Dracula's Castle - Underground Cavern

After activating the teleportation trap Simon arrived at a dark location, he still can see the ground and walls looks a lot like natural caves untouched by anyone's hand.

"Where am I ? Is this a cave ?" Simon touched the walls, as it's feels like jagged rocks.

Soon after Simon hear a sound of flapping wings behind him, he readied his whip and as the sounds coming closer. With the sound getting more and more louder Simon quickly turned around and swing his whip.

"Whoa whoa whoa it's me !" The attack missed as Gaibon able to dodge at the last minute.

"Oh it's just you Gaibon." Simon rolled his whip back.

"Guess the teleportation sent us here." Said Gaibon.

"And where is here exactly ?" Asked Simon as he crossed his arms.

"This is the Underground Caverns, you can say it's like a secret passage or caves located under the castle, anyway this place is Scylla's territory, we better leave before she sees us." Explained Gaibon.

"Fine, then teleport us out of here." Said Simon.

"Uuh... yeah I can't do that." Answered Gaibon nervously.

"What do you mean you can't !? Demons can disappear to escape right ?" Simon pressed the blue gargoyle.

"Okay first of all I'm a gargoyle, and second, yes I can, but somehow right now I can't, it's like there's something or someone blocked my ability to teleport, that's why I've been flying around the cavern looking a way out the normal way, I guess I'm lucky I found you because of that." Explained Gaibon.

"I suppose so, so you really had no idea about that trap earlier ?" Asked Simon.

"I know Gruntilda is making modifications to the castle, but we don't exactly know the specifics, science isn't exactly our forte." Answered Gaibon.

"Fine I'll believe you, let us find a way out of here." And with that Simon and Gaibon begin to find a way to leave the Caverns.

Simon and Gaibon walk around the Caverns to look for a way out, and while they do that Simon tried to strike up a conversation. "So, Gaibon, you said you're a gargoyle ? Aren't gargoyles supposed to be protectors ? Why do you side with Dracula ?"

"Does it matter if I tell you ? We're only allies out of mutual goal anyway." Responded Gaibon.

"Maybe we will return to being enemies once we're done, but maybe I could gain new perspective, how did Dracula able to amass such loyalty from monsters from Europe ? And some outside of Europe." Said Simon.

"Fine, if you want to know that bad, just like churches of the past I was sculpted in order to ward of evil, I was blessed with life from the Heavens in order to protect the faith in Earth as the angels unable to interact with mortal plane, as we learn about the faith we were tasked to protect I have huge pride in being a part of something of noble cause, however as the faith grow in number and followers, rotten apples begin to appear, in the upper echelons especially more concerned with power and wealth than devotion to the faith, they preached to the people and yet behind closed doors they do a lot of things the condemned by the faith, I tried to endure, but then one day what drive me to abndon the humans was when the schism happened, many of my fellow gargoyles leave in disgust, we were lost and wandering aimlessly, until Death appeared and offered us a way, that's how we ended up joining Dracula." Explained Gaibon.

"I see, I'm truly sorry that sins of humanity is what drive you to turn against them." Simon tried to apologized on behalf of humans.

"You don't have to apologize for their actions, if anything I have respect for you Belmonts, with each generations I see none of you turned corrupt and using your ancestry to abuse anyone, at the very least I know there are humans worth protecting after all." Replied Gaibon.

The floor of the cavern begin shaking as Simon fall to the ground. "What happened ? The cave is shaking !"

The shaking soon stopped, but then a serpentine like creature lunged towards the duo as it opened it's mouth. Gaibon grabbed Simon and fly around to dodge the snake, as the snake monster turn to the duo Gaibon used it's fire breath at the creature, burning it.

"Gaibon ! Take me closer to that thing !" Exclaimed Simon.

"What ! You better know what you're doing !" Complained Gaibon.

"Yes, I do know what I'm doing, now do it !" Ordered Simon.

Gaibon agreed as he fly towards the snake monster in full speed, Simon readied his whip and swinging it in rapid fire movement, slashing the snake monster to pieces, killing it. "That was ?"

"Scylla's Wyrm ! She knows we're here, and I'll bet she's where the exit are." Stated Gaibon. "And if we don't hurry she might flood the place !"

"Then we have to hurry and find her !" For faster travel Gaibon continued to carry Simon to exit the cave.

As Gaibon fly around the cave while carrying Simon Scylla Wyrm emerging from the cavern walls and floors to attack them, but luckily Gaibon able to avoid them all with Simon help contribute by attacking some of the Wyrms that emerge near them.

"The attacks are becoming more frequent, we must be close !" Exclaimed Gaibon.

"Then just a little more ! Go !" After killing another Scylla Wyrm Gaibon fly forward to hopefully reach Scylla.

After flying even further Gaibon stopped as he saw Scylla in front of him.

"Well done Gaibon, you were able to avoid my wyrms, and of course you had that Belmont with you." Said Scylla. "And we're the traitors ?"

"Lord Death only wished for the best for Lord Dracula, if he refused to take the Dark Lord mantle so be it !" Exclaimed Gaibon, "and you're going to force Soma to become Dracula whether he wants to or not ?" Asked Gaibon

"The presence of the Dark Lord is necessary, Soma can get mad if he wants, as long as he takes his place as the Dark Lord then so be it." Replied Scylla.

"Now you're just being selfish ! Simon let's get rid of her !"

"Of course !"

"You won't get rid of me that easily !" Scylla summoned a body of water in where Simon stand and form water bubbles and shoot them at Simon and Gaibon, Simon swings his whip to destroy the projectiles, Scylla then generate Wyrms from her lower torso to attack the duo as she also summon water bubbles to attack, one of the bubble hit Gaibon, forcing him to drop Simon.

Simon fell down, and as he about to reach the ground on of the Wyrm waiting below on opened it's mouth hoping to eat Simon. Simon fell toward the mouth as the Wyrm swallowed him.

