November 4th, 9:08 A.M. South Island, Green Hill Zone, the Old Airstrip.

Blue snored slightly as he tossed and turned on top of the metal wing of the Tornado. He was dreaming of running through Studiopolis Zone again when he began to hear the sound of someone grumbling outside of the hanger, he groggily opened his eyes before looking over to the semi-open doors of the hanger "Why.. Why is someone out at this time of day?"

He then sleepily slid off of the Tornado and began to walk over to the hanger doors, when suddenly he heard the voice of what sounded like an ever so slightly sassy robotic voice say "Boss! You've got an incoming message from Infinite."

Blue peeked in between the opening of the doors and saw Eggman, in his Egg Mobile, look over to the circular red Orbot and say "Fine, play the message." Orbot nodded before it displayed a holographic image of that masked Jackal who was holding a gemstone in his hand. Eggman looked over to the holographic image and suddenly the Jackal crushed the stone in his hand "And with that, the disposal of the Phantom Ruby prototypes is complete."

As Infinite opened his hand and let the dust from the crushed stone slip in between his fingers Eggman said "It was a defective model. It could only record the DNA of the one that triggered it."

Infinite then placed a hand on his chest while saying "Only a being with my strength of will could ever activate it."

Eggman sighed "It doesn't matter now, with both the lab in the Mystic Jungle and the Egg Station locked down. Which reminds me, didn't you run into Sonic last night after he escaped?"

Infinite nodded, but from Blue's angle it looked almost as if Infinite nodded sadly, before saying "Yes, he was powerless against me.."

Eggman and Infinite both went silent for a moment before the Doctor suddenly said "And?!"

"And I was on the verge of whipping him off the face of this planet. When that troublemaker from the future showed up and, somehow, transported me to the remains of Apotos."

Eggman slammed his hands down on the front of his Egg Mobile "The Hedgehog is still ALIVE?! And some two-bit hero from an infinitely destroyed future stop you?! Infinite, that is a great source of concern for me!"

Infinite chuckled slightly "For you, perhaps. Sonic has beaten you for decades, yet I defeated him in our first encounter. As for that white hog, he has yet to fight on any sort of battlefield in his life, he will be like an ANT that I can crush under foot."

While Infinite back-talked Eggman the Doctor glared at him. Blue silently said to himself "Phantom Ruby prototypes? That's the name of that gem me and Egghead were fighting over back at the Monarch... And this world's Sonic is.. Alive!"

Suddenly the holographic image of Infinite looked over to the hanger doors and Blue quickly ducked behind one of them, Eggman also looked over to the hanger doors but he didn't see anything "What is it?"

Infinite stared at the doors for a moment longer before saying "Nothing. We move forward with the plan?"

And while Infinite looked back over to Eggman the Doctor said "Of course! When it's complete, the Resistance will be erased. The world will be nothing but ashes, from which my glorious Eggman Empire will rise!"

As Eggman finished talking Blue could hear the sound of the Phantom Ruby's pulsing coming from the holographic image of Infinite as the Jackal said "And the Resistance will yield to the Phantom Ruby's power. All will submit."

Eggman nodded before Infinite turned off his end of the holographic transmission. Eggman sighed out of frustration as he reclined into the leather seat of his Egg Mobile "Now where is that organism? I've been searching for it since the crack of dawn!"

Orbot shrugged "I don't know. But Cubot was left in charge of the base so we should probably get back before he blows something up."

But Eggman wasn't paying any attention to what Orbot was saying, instead he became interested in a sound he heard inside of the hanger. Blue ran over to the Tornado and jumped up onto its wing "Tails! Tails! Wake up!"

The Fox groaned slightly as he opened his eyes "S- Sonic?.. Is that you?"

Blue shook his head "Nah, well technically not, It's me Blue. And I've got some good news!"

Tails rubbed his eyes as he sat up straight in the old cushioned seat of the Tornado, audible pops were heard coming out of Tails' back as he did "Ugh, Blue? What is it?"

Blue crouched down to be closer to Tails "Sonic, your Sonic, he's alive! He escaped.. Some place, and now he's free!"

That immediately woke Tails up "Sonic's alive!? Really?!"

Blue nodded "Yeah, I over heard Egghead talking to Infinite, that masked Jackal monster thing, about how Sonic escaped."

Tails' wide eyes of happiness turned into wide eyes of shock "Wait? Eggman?"

Blue nodded "Yeah, but don't worry, about the only thing he can do is ram into us with his Egg Mobile, or throw that red robot thing at us."

