Previously on Sonic Adventure 2:

Rouge infiltrates Eggman's pyramid base and finds out where the doctor is: The Space Colony ARK. Eggman is already at the ARK with Metal Sonic, where they meet Omochao, a very annoying toy Chao. After ditching Omochao, Eggman finds Shadow in the central control room. Shadow reveals to Captain Moustache that the ARK was secretly used to create weapons of mass destruction, and one of them was the Eclipse Cannon, a highly powerful weapon which could destroy a planet! Shadow then explains that the cannon requires the Chaos Emeralds to have the ultimate power. Eggman realises he could use the cannon to conquer the world. Rouge suddenly appears and says she will help Eggman and Shadow. Metal Sonic helps too. The villains go to Prison Island where Rouge thinks the Chaos Emeralds. Eggman also plans to destroy the island with bombs. Amy Rose suddenly appears and hugs Shadow, thinking he is Sonic. She then is confronted by Eggman, but Tails appears and defeats Eggman. Rouge breaks into the main building of the island and finds three Chaos Emeralds. Amy finds Sonic and tells him she saw Shadow. Amy releases Sonic and he runs off searching for Shadow. Sonic finds Shadow, who is going to save Rouge who is trapped in a giant vault. The two hedgehogs fight and then Eggman interrupts, telling Shadow to find Rouge and get off the island before it blows up. Sonic departs with Tails and Amy, while Shadow finds Rouge and they escape the destruction of Prison Island by using Chaos Control. Meanwhile, Knuckles is in Pumpkin Hill finding Master Emerald pieces. After finding some more shards he senses some more in the Aquatic Mine and heads off in it's direction. The time has come for Eggman: It's Day X!

Chapter 7: The Last Chaos Emerald! Day X!

Shadow stood next to Maria on the ARK, looking down at the giant blue and green ball below them known as Earth. Maria stopped gazing at the world and looked across to her black and red hedgehog friend.

"Shadow, what do you think it is like down on Earth?" Maria asked.

"Professor Gerald said all his research is for the people on that planet. He said his desire is to make the people of the world happy through the power of science" said Shadow. He turned to Maria, who looked back with her ocean blue eyes.

"Maria…I do wonder why I was created. Maybe if I went down to that planet, I may find out" said Shadow. Shadow then took Maria's hand in his and they stared at eachother, smiling with happiness.

"Why so melancholy?" asked Rouge, interrupting Shadow's flashback.

Shadow didn't look at Rouge, but just stared down at Earth.

"Shadow, why did you rescue me?" asked Rouge "I mean, you're not really the type to rescue girls".

"I didn't rescue you because you're a girl" insisted Shadow "I came back to get the Chaos Emeralds…".

"Yeah…whatever!" said Rouge. The two were interrupted by the arrival of Eggman.

"Everything is ago! So let's move!" said Eggman.

"We only have six Chaos Emeralds, in case you had forgotten" replied Rouge.

Shadow smirked and walked across the room towards the door, moving past Eggman.

"That is more than enough for the demonstration…well, let's get this show on the road!" said Shadow. Eggman quickly followed after Shadow.

DAY X—18.00

Eggman decided to announce his plan to world, so at exactly 18.00, Eggman took control of the world's entire communications (televisions, radios, etc.). He stood in a blue virtual world, probably thanks to a simulator; words like "I Am The Eggman!" and "Eggman Empire". Funky music played in the background, as all eyes noticed the moustached villains' announcement.

"Citizens of Earth, lend me your ears and listen to me! My name is Dr. Eggman, the world's greatest scientist, and soon to be the world's greatest ruler!" declared Eggman "Now listen carefully, I will begin the start of the greatest empire of all time: The Eggman Empire!".

As he spoke those words a sudden flicker of a weird blue light deep in space caught the world's attention. A large meteor that was orbiting Earth was suddenly highlighted by an eerie blue glow. Half of it suddenly exploded, revealing the Space Colony ARK. Six large metal sections opened up and stretched outwards, revealing the ARK to be shaped like Eggman's face. The pointed nose on the ARK suddenly opened up with a similar blue light. A giant energy beam formed within the open nose and then it was fired, across space, going almost as fast as Sonic. The people of the world watched in amazement as the blue beam flew across the sky like an abnormal rainbow. The beam then collided with the moon and ripped through its surface, sending rocks flying. The beam eventually faded away, but it didn't leave with out destroying half of the moon, the inside of the Earth's official satellite glowing red from the blast. The people of the world were in terror, but no one had noticed a giant red and white clock appear on all the television screens. It read:

Cannon Countdown: 23:58.

