Here we are once again. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out, but I am working on the next chapter as we speak! So please enjoy!

PS: Sonic Characters and Locations (c) SEGA. Slick the Wolf (c) my friend Slick.


"We clear on the plan?"

"Crystal."

"Good. Keep an eye out for anything beyond the ordinary." Shadow said into his wrist communicator.

"Careful guys; we've dealt with a lot of dangerous things in the past, but nothing's ever come close to this." Sonic advised.

"If we want this to end we need to track it where it all began." Shadow examined the corridors, followed by Rouge and the Commander, while Sonic, Slick and Tails covered the other half of the base; the same base where Tails Doll was unleashed upon the city. The commander had his gun drawn at all times, not wanting to take any chances. "Look for any clues or weaknesses." Shadow said quietly.

"Easier said than done." Rouge muttered. Shadow shot her a glare." Just being realistic."

"Don't start you two; that's an order." The commander said. "Security Room's this way." The three moved along the corridors cautiously, half expecting something to jump out of the shadows.


"You gonna be ok?" Sonic asked Slick, shining his light down the empty corridors. The wolf was trying his best to keep his composure.

"Yeah."

"If you don't want to do this you don't have to." Tails said.

"Really don't have a choice here. I'm in this as deep as you guys." Slick said. "Can't really leave if I wanted too, besides….I need closure."

"Sorry you got dragged into this mess." Sonic said sincerely. "You know where we're going right?"

"Yeah. The closed off sector is this way. You can't miss it."

"Why's it closed off?" Tails asked.

"It's where G.U.N stores failed equipment or anything dangerous that they find when they go raiding." Slick explained. "Eggman has a whole hallway to himself."

"So is that how the doll got here?"

"Possibly. It depends on what room it was in."


On the other side Shadow kicked in the door to the security room.

"Ok the tapes should still be here. Look them all over; we've had to miss something." Rouge said, forcing tapes into players. Fast forwarding several tapes at once help speed up the process.

"Not seeing anything." The commander noted.

"Keep looking! There has to be something here." Shadow said. Several more tapes later didn't bring anything out of the ordinary to light, then Rouge saw something out of the corner of her eye.

"Play this tape back." Shadow pressed the rewind button, then played it back. "There!" Rouge passed the tape on one frame of footage. The frame clearly showed Tails Doll breaking out of a room.

"How does this help?" The commander asked.

"That room in the closed of Sector." Rouge pointed at the room number. "That's one of Eggman's rooms."

"So Eggman did make the doll." Shadow said.

"You would think these tapes would have more information though." Rouge said frustrated.

'BOOM'

The three looked in the direction of the noise, then into the security monitor. "The front door was locked..." Shadow said. Someone or something forced the door right off its hinges.

"Dear God..." The commander noted. "The front door had an encrypted code lock. Only the strength of Omega could break it."

"Come in Sonic." Rouge said into the communicator.

"What was that?"

"We're not alone here anymore." Then the lights began to flicker. "Stupid lights, always faulty." Then it slowly dawned on Rouge. "We never turned the lights on….." Shadow looked at the monitors, but just missed something moving on it.

"Are you guys near us?"

"No; we're all the way on the other side." Sonic waved into a camera to prove his point. The commander loaded a clip into his gun then peeked out the door.

"All clear."

"Sonic, both the doll and EXE might be here." Rouge said.

"We know...we're looking right at one."


10 Minutes Earlier...


"What can we use to pry these boards off?" Slick asked. The three made it into the closed off Sector, and were now trying to enter its many rooms.

"Maybe we can yank them off if their loose enough." Tails suggested.

"Worth a try." Sonic said taking hold of a board. "Grab hold you two." His partners took gold and with a mighty heave, yanked the board free. "Next board." For the next few minutes the three yanked off enough boards for them to slip into the first room.

"Nothing here." They moved on to the next room, and the next room but it was the third room they hit pay dirt.

