A/N: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog. I do own Dark Vortex

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Z

Eggman's Base

Sonic and his team have been running through the wasteland for hours and the worst part is, they have lost Dork Vortex's trail.

"Man, where could that guy have gotten to?" Silver asked.

"You're asking me?" Knuckles said.

"Come on guys, we can't stop now!" Tails said.

"Yeah! Amy is in trouble and we have to save her!" Cream said.

"Chao!" Cheese agreed.

"So who said we are stopping?" Shadow asked.

Sonic was listening to the conversation, but he was still concerned about Amy, not to mention the Chaos Emeralds and the Sol Emeralds. If Vortex gets the last Chaos Emerald, the universe is doomed for sure.

"That Vortex is REALLY going down for this!" Silver said.

"You're not the only one complaining Silver." Blaze said, still concerned about the Sol Emeralds.

"Okay so let's get this show on the road!" Knuckles said.

"Yeah, let's go!" And upon these words, they all race through the wasteland, looking for the last Chaos Emerald. And they better hurry, before Dark Vortex finds it first.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the sky…

"You won't get away with this! Sonic will come to rescue me and kick your tin butt!" Amy yelled at Vortex, still tighten under his claw like fingers.

"Yell all you want, for it shall be your last, but not until I find that last Chaos Emerald!" Vortex said, holding the green Chaos Emerald that starts glowing radiantly.

"Ah, found it, now, time to collect that last Chaos Emerald!" Vortex said and he flies at full speed between the clouds.

"Sonic, please hurry!" Amy said in her mind, with the wind blowing on her face.

Back with our heroes…

"The signal is coming from this cave!" Tails said pointing at the entrance to cave at rocky mountain wall.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's go!" Sonic said and they all raced inside.

Inside, it just had gotten darker as they kept going deeper and deeper and their eyes glow in the darkness.

"Uh, anybody got lights?" Sonic asked in the darkness.

"Better?" Blaze summoned a flame on her hand, giving a bit of light.

"Yeah, thanks!" Sonic said. "Now to find that Chaos Emerald."

"Uh oh, we've got a problem here." Tails said in a chicken tune.

Sweat drop on his head

"Well, what is it?" Silver asked.

"For some reason, the radar had lost it's signal!" Tails said.

"What?!" Everyone cried.

"But Tails, I though you said that radar never loses signal wherever you are." Sonic said.

"Hmm, must be a malfunction." Tails said tapping his radar.

"I suggest, stop wasting time with that gadget and find the Emerald by the old fashioned way." Shadow said.

"And that would be?" Knuckles said.

"With a treasure hunter." Shadow said.

"Did someone say treasure hunter?" A female voice said.

Blaze turns her flame to where the voice came from and there's-

"Rouge?!" Everyone asked in shock.

"Rouge, I thought I told you to stay at the hospital before you get better, which your still not!" Shadow said.

"HA, no slight injures can stop the world's greatest treasure hunter!" Rouge said walking up between them, like if she wasn't feeling any pain at all.

"Grr, you're just going to steel them, aren't you?" Knuckles glared at Rouge.

"Hey, how did you get out of hospital anyway?" Cream asked.

At Hospital…

"Anything else you want?" The nurse asked the Rouge dole at the bed. "Okay, be right back!"

Back in the cave…

"Um, let's just stop wasting time and look for that emerald, shall we?" Rouge said.

"Of course." Sonic said.

Knuckles walks up to Rouge. "I'm keeping my eyes on you, so watch your step!" he threatened her.

"Sure thing Knucky." Rouge teased him, making the echidna growl.

And so, the group walks deeper and deeper into the cave, with Blaze using the flame on her hand to light the way. Meanwhile, Tails tries to figure out what is wrong with the radar.

"Wait! Do hear that?" Silver asked.

They all perk their ears and they hear, mechanic sounds?

"Strange." Tails said.

"Yeah." Shadow said. "What do you think Omega?"