Back on the ARK, Eggman was having a fit. Rouge walked up to him, her eyebrows raised. Shadow watched from a distance, Metal Sonic beside him.

"What's your problem?" asked Rouge "Your message caused chaos on the planet, and I think we own the planet, and should go and do as we please".

"Tough break Rouge, but our threats fell on deaf ears!" countered Shadow.

"And what about your end of our bargain, bat-girl!" snapped Eggman "Where is the final Chaos Emerald!".

"Well, I do not know! Okay!" shouted Rouge.

"Maybe this will answer your question, master" said Metal Sonic, speeding over to Eggman and revealing an old newspaper article from1999.

"What is this?" asked Eggman. He eagerly read the newspaper:

Station Square was saved from a life threatening missile attack this evening. The missile was deactivated by Miles "Tails" Prower, a young fox who can fly. Minutes after the missile was stopped, Dr. Eggman appeared in the casino region in one of his deadly machines. Miles Prower took on Dr. Eggman and defeated him. The city praised the hero and gave him the city's treasure: A Chaos Emerald. A ceremony was then held at city hall for the fox, who said he helped with the downfall of the Egg Carrier.

"Hmmm…this makes things a whole lot easier!" chortled Eggman excitedly.

"It is?" asked Rouge.

"Yes, all we need to do is track down Tails and steal the final Chaos Emerald!" announced Eggman.

Eggman then walked away grinning. Metal Sonic followed and then Shadow left. Rouge was left in the control room by herself. She suddenly whisked out an intercom.

"This is Rouge. I've discovered out where the final Chaos Emerald is. Eggman is going to find it. And I am not sure whether Shadow is the Ultimate Lifeform or not…" said Rouge to an unknown person.

She then left the room, not noticing the peculiar puddle of water, stuck to the ceiling. The puddle then fell to the floor and materialized into a weird humanoid creature. It had two horns coming out of the back of its head, and two glowing green eyes. It also had a pink brain floating in its head. It was completely made from water. This was Chaos, Guardian of the Chao. Chaos had once gone insane after Knuckles' ancestors killed the Chao. He stole all seven Chaos Emeralds and became Perfect Chaos and destroyed Station Square. Super Sonic managed to calm Chaos down and when he saw the Chao were thriving with life, Chaos became good. But what was he doing on the ARK?

Behind Chaos came a floating and small peachy coloured light. It transformed into Tikal, a young, but spiritual echidna princess who was alive when Chaos destroyed the Echidna Empire. She helped Sonic revive Chaos and the two have been friends since.

"Chaos…I will go and assist Knuckles and the others with their mission. You spy on Eggman" said Tikal, before vanishing in a flash of light. Chaos looked towards the cannon and spotted the Chaos Emeralds. A feeling in his head was telling him to go and take the emeralds, but another was telling not to. Chaos listened to the second thought and he melted into a puddle and seeped away into the metal floor.

Back on Earth, Sonic, Tails and Amy hid in an alleyway, looking up into the sky. Amy pointed to the fully half moon.

"Look! Half the moon is gone!" screamed Amy totally flabbergasted.

"But, how could have Eggman got that much power?" asked Tails.

"It has got to be the Chaos Emeralds" said Sonic "Yeah! That must be why he was after them!".

Tails suddenly disappeared into the Cyclone and came out with the yellow Chaos Emerald.

"Tails?" gasped Sonic is disbelief. Where in the world did Tails get the Chaos Emerald from? If only Sonic actually read the newspaper, he would know.

"The Chaos Emeralds are magnetically attracted to eachother. So, we can use this yellow gem to locate the other six, meaning…" said Tails and looked down at Sonic from the Cyclone. Sonic just cocked his head in confusion. Tails threw out his arms in irritation.

"Amy!" said Tails.

