Hello, Big Red here with the scoop on the latest chapter. As you can see, many factions are all over the Lost Hex establishing their own base or enslaving the citizens of the Lost Hex. From Team Rocket to Wily's Robot Masters. As if the fight against Mecha Sonic isn't tough with him now in Super Form, the other heroes that split up have worse enemies to deal with like the remainder of Team Star Wolf. Things will take a crazier turn that would soon let the heroes know time is running out. Let's begin.

The three Rocket members would continue watching their unsuspecting prey finally walk within the seemingly empty factory in complete silence. They know that they were tasked with a highly important as following Giovanni's orders with the time they had left. Meowth would keep his feline eyes on the young couple just to see if they were possibly armed at all but saw nothing suggesting they are a threat.

"Boss, what do you think of this whole alliance. Is it any good?" Jesse asks.

The serious crime lord would have no good way to answer this since he always wanted to do anything possible to become the number one threat in any Pokemon region like the old days. Or even the entire world now that he sees value in other resources worth trafficking than just Pokemon.

"It is. But I have my reasons to not trust a select view individuals. It is bad enough that I have to be second fiddle with the rebellious Pokemon we created just because he become sentient enough to be stronger than our best operatives. I originally did not want to agree as working under a Pokemon, even if he is a powerful creation, seems too ludicrous. But if it means trusting his many friends he made in that Smash organization, then we will do what we mist. Thankfully we are far away from him with little worries of him reading our very minds right now. That is why we are taking this mission as serious as we are. If we fail, there is no imagining what he could do. Most of my scientist team that helped in the cloning of him were killed off by his power years ago. We did try to work together to make a great team only for him to attack me when the idea of being his slave seemed too much for him. But that's how it should be. Pokemon are always meant to be used and controlled by humans. Doesn't matter if they are powerful Legendaries, they are still meant to be used the way we intended. Even the mighty Arceus is best in the hands of a human than being the "God" this universe needed. It's quite laughable how Cyrus failed to pursue a great Pokemon like that. But this is not my point. The point is that as much as this alliance is beneficial to us, we are better off not being used as pawns by that arrogant Psychic Type. I have something for him. A weapon that has his many weaknesses. Team Plasma were nice enough to let me borrow it for my own use. In return, I gave them half of our science resources and Pokémon as they see this weapon as very valuable," he said.

"What kind of weapon is it? And why are we selling out to another crime group, one from a region so far away?" James asked.

"There is no such thing as selling out when it benefits both of us. Team Plasma also had big goals for Unova but failed to the likes of some children. They knew our pain and decided to help out. Ghetsis was a powerful man with huge goals for world domination. His brat betrayed him after his defeat instead of choosing to be obedient. Reminds me too much of my own brat, and how he willingly helped the police pursue the remnants of Team Rocket. If it were not for me faking my death and returning as a new man, then I never wouldn't have the chance to partake in the Elite Four. I did learn a few things from fighting a certain kid's Pokémon team, it's that the young ones are always the most determined to be strong. All more of a reason why you should see those two in our factory as a threat," Giovanni explains.

"Are you sure that you aren't paranoid, boss? Because these twerps do not look like they carry any Pokémon on their hands. This is only a piece of cake for us if it means making Team Rocket rise once more. You have nothing to worry about at all when we never fail at our missions," he declared.

"I hope you are right, Meowth. Because I did not use an Ultra Wormhole to gather forces for nothing. That's how I've found you three after seeing you defeat that brat in your universe. Some were grunts from other fallen organizations that I just decided to recruit as members of the New Team Rocket that will rise out of the ashes. Those brats will not see what hits them once we are a powerful organization once more. Do not fail me, I expect big things out of you three," the cold leader warned.

"We will not let you down, Giovanni of this universe. We will prove to you why we are the strongest out there," the red haired woman declared.

"Soon as we dispose of the trash, we will take everything here before rebuilding our empire. Went backstabbing that traitorous "World's Strongest Pokémon" to be free from his psychic dictatorship. A perfect way as payback for the lives he taken away that meant so much to your organization," the blue haired man said while holding his rose.

"Meowth, that's right! Those twerps will not know what hit em once we bring out the big guns. Pokémon or not. They shall tremble in fear of the name Team Rocket!" the cat Pokemon announced.

Suddenly, a blue Pokémon left out of one of their Pokeballs just to interrupt the conversation.

"Wooooooobbuffet!" the blue Pokémon shouts.

Jesse and James sneered at their uninvited guest for ruining a serious conversation between them and their boss.

"We do not need you at the moment, go away!" the angered man said.

"That's right, you can wobble you way back into the ball were you belong!" the woman snapped.

"If it weren't for that Mirror Coat of yours, I would Fury Swipe your face until you are blue with red all over!" the feisty cat threatened.

That is not all when a large pink bear appears to catch everyone off guard with a group hug. But considering the time of Pokémon she is, being hugged by her means instant death.

"You... are gripping... us too tight! Let us...go...right now!" Jesse shouts. "I think... I'm dying... here. If you... have that... Mirror Coat ready, do it now to free us Wobbuffet!" Meowth begged.

"Woooooooobbuffet!" the blue Pokémon cried once more.

"At least I think there's... a soft cushion that's... softening my bones from crushing. They...make me feel all kinds... of bliss," James said.

Jesse instantly realized what he's talking about and grew red with a mix of anger and embarrassment.

"James, I'm going to kill you once this Bewear frees us. Your biggest mistake is trying to touch me in the wrong places!" she barked.

"Will you two get a room already, this isn't the time to act lovely dovely when we are getting squashed here!" Meowth shouts.

"Well I wouldn't be feeling them if you weren't so big. One could even think your secret is eating so much Poke Puffs to make them grow," James defensively said.

"Just shut up already!" the cat Pokémon shouts.

"Woooooobufffet!" Wobbuffet cried.

The Silent Forest would be peaceful as even with the ominous jungles and lush hills around the area. The massive shadow of Atolm is casted over the forest as a sign of Azel looking for possible enemies to fight. The black haired woman made sure to look around with her dark eyes for any traps to avoid in case there were anyone expecting her own arrival. The large dragon lets out a low growl, which she stroked his scaly back to calm him down.

"Settle down, old friend. We have to be very careful around here. There may be silence around here, but that's not to say that we aren't completely alone," she said.

Many large spherical owls would be seen flying out of the forest to fly for another location. The dragon wonders why this many birds were alarmed, having a feeling a huge threat is coming their way. Azel too is concerned about this much wildlife being frightened to the point of flying away.

"I have a bad feeling about this. Atolm, be on a look out for anything suspicious. If you see any threat, do not hesitate to shoot them down with your dragon lasers," she warned her loyal dragon.

The beast nods slightly and stays on the correct path of flight despite the flocks of owls flying above them. Azel also reaches out her black hand to do any back up shooting just in case they do see their unknown foes in sight. They would also see massive Surprise Crocodiles being alarmed to be point of leaping high enough to be seen. This is seen as strange to the two as the wildlife wouldn't be acting this weird without a reason. Soon as they passed the haunted castle area Sonic once fought Zor in, they also saw other locales like the frozen tunnel to the east and ruins in the west that also served as a location where Zor fought Sonic again. They two fliers had a bad feeling about all these strange things happening at once.

"Keep your eyes peeled, I feel we are getting closer to our enemies soon," she said.

And she is right as a sudden blast of magic would be flying her way. She narrowly dodged it in time before Atolm could reacted. He also saw what appears to be a few beans flying in his direction. They were no ordinary beans as they exploded once hitting his body to wound him. The massive flying beast lets out a cry in pain from what happened to him and tries his best not to sink into the forest.

"Atolm! Whoever you enemies are, get out here and fight instead of resorting to these cowardly tactics!" she cried.

"Cowardly you say? My, aren't you the fiery woman. You have even more fire in you than Peach," a teasing voice said.

"We appear soon as you fall first. Bowser will not forgive us for failure, he was nice enough to give us second chance at getting revenge on Mario!" a high pitched intellectual voice said.

Azel is angry enough that anyone dared to hurt her powerful dragon and gets away with it.

"Atolm, use your Warp beams. That's an order!" she commands.

The wounded but furious dragon instantly fired his trademark beams out of his mouth as payback on these cruel villains. The circle of beams split up to warp to two possible targets. One of them crashes into a thicket of trees and the other would destroy parts of a shrine that would lead to the ruins. The two perpetrators finally revealed themselves in the faces of Atolm to show that they were the ones who attacked him. The beast growls once more as he's not going to let them get away with hurting him. Azel is just as angry since she's in time to be slowed down by anyone at all.

"Who are you?" she shouts.

"I am the master of dimensions, Dimentio. Once an usurper of the great Count Bleck to rule the Multiverse until that red capped fellow Mario foiled my plans. Bowser's given me another chance at life at the cost of being his lackey. Now that's over, let me show you why even Luigi fears me," the colorful jester formally introduced.

"I am Fawful. Once greatest scientist that served Cackletta in BeanBean Kingdom. I have fury and chortles, nothing stands in my way of revenge. Not after those finkrat Mario Bros shattered my ham of plots with defeat. Let me also say that Bowser given me new life to once more take over world. Prepare to die!" the green mad scientist gloats.

Azel is left confused as his strange speech is making it hard to understand him.

"You are making it hard to understand with the ugliest way of speech ever. If you will not speak more clearly then I will have to use force to get you out of my way," she shouts.

This wouldn't please Fawful in any way at all. Despite not seeming like he is angry, his forced smile and unpredictable behavior always masks his true emotions toward anything.

"My, what terrible manners you have. Allow me to make you feel better with the perfect explosion," Dimentio said.

He would instantly raise his hands, this would allow a large box to be traced around Azel's flying spot. She is wondering what this is and feared what may happen next.

"Don't attack, she will pay by my hands. No one gets away with insulting my intellectual speech. She needs to cry like onion she is!" the angry Fawful shouts.

"Relax, my green bean friend. Let me get rid of your enemy the right way. You see, anyone trapped within this box can't escape until after I kill them with my beautiful explosions. Once she is softened up, you can deal the finishing blow yourself, isn't that a deal?" Dimentio said.

Hearing his words would instantly fill Azel with dream knowing that these strange lines drawn around her is actually a magic sealing barrier keeping her in an explosive trap. Her heart beats faster than Atolms knowing that she can't get out of said box through any normal means.

"Atolm, use your Warp attack now. If you don't I may possible die at the hands of this strange madman!" she orders.

The dragon is torn on doing this as the beams would possibly hurt his own head if not careful enough.

"It's no use. All it takes is one finger snap and you will be sent to the Underwhere itself. Queen Jaydes is looking for someone new to play with in her domain of the Game Over'd," he said.

Fawful is still fuming over his own ally trying to outshine him when he is the one that wants revenge on Azel for insulting his broken English.

"Just do it, or I'll die! You understand! I do not want to die again! Just shoot them down!" Azel screamed with tears rolling down.

Atolm evebtyally agrees to her request and breaks out several heat seeking beams once more. Dimentio still snaps anyway before the beams struck him to attempt killing her. Fawful turns to use his special Suck Device to inhale the beams that aimed for him. One big explosion occurred inside of the box that severely damaged Azel's defenseless body. However, the beams already dealt enough damage to Dimentio that stopped him from holding the box shield together anymore. The wounded Azel still risks jumping off her dragon as she finally dives toward the solid earth. Atolm however finally feels the pain of the rapid explosions happening on his back, crying in pain at Dimentio's deadly attack. Angered by his master's fall and the pain from the attack, the dragon finally losses it to try devouring the two before him with massive jaws.

"You think we food for your stomach? Think again, finkrat!" Fawful said.

He fires countless bean bombs down his throat to try stopping the rampaging beast. Dimentio already teleports to be out of harms alway at all. The rapid explosions happened internally to hurt Atolm's throat and tongue. This still did not stop him from chomping down on the bean scientist completely in rage. He would see Dimentio above him with his own plans for the beast.

