Nothing in this story is owned by me except the plot and my character Sin.

The USCM forces prepared their onslaught on the Death Egg IV. Even as they arrived, Egg-fighters exited from the battle station's hangars.

"Alright, men. You know what to do. Mitch has instructed us to show no mercy against these guys. We find this thing's weak point, and then blow it the Hell up!" Yells of approval were heard across the COM signals, and the attack began. 4 of their ships appeared out of stealth camouflage and fired blue lasers upon the Death Egg, to no avail. Force fields deflected the attacks away, and the Egg-fighters opened fire as well. USCM easily dodged the attacks and countered with their own barrage of lasers and bullets.

"Don't worry, boys. We'll show Egghead the error of his ways."

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The group continued to run through the Death Egg corridors. Suddenly, the entire place shook.

"What's going on? More enemy attacks?" Sin questioned. Dante held an angry look on his face, dropped to his knees, and yelled towards the sky.

"No…No…NO! FREAKIN' IMPOSTER! YOU INVADERS! MAY THE GODS DAMN YOU ALL TO THE DEEPEST REALMS OF THE ABYSS!" the Tasmanian Devil screamed to the top of his lungs. Blaze gave him a strange look.

"Uh, Dante? Try Trialodine next time you see a doctor…"

"Don't worry. We're about to kick one's ass!" Dante ran ahead of his comrades, who were forced to catch up with him. They didn't get too far, as they saw a familiar face crawling towards them.

"Mitch?" Indeed, it was the traitorous fox who had gotten them captured. But Dante noticed that the kitsune's eyes were not like before; they were normal now.

"What're you doing here, why'd you betray us, and how come you look like crap?" Lt. Slash asked him. Mitch smirked to himself.

"I guess…I underestimated your leader. I was about to send him on the next trainride to Hell…but it seems he wanted me to go instead." He inspected his arm, which felt like it wasn't even there anymore. "A knife with poison on the tip…compared with the phenomenal powers I possess…I can't even feel my arm anymore…"

"Aw sweet! Can I chop it off real quick, just to see if you feel anything?" Blaze's voice said, drawing strange glares from the rest of his crew. "…What? Not like he's gonna be needing it anyway."

"Sorry Blaze, you'll have to wait," Sin said. The red hedgehog frowned.

"Come on!"

"Dude-"

"Everyone, shut up!" Dante yelled. "Mitch, you're coming with us. Poisoned or not, you'll at least make for a good decoy." He picked the fox up in your arms. "Come on. Just don't try anything funny or I'll put a bullet through your head."

"Compared to slowly suffering away, that's sounding pretty good about now…"

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"Head towards that hangar, boys! We'll get in there even if we have to pry open the freakin' doors!" More USCM planes bombarded Eggman's forces as they made their way to the Death Egg's entrance. One of their ships actually did make it to the hangar, but crashed into a hidden force field.

"Damn it, sir. We can't penetrate the Death Egg's deflector shields!"

"If Mitch is still in there, he'll have to find a way to get rid of those shields from the inside. Problem is, he cut contact with us after that last attack order…" For now, the battle in space continued on, with neither side really winning.

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"Look, there he is!" The group charged into the control room and confronted Eggman. "Sorry, SIR, but this new army of yours isn't exactly working out with your employees."

"Hmph." Eggman then dissolved into silver liquid, his form disappearing. He rose up again, this time as…

"…Metal Sonic. He's supposed to be dead," Dante said. Yes, everyone was in a bit of shock.

"But I'm not. I have survived, and I have never felt better. It's only been what, a month or two since my last defeat? Already, I'm more powerful than anyone else on the planet..."

"You've been absorbing data, I presume?"

"Precisely. You warriors surprised me at first. You throw all morals to the wind when you fight. I like that. So much that I have learned all of your techniques. I even took the time to learn your anatomy…" Metal Sonic then produced four extra arms, to match Slash's six. The bottom limbs held two machine guns, the middle arms held two combat swords, and the top appendages wielded a single barbarian sword. "Come at me!"

"Hehe-NO! I'm not going up against THAT!" Slash yelled. Sin and Blaze readied their swords, while Dante walked forward.

"You didn't copy EVERYONE'S data, you know. For example, I bet you didn't know I had THIS!" Out of nowhere, Dante materialized a katana. The blade was blanketed in flames.

"Hm…clever, Sellis. Don't count on it saving your life, however!" Metal charged at Dante, who slashed the ground, sending a huge wall of fire towards the fake Sonic. He swiped the flames aside, to block oncoming sword strikes from Sin and Blaze. "Fools!"

"Take this!" Dante yelled as he quickly seperated the top two arms from Metal Sonic's body, the barbarian sword disappearing.

"Alright, I admit that was a foolish strategy in the first place. But now you've just made me more mobile." He then sprayed the group with waves of bullets, which Slash countered with his own.

"I've got six arms worth of firepower here, baby!" he exclaimed, gunning down Metal Sonic. Although most of the bullets bounced of the shiney blue menace, Lt. Slash managed to knock the guns out of Metal's hands. "Might as well lose those swords too, 'cause there's no way you can block four different swords at once."

"Let's just see…" Metal Sonic said, anger in his voice. Sin was the first to charge, his golden blade colliding with Metal's. Next was Blaze, who's twin swords locked with the metal menace's. Dantewas the last, but he too couldn't get through his opponent's defenses. "Look at that. It seems you-"

"Die!" Mitch yelled as he pulled the trigger on his gun, the bullet going clear through Metal Sonic's head. A moment of silence passed as nothing happened. Metal's body started to spark every which way.

"No…I cannot…I will not die yet!" he yelled as he teleported out of the room. Dante grew ever more angry.

"Damn it, he got away!"

"Yeah, but he can't really go far in the condition he's in. I'll give him 5-10 minutes max," Blaze said. "Now let's go commandeer some air fighters and get the hell outta here."