"Sensors indicate that there's research facility somewhere beyond this cave." Omega said.

"Well let's check it out!" Sonic said and they all continue walking in the darkness, with Blaze lighting the way.

Later, they find a metallic door at the end of the cave and they become curious.

"Hmm, do you think the Emerald is behind this door?" Sonic asked.

"Yep, I can feel its energy on the other side!" Shadow said.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's bring this door down!" Knuckles said charging at the door.

"WAIT, DON'T!!!" Tails warned, but it was too late. Knuckles punched the door, but as he did it, he suffered an electric shock, that blew him away back to the group.

"I was going to say that we have no idea of what this door is and to not do anything to it until we figure it out!" Tails said.

"Well you could have told me sooner you know." Knuckles said.

"So what do we do now?" Silver asked. "Any of you guys brought a bomb along?"

"I shall blow this door down, stand back everyone." Omega said and turns his hands into cannons.

"Target locked." Omega locked on to the door. "FIRE!"

Upon that word, bombs fly out from the cannons and they all collide into the wall, with huge explosions, but when the smoke cleared, there wasn't even a single scratch on it.

"But, how?" Knuckles asked.

"It's no use, the door is magnetically sealed, and not even Omega's blasts can take it down." Tails explained. "The only way to get in is if we deactivate the field that is blocking the door."

"And how do we do that?" Silver asked.

"Simple." Rouge flew over the left side of the door, where she opens a small door, revealing a panel hidden behind it.

"Wow Rouge, you're good!" Tails said.

"Well, I may not look like it, but I'm a real treasure hunter, unlike a certain echidna I know." Rouge taunted a certain red echidna.

"WHAT YOU SAY!!!" Knuckles roared at Rouge.

A red vein sticks out from his head

Everyone laughs at the whole thing, except Blaze, Shadow and Omega. Knuckles just turns his back at them.

"And figuring out the code will be easy money!" Rouge said typing the code.

"Force Field deactivated." A computer voice said.

"There, now let's take down this door!" Rouge said and everyone charges at the door.

BOOOOM!

The door had a big hole on it and they all walked right thru it, but as they took one step on the other side of it, an alarm went off.

"Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" the compute voice warned.

"Uh oh." Rouge said. "This wasn't part of the plan."

"Well it's cool with me, now time to PARTY!" Sonic said as he raced down the hallway, with the others behind.

As they race through the hallway, lasers begin to be shot from the walls and they all do whatever they can do to avoid them. Sonic moves so fast, it's like he can teleport; Tails, Cream and Rouge use their flying abilities; Knuckles, Blaze and Silver use acrobatic abilities; Shadow uses Chaos Control to teleport from them and Omega blasts the lasers. At the end of the hall, they all entered an elevator, which is taking them down.

"MUHAHAHAHAHA!!! Welcome Sonic the Hedgehog!" A familiar voice from the speaker said.

"EGGMAN!!!" They all cried.

"He, he, he, he! How did you enjoy my little light show huh?" Eggman teased them.

"Eggman! We know that you have got a Chaos Emerald!" Silver said. "If you don't give it to us, we'll-"

"Take it by force?" Eggman concluded for him.

"Yeah!" the silver hedgehog said.

"Well, if you really want this Chaos Emerald, you're gonna have to go thru my traps and face my new weapon at the end!" Eggman let's out his trademark laughter.

"Sounds like a compaction, what do you say guys? Are you up for it?" Sonic asked.

"Of course we are Sonic!" Tails said.

"We're always ready for action!" Knuckles said.

"That Vortex is going to pay for what he did to my world!" Silver said.

"Alright Eggman, we'll play your little game." Sonic said.

"Excelent!" Eggman snickers.

The elevator stops and the doors open, as our heroes are ready for the challenge.

"Let's do it to it!" Sonic grinned.

A/N: This is going to get intense! What dangers and Challenges will they find inside Eggman's base? Anyone care to take a guess? Find out in the next chapter of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Z!!! R&R, please and suggestions are always welcome!