Lt. Slash is owned by my internet friend, Supa Sonic.

"Well, well. We meet again, traitor," Dante said. The explosion had been from a bomb, and the bomb had been planted by Rouge, who now stood in front of him.

"Me, a traitor? What makes you say that?" Rouge pleaded sweetly.

"Don't give me any of that. You know what you did."

"Whatever. Whoever you are, you'd better give up that emerald. I despise anyone who takes jewels from me!" she yelled.

"Well then. You've just made an enemy," Dante laughed. He smacked her across the face with the rifle and she fell to the floor.

Lt. Slash heard Dante's shout and made for him. As he got near there was another explosion from a chain reaction and a hole was created about 3 meters away from Lt. Slash. He was sucked out and fired towards the lava. Luckily, the Anubis was falling faster than he was and he grabbed a rail hanging from the bottom. He looked down and saw Mighty carried by 10 Flickies coming straight towards him. The beetle froze...

Rouge sweeped him off his feet and pinned him against the floor.

"Buddy, working for Eggman is the biggest mistake you'll ever make!" she yelled, kicking him in the face. Dante drove his knee into her chest, knocking her back. He regained his footing on the ground and brushed his thumb over his nose and smashed his elbow into a glass case. He pulled the lever inside, causing the ship to slow its descent.

"Pilot, I'm activating the Emergency jets. You got enough for about thirty seconds of burn. Make our landing a soft one." He barked. Glowing blue pulses of laser rifle tore through the air at Rouge. Dante was not impressed. "Who the hell do you think you are coming on MY ship?"

"Sir! We've made it. Lt. Slash is repairing the engine." The Piloting Eggrobo said.

The ship started its slow decent and Mighty crashed into it. Lt. Slash got in and as fast as he could yelled

"Don't land the lava is still rising!" but it too late and the ship soon started to touch the lava and Lt. Slash jumped on top of the vessel for protection. Strangely the Anubis wasn't taking as much damage as thought; it was a strong ship and held up. Knowing a lot about quick repairs Lt. Slash dived into the hole where the engine was and started repairing.

"Really? Well, be sure to help him onto the ship when he's done," Dante ordered. He turned back towards the injured batgirl.

"As for you, I'll be sure to personally send your dead body back to Robotnik for instant roboticization!" he yelled.

Lt. Slash was amazed. He fixed the ship and came out and there was no damage at all. He spat in the lava and laughed. Just then his speaker drifted back, unharmed. He picked it up and called for Dante.
"Ready for take off. By the way I need to talk to you urgently." Lt. Slash ended with a nice friendly " NOW!"

The Eggrobo in the front compartment almost danced at the news.

"Great! Let's get out of here now!"

Dante turned back to see an empty spot where the traitor had been. She had run.

"Craven little harlot. Sure, nothing can kill you when you run in fear," he mumbled to himself.

"Pilot, let's go. Thank you very much for your repairs, Lt. Slash. Blaze, Pilot, everyone...let's go home. Our job is done here," Dante said.

"Speak for yourself man! I gotta make this area suitable for a Launch pad." Lt. Slash backed away and then said,

"You with me?"

"We can cut our losses for now. If the big man yells, it'll be my fault for not arriving on time. Right now, we have a station to make it to," The devil said, reaching for his pocket. He pulled out a pack of Sandbar Island slims and put one in his mouth.

"It'll be all my fault indeed."

Robotnik laughed out of joy as he witnessed the objectives completed for the first day.

-Captured the Master emerald
-Captured Espio the Chameleon
-Re-established Launch Base Zone
-Grounded Angel Island
-Pulled Lt. Slash out of a hot zone

-Captured Chemical Plant and Oil Ocean Zones

It was all going perfect! And all on the same day too! He estimated it to be about noon now. By this time next week, they could very well have control over the entire planet!