Chaos Control
Chapter 10
Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Cheese, Cream, Chris, and Professor Thorndyke all road inside the X Tornado with Sonic riding on top and the Powerpuff Girls riding ahead of the X Tornado. The girls wanted to reach the Professor before the X Tornado so they could save themselves some time by telling the Professor about what has happened while they were at Station Square while the X Tornado was on its way to Townsville. As they were heading towards Townsville, Mojo and Eggman were also on their way there, too. Thanks to the improvements Mojo had made on his Chaos Energy radar, Mojo discovered the exact location of the last Chaos Emerald. Upon finding it, both Eggman and Mojo got into a plane (which looked like a cross between a Stealth Bomber and a military helicopter without the propellers) to fly to Townsville.
After a quick flight, Mojo and Eggman had reached Townsville before the Powerpuff Girls did. Mojo grinned evilly as the unusual looking plane drifted into Townsville, floating ominously over Townsville's nervous towns people who looked up at it with suspicion and uneasiness. Eggman flew the ship as Mojo sat in the co-pilot seat operating a portable Chaos Radar. He looked at the radar menacingly, watching as the signal on the screen began to grow more stronger.
"We must be getting close." said Mojo. When the radar started "beeping" wildly, Mojo announce, "Aw ha, it's in that house." Mojo pointed towards a house down below as indicated by the radar and gasped.
"That's the Powerpuff Girls' house." said Mojo.
"This is their house?" asked Eggman.
"Yes." said Mojo. "We better move quickly if they already know it is here." Eggman and Mojo lowered their ship like a helicopter and they lowered it gently onto the street outside of the house.
Meanwhile, inside the laboratory, Professor Utonium was examining the Chaos Emerald under a magnifying glass when he suddenly heard the sound of the ship landing outside.
"What was that?" asked the Professor. Curious, he walked up the steps leading out of his laboratory and then walked down the hallway to the front door. He opened the door so he could see what was outside and when he did, he was greeted by the presence of Eggman and Mojo at his door step. Both of them aiming laser weapons at him.
"Hello, Professor." said Mojo casually. "You have something that we want."
"I don't know what you're talking about." said the Professor quickly.
"Is that really all you got?" mocked Mojo. "You disappoint me, Professor." Mojo pressed a switch on his gun, changing the setting of the gun. He then pulled the trigger and a net fired outwards from the gun and wrapped itself around the Professor like a mummy. The Professor fell backwards as he struggled against the net. As he squirmed on the floor, Mojo said to Eggman, "Keep an eye on the Professor and also watch for any sign of the Powerpuff Girls." Eggman did as he was told and he kept his gun pointed at the Professor as Mojo walked into the first place where the Professor would keep a Chaos Emerald: the lab.
Meanwhile, the girls were already in Townsville, flying high in the sky and leaving behind their famous rainbow pattern. They were also creating a loud "whooshing" sound as they flew, a sound that was picked up by the hearing of Eggman. Curious, Eggman walked over to the open front door and looked outside to see the girls coming towards him. Eggman immediately ran through the hallway and into the lab where he found Mojo admiring the silver colored Chaos Emerald in his hand.
"Mojo, I saw the girls coming this way." announced Eggman. "I sure hope you have a back up plan for when they get here because I sure don't."
"Don't worry, Eggman, I have an idea." said Mojo. "We'll set a trap for those trio of girls, one that is simple but deadly."
As the girls approached their house, they immediately noticed Mojo and Eggman's plane and they feared the worst.
"Oh no, what is Eggman and Mojo doing here?" asked Bubbles.
"I don't know but it looks like the Professor is in trouble." said Blossom. "Everyone, into the house." With a burst of speed, the girls flew towards the front door. They flew into the house and they all gasped when they saw the Professor bounded by the net and squirming on the floor. The girls quickly cut the Professor free from the net using their eye beams and then Blossom asked, "Are you all right, Professor?"
"Yes, I'm fine." said the Professor. "Mojo and some fat guy with an orange mustache barged into my house."