"We find Eggman! I can't believe you didn't know that Sonic!" shrieked Amy.

Suddenly, the police showed up. Police cars and helicopters appeared like locust and surrounded the three fugitives.

"Halt! Stop! Desist!" shouted a policeman, holding a gun.

Tails and Amy slowly raised their hands, the Chaos Emerald still in Tails' hand. Sonic, however, was fed up of being told to freeze and putting his hands in the air.

"Tails, you take Amy and get the hell out of here!" commanded Sonic and turned to the boys in blue. He jumped over the crowd of officers and turned to them.

"Hey! Come and get me you pompous, fat, donut-eating turkey gobityguk brains!" insulted Sonic and raced away down a street. Tails grabbed Amy by the arm, pulled her up onto the back of the Cyclone, and they were away, charging down a street.

They came to a dangerous looking bridge. They decided to cross it, after Amy saw a blue speeding blur winding its way through the tall buildings far away. Several minutes after walking along the bridge, an earthquake suddenly occurred and shook the bridge as if it was inside a blender. The section of bridge Tails and Amy were on, and it peeled away from the bridge and fell down onto a low road below. Tails was frightened, but not as much as Amy, who had gone totally white. Tails quickly got over the sudden fall and led the frightened Amy into an alleyway. After the earthquake died out, Tails and Amy stood a mobile phone in the young fox's hand. Sonic spoke up into the phone.

"Man! There is always too many police around" moaned Sonic "Have you located the other Chaos Emeralds or Eggman yet?".

"I haven't been able to get any readings from the other emeralds, Sonic!" explained Tails "I have a hunch Eggman might have taken them into outer space".

Amy, who was looking at an advertisement poster of Chao in Space 2, suddenly spun around and stared at Tails in amazement.

"Outer space!" she cried, her mouth agape.

There was a sudden knocking of metal and a nearby manhole lid flew open and Knuckles appeared, his quills dripping with water.

"Knuckles!" said Amy in surprise.

"Hey guys, long time no see" said Knuckles "Who knew searching for the pieces of the Master Emerald, would be so hard. I guess I got lost in the mines".

Tails ignored Knuckles and continued his conversation. Amy ran over to Knuckles and began to pull him out of the manhole.

"Sonic! Two things: Number one, Knuckles just showed up, and number two, I have located some transmission from Eggman. He is speaking to the President!" cried Tails.

"Cool! Track down the president's limo, I'll meet you there!" replied Sonic.

"Right on it Sonic!" replied Tails. The Cyclone suddenly began to transform, the legs disappearing into the interior of the vehicle to make way for four large wheels. A steering appeared in the cockpit and Tails drove the new Cyclone away into the distance. Amy had managed to get Knuckles half way out of the manhole, when she spotted Tails riding away.

"Hey! Wait for me Tails!" called Amy and she let go off Knuckles and tore down the street after the fox. Knuckles gasped as he plunged back down into the manhole.

Tails drove down Route 101, in a hurry to find the president's limousine. It was early morning and not many cars were on the highway, so Tails decided to break the speed limit and speed across the highway at 80 miles per hour.

"Tails, did you find the president?" asked Sonic over the radio in the Cyclone.

"I'm gaining on him, it should only be a matter of minutes" replied Tails.

Tails zoomed on, determined to find the president. His determination actually overpowered him and he accidentally knocked a taxi off the highway and down into the ocean below. Eventually, Tails' radar in the Cyclone detected the president's limo within a few yards. Tails pushed a button and the Cyclone reverted back into the Tornado.

"Yes! I found the president!" cheered Tails, and he suddenly noticed a blue blur streaking down the highway.

In the limo, the president, a tall thin man with black hair, sat uncomfortably in a seat, listening to his annoying secretary belt out a list of disasters.

"Mr. President, the country is in turmoil! This is a national crisis!" said the secretary.

"Spare me the details. Just what is it that you want, Dr. Eggman?" asked the president to Eggman, who was on the limo's television, thanks to a satellite link.

"Well, let's get down to business, shall we Mr. President?" said Eggman "I do not wish to bore you with details, because I know you are a very busy man. My desire is this: Surrender to the Eggman Empire and make no attempt to resist, otherwise…"

"Otherwise?" asked the president, staring worryingly at Eggman.

