After dropping Chris off at home, Penny found herself running as fast as she could down the bridge, with the white Chaos Emerald tucked under her arms. She couldn't believe that she found the seventh Emerald! She looked down at the Emerald. "I gotta get this Emerald to Knuckles somehow!" She gasped. "But how can I?"

The girl looked up to the familiar sound of a helicopter flying above her. She had a new look of determination on her. "I know! We'll use the X Tornado!"

The girl took off.

...

"Good afternoon, this is Scarlet Garcia reporting to you live from inside the SSTV news copter. Citizens of Station Square are breathing a collective sigh of relief today after narrowly avoiding a surprise attack by the Notorious Dr. Eggman. Yesterday, residents were thrown into a state of panic when Dr. Eggman aimed a missile in the center of the city. A missile housing a ticking time bomb that threatened to explode at any moment."

"Aren't they going to shoot Tails?" Cream asked, taking a bite out of her snack. Cheese chaoed in agreement.

"Don't worry." Kat smiled at the young female rabbit. "They will. Right, Chris?" The chocolate haired girl looked over to the boy.

"Yeah!" Chris said. "After all, he did save the day!"

"Guys, I can't hear." Cloud shushed them, and he grabbed the remote to turn the TV a bit louder. "...Situations seemed a bit hopeless as tension mounted and terror spread throughout the city. However, thanks to the quick thinking of Mr. Miles Prowler, known to his friends as Tails, the danger was ultimately averted and calm was restored. Citizens and officials announced plans to honor Mr. Prower for his outstanding bravery."

Kat smiled widely at Tails. "Great job, kid!" She smiled. Chuck nodded. "I didn't know your real name was Miles, Tails." He said, looking at the hedgehog in surprise.

"I like Tails better." Tails smiled.

"I agree." Mr. Tanaka said. "Tails is much more colorful."

"Thanks, Mr. Tanaka." Tails smiled.

"It suits him a bit better." Hiro smirked. "Considering his two tails."

"Hiro, stop being mean." Kat scolded him playfully.

"Are all these people outside here to see Tails?" Ella asked. Chuck turned to the fox. "Maybe you might want to stay low with us for a while and catch up with some rest."

"Yeah, we haven't seen you in a long time," Blaze remarked with a smile.

"Yeah!" Cream smiled in agreement. Cheese chaoed in response.

"I can't stay, Blaze, Cream, I'm supposed to look for the X Tornado!"

"I know!" Chuck smiled. "Just leave it to me, Tails! I have a perfect idea!"

Blaze, Hiro, Kat, Chris, Cloud, Tails, and Cream all looked at him, curiosity in their eyes.

...

Outside, the Thorndyke gates finally opened, and the crowd waiting outside got really excited. However, it was not Tails who walked out. It was Ella, walking a baby stroller.

"Oh!" Ella smiled and gave them all a wink. "Hello!"

"Aww!" Everyone groaned in disappointment. The crowd walked past as Ella walked through. "Pardon me. Coming through!"

"Hey lady!" Someone yelled in the audience. "You sure you're not hiding Tails in that thing?!"

Ella looked shocked for a moment. Have they figured her out?!

"I think you're pulling a fast one!" Another person yelled accusingly.

"WE DEMAND TO SEE WHAT YOU GOT IN THERE!" Another person yelled. Soon, the crowd started yelling, "SHOW US! SHOW US! SHOW US! SHOW US!"

"All right." Ella sighed. "I will show you, but he's very shy!" She pulled back the hood of the carriage and there was Mr. Tanaka, dressed up as a baby. "Ga ga!" He said.

The crowd gasped in horror.

"Ga ga ga ga!" Mr. Tanaka continued his little act.

"Isn't he a handsome little pumpkin pie?" Ella cooed, looking around the crowd. "He looks just like his daddy! But I say he has my eyes!"

She walked off, leaving everyone speechless.

...

When they were at a safe distance, Ella looked down at her skirt. "Come on out, Tails. The coast is clear!"

Tails breathed a sigh of relief as he crawled out from underneath her skirt. "That was pretty close, Ella. But we fooled them!" He walked over to Mr. Tanaka. "You make a great baby, Mr. Tanaka!"

"Ga!" Mr. Tanaka said in response.

"Bye!" Tails called, and he darted off.

...

Meanwhile...

Gama landed in a dry desert. The words that Amy had told Sonic had played in his head. "He doesn't mean to be bad! It's Eggman making him that way!"

"Eggman!" The robot said. The image of the doctor shown in his head. "Dr. Eggman. My master!" His eyes glowed.

