The Blue Typhoon soon emerges from a ring portal. However, as it did, Metarex ships started attacking them. Tails luckily put the shields up just in time.
"More Metarex!" Cream whimpered. Cheese chaoed in response.
Penny glanced at the screen. It seemed that four Metarex ships were attacking a lone ship.
"Someone's in trouble," Sonic said at Penny's side. The human girl nodded in agreement.
"We're getting a signal," Chris announced. "There's a Chaos Emerald somewhere aboard that craft."
Cosmo stood up. "They're in great danger. If what Chris says it's true, those Metarex will stop at nothing to get what they want. We must help them!"
"She's right!" Sonic said, smiling at Chris. "What do you say, and Penny?"
"I'm in!" Penny grinned, shooting him a thumbs up.
Tails crossed his arms. "As captain, I hereby veto that plan! We have our safety to think about!"
But, just when he was talking, Sonic and Penny were soon off their posts. "Later, Kids!" Sonic said.
"Looks like you're too late, Tails!" Cream said.
Cheese chaoed in response.
Tails sighed. "Aww. Why do I even bother being captain anyway?"
...
The X Tornado took off. Penny drove the plane while Sonic rode on the wing. "We'll be on that mystery ship in no time!"
"Hope they're okay up there..." Penny said. "I hope we get there on time!"
Sonic and Penny turned their attention back to the ship. It dodged the lasers, but Penny knew that the ship wouldn't last very long. Sonic seemed to agree with her on that. "Man, they really got that ship surrounded!"
"Yeah," Penny said. "Looks bad..."
Sonic hopped off the wing and destroyed the Metarex ships that were attacking the smaller ship. One of the Metarex ships that survived turned around and zoomed towards Sonic.
"Missile launch!" Penny yelled, pressing the missile button. The missile smashed into the Metarex ship. Direct hit! Sonic straightened himself and smiled at Penny. "Good shot!"
The ship they rescued flew off.
...
Cosmo smiled as she walked up to Tails, a tray of tea in her hands. "Heya, Tails!" She smiled.
Tails smiled back. "Hey, how are you doing, Cosmo?"
Cosmo smiled back, giggling a little. "You hungry?"
Tails' expression fell. "I'm sorry, but I just don't have time! This modification job is a real pain! I told Chris I'd modify the energy sequencer and reconnect it to the Master Emerald with a stronger magnetic field! But if I do that, the frequencies will get out of wack! I suppose I could bypass them by going directly through the..." He paused when he noticed Cosmo was just staring at him. Tails smiled sheepishly at her and scratched the back of his head. "Sorry about that. Didn't mean to get all geeky on you again,"
Cosmo smiled. "Aw, don't apologize. After all, you can't help it if you're the smartest guy around!"
Tails chuckled awkwardly. Then Chris's voice appeared over the radio. "Tails! Come up here right away! You've gotta see this!"
Tails ran up to the control center of the Blue Typhoon. The Blue Typhoon had just emerged into another wormhole. Weird lightning flashed around them.
"This feels weird..." Penny frowned, hugging herself. Chris frowned at the computer. "Look at all of that energy swirling around,"
"I don't like this," Tails said. "I have a feeling if we go any further, we might never come out!"
"I'm with Tails!" Cream whimpered. Cheese chaoed in response.
Tails zoomed in on the vortex. Cosmo frowned. "But we just can't give up on them now..."
"Okay!" Tails said. "I'm gonna chance it! We're going in!"
Tails flew the Blue Typhoon through the vortex and turned on the laser shields. Just as he did, lightning from the vortex shook the whole ship. Penny and the others yelped.
"I may be able to drag it out of there," Tails said, his face full of focus and determination. "Activate Typhoon Claw nice and slow!"
"Roger!" Chris called. He pressed a button to unleash the claws so he could grab the ship in. However, to Penny's surprise, the ship she and Sonic rescued before used some kind of claws of their own and snapped the Blue Typhoon's claws in half!
Right after that, the messenger screen appeared, and Decoe showed up on the screen. "Sorry to cut you off, kids!"
"It's Decoe!" Penny yelped in surprise.
Decoe turned his ship around and flew off.
"Correction," Amy corrected Penny. "That was Decoe!"
"Maybe he doesn't want our help after all," Blaze said. "I wish him good luck for trying to find his way back to the boss without help!"
