An alarm sounded through the Blue Typhoon, gathering everybody's attention.
"Our scanner's picked up two objects approaching!" Tails announced. "Dead ahead and closing fast!"
Amy pointed. "I see them!"
"Me too!" Penny gasped. On the scanner, there seemed to be two red dots blinking. Sonic rushed up to Penny's side, a glare on his face. "Metarex!"
"It looks like they just stole the Planet Egg." Cosmo whimpered.
"Tails, we can't let those two Metarex getaway!" Tangle said, looking at the fox.
Tails nodded. "Tangle's right. We're gonna fight them to save that Planet Egg!"
"Roger!"
However, before anyone could move, the ship shook. Seems like the Metarex gotten hold of the Blue Typhoon.
"Fire up the laser cannons!" Tails ordered. He fired, but the lasers didn't even leave a mark!
"It bounced right off!" Cream and Penny gasped in shock.
"It's trying to pull our wings off!" Cloud said. "We need to stop it before it does any more damage!" The wolf turned to Tails. Tails nodded at Cloud. "We'll stop it!" He said. "Move the Sonic Power Cannon!"
"We're loading it now." Knuckles said in the control room.
"Sonic, enter the power cannon and get ready for launch!"
At Chris's okay signal, Sonic hopped into the cannon and almost immediately started spinning.
"Sonic Power Cannon FIRE!" Tails yelled, and they fired Sonic at the Metarex, smashing right through the middle and coming out on the other side. A bright glow soon followed, causing the Metarex to drop the Planet Egg and fall to the ground, soon followed by his other Metarex buddy.
"Looks like we knocked out the Metarex!" Tails said. "The big one is out of commission. And the Planet Egg's going back to where it belongs!" /
Cosmo smiled happily, clasping her hands. "Thanks to Sonic!"
"Yeah!" Cream smiled. "He is incredible!"
"He's a real knockout," Amy said in agreement.
"Wait a minute!" Penny gasped, her eyes widening in realization. "Why isn't he coming back to the ship?!"
Penny, Silver, Amy, Cream, Cosmo, Kat, Cheese, Tangle, and Whisper turned to Tails. He looked serious.
...
"What's wrong?" Knuckles asked Chris, who had the same expression as Tails. Chris looked down at Knuckles. "The cannon that launched Sonic and Silver out of the ship worked great!" He said. He chuckled nervously. "Unfortunately, we launched them too hard and they couldn't get out of their spin in time to get back to the ship. Looks like they're headed straight for the planet."
Knuckles placed his hands on his hips and looked down. "It's too bad they're not packing a parachute!"
...
Sonic yelled as he fell to the ground. "Oh, man!" He grunted. "What a trip! I wonder..." He turned around, and his mouth dropped open when he saw that he had crashed into Eggman's ship. Eggman was passed out next to it along with his two robots.
"It's Eggman!" Sonic yelped, getting up like a start. Something below him caught his eye, and Sonic looked down to see a Chaos Emerald. He picked it up. "He found a Chaos emerald!" He smirked at Eggman. "You don't mind if I hang on to this, do you?" He smirked as he dashed off. "See ya!"
...
A monkey-like Metarex sighed as he stood over his fallen partner, rubbing the spot where Sonic had smashed him. "This loser's definitely out of it." The Metarex said. "He was supposed to protect me and the Planet Egg!" He started panicking. "What am I going to do now? I'm not built for battle! What if that ship comes after me? If I don't think of something fast, I'm gonna end up Metar Wreck!"
Hearing something, the Metarex turned to see the Blue Typhoon landing. He began to panic even more. "They did follow me here! And they're coming for the Planet Egg! What should I do? I don't want to fight, but I can't let them put the egg back!" He dashed over to the Egg and grabbed it in his arms, hooting. He realized something. "Wait a second. Maybe there's a way for me to fight without fighting!"
He hooted in excitement, clutching the Planet Egg in his hands.
...
