Welcome back readers! I am sorry this taken so long, I had to something busy for the past few days. Last time revealed some details that I hope you all got. What do you suppose what's in this next chapter? Let's just say I am going to bring back someone big and small. I also apologize for the shorter chapter.

Just a disclaimer, I was somewhat inspired by Mr Meme and his story, Sonic: Resistance which I recommend you check out. It is basically a more detailed version of Sonic Forces. I am also putting it out there as a reminder that don't own Sonic the hedgehog or Super Mario.

Chapter Two: A Bad Guy's Redemption

April 5, 2018

6:00PM

Unknown Location

On the planet Mobius, peace had finally come for everyone. It seemed just like normal since a devastating war had brought destruction upon the planet. The War involved the Resistance and the Eggman Empire. The leader Doctor Eggman had launched the conquest of world domination to shape it into his order, even if it meant enslaving the entire planet. In the early stages of the war, the resistance formed to liberate the world from the rule of Dr Eggman could do very little as he had immense power. One of those powers included Infinite, a former and only surviving mercenary of the Jackal Squad. Having fused with the Phantom Ruby after being called Weak by Shadow after failing to protect a facility used by Eggman, this caused him to have unlimited power which he used to his advantage.

Even the famed Sonic the Hedgehog wasn't able to put a stop to it, but thanks a few who had made some smart moves. Along with a cowardly but bold new rookie named Gadget was able to break Sonic out of the Death Egg. From there, Sonic and Gadget along with the rest of the Resistance was able to gain the advantage. During this, A younger Sonic from a different universe was able to rescue Tails and join the resistance soon after. Despite several fatal defeats, the resistance pressed on and was able to continuously push the Eggman Empire back to it's Fortress.

With Infinite still a threat, Sonic and Gadget were led to a hard fought battle which they won. With Infinite gone, all that was left was Eggman himself. Classic Sonic along with Modern Sonic and Gadget were able to defeat Eggman, marking the end of the war. With the end of the war, the effects of the Phantom Ruby wore off and Classic Sonic was sent back to his own universe.

As it would seem that peace had finally came; In reality the war had only lasted up to a year but this left most of the planet in ruins due to the fighting. With Eggman no where to be seen, the resistance was disbanded after filling it's duties.

Almost six months had passed and recovery had began but it was slow as everyone was still coping. But within the dark underworlds of the planet, hidden from view from even the greatest onlookers hid the broken but still infamous Doctor Eggman. Basically after Eggman disappeared, his Empire had collapsed almost entirely. Not entirely though as many robots and scientists who worked for him were able to regroup.

Under the secret lab that hadn't been discovered yet, he was listening in as to how the world above him was doing.

"Five months after the end of the War to take Back the Planet, the whereabouts of Dr Eggman appear to be unknown." Eggman listened in as the news reporter continued to speak, gripping his own fist. "In relation to Dr Eggman, the road to recovery had progressed outstandingly but the effects of the war can still be seen but thankfully it was short thanks to the resistance."

Eggman glowed at the mention of the resistance, it reminded him that his latest attempt at Sonic the hedgehog had failed yet again. Time and time again, his plans were foiled by that no good hero. His empire was a shadow of it's former self, gone were the days of how his ships flew unopposed high in the sky. Even if he rebuild,it would take years without the help of factories. How opinions were limited as of now. He only had about twenty ships left hidden around the world while the resistance, infact the world had more,what was he going to do?

He was so focused in his thoughts that he didn't his robots Orbot and Cubot hover in from the door behind him. "Umm Boss?" The mad scientist turned around more grumpy as ever. "What is it! I am busy!"

"There is some random guy that just appeared out of nowhere, he said he wanted to see you."

"What?! How did he find our base?" Eggman had bases hidden around Mobius just in case something happened and he had to retreat. But most of them were discovered by the resistance and destroyed to prevent use. No one has found this base so far but, one was lucky?

"Ugh! This better be good."

The scientist followed his two robots and was led to the another part of his secret base. He found that there was someone sitting on one of the two chairs in the room. It was someone well dressed in a white suit, displaying some high degree of intelligence.

"Who are you?!"

"Me? You might just call me, Vandal."

"So, Vandal..." Eggman was grasping a weapon behind his back, readying it if things went south.

"How did you find this base? I rarely get visitors."

"Oh that point can be explained soon enough but I am here to help you."

"I don't need help from anyone, I wouldn't work with anyone on the likes of you."

