Shadow stood atop one of the black spires that over looked their latest conquest. The spire was made of solid black steel and stone. Mystical technology deep inside of it continued to transmit the magic suppressing waves. The spire itself was one hundred stories tall with a large pointed roof. Shadow was currently standing on the balcony at the very top, "Our forces are growing. Robotnik is unable to resist us." Shadow leaned on the railing, "But soon we will be at our limit. Without the final person to take the position of the soul, our triad of power will not be complete. And me and Sperk will not be able to leave this place."

A badger in a military uniform walked up behind Shadow and knelt down, "We have a problem my lord."

"Luxor?"

"Yes! A large portal has opened ten miles from our eastern boarder. We count almost ninety legions of men."

"Five thousand a legion. That is four hundred and fifty thousand men. How out matched are we?"

"Our assault forces are barely a hundred thousand in strength. And a good portion of that number are spread around our territory."

Shadow sighed, "We cannot afford to recall all those troops. Send word to my brother and our advisors. We must make plans before they arrive."

"Yes my lord!" The badger ran off.

Shadow looked out at the sun in the sky, "Our most difficult task is in front of us. But we must win."

"It is imposable." A human in a combat vest slammed his fist down, "We can't fight a force that large."

"Sit down Reggie." Sperk sat at the round table with his feet propped up on the table. The human cursed but sat down.

"Sir! I hope you don't think we can fight them." A blue hawk sat next to the human spoke, "We can barely get six legions of men together. We are horribly out numbered. What advantages do we have that can make those numbers more even?"

"Their supply lines are weak at best." Shadow stood up and used a laser pointer to indicate an area on a large map, "They must carry their supplies through the portal. So they will be moving much slower. I have some strategies that we can us, but we must use them properly."

"How?" A duck spoke up.

"The first one will be simple and I doubt that it will fail. But it will not defeat all of our enemies. Me and my brother will take a legion each and proceed with my first strategy."

"What if it fails?" Another human spoke.

Sperk chuckled, "Then we surrender. My brother has come up with three strategies. If one fails, then we lose." Sperk stood up, "While we intercept the enemy, you will try to assemble as many troops that you can." The advisors grumbled and left. Sperk stretched, "Their faith in us is dimming."

"They will follow orders until things reach there bleakest. Brother! If we pull this off, our word will be absolute. These people wouldn't dare question us."

Sperk smiled, "Then we better win."

The army of Luxor built a large base camp was built around the large portal. Semi permanent buildings of wood and stone were constructed. The army comprised of magically altered foot solders that had strength and stamina far beyond that of most mammals. Armed with magic weapons and armor, they could take on the most advanced weapon that their enemy could use. They also had dark priests in purple robes. Even in the perimeter of the spires, they could cast powerful and destructive spells. The last bit of troops consisted of beasts of burden and warhorses. The General had himself a large black dragon under his command. The General was the only one with a name and his name was Grave! The general stood seven feet tall and while didn't look it, he could toss two ton boulders like they were pebbles. He was red gorilla with piercing black eyes. He wore black armor and had a huge sword that was ten feet long and took three men to lift it. Except him of course. He growled and a blue fox ran up, "Sir!"

"Your name is Glave! Take thirty legions of troops and scout ahead of us. There is a small base six miles inside the barrier. Take it and we will transfer our base camp their."

"Yes Sir!"

Grave yawned as the fox ran off, "These pathetic annoyances should fall in just about a week. Then our lord can kill that bothersome Robotnik and take this place over."

Glave had a smile on his face as he made his way toward the enemy base. Receiving a name was a high honor in Luxor's forces. If he did well, he could keep it. He divided his troop into three. One a mile in front, one a mile behind and himself in the center with the rest. They had left the plains and entered a large forest. He opted to have the forward forces sneak through the forest while His group cut their way through. This process gave the forward force an extra mile lead. After an hour, a scout ran up to him. As he listened to what the scout said, "What?" He quickly rode to the front and his jaw dropped. A large hill that rose up twenty feet was standing in the middle of the trees. Shadow and Sperk sat in chairs at the top. Umbrellas blocked the sunlight from their faces and they were playing chess. As they sipped lemonade, Glave nearly yelled, "How dare they? They mock us!" He bayed one of his priests forward and had him use a seeing spell.

