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Sonic and Sash: Tides of Chaos 3
Phantom Forces
Act 1

Chapter 2: Fallen Worlds


Six months later...

A light rumbling occurred from outside the underground base, the walls torn and worn from wear and the attacks, cracks and parts of the walls chipped away, pipes and vents of varying size and structure running across the ceiling of the dimly lit room. Connected to the far wall was a massive computer screen, several other smaller ones connected randomly around the sides of it, a control panel just under it. Off to the right were several large crates and rubble batches, pieces broken off from the attacks of Robotnik's robots. In the center of the room was a small raised table, housing a couple more computers and data towers. To the right of the massive screen and at the far back of the room were to reinforced Avalinium doors, and near the crates was a teleporter pad. This was Resistance HQ... for what little resistance there was.

At the computer screen on the middle table was an aged 16 and well-endowed pink hedgehog, her arms and legs clearly showing they were toned a bit from exercise she had done. Her outfit was of a white ling-sleeved sweatshirt with a red cross across the front and a red hood with red forearms and a red lower border, accented by the black form-fitting shorts and the white and red boots with a black top and golden ring on the front. she wore a red beanie cap that rested back a bit with a heart button on the right side, and her long back spines had been fashioned into a ponytail. A large red-and-yellow hammer was slung over her right shoulder, a small red crystal at the base of the long orange handle. Next to her was a small ten-year-old cream-colored rabbit with orange accents on her ears and around her brown eyes, an orange tuft of her hair peaking out in front a bit, freckles adorning the bridge between her eyes above her white furry muzzle. A pink scrunchie tied the base of her ears at the back of her head, well complementing her pink shirt and lavender overalls with pink knees and and front pouch. Her legs and her left arm were robotic, and a small hero Chao perched on her shoulder. Next to the two was a yellow and black Gizoid.

"Any contact with the others Amy?" The rabbit asked worriedly.

The hedgehog, Amy, shook her head. "Nothing. Team Chaotix haven't had a response yet, and I have no idea where our leader is anyways..."

"He's probably out trying to protect that giant rock of his." Another female voice spoke, coming from the ceiling. Amy would deadpan, looking up.

"Rouge, do you honestly think he'd go out in these conditions just to get the Master Emerald?" Amy groaned.

"I don't think so, I know so." The voice said, dropping from the ceiling to reveal a 22-year-old female white-haired bat, well-curved in her body and chest, tan skin and muzzle, and large black wings on her back. Her outfit consisted of a black halterneck crop top with a window under a magenta cropped jacket with a black scarf and black skin-fitting shorts and gloves. Alongside this, she also has magenta and black shoes to match her top. Part of her hair was in a long side bang that became more magenta towards the tip, and she had dark lavender eyeliner that complemented her teal eyes. "And I know he's going after that rock of his."

"But... why?" Cream asked.

"Think of it this way." Rouge responded. "Would you leave a rock of that much power out in the open like that?"

"...okay I guess that kinda makes sense." Cream spoke before another rumble occurred. "But it's not exactly safe out there..."

"Speaking of not safe, where's Silver?" Amy spoke.

"He's off picking up that new recruit from Avalice's Resistance HQ I think." Rouge said. "At least we have those teleport pad links between the two bases so he can get here safely."

"'Safely'. Yeah, sure." Amy spoke, before looking to the robot. "Gemerl, are there any sort of readings from Knuckles?"

"That... would be a negative." The robot spoke. "No sightings of any echidna activity."

"Not even the Master Emerald?" Cream asked.

"Negative." Gemerl replied. "No readings yet."

"Oh..." Cream spoke, her ears drooping a bit more. "I hope he's okay..."

"I'm sure he will be Cream..." Amy reassured as another rumble occurred. "We just need to give it time..." At that moment the teleporter pad activated up, a faint blue light emanating from it as it soon whirred to life, catching the hedgehog's attention. "Oh! That must be Silver and the new recruit!"

