And we're back again for another chapter. We're gonna be going to the Death Egg. Something you should know first is that after some thought, I decided to nerf Wispons and am gonna limit their attacks in different ways because they're just way too powerful to write good fight scenes with. Which is why. As for why it's been a month? Uh... check the end A/N. But with that, let's get started. But first, review replies:

Mr. Meme:
You were noticed! I'm glad you enjoyed it. And yeah, I am going for a Jaleel voice.

bajy:
Thank you!

Alexandria Prime:
Oh yes, plans for Classic and Omega.

MrMrMANGOMILK:
Personally going for a Jaleel voice, but considering the timeline, Ryan's voice works too.
If it's because of the big drip voice, then I'll say that was both a reference and also because I figured, this is still a young Sonic, so he'd probably call Chaos 0 the same name.

SpiderDom321:
Thank you! I'm glad you like them.
Bonding is an important part of Tails and Classic Sonic. I wanna be sure that Tails actually has reason to care about Classic Sonic.
Haha, I'm glad you liked and were able to picture that scene.
I'm glad you enjoy it so much.
And you mean… the Chaos Emeralds? I'm going to assume you mean the Chaos Emeralds because I've got them right here!
Pulls out emerald only to hide it again. The Chaos Emeralds will have a role in this story, but I just wonder what it is… hm…
Thanks so much, hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the ones before it!

Sonic Forces

Chapter 4:

Jailbreak Part 1

Celeste should've known that she was going to die in a place with the word death in the title. Still? Being surrounded by a bunch of robots was not the way she had planned to go.

But with the robots having their blasters trained on her, she prayed that this would be quick.

~Sonic Forces~

SOMETIME EARLIER

Eggman smiled to himself as Chaos entered the room, the meeting was about to start and now all that was missing was his newest toy.

He loved everything that was happening. The world was his! All of it! This time he had actually done it. The past few months had been incredible!

Sure, there was the resistance but it wasn't like they could do anything at this point? He just toyed with them. They weren't going to defeat him, he ruled the world!

Shadow was the one that spoke up. "When's your friend getting here, Doctor?"

"He should be here shortly."

Zavok rolled his eyes. "For someone that orchestrated the destruction of this world, he's taking his time."

Eggman glared at him. "I orchestrated the destruction of this world. All of you are pawns I've strung along for the ride and don't you forget it."

Metal beeped in agreement.

"Really now? Then perhaps I should tell the little miscreant of your true feelings."

"He knows what he is."

"Then you shouldn't have a problem with me telling him."

Eggman glared at Zavok who just glared back. The two were in a stalemate for a moment.

Eggman snapped his fingers. "Chaos and Metal, help me glare at Zavok."

Metal snapped to attention and immediately glared at the demon.

Chaos on the other hand looked confusedly at the two.

Shadow groaned and face palmed. "Enough of the chatter! What have you called us here for, Doctor?"

Eggman sighed, slinking back into his chair. "I suppose we'll have to start without him. Please, take a seat, gentlemen."

The four sat around him in a conference table.

"Sonic."

Shadow rolled his eyes. "Tsk. What about him?"

"He's been rotting away in his cell for too long. We already made an example to the world of defeating him, but that resistance keeps defying us at every turn."

"What does that have to do with him?"

"That resistance continues to have hope. They continue to gain members by the day. But if we were to show the world that he's gone then..."

Zavok grinned. "You're finally going to dispose of him! I would've done it ages ago."

"And yet you didn't."

"Because you wouldn't let me!"

"And I still think we should wait." Shadow argued.

All of them raised an eyebrow at turned to look at the ulttimate life form.

"Destroying Sonic at this point would only make the people rally even further. You'd have more of a problem than you already do on your hands."

"Besides… I like torturing the faker."

"NO! That fool needs to be destroyed!" Zavok slammed his hands on the table. "Do not listen to this fool. We need to rid ourselves of the hedgehog now!"

"And we will." Eggman stated. "I'll plan an execution. The world should see their Emperor and his generals before we get rid of him for good."

"I should deliver the finishing blow." Zavok insisted.

"We'll decide on the details when our friend gets here. I'll give him a call."

