Sally screamed in fear as the red beam of light collided with Sonic's chest, sending him tumbling out the hangar door. She knew he wouldn't survive that fall. Not unless Tails was able to catch him.

Metal Sonic tightened his grip around her neck. She coughed and hacked, feeling her face slowly turn blue. She glanced at her wrist communicator and gasped at the timer. 13 seconds.

She had thirteen seconds to get out or be blown to bits by her own bomb...

10 seconds.Sally kicked and squirmed. Like a python, Metal merely squeezed harder.

8 seconds.Her life began to flash before her eyes. Her mind ran through all the things she'd never do. She'd never see the world after Eggman's defeat. She'd never update Nicole like she promised. She'd never read another bedtime story to Tails. She'd never begrudgingly go shopping with Amy or to target practice with Shadow again.

But most painfully to her: she'd never get to tell Sonic she loved him.

5 seconds.

Something red and shiny caught her eye. In Metal Sonic's chest, a red gem was lodged, giving the robot's eyes an even mode menacing tint. The ruby was glowing and had redish black waves eminating from it. Sally could feel the power flowing from it. Was it a chaos emerald? A sol emerald? Something else?

3 seconds.Sally did the only thing she could think of. Her hand shot forward and clutched the red gem. Sparks whirled as she tugged at the ruby.

"Chaos control!"

1 second.As the last precious second passed, a white light filled the room. The last thing Metal Sonic saw before being envelopped by the flames was Sally fading into thin air.


A/ N: Yep. This is what really happened to Sally. Will Sonic find out? Will he halt his quest for revenge?