"A ferocious beast like you should be taught some manners and I know just the way to tame you," he said before giggling in a sinister manner.

The next thing that happens would be a strange green sprout magically growing on the door Azel usually rides him on. Not only this would stop the dragon from possibly trying to attack him, but started to put severe strain on his own brain. This is a Floro Sprout, a special sprout that grows from Floro Sapiens to brainwash their victims. This is how they enslaved certain Cragnons to mine for their king and Dimentio controlled Luigi under the guise of Mr. L as his personal minion to stop Mario's plans. Just the sounds of her dragon being in pain would motivate the fallen Azel to try lifting herself off the foliage that softened her impact. "Get...away from him! He is not your slave...I will kill you both for laying a single finger on him. Just get the hell off!" she shouts. Her synthetic body is already in enough bad shape from taking that explosion, but she did not care when her only dragon is in complete danger. The beast would finally stop being in pain and remain in flight. Fawful already managed to escape due to his mouth partially opening earlier. Dimentio smiles as this sudden obedience is only a sign that he's now fully in his control to command.

"Perfect, you are now my pet. As your first command, I want you to dispose of that black haired pest below. She is an absolute stain on this peaceful jungle that would soon be burned down," he said.

The large dragon obediently turns around to face the wounded Azel standing below her. She is already having a bad feeling about this since no one would command him this easily other than her. She would notice the large sprout on his head that sticks out as an oddity.

"What the hell did you do to him?" she yelled.

Dimentio would only in response to her sudden anger at his plan.

"Just gave him a nice sprout if it means making him realize that I am a better master than you. I would say more, but this is the end of the road for you. Oh dragon, why don't you shoot down this unsightly pest?" the jester said.

Atolm would open his mouth to instantly fire the deadly beams at her below.

"Damn it!" she uttered as she runs away from the fast moving beams from her now brainwashed dragon that's hunting his former master down.

She runs as fast as she could to avoid the deadly beams as she sheds tears at the thought of her own long time friend letting himself be manipulated by a magic sprout. She held nothing but severe treatment for her smart enemies that aimed to stop her mission even through the cruelest means.

Damn you, damn all of you! You will pay with your lives once I find a way to free Atolm. I'll never forgive you all for this!

Lastly, Lava Mountain would be seen as a complete mess. Whatever Zeti that were alive were now forced to be slaves that mines for any gems around this dangerous volcanic region. Many soldiers used their own Cacophonic Conchs to torture Zeti that were rebellious or tried to escape the labor forced on them. All of these colorful demons were completely miserable as they continued to mine endlessly with the pickaxes they were provided. That is far from all when even Wisps weren't free from torture. Some were being harvested in special machines to drain their Hyper-go-on as fuel for possible weapons of war they intended to use in the future. As a result, many of these Wisps would become Nega Wisps that violently lashed around within their glass prisons after losing what originally made their power. Other Wisps that managed to escape would be sucked back into a special vacuum device meant to capture them or forcibly mutated by Phazon by the Space Pirates that patrolled this hellish volcano. These new Phazon Wisps would still retain their Hyper-go-on energy, but be too dangerous to drain as they are just runaway diseased aliens who has little to live anyway. Darknuts would block any ways for the Zeti slaves to escape if they had tried or were forced to cut them down if they even slipped past them. It would be a hellish nightmare for all the Zeti that never wanted their world taken over by these foreign threats that were already doing the same for the Earth below them. But not all of those that followed Mecha Sonic and the other commanders were bad. A lone Octoling would be guarding what appears to be a cell that held a majority of the stronger Zeti who did pose as a threat to the enemies. She was formerly an agent that just happened to escape containment with Cap'n Cuttlefish's help and fended off Commander Tartar's plan of destroying Inkopolis. However since the day her and Octoling kind mingled in Inkopolis, that did not stop them from being forced to stay loyal to DJ Octavio and his plans to rule other places with the Inkling heroes being proven too strong for him to handle. In her case, she is treated as one of the higher ups that helped overtake all the Zeti under his orders with her fellow Octarian race. However she still felt extremely guilty that she went from stopping a serious threat to becoming one herself. Something that her former Inkling friends would greatly disapprove of. She bit her lower jaw in severe confusion as she is wondering if she should follow her own path of justice or forever stay being a cruel soldier for Octavio's thirst for conquest. She did feel guilty for how she led an Octoling squadron to trap the Zeti citizens from escaping by spreading more ink or how she used the Octozooka to take down some Zeti warriors that fought bravely to stop their mountain from being ruled. These things would go through the troubled octopus girl's head as she couldn't bear gathering more sins to outweigh the good she did in the past.

I am so stupid, going from hero to a heartless villain. If only there was a way that I could undo this mess. I want to free these people so badly, but there is no way I can handle this alone and not all Octarians will even think about following a traitor to the so great overlord that control us with music. But I will have nowhere to go. There is no way my friend or the other Inkopolis citizens will accept me. For Marina, it took a while for them to get used to her appearance on Ink TV despite being one of us. Even Octavio expressed nothing but hate for her because she chose to associate with the inferior squids. But at this rate, I would rather be a deserter than being a mindless drone that raid countries and capture people for his desires any longer.

The first thing she would do is turn around to face the miserable Zeti that remain locked in the large cell. Some of them glared at her as they see her as heartless as the other monsters that dared to hurt their people and enslave them. Octoling knew that she would face this scorn since it was her decision to follow the orders of an octopus tyrant that wanted nothing but more expansion for his race. They were either expecting her to just execute them already or just laugh at their miserable states. Instead, she just started shedding tears for facing her own terrible actions. This is something that starts to confuse some Zeti as they never expected a single enemy to ever feel remorse. The scorn some of the anger Zeti felt started to disappear once they saw how she really felt instead of that mask she always wore to prove her loyalty to her fellow Octarians.

"I'm sorry. I never wanted things to be like this. I just wanted to prove my loyalty to my people and follow everything they did. But if all they want is nothing but conquering and terrorism, then this is not the life that I wanted to live. Can you find it in your hearts to forgive me," she cried softly.

She didn't want to be too loud or else her cover would had been blown by the other Octolings and Octotroopers that stood outside the room. Some Zeti did feel her on a personal level, since they were also blinded by their hatred of Earth because of what happened to the Deadly Six and seeing all humans as bad as Eggman. This hatred of theirs only made them follow their strongest warriors in the ends of the Earth to train harder for taking on the inferior beings below them. It would not be until they were attacked all at once by the Legion's larger numbers where they realize that the people of Earth are not the monsters they see them as. That is also not to say of the past Black Arms invasion as the race were very unprepared at the time and it take only a select few warriors before the Deadly Six were founded to take them on. Just the thought of it brought some very painful memories to the older warriors in the cell, which they started to cry themselves. Seeing the sad atmosphere alone really made the Octoling want to find a way to break them out. But it will not be an easy task when the key is already in a completely different part of these magma cavern tunnels. That is on top of the fact that because she share the same ink color as her fellow Octolings, they would grow suspicious if she left any trails around. This is a truly tough decision for her as one false move and they will know she is a traitor and will surround her with their best splat skills.

"Hey Rookie, we have a few new prisoners to add to the cell! I will come with the key and lock them in the same room with these ugly monsters!" a voice shouts.

The Octoling instantly gets back into her guard stance to avoid any possible suspicions. The door opens to reveal an entire squadron of Octoilings and Octotroopers leading their new captures that they outnumbered on the outskirts of Lava Mountain. They just happened to be the Assists like Dr. Wright, Jill, Nikki, Kururin, Dillon, Arcade Bunny, and Sheriff that were overpowered by the ink toting soldiers before they had a chance to save anyone. The other stronger Assist were missing as they decided to stay in Sky Road with the other fighters on their mission to free the Zeti there. Drill Dozer would be already contained in a room where they keep all weaponry as they knew arresting Jill with a machine that drills is a bad idea. Color-Game 15 is locked there too after the two paddles were overpowered by Dracula and Ganondorf's men in battle. Same goes for the Helirin plane as the countless ink weapons and lasers did too much damage for the blue machine to fly anymore. The Octoling would be surprised that there were more prisoners this soon when they thought they taken over all citizens of Lava Mountain earlier. She stood to the side as one of the other Octolings would scan the cell for any oddities with her black scouting goggles. The red lenses only add to the coldhearted feel of Octavio's second line of defense in the Octo Valley. She then ran her way to the gate to open it and unlock the door fully. Neither of the Zeti made a move as they feared they would be suffocated or harmed by their ink if they thought about attacking them. The handcuffed Assist would be herded inside of the already cluttered cell like cattle to be sitting for the rest of their lives for getting in the way of their operations. The Octotroopers kept their ink gatling guns aimed the entire time in case they planned to try fighting their way out for escape. The black suit wearing Octoling would mind her business as her job is only guard duty instead of being a jailer. Little did she know that Dillon glares at her as he hates her as much as the rest of her race for being just as rotten as the Inkling described them as despite playing Splatfest with some good Octolings before. She felt even more conflicted as she is only doing what is best for her race despite wanting there to be peace between them and the Inklings. All Assists already had their weapons confiscated to make sure they were just as hopeless as the Zeti. That mean Sheriff lacked his white pistol, Dr Wright lacked his magic pointing stick, Dillon lacked his claw upgrades, and Nikki lacked her magic notepad and pencil for doodling.

"This is what happens when we listen to Dillon. Things would had been alright they said. There would be no way we would be captured, they said," Kururin complained.

"We just underestimated these Smash associated villains. We knew Bowser and friends had many forces, but not this many," Nikki said with her head down.

"I just wonder how the others are doing, hopefully not as bad as us," Jill said.

Sky Ruins is in utter chaos with many of the flying forces taken down easily by the Smash operatives in the skies. Byth sniped down the many Keese and Shriekbats thanks to borrowing Claude's famed bow relic Failnaught. The fully charged shots are deadly enough to break even the toughest of armor easily when used right. Corrin already plowed through the Amazing Flying Hammer Bros and Octobomber forces with his powerful dragon form. The creature is powerful enough to attack with forces comparable to the worst of typhoons when very angry. Just the terrifying roar alone would alert the forces to bring more reinforcements to deal with him. Instead, Daisy started to slow them all down with her Flowerbed Return that grows massive flower patches. This would not only slow them down but grow parasitic flowers on their heads. Richter lashed at the many gargoyles and Flappers that swamped him thanks to his own skill with the Vampire Killer. He is just as skilled as Simon thank to his Belmont Clan blood and experience. Alex slowed down the stronger forces like Sledge Bros and Elite Pirates with her wall building skills. This gave time for some like Robin to cast Elfire and Elwind rapidly from above.

"Let's keep up the good work, we will free the innocents in not time at this rate," he called.

"PK Freeze Alpha!" Lucas shouts before freezing a wave of Underworld Army monsters that attacked.

It wouldn't be until a Clubberskull appeared to smash through the frozen enemies and even charge at Lucas. His relentless casting of PK Fire would only prove that this is one of the deadliest Underworld monsters that Hades and Medusa have control over. The heart like body of the beast pulsates within each hit as its demonic eye stays on the backed Lucas that is

futile to kill it. Then Lucario appears to knock it back with a powerful Force Palm, causing it to bleed slightly with purple blood. The beast roars violently before swiping one skill covered claw at the Pokemon. He instantly uses Double Team to take the hit and attacked him from behind with another strong kick.

"Now, everyone hit this monster with all you've got!" he shouts.