~Sonic Forces~

The ship landed in the hangar of the Death Egg without raising any attention.

"Alright, who's going out first?" Knuckles asked them.

The group looked surprised at him. "Commander?"

"What? I'm not going out there first, it's the Death Egg. I'm surprised we weren't shot out of the sky when we came."

"Aren't you supposed to be our fearless leader?" Celeste asked.

"I'm fearless but I'm not stupid."

Rouge chuckled. "Poor little Knuckie shaking in his boots over a couple of Eggman's toys."

"What, that's not-"

"I'll go first." Rouge said brushing past him and opening the door.

"Hey, wait up!" Knuckles called out as he followed after her.

They came out of the ship only to find an empty hangar. Nothing was there.

"Huh, we're not dead."

"I would hope so, I took great care to make sure that everything would be okay."

"Ri-right. Sorry."

Rouge smiled and patted him on the back before walking away towards the door.

The others walked over with Knuckles.

"Based on the schematics of the Death Egg, we should have some time before we get there. Amy, what's our route looking like?"

"You guys will have to sneak through a couple of halls before you get to the prison at the center of the facility. Don't worry, I'll guide you."

"Alright everybody, let's go." Knuckles said, waving them through the mechanical door.

~Sonic Forces~

The masked one surged towards the Chaotix, surrounded in that red energy.

Each of them were quick to dodge, diving in different directions.

Espio landed in a crouch and chucked a kunai at him, but the jackal fired a beam of light that disintegrated the throwing knife into nothing.

He fired again, this time at the Chameleon, hitting him square in the chest and knocking him back.

"Hey, you're not hurtin' my buddy like that and gettin' away with it!" Vector shouted. With that, he fired off a music note at the jackal which he simply redirected into Charmy with the simple wave of a hand. [1]

Charmy cried out as he was knocked into a wall.

Vector growled at this. Projectiles weren't going to work, so he tried the more direct approach. With a yell, he reared back his fist and ran at the masked being.

When the crocodile was upon him, he simply chuckled and in that moment, he disappeared from sight and in his place appeared Espio.

Vector gasped and pulled his fist back, but that didn't stop his momentum as he stumbled into Espio.

"Pathetic." The being rolled his eyes.

But that was when he heard a shrill yell come from behind him.

He turned around only to come face to face with a massive stinger that struck him in the stomach just below the gem.

"I got him, guys!" Charmy cheered.

The two just got out of their entanglement and groaned only to shout at their friend to get away.

Charmy didn't really bother to guess where but quickly flew towards them just for a laser to barely miss him.

The creature rose into the air above them. "You lot are putting up far more of a fight than I'd have imagined. It's been some time since I've been given a proper challenge. The rest of your ranks go down far too easily."

The three glared at him at that statement, how easily he talked of the resistance members that had either been slaugthered or imprisoned by him was unacceptable.

"We fight for our friends and refuse to let any of them be hurt by the likes of you again." Espio snapped.

"And you're not leaving here until we're through with you!" Espio added.

"The Chaotix are gonna make hotdogs out of you!" Charmy declared.

The three of them gave him looks of confusion at that, even Infinite.

"Y'know, cuz he's a jackal and jackals are dog and well hotdogs cuz we're gonna destroy him and like eat him and…"

Infinite just rolled his eyes. "Enough of this foolishness. You can't possibly expect to defeat me."

"We know we will. Come on boys!" Vector shouted.

They charged towards him, each preparing their own attacks to which he flew at them, leaving a red trail in his wake.

~Sonic Forces~

The small team of resistance fighters had been sneaking down the halls of the Death Egg for a while, making sure to stay away from anything that might cause them trouble. Amy had been their guide, reading the schematics of the Death Egg from their base.

All of them had their guard up and were keeping their guard up, they were safe for now, but that could change at any moment in one of Eggman's most guarded places.

Celeste especially was shaking like a leaf, jumping at the sight of anything that could possibly come their way. Even Gadget was less frightened than her and had to often tell her to calm down.

"This next room should be empty, pass through it and you'll be getting close to the prison soon."

"Thanks, Amy." Knuckles nodded.

