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Name: The Chaotix Detective Agency
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The spider screeched and slammed a leg down; vibrating the ground so much Knuckles lost his footing and fell over. Raising another leg, it prepared a finishing blow. Sonic came flying out of nowhere, smashing a spin attack directly into it, forcing the robotic incest backwards.
"I've got this one." The blue hedgehog shouted down as Knuckles picked himself back up, his backside covered in grit. "Go get those others." Looking back, the red Echidna could see the two other giants heading down the street after the fleeing civilians, shooting powerful laser beams from between their pincers, engulfing cars, trucks and other vehicles that got in their way in flames. Squad cars that came hurtling around the corners in the roads were trembled underfoot, the cops inside having just enough time to throw themselves out the doors.
"Right." Knuckles stated, before running off. Sonic swung a kick around, smashing in one of the spider's eyes. Screeching, he snapped at him angrily with its serrated pincers, nearly lopping off one of his limbs. Spinning over it in mid air, Sonic came down hard on its back, trying to use a spin attack to drill his way directly through. The Spider however had other ideas. With Sonic pinned on its back, he swung itself to the side and impacted one of the buildings, flattening the blue hedgehog against it.
The breath knocked out of him, Sonic slid down the wall to the ground, his head ringing. Recovering just in time, he dodged around a swing from one of the robots legs before racing up its limb and smashed a volley of punches directly into its face. Dodging underneath its jaws, Sonic went into the strongest spin attack he could muster and slammed himself directly across its legs. Forcing his way through whatever they were made of, he three of them in half, fragments of metal and alloy flying into the air. Loosing its balance, the robot clashed to the ground, its remaining five legs unable to support its weight. Using the opportunity, Sonic threw his arms forward and fired a Sonic Wing straight at it. The blue vortex tore through the air before colliding with its struggling body, tearing the armour off piece by piece, leaving deep cuts down its side before seemingly imploding the head, making it cave in.
With one final lurch, its body collapsed to the floor, unmoving.
Knuckles however was having less luck. After attracting the attention of one of the two other Spiders, the giant metal insect about faced and came charged. Holding one fist up, the red Echidna gathered his strength before slamming it down, splitting the road open with a fissure. The tearing in the ground widened and several of the spider's legs collapsed into it. Angry, it turned its large body towards him and fired a laser beam.
Knuckles ducked it before charging forward with both fists held ready. By now the Spider had pulled itself up and was holding it's two front legs ready and as soon as the Echidna was in range before striking out at him. Knuckles deflected the first few blows before swinging forward him, striking it across the left leg. The spider was forced to retract the limb, but the second swung around slamming itself directly into his stomach, sending him flying into the side of a building.
By now the whirring of choppers was filling the air, swat police taking up positions on the roof tops above, a few tanks coming rolling up one of the hills. Seeing the new targets the spider reared its head back before firing a laser directly down the slope, carving each tank in half; the sides falling away down the middle.
Pushing himself out of the rubble, Knuckles raced forward holding a fist up preparing for a swing. The spider saw him coming and jabbed both long legs forward. Knuckles jumped up at the last second, somersaulting above the swing before bringing his fist down hard on one of its limbs, shattering the armour and breaking the tip off.
The robotic insect screeched and backed up, smoke rising from the tip of its ruined leg. Knuckles didn't let up; he went in for close combat, slamming punch after punch against its main body, leaving huge dent marks in the armour. Each hit resonated throughout its mechanical body sickeningly. Finally the spider reared up on it's remaining seven usable legs well about the Echidna's each, before dropping back down again, shaking the ground and knocking Knuckles off his feet.
Looking up, he threw his arms forward just in time to catch the tip of another leg trying to crush him. Using his renowned strength, he kept the limb at bay; before pushing back against it and then tossing it back, the momentum of force making the spider back up into the side of a building.
Sharply it turned and scurried up to the roof tops, heading after the other spider that had carried on up the hill.
"Get back here!" Knuckles yelled after it, before breaking into a pursuit, trying his best to keep up with the thing. Using its size and long leg reach however it was beginning to outdistance him.
"Need a lift?" Asked a voice from behind and before he knew what was going on, a blue blur shot forward and grabbing him by the same, towing him along.
"Where were you?" Knuckles asked as he and Sonic soured up the building after the spider, quickly catching up. Once the robotic insect realised it would not be able to run away, it turned to face them head on, opening its fanged jaws before firing a multitude of lasers directly towards them. Sonic slid through them with ease, managing to slip through that defensive line to the exact position he needed.