"I know how you work... how you want to incorporate this world into your empire."

"That is exactly what I want to see and my plans would have worked it it wasn't for Sonic the hedgehog."

"So! I see...this Sonic has been opposing you, Is that right?"

"Yes... no matter how I plan out and how much I try, he always seems to defeat me."

"If you continue to suffer from defeats then I come bearing several inventions that should help you." The scientist took out strange drawings and displayed it towards the other scientist. "These are blueprints to help you build machines that can help you defeat him." Most of these drawings were designs that included improved jet engine designs, faster missiles and a bit more. As the scientist smiled in the most evil way possible, Vandal was hiding something in his mind.

"He's too arrogant to think clearly, If I had all that power...I'll show him how it is done... All he will do is waste every opportunity."

He was right for that matter as Eggman always left holes that he didn't even care to patch, he had captured Sonic but didn't check the will of the opposing side. He would have to convince Eggman to follow his own plan. It would be to crack the planet open again, releasing Dark Gaia and cause a distraction while he and the scientist transfer to another dimension.

April 7, 2018, Several Days Later

4:00PM

In the city near Green Hill, a red fur colored wolf wearing glasses and a tan utility belt was inspecting the recovery effort being commenced. This was Gadget, better known as Rookie by Sonic. He checked off a list of items that were needed for rebuilding. "Alright, that's all of them."

After the resistance disbanded, Gadget wanted to go on his own adventure but duties called him to help elsewhere. After that war ended six months ago, most if not nearly all of their lives were changed. After the recovery effort was completed, he would begin visiting some friends and family. His work was finished as this was the last building that needed repairs so there was only one thing left to do. "Woo!" The wolf sped off without a second thought, he was quick to head home back to his family. His family had survived the war luckily, managing to hide from Eggman's forces.

Memories still served him well for the good and bad. He had nightmares for the last couple of months after everything calmed down. Some of his nightmares had Infinite returning and Eggman recapturing the planet. Bit there was the one thing that made those nightmares not bad, it was Sonic the hedgehog. Sonic never got to rest as he was speeding around the planet helping those in distress. Gadget had some distant wonders of what he was doing right now. Unknown to him just as he was about to arrive at the apartment of his friends. Above him at a hundred thousand feet, There was something happening. A portal was starting to begin take form, having the color of purple with no effects. Surrounding the portal were several re-purposed robots who were acting as guides. Both Vandal and Eggman looked at the screen for the results.

If there was anything that Vandal did to shape Eggman, it was going on a rant. He had told him everything, about him being from a different dimension where he exist in the form of entertainment. He also told where the scientist had failed... where he was utterly useless. He didn't think about what people thought of him at that moment. If there was something that Eggman had learned from this, it was how he wanted to show that his empire would still stand not in one dimension but two. Never again would he laugh knowing that Sonic and the others would find ways. What Vandal had also revealed was how there was another video game competitor on the list. If they were to successfully reach that competitor, this would have to be done. In secret, they would rebuild in that dimension, secure it then strike as Dark Gaia is struck down.

"Are you sure this plan of yours will work?"

"You should know they won't be able to follow us for a while, I made calculations of how long it would take them to figure it out."

"I believe you then but if they come stop us."

"If they do then they are going to have a long road ahead of them, we'll have to resort to plan B to make sure."

"Ah yes! The back up plan."

The human made some adjustments to the console before turning it to Eggman. "Your move?"

Down below in the city, Gadget was just about to knock as the three robots fired a beam out to space. A few moments later, a huge cylinder shaped weapon that was nearby also fired simultaneously towards the planet. It was a similar design to that within the beginning of Sonic Unleashed, it didn't need the requirement of the Chaos Emeralds to power it up. The purple beam shot about the planet, this causing fizzling and a bright light to appear from the point of impact.

"What the..." Gadget shielded his eyes from the bright light, almost as the boom made him react by dropping to the ground. The bright light started to die down. He heard some deep rumbling below him and began to uncover his eyes. He was some strange energy coming out of the earth? He checked closer, fixing his glasses until he was sure of what had happened. There was lava down along with apart of the planet that looked to be cracked open. Wait, the planet was cracked? But how? Last time this ever happened was when he was a bit younger and he only had faint memories of it happening or the reason behind it. The parts of the world was moving away from the core but so far the gravity has kept them from floating off into space. He also saw something terrifying, There was a mist like cloud spreading from the center of the planet and making it's way down. He had to warn everyone of this, this had to be the work of Eggman again.