But then, a memory of his friends being demolished in front of him. "Beta. Delta. Epsilon." An image of Penny and Amy blocking him from harm's way filled his head.

"You saved my life!" He remembered himself telling the girls.

"And Penny and I were glad to do it!" Amy said. "Just returning the favor."

"Friend," Gama said.

The image of Lilly and her brother and sister appeared. Everything was crowding back into his head... how grateful Amy and Penny were when they saw he was okay. He finally made his decision. "Eggman not a friend!" He said. "Delete!" He began erasing all memories of Eggman. He refused to work with him any more. He was a new robot, and it was all thanks to Penny and Amy.

"Must help friends! Must help them!"

He flew off to find them.

...

Sonic and Silver walked closer to the strange temple. Something red flew around them.. the same thing that Knuckles encountered in Eggman's ship. "What the...?" Sonic asked in confusion. The red dot flew right to the door of the temple. Curious, the two hedgehogs moved after it.

...

Sonic and Silver walked down the dark tunnel, with only the red light leading the way. The light led him to an empty room, where a fountain of water covered the doorway. The light headed right through it. Taking their chances, the hedgehogs looked at each other and nodded.

They walked through the water.

Behind them, little chaos flew behind, watching with worried faces.

...

Sonic and Silver followed the red dot until they reached a strange place.

The dot disappeared into the green picture in front of them.

"What's this?" Sonic asked. He walked up closer.

"A sea monster?" Silver guessed.

"Kinda creepy," Sonic said, pulling his arm to himself.

Suddenly, they heard a voice.

"When anger and sadness overflow like a mighty ocean, the wave of a great calamity."

"Is there someone there?" Sonic called. "Come on out! Silver and I won't hurt you!"

The tapestry around them glowed, and everything went white.

...

Sonic and Silver soon found themselves outside of Angel Island. Its stone structures were all in flames. Sonic and Silver looked around in shock. "Hey! What's going on?!" Sonic asked, looking around. "Where are we?!"

The two hedgehogs looked around a bit when Silver saw something near the Master Emerald. "Sonic! Up there!"

Using his powers, the silver hedgehog flew up to the girl. Sonic soon followed. His eyes widened when he saw a young female Echidna holding an unconscious Chao. She seemed to be crying. "It's awful!" She sobbed. "How could Father do something so terrible?!" She hugged the little Chao closer to her. Hearing something, the girl gasped and turned to the Emerald. "No!" She cried. She put down the Chao and ran up to the Emerald. "I must stop them!" She cried.

A blinding light filled the hedgehog's visions, and soon they found themselves outside the temple.

"What did we just see?!" Sonic asked his friend. Silver shrugged. "I have no idea! I'm just as confused as you are!"

"It couldn't have been a dream!" Sonic continued.

And right at that moment, Eggman flew right past them.

"It's Eggman!" Sonic growled.

"What's that Fathead floating around here for?!" Silver asked.

"Well, there's only one way to find out!" Sonic said. The two dashed after him. "Time to pay a little visit!" Sonic growled. The two spun their way into the layer, and the alarm broke off.

"Don't those hedgehogs know how to knock!" Growled Eggman in annoyance. Sonic turned to the screen, gave it a thumbs-up, and smashed it.

"I'll have to teach our little friends here some manners!" Eggman said. He started typing.

Sonic and Silver managed to dodge the lasers at incredible speed. Sonic looked over at Silver and smirked. "They know how to make a guy feel welcome!"

"Yeah!" Silver laughed at his friend's remark.

"have some more hospitality!" Eggman smirked. The doctor threw everything he could think of at the hedgehogs. And the two managed to escape every little trap. This made Eggman furious. "I'LL GET YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS!" He growled.

"Oh, well." Sonic smirked. "Guess me and Silver are too fast for you!" They were about to run ahead when Bokkun darted in front of him. The annoying little robot laughed and sneered. "I scared you, I scared you, I scared you!"

Sonic frowned as Silver laughed. "You don't scare anybody, Bokkun," Sonic growled.

"I got another super important message from Dr. Eggman himself!" The robot got himself super close to Sonic. "You'd better pay attention if you know what's good for ya!" He pulled out his TV and Eggman appeared on the screen.

"All right, Sonic and Silver. The time has come for me to settle my score with you once and for all! I think we need to have a man to hedgehog chat in the lower chamber. My assistant Bokkun will show you the way. Make it snappy!"

When the message ended, Bokkun whimpered. He lifted his messenger TV above his head. "Why do I have to do everything around here?!" He wined. He flew off, and the two hedgehogs followed.