"Otherwise, your country will cease to exist! You have several hours to reply with your answer…" laughed Eggman.

"No way!" shouted Sonic, who suddenly jumped through the sunroof and landed in front of the president, Tails appearing beside him.

"What the?" cried the president in astonishment.

"Eggman Empire, yeah right!" laughed Sonic to Eggman.

Sonic?" cried Eggman in astonishment.

Sonic turned off the television with a quick kick. Tails downloaded the co-ordinates from Eggman's transmission and turned to Sonic.

"Sonic, Eggman has been transmitting from the space colony, ARK" declared Tails.

"Great! Let's go!" said Sonic. Tails jumped up and vanished above the sunroof.

"Don't worry Mr. President, we have everything under control!" assured Sonic to the president and he was gone through the sunroof.

"But, wait…" called the president.

"Mr. President, we are receiving an incoming message from our agent" interrupted the secretary, who had not noticed a single thing that had just happened.

The limousine drove away and Sonic and Tails clambered into the Tornado, which had become a bi-plane again.

"The space colony ARK, so that is where Eggman is hiding…" said Sonic.

"All we have to do is get there" said Tails.

"How?" asked Sonic.

"Er…I do not know!" said Tails and he bowed his head in shame.

The duo flew down to where they had left Amy and Knuckles and picked them up. It was a tight squeeze on the Tornado. Tails sat in the pilot seat, Sonic was forced to carry Amy just behind Tails, and Knuckles clung recklessly onto the tail of the plane.

"Eggman must have someway of getting to the ARK, perhaps a secret base" said Tails suddenly.

"Well, I did see a pyramid in the western desert that had a symbol of the Eggman Empire on it…" said Knuckles.

"Great Knuckles. We'll go there!" said Sonic smirking.

"Then turn the plane around, we are flying the wrong way!" shouted Knuckles.

"Oh, right" chuckled Tails and he turned the Tornado around. The Tornado flew over the highway, where Rouge was, driving in a white car. She spotted Tails and drove after him, all the way into the mountainous region Knuckles was in before. Rouge stopped and watched the plane fly away and disappeared in between some pumpkin shaped mountains.

"Shadow, they are in your area" said Rouge into a radio.

"Copy that, I am in pursuit" replied Shadow who was watching the Tornado soar by.

Shadow instantly jumped off the rocky ledge he was on and landed on a rail and began grinding around the canyon, his burning red eyes fixed on the Tornado. Shadow spent at least half of an hour grinding and changing rails, until he reached the end of the canyon. The Tornado flew on.

"Doctor, they are heading straight for your pyramid" said Shadow into his radio.

"Good, I shall take care of them" replied Eggman "I do not know what they are planning, but I shall give them a warm welcome!".

Chapter 8: Punishment in the Pyramid

Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and Amy stood on the edge of a desert, looking at a large yellow pyramid in the distance.

"That's where I saw Eggman go, and more importantly, that bat girl went with him!" said Knuckles.

"Right" said Sonic, not totally trusting Knuckles.

"You saw them to, right?" asked Knuckles to Amy.

"Yeah…" replied Amy.

"Me too!" said another voice.

Everyone turned around to see a large purple tabby cat with yellow moonlit eyes, a fishing rod in his right hand.

"Big!" cried Sonic "What are you doing here?".

Big strolled towards his friends. Sonic had once helped Big to free his pollywog pal, Froggy, from the grasp of Chaos 6. Tails had managed to hold Froggy for several minutes, but then Big turned up and Froggy got away, but Big was grateful. Knuckles and Amy helped Big on his adventure to find Froggy, and he sees them as his friends.

"I've been following you guys for ages" said Big in his dumb voice "And I have been through hell! I've been arrested, been run over by a speeding lorry, I nearly drowned, scared to death, and…and…and other things!".

"Okay!" shouted Sonic.

"I'll go and clear of the outer defences" said Tails, who sat in the Cyclone "Then you guys can come with me".

"Alright, Tails" said Sonic "Be careful".

"I'm always careful" said Tails and nearly tumbled into the quicksand.

