Shadow smiled weakly but took the microphone. He hadn't planned for any of this to happen. All he wanted was Maria back, and he had ended up getting caught up in a long-standing war and the coming revolt against the planet's dictator.

But they were his friends, and Sonic had given him the honor of being part of their team. "Well, sing!" Sonic shouted, holding up his electric guitar and checking the fortress every few seconds for signs of Robotnik. Shadow frowned. "But what if you don't know the song? How will you know what to play?"

In a very robotic fashion, Sonic quickly rattled off, "Using the Chaos Emeralds as a power source requires a channel of some sort. Once this channel is aquirred all who are using a channel can share thoughts on the same telepathic wavelength when the situation requires it."

Sonic shook his head, looking quite confused. "Where did that come from?" Tails, the team's master of machinery, replied, "Your inner databanks." Sonic still looked confused, but decided not to ask anymore questions.

Making sure Sonic, Tails and Amy were ready on their instruments, Shadow started to sing. As he did, eveyone began to play. Knuckles transferred the emeralds to float over the group's head, Tikal muttering a prayer.

"The servers are the seven chaos. Chaos is power, enriched by the heart. The controllers serve to unify the chaos. The day will come when they shall be found. That day has now arrived. Mystical gems, give them your strength." she said quietly.

Shadow continued to sing and the audience began to cheer. He seemed to have the perfect song for the occasion.

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people,
who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart,
echoes the beating of the drums,
there is a life about to start
when tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somwhere beyond the barricade,
is there a world you long to see?

Then join in the fight,
that will give you the right to be free!

Will you give all you can give,
so that our banner may advance?
Some will fall and some will live,
will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs,
will water all the land!

The emeralds began to spin faster and faster overhead until they became a blurred circle of colors. The light from it washed over the band and they began to glow. Sonic's blue fur turned gold and his bottom row of quills turned upward and his eyes became red. The light had no effect on his cybernetics though, but he felt the power surge into him and he lifted a foot into the air.

Tikal and Knuckles joined the group on stage and said to the audience, "If you believe in a new world, a chance to start over without a dictator, then join your friends. Go."

The Freedom Fighters flew off toward the fortress, followed by the entire Resistance. The revolution begins now. Sonic thought. "Split into two groups! One group will focus on Robotnik, the other will take down the fortress from the outside! Everybody, go!"

The group that would focus on Robotnik consisted of the Freedom Fighters, the Sandblast City Resistance group, and the Knothole Village Resistance group. They tore into the building and blasted through every door until they reached the dictator's lab, where he was working on his mind-control machine.

The Doctor looked up and dropped the wrench he was holding. Sonic smirked. "Surprised to see me? It's been a few months. Bet you thought I was dead. Well, guess again." Robotnik improvised and climbed into a giant robot in the back of the room. "Guys," Sonic adressed his friends. "All together now. Eggman is going down." This was the first time he had referred to Dr. Robotnik like that, and he liked it. It was fitting.

The building began to shake and tiles fell from the roof. Group Two was doing their job. Amy slammed her Piko Piko Hammer into the Doctor's robot causing the arm to fall off, during which she shouted, "This is for sending my mom into hiding!"

Tails threw a ring bomb at the bot, blasting off the other arm. Robotnik muttered something about needing better adhesive joints when Tails interuppted him with a scream of, "This is what you get for roboticizing my parents!"

Shadow materialized his gun and shot the joint on one of the robot's legs, causing it to fall off. "You stole Maria from me. You will pay for this."

Blaze burned the other leg off the walking machine and it fell to the floor with a clunk. The dome over the seat opened and Robotnik scrambled out. "No matter. My mind-control ray should be charged by now." He said.

Blaze punched him in the gut and said, "Fat chance. You killed Silver. I'm not going to forget that. Sally?" Robotnik turned to face his machine, where Sally ripped out some wires. "My brother died trying to save me from you."

Rotor stabbed the Doctor's wrench into the power supply, while Sonia and Manic signalled Group Two to set the timers on the bombs to destroy the fortress.

The clicking of timers could be heard, and everyone scrambled for the exit but Sonic. Tails flew Sally out, Blaze went with the Knothole group, and Shadow picked up Amy and skated out as fast as he could.

Now it was just Dr. Robotnik and Super Sonic in a crumbling building. "You still haven't won hedgehog." Sonic smirked. "No, I haven't. But you helped me. I'm going to win because of you." Robotnik frowned, so Sonic explained.

"I had the speed, but not the strength. You made me half robot. You gave me the strength, but took my speed. Thanks to the guardians of the Floating Island, I've got my speed back. Now I've got the strength and the speed needed to defeat you."

"But I won't be using either of those." The Doctor ran for the door but Sonic teleported in front of him. He ran for the window, but Sonic still beat him there. "I'll be using something the Resistance gathered together. We call it, 'Super Nova'. I'm upgrading it to 'Super Sonic Nova'. This is for destroying my dad. Notice I'm wearing his outfit. Remember?"

Dr. Robotnik glared at Sonic. "Yes, I noticed. So what?" Sonic frowned. "Famous last words." The timers clicked to zero just as Sonic unleashed a massive chaos blast. The fortress was engulfed in a yellow light as it was blown to kingdom come.

Author's Note:

Only one more chapter to go guys! Like I said before, there will be a sequel. I'm loving my AU so much I can't resist.

The song Shadow sang is not a Sonic song. I spent weeks searching for the perfect song for that bit in the story. If you know the song, congratulations, you have good taste. If not, go figure out what it is and listen to it. I did change the last line though. I had to; France isn't on Mobius.