Here's Part 15 of the Ebony and Lavender. Alrighty, this platform is fully caught up on the Ebony and Lavender. I promise I'm trying to work on part 16, but writer's block is still kicking my ass to the max. Like I have a good portion of it done, but I can't seem to find a satisfying way to finish it. I don't know what direction I should take with it. Inspiration is needed bad like I wish I knew how to truly explain it. Not easy to find it either since There's not much Shadaze material to choose from that I can get a good idea from.

Anyway, I promise I have not given up on finishing it (that mainly goes out to all the Wattpad readers who've already been waiting for practically two months); I'll figure out part 16 so please don't think I've abandoned The Ebony and Lavender. I love this ship a lo, but I've been caught up in school and personal issues and it has taken a lot of my focus. Kinda sucks because when I have time to write, I can't think of anything and it truly bugs me. I know I'll get it done sooner or later, so please bear with me.

Thanks for reading my story and keeping up with it. Thank you to all the people who've favored this story and me! Honestly, you guys rock for that and it means a lot to me. Tell me what you think in the reviews and as always, I hope you enjoy!


"Chaos Spear!" Shadow cries as he threw a powerful Chaos Spear at the Egg Dragoon.

The Eggmen deflects the attack quickly and swung its drill at he ebony hedgehog. Shadow jumps over the drill and boosts forward towards them. The Egg Dragoon pulls back and whips out the machine gun on its right arm.

"How about this!?" Eggman Nega yells loudly.

It starting shooting bullets at Shadow with a high fire rate. Shadow, being a fast hedgehog, zips past the shots and jumps toward the Eggmen. He went to homing attack them and clashed against the mech, but he bounced off of it as if nothing happened. Shadow uncurls as he stares at the Egg Dragoon in confusion.

Eggman cackles at the ultimate lifeform, "You're gonna have to do better than that!"

The Eggmen retaliates by knocking Shadow away with the drill arm.

CRAASH!

Shadow crashed through the wall with a giant hole made through the impact.

"Hahahahaha! Is that all you've got!?" Eggman Nega spat.

"Not exactly!" A voice was heard from above.

Eclipse was hanging at the top of the roof above the Eggmen. He drops down, then proceeds to land on top of the Egg Dragoon. Eclipse charges up Chaos energy in his hands, then aims at the shoulder with the machine gun.

"Oh no, you don't!" Eggman yells loudly, as he pushes a few buttons within the capsule.

A bunch of turrets popped out of the armor with the Egg Dragoon, then aimed at the darkling.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me," Eclipse mutters to himself.

The turrets fired at the darkling as he maneuvered around the body of the Egg Dragoon.

Eclipse jumps off of the body and throws a chaos attack at the should, "Take that!"

BOOM!

A small explosion was made at the right shoulder of the Egg Dragoon. Eclipse lands at the ground and looks up at the Eggmen. He grins in triumph, thinking that hitting the joints of the mech would help their situation, or so he thought.

"If that's the best you can do, then I am disappointed." Eggman Nega replies sarcastically.

Eclipse raises an eyebrow, "What?"

The smoke clears up and the should joint appears to be unscathed. Eclipse clenched his fists together in annoyance.

"Does this thing have a weakness?" Eclipse thought to himself out loud.

"Let me try!" A feminine voice sounded off in the distance.

Both Eclipse and the Eggmen turn towards Blaze who seems to be charging up her attack. A bright flame was brewing in her hands. The intense heat from the flame could be felt by Eclipse.

"Take this!" Blaze screams. "Haaaaaaah!"

A shower of intense flames began to engulf the area as they made their way towards the Egg Dragoon. The Egg Dragoon raises its arms to shield itself from the flames spreading in their direction. Eventually, the mech was covered in the flames. The flames were spreading all over the place in the mech's vicinity.

Eclipse teleports next to the lavender feline, then looks at her with a large frown, "You could have warned me ya know."

Blaze did not lose her focus as she continues to burn away at the Egg Dragoon. The flames' intense heat could be compared to lava that is within the volcano they're in. Suddenly, the drill moves upwards into the air through the flames.

"No way!" Blaze was astonished.