Tails jumped across small platforms that floated around in the ocean of sand. He blasted down ancient walls and pillars in order to journey on. Eggman had not really put many defences up. All there were was annoying monkey robots that tossed bombs. Tails made quick work of the robots and eventually wound up in front of the main entrance to Eggman's base.

"Now to get the others over here" said Tails and launched a rocket into the sky and it exploded. Within moments, Sonic, Amy, Knuckles and Big appeared beside Tails.

"I'll go in next" said Sonic "To make sure it is safe".

Sonic ran into the pyramid and began destroying the guard robots. To be honest, Sonic thought that there were not many robots, except one that resembled E-102 Gamma, a robot that betrayed Eggman two years ago, but it ended up dying after he tried to save his brothers from destruction. Sonic quickly destroyed the robots and ran down long and winding corridors, bumping into small boggle-eyed ghosts every now and again. Sonic was getting a tiny bit nervous of being around with the ghosts. He then came to a giant door that was unfortunately locked. Later, Tails, Amy, Knuckles and Big arrived.

"Did you find the core of the pyramid yet?" moaned Amy.

"I bet this door leads to the core, but it is locked" replied Sonic, looking up at the door.

"I bet we require a key!" suggested Tails.

"But where are we going to find one?" asked Big.

"Knuckles…" said Sonic, turning around to look at his red friend.

"What? I don't have any keys. All I have is the pieces of the Master Emerald and my Shovel Claws" said Knuckles.

"Great, you can go and find the keys we need for this door! After all, you are a skilled treasure hunter" said Sonic.

"Okay…fine!" groaned Knuckles and he climbed up the wall and vanished into a dark room.

Knuckles' search for the keys was challenging. The first key was cleverly hidden in a wall. The second key took some time to get, because Knuckles had to keep hitting sand-timer shaped buttons to go through certain doors. He eventually found hidden in one of Eggman's Unidus robots. The third was by far the hardest to find. Knuckles searched the entire chamber he was in, but could not locate the final key. He then spotted it lying underneath a falling weight. Knuckles had to be quick. He dashed underneath the weight; somersaulted and grabbed the key just as the weight came crashing down to the stone floor.

"Phew, that was close" said Knuckles "Now which way back to the others?".

Knuckles looked around for an exit and noticed a door with weird black markings on it. The markings resembled four small ghosts bowing to what looked like a giant black duck. Knuckles didn't have time to read what all of the hieroglyphics were about. He pushed his way through the door and found himself in a lightened circular room. Light came from open roof panels on the ceiling. There were loads of markings on the walls, identical to the symbol on the door.

"What is with this place?" asked Knuckles.

Suddenly the roof panels slid shut and the room went dark. Knuckles looked around and heard some eerie spooky laughter that echoed throughout the room.

"Who is there?" asked Knuckles angrily.

"Boo" replied a loud and spooky voice.

"Boo who?" asked Knuckles.

"What are you crying about? No wait! I know! You're crying because you are about to die!" laughed the spooky voice.

"Show yourself! Where are you?" demanded Knuckles.

"Behind you…" replied the spooky voice.

Knuckles spun around and went wide eyed. Standing, or more floating in front of Knuckles, was a giant white ghost, illuminated with a blue glow. He had stubby clawed hands and yellow eyes. He was fat and had a multicoloured tongue and sharp teeth, hidden behind some giant black lips that made him look like a transparent duck.

"What the? A…a…ghost!" whimpered Knuckles, his knees starting to knock.

"Muhahahaha! You have entered the Death Chamber and now you have disturbed me. You shall face the wrath of King Boom Boo, The King of Ghosts!" cackled the ghost.

"Okay, bring it on you bag of floating wind!" challenged Knuckles to King Boom Boo. He had never battled against a ghost before.

King Boom Boo laughed and dived at Knuckles, who glided out of the way. Knuckles backed away as King Boom Boo reared up and turned around.

"Better start running echidna boy, otherwise you'll be dead!" laughed King Boom Boo and began chasing Knuckles around the circular room, chucking blue ghost flames at the echidna as he ran. Knuckles stopped and turned around to face the phantom.