"Hundreds of metal disks are hidden in the ground. No doubt mines!"

Glave chuckled, "They think they can lure us into a trap." He scratched his chin, "Have all of our forces surround them quietly. We will wipe them out without setting foot on that hill."

Sperk sighed as he moved his pawn, "This game is boring!"

"It teaches us the value of patient and strategy."

"That is you realm of expertise."

Shadow picked up his queen, "Perhaps! But you my brother should learn its value as well. Being patient while your opponent isn't, can prove to be more important than numbers." The thirty legions surrounded them and prepared to launch magically arrows and spells. Neither Shadow nor Sperk took notice. As they fired, Shadow placed his queen down near Sperk's king, "Check!" A green force field surrounded the top of the hill and all the attacks hit it. The field reflected the attacks back at their sources.

Both hedgehogs ignored the screaming and yelling as Sperk picked up his knight and took one of Shadow's bishops, "Check!" Hundreds of metal disks popped out of the ground and sprouted metal legs. They jumped into the forest and exploded.

Shadow laughed as he moved took Sperk's king, "You need to learn so much more!"

Sperk shrugged and stood up. He activated his robotizer and gripped his halberd, "I stick to rushing headfirst." The force field dropped and he lunged into the smoke.

Shadow finished his lemonade, "Sadly enough you let me win that one."

At sunset, Glave stumbled into the main camp. His forces had been wiped out. After the reflections and the bombs. Troops dropped from the sky and finished off the confused men. He fell to the ground in front of Grave. He told the story and begged, "Please! Give me another chance."

Grave crushed his head with his metal boot, "Fool! Only a fool would fall for such an obvious trap. Hold the rest here! We shall wait for orders." He started to walk off, "And clean that mess up. Our dogs are hungry."

Sperk and Shadow shared drinks with their troops as they celebrated their victory. Sperk slapped his brother on the back, "So how did you convince Station Square to hand over three of their Super Emeralds for the force field?"

"I walked into the office robotized. He seemed to agree with everything I said."

"That is why your the smart one."

"And you would have probably killed him." Shadow finished his drink, "Which would have been alright!"

"Working on that sense of humor."

"I was serious!"

Sperk laughed, "Sorry! So one down, two to go!"

Shadow sighed, "The first one worked because they didn't expect it. The other two strategies will be much more difficult to pull off." Shadow looked over to his brother and saw his eye flash crimson, "Brother?"

Sperk shook his head, "I don't know!" He stood up, "I feel like I need to go some where. Call me if you need me!" Sperk ran off and took off in his ship.

"Brother!"

Sonic walked into the deserted Knothole. Lazar had finished his training and told him to come here. He looked around and finally walked to Castle Acorn, "Sal!" He shook off the memory. And walked in. He made his way to the dungeon and walked through a hidden door. A golden pool. It was formed by The Sword of Virtue so many years ago. Sonic took of his right glove and plunged it into the pool. It glowed with golden light and erupted, "IT IS TIME!" A loud voice echoed around the room and the castle exploded. Sonic found himself standing just outside the destroyed castle. He was in his golden super form and he had The Sword of Virtue in his hand. Multicolored light flashed in the sky and struck the ground several feet away. The Sword of Chaos was stuck in the ground. The power that had helped forge the weapons had brought them back. A black gloved hand grabbed The Sword of Chaos and pulled it free. The hand belonged to Sperk who stood in a black combat suit.

Sonic's red eyes flashed, "After all this time! We have come back to this."

Sperk's crimson eyes flashed, "It has been five thousand years. Only one of us can be aloud to live to shape the world."

Sonic brought his sword up, "I will not allow you to plunge this world into an endless war."

Sperk brought his sword up, "Only I can finally purge this world of Robotnik. What is does after that is none of my concern."

"We have nothing else to say!"

Sperk smiled, "Oh we have many things to say. I will pound the truth into you before I kill you."

Luxor watched them through his crystal ball, "Have our troops hold! I don't want this interrupted."

Robotnik chuckled as his probe bots surrounded the fight zone, "Beam this fight to every computer and TV that we can. It doesn't really matter who wins. This will kill the morale of every mammal on this planet."