Eclipse stares wide-eyed at the drill arm, "Princess... we should move!"

The drill moves rapidly towards Eclipse and Blaze. Both of them dodges out of the way, and watch as the platform they stood on was completely smashed. The platform collapses onto the ground, making the floor shake. Eclipse and Blaze were losing their balance against the rumbling on the floor.

"Time for a change of pace!" Eggman Nega exclaims.

The Egg Dragoon pulls up launchers from its shoulders, then fires a bunch of rockets at both Eclipse and Blaze. Both of them jump, then slide under the rockets and continue sprinting through the area. No explosions sounded off behind them, which raised suspicion for Eclipse. He looks back and notices the rockets are following them.

Eclipse has a huge frown on his face, "I can't catch a break, can I? I'm not that fast!"

Blaze began to turn on her burners and starts blasting away from the missiles. She was able to widen the gap between them. Once she was comfortable enough to turn around, she stops dead in her tracks, then shoots fireballs at the missiles that are chasing her. The missiles were closing the gap, so Eclipse began to Chaos Snap away from the missiles. Eclipse looks up and sees the drill right above his head. Eclipse scrunches his face and attempts to Chaos Snap away, but the drill was too fast for the Chaos Snap to get him away.

"Chaos Control!" A husky voice yells.

Time began to slow down around the whole area. Eclipse, the Egg Dragoon, and the drill was moving significantly slow. Shadow appears next to Eclipse and tackles him out of the way of the drill and the missiles. The effect of the Chaos Control wears off and the drill slams into the ground. The missiles moved right into the drill arm of the Egg Dragoon causing an explosion.

"What?" Eggman Nega raises an eyebrow. "I could have sworn that alien dirt was right there."

"Ahem, Shadow saved him using that ability I told you about earlier," Eggman explains to his dimensional counterpart.

Nega thinks for a second, then asks, "Chaos Control, I presume?"

"Correct, an ability that Shadow, Sonic, Silver, and my Metal Sonic could do so far to my knowledge," Eggman states in a nonchalant manner.

"Hmmm, very interesting indeed." Nega looks over to Shadow and Eclipse.

"Are you alright?" Shadow asks.

Eclipse brushes him off, "I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

Shadow shifts his gaze to the Eggmen with a ferocious scowl, "This metal scrap is a lot stronger than I expected."

"Well its to be expected," Eclipse studies the Egg Dragoon. "It holds the Master Emerald after all."

Shadow scoffs a little, "Even so, there must be a weak point that we're missing."

"Yeah... I just hope that we find it soon, or at least when the others get here." Eclipse says while scratching his forehead.

Blaze lands next to the two brothers, inspecting them, "Are you two ok?"

Both Shadow and Eclipse answers, "We're fine."

Blaze notices the Egg Dragoon making its move, "Get ready!"

The Egg Dragoon turns its body, then sprung towards the two brothers with rapid succession. It points its drill arm at both of them and charges. Shadow grabs Blaze and Eclipse, then Shadow uses Chaos Control and teleports them away from the Dragoon's range, then the three jumps away to keep their distance.

"Alright, how about this!" Eggman screams menacingly.

The Egg Dragoon points its firearm at the brothers, then changes its form. The gun arm began to transform into what seems to be a large energy cannon. Shadow, Blaze, and Eclipse's eyes began to widen at the scene in front of them. A bright green light began to illuminate from the cannon as it charges up the power.

"You have got to be pulling my leg here!" Eclipse yells in disbelief.

Eggman Nega's grin spreads across his face in excitement, "Fire!"

A gigantic, green Chaos attack was shot from the energy cannon on the Egg Dragoon's arm. It was making its way over to the heroic trio ahead. Both Eclipse and Blaze stares at the energy blast with dumbfounded expressions. Shadow clenched his teeth at the sight of the attack.

Shadow quickly grabs both Blaze and Eclipse, then harness the power from his Chaos Emerald, "Chaos Control!"

They disappeared away from the chaos attack before it could connect.

BOOOOOOOM!

A huge explosion was made from the Chaos attack. A giant hole was made in the metallic wall. Wiring began to dangle loosely in the air, while metallic objects were falling down towards the lava below.