Duck Hunt ducks for cover as a few power Light Gun shots attacked the beast in the right spots, then Chrom attacks with his own Aether to slash its arm, followed by Rodin punching it with his own Demonic Wicked Weave fist, and lastly Rosalina commanding her Luma to relentlessly attack it with Star Bits. The Clubberskull gets agitated enough that it spins its massive skull covered hands around to fend off its attackers. Everyone managed to jump and dodge the attacks as one hit would be too careless. Then Sheik attacks the beast with a swift slash of her Sheikah Blade tho cause it to bleed even more. It would now be in the weakest state possible for one final blow to end things. Terry would be the first to run at him with his fists ready for the finisher.

"Busteeeeeeer Woooooolf EX!" he shouts.

He punched the creature twice with powerful blows that finally kills the beast. The purple blood spewed everywhere as the pulsating heart beast finally collapsed from the cap wearing fighter's powerful EX skill. He turns his back to fix his cap now that his work here was done. "Alright, let's keep it all up while we still got time!" he shouts. Plenty of Zeti would be lead to safety in large numbers thanks to Pink Villager and male Wii Fit Trainers guiding skills. Young Link carefully blew open the steel cages from above if it mean giving the innocents an easy way to escape.

"Everyone, this way! You are free to go. We will do everything we can to free your people and save this planet," Lucina announced.

She did her job at calming down the least trusting citizens that wondered why they were being freed by outsiders. Luckily most were thankful at all and grew happy to be free from their enslavement. The wounded Zeti would already be tended by Isabelle's medicine and the ice made by Nana to help any swollen wounds. Popo would be helping Roy and Young Ike take on the enemies that tried to attack them while defenseless. MinMin knocked off plenty of stronger foes like Sledge Bros and Nefarious droids with her twin Gigavolt ARMS. Sometimes she had to resort to charging as these juggernauts were made to tank the strongest blows and electricity would help lower their defenses. Many other enemy bases in the clouds were destroyed thanks to the Inkstrikes by Blue Inkling. While his ink isn't very effective on dense surfaces like clouds, the power of the Inkstrikes were enough to blow away large solid structures. Incineroar would be holding back the determined Darknuts that tried to get past him and attack the civilians. Sukapon and Grey Fox taken down anyone else that dared to call for back-up while everything is falling apart. As one could tell, a few notable members were missing. They were Barbara, Dr. Kawashima, and Elec Man. Their whereabouts would be revealed in due time as their time is doing all they can.

Meanwhile, all hell breaks loose with the now Super Mecha Sonic cruising enough trouble for his enemies. Vector, Espio, Charmy, and Mighty were already defeated after trying to avenge Jack Cayman. Jack himself is left lying in a pool of his own red blood after proving too weak to take any more. Even the defense singing from Sora did little to make him last longer. As for Sora herself, she is fallen with a shattered sword and completely torn dress from trying to fend off the killer machine. Even the Deadly Six who were already weakened by the conch were proven not ready to last long in a fight with him. Not even the Deathwatch commentators were safe from his wrath as both are left bruised and bloodied from their failed attempt at distracting him. That leaves Agent Seven being strangled by the golden mechanical menace while she still had lift in her left. She had no regrets for trying to hack him even if the risks were very clear. His stab wound from earlier is now completely healed as those with a super form are granted with their own healing factor. The recovering dragon is left doing nothing but watching as attacking would only let him be put in a state worse than he already is.

"This is what happens to fools that think they can stand above me. I am the superior being, you all should had went back into hiding while our organization rules this planet. Even trying to stop me as asking for an early grave. Any last words before I kill you?" Mecha Sonic said.

The bloodied agent would only spit her own blood in his face as a way of ticking him off.

"You know, this is why I want to hack you. A machine that plays hard to get his what interests me in wanting them under my control. Just ditch that fat man and go for a superior master like me. You would be a great robot to have on our side to undo the damage he is doing. But it's a shame that your intellect is clouded with nothing but blind worship of an inferior master…."

She then starts to scream as he grips his hands even tighter from hearing her words. If there is one thing that really angers him, it is ever calling Eggman a weak leader or insulting his own intelligence. The cold hearted machine had no time to hear a single word from her mouth any longer.

"Just…stop it, Seven. You will only get…. killed if you challenge him any longer…" the weak Sora said. "I will save you. Just let this….. free bee fly while…. he still can…." the wounded Charmy said.

Before he would fire at his victims face, Shadow appears instantly behind him with a Chaos Punch. While not clearly strong enough, it did push the powerful robot into dropping Agent Seven toward the ground. Rouge luckily swoops in time to save the bloodied agent from an untimely death with her swift flying.

"There, you've done enough. How about you sit this one out when you taken enough damage," she said with a grin.

The agent laughs slightly in a mix of gladness and disappointment since this makes things less likely for her to ever hack the super powered robot. Shadow knew that he would have to hit even harder for a stronger foe like him, which he gathers enough red Chaos Energy in his body. The yellow Sonic robot would only sneer and crossed his arms to take the worst that would happen.

"Chaos Blast!" Shadow yells.

The two would be engulfed in a massive red explosion that drenched the sky in a blood tint briefly. Dytto would already be fluttering around everyone to heal them with her powers.

"Just hold still, my master ordered me to heal your wounds while Shadow distracts that metal monster," she said.

Orta is already stroking the bandages dragon to welcome back her old friend, the large beast purring in delight from seeing his long time friend again. She seems quite happy that the Chaotix did their part and even risks their lives to protect him while she was away.

"I am glad to see you again too. Maybe Dytto can accelerate your wounds after she is done helping out your saviors. Glad that you can live to fly for another day," she said.

Ecco would be flying around in his seagull form to act as security scoping out any possible threats. The army and inflected soldiers were all contained in a large pen built by Sackboy's quick building and even the G.U.N. electric gate technology that Rouge held on to. This was part of their plan to think of a way to hold everyone in one place before all of them can be healed. Any of the flying enemies were to be blasted down by a surveillance Heather as she is trusted with this job. This left Ristar and the Freonian child to walk together as friends for the first time in a while. The more the water pixie's dust seeps into the bodies of the Chaotix, the more their intense pain is starting to disappear. Charmy's wings started to flutter again to show that his hyperactivity is coming back. Espio would slowly open his eyes and even start to move his tail to test his healed muscles. Mighty now starts to feel less heavy as he lifts his formerly bruised head off the ground. And Vector would feel his arms again before lifting himself off the ground. Dytto moves on to the Deadly Six next as they taken the worst hits from the mechanical menace while the Chaotix finally started to move.

"My pain is now gone. I never thought this little fairy can be so useful. Well Chaotix, we can live on just like our great agency," he said with a grin.

"Let us not forget that Mecha Sonic is too strong, even with one Chaos Emerald. We need a plan to weaken him somehow," Espio said with his arms crossed.

"I'm afraid he's right, Shadow can only hold on for so long. If we did not last in a fight, then he surely won't. All Shadow can do with one emerald is amplify his Chaos Control and not his own strength," Mighty explains.

"We can only hope. Maybe there is something we can use to stop him. But our het is still far away. Maybe we can try calling the rookies and they can try flying back," Charmy suggests.

The Deadly Six were now back too their old strong selves after taking Dytto's magic, which she then moves on to Jack Cayman and the wise cracking Deathwatch commentators for now. Zavok would notice that Shadow is still trying to fight Super Mecha Sonic evenly once his Chaos Blast failed to do any damage to him. He also looks back to make sure his fellow Zeti family were back in high spirits. Zazz crackuing his neck, Zik tapping his staff with a smile, Zeena flipping her hair, Zor reuniting with his beloved rose, and Zomom patting his belly with a smile would let him know that they are all raring to go. The red Zeti chuckles and then focused on the powerful machine that overpowered him if it meant thinking of a plan.

"We will have to think of some way to get that gem back from him. As long as he's absorbing its power, he is an unpredictable threat that can't be stopped. We will have to find a way to reverse the energy if it means wearing him. I have a plan, but it will require us heading back to Lava Mountain," he said.

"I see, what do you intended to do with that machine. It was programmed to suck the life energy of the planet. We would rather not do anything to betray our new allies for what they are doing for us," the wise blue Zeti warned.

"Yeah, you plan to reverse the machine into something that sucks the Chaos Emerald energy out of it? That would require having to change the program from scratch," Zazz said.

"Which is what we will do. We remember how the machine works and everything Eggman had taught us, so with a few adjustments and using another emerald, we can change it into something that instead sucks the power out of the Chaos Emerald. Of course, we can change the range to only affect the Lost Hex as doing so for the planet would draw more attention from the Legion and confusion from our allies," the red Zeti said.

"But will they be willing to give us something that they've risked their lives for. Forget about it, this plan is bunk," Zor said in despair.

"Not to mention we will not be fast enough to reach Lava Mountain in time and there could be waves of other enemies that could ambush us," Zeena said.

"You have nothing to worry about, we have other allies in the important parts of the Lost Hex to take out their forces. If it's an emerald you want to borrow, here. Just promise not to let it get stolen or fall in the wrong hands," Rouge said.

She already just had placed Agent Seven next to Sora's body if it means both of them being healed after the Varrigan City residents had their turn. She passed the green gem to Zavok with all the trust she have for them to fulfill this mission.

"Normally I would strictly not do this with anyone, but you six already proven yourselves worthy of my trust. Even Shadow would feel the same. Just do not let his rough exterior fool you," she said.

"He is already putting his life down the line to hold down the golden monstrosity. This is why our plan is the right one to take if it means weakening him. Consider this our way of atoning for what we did in the past and wanting to bridge a better future for Zeti and all of your people on the planet below," the noble Zeti said.

Rouge smirks, knowing that he means well with his words. They could hear Shadow also attacking the robot above and leading him to higher grounds if it meant keeping him busy. He did a quick glance and nods to Zavok silently to let him know that he trusts this plan. The Zeti knew now is the time to make a move while he still could.

"Brothers and sister, we should take flight and head for our destination. The Lost Hex and the lives of our allies depend on it," he called.

"Roger, Boss. I will crush any lackeys they have waiting for us there. You can handle the machine while I will keep them busy," he brags.

"Or the five of us can do it as a team. It would greater the chances at blooming the perfect bonsai to victory," Master Zik said.

"I have the feeling my little brother should stay put with our parents, that means I am no longer needed here," Zeena said with a smile.

"Let's hurry up and make this quick. I do not think my mom can last being a slave to those punks. They deserve to be popped like cherries," the angry Zomom said.

"Enough talking and let's fly already. It's already depressing just seeing Windy Hill this bad," Zor said.

All six Zeti instantly started flying away from the scene at their fast speeds. Rouge would only watch them with a confident smile as this is the only shot they had in defeating Mecha Sonic. Dytto finally heals the 7th Dragon duo with the time she had, now leaving the spy and princess back to their old spirit filled selves. Unsurprisingly, Agent Seven is still gushing about the idea of wanting to hack the robot once more.

"Thanks, water pixie. Now where was I? Oh right, back to my plan of making him mines. I just hope Shadow can soften him up a little and not try killing him unlike Jack did earlier," she rambled.

Sora would only facepalm at her own ally's selfish desire to risk her life once again to control an unstable machine after both of them nearly died because of him.

"Never change, never change," she said in disbelief.

Lastly, Dytto would fly in the direction of Orta and her dragon to bring the beast back to his healthy glory as a final promise.

"Dytto, can you please take care of him. He is ready to fly once more and promised not to get himself hurt again," she called.

"I will, Master Ali told me that it's what I have to do. He will in turn try helping Shadow take on the robot," she said.

Orta laughs as she could tell her prince in shining armor is back to being a fighter once more. She would be right as Ali is helping attack the rampaging robot with his crossbow just to annoy him. Shadow would see this and grow concerned for his risky plan.

"Ali, fall down! He is too dangerous for you to handle!" the hedgehog shouts.

Mecha Sonic however rotates his head just to get a view of the prince's futile effort of sotting him with such a weak weapon.

"You are back after the failing the last time. How about I make sure to wipe you off the face of this ugly planet in one blast!"he shouts.