"Move over!" Amy told Knuckles and Silver as she hurried over to the X Tornado. "I'm going with you!"
Tails shot her a thumbs up. "Stay here, Amy!" He said. "It's not safe. That smaller Metarex may be out there somewhere!"
Furious, Amy started flaring around. "But I have to find Sonic!"
"Sorry, Amy." Silver said. "Tails, Knuckles, and I will find him and bring him back. Chris and Penny need some help fixing the ship."
Tails smiled with a nod. "Who knows? Mabe Sonic will show up here!"
"Tails is trying to tell you that we don't want you getting in our way!" Knuckles said, and Tails sweat dropped even more.
"In your way?!" Amy snapped angrily.
"Come on, Tails, Silver, let's get going." Knuckles said, looking away.
"Okay..."
"Do not take off!" Amy snapped.
Too late.
"YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" Amy yelled after the plane.
...
"This is going to be fun!" Cream said as she, Penny, Cosmo, and Cheese walked through the forest. She laughed happily. "I love to explore new places! Don't you, Cheese?"
"Chao!"
Penny looked over at Cosmo, who had her hand on a tree, and a thoughtful look on her face. She looked down. "The trees are sad." She said, closing her eyes. "It seems the Planet Egg hasn't been restored yet. I can't leave here until I make sure that it is."
"You mean you're going to go look for the Planet Egg, Cosmo?" Cream asked, walking up to the girls.
Cosmo nodded. "Yes."
Hearing panting, Penny turned around to see Amy walking towards them. Instead of stopping, the pink hedgehog walked past them, pushing Penny out of the way in the process. Luckily Cosmo grabbed the human before she landed on the ground.
"Thanks, Cosmo." Penny smiled. Cosmo smiled back.
Cream looked back towards Amy. "Amy?"
Cosmo placed her hand on her red amulet on her chest. "Where are you going?" She asked.
"Where do you think I'm going?!" Amy snapped at them. "I'm gonna go find Sonic!"
Penny looked at Amy. "I thought Tails, Silver, and Knuckles took the X Tornado to go look for him?"
Amy glared at them, shaking her fist. "I'm not going to rely on anybody else to find Sonic! I have to go rescue him myself! I won't rest until I get him back!" She turned around and stomped further into the forest.
Penny frowned, looking down. Amy had been getting on Penny's nerves lately.
"Wait!" Cream cried.
"Amy is right." Cosmo suddenly said, and Penny looked at her young friend in surprise. Cosmo continued. "I cannot rely on anyone else, either. I won't rest until I hold the Planet Egg in my hands."
"But..." Cream and Penny said together as Cosmo followed after Amy.
"Should we follow them?" Cream asked Penny. The human girl shrugged at Cream and Cheese. "Why not?" She asked.
"Wait for us, Cosmo!" Cream cried, pulling Penny along with her.
...
"Sonic!" Amy called as she ran through the forest. "Where are you?!"
Penny panted as she followed Cosmo, Cream, Cheese, and Amy through the forest. Well, this is what she wanted to do, right? Sometimes Penny wondered if she should've stayed behind on the ship as Tails instructed. But like Amy, Penny wouldn't rest until Sonic was okay.
Hearing a yelp, Penny turned around to find that Cosmo was no longer with them. She noticed Amy and Cream looking up, and Penny followed their gazes to find Cosmo hanging upside down on the tree.
"Cosmo!" Amy and Penny said together. Penny ignored Amy's glares as she tried to find a way to free her Seedrian friend.
"Are you okay?" Amy asked.
"Chao!" Cheese said. The little Chao flew up and released Cosmo, and the plant girl floated to the ground, using her leaf-like skirt as a parachute.
"I'm fine." Cosmo smiled after she straightened herself.
Amy stared at Cosmo and Penny. "Maybe you and Penny should go back, Cosmo. Leave the searching to me! Somebody as refined as you two don't belong out in the wild!"
Penny glared at Amy.