"No Simon !" Gaibon rushed to rescue Simon, but the dog head on Scylla torso let out a howl that cause the debris to fall from above, impeding Gaibon from rescuing Simon.

"Looks like your Belmont became my meal now, it's your turn to die now Gaibon !" Scylla then create a huge water ball, the other dog head also form a huge water ball on it's mouth, hoping to combine the attack to take down Gaibon in one fell swoop, but before Scylla can shoot the projectile she felt something strange.

"What the...I feel strange." One of the wyrms combust into flames as Simon forced himself out from the wyrm. "Aaahhh ! Holy Water !"

"Simon you made it !" Gaibon exclaimed in relief.

"Yes, now let us settle this !" Simon ready for another fight.

"Oh no you don't !" Scylla raised the water level. "Hope you can swim Belmont !"

"I don't have too !" Simon pull out a blue spherical crystal ball, and then the water Scylla summoned gets absorbed into the ball, undoing Scylla's attempt to drown the heroes.

Seeing Scylla in shock Gaibon unleash a stream of fire to her, as she screams in being burned. Scylla generates more of her wyrms and sending them on a rampage, hitting the walls in order to randomly attack Simon and Gaibon or bury them by using the fallen debris.

Both of the dog heads bowl simultaneously, causing debris to fall and hoping to bury both Simon and Gaibon. Simon put the Blue Crystal on his pocket back as Gaibon carry him again and bring him to Scylla upper torso, in which Simon slashed her repeatedly.

Scylla in desperate bid for survival generate even more wyrms and razed the entire place, forcing Gaibon and Simon to dodge them, she used her water magic to douse the flames on her.

Angered, Scylla used her power to summon a violent stream of water to defeat the heroes as the Underground Caverns shaking violently.

"Simon ! I can hear water about to burst from anywhere in here !" The sound of water coming becoming louder by the second.

"That path Scylla blocked leads to the top right ?" Asked Simon.

"Yes ? And ? Are you going to destroy the ceiling !? That's too risky ! You could cause a cave in !" Exclaimed Gaibon.

"There's no choice ! Something must've blocked your teleportation, but I have a way to get us out of here ! Trust me !" Exclaimed Simon. "Gaibon you have to put me down !"

Seeing no other way Gaibon put Simon down as he unleashed his clan technique the Grand Cross, a burst of light followed by shining crosses unleashed from Simon and rise upwards, destroying the ceiling above as debris begin to fall. However Simon then pull out a Red Crystal and a tornado appeared and whisk Simon and Gaibon away upward, allowing them to escape the Underground Caverns, it's a close call too as they reached the top the Underground Caverns is now flooded.

"That was a close one." Said Simon as he sit in exhaustion, "Is it just me or are you all becoming stronger than before ?"

"Let's just say all of us learned a lot of things from our previous defeats, anyway let us hurry." Simon and Gaibon got up as the two make their way upstairs.

Grand Metropolis

Sonic and Co. returned to Grand Metropolis in order to capture the Xurkitree that latched itself on HEXAeco building.

Outside the building G.U.N Personnel is stationed outside still trying to figure out a way to remove the Xurkitree with little success.

"Still nothing ?" Asked the Commander.

"No, sir, we don't want to risk any unnecessary provocation, many of our men have been injured already, we can't risk anyone getting hurt anymore." Answered the subordinate.

"*Sigh* what are we supposed to do ?" The Commander stressed out as the investigation isn't going anywhere.

But then his burden is about to be lifted as he heard a familiar voice calling out his name.

"Yo Commander ! Long time no see !" Sonic and Co. greeted the military man.

"Ah Sonic ! It has been a while hasn't it." The Commander returned Sonic's greeting.

"Everyone let me introduce you, this is the leader of G.U.N, an international security organization." Sonic introduced the Commander to his companions.

"Pleased to make your acquaintance sir." Rosalina curtsy to the Commander.

"Pleasure to make your acquaintance as well." Added Meta Knight.

"Ah yes, likewise..." Commander is dumbfounded by seeing Sonic's new companion as he whispered to the hedgehog. "New companions ?"

"Not to worry sir, they'll get the job done." Replied Sonic as the Commander backed away from Sonic. "So I see you got an Ultra Beast problem ?"

"Ultra Beast ? Is that what you call this thing ?" Asked Commander. "Do you know anything we don't ?"

"Oh more than you know, but we can talk about that later, for now we need to remove that Xurkitree from the building." Stated Sonic.

"We tried everything, but any of our attempts ended up provoking the beast, you had no idea how many of my men are injured because of this thing." at the Xurkitree.

"Have you tried putting it to sleep ?" Asked Sonic.

"Sleep !? That thing doesn't even have a face ! We did tried using tranquilizer, but it's not strong enough to pierced it's cable like limb, who knows if that thing even have a blood."

"Then it's a good thing I'm here, unfortunately our usual methods won't work with this fella, so I'm using a technique that's out of this world, okay Jigglypuff it's your time to shine, but first Commander you need to cover your ears, and tell your men to do the same." Advices Sonic.

"Cover my ears ?" The Commander seems confused.

"Yes, look just do it and trust me, we'll fix problem quickly !" Insisted Sonic.

Agreeing to Sonic's demand the Commander ordered his men to cover their ears as he did the same, Sonic and Co. also covered their ears and Jigglypuff begin singing.

Xurkitree noticed the singing voice, and not long after it begin to feel drowsy, Xurkitree 'unplugging' itself from the building, causing it to lost its balance and fall to the ground,

"It worked !" Shouted the Commander as he opened his ears.

"And now for the finishing touches." Sonic run towards the Xurkitree and throw a beast ball at it, capturing the Ultra Beast, as the Xurkitree is asleep it doesn't put any resistance and Sonic successfully captured it. Sonic then went back to his companions.

