September 12,

4:40 AM

Omega, Shadow and Rouge were walking up a steep hill. They were all exhausted when they got to the top. Rouge collapsed.

"How long until we get there?" Rouge asked.

"Probably 30 seconds. Look!" Omega said, pointing forward.

Omega was pointing at an egg shaped building with the Eggman symbol on it. The Dark Egg Legion base.

"We're here!" Shadow exclaimed.

"That's strange..." Omega said.

"What?" Rouge asked, getting out of the three feet of snow she was in.

"My radar says that there is no one living in that building," Omega said.

"No one living? What do you mean? They couldn't have known we were coming," Shadow puzzled.

Omega's radar picked up something else. It was the same signal he had gotten from... Omega felt the one emotion he hated; fear. Omega turned around and with the sweep of both arms, he knocked Shadow and Rouge down the hill. He jumped down after them.

"Omega! What was-" Shadow's rant was interrupted by an explosion.

A metal piece came flying over the hill. It had the left part of the Eggman symbol on it.

"Th-they..." Rouge stammered.

The signal was still there. When he found its location, he wasn't happy. Omega looked up. A strange robot descended. It looked like Gamma, except it had two hands, each one had a green circle in it's palm; it only had one eye; it had metal shields with two spikes on the end welded onto its arm; it had black metal for skin, not red; it had two arms connected to his forearm; and it had a long straight metal "tail". It was almost like a rudder. The strange thing was, it didn't have any boosters. How could it have been flying? When the robot landed, Omega could clearly see what his serial number was. He couldn't believe his eyes. His serial number was 101.

"Beta," Omega said.

"You know me, but I don't know you. How is that?" Beta asked.

"Eggman can't live in the present can he?" Omega asked.

"If you're talking about rebuilding me for the third time, well, I guess he can't," Beta said.

"Why did you destroy that base?" Omega questioned.

"Why else? Because it's fun!" Beta said.

He started laughing hysterically. Omega lunged forward with a fist. In a flash Beta stopped laughing, grabbed Omega's arm, and ripped it off with ease. Omega looked at where his arm was supposed to be. Although he felt no pain, it seemed like he couldn't do anything but stand and stare at where his arm's home had been for 6 years.

"Impressive, isn't it?" Beta said, tossing the arm aside.

"Y-you..." Shadow said.

Shadow's fur started to become hot. Rouge grabbed Shadow and pushed into the snow, instantly cooling him off. Rouge then continued by throwing a kick at Beta. Beta grabbed her foot and swung her into a tree. Rouge stood up as if it were nothing. Rouge then spun into a tornado kick. She hit Beta square in the chest. It didn't even make a dent. Beta smacked her away. He ran toward Rouge and slammed his hands into her, sending her flying. Rouge quickly started to fly back. As she was, she saw a glow in the distance. A yellow glow. An energy orb. It hit Rouge before she could react. As she was falling to the ground she thought, I'm sorry, Omega. Beta turned around to Omega, who had watched the scene unfold.

"Now it is time for you to-" Beta was interrupted when he heard a helicopter coming.

Beta raised his arm and tried to power an energy ball, but instead of making a small yellow ball, it made a spark.

"Damn!" Beta said, quickly flying off.

Omega's sight units shut off and he fell to the ground. Shadow was sitting in a smoking crater. Some people dropped down.

One of them spoke into his radio, "We got here in time. There alive, barely."

That's when Omega's other senses shut down. He was now unconscious.

September 12,

5:42 AM

Omega opened his eyes. He was back at G.U.N. He looked at his arm. It was there. Had it all been a dream? His question was answered when Rouge came in the room. She was sitting in a wheelchair. It hadn't been a dream.

"You two took quite a beating," the Commander said, walking in.

"Beta is extremely powerful," Omega said.

"Indeed," the Commander said.

"We wouldn't have lived if you guys hadn't shown up," Rouge said to the Commander.

"I guess you wouldn't have. But right now, I have some very important news," the Commander said.

"What?" Rouge asked.

"Beta, full name E-101 Mach III Beta, has taken the Chaos Emerald from the Dark Egg Legion base. We can use this to our advantage by tracking him with this," the Commander said holding up a small watch.

"Well, that's all fine and dandy, but what will we do when we get there? He ripped off my arm last time!" Omega exclaimed.

"That's the part I was getting to. First of all, we've given you, Omega, some new upgrades. You are now E-123 Mach II Omega. The second thing is that Beta has no more power. He can't shoot anymore," Commander explained.

"What do you mean?" Omega asked.

"When Beta tried to shoot the rescue copter down, his hand sparked. Either its broken, or he's out of power. And I don't know where else to find quantum energy, so he can't recharge," Commander said.

"Quantum energy?" Rouge asked.

"Yes, that's what Beta uses for power," Commander said.

"Well, then, what are we waiting for?" Omega asked.

"Oh, um, just you for this mission, Omega," Commander said.

"Why is Shadow not coming?" Omega asked.

"He's in a coma," Commander said quickly.

"Alright, I better get a move on then, hmm?" Omega said, moving toward the door.

After Omega left Rouge turned toward the Commander and said, "Why did you lie to him?"

September 12,

5:56 AM

Beta hovered in the air three hundred feet from the ground. In his hand he held a Yellow Gem. A Chaos Emerald.

"Stupid emerald!" Beta screamed, throwing it to the ground.

Beta turned on his radar and set the settings to quantum energy only. Something came up. He looked at that direction it said. It was a long way from here, but it was worth giving a shot. If he didn't recharge soon, he wouldn't stand a chance against that red brute he tore the arm off earlier. He started to fly very fast toward that direction. Little did he know Omega was heading right for him.