Chapter 29, Operation big wave, part 2.

New metropolis.

A laser hit the Tornado 2 in the side and Gadget fell from the plane, Gadget screamed as he fell hundreds of feet, he looked up and knew that there was no way that Tails could save him.

Thinking quickly Gadget fired his grappling hook and managed to swing to a nearby rooftop, Gadget took a deep breath as he realised that he was safe, "Tails I'm ok, don't worry about me" said Gadget into his communicator.

Gadget looked up and saw that Tails was battling the EGG viper, he knew that Tails was far too busy to come and pick him up, Gadget couldn't help but feel nervous knowing that he was now on his own now.

However Gadget also knew that he couldn't just sit here on this rooftop and do nothing, he had to help the Resistance take down New metropolis in any way he could.

Gadget walked to the edge of the roof and started to use his laser wispon to snipe any robots that he could, soon the battle started to turn in the Resistance's favour.

Suddenly the sky turned magenta and red lightning began to strike, from the safety of the rooftop Gadget watched in horror as copies of Shadow, Metal sonic, Zavok and Chaos appeared all over the city and started to attack the Resistance.

Gadget was about to take aim at one of the copies when suddenly Infinite's giant horrifying monsters appeared everywhere and began to attack as well.

Gadget was frozen with fear for a second but he was able to get over his fright and fired at the nearest monster, however Gadget's shots did no damage and the creature didn't even seem to notice that he was shooting at it.

Gadget did everything he could to help the Resistance and while he was able to take down the occasional copy by sniping them the battle was quickly turning against the Resistance.

The monsters was attacking brutally and without any form of restraint, they was more than willing to destroy entire buildings just to kill a single Resistance solder, Gadget had never seen something so terrifying in his life.

"Retreat, everyone retreat, forget about the mission and just get out of there as fast as you can" came Amy's voice over everyone's communicators, Gadget didn't need to be told twice, he was smart enough to know that there was nothing more that he could do here.

Gadget fired his grappling hook and swung from rooftop to rooftop heading towards the nearest Resistance ship, however right in the middle of one of Gadget's swings one of the giant monsters noticed him and swatted him away like a fly.

Gadget was sent flying through the air until he smashed straight through the wall of a building landing inside, the impact was so great that Gadget was knocked out and he now lay unconscious on the floor.

10 minutes later.

Gadget slowly regained consciousness, he wasn't sure how long he'd been unconscious for but based on the sounds coming from outside it sounded like the battle was coming to an end.

Gadget looked around and saw that he had landed inside of some kind of lab, little did he know that this was actually Eggman's secret lab.

Just then something caught Gadget's eye, it was the Spectral sapphire floating inside of a glass tank, the computer next to the tube had he words 100% complete on its screen.

Gadget looked at the Spectral sapphire in wonder, "Is this a Chaos emerald" he thought, because Gadget had never seen a Chaos emerald before he had no idea what they really looked like.

Gadget knew that he had to get out of the city but he couldn't just leave a Chaos emerald here where Eggman could use it, "If I can get this back to base then maybe this mission won't be a complete loss" he thought.

Since Gadget had no idea how to open the tank he just smashed the glass and took the Spectral sapphire placing it into one of his pouches, then he jumped out of the hole in the wall that he had smashed through and using his grappling hook swung to the nearest rooftop.

Infinite was floating high above the city watching the destruction that he had caused with joy, however he also felt a little disappointed that the Resistance had fallen to him so easily.

"Is there no one left who can present me with a challenge" thought Infinite, just then Infinite noticed Gadget alone on one of the rooftops, "And as if to answer, the world sends me a child" he thought.

Infinite flew down to confront Gadget, "You should feel honoured young one, I've decided to dispose of you personally" said Infinite, Gadget was papalized with fear as he looked at Infinite, he remembered that he was the one who killed his friends back in Sunset heights.

Infinite focused his power and a dozen swords appeared in mid-air, then with a flick of his wrist Infinite fired every single one of them at Gadget, however just as the swords neared Gadget the Spectral sapphire in his pouch activated and all of the swords disappeared before they ever reached Gadget.

"What" said Infinite in confusion, he then fired an energy bolt at Gadget but this too disappeared without doing any harm to the red wolf.

Infinite unsure of what was going on tried flying towards Gadget with the intent to throw him off the rooftop, however as soon as Infinite got close to Gadget the Phantom ruby lost its glow and Infinite lost his ability to fly landing flat on his face.

Infinite managed to pull himself to one knee, "What, what's going on" he said his voice showing true fear for the first time since this war started.

Gadget had no idea what was going on, but he also knew that this was a once in a life time chance to take out Infinite, Gadget aimed his wispon and fired, the first shot barely missed Infinite's head while the second shot hit him in his mechanical left arm doing a significant amount of damage.

Gadget fired again but Infinite rolled out of the way dodging the attack, Infinite charged at Gadget and in one swift movement kicked the wispon out of his hands and off of the rooftop, even without the power of the Phantom ruby Infinite was still a skilled fighter from his years of being a mercenary.

Gadget attempted to punch Infinite but he was greatly outclassed in this fight, Infinite blocked Gadget's simple attack and then punched him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him.

While Gadget was stunned Infinite quickly got him into a headlock and started to strangle the young wolf, Gadget tried to break free but Infinite was far too strong, using all of his strength Gadget managed to pull Infinite's right hand closer to his face and then bit down.

Infinite screamed out in pain, Gadget had just bitten his single remaining organic limb, without thinking Infinite let go of Gadget letting him fall to the floor and held his wounded hand.

Gadget while still on the floor grabbed onto Infinite's leg and then pressed a button on his glove, suddenly an electric shock ran through Infinite's body and he screamed in pain again.

Infinite fell to the floor, he then noticed that Gadget was pulling something out of one of his pouches, Infinite dived at Gadget and tried to pin him to the ground, Gadget did everything he could to get Infinite off, he pushed against his mask, he punched him, he kicked him.

Finally Gadget scored a lucky knee to Infinite's stomach and managed to throw him off, Infinite recovered quickly but then he saw that Gadget was smiling and holding a small detonator in his hand.

Gadget pressed the detonator and Infinite realised with horror that during their struggle Gadget had place a mini bomb on his mask, before Infinite could react the mini bomb exploded sending him flying off the rooftop and leaving a large crack in his mask.

Gadget smiled with satisfaction as he fired his grappling hook and swung to another rooftop in order to catch up with the rest of the Resistance.

Infinite was falling hundreds of feet to the ground below, he tried desperately to fly but the Phantom ruby was still inactive, as Infinite rushed closer and closer to the ground he realised that this was the end and he closed his eye waiting for the impact

However just as Infinite neared the ground the Phantom ruby burst into life and regained its glow, Infinite was confused when he didn't feel any pain from an impact, he opened his eye and saw that he was floating just inches from the ground, the Phantom ruby had saved him.

With the ruby now active again Infinite flew back to the rooftop to destroy the red wolf who had almost killed him, however when Infinite reached the rooftop Gadget was already gone.

Infinite felt pure rage run through his body, he was supposed to be the strongest being in the universe and yet he had almost been defeated by a single Resistance solder who wasn't even that skilled in combat.

In his rage Infinite punched to rooftop and red energy ran through the building, within seconds the entire building blow up, "I am Infinite, I am the strongest being there is, I am Infinite" he said as his eye turned magenta.