Here's Chapter 6, remeber R&R, since Razorwind seems to have vanished for the time being I need someone elses opinion.

Calm and Chaos

A blue blur struck the green echidna hard and threw him to the ground, unrolling Sonic spoke, "Don't go thinking you're the only one with friends." As the echidna got back up he snarled, "You've got a nerve showing up, didn't you read the letter?" Knuckles leaped out of the undergrowth and gut punched the green echidna,
"That's what I think about your damn letter." Shadow, using Knuckles' back as a spring board leaped up and grabbed the echidna, rolled backward and threw him back toward Sonic who spin dashed into the echidna, sending him up in the air. Kai flew up out of the bush and dug his shoulder into the echidna's stomach. "That hurt." Kai snarled as he grabbed the echidna around the waist and hurtled back toward the ground, "Suppose I should ask your name before I turn you into a green stain."
"Name's Brute," the echidna began, "It's nothing personal, but I don't lose." Brute elbowed Kai in the face and slipped out of his grip then began to glide back toward the beach, Kai barely had time to stop before he hit the sand, he landed softly and ran after Brute. He quickly caught up to Shadow, who was already in hot pursuit, "Like the new look," Shadow commented, "Suits you."
"Thanks." Kai panted, "But it really burns up energy, the Emerald's strained, a lot."
"What do you say we get serious?"
"You're on!"

Tails heard two sonic booms as his friends broke the sound barrier, "Wow, those guys are nuts."
"Well Shadow is, Kai's just really peeved." Sonic chuckled, he was really getting into a good mood from this sudden adrenaline rush, "hey what's that?" There was a dot on the horizon, closing in on the island rapidly, "It must be Bionic." Tails sighed.
"Bionic?" "He's a genetic copy of you, Sonic, he combines the best qualities of you and Metal Sonic. He was designed to be the best hero possible, or the best killer."

"We're gaining on him." Kai panted.
"You okay?" Shadow asked, "Maybe you should leave him to me and top up your ring energy."
"I'm fine." The two were now right on Brute's heels, Kai dove at him, claws out, his hands found their mark and his claws dug in deep, Shadow pulled out the Green Emerald, ready to lower the boom with a Chaos Spear, Brute snatched the Emerald and knocked Kai away. Shadow saw the hole in Brute's back glow and close up.
"I'm getting really tired of being knocked into stuff." Kai hissed as he climbed out of the bushes. Brute rushed at the pair, managed to catch Shadow off balance and push him to the ground, Kai leaned straight backward to avoid a swipe, Brute then went straight for Kai's chest and knocked the wind out of his foe, Shadow sprang back up and made a diving kick toward Brute who caught the hedgehog and swung him into a tree.

Bionic had torn into the group known as Team Sonic, Knuckles was lying unconscious in a pool of his own blood, Tails had had most of the bones in his body broken and Sonic was suffering from heavy fatigue, all in all the outlook was bleak. Sonic leaped over Bionic as he flew at him, as fast as Sonic was, Bionic matched him move for move.
"You may be fast," Sonic began, "But in the end you're just a heap of metal and spare hedgehog parts, you've got nothing on me."
"Pathetic meat sack." Bionic snarled, "You have no idea what I am, I am perfection, I am humanities saviour, would you see all Station Square turned to rumble? See this lush green earth ravaged by nuclear war? Humanity must be saved from itself." The two seemed almost to know what the other was about to do before they did it. Bionic was then swept aside by a blue blur and smashed straight through a palm tree.
"W…. was that Sonic? He can't be that strong!" Bionic panted.
"My master's information was correct, that much energy could not have come from one Emerald alone." A mechanised voice said.
"It's you!" Sonic yelled.

"You know something?"Kai gasped, "You're strong, I'll give you that, but I've seen Vector move quicker than you, I've got nothing against him but he's kind of slow."
"Kai."Shadow hissed.
"What?"
"Shut up." The pair had found a more effective way of tangling with Brute, instead of going in head first they fought smart, dodge and counter. Brute was beginning to wear down, Shadow then managed to wretch the Emerald from Brute.
"Time to put this to rest." Shadow smirked. A chaos bolt appeared and pierced Brutes stomach, he slumped forward and lay still.
"That was harsh." Kai sighed, "But I guess this was the only way my brethren would turn out."
"He isn't dead." A feminine voice said from behind them, it was Vanish, "Once created we are to powerful to be destroyed so easily."
"Then……"
"He'll wake up after a few months, that injury will take his bodies full attention, but he's not dead."