Penny, Kat, Tangle, and Whisper giggled in agreement. When Penny calmed down, her eyes widened when Metarex ships appeared from behind them.
"Metarex!" Tails yelped. "It's a trap! Hang on, everybody, I'm gonna do a fast 180!"
"Be careful, Tails..." Penny gulped. Sonic squeezed her hand reassuringly. She braced herself as Tails turned the ship around to face the Metarex. To everyone's shock, it seemed that Eggman had joined sides with the Metarex!
"Eggman!" Silver growled.
"I should've known he's joined forces with them!" Sonic added.
...
"All hail his royal honorary Metarex, Dr. Eggman!" Bokkun announced with a solute as he and Eggman flew into Black Narcissus's base.
"Well, Black Narcissus?" Eggman questioned. "What have you got to say? Don't I at least get a thank you?" He smirked. "After all, it was I who lured Team Sonic into your galactic web,"
"Not the most difficult to the achievements," Black Narcissus said, turning away from Eggman. "You will learn, Eggman, that I am not given to the displays of gratitude."
"Well, just so you know, they wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my honed genius for deception! And there are more tricks where that came from, just so long as I'm compensated," Eggman smirked, turning to Black Narcissus.
"Don't worry, doctor. You will be," Black Narcissus said reassuringly. Eggman checked his watch. "It's passed 1800 hours." He smirked. "Let's do this, boys! Launch Operation Swarm immediately!" At that, he and Bokkun began laughing and cheering.
Zelkova stood up. "Who does that rotund wretch think he is anyway?!"
"Calm down, Zelkova. Remember, it was thanks to Eggman's statistical know how we were able to plan this operation in the first place. In addition, the Master has ordered us to go along with anything the doctor says." Zelkova's partner told him.
The two turned their attention back to Eggman, who was flying around in his Eggmobile. He and Bokkun were both chanting excitedly.
"You can't be serious!" Zelkova said, shaking his head. "He's nothing but a fool!"
"Attention Metarex fighter squad! The Great Doctor has spoken!"
...
"You don't think the doctor could show just an ounce of decorum, don't you?" Bocoe asked, sweatdropping a little as he watched Eggman float around happily on the screen.
Decoe glared at Bocoe. "What do you mean? He is the picture of calm!"
"How could you call that calm?!" Bocoe grumbled, gazing back at Eggman and his excited chanting and "dancing."
"I suppose you're right..." Decoe finally agreed, feeling embarrassed by the doctor's actions. "He could chill out a bit..."
"GO METAREX!" Bokkun cheered on the screen.
Decoe and Bocoe looked at each other. "Oh..."
...
Soon, the Metarex and Dr. Eggman's base closed in around the Blue Typhoon.
"They're closing in, Tails," Sonic warned him.
"What do we do?!" Cream cried. "We can't turn around, and if we don't we'll head straight into that Black Hole! Either way, we're in danger!"
"Okay, I say we forge ahead and fight as hard as we can! Typhoon Tornados, let's move out!"
Amy glared at Tails. "Typhoon Tornados?" She asked.
"It's our new team name!"
"I think it's great, Tails!" Penny said, giving him an encouraging smile, which he returned.
Amy continued. "You couldn't think of anything better than 'Typhoon Tornados?'" She frowned. "The whole tornado thing is so cliche."
"Amy..." Penny frowned at the pink hedgehog. Sonic quickly put a hand on Penny's arm. "Don't cause a scene," he warned. Penny sighed in defeat.
Tails grumbled in annoyance. "Maybe we can argue about this later, Amy?!"
...
"Let's go get them!" Sonic said as Chris, Amy, Silver, Blaze, Cream, Tangle, Whisper, Cloud, Kat, and Hiro flew their planes to fight against Eggman and the Metarex. Sonic thought this one trip was too dangerous for Penny, so she had to stay onboard the Blue Typhoon. She watched from the window as her friends and brother fought.
"Ready to launch nitro blasters!" Chris called from his ship. He shot Sonic and Silver their super shoes, and soon after two super balls emerged from their shoes. Sonic looked at Silver, and they both nodded. "Let's kick it!" The two took a mighty lunge with their legs and kicked the two balls right at the Metarex ships. Each of their balls knocked out three ships. Sonic and Silver high fived each other.
