Vector wakes up to find himself in a room of some sort, he looks to see an Xorda looking at him.

"Your awake, good," the Xorda said, "let's begin."

Meanwhile on the blue typhoon the chaos emerald was seen being placed in a storage container.

"It should be safe in here for the time being," Tails said.

"I'd like to know why those stealth Xordas didn't trigger the alarm when they knew for a fact that we were there?" Meta Knight asked.

"Yeah I have to agree with Meta Knight on this, little bro, something just doesn't seem right," Sonic pointed out.

"Could they be making counterfeit Chaos emeralds?" Knuckles asked.

"No, but something is definitely wrong with why they didn't put a lot of effort into protecting it," Cosmo pointed out.

"Cosmo your people fought these creatures. Do you have any idea what they could be up to?" Meta Knight asked.

"They could be setting us up for something or have found something more powerful, either way we should stay on our toes at all times," Cosmo pointed out.

"I think Cosmo is right, us finding the emeralds could be part of their plan. We should be careful," Fumu said. Meanwhile Dr. Eggman was seen following The Blue Typhoon from a safe distance, in the cockpit, Dr. Eggman was seen waiting patiently for the ship in front of his to make the next move.

"Orders, Doctor?" Decoe asked.

"We wait until they make their move, and then we follow," Dr. Eggman answered before looking back at Metal Sonic who looked back at him, "once we get our hands of most of the emeralds you'll be far more superior than Sonic ever will be."

Later Rouge was walking down the halls of the blue typhoon when she notices Knuckles standing at the window of the ship looking out into space.

"Something up?" Rouge asked.

"Why does it matter to you?" Knuckles asked.

"Sheesh! No need to be rude about it," Rouge pointed out.

"Well if it's any concern to you I'm thinking about the master emerald," Knuckles pointed out

"Really? Is that all you think about?" Rouge asked.

"It's not my fault that I'm the eternal guardian of it," Knuckles pointed out.

"Well no reason to be all mean," Rouge said before Kirby passed by.

"Hey little fella where are you heading off to?" Rouge asked.

"Poyo!" Kirby squeaked before continuing down the hall.

"Isn't that creature the cutest?" Rouge asked.

"I'm not one to rate cuteness, but he's okay," Knuckles said.

"So what do you suppose egghead's up to," Rouge asked.

"I think he made a robotic copy of Sonic not too long ago so I assume he's still on Mobius working on it," Knuckles pointed out.

"A robotic copy of Sonic? That doesn't sound like your average robot made by him," Rouge pointed out.

"You're right it isn't. Which is why I'm concerned about the emerald, just one shard of that emerald could power it ten fold," Knuckles explained.

"Well I can understand now why your so uneasy about it," Rouge pointed out.

"Exactly, the sooner we get the emeralds back and defeat these Xorda guys the better," Knuckles pointed out.

"Well we have two so far, but if Cosmo's right, we should be careful," Rouge pointed out.

"Your right," Knuckles pointed out before Rouge tries to reach and grab his hand to hold it, but Knuckles walks off before their hands could touch.

"Okay, good talk," Rouge said to herself in a disappointed voice. Meanwhile somewhere else on the ship Kirby arrives at a small area to see Amy working on Something before she noticed him standing there.

"Oh, hi Kirby, I didn't notice you come in," Amy pointed out before Kirby walked over and looked to see what Amy was up to and let's out a curious squeak, "I'm working on something for Sonic, I just hope he likes it."

Kirby looks to see a small love card made by Amy.

"Like what I'm doing so far?" Amy asked. Meanwhile in the bridge of the ship Tails was seen getting ready to head for the next destination when Cosmo walks in with a tray of tea.

"You busy, Tails?" Cosmo asked.

"Just setting coordinates for the next destination, why?" Tails asked.

"Just thought you'd want to take a quick break from all this searching," Cosmo answered.

"One second," Tails said putting the ship on autopilot before joining Cosmo, "we should arrive at the next destination soon."

"Good, hopefully the Xordas haven't beat us to it," Cosmo said.

"Hopefully," Tails said before taking a sip of tea that Cosmo handed him, "hey Cosmo."

