It had been about a day since the Storm Realm, and the Teku were still building their new cars. Well, Vert and Kurt at least (Vert's new car was called the Power Rage; Kurt's was the Battle Spec). But Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Honey were helping them. The Metal Maniacs, however, weren't working at all. Monkey was going to leave soon, Taro was in the infirmary, and Markie, Knuckles, Vector, and Shadow were waiting for the next Realm. Monkey looked over to Kurt and saw that his car almost fell off the lift, and he fell over due to his leg injury. The Maniacs all just started laughing at Kurt. Tails went over to Kurt and tried to help. "Kurt, you need any help?" he asked, "I can help out with your car. I'm a genius in mechanics." "No, Tails, it's okay." Kurt replied, "I can do it myself. You should just help Sonic and wait for the next Realm." Lani came up to the Teku and tried to get them to rest. "Kurt, you're in NO condition to keep working!" she said, "None of us are!" "Lani, I'm sure we could make enough time." Amy said, "And besides, there's still me, Sonic, Tails, and Honey." "Uhh...oh! You know what?" Sonic said nervously, thinking Amy was going to try making her usual moves on him, "I just remembered, I have to go find another Chaos Emerald! I'll just go and..." Just before Sonic could takeoff, Amy grabbed his arm and reminded him that they had to stay. "But we need a Chaos Emerald!" Sonic said. Amy reached into her pocket and pulled out a blue Chaos Emerald. Sonic's jaw dropped at the sight of a second Chaos Emerald. He didn't believe that she found one, so he asked Shadow about his. "SHADOW!" he called over, "What color is YOUR Chaos Emerald?" Shadow held up his green Chaos Emerald. Sonic looked back at Amy. "Now WE have a Chaos Emerald too!" she said. Sonic knew that she wouldn't let him leave, so he just kept working. "They have to keep working, Lani!" said Dr. Tezla, "It's only a matter of time before the next Racing Realm opens!" "So we SKIP the next Realm!" Kurt suggested, "What difference does it make?" Dr. Eggman came up and started explaining. "Those strange powers you all reported," he said, "come from these items called Accelechargers! Each time you finish a Realm, it gives you an Accelecharger with a new power based on the Realm! Soon, it will be IMPOSSIBLE to stop the Drones!" Monkey raised his head when he heard faint music outside the Acceledrome. "Does anybody else hear music?" he asked. He got up and prepared to leave. "That must be my ride!" he said, "Yeah, I got in touch with Tork! He's taking me home. Strange music he's playing." Wylde knew exactly what it was. "That ain't no Metal Maniac..." he said. He was right, because the music was loud, techno rave music. Karma knew exactly who it was. "Shirako!" she said with a smile. Shirako was driving through the path of stalagmites that everyone else took, being followed by the rest of the Teku. Not only was Shirako playing loud music, his car was all lit up in color. The drivers who were following were Nolo, a white hedgehog named Silver, a lavender cat named Blaze, a yellow mongoose named Mina, an orange tiger named Stryke, a green hedgehog named Manic, a purple hedgehog named Sonya, a light blue wolf named Mirage, and a white bat named Rouge. Pretty soon, everyone had arrived in the Acceledrome. When Shirako got out of his car, he switched the music from his car to his headphones. "Yo, let's pump up the Bassline!" he said. Tezla was furious. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO REVEAL THE LOCATION OF THE ACCELEDROME!" he yelled at Monkey, thinking he called the Teku. "Hey, I don't talk to Teku!" Monkey said, defending himself, "You can drop that right there!" Kurt came up in his crutches from behind Monkey and explained. "I CALLED THEM!" he said, "Because we need help!" "Listen, what we're doing MUST be kept in secret!" Tezla said. "WHY?" Kurt asked, "Who you afraid of?" Tezla had paused for a few seconds. "The DRONES!" he answered. "THE DRONES ARE FINISHED!" Nolo yelled, "NOBODY BEATS THE TEKU!" Markie walked up to Nolo and wanted to mess with him. "You mean 'Nobody but the Metal Maniacs!'" he taunted. "I mean NOBODY!" Nolo said back. "Yeah, whatever!" Markie said. Sonic