Cosmo shook her head. "I'm not turning back." She said. "Let's keep going. Come on, Penny." Cosmo said, grabbing the human girl's hand and pulling her through the woods.
"If that's what you want!" Amy said, humphing in annoyance.
"Cosmo?" Penny asked, looking into Cosmo's determined expression.
"I'm tired of running away from danger!" Cosmo thought, her thoughts drifting back to the day the Metarex attacked. "I'm not going to stand by while the Metarex destroy another planet!"
Cosmo pushed aside grass as she walked, Penny close behind. Noticing something familiar in the ground, Penny and Cosmo stared at it.
"A Planet Egg!" Penny and Cosmo gasped.
"That was easy!" Amy said, running up on Cosmo's other side.
"There's something strange about this." Cream said. Penny looked at the bunny curiously. "Cream, what do you mean?"
Cream looked around. "How did the Planet Egg land right in the middle of this clearing?"
Amy crossed her arms. "That is kind of weird. Almost like somebody wanted us to find it."
"Well, I'm taking it."
"Cosmo?" Penny asked, stunned by her friend's choice of words and action.
"I don't think that's a good idea," Amy said, grabbing Cosmo's arm.
"Maybe you're right, Amy," Cosmo said. "but we have to put it back where it belongs, or this planet is finished." Cosmo's face looked determined as she walked up to the Planet Egg, and clasped it with her hands. Penny, Amy, Cream, and Cheese followed. However, as they drew near, Penny felt something lift her up from underneath her. She, Cosmo, Cream, and Cheese yelped as a net pulled them into the air, and away from the Planet Egg.
"Hey!" Amy snapped. "Let us out!"
Hearing hooting, a monkey-like Metarex that Penny had never seen before walked up to them. "Now who's the monkey in the middle?" He hooted.
"You again!" Cosmo gasped.
"Sorry to leave you hanging, but I have to leave! I'm headed off to steal your ship now! So I can escape with the Planet Egg!"
...
Soon, Penny found herself once again behind bars, glaring at her capturer. He hooted at them. "You fell right into my trap! I bet you didn't suspect that it'd be this cagey! I can't take all of the credit though. My scheme wouldn't have worked if you weren't so gullible!"
Penny and Cream gasped a bit as Amy clenched the bars of the cage, glaring and hissing dangerously. Cream smiled at Amy. "Don't worry, we'll find a way to get out!"
"If there is a way out..." Penny said. Hearing hooting once again, she turned back to the Metarex Monkey. "Bye-bye! I'll say hello to your friends for you! If they're as dimwitted as you! I should be doing a victory dance in no time!" He hooted as he walked away, Planet Egg in his arms.
"I don't think so, you miserable monkey!" Amy growled. "Sonic's gonna go ape when he caught ME!" She snapped.
"Don't go ballistic!" Cream warned Amy.
"Cosmo?" Penny asked her Seedrian friend, noticing Cosmo's downcast expression. Cosmo looked at her. "It's all my fault." She said. "I never should have fallen for the Planet Egg trap. Now we've lost the Planet Egg and Sonic!"
Hearing thuds, Penny and Cosmo turned around to see Amy hammering at the bars until they broke. Amy smiled at Cosmo. "Don't worry, Cosmo!"
Cosmo smiled. "Okay. Thanks, Amy!"
...
"We have to find Sonic and warn him before that Metarex traps him, too!" Amy said as she waded through the grass. Penny, Cream, Cosmo, and Cheese followed.
"Shouldn't we go back to the ship?" Cream asked. "We could call Tails, Silver, and Knuckles for help!"
"No way!" Amy snapped. "I set out to rescue Sonic all by myself and that's what we're all gonna do!"
"I promise to be more careful from now on." Cosmo said. "We'll never save any planets if I don't stop getting us into trouble all the time."
"Hey, doesn't this look familiar?" Penny asked, stopping. She turned to the girls and pointed at the Planet Egg once again sitting in the middle of the forest.