"Ready for the Ball game?" Sonic asked Knuckles, who simply grinned with a thumbs up. "And here's the pitch!" Spinning his entire body around, the blue hedgehog built up a huge amount of momentum, with Knuckles hanging on for dear life. Once enough force had been gathered and he was in exactly the right position, Sonic let go of the red Echidna, who was then sent flying forward breaking the speed of sound with a loud Sonic boom, fist held forward.
The spider didn't have so much as a moment to put up a decent defence. That lightning fast attack tore through the legs it put forward to protect itself before punching a gigantic hole straight through middle, fire bellowing out the back. Torn nearly in half, the giant robotic insect swayed in the air for a moment before collapsing off the rooftops to the streets below with a loud thud.
"Two down, one to go." The red Echidna remarked, picking himself up. Sonic gazed off in the other direction towards the last Spider, which by now had reached the street in the museum standing at the far end. Before any one of them could so anything to stop it, the robotic insect raised both of its front legs and jabbed them forward, brick dust flying everywhere as a good half of the building collapsed in rubble.
"That's far enough." A mechanized voice stated as Sonic started out after it. A shot range through the air and a barrage of laser blasts impacted the building he was standing on top of, nearly making it crumble into dust.
Looking up, the blue hedgehog saw the Machine Federation's battleship; the Behemoth come flying overhead casting a gigantic shadow over the ground. The giant was just as intimidating as Sonic remembered. White the Egg Carirer was sufficiently longer, the true size of the galleon like space ship was not forgotten. It flew over the city heights heading out towards the waters nearby.
With a loud thud a knight like robot came out of the sky and landed on the ground, the street beneath it cracking under the weight. It wasn't as large as the robots they'd been fighting, but just the look of it with its knight like armour and burning green eyes. A large broadsword already tight in its grip, the tip glinting brightly in the sunlight; a long tower shield on its other arm.
"I am Lancelot, second General of Metal X, One of the four greatest servants of Lord Metal Sonic." It announced, staring up at Sonic through the visor of its helmet. "I'd imagined the Master to be modelled after someone more deserving." He added, looking over the blue hedgehog's wiry frame. Sonic narrowed his eyes at him. "Ah well, more to the pity.
"Save your pity!" Knuckles declared, throwing a fist forward. Lancelot grabbed the fist with his free hand and using the Echidna's own momentum tossed him across the street and directly into the side of a streetlamp.
"Pity's the only thing you'll get out of me if that was your best shot." Knuckles didn't even hear him; the ringing in his head was too loud. His senses so stunned, he didn't even see the robot stand over him and raise his blade. Sonic raced down the building, across the street and kicked the sword out of his hand before landing another straight across Lancelot's face. The sheer force of which made the robot stagger backwards, clutching at the dent in his helmet.
"Hey buddy you ok?" The blue hedgehog asked as the Echidna made his way unsteadily to his feet.
"I will be when I get my hands on that robot." Recovered, Lancelot picked his sword back up; noting that it's collision with the street below had chipped its edge. He would have to sharpen its razor blade later. Absently he looked back at the last robot spider. It had retrieved the Chaos Emerald from the Museum and was making a beeline towards the Behemoth that hovered above the waters nearby, crushing buildings and parked cars that stood in its way.
"Can't Equinox keep tighter leashes on his clan members?" He asked himself, before turning back, sword in hand. "The Master left specific instructions regarding you and your friends. No one but himself is allowed to kill you." He tested the edge of the blade with his thumb. "But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a short sparing match!" With that he charged; sword arm held out straight the sword an extension. Sonic dodged and ducked under the swift and fluid swings, made with such precision and speed he would it hard to slide through them all.
While the robot was distracted, Knuckles snuck around the side and attempted another attack. To his dismay, the shield on his free arm blocked his blow; while the robot's attention to focused nearly completely on Sonic. Knuckles tried again and each one of his powerful swings was blocked, the second arm twisting as if it knew in advanced exactly where he was going to try and attack.
As if he'd been holding back .Lancelot sheathed his weapon and smashed a punch into Sonic's face and in the confusion grabbed the blue hedgehog by the scruff of the neck and tossed him back into Knuckles, knocking the both of them over. Rolling the side, both of them avoided being stomped into the ground as a large armoured foot came slamming down.
Back flipping back to his feet, Sonic spun forward with a barrage of super fast punches. Lancelot blocked them all before slamming his knee directly into the blue hedgehog's chest, knocking the wind out of him.