"Dusty." Tails noted before sneezing. "Really dusty."

"So we weren't allowed back here to clue so sue us!" Slick said.

"Hey guys, check this out." Sonic shined his light into a closet with a hole in the door. "It must've been placed in here."

"Slick you said you and your pals found an old phonograph right?"

"Yeah. Same night this all began."

"There has to be a connection between those events." Sonic said.

'BOOM'

The three mobians froze in place, before looking down the corridor. "Come in Sonic." Rouge's voice said over the communicator.

"What was that?" Sonic answered.

"We're not alone here anymore."

"Ok you two it's time to leave." Sonic said. Then lights began to flicker. Tails slowly looked up.

"I thought only the security room had power." He said.

"It does." Slick said. Then Shadow came back onto the communicator.

"Are you guys near us?"

"No we're near the other side." Sonic then waved up into a camera to prove his prove his point.

"Ok, we are leaving!" Tails insisted. He got three feet out the sector when the communicators began emitting a static sound.

"Shadow? Rouge? Is that you?" Sonic asked, only to receive static back. Tails began turning the dials in an attempt to get the signal back. "Come in Shadow. Come in Rouge. Anyone?!" The static stopped as suddenly as it came.

"That wasn't me." Tails said. Then they heard it. The laughter that could only came from one being...

"Sonic, both the doll and EXE might be here." Rouge said. over the communicator.

"We know." Sonic answered as the three turned, facing the direction they just came from. "We're looking right at one." Down at the end of the hall stood the evil Sonic look alike: EXE. It simply smiled at the three with blood streaking down from it's black and red eyes.

"FoUnD yOu..." It cackled.

"Dont. Move. A. Muscle." Sonic said to his terrified friends. EXE tilted it's head at the mobians. "Run. Down the hall behind us. On my signal." Sonic said. His friends nodded carefully. EXE then showed it's razor teeth at the three, then it began floating off the ground.

"I wAnNa PlAy..."

"NOW!" Sonic yelled. The three quickly turned 180 then booked it away from the evil entity. EXE let out it's laughter, then began floating after the three, happy to play it's favorite game. Slick made the mistake of turning around.

"It's gaining on us!" Sonic glanced back as EXE had it's arm extended towards them.

"In here!" Tails ran into an unlocked room, slamming the door behind him as his friends ran inside. "Stairs!" The kitsune used his tails to keep his friends from tumbling down a flight of stairs. "I think we're safe here..." They nearly fell down the stairs and EXE rammed the door. Sonic threw his weight against it.

"It's locked but it wont hold for long!"

"Shadow! Come in!" Slick begged into the blue hedgehog's communicator.


"Those three are either brave, or the biggest fools around." The commander commented, looking at the security feed of Sonic, Tails and Slick stareing down the demonic eyes of EXE. Then the three turned and ran.

"They cant outrun that thing." Shadow said, looking out the door for any activity. No sign of anything...yet. "That doll is here somewhere."

"It's possible it could be toying with us." Rouge guessed at Slick's frantic voice filled the communcatiors.

"Shadow! Come in!"

"What's going on?"

"That thing has us pinned down!" Slick answered. A muffled thud was heard as EXE rammed the door again. "We dont know how long that door will hold!" Shadow though on his next course of action.

"Hold out as long as you can. I'm on my way." He pulled out his famous pistol and loaded a fresh clip inside.

"Shadow be reasonable here." The commander said.

"I am."

"Shadow you just cant go running out there with guns blazing!" Rouge said concerned.

"Look we dont ha-" A cackle cut the hedgehog off. Rouge peeked out the door.

"There's nothing out there." She said quietly.

"Then where..." Shadow stopped, then slowly looked up. He spotted a metal air vent grate on the ceiling. The sound of scraping metal oozed out of it. "Smart little bastard." He whispered. The vent promptly flew off as Tails Doll lunged out. "MOVE!" Shadow yelled, firing a shot at the demonic doll. It leaped at Shadow, but with his years of training under his belt, rolled out of the way, causing the doll to spear it's claws into the electrical monitors. The doll began violently convulsing by the amount of voltage being pumped into it.