"Sonic you did it ! Your plan works !" Amy hugged her 'boyfriend' only for Sonic to gently pushed her away.

"Guess we won't be fighting after all." Said Meta Knight.

"That's a good thing right ? Although I do admit this is too easy." Commented Rosalina.

"Wow it took us days, but you dealt with it in minutes." The Commander having mixed feelings as how easy it was for Sonic to solve their problem.

"That's what you get for having friends beyond your world, speaking of friends where's Shadow ? Kinda odd you didn't send him on a mission like this." Questioned Sonic.

Hearing this the Commander begin to act nervous. "Ahem...you see Sonic, I really don't want to say this but we haven't been able to contact Shadow for a while, we did send him to this location, but after that it's like he's just vanished, the same can be said for Rouge and Omega."

"Hmm...this creature came from a rift created when's Chaos Emerald appears, could it be those three get sucked in the rift ?" Questioned Sonic.

"It's possible, but it's highly unlikely Shadow can't escape as he's so powerful." Commander stroking his chin. "Well we already hire Team Chaotix to look for them, but if they got sucked into another world then, this may be beyond what Chaotix can do."

"Hmm...it's kinda harsh to cancel them just like that, anyway what about this, leave us to look for Shadow, we're the ones who's gonna hire Chaotix for our mission." Suggested Sonic.

"Sonic are you sure about this ? Do you have enough money to pay Vector ?" Asked Amy.

"No worries, I've collected enough rings on my adventures after all, I can pay them no problem." Sonic seems sure of himself.

"Okay then I'll give them a call." Commander then pull out his cellphone and make a call.

In another parts of the city and anthropomorphic crocodile, purple chameleon, and a bee walking around the city.

"We look all over and there's no clue to be found." Complained the crocodile.

"We still musn't give up Vector, we need that reward money from G.U.N." Said the purple chameleon.

"Espio's right ! Imagine the number of ice cream we can buy with that amount !" Exclaimed the bee.

"Yes Charmy I get that this is important, but where else do we suppose to look ?" Soon after Vector feel a beeping as he grabbed his phone. "Yes, Commander...no sorry we still haven't got any leads...wait what ! We're off the case ! Look if you just..."

"Is the Commander removing us from the case ?" Asked Espio.

As Vector tried to get the Commander to reconsider Vector hear a familiar voice on the phone. "Yo Vector long time no see buddy."

"Sonic is that you ?" Asked Vector which surprised both Charmy and Espio.

"The one and only, you must be shocked about what just happened, but like what the Commander said we'll be the ones looking for Shadow."

"Sonic I know we're friends, but you can't just swoop in and take our job like that !" Complained Vector.

"Hold on I'm not done yet, look I'm going to be your new client from now on, and my job for you is to investigate Eggman, like see if he's making friends with my other enemies, waking up another otherworldly threats that he assume he can control, you know the usual." Explained Sonic.

Espio then grabbed Vector's phone. "Seems quite the task you're forcing on us, how much are you gonna pay us ?"

"Oh hi Espio, is 5 million rings good enough for you ?" Asked Sonic which the trio have their mouth agape.

Vector quickly snatched his phone back. "5 million ! You're not pulling our legs do you ?"

"Nope, if anything I can give you the advance payment right now, just wait a bit." Sonic then cut off the connection.

Scene return to Sonic and Co.

"Okay Commander here's your phone back." Sonic give the Commander his phone. "Okay Rosalina, teleport me to Team Chaotix, they're a trio of anthropomorphic crocodile, chameleon, and a bee, it shouldn't be too hard to locate them."

"Okay I'll try." Rosalina using her clairvoyance to find anyone that fits Sonic description. "I found them, okay Sonic I'll take you to them." Rosalina then teleport herself and Sonic to Chaotix.

As the trio still waiting Sonic then reappeared with Rosalina, surprising the trio.

"Heya guys." Sonic waved his hand to the trio. "Just like I promised, here's 1 million rings first." Sonic give them 1 million rings as advance payment.

"Whoa look at this ! Is this for real ?" Charmy wiping his eyes still cannot believe what he see.

Espio is also agaped, but he quickly retained his composure as difficult as he tries. "So, Sonic about the task you need us to do why Eggman ? I know he's been under the radar, but..."

"Oh believe me he's back in action, I can feel it, I haven't encountered him either recently, but I know with the way things are he's going to jumped at the chance to take advantage of the crisis." Said Sonic. "Anyway use this if you want to comtact me." Sonic good be the trio his golden plate.

"Is this a gold bar ? It looks really flat." Commented Vector.

"No it's a multipurpose device, let me show you." Sonic teach the trio on how to use the golden plate.

"Okay I got the hang of it, so we'll use this to contact you is that right ?" Asked Vector.

"Yep, you can contact me directly or to our HQ." Said Sonic which make Chaotix raised an eyebrow

"HQ ? Since when you have place to stay ?" Asked Espio. "And what's Eggman have anything to do with Shadow gone missing ?"

"Yes, well there's a malevolent force threatening the universe, and since I can't be here all the time I need someone who's already here to check up on things for us." Said Sonic.

"I also would like it if all lend us your help." Said Rosalina.

Vector looked at Rosalina and introduced himself. "Hello miss, my name is Vector, sorry about the late introduction."

"My name is Espio, pleasure to make your acquaintance." Followed by Espio.

"And I'm Charmy is nice to meet you." And lastly followed by Charmy.

"It's nice to meet you too, my name is Rosalina, and a friend of Sonic is a friend of mine too."

"Rosalina came from another world, just like Blaze, but you probably won't believe as how we've met, so I'll save the story for later." Said Sonic, "Oh right don't worry about that giant cable monster, we already deal with it."

"You have ? That's amazing, how did you do it ? Isn't that thing storing up electricity ?" Asked Charmy.

"Just a little something called a poke ball." Sonic pull out the beast ball and twirling it on his finger. "Oh and if you have time informed Knuckles about this too okay, before he got tricked by the enemy again."