"That's three points for three ships!" Sonic smirked.
...
"Well, that's inconvenient!" Eggman said. "Now on to plan B! Of course, I have it exactly formulated a plan B!"
"Have no fear, doctor!" A Metarex said. "You see, I have a plan B of my own at store!" He said, his Metarex eyes glowing yellow. He pressed a button.
"As do I!" Black Narcissus said, pushing the same button.
"WHAT?!" Zelkova yelped. He grumbled a little as he pressed a button of his own. "Well, so do I!"
...
Penny's eyes widened as she watched the Metarex ships and Eggman fire at her friends. "Look out!" She cried.
"Cosmo, what's wrong?!" Penny gasped, noticing the Seedrian's frightened expression. Cosmo looked at her. "The shields aren't working!" She answered. "They're too strong for us!"
Knuckles appeared on a messenger screen. "They're firing at anything they can! I think we should retreat fast!"
"But we can't turn back!" Cream said. "We've gone too far!"
"What do you say, Tails?" Cloud called. "Do we fight?"
Tails, Penny, and Cosmo looked at each other. Tails turned back at Knuckles, Cloud, and Cream. "We'll use the Power Cannon!" He answered. "The best thing to do is aim directly at the mothership!"
He pressed a few buttons, and the ship took aim. "Ready, Cream?" He called. "Let's give them all we've got! Target on! Okay, Sonic, Silver, get ready! Prepare power cannon! Okay, fire!"
Tails shot Sonic and Silver at the Metarex. However, as he did, something strange flashed below, looking like a star.
And Sonic and Silver landed right in it.
"SONIC! SILVER!" Penny screamed, her eyes wide with terror.
Noticing the accident, Knuckles ran over to the Master Emerald. "Hang on!" He yelled. However, the Master Emerald was full of the electric shock as well, and as soon as Knuckles touched the dashboard, he got electrocuted, too.
"KNUCKLES!" Penny yelped as well.
"Oh, no!" Tails yelped. Penny turned to him. He looked shocked. "Sonic and Silver got zapped down there! What have I done?!"
Penny wished she knew how to comfort the poor fox.
Later, in the infirmary, Penny took the charge of taking care of Knuckles, Sonic, and Silver. She had finished bandaging them up along with Blaze and Whisper's help. She looked at Sonic with worry.
"That blast sure did some damage to the main engine," Chris muttered as he worked on fixing the Typhoon's scanners and computers. "But I think we'll be okay, just as long as we're under a certain speed." He turned to Tails. "We have to conserve whatever energy we've got so we can recharge that Master Emerald, okay, Tails?"
Tails didn't answer. He looked shocked.
"Tails?" Kat asked, worried for the kitsune. Tails finally snapped out of it and looked up at Kat. "You doing okay?"
Tails smiled at Kat. "Uh, yeah. I'm okay, Kat and Chris."
Once that was over, another alarm beeped through the Blue Typhoon. "What is it now?!" Tangle asked.
"I'm not so sure the Typhoon could make it through another attack, Tails!" Chris said.
Tails looked down. "I-I'm not worthy to be captain!" He cried, running off. "I'm just not!"
"Tails, come back!" Cosmo cried. When she caught up with him, she looked at him. He looked guilty. "How could I do something so stupid?" He asked her.
"Tails, you can't blame yourself for what happened," Cosmo said.
Tails closed his eyes. "It's because of me Sonic, Knuckles, and Silver got hurt! Face it, I don't have the right to call myself captain of anything!"
Cosmo looked at Tails. "How could you say that, Tails?!" She asked. "Nobody but you could be captain, and you know it!"
Tails' ears drooped. "I'm just a big failure."
Cosmo walked up to him so she could make eye contact. "Not in my eyes, you're not. Just think of the hundreds of times you've helped your friends when they were in trouble! I've never known anyone as brave as you!"
"Really?!" Tails asked.
Cosmo smiled at him. "Just think of all the times you've saved your friends from danger. I'm proud to be under the command of such a noble captain."
Tails finally smiled. "Hey, thanks!" He said.
...
Eggman appeared on the screen, facing Chris and the others. "Howdy, kid. Are you and your pals getting ready for the big showdown?"
Chris glared at him. "We're ready for anything you and those Metarex dish out! Just try us!"