"Eggman." chorussed Bubbles and Buttercup.
"Where are they?" asked Blossom.
"In the lab." answered the Professor. Without another word, the girls flew into the lab leaving the Professor behind.
They flew down to the foot of the stairs and gasped. Standing in front of them was Mojo, holding the Chaos Emerald in his hand and grinning evilly. Beside him was Eggman who leaned against the work bench where a yellow bucket stood with the other tools on the bench.
"Well girls, so nice of you to drop by." said Mojo mockingly.
"Mojo, where did you get that Chaos Emerald?" demanded Blossom.
"Your dad had the remaining emerald this whole time." said Mojo. "He was nice enough to let us have it."
"Yeah right." said Buttercup with sarcasm. "You just took the emerald."
"So true." said Mojo modestly.
"Enough talk." said Blossom. "Lets get 'em." The girls shot forwards and they were about to strike Mojo and Eggman but then Eggman immediately picked up the bucket and then threw its contents all over the girls. The ink black substance from the bucket splattered all over the girls and covered them from head to toe, causing the girls to stop in their tracks out of surprise. A moment later, the girls fell unceremoniously onto the ground.
"What the..." said Buttercup in pain from the fall. She tried to get back into the air but she couldn't.
"I can't fly." said Buttercup in surprise.
"Me neither." said Bubbles. The Professor ran into the lab in time to witness the girls getting hit with the black substance.
"Aw, Professor, I hope you don't mind but I had to use some of your Antidote X." said Mojo mockingly.
"Antidote X." thought Blossom. She looked at the black substance that covered her body and realized that she and her sisters had been doused in Antidote X, the one substance that was capable of disabling their powers.
"Wahahaha, you were right about that Antidote X, Mojo." said Eggman. "I just wish Sonic was that easy to disable." Eggman aimed his laser (set on net shooter) and fired it at the girls, trapping the girls in a net. The girls protested as they tried to free themselves from the net.
"You three are coming with us." said Mojo. "Now that we have the last emerald, you three will be the first to be crushed by our power."
"No!" panicked the Professor as he ran to his daughters' aid but Mojo saw him coming and fired his net shooter, completely binding the Professor once again in a net. Eggman picked up the net that bounded the girls and flung them over his shoulder like a sack. Mojo and Eggman walked out of the lab with the girls pleading with the Professor to help them but all the Professor can do is watch helplessly as his daughters were carried away.
The girls were carried into the cargo hold of the ship where they were dumped like a bag of luggage. The girls moaned in pain from the drop as Eggman and Mojo got into their seats. They were ready to take off when Mojo noticed something in the distance.
"Eggman, there is something coming this way." said Mojo. Eggman looked through the front windshield and noticed a speck in the distance. He pulled out his binoculars to see what it was that Mojo was looking at. Through the binoculars, Eggman quickly recognized the plane that was heading towards them.
"It's Tails's blasted jet, the X Tornado." said Eggman. The girls grinned with joy upon hearing this news.
"You guys better surrender because Sonic is going to kick your butts." said Buttercup confidently.
"What are we going to do?" asked Mojo ignoring Buttercup's threats.
"Don't panic, Mojo." said Eggman. "Now it's my turn to come up with a brilliant plan."
As Tails flew his X Tornado towards the house, he saw Eggman's ship flying off the street in front of the Powerpuff Girls' house.
"It's Eggman." said Tails. "We better stop him before he gets away." Eggman steered his ship to face the X Tornado as it headed strait for him.
"Are you sure about this?" asked Mojo.
"Positive." reassured Eggman. "I've been saving these custom-made rockets for some time now." Eggman aimed the rockets just under the X Tornado. He pulled the trigger and two rockets fired from the wings of the plane. Realizing that they were in danger, Tails immediately pulled up in order to avoid the rockets as they sailed by under the X Tornado. What Tails didn't realize, however, was that the rockets had unleashed smaller rockets as they sailed past the X Tornado. These smaller explosives flew towards the underbelly of the X Tornado and struck the boosters under the X Tornado. The entire plane shook violently as it took the impact.