Indeed as who stepped out of the teleporter first was a silver furred hedgehog with golden eyes and a tan muzzle, cyan markings on it, wearing a black beanie with a cyan trim design, his spines held back in a frayed ponytail. On him was a navy blue vest with golden trim, white fluffy collar, black shorts with navy blue gloves with golden cuffs and cyan trim leading to a circle on the palms of the gloves. He also had teal-toed golden boots that came up to his knees. "Sorry we're late." The hedgehog spoke. "Avalice's HQ had a bit of a holdup I had to help take care of."

"Oh my..." Cream said. "Was it more of those robots Mr. Silver?"

"Well, that..." Silver spoke. "That and the new recruit didn't really get along with Spade all that well."

"Did he explain why?" Amy asked.

Silver merely shook his head. "Never explained. Said it was something personal."

"Well, if it's personal, best you don't go prying around in it." Rouge spoke. "Last thing we need is scaring off rookies because of prying ones here."

The teleporter made another sound. "Oh good, that must be him no- WOAAAAH!" Silver spoke as he saw a large stack of boxes being carried by a figure behind them.

"H-Heh, w-will be right there!" The figure spoke as he tried to step forward... and tripped on a cable, falling forward. "G-Guuahhh!"

"Woah there boy!" Silver said, becoming surrounded in a cyan aura as the boxes froze in midair. "Easy there. You alright?"

"H-heh, thanks..." The figure said, getting up from where he fell, revealing it to be a white basset-husky mix breed of hound, with cyan tipped ears and tuft of fur on his head and a cyan-tipped tail. He was wearing blue sneakers along with blue jeans along with a white shirt with short blue sleeves. "I really should have taken less boxes with me..."

"Hey, it's fine kid." Silver said, psychically moving the boxes onto the other crates. "Why not introduce yourself to the rest of the Resistance?"

"Right right." The basset-husky said nervously, turning to the rest of the group. "H-hey, everyone. Sven Amihan, Tech junkie and RC expert at your service."

"Amy Rose; head of communications for the Mobius Resistance HQ and your typical hammer-wielding girl." Amy answered.

"Cream Kaik, second of Team Jubilee and half-rabbot weapon." Cream shyly stated, blushing.

"Serial Model E-263 'Gemerl'. Artifical Giziod and temporary arsenal. At your service." Gemerl spoke.

"And I'm Rouge Kagayaku, head spy and stealth expert for the Mobian Resistance." Rouge spoke, her wings moving ever so slightly. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, cutie~"

Sven blushed. "Uhhh..."

"Don't worry kid, she does this with most of the guys." Amy spoke.

"Hey, a little flirting never killed anyone, now did it?" Rouge countered, winking. "Besides, we wanna make the newbie feel welcome, right?"

"Well, yeah, but-" Amy started before she was interrupted.

"Then we're on the same page." Rouge said, before looking back to Sven. "Make yourself at home sweetie."

"Th-thanks..." Sven blushed, starting to move the boxes he brought. "You guys have a workbench somewhere in here?"

"I think there might be one in the back..." Cream said, walking towards the crates near the side and lifting them out of the way with her robotic arm. "Let me just move these you."

"Thanks Cream." Sven said, moving past the crates with his boxes and getting to a workbench not too far off. "So... where's the leader?"

"Out getting a rock." Rouge said. "It'll make sense in context."

At that moment a banging came at the east door. "Hey! Open up!" A voice yelled.

"Password." Amy asked.

"Snooping as usual I see!" The voice said.

"Clear!" Amy said as the door opened, in rushing a large red dreadlocked echidna wearing a western hat wearing a yellow vest and green cargo shorts along with red boots and white gloves with spikes on the knuckles, holding a gigantic daimond-cut emerald gemstone as the door shut behind him.

"Whew! Good save there Amy!" The echidna said, setting the gigantic gemstone down. "Thought I was about to become lunchmeat for those Marauders out there!"