"Looks like another Metarex trap!" Cream said.
"I agree." Penny nodded, and Cheese chaoed in agreement.
"Well, we're not going to let it trick us a second time!" Amy vowed, crossing her arms. She looked at the girls. "Are we?"
"Would it try the same trap twice?" Cosmo asked. She had a look of determination in her blue eyes. "Well, there's only one way to find out."
"No, Cosmo! Don't!" Amy cried, reaching out for the girl. Cosmo continued forward. "Stay back!" She said, reaching for the egg. "And if it's a trap, it will only catch me!"
"Pretty reasonable." Penny hummed as she watched Cosmo kneel in front of the Egg. However, something wrapped around her ankles, and Penny gave a yelp as she was soon pulled into the air, ropes around her ankles. Above her was Cream, below her was Amy, and Cosmo was below Amy. Luckily, Penny was wearing knee-high blue shorts, so she didn't have anything to worry about. Amy, Cream, and Cosmo whimpered and held their skirts down.
Penny gasped as the same Metarex monkey from before hopped out of the bushes, hooting happily. "That makes two for two!" He looked up and realized who he had caught. "Didn't I catch you already? How did you escape from your cage?"
Penny, Cosmo, and Cream whimpered as Amy started wiggling around. "Get lost!" Amy snapped. "That's our business!"
The Metarex thought this was amusing. "You fell for the same trap twice? Whoa! You're bigger sap than the trees around here!" He stopped talking almost instantly as he saw Cream using all of her strength to flap her ears, standing up straight. Cheese was soon flying beside Cream.
"HHHMMMM!" Cream humphed.
The Metarex looked panicked.
"You know what to do, Cheese!" Cream said. Cheese gave a chao of agreement and hopped onto Cream's hand. "Go get him!" Cream ordered and tossed Cheese as hard as she could at the Metarex.
"CHAO!" Cheese chaoed fiercely as she flew up to the Metarex and knocked him over. Penny chuckled. "Not bad for a little Chao, hu?" She asked herself. "Cream and Cheese never fail to amaze me." She, Amy, and Cosmo soon landed on their feet as the ropes unwrapped them.
Cosmo looked at the Planet Egg and picked it up, smiling.
"Come on!" Amy yelled, dashing away. Penny followed close behind, pulling Cream with her.
...
"Maybe we should go back to the ship, Amy?" Cream suggested once again. And again, the pink hedgehog denied it, explaining that the Metarex was still on the loose and that she had to find Sonic warn him. Penny chuckled at the de 'ja' vu.
"You must be angry at me after all the trouble I caused you," Cosmo said, looking at the Planet Egg in her hands. "I'm so focused on saving the galaxy, I can get reckless sometimes."
"You got the Planet Egg!" Penny smiled at Cosmo. "I really admire how you never gave up!"
Cosmo smiled at Penny. "Really? You do?"
Amy nodded. "I know just how you feel, Cosmo, because when I think Sonic's in danger, I won't give up until I know he's safe!" She turned to look at the others. "That's why I won't stop till I find him!"
"Me neither!" Penny smiled.
"All right, Penny and Amy." Cream smiled as well. "Then we won't give up either!"
"Chao chao!"
"And I'm with you two, Penny and Amy." Cosmo smiled.
"And when we work together, we can make sure the Planet Egg gets back to where it belongs!"
Cosmo smiled again. "That's great!"
Hearing something moving towards them, Penny's eyes shrunk in horror. "Cosmo, look out!" Penny yelled. Cosmo let out a yell as the object hit her, and she went sailing away, and Cosmo dropped the Planet Egg in the process.
"Cosmo!" Penny, Amy, and Cream yelled. Penny's eyes widened in horror as the Planet Egg toppled to the ground and into the Metarex's arms. "Too easy!" He hooted.
"Not so fast!" Cosmo's soft voice snapped, and the girls below looked up to see Cosmo floating down towards them.
"They got me surrounded!" The Metarex gasped.
