Chapter 40, The tallest of mountains.

Empire city.

Empire city was in chaos, people was running for their lives screaming, buildings was on fire, cars was being thrown around like toys, the G,U,N forces had already managed to defeat the giant Zeena and Zor but that still left four more giant Zeti that was destroying the city.

High above the city Infinite was watching the destruction with a smile on his face eagerly awaiting Shadow's arrival.

It was at this point that a small fleet of Resistance airships arrived, the Resistance had gathered together as many of their numbers as possible but considering that they was still recovering from the failure for Operation big wave they had far less troops that they would have liked.

Tails was piloting the Tornado 2 with Gadget in the back seat controlling the weapons, Gadget gulped as he saw the four remaining giant Zeti, they looked even bigger then he had imagined.

"Gadget are you doing ok" asked Tails as they neared the city, Gadget gripped the controls tightly "Sure, I'm fine" he said trying to sound confident, despite his worry Gadget wasn't about to back down from this mission, he wouldn't let Empire city be destroyed like Sunset heights was.

The Resistance airships all chose their targets and opened fire once they had a clear shot as to not cause unnecessary damage to the already damaged city, Tails spotted the giant Zazz and turned the plane towards his direction, Gadget fired the plane's lasers as the Tornado 2 passed the giant pink monster scoring some hits in the face.

The giant Zazz eyed the Tornado 2 and began to chase after the plane jumping franticly in an attempt to swat them out of the air, "Well, it looks like we have his attention" said Tails, "You say that like it's a good thing" said Gadget as he watched the pink Zeti swipe at them.

Tails turned and rolled the plane out of the way of Zazz's attacks, "This is getting us nowhere, the plane can only fire forward and there's no way that I can turn us around with him on our tail" said Tails as he dodged another attack.

"Maybe I can help" said Gadget as he pulled out his Wispon and set it to laser, Gadget pointed his weapon out of the back of the plane and took several shots as Zazz, many of Gadget's shot hit but they didn't seem to be doing any damage.

"Good try Gadget, but I don't think that your Wispon can pierce his skin" said Tails, Gadget grunted in frustration but then he got an idea "Hold the plane steady" he said as he took careful aim.

Gadget lined up his shot and fired just as Zazz jumped at them, Gadget's aim was true and the laser hit the pink Zeti directly in the eye, Zazz now half blind completely missed his target landed on his back.

"Good shot" congratulated Tails as he turned the plane around, Gadget grabbed the controls and shot Zazz several times with the plane's lasers, Tails quickly turned the plane around again for another attack before Zazz could get to his feet.

This time Gadget's shots hit Zazz in the neck, this seemed to be the killing blow as Zazz stopped moving and then burst into red cubes, "Alright, that's one down" said Tails triumphantly.

Around the city the combined might of the Resistance and G,U,N was taking down the rest of the giant Zeti, Zomom fell after taking a dozen missiles to the mouth and Master Zik was destroyed when he attempted to jump onto one of the G,U,N airships.

The only one left was Zavok and he was not going down easily, Zavok was throwing cars at the airships causing significant damage, Tails spotted Zavok and turned the Tornado 2 towards the red Zeti.

Gadget fired several lasers into Zavok's back the damage was minimal but it did distract him long enough for a G,U,N airship to hit the giant Zeti with some missiles, Zavok fell to one knee but he wasn't finished yet.

Zavok got up and started to climb on of the tallest buildings, "What's he doing" asked Gadget, "It looks like he's going for the airships" said Tails, "If he brings down one of the airships on top of Empire city then the whole place will be crushed" stated Gadget, "Then we need to bring him down first" said Tails as he flew to plane towards Zavok.

Gadget fire the Tornado 2's lasers but they did nothing, the airships fired their weapons but despite the damage that they dealt Zavok kept coming, "He's not slowing down" said a worried Gadget, "There must be something that we can do" said Tails.

Tails watched as Zavok climbed higher and higher up the building soon he would reach the top and be able to jump to the airships, Tails looked at the top of the building which had a huge pointed top and got an idea.

"Gadget aim for the South and West support beams of the building's point" said Tails, Gadget looked at the building and realised what Tails was planning, "I sure hope this works" he thought.

The Tornado 2 flew above Zavok and Gadget shot the support beams like Tails had said, the top of the building tilted to one side and the with a crash it broke off and fell down the building straight towards Zavok, the huge spike skewered Zavok destroying the cope and turning it into red cubes that soon fizzled away.

"Alright, that was the last one" cheered Gadget, "That was some fantastic shooting Gadget" complimented Tails, "Come on, we'd better rejoin the others" he added as he turned the plane towards one of the Resistance's airships.

High above the city Infinite was not happy at what he had seen, "Why, why isn't Shadow here, is he too scared to face me" he screamed, the Phantom ruby began to glow and the mad jackal looked down at it.

"Yes your right, we'll find Shadow, yes we just have to be patience, we'll find him, we'll find him" said Infinite over and over again as he flew away from Empire city completely forgetting that he could tear both the Resistance and G,U,N apart if he was to try.