Eggman chuckled. "Who'd have thought such big talk could come from such a small fry? Where're our boys Sonic and Silver by the way? Nursing, aching, and knocking I presume? While Nurse Penny is bandaging up that blockhead of his here's a little news for you. You have five minutes till that Typhoon's toast. Now if I were in your place, kid, I'd say farewell to my little friends, cuz this is gonna be a full blast!"
Chris glared at Eggman as the doctor laughed heartily. The message ended.
"Now what do we do?!" Kat gulped. Hiro took her hand.
Chris slumped in his seat. "I don't know..." He muttered.
"It's okay, gang, I got it under control!" Tails smiled as he walked up, now back to his normal self. "We've got five minutes left and I'm gonna give us five minutes to win!"
"Tails, you're back!" He smiled.
Tails smiled. "Now let's take a look at this data and see how we can beat them!"
Cream smiled. "That sounds great, Tails!"
They studied the data on the screen. "If we can somehow reverse the direction of the spin, then it's possible to create a new magnetic field! One that's a direct opposite of the first one,"
"But what if we get sucked inside of them?!" Cream cried.
Chris looked determined. "It may be tough, but it's the only chance we've got! We'll just have to give it any ounce of energy we possibly can!"
"There's just one problem we haven't thought about," Tails said. "In order to reverse the magnetic field, we'd have to use ring tunnel, but with Sonic and Silver knocked out there's just no way!"
"Who are you calling knocked out?" Sonic asked, shakily walking up to them. Penny helped him walk, but her face showed worry as she carefully led the blue hedgehog to the group. Sonic smirked. "I'm not exactly down for the count yet, Tails! When my captain needs me, nothing's gonna stop me from giving all I've got!"
Tails smiled happily. "Then let's do it, you guys!"
After setting the Blue Typhoon to its place, Sonic got himself prepared. Penny watched nervously inside. "Be careful..." She whispered. Cloud squeezed her hand reassuringly.
"I checked the Master Emerald, it's stable!" Cream announced. Tails nodded approvingly in her direction. "Great! Keep your eye on it!" He looked back down on the computer. "Emerald stabilized! Chris, ready when you are! Go ahead and activate the ring tunnel!"
"Aye aye," Chris said. "Ring tunnel!"
With the help of Sonic's shoes, Sonic sped through the ring tunnel at full speed. He flew right through the black hole.
Nothing happened.
"Nothing's happening, Tails!" Penny yelped, turning to him.
"Now I'm scared..." Cream whimpered.
"This is gonna work. After all, I'm a captain!" Tails thought.
A second later, Sonic popped out of the black hole, unconscious once again. Penny's eyes widened. "Sonic, no!" She cried. Chris flew under him to try to catch him.
The Metarex started firing.
"Thirty seconds!" Cloud yelled.
"TAILS, WHAT NOW?!" Amy screamed.
"The good captain always believes in himself. They're counting on you, Tails!"
Tails opened his eyes. "Okay, let's bring her in slow and steady gang, hang on tight!"
"We're losing engine power, Tails!" Tangle called.
"It's the Master Emerald!" Tails gasped. "Let this work, please!"
Penny and Amy both let out a scream as the Metarex fired again.
Tails let out a yell and zoomed the Blue Typhoon up to the black hole, destroying it instantly. The black hole exploded, destroying the Metarex ships as well.
Inside the Blue Typhoon, everyone strained themselves until Tails drove it out of the vortex and into a normal outer space sky.
"We did it!" Tails cheered. Penny happily ran up to him and gave him a huge hug.
...
Once again, Knuckles and Sonic both layed next to Silver in the infirmary, wrapped up in bandages. Penny sat next to Sonic, smiling at Tails as he apologized to Knuckles, Sonic, and Silver.
"I just wanted to tell you guys how sorry I am," Tails said, looking down.
"Sorry?" Knuckles asked. "If it weren't for you, none of us would be here!"
Silver smiled. "Thanks, buddy,"
"Careful..." Penny yelped a little as Sonic sat up, giving Tails a thumbs up. "Thanks, pal! I mean captain!"
"Thanks, you guys!" Tails smiled back. "You're the best!"
Penny smiled at Tails. "And you're the best captain we've ever had!"
He smiled back.