Eggman Nega's mouth was wide in shock, "This power... this power is unreal!"

Eggman cracks an evil grin, "With the power of the Sol Emerald, two Chaos Emeralds, and the Master Emerald, those rodents will be six feet under. Then, we can rule with an iron fist!"

Eggman Nega began to cackle with glee at the thought of using this power for their unforgivable desires, "Hahahahaha! Then, we will head to the Sol Dimension, and cause a wave of terror across the lands. No one will stand in our way!"

The Eggmen were laughing hysterically to themselves, fully absorbed by their bloated egos. A flash of light appears in the far distance away from their line of sight. Shadow, Eclipse, and Blaze appears from the light. Shadow was panting for air, while Eclipse and Blaze were eyeing the damage the Egg Dragoon caused in the distance. The only thing that could be heard was the slight electronics damaged from the attack and the lava melting whatever fell in its wake.

Eclipse stood up with a nervous look on his face, "Thanks for the save, brother. We would have been vaporized if it weren't for you..."

Blaze looks over to Shadow with worry, "Are you ok?"

Shadow nods his head, "I'm fine. I just... need a moment..."

"Are you still shaken up from the fight with the robot earlier?" Eclipse queries.

Shadow sat quietly, thinking to himself. Eclipse shrug off the fact that he didn't answer, and continues looking around. A lot of collateral damage was wrought upon in the area: electrical wires were dangling in the air, the metallic floors were torn up in a jagged shape, and the lights were flickering on and off front time to time.

CRASH!

The three of them jumped and looked around to see a light has fallen from above. They relaxed for a little, but still feeling on edge. Shadow sat back down to think of any ideas quietly, leaving the other two to their thoughts.

"I don't know how we can beat this thing to be truthful," Eclipse admits quietly.

Blaze looks over to him, "We have to find a way. We can't let them win under any circumstance."

Eclipse raises an eyebrow, seeming somewhat annoyed, "And I don't suppose you have any ideas?"

Blaze opens her mouth to speak, but shuts it closed in defeat. Blaze was uncertain of how they can win this battle. Sure, Eggman Nega has always been a difficult enemy for her with all the times he stole her Sol Emeralds or the Jeweled Scepter back in her homeworld's, but she is out of her element here.

Shadow sat up and shift his gaze towards his brother, "Whether we like it or not, Blaze is right."

Eclipse, then turns his head to Shadow challengingly, "I know she's right, but what can we do right now? Maybe if we had the seven Chaos Emeralds, then we could possibly fight back. That's not the case though, because the others have the three emeralds, while we have two. The omelets over there has the last remaining Chaos Emeralds in that metal armor."

Shadow and Blaze watch Eclipse as he stresses over their current situation. The dark alien was pacing back and forth nervously while trying to wrap his head around their predicament.

"And they have the Master Emerald. Damn it! This is not how I wanted to spend my evening at all!" Eclipse yells in frustration, not loud enough for the Eggmen to hear.

"We'll have to stall for Sonic and the others to get here, then we'll attempt at taking the last two emeralds from the Eggmen," Shadow states calmly.

"And my emerald." Blaze adds.

Eclipse lowers his eyelids and his frown deepens, "I don't see how you two be so confident about this."

Shadow stood up and stares at him softly, "Because we have to be. We can't lose this battle, so don't you dare quit on me Eclipse."

Eclipse stood silent, eyeing his brother in annoyance. Eventually, the dark alien sighs, "I'm not quitting. I just do not want to go in there blind. We need some sort of plan to counter them."

Shadow shifts his gaze back to the Egg Dragoon and stood quietly for a few seconds. He notices the small area under the lower abdomen that appears to be two green lights shining. Shadow also sees two blue-lit tubes sticking out in the same area. Suddenly, a memory pops into his head:

Shadow was standing in at a tree in a park. Sonic and his friends decided to hang out at the park and Rouge forced him to go against his will. Sonic was telling the others one of his heroic stories against the nefarious Dr. Eggman for like the millionth time.

"So, you chased after Eggman while trashing his little amusement park?" Silver asked.

"While also being that werewolf looking thing that he turned you into?" Blaze added on, curiosity covering her eyes.

