In stealth, the Shining Beacon approached a nearby world.

"Mobius huh? You're sure Flux is on Sonic's world?" Zoro asked.

"Yeah. The villain blogs online say that he uses Eggman's lair as a repair dock. He's having minor repairs done to his ship as we speak." Sci-Twi said.

"I dont think this is a good idea, guys." Titanica said.

"I know it isnt but it's the only way to get to Jexi in time. If Cosmo man gets to him, its the end of the Dimensional Heroes. But we still have Hope, and that hope is us." Hope said.

"But Hope, Flux's ship is packed with top of the line security and tons of robots, including those Pseudoroids. It's nearly impossible to get in and out." Yosuke said.

"Yeah. But I realized on the way here that I also needed a spy for my Squad. Not a lot out there, but I found one."

"Who is it?" Sci-Twi asked.

"He's a lifelong partner of Vector, and top notch ninja. Espio the Chameleon. We need to stop by the Chaotix Detective Agency." Hope said.

At the agency, the two remaining agents, Espio the Chameleon and Charmy be were sitting around. Albeit charmy, who was just moving like crazy.

"How long are you going to keep flying around the agency Charmy?" Espio asked.

"I can't help it. I'm so bored. Vector gets to have all the fun. Hanging out with those hero guys he's always bragging about." Charmy whined.

"I know. Without Vector around all the time, things have been really quiet." Espio said.

Suddenly the door opened and hope and his group walked in.

(Cue- Sonic Heroes Team Chaotix Theme)

"Hey, youre that guy who hangs out with those heroe's every chance he gets." Charmy said.

"Used to. I got my own team now. Listen, I need your help with something really important." Hope said.

"Were gonna take Amadeus Flux's time machine from his ship and head back in time to help Jexi. If Cosmoman suceeds with his rally plan and disables Jexi, everyone on the team, including Vector, will be history. Permanently." Fuyunyan said.

"Hmm. This is indeed serious. I take it this is why you want to hire us?" Espio asked.

"That, and you two havent gotten a lot of action since vector was snatched during the underworld crisis. Ever since I've been helping, I was thinking, what is Vector with out the rest of you two?" Hope asked.

"A loud mouth croc who loves money and gets beaten up by kangaroos?" Charmy asked.

"That's why I came. I realized at the last second I needed a team spy, and possibly one of the best fliers here." Hope said.

"Where's the best flier?" Charmy asked.

"He's talking about you, Charmy." Espio said.

"Oh my gosh. I am! Yes! Let's do it! Let's steal a time machine!" Charmy said excitedly.

"I guess now you've got your team, Hope." Fuyunyan said.

"Yeah. And everyone has thier part and their lives to add to it." Hope said.

"We also have something you might be interested in after this." Espio said handing over a file. In side was a picture of Yakkai.

"Yakkai?" Hope asked.

"He's been sighted on multiple worlds, searching for something called a Classic. We know where he'll be heading soon, but it's still some time away." Espio said.

"Dreamland…" Hope said.

"Its suppose to be a harmless little world, but it could turn to chaos if Yakkai reaches it." Espio said. "However, we have at least a few days before he makes it there. We should be able to save your friends before that time."

"Okay. Let's go get ourselves a time machine." Hope said.

"Yeah, lets gooo!" Charmy said.

It was in the dead of night as most of the villains had retired to their beds as the heroes scouted out the ship.

"Okay. Last one's in bed, meaning the security system's gone active." Espio said.

"Move in. And no one do anything stupid." Alisa said.

Slowly making their way into the ship, they scouted left and right as they moved through the ship. "Now where would he keep a time machine?" Hope wondered.

"If I were Flux, I'd probably have it in the lab with all the other creations." Sci-Twi said.

"Good call." Hope said.

They moved to the lab door as Espio looked over a map. "Wait, I just realized something. The lab also functions as…" Espio said before they opened the doors to see a bed and a sleeping Flux. "Flux's bedroom."

"Everyone, stay quiet." Hope said sneaking over to the machine.

"Careful…" Erica said as hope approached it.