"Not so smart now!" Rouge taunted. The doll turned right at her, then did something it couldnt do until now.

"Is it growing?!" The commander asked as right before their eyes the Tails Doll grew to the size of the real Tails. "Move!" The G.U.N agents fled from the room, pulling the door shut as the doll freed itself. It screeched out, then began clawing at the door.

"Hold it shut!" The three pulled on the door with their combined might. The commander pressed up against the door in an attempt to get a better grip. With a blood curdling hiss, the Tails Doll pierced the door with its enlarged claws...and stabbing the Commander in the process.

"Hmpt!" He fell backwards, clutching his stomach in hopes of keeping his insides from falling out. While Rouge set him against the wall, the doll peeked out the hole in the door.

"CaN yOu FeEl ThE sUnShInE?" Shadow poked his gun throw the hole and fired point blank range at it's face. The doll screeched out before breaking out the window.

"Did you fell that? Shadow asked before turning his attention to his wounded commander.

"I cant stop the bleeding.," Rouge said putting pressure on the wound. The commander began coughing up blood.

"Go."

"Sir you're gonna be fine." Shadow insisted. The commander grabbed Shadow's arm.

"No...no! It's to...to late for me. You have...to stop them...fix my mistake..." The commander coughed. "Go...thats an order!" The two mobians looked at each other before looking back at their boss.

"Sorry...I'm so sorry." Shadow said. The commander nodded, before emitting one last cough. Rouge closed his eyes. Then the cry of the Tails Doll filled the air. "Let's move." The ebony hedgehog said to the albino bat.

"Shadow where are you?!" Slick asked over the communicator.

"What room are you in?" Rouge asked as she and Shadow moved as quickly as they could.

"The Cargo Room I think!"

"So MaNy SoUls So LiTtLe TiMe!" EXE cackled while fighting the door. Shadow heard it clearly.

"Shadow we can take the maintenance tunnels to reach them."

"Here!" Shadow pulled the tunnel door open. Somewhere behind them the Tails Doll screamed. "We're on our way!"

"It should be down here!" Rouge flew down the tunnel as Shadow skated along. "Sonic! Tails! Slick! Can you here me?!" She called out.

"Here!" Someone kicked a door. Shadow yanked said door open.

"About time!" Sonic said as EXE rammed the door again.

"Up the ramp! It should take us outside!" Shadow said. "I can teleport us from there!"

"Where's the commander?" Tails asked.

"He didnt make it." Shadow let the information sink in. "Move it! The doll is right behind us." The door behind began shaking violently to prove his point.

"He's here!" Sonic said, finally letting his door go. The mobians began scrambling up the ramp, but Tails spotted something.

"What's the cart for?" He asked looking at the shipping cart.

"For transporting equipment out undercover. Why?" Rouge asked.

"Load it up! I got an idea!"

"This outta be good." Sonic said throwing heavy items in. Once loaded up them mobians dragged it to the top of the ramp.

"Wait for it..." Tails said as The Tails Doll yanked it's door open. Gliding into the room, it stopped at the base of the stairs as EXE ripped it's door open.

"FoUnD...yOu?" For the first time since their terror began the two symbols of horror locked eyes. EXE was expecting the mobians, not a doll. Tails Doll didnt know what to think of EXE either. The evil Sonic look alike tilted its head at the doll, for the first time confused. Tails Doll returned the favor, sizing EXE up.

"Hey you!" The doll turned ans was promptly steam rolled fy the cart, screeching as it was smashed into the wall.

"Chaos Control!" Shadow teleported them away to safety while EXE descended the stairs. Instead of following the mobians, it turned at the cart. It yanked the cart away like it was filled with pillows, only to find Tails Doll had disappeared. It listened for a moment, then began down the tunnel.