Amy sweatdropped. "...you seriously went and got that thing Knuckles?"

"Hey, better than leaving it abandoned in Hidden Palace where Eggman could easily snag it like all the previous times!" Knuckles retorted. "Besides, better we have it on our side than Eggman have it."

"True." Amy spoke. "At least better we have some amount of Chaos Energy on our side. Especially since the Chaos Emeralds have went missing."

"So the Master Emerald's the only shot we got." Knuckles said.

"You gonna be okay keeping it in the same room as Rouge?" Amy teased. "After all, you know how she is ab-"

"She's not touching it, period." Knuckles said, before a lightbulb went off in his head. "Wait, where's the rookie that was following me?"

"You had one with you?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, burnt the hell outta those Marauders that were chasing us for the Emerald!" Knuckles said. "Is he still outside?"

"Would you assholes let me in already?" Another voice came from outside the door.

"Password?" Rouge asked.

"Hey, I helped out your echidna leader, that's enough of a password." The voice said. Rouge would then activate a screen with a viewpoint of outside the door. The figure appeared to be a feline of some sort, orange fur with messy brown hair on his head and at the tip of his tail; a lion, wearing a black tanktop and black jeans, with black fingerless gloves and black boots. And if his burning red eyes said anything, he wasn't too happy.

"Well, at least there's not robots with him..." Rouge said, activating the door control before the feline walked in.

"About time." He said. "What's the hostility for?"

"The metric shitton of Eggman Forces running amok across Mobius." Rouge said. "Where've you been the past six months?"

"On said planet, fighting said slag heaps." The feline deadpanned back. "It ain't. Fun."

"Then... why'd you want to join the Resistance?" Amy asked.

"Because like you guys, I'm sick of a fatass sending out his forces across both planets and killing people." The feline spoke. "Someone's gotta take stand."

"Well, you got the attitude." Silver said. "But do you have the grit?"

"Oh the kids definitely got the grit." Knuckles said. "Trashed at least several dozen robots I missed when I ran into him on the way back from Angel Island."

"Well, that's impressive." Gemerl spoke. "By chance, how did he do it?"

"The kid's a natural pyrokinetic!" Knuckles said, giving the feline a hard pat on the back, knocking him forward a bit. "Perfect for melting down all of Eggman's buckets of scrap metal!"

Amy smiled. "Then he's perfect or the group!" She said, extending a hand. "Welcome to the Resistance... ehm..."

"Aaron." The feline responded. "Aaron Kasarion."

"Aaron!" Amy said, shaking his hand. "Welcome aboard."

"Thanks, I guess." The feline said, sticking his hands into his pockets. "So... where do I sit?"

"Anywhere that's not a computer bank." Rouge said. Aaron nodded before walking over to sit on a crate near the workbench before Sven took notice.

"Oh! Are you a new recruit too?" Sven asked, looking up from the workbench at the feline.

"Why are you asking?" Aaron asked.

"Hey, at least I'm not the complete inexperienced one here for once!" Sven commented.

"What about combat experience?"

"Well... ehm..."

"None I take it." Aaron commented. "Like I thought, a gearhead."

"So?" Sven asked. "I'm not much of a fighter. I prefer the mechanical aspects of strategy."

"So you prefer to hide behind cover and just use bots to do your bidding?"

"No!" Sven argued.

"Would you two knock it off?!" Rouge yelled. "We're supposed to be a team here!"

"Fine..." Aaron grumbled. It was silent for a bit before a sound came on from the main computer terminal.

"Hello?! Hello!" A gruff older voice spoke. "You guys there or am I talkin' to an empty room right now?!"

"About time Vector!" Amy said, rushing to the computer console. "Where are you guys?! Where's the Chaotix?!"

"Relax Amy, we're fine." The voice, Vector, said. "We're just doin' a bit of recon. Good news though!"

"And what's that?" Amy asked, looking annoyed.