He instantly fired a large blast of Chaos Energy out of his chest at Ali.

"Ali, dodge that now!" Rouge ordered.

It would be too late as the sphere of destruction engulfed him in a massive explosion. The Chaotix would be stunned as they swore they would witness then death of one of their own allies up close. Even Jack would instantly revs his chainsaw to avenge him despite knowing he is too weak to fight Mecha Sonic.

"I think it's time for me to do things my way. Stay out of my way and let me carve him to pieces," he said coldly.

Howard and Kreese watched as he rushed for the floating golden robot with all he had.

"I can't tell who have the brass balls, that Walmart brand Sonic or good old crazy Jack?" the former said.

"I think what you mean are golden balls in this case. Because clearly Jack had the bigger and heavier balls for wanting to neuter that robot dick," his buddy said.

"Golden balls? He isn't Japanese but he sure is a crazy bugger for wanting to tear that robot ass to bits," Kreese joked.

"True that. Because he's dead on sight as the psycho maniac with the chainsaw that tells you to screw off and literally screw you to death," Howard quips sarcastically.

As the smoke rises from his supposed site of death, Princess Sora would only do nothing but fight any tears she had did failing her allies.

"What have we done, we were too weak to do anything to prevent this. Zavok wasn't kidding when he said the stakes were high," she said.

"If the perfect way to avenge him means taking that robot down and controlling him, I'm in," Agent Seven.

"What is with you and your short sighted care about hacking a robot than lamenting a human life!" the princess shouts.

She then noticed a few key blades thrown at the robot to distract him.

"Foul beast, you will pay for taking away the life of our ally. The only place you belong is in the junkyard for your actions!" Sir Pepper shouts.

"He's right. If you want someone to kill, take us instead. You should had spared his life, you heartless armor!" Sir Ginger yells.

The two Clockwork Knights were daring to challenge them to a battle that results in death if it meant reclaiming their honor. The Deadliest Assassin would maneuver itself next to the knights with Shogun and Taupy also seizing up the stronger robot.

"You will have to go through me too. You lack honor and discipline, the punishment for that is a swift death. Which we will find out how no matter how much stronger you've become!" the samurai warrior shouts.

"Yeah. So if you want a bloody fight, then fight us instead. Call me a bear if you want to make me angry enough, kuma," the Feral said with a twinkle in his eye.

Sackboy would also fly where everyone is with his Paintinator ready to fire. This usually happy sack person would be making the most unfriendly frown to show that he's not forgiving the robot. Shadow is amazed at how many of his allies were willing to face Super Mecha Sonic without any ouch of fear despite the odds being against their favor. This lack of fear would also show just how everyone will put their lives in the line to save everyone here. Even the hiding Zetis that watched from behind the stairs would be amazed at how brave they are if it means saving their world. Some would be completely inspired by this and wanted to find some way to help them despite their initial crushed spirits. Even Zane felt the time of hiding is over when they gave the greatest chance ever to reclaim their beloved planet once more. Mecha Sonic eventually hurts into laughter as he saw this sudden bravery too pathetic and sad to see as any threat to his current power. The Chaotix would only listen to his laughter as talking back would be a less than wise idea. Ristar and the Freonian child glares at him with intense hatred. Orta is already angry with tears in her eyes as if this is the last time she would ever see her lover. Jack already springs into the air to attempt attacking him with all he has despite his inferiority. Once thing he notices is that the mechanical hedgehog suddenly depowers back into his blue self for a moment. The mercenary cared less for why this is the case and instantly stabs the chainsaw into his chest. This caused Mecha Sonic to scream loudly in pain from the attack, even surprising Shadow at how easily he gotten hurt by the attack or briefly lost the Chaos Emeralds power.

What happened? Did he just suddenly lost his power? The Deadly Six didn't even reach Lava Mountain yet.

Mecha Sonic would only retaliate by striking Jack's head multiple times if it meant trying to shake him off completely. Jack ignores his advances abs plunged the weapon even further in his chest if it meant trying to cut him down.

"Don't cut him apart, I need to have him for research purposes!" Agent Seven called.

"How about you stand down and not give me orders! We gotten nearly killed back there because of your shortsighted care about hacking. Unless you want us all to lose this opportunity, I advise you stay where you are and shut up!" he barked.

The agent would be so stunned at Jack's harsh words, dropping to her knees with her mouth gaping in shock. Sora knew that Jack is in the right for once as this is their only shot at taking on the mechanical monstrosity.

"Now, grab that emerald from him while you can! Don't just stand there!" Jack called.

Shadow is right as this is the only chance they had before he warped at him. He saw the gem abs instantly grabbed it, alerting Mecha Sonic in the process. The steel hedgehog immediately shifts his arms into a machine gun before aiming at his head. It wasn't until a familiar crossbow managed to pierce directly through his mechanical arm with ease. The robot once again screams in pain when enough wires were cut by the golden arrow that pierced his arm. Everyone is shocked at this as they would recognize that now from anywhere. Orta even wiped her tears as she knew only one person would do this.

"Prince Ali, no, it can't be!" she said.

But it would be as the dust clouds cleared up to reveal the prince completely unharmed with his crossbow still aimed at the mechanical beast. Shade would also be revealed to be extending below his master's shadow. That means he is the one who taken the Chaos powered blast to keep his master safe. Even if it did almost deplete him of the summon time he had left.

"I did..well...master. It's time for me to take a rest for a while," the shadowy creature said.

"You did enough. We already won and it's over," the prince victoriously said.

Orta cried once more with the brightest smile now that she knows he survived. The dragon would also be fully healed thanks to Dytto'a word, spreading his wings fully and ripping all the bandages off. His wounds he had earlier were now completely spotless as he's back to being a healthy flier again. Orta looked at her long time friend and smiled now that she can fly again like old times. Shadow instantly reappears next to Rouge with the Chaos Emerald in hand then spoke into his communicator.

"Omega, Gamma, destroy him with everything you've got!" he shouts.

Jack would eventually notice the two flying robots coming his way with their guns ready to fire. Disappointed, he slides his chainsaw out of the wounded Mecha Sonic's chest if it meant letting the two robot powerhouses finish the job. Gamma already uses his targeting light to lock on many spots of the defeated blue robot. Omega however being the more destruction heavy brother would have all of his finger guns pointed with all the ammo ready.

"Ready to destroy Eggman's worthless Sonic replica?" the slimmer older brother asked.

"Very ready, target now locked and loaded to be eliminated by my superior weaponry," the larger younger brother said.

Mecha Sonic is left staggering from his open mechanical wound and the added golden arrow still pierced through his arm. The robot is struggling to find his footing or trying to fight back in any way. Even his single red eye is flickering due to severe damage and already losing enough power from overuse of the Chaos Emerald. Jack and Vector would be holding back an angry Agent Seven that desperately wanted to run and hack the robot before he is destroyed.

"Just stay here, let the robots destroy him while they can. We only have one shot and this is our best one," the crocodile said.

"No, I am not letting a good specimen go to waste. I need to hack him at all costs. I may never see a robot as good as him again. Just let me go, you muscle headed brutes!" the agent cried.

"Can someone please knock this woman out. She is clearly trying to jeopardize our own plans of saving this world?" Jack said.

"Whatever you two do, hold on to her at all costs. We almost gotten killed because of her hacking obsession and this is the last time we will let her ruin a good opportunity. Let's destroy him!" Princess Sora said.

The final gunfire begins from the E-100 series siblings to attack the beyond damaged robot from escaping. The storm of bullets and missies were bombarding the robot with severe damage that blew away parts that were hard to recover from. His arm is completely obliterated along with his leg being blown apart by the explosions. His Sonic-like face is slowly becoming deformed with the chunks of steel flying apart. His own chest is also blown apart exposing even more wires abs sparks that flew from inside. The robot would be thrashing around with each blow as he's essentially falling apart exactly like he did when Knuckles defeated him in the past. One of Eggman's near perfect Sonic replica s would now be on the verge of meeting his own fate of being completely destroyed. Orta felt nothing but satisfaction from the site of this cruel machine having the bitter end he deserves. Even her dragon snarled in anger at seeing his attacker getting what he deserved. Ristar would even be watching him suffer from being slowly torn apart as payback for what he did to Centurion. Ali would only pant in exhaustion now that the one who made his woman cry is now finally having what he deserved. During his final moments, the mechanical hedgehog would think back to how Eggman rebuilt him in secret. His blankest member is how the doctor would see him as a novelty compared to his stronger and greatest creation Metal Sonic. Hearing all the praise about what Metal Sonic do and how he sees him as his greatest creation would only give nothing but a feeling of inadequacy to the robot. He was the first Sonic robot ever to harvest a super form, yet still considered in the same camp of outdated to Robot Sonic and Tails Doll. He did his best to ensure he makes his master proud with the Lost Hex Extermination plan he promised for Eggman. To see it all slip away while his body is slowly being destroyed only filled him with the most imaginable rage possible.

I promised him and wanted to prove that I am better than that overrated successor of mines. There is no way I will die here and I will have to use my full strength. This may cost the entire robot army, but it's my only shot. Get ready to fall to my hands just like this pathetic world, pests.

Suddenly, an explosion of white light emits from the damaged robot that knocked his attacking "siblings" away from him. This momentarily messed with the internal systems of both robots as they struggle to see what's going on. Shadow and Rouge had a bad feeling about what's happening. They had the feeling something familiar would occur.

"Gamma and Omega, get back or else you'll..."

The two robots would be the first victims eventually swallowed by the expanding white light that occurred. To Shadow's horror, the thought that his allies were in harm's way and he couldn't have prevented that greatly upset him. Ecco saw this abs flew his way down to see the source of the problem. Rouge mournfully shook her head at the loss of both Gamma and Omega to their own enemy before he died.

"There's no need to more, we have to get out of here before..."

Now Jack started to feel himself being sucked in towards the expanding light above him. Because he has cybernetic parts, this makes him in a bigger position than before. Prince Ali's first instinct is to start pulling at the large man to keep him completely grounded. Dytto would also grab Prince Ali by the shirt and start pulling to keep both from flying away. Orta instantly perched on her dragon to under the impression that she would be sucked as well. Then she realized that it has no effect on organic beings or artificial beings made of a non-mechanical material judging by the Clockwork Knights not feeling Mecha Sonic's pull. Vector had to do a lot pulling to avoid having his previous headset pulled by the forces.

"What's going on? We had him, then suddenly he turned white and started to pull everything in?" the crocodile yelled.

He finally red realized that he's no longer restraining Agent Seven as told when the suction is already trying to suck away Jack.

"What the...where did that broad go? I hope she's not planning on trying to touch that robot," Vector panics.

Both Charmy and Mighty facepalms at their boss's clear mistake at doing his job. Espio used his keen eyes to spot her sleazy standing below the white glow that is sucking everything.

Princess Sora calls out to her saying," Get back here! It's too dangerous! We already lost a few allies already!"

No response came out of the agent as she stares blankly at what's happening. All the robots that she ever hacked were now sucked into the vortex, including the Phazon infected Mechon to make matters worse. Even the Space Pirates fell victim to the suction because of their cybernetic enhancements. The Elite Pirates wailed as they blindly shot their Phazon guns around. Everyone ran from the stray shots to avoid being infected in any way. All except the staring Agent Seven who felt like she is at her most broken from what she witnesses.

"All my hard work...just gone...thanks to something I desired. My babies...my hard work...all wasted because of you...stupid blue pile of junk! I hate you!" she said from shocked to angry.

The Princess once again drops herself on the ground in shock at her ally still caring about hacking when something completely dangerous is happening.

"Forget about it, take for cover. Because everything steel will be sucked in like a vacuum to become one of him. I seen this happen before with Neo Metal Sonic. No wonder this is all familiar," Espio announced.