"Easy…" Hope said trying to lift it up but couldn't. "Damn it. Its bolted into the ground."

"Okay, here comes the hammer." Nana said lifting it up.

The rest shook their heads no as she smashed it into the ground. This knocked the machine loose, but…

"Well, well well. If it isn't the time thief fairies." Flux said digging under his pillow as he pulled out a gun.

"You sleep with a gun under your pillow?" Gemini said.

"Of course. Never know when your life is in danger." Flux said. "Now Hope, I'm only gonna say this once… hand over Project B, now. You can keep Cosmo Man if you wish, but I want that project you stole from me. If you hand it over, I'll let you and your idiot companions go. Don't and I'll trigger the lockdown."

"We don't have your stupid project!" Hsien-Ko said.

"I'm not talking to you, Jiangshi. I'm talking to blue boy. I know you stole it. You're the only one stupid enough to attempt to steal it." Flux said.

"For the last time, we dont have Project B. I'm not smart enough to know that whatever that is could be dangerous. In fact, the only thing I ever done was lock one of your warehouses down." Hope said.

"Yeah, and my weapon orders are backed up. Thanks for that. Really." Flux said sarcastically. "You stole the project and Cosmo Man, the robot I ordered to guard it."

(Cue Phoenix Wright Courtroom intro)

Espio thought about this for a second. "And doesnt that strike you as odd?" Espio asked.

"Well, now that you mention it. It does seem a bit odd for both to be taken. And to make it more weird, five other robots went missing the exact same day." Flux said. "Bowl Man, Lark Man, Cloud Man, Blizzard Man and Clock Man."

"We know about that. And we also know someone in that rank and file is a Traitor." Hope said.

"Traitor? Like any of...wait. Is it possible for...It must be. Damn it. Those idiots went and woke him up!" Flux cursed.

(Shift- Phoenix Wright- Cornered PXZ2 remix)

"Exactly. What Espios trying to say is you and Jexi were fooled from the very beginning." Hope said.

"They went there under the suspicion that you were the cause of the time travel." Espio said.

"It must have been Clock Man they sensed. He sends out the same signal as my time machine. He could easily transported those five and the project to the past." Flux said.

"They went back to preemptively stop you, but found them waiting. Then, Cosmoman would order Clock Man to get rid of the Teams Strongest and send them back here, while also kidnapping Ulala to rally any remaining bots to forge the new Nebula." Hope said.

"Nebula? What the heck is that suppose to be?" Flux asked.

"We'll get to that later. But recently, Clock Man said that someone disabled LarkMan's IT cable And that traitor was among them." Zoro said.

"Well, he's half right. Someone could disable the cable, but it wasn't a traitor. Its something much worse." Flux said.

Hope then figured it out. "Project B right?" Hope asked.

"Yes. He's systematically eliminating this Nebula's robots one by one, weeding out the weaklings." Flux said.

"They stole that Project as a Last Resort and went back to Past Kadic. They could have unintentionally awakened it." Espio said.

"Yes. And I can think of only one reason for his recent actions, to leave the leader all alone and eliminate him for last." Flux said.

"So that's it huh? Well, I guess this exposition did its job. ANd also buy us time to get the Machine out of here.

"Heh. Go ahead. That things out of order anyway, chumps." Flux said.

"What? Damn it." Nana said.

"But, I can hook you up with another one." Flux said getting out of the bed.

"Wait, youre helping us? Again?" Hope asked.

"I know. Its weird. But there is no room in this base for treachery." Flux said. "I just need to get some tools and we'll set it all up."

In the morning later… the Shining Beacon was now equipped with a time machine.

"There. Its all set. Now, you just need to input a date and time and you'll make it there." Flux said. "Also, on the off chance you do encounter the project...run."

"Thanks. But the next time we meet… I wont hesitate to have Jexi punch you in the face for another scheme." Hope said.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." Flux smiled.

Hope smiled back as the machine activated in the air.

"Date set to past Kadic." Hope said as the date was set. "We're coming for ya, Jexi!"

The machine sparked as it began to float in the air as it flew off right into the past.