"What's happening?" asked Cream in fear.
"We've been hit." said Tails. "Everyone prepare for emergency landing." The X Tornado was quickly beginning to lose altitude as it fell towards the streets below. Tails quickly got the landing gears down and landed the X Tornado using the streets as a landing strip. The landing was very bumpy and even Sonic (who still sat outside of the plane) was shaken by the bumpy landing. Three parachutes opened behind the X Tornado in order to slow it down. After such a ruff landing, the X Tornado slowed to a stop in front of the Powerpuff Girls house.
"Wahahaha, I knew those rockets would get them." said Eggman.
"Now that they're grounded, we are free to take the emerald back to base." said Mojo. The girls had witnessed everything and they feared that Sonic and the others may have been hurt. Also, they feared for their own safety as well.
"Now, lets take this ship back to base." said Eggman. Eggman steered the ship in the direction of his secret fortress and steered it forwards. Tails searched frantically for Eggman's ship until he noticed that the ship was still close by. Seizing the opportunity, Tails opened the glass dome of the X Tornado and he picked up a small device from a glove compartment. The device was a homing beacon with a built in magnet. It was in the shape of a flat cylinder and it had a blinking light on it. Tails quickly flew out of the X Tornado and sped after Eggman's plane. He knew he couldn't chase the plane back to Station Square so instead, he threw the beacon at the ship with all his strength. Luckily, the beacon's magnet attached itself to the plane. Once the beacon was attached, Tails flew back down to the street to rejoin his friends.
As Tails flew over to the damaged X Tornado, Sonic asked him, "What did you just throw at Eggman's ship?"
"It was a radar beacon that I attached to Eggman's ship so we could follow him by radar, assuming we manage to get off the ground." said Tails.
"Well, you inspect the damage." said Sonic.
"Okay, Sonic." said Tails as he went to work examining the X Tornado. Everyone gathered outside of the X Tornado, dazed and a little shaken. Meanwhile, the Professor had managed to escape the net that had bounded him in the lab and walked out the front door in hopes of seeing where Mojo and Eggman have gone. Instead, he saw Sonic and the others around the X Tornado. Curiously, he walked up to them. Sonic noticed his approach and he asked him, "What is it you want?"
"Are you Sonic?" asked the Professor.
"You've heard of me?" asked Sonic.
"Yes." said the Professor. "Blossom told me all about you over the phone."
"Oh, then you must be the Powerpuff Girls' dad." said Sonic.
"Yes I am." said the Professor. "My name is Professor Utonium."
"Tell me, what was Eggman and Mojo doing here?" asked Sonic. The Professor told Sonic and the others about what had happened. He explained to them how Antidote X can erase the girls' powers and that Mojo and Eggman had used the Antidote X to disable the girls' powers. He also told them that Eggman and Mojo had stolen the diamond he had in his possession. Sonic and his friends gasped at this news.
"You mean to tell us that you had the Chaos Emerald this whole time?" asked Sonic.
"I don't know." admitted the Professor. "What's a Chaos Emerald?"
"We'll tell you along the way." said Sonic. "Is there any way to restore the girls' powers?"
"Yes." said the Professor. "If they get Chemical X injected into their blood stream, it can restore their powers."
"Good because you better come with us." said Sonic. He turned to Tails and said to him, "So can the X Tornado still take off?"
"Luckily, only the booster rockets are damaged so the X Tornado can still fly, I hope." said Tails. "With the radar I attached to Eggman's ship, we should be able to find out where he took the girls and the remaining Chaos Emerald but I'm afraid that the X Tornado is not up for the challenge of taking on Eggman's fortress."
"Now what are we going to do?" asked Cream.
"I know." said Tails. "How about we use my X Helicopter."