Sonic nodded his head and chuckled, "Yeah and I must say, of all the times I've faced Eggman, this was possibly the hardest fight he put against me. I mean the amusement park had traps everywhere I step foot in, then all of his robots crashing around at every corner. Eventually, I made it to Eggman in the end."

"Tell him how you defeated his so-called 'ultra hyper-prototype 1'." Tails puts a lot of emphasis on that phrase while sneering.

Shadow rolled his eyes, wishing that this story could just be over already.

"Oh yeah, so Eggman brings out what Tails just mentioned," Sonic said.

"He calls it the Egg Dragoon now." Tails stated.

Sonic nodded in agreement, "Yeah that thing. Apparently, he put a lot of work into that thing, using Dark Gaia's power to use it as it's engine. So we fought hard on a few platforms that were falling down towards where Dark Gaia was."

"How did you defeat it, since you were in this werewolf form?" Silver queried, completely absorbed in the story.

Sonic continues, "So the thing has two weak points that are pretty obvious. The two green light that is lit in the lower half. That's its weak points and it can also be damaged by pulling the little things sticking out in the same area. So, I used my stretchy arms to attack and it worked out fine.

"After that, I basically yanked him out of the Dragoon and threw him away. That thing was history after that. Well, until he made another one, two more times." Sonic said jokingly.

Everyone chuckles at the last part, all except for Shadow, who was still standing n his lonesome. He was eyeing them, before turning back toward the bright sun in the sky.

Flashback ends.

Shadow blinks his eyes a few times, "I know how to beat it." Shadow whispers quietly.

Blaze's ear flickers around at his raspy voice, "What did you say?"

"I know how to beat it. Or I at least know that thing's weak points." Shadow says more firmly this time.

Eclipse raises an eyebrow, "Care to share that information with us?"

Shadow motions Blaze and Eclipse to him, both of them comply and walk over to him.

Shadow points towards the green-lit spots on the lower body, "You see the green lights down there?"

Blaze squints her eyes at what Shadow was talking about, while Eclipse studies it.

"Those spots are it's weak spots," Shadow explains. "We have to deal a lot of damage to weaken it since they have the Master Emerald's power."

Eclipse shifts his gaze towards the ebony hedgehog, "And you're certain that's it?"

"I'm positive. Sonic was the one who told me this a while ago anyway." Shadow states matter of factly.

Blaze looks at Shadow thoughtfully, "Oh, when he told us the story of when he fought Dr. Eggman as the werewolf form?"

Shadow nods his head in response, "Yes, exactly that."

"Well then, we know what we have to do." Eclipse folds his arms.

"Found you!" A voice yells in the background.

All three of them turn around slowly to see the Egg Dragoon floating above them; the energy cannon pointing at them.

"Scatter!" Shadow screams loudly.

All three of them jump in a different direction away from the Egg Dragoon. The Egg Dragoon changes its positioning and aims at its arm cannon at the ebony hedgehog. A volley of Chaos blasts were shot at the ultimate lifeform. Shadow adjusts himself and began evading the blasts. He was elusive and fast with his movement. The precision of how he sidesteps, jump, and slide away from the blasts was nearly elegant.

Eggman Nega was clenching his teeth in annoyance, "Stop moving you annoying rodent!"

Shadow turns toward Eggman Nega and raises his left arm towards the Egg Dragoon. Then, he lifts his middle finger at Eggman Nega and a smirk forms on his muzzle.

"Why you insignificant, arrogant, little rat!" Enraged by Shadow's action, Nega retaliates by throwing the drill arm directly towards the ebony hedgehog.

Shadow attempts to dodge out of the way, but multiple robots were grabbing onto his arms. Shadow struggles against the robots' grip, then looks over to the incoming drill. A burst of energy began to surround him. When enough energy covered him, Shadow releases the energy which blows the robots off of him. The drill was only a few feet away from Shadow, so he has to make a move quickly. Shadow steadies himself and puts all of his weight onto his feet. Air compresses into Shadow's shoes, then releases as Shadow motions into jumping. He springs into the air at high speeds over the drill. The Egg Dragoon reacts by aiming the arm cannon at Shadow. Shadow twists his body and faces the Egg Dragoon. Energy blasts were shot from the arm cannon, making their way towards Shadow's direction. Shadow spins out of the way of the first shot, teleports out of the way of another, then began to use the blasts as steps, and made his way towards the Eggmen in rapid succession.