Tails began to climb out of the Tornado while saying "That doesn't matter! Green Hills is under his complete occupation! He can call for reinforcements at any-"

"Oh but I have no need for that."

Both Blue and Tails looked over to the hanger's doors as a buzz saw burst through it cutting a hole in the metal large enough for Eggman to fly into the hanger. The two of them saw that the Egg Mobile had a red buzz saw attached by a chain to the bottom of the Mobile, and as Eggman entered the hanger he was surprised to see Blue standing there, but he was more surprised by the fact that his on board computer was telling him Blue was the source of that strange brain wave report the spy drone sent him "What?! You!"

Blue charged towards Eggman and jumped up into the air before crashing into the Egg Mobile "Agh! I don't have time for this."

Eggman then retracted the buzz saw and began to fly out of the hanger while Blue said "Oh come on! I'll make it quick!"

But Eggman didn't pay any attention to the younger Sonic. As Blue chased after Eggman he looked over his shoulder and said to Tails "Get the Tornado ready! I'll be back soon!"

Tails tried to yell for Blue to stop but the Hedgehog quickly jumped through the hole in the doors and ran after Eggman, Blue ran down the side of the mountain and to the back of it where he saw Eggman flying past a massive lake of sand "Hey Doc! It's my two o'clock appointment!"

Eggman grumbled before turning his Egg Mobile around and releasing the buzz saw again "Fine, if it's a battle you want. A battle you shall get!"

Blue ran towards Eggman and the Doctor made the buzz saw sing at Blue. The Hedgehog ducked underneath the incoming saw while Eggman cackled out "Such power exceeds even MY expectations. Hah! My own genius scares me sometimes!"

Blue rolled his eyes "Come on Eggman, that's just a glorified version of the chain and ball from our first encounter.

Blue then jumped up into the air and crashed into the back of the Mobile, right as he did the voice of Tails suddenly came over the Mobile's built in PA system "But that means you miscalculated. That's a failure in my book."

As Blue landed back on the ground he had to duck underneath the incoming blades of the saw, all the while Eggman said "Mwa-haha! To surpass expectations is the ultimate of genius! I wouldn't except either of you to understand."

Blue then quickly jumped up into the air and cut the buzz saw's chain in half before landing back on the ground and jumping up into the air again, this time crashing into the Egg Mobile. Blue stood in front of Eggman and the Mobile "You conquered the world and all you did was add blades to the chain and ball? Man, you disappoint me."

But suddenly Eggman began to laugh, quietly and slowly at first, but as the shore of the sand lake began to shake Eggman's cackle grew louder and faster, until suddenly a massive, red, winged mech that had a giant gatling gun for a right arm, and a giant drill for a left arm burst out of the sand behind Eggman. He flew his Egg Mobile up to the mech and connected into it "Behold! The Egg Dragoon Mark 2!"

The massive mech then lunged its gatling gun arm at Blue before firing a massive volley of bullets at the Hedgehog. Blue jumped up into the air narrowly dodging some bullets before hitting the ground and blasting off into the Drop Dash. The Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 then quickly pulled its right arm back and thrust the drill arm out, blocking Blue's path, he skid to a halt and as he turned around to run so he could put some distance in between him and the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 the mech suit suddenly pulled the drill out of the ground and flew over Blue's head, and as it passed over him its two strange claw like feet grabbed onto him and carried him away. Blue tried his hardest to break free from the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2's hold but its mechanical grip was too tight on him, that's when the mech suddenly let go of him letting Blue fall through the air, he spun around in the air and saw that he was heading straight towards the ground, he quickly thrust his arms and legs out before just as quickly bringing them back in and curling into a Spin Ball. He hit the ground and burst right through it without taking much damage, Blue then untucked himself out of the Spin Ball and saw that he was heading straight towards an underground lake of water, sadly Blue couldn't avoid crashing into the water so once he did he quickly pulled himself out and saw that he was in a cavern with a tall roof and a single passageway out of there, Blue dried himself off quickly before running forwards and into the passageway.