"That will do." said Sonic. "Come on, we better get back to the mansion before Eggman and Mojo manage to harness the power of the emeralds." Everyone, including the Professor after getting some supplies from the house, seated themselves into the X Tornado. Tails managed to start the engine of the X Tornado and thanks to the X Tornado's superior design, the X Tornado was capable of taking off even though there wasn't much of the road left to take off from.
When Eggman and Mojo finally reached the island where Eggman's fortress was located, they locked the girls into a cage and left them there. They then took the last Emerald to a large power generator at the top of the fortress. The power generator was cone shaped and along its side was seven slots where the Chaos Emeralds can be attached. The last emerald was placed into the machine and the power generator began to emit a soft glow from the power of the Chaos Emeralds.
"At last." said Mojo. "With this device, we can now harness and control the power of the Chaos Emeralds."
"Yes, now that we have the emeralds, we can take over the world." said Eggman triumphantly. As Eggman continued to gloat, Mojo thought to himself, "Now's my chance."
"Oh Eggman, could you hand me my binoculars?" said Mojo. "I would like to keep an eye out for Sonic if gets here. My binoculars are right over there on the table." Mojo pointed his finger at the binoculars lying on the table.
"Why certainly, I'll get them for you." said Eggman. Eggman walked over to the binoculars and once he was close enough, Mojo pressed a green button the control panel. The trap Mojo had set up was supposed to form a cage around Eggman but instead of forming around Eggman, the cage suddenly sprung up from the ground and trapped Mojo instead. Mojo gasped in shock.
"What? How could this be?" asked Mojo in shock. Eggman laughed maniacally.
"I can't believe that you really thought that I didn't know you were planning on double crossing me." said Eggman.
"Impossible." said Mojo. "How could you have known?"
"Great minds think alike." said Eggman. "I had intended on double crossing you all this time. I knew I would stand a greater chance of obtaining those emeralds before Sonic if I had some help from you and once we've obtained all the emeralds, I could imprison you and then take the emeralds for myself. However, it occurred to me that you must be thinking the exact same thing so I kept a sharp eye out for any traps you might build for my capture once the emeralds are obtained. That is how I managed to discover your cage trap and after learning how it worked, I made a little design rearrangement."
"Arge, you've out smarted me." said Mojo. "You'll pay for this."
"I don't think so." said Eggman. He turned his head behind him and said, "F 5-01." The robot named F5-01 walked over to Eggman. The robot was humanoid in shape and it was thick and stocky like a guerilla. "F5-01, remove any tools or weaponry you find on Mojo then take him down to the cell bay to be locked up with the Powerpuff Girls."
"Yes, Dr. Eggman." said F5-01 as he proceed with his task.
Meanwhile, Sonic and the others have already reached the Thorndyke mansion and once the X Tornado was securely placed into the lab, Tails began to prepare the X Helicopter for its first combat flight. They all loaded everything they needed into the X Helicopter. It was much more spacious inside of the helicopter than inside the X Tornado so they could easily fit inside it. It was even large enough to fit a few vehicles if they wanted. As everyone began to board the helicopter, Tails climbed into his smaller plane, the Tornado.
"Hey Tails, aren't you coming onto the helicopter?" asked Sonic.
"Nope, I'm going to stick with 'old reliable' here." said Tails patting the side of the plane.
"Okay, but who's going to fly the X Helicopter?" asked Sonic.
"The Professor told me that he has some experience in flying helicopters so he can do." said Tails.
"Okay, see you in the air." said Sonic as he ran into the X Helicopter.
While in the helicopter, Sonic, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Knuckles, and Chris all sat into the seats that lined the insides of the walls of the helicopter. Professor Utonium and Professor Thorndyke both got into the pilot and co-pilot seats. Professor Thorndyke pressed a button on the dashboard and the ceiling of the lab opened up, giving the helicopter room to fly out of the lab. Professor Utonium started the helicopter and he gently drove the helicopter out of the top of the lab and into the air. Tails took off in his small air plane, the Tornado, from the runway leading out of the lab and flew ahead of the helicopter. Professor Utonium drove the helicopter forwards, following Tails to Eggman. Tails flew in the direction indicated by the radar he had in his hand. The little beacon that was attached to the side of one of Eggman's planes was still there, giving Tails a strait path to Eggman's base.