"Darn you Shadow!" Eggman yells loudly.

The Egg Dragoon moves its drill arm and swings from Shadow's right side. The drill arm was getting closer to Shadow with the arriving seconds, so he had no other choice.

"Chaos Control!" Shadow harnesses the Chaos Emerald's power in his possession.

The colors of everything turns inverted. Time began to slow around the ultimate lifeform. The drill was only a few inches away from Shadow's body. Shadow drops towards the ground and looks over towards the weak spots he had pointed out earlier. He charges up his spindash, then rams himself into the green weak point.

WHAM!

The colors on the physical plane reverts back to normal and time itself returns. Shadow spindashes against the Egg Dragoon with enough force to knock it into a wall.

"Whaaa-, what just happened!" Eggman Nega's body was rocking against the impact. The Egg Dragoon was immobile by the sudden impact Shadow made into it.

Shadow pulls back away from the Egg Dragoon, "Now!"

Blaze and Eclipse jumps onto the scene. Eclipse grabs Blaze and spins her around until she became a blur. Eclipse, with his brute strength, throws Blaze at the weak point of the mech. Blaze spins as flames began to engulf her entire body, and rams into the Egg Dragoon, causing more damage against the mech.

"Don't let up! Keep going!" Shadow commands. Both his brother and him spring towards Blaze to help continue their assault against the Eggmen.

They were repeatedly pounding against the Egg Dragoon doing a decent amount of damage. Shadow and Eclipse continuously smash their fist against the mech's weak points while Blaze does the same with fire follow each attack she throws. Their ploy was working significantly, as the mech was completely helpless against their assault.

"Grrrr, this should not be happening," Nega clenched his, then turned towards Eggman, who was seemed to be remaining calm. "Eggman! Will you do something!?"

Eggman snaps his head over to Nega with a devious grin, "Hehehe, watch this!"

Eggman presses what seems to be a green colored button. As the trio continues their assault, a compartment of the Egg Dragoon began to open. Blaze's ear twitches at the sound that was made and notice the hatch that was opening. She looks inside and a shining green object could be seen.

'The Master Emerald!' Blaze stares at the giant emerald.

Something was off, there should be no reason why the Eggmen would expose the Master Emerald like that. Blaze began to feel uneasy, then turns her gaze towards the two brothers. They were also glaring at the Master Emerald.

"Are they stupid? Or did they throw in the towel?" Eclipse was the first to make a comment.

Both Shadow and Blaze remain quiet as they watch the Master Emerald cautiously. 'What are they planning,' is being replayed on both their minds. Suddenly, the Master Emerald began to shine brightly. It was almost blinding, as the trio raises the hands to shield their eyes against the shining jewel. Electric currents began to shower around the Master Emerald and large currents of energy could be felt.

The energy hits a certain red echidna who was running with the other heroes, on their way to catch up with Shadow and the others. Knuckles felt the surge of energy and slows down. The colors of his face withdrew as he stood with a surprised expression.

Sonic was the first to notice the echidna and slows down, "Yo Knuckles. You ok?"

Everyone else slows down and eyes Knuckles in confusion. Knuckles' lips began to quiver as he eyebrows furrows. His mouth began to grow large as he clenches his teeth.

"Knuckles?" Any asks, concern as to why he is looking like that.

"My Master Emerald..." Knuckles whispers quietly.

Sonic walks over to who he considers a best friend besides Tails, "Knuckles, what's wrong?"

Knuckles looks up in anger, "Those bastards stole my Master Emerald!"

Everyone's eyes open up wide at the shocking news. They were really confused now.

"But Knuckles," Silver raises an eyebrow. "You went to Angel Island to check if they took the Master Emerald after Blaze was kidnapped? Right?"

Knuckles grunts in anger, "They must have taken it the moment I left! I can't believe I was so careless! We have to get it back!"

"We'll get it back Knuckles," Amy says reassuringly.