"Yeah Tails?" Cosmo asked.

"I know this isn't the most comfortable of questions for you, but what was life like on your planet before the war?" Tails asked.

"Well, I wasn't born before the war, I was born when the Metarex first came into play. However my mother after I sacrificed myself showed me how beautiful it was before everything happened. I wish I could have seen it," Cosmo explained.

"Hmm, I never really did get to know my parents very well. They died when I was only two or so," Tails pointed out.

"I'm so sorry to hear that, Tails," Cosmo pointed out, "that must have been a hard 6 years for you."

"It was, but Sonic took care of me when we first met; I was always bullied growing up, mainly because of my knowledge and two tails," Tails explained. Feeling bad for him, Cosmo moves closer to him and holds his hand causing his face to turn red.

"You and I both had a harsh childhood, but what matters is that it's behind us right?" Cosmo asked before Tails nodded his head. Meanwhile, Sonic was seen walking the halls of the blue typhoon when he noticed Kirby walking out of a room before seeing Sonic.

"Hey Kirby, have you seen Amy anywhere?" Sonic asked before Kirby let out a soft squeak while pointing at the room him and Amy were in before walking off; curious about what was going on, he walked in to see Amy at a table working on something, "working on something?"

Amy gets startled and hides the card he was making before turning around to face Sonic.

"Sonic! What are you doing in here?" Amy asked.

"Curious as to what you're doing," Sonic answered noticing something in Amy's hands.

"Nothing," Amy said blushing before Sonic rushed behind her and grabbed the letter," Sonic that's far enough!"

Amy went red on the head when Sonic read the note, however instead of being scared about it, Sonic out of nowhere gently placed his hand on Amy's cheek catching her by surprise.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize you felt that way about me," Sonic said making Amy gasp a little before Sonic planted a kiss on her lips. To Amy it felt so fulfilling to finally know that Sonic was in love with her, she gives in and wrapped her arms around his neck; after the kiss ended, she snuggled her head against the blue hero's chest and sighed contently.

"Hey Amy can I get some...?" Rouge asked before seeing Sonic and Amy holding each other, well well well, never thought I'd see this happen,"

"We were just..." Sonic tried to explain after letting go of Amy before Rouge interrupted.

"Hey it's alright," Rouge pointed out. "I'll leave you two be."

Rouge left before Amy and Sonic left for the bridge, on arrival Tails and Cosmo where nowhere to be seen.

"Where'd he go," Sonic asked himself before looking around; Amy finds them in Tails' room sleeping peacefully with Cosmo snuggled up against his chest.

"Over here, Sonic," Amy said in a gentle voice trying not to wake the young couple up; Sonic walks over to see them as well.

"We'll look at that," Sonic said smiling.

"It's been a long day for everyone, what do you say we do the same, Sonic?" Amy asked.

"You make a good point, Amy," Sonic said before walking out of Tails' quarters and retired to his own room. Meanwhile on Dr. Eggman's ship, the doctor himself along with his crew including Metal Sonic who were waiting for Sonic, Kirby and their friends to make the next move.

"Doctor, you do realize it's almost 11 o'clock?" Becoe asked.

"Exactly, just what we need to catch them off guard, we just have to wait for them to fall asleep, and then we move in," Dr Eggman pointed out before waiting patiently for the right opportunity to attack. Back on the Blue Typhoon with Kirby and his group who were getting ready to settle down for the night.

"So did Tails say what the plan was for tomorrow?" Tuff asked.

"No, he didn't, but I assume it's to continue our journey to find the Chaos emeralds," Meta Knight answered, "in the meantime we should get some rest."

Later that night, Metal Sonic snuck into the ship and began searching for the chaos emeralds in Sonic and his friend's possession as he did Dr. Eggman was seen watching from his ship.

"Scans indicate that the emeralds are in a storage area not far, go look there," Dr Eggman ordered keeping as silent as possible trying not to wake up the entire ship before Metal Sonic walks towards the storage area not realizing that someone was following him; he continued only to find King Dedede and Escargoon fast asleep, "too bad those two betrayed me, they could have been useful allies. Anyway the emeralds are close, open that container and they should…"

Dr Eggman was caught off by Sword Knight and Blade Knight who tried to chop Metal Sonic in half, but he blocks the attacks with his wrist.