"Wait, you are right. I knew this is familiar. The only thing missing is a big thunderstorm. But there's no way that can possibly happen, right?" Charmy said.

A droplet of water hit is small nose, which scared him. A low rumble would also be heard as loudly enough for everyone all over the Lost Hex to hear. Even the Deadly Six that flew past Frozen Factory would notice the storm that's beginning to start. Zavok had a bad feeling about this abs decided to alert his comrades.

"We need to hurry faster to Lava Mountaun. I gave a bad feeling that we will be facing strong winds and terrible lightning as long as we stay here," he called.

His fellow Zeti all nodded and picked up their flying speed to catch up with their red leader in a race against time. Back in Windy Hill, Vector is shaking the bee boy vigorously with rage in response to him accurately guessing the storm.

"You should had kept that puny little mouth of yours shut, you jinx!" he yelled.

"I am sorry for saying w thing about it. You can try abs forget about it!" the dizzy Charmy screamed.

"We have no time to fight, what will we do now that we have this storm and that metal head trying to suck all tech into his body?" Mighty stated.

Shogun in his Deadliest Assassin and Selvaria riding the G.U.N. Tank would be trying their best to avoid the high powered suction of the machine. The latter is especially struggling as she isn't familiar riding a tech more advanced of the traditional ones the Europan army used.

"Damn, this is too strong. Whatever he's doing, it's going to suck us in if we don't do something soon," she said in strain.

Ramirez would only open one eye as the string forces try pulling him and his partner closer.

"We have to retaliate. Let me us some of the weaponry on this ship to fend that crazy machine off!" he shouts.

As he looks through the weapon selection, he would see a lot of the weapons on the ship range from unorthodox to practical. The blowfish and swarm options would only make him annoyed at how someone that works at G.U.N. approved of these absurd weapons. He then ignores it in favor of the more destructive weapons like bowling bombs or heat seeking missiles. He eventually chooses both with the tap of his fingers to cause the hatch behind the tank to open quickly.

"There, try some of this. Go back to the scrapyard where you belong," he shouts as the attack button is pressed.

Countless missiles and bombs would be launched from the hatch and towards the glowing white object to harm it. Within each hit, a loud distorted scream would be heard to shock everyone. After what he absorbed, it was clear that this wasn't the same Mecha Sonic anymore. He eventually strikes the ground with a massive bolt of lightning to tear open the ground. The cracks on the green earth quickly cracks to destroy the very ground everyone stood on. Shadow instantly knew that big risks had to be done if it meant saving everyone.

"Get closer! He's trying to send us all falling to the ground. If you all want to live, get close enough fir the Chaos Control to work!" he shouts.

Welkin, Alicia, and General Wimter were already heading their way to the sight of the chaos with Sackboy and Ecco. Heather decided to stay if it meant watching the fenced enemies who were trapped. The cracks already traveled to where the three soldiers were before they had the chance to meet Shadow. Alicia stumbles on her feet as her body leans backwards to avoid the cracks. Well I'm grand her in time time if it mean keeping his wife alive. General Winter backs up with his shotgun in hand to avoid the damage done by the shock wave. Sackboy quickly grabs him in the nick of time to carry the old general from having a deadly fall. However, no one will save the Gunther family that's already toppling over to fall. The Chaotix already gotten in their trademark flight formation with Charmy carrying Mighty, using his legs to carry Espio, using his legs and tail to carry Vector all at once. The massive dragon Orta rides also made sure to let Ali, Ristar, and the Freonian child to scamper up his tail before the ground fails one them. Ristar especially grabs on tight if it meant not taking a plunge back to the the Earth. The Freon purple child held on tightly to the tail as he's deeply afraid of heights. Cream would see the falling couple and wondered if anyone would save them. But that would mean little space in the G.U.N. tank that Rouge and Shadow would barely micromanage. They were far from the only people to save as Jack, Kreese, Howard, Sora, and still angry Agent Seven being surrounded by the cracks from the Lightning's strike. The black and white mercenary would use this time to take one last smoke in case this may be one if his last days walking the earth. Princess Sora is too nervous to sing at all when her own life is at danger and neither of her songs would prevent a deadly fall. Agent Seven would think of doing some going so reckless that her allies would be shocked at what she's doing. She dashed immediately up the flying debris to reach Mecha Sonic despite all the Egg Pawns and other robots that he happen to be absorbing. Princess Sora saw this and called out her ally's brash actions.

"Are you mad? Get back here this instant!" she cried.

Agent Seven instead trusts her own instincts as she angrily pursues the glowing enemy ahead of her with all she had.

"I will rewrite everything in your system until you are an empty husk. If there is one thing I hate more than a machine that I can not hack, it is a machine that destroys machines that I've spent every little detail hacking. Your distasteful obedience ends here!" she shouts.

She would not be fully absorbed into the light after jumping into Mecha Sonic, never to be seen again. Sora is utterly shocked that her own ally is risking something dangerous when everyone else is in this much danger.

"Everyone, get closer to me. I am about to use Chaos Control to warp us to a safer location!" Shadow shouts.

Rouge knew what she had to do and went for Welkin and Alicia as they fell.

"Grab my hand, I will take you up. Alicia, grab your husband's hand too!" she shouts.

Welkin immediately did as she asks if it meant saving his life and reached out for Alicia's in time to grab her. She hanged for her life and did not want to look down at the heavy drop below. The bat agent would use her best wing strength if it meant carrying the two safely with her own hands. Cream would use this opportunity to fly where Jack and the others were if it meant possibly saving them too. Cheese soon followed as he wanted to be as help.

"Cheese, see if you can grab Princess Sora. I will try grabbing Jack and the other two," the young rabbit said.

"Chao chao chaochao!" the Chao said.

Jack noticed the flying rabbit heading her way, hesitant as he feared that she may struggle carrying someone as heavy as him.

"If I were you, I would give up. You can't lift all of us together," he said.

Cream did not feel like arguing with the pessimistic nature of this man and grabs him by his shoulders anyway. She started to flap her own ears as fast aspkossible with all her might if it meant lifting him off the ground. Soon, he would be impressed enough that he almost dropped his cigarette from his very mouth.

"Say what you will, but I am strong. I once carried Amy and Mr. Big across large gaps of sea water on our old adventures. If anyone wants to be saved, I suggest grabbing each other anywhere. Even Mr. Jack's shoulder," the determined rabbit said.

Princess Sora smiles as she knows that this is a perfect plant avoid a fall. However, her own heart wonders for the safety of Agent Seven with her allowing herself to be absorbed by the deadly Mecha Sonic.

"We can grab anywhere, huh? I hope we will not have the option of grabbing Jack by his manhood. Because it could be sharp enough to cut a bastard like his chainsaw," Kreese said.

"Kreese, have you no shame. This is a little girl and we need to watch our mouths around her. People of her magnitude are too good for this cruel world and our cutthroat style of commentary," Howard beamed.

"For once, you two are being considerate for those who don't want to hear your crude sense of jokes. Thank you!" Princess Sora beamed.

"Less slacking, more grabbing. Or else you all want to take that elevator to Heaven or Hell. Or not wanting to die for that matter," Jack sternly said.

Princess Sora immediately allow the blue Chao to grab her by her back as slowly lift her off of the ground for flight. . This is followed by both Howard and Kreese grabbing Jack by his own black jacket if it meant saving their careers for the future. With that, almost everyone is completely saved just in time for Shadow to use the Chaos Control and save everyone.

"Is everyone ready?" he asked.

"Yes," everyone all called.

With both emeralds in hand, Shadow would be channeling all the Chaos Energy he needs to cast his ultimate time space attack.

Some closed their eyes and hope this would work when enough terrain around them were ravaged by lightning strikes. Shogun and Selvaria gathered their vehicles closer to Orta's dragon if it meant staying completely together. Shadow is in the middle of thinking of a safer location on the Lost Hex that's far away from Mecha Sonic's destructive transformation, mentally searching for that perfect spot. Princess Sora is already shedding tears over Agent Seven's possible fate and the fact that everyone is retreating instead of finding a way to get her back. Jack still chomps on his cigarette to never let it fall while he is still smoking as means to stay completely calm. Ristar comforts the Freonian child that shivers in the fear of being inches away from a possible drop as both held on to the dragon's tail. Ramirez holds on to the shoulder of the stressed Valkyria to let her know that both of them will make it out of this situation alive. Sackboy still struggles to hold General Winter as long as he could when his jetpack can carry so much weight. Orta held hands with Prince Ali as the two mutually trust each other in this dangerous mission. Shadow finally opens his eyes as his body is flowing with more than enough Chaos Energy. The reason why is because he's also including the hiding Zeti who are also falling victim to the destroyed terrain that threatens them all. Putting the safety of the innocent is important as Zavok did warn him that he wanted as many lives saved as possible without any causalities. The number of emeralds dictate the range of Chaos Control and how many other objects or people that can be warped with him as two is the right number he needed. The stairs that hide the Zeti civilians would finally begin to collapsed and crumbled down the dark skies to the horror of the Zeti. Zangia and Zaria in particular pulled their son once this happens and flinched at the thought they would possibly die. Flying is an ability that only the most seasoned Zeti warriors can learn and being past his prime meant Zaria wouldn't be able to carry his wife and son at the same time. The cracks below the feet of other Zeti were finally beginning to crumble as some already started sinking below their fellow citizens from the damage.

"What is happening? I am about to fall!" one shouts.

"Not only the heroes failed to stop him, but he's destroying more of Windy Hill. We are all doomed!" another shouts.

"I don't want to die, we will lose our only home. It's bad enough most of it crumbled away a day ago," one cried.

"Honey, please save me, I am about to fall," a wife shouts to her Zeti husband.

Some were already starting to fall thanks to the ground slowly sinking from its position. Zeena's family scrambled up what remains of the stairs to try getting a good view of what really went on. Neither of them would see their daughter or the Deadly Six around, which gave them the impression that their only hope and greatest warriors the Lost Hex had to offer were defeated. On top of the other non-Zeti heroes also starting to fall to their possible deaths. All they could see is what appears to be masses of robots being sucked into what appears to be a white hole that is accompanied by violent lightning strikes that destroy the rocky terrain around him. Not only things looked bleak, but even the determined Zane is starting to lose hope in the Lost Hex ever being saved. He fell to his knees and bang his arms violently in aggression.

"What is going to happen to our home? Damn you, blue piece of junk. You've already done enough damage to the only home we have. What more do you want?" he screams.

Without any further delay, the black hedgehog finally yells, "Chaooooos Controoooool!"

Immediately, everyone within his massive field of range disappeared in a blue flash. All except the quarantined Phazon victims that still remained in their large fenced prison built by Sackboy. All of the victims were still rampaging to hurt one another or still suffering from the horrible mutations that affected their bodies. It would be a race against time for more human victims that still cried in pain or just wanted their own suffering to end. "Can someone please save us from this bell? Giovanni, get the scientists here and stop this madness!" a fully infected male Rocket Grunt yelled. His bulging arms and glowing veins spoke volumes about the critical state his body is in. A miracle compared to the others that passed away from full corruption. Meanwhile, even Team Star Wolf would feel the intense pull affecting their path of flight when nearly blasting their prey out of the skies. Andrew felt that something was off with his Wolfen controls when they weren't responding. He banged on his interface frantically to try getting it to respond to his moves.

"You blasted piece of junk, I didn't put you in reverse! Can someone tell me what is going on?" he yelled.

"I don't know, even my Wolfen isn't working well. Are we sure we fixed this cheap things before flying to this no-name planet?" Pigma complains.

"Something must be happening in Windy Hill. I swore Mecha Sonic already destroyed the intruders back there. Whatever happened is now causing our ships to be sucked in his direction," Panther said in concern.

