Count Sin, Dante, Blaze, Lt. Slash and Mitch stood before Dr. Robotnik. They were currently on Volcano Island, awaiting the good doctor's orders.
"Commanders, I'm glad you could make it. Are your ships still intact?" he asked them. All five nodded.
"Good. I have a technical read-out of the Super Egg Carrier." The doc produced a holographic image of their once home base. They could see little blobs of color representing the unknown life forms.
"Now, to start, you'll have to go through Hot Shelter. Try to knock them into the machinery incase you want a short fight," he said. A section of the hologram was highlighted, showing the Hot Shelter.
"Afterwards, you'll have to strike the heart of the hive, which will be in the Abandoned Sector. Burn them to the ground or freeze them, whatever will kill these creatures." The very end of the Egg Carrier was highlighted, but then the highlight went to the top of the Super Egg Carrier.
"When that's done, exterminate anymore that are left on the Sky Deck. Got it?" Robotnik asked. Again, the commanders nodded.
"Excellent."
The Anubis floated in the air some good distance away from the Super Egg Carrier. The sky became cloudy, and a thunder storm was heading their way.
Inside, an argument was brewing between Dante and Blaze.
"Dante, are you really willing to risk any chance of escape by using a cramped ship?" Blaze questioned.
"Yes. You know why I won't park the Anubis right next to the ship? Because I don't want any of those aliens infecting MY ship!" Dante yelled.
"You seem to care more about this ship than you do our lives!" Blaze yelled again. Sin stepped in between them.
"Shut up. There is a way to compromise," he said. Dante and Blaze stared at him. He always seemed to have a neutral solution.
"…We'll go with Dante's plan." Blaze's jaw dropped, while Dante smirked.
The lobby of the Super Egg Carrier was completely empty, save for some destroyed Badniks. Many of the electrical devices were broken. Some parts of the floor looked as if it were burned.
"Must be mating season for them," Blaze concluded. He and the other four commanders walked through the abandoned sector. Nothing remained but the remains. Sin kneeled down and examined the burnt floor with his finger.
"Just as I thought. Acid. But what kind of alien would bring acid onto here?" he asked himself. Mitch continued to look around. Many of the computers had holes in the monitors, yet no gun bullet was found. Turning around, he saw Count Sin…and something sneaking up behind him.
"Sin, look out!" Mitch yelled. He fired his gun at the creature. It hit it's head. Sin quickly turned, but before he made a full rotation, the creature slashed at him.
"Gahh!" he yelled as he felt pain in his back. Sparks flew from his suit, landing on the creature. It shook them off and ran towards Blaze.
"Holy mother of…take this!" he exclaimed. He revealed his twin swords and stabbed one into the creature's stomach. Pulling it out, the creature seemed unaffected. Blaze looked at his blade, which was now sizzling.
"What the hell? Dude, this thing has acid for blood!" Blaze yelled. Lt. Slash and Mitch fired their rifles at the alien creature. Acid blood flew every which way, falling onto the floor. The alien stumbled over to Sin, who took his sword out.
"Die," he said, impaling the creature in the head. He pulled it out and watched as the alien fell to the floor, the contents of its head pouring out.
"Son of a bitch. What the hell was that?" Blaze asked.
"Not sure. At least now we know what to kill," Lt. Slash replied.
Wheels were churning and gears were turning in the Hot Shelter. Steam would occasionally shoot out of the pipes. They had no time to admire this, though, as they were engaged in combat with more of the Aliens. Sin and Blaze were impaling them with their blades, Lt. Slash and Mitch were gunning them down, and Dante was kicking them off into the endless abyss below.
"How many of these things are there?" Mitch asked.
"The whole Carrier's infected," Dante reminded.
"That's just great. We'll be overrun at this rate," Lt. Slash complained.
"Stop your whining. If you can't handle it, then just return to…" Sin started. Suddenly, an Alien flew into him and they both fell off of the pathway.
"Sin!" Dante yelled. The bear and Alien landed on a lower platform that traveled through the air. Sin swung his sword at it, but the creature dodged. It attacked him with it's tail, but Sin dodged that as well. The two continued to exchange attacks until the platform tipped over. Count Sin held onto the railing, while the Alien fell into the abyss below them. The platform returned to it's original position and Sin climbed back onto it. Looking forward, he spotted Dante with a remote control, smiling.
"Thanks," Sin yelled back.
"Sir! Sonic the Hedgehog is here!" the Badnik yelled over the radio. Robotnik almost screamed his lungs out.
"What! Get him!" He couldn't believe his archenemy was trying to get to him like this. Surely he would have brought some of his friends…