"We'll do Sonic, I guess we're off investigating Eggman then." Said Vector.

"Great ! I'll see you guys later." With that said and done Rosalina then teleport herself and Sonic back to HEXAeco.

"Alright you guys we're back !" Said Sonic as he returned back with Rosalina.

"So did you tell your friends about us ?" Asked Meta Knight.

"Not really, I'm just telling them the general summary of what we're doing." Answered Sonic.

"So are we done here ?" Asked Amy. "Seems to easy."

"It is what it is, I guess it's time to go back, oh I give my golden plate to Chaotix, so who's gonna teleport us back ?" Asked Sonic.

"Sonic, is this problem is bigger than it seems ?" Asked the Commander.

"Yes sir, believe it or not, it's universe spanning, you just leave this to us, you just focus on threats in this world." Said Sonic. "Many of your men have been hurt by the Xurkitree anyway."

"Alright, but I also want to do something, I can't just stand by when this world is in danger." Said the Commander.

Rosalina stepped in and give Commander her golden plate. "You can use this to keep in touch with us."

"A gold bar ? It sure is flat." Commented Commander.

"It's use is very simple, I'll show you." Rosalina taught the Commander on how to use the golden plate.

"Alright Sonic, we'll keep in touch if we discovered anything suspicious." The Commander then leave Sonic and Co. All of the G.U.N Personnel pack up and leave, returning to their base.

"Is it safe leaving the golden plate with him ? Isn't he with the government ?" Asked Meta Knight.

"Don't worry the Commander is someone you can trust, he's truly serious about keeping the world safe." Sonic vouched for G.U.N

"I agree with Sonic, I sorta read his mind and he proved himself trustworthy, oh and I also secretly placed a mental shield on his brain to protect him from mind control." Winked Rosalina.

"That's very sneaky, but he really need it, the last thing we need is to have G.U.N on our tail just because their leader is being brainwashed." Commented Amy.

"At least that reason is still legit, one time they're chasing me it's because they can't tell me and Shadow apart, talk about stupid, I'm way more awesome than that emo freak !" Sonic complaining about past events.

"Right, we never get to ask the Commander's name, what is his name ?" Asked Meta Knight.

"I dunno." Replied Sonic nonchalantly. "I never asked for his name either, I just call him Commander everytime we meet."

"Try not to get too callous, so we got what we for, guess it's time to go ?" Asked Meta Knight.

"Yep, I was thinking of going to see Knuckles, but since I have the Chaotix for that, I don't have to, and we can save time." Sonic pull out the beast ball and twirl it in his finger. "And now we got this big fella on our side."

As the heroes prepare to return a voice is heard from nowhere. "I'll take that."

"Wait who said that ?" Asked Meta Knight as the heroes looked around.

"That voice !? Could it be !?" Amy seemed to recognize the voice.

A figure fly in high speed and managed to snatch the beast ball from Sonic, pushing him down to the ground. The figure then floated in front of the heroes, he wears a silver mask with one red eye, and a red jewel attached on his body.

"Infinite !" Shouted Sonic as he got up.

"Surprise to see me ?" Asked Infinite.

"Actually no, I pretty much expected to see you actually." Answered Sonic.

"What ! Didn't it surprise you at least a little that I'm back !?" Infinite seems to overemphasize his importance.

"Sorry, but nope, my friends here have their enemies returned so of course the same also apply to me." Replied Sonic.

"Grrr...whatever, now you and your new friends will fall by my hands !" Threatened Infinite.

"Another 'friend' of yours Sonic ?" Asked Meta Knight sarcastically.

"Oh yeah, we go way back, claiming he'll destroy me only to fail again and again." Answered Sonic.

"This won't be like last time ! I swear I will destroy you this time !" Infinite create a black hole that will send anything it sucked in to Null Space. "Without that rookie there's no way you can escape the Null Space this time."

The black hole is sucking everything towards it, including the heroes, however Rosalina easily closed the black hole.

This surprised Infinite. "What ! How did you closed it so easily !?"

But Infinite have no time for questions as Meta Knight struck him with his sword at high speed, Infinite scream in pain as he dropped the beast ball, as Infinite tried to grabbed the beast ball back Amy intervene and smacked him with her hammer, with Infinite sent flying a bit, Amy grabbed the beast ball, Sonic run and encircling him, creating a blue tornado that trapped Infinite, Jigglypuff then finish things off by blasting him with Hyper Voice. Hurling Infinite until he crashed into a wall.

Infinite got up as he struggled to process what just happened. "What ? How ? The Phantom Ruby is fully charged !? And yet I'm still defeated ?"

Sonic walked up to him as he heard what Infinite said. "Fully charged you said ? Last time we fought the ruby got destroyed, could someone be helping you ?"

Infinite shrugged the question as Sonic continued talking.

"Well you know like a universe spanning evil organization comprised of villains and dead people back to life, most as zombies really, not exactly resurrected, but you get the idea." Hearing all this Infinite is shocked as he realized Sonic may know more than he thought.

"What ! How much do you know !?" Exclaimed Infinite.

"Oh, not much, it's not like it's any of your business anyway." Sonic is mocking Infinite.

"If you won't talk then I'll forced it out of you !" Infinite fly towards Sonic at high speed, only for him to collide with Rosalina's barrier which protects Sonic. As Rosalina remove the barrier Sonic jumped and perform Jump Dash at the jackal, Infinite is sent flying as Meta Knight teleported behind Infinite and slashed his back with his sword, Infinite screamed in pain as he fell down. "How am I still weak ?"

"Yeah, I picked the overpowered ones to accompany me, kinda thought we have to fight that Xurkitree in case things don't go as planned." Answered Sonic.

"I still can fight !" Infinite fire a laser beam from his hand only for Rosalina to blocked it with her barrier, as much as Infinite kept on firing there still no dent on the barrier, if anything Roslina just expand her barrier and sandwiched Infinite to a wall behind him. Rosalina then remove the barrier.