"We've found out where that slimeball's been taking any of the surviving Mobians that are resisting him!" Vector chimed in. "Turns out over here on Westside Island's Chemical Plant Zone, he's now got a new spaceport built in order to take any survivors into a space prison!"

"Well, aside from the space part, this is looking promising!" Amy spoke.

"Yeahyeahyeah! He's herding them all like it's a cattle drive! IT's nu-" A younger voice started speaking before he became muffled and quieter.

"Charmy getcha mouth away from the comm unit!" Vector said, with what sounded like shoving. "Either way, we've got a location, but the problem is we're too large ourselves to try and smuggle ourselves onboard that ship. We're gonna need to find another way on there."

"Understood." Amy said, glancing back to the two new rookies. "...and I think I know just who to send. See you when you get back."

"Sure thing Amy." Vector spoke. "Chaotix out." The communications line then cut.

"Rookies! Front and center!" Amy spoke, both Aaron and Sven getting up and walking to in front of Amy. "Alright you two, looks like the circumstances have lined up for you to get your first mission down!"

"A-A mission? Already?" Sven asked.

"Alright, what are we doing now?" Aaron asked, crossing his arms.

"I was just getting to that." Amy spoke, the main monitor bringing up a map of Westside Island. "We've received communications from Team Chaotix about where the citizens of Mobius and Avalice are being taken. What we need you two to do is head there and grab some recon photos of the ships so we can formulate a proper plan to rescue those prisoners!"

"So a recon mission?" Sven asked. "Sweet! I've got the perfect camera I can use for this!"

"A recon mission?" Aaron asked. "Joy. This oughta be fun."

"Suck it up you two." Knuckles said, setting his hands on their shoulders. "You two are the ones we need for this mission, so get used to eachother." Both Aaron and Sven merely glared at eachother before looking back to Amy.

"Let's just hope either of them are better than that wolf boy with a sword that joined a while back." Rouge muttered under her breath. "Went out head first and immediately became bullet fodder for those robotic goons..."

"Thankfully enough there's a teleport pad right nearby the Chemical Plant, in one of Tails' old abandoned workshops." Amy said, typing something into the console of the computer. "Once you get there, take care not to get attacked by any of Eggman's robots. The last thing we need is his troops finding a teleport pad that leads straight to our base."

"Right right." Aaron said, before noticing something. "Where'd the mutt go?"

"Sorry!" Sven said, soon coming back with a backpack. "Just had to grab a few things for this!"

Aaron rolled his eyes. "This is gonna be a long mission..."

"Alright you two!" Amy said as the warp pad fired up. "Get going!"

Both Sven and Aaron nodded as they stepped onto the warp pad and teleported towards Westside Island...


Ruined Station Square, Spring Yard District...

"C'mon... c'mon..." A voice said that came from an an orange two-tailed kitsune with a white muzzle and white furred stomach. He was wearing red cargo pants with a belt and a specified blaster on it. He wore red and white shoes on his feet and a worn brown flight jacket. He was busy working on a familiar collapsed crimson robot. "Agh, dammit! I don't have the right fuses!"

"How much longer is this gonna be Tailsy?" Another voice said, the speaker being a green wildcat, with darker green patterns and black-tipped ears, and a white-furred stomach, her black-tipped furry tail was whipping a bit from her anxiety. Her figure alone was shown of some built muscles that had developed over the years, as well as her bust. She was wearing a black tight-fitting tanktop and short green cargo shorts, a rope tied as a belt, normal combat boots, and a long worn red scarf. "The longer we're out here in the open, the more we run a risk of that hound thing finding us!"

"I just need to grab these last few fuses..." Tails responed, pulling something out of the robot's main chassis. "Alright, now if I just re-wire his main power source..." He trailed off as he worked, unaware of the water rising out of the sewer lid behind him.

"Uh... Tailsy?" The wildcat spoke, grabbing the Mech-Blade off her back.

