Hello everyone! Thank You so much for your support of this story! I hope to make the next couples of episodes soon but it might be slightly delayed since I have to pass summer school. Although I will do my best to entertain you guys in this story: Note: I know Sonic Forces story wasn't as well-received as we hoped but I have a few good ideas inspired by Forces (Like the inclusion of a character I want to write well: Infinite) to incorporate into this story while making a new adventure for our fellow heroes from Sonic X. Without Further Ado.. Here is Chapter 3! Enjoy! :D

Episode 3: Enter Infinite

Unknown to Amy and Sonic, the route they were taking to reach Tails' house was very close to the place they discovered that . . . thing.

Sonic was very worried for Tails, especially after many emotional outbursts of his that nearly got Sonic just as sad for his buddy, Tails. Although, Sonic felt better for some reason. Like he realized that Tails needed support more than ever, no matter how many times he tried to push Sonic and his friends away. Another reason being that maybe Tails knew something about that mysterious gem he had encountered the night before.

It was no secret that Tails had a High I.Q. and knew about many things, Sonic had faith that many Tails could him him find out what this mysterious gem was.

Amy, although concerned for both of her friends, was still somewhat interested in this phantom-like ruby.

'What could have scared Sonic that badly?' She thought to herself. Something wasn't right and she was determined to help Sonic more this time around. Suddenly she could feel the wind start to blow an ominous breeze against them. Something just wasn't right. That jem was gone from its original location. 'That gem could be anywhere.'

"Indeed I can..hehe… You are smarter than you appear to be pink one."

Amy recoiled in horror to find that a new figure was standing in front of them. This figure had a strange red aura to him. To make matters even more confusing. That gem was attached to his chest like some sort of badge of honor. Sonic, of course, was terrified to see the exact same figure from his vision. It felt like he was staring into the blue hedgehog's soul, and It felt like an eternity before the silence was broken.

"Who… are you?" Amy said very cautiously, trying to make sense of the situation at had.

The figured stared at Amy before speaking in a menacing tone. He felt like he was distorting reality itself when he was speaking. His cold blooded stared still locked onto both of them.

" Those who seek names are often disappointed, but if you insist that who am I to hold back."

He summoned red cubes that seemed to engulf the sky in a pitch black color. At lighting speed, he teleported mere centimeters from the duo.

"You may call me Infinite. In the brief moments that remain to you both. Hehe. .. "

Sonic final began to have more control of his body and seemed to be alright for now. He knew this Infinite figure was not letting them run away from this.

He had to be brave.

"What do you want with us, Infinite? If you think I'm gonna let you hurt any of my friends, then you are mistaken." Sonic said as he got into a fighting stance.

"Your threats are of little importance to me. You think you can match my power with that fear you possess."

"Fear? What are you talking about?" Sonic asked as he carefully started to realize that ruby on his chest was the same ruby from before. This isn't good.

"I can feel that sweet, sweet fear inside of you. I already have what I need. Yet here you are, Sonic the Hedgehog, hero of your home, cowering in fear. Now if you will excuse me I have some important matters to attend to. Until we meet again, Farewell."

Suddenly everything returned to normal, as if Infinite never appeared to them. Sonic and Amy have to blink a few times to "snap back" to reality.

"We should probably find Tails now."

Knuckles the Echidna was doing his duty was watching the Master Emerald so it wouldn't fall into the hands of evil forces. Everything seemed to be normal to him. He had just finished another adventure with Sonic and friends involving stopping the Metarex. What could go wrong if he took a little nap.

Knuckles, tired, closed his eyes and started falling into a deep sleep. Unaware of what would happen or what he would find when he would wake up.

Even though all of this was going on, Cream the Rabbit was busy playing with her good friend Cheese. After all, she needed a break from adventure for a while but she noticed something weird happening in the sky near Eggman's fortress. 'Hmmm, That sky looks very red and is it… raining cubes. I got to message Tails to see maybe he knows what's going on." Cream got her little transmitter and sent a message to Tails.. No response.

As Dr. Eggman was busy trying to construct his newest evil scheme, one of his robots came to him with an urgent message.

"Dr Eggman! An unknown entity with unspeakable power is attempting to breach the fort! Permission to fire security homing missiles?" The robot informed him.

Dr. Eggman quickly looked out the window to see a familiar sight. The entity that the robot was addressing was his Old Project: Project Infinite. He remembered it clearly well. The Phantom Ruby he had discovered ages ago was a powerful gem indeed. It had many abilities but needed to be recharged after a certain amount of time. When he discovered it, Eggman decided it would be best to test it on a robot first.

Of course that plan ended in failure. Dr. Eggman was about to give up on the project when a mysterious Jackal offered himself up as a test subject. The Doctor was surprised to see someone willing to test this new and possibility dangerous ruby. So, after the testing was done, this Jackal referred to himself as Infinite. Infinite tested his powers nears the nearby towns only to ended up conquering those town for the Eggman Empire. Eggman though he had succeeded until Infinite's power Level was running low. Infinite desperately wanted more of the energy but however he didn't know what energy he needed. Soon, he was trapped inside of the Phantom Ruby due to the lack of energy.

Fearing that others might discover it, Dr. Eggman buried it in an unknown location: marking it as another failure. But now, it seems that his project had worked after all. Now he just needed to know what caused him to come back.

I'm glad to finally finish this chapter. I tried to match Infinite's character while still making this chapter good. Let me know how I did. Until next time guys!