"So you want to place rough do you!" shouted Knuckles and slammed his fist into King Boom Boo and sent the ghost spinning into a wall, and through it. King Boom Boo emerged and roared angrily. Knuckles ran away and Boom Boo followed, his yellow eyes burning with malice. King Boom Boo decided to spit out giant ghost flames from his mouth. The flames were fast and almost hit Knuckles. Knuckles dug underground to avoid King Boom Boo and the ghost stopped and looked around. Knuckles resurfaced behind King Boom Boo and he spotted a small ghost behind King Boom Boo, carrying a large sand-timer. Knuckles quickly clambered out of the ground, punched the small ghost and made it drop the sand-timer. The small ghost vanished and King Boom Boo turned around and shrieked. The sand-timer landed on its opposite side and sand poured into the bottom half. The roof panels suddenly opened and allowed light to flood the room. Boom Boo screamed for mercy and he melted away into the floor and became a hideous shadow. The shadow sped across the floor and up a wall, desperately trying to flee from the sunlight. Knuckles saw this as the ghost's weakness, so he glided to where King Boom Boo was and punched the shadow. King Boom Boo emerged from his shadow and floated away, in a smaller form. Knuckles gave chase and kicked King Boom Boo in the butt. Just then, the roof panels slid back and darkness took control again.

"Uh-oh…" said Knuckles.

King Boom Boo rose up from the ground before Knuckles, his eyes now red.

"You just made the ultimate mistake, echidna!" growled King Boom Boo and roared madly.

Knuckles dashed away from King Boom Boo and the ghost followed, determined to eat Knuckles. Knuckles clambered up a wall to confuse Boom Boo, but the royal ghost was not going to be fooled. King Boom Boo formed a powerful blue flame in his hand and threw it at the wall in the middle of the room. The flame collided with the wall and it immediately exploded, sending Knuckles falling to the stone floor. Now there was nothing between Knuckles and King Boom Boo.

"You have reached a dead end…" said King Boom Boo.

"Let's end this!" snarled Knuckles and he charged at Boom Boo, who did likewise.

Suddenly, a pink floating ball appeared out of no where and froze King Boom Boo in time.

"Can it be? Tikal?" said Knuckles.

"Yes Knuckles, it is me" replied Tikal who appeared.

"What are you doing here?" asked Knuckles.

"I came to assist you of course!" chuckled Tikal. King Boom Boo suddenly came unfroze and spotted Tikal.

"Well looks like two echidnas are going to die!" laughed the ghost and lunged at Tikal. The gem on Tikal's head suddenly glowed and a shield surrounded the echidnas. King Boom Boo was deflected off the shield and was flung to the ground. King Boom Boo groaned and slowly floated upwards. Knuckles spotted the sand-timer and grabbed it. He smashed his fist right through the timer and it glowed in a powerful blue light. It then shattered to pieces and the shockwaves of the explosion caused the roof panels to open up and pure white light surged into the room. Knuckles and Tikal looked on as the light hit King Boom Boo, who winced and wailed with pain.

"Ack! Ahhhh! No! Not this! It is simply impossible!" cried King Boom Boo.

"Ha. You didn't stand a ghost of a chance, King Boom Boo" said Knuckles "Prepare to be de-crowned".

"Oh no! No! NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed King Boom Boo, who was attacked by yellow lights and he then spun around very fast, until he exploded to dust.

Later, Knuckles and Tikal emerged from the chamber, the keys in Knuckles' palm. Sonic spotted the two echidnas and ran over to them.

"Knuckles? What is Tikal doing here?" asked Sonic.

"That is not important" interrupted Tikal "You must get to the ARK, before it is to late!".

"Okay, Tikal" replied Sonic and he took the keys from Knuckles and unlocked the giant door. The heroes entered a large room with a circular pool of quicksand in the centre. There was a door on the left that said "Shuttle Bay".

"Yes! Let's go guys!" shouted Sonic and began walking towards the door,

"Come on Amy" said Tails.

"Yeah!" cheered Amy, leaping up and down.

"You little thieves! Don't expect to get out of here alive!" shouted a voice and a secret door opened up to reveal Eggman in all his glory.

"Come and get some Eggman!" challenged Sonic.

"I will win this time Sonic! I shall get the Chaos Emeralds and take your lives in the process!" laughed Eggman. Metal Sonic appeared beside Eggman's side and smirked at his counterpart.

