Sonic and Shadow slowly backed away as the hedgebots moved in, "These copies are really annoying me."

Shadow clenched his fists, "Then lets show them how the originals fight." Several missiles dropped from the sky and exploded around them.

Robotnik cursed as several black jets flew out of the clouds, "So GUN wishes to interfere." He pressed a button and several small cylinders shot out of his bot and exploded in the sky. A rainbow of flashing lights filled the sky. "You hedgehogs have gotten a reprieve this time. But in ten days I will celebrate our little anniversary by roasting you and your little friends."

"Anniversary?"

Robotnik chuckled, "My greatest enemy and also the stupidest creature on the planet." The robot's arm shot forward and grabbed Leda. Energy sparked from it and knocked the echidna out, "In ten days!" He started to vanish in a burst of green light.

"Not this time!" Shadow signaled to Knuckles and the echidna grabbed the hedgehogs' arms and flung them at Robotnik. They vanished along with Robotnik.

Sonic and Shadow drifted for a few moments and dropped onto a metal floor. Sonic shook his head, "Where is Eggman?" They were in a long metal corridor with metal pipes lining the walls.

"We were separated from the doctor while in transport. We are lucky we didn't reappear in solid rock."

Sonic shrugged and walked down the corridor and looked out a small window, "I think solid rock it the least of out problems."

Shadow walked to him and looked out the window, "We're on the moon!"

"That explains a lot!" Sonic looked down the corridor, "Well! We have a steel door at each end. Which one you want to try?"

Shadow summoned his chaos emerald, "I will try and locate The Master Emerald." He closed his eyes and held out the green emerald. It flashed with green light as Shadow concentrated. Sonic sighed, sat down, and waited.

Robotnik sat down in front of a large computer in his main lab as Leda was placed in a large glass cylinder, "Those rodents may have defeated one of my weapons, but my master plan will be their downfall. Soon the power of the chaos god will be mine." A large metal arm with a needle at the end of it slowly descended from the ceiling.

His techbot floated to him, "My Lord! Sonic and Shadow are here."

"Damn those rodents! Dispatch Metal!" The bot floated away, "Wait!" The bot stopped. "Knowing Metal he will destroy most of this base before he kills his target. Use the hedgebots to lure them to shuttle hanger two. Then eject them into space." The bot beeped and flew off. Robotnik's fingers flew over the controls, "Just need a little more time."

Shadow opened his eyes and dismissed the emerald, "That one!" Both hedgehogs ran to one of the doors and hit the controls. The door slid into the ceiling. A squad of armed hedgebots were standing in front of them.

Sonic quickly hit the controls again and the door closed, "I like the other door."

"No argument here!" They ran down the corridor and opened the other door. They stepped out into a large corridor that was better lit.

"Hey! No clones!" Several laser blasts exploded off the wall.

Shadow rushed at the group, "Let's move!"

Deep in the base, a pair of red eyes glowed in the darkness, "SONIC!"

Shadow and Sonic crashed into a group of hedgebots and ran down a corridor, "Tell me again why we are purposely running into every enemy we come across."

"Robotnik is trying to herd us into a trap." Shadow ran along the side of a wall and curled into a ball. He shot across the wall and slammed into a pair of hedgebots as they were coming around a turn, "If we follow the patrols, we will find out target."

Sonic shrugged and activated his energy blades, "Lead the way!"

Shadow drew his guns and the pair slowly made their way through the moon base. After what seemed like hours, the two made it to a large gray metal door. It had a keypad lock next to it. Shadow holstered his guns and pulled out his PDA. He hooked it to the pad and started to work on it. Three hedgebots shot from around a corner and opened fire. Sonic blocked their shots with his blades, "Any time now!"

The door slid open, "Got it!" Both hedgehogs jumped inside and the door slid shut. Shadow looked around, "Looks like the prison level." They were in another long corridor, but this one had cells along the sides. The bars glowed with sickly green colored.

"Sonic! You've come to rescue me." Amy Rose was waving from one of the cells.

"Amy!" Sonic ran over, "How did you get here?"

"Some of Robotnik's troops captured me. You came all this way just to save me. You must really love me."

Sonic gulped as Amy winked at him, "Yeah! Sure! Shadow?" The black hedgehog grumbled but opened the cell. Amy shot out of the cell and tackled Sonic. Sonic fell to the ground with Amy on top of him, "Hey!"

"But my hero deservers a reward."

"No! It is REALLY not necessary!"

Shadow grabbed Amy's arm and pulled her off him, "We need to get moving. It won't take them long to break down that door. Have you seen anything strange?"

"No! Not really. As far as I know I was the only prisoner."

"Good! That means we can blow this place without worrying about anyone."

"Ah, we better make sure to get The Master Emerald! I do not want to be the one to tell Knuckles we destroyed it."

Shadow nodded, "You have a point there!" He redrew his guns, "But the emerald appears to be at the center of this base. And I'm not sure how to get there and get out."

Sonic sighed, "And if you don't know, then we have a problem."

"I have an idea!" Both hedgehogs looked at Amy with puzzled looks. The pink echidna smiled, "All these hedgebots look a lot like you."

"NO!" Both hedgehogs shook their heads, "Not a chance!"

"I hate your girlfriend!" Shadow grumbled under the makeup.

"She is not my girlfriend!" Amy had used her makeup to disguise the two as hedgebots. Metal pulled from computers had been used to make it appear they had metal armor skin in some areas of their bodies. Amy had scrunched herself into a hollowed out computer core that the pair were carrying on their shoulders.

"What do you mean I'm not your girlfriend?"

"Shush!" Sonic jiggled the core as a pair of echidnabots walked by. Shadow prayed the signal that his PDA was sending would fool their computer brains. The bots glanced at them and kept walking. They reached a pair of large doors and Shadow put his hand on it. He nodded and hit the door control. It slid open and they stepped in. The Master Emerald was connected to a large cylinder that connected the floor to the ceiling. On top of the emerald was a glass tube that held a female echidna, "Leda?"

Shadow nodded, "That is her all right!" The hedgehogs put the core down and walked towards the emerald.

"Guys? I can't get out! Guys?

Sonic ignored her and walked over to the base of the cylinder, "Any ideas?"

Shadow crossed his arms, "It isn't connected to the base. I have no idea what it doing here."

"It is one of the final components." Metal landed on top of the tube, "Only one thing remains and the doctor's plan will come to life."

"And that would be?"

Metal pointed to Shadow, "Locked in your mind is the last bit of information that Robotnik needs. Your creator imprinted all of his knowledge into your mind. Soon that will belong to Robotnik." Metal chuckled, "But none of this is my concern. Sonic is my one and only target. I was made in his image, now it is time to prove I am superior." Metal jumped and landed on the metal floor, "You may go Shadow! I have no desire to fight you."

"I'm not going anywhere. And I want some answers out of you."

Metal laughed and activated his arm blades, "Fine! I will kill you both."