On the other side of South Island

At the speed of sound, Sonic was the fastest thing on land that could travel the world in no time flat. He liked the flow of the landscape with the smell of adventure. It calmed him a bit to be honest after being forced to endure six months of torture. He of course could not count that Eggman was planning something. After months of not hearing trouble, it was surprising to him. Normally it would just be a few weeks depending on the time between the last defeats. Whatever Eggman had planned was out of his mind. Last time it was taking over Mobius and creating Infinite. If he could count the last few encounters from being forced to fix time with his younger self to fixing a planet that was cracked open and straight up battling a gigantic monster. He couldn't forget that day when he met Chip or Light Gaia as he was referred to. He stopped to take a look at the Necklace that his friend had left behind, the one with the green orb. Countless memories was remembered from that time when He and Chip would fight over the last dumpling. When Chip remembered who HE was and decided to fight alone, Sonic insisted to fight to the very end which he did.

"Whoa!" He felt the ground rumble and a heard a loud boom as the sound reached him. It wasn't until he found that the horizon was lifting up along with strange purple energy being released. Sonic seem this type of energy before and knew where it came from. He knew who could have been behind this.

"Eggman?! What have you done?!

4:05PM

Koopa Kingdom, Bowser's Castle

In the Koopa Kingdom, Bowser was on his throne thinking about his next anonymous plan. After the time spent on everything to point out that he would marry Princess Peach, even paying a large sum to hire the Broodals as his wedding planners. But Mario came once again to save the Princess. What was worse was that Mario had used him as a springboard to catapult himself then left him to die on the moon. Well he would have died but thanks to him remembering where he hid his airship he was able to get off.

It was five months after that failed attempt to get Princess Peach to marry him. Once again, Mario had to come and stop him in his tracks. Even though months had passed, it was too early to tell about how he was gonna kidnap the Princess again. He had decided to stop trying to kidnap her to build up the Koopa army.

He had the superior numbers so he might try again despite how many minions are sacrificing their lives for him. Numbers that ranged to half a million. He could try a other method with the Kooplings but he wasn't sure about it. One of his minions had came forward in a quickened pace and got his attention. "King Bowser, I have something to show you."

"What is it my minion?"

"There is someone who wants to meet you." This simple sentence from his servant was enough to get Bowser surprised. "What?! Who would dare enter the land of the Koopa?!" The minions that were in the room hid in fear as his voice echoed loudly. The minion in front of Bowser troubled in fear before calling down. Right before the minions was about to continue, the wooden doors flew open. Everyone in the room found that there was a white well dressed human and some strange scientist marching in a fashioned order towards the Koopa King.

Bowser was still surprised that the two of them had simply walked in without an introduction. He pointed a finger towards several Koopa Troopas in the room. "Minions! Fetch them something to drink!"

The koopa troops nervously approached the two holding trays, pouring the right amount of tea into the cups.

"Who are you two? What do you want?"

Vandal was the first one to speak, taking the first slip from the cup that was on the tray in front of him. He explained why they were here, telling Bowser about how Eggman was the antagonist against Sonic the Hedgehog. He also told them about how he knew who Mario was and how the important the Mushroom Kingdom was. Of course, this surprised the Koopa as he had just found out they were two characters based on a video game series. It also meant all the failures he did were all known. The last thing He told both of them was how he was an scientist like them, how he hated the world was ruled by people with different opinions.

"I'll give you both a deal, If you let Eggman rebuild his empire here...He will help you capture all of the Mushroom Kingdom."

"Are you sure? Are you planning to keep your word?" Eggman took the cup from the tray in front of him and took a slip as well."I am the guy who wants to only rule the planet Mobius if you might ask."

"If that's all you want then consider this a deal." The human and mad scientist looked to the still shaking Koopa troopas, reaching out to put their cups down.

Just as they were about to put their cups onto the trays. Both of them made a jerking motion and spilled the liquid still inside. To add to the fire, they also let go of their cup, letting it fall and shatter.

"Oops! My bad!"

The koopa troops knew that was on purpose and much to the dismay of them, they won't be able to speak up as it would mean a decrease in pay from the King himself. This job was terrible but it was better then having to march into battle without anything to attack with. The two troops shown sadness before heading back into the kitchen to get a bloom to clean the shattered cups up, their life miserable as ever.