Rushing to his aid, Knuckles slammed the strongest punch he could muster into Lancelot's torso. The blow had less than a dramatic effect, all he could manage was a large dent in the armour; which in all honestly did not seem to slow the robot down very much. Exactly what was this thing made of?
Recoiling away from the blow, Lancelot backed off to a safe distance to survey the dent in his side. It had come dangerously close to piercing the armour. Perhaps he had underestimated these to. Still, his defences were greatly superior to their own. It was probably best to kill them now, eliminate any possible threat to the Machine Federation.
He kicked himself, remembering that Metal Sonic had promised to crush anyone who even thought about destroying them. The master wanted that honour alone. Besides, they had the Chaos Emerald from here. There was no real reason to hang around.
Down by the waters, a large ramp had descended from the Behemoth and the last Mechanical Spider, with the green Chaos Emerald safely locked inside it.
"We'll have to cut this one short boys." Lancelot told them, before bending his knees, tensing and then jumping high into the air; falling backwards over the rooftops. "Till next time!" Came the swift add-on, dying away ay the robot drifted further away.
"Hey, get back here!" Sonic called, about to run after him before Knuckles placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Forget it Sonic. Come one, we should go tell the others about this."
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To Vector's utter delight, after the expansion of their business thanks to the winnings from the Emerald Grand Prix, The Chaotix detective agency was doing extremely well. Hiring a few more underlings as well as a secretary, Vector could now claim to be the head of something that actually made money instead of owing it.
They had had to move out of their old office in Station Square after most of the city was left in ruins, they had moved their business to New York City, where demand for their type of law enforcement was more than high. There was always an unsolved murder, mugging, theft or assault case to be solved around here. The police here didn't like them very much, but Vector suspecting that was more to do with the fact that Chaotix had solved more crimes in a single week then they had in a month.
Still, they did have help. Rei, one of their earliest new recruits had the strange ability to sense things that the others could not. Espio called it precognition and Vector was unsure whether Rei knew himself that he was doing it, but whatever the reason, it made their work that much easier.
"Here ya go Vector." Charmee began, flying into the crocodiles large office with a large collection of paperwork tucked under each harm. Vector grimaced as he dumped it down on the growing IN pile. Surprisingly, there was much more paper work involved in being a detective than he had anticipated. Back when they were near broke the only paper he had ever had to deal with was the steady stream of bills pushed through the mail box. "There's more outside, I'll go get it." The crocodile slapped his hands down on the desk.
"More?" He asked in frustration and more than a hint of annoyance. "Isn't paperwork what Alice is for?" Alice was his secretary, a mobian bandicoot they'd taken on after moving here.
"She's already swamped." The bee replied, hovering intently in the air. "Besides, all this needs your signature on it somewhere." Vector just groaned and collapsed on his desk. He supposed everything had its price, even success. The crocodile was finding himself with even less and less time to go out on the scene of an investigation himself. He was beginning to think that he should just chuck it in.
Rei, as usual, could be found outside on the balcony outside their offices, staring out across the city. New York wasn't like Station Square had been, but the flying squirrel guessed that they didn't move here for the scenery. It was the rumours of unsolved crimes going unnoticed and the amount of money some were prepared to offer if they were solved that put dollar signs in Vector's eyes.
Rei had short golden yellow fur and drown eyes, his head fur hanging over his face untidily. A long flat tail trail out behind him, occasionally swishing lazily around. Apart from the mobian characteristic gloves and sneakers, Rei wore loose fitting clothes, including a canvas yellow shirt and green pants. Despite his laid back attitude and lazy nature, Rei was actually quite thin. Usually, flying squirrels tended to get a little fat especially during the winter and the hibernation period. Rei however seem to have by passed the entire procedure somehow.
Yawning, he back flipped with impressive acrobatic skill and landed on the curved roof just above. The sun was already beginning to set and he intended to get in as many sunbathing hours as he could. It had been kind of quiet lately. Word had gotten around about the rate of Chaotix's success in the criminal underworld and a lot of the petty criminals were trying their best to stay out of their way. Still, Rei had this buzzing at the back of his head that told him to be careful. There were going to upset a lot of powerful people before too long.
With a solid kick, Espio entered the room. A rather strange entrance, given that the chameleon preferred the stealthy entrance his profession was so often associated with.
"About time, I need your signature on all these." Alice, a female bandicoot sitting behind a desk at the far end of the room began, gesturing to all the papers on her desk.