"But first…I would like to perform a little thing I've been practicing" said Eggman.

"You what?" asked Sonic.

A stage suddenly grew up from the floor, complete with smoke machines and lights. Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, Tails Doll and Egg Robo appeared on the stage and grabbed instruments. Metal Sonic and Tails Doll were on guitars, Metal Knuckles was on the drums and Egg Robo stood behind the a keyboard.

"Oh no, I see where this is going!" cried Tails.

Music blasted into the air as Eggman jumped onto the stage and seized a microphone.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah

The story begins,
But who's gonna win?
You know where the danger lies within.
Aboard the ARK,
A genius at heart,
Wanting to unlock the mysteries of life.

I am the Eggman, that's what I am,
I am the Eggman, I got the master plan.
I am the Eggman, that's what I am,
I am the Eggman, I got the master plan.

I'm plotting my schemes,
Wherever I go,
They're perfect in every way.
I'd love to destroy,
The blue one you know,
He's an obstacle who always gets in my way.

I must, play this game by my rules,
I will, conquer the world with my tools.
All my machines, are made for destruction,
I will build, my empire.
I will succeed, and you will see,
With my machine, there is no retreat.

I am the Eggman, that's what I am,
I am the Eggman, I got the master plan.
I am the Eggman, that's what I am,
I am the Eggman, I got the master plan.

I am the enemy, I will succeed,
My mission, yeah, I must complete.
My name is Eggman, don't forget my name,
If you ask me again, I'll tell you the same!

I am the Eggman, that's what I am,
I am the Eggman, I got the master plan.
I am the Eggman, that's what I am,
I am the Eggman, I got the master, master plan.
I am the Eggmaaaaaan!

As the music finished, Eggman looked at his audience. They were embarrassed and wide-eyed.

"What do think?" asked Eggman.

"I wasn't…bad…" said Tails.

"Enough of this foolery!" shouted Metal Sonic, throwing the guitar away "It is time to die, Sonic!".

"Bring it on!" said Sonic smirking.

"So be it!" replied Metal Sonic.

The two blue hedgehogs stared eachother down in a long and boring staring contest. Metal Sonic then charged at Sonic and decided to thrust his left talon forward so he could punch Sonic. Sonic blocked Metal's attack, and then kicked him in the chest and sent him flying into a wall. Metal Sonic sped forward again and leapt up into the air, smashing through the ceiling and up into the blue sky. Sonic sped up a wall as fast as he could go and flew up into the sky opposite Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic and Sonic both performed a homing attack on eachother and the attack hit home and they went flying back into the pyramid. Sonic landed on the ground like a cat, but Metal Sonic landed with a smash. His visor was empty with blackness.

Eggman growled angrily and stared at Sonic. "You may beaten Metal Sonic, but you will not defeat the Egg Golem!" shouted Eggman "Come out my servant!".

Sonic looked towards the pool of quicksand and from it emerged a giant stone statue of an ancient pharaoh. It stood high above Sonic, looking down at him like a bully.

"Alright then. Let's rock!" said Sonic and leapt on a round platform, held up by pillars. The Egg Golem slammed its rocky fist down upon the platform and missed Sonic who jumped aside. Sonic noticed a strange item on top of the golem's head. Maybe that was its weakspot. Sonic dodged the Egg Golem's attack and bounced up some stone steps imbedded in the golem's back. Sonic then used a Homing Attack and took out the object on the golem's head. The golem stumbled and fell over.

"Sonic must have destroyed the restraining chip! Stupid piece of machinery!" shouted Eggman.

The Egg Golem heard Eggman and attacked him. Eggman reacted quickly. He targeted the golem's chest and blew out its engines. The Egg Golem twirled around like a ballerina and sank into the quicksand. Eggman scooped up Metal Sonic and vanished into a door. The heroes had boarded a shuttle already and Sonic raced to get to the shuttle.

"Shuttle launch in 5…4…3…2…1...THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!" screamed a robot "Sorry, I mean, BLAST OFF!".

The shuttle blasted out of the top of the pyramid and into the sky. It was heading for its next destination:

The Space Colony ARK!