Chapter 36 : The Beginning of the End
Master Plan Room - Zabolick Eggbase
As the group of heroes reached the end of the base, they entered a strange room. Inside the room was the top of the shrine. Surrounded by machines to harness the emeralds power, along with three pods to the side of it.
"Look, there's the emeralds!" Charmy shouted in joy.
"Thanks Mr. Points-out-the-obvious," Espio said running up to the emeralds.
"Not so fast, lizard," Eggman said from behind them. Dr. Eggman, Chemon, Omega, Rouge, Shadow and Zero stood in the doorway of the room.
"I think we're busted," Big sighed.
"Oh you're busted," Eggman laughed, "But you walked right into my trap." Eggman pointed to a group of five small tubes. Four of which, containing Froggy, Birdie, Cheese and Chocola.
"FROGGY!"
"CHEESE! CHOCOLA!" Cream cried.
"Birdie…" Amy said in disbelief.
"We need these four to finish our plan," Eggman explained, "You see, each one has been exposed to the emeralds. They well add extra power to the revival of the ancient god!"
"What's the fifth one for?" Tails asked.
"Simple, him," Eggman pointed at Tocky. Tocky stood there in shock.
"Why?" Knuckles shouted.
"Because, he had a piece of an emerald stuck in his shell, meaning he's been exposed to the emerald too!" Eggman said picking the emerald out of Tocky and throwing him in a tube.
"What about the emerald Fang stole?" Rouge asked from behind him.
"Chemon found it out in the wastelands of this planet, it's on the shrine now."
"Well then, what are the three big tubes for?" Espio questioned.
"Simple. Three of the people in this room can go Super or Hyper when in contact of the Chaos or Super emeralds."
"Wait a minute, that means….," Amy said, "SONIC!"
"Correct fools!" Eggman shouted grabbing Sonic and placing him in one of the tubes.
"Let him go!" Tails yelled running towards Eggman. He simply pushed him out of the way.
"Now, for the one that goes hyper." Eggman grabbed Mighty and threw him in a tube.
"Mighty can go hyper?" Vector asked.
"Yes, he is in contact with the Super Emeralds all the time," Ray said.
"But what about the third?" Knuckles questioned.
"Oh, well, it's our little Shadow here," Eggman chuckled.
"What!" Rouge shouted.
"That's right, I tricked you all into helping me. I knew all along I would need Shadow for this, and he's too powerful for me to get myself."
"You're evil," Rouge cried.
"No duh," Eggman said, grabbing Shadow with no problem.
"No.." Shadow said weakly, then passing out.
"And now to deal with the rest of you," Eggman said pressing a button on a panel near Chemon. A large casing appeared around everyone but himself and Chemon.
"You're going on a little trip into deep space!"
"We can't get out!" Blaze shouted kicking the case.
"You won't get away with this!" Rouge cried.
"But I will," Eggman laughed.
"No you won't," Chemon laughed.
"What?"
"Don't you see you fool, I've used you!"
"YOU DID WHAT!"
"I needed you to capture the emeralds, I needed you to build a base. I needed you to trick Sonic and his friends to come here."
"I…don't understand."
"I've been working with your past creations," Chemon laughed as Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, Tails Doll and Eggrobo appeared in the room.
"No!" Eggman shouted as Eggrobo pushed him into the case.
"Didn't you wonder how I got the stupid chao and the frog and bird? Didn't you wonder how I got the emerald from Fang? My robot friends found them for me. You fell for a trick you fool."
"But how…"
"Simple, you're an idiot," Chemon chuckled, "And now, I bid you all, fair well!" He pressed a button on a panel, and the pod was launched into space.