First I wish to apoligize for my lateness in updating, but certain personal issues kept me from my PC, friend in hospital vs update on you understand my predicament. Anyway this is the conclusion for the previous chapter and I must say certain aspects of it are weak because my heart wasn't really in it, so it will probably get a rewrite later on.

Oh and don't fret, my pal's on the mend, no sympathy please.
Anyway I figure I should get the ball rolling and by the wayThey'll probably be more regular updates from now on, so check back whenever you can.

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I don't own Sonic or any related characters.

Fakes, Frauds and the Real Deal.
Part Two.

"Why'd you stop me anyway?" Sonic asked as they walked out.
"That isn't Tails." Kai said as he walked by Sonic, "And if it is he's sure changed, my senses aren't fooled easy, you know that, either there's something up with him, or we still need some transport"
"Wow, you got it all worked out huh? Next move"
"We hit GUN, wait can you hear something?"

Shadow was hard pressed to keep up with Metal Sonic, the robot hedgehog was darting around like a thing possessed, he had certainly gained more speed, but Shadow was not without a trick or two. Switching his air skates to a low power setting he slowly moved in on Metal, then all of a sudden his jets flared to full power and shot him into the air, he aimed himself fist first toward Metal, who was at the time swooping straight at him. Just as Metal came close Shadow's fist connected with nothing but air.
"Oh, that's not good." Shadow felt a weight, which he soon realised was Metal slam into his back, he quickly Chaos Controlled out of Metals grip and back to the floor.
"It seems." Metal said, "That we both are equally matched, but your companion." Metal turned himself toward Max who was crouched behind a chunk of machinery which had been ripped apart during the fight, "Is a different story." Metal's eye glowed for a split second before releasing a red laser beam aimed at Max. Just as it neared it was reflected off a gloved hand. Stepping out from behind the wreckage, Max's saviour became visible, Kai.
"Well, you have some nasty new hardware, don't you? By the way, I'm just the distraction"
Sonic appeared from a Chaos Control behind Metal and the robot was engulfed in a storm of Chaos Energy, "Wonder if Eggman got a warranty." Sonic joked as the attack faded, a scorched metal frame crashed to the floor and Sonic landed gracefully beside it, 'Cause he'll need it"
"Way to make an entrance." Max praised as they all met in the centre of the area.
"So, did you find anything?" Shadow asked.
Kai's eyebrows met, "We need to talk."

Back at Rouge's mansion Sonic, Shadow, Max and Kai were discussing how to assault GUN without endangering Tails, if he was there.
"So it's agreed." Shadow said, "I and Sonic search the ground for traces of GUN an Kai and Max take the Tornado"
"Agreed." The other three said in unison.
"One thing." Max added, "What does this Tails guy look like"
"You'll know him if you see him." Shadow assured.
"Two Tails, probably looks really torn up." Sonic sighed.

At the workshop Kai ran his hand over the cockpit controls of the Tornado, Tails' friends had rebuilt it from the blueprints he left after he died. Kai had not been here since The Prison Island Incident. As he climbed in the cockpit and slid his finders around the controls it almost felt like this plane had some part of his fox friend resonating from inside. As if this plane was his legacy.
"Humph, The Tornado L, Tornado Legacy, good name"
"This is safe right?" Max asked as he took a seat behind Kai.
"Kid this was made by the best mechanic I ever knew, even better than GUN and Eggman put together"
"So it's safe"
"It goes from A to B." Powering up the engine was like breathing life into a raging tempest, "Bring me that horizon."

Shadow sped down the street after Sonic, it wasn't as if they were going to find a GUN base in Station Square, but it wouldn't hurt to take a glimpse along the way. Shadow trailed behind a little as he thought. Sonic stopped a little ahead and looked waited for him to catch up, Shadow picked up the pace. He was about to reach Sonic when the ground cracked and opened in front of him and metallic tentacles shot out. They were smooth and polished, no joint was visible even as they thrashed around, knocking Sonic away and ensnaring Shadow. Sonic hit the ground hard and rolled like a rag doll away before curling up and using the momentum to spring to his feet, he slid to stop and shot toward the tentacles which were retracting already, Shadow in tow. Sonic dove after them and flattened his arms to his sides, as he sped down the shaft he came close enough to almost grab Shadow's hand. As he stretched the tentacles sped up and took Shadow with them. Sonic snapped his fingers in irritation and then gasped in surprise. He struck one ledge then another and fell into the centre of the chasm again, his head started spinning as he fell and he tumbled through the darkness uncontrollably. Shadow was now well out of his reach and passing out of Sonic's sight. If only they had brought a Chaos Emerald. As Sonic spun through the deepening shadow's he began to lose hope of reaching the ground, even so he couldn't have been more happy to see it at last, of course it was only after seeing it he wondered how not to break his entire skeleton. He also couldn't have been more surprised at who caught him. He looked up into the face of Tails, although it had changed since Prison Island, his eyes were still intact, although there were several wires coming from one and were connected to a small metallic box on his skull's right side.
"Your late." Sonic gasped, knowing that if this Tails was real he would understand the silent thank you.
"So are you." 'Tails' sneered, "But better late than never"
"Yeah but, hey what are you--" Sonic was cut off as he was thrown into a wall and bounced off to the floor not far below.

A metal limb shifted as Metal Sonic's limbs creaked back into life, his hand reached up through the scrap heap and pulled his charred form up. All the paint of his body had been burned away and he was now nothing more than a charred heap of metal clawing its way to freedom.
"Sonic, Sonic, Sonic." Its monotone voice echoed out over the scrap heap, "Sonic…… this, will not go unpunished, I will have revenge."