After about a twenty minute flight, Tails was almost to Eggman's fortress. The tower-like fortress loomed over head in the distance and it grew larger as Tails got closer to it. Realizing that his radar was no use at this point, Tails deactivated it and instead flipped a switch on the dashboard and activated his Radar Scrambler. Tails spoke into the radio headset he was wearing and said, "Okay guys, turn on the Radar Scrambler." The transmission was picked up by the radio on the X Helicopter. Reading the transmission, the Professor activated the Radar Scrambler. The Radar Scrambler is a device that Tails had been experimenting with for about a month. It is designed to cloud a single plane from radar. As they flew within radar range, there was not sign of activity from Eggman's base. Proof that the Radar Scrambler worked. Tails said into the radio, "It appears my Radar Scrambler is working." The Professor grinned to himself at the effectiveness of the Radar Scrambler.
"For someone as young as Tails, I am most surprised by his knowledge towards mechanics." thought the Professor. "He could be as good or even better than I am." The Professor drove the X Helicopter towards the island and when they got close, Tails said into the radio, "Okay, just land right in front of the front door and be prepared for a fight just in case."
"Affirmative." said Professor Utonium. He drove the helicopter low to the ground and he aimed it to land at the front of the fortress where a huge metal door was. Tails, while flying the Tornado, flew low to the ground as he headed towards the front of the fortress. Tails pressed a button on the dashboard marked "Transformation" and upon pressing the button, the Tornado began to transform. The wings of the Tornado contracted into the machine and the landing gears extended into robotic legs. The Tornado's tail and propellers also contracted and the Tornado changed from a small air plane to a bipedal robotic walker known as the Cyclone.
A rocket under the Cyclone activated, allowing Tails to steer the Cyclone to the ground in front of the front door. The X Helicopter landed right onto the ground and its cargo door automatically opened, allowing Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, and Cheese to exit the helicopter and charge in for the rescue while the Professors and Chris stayed behind. They gathered outside of the steel door.
"I don't think we can break through that door." said Amy cradling her giant hammer.
"Then we'll have to find another way in." said Sonic. Sonic ran towards the wall of the fortress and before striking the wall, he curled himself into a ball and he drilled through the wall creating a large hole. Immediately after the hole was made, an alarm went off. Everyone quickly ran inside through the hole with Tails driving Cyclone into battle.
Eggman was preparing the Chaos Energy Generator for the Chaos Emeralds when he suddenly heard the alarm.
"What the..." said Eggman.
"Warning, intruders on the premisses." said a computerized voice.
"What?" said Eggman. "How did Sonic manage to breach my security? No matter, I better send my army in order to intercept him." Using the nearby control panel, Eggman unleashed all his robots throughout the fortress, all of them with orders to find and destroy the intruders. As Sonic and the others had anticipated, robots were unleashed throughout the fortress but Sonic was capable of easily destroying the robots with his fast speed and spinning attacks. Also, the Cyclone was armed with lasers and rockets which enabled Tails to fight the robots that got in their way. While Sonic and Tails fought the larger robots, Knuckles, Amy, and Cream took care of the much more smaller robots. Knuckles easily pounded the robots to pieces with his fists, Amy's hammer flattened every robot that got in her way, and Cream easily used Cheese to pound the robots like a bullet. They passed through many hallways and rooms, encountering more robots with every room they came in. It was total chaos with the explosions and weaponry that took place in this seemingly endless battle.
They searched through the fortress, trying to find Eggman and the Powerpuff Girls. At some point, as they were running through some more spiral hallways, Cream's large rabbit ears picked up the sound of voices.
"Do you guys hear that?" asked Cream.
"I don't hear anything." said Amy as she and the others stopped running.
"I hear three people crying for 'help." said Cream.
