Hey everyone, I'm back! And with the chapter that everyone (or at least the...co auther? I think that's what she'd be called...) has been waiting for! Sorry this is a little short, but I couldn't help myself but end this chapter here. I hope this makes up for the long wait for the last chapter. Enough of my chatter, on with the story!


"That was quite the house that Alexiss and Ana have." Sonic said, the rest of the Sonic Heroes nodding in agreement, everyone in Tails' house since Alexiss was still asleep at her house even though it was 11am. "For some reason I'm not surprised though." Eclipse stated, the Sonic Heroes again nodding in agreement. "Yeah. It's weird...but it feels like they belong there or something." Sonic added, nodding slightly.
A sudden, very familiar, beeping brought everyone's attention to Eclipse. She looked down at her wrist communicator, suddenly realising that she had forgotten to turn it off before coming to Tails' today. "Oh geez, I totally forgot...I have to get going. I'll be back in a while." Eclipse said, running quickly out of the house before disappearing, not able to come up with a valid excuse in her semi-paniced state.

She reappeared on top of her house, putting up her armour quickly. "Hello?" Eclipse asked in the familiar voice. "Hey Shadow. We have to infiltrate Eggman's new base. I'll send you the location and meet you there in a half hour." Rouge said. "Roger." Eclipse said simply, waiting for the location to be transmitted before the cut off the communication. Eclipse looked at the location, realising it was maybe 15 minutes away at top speed. "Might as well run there." She muttered to herself, jumping off of the roof and starting to run at top speed, absently noting that she was moving faster then usual.

Alexiss looked tiredly over at her cell phone, which was placed beside her on the bed. She looked at it for a moment before grabbing it and answering it. "Alexiss Phai speaking." Alexiss said absently. "Hey Alexiss. I know you were asleep but I'd like you and Ana to meet me at Eggman's new base in about 30 minutes. I have the feeling Shadow and I will be needing you for our infiltration." Rouge explained to the sleepy fox-girl. Alexiss yawned, sitting up in her bed as Ana slammed her door open the moment Alexiss had fully sat up. "Of course Ms. Rouge. We'll be there, I promise." Alexiss said, smiling even though Rouge couldn't see it. "Thanks. See you two later." Rouge said, ignoring the 'Ms. Rouge' part. "See you soon Ms. Rouge." Alexiss said before hanging up.
"What was that about?" Ana asked, flying up to Alexiss suddenly. "Rouge needs us for an infiltration mission on Eggman's new base." Alexiss explained, stretching before flying to her closet to grab her usual outfit. "How long till we have to be there?" Ana asked. "A half hour." Alexiss said simply, looking for her shoes, as they seemed to be missing. "What?! But Eggman's new base is at least an hour's flight away!" Ana yelled. "That's why we're going to Chaos Control there." Alexiss said, pulling out the red Chaos Emerald out of seemingly nowhere, before it disappeared again. "How long have you had that?" Ana asked suspiciously. "Since we appeared in this world. It was in my laptop bag." Alexiss said simply, pulling out her shoes as she had finally found them. "And if things go the way I wrote, then this will be a very interesting assignment for us." Alexiss said with a smirk, before flying into her bathroom.

Rouge was standing a block or so from the base, not wanting to be discovered before the others got there. Shadow's been acting really weird lately...well not weird, just...happier? Yeah, I think that's it. He's happier. He has been since...around the time Eclipse showed up actually. I'll have to ask him if he has a girlfriend or something. Rouge thought, smiling slightly at the thought of Shadow having a girlfriend, having no idea how wrong she was.

Alexiss and Ana appeared a little ways from the base, Alexiss obviously quite happy that she was able to Chaos Control as she had hoped. The two quickly took to the air, knowing that if they didn't hurry they'd be late, flying at full speed to where they were to meet Rouge and Shadow.