"I know. Let's not waste any more time!" Knuckles charges ahead of the others. They follow after the raging echidna.

The Master Emerald's energy was increasing more and more. A laugh could be heard in the background. Shadow looks up to see Eggman cackling it up in the mech. A loud sound was made from the Master Emerald which cause Shadow to turn back to it wide-eyed. Shadow pulls Eclipse in desperation, then run towards Blaze.

He grabs her at the last second and yells, "Chaos Control!" They disappear away from the Egg Dragoon.

A click sound was made, then a large, green beam of light was made from where the Master Emerald sat. The beam was made up of so much Chaos energy, that it blows through every object that came in contact and vaporized it completely to every molecule.

Knuckles stops again, this time with his eyes wide. Everyone slows down to look at the red echidna once again.

"OBSERVATION: THE ECHIDNA IS SLOWING US DOWN. CONCLUSION: HE IS A LIABILITY." Omega states in a monotone voice.

"Omega come on. We are in this together," Sonic says, then turns back to Knuckles. "What's up this time?"

Knuckles turns his gaze towards the others, "EVERYONE GET DOWN NOW!"

A loud rumble was made in the background. The whole surrounding area was shaking, which caused rocks to fall from the ceiling. Everyone took cover away from the collateral damage, then a huge explosion sounds off in their vicinity. The large Chaos beam blasts through the walls made of stone and steel then penetrates the next wall. A huge shockwave was discharged from the beam which caused everything in the area to fly away in the air. Sonic and the others were struggling to hold their ground against the shockwave, holding onto anything that is stable that's lodged onto the floor. The Chaos beam blasts through the inner layers of the volcano and made its way to the outdoors. The shockwave follows and a fierce wind blows over the surrounding areas. The Chaos beam began to dim and dissipate, then eventually disappears from the eye. Everyone was on the ground once the shockwave has ceased and got up slowly.

Sonic rubs his head and groans. He looks over to the others quickly, "Is everybody alright!?" Everyone was groaning around him. The sound the beam made and the shockwave was very painful. Sonic looks at them and sighs in relief, "Well, everyone is still in one piece... man my head is throbbing..."

"Yeah, no kidding..." Knuckles grumbles. The red guardian looks around and turns towards the horrendous sight in front of him. Knuckles stares wide-eyed with his mouth gaping at the sight, "What the heck."

Two giant holes with charred off edges surround the innards of the holes. Small amounts of lava began to seep through the hole that the Chaos beam originated from creating a tiny lava flow. Rocks were falling around the surrounding holes, falling in the lava, including the metallic objects that reside in the area.

Sonic and Silver walks up to Knuckles and looks at the destruction that was caused in front of them. Silver was feeling uneasy and was rubbing his left hand with his right as a way of comforting his nerves. Sonic has an unsettling frown on his muzzle as he observes the scenery in front of him.

"Knuckles... I know Eggman has stolen your Master Emerald in the past, but did he cause this much destruction with it," Silver murmurs, eyes still glued towards the area.

Knuckles remains silent for a few seconds, then answers, "Yeah, but it has been a while since he last used the Master Emerald's power against us..." His last word drags on. The red echidna clenches his fist in anger, "We have to stop this!"

"AGREED." Omega sounds off behind them.

Amy was standing next to the terminator with a worried expression painted across her face. Her bottom lip was quivering as if fear formed into a tall being, grabbed her, and choked her as she struggled to fight.

Sonic notices Amy and walks over to her, "Amy, are you alright?" Amy was unresponsive. Her face was not fazed as the blue hero lowers himself a little to face her. "Hello, Mobius to Amy! Do you copy?" Sonic spoke louder this time.

Amy snaps out of whatever trance she was in and stares at Sonic, who was staring at her worryingly. She looks back at where the bottom hole where the Chaos laser came from, "Shadow, Blaze, and Eclipse are down there."

Sonic raises an eyebrow, missing what she has said, "What did you say?"

Any turns back to Sonic panicking, "Shadow, Blaze, and Eclipse are down there!"

