(That Night)

(Infinite's View)

(Infirmary Room)

She's getting better. Luna's recovery is going smoothly, but unfortunately in a slower pace than even Tails' predicted. Luckily, his prediction was pretty close. According to the genius himself, Luna will wake up two days later than he initially expected. I just hope he's right. Let's just hope his hacking and changing the date of Dr. Eggman's catalogue about the poison will give Luna enough time to recover. Time is ticking for Dr. Eggman to wage war on us for betraying him, and we all know that Luna one of his main targets. Let's just hope for the best.

As I lie right next to Luna's infirmary room, on the floor, I soon begin to drift asleep, drifting to one of my only friends I have now. I believe that Sonic, Amy, Cream, Tails and I are friends, but Knuckles and Shadow is a different story. They'll never trust me, and I don't blame them.

Anyways, as I am nearing the state of sleep, alarms begin to blare. I perk up, eyes snapping open, stunned for a second from the sheer loudness of the alarms. I scramble to my feet, snatching my sword in the great possibility that Dr. Eggman has found us.

My prediction was spot on as Tails announces that he has arrived through the ship's intercom. But Dr. Eggman's arrival isn't what's truly worrying me. What is?

The forest planet's army. My former army that used to follow me when I took over its capital and claimed myself as king. However, at one point, I handed the reigns to Dr. Eggman after he threatened to kill Luna around the time when I first began to fall in love with her. I couldn't take the risk, and it seemed like a good idea at the time, especially since I happened to have a good butt load of trouble with all the political shit that kings go through. I couldn't manage it, so that's why he's the king now. In addition, karma might kick my ass from taking over the capital with no remorse, and now I have to face that now. Karma sucks.

Quickly, I, with reluctance, lock Luna's door, leaving her helpless thanks to her unconscious state. Knowing that locking a simple door won't be enough, I barricade the door with a large, metal box, filled with trash and scrap metal. Right after this, I hear someone running to me. Instincts take over. I swing my sword, only to stop it as I realize that it was Knuckles.

"Oh. It's you." I scoff. "You shouldn't charge at me like that!" I shout. Knuckles shakes his head. "This is NOT the time to argue, Infinite! Your former army is preparing to attack in their starships, so get your ass to yours! We don't have much time!" He shouts, dashing off towards the Master Emerald's chamber. I scoff. "Rather fight than fly." I scowl, bolting towards the starship bay with my super speed. Soon, skidding to a stop, I find Amy and Shadow climbing into their starship. Shadow mumbles something, but I don't ask what harsh words he said. We don't have the time. Boarding my starship, I follow Amy and Shadow's lead into space, quickly entering a dogfight with the less bulky, but much swifter starships. This swiftness quickly causes trouble for us three, making it extremely hard to take the starships down. In addition to their light starships, they also have cannons that fire bright green bolts at us. Thankfully, Tails upgraded our shields, making it virtuously impossible for the army's weak bolts to penetrate our shields.

With all of this in mind, with all these facts said, Shadow, Amy and I try vigorously to take down the immense amount of starships. The army has brought 30 ships. We have three. We're outnumbered 10:1, and by the time 10 minutes passes, only 6 have been taken down.

"I don't know how much longer we can take guys!" I holler through my radio to Amy and Shadow. Shadow scowls. "I know, but we need to keep going!" Shadow hollers back. I shake my head, biting my lip as well. "It's kind of hard when your fuel tank is already drained out a third of the gas tank!" I yell out, infuriated. "Just keep goin'! It's our only chance!"

"…No it's not." I reply firmly. Amy soon speaks. "What do you mean? Do you have an idea?" She asks. "Yes. I do. I need to get out of this ship. Shadow, prepare to take me onto the ship's wing!" I holler out, switching off my line, preventing any backlash from Amy or Shadow. After setting my ship's controls to land in the bay (yes, it's that advanced), I, while it descends, leap out of the cockpit, barely landing on Shadow's right wing. Unsheathing my sword, I turn to Shadow.

"Shadow! Fly me straight towards the group! I'm slicin' them down!" I holler out. Shadow shakes his head. "Infinite! You'll die! Those bolts will pierce right through ya! It's a suicide mission!" He hollers out, his voice muffled by being in the cockpit, shielded by a glass cover. I shake my head. "But I NEED to, Shadow!" I holler back. "If not, we're toast! ALL of us!"

"I understand that, but I'm tellin' you this not for your sake, you chinchilla! I'm tellin' you this for Luna's!" He scowls back, barely dodging a bolt from an enemy starship. My eyes snap open. Shadow shakes her head.

"Infinite. If you die. If you lose your life for hers, she'll go mad. She'll go insane like her father did. You both don't want that, so please, don't DO this." He scowls. I don't respond, but I know that he's right. I nod and turn to him. "Fine. But I need to help out. Is there anything I can do?" I ask as he quickly descends. Shadow opens his mouth to answer, but Tails' voice, from Shadow's cockpit, shouts out an announcement:

Dr. Eggman has arrived…and he's in a new Death Egg Robot, powered by the Chaos Emeralds. I snap my head to Shadow. "He HAS them?! I thought-!" I begin, but Tails intercedes from the cockpit. "We didn't bring them, Infinite. We thought that you'd and Luna would go after them, so we left them on Mobius. Dr. Eggman must have gone back there and found them all. Infinite, you and Sonic will go and destroy that Death Egg Robot together."

"What 'bout Luna? Could the-!?" I begin to ask if the Chaos Emeralds could heal her, but Tails intercedes once more. "Infinite. I understand you're worried, but we need to destroy the robot first." He replies. I sigh. "Fine. Where's Sonic?"

"He should be in Luna's room."

"What?! Why?!"

"He and I knew that you would want someone to protect her, so Sonic offered. But enough of all this explaining! Infinite, help out Sonic and let's destroy Dr. Eggman's plans!"