Cosmo grabbed red fruits from a tree and smashing them against the Metarex's metal armor. Penny joined Cosmo and the two girls started covering the Metarex's eyes with tomatoes.
"I can't see!" The Metarex complained.
Amy let out her battle cry and raised her hammer, smashing it against the Metarex, causing him to twirl in circles before falling to the ground. And that was Penny, Cosmo, Cream, Cheese, and Amy's cue to leave. Cosmo grabbed the Planet Egg in her arms and ran as fast as she could. The Metarex got in their way again, though.
"Hold it right there!" He ordered.
"This way!" Amy ordered. Cosmo grabbed Penny's arm and the girls followed Amy. Penny felt the ground fall beneath her, and she, Cream, Cheese, Amy, and Cosmo yelled as they fell.
"YEAH!" The Metarex cheered, pumping his arms and jumping up and down in celebration. "I did it!" His celebration was cut short when a familiar female grunting came from the hole, and the Metarex jumped in surprise. Cream held Penny under her arms, and Penny did the same to Cosmo. Cosmo held Amy under her arms, and Cheese flew out of the hole with the Planet Egg in her arms.
The Metarex looked shocked.
"Give it all you got, girls!" Amy ordered.
"Roger!" Penny, Cream, and Cosmo said. With all of their might, the girls started twirling as fast as they could in the air, spinning round and round until Penny started feeling sick. Amy unleashed her hammer and smashed into the Metarex Monkey, causing him to fly away.
"All right!" Penny cheered, and for once Amy grinned at her. "When we all work together, we're unstoppable!" The girls happily agreed with a group high five.
...
While Penny and her friends were experiencing this, Sonic darted as fast as he could through the clearing, holding the Chaos Emerald in his hand. The Emerald seemed to be glowing. He stopped, and hearing the familiar sound of the X Tornado, he looked up.
"Sonic!" Tails cried happily.
"Hi, Tails!" Sonic called. He held up the Emerald. "Look! Got a little present for ya!"
Silver smiled. "He's got another Emerald!"
"Stay there!" Tails said. "We're coming down to pick you up!"
However, before anyone could make a move, the Emerald was snatched from Sonic's hands, and wires wrapped around the X Tornado, forcing the plane to crash to the ground.
It was Eggman.
Eggman laughed as he hovered next to his latest creation.
"Eggman!" Sonic and Silver snapped.
"I'm taking that Emerald back, Sonic," Eggman said. "I found it first, so it belongs to me!"
Sonic shrugged. "But if it wasn't for the Metarex, Silver and I'd still have them all!" He pointed out.
"According to my rules, it's stealer's keepers," Eggman said. He moved his robot's tentacles to place the Emerald in the machine.
"Retrieval operation complete," Decoe said. "The Emerald is secure."
"Time to power up!" Bocoe said, typing on his computer.
At the right moment, Penny appeared right behind Eggman's robots, hugging the Planet Egg tight, the Metarex close behind her. "I'm not monkeying around this time!" The Metarex growled.
Penny gasped, jumping into the air. Amy, Cream, Cosmo, and Cheese imitated her moves. Amy and Penny hopped on Eggman's head, and Cosmo and Cream hopped on Decoe and Bocoe's heads.
"What the?!" Both robots explained before the Metarex monkey landed on them.
"Penny?!" Sonic yelped in shock.
"Sonic!" Penny smiled happily, running over to him with the Planet Egg in her hands.
"Sonic!" Amy happily cried, and dashed up to him.
"Oh no!" The Monkey cried. "Now they're all going to gang up against me!"
Before Penny could run up to Sonic, Amy happily darted in his arms and grabbed him in a bear hug. "Sonic! I've been looking all over for you!" She said. She was so happy that she even tried kissing him, but Sonic tried to push her away. "This isn't a kissing mood!" He cried.
"Look, everybody!" Cosmo smiled, proudly holding up the Planet Egg in her hands. Cosmo continued. "We found the Planet Egg! Isn't that fantastic?"