"Hold on Carol, I think I almost got it!" Tails said, rerouting Omega's power source.

"Tailsy..." Carol said, morphing the Mech-Blade to her scythe mode.

"Just a little longer Carol!" Tails said as the water blob emerging from the sewer started to morph into the familiar destruction god.

"MILES! BEHIND YOU!" Carol yelled as she knocked Tails out of the way of Chaos 0's attack.

"Aaauck!" Tails said, looking up from where Carol tackled him. "C-Chaos?! Now of all times?!"

"No time to talk!" Carol said, rushing Chaos 0. "I'm not ready to become a victim of Avalican animation yet!" She growled, slicing at the watery figure with the Mech-Blade. Chaos 0 merely lopped off from where the slice was and then reformed back to normal as if nothing had happened.

"Attacking his body is useless!" Tails said, shooting at Chaos 0's brain core, causing it to collapse. "His brain is the weak point!"

"What is this, some kinda video game?!" Carol growled as Chaos 0 reformed, soon leaping up onto a light pole and trying to attack from above, throwing massive globs of water down onto the two. Carol growled before rushing straight for the light pole, her Mech-Blade cleaving through the metal like it was butter. Chaos 0 lept down into the ground, disappearing completely... before a rumbling occurred from under Carol's feet, causing the wildcat to leap back as a geyser erupted from the spot where she stood. The wildcat gritted her teeth as she lept back before rushing forward again. Chaos 0 expected a typical lunge and thrusted his watery fists forward, but a gleam from Carol's eyes had her skid right under Chaos 0, angling the scythe blade of her Mech-Blade straight up as she bisected Chaos 0, striking the brain core in the process. Chaos melted back into a puddle as he slunk away before reforming back on a higher platform. The water god screeched before white metal heads shaped like Chaos 0's came down, pulling in water from the storm drains.

"Artifical Chaos!" Tails said, gripping his blaster tightly as he rolled out of the way of an eye lazer blast and ducked behind rubble. "Shit! We can't deal with Chaos while he's got his chronies out!"

"I don't suppose you have any bright ideas?!" Carol yelled, one of the Artificial Chaos lashing its arms out for her, shredding through part of her left ear. "Aaaack!" She yelled, gripping her damaged ear.

"You take cover! I'll fire at 'em!" Tails yelled, setting his blaster to double-laser before opening fire on the Artifical Chaos's, managing to snipe down each Aritifical Chaos head. One by one each of them fell until only Chaos 0 was left.

"Alright, come here ya big drip!" Carol yelled, charging for Chaos 0.

"Carol wait!" Tails yelled as Carol attempted to take a swing at Chaos 0... but then the destruction god lept from the perch and dove back down towards the main floor, morphing back into a blob of large water... then starting to reform into a larger version of himself, more muscular, bony structures now in the arms with hollow wrist structures, inside each structure a magenta gemstone...

"Wh-WHAT?!" Tails gasped, starting to tremble a bit. "H-HE CAN TRANSFORM WITHOUT THE CHAOS EMERALDS?!"

"A little swoleness ain't gonna deter me!" Carol growled, lunging for Chaos 2 now. However, the now larger water beast now gripped Carol tightly, soon shaking her before slamming her on the ground repeatedly, cracking the pavement from the sheer force.

"Let go of her!" Tails yelled, firing a shot at Chaos 2's head. Chaos 2 collapsed, releasing its grip on Carol as she hit the ground, mewling in pain as Chaos slunk backwards. The kitsune rushed to the wildcat to check on her.

"Carol..." Tails spoke. "Are you alright?"

Carol merely coughed a bit. "H-heh... I'm perfectly fine..." She stammered.

"Don't lie to me!" Tails said, lifting her up. "Let me get you away from here. I can heal you up when you're safe."

