On Mova, Espio was riding the lizard creature through the city until stopping where Armand was waiting "Commander, tell the troops to move to the higher levels!". "Very good, sir. Oh, by the way, I think you'll be needing this" he handed Espio his lightsaber "Thank you, Armand. Now let's go, we have a battle to win" "Yes, sir". Espio charged forward on the lizard however just as he left Armand then received a transmission on his communicator. He pulled it out and a hologram of Mephiles appeared "Commander Armand, the time has come. Execute order 06" something clicked in Armand's head, he suddenly wasn't himself "Yes, my lord". Espio was traveling across the sides of a cliff when he suddenly saw a blast coming right for him from where he had just left. The blast threw him off the side of the side of the cliff and he fell all the way down to water below. On a distant planet, Nate Morgan was charging forward with his men into battle, but they suddenly stopped following him, he turned around only to see them pointing their weapons at him. They fired, Nate tried to deflect the blasts but there were too many of them and he was gunned down. On another planet, Lupe the Wolf was escorting her men through the jungle. They stopped at a small clearing "Commander, I sense something. There could be badniks" "It's not, Ma'am" said her leopard Commander said before he as well as the rest of the clones shot her in the back before she could react. On Downunda, Blaze hears voices crying out in her head and feels a pain in her chest. On another planet Rob o' the Hedge was flying his fighter with his two clone wingmen behind him, but he suddenly heard laser fire, his ship was hit and he crashed into a city structure. Blaze was wondering what was going on when she realised there were two clones behind her pointing their weapons at her, she immediately jumped back and cut their heads off. Vector and Barby looked in shock "What the hell?" the latter asked, Blaze looked at them "No time to explain, I need your help" the two looked at each other before they then led Blaze away.
At the Shinobi temple the clones were gunning all the Shinobi down. Shadow was going through a corridor when Razor appeared looking terrified but not for himself "Shadow, I told the younglings to hide. What's going on?" "Where are the younglings?" he asked blankly. Before Razor could answer an orca Shinobi leaped at Shadow and duelled him "RUN!" he yelled to Razor, but Shadow quickly killed him. Razor looked in shock "Shadow… what did you-?" "Where are the younglings, Razor?", Razor didn't answer. Shadow looked into his mind, he was focusing on a certain room, the council room. Shadow headed for the door, but Razor moved in front of him, he shook his head and pulled out his sword "Shadow, what's happening? Whatever it is we can-". Shadow without a moment hesitation stabbed him through the chest, Razor looked into Shadow's eyes, but he didn't see the eyes of his friend. He fell to the ground dead and Shadow entered the council chamber not paying any mind to Razor. The younglings all looked relieved to see him and Marine the Racoon walked forward "Master Shadow. There's so many of them. What are we going to do?", Shadow had no emotion on his face.
In Tikal's apartment she's watching a fire erupt from the Shinobi temple. Orbot hovers over to her "Milady, I'm afraid that Master Shadow did return to the temple. Don't worry. I'm sure he's alright". There was a moment of silence before Tikal burst into tears and Orbot comforted her.
Outside the temple, Senator Wynmacher arrived on a speeder and is met with clones "I want to know what's going on here" "There's been a rebellion, sir. Don't worry the situation is under control". Wynmacher was about to go past them but they raised their blasters to him "I'm sorry, sir. It's time for you to leave". Wynmacher reluctantly went back to his speeder. As he got in "Get him!" he sees a walrus youngling make his way through the clones, he starts defecting laser blasts. Wynmacher could tell by the boys face that he was terrified but he eventually gets shot "NO!" Wynmacher yelled before quickly leaving in his speeder.
Blaze was now in a small forest with Vector and Barby, the former moved away some bushes to reveal a hidden ship "The clones are attacking the villages, Master Blaze. You better get out of here". Before Blaze entered the ship, she looked at the two of them "Goodbye and thank you, my friends. I will miss you" the ship doors closed and it took off as the two Downunda soldiers saluted her.
On Mova, Espio was sneaking through the city when he overheard Armand "Did you find the chameleon?" "Sir, no one could have survived that fall" "Fine. Start loading your men on the ship". Espio looked in shocked at hearing this form his friend. Knowing he was on his own he made his way back to where he killed Dark Oak and escaped on his ship. As he reached orbit his mind began to race, what was going on, how could Armand just turn on him like that. He received a message, it was a hologram of Wynmacher "Master Espio" "Senator Wynmacher? I need help. My clones turned on me. Something's going on". Wynmacher looked solemn "We've just rescued Master Blaze. it appears this ambush is happening everywhere. I'll send you our coordinates".
Shadow arrived at Tikal's apartment on a fighter, Orbot went over to Emerl and the two began to talk. Shadow and Tikal hugged "Are you alright? I heard there was an attack on the temple. I could see the smoke from here" "I'm fine. I wanted to see if you and the babies were safe". Tikal looked at him "What's happening?" "The Shinobi tried to assassinate the Chancellor", Tikal was shocked "I don't believe that". "I saw Master Merlin attempt it myself" but then she realised something "Razor was at the temple. Is he alright?". Shadow couldn't look her in the eyes "He's dead. The Shinobi took him hostage and killed him when the troops entered". Tikal had tears in her eyes "No" she said in disbelief as she hugged Shadow. "I'm sorry, I have to go. The separatists are on Flame Core. I need to make sure they don't take advantage of the confusion". Tikal couldn't believe what she was hearing, one of his friends is dead and he's just leaving. "What about Espio?", Shadow looked blankly at her "I don't know. If he remains loyal, he'll survive. I have to go, please wait for me" he kissed her and went back into his fighter. Orbot went over to Tikal "Milady, is there anything I can do?" "No, thank you, Orbot" Tikal couldn't believe how cold Shadow was about Razor's death. She went inside and got out a commlink, she was going to make sure his body reached Albion.
On Wynmacher's ship, him, Espio and Blaze were talking "How many of us have survived?" Espio asked Blaze "We haven't heard from anyone". Wynmacher looked between them "The Temple was stormed by thousands of troops. I saw them murder a fleeing child. But now there's a coded message being released. Its say's that all Shinobi should return to the Temple. It says the war is over". Espio turned to Blaze "Then we must go back. Any survivors will be walking into a trap", Blaze nodded "I agree. There's too much at stake.
Later the ship was returning to the Mobotropolis, the three of them were on the bridge when the pilot said "We're receiving a message from the chancellor's office, sir". The Chancellor's vizier appeared on screen "Senator Wynmacher, your presence is requested at a special session of Congress" the message ended. Wynmacher looked to both of them "Do you think it's a trap?". Espio shook his head "I don't think so. Solaris will have to keep the Senate intact to control the systems". Blaze agreed "We can take advantage of this meeting. We can enter the Temple undetected and stop the beacon".
