defeated Eggman, but breaks up the celebration by telling them that Chidnai is on the verge of exploding and Sonic might not make it off in time.
Sonic finally manages to find Eggman's spaceship, although it is in pretty bad shape. Despite this, Sonic enters and searches for the control room. Eventually he finds it and switches it on, activating the launch sequence. Unfortunately, Eggman's previous claim of Shadow having wrecked the ship beyond repair proves to be true: the ship dies in the middle of starting up, and Sonic only barely manages to escape the ship as it falls into a pool of lava. The ensuing explosion puts a strain on King Lazaar's senses, rendering him unable to sense Sonic anymore. Sonic is left stranded on Chidnai as the planet finally explodes, vanishing completely from the face of the galaxy.
King Lazaar, once his senses recover, searches the universe but cannot find Chidnai or Sonic anywhere. Vector uses King Lazaar's telepathic link to contact Rouge on Mobius and tell her that Sonic defeated Eggman but did not make it off Chidnai in time. Rouge, however, seems unconcerned, gleefully telling Vector that they can revive Sonic and Tails with the Super Emeralds, since the Super Force can revive someone multiple times (unless the person died of natural causes). Unfortunately, King Lazaar spoils the celebration once again: the Super Force can only revive someone back to the place they died, which means he would send Sonic and Tails back to Chidnai, or rather, where Chidnai used to be, where they would just die again from the lack of oxygen.
Hope seems lost for Sonic and Tails. Chucky, Shadow, Knuckles and Rouge are left devastated. Shadow hides his remorse for Sonic's apparent death by pretending to be pleased and boasting about it. This time, Chucky becomes enraged to the point that he challenges Shadow to a fight. Despite landing a few good hits, Shadow subdues Chucky and is only stopped from hurting him more when Knuckles intervenes. Frustrated at Chucky's inability to face the truth like a man, Shadow turns away. Tikal heals Chucky's injuries, but all are still emotionally hurt from the loss of their friend.
As the Freedom Fighters contemplate the apparently permanent loss of Sonic and Tails, Shadow comes up with a solution: wish Sonic and Tails to Mobius' Check-In Station in the Special Zone and then wish them back to life, in which case they would be brought to Mobius. Chucky and Rouge are ecstatic, and Rouge shows her gratitude to Shadow by offering him to stay with her family at Pod Co along with the other Echidnas, the latter namely because that's pretty much the only place they wouldn't be out of place due to their extraterrestrial origins on Mobius. Shadow, however, claims it is only because he wants Sonic to show him how to become a Super Hedgehog. Meanwhile, Sally and the others arrive. Chucky is finally reunited with his mother.
Over the next 4 months,, the Echidnas adjust well to their life on Mobius (Pachacamac learns to play golf, the young Echidnas learn poker and Captain Bokkun lords over the pond creatures in Rouge's gardens). The Namekian Chaos Emeralds finally regenerate thanks to Grand Elder Locke passing his power to Pachacamac before dying, and has even been taught how to speak English. The Super Force is summoned once again. The first wish is used to bring Sonic and Tails to the Check-in station, but the Super Force only does it for Tails, stating that since Sonic is actually still alive, he cannot send Sonic there as doing so would kill him. The next wish is used to restore Tails to life, and the third wish is to bring Sonic back to Mobius. However, Sonic contacts the Super Force and requests not to be sent back, as he plans to return by himself sometime. Irritated (and at the same time desperate to learn how to become a Super Hedgehog), Shadow steals a Pod Co spaceship and leaves to search for Sonic alone. Also greatly disappointed is The Turtle Hermit, who insinuates that Sonic is only scared of coming home to face Sally, who in his words, is the "one thing more powerful than a Super Hedgehog", although Sally's explosive temper and implied threat to stab him with a sword for that remark makes him recant immediately. The Mobians then use their last wish to restore Vector.
Another 4 months later, the Super Force is summoned again. The first wish is to revive Charmy, the second wish to bring back Espio, and the third to wish the Echidnas to a distant, vacant planet discovered by King Lazaar to have a similar atmosphere to Chidnai. After bidding a tearful farewell to Chucky, Tikal vanishes from the Mobius along with the other Echidnas, and the Super Force and the Super Emeralds follow.
With the Freedom Fighters' long mission to revive their fallen comrades now complete, life for everyone returns to normal on Mobius for now. Deep in space, Shadow was happy that he could go wherever he wanted to train with no interruptions. He then receives a phone call on the ship's "phone". The caller turned out to be E-123, who was also brought back to life (since the wish was to bring back everyone killed by Eggman and his men, and Shadow worked for Eggman when he killed E-123). E-123 revealed that he was a producer in Hollywood working on a project that he himself wrote. E-123 then asks Shadow to give him a call when he returns to Mobius and hangs up. "Goddamn it Omega".
