Mr. Stuart was driving following the blip which had suddenly stopped, he saw the tornado and the X-Cyclone caught in the middle of it "They need help!" Stuart said as he got out his mobile and turned the voice cloak on, he quickly dialled a number.

"Hello. Is this the Thorndyke residence?" He asked.

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At the Thorndykes.

"Yes it is, who is this, what? Speak up, okay, thank you!" Chuck hung up "Sonic, Chris and the others are at Ting-a-ling Villa, they need help!"

Sonic, needing to hear no more, ran past him and straight out the door.

-

Knuckles and the Chaotix screamed as the rocket neared collision with a wall.

"Okay, guys!" Knuckles called as he stood up on the rocket "Let go and I'll save ya'!" They did so as Knuckles dived off, the rocket crashed into the wall, Knuckles dived into all of the and grabbed them, until Charmy and Ray regained their balance and could fly on their own. Ray took Mighty and flew him down, Charmy took Espio and Knuckles glided Vector down to the ground, they landed at last.

"Okay, guys, lets go!" Mighty shouted enthusiastically.

-

Rouge was walking through the base with Topaz and the others walking behind her.

"Hey, stop!" Rouge called and they did so.

"Why did we stop?" Topaz asked her comrade in a hushed voice.

Rouge smiled "Because we have company!" They all looked a purple, slender robot walked into view at the other side of the hallway "And just who might you be?" Rouge asked.

"I am the Lady Ninja!" The feminine robot replied.

Rouge shrugged "I get a feeling she is gonna be a bitch to handle. You guys go on, this one is all mine!" They all nodded. Rouge knocked the Lady Ninja over with a kick allowing the others to get past, Rouge and the powerful robot then went head-to-head "Hmm, you are quite tough, ain't you?" The Lady Ninja just nodded, she delivered a kick to Rouge's head and the bat sprung back up before using her tornado drill, she collided with the robot with this attack. Lady Ninja fell to the floor defeated "Ha! Girlfriend, see you around!" Rouge took into the air and flew through the hallways after her comrades.

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Ting-a-ling Villa. Sonic arrived on the scene and saw the robot who was trying to destroy the X-Tornado.

"Grr!" Sonic jumped into the air and smashed into FanBot knocking it over, Eggman screamed as the updraft blew him away, Sonic looked at the unconscious Tails.

"Wake up, buddy!" He said as shook him "Are you okay?" He asked his long-time friend, quite concerned.

"Yes..." Tails said tiredly "Didn't know you cared."

Sonic smiled "Of course, I do!" Tails reached around with his eyes closed.

"Sonic, destroy FanBot before he regains his balance!" Sonic grabbed the ring, he spun into his spin attack ready to strike, and smashed right into FanBot, utterly destroying him, during this time, Tails had fully regained conciousness and was readying the X-Tornado, Sonic touched down and ran forward, the X-Tornado levelled side-by-side with him, Sonic jumped on top and they took off for Eggman's base.

-

Knuckles, Vector Mighty smashed through the wall.

"Ha! Easy was that?" He grinned, they saw Topaz, Rouge and the other agents fighting an onslaught of robots, Rouge had a fist approaching her, Knuckles jumped in the way and blocked it, falling to the floor.

"Knuckles..." She felt a feeling of concern well up in her, she knelt down to check on him, she flew into the air and used her powerful Drill Tornado and tore through that robot "Who else wants some?" She threatened, all the robots looked for a second and backed off slowly, Rouge flew into the air and consecutively destroyed them.

"Well done, Rouge!" Topaz congratulated, Rouge bent down and lifted Knuckles up.

"Thanks, Tope, we better press on, I have the feeling we are behind, don't you?" She nodded and they walked off "Hey, Chaotix," Rouge called "Coming?"

They looked at her for a moment "Okay!" Espio shouted, as he and the rest of the Chaotix followed.

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In station Square.

"Chaos reigns, explosions everywhere." Scarlet said "Most of which appear to be to our forces, oh wait, a new craft enters the scene, wait, a blue hedgehog perched on the nose of the plane, which itself seems quite remarkable, oh I recognise him now, that is the same blue hedgehog that destroyed the infamous E-90, Sonic the Hedgehog!"

The crowd cheered "Go Sonic!" They cheered.

Danny looked on worried "Good luck, guys!" He whispered.

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Dr. Eggman sat at his desk and tapped on the controls.

"Sonic, won't get any further!" He said a bit panicked, missiles shot everywhere, the X-Tornado easily evaded them.

"SONIC!" Amy cried as her hero was almost knocked off by a missile.

"Don't worry, Amy!" Francis said "Sonic won't lose against Eggman!" Amy nodded, as the X-Tornado inched closer to the base.

-

"This is Scarlet Garcia reporting status on "Operation: Beating Eggman, our forces are officially out of the battle, it is all up to Sonic and his friends now!"

All the people in Station Square cheered and said things like "Go Sonic" "You can do it, Sonic!" "And can we really win?"

Danny sighed "I hope so." He said as he stared at the screen.

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Inside the generator room.

"Okay, Rouge, the demolition charges are set! Hey, Rouge?" She said as she looked where the bat previously was and saw nothing.

