Eggman just needed to draw attention to Project X, and GUN would be after him. An idea popped into his head. He knew exactly what to do.

Shadow appeared in the living room of the house. Sonic jumped out of his seat, "Jeez! You've got to stop that!"

"Sorry."

"So how'd it go?", Tails asked, coming out from his workshop.

"Eggman attacked. We handled him though."

"We?"

"Yeah, Project X and I."

"Did he try to hurt you?"

"Actually, he protected me."

"What? Why?"

"He said he intends on dealing with me himself."

"He's crazy.", Tails said before he went back into his workshop.

"Shadow, you need to be careful with him. After all, he was created to kill you."

"The thing is, he said he prefers fair fights. He'll only fight me if we both have an equal chance of winning."

"So you're safe?"

"For now."

"Sir!"

"What is it?"

"We've received intel on Project X!"

"What?! Has it been confirmed?"

"As close as it can be."

Project X sat in the abandoned building. The structure creaked and squeaked as it settled. The rain poured down hard outside, and thunder roared in the distance. He could here them outside. They were getting ready to raid the building to find him. They spat out random, useless schemes to capture him. This would be fun.

Robotnik watched the soldiers storm into the dark building. They had grade-a military equipment. Night vision goggles, high tech weapons, and a variety of traps. This would go well.

The soldiers ran throughout the building, searching every room. A helicopter landed on top of the building and soldiers stormed stormed in from the top. Project X sat in the center of the structure. They would reach him any second. He could tell they were all nervous. One of the soldiers burst into the room and pointed his gun at Project X. "Freeze! He's in here!" Several other GUN soldiers ran into the room. Project X remained calmly seated on the floor, "Why, hello gentlemen." He stood up from the ground. He was disguised as a normal citizen. "What the fuck? I thought Project X was in here!"

"What's Project X?", he asked, acting dumb.

"Nothing. It's just something we had misplaced."

"This is an awful lot of soldiers for something that's just misplaced."

"Well...uh...it's worth a lot of...money."

"Oh wait, does this 'Project X' look like this?" There was a flash of light that faded away to reveal his true form. The soldiers stood there, dumbfounded. "Well?"

"Open fire!" The building lit up with flashes as the guns were unleashed on Project X. The only thing that was damaged was the wall behind the beast. "Is that all you've got?!"

"Not yet!" The wall was torn open and a large mech stepped out. It was plated with armor and had an array of weaponry. "Well, this could prove to be an actual challenge."