The cheering died down all throughout the arena. Scourge stands up looking afraid "I have to get off this planet". He makes for the door, but Naugus stopped him "Hey, hey, hey. Where you going?". Knuckles raises his weapons up and yells causing the cheering to build up again. Razor was still grinning and waved up to the lounge "Hey! We know each other. He's a friend from work". Naugus looks confused and glances at Scourge who nervously clears his throat. Razor chuckled and looked back to Knuckles "Where have you been? Everybody thought you were dead". Knuckles turns to face him; his eyes were covered by his helmet. Razor didn't seem to notice that Knuckles wasn't happy to see him "But so much has happened since I last saw you. I lost my sword. Like, yesterday, so that's still pretty fresh. Scourge. Scourge is alive. Can you believe it? He's up there. Scourge! Look who it is!". Knuckles looks up at Scourge who froze in his seat. Razor sighed in relief "Knuckles, I never thought I would say this but I'm happy to see you". The audience started chanting "KNUX! KNUX! KNUX!". Knuckles looked around, "Knuckles. Hey, Knuckles!" "Can't go easy on you" Knuckles replied. He started running at Razor's whose smile disappeared "What're you doing". He backed away "It's me. It's Razor". Knuckles bashes him across the stadium. Razor digs his dagger into the ground slowing him down.
He stands up and gets ready with his sword. Knuckles hits his swords together and Razor takes a stance "Knuckles, we're friends. This is crazy. I don't want to hurt you!". The two fight with their swords until Knuckles kicks Razor into the wall. Knuckles charges at, Razor stands his ground and whacks Knuckles with his hammer. Knuckles bounces of the walls of the arena. Naugus frowns "What?". The audience begins murmuring as Razor slowly walks towards Knuckles who is lying in a pile of rubble "Hey, big guy. The sun's getting real low". Knuckles adjusts his helmet and looks up to Razor who holds out his hand earnestly. Knuckles stares back and reaches out his own hand. Razor smiles "That's it. The sun's going down". He touches his hand "I won't hurt you anymore. No one will". Knuckles suddenly grabs him by the leg and smashes him against the floor repeatedly like a ragdoll. He stops and stares for a moment, Razor gasps so Knuckles smashes him two more times before throwing him across the arena. Scourge jumps up and punches the air "Yes! That's how it feels!". He notices Naugus staring at him "I'm just a huge fan of the sport". Razor gets back to his feet clinging the hammer "Alright. Screw it". He hits Knuckles in the face knocking him down "I need the smart one right now. I'll get him out". Knuckles hits the hammer out of his hand making him back away "What's the matter with you? You're embarrassing me! I told them we were friends".
Razor gets behind Knuckles and gets his arm around his neck. Knuckles grabs his head and throws him off. He jumps up and crashes back down on Razor and repeatedly punches him in the face. Razor begins to see flashes of Striker on the cliff staring at him. Razor's eyes suddenly shine bright blue, he punches Knuckles who flies away sparking with lightening. Razor stands and looks down at his hands which were now crackling with power. He and Knuckles charge at each other. Razor gets a punch at Knuckles which released a large shockwave. The crowd starts to chant "THUNDER! THUNDER! THUNDER!" Kalus joins in. Knuckles gets back up and removes his helmet, he looks enraged. The two are ready to fight when Naugus presses the remote. Razor is shocked and collapses to the ground. Knuckles leaps up to an incredible height, reaching eye level with Echo. Kalus sighs "Another day, another Doug". Knuckles draws back his right fist as he plummets back down to Razor.
Blade sat on her throne when she hears a banging sound "What is that noise?". Jack steps forward out of the army of dead soldiers "The common folk aren't exactly falling in line. There's resistance trying to knock down the front gates". Blade gestures and her army marches outside. Blade then looks down at Jack "Tell me about yourself, Jack" "Well, me dad was a stonemason. Me mum was-" "Right, yeah, I'll just stop you there. What I meant was what's your ambition?". Jack thinks for a moment "I just want a chance to prove myself". Blade nods in understanding "Recognition. When I was young every great king had an executioner. Not just to execute people but also to execute their vision". She then shrugs "But mainly to execute people. Still, it was a great honour". She stands "I was Striker's executioner. And you shall be my executioner". She creates a long-handled axe and hands it to Jack "Let's begin our conquest".
They enter Chaos Control, both grinning but Blade's then disappears "Jack… where's the sword". The sword was missing from its slot "That sword is the key to opening the portal. Those people you mentioned, the ones who aren't falling into line, round them up".
A family were running through a forest being chased by the undead warriors. They see three ahead of them, but Armand suddenly appears and kills the warriors with the Chaos Control sword. The family look back at five more chasing them when Fleming and Ian attack from either side killing them too. They turn to the family "Sorry about that" Ian said. Armand stepped forward "These bloody things are everywhere. Come on". He leads them out of the forest and a path at the ide of a cliff. They enter a small cave and Armand touches a symbol on the ground. Walls of the cave open revealing a massive cavern full of people "You'll be safe here" Fleming said patting the boy's shoulder.