Soon, they entered the lower chamber, and found Eggman in a new machine, glaring at him and pointing the machine's gun at the two hedgehogs. Sonic glared at him. "This better not be another trick, Eggman!" He snarled.

"I'm through with tricks for today!" Eggman snarled. "Now listen well, hedgehogs! Because I've had just about enough of you, I have been trying to establish my exquisitely evil empire, but you have been nothing but a thorn in my side! Every brilliant plan I put into action has been systematically stymied by you and your kindergarten cohorts! You wrecked my wretched plans far too often! But you won't get in my way again, do you hear me?!" He yelled angrily at Sonic and Silver.

"Your threats aren't going to scare me or Silver!" Sonic growled. "You really think you can get rid of us?!"

"I don't think I can, I know I can," Eggman growled. He got into his machine and started firing at the two hedgehogs. But luckily they managed to dodge it.

"You seem to be a bit jumpy," Eggman observed in annoyance. "What's wrong?! Can't take the heat?!"

Sonic and Silver glared at Eggman. "I can take whatever you dish out!" And with one punch, the two hedgehogs managed to punch Eggman clear out of the lower chamber. Silver frowned. This seemed to be too easy.

"Coward!" Sonic yelled. "What's the matter? Had enough?"

A bright light is shown from underneath the hedgehog's feet, and the two yelled in surprise as Eggman pushed right through the round and trapped both hedgehogs underneath its foot.

"Nothing like a good game of 'Squash!'" Eggman laughed. Both hedgehogs groaned in pain. With one mighty punch, Sonic and Silver managed to break free, and they destroyed the machine in a single spin. The robot crashed and burst into flames.

"YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS, SONIC AND SILVER!" Eggman growled. "MARK MY WORDS! YOU HEAR ME?!"

Eggman flew off in a huff.

Sonic and Silver stared around at the fallen debris. Sonic smirked and rubbed his nose. "We gotta get out of this place and fast!" Together, the two spun out, just in time before the whole layer exploded.

Gama scanned around the cannon for some robots. When he found the destination, he took off towards them.

...

Amy and Lillie were walking around for quite some time, no luck in finding Lillie's brother and sister.

"Your brother and sister must still be on the egg carrier," Amy said sadly. "There's got to be something we can do." Amy sighed as she sat against a barrel. Lilly perched on the barrel beside her.

Then, a frog hopped in front of Amy. "Egg carrier? What's that? I never heard of it!" Someone said. Amy answered though she didn't open her eyes. "That's where Dr. Eggman's hiding Lilly's family."

"Oh, yeah!" The voice said.

Amy gasped and opened her eyes to see the frog staring at her. The frog hopped on her lap. "You mean up in the sky where they took Froggy? Sure I know that place!"

Thinking it was the frog talking, Amy smiled excitedly at it. "Did you just say something?"

"No. Froggy doesn't talk! That was me!" A big purple cat walked up to Amy. "Hi, little girl!"

Amy gasped. "Who are you?"

"My name's Big, cuz I'm big, and this little fella's Froggy cuz he's a frog!" Big grinned. "He's my pal!"

"Nice to meet you, Big!" Amy smiled. "I'm Amy!"

Big looked ahead. "Hey, Amy, is that the Egg Carrier over there?"

Yup. There it was, right in the middle of the water.

...

Meanwhile...

Gama still strolled around, looking for his friends. He soon found one of them, bond to a rock. Using his lasers, Gama freed his friend from the rock. Gama laid his friend on the ground and reprogrammed the robot's hard drive from bad to good. And at that, the captured animal from inside was released. The little rabbit hopped away.

"Master deleted. All data erased. The shutdown has been completed. Delta safe." He started looking for his next friend. "Epsilon. Location detected. Must delete master!"

When he found Epsilon, Gama did the same thing he did with Delta. Now it was Beta's turn. However, Beta's location was unknown to the robot.

A memory of Beta being demolished filled his mind. "Beta. Still in Egg Carrier."

He flew off.

...

Soon, Amy and Lilly were on a boat to free Lilly's siblings. Amy smiled reassuringly at the bird when they neared the ship.

When they entered the ship, Amy smiled down at Lilly. "Who knows, Lilly. Maybe the nice robot freed them just like he freed you, me, and Penny!"

Lilly chirped.

"I bet they're flying around looking for you right now. We'll find them for you no matter what." She said, looking ahead.

...

Soon, Gama reached the place where he thought Beta was. And with that found, Gama fired at the door and walked in.

...

"This place is so big!" Amy said as they continued to walk around. "I don't know where to start looking!"

Lilly chirped sadly. Amy smiled at her. "Don't be discouraged, Lilly. We won't give up no matter how big this ship is."