"Is it the girls?" asked Sonic.
"It sounds like them." said Cream. "I think it's down this way." Cream ran down the hallway where the cries for "help" were coming from. She ran as fast as she could with the others chasing behind. The hallway ended with a steel door and once everyone was right outside the door, they could now hear the girls behind the door.
"That's them alright." said Sonic. "Knuckles, bust the door down." Knuckles balled his fist and then he punched the door three times, creating huge dents each time. On the third punch, the door was finally knocked down off its hinges. They all ran into the room and they saw the girls locked in a cage with Mojo locked in a cage next to them.
"Sonic, over here." said Blossom, relieved just as much as her sisters that Sonic had found them.
"Are you three all right?" asked Amy as she and the others ran up to the girls.
"We're fine, just get us out of here." said Blossom.
"Where are the keys to these cages?" asked Sonic.
"Eggman has them." said Bubbles.
"Great, now what are we going to do?" asked Amy.
"Knuckles, can you brake open this cage?" asked Sonic.
"I'll try." said Knuckles. The girls got out of the way as Knuckles prepared to punch the door in. He punched the door and his brute strength and spiked knuckles easily dented the lock. Knuckles then threw another punch and the door broke right open. Now that the cage door was open, Knuckles reached in and picked up all three of the girls in his arms.
"What about him?" asked Amy as she pointed towards Mojo. It was the first time Sonic and the others had paid any attention to Mojo who stood in the adjacent cage. Mojo's cloths had been removed in order to prevent any possibility of him possessing concealed weapons, leaving Mojo wearing nothing but a small plain white shirt and boxers.
"What happened to you?" asked Sonic.
"Don't ask." answered Mojo.
"Alright, you guys take the girls and Mojo onto the X Helicopter while I search for Eggman and the Chaos Emeralds." said Sonic.
"Okay, Sonic." said Tails. "Good luck." Sonic sped away without another word. Because Mojo's cage had wheels on the bottom, the others were capable of pushing it through the halls while Knuckles still carried the girls in his arms.
Thanks to all the robots they had cleared earlier, they met little resistance while taking Mojo and the girls through the fortress and out of through the way they came in. Knuckles placed the girls onto the ground outside of the door to the fortress so he could help push Mojo's cage onto the X Helicopter. Tails's Cyclone was placed into the X Helicopter first through the open door to the cargo bay.
"Tails," said Professor Utonium from the pilot's seat, "you better hurry. Eggman's robots are beginning to notice us and if we don't fly out of here, we'll be sitting ducks."
"Get those engines started and we'll be aboard shortly." said Tails as he climbed out of the Cyclone.
"What about my daughters?" asked the Professor.
"We have them with us." said Tails as he ran out of the helicopter. "Just get those engines on." Without another word, Professor Utonium activated the engines and the propeller overhead started spinning.
As the helicopter blades started spinning, Tails helped the others push the cage up the ramp and onto the X Helicopter but Mojo and the cage was really heavy so they had some troubles pushing him up the ramp.
"This guy is heavy." shouted Amy over the noise of the helicopter
"We'll help." said Blossom. Although the girls still didn't have their super strength back, they none the less grabbed an end of the cage and helped push the cage up the ramp. Once the cage was secured to the side of the X Helicopter with a chain, Tails said, "Okay, you can take off now." The Professor immediately raised the X Helicopter into the air and the helicopter lifted into the air faster than the Professor had anticipated. The advanced design of the helicopter gave it a strong boost of speed that enabled it to raise into the air faster than any ordinary helicopter. The Professor was in such a rush to get the helicopter into the air that he forgot to close the door to the cargo bay. The girls stood right next to the open door the cargo bay and after raising high over the tall fortress, the Professor made a sudden stop to slow himself down. The sudden stop caused the helicopter to make a strong jolt that caused Buttercup and Blossom to fall backwards.