"So much for the stealthy approach. Kill them all!" Dr. Eggman shouted before the alarm was raised waking everyone up; he looked to see Meta Knight standing with a switch that said alarm pulled.

"Not so fast," Meta Knight said before Metal Sonic tried to karate chop him, but his hand gets blocked by his sword,

"I'm sure he'll come in handy," Dr. Eggman said before Metal Sonic's face opened up like before.

"Watch out, sir, looks like that thing is mimicking Kirby," Blade Knight pointed out, but before Metal Sonic could begin trying to absorb Meta Knight, Sonic Spin dashed into him.

"Mimic Kirby? What was that doctor up to?" Meta Knight asked.

"I'm glad you asked. You see after our last battle with the pink creature, I decided to do some research with the footage I managed to capture of him, I learned quite a bit from the last time we fought and with the help of a fragment of the master emerald and a little bit of programming, I was able to give Metal Sonic the same copy capabilities as he does. But in order to perfect the abilities I've given him, I'll need to take the chaos emeralds you all currently have," Dr. Eggman explained as Sonic and everyone else rushed in.

"You stole a fragment of the master emerald? Darn it! I knew we shouldn't have left it behind!" Knuckles pointed out.

"I'm afraid we'll need that back," Sonic pointed out before rushing at Metal Sonic who in response opens his face up again.

"Sonic look out!!" Amy shouted before Knuckles stopped Metal Sonic by punching him in the head knocking him over, him and Sonic then pin the Metal copy down before trying to get the master emerald fragment, but he disappears in a green flash of light before he could grab it.

"Darn!" Knuckles said.

"So Metal Sonic can mimic Kirby's copy ability, what's next?" Rouge asked.

"Why give Metal Sonic Kirby's abilities when he could easily just make a metal Kirby?" Fumu asked. Meanwhile back with Dr. Eggman who was seen disappointed after what happened.

"They have numbers on their sides, no matter, Metal Sonic, I'll research the footage we collected and make you better," Dr Eggman pointed out before taking out a small chip from a compartment in Metal Sonic's head that then closes up as Metal Sonic looked at himself looking almost disappointed by what happened. The next day, the blue typhoon arrives at its next destination, to finds Xordas have gotten there first.

"Looks like the Xordas are already here," Fumu pointed out.

"We don't have long before they notice us," Meta Knight said.

"Let's get to work then," Tails said before everyone went to their stations to get ready for action at several small Xorda ships moved in to intercept them.

"What's the call here, Tails?" Sonic asked.

"As long as they don't call in reinforcements we should stand a chance. Knuckles, can you get one of the emeralds and place it in this device in the engine room?" Tails asked before handing Knuckles a picture of a jammer device he invented.

"Will do," Knuckles said before heading for the engine room with Rouge following behind him. Meanwhile on the Xorda ship, a captain was seen Scanning the ship for anything.

"Looks like they have three chaos emeralds on board, this will be an easy snatch, contact his highness and let him know…" the captain said before the systems started malfunctioning, "now what?"

Back on the Blue Typhoon, knuckles was looking at the picture he was handed earlier to make sure he got it right

"Looks correct," Knuckles pointed out before Rouge walked in.

"Got it working?" Rouge asked.

"As the instructions said," Knuckles pointed out.

"Excellent," Rouge said before planting a kiss on Knuckles' cheek and then leaves with the echidna going red on the head. Back on the bridge as the Xorda interceptors got closer when Rouge walked in.

"What were you doing with Knuckles?" Sonic asked.

"Making sure he got the jammer working correctly," Rouge answered making Sonic feel suspicious before an explosion takes him by surprise; he looks to see Tails destroyed one of the Xorda interceptors and then takes out the other.

"We're in the clear," Tails pointed out before having the ship move up with the Xorda captain watching.

"Get communications up, now," the Xorda captain demanded as the other Xordas struggled to get communications back online.