Razor lies unconscious in a chamber while four woman place damp towels over his body. He gasps and wakes up scaring the woman who run away. Razor struggles to his feet. He looks around the chamber, it was huge with red and white walls. There was a shelf holding bottles and there was a bed that looked to be made out of a large skull. He looks out of the window to the city when he heard a splash of water behind him. He spins around and sees a dark pool that Knuckles was in. Razor holds up his hands defensively "Are we cool?", Knuckles gives a slight nod. Razor eyes him for a moment "So how long have you been like that?" "Like what?" "Like this. Angry and strong and stupid". Knuckles glances down "Long time". Razor turns to the window and watches random objects fall out of the wormholes "How'd you get here?" "Winning". Razor turned back to him "You mean cheating, huh? Were they wearing one of these when you won?" he pointed to the obedience disc "How'd you arrive here?". Knuckles gestures diving into the water with his hand "Tornado". Razor looked hopeful "Yes. Now, where is the Tornado now?". Knuckles walks out of the pool and over to the window. He points to a junkyard "Managed to land it".
Razor looks out and sees it, good as new "Yes! I'm getting us out of here. This is a terrible, awful place. You're gonna love Lost Hex. It's big. It's golden. Shiny". Knuckles sat on his bed and took a large bight from some fruit "I'm staying". Razor shook his head "No, no, no. My people need me to get back to Lost Hex. We must prevent Ragnarok" "Ragnarok?" "The prophesied death of my home world. The end of days, the end of-". Knuckles yawned and Razor sighed "If you help me get back to Lost Hex, I can help you get back to Mobius. Huh?". Knuckles frowned "Mobius hates me" "What? Mobius loves you. You're one of the Chaotix. One of the team, one of our friends. This is what friends do. They support each other". Knuckles took another bite of fruit and spat it as he spoke "You're only my friend when I'm smart" "No, I don't even like you when you're smart". He pretended to press buttons "I'm into numbers and science and stuff. I prefer you like this" "You go. I'm staying". Razor stared him down "Fine. Stay here. Stupid place. It's hideous, by the way. The red, the white. Just pick a colour. Ridiculous". He walked to the doorway when "Smash you" "You didn't smash anything. I won that fight" "I smashed you, baby arms". Razor turned back to him "What?" "Baby!" he threw fruit at him. Razor dodged it "Moron! You big child". He reaches the doorway were a shield shocks him. He falls to the floor and Knuckles laughs "Do it again". He keeps laughing and then shrugs "You're home".
Razor was still staring out at the Tornado when Knuckles walked past in his armour "Training time" "That's great. Have fun". Echo waited at the doorway and smiled when Knuckles came over "Hey, big guy. What have you been up to?" "Winning". Razor sighs but then gets an idea. He closes his eyes and clenches his fists "Armand, I know you can see me. I need you to help me". Armand was leading a group of civilians when he suddenly stops and turns to look out at empty space "Armand, help me see". Razor's eyes open and he is suddenly in front of Armand "I see you, but you're far away". Razor looked around "What's going on here?" "Come see for yourself". He guided him past a group of refugees who were being protected by Ian and Fleming "I'm providing refuge in a stronghold built by our ancestors. But if the garrison falls, our only hope is Chaos Control" "You're talking about evacuating Lost Hex?" "We won't last long if we stay. She draws her power from Lost Hex and grows stronger every day". Armand ushers the refugees to start running "Blade is ravenous. If I let her leave, she'll consume Nine Zones and all the cosmos. We need you". Razor nodded "I'm working on it. But I don't even know where the hell I am". Armand saw the undead soldiers coming towards them "You're on a planet surrounded by doorways. Go through one" "Which one?" "The big one". Armand, Fleming and Ian fought of the undead. Ian then turned vaguely in Razor's direction "Razor, if you can hear me. We could really use one of your entrances right about now" he joked before chopping off the head of a soldier. Razor was now back in the chamber.
At night Razor was trying to tear out the disc in his neck but it just shocked him. He grunted and leaned forward in pain. Knuckles sits up on his bed "You're sad" "Shut up". Knuckles walks over and shoves him "You're sad". Razor got back up "I'm not sad, you idiot. I'm pissed off! Angry. I lost my father. I lost my sword". He saw Knuckles roll his eyes "You're not even listening!" he kicked a bowl, "Because you're whining like a baby. Don't kick stuff". He picked up a metal disc and threw it at Razor who dodged it "You're being a really bad friend!" "You're a bad friend!" "You know what we call you? We call you the stupid Chaotix". Knuckles picked up a metal shield "You're the weak Chaotix!". He throws it and it embeds into the wall surprising Razor "What, are you crazy?" "Yes!" he picks up a mace. Razor glares at him "You know what? Mobius does hate you". Knuckles drops the mace and walks over to the bed. He sits at the foot; Razor's expression becomes sympathetic. He walks over and sits next to him "I'm sorry I said those things. You're not the stupid Chaotix. Nobody calls you that". Knuckles glances at him "It's okay" "You just can't go around throwing shields at people. Could have killed me" "I know. I'm sorry. I just get so angry all the time. I'm always angry". Razor nods "I know. We're the same, you and I. We're just a couple of hot-headed fools" "Yeah, same. I'm like fire, you're like water". Razor crosses his arms "We're kind of both like fire" "But I'm like real fire. I'm like raging fire. You're like smoldering fire". Razor chuckles "Knuckles, I need you to do something for me".