Leon used his chameleon eyes to look around the environment for any oddities as he can no way to try out speeding the pull that affects him. He did not notice anything out of the ordinary and could tell even the Ferrari ahead of him is also affected to know that this wasn't their idea.

"Gentlemen, we have to find out what is sucking us before we deploy the Smart Bombs. Flying in the direction of it wouldn't be wise when it could be the result of a black hole. These fools are innocent as they wouldn't do something that also affects them," the Star Wolf sniper said.

"Then whadduya supposed to do? We should contact Wolf immediately and see what he knows. Or we'll all be crushed into cubes by this space vacuum," Pigma beamed.

"Perhaps we can go into Hyperspace Mode to escape. But that would be risky. Going at such speeds would bend everything around us, even harming our own allies," Panther said.

"Uncle Andross would also confront us and be upset for running away at all. At the same time, I don't want to die when I need to rule the Venom army in his place if he were to die again," Andrew said.

"Patience everyone, I'm thinking of a plan. It may be a risky one since it also concerns our enemies ahead of us. Just listen closely while we chat about it," Leon calmly stated.

Alberto is already aggressively flying at his car's fastest speeds if it meant not being sucked away to a possible threat that wanted to absorb him. This is one too of his pride as he loved this car as if it were his own child and never want his expensive upgraded baby to be trashed. Clarissa is already holding on to the sides of the car tightly as her ponytail is already bring yanked back by the G-forces of the speed. Janet and Hardy already held on tightly with their guns in hand just in case any other possible enemies came their way. The sandworms that chased them earlier had to be shot down by them and their enemies as what Mecha Sonic did left them all vulnerable to be devoured in one fell swoop. However, half of the car's weapon resources were gone as a result due to the large blue beasts being tougher than they've looked.

"This is real bad. Those works were already hard to shake off and now we had to deal with these high flying space animals!" the female cop shouts.

"They don't look like they want to attack us anymore as they are also in sander from whatever's trying to suck us all in. It seems to be some kind of steel eating black hole that was formed back there. Is this the work of Eggman's army?" he announced.

"Whatever they did, it's already bad enough that our lives is on the line. I want this all to be over with since this is bad enough," Clarissa said.

The winds were blowing fast enough to make her top flutter along with shaking her loose breasts that swayed vigorously. Alberto, as much as he loves his girl, felt being distracted like this wouldn't be a good idea and tries to focus on driving ahead of him after once glance.

"Baby, you think you can try covering up? I need to focus completely unless you want us all to get sucked up," he yelled.

"What? I can wear what I want. You never had a problem with the way I dress until now. Are you becoming suddenly prude?" she barked.

"How about you two not argue. Settle your disputes after we find a way to save ourselves!" Janet yelled.

It wouldn't be until a stray flying Egg Pawn strikes the Ferrari to shake everyone off balance. Thankfully the seat belts keep everyone from potentially flying away.

"What the hell was that? This storm is now sucking up robots?" Janet called.

"That's it. We are being absorbed by something that wants to absorb all metal around this planet. Why didn't I think of that before. It makes complete sense," Hardy said.

"Thank you Captain Obvious. Now can you please use that crime solving brain of yours to think of a way we all won't die? I'm doing my best and it's only burning away almost all of my gas and losing my mind in boo...eer booze," Alberto beamed.

"Well, you should be a responsible driver and drinker, doing both would put everyone in more danger. So think less about that poison and more about happy thoughts. What arouses your happy feelings?" Janet asked.

"Well, I do love this car. Maybe even more than my Boso... eeer baby. Especially with her great boo...errr paint job," Alberto said nervously.

He's beginning to lose his focus after being distracted by the gut of his partner's loose attire and swaying lumps distracting him. Clarissa would raise her brow at what he's saying as she didn't want to feel like her's making fun of her or saying this car is better than her.

"What did you say?" she asked.

"Nothing. Just trying my best to ride myself between something to soften the crashlanding into pea... or lighten the mood. We got to get the hell out of here or something bad will cause it to spike," he said frantically.

This made the blonde woman even more suspicious at her boyfriend's strange words.

"Cause what to spike exactly?" she asked.

"I would suggest the two of you settle your differences another time when we have bigger problems to worry about," Hardy said.

They once again receive a transmission and it turns out to be from their enemies once more.

"If you all value your lives, then we will have to team up. I have a plan, but you better listen closely as this is too important to mess up. Got it?" Leon announced.

Alberto is glad an interruption happened to save him from being caught in the zone. The two cops however are less than willing to trust someone that almost tried to kill them earlier. Clarissa also shakes her head as there is no way she wants her boyfriend to trust a complete stranger that tries to kill them. The Latino man lets out a loud sigh as he no other option in times like this.

"Alright, lizard freak. What is this plan of yours and will it save our lives?" he asks.

Back in Tropical Coast, all the Robot Masters that originally gave Dark Pit and Phosphora trouble were now starting to fly away suddenly before they could have the chance to finish both of them off. Half of them were already struggling to hold to the ground any longer and flew away at high speeds. A majority of them were terrified and confused as to what is magnetically pulling them away from their prey. Turbo Man shifts into his car form and attempts to drive away at high speeds despite the superior forces dragging him away. Search Man hopelessly hides in a camouflage bush only for the whole bush to be pulled away due to his steel body. Cloud Man uses his cloud-like lower body to try flying away as fast as he could, even going far as attempting lightning speed to escape the pull. Bubble Man tries to create a bubble shield enough for him to hide in that prevents the magnetism, only for it to fail as his body is forcibly ripped through the bubble itself. Tundra Man attempts skating away after creating a suitable ice track with his powers as it unfortunately fails to resist the pull. Sheep Man becomes a cloud of wool only to ge snatched away due to his less dense lighter body in that form. Yamato Man sticks his entire spear in the ground if it meant resisting the pull, but effectually loses that grip due to the forces abs his own weight. Gravity Man exerts as much gravity as he could to flatten himself firmly in the ground, even it it risks breaking the ground below him. Drill Man drills himself into the ground to try escaping the pull, which unfortunately fir him is strong enough to pull through the earth itself to yank him away. Needle Man uses his entire head to stick into the earth with needles, only for he ground he stuck to being uprooted and flying away with his fellow Robot Masters. Heat Man tries to fly away in the form of a fireball as the forces only pull the flaming robot backwards in the opposite direction. Block Man is already holding his own in his Block Golem form as this titanic brick robot is struggling to fly away at all due to its weight. Dark Pit wonders why all of sudden that their robotic enemies who were a threat are now being victims themselves to some unknown magnetic force. He looks around to see any oddities without any avail as Phosphora looks around with her own eyes.

"This is is strange. I know the Zeti have the ability to control anything on a magnetic level, but this is insane. I doubt the Zeti are doing this when most of them were attacked," she said.

"There can only be one explanation for this. Mecha Sonic is somehow getting stronger. I hope Eggman didn't give him a Chaos Emerald. Viridi told me of how some of his robots become stronger when powered by one emerald alone. If that's what happened, this is bad," he said.

Gravity Man would be stunned to hear the angel's exact words on the matter. To hear someone he is partnered with actively using his own fellow robots as expendable batteries to get stronger would only anger him even further. All he could do is wish there is a way that he would give him some well deserved payback for what he's doing to all of them.

"That bucket of rusty gears, he will pay for this. I will not stand for all my Robot Master friends being such away for some mechanical sacrifice to become stronger. Turbo Man. Heat Man. Torch Man. All of them do not deserve such a fate so cruel. This is too far. Now I question why Wily even choose to work with a heartless machine like him. Wait until I use my Gravity Hold to its full potential and have him burn up in the atmosphere…."

The sounds of the Block Golem snarling cuts him off. Block Man in this form acts rather primal like a beast, but still had the emotions of the original form. He really wanted to find some way to have Mecha Sonic hit the bricks for the cruel treatment he's subjecting all of his allies to. The massive block golem would eventually smash his hand on the ground in anger at the thought of how terrified they would be as forced assimilations to the body of a cruel ally in the distance.

"Listen, I know that you two are upset. But maybe we can help. Dark Pit and I will do everything we can to get your friends back," Phosphora proposed.

This would prompt the serious angel to look at her with a disapproved look at her sudden request.

"That is a negative, we are here for one mission only. It's to free all the Zeti here and defeat all forces allied with the Legion. These robots are not even the good guys. They were reprogramed and created by a man who is a massive threat to the Earth. Phosphora, you know better than this when even Viridi stands for Earth's safety as much as the rest of the Forces of Nature does. Think twice about what you say," he barked.

Gravity Man had the feeling his former enemies would disagree with the idea as he really wanted to find a way to save his own allies from Mecha Sonic's mass robot assimilation.

"Those colorful creatures are all secluded to a tank that Aqua Man built in the sea. I will convince him to set all of them free if it means you two helping us. Sounds like a deal?" he suggests.

Phosphora quite liked the idea as a fair compromise is something she always supports.

"Forget it, we will not magically let you and your robot friends off the hook. That would not only
be an insult to the Smash Brothers organization for me to excuse your actions, but also to the Forces of Nature for letting a threat to the Earth go very easily. Call me heartless, but I would argue the contrary when what you all did to the citizens of this dying world speaks louder than your false apology. Hit the road," Dark Pit said.

Block Man is tempted to try attacking the angel for his harsh words about him until Gravity Man raised his hand to let him know that attacking would do either side good. He could understand very well how Dark Pit felt on the matter as he is right about what him and his fellow robots signed up for were in the wrong. He couldn't deny that he was originally someone made to serve any order Dr Wily had for him and not his original function to help with gravity control for astronauts. At the same time, he felt that he had to do something about what Mecha Sonic is doing with his fellow robots that were sucked away to be used as living fuel. The booming voice of Viridi would interrupt the minor scuffle between everyone to have them focused on a new objective.

"As much as I hate to say it, Mecha Sonic is getting stronger by the moment. I am sensing him gaining a lot of power from absorbing all robots and steel from around the Lost Hex, which I am not liking one bit. Phosphora has the right idea that a team up is the only way to be beat him. Even his own allies are starting to be victims to his wrath. If you two robots are listening, I grant Dark Pit and Phosphora full permission to be your allies if it means stomping that robot hedgehog before it's too late. As the leader of the Forces of Nature, we are no longer your enemies. But whatever side you choose after this metal menace is crushed is all up to you. I would easily use one of my Reset Bombs if I really wanted to end things here. But it wouldn't really make a difference and the planet is in enough damage for my trump card to get involved. The ball is all in your court, good luck you four," she announced.

The blocky golem would be confused at who this person is and how were they able to communicate with them without being seen. Gravity Man would only look forward to what the two Forces of Nature generals had to say about their boss's decision to agree with his wishes. Dark Pit feels less than impressed with how Viridi is suddenly wanting him to just partner up with someone he saw as his own enemy. Phosphora is really thrilled however as she gets to fulfill her promise to the robot masers in taking on the possible titanic robot tyrant. But after a single sigh, the angel faced Gravity Man once more to give him a solider answer as the forces keep pulling at him and Block Man.

"Fine, we will help. But only because my superior say it's an option. I have my eye on you and Block Boy in case either of you have ideas of backstabbing us," he replied.

"There goes, Dark Pitty with his soft side. You really are adorable when you show that side of you," the Lightning Goddess teased.

Dark Pit chose to ignore her instead as he never fell for her teasing even once. Gravity Man instead nods as he knew the situation is too dire to talk any longer when the lives of his robot allies were at complete stake.

"Block Man, let's move out and crush that blue traitor for thinking he can use us as his personal tools," he called.

The large blue block golem snarling delight at his partners answer, eventually lumbering his way in the direction his allies were snatched. Each foot step would be heavy enough to cause massive ripples in the surrounding tropical seas. This also reminded Gravity Man that he had to fulfill his promise by telling Aqua Man to free the Zeti his friends captured.