They stepped into the room to find themselves in a dome of sorts. A single square platform was suspended in the air by a few pathways that lead into doors that lead all kinds of different directions. But above was a glass ceiling that gave them view of the stars and a bit of their great planet Mobius.

A lot of them couldn't help but gasp at the sight, Silver included.

"I just got a great idea for an album cover guys." Rhythm couldn't help but blurt out.

Knuckles and Rouge on the other hand continued on, having seen all of it before. It wasn't their first time in space and something told Celeste that it wouldn't be their last. But still, the sight of all of it was enough to leave them all stunned.

So stunned that they all nearly jumped out of their skin when the alarms started blaring.

"Shoot!" Knuckles barked as robots began to rise up all around them on several platforms. Sleek, metallic versions of the Egg Pongs were there along with several buzzer bombers.

"Looks like we've got company." Rouge mused as she flew to one of the Buzzer Bombers and gave it a swift kick to the face, turning it to scrap metal.

"Everyone stick together!" Silver shouted. "We may have been discovered but let's show them what happens when you mess with the resistance!"

And with that they attacked.

Gadget had managed to use his burst wispon on them, he dove out of sight of several lasers but was able to fire bursts of flames at them that were able to decimate the robots.

Knuckles decided to use his namesakes to show them what he was made of, using them to punch through the opposition and proving that he was rougher than the rest of them.

Fierro's weapon was very limited and needed to recharge at times. So she found herself punching and kicking several of the robots. She didn't see the need to unleash a black hole just yet.

Rouge did the same, although she was in the air, chasing after a lot of the Buzzer Bombers and actually had quite a bit of fun doing it. She couldn't help but laugh when they broke apart by her hand. Knuckles couldn't help but notice and wonder when she started to enjoy fighting robots so much but chalked it up to Shadow and Omega rubbing off on her.

Corvin was having a blast, opting to take out his gear and distract some of the Buzzer Bombers himself. They fired on him as he whizzed around, but he did tricks to dodge their shots and sent lots of quips their way before ramming into them with his drill wispon or guiding them into walls.

Silver lifted robots using his telekinetic abilities and either chucked them off the edge of the platform, slammed them into walls and sometimes each other.

Rhythm had fun freezing robots into blocks and crushing them with her hammer.

As for Celeste, she was having fun of her own as well, she found great use with her lightning wispon. With the flick of a wrist, she was able to send the short trail of lighting into the robots and break them apart. It was fun.

Parts went flying as the resistance continued to wreak havoc in the base as the alarms continued to blare.

The fight was on.

~Sonic Forces~

"Why shouldn't we throw him out into space?" Eggman groaned. "It would be the perfect occasion live on television."

"The best way to take care of our problem would be a live execution." Zavok insisted. "Let me do it and strike fear into the hearts of them all."

Shadow pinched his nose as the two continued to go at it.

"Banishment!"

"Execution!"

"Banishment!"

"Execution!"

"Banishment!"

"Execution!"

"Banishment!"

"BE QUIET!"

Bot of them looked at Shadow again.

Zavok narrowed his eyes at him. "You dare to raise your voice at me-"

Suddenly the alarm started going off around them, cutting off the Zeti and making them all look up and around in confusion.

"What's going on?" Zavok asked.

"The alarm went off. We have a breach in security!"

With that, the door slid open and in rushed Orbot and Cubot, the former of which was carrying an electronic clipboard. "Boss! Boss!"

"Nincombots! What's going on?"

"You need to check the main feed right now!" Cubot shouted.

They frantically handed Eggman the clipboard only for his eyes to widen in surprise. "What? They're here in the Death Egg now?!"

"What's wrong, Doctor?"

"The resistance is here and I need to make a call right away!"

~Sonic Forces~

The Chaotix all lunged at the jackal only for him to fire lasers from his hands at Vector and Charmy.

He was ready to get one for Espio, but the Chameleon was too quick, knocking him out of the sky.

With him pinned down, Espio was quick to produce a knife ready to plunge into the beast. It looked up at the chameleon's face and saw the knife in hand.

Underneath the mask, he furrowed his brow and with a yell he let out a wave of energy that knocked the chameleon into a pile of snow.

