Speed sat at the controls of his ship as the others sat in the cramped passenger compartment. Sonia had been locked into the small bathroom at her request. As soon as they had gotten a few miles away from Knothole that she had wanted to hurt Sally. Shadow stood up and joined Speed in the cockpit. He sat in the gunner's chair right behind him, "Kind of cramped."

"I didn't design this ship for comfort. Would you prefer the cages in the back?"

"Not really! I was wondering why the door to your room was sealed shut."

"Leda and Sally are having a private talk. I am in no hurry to interrupt it."

"Yeah! Rouge joined them a few minutes ago. I'm starting to wonder if they are plotting behind our backs."

Speed set the autopilot and stood up, "No sense in worrying about it. You want to play some cards?"

"Sure!"

Robotnik and Snively quickly tried to reestablish guards around the command building. Their efforts were in vain as King Max's troops smashed through their final wall of Swatbots. Robotnik shoved Snively aside, "Activate the shields!"

"They have been damaged sir. Attempting to compromise."

The wall opposite of them exploded and several troops ran in with swords. Robotnik's robotic hand slid into his arm and an arm cannon activated. He quickly blasted the six troops down. As he took aim for another, a black bolt blasted the cannon off his arm. Robotnik held the stump as the robed figure stepped aside and let King Max walk in, "Your time has come to an end."

"I am far from finished."

"Oh I think you are!" Luxor walked up next to the king, "You will kneel before your new master or die."

"LUXOR!" Robotnik stepped back, "You have betrayed me!"

"You think I would willingly serve a fat tyrant like yourself." Luxor blasted Snively across the room and he hit the far wall. The bald guy slid to the floor and didn't get up. Luxor's had sparked with energy, "You will share the same fate as your little peon if you don't surrender."

Robotnik chuckled, "You think I would show you all of my weapons?" He grabbed a leaver on his command chair, "This is for betraying me." He pulled the leaver down so hard it snapped off. A large silver cylinder rose up in the middle of the floor.

"What is that?" Max drew his sword and stepped around it.

"I don't know?" For the first time, Luxor had a worried look on his face.

Robotnik laughed, "When I hired you as my advisor Luxor, I failed to show you all of my weapons."

The cylinder opened a crack and green smoke poured from it as it slid open all the way. A metallic hand reached out. The king jumped back as the thing walked into the open. A black fox with glowing red eyes. His body seemed to be a merging of flesh and metal. Luxor actually cowered back, "BOJACK!"

The fox laughed, "Luxor! It has been to long. What as it been? Five, ten hundred years?"

Robotnik sat down in his chair, "I found his body almost destroyed. It took a lot of effort, but I rebuilt him. Bojack! Kill them!"

"Sure!"

Luxor held up his hands, "Be gone!" Black energy blasted out. Bojack held up his metal forearm and the energy bounced off it and hit the floor.

Bojack shot forward and grabbed Luxor's neck. He then slammed him into a wall, "Your magic can't hurt me. Your going to pay for forging that sword that sealed me away so long ago."

Luxor vanished in a puff of smoke, "Another time perhaps."

Bojack punched a hole in the metal wall, "Damn!" He spotted the king running away. He tossed his hand forward and red energy shot out and transformed the king into an emerald. It floated to him and he tossed it to Robotnik, "He isn't worth absorbing."

Robotnik fondled the gray emerald, "That is fine! This belongs in my private collection." Robotnik hit a few buttons on his consol, "Time to call out the troops!"

Outside, several cylinders rose from the ground and several robots of different designs stepped out of them. They wiped out the entire force in less than five minutes.

Shadow won another round as Sally walked out of the small bedroom. She told Speed that Leda wanted to talk to him and he walked in. Rouge went to the back to check on Tails. The poor fox had to be locked into one of the cells. He had woken up a few hours ago and had tried to strangle Shadow. Both he and Speed had to bind his arms with binders and lock him in. Rouge looked into the small prison section and found the small fox asleep. The bat smiled and went back to the main area. Speed found Leda sitting on the bed, "How are you feeling?"

"Better!" It was a lie.

Speed shuffled on his feet, "Come on Leda! Just come out and tell me what is wrong. If it is about the berserker thing, I don't have a problem with it."

"That isn't why I am upset." She stood up, "Why didn't you tell me about Sally?"

"Well!" Speed gulped, 'I am going to kill Sally if I live through this.' "It was a mistake! It didn't mean anything."

"How did it happen? I am trying to figure out how you managed to meat Sally in the middle of the forest and manage to sleep with her in the same day." Speed tugged at his collar. Leda closed the distance between them, "I am waiting!"

Speed felt a little spark in the back of his mind, "I fail to see why I should explain myself to you."

"What?"

"You left me for almost six months. We weren't even married then. As far as I am concerned, you have no right to be upset about it."

Leda stepped back, "I can't believe you said that. I didn't do anything behind your back."

"That was your choice!" Speed tightened his fist, "I am starting to think this marriage was one big mistake. You have been nothing but a liability ever sense day one."

"Well if that is the way you think, maybe we should just go our separate ways."

Speed nodded and walked out of the room. He took off his glove and put his thumb on a scanner, "Computer! Transfer command of The Hunter to Shadow the Hedgehog."

"Affirmative."

Speed removed his ring and tossed it onto the small computer desk, "Take care of the ship!" Speed opened the hatch and jumped out. His quills spread out and he glided away.

Shadow quickly closed the hatch before anything was sucked out, "What was that about?"

Sally checked on Leda, "I think I made things worse."

Robotnik tightened the fist of his new arm, "Excellent!"

Bojack walked up, "The apposing forces have been wiped out. Shall we attack Knothole?"

"No! We need to rebuild the defenses I let be destroyed." He sat back in his command chair, "Send out the scouts to see how far Luxor has spread his influence." Bojack bowed and started to leave, "Oh and Bojack." The cyborg fox turned his head. "If you cross me, I will activate the bomb in your head. Try to remember that."

"Yes sir!" Bojack walked out.