Speed sank his sharp spurs into the last bit of stone and reached the top of Sky Sanctuary! He sat down on the ledge and took a break. He wished he had taken his ship, but for some stupid reason, his ship couldn't seem to make it up this high. He laid down and listened to the wind. Leda had locked herself in his cabin on the ship and refused to talk to him. He wasn't sure if she was mad, or embarrassed about his body being possessed. He sighed, "Better get moving!" He pushed himself to his feet and looked at the stone archway. It was the entrance to some kind of chamber. He pulled on his trench coat and kept his left hand on his blaster. He walked in slowly. The chamber was only about ten feet long and wide. The ceiling was covered in old cobwebs. Speed spotted a glowing yellow stone imbedded into the far wall. He approached it slowly, his boots echoing in the chamber. He reached out and tapped the stone. It shimmered as he touched it, but did nothing else. Speed looked around and shrugged, "Seems harmless enough." He grasped the fist size stone with both hands and pulled. It took a few pulls, but it finally ripped free. Sparks filled the room as Speed stepped out, "Ok!" He ran toward the exit, but the sparks blasted him down. Darkness filled Speed's sight as he gripped the stone.

King Max stood in full armor as Luxor activated the huge thirty-foot tall gateway. The nine girls that Luxor had used to spawn his children. They were sealed in green orbs and their souls powered the machine. Luxor wanted to use Sally as well, but he figured he'd wait until he had full control of the king first. A black vortex appeared in the gateway and troops began to walkout. Thirty-foot soldiers of a verity of races dressed in brown fighting outfits and light armor. Sixty heavy troops in large black armor. Thirty sorcerers in black robes and forty female archers. The last thing to come out was three large black dragons. Luxor pointed to the largest of the three, "That will be your mount my lord."

"Excellent! With your troops combined with my own, we will finally rid the world of Robotnik."

Luxor bowed, "And with him gone, you may began your rule of peace."

The King walked over and let two solders lifter him and onto his dragon. Luxor had implanted the skill into his mind. The King drew The Sword of Acorns, "To battle!"

Luxor waited until all the troops had left. He turned to a shadow, "Bring me the final girl!" A figure in the shadow nodded.

Sonia tripped on a root and fell down. She was now eighteen and had to get away from Knothole. Just a few hours ago she found herself standing over her mother's bed with a knife in her hand. For some reason, she had this desire to kill her. She had managed to resist, but she had to get away from her mother. The closer she was to her, the more the desire over took her. The squirrel only had her boots and vest, but she couldn't go back. As she stood up, a strong force knocked her down. She looked back to see Bunnie, or at least a version of her. This one was decked out in a leather bodysuit and had a Thorn whip wrapped around her waist. She pushed back her long ears, "Please resist! I can inflict more pain that way."

Sonia slowly stood up, "Renee! Don't do this! We were born from the same batch."

Renee uncoiled the whip, "Wrong! Our father blessed me. You area misfit, but dear old dad doesn't wish to leave one of his children behind." She snapped the whip, "But he did say by any means necessary!" She swung the whip, but Shadow appeared and blocked it. The whip dug into his arm, but did little to him.

"Is there a problem here?"

Renee smirked, "Not really!"

A pink hedgehog in a similar outfit walked out of the forest with a large hammer in her hands, "Father will be please with us if we brought him you."

Sonia stepped closer to shadow, "Reka!"

Shadow glanced at both of the girls, "Any other man would love this, but I prefer a more one on one confutation." Shadow picked up Sonia, "Hold on!" He bent his knees and jumped over Reka's head. Before she could react, Shadow ran into the woods. The girls quickly gave purist.

Max landed his dragon ahead of the troops. Robotropolis was only a mile away and he could see Robotnik's defenses powering up. He signaled to the flag guy that rode the dragon next to him. He waved his twin flags that signaled the troops to advance. Max kicked his dragon and it took flight, "To victory!"

Shadow came to a stop in front of The Power Ring Pool. He let Sonia down and he sat down on a fallen log. Sonia sat next to him, "Thanks!"

"Forget it!" Shadow nursed his arm, "Damn! Must have been some poison or something on that whip." He saw tears in Sonia's eyes. He sighed, "Don't bother crying. It won't get you anywhere."

"But I have no place to call home. I don't want to be with this father that they saw I have and I want to kill my mom."

Shadow nodded, "You didn't receive the infusion of dark energy when you reached your final growth. So you aren't evil. The desires to kill you mother comes from the fact your little more than a clone of her." Sonia stopped crying, but the information did little to raise her spirits.

"Well this is cute!" Reka shot from the forest and slammed her hammer down. Shadow managed to pull Sonia away as the hammer crushed the log. Renee jumped onto Reka's shoulders and then leapt into the air. She lashed out with her whip and got Shadow's leg. She spun around and amazingly picked Shadow up. After a few passes, the whip let go of his leg and Shadow fell into the pool. He tried to swim, but whatever poison that was on the whip, started to paralyze him. He sank to the bottom and did his best to hold his breath. He spotted a glowing blue light coming from nearby. With the last of his strength he reached out and grabbed the source. He blanked out.

Sonia stepped back as the two girls converged on her. Renee snapped her whip in front of Sonia's face. She fell down and Reka held her down with her boot, "Your defender is dead and you will join us or die!"

Sonia shook her head, "I will never join you."

Reka held up her hammer, "Then die!" Before she could swing a pillar of water shot from the pool and blasted her away. Renee gulped as the pillar grew ten feet into the air and a hedgehog stood on top of it. He looked like Shadow, but his fur and quills were aqua blue and the red parts had turned aqua green. He held a blue metal sword in his hand. He leapt off the pillar and landed in-between them and Sonia. Reka stood up, "Shadow?"

Shadow nodded and smiled, "That is me, but now there is more." His eyes flashed with aqua colored light, "I am Shadow, the knight of the sea!" He moved to attack, but then fell to a knee, "Damn!"

Renee chuckled, "My poison is still affecting you." She readied her whip, "Better finish the job."

She swung the whip at Shadow, but a lightning bolt knocked it away, "Back off!" A hedgehog walked up. He was yellow dressed like Sperk. He held a long pike over his shoulder. Small sparks of lightning shot from his body, "Don't you realize that is my brother?"

Shadow winced at the sight of Speed, "I don't need your help. I got this one."

Speed shrugged, "Maybe the next one!" He swung the pike off his shoulders and held it ready, "I am Speed, the knight of thunder. Your move!"