"You win this round Sonic, but mark my words I will have my revenge !" As Infinite about to teleport Jigglypuff begin singing as he starting to feel drowsy. "Aaah...what is this singing, why am I...feeling...sleepy...?

Rosalina stayed inside her barrier, she also made it soundproof to protect herself and her allies from Jigglypuff singing, she then point her wand as she create a black hole. "You're not the only one who can trap people in pocket dimension."

As Infinite about to be sucked in, a figure rescues him at the last minute, and it's Shadow the Hedgehog, as he fly to a top of a building.

"Shadow !?" Sonic is surprised by who he see, however more to his surprise Shadow doesn't look like himself as there are mechanical parts in his body, his left face appears to be mechanized with his left eye is a all black with red dot, his right arm seems to be replaced with mechanical arm with sharp clawed fingers.

"That's the Shadow you're talking about ? How could those people mistake him for you especially with that mechanical parts ?" Remarked Meta Knight as he questions the Mobians intelligence.

"I know right, but then again he never have mechanical parts, that's new." Commented Sonic.

"Could it be he's turned into a Chimera ? Just like what happens to the creatures in Lucas world ?" Asked Rosalina.

"It's either that or Haltmann Works Company is behind this, I doubt we'll get the answers soon." Said Meta Knight.

"Guess not, I've been trying to read his mind, but it seems his brain is part mechanical too, I can't get anything." Said Rosalina.

"Shadow ! The Commander been looking everywhere for you ! What happened !?" Exclaimed Sonic.

As Sonic tried to reach out to Shadow he can only replied. "THE ENEMY MUST BE ELIMINATED." With a robotic sounding voice.

"No good Sonic, I don't think he can hear us." Said Amy.

"Then there's only one thing to do !" As Sonic and Co. About to take action missiles is flying to them from the left side, the explosions send the heroes flying a fair distance, and then a figure descends from above in high speed and stomped the ground, causing small tremor and shockwave which knocks the heroes further.

"Uuugghh..." Sonic rubbed his head as he saw two familiar figures before him. "Rouge ? Omega ? I should've known you two won't be far behind, I see you are mechanized as well, and I guess Omega is reprogrammed as well."

"Another friends of your Sonic ?" Asked Meta Knight as he got up.

"Yes, that's Rouge, government agent and world class thief, and that's E-123 Omega former Eggman lackey who grew beyond his programming, of course the fact he's against me must means he's being reprogrammed again." Explained Sonic.

"That was quite a kick." Commented Rosalina as she also getting up.

"Yeah we should be careful, these three are strong." Added Amy.

"But so are we, we got caught off guard earlier, but no more." Meta Knight floated in the air not too far from the ground.

"Agreed, if possible we should deal with this problem soon, before they become future threats." Rosalina also ready for another round.

Shadow scanned the heroes threat levels, and according to his calculations Jigglypuff threat level is registered as medium, Sonic threat level is very high, and Amy threat level is considered high, but as Shadow is scanning Meta Knight and Rosalina threat level the scanner have difficulty calculating, indicating their threat level is off the charts, this prompts Shadow to choose to retreat rather than continuing.

"THREAT LEVEL OFF THE CHARTS, INSUFFICIENT DATA ON ENEMIES, RETREAT IS ADVISED." Shadow floated down to where Rouge and Omega are and about to teleport as Infinite protesting, Shadow carried Infinite over his shoulder as he complained, Shadow doesn't care and teleport away anyway

"Great, we let them get away, we should've just attack them." Lamented Meta Knight.

"Their mechanical minds make them invulnerable to my Telepathy, this won't be as easy as fighting Risens." Stated Rosalina.

"Robots are more intelligent than zombies I suppose, anyway at least we learn something new, it seems Shadow is captured by the enemy, better tell the Commander once we're back." Suggested Sonic.

"Right then, now that's that, should we leave now ?" Asked Rosalina.

"Hmm...not yet, there's another location is like to visit first, Meta can I borrow your golden plate ?" Asked Sonic as Meta Knight lend Sonic his golden plate.

"Thanks, and now we'll go to this location." Sonic used the golden plate to teleport everyone.

Resistance HQ

Sonic and Co. arrived in what's it like a closed room, it has two metal doors, a container and giant display monitor that's turned off. "Here at last, got to say this place sure is nostalgic, and not so much changed since before."

"Sonic, what is this place ?" Asked Meta Knight.

"Isn't this the Resistance HQ ?" Said Amy.

"Resistance ?" Asked Rosalina.

"Yep, this is our base of operation when Eggman somehow succeeded in taking over around 99% of the world." Explained Sonic.

"We were on the losing end, not to mention Sonic was captured by Eggman, luckily for us there's a very talented rookie who's able to push back against Eggman's forces, allowing us to slowly reclaiming the world." Continued Amy.

"I see, so why do you brought us here ?" Asked Meta Knight.

"I was thinking we can use this place as our base of operation in Mobius." Answered Sonic.

"Having a base in other worlds sure would be beneficial and make things easy for communications." Pondered Rosalina.

"But in order to do that we're going to need to involve people from our own worlds." Said Meta Knight.

"Maybe that's what we should do, hold on let me have a chat with Vector." Sonic borrowed Meta Knight golden plate and used it to contact Vector.

Grand Metropolis

As Chaotix about to leave the city to gather intel about Eggman, Vector's feel a vibration. He picked up the golden plate which caused the vibration. He tapped it and answers Sonic's call.

"Hey Sonic what's up ?" Asked Vector.

"Hey Vector, you remember the Resistance base that we use when Eggman and Infinite worked together ?" Asked Sonic.

"Yeah, what about it ? There's no more use for that place right ?" Replied Vector.

