Chapter 10: When Good joins evil...

Sonic, Conis, Tails, Whips, Shadow and Thorn stood facing Neo-M wondering what was going on.

"Give me that emerald!" shouted Sonic, snapping out of the trance.

"MY POWER SOURCE IS MINE. YOU WILL ALL DIE HERE. COME FORTH MY HELPERS."

From the junk pile behind him loads of robots burst forth towards the group attacking madly. Sonics group all jumped backwards towards the left exit and Conis and co jumped towards the right. Sonic smashed one Metallix into another before heading down the tunnel behind him. Shadow again called a Chaos Sword and began to slice the necks of the Metallixes near him. Knuckles grabbed one by the head and smashed it into a nearby pillar, which bent the pillar but did no damage to the Metallix.

"I hate these things!" yelled Knuckles.

"Come on!" said Shadow heading down the tunnel.

On the other side, Conis was halfway down the tunnel smashing the robots with a metal girder he picked up a few feet back. After crushing one into the ground he swung the bar again and crushed the Metallix into the wall. Whips was in the air hitting them with his tails to knock them back. Thorn saw a Metallix who was lost she walked up to him and fluttered her eyelids. The Metallix couldn't take this and exploded

"They don't make them like they used to" said Thorn heading further down the tunnel.

Sonic and the gang had reached the other end of the tunnel after beating wave after wave of Metallix. Conis and his group arrived a few seconds later. In a break in the attacks the groups met.

"We can't go on like this" said Shadow.

"I guess we'll have to agree" said Conis.

"There's another tunnel. Let's go down there!" shouted Thorn.

"Let's go then" said Knuckles.

Suddenly, a Metallix leapt from nowhere and was about to impale Sonics head with the spear he held. Instead of doing this however, the robot dropped to the ground lifeless.

"Looks like you need some help"

Rouge the bat went back to the government and resigned after beating Final Hazard. Since then she has indulged in treasure hunting and stealing things. She is now wanted for stealing a electrical bomb from a lab.

"Rouge!" shouted Knuckles.

"Who else?" she said confidently.

"What are you doing here?" asked Sonic.

"There's a jewel here and I came to get it. But these robots attacked so I'm using my bomb here to shut them down"

"Nice to see you Rouge" said Shadow.

"Shadow?"

Rouge ran forward and hugged him tightly. Conis shook his head.

"They show so much emotion" he said.

"And we don't?" said Whips

Rouge split from Shadow and held out the bomb.

"Further down there's a generator that provides power to the base and the robots. If we blow the bomb there we can shut them down" said Rouge.

Shadow pushed the bomb into her.

"You do it" said Shadow.

Rouge nodded and then another wave of Metallix appeared and began to attack. Conis and his group headed down the tunnel and Sonic followed with everyone else. The tunnel was long but with no Metallix in it, it was easy to make it to the generator. When they got there though, Neo-M was waiting for them.

"YOU ARE GOOD BUT PLEASE HAND OVER THE BOMB"

"Fat chance!" shouted Conis

"You're going down!" said Sonic.

"WEAKLINGS. YOU STILL CANNOT BEAT ME!"

Neo-M reared up ready to attack.

"Rouge, go to the generator and set the bomb. We'll distract him!" said Shadow.

Rouge nodded and headed for the generator.

Neo-M began his attack on Sonic. Neo-Ms hand lashed at Sonics face but Sonic blocked it as Knuckles punched from behind. Neo-M leapt up and landed behind Knuckles and slammed his foot into Knuckles back sending him into Sonic and then a wall. Shadow and Conis buried their hatchet and attack from the air and ground. Shadow charged a spin dash while Conis jumped using a spin dash and aimed at Neo-ms head. He jumped into the air and grabbed Conis arm and swung him into the floor into the oncoming spin dash from Shadow.

Thorn, the only one now standing, whipped out her mallet. She headed towards Neo-M. Neo slashed at Thorn who ducked under the blow and slammed her mallet into Neo-Ms metal chest. Neo wobbled back and Thorn leapt forward for another blow. Neo was now ready and slid to the side dodging the blow and then smashed his hand into the back of Thorns head. Thorn flew across and hit the wall. Shadow had recovered and began to attack by running past and punching at the same time. Neo-M fired his jets and smoke filled the room being swirled around by Shadow. The smoke now formed a tornado, which Shadow found himself pulled up into, and then he hit the floor from a height.

Rouge tapped the bomb and placed it on the generator wall. She was about to push the detonator when Neo-M appeared from behind and grabbed Rouge by her neck. Neo lifted her high into the air and began to tighten his grip. Rouge was beginning to choke. Her air escaping from her gasping mouth. This was it.... The... end.....

"Get off her you creep!"