"T-Tails!" Carol cried, a scared look her eyes as she pointed to behind Tails. The kitsune barely reacted in time as Chaos 2 bright its arms down on the spot where Tails was, smashing the pavement into fragments. Tails quickly set down Carol on top of a higher ledge before jumping back down, switching one of the laser settings to fire as his gun becomes a plasma sword.

"Alright, you want some?!" Tails yelled at the hulking water beast. "I'm not scared of you! Bring it!" He growled, lunging at Chaos 2 with the plasma sword as Chaos 2 brought its arms down on top of him. Tails blocked the arms with the sword, slicing through the water and creating steam but colliding with the bony structures in his arms. Tails soon knocked the arms away before aiming for the brain core, striking it with the plasma sword. Chaos 2 recoiled in pain, grabbing its head as Tails went for the legs, slicing through them... but then Chaos 2 collapsed ontop of Tails, trapping the kitsune inside the massive water blob. Tails' eyes widened, accidentally releasing his grip on his blaster as he struggled to get out. The more he struggled to get out, the more Chaos 2 forced water into his mouth and nose, and even when his head broke free of the water, several watery tentacles would emerge from the blob and force his head back in. Tails struggled more, the panic starting to rise inside him as Chaos 2 forced water in through his mouth and nose more... until he became still, unmoving. Chaos 2 then slunk away from the kitsune, leaving him sunk, unconscious...

"T-Tailsy!" Carol cried, getting down to the kitsune despite her injuries. However, her cry alerted Chaos 2, as the watery god of destruction turned back to the two, raising its arms over its head, ready to smash its arms down...

At that moment two large magenta vortexes opened up behind Chaos 2, delaying its attack as it looked behind itself, seeing the vortexes... before blue and lavender blurs shot out of the portals, headed straight for Chaos 2. The watery being raised its light shield, the two figures bouncing off the shield and landing on two separate vantage points. The blue one revealed to be a familiar hedgehog, black eyes and shorter spines, a lighter blue fur color and only wearing dark blue shorts. The other one was also familiar; the short lilac fur, the spiky purple hair with twin ankle-length whip-like ponytails, the red scarf, the stylish and fragile-looking blue boots and gloves, the matching headgear, and the form-fitting black tank top tucked into tight blue shorts doing nothing at all to hide how slender the girl is.

Carol's jaw dropped. "S-S-SASH?!"

The dragon spoke no words before she went to fighting the water creature. Chaos 2 raised its arms to defend itself with its light shield, but the dragon's fisticuff combos showed no forms of letting up, continuously wailing on the shield as a whole, occasionally using her tendrils as cracks started appearing in the shield. It wasn't long before the dragon performed a Dragon Boost, smashing through the shield, striking the brain core and causing the watery figure to rear back in pain. The hedgehog then ran atop the upper buildings before taking a spinning jump onto the top of Chaos 2, whacking him in the brain core again. Chaos 2 melted into the ground before slinking away into the storm drain...

The hedgehog ran after the water, soon stomping his foot angrily as Chaos 2 escaped into the sewer.

"I at least appreciate your help." The dragon said, before looking at Carol and the unconscious kitsune. She said nothing, walking over and feeling the vulpine's pulse. "It's faint... but he's still alive."

"He is?" Carol asked.

"He needs the water pumped out of him." The dragon spoke. "Move."

"Wait, wh-"

"Dammit Carol we don't have time to screw around with this!" The dragon growled, shoving the feline out of the way. Soon enough the dragon had started pumping on the kitsune's chest, starting to force water out of the kitsune's lungs. She alternated between the chest pumps and the mouth breaths before the kitsune started coughing, water starting to come up before he leaned up, coughing up water and blood at the same time.

"Aaa... aaa-aaagh..." Tails moaned, holding his head in pain as his eyes were clamped shut. "Oooohh gods... my chest..."

"Are you alright?" The dragon asked, kneeling next to the kitsune.

Tails' eyes shot open. "S-Sash?"

"...how do you know me?" The dragon asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Wait..." Tails said, looking over the figure again. "You're not our Sash, are you?"

