Inside the prison cells, Danny was slowly waking up. In a daze he looked around and fully realize where he was.

"Oh, bloody hell…" Danny was shocked.

He got up from the ground and padded himself noticing he was stripped down of his weapons and gear. He rushed towards his friend and tried to wake him up.

"Wake up Damnit!" He shook and slapped Gustav awake.

Gustav's body reacted by punching Danny in the face before waking up. Danny nose was bleeding, and he tries to stop it. Gustav was completely awake and looks around then looks back at Danny.

"Danny why is your nose bleeding?" He asked.

Danny looked at Gustav in anger.

"You punched my face you wanker!" He yelled.

Gustav shrugs it off as he examines the cell door. He pats himself down and he notice that he was stripped down too.

"Huh seems like we were captured." He spoke.

"Its not the first time…remember that incident Saireas…didn't end well. Where the hell is Sonic and the others?" Danny wondered.

"More than likely captured as well. Are you going to complain or help escape?" Gustav was picking up random things from the ground while creating a makeshift lockpick.

"You're doing it all wrong man. You do it like this! YEARGGGGGGH!" Danny charged into the jail cell door breaking it down but injuring himself in the process.

Gustav walked out of the jail cell sighing while grabbing Danny and carrying him over his shoulder.

"Definitely like last time…Lets find the others and leave." Gustav leaves the prison cells and into the hallways looking for an exit.

While they were making their escape, Eclipse had watched the scene unfold and sent out an alert throughout the bunker base. He contacted Dr. Hallow to inform him of the escapees.

"Dr. Hallow… the Mercenaries are escaping. Do you want us to apprehend them?" Eclipse asked?

"No." Hallow responded.

"They may be useful for once. Direct them to me Eclipse?" Hallow commanded.

"Affirmative." Eclipse had disarmed the security allowing the mercenaries to escape.

Gustav running through the corridors notice that none of security was going after them. He stopped and looked around while putting Danny down.

"Why did you stop?" Danny said as he was getting up from the ground.

"The security…they're not coming after us…somethings not right." Gustav responded.

Danny noticed it as well right after the lab doors opened. Inside the lab was Dr. Eggman and Dr. Hallow. Gustav and Danny walked inside the lab with a concerning look on their face.

"Ah Gustav Alexseyev and Danny Clyde Rodgers. Welcome!" Dr. Hallow said peacefully.

Without hesitation Danny charged at Dr. Hallow before being zapped by Eggman's laser gun.

"Danny!" Gustav rushed towards Danny's aid.

Dr. Eggman chuckled as Gustav was checking to see if his ally was alright.

"Now that is out of the way ahem. I know what you Mercenaries are up to, lying to these creatures to get them to do your dirty work, yet you have promised them a way back home. I'm afraid that's not going to happen. You two are going to work for me instead, if you decline well…" Dr. Hallow was interrupted.

Gustav gets up from the ground and stares down at Dr. Hallow.

"We will never work with you...After what the Military did!" He said fearlessly.

Dr. Hallow shook his head in disagreement.

"Like your paramilitary did any better. You let that city burn to the ground and fall apart." Hallow explained.

"I'm afraid killing you and the so-called "Mercenaries" is the best option. You see, after discussing with the doctor here. Both you and the animals are a nuisance. We plan on killing two birds with one stone. We will banish you two with no chance of returning, and as for Sonic and his friends along with your organization, an army of my droids are on their way to wipe them out." Dr. Hallow explained as Dr. Eggman held the phantom Ruby in his hand with a smirk on his face.

"You won't get the chance!" Gustav thrown the make-shift key at Dr. Eggman's hand knocking out the phantom ruby.

"Gah!" Eggman yelled.

"Why you!" He yelled.

Gustav quickly dragged Danny out of the room and made a run for it. He carried Danny through the base looking for an exit. Dr. Hallow quickly alerted Eclipse and ordered the base under lockdown.

"Dr. Eggman forget the portal we got some pests to get rid of! You have access to my whole base. I will take care of the mercenaries!" Dr. Hallow rushed out of the lab leaving Eggman alone. Eggman had closed and locked the lab doors.