"Right here, Topaz." She said coolly, Rouge was nurturing Knuckles back to health, she felt obliged to, considering it was her fault he was unconscious in the first place because of a lapse in her concentration, but it was another feeling that made her feel this way, what was it?

"Rouge, time to get out!" Topaz called.

"Hold your horses!" Rouge cried.

Topaz glared "No time! What the hell are you up to anyway?"

Rouge ignored her and trekked around the room looking for her prize Chaos Emerald and finding none.

"Okay, wait up Topaz, here I come!" She grabbed Knuckles and flew down.

-

"Hmm, they appear to be on opposite sides, who is working for us though?"

Decoe asked Bocoe, who simply shrugged "Don't looked at me, I am just as clueless as you are, Decoe!" They walked over to the control panel.

"I think we should just lock them all inside the room!" They both nodded.

-

Sonic smashed through the wall into the base with Amy in close pursuit.

"Here I come, Eggman!" He with his pink follower behind him, run through the base, all of a sudden, a black tall robot, appearing to be deactivated stood.

"Impressive, eh, Sonic?" A menacing voice snarled. Sonic looked over and saw Eggman.

"Hmm, never give up, do you now?" Eggman's craft clipped into the robot's head.

"Why would I when I know this battle is all mine?"

Sonic grinned "Battle, eh, well come and get some Eggman!"

The doctor manically grinned "Okay, here I come, go Guerre Hard!" The robot's eyes lit up, the robot then charged forward, Sonic jumped up into the air as the robot's angry fist destroyed the floor that was previously beneath his feet.

"Nice try, Eggy!" He smiled, Eggman grinned maliciously.

"Ha! Taunt me? No games, Guerre Hard!" The robot jumped into the air and used a powerful and well placed kick to knock Sonic out of the air, Sonic jumped off of the wall and headed into a spin-ball to attempt to tear Guerre Hard apart from the chest outwards, the robot whirred a little, a second later a fist yet again knocked Sonic out of the air, the exasperated blue hedgehog stood there hyperventilating "Ready for round 2, Sonic?" Eggman asked with a patronising grin, one that Sonic intended to remove, with a great deal of pleasure, Sonic gave Amy a glance, Amy understood and quietly run off.

-

Rouge, Topaz and the Chaotix stared at the door in shock.

"We're trapped!" Topaz said with obvious dismay in her voice.

"Don't worry, Topaz! This will be no sweat!" Rouge flew towards the door and tried her infamous Drill Tornado move and after a few seconds she hovered to the floor. "No use!"

Mighty shook his head "Don't be such a pessimist." Mighty run forward and full speed, he jumped up and swung his almighty and formidable fist at the door of steel, the door didn't even have a dent "Man, this stuff is even tougher than Mobidendum!" He said as he gasped from his over exertion of himself. Vector run up and smashed into the steel with a combo of his own various and assorted attacks, which also failed, Charmy had a pathetic attempt at trying to headbutt the door to death, Espio unleashed his flurry of shuriken stars, which barely served to scratch the door's paintwork.

"MAN! DOES THIS DOOR DENT?" Topaz screamed as they all looked on in fear of both her and their predicament. Just then there was banging on the door, they all looked and saw that it was coming from behind the door, just then it opened, there stood Amy.

"KNUCKLES! Baby!" Amy run over and hugged him "What happened to him, Rouge?" She asked, innocently.

"He was injured in a fight!" Rouge replied. Amy nodded and wrapped her arms around him "There goes my dream guy.." Rouge whispered as they run out, with one final minute remaining on the counter.

-

Sonic run around at high speeds smashing into Guerre Hard, with no effect because of the robot's armour.

"Man, you are a lot more of a fight than I had originally expected of you, Sonic! But then again, you have always been like this!"

Sonic nodded "I will get you in the end, Eggman!" Sonic growled, he spun into a ball and tried again, knocking Guerre Hard backwards.

"So resilient as always, you stupid rodent!" Eggman tapped some buttons and Guerre Hard charged forward, Sonic who had, finally reached breaking point from taking those beatings spun around the robot and sliced all its armour.

"IMPOSSIBLE! YOU FOOL, THIS ROBOT'S ARMOUR IS IMPENETRABLE!" Sonic just smiled as he smashed into the robot's chest and tore out two Chaos Emeralds, just then the place began to explode.

"See ya', Eggman!" Sonic, with his new Chaos Emeralds run out as Eggman flew quickly to the control room to help his helpless dim-witted robots and left the damaged Guerre Hard to burn in the explosions.

-

Sonic run to the edge of the island and took a giant great leap and landed on the X-Tornado which flew past the island.

"Whew! Close, huh, Tails?" He said with a laugh, he nodded as they flew off.

-

Knuckles waved off the X-Tornado as he was carried away in the agent's helicopter.

"So, Knuckles, thank you for..."

He shook his head "No thanks, necessary, really!" He smiled weakly, she gave him a wink and a thumbs up and went to sit over on the over side with Topaz. The Chaotix observed all this.

"Man, that Rouge chick has it bad for the red man!"

Mighty said with a wide grin "Man, he picks up some hot chicks, don't he?" Vector said as they all laughed.

TBC