"Just wait on us here, I will head underwater and set the Zeti free as promised. They will be safely brought back to the beach where they can remain safe. Then all four of us will bring down Mecha Sonic together. Even as a gravity robot, I have enough weight on my shoulders carrying the doubts of my own actions. But I always fulfill a promise," he said.

Phosphora smiles and pumps her fist in victory as Dark Pit nods at his declaration.

"Good. Because our end of the mission will be easily fulfilled if they are completely unarmed. Just bring them out of that watery prison unharmed, I would need to see it with my own eyes as proof. Then I can help you get your robot friends back by scrapping him with everything I've got," the serious angel said with his arms crossed.

With that, Gravity Man begins walking away to fulfill the promise that he've made to the angel. The dark clouds already started to brew in the area to darken the entire skies, leaving Dark Pit and Phosphora very weary of the weather that they have to fly through when the time comes. A serious blizzard would be raging in Frozen Factory as a result of Mecha Sonic's powerful suction affecting the area. The power of the factory itself is also beginning to fail due to the strong suctions affecting the steel structures from the inside on top of the flurries hitting harder than usual. Even the snow ball productions of the factor would go haywire as a result to fire snow balls all over the now frozen wasteland. Inside the factory, Derrick and Britney had successfully infiltrated the inner parts of the factory to see everything the Team Rocket criminals were doing below. Based on their stealth training from Rouge and Shadow, the two made sure to stay hidden while gathering intel from their enemies below like real agents should. The many grunts down below would be lined up in a row listening to orders from a lead admin that gives out the status of their mission in this factory. Britney is highly suspicious of what they all would be talking about, feeling it could pertain to the real reason the Legion is here.

"That's right, we are a superpower that regions like Kanto and Galar fail to recognize as genuine threats. Our main goal is to gather as much Pokemon as we can and traffic them for all the money we can afford. Giovanni created this organization for a reason and we will not fail him. This new alliance isn't the best idea, but the only option we have to succeeding our goals. All of those colorful freaks were contained thanks to our Pokemon overpowering them easily. This factory makes a great temporary base for now. We were told to kill all of these creatures and hopefully not destroy their planet. Potentially take it away as our own test invasion until we do a full scale one below once our alliance with the Legion of Subspace is absolute. Now there have been some reports of possible enemies heading our way. But that will not bring us down. We have the strongest operatives and the best Pokemon to go with them. There is no way we will suffer a defeat again, not even that golden kid or red cap wearing brat can stop our plans of global domination!" the man announced.

All Rocket Grunts appropriately did their special Grunt salute along with cheers to fill the hall with their eerie behavior. Britney made sure to record everything she needed with a special device that Rouge given her. This not only works as a camera, but a special voice recorder to pick up any important information needed for the G.U.N. Derrick held his breathe as he did not want to have his cover blown. Sneaking inside was only easy for them as they mostly snuck down the safer routes of the factory instead of parts that did have Grunts on patrol. They were aware that these Pokemon creatures were pretty strong and not meant to be engaged with as their training only made them good enough to deal with human threats. The two would keep looking around for any possible people worth recording other than those attending this private factory meeting below.

"Now I know what all of you are thinking. What is next for our plans? I will tell you what's next. We will plan a surprise attack on Mewtwo when his guard is down. Our leader recently brought a special weapon from Team Plasma that is our key to defeating that Psychic pest. If there is one thing we will not tolerate, it's to be bossed around by a Pokemon that our research sceintists created which refused to listen to us as humans. This is why we will only attack when the time is right. After the Legion crush the heroes and take over most of the planet, we will use the secret weapon to take out Mewtwo while we can. Even plan to steal the Legion's own weapons and use it against them. Ruling the world is our goal and we would rather not share it with a bunch of nobodies that do not share the same infamy as us in all Pokemon regions. It will be tough, but that is why welled with these villains. So we can learn about their weaknesses. Taking them all down one by one. There is a reason why we built our own robot army and technology to rival that of that Eggman. Just him being this big fat threat who makes his plans obvious only allowed us time to slowly learn his way of building and emulate it to perfection. That way our plans to take over as the new ruler of this world can fall on our hands. But it will not bet too easy, this is where we will try convincing the other Smash Remnants to join our cause. Our boss is already doing the best he can to get the likes of Team Galactic, Team Flare, Team Magma, Team Aqua, Team Plasma, and what's left of the Aether Foundation to join us. There have been talks of getting a certain man from Galar to team up with us, although he's very unsure due to the nature of his last failure. But the fact is, we are here to take what's ours and trump the Legion's short lived victory while we can. Team Rocket, move out!" the admin announced.

All Grunts would cheers once more at the man's charismatic words along with agreeing with the sound of their risky plan to take the world while they can. Britney made sure that is recorded as concisely as possible since this is worthy information worth being shared with everyone back on the ship. Derrik had the feeling there were more ulterior motives among these different members as they were not so united as they seem they were at first. At the same time, he knows that this will not be easy as these Pokemon criminals seem it is due to how badly the Legion captured him and others during the Sonic retrieval mission. What he is more curious about is more how string these Pokemon really were that these criminals could summon out of their balls and command with ease. The two then heard the sounds of a door being opened down below in the spacious room. One Grunt would be rushing frantically toward the crowd in a rush with the most scared expression yet. The cold admin noticed this and groaned as he is interrupting an important meeting for him and his fellow members.

"What is it? Can't you see that you are not only interrupting something important but had the nerve to miss out on it?" he barked.

The man bows down to catch his breathe in heavy exhales due to how far he ran to deliver these news. The admin keeps staring as if he were expecting him to finish breathing and spout what is needed to be said. Derrick and Britney would keep watching from the upper level as this is something important worth recording. The latter would especially have her device ready once more to record it.

"Our robots, they are all acting very weird. Some had be flying into the ceiling or walls multiple times as if something on the outside is effecting them. I doubt it would be those colorful creatures as we all made sure to lock them up after we defeated them. Something is could be trying to take away our robots even though we made sure to keep them all a secret in this factory for some time," the man said.

This would concern half of the Grunts already attending the meeting, some even wondering if their plan may be a failure when someone may had figured their true intentions all along. The admin only snarled at the possible idea that this is happening at all, thinking the contrary.

"Maybe there is some electromagnetic field out there trying to manipulate our robotic forces. This could be the work of those intruders we were aware of. A few of them were already arrested in Lava Mountain from what I've heard. Maybe more of those fools are trying to do everything they can to stop us. But at the same time, we will not fail Giovanni when he gave us a clear goal to follow that can only be achieved if we try our hardest. Men, half of you to go out there and investigate what it really happening on the outside. Only use your Pokemon as we do not want to raise any suspicions with our temporary allies on the outside," he ordered.

A good deal of Rocket Grunts would appropriately dismiss from the meeting to follow the orders given to them. Some sounded very confident in winning with their ace Pokemon while others were cautious as they fear it could be people out of their own league. Just seeing them mobilize below would leave Derrick and Britney ready to move now that they have all the information that they've needed. The two darted away from their spot as silently they could to follow the same route back. James and Jessie also decided to drop by the meeting room with news of their own with this many grunts mobilized. The admin noticed them and knew as fellow admins they would have some good news worth sharing.

"Ah Jessie and James, I've been expecting you two. And your same freakish talking Meowth," he said.

Meowth pulls out his claws as he didn't appreciated being called a freak in anyway by a human.

"What you say? Unless you do not mind that fat face of yours looking like a scratching post!" he threatened.

"Easy, Meowth. This is not a time to fight when we have urgent news to share. As you can see, we have a few intruders here. They crashed their black jet directly in front of our base and wondered inside for some reason. We tried to follow them and they disappeared. As if they were more stealthier than the average Grunt," James said.

"It's best to search every nook and cranny to find these two brats. They may seem like kids, but they are armed and apparently have some espionage experience. I would suggest even having some of your Pokemon doing the searching if it means finding them faster. Our plans would be in ruins if they know about our robot army or even try taking us all out here," Jessie said.

"Woooooooobuffet!" the blue Pokemon shouts.

"For the last time you walking punching bag, do not get involved in conversations that don't concern you!" Jessie shouts.

The admin raised his eyebrow and strokes his chin to think about what his allies were saying. Just the thought that someone would already be here to stop him spelled trouble for everything that Giovanni and all of Team Rocket worked for as an organization.

"I see, this is not good. But great job for bringing this to our attention. We will do all we can to stop these spies that think they can spread any leaked information from this factory. We will not let them out alive as long as we have the strongest Pokemon available to crush them," he declared.

Bewear would already begin picking up a familiar scent with her special nose, as she could tell this is different from the scene most Rocket attire that her allies would wear. Jessie noticed the large pink bear sniffing around this erratically and wondered what she could be doing. Rewear further points above her with her notice to trail the scent's direction if it meant finding where these possible intruders would be. Even James would be weirded out by this behavior, but glad that this means he will not have to suffer another back breaking hug again.

"What's going on, you are hungry. Because this is not the time to be thinking about….wait a minute. That smell, I can smell something odd. It could be those twerps," the talking cat said.

He would also pick up this same scent and started the same sniffing craze as Bewear to make out what it is. All of the standing grunts would be weirded out by this and wondered if they were not just sniffing what could be an oil leakage in the factory. Even the admin is wondering if this is a clue that leads to be these intruders or just a massive waste of time in the grand scheme of things. Rewear eventually lets out a mild yell and started too run out of the room to follow the scent. Even Meowth would be following the large bear to see where the trail possibly leads.

"Well, what are we waiting for? We have to follow them!" James said.

The two Team Rocket members would be running down the hall to follow their own Pokemon. The admin these made sure to point in that direction to alert the remaining Grunts to follow all of them to take out this possible intruder.

"Everyone, find these spies. Do not come here unless you have them tied up and alive for them to see my face!" he ordered.

Countless of the dark clothes wearing crooks paired into the hall in a stampede if it meant keeping the pride of the Team Rocket organization at hand. Now the two rookie G.U.N. agents would be in deep trouble with enough infamous Pokemon crooks and strong Pokemon on their tail for finding them. The Silent Forest would already have Azel on the run and damaged from escaping countless lasers from the brainwashed Atolm that's under Dimentio's control. The ravenous beast will not let his former master out of his sight as he aims to completely destroy her. She pants as her body rapidly moved through any thick forest buses or even looks that she could hide in to leave his line of sign. Fawful laughs maniacally at just how entertaining this is all to him despite his initial anger of wanting to hurt the woman himself.

"Look at finkrant run like she on bad mushroom day. There is only one option left for you, that is the mustard of your doom. Just stay still and die," the crazy bean scientist said.

"But where is the fun in making it easy? I would rather someone suffer slowly and as long as they can. At least until they can no longer run anymore and get destroyed. It is all more satisfying that way. Just the idea of her best pet being in my control and killing her would make for a satisfying way to end someone's game. Don't you think, you mean bean machine?" the dimensional jester teased.

The swirly eyed glasses of Fawful pondered at the words of his ally, really using his scientific mind to see if the jester's words are truly the most logical. Atolm lets out another blood curling roar once more as the beast is too frustrated to wait any longer and fours his beasts against the forest below rot find her. Many trees were already destroyed before and now more of them would be wiped out as if the dragon is a living deforestation hazard. The ruckus would be enough to cause even more flocks of owls flying around the area to escape the sight of the carnage or even the dragon's won wrath. Azel is already at her limit and trying everything she can to outrun the destruction behind her. All she feels is nothing but a mix of anger and regret at failing her mission this easily to a bunch of stronger opponents.

Atolm, I have to save your somehow. This is not you at all after the time we've spent together after the Black Army uncovered my body. Or even Craymen entrusted me with this legendary dragon as my own personal partner. Orta. Forgive me. But it will be a miracle for me to come out of here alive. I just need to hang on longer.

