Shadow, Rouge, and Fang descended upon the jungle base with stealth and ease. Rouge, still upset about Fang, shot her a distasteful look as they continued inward. Shadow, on the other hand, started to talk to Fang and try to get to know more about her.

"You seem different from the other GUN agents," Shadow stated.

"I'm not like the others. I've been trained to my upmost limits," Fang said with a bitter tone, "You wouldn't even begin to understand the things I went through. What I had to give up. What she had to give up…"

"She?" Rouge asked, "Who is this other person?"

Fang stared over at Rouge for a second, then turned away. "We should be close to the center of the base by now."

The trio looked down through the vents they had crawled through to see Eggman and Nack talking to each other. "I got what you wanted, Dr. E, so where's my payment for all of this?"

"Calm yourself, Nack," Eggman stated, "I am incredibly grateful for your capture of the Staff of Gaia and that annoying hedgehog's stupid uncle."

Tied up over in the corner was a blue hedgehog wearing a pair of spectacles on his head. It was Uncle Chuck!

"Could that be… Sonic?" Rouge inquired.

"No… That isn't Sonic. It's his Uncle, Charles the Hedgehog," Shadow said.

"Charles Hedgehog? I think I remember reading about him in the GUN database," Fang remarked, "He's supposed to be a master inventor. He's helped GUN on several occasions."

"Well, look who's done her homework," Rouge retorted, "Stay back, wolf girl. I'll show you how a real femme fatale gets things done."

With that, she kicked open the vent and dropped in on Nack and Eggman, knocking Nack out with a drill kick.

"Rouge the Bat. I must say, I'm surprised you got here, but you are too late."

"Where's the Master Emerald, Doctor?"

"I must apologize, but it isn't here. You'll never find it fast enough, I'm afraid. In the meantime, why don't you come on down here, Shadow."

Shadow and Fang jumped down from the vents and prepared for the fight. Eggman looked over at Fang and smiled. "Well, who is this? I expected to find my failed robot with you."

"I'm Fang the Wolf, and you are about to get bit!" Fang snarled.

"Oh, I'm so scared." Eggman stated sarcastically, "Metal Sonic, bring in my newest creation to show to these three. They're in for a big surprise."

Tails parked the Tornado while Gamma, Omega, and Sonic started to go inside. Commander Tower was there to welcome them as they came inside. "Welcome, Sonic and friends. Omega, it's good to see you back here in one piece."

"VITAL FUNCTIONS AT 89%. HOWEVER, WEAPONS SYSTEMS OFFLINE. PERMISSION TO GO TO REPAIR BAY?" Omega stated.

"Permission granted, Omega. We'll have you back and ready for action soon enough." He turned to Gamma. "Gamma, it is good to see you here with us."

"IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED. COMMANDER ABRAHAM TOWER. IT IS AN HONOR TO MEET YOU, SIR. I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO JOIN GUN AND ASSIST TEAM DARK ON MISSIONS."

"Good to hear that, Gamma. You go and rest as well. We'll have you ready for your first mission soon."

As the two robots left to the repair bay, Tower turned to face Sonic. "I can't thank you enough for your heroism, Sonic. Without you, Station Square, and even all of Mobius would fall to the hands of evil."

"No problem, Sir. I'm always willing to lend a hand."

Suddenly, Tower looked over and gasped at Scarlett who had just walked in from helping Tails. "It… It's you!"

Scarlett looked confused at Tower as the Commander continued. "Ever since Eggman exploded Mobius to release Dark Gaia, we've not been able to find you!"

Sonic looked over at the Commander confusingly. "Commander Tower, what's going on?"

Before Tower could begin, a transmittion came from the main computer. "This is Rouge the Bat of Team Dark. We are under attack! I repeat! ZZRT…"

"Rouge! Rouge! What's your situation?" Tower shouted.

"In Egg… base. Under at… Eggman has… Shadow… We're in danger…" The transmittion blacked out.

"Damn it! We don't have any man-power to waste on this mission."

"Sir," Sonic stated, "we can take care of rescuing Team Dark."

"Thank you, Sonic. We don't know what we're up against, so be careful."

"Hey, nothing can beat Team Sonic," Knuckles stated.

"Good luck to all of you," Tower hesitated and turned to Scarlett. "I'll make sure to explain all this, Scarlett."

Scarlett, surprised that Tower knew her name, paused for a moment. However, Tails put a hand on her shoulder and the team ran toward the Tornado.

Notes: Mysterious, eh? How is it possible that Commander Tower knew Scarlett? You'll figure out soon enough. Fang also said something rather suspicious. Could there be some kind of connection? Anywho, next chapter, Team Sonic goes off to rescue Team Dark.