"So great!" Silver grinned.
Knuckles, who still looked stunned at the girl's entrance, slowly moved his hand. "Take it easy!"
"I'm not a trampoline!" Eggman growled angrily. "Nobody goes hopping on my head and gets away with it!"
"ACTIVATING ATTACK MODE!" Both robots yelled, getting Eggman's spider bot ready.
Penny gave a yell of fear as the claws of Eggman's ship grabbed her. Soon, it grabbed the rest of her friends. She looked down to see Sonic struggling. Why, to her surprise, he even caught the Monkey Metarex! "Let me go! I'm battling against the Hedgehog and his friends too!" He pointed out.
Eggman chuckled. "No way! I won't work with anyone who looks like he belongs in a zoo!"
Penny looked at Cosmo, who had her eyes closed and seemed to be focusing on the Planet Egg. Her eyes widened as the Egg glowed, and then roots appeared out of the ground a second later, trapping Eggman in its clutches.
"What's going on?!" The doctor yelped.
"The energy from the Planet Egg's making the vegitation grow faster!" Tails cried as the plants seemed to release them from Eggman's machine's hold. However, Penny let out a yell as the vines wrapped around herself, squeezing her. "SONIC!" She shrieked, struggling.
"It's going crazy!" Knuckles yelled.
"These vines sure are clingy, aren't they?!" Amy yelled.
...
Back at the ship, Chris heard a distress signal coming from one of the computers.
"What's going on?" Tangle asked as she, Whisper, and Kat ran up to him. Chris put on his headphones. "This is the Blue Typhoon! Over!"
His eyes widened when he heard sounds of struggling coming on the other end.
"Hold on!" Chris cried. "Calm down and talk one at a time!"
...
"I can't control the Planet Egg!" Cosmo cried in fear. "I'm sorry!"
Penny let out a whimper as more vines rose from the ground.
"Hang on, guys!"
Hearing the familiar call of her little brother, Penny looked up and smiled happily at the sight of Chris flying towards them.
"It's Chris!" Penny and Sonic yelled happily.
"Catch, Sonic!" Tails yelled, tossing Tails the Emerald from the X Tornado. Sonic smiled. "Nice work, Tails!" He grinned. He soon spun out of his trap, and Chris shot Sonic his hoover boots. Sonic sped right up to Eggman and smashed them away. Sonic triumphantly caught the Emerald and landed on the ground. However, he realized he left his friends hanging.
"Sorry to leave you hanging." Sonic scratched his head.
"No harm, no foul." Silver said.
Hearing Cosmo gasp, Penny turned and watched as the Planet Egg drifted down to the ground, and soon the vines released them. Sonic caught Penny in his arms, and they smiled at each other.
"No wonder I don't like gardening." Amy humphed, dusting herself off.
"What a technical nightmare!" The Metarex said.
"Get lost, pal!" Amy snapped. The Metarex gulped when he saw everyone glaring at him. He scratched his head. "I couldn't stop myself from tricking you, I was programmed for monkey business, I'm really sorry, I learned my lesson!"
However, he turned to look at Sonic who was holding the Chaos Emerald, with Penny beside him. Penny's eyes widened. "Sonic, look out!"
Sonic grabbed Penny in his arms and jumped both of them out of the way. "I'm not all that slow, buddy!" Sonic said.
Everyone smirked at him.
"Mission is driving me bananas!" The Metarex whimpered as Sonic smashed right into him, destroying him in an instant.
"It's good to have you back, Sonic." Penny smiled.
...
Penny and everyone else smiled proudly at the Chaos Emeralds in front of them.
"Only five more to go!" Tails said.
"Good job, buddy!" Cloud grinned.
"I'm sure we'll get them all back!" Cosmo smiled.
"You think so, Cosmo?" Chris asked.
"You bet." Cosmo smiled back. "Today I learned that if we all work together, anything is possible!"