Bionic screamed as cold diamond-hard claws ripped through his organic arm, Metal Sonic and Sonic were a destructive force when combined.
"Metal." Sonic began, "Why are you helping me? Don't you hate me?" "My master has calculated your chance of victory, it is higher than that of this so-called collective, if we survive I can exterminate you later." Metal said in his cold metallic voice, that was the only thing about Metal that ever scared Sonic.
"Alright, but you should know I've got friends here."
"If they're anything like your others I wont worry too much."

"So Bionic isn't just a Sonic and Metal mix up?" Kai asked.
"No." Vanish said bluntly, "Like any decent hero, he was designed to use his brains to fight, just when you think you have him worked out, he'll use a new trick. And of course, like Sonic he has a Super-form."
"You're kidding me!" Shadow yelled, "That monster can transform?" Vanish simply nodded.

"Alright, I've had my fill of this." Bionic snarled, "Time to die, little hedgehog."

"To transform," Vanish said, "He doesn't even need all the seven Emeralds, in fact he doesn't even need one."

Bionic flew out over the ocean, his metallic parts began to glow with Chaos energy, his chest opened up to reveal a kind of cable, it stretched out and some kind of tractor beam must have been activated, every piece of machinery around, from down in the bunker, from the decommissioned robots, even from the ruined GUN facility flew toward Bionic. The machines twisted and morphed until Bionic was completely covered, the colour of the parts changed to a shining gold.
"Sonic……" Bionic's voice said from the inside.

Kai, Shadow and Vanish heard a horrible beast like roar come from the beach.
"We're out of time!" Vanish exclaimed, "I can help you, but you must help me first." "How? What do you need?" Kai asked.
"I am tired of being a slave to Bionic's will, free me."
"You want me to remove the device?"
"Yes."
"It'll hurt, but okay." Kai manifested a tiny amount of Chaos energy, reached out with his senses and found what he was looking for.
"There's a small device near the base of your skull." Kai explained.
"Burn it." Vanished ordered. She flinched as the searing hot energy pierced her skin and incinerated the device.
"Done, let's go."