saw Manic and Sonya. He was glad to see his brother and sister again. "SONYA, MANIC!" he called. "Hey, Sonic!" Sonya said, "What's up?" Sonic went up to them, and they started talking. "Long time, no see!" Sonic said. "Long time no see!" Manic greeted. While they had their little reunion, Tails went to talk with Mina, Amy went to talk with Silver & Blaze, and Carlos went to talk with Stryke. "Stryke! What's up?" he called. Stryke adjusted his jacket and looked at Carlos. "Hey, Carlos!" he replied, "Not much, just racing other drivers. Joined the Teku! This is my car!" He moved to show Carlos his 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse. It was orange with a few curved black stripes as well as curved cyan stripes, a black carbon-fiber hood, blue windows, a bodykit, and an orange spoiler. Carlos was pretty impressed. "Nice car!" he complimented. "So what's going on?" Stryke asked. "Yeah, why are we all here!" Silver asked. Eggman started explaining the situation to the Teku when Tork arrived. "Ha! Now THAT'S my ride!" Monkey yelled. He walked up to Tork. "Hey, Tork!" he greeted, "Let's get outta here!" But Tork wanted to fight back. "After what Wylde told me the Drones did to you and Taro!" he yelled, "NO WAY! Nobody does this to my guys!" "That's the point in leaving!" Monkey explained, "SO THEY DON'T DO IT AGAIN!" "We're welded!" Tork said. "LET'S JUST GET OUT OF HERE!" Monkey said. "SEND THIS Maniac BACK TO THE JUNKYARD HE CAME FROM!" Nolo yelled in anger. Tork just looked at Nolo and growled. "COME ON, TORK!" Monkey continued, "We can just let it be THEIR problem!" "Monkey!" Shadow said, "We can take them! We're Metal Maniacs!" "And since you told me what these Drones could do, I got the rest of the team." Tork said. Pretty soon, more muscle cars came in and parked near Tork's car. There was a black Husky named Blizzard, a gray wolf named Pak, a dark gray hedgewolf named Lupus, a black hedgehog named Rick Chaos, a light blue hedgehog with a black beanie hat named Sean Mayhem, a yellow hedgehog named Don Salvage, a gray hedgehog named Rod, and a mentally evolved velociraptor named Grimstone. When Blizzard got out, he saw that Honey was there too. He didn't know how to react, knowing he would have to race against her, so he just looked back to his team. He did, however, also notice Shadow and Knuckles. He went over to talk with them. A few seconds later, everyone paused when they heard the horns of a Big-Rig truck. "Is that...?" Monkey said, confused. Everyone looked around for the noise. Monkey didn't believe his thoughts. "No, it couldn't be!" he said in doubt, "He said he'd be gone for MONTHS!" The sound actually was a Big Rig. It was coming into the Acceledrome through a tunnel. The driver was a very muscular man with all sorts of prison stuff on his clothing. He had a bone on a chain hanging around his neck, a large muscle shirt, spiked boots, and a pair of braust knuckles (one of them said "PORK" while the other one said "CHOP"). The truck crashed through a giant set of doors and power-parked in the Acceledrome. It was hauling a trailer with a few new cars. One of them was for Taro (a car called the Rivited), the second one was the driver's car (called the Jackhammer), and the last one was a duplicate of Monkey's Rollin Thunder. The driver stepped out of the car and looked around. Monkey knew exactly who it was. "Heh, you didn't really have to come, Porkchop!" he said, still happy to see his best friend. But Porkchop was mad. He grabbed Monkey by the collar and held him up. Being the strongest member of the team, this was no problem. "Alright," he said, "WHO DID THIS TO YOU!" Monkey kept trying to get back down, yelling as much as he could for help. "They're gonna pay, you hear me!" Porkchop continued, "THEY'RE ALL GONNA PAY!" "QUIT MONKEYIN AROUND, PORKCHOP!" Tork demanded. Porkchop just growled, still wanting to crush whoever messed with Monkey. "Whatever!" he growled, letting Monkey back down. Shadow walked up to Monkey. "Now are you going to stay?" he asked. Monkey just nodded. "HEY!" yelled a familiar voice. Everyone looked behind and saw Taro. He was walking back, wearing mechanical support on his right leg and left arm. "LET'S GET EVEN!" he finished.