"Whatever it is, its preventing us from calling reinforcements, we're on our own," the Xorda pointed out while the blue typhoon continued taking down Xorda ships left and right.

"Nice shooting, little bro, but something doesn't feel quite right," Sonic pointed out.

"What do you mean?" Tails asked.

"As Cosmo pointed out, the Xordas are not putting much effort into stopping us, even I'm starting to feel suspicious about it," Meta Knight explained.

"What's the call you want to make?" Tails asked.

"Let's get this emerald for now, but once we're done here I would like to figure out what's really going on," Meta Knight suggested before they continued towards the planet. Back with the Xorda captain who watched the Blue Typhoon carefully as it head right for the ship he was on.

"Ready the main canon, I have an idea," the Xorda captain ordered before the Xordas on board did as they were told, but before they could get the canon working, they get shot at by the Blue Typhoon disabling the main canon of the ship, "so much for that."

Tails pilots the Blue Typhoon towards the planet and had everyone get ready for a fight, as they got closer several Xorda Fighters emerge from the main ship, fly towards them and shoot at them almost immediately.

"Ship's talking heavy fire, Tails, we need to think of something quick," Meta Knight pointed out.

"I'm working on it, hope it works," Tails said before several laser canons emerge from the blue typhoon and starts taking down Xorda fighters left and right turning the tide in their favor.

"This ship's quite persistent," The Xorda captain said to himself before the last of the Xorda fighters were destroyed, "we cannot win here, retreat!"

The Xorda ship flees from the planet, but Sonic, Kirby and everyone else weren't celebrating just yet. Later Sonic walks in with the next Chaos emerald they collected and sets it into storage.

"Is it possible to find out where the Xordas are keeping their info at?" Meta Knight asked.

"Since we don't know much I think we need to think out of the box in order to figure out what exactly is going on," Tails pointed out.

"Where do we start?" Sonic asked.

"I suggest we either A raid and Xorda ship for info, or B, try to at least capture a high up Xorda commander," Meta Knight suggested.

"But where do you suppose we find out where such a ship or commander is?" Fumu asked.

"I think I know who might have an idea as to where they are," Tails said. Later the same Xorda they captured earlier was seen in a small room as Meta Knight walked in.

"Come to interrogate me?" The Xorda asked.

"Something like that," Meta Knight said before pulling out his sword and points it at the alien's eye, "you see we're suspicious about the effort you're putting in to stopping us from collecting the Chaos emeralds, your gonna tell me everything you know about where we can find out what your commander is really up to, or I'm gonna keep your eye as a trophy."

"You wouldn't," the Xorda pointed out.

"I would. Your friend already made a good one," Meta Knight said before pulling out an Xorda eye.

"Wait, I might know where you can look," The Xorda pointed out in a panicking tone. Later Mets Knight walked out with the info he needs.

"Meta Knight, is that really an Xorda eye?" Knuckles asked.

"No, it's just a rubber beach ball that I found one day," Mets Knight pointed out.

"Well aside from that, impressive work, what's our next destination?" Tails asked.

"The Xordas have an info stockade that they keep heavily guarded, but it has a death barrier that will disintegrate any unauthorized personal that tries to pass through it along with a firewall that'll only let a commander or higher pass.

"I knew it wasn't gonna be easy," Escargon pointed out.

"We can chaos control ourselves in there once we're close enough, but we'll need to get a commander or higher to pass through the firewall," Meta Knight explained.

"Will one of their tentacles do?" Rouge asked.

"No, we need an Xorda that's still breathing, if we try to pass the firewall ourselves all the data that we need will be destroyed," Meta Knight answered.

"Where do you suppose we find a high ranking Xorda?" Knuckles asked.

"That's where the Xorda we have comes in, he'll lead us to a high ranking Xorda that we can capture," Meta Knight explained.

"Sounds good, everyone back to their stations," Tails ordered before everyone went to work, meanwhile, Dr. Eggman was seen making some final adjustments to Metal Sonic.

"That should do it," Dr. Eggman said before Metal Sonic looked at himself and nodded, "good, you might be outnumbered, but you won't be overpowered."