"'Your' Sash?" The dragon asked, before the hedgehog walked over and waved hi.

"Tailsy, what're you talking about?" Carol asked.

"I think... yeah, it's gotta be that!" Tails said, getting up, causing the hedgehog to jump back in shock.

"What... are you saying?" The dragon asked.

"Okay, it's gonna sound like a stretch, but hear me out." Tails said. "Based on everything we've been seeing so far, from the phenomena of past enemies coming back, all the spacial distortion, and now Sonic and Sash's past selves showing up, Eggman must have something that's messing with multiple timelines! That would explain how these two got pulled out and brought here to our time; Eggman's new weapon must have messed with their timelines and pulled them here!"

"I think I get it now..." Carol said. "Basically, Eggman's using a dimension distorter or something to rip apart realities and paste 'em here to build his empire!"

"Exactly!" Tails said.

"So... where exactly do we fit into the puzzle?" The dragon asked, the hedgehog nodding alongside her.

"Well, in our situation, you two are the only shots we have." Carol spoke. "Our Sash and Sonic got sent to some sort of pocket dimension, leaving us stranded without help to stop Eggman from using whatever that thing he's using is."

"So you're expecting us to take place of the two?" The dragon spoke. "What exactly is in it for us?"

"Well..." Tails said, none of the group being aware of Omega behind them, now slowly powering up. "Saving Mobius and Avalice from an eggolomaniac, stopping a genocidal maniac from killing several dozens of innocent Mobians and Avalicians, smashing a metric ton of Eggman robots-"

"COUNT ME IN." A voice said from behind Tails, catching the group off guard as the young Sonic jumped in shock, running in front of Tails and holding his arms out to the sides to protect him.

"O-Omega!" Tails said. "I-I thought my reboot didn't work on you!"

"BLAME THE FACT THAT MY REBOOT SOFTWARE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED EVER SINCE THAT FAT EGG SEALED ME IN THAT BASE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO." Omega spoke, before looking at the small Sonic. "DO NOT BE AFRAID SMALL BLUE PINEAPPLE MAMMAL, I AM NOT GOING TO HURT HIM."

"The hell is this guy?" The dragon spoke.

"YOU ASK OF ME?" Omega spoke. "I AM E-123 OMEGA, THE MOST POWERFUL OF THE E-SERIES MODELS OF ROBOTS. EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST DANGEROUS AND LETHAL WEAPON SYSTEMS TO DATE." He spoke, his robotic hands retracting and morphing into miniguns. "FUEL-INJECTED TURBO CHARGED MINIGUNS CAPABLE OF FIRING AT NEARLY 9,000 ROUNDS PER SECOND." The miniguns the retracted and out slotted two flamethrowers. "ION SPARK IGNITED TWIN GASOLINE FLAMETHROWERS CAPABLE OF REACHING TEMPERATURES OF OVER 1000 DEGREES." The flamethrowers retracted and then missile racks appeared in the ends of the arms. "EGGMAN CODE-SEEKING GUIDED MISSILES WITH AN EXPLOSIVE CAPACITY TO PIERCE SOLID STEEL FRAMING." The racks retracted before the gauntlet sides of his arms opened. "TWIN CHAOS DRIVE-AUGMENTED LASER CANNONS, ARMOR PIERCING." Then the gauntlets retracted and the torso opened up, revealing... a drink cup with a straw?

"Omega... what is that?" Tails asked, confused.

"MY RECENT UPGRADE THANKS TO G.U.N.: MILKSHAKE PRODUCTION." Omega spoke. "REGRETTABLY IT ONLY CAME INSTALLED WITH THREE FLAVORS." The small Sonic seemed to get excited and ran up to grab the milkshake, starting to drink it.

"Aaaaaaand how exactly are milkshakes going to help fighting Eggman?" Carol asked, crossing her arms.