She sprints up a nearby tree to try reaching as high as she could before she were to keep fighting for her life to survive her own dragon's onslaught. She is more than determined to find some way to free him from his control in the quickest way possible. Ir even beat these two maniacs in their own game.

"Oh dragon, make sure you send our friend to the Underwhere. Make no mistakes with your deadly laser breath. Anything to end the greatest show that I've ever laid my eyes upon," Dimentio said in glee.

The dragon immediately spots Azel climbing up one of the tallest trees in the Silent Forest as he growls in anticipation of killing his intended prey. Not even the Floro Sprout perched on his head would stop him from being any less terrifying with such a parasitic plant controlling him against his will. Azel quickly scrambles with her black and white arms in a race to the time while she still had time. She heard her familiar dragon's roar from far away as he was able to spot her with ease. Her times of flying with him did not become a waste at all with how this made him one of the deadliest dragons from the Dragon Canyons other than his superiority in size and strength compared to the other species. The beast already has his mouth open fully to charge yet another beam that could easily blow her away if she can't find a way to fully counter it at all costs.

"Just finish this finkrat. She will only become the very ketchup she needs to dress the ground after this shot. Let this be reminder that I always have fury," Cackletta's former right hand man said.

Azel would be close to the treetops with the speed she is climbing, although it would do little to stop her former ally from firing his deadly beams at her one last time. The blue beams would be flying straight for her very location to try destroying her. Suddenly, a few giant number bubbles would appear in the way of the blasts to soften the blow upon impact. Azel ignores this to keep climbing to the top as intended. Fawful would blow a tantrum upon seeing that the dragon failed to kill her. Dimension instead would still remain silent on the matter as he is someone who rarely gets his sinister mood down. At the same time, more number bubbles would be floating round the brainwashed Atolm to confuse the large flying predator. This alarmed the beast as he never seen anything like this before with their surreal appearance and seeming like nothing organic to him. These were all large white bubbles that contained various numbers from one to nine in different positions that flew around the jungle.

Fawful had a bad feeling about this and shouts to warn him," Look out. These numbers would be dangerous if not taken serious. This better not be the work of inferior scientist Elvin Gadd!"

Dimentio still remains silent on the manner as he is too wondering who and what is doing this. These number bubbles continued to float around as the eyes of Atolm followed their every move to see what were these strange things. Azel finally makes it to the top of the tree after an agonizing climb that would had been her last. The mysterious floating number bubbles would finally begin combining one by one. When each numbers add, they result in a smaller explosion. While ones that add to ten will create the biggest explosions ever. These rapid explosions slowly annoyed the beast blow after blow and Azel finally caught on to what is happening. Normally she would be concerned that someone is harming Atolm, but felt this is the best chance she's got at her next plan. She sees the Floro Sprout alone on the top of his head, then pints her finger at it as if it were a gun. Slowly, she begins charging enough energy in her own finger tips being the powerful creation she is that the Black Order found of use to them. Dimentio then feels it is time to seek who is interruption his great show so he could end their game in the best way possible.

"Where are you, coward. Because I will use my fury to destroy insignificant self," the bean scientist said.

Even Fawful is alarmed enough to begin flying closer to the dragon to see who created those mysterious number bubbles. The next thing that happens would be a loud strumming as if it coking from an electric guitar. Then electrical waves would be hitting him at full force, shocking the green scientist's body and his special flying helmet. The damage while not severe still affected the controls of how his flying helmet work, even causing the suction device on top to twice around wildly like a harmed worm.

"Fawful, you know better than to get too close. Our enemy is clearly hidden. I will have to find them myself with dimension flipping," the jester said.

He instantly teleports once a black box is drawn over him, flipping to appear out of sight completely. The damage Fawful is still too angry to back down and immediately takes out his blaster for full effect. The confused Atolm is still roaring in a mix of pain and anger, the beast having his eyes ready to blast who this strange person is. "Calm down you beast. I will take care of problem myself. Once they are found, they will be nothing but kraut for the hungriest BeanBean Beasts," Fawful gloats once more. He flies around to any possible thick forest trees that Atolm failed to blown down due to suspecting them as possible hiding spots. The electricity still cackles on his malfunctioning sucker as it taken the most damage compared to the rest of Fawful's special helmet. Dimentio reappears directly near that same area Fawful went as he found where they were hiding.

"Aha, I found one of the naughty spies. Perhaps ending their game will be enough to draw the attention of our other naughty friends," he teased.

He instantly fired one of his famed magic blasts at it. Fawful taken a look at what he attacked to see that it was only a dummy that happened to look like Barbara the Bat. Her time of having podcasts with Yuu Ayasaki's Barbarobo would inspire her idea of creating a body double intended for her own performances. Although it would be used as a sacrifice to distract the villains while she is in a new hiding spot.

"How foul, you used a fake to trick me. But no matter, I will flip myself again just to see where you really are," Dimentio said.

He flipped once more to disappear from Fawful's sight, leading him to look for this possible enemy once more. Azel's finger tips now have more than enough charge as she aims for the one plant that caused nothing but trouble for her old friend. She squints her eye in in the deepest danger now that she feels this is the only shot she had to free Atolm from being some brainwashed tool for the two trouble makers. The massive beast is still busy trying to pick up the scent of these attackers if it mean taking them all out at once. He no longer cares about Azel as she is seen as a weaker threat compared to something that nearly harmed him with multiple strange explosions. It would not be until an electrical beam would shoot at Fawful once more, this time nearly putting him down in a powerful electrical shock. The green scientist screams wildly at the pain that occurs to him, which alerts Atolm once more to try finding this attacker. Him staying in one spot made it all more easier for Atolm to be freed once more soon as Azel's shot is fired.

"Get off of my friend, evil seed," she shouts.

The blast is finally fired and it pierced through the Floro Sprout. This would destroy the plant immediately due to the intensity of the heat as it completely disappears. The wounded Fawful saw this and grew angrier now that the dragon is free from its control. "Oh beans. Get out cowards, I shall make you all pay for that!" he shouts. More of the number bubbles started to appear around him to his horror. He froze as if there is no way out due to the number of them flying around. Dimentio instantly appears and found who is responsible for the numbers. Dr. Kawashita gasps with a shock emote once he is found.

"There you are. Perhaps it is time for your little game to end. Or shall I saw me ending your game right here," he said.

Once he raised his hands in the air, the professor tries to float away and slammed into what appears to be a black box outline that traps him. The professor is completely corned and could die this very moment unless someone stops him. Azel used her time to jump from her spot and towards her now recovering dragon that's without a master to control.

"Please, can't we sit down and talk it out like intellectuals. I am a professor and can try help train your brain in productive ways. What do you say," the professor said nervously.

Being the sadist that likes the look of fear on his victims, Dimentio paid no man to the pleas of his trapped victim, laughing wildly at his weak attempt to sway his attack.

"My brain is only full of madness. I like the way it is to be trained by your insipid problems that even a mere child can solve. Perhaps it is time for you to join the Underwhere with all the others that I've killed. Unlike Mario or the rest of his friends, I will make sure you never escape it," he shouts in creepy joy.

Then He would be shocked himself by another force, the same one who attacked Fawful.

"Fawful, be a good fellow and take care of our little pest," he ordered.

Fawful himself is already trying to sort out the malfunction of his device to care about being on the offensive with his blaster. Azel finally gets atop Atolm to stroke the beast on his head. He could recognize that touch anywhere and knew that it is is one and only master. He did not growl nor roar as he knew that alarming the enemy wouldn't be a good idea.

"Good boy, we will use the time we have to escape for their base here. Whoever saved us will be the ones to deal with them theirselves," she said.

The two would then slowly fly away while their enemies were too distracted to focus on them. More electrical blasts and guitar waves tracked from every corner to put Fawful and Dimentio on their toes the entire time. Dr. Kawashima is already free since his boxes die when is completely unguarded for an attack to his body. He uses his brain skills once more to summon more of his famous number bubbles to deal with the villains above. Fawful grew weary of the number coded bubbles as he had a feeling something would happen to him if they were to "add" up. Dimentio would grow more offensive by creating magical duplicates of himself if it mean confusing their possible attackers.

"You all lack some serious manners. Perhaps I should teach you all a lesson to mess with the master of dimensions!" he announced as his clones laugh with him.

Meanwhile, Lava Mountain would be in chaos with the many robot and steel minions being sucked away by the unknown forces they were trying to identify. Not even the Wisp devices were safe as some broke down or started to fly away by the strong magnetic tulles. This allowed some Wisps to fly away freely, even the ones who were inches away from becoming Nega Wisps. There's also the fact many Nega Wisps would be on the loose and starting to wreck havoc on the very people that made them this way. Violet Wisps would wildly chomp around and swallow any terrain and weapons they gotten their fangs on, growing larger and large until they would become threats that could swallow these Legion allies if they were hungry enough. Purple Wisps would become a large fanged voice that would slowly absorb any and everything around them, growing into mini black hole ghosts with a scary appetite. And that's not getting into the Black Wisps exploding all over the place as kamikaze bombs or Jade Wisps spooking out their own enemies as intangible ghosts.

"Code red, code red! We have a lot of rampaging Wisps that managed to escape and some force stealing our robotic allies. This isn't a drill, code red!" an Alpha Gang member announced.

Many of these soldiers would be scrambling as they had no idea things would get this bad after already arresting a few intruders. These numerous Nega bWisps would be proven a huge problem when they can be aggressive when unchained from their of these soldiers that were stations inside Lava Mountain would be leaving from their posts to go support everyone on the outside. The imprisoned Zeti and Smash members would be wondering what's with the ruckus that is happening outside. Even Octoling and her fellow armed Octoling Troopers would be wondering what is happening. The Octotroopers made sure to maneuver their gatling splatter machines to roll for the door in curiosity. One Octoling bursts into the room with a panicked look on her face and out of breath.

"What is it now? This place is going to blow?" one of them asked.

"No, but we got bigger problems. Everything that is metal is starting to be fulled away from this mountain. That means the robot minions we have inside are flying down the halls or trying to break through the roofs. Too much damage and some rooms would be caved in for good. This is why we have to really get out there," she beamed.

The Octoling Squad had a feeling that things would be this difficult. Just hearing that last statement would get Jill into a panicking mood as losing Drill Dozer is not on her list.

"Say what? I swear if you bozos ever try losing my prized machine, I will kick you into next morning," she shouts.

"Shut up, brat. You are better off staying in this cell until we can see what is going on out there. Nothing here will be caved in as long as we pin those robots somehow," the Octoling Trooper shouts.

"Affirmative, everyone lets roll out and stop those little aliens from causing so much trouble. You too, rookie. Follow us, I have my doubts that these prisoners will go anywhere," another said.

The Octoling had no choice but to follow them if it meant proving her loyalty. This left some of the Zeti prisoners wondering if she may use this opportunity to help them at or or just leave them to be crushed. Dillon still had little faith in the idea of this Octoling being any more trustworthy thank the Inklings in the Smash organization. Jill's mouth would already be covered by Kururin and Sheriff before she said anything else rude to their captors. The magenta tentacle haired girl would have a lot of things in her mind, but one of them would stand out. That she is no longer wanting more of this.

I warned you all, things would take a crazier turn. After a familiar weakness with Mecha Sonic's super form is exploited, all seemed great for Shadow's squad being victorious. That's until he used a similar technique of the very robot brother he's jealous of to start sucking in all technology to himself. Unfortunately for him, this also affects the many robotic allies his own allied groups have. We also learn that Giovanni have ulterior motives for allying with the Legion, getting revenge on Mewtwo and taking over the entire Legion when the time is right. Several unlikely alliances would also form if it meant both heroes and villains not falling victim to the destruction of the Lost Hex. We may see just what form Mecha Sonic will take in the next chapter, which should come before Christmas. Consider that my gift to everyone. See you next Saturday.