Lilly smiled and chirped happily, and they walked off together.

...

"Where are we, Bocoe?" Decoe asked his robot friend after the two bots and another bot burst free from the rocks.

"I don't know," Bocoe responded. "But I think I got another dent in my database."

"Am I malfunctioning or are we back in the middle of the Egg Carrier?" Decoe asked.

"I think it IS the Egg Carrier," Bocoe said.

"But how is that possible?!"

"Simple," Bocoe said. "You see, the Egg Carrier emits a very strong magnetic current when combined with the..." He paused and looked surprised to see Amy. "Oh, boy." He turned to Decoe. "Is that who I think it is?"

"IT'S AMY!" The robots yelled.

Amy completely freaked out and dashed off, clinging Lilly in her hands. "Hold on tight, Lilly!" She cried. She darted inside a room, and frantically closed the door.

"OPEN THIS DOOR!" Decoe yelled, banging his fist on it. "You're not allowed in there!"

...

"What's this place?" Amy asked as she looked around in curiosity.

...

Beta walked around a bit when he saw the one bot he was looking for.

"Beta!" The robot said, happy to find his friend still in one piece.

...

Amy stared at the computer with each of the robot's blueprints on it. She soon found the two robots who were keeping Lilly's siblings.

"Look, Lilly!" Amy said, holding the bird close. "they're in the robots! Quick, let's get out of here!"

However, when she opened the door, both Decoe and Bocoe came flying in, and they crashed into the computer. Amy's eyes widened as she saw a robot reaching its arms, looking like it was ready to grab her. Amy hissed. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" She yelled, raising her hammer. And she gave it a good smack, and Beta fell on top of Decoe and Bocoe.

Amy made a run for it, with Lilly behind her.

...

"SATA data erased. Shutdown complete!" Gama said, doing his mission of reprogramming his friend's program.

Something crashed behind Gama, and he turned around to see Beta crash down.

...

The crash was so huge, that it shook the ship. Amy looked at Lilly. "What do you suppose that crash was?" Amy asked.

Lilly chirped, indicating that she had no idea.

...

Gama stared at his friend. "Beta," Gama said.

However, instead of welcoming Gama, Beta raised his weapon and fired.

...

Amy whimpered as she covered her ears as the loud rumble shook the ship. Lilly flew up the stairs.

"Lilly, no!" Amy cried. "Come back!"

Amy followed the bird up the stairs.

...

Gama was having some trouble trying to get close to Beta so he could delete the database of Eggman inside of Beta. "Beta, no!" Gama said. "Bad master! He's an enemy!"

"Eggman master! Eggman master!" Beta said, shooting all his lasers at Gama.

"Beta! You mustn't shoot! You're my friend!" Gama cried as he tried to dodge the lasers, however, Beta kept firing.

"WAIT!" Amy yelled. Her eyes widened as she saw the robot battle. "BE CAREFUL!" She yelled. In the end, Gama managed to destroy Beta, but sadly he got a hole through his middle through the fight. Amy gasped in fright as Beta burst into flames.

Two little bubbles popped out, and one of Lilly's siblings flew out of Beta. The bird flew over to Gama, who looked at it. "Free now," Gama said. His mission was accomplished. His vision blurred, and Gama fell down on his side, and he, too, burst into flames.

"OH, NO!" Amy cried.

Then, Lilly's other sibling, the sister, flew out of Gama. They flew ahead and smiled down at Lilly. Lilly looked at Amy and chirped her goodbyes.

"Goodbye, Lilly!" Amy smiled. "I'll tell Penny you say goodbye to her!" She then turned to Gama. "You've done so much for me, Penny, and Lilly." Amy started crying. "Oh, Mr. Robot!" She sobbed. "Penny and I will never forget you!"

...

Soon, Lilly and her siblings flew free from Eggman's Egg Carrier.

...

While all of this was happening, Sonic and Silver took a breather and laid down on the grass.

"Hey, Sonic! Silver!"

The two hedgehogs looked up and saw Tails running over, waving his arms in excitement. "What's up?"

"Hey, Tails!" Sonic smiled. "Glad to see you're okay!"

"Yeah! Penny and Amy are okay too!" Tails smiled.

Clouds covered the sky.

"Must be a storm coming." Silver said.

...

Eggman flew through the forest, completely furious about losing against Sonic and Silver. "Blast those hedgehogs!" He growled. "I've got to find some way to get rid of those furry freaks forever!"

He was about to go on when something blue and familiar stood in his way.

"Chaos?!" Eggman asked in surprise.