"THEY WON'T; THEY'RE JUST A FRINGE BENEFIT." Omega said. "DOES ANYONE ELSE ASIDE FROM THE SMALL BLUE ONE WANT ONE?"

"I'm fine." Tails spoke, before his watch started beeping. "Huh?"

"What's up Tailsy?" Carol asked.

"...Tailsy?" The dragon asked, looking at Carol with a deadpan expression. "Good god Carol, you got this soft?"

"You're not talkin' to 'your' Carol, remember that." Carol retorted. "Anyways, whatcha got on your specs Tailsy?"

"There's some sort of signal coming from Green Hill..." Tails said. "It looks like more temporal and spacial distortion!"

"You think that's where we'll find Eggman fucking around?" Carol asked.

"Without a doubt." Tails said. "Let's get moving, we might be able to get there in time!"

The others nodded, before the five took off for the hills...


Soon enough the two rookies would arrive at the edge of the Chemical Plant Zone, ducking behind a containment train. Several large containers were being hoisted by groups of Egg Pawns, being carried to a transport ship docked nearby. Sven's ears twitched, soon getting the camera out of his bag and peeking over the train onto the area.

"Whatcha see up there?" Aaron whisper-growled.

"Lookin' like a lot of clunkers..." Sven responded, snapping a few pictures. "And they're loading up on supplies it looks like... aha!"

"What?" Aaron asked.

"Looks like Amy's suspicions were right!" Sven said, getting more pictures. "They're loading up cages of Mobians in there!"

"Well, at least we got som-" was all that Aaron said before he was cut off.

"H-HOLY SHIT!" Sven said, a shocked look on his face. "I-IS THAT SHADOW?!"

"Shut up!" Aaron growled through gritted teeth. "You'll give us away if you shout like that you dumbass!"

"No, seriously!" Sven said, getting down, back to Aaron. "Shadow's turned traitor! He's working with Eggman now!"

"Show me the pic." Aaron said. "I'll believe that shit when I see it."

"Gimme a sec." Sven said, starting to pull up the pic on his camera. Though they wouldn't be there for long as an Egg Pawn soon rounded the corner, seeing the two.

"Shit!" Aaron said, blasting the thing with fire. "We gotta hide. Now."

"Wait, why?" Sven said as Aaron grabbed him, running away from a volley of Egg Pawn fire.

"Well unless you wanna become swiss cheese, we need to find a hiding spot!" Aaron growled, soon rounding a corner into a crate storage area. "In here!"

"Gyaaack!" Sven said, soon being pulled around the corner as the Egg Pawns stormed past. "W-well now what?!"

"Help me get one of these crates open." Aaron said, trying to pull one open. "We'll hide in here until the area clears out." Sven merely nodded as he helped the lion pull open the crate open before the two hid inside with the extra robot parts and the crate closed back up.

"Ooof!" Sven groaned. "Owww..."

"Can it. It's the best hiding place we got." Aaron responded, before his ears twitched. "Keep quiet, someone's coming."

Both figures remained silent as the metal footsteps grew closer, soon stopping in front of the crate. Both the rookies froze as they felt the crate being lifted up, carried off somewhere before being dropped again. Sven almost yelped in pain if Aaron didn't quickly cover his mouth.

"Is that the last one?" A robotic voice said, probably an Egg Pawn.

"Yep, that's the last one." Another Egg Pawn said. "Let's get the ship moving."

There was the sound of a creaking metal hatch sealing up before a rumbling occurred.

"Wh-what's happening?" Sven asked.

"Looks like our recon mission just got a whole lot harder..." Aaron groaned as the ship took off out of Mobian atmosphere...


With the stakes risen highly, now our two rookies are whisked off to one of their hardest tasks yet. And with Tails and Carol now finding past versions of Sonic and Sash, as well as rebooting Omega, things may finally be looking up for them. But what awaits in store for Aaron and Sven? Find out next time in Chapter 3: "Impromptu Rescue Mission"...