Eggman laughed as he had no intention of working with .

"This is too easy even for me. A whole new lab, I got the phantom Ruby, nothing can stop me! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Eggman laughed.

He proceeded to finish the teleporter himself but made some extra modifications. Eggman grins as he inserts the final piece to the newly designed interdimensional teleporter. It was fully functioning and was readying to go, as he instantly started teleporting his badniks and Egg-pawns into the new world. One by one they appeared in the lab, as Eggman had already planned to take control of the base entirely without Dr. hallow noticing. He opened the lab doors and order his robots to destroy the battle droids.

In the city lines of Crino, Ava and Johnathan were waiting for the others to arrive. Johnathan was scouting the area noticing roaming low-rank reavers, specters and haragiers. He was getting worried as a portal opened behind him. He turned around quickly as Sonic, Tails, and Amy came out from the portal. The portal had closed leaving Johnathan concerned.

"Where is Danny? I thought he was with you guys. What happened?" Johnathan asked.

"We took out the crystal, but we ran into a few problems." Tails explained.

"The crystal was a prison not a shield for the city like we thought. Turns out when we destroyed it, we ended up releasing a…overlord named Vectis." Amy added.

Johnathan was stunned for a moment.

"That's not good…we have enough to worry about, but this is a lot worse. Look." Johnathan hands Sonic his binoculars and pointed out in the distance.

"We have multiple portals opened all over Crino. I don't what your friends did, but it pissed off Ravager. He has the city in fear now." Jonathan had paused for a second.

"Wait…you don't mean Lord Vectis of the haragiers?!" Jonathan was scared.

Amy nodded worriedly.

Jonathan shook his head in disbelief. He was going to respond until armored trucks and cars drove up right behind them. Everyone has turned around to see the commotion. Two people got out of the truck, and it was Whisper and Captain Garrett.

"Whisper!?" Amy yelled cheerfully as she rushed towards her.

Whisper was relieved that her friends was alright as she hugs Amy. She looked around and doesn't see Tangle.

"Where…where is Tangle?" She asked worriedly.

Amy had let go of Whisper and responded.

"We were just going to get them. Knuckles and Tangle are in that city." She pointed.

While they were talking, Jonathan notices the remaining Hydrian Military had only arrived. He and Ava aimed their guns at them. Captain Garrett walks up to them slowly with his hands up.

"What are you doing her Captain?" Jonathan asked aggressively.

Ava had her finger on the trigger ready to fire at any moment.

"Calm yourself Jon I mean no harm. Were all on the same side now." Garrett explained.

"We?" Ava responded.

More Hydrian remnants got out of their vehicles including Segreant Felix. He saw his Captain being held at gunpoint.

"Captain!" He responded by pulling out his rifle as well.

Sonic and the others witness the two groups ready to fire at each other. Sonic dropped the binoculars and rushes towards the center of them.

"Woah. Woah. Take it easy guys were all on the same side." Sonic explained as he had both has arms out.

Tails had also stepped in the middle and try to defuse the situation. To no avail both parties were ready to kill each other until more cars and drove up. Another person had stepped out from the back seat, and it was Hiroshi Masato and the reminder of his Yakuza men.

"Jonathan! Ava! Stand down!" he ordered.

Jonathan and Ava lowered their weapons as did Felix and the remnants of the Hydrian Military. Hiroshi walks in-between everyone else and stood in the middle with Sonic and Tails.

"We need everyone for this, its time to put the past behind us… for now. Sonic where is Danny?" He asked.

"He and Gustav was captured by Dr. Hallow and Eggman is with him. But the crystal we went to destroy wasn't a crystal it was a prison. Someone named Lord Vectus came out of it instead." Sonic explained.

Hiroshi pondered for a moment before responding.

"Raavis knew something was off down there. Question why didn't he say anything beforehand… however what was Eggman doing down there in the first place? Hiroshi asked.

Sonic hand shrugged his shoulders to Hiroshi's response.

"What about Dr. Hallow? Tails asked.

