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~~~~~KNUCKLES

I silently climbed the wall and crawled up onto the roof. Four laser cannons greeted me rudely with a bunch of laser fire. I dodged to the side and punched one of them so hard that it broke and fell off the roof. I somersaulted, dodging lasers from the other three and uppercutted another one into the air. They sure weren't attached well to the roof! I jumped and dive-bombed into the third one, causing it to shower sparks and explode. I spin dashed through the last one and headed back towards the center of the roof. That wasn't so hard. I sat down and waited for Tails' signal.

~~~~~SONIC

Garion and I smashed our way into the base. It wasn't too difficult for the two of us to do. After passing through the entrance I was greeted by a familiar voice.

"Are you dumb, or just plain stupid?" the black echidna asked as he stepped out into the light. Leon was at his side.

"Who are you!?" I asked.

He chuckled. "My name is Drath. I am the strongest being in the world. And now, you shall die. But first, I'll be taking that," he replied as he held his hand out in front of him. Garion's Chaos Emerald shot out of his hands and Drath caught it. "Thanks! Now I only need one more!" Garion growled.

"I'll never give up! I'm getting my friend back!" Garion yelled as he took a step forward.

"My, my, how... ridiculous!" Drath said with a laugh. "Leon, take care of him!"

Leon fired an orb of energy at Garion. Garion dodged it and countered with a Spin Dash, which Leon deflected with his shield.

"It's payback time!" I shouted as I charged towards Drath. He disappeared just before I reached him. I lashed back with my leg, smashing him in a bad spot. I knew he was going to teleport.

"You should never try the same trick twice," I said to him. He glared at me.

"You will pay for that, hedgehog!" he shouted as he fired a ray at me. I ran to the side and dodged it. I ran down the corridor, hoping he'd follow me. It was too crowded there for me to fight to my full potential. He zoomed after me as I ran down the corridors, looking for a bigger room...

~~~~~GARION

I dodged another orb and charged forward with a Homing Attack, only to have my target disappear just before I hit him. I jumped to the side as another orb came from behind me. All of a sudden Leon shot up towards the ceiling.

"Try and hit me now!" he shouted as he fired more orbs at me.

I hated it when I didn't have my emerald with me. Almost all of my good attacks were with my emerald, and without it I felt powerless. However, I thought of something and jumped upwards, performing a Homing Attack. I shot up and nailed Leon, actually causing some damage.

"You pest!" he yelled as he shot another orb at me. I didn't have any time to dodge and I got nailed in the shoulder. Those things hurt! I dodged another one and did another Homing Attack on him.

He charged forward all of a sudden and I felt a blade cut through my leg. I fell to the ground, holding my wound. He fired another orb at me and it was over...

~~~~~TAILS

I snuck in through the hole that Garion had described. I was in the inner chamber of the base, and Eggman was sitting there at the computer! I ran over and nailed him on the head, knocking him out. I shoved him off the chair and put a disk into the tower. I ran a file check on the computer and started copying as much information as I could onto my disk as fast as I could. Suddenly a voice made me stop.

"I knew it would be a good idea if I stayed here."

I turned around to see Rolm in the doorway. It pained me to see him in such a state. He was definitely robotosized, and his red eyes were full of hatred.

He charged forward at me and I pushed a button on my communicator. Knuckles came crashing through the ceiling and smashed directly into Rolm. Rolm got buried under Knuckles and parts of the ceiling. He couldn't move, and Knuckles held him there.

"Hurry!" Knuckles shouted. "We don't know how long Sonic and Garion can last!"

I turned around and went back to copying the files. The computer showed that I was 44% done.

~~~~~SONIC

I found a huge room branching off from the corridor and I ran inside. I turned sharply and waited for Drath to enter so I could ambush him. Suddenly a sharp pain went through my back again and I fell to the floor. This time, however, I did a somersault and dodged his 'knockout' kick.

"What did I tell you before!?" I shouted. "Don't try the same trick twice!"

I charged towards him and suddenly found myself trapped in a black crystal.

"But, it works so well!" he said as he slowly drained me of my powers.

Leon suddenly appeared alongside of him.

"Are you done with that annoying green hedgehog?" Drath asked. Leon nodded.

"Good. Then help me eliminate this one," Drath said as he began charging an energy ball. It grew quickly and was the size of a door in no time. Leon's was if anything, bigger.