Ignoring everyone, Espio strode past them all and straight into Vector's office without bothering to knock. Leaving Alice staring after him awkwardly.
Expecting to find Charmee with another buddle of paperwork, the crocodile looked up wearily.
"We've got a new case." Espio told him, his tone leaving no room for argument. Vector narrowed an eye at him.
"Sure, just give me a day or two to get all this done." He replied; gesturing to all the papers piled up on his desk.
"That can wait." The chameleon told him in the same rock solid tone. "This can't." Almost angrily. He slapped a piece of paper down on Vector's desk. It was the printed photograph Okida had given him, showing the intruder at one of the G.U.N bases, the same intruder that had stolen the remains of Metal Sonic. Vector's eyes widened as the face on the paper instantly rang several thousand bells. "He's back Vector, and he isn't getting away this time." The crocodile was silent. Espio had been after Fang the Sniper's blood for years. He had come close to killing him not long ago, had Vector not reminded him of who he was. They were going to take him in, had not some strange force separated them and let Fang, or Nack as he was known to them, get away. This was the first clue to his whereabouts they had had since then.
This was instantly put at the top of the 'To-Do' pile. Chaotix and Fang had a score to settle that had waited too long already. With a large grin Vector swept all the paperwork off his desk and onto the floor.
"Fang the Sniper." Rei began, looking at the paper in his hand curiously. "Funny name, why'd he change it from Nack?"
"So he could elude the authorities." Vector began. This was such an importance case; the crocodile had gathered only the most experienced members of the agency in his office to discuss the new job. The others outside were still a little too wet behind the ears to deal with something like this. "He's wanted for murder on both Mobius and Earth." He paused, seeing the iron clad anger in Espio's face. "He's the head of a group of mercenaries and thieves called the Sharpshooters. Their pretty secretive, which is probably Fang's doing. This guy is a professional killer, cunning and ruthless. Morality doesn't enter into the equation with him. He never shoots to wound." Rei blinked, looked at the face of the weasel face and then up towards Espio. He took one glance at the anger in the chameleon's eyes and a realization dawned on him.
"This is personal for you guys isn't it?" He began with levelled eyebrows. "He killed one of your own." None of them said anything, but they didn't need to. Rei could already see the confirmation in their eyes. The hate radiating from all three of them was nearly overpowering, but intermixed with frustration of betrayal.
"Nack used to be one of the agency." Espio began and left it at that.
"Big case." Beck, another new recruit began as Rei handed him the photo. Beck was a human, one of the few in the agency. Mostly those who Vector employed where Mobian's who felt more comfortable with one of their own kind as their boss.
He was just over fifteen, leaving only Vector as the one taller than himself. Two a thick mess of black hair reaching down behind his head, held back from his face by a large blue headband. He and Rei had been good friends ever since he joined up. Beck wasn't good at the inevitable office work enforced on them all, but he was good in the field. He recognised clues that even Vector sometimes missed. Put together with Rei's near physic abilities and there were a lethal pair. "But hey, no criminal gets away from Chaotix?" He asked Rei with his characteristic smirk and the two of them high-fived each other.
"Get serious." Espio snapped at them. "Fang is not your every day mugger. He's killed before and won't hesitate to do so again."
"Yeah yeah, so you keep saying." Rei yawned in a disinterested tone, scratching the inside of his ear. The chameleon bared his teeth at him.
"Alright, so this is the plan." Vector began quickly, seeing hostility brewing in the air. "Rei, you and Beck go downtown and see what you can pick up from the usual sources. Espio and I'll see what's going down in the black market." There was a lot more being transferred in the illegal underground than simple stolen goods. Information was just valuable as pilfered jewellery.
"My contact in the military says Fang stole a piece of advanced machinery from one of their bases. There are only so many places he can sell something like that." Espio announced. The crocodile rubbed his hands together.
"Good, that's makes things much easier." He paused, seeing Beck and Rei still standing there. "What are you standing around here for, GO! See what those guys know about any sort of deal going downabout any stolen govermentmachines." The two of them mock saluted before leaving.
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"I've checked with G.U.N intelligence." Okida began wearily, sitting down in a chair, spreading his wings. "These spider robots have never been seen before. If Eggman did create them he's using some far advanced design we've never seen before." Sonic shook his head.