"What if there is ? Could you guys use it as your base of operation ? I'm sure it'll be safer than using your office as your base, after all Eggman isn't working alone this time." Said Sonic.

"Hmm...I guess we can, but it's kinda far from here, you know the HQ." Pointed Vector.

"Don't worry, the golden plate can teleport you there, just imagine the place you want to go and boom, it will take you there, speaking of which why don't you use it to go to Angel Island to inform Knuckles, hopefully he's not being tricked should the enemy get to him first." Continued Sonic.

"We'll do then." Vector then end the communication.

"What is it ?" Asked Espio.

"Sonic said we can teleport using this device, he said just to imagine where we want to go and it will immediately take us there." Answered Vector.

"Seriously !? That's awesome if it's true, maybe we should try it out !" Exclaimed Charmy.

Espio then followed. "Sonic did asked us to tell Knuckles, so..."

"Yeah, let's give it a try...to Angel Island." The golden plate glowed and transport the trio to their designated location.

Angel Island

Up above the sky lies an island, and in that island there's an object called the Master Emerald, it's powers is what allows Angel Island to float in the sky, and just like any other powerful objects there are those who seeks it's powers and there are those who guards it to make sure it doesn't fall to the wrong hands.

In this island Eggman is seen talking to someone, it's a red furred anthropomorphic echidna, he is shown wearing a shoes and white spiked gloves.

"I'm telling you Knuckles, Sonic turned bad and now he's after the Master Emerald." Said Eggman riding on his egg mobile.

"And for the last time I won't fall for that again, now leave this island or I punch you so hard you'll befalling so hard from this island." Knuckles threatened Eggman.

"Don't believe me, here I got proof." Eggman pull out a tablet from the egg mobile compartment and showed Knuckles pictures of 'Sonic' committing vandalism. "See ! He's gone bad."

Knuckles however still didn't believe Eggman. "Nice try, that's Metal Sonic in that picture, last time I check Sonic doesn't have red eyes and black schlera."

Frustrated for being unable to trick Knuckles, Eggman no longer bothering with the lies anymore. "Looks like you're wising up Knuckles, I was hoping to avoid this, but I guess I have to remove you by force !" As Eggman and Knuckles ready for a fight Vector charged and punched the right side of the egg mobile, much to both Knuckles and Eggman surprise.

Eggman fall to the floor with the egg mobile turned upside down. He crawled out from the flying vehicle and call out to Team Chaotix. "Chaotix ! What are you doing here !? And how did you even get here !"

Espio lie to Eggman. "Charmy carry us all the way here." This answer prompted a shocked reaction from Vector and Charmy which Espio only shrugged. "But that's not important, what are YOU doing here Eggman ?"

"Err...you see Sonic gone bad and ..." Before Eggman can finish Espio threw a kunai that almost missed Eggman.

"You need to come up with a better lie, is it a mission from your backers ? Or personal mission ?" Asked Espio.

Surprised by what he just heard Knuckles questions Espio on what he means. "What ? Backers ? What do you mean ?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, me having backers, you must be out of your mind !" Eggman tried to lie again.

"Don't bother lying Eggman ! We heard from Sonic about your little supervillain club !" Exclaimed Vector.

Realizing this Eggman can't keep on lying. ("Blasted, Sonic's here of all time, and I heard Ancient Minister betrays us, then that would mean...") "So you knew then, I guess there's no point in lying anymore, I was hoping to settle this without violence, but since you all refuse to play along...now get over here !"

Eggman seemed like he's calling someone else, and at his command a trail of water is coming from multiple direction and converge into one point, forming what it's like a humanoid being with long arm, yellow eyes, and pink brain inside it's watery body.

"What the ! Chaos !? Eggman what did you do to him !?" Screamed Knuckles.

"Who ? Me ? I didn't do anything, Chaos here sympathize with my goal and decided to help me." Answered Eggman with sarcasm.

"Yeah right ! We know that's not true !" Exclaimed Charmy.

"Ah but it's true, Chaos and I have mutual firiend, and when she decided to join forces with me Chaos willingly join my side, But enough about that, Chaos ! Get rid of them !" Ordered Eggman.

Chaos, reluctantly complying Eggman's order walked slowly towards the heroes and blast a torrent of water from his hands and swept them away with a vicious water current, the heroes got swept away as they fall from the floating island.

Back at the island, with Knuckles and Chaotix gone, Eggman congratulate Chaos on a job well done. "Excellent work Chaos, now Angel Island is ours for the taking, and the Master Emerald with it, keep this up, and I guarantee Tikal will be happy, now guard this place while I return to the base." Eggman reactivate his Egg Mobile and fly away, leaving Chaos alone.

All alone Chaos contemplating on past events, one that he never thought to happen.

Flashback...

After defeated by Sonic Chaos supposed to be with Tikal and watched over the world from the afterlife, however Chaos decided to return to the world of living, and only appears during time of crisis when his powers is needed.

One day Chaos received telepathic messages, and much to his surprise it came from Tikal, but how could that be as she died. Curious about this Chaos followed the message that lead him to the Ocean Palace.

Ocean Palace

Once Chaos arrived he's greeted by Eggman, but he's not alone as there's someone else with him, it's a girl, specifically a female echidna similar to Knuckles except she has orange fur and wearing what's it's like a tribal dress.

Eggman was the first to spoke. "Ah Chaos, so glad you receive our message, I'm sure you're familiar with my associate Tikal."

Chaos is surprised at this, why would Tikal, someone who possess a kind heart associate herself with Eggman of all people ? Chaos is confused by this turn of events as he prepare to attack Eggman, however Tikal move to the front of Eggman and used herself as a shield.

"Chaos don't ! Eggman is my ally, and I would like for you to join us, with Eggman rule this world will be an even better place." Again Chaos is shocked with this statement as he never thought Tikal of all people would stand by Eggman.

"You heard the lady, you wouldn't want to harm your best friend would you ?" Asked Eggman with a mocking tone.