'I'm going to die,' I thought as I struggled to get out of the crystal.

"It's over for you, hedgehog. I pictured you as a lot harder than this. Oh well," Drath taunted.

Suddenly Leon turned and fired his energy orb at Drath. Drath had no time to react and was smashed through the wall from the force. Leon suddenly turned towards me and smashed open the crystal with his fist.

"Sonic, disable me, quickly! I won't be able to...hold onto this for much longer!" he cried.

"Leon!? How!?"

"No time to...explain. Hurry...and destroy me before I lose...control..."

"I can't! You're my friend..."

"If...you don't...you'll...die!" Leon struggled. He fell to his knee and began shaking. "Hur..ry!"

"I'm so sorry, Leon," I said as I spin dashed through him.

"Thank...you," he said before he fell over. I looked over to where Drath crashed. He was gone!

I picked up Leon's body and carried it out of the room. I ran towards the entrance as fast as I could.

~~~~~TAILS

I took the disk out of the computer and kicked Eggman for the heck of it. I ran over to Rolm's struggling body and opened a panel on the side of his head. I pulled out a few wires and he stopped moving.

"Let's get out of here!" Knuckles said as he got up.

I took Rolm's body out from under the rubble and carried him out the hole in the wall. Knuckles quickly followed. I took flight with Knuckles gliding beside me.

~~~~~SONIC

I reached the entrance to see a horrifying sight. Garion was face down on the floor in a pool of blood. I set Leon down and ran over to him to find him barely alive.

"Sonic..." he said as I got close. "I...never thought I'd find myself like this..."

"Don't talk," I said. He took off his cracked sunglasses and looked at me. His red eyes were almost black in color.

"I...am probably not going to be able to leave this base alive..."

"Quiet for a second," I said. I focused my own energy into him, like I had before to a Chaos Emerald. His body began to glow a faint gold color and then he returned to normal. I took a deep breath and felt really dizzy. I leaned against the wall as I watched Garion get up. He stumbled over to me and grabbed my hand. My mind suddenly felt clearer and I grabbed Leon. Garion and I stumbled out of the base. I smashed a few robots out of my way as we continued along the path.

"Sonic, how did you...?"

I silenced him with my hand and we continued down the path slowly.

~~~~~TAILS

I sat down at my computer and put the disk in. I opened a few files before I found what I was looking for. Eggman's diary.

I read through parts of it and learned about Zephyte and how he had obtained the robotosization technology from Drath. I skimmed through other parts of it but found nothing else worthwhile. Then I opened a new folder and found a file titled 'Robotosizer'. I opened it and it was a photographed copy of each individual page of the book that Drath had given him. I read through the designs and thought for a moment.

'I may be able to create a de-robotosizer if I do this right,' I thought to myself as I skimmed through the computerized book.

"Anything interesting?" Knuckles asked from behind me. I jumped in my seat. I had forgotten he was there.

"Well, I should be able to create a de-robotosizer from this information, AND I know how Leon got captured."

"How?" Knuckles questioned.

"Zephyte. It's a metal that resists any type of magic," I replied.

"Interesting. Do you think it will work on Drath?" he asked.

"I think so. However, all the materials needed for making it aren't found anywhere nearby. According to this, you need some special type of dust that is found in the mountains far to the north. It would take us at least two days to find some of it. I'm sure that Eggman has bases and robots all over the place that get whatever he needs in half the time, too," I said.

"Dang. I guess that scratches out that idea," he said.

Suddenly the door burst open and in came Sonic, Garion, and a deactivated Leon.

"Guys!" I shouted as I ran towards them. Then I realized that they weren't in the best shape.

I rushed into the bathroom and came back with a large bandage that I wrapped around Garion's leg. Sonic sat down at the table and then suddenly looked around frantically. He jumped back up and searched the whole room.

"Sonic, what is it?" I asked.

"The Chaos Emerald. Where is it?" he questioned.

We all gasped. It was gone.

~~~~~DRATH

I walked up to the entrance of Eggman's base and felt the power of the Chaos Emeralds flowing through me. I held out my arms and I transformed into my Super form. My black fur transformed into a silver color and my orange eyes turned yellow. I concentrated as much power as I could and fired it around the huge base. A monstrous black portal opened up and sucked the entire base inside. I closed the portal and transformed back into my regular self.

"Well, now I don't have that nuisance to get in my way. Now, it's time for world domination."

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