The Tornado landed on the beach of the former GUN base, Kai and Max disembarked and looked around for a few seconds.
"You alright?" Kai asked looking back toward Max who was shaking a little.
"Y…you said it was safe." Max stuttered.
"You're in one piece aren't you"
"Just barely"
"You get used to it, don't worry"
Kai and Max made there way up into the dense woodland and onto a stone path, stones were trodden into the ground as if something heavy had come along the path. Kai sniffed and strained his ears.
"Clanking metal and motor oil. I wouldn't say that's part of an Aztec ritual or anything like that"
"Just what I was afraid of"
"Same here, I thought GUN wouldn't come back here, hoped in fact"
Kai continued along the path and Max soon followed, until they found themselves looking up at a vast, metallic structure, its spires stretching up just below the canopy.
"And people thought it was a mountain under all this." Kai sneered, "Lets find a quiet way in"
They left the path and plunged into the forest. They walked on for a few metres before reaching a shaft concealed by a thicket.
"Wonder what this is." Kai said to himself, "Oh"
"What"
"It has to be a garbage pit doesn't it"
Kai jumped down the shaft and caught hold of a bar just before hitting the pit, Max wasn't so lucky and plunged head first into it, Kai sighed and dropped into the pit. Unfortunately it wasn't a pit but a crusher and Kai and Max landed smack bang in the middle.
"Oh, not good." Max said, Kai ran to his side and grabbed him round the waist, he tensed, leaped and landed out of the crusher just as the top closed.
"Well, wasn't that fun?" Kai joked.
"Um, no!" Max yelled at him, "I nearly died"
"Shh"
"Oh, uh, right"
Kai walked across the room and tore open a garbage chute and began to climb, Max soon followed. After climbing for a long, silent while they came upon the end of the chute. The tube had widened enough so they could lie side by side and look out into the room beyond. Polished operating tools were strewn about the room, seemingly randomly, to each there was a bench dotted with surgical equipment, artificial body parts and medical drugs. Along the entire far wall were lined at least fifty capsules All the right size to house a creature like, "Bionic"
"Uh, what?" Max asked.
Kai again became aware of Max's presence.
"Who's' Bionic?" Max continued.
"Bionic……" Kai sighed, "Is a murderer, was a murderer, he's dead now, but I didn't think GUN had his DNA on file, otherwise they would have had clones of him running around killing anything with two legs"
"Remind me what we're doing here again." Max sighed, his voice the epitome of sarcasm.
"Committing arson."

As Sonic's vision sharpened he became aware he was in the city sewer, in fact he was lying on his back in a pool of stagnant water. His entire body was dotted in bruises and cuts, including a nasty gash below his right shoulder, the arm of which had numbed and refused movement. Using only his left arm he managed to stand up, light streamed down from the surface far above, Sonic ran his predicament over in his mind. After a long pause he headed down a carved rock passage heading south, moving at little more than a jog, the tunnel curved downward and south-east, Sonic, seeing no other path carried on. Eventually he came to a dark hall carved out of rock, dimly lit by wooden torches lining the walls. At the end of the chamber was a wall dotted with many different coloured lights, although not lit Sonic saw the tints on the glass in the dim light.
"Sonic, well I must say it's about time." The voice sounded like Sonic's but for the background noise of a monotone voice simultaneously saying the same words, at last Sonic realised what exactly was going on.
"Bionic, you're supposed to be dead"
"That's rather hypocritical of you, I didn't hear you complain when you saw Tails." Bionic sneered stepping from the Shadow's and standing in front of the lights.
"That's different, Tails never tried to kill me"
"Until a few minutes ago, don't think I don't know what goes on in my own lair. You've been betrayed Sonic, Kai and Shadow knew Tails was alive and they conspired to have you killed, convenient that Shadow wasn't harmed when you came down here, Shadow was the bait and you walked right in"
"But what are you doing down here?" "That's simple, I've been expecting your arrival for some time, heard about the whole thing through the grape vine you might say, or you could call it tapping into phone lines"
"But why? Why go to all that trouble to kill me when Shadow could have done it hundreds of times"
"They're afraid of you Sonic, they know they can't kill you by themselves. You see those three are rather envious of you. Tails lived in your Shadow for years and was only once been praised for his work, not so long ago and it appears he developed a liking for it, Shadow dislikes you for obvious reasons, in the ARK Incident he sacrificed his life, or so it seemed and only the great Sonic reaped the rewards. And Kai, well, we both know he's a loose cannon, but even more dangerous now that he has rallied more people to his cause than just himself, he's wanted you dead for months, he seems convinced you're to blame for what happened to poor Tails, he's seemed rather delusional lately, am I right"
"It all fits, but……."

Alarms rang and explosions resounded throughout the complex, in the thick of everything was two figures, Kai and Max, now making a dash for safety.
"Just a little further Max, you okay back there?" Kai asked.
"Do I look alright!" Max yelled back, "It's not enough to set the place on fire, you have to set up the power core s it will meltdown"
"Well I don't want to have anyone coming after me do I?" Kai looked forward and saw the heavy main entrance doors swinging closed, he quickened his pace and hoped Max could do the same, biting his lip he lowered his head and sped up even more, but to no avail, the doors closed and he ran straight into them, "Damn it." He said to himself, "back down the garbage chute I suppose"
"Only if I dump your carcase down there!" Someone yelled behind him just as he was slammed back into the solid doors.
"Oh, hey what is your problem?" Kai looked up and saw a face he never wanted to lay eyes on again, "Bionic, you're dead! You can't be alive! I saw eyeballs and brains floating in the water that day, this isn't possible"
"You only killed one of us." The bionic hedgehog snarled, "There's always more where we came from."

Next chapter: Shadow is trapped underground with no line of communication to Sonic or anyone else, Metal Sonic sets his plans in motion and Kai takes Bionic head to head.

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