Sonic looks at her in bewilderment. He turns back towards the others for a quick glance. Knuckles was looking flustered, Silver remained silent with a look of uncertainty, and Omega stood there like he always had. The blue blur turns back to his pink friend with an unreadable expression.

Sonic sighs, "Amy, I know things aren't looking great right now, but I'm sure they are fine." Amy just looks at the blue hero with eyes that was possibly on the verge of tears. Sonic smiles at her, "Don't worry Ames. Those three have been through hell and back. They can handle themselves. Now I need you to pull yourself together, so we can help them together."

Any did not comply at first. She stood there silently, still in fear for her friends. Sonic raises his hand over her head and rubs it softly to her liking. She leans her head into his touch, and Sonic grins softly at her, "Don't worry Ames. We'll make sure all of us get out of here safely. I can promise you on that, so don't worry too much, ok?"

Amy stares at Sonic for a few more moments, then shakes her head, "You're right Sonic. I shouldn't worry so much about them."

Sonic's grin widens. He gives her a thumbs up, then turns towards the others, "Alright guys! Let's hurry up and get to the others! They need our help!"

"Right!" Silver and Knuckles day in unison.

Sonic looks around and notices a hunk of metal not in their presence. He looks over to the others, "Uhhh, where is Omega?"

Everyone looks around for Omega and he is no where to be found. Silver looks down at the path they need to follow and spots the terminator wreaking havoc against Eggman's robots while moving forward.

"Well, I've found him." Silver chuckles and points to Omega's direction.

Everyone turns to see Omega doing what he loves all awhile leaving them in the dust. One after another, Omega destroys the helpless robots in his rage, without any mercy.

"Heeeeey! Omega wait for us!" Sonic calls out to the Egg Robot destroyer.

Knuckles laughs out loud, "No point in telling him to slow down. Let's follow his example and push forward. I need to get the Master Emerald back!" Knuckles pushes forward to join Omega on the carnage.

Silver looks over to Sonic with a teasing look, "Now you know how we feel, whenever we tell you to slow down."

"Yeah yeah! Let's get going!" Sonic brushes off Silver's quip and dashes toward the others, leaving Amy and Silver behind.

Silver turns to Amy, the features on his face softening, "Amy?" Amy jumps a little, as she was expecting to be standing by herself. She turns to face the telekinetic hedgehog. "It's ok to worry, ya know. I'm worried about them as well, but standing here won't confirm anything. So let's join the others, so we can save Blaze and the others, alright?"

Amy stares at Silver thoughtfully, then giggles to herself, "You're right Silver. Let's go."

Silver smiles at her then begins to fly using his telekinesis, while Amy sprint towards the others.

A cloud of dark smoke was rising in the air. A lot of static sounds popping off from the torn wiring and machinery in the background. A twin-tailed fox rose from the ground, seeming a bit dazed from the whole place shaking. He looks around to see Rouge lying on the ground unconscious. He walks over to her and check her for any injuries. Seeing as she wasn't hurt, he pokes her arm. She doesn't respond, still, sound asleep on the ground.

"Rouge," Tails spoke meekly. "Rouge, please wake up."

He continues to poke her, hoping that she would awaken, but he had no luck. Tails began to brainstorm anything that could potentially wake up the sleeping bat. Little did he know, someone was standing right behind him, observing him quietly. Tails turns his head to think some more before he realized someone was behind him, then yelps in fright.

Infinite stares at Tails, who was now in a fetal position. He couldn't help but grin since he had missed instilling fear into others, "Tails relax. It's me."

"l know it is you," Tails stood up and brush himself off. "Anyway, whatever that seismic wave was, it scared me a lot."

Infinite eyes the boy genius for a little bit, then turns his attention to the bat that's unconscious, "And is she ok?"

Tails nods in his head in response, "I think something must have hit her head or something. Besides that, I have not noticed any major injuries. I just can't find a way to wake her up."

Infinite continues to stare at the bat who aggravated him to no end, "I may have an idea." He walks up and stood over Rouge, crouched down to her head, then moves his muzzle to her ears, "Wake up, and I'll make sure Shadow gives you the rarest jewel of them all."

Tails cut his eyes at Infinite, "Really? Tempting her with jewels was your idea?"