"Espio!" The two other Chaotix cried out.

The two glared at the monster and ran to him, Espio with a bubblegum blast, and Charmy with his stinger out.

He approached Charmy and rammed him from the side before quickly spinning around to Vector and fired a laser at the bubble. It popped covering the crocodile in the sticky stuff.

Vector blinked and tried to get it off of him.

Espio and Charmy were quick to meet him and help pry the stuff off of him.

"Well, I had no idea this is what you meant by a team sticking together." He mused. "But I can't say I am too fond of this technique."

They finally got him free and stared down the thing.

"We'll show you what a team can really do." Vector stated.

Espio held his hands out. "Chaotix together!"

"Yeah!" Charmy cheered.

They were just about ready to charge him again, the battle was about to continue and it was going to be fierce.

Except, that wasn't going to happen as edgy music started playing from his helmet.

"Uh… what is that?" Charmy asked.

The monster just facepalmed.

"Music and lemme tell you, this is not a jam." Vector added.

Espio shrugged. "I dunno, I kind of like it."

I am the tallest of mountains,

I am the roughest of waves,

I am the toughest of terrors,

I am the darkest of days

The edgy emo smack rap just kept going and going and the Chaotix stared at him.

The beast just sighed. "One moment, please."

With a wave of his hand, crackling red electricity appeared around the Chaotix and froze them in place. With that, the beast clicked the side of his mask and the music stopped.

"What do you want?!"

"There you are! Do you have any idea how long we've been waiting for you!" Eggman screeched on the other end of the line.

"I have been preoccupied with some of the resistance fighters. What did you call them? The Chaotix? They have proven to be far more of a challenge than you had let on."

"The rabble never cease to surprise." Eggman mused. But then returned to his serious tone. "I need you on the Death Egg now. The resistance is here and we need to get rid of them."

He growled and looked between himself and the Chaotix.

He wasn't one to leave a fight. He didn't want too. Eggman continued to keep talking but he just ignored him. He needed to finish this fight.

"I will return, Doctor."

"Good, we'll meet yo-"

"After I am through with these three."

With that, he hung up and unfroze the Chaotix only for the three of them to lunge at him and knock him into the snow.

He looked up at them and smirked underneath the mask.

Time for fun.

~Sonic Forces~

Eggman growled. "He's not coming."

Shadow couldn't help but chuckle. "Seems like our friend has another agenda."

"We have no options then. We'll have to handle it ourselves!"

He then turned to the monitors and looked down on them.

"We can't allow them to get to the prison, if they do, then they might find him."

He turned to them. "We're launching a counterattack! Metal Sonic. You're going in there now to catch them off guard. But whatever you do do not engage."

Metal Sonic nodded and flew out of the room.

"Chaos will drown them out, make sure that they won't be able to make it out of there alive."

Chaos gurgled and left as well.

"Shadow, I want you to be on standby. Should Sonic escape, we'll need someone to chase him down immediately. We can't allow him to get out of our clutches!"

Shadow huffed and leaned against the wall. He took that as confirmation enough.

"And Zavok, I want you to-"

Shadow chuckled. "Bad news, doctor."

Eggman turned to see only Shadow there. Zavok had disappeared.

The doctor's eyes widened in surprise, only for that surprise to turn to blistering furry.

"Where…. is… Zavok?!" The Doctor let out an almost primal growl that shocked the ultimate life form.

Deep within the prison, the leader of the Deadly Six approached a prison cell, its occupant: The fastest thing alive.

Dun-a-na-na-na-naaaaaa-na-na-na-BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM-DUM!

That short Deadly Six riff intensifies.

[1] I decided that since Vector's shtick is music too that I'd give him the music notes from that horrid Generations mission as an attack as well.

I'm gonna end this chapter here. It was originally gonna move onto other stuff, but I realized that holy cow. It's nearly been a month and that's not fair to you guys. So that'll do for this chapter. Expect the next one relatively soon (a weekish? Two?) since I've already made a ton of headway on that. Don't worry, I considered originally ending this chapter here anyway, but then thought "Nah, I can make it." only to realize a bit into writing the next one, "Holy crap, it's been a week." So that'll do for this chapter.

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