Bionic swooped down toward the two combatants on the beach, he caught Metal Sonic with a razor sharp claw and ripped away half of the armour on his arm, Sonic was lucky enough to duck under the lethal claws. Three figures leaped out of the woods and smashed into Bionic, Kai punched at his shoulder, Shadow kicked him in the head and Vanish drove her full weight at his abdomen. Bionic seemed quite unfazed, even as he threw them back down to the beach. Bionic laughed a cold hard laugh as Knuckles and Tails found the strength to get back up, both were shaking and barely standing.
"You think yourselves able to best me, look at you, you can barely walk." Bionic laughed.
"Maybe so," Knuckles panted, "I can do this though." The echidna leaped up into the air and smashed his fist into Bionic, the metallic hedgehog didn't even flinch, he merely grabbed Knuckles around the neck and pulled him close.
"You can die." Bionic threw Knuckles away from him and gathered together a large amount of Chaos energy, Kai jumped up to grab Knuckles and was hit by him hard, as they plummeted to the ground Bionic shot a huge blast of Chaos energy at them, A small figure put itself between the two falling heroes and the lethal bolt, there was a flash of light and all went silent, three figures hit the sand, a tiger, an echidna and a dead fox.
"Tails!" Sonic yelled, "You… you, Bionic, I'll…. I'll kill you for that, he was young, he wasn't meant to die!"
"Fear not Sonic, you'll soon join him." Bionic snarled.
"Tails." Kai gasped as he looked down at the limp body, "You damn idiot." There was a second flash of light and Bionic felt something strike him at a phenomenal velocity. Two things in fact, then another two, he actually felt the impact through his golden coverings.
"Impossible….." He groaned, "Like, Chaos Energy, lots of it, what?" The four heroes landed back on the beach and Metal Sonic starred in awe, Each held a Chaos Emerald, maybe if….
"It doesn't matter, so what if your angry, it lets you harness more power, but I AM POWER!" Bionic yelled.
"You're just cold metal and bits and pieces of Sonic. You're lacking one very basic thing." Kai said calmly.
"And that is?"
"You don't have what it takes to kill me, whereas I have this." Kai sped forward and crashed into Bionic, then summoned a Chaos Sabre and slashed Bionic's right arm off.
"You insolent little piece of filth, I'll kill you all!" Bionic began to glow and shake, his armour went red and broke away from the heat coming from Bionic's core.
"Sonic….." Kai trailed off, "Tails."
"Kai, don't you dare!" Sonic shouted up at Kai.
"Sorry." Kai sped up to his brother and encased them both in a Chaos shield, Sonic tried to leap up to Kai, but Shadow held him down. Bionic exploded in the centre of the shield and Kai was pressed against its shell.
"The seven Emerald are the servers, Chaos is power, enriched by the heart……" Kai groaned, he hadn't even heard these words before, why was he saying this? The shield became smaller as the explosion died down and Kai floated there, holding a glowing globe in his palm.
"Target: Sonic" Metal Suddenly croaked.
Kai flew back down to the beach, grabbed Metal Sonic and flew upward.
"You cannot stop me, you are weakened." Metal explained.
"Maybe so. But I have this." Kai got clear of the island and crushed the globe in his hand and releasing a huge explosion of pure Chaos. As the battered tiger fell to earth he transformed back into his normal self.
"Tails, I got him back buddy, too bad I wont see you, where I'm on my way, well, bring on the pitchforks and pointy tails, goodbye Sonic, sorry." Shadow appeared and grabbed Kai, then Chaos Controlled back to the sand.
"Kai?" Sonic sighed kneeling over the tiger and yanking a piece of metal out of his friends shoulder, "Please speak."
"He fell over a hundred foot down, he's dead, the G force alone….." Shadow was cut off.
"Shut up, why don't I take you up there and see if you look any better."
"It would probably be an improvement." A voice croaked from the floor.
"He's alive!" Vanish yelled helping the wounded tiger up to his feet.
"I need a vacation."
"You….. I…. Don't ever do that again!" Sonic stammered.
"Good idea." Kai sighed as he felt his shoulder.
"That looks nasty, you alright?"
"Skin and bone, sticks and stones and all that stuff, it'll heal. Eventually."
"I doubt that." A familiar voice snarled from behind the group, "Corpses don't tend to heal."
"So, GUN has finally decided to join the party, late as usual." The GUN Director stepped off the troop transport boat he had arrived in and was followed by a group of bodyguard robots.
"Better late than never, now if you please, Sonic, I believe that that creature is GUN property and you should hand them both over, now." Sonic glared at the Director, his eyes glazed with anger, "He's not just a weapon, sure they're both powerful, but a weapon doesn't have a mind of it's own."
"Trust me Sonic, when we get through with him, he wont."
"That's if you CAN get him."
"Is that a threat? May I remind you, Sonic, that I have the support of the President and could have you or your friends killed at any time. Just like Mr Prower over there, you wouldn't want anything else to happen because of you, would you?" For Sonic, this was the last straw, he rushed at the Director, smashing down guard robot's as they came in his path, he stopped a few feet away from the Director, anger plastered on his face.
"What now Sonic?" The Director asked, "Will you kill me?"
"I would, but you're a worthless sack of meat and I don't want the karma of your death on my soul, but maybe I don't believe in karma."
"Sonic." Kai said sternly, "He isn't worth it, that thing that killed Tails is dead, it's over, he wouldn't want more bloodshed." Sonic stood stone still for a moment and then let out a deep sigh, "Alright, but I don't want to see you ever again, got that?"
"Don't threaten me, I could wipe you out with the stroke of a pen." The Director snarled.
"Try me." The Director paused and then jumped back aboard the troop carrier, "Fine, take him, but you haven't seen the last of the Bionic project."
"I know, I'll be waiting."

All of Tails' friends gathered around his casket as he was laid to rest, Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Rouge, Amy and many others. So many people whom his life had touched, one question on everyone's minds.
"Why?" Kai leaned on the stone wall of the chapel looking in through the window, "Why would you give up so much for me? You thought you owed me one or something? Or were you defending Knuckles? Why? You had so much, so much to lose, a lot more than me." In anger he punched the chapel wall, "So much to lose."
"Penny for your thoughts." An all too familiar voice came from behind.
"Not now Vanish."
"A problem shared is a problem halved, come on, I've never seen you like this before." "Well it's my problem."
"I know Tails was a good friend to you, but your getting torn up over a situation that was totally out of your control."
"It should have been me. I jumped in there to help Knuckles, he jumped to help me, It's my fault, my problem."

Deep in the bowels of GUN's genetics lab a fox's eye rolled open.

Well I wonder what that could be, is Tails alive? Find out next chapter.