"We will do this one step at a time Tails. First rescue your friends and secure the Wings of Helios. Jonathan, I want you and Ava to assist Sonic and the others of getting their allies. Captain Garrett you and your men will head towards No man's land, find Danny and Gustav, and bring them back here.

"With due respect Hiroshi, Danny will shoot us on sight. We can't risk that chance." Garrett explained.

"It's a risk you're going to take Garrett. Alert me when you find them." Hiroshi commanded.

Garrett nodded as he alerted all his men to leave the area. Hiroshi faced Sonic and the others.

"As for you Sonic we won't forget our promise to return you all back home. But this take high priority and is to be taken seriously." Hiroshi explained.

Sonic nodded in agreement. But Tails had one question to ask.

"Hiroshi what is the Wings of Helios and why is it important?" Tails asked.

"The Wings of Helios was created by the Durlux as it was the only way to traverse different worlds. With that it brought all the species together until the haragiers was involved…" Hiroshi had stopped as Tails realized the ending.

"Dr. hallow had what happen to the Specters and Haragiers." Tails added.

"But he never explained why the Artifact is needed did he?" Hiroshi asked.

"N-No." Tails said.

"The Artifact is important to everyone as it is a bridge between the worlds it has already been in. Without it you cannot travel. However, we can destroy the bridges that it creates when used." Hiroshi clinched his fist.

"So, you attend to destroy the bridge between the ascendant plane and here?" Sonic asked.

Hiroshi nodded.

"What about others in the ascendant plane?" Tails asked.

"That's up to Raavis to decide." Hiroshi added.

Sonic was growing impatient as the conversation was going on for too long.

"You all better get going me and Raavis will catch up with you all soon." Hiroshi walks back towards behind his Yakuza men as they secure the area.

Sonic and the others headed towards the city of Crino to finally find Knuckles and Tangle. The remnants of the Hydrian Military are back tracking their way towards No man's Land. And as for Hiroshi he went towards one of the armored trucks with Raavis in it still injured and stuck in his spirit form.

Within the heart of the city of Crino, Knuckles and Tangle are hiding away from the Reavers as they are being hunted.

"Find them! I do not wish the wraith of Ravager upon us!" One of the Reavers yelled.

Tangle poked her head out from her hiding spot to get a quick glance. And noticed a blur passed right by the creature followed by gunshots.

"Sonic?!" She yelled.

"What? He's here?!" Knuckles yelled as he got from his hiding spot.

The massive creature was getting shot at but was blocking the bullets. While it was distracted, Sonic found Tangled and Knuckles hiding in the alleyway.

"Knuckles! Tangled?! We finally found you guys!" Sonic was surprised as he was hugged by Tangle.

Whisper was close behind Sonic and looked at Tangle with tears in her eyes.

"Tangle...!" She cried as ran towards tangle and hugged her.

"Whisper!" Tangle hugged Whisper tightly and was relieved that she was alright.

Knuckles walks up to Sonic and asked Sonic where he has been. Sonic had explained what was going on as Tails and Amy finally caught up as the gang was back together. Meanwhile Jonathan and Ava were taking care of the Massive Reaver named Valhoulm.

"You mercenary scum will be crushed!" Valhoulm swings his massive chain mace directly at Jonathan and Ava.

Both jumped out the way as Valhoulm kept on swinging until he was punched in the gut by knuckles then smacked in the face by Amy's hammer. Valhoulm was stunned and stepped back from the hits he received. Sonic and Amy helped them both up to their feet as everyone was ready to fight Valhoulm the Eater of Worlds. Danny and Gustav are still making there escape from the Bunker, but have no idea of what kind of trouble they are in.

Over in the No Man's Land Mountain tops, lord Vectus is overlooking both cities waiting for the perfect time to strike. He rises his double-edged sword into the sky and rips open a rift unleashing dimensional bridge to anywhere he wants to go.

"All these worlds in the palm of my hand… time to rebuild what we have lost and exact some revenge." Vectus walks across the dimensional bridge as the portal closes behind him.

Vectus is going back to the ascendant plane to finish what he started…but now has 2 worlds to toy with. Ravager my have the upper hand but will have to act fast before it is too late.