"Oh no." cried Bubbles as she saw her sisters roll off the ramp and fall out of the helicopter's open cargo bay door. Everyone gasped when they saw Buttercup and Blossom fall out of the helicopter. Upon seeing them fall out, Tails, Cream, and Cheese immediately leaped out of the X Helicopter to catch them.
Tails immediately got his tails spinning as he dove after Blossom. He immediately caught her in his arms and held her tightly. Cream spread out her ears like wings as she dove towards Buttercup. She stretched out her arms and was about to grab Buttercup when she suddenly noticed a missile spiraling towards her. In a panic, Cream stopped her decent just in time to allow the missile to sail harmlessly past her. But as she did, she noticed that she lost Buttercup and she was still falling towards the ground. Cream dove again, flapping her ears wildly in an attempt to catch up to Buttercup. The ground was now too close for comfort and it didn't look like Cream or Buttercup was going to make it out of this fall alive. Tails and Blossom stared helplessly as Cream tried to catch up to Buttercup. Tails hovered in one place holding Blossom while the two of them were silently repeating, "Come on, Cream,. Come on, Cream" in their heads. Cream finally grabbed Buttercup and she tried to pull up but the force of the fall was too strong for her. Buttercup and Cream braced themselves for impact when suddenly, Cheese grabbed onto Cream's dress and began to pull on it, providing more resistance for Cream to pull up on. The extra boost from Cheese enabled Cream to pull up into the air with Buttercup dangling less than a foot off the ground. Blossom and Tails sighed with relief as Cream managed to fly Buttercup back towards the X Helicopter. The two of them while holding the girls as they landed onto the ramp where the open cargo bay door was. Blossom and Buttercup were instantly greeted with hugs from Bubbles.
"I thought I was going to lose you guys." said Bubbles with tears of joy in her eyes. Professor Utonium left the pilot's seat, leaving Professor Thorndyke to drive the helicopter, so he could check on his daughters.
"Are you girls all right?" asked Professor Utonium upon walking up to them.
"We're okay, Professor." said Blossom.
"I better restore your powers before you fall out again." said Professor Utonium as he picked up his daughters into his arms and carried them to the front of the helicopter. Tails stood near the opening to the cargo bay and stared at the fortress, hoping that Sonic was all right.
Meanwhile, Sonic had effortlessly breached every defense Eggman had made. With his fast speed and his spinning capabilities, Eggman and his robots were no match for Sonic as he continued to reduce the robots to rubble. Finally, he managed to reach the top level where the Chaos Generator was located by smashing the door to the room down to the floor. That was not all that he found. Next to the generator was Eggman holding a cylinder shaped object with a small button on one end. Beside him was two other robots with large missiles running along what would be arms.
"Well Sonic, we meet again." said Eggman.
"Alright Eggman, hand over those Chaos Emeralds." said Sonic.
"Hahaha, you're too late." said Eggman. "The generator has finally warmed up and is ready to draw power from the emeralds. With a push of this button, the generator will activate and the emeralds' power will be mind to control." Eggman held the cylinder mockingly and poising his thumb over the button on the cylinder. Sonic was about to charge when suddenly, the roof caved in as something squeezed through the hole that was made. The creature was Chaos and he was in a liquidated from. The mass of flexible water shaped two large arms with large mallet shaped fists that crushed the robots beside Eggman. One of the arms then pushed Eggman aside and he fell over hard. Chaos landed onto the floor of the lab and then he shaped himself into his standard form. Sonic stared in amazement as Chaos held out his huge hand and the Chaos Emeralds flew out from their sockets and began to circle over Chaos's outstretched hand.
"Oh no you don't." said Sonic as he charged towards Chaos but Chaos saw him coming and using the power of the emeralds, he fired a beam of light that struck Sonic in the chest, pushed him into a wall, and Sonic fell to the ground unconscious. The Chaos Emeralds began to glow brightly as their power was being used. The emeralds began to circle Chaos like planets orbiting a star. Chaos drew power from all seven emeralds as he used Chaos Control to transform himself into the most powerful creature in the universe.