"We're here Ms. Rouge." Alexiss said as she landed in front of Rouge and Shadow, Ana landing beside her. Out of the corner of her eye Alexiss saw a look of shock on Shadow's face before it quickly disappeared. "Who are they?" He asked Rouge angrily, acting as if Alexiss and Ana weren't standing directly in front of him. "They're friends of mine. I thought it'd be a good idea to bring them along, in case something goes wrong. They're both good fighters." Rouge explained. "...Fine." Shadow said simply, turning and looking at the building. Rouge pulled out a map of it, pointing to the place they were at. "We're here, and the place we need to get to is....right here." Rouge said, pointing to a place 5 floors lower then where they currently were. "They're probably be a lot of security, so we have to be careful." Rouge warned. "Right." Alexiss and Ana said in unison, nodding. "Alright, Shadow and I will go this way, and you two will go that way. We'll meet up here and go to our objective from there." Rouge ordered, the two girls nodding again. "Let's go." Shadow said simply, walking carefully into the building with Rouge following close behind. Alexiss and Ana took to the sky once more, flying quickly over the building. "Did you manage to memorise all that?" Ana asked as they flew over the building carefully. "Yeah. Don't worry, just follow me and everything will be fine." Alexiss answered.

Alexiss and Ana quickly flew into the back entrance of the base, expertly dodging the security and cameras. It didn't take long for them to meet where Rouge had specified. "Alright, let's go." Rouge said, taking the lead, Shadow, Alexiss and Ana following close behind, in that order. Won't be long now. Yes, soon...as soon as we get out of here. Alexiss thought excitedly, though she didn't show this for fear of drawing Rouge or Shadow's attention even if they were in front of her.

The group ran as quickly as they could out of the base, having gotten the information from the master computer, which was their mission. They quickly made it out, Alexiss and Ana taking to the sky as they felt more comfortable this way, since they were faster when flying. Now. Alexiss thought, an explosion from a few feet in front of the group stopping them instantly. From the explosion came an E-1007 Heavy Egg Hammer, causing Alexiss, Ana and Rouge to gulp slightly. "This isn't good..." Ana muttered, Alexiss and Rouge nodding in agreement. Not only was the thing armoured, but it's armour was armoured! It was impossible to hurt the thing! "Well, I don't really think it matters! We might as well die fighting!" Alexiss said determinedly, summoning her tonfas. Ana nodded, summoning her ball and chain, Rouge getting in a fighting position.
"Take thing you hunk of armoured junk!" Ana yelled suddenly and angrily, spinning the chain above her head before throwing it at the robot. It didn't have nearly the effect she had hoped, as all it did was bounce off of the armour. "Ok, plan B. Try this robot!" Alexiss yelled, jumping up incredibly high until she was over the robot's head, slamming her tonfas down on its head with all her strength. It was just as she'd thought, the head wasn't armoured at all. The bot's body slowly cracked inside it's armour, before breaking in half along with it's armour. "Too easy." Alexiss said simply as she landed, sighing in boredom. Her boredom didn't last long though, as a beam shot towards Rouge. "Rouge! Look out!" Alexiss cried without using the Ms. part, Rouge turning to see what was headed towards her, only to freeze up when she saw it. Just as the beam was about to hit Rouge Shadow appeared in front of her, taking the hit for her. "Shadow!" Rouge yelled in worry and shock. I hope her armour is enough to withstand that beam. Alexiss though, slightly worried for the hedgehog. When the beam finally stopped Shadow was still standing, seemingly perfectly fine except he was huffing and puffing. "Chaos...Spear!" Shadow yelled, sending in the direction that the beam had come from. The explosion from a little ways out of sight told the group that Shadow had hit his mark.

Suddenly Shadow's body began to tremble violently, his breathing getting more laboured. "Mr. Shadow? Are you alright?" Alexiss asked in worry. Before he could answer pieces of his skin and fur began to fall off his body. Her armour's breaking! Alexiss thought excitedly, though it had an undertone of worry for the hedgehog. After a few seconds Eclipse was in Shadow's place, her body still trembling and she didn't seem to realise that her armour was gone. "Eclipse?!" Rouge yelled in shock, causing the female hedgehog to turn slowly to her, smiling apologetically. "Sorry I...didn't tell you...Please...don't tell..." Eclipse said, before everything suddenly went black, and she heard everyone calling her name before she felt herself slam into the cold ground and all senses stopped working.


Yeah, I know. Horrible place to end it. But I couldn't help it! It was the PERFECT cliff hanger moment! Well, you'll just have to wait until the next chapter to see what happens. See you then! -runs away before angry fans can kill me-