Chaos stop his attack, but he knows something isn't right with Tikal, and so he reluctantly join forces with Eggman, if only to find out what happened to Tikal.

Back to the present...

Knuckles and Chaotix still falling from Angel Island, Vector grabbed the golden plate and teleported them all to the nearby empty beach.

Beach

"Whew that was close ! This is quite the mission Sonic gave us." Commented Vector.

"Wait ? Sonic give you guys a mission. ?" Asked Knuckles.

"Yeah, he asked us to investigate Eggman, and apparently we just did." Continued Espio.

"Should we report back to him ?" Asked Charmy.

"Yeah, I guess we should, after all it is our job." Vector tinkered with the golden plate again to try to contact Sonic.

Sonic picked up the call and speak through the golden plate. "Hello, Sonic here, you have news to report already ?"

"Yeah, it's Vector, we went to Angel Island, and Eggman's there." Replied Vector.

"Is that right ? What a coincidence, does he tried to trick Knuckles again ?" Sonic replied in a nonchalant manner, Knuckles snatched the golden plate from Vector's hands.

"Sonic, it's me." Knuckles spoke using the golden plate.

"Oh hey Knuckles, you're not gonna beat me up are you ?" Asked Sonic sarcastically.

"No, cause I didn't fall for Eggman's trick this time !" Knuckles replied angrily.

"Good for you, Eggman must be really mad you didn't fall for his trick." Continued Sonic.

Vector than took the golden plate again from Knuckles. "Sonic we're getting off track, Eggman, he has Chaos with him."

Hearing this name Sonic is sound surprised by what Vector just said. "Chaos !? That water thing Chaos ?"

Knuckles then took the golden plate again. "Yes it's that Chaos, he's working with Eggman now !"

"But how's that possible ? Did Eggman tried to control him again ?" Asked Sonic.

"That's the thing, Chaos doesn't seemed to be under his control." Said Knuckles.

Charmy then fly close to Knuckles to talk to Sonic. "Eggman said they have mutual friend, and that's why Chaos is willingly work with him."

"Mutual friend ? Who would be friends with both Eggman and Chaos ? Wait hold on !" Sonic seemed to realize something. "I may not know any tragic soul who would want to be Eggman's friend, but there's only one person I know would be Chaos's friend."

"Sonic, are you referring to Tikal ?" Asked Knuckles.

"Yes, that's exactly who I refer to." Confirmed Sonic.

"But that can't be ! Tikal's been dead for thousands of years ago !" Exclaimed Knuckles.

"Who is this Tikal if we may ask ?" Asked Espio. "I believe we have the right to know."

"Tikal is Knuckles ancestor." Answered Sonic which surprised Chaotix. "If Tikal is working with Eggman then it would make sense Chaos join forces with Eggman !"

"But like I said, how is that possible !? Tikal's been dead for millennia, and not to mention she's a kind hearted person, a pacifist even !" Exclaimed Knuckles.

"The organization that Eggman belong to, one of their high ranking member is a death deity that using necromancy to bind the souls of the dead to their will, Tikal is got to be one of them ! Her soul is bound by necromancy and had no choice but to obey her master, if they tell her to fight or kill, she had no choice but to obey, she cannot refuse her master's order." Explained Sonic.

"Sonic how do you know all this ?" Asked Knuckles.

"It'll be too long to explain, why don't you go back to the Resistance HQ first, we'll talk there." Replied Sonic as he ended the communication.

"Resistance HQ ? What about that place ?" Asked Knuckles.

"Apparently Sonic want to use it again." Replied Charmy.

"Well let's just do what he said, we may be able to get the full story from him." Vector then used the golden plate to teleport back to the HQ.

Resistance HQ

Knuckles and Chaotix arrived at the former HQ, and there they reunite with Sonic once again.

"Yo Knuckles ! Looks like you didn't fall for Eggman's lies this time." Sonic teased the echidna.

"I've learned my lesson okay, so could you please stop bringing it up !" Knuckles complain as he crossed his arms.

Chaotix then noticed Rosalina. "Hey, you're that lady that was with Sonic, miss Rosalina !"

"Yes, didn't think we would meet again this fast, Sonic was just telling us about this place." Said Rosalina.

Knuckles and Chaotix then saw unfamiliar face such as Jigglypuff and Meta Knight.

"So, uh who or what are they ?" Knuckles pointed at Jigglypuff and Meta Knight.

"Right let me introduce you, this is Jigglypuff, and she's a Pokemon, a creatures from another world, and this is Meta Knight, an alien from another planet." Explained Sonic.

Knuckles and Chaotix introduce themselves.

Knuckles then notice Any is here as well. "Amy ? You're here too ?"

"Yes, I was visiting one of Tail's lab, because I had a feeling Sonic is there, but now I got dragged into another crazy adventure, and I guess the four of you are now involved as well." Stated Amy.

"So then about Chaos..." Sonic started the conversation.

Meta Knight then interjected. "Sorry, but who is this Chaos you've been talking about ?"

"Oh right you wouldn't know, well in summary Chaos is a protector of a species called Chao, the Chao used to be the guardians of the Master Emerald, a powerful device not even the seven chaos Emeralds can compare to it's power." Explained Sonic.

"Anyway Chaos is very protective and untrusting to any non Chao species, until he met Tikal, Knuckles ancestor, through her kindness Chaos is willing to trust her." Continued Sonic.

"But the story doesn't end there right ?" Asked Rosalina.

"Sadly no, Pachacamac, Tikal's father sought the power of master Emerald, so he gather his men to attack the Chao and seize the master Emerald, this enrages Chaos and Pachacamac and his men were killed by him, and to prevent Chaos from going on a rampage, Tikal used her power to seal both Chaos and herself inside the emerald." Continued Sonic.

"But Chaos got released thanks to Eggman, and Tikal was already dead by that time, but through our efforts we managed to stop Chaos and quell his anger."