"These robots belonged to the Machine Federation. Metal Sonic's boys." He stated, pacing angrily up and down the length of Tails workshop. After the chaos in San Francisco, Sonic had gathered all he could here so a way to deal with the problem could be thought up. Almost with himself, Amy, Tails, Knuckles and Rouge had come along. As if representing G.U.N, Okida sat nearby. It was from him that Tails was pulling all their intelligence. That could be considered an illegal offence, if the President hadn't authorised the sharing of information with them in one of the many periods of crisis they endured. Chris and Chuck were there to, recently returned from Italy. Sonic had tried to get a hold of Shadow, but as usual the black and red hedgehog was nowhere to be found.
It had been a while since they had all been here like this. The last time they spent so much a night in Tails cliff side home was Christmas, when the chaos began that consumed the next six months.
"They were tough to." Knuckles put in. "I hit one of them with one of my strongest punches and all it did was back up." Sonic nodded, putting a fore finger and thumb to his chin looking thoughtful.
"And that General was even tougher. Lancelot had nearly wiped the floor with the both of them. Despite being smaller than the Spiders, he was considerably stronger. No amount of speed or brute strength seemed enough to get the better of him.
"What I want to know is where whoever built them got those advanced designs." Chuck began, drumming his fingers on the table. "From what I've seen those Spiders were twice as durable as Eggman's badniks.
"And I would know." A shape voice stated; one that was instantly recognisable. Shooting back, Sonic came face to face with his arch nemesis, Doctor Eggman himself. He stood in the doorway of the open front door with his two hence-bots Becoe and Decoe standing on either side. Outside standing guard were two of his Dreadnaught robots, acting as an escort for their creator.
Knuckles was the first to react, sliding forward with his fists held high and his eyes narrowed in characteristic anger. Okida tore his gun from it's holster and held it at the ready. Everything went silent for a moment, the thick taste of hostility in the air. "I'm not here to fight." Eggman was quick to add. "I'm here because I need your help." Everyone there looked confused. Wasn't Eggman supposed to be their enemy, the one who kept shooting at them for years on end?
"And why should we help you?" Amy demanded; her hammer in his grasp. Eggman strode purposely into the workshop, his arms behind his back.
"Because miss, you need my help and I need yours. I can't defeat our mutual enemy alone."
"Metal Sonic." The blue hedgehog began with a reluctant sigh. Eggman gave his life long enemy a side ways glance.
"Correct. It seems you lost control of him." A small chuckle escaped him. "I'm not surprised really. If I could not command him, I fail to see why you ever expected to." Sonic shot him a glare of his own. "I'm forced to come to you because unless we put aside our differences and act together, it's going to be too late to stop him." Everyone shot each nervous glances. The threat was real enough, but Eggman had a reputation for deceit.
"And why is that?" Chuck asked. Without even being invited, Eggman walked over and sat down on the sofa, sinking into the curious so much he almost reached the floor.
"After that fiasco near the ARK, my Egg Carrier 3 crash landed in Tibet." He said, beginning a story. His two loyal robots standing behind him protectively. The two Dreadnaughts outside remained perfectly still. On orders not to enter the building unless Eggman himself was in danger. "Before repairs could get under way, we came under attack. It was Metal Sonic, in a flying battleship of his own." Sonic grimaced. He had seen it himself. Metal Sonic's battleship, the Behemoth. The ship that had forced the Icarus to make a crash landing of its own. "We were in no fit state to defend ourselves against such an onslaught. He destroyed nearly all my robots and completely ruined my Egg Carrier. It lies half buried under the snow somewhere in Tibetan mountains. I was lucky to escape even with what you see here." He gestured briefly to the robots around him. "But it was not me Metal Sonic attacked us to obtain." He hesitated for a brief moment. Sonic could read in his facial features that he was withholding information on a characteristic impulse but knew he had to give it away anyway. "They raided my hold and took all the technology I used to create my Badniks." Tails stamped his fist into his palm, a triumphant look on his face.
"I knew it! I knew you couldn't have created those robots by yourself. They were way too advanced!" The sides of Eggman's moustache flopped in defeat, having given away his edge.
"Yes." He began again almost reluctantly. "You don't have to rub it in. About a year ago, one of the scout bots located a patch of ruins in the northern ice glaciers of Canada. With little else to do until my Dreadnaught army was finished on the Egg moon I went there to investigate myself. What I found was beyond all my expectations." He launched into a tale that a few of them suspected had been glamorised, but since he kept to the point they let it pass. He told them of how he discovered an entrance to a giant underground chamber that housed machines the likes of which even he had never seen. Advanced technology far ahead of even his own designs. Salvaging what he could from the ruins with an excavation, he brought it on board the Egg Carrier. There, he was able to understand enough of it to create the perfect robotic solider, the Badnik.