Rouge shot up quickly looking around, "Jewels? Where are they?" She looks around and notices both Tails, who stared at her in disbelief, and Infinite, who was smirking in triumph. She speaks again, "So I'm not getting my jewels?"

Tails pinches the bridge of his nose, while Infinite chuckles to himself. Rouge was glaring at both of them, seeming very serious about getting the jewels Infinite and Tails were talking about.

Infinite shrugs, "There aren't any jewels."

"Good to know," Rouge says under her breath. She turns to Tails, "Tails, do you mind telling me what just happened a few seconds ago?"

Tails shrugs his shoulders, "I am not so sure what caused this. I'm just as confused as you are."

"Maybe it's Shadow and the others' battle with the Eggmen that are causing the ruckus," Rouge says thoughtfully.

Tails looks at her quickly, "That makes sense. But if that's the case, then Eggman Nega must have some powerful weapon in his arsenal."

Rouge nods her head in agreement, "Definitely. I doubt Shadow or the others could cause that much like that without the Chaos Emeralds altogether. I'm actually surprised the volcano has not erupted yet." She glances around to observe the area.

"Well, unless Eggman Nega caused the magma to rise above the cracks of the Earth's crust, I doubt the volcano will erupt now," Tails explains while pacing back and forth. "Even so, whatever that was is powerful. It could potentially erupt the volcano, so we should defeat Nega before that happens."

Infinite cuts his eyes at the twin-tailed fox, "Then we should go down there and help them."

"Not until Sonic and the others get here." Rouge snaps quickly.

Infinite scoffs, "Why wait for him when we can handle them ourselves?"

Rouge glares at the snow haired jackal, "Because we are a team. We're in this together."

Infinite glares at Rouge challengingly, "Some team we are letting Shadow, Eclipse, and Blaze fight those Eggmen by themselves."

Tails facepalms himself. Their bickering is truly a stressful debacle to deal with, and wish he was with Sonic and the others instead.

Rouge looks like she was going to explode, "Listen here, you egotistic, son of a-,"

"Hey, guys!" A voice sounds off in the background.

Rouge changes her gaze to see Sonic the Hedgehog making his way over to them with the others behind him. Tails began to smile as he saw Sonic coming towards them, grateful for saving him from another painful argument.

Sonic slows down to meet them, "Long time no see!"

"Sonic, I'm so glad you're here," Tails says gleefully. He turns towards Knuckles, Amy, and Silver as they all made their way to join them, "Hey guys! Glad to see you're all ok."

"You to Tails." Knuckles walks up to Tails and gives him a fist bump.

Rouge looks over to the E-Series 123 robot that stood motionless away from the others, "Well, it's a pleasure to see that you're ok. Did you have fun destroying Eggman's robots?"

"IT WAS THE MOST ENJOYABLE TIME OF MY MECHANICAL LIFE." Omega states.

Rouge smirks at the terminator, "Well we have one last target left, which I'm sure you'll enjoy at least as much as Eggman."

"NO OTHER LIFE FORM WILL QUENCH MY THIRST FOR REVENGE LIKE EGGMAN WILL." Omega raises a fist to express his emotion.

Rouge chuckles to herself, "Well at least you're honest."

"Now that we're reunited," Amy's voice catching the attention of everyone. "Can we help Shadow and Blaze now? I'm worried about them."

Sonic gives her a thumbs up, "Sure thing Ames. We can catch up with each other more on the way to crack that Egghead copy."

"And get my emerald back!" Knuckles chimes in.

Rouge looks over to the red echidna in confusion, "Whaddya mean your emerald? He only has the Chaos Emerald's and that fake Sol Emerald?"

"Wait," Tails looks over to Knuckles in confusion. "So the cause of the volcano shaking was the Master Emerald?"

"Yes, now can we get going, so I can get it back!?" Knuckles roars in annoyance.

"Yeah, let's get a move on! Shadow and the others are probably waiting on us for backup!" Silver adds into the conversation.

"Yeah, yeah, let's go!" Sonic looks around to realize Omega is not here with them. He turns his head to see Omega and Infinite running towards their destination with great haste already. "Hey! Wait for us!"

The whole group finally went on the move to help their comrades in distress.