Chapter 27, Planning the attack.

New metropolis.

Eggman was standing in front of a large monitor planning his huge attack of Seaside hill, "No, no, no, I want more robots, I want more battleships, I want more" Eggman half shouted.

"But Dr Robotnik we're already sending all available units, the only way we can possibly send more is if we send the New metropolis defence force as well" said Orbot, "I don't care, send them all" said Eggman.

"But, but Doctor that would leave New metropolis vulnerable" said Orbot, "That doesn't matter, I'm about to wipe out the entire Resistance, I don't need to defend this city" laughed Eggman.

Orbot obeyed his master and typed in the command for the New metropolis defence force to leave the city, Orbot just hoped that the Doctor was right about this.

"Keep me informed on the attacks progress, I have work to do" said Eggman as he walked out of the room with a big smile on his face.

Resistance HQ, War room.

Knuckles was looking over the reports from the Resistance's resent battles, things had not been going well for them and Knuckles was starting to become more desperate to score a win just so they could raise moral amongst the troops.

As Knuckles started to read another report Rouge suddenly burst into the room looking very worried, "Guys I've just received some info from G,U,N, apparently Eggman's sending a huge attack force to Seaside hill" she said.

"What, why would he do that, there's nothing at Seaside hill that's worth conquering" said Knuckles, "I know, neither us or G,U,N have any bases there" said Rouge.

"Amy can you get us some satellite images on screen" asked Knuckles, "Sure, just give me a sec" said Amy as she started to type something into the computer, soon an image of a huge fleet of Eggman's battleships appeared, all of them heading straight for Seaside hill.

"This doesn't make any sense, why would Eggman send such a huge fleet just to conquer an area that has no defences" said a confused Knuckles, "What are we going to do, there's far too many of them for us to stop" asked Amy.

Knuckles had no idea what to do, he knew that the Resistance was no match for an attack force that large, "Hang on, aren't some of those ships from the New metropolis defence force" said Rouge taking notice of some of the battleships paintjobs.

Knuckles looked at the screen and realised that Rouge was right some of the battleships was from the New metropolis defence force, "He's moving some of his defences away from the city" he said.

Suddenly a thought occurred to Knuckles, "Amy get me a picture of New metropolis" he said, "Ok then" said Amy sounding rather confused, a picture of New metropolis appeared on screen and the three all gasped, there wasn't a single battleship defending the city.

"Why would Eggman do this, he's left his main city completely undefended" said Rouge, Knuckles remain silent he was in deep thought about this, "Amy call everyone here immediately, this might be our only chance to attack New metropolis" he finally said.

Resistance HQ, Tails's lab.

Tails and Gadget was in the lab building a brand new version of the wispon, they had thought of this design some time ago and they was only now coming close to finishing it.

If their calculations was correct then this new wispon would be able to switch between using different powers instead of being limited to one like all of the other models.

Just as the two was inserting a power cell Tails's communicator went off, "Tails we need you in the War room immediately Knuckles has something big planned" came Amy's voice, Tails wasn't sure what was going on but it sounded important.

"Sounds like you'd better get going" said Gadget, "Hey Gadget do you want to come too, I mean if this is really important then you should probably know what's going on" said Tails, "Sure I'll come" said Gadget as he put down his tools and followed Tails to the War room.

Resistance HQ, War room.

All of the high ranking members of the Resistance was gathered in the room it was clear that whatever was going on must be very important, Knuckles stepped forward and cleared his throat.

"Thank you all for coming on such short notice, I know that your all wondering why I called you all here" said Knuckles, Everyone nodded, "The truth is, I think that its time of us to launch an attack on New metropolis" said Knuckles.

Everyone looked at Knuckles as if he had gone insane, "Knuckles are you crazy, there's no way we can take down New metropolis" said Tails, "Usually I'd agree, but just take a look at these pictures" said Knuckles as he pressed a button on the computer showing everyone the city.

Everyone was shocked at seeing the pictures, some people even gasped, "Where's the city's defence force" asked Vector, "Gone, their all on their way to Seaside hill" explained Knuckles.

"But why" asked Tails, "We don't know, but New metropolis is currently unguarded, so I say that we attack now while we have a chance" said Knuckles.

Many members of the Resistance agreed with Knuckles while others was more sceptical, "Knuckles a lot of our troops are out on missions, including Silver and Ogema, shouldn't we wait for them to get back first" said Amy.

"I wish we could, but we can't, I doubt that Eggman will leave his main city undefended for very long, this might be our only chance to end this war in one fell swoop, if we're going to do this then we have to do it now" said Knuckles.

Everyone quickly talked amongst themselves, some was still a little unsure about this plan but they all agreed that this was likely the best chance they was going to get, after a few seconds everyone agreed to Knuckles's plan.

"Ok everyone, ready all available troop, we move out ASAP, it's time for Operation big wave" said Knuckles.

Resistance HQ, loading bay.

Soon everyone was ready to set off for New metropolis, Gadget looked around and saw that most of the team looked just as worried as he was, they all knew that this was a high risk, high reward mission.

This was going to be the largest attack the Resistance had ever performed, if Gadget had to guess he would estimate that about 60% for the Resistance was going on this mission.

Some of the people going the New metropolis was Tails and Gadget who would both be in the Tornado 2, Vector, Espio and Charmy who would be leading squads 03, 32 and 95, Rouge who would be leading squad 01, and finally Gemerl who would be leading squad 04.

Sadly Tails and Gadget was unable to finish the new wispon in time for this mission so everyone was using the older models that could only use one power.

"Hey Gadget are you ready" called Tails from the Tornado 2, Yeah I'm coming" said Gadget as he ran over and climbed into the plane, Gadget was armed with a laser wispon and he also had a few surprises up his sleeves that he had designed as well.

With everyone ready the Resistance's airships began to take off, Tails started the Tornado 2, and then the whole fleet of ships set off towards New metropolis.

New metropolis, Eggman's secret lab.

Eggman was currently inside of his secret lab working on a very important project, no one but the Doctor knew of this lab's existence, not Orbot, not Cubot and certainly not Infinite.

Eggman was working on his Infinite contingency plan, and it was nearing completion, floating in a large glass tank was a jewel than resembled the Phantom ruby, however while the Phantom ruby was magenta in colour this new jewel was a deep blue.

Eggman had decided to call this new jewel the Spectral sapphire, this sapphire had required a lot of time and resources to make, but the Doctor knew that it was worth it.

If the Doctor's calculations was right, then the Spectral sapphire would neutralise the powers of the Phantom ruby when in close proximity rendering it useless.

Once the sapphire was complete the Doctor would keep it with him at all times just in case Infinite ever tries to betray him, Eggman smiled at the sapphire in just a few hours it would be ready.