"But where did all that come from?" Chuck demanded clearly in thrall to the story.
"I don't know." Eggman admitted. "Before I could learn more there was a cave in and whatever I could learn was crushed under tones of rubble."
"So Metal Sonic has it now." Okida began, then his eyes widened. "Those spiders were made from advanced technology too! Metal Sonic must have used what he stole from you to create them!" Eggman nodded with a grim smile over his face.
"And I'm afraid it gets worse." Sonic rolled his eyes. There was never a situation so bad or complex that it couldn't get worse. He'd learn that from experience. "The technology was run by Chaos Energy. I had had to use a Chaos Emerald to activate it. I'm afraid Metal Sonic stole mine as well." He reached into his red jacket and withdrew a small metallic slab about the size of a dinner plate, but square with a blinking red light on the top. "This is the only piece I managed to save. Unfortunately I don't know what it does so I doubt it will be of much help." He put it down on the table near the TV. Was a piece of machinery alright, but of a kind none of them were familiar with. "From what I've been able to gather, I'm afraid Metal Sonic may have found the mother load." Everyone looked his way with confused expressions on their faces. "Data I collected from the chamber showed me that there was an even bigger treasure trove of technology hidden somewhere on this planet. Before I could find out where, the cave in occurred. With that kind of technology at his disposal, Metal Sonic could be come invincible." He let it lie. There was no need to explain what would happen if that happened. Metal Sonic had already made his ultimate intentions very clear.
"You said it ran on Chaos Energy." Okida began. Eggman nodded. "That must be why he's collecting the Chaos Emeralds. He can't use those machines without them. He took the one from the museum, the one from you guys and then Eggman's. Three in all."
"But we've still got that one from winning the Emerald Grand Prix down in my workshop." Tails reminded him.
"That still leaves three more out there." Sonic said looking worried. "And Metal's ahead by two whole Emeralds."
"It's vital that he does not get his hands on all seven." Eggman almost pleaded. "That technology must never be allowed to fall into his hands." Chuck studied the artefact Eggman had produced carefully. Something about the way it was constructed that seemed familiar. Suddenly, everything clicked into place in his mind and he nearly dropped the strange device in surprise.
"Wait a moment." He exclaimed, reaching into his white lab coat and withdrawing the device he and Chris had obtained in Italy. His wyes widened. One was clearly in better shape than the other, but their similarity was unquestionable. These two pieces of ancient hardware were created by the same person or technology.
"Where did you get that?" Eggman demanded in surprise, on his feet in a second. White his grandfather was busy comparing to two devices Chris relied the story of their escapade in Italy, recovering the near identical piece of ancient machinery from Andre.
"Great, so Hexagon's after these machines too?" Sonic asked in exasperation, throwing his arms up into the air. "That's just perfect, now's it's a race between the three of us."
"Enough chit chat." Eggman began impatiently. "We haven't got much time. If Metal Sonic retrieves all seven Emeralds and reaches that technology with them, he and the rest of his armies will become unstoppable."
"Ok this is the plan." Sonic began hastily, instantly gaining everyone's attention. "Eggman, you take Chuck, Tails and Knuckles to that place you got the machines from. See what you can dig up there." Eggman scowled at him, intensely disliking taking orders from his number one nemesis by well aware of the fact he had little choice.
"Can we trust him?" Amy whispered to the blue Hedgehog.
"No way." Sonic told her back with a short grin. "That's why Knuckles is going with them, but I'm sure Okida will have him watched like a hawk anyway." He turned back to his audience. "Right, Chuck; is that Chaos Emerald detector ready yet?" For some time now, Chuck had been busy creating a device that could accurately track the whereabouts of all seven Chaos Emeralds. He felt it necessary after they needed them to defeat the Master Emerald powered Metal Sonic.
"All I have a few prototypes." Chuck replied. "They'll probably break down a few times but it's the best I can manage right now." The blue hedgehog rolled his eyes.
"Fine, beggars can't be choosy. The rest of you are going to be with me. We'll spilt up into two teams. There are three more Emeralds left out there to find, let's get them before Metal Sonic does."
(In Chris' Voice)
The Emerald hunt on again? Eggman an ally? Where did those machines Metal Sonic wants come from? Will Chaotix find Fang the Sniper? Find out as the Saga continues next time on Sonic X: The Seer Called Cosmo. Don't miss it!