Tails slammed his foot into the robots leg and he dropped Rouge to the floor. Cream leapt on top of Neo and began to smash him on the head with her fists. Amy was the last to get her hands dirty by jumping into the air and grabbing onto a swinging hook before swinging off and smashing her hammer down onto the robots head which Cream had just jumped off. Neo-M, his eyes now golden with rage, ran over to Tails and slammed his head into a metal board and then headed for Cream. Amy loaded a bow and fired it towards the robots neck. Neo caught the bolt and bent it in half. Neo was on top of Cream about to strike.

"Do you want your circuits fired or extra crispy?" shouted Rouge with her finger on the button.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" yelled Neo charging back but he was too late.

Rouge slammed her fist onto the charge and a wave of electrical light shot out deactivating all robots in the vicinity. Neo-M collapsed at Rouges feet now deactivated. Rouge turned over the now junk metal and removed the yellow emerald from his chest. She walked over to a now walking Tails and gave it to him.

"You want this then?" said Rouge.

"Thank you" said Tails, "Come with us!"

"Any more jewels?" she said.

"Maybe" said Amy.

"I'm in then!" she shouted.

"Then we hope you can fight!" said Conis next to Whips and Thorn.

"You can't have the emerald" said Cream.

"Yes. We will" said Whips.

Tails bent down and picked up Shadows emerald that was laying on the floor next to him. Tails stood back up and threw the emerald up into the air.

"Let's rock!"

Amy leapt over Tails and grabbed the emerald.

"Chaos Whirlwind!"

Conis and Thorn managed to avoid the attack but Whips got caught and was flung high into the air. Amy threw the emerald to Tails who began his attack.

"Chaos Gravity!"

Conis and Thorn were grabbed by the wave and then the emerald was thrown to Cream who also attacked.

"Chaos Melody!"

Notes echoed from the emerald and hit Conis and Thorn badly and Whips headed towards Cream. Rouge intercepted him and punched him hard in the ribs. Whips hit the floor. The group headed together to the door with both emeralds.

"Guess you can't beat us then!" shouted Rouge.

"I CAN THOUGH"

Neo-M had reawakened from his slumber and smashed Cream with a delayed blow. He then picked up the green emerald held by Creams hand and flew into the air. Tails leapt for him but missed and then Neo-M fired his jets and smashed through the roof. Conis and co got up from the beating. They then disappeared without a word.

"Damn! They got the emerald!" shouted Tails.

"What?" said Sonic who had recovered along with Knuckles and Shadow.

"That robot got the green emerald but we got the yellow" said Amy.

"Let me see that emerald" said Shadow.

Shadow grabbed the emerald and held it for a minute. He then threw the emerald to the floor.

"What's wrong?" said Knuckles.

Shadow turned and began to leave and everyone followed leaving the metallix behind.

Place: Egg Carrier 3

Time: 4:15pm

Cheq stood on the bridge of the egg carrier with Eggman beside him. An air lock opened and in walked Neo-M followed by Conis, Whips and Thorn. Neo-M went over to Eggman and bowed. He then held out the green and yellow Chaos Emerald.

"Can't believe he was set up to delay Sonic and his friends" said Conis.

"I don't trust this Eggman" said Whips.

"Me neither" said Thorn.

"MASTER. HERE ARE THE EMERALDS. SONIC WAS COMPLETELY FOOLED BY THE FAKE EMERALD" said Neo-M.

"Thank you Neo. Here you are Cheq" said Eggman.

Cheq grabbed both emeralds and began to absorb both and then began to create two new minions.

The green emerald fired a bean which formed a moon and then leaked onto the floor. The light swirled upwards and formed the look-a-like of Shadow with white fur and green quills. He also had black boots. The other beam of yellow light formed a rabbit shape and then created a copy of Cream. Her fur was a bright gold with silver slashes. She also had a dark chao on her shoulder.

"Welcome to the ranks Illuminum and Milk" said Cheq as Milk and Illuminum bowed.

"There is still one emerald in the world" said Eggman.

"You think I don't know that" snapped Cheq.

"Where is it then?" said Conis.

"I will use this ship to extend my power and scan a wider area. I want you and the rest to go fight the blue blur and his helpers to distract them" said Cheq.

"Using us as cannon fodder?" said Iluminum.

"You will be more polite to your master"

Iluminum retreated.

"Now go" said Cheq.

The group vanished leaving Cheq alone with Eggman and Neo-M. Neo-M began to leave when Eggman stopped him and pulled him to one side.

"You can scan the area quicker than Cheq. Search for that emerald" said Eggman.

"YES MASTER" said Neo-M before retreating to his power source.

Eggman smiled menacingly.

End of Chapter 10