"I see, so you believe because Tikal is a part of Warriors of Fallen Stars, that's the reason Chaos joined forces with your enemy ?" Asked Meta Knight.

"Chaos isn't stupid, I'm sure the only reason he joined forces with Eggman was to figure out what's going on with Tikal." Added Knuckles.

"And if we can tell Chaos what really happened, he might be willing to join us !" Exclaimed Sonic. "With his power we can be even more unstoppable !"

"Hold on, you said Warriors of Fallen Stars, what is that ?" Asked Vector.

"That's the name of the undead army I told you earlier, it's membership consists of our fallen allies and enemies, they're being brought back to serve as soldiers of the true enemy, Neo Subspace Army." Sonic then revealed the name of the enemy.

"Neo Subspace Army ? That's who we are dealing with ?" Asked Espio.

"Yes, an organization consists of villains from many worlds, not just ours, I have been dealing with some of them." Said Sonic.

"Wow, this is bigger than expected." Commented Charmy.

"But we can't just let them do as they please, our world is in danger with them around." Added Vector.

"What is their goal ?" Asked Knuckles.

"Apparently to bring back an evil angel bent on destroying the universe, but I'm sure things are more complicated than that, as it seems I doubt Eggman even knows the true purpose of Neo Subspace Army, and our goal is to defeat said angel !" Exclaimed Sonic.

"But first there are numerous villains to get past before then." Said Rosalina.

"Leave it to us, Chaotix will help you on your mission !" Declared Vector.

"So will I, can't have Eggman trying to mess with the world again." Knuckles pumped his fist as he also agree to help Sonic.

"But Eggman's goal is usually to take over the world ? Wouldn't releasing a creature that wants to destroy the world contradict that ?" Questioned Espio.

"Like I said most of the villains didn't know the true purpose of Neo Subspace Army, I'm sure they're going to keep Eggman in the dark until it's too late." Answered Sonic.

"First things first, we should the to get Chaos on our side." Said Amy.

"Alright everyone, let's get to it." Sonic used the golden plate to teleport to Angel Island.

Angel Island ?

The heroes reappeared on the skies again, however Angel Island is nowhere to be seen, the heroes ended up plummeting to the ground.

"HEY ! WHERE'S THE ISLAND !" Shouted Knuckles.

Rosalina used her power to create a flat floor psychic construct and used her telekinesis to catch those who can't fly. Jigglypuff, Meta Knight, and Charmy safely floated to the platform.

"The island is gone !" Exclaimed Knuckles.

"Great, with the island gone and the master emerald gone with it, the villains are going to have a great time harnessing it's power." Vector started to imagine the worst.

"Eggman not the type to share anyway, so maybe we don't have to worry about him telling the others about master emerald, let's just hope his greed and ambition ended up helping us instead." Replied Sonic.

"So what now ? Should we continue ?" Asked Vector.

"Yes, but there's a bit changes, this time investigate not just Eggman, but I want you to detect dimensional portals with your golden plate, their second phase of the plan is to link worlds using a dimensional portal, the portals are invisible to the naked eye, only the golden plate can detect it." Explained Sonic. "All you have to do is marked the location with your golden plate."

"Dimensional portal huh ? Alright then, but aren't you going to close them ? Why just marking them ?" Asked Charmy.

"If we closed it, the enemy will realize and opened another one elsewhere, so I'm sorry, but we have to let it open." Explained Sonic.

"Okay, I get it, maybe I'm going to call the rest of our allies to help, what about it Sonic ?" Asked Knuckles.

"Yeah, you do that, but the bad news is they got Shadow, Rouge, and Omega, so don't try to look for them, for now I'm going back to the mansion to report." Said Sonic.

"Mansion ?" Asked Vector.

"Yeah, it's called Smash Mansion, that's our main HQ, I'll explain more later, oh yeah, but first." Sonic then give Chaotix another million rings for their effort, and then he and his team teleport back to the mansion using the golden plate.

"So, they got Shadow huh ? This is going to be much harder than we thought." Sighed Charmy.

""We'll save him, and Rouge and Omega as well." Assured Knuckles.

Vector and the others also return back to the Resistance HQ as the psychic platform disappeear.

Resistance HQ

"So, guess we continue keeping an eye on Eggman ?" Asked Espio.

"We don't even know where he is, let's go check this dimensional portals Sonic told us, so does anyone had an idea where to look ?" Asked Vector.

"Well it had to be somewhere convenient, or hidden, or someplace Eggman has easy access, but not anyone." Added Espio.

"Like his factories ?" Commented Charmy.

"Or remnants of his destroyed bases ?" Added Vector.

"Either one will do, why don't you start there ?" Asked Knuckles.

"Okay, but we're going to need the golden plate, for easy travel or escape and to detect the portals." Hearing this Vector gave the golden plate to Espio and Charmy as they decided to check on Eggman previous bases. The two then teleport away to start their mission.

"Well, they're gone, I guess I'm gonna have to start getting everyone together." Knuckles leave the HQ to gather allies, as for Vector, he decided on standby.


Sorry it took so long, real life been making me busy, anyway here you go.

Yeah so, I decided to use rings as money in Sonic's world considering it is used as currency in every game, and I also feel bad for Chaotix who seemed to almost never got paid for their services, and just like Mario who keep the coins he got during adventures, Sonic is doing the same with rings.

Okay, so Infinite may be seemed like a wimp in this chapter, but that's because of his arrogance and underestimating Sonic and his allies, especially Rosalina and Meta Knight, who are both OP characters in canon. Also since Infinite doesn't seem to turn himself into a robot he can be put to sleep with Jigglypuff singing. Not to mention he had no idea what those three are capable of.

Character debut : Infinite, Commander, Vector, Charmy, Espio, Knuckles, Chaos, Tikal.

Boss Battle : Infinite, Shadow, Rouge, E-123 Omega.