That passageway was slowly leading upwards and eventually he saw over to his left that there was various holes in the wall of the passage that almost looked like windows. As Blue ran through the passage the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 began to fly along side Blue "Hahahahah! BURN!" the mech then held up its right arm and flames burst out of it, Blue quickly sped up and he barely kept ahead of the fires, and as he ran he saw the end of the passage coming towards him, and as he left the passage the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 it stopped firing its own flames and flew forwards. Blue skid to a halt and turned to face the giant mech as Eggman made the mech use its clawed mechanical feet to pick up chunks of ground, the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 then covered them in ice and threw them at Blue, the Hedgehog dodged the incoming iced rocks when he saw his chance, he jumped up into the air and hit one of the chunks of ground back to the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2. The iced rock crashed into the body of the mech suit which caused Eggman to yell out "You've got a lot of nerve for a pint-sized Sonic from another dimension! Even though this Egg Dragoon wasn't designed to deal with Sonic after he was defeated, it's only lost 10% of its combat strength. Which it makes up for in THIS!"

The Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 then suddenly the drill arm split open and it fired a massive laser at Blue. The Hedgehog jumped out of the laser's way before coming to a stop and yelling out "That's what 10% of combat strength lost looks like to you?!"

Eggman rolled his eyes "It's not for fighting."

Blue then watched as the laser hit a tree and it suddenly disappear "It's for easy capture."

Blue then bolted away from the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 but the mech of course followed after him. The Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 thrust its drill arm out and the drill launched off of the mech's arm like a rocket. Blue jumped out of the drills way and once it hit the ground, the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 used a built in magnetic system to draw the drill back into its arm, Blue suddenly turned around and ran towards Eggman, but the mech suit swiped its drill arm at him which only allowed Blue to jump up onto its mechanical wrist and run up the arm to the top of the suit. Blue jumped up into the air and crashed into the top of the Egg Mobile's glass case, Blue bounced off of it and landed on the ground and began to run away while the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 spun around and chased after him, Blue glanced over his shoulder and saw that the mech was only barely even damaged "This isn't going to last much longer at this rate, what kind of metal is that thing made out of?"

The Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 fired its gatling gun arm at Blue and the bullets barely missed him. The mech stopped firing so it could fly over Blue and block the Hedgehog's path with a pile of boulders, Blue skid to a halt as the mech glared down at him "Ahahahah! Wohohohohohoh! First I defeated Sonic, and now I'm taking out a Sonic from a different dimension entirely!? Is it my birthday? Or has Christmas come early? Either way, I'll gladly take this gift."

Blue couldn't help but feel a slight twinge of fear crawl down his spine, the same kind of fear he had when he first saw the Death Egg Robot on the original Death Egg. That's when suddenly an old bi-plan flew by the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2's face. Eggman looked up into the sky very surprised "What?!"

And suddenly Tails yelled from the Tornado "Blue! I'll keep Eggman busy while you take down the mech!"

Blue then yelled out a response "I don't know how!"

Tails quickly pulled out his Mini-Miles-Electric and tossed it to Blue while also saying "I've already analyzed the interior and exterior of the suit! The MME has its four strongest weak points already pulled up on it!"

Blue grabbed the MME and stared at its screen. It showed that the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 was weak in the middle of its spinal region, the elbow joint for the gatling gun arm, and the top of its head, Blue gave Tails a thumbs up as he flew over head "You got it!"

When suddenly he heard the sound of the drill being launched at him, Blue quickly jumped out of the drills way and ran while the two chaos powered energy cannons came out of the underneath of the Tornado and began to fire at Eggman distracting him just enough to keep his attention away from Blue. The Hedgehog racked his brain and tried to figure out how he'd hit all four of those weak points, that's when he saw that the Mega-Loop could launch him towards the mech suit, Blue grinned before speeding off towards the Mega-Loop Mountain and running up it, once Blue reached the top he saw that Tails and the Tornado barely dodged an incoming swipe from the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2, Blue took in a deep breath before jumping up and blasting off into his Drop Dash, he rocketed around the Mega-Loop before he was launched off of it and towards the mech. Eggman turned around to see Blue rocketing towards him and the mech suit. He raised the gatling gun arm up in an attempt to hit Blue away but luckily the Hedgehog was to fast for the mech to properly block, so he cut right through the gatling gun's elbow joint, Eggman yelled out in anger and frustration as he watched the gatling gun arm down to the ground. Blue hadn't planed on it, but he landed on the wings of the Tornado "Whoa! O- Oh hey Tails."

The Fox stared at Blue slightly confused "J- Just attack Eggman."

Blue nodded before jumping off of the plane and down to the ground, Eggman glared down at Blue and made the mech suit fire the drill at him but the Hedgehog dodged the attack and ran forwards, he jumped up slightly and he Drop Dashed forwards as the drill flew past his face and back to right arm of the mech. Blue passed underneath the mech suit as Eggman got himself distracted by Tails, Blue unballed himself and skid to a halt as he stared up at the middle of the spinal region of the mech, he then began to ran forwards before jumping up into the air and cutting through the mech's spine, Eggman felt the mech suit shudder as its lower half fell apart underneath him "Agh! How?!"

Tails chuckled slightly but didn't answer as Blue landed on the ground and stared up at the top of the suit. He thought to himself "Now how do I get up there?"

That's when the mech dodged an attack from the Tornado and saw a small mountain that was just tall enough to give Blue a good shot at the top of the Egg Dragoon Mrk.2, Blue grinned before he ran forwards heading towards the mountain as the mech swiped at the Tornado out of anger and frustration, Blue climbed up the side of the mountain and reached the top of it, he looked down at the mech suit and called out "Hey! Egghead!"

Eggman turned around in the Egg Mobile and looked up to Blue as he jumped up off of the top of the small mountain and yelled out "Guess who!?"

Blue then balled himself up into a Spin Ball and headed straight down towards the mech suit which caused Eggman to yell out in anger yet again. Blue crashed into the top of the Egg Mobile's glass case and the entire Egg Dragoon Mrk.2 shuddered and groaned, Eggman then ejected his Egg Mobile out of the top of the mech suit before it crashed onto the ground and exploded due to its damage, as that happened Blue landed on top of the Tornado and him as well as Tails chased after Eggman. The two watched as the Egg Mobile crashed into the ground underneath them, the Tornado landed in front of the Egg Mobile and the two heroes got off of the Tornado and ran over to Eggman, as they did Tails said "Yeah! We did it!"

They then stopped in front of the Egg Mobile as Eggman opened up the glass case of the Mobile and said "Hohohoho. Look at you, fighting like you've got a chance to win! It's adorable!"

The Egg Mobile then shuddered as it shifted slightly, once it did Eggman continued "Almost makes me feel bad that we're never going to do this little dance again."

Blue looked up to Eggman "What do you mean Egghead?"

Eggman rolled his eyes "In just three short days, my plan will eliminate the bothersome lot of you!"

Tails sighed "Wait? Three days? Eggman you're starting to sound like Neo Metal Sonic. Although you're plan is probably worse then Metal's so why don't you tell us."

Eggman shook his head "If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise! You know what they say, the anticipation of the end is worse than the end itself."

Eggman then began to reboot the Egg Mobile's systems while saying "Maybe not in this case though."

The Egg Mobile then began to lift off of the ground which caused Blue and Tails to step forwards, but Eggman quickly slammed his fist down on a button and a bright flash came out of the Egg Mobile's front headlights and blinding the two slightly. As their vision cleared the two saw Eggman fly away cackling as he did. Blue shook his head while saying "He still uses that thing?"

Tails looked over to Blue slightly confused "Huh?"

Blue shrugged "Back in my first adventure, in Final Zone. Egghead hit me with a bright flash so he could escape, it didn't work though."

Tails nodded before he then began to lead Blue over to the Tornado. As the plane began to take off Blue looked over his shoulder and said to Tails "What do you know about a Phantom Ruby?"

Tails shrugged slightly as the plane began to fly over the Zone "It.. Sounds like an ancient relic like the Chaos Emeralds, or the Master Emerald."

Blue nodded "Yeah.. Well do you remember when I told you about how I got here?"

Tails nodded and Blue continued "So, the name of that gemstone is the Phantom Ruby. I don't know how your Eggman got it, or if he made it, but that thing is dangerous. Like, do you remember that rouge Eggrobo I told you about?"

Tails nodded again and Blue continued some more "Well that guy's name was the Heavy King, and once he got his hands on the Phantom Ruby he snapped. He kept on rambling on about alternate realities and how all other Heavy King's had failed to defeat me but he was going to be the one to do it. Heh, well he didn't do it. Anyways we just have to keep our guards up, that thing is really dangerous."

Tails nodded yet again and he said "You got it Blue."

The Hedgehog grinned and gave Tails a thumbs up. There was a long minute or two of silence between the two of them when Blue suddenly spoke up "So, where is this Mystic Jungle place?"

Tails answered with "It's actually on West Side Island. Near the old Chemical Plant, and Aquatic Ruins Zone."

Blue nodded "Awesome, so it should pretty familiar to me shouldn't it?"

Tails shrugged "Guess so."

And with that the two began to fly over the ocean heading towards West Side Island as they did.