Sperk kneeled on top of The Master Emerald as it slowly spun around. He held his halberd close as he tried to think of what to do, "I am the most powerful creature ever to walk on this planet. My mind is so open to the world that all I need is to think and I understand everything." He closed his eyes, "But what good is it without any feelings? Is killing all I am good for?" He stood up and opened his eyes, "What should I do?" He looked down to the glowing green emerald he stood on, "With a simple thrust of my weapon; most of this planet would go up in flames." He looked up toward the crystal ceiling, "But then Leda would die." He spun his halberd around so the blade was pointing at the emerald, "I would be a fool to give up this power." He looked at the emerald and lifted the weapon up, "Sonic! I have made my decision." He slammed the halberd into the emerald.

Robotnik smiled and stepped back, "Finally it is finished." A gray metal ball with a saw like blade around it was sitting on the worktable. He rubbed his hands together, "Now for the final test." A cylinder shaped workerbot rolled up on its treads and picked the ball up. It followed Robotnik to a large domed room and placed it in the center of the round room. The bot rolled away as Robotnik walked into a small control room. He watched on a view screen as ten Swatbots entered the room with laser rifles in their hands. They surrounded the ball and took aim at it. Robotnik hit a red button on the control panel, "Begin!" The bots opened fire. As the red bolts of energy were about to hit the ball, it launched itself into the air. The ball uncurled and reviled itself to be a metal hedgehog. It looked liked a stripped down version of Metal. Its eyes flashed red and it flew at the bots. It ripped into two of them with its talons and blasted another one with red beams from its eyes. The remaining bots opened fire, but the hedgehog dodged and curled into a ball. It slammed into one of them and knocked down another two. "Enough!" The hedgehog robot stopped moving and curled into a ball. Robotnik smiled, "Excellent! When I mass-produce this model, neither The Freedom Fighters nor Luxor will be able to stand in my way."

Bojack tossed Leda into the ground as hard as he could without killing her. She was jarred out of her slumber and was pinned down by Bojack. Leda's armor had vanished after she had hit the ground. Leda struggled, but Bojack held her down, "Get off!"

Bojack licked his lips, "I don't think so!" He bent his head down and sniffed her hair, "Even Sally didn't smell as good as you. Sperk must pamper you."

"Not as much as you think!" Leda rammed her head into his, but all she did was give herself a headache, "Ouch!"

Bojack chuckled, "Did I forget to mention I had a metal skull? Sorry!" He nuzzled her neck with his nose and smiled as she tried to pull away, "Fighting me is pointless. If you just lay back and except it, you might be able to walk away from this alive." He transferred both of her wrists to one hand, "Well, alive at least. I've been told I can be a little rough."

"So have I!" A bolt of lightning shot from the sky and slammed into Bojack. The fox was blasted off the echidna and into a tree. The bolt transformed into Speed and he stood in front of Leda. His eyes glowing with crimson energy. He looked over his shoulder, "You ok?"

Leda nodded, "Yes! How about you?"

Speed smiled, "I'm back to my normal self." He turned his attention back toward Bojack, "You're going to pay for touching my wife."

Bojack laughed, "Your power level is barely half of what it was before. What makes you think you can beat me."

Speed shrugged, "Because I have friends!"

A pillar of water blasted out of the ground and slammed Bojack into the air. He hit the ground hard as Shadow shot out of the pillar and stood next to Speed, "Bojack! I have grown tired of your presents!"

Bojack tried to stand up, but a whirlwind shot out and blasted him deeper into the ground. Rouge floated down, "You'll pay for capturing me."

Bojack rubbed the blood from his mouth and nose and chuckled, "The advantage is yours at the moment. But I will return to return the favor a hundred fold." He vanished in a burst of black light.

Speed sighed and dismissed his armor. He knelled down and Leda jumped into his arms, "You guys mind giving us a few minutes?"

Shadow smiled, "Not at all!" He and Rouge walked out of sight.

Leda gazed into Speed's eyes, which had turned to a dull crimson color, "Your eyes!"

"Side effect of my system. All things considered it could have been worst."

"I guess!" She hugged him tighter, "I'm just glad your back to normal." Speed nodded, but then pulled away, "What?"

"I have a hard favor to ask you." Speed held his hand out and a small crimson gem appeared in it, "I didn't remove my berserker system. I simply sealed it behind two barriers."

"How?"

"This gem is a small shard of The Master Emerald. With this the system can be released under a controlled condition. I want you to have this."

Leda gulped, "You want me to control when you change? But I couldn't!"

"The system is the only thing Bojack, Luxor, and even Robotnik fear." Speed rubbed her cheek, "You have always been a source of good to me and have kept me from slipping completely into darkness. It is your decision."

Leda touched the gem and it shined with crimson light, "All right!"

Speed nodded and placed the gem against her chest, "From this day forth my dark power is under your control. Not to be released until you deem it fit." The gem glowed and vanished inside of Leda. She let out a loud gasp as a wave of energy filled her body. She collapsed into Speed's arms. He picked her up bridle style and started to walk toward the city, "Thank you!"

Leda smiled, "No problem!"

Luxor smiled as he watched the events unfold on the island. He waved the image away and laughed, "Speed you idiot. You couldn't have played into my hands better if I told you my plans." He stood up and walked to three candles on floor stands. One was black, one was green, and the other light red. He tapped each candle, "Little do those fools know that with a simple light of these candles, they will be in my control." He summoned a flame on the tip of his finger and lit the green one. He stepped back and frowned as it turned crimson and exploded, "I really hate that system. Even sealed it protects